\' O- xxxvii MILLER'S JULY SIIOF, SALE A RECORD BREAKER! Now is your time SSOOO worth of Summer Shoes'at your own price. We have too many shoes and not enough money, hence no reasonable ofter will be refused. Good, seasonable footwear regaru less of cost. Clolc cash buyers will be sure to take advantage of this great sale. Read Every item a Leader and a Money Saver For You. Men's Tan Shoes «Bc I Ladies' Sew Slipper? 2*c Mens Buff Shoes 98c Ladies Gaiters * c Men s Working Shoes «c Ladies Ki«l Slippers. «c Men's Low Sb<«s !'»< Ladit - Strap Sandals 4*c Men s Patent Tip Shoes 11-24 Ladfc* talking Shoes 4*c Men's Tennis Oxfords 4-c Ladies Tan Oxfords «>J<- Men's Canvas Shoes 9«c Ladies' Kid Polish wc Many ether bargains in shoes for you. Come in and see for yourse.f. July Sale A Hummer—Take It In. C. E- MILLER, Hurler's Progressive ->e House. 21? South Main Street Bickd's Bargains! (Great Reducion in Slimmer Footwear.| _| We have on hand a large stock of summer footwear which will be sold at a grtat reduction. Too many Tan Shoe s and Oxfords. It will pay you to visit this sale and secure some of the bargains being offered FEW PRICES.#-! Hoy's $1.50 tan shoes reduced to $1 00 .. Men's $2.00 tan shoes reduced to $125 .... Men's $3.50 tan shoes reduced to $2.25 Men's Oxfords reduced to $1.40 Ladies' $1.75 tan shoes reduced to $1 .25 Hoy's fine box calf shoes reduced to SI.OO Men's heavy sole lace working shoes.... SI.OO Men's three sole box toe shoes 1 40.... Ladies'fit.e Dongola slippers 35 c -- Men's fi.ie satin calf shoes SI .OO Sweeping Offers in Misses' and Children's Shoes. We are offering some big bargains in Misses' and Children's fine DONGOLA and KUSSKTT shoes and slippers. We have made reductions in all lines and ask you to call and examine our goods and we can save you money. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STRKET. - - BUTLER, PA Out of Style. Out of the World! |« Our garments have a style that is easily distinguished from the ordin- - ary. They are the result of careful study and practical application ofthe ideas gathered by frequent visits to the fashion centres, and by personal * jq contact with the leading tailors and W \ Jm 4 fashion authorities of the county, jj tK? ' ■ They are made in our own work ' jjj shop by the highest paid journey- II men tailors in Rutler, yet it is pos sible to (and we do) give our patrons these first-class clothes at the price you would pay foi the other sort. We believe we have given good reasons why our tailoring is the best and cheapest and would be grateful for the opportunity to show you our handsome spring stock and give you prices to prove them. Ala *—l r MAKER 0F mai MEN'S Clothes Spring STYLES 1 m f Men don't buy clothing for tlu: pur-vft" 1 It 1 Sl'/jr \ I jkpoie or spending money. They desirOjt. /[7 LJJ £io Ket the best possible resulls for theTrY A U iXy Cj T I expended. Not cheap (jo'*/ 1 Guaranteed. ' L . 's G F. K6CK, 42 North Main Street, Butler, Pa | 111 LAVATORY APPLIANCES j .j j nowadays have to be of the best j 11 |j||! 1 -I'si; to receive any sort of consider -r; j [ j!) j dfi&t ■ i atiom Closed plumbing is a relic yjf.fw/'- ' !i I f\ \v ' of the past —open work only re m*}:, 1 | ceives attention. Reason? It's fcl' !• / ' A ' ( '*-■?-* sanitary, cleanly, looks better, re- R 7* quires less attention and is better ' i'' ■"* )'iwt ' 1 jjr ■ j in every respect, We ma e a . i specialty of up-to-date styles and Geo. W. Whitehlll, 318 South Main St.. People's Phone. 2H. IM.l.'Mfll.R, HutJc-r, I'a. Subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Headache Is often a warning that the liver is j torp:cJ or inactive. More serious I troubles may follow. For a prompt, ■ etli'ifn? cure of Headache and all 9 I liver troubles, take | Hood's Palis j I While they rouse the liver, restore 1 I full, retrular action of the bowels, 9 i they do not pripe or pain, do not | I irritate or inflame the internal organs, | (but have a positive tonic eflect. 25c. | at all druggists or by mall of C. I. Hood hifr LOUIS B. STKIK leller DIKECTOII-+-- Joseph 1.. Purvis, J. Henry Trontman, W. D. Bramln'i W. A. Stein. J. S. ; r&mDbe!!. ""he Butler Savins* Hank is the Oldest Banking Institution! n Butler County. General banking transacted. We solicit accounts of oil producer*, mer chants. farmers and others. All business entrusted to us *lll receive prompt attention. Interest paUl on time deposits. TH K Butler County National Bank, 13 ull e r Pe nn, Capital paii! in s2'X3,fjno.on I Surplus and Profits - $60,000.00 Jos. Hartman, President; J. V. Ritts, • Vice President; John G. McMarlin, I Cashier, A. G. Krug, Ass't Cashier. ' A general banking business transacted. ; I uteres*, paid on time deposits. 1 Money 1 jane'l on approved security. We iuvite you to open a.n account with tois j bank. . .. DIKECTOBS—Hon. Joseph Hartman. Hon. W. S. Waldron, In. S. M. Hoover. H. Mc- ('. P. Collins I. O. Smith, Leslie I • llazlett, M. l-'inegin. VV. H. I-arkln, Harry jl'-as -v. I)r. W. C Mii'»ndie»s. Ben setb. W.J. Marks. V. Kltts. A L. Beiber. THE Farmers' National Bank, BUTLER, PENN A CAPITAL PAID IN, S:oo,ooo.oo Foreign exchange Vjugbt and sold. Special attention given to collections. OFFICERS: JOHN YOCXKINfr ..President JOHN HI'MI'IIKEY Vice President C. A. BAILEY Cashier E. W. BI.NOUAM Assistant < ashier J. F. HCT/.LEU Teller DIKECTOBi 4 . John Younkins. i> L. 1 - l«-«-land, E. F. Abrams,N. Boyd. W. F. Metzger, Henry Miller. John Humphrey. Thos. Hays, Levi M. Wiv- and Francis Murphy. 1111< rest paid on 1W »• deposits. We respectfully solicit your business. BUTLER BUSINESS COLLEGE. I'all tc-rni begins, Monday, Sept. 13,1900 COURSES. 1 Practical Book-keepers. 2 —Kxpert Accountants. 3 —Amanuensis Shorthand 4 —Reporter's Shorthand. s—Practical5 —Practical Short Course in Book-keeping, for those who merely wish to understand the simpler methods of keeping books. 6 Kngli.'-b. OUR TEACHERS —W« have four at present always as many us we need, no more. I'ojilTlON- We < *P' rt Ut IX- -itlle U) pl.v i> least twice as many graduate., In positions the coming year as v<- have the past. We could pl.u e three wher<- w< place one If we only had more of the right kind of material to work on Yoong man, young woman, if you have a fair Erigllnh education, and are industrious and persistent it will b>- V) your lnt< r'-si to take at least one of our courses, and let us assist you to remunerative em ployment. The finest system of shorthand ever pub lished will l»< used in our vliool the coming yi-ir, < all and examine It. Send for a copy of our new catalogue and circu.ars. A. F. REGAL, Prin., 319 327 S. Main St., Butler. Pa. NEW HOl>E. NEW ITBMTI'HE. &&& Central Hotel SIMEON NIXON, JR., \ .. J. BROWN NIXON, / *'* BUTLE R, PA Opposite <>n with tb«: famous j* Mitel.xi'M HprliiKw; «v< rythlujr, I *- new. modern and up-Ui-datc; * further Information with rat«*H, % ety*., cheerfully furnl»t»«'l on ? * application; free < .irriaK I '* to X and froxn all traliih ixlf f'i?P ' k. it-4. -i/ U .1/ k. ■ ■-U .w". U- W■ -if. V M it if Jf ; • - n ff- ' ft r- M /• r. WA ■ r •/[.■Jf 7f. Jf.lf. If.tf af.fr&T' ; SNYDER & THOMPSON 1 West Jefferson St, Butler, Pa. LIVERY, BOARDING AND SAL?. STABLE. ' PLENTY OF ROOM, r.ooi) CARP, ANI; PIRST CLASS EQUIPMENT. limn Snydkh, Jami{B A. Thompson. I'eople'n Phone 109, iicll'ti I'houe s<< BUTLER, THLIRSDAY, AUGUST 2, IQCX3 LONGING. In city wills xhcre duty Md» roe stay ! '-r./f T mm I pal « mil breath c< To K-e (gain the :jtant, dazzling lie* Of sitE'lc-r, sandy shore. I know today Hr.-w fair must lie the eta far, far aw»y Cm wl. br brvajt the sun wrought sap&hirtj shine And sparkle in the wind that breathes cf wino, llo* shafts of gold and shifting shadows play Beneath cool grovc-s that sing a slumber scng And clear bird notes are tingling through and The peaceful heart of rf]arrell almost tearfully. "I won't marry old Fiebel-Jones not if all the aunts in the world told me to." "Marry me and defy the old cit!" "Yes; that'-; Just what I should liko to do. but one must consider things." "You im-aii money?" "Yes: 1 mt-an money. You see. If Aunt Judith had any rational ground for objecting to our marriage, if she said you dmnk or were already mar ried—of cow so I know yoti are not— but I mil siij ;iosing a case"— "Don't you think you might suppose something « little less uncomplimen tary?" "No; certainly not. What s and taxes. When the towns began to raise "rnin utemen," why, of course, we raised a company In our town, and your grand father and my brothers were members of It We girls could not stand guard, of course, so In order to show our pa triotism we ail signed a paper in which we agreed not to have anything to do with the men of the town who refused to Join the company. The 10th of April was a beautiful day, though a warm one for the sea son. We were all up early that morn lug, for there was a great deal to be done. It was about 9 o'clock In the forenoon when my mother, who had been looking over some linen, suddenly raised her head, exclaiming as she did ho, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting house bell?" "What can It mean?" I cried, and, running to the window, I caught sight of our neighbor's sons, Joe and John Eaton, running down the road with their guns. Across the way Harry Wright was plowing the field. The boys called out to him as they passed, and, without stopping to unhitch the horse, be seized his gun and was oil across the fields. "It Is an alarm, mother!" I cried. "The boys are down by the brook," she said. "The sound will not reach them. Itun and tell them!" Without delay 1 hurried to the kitch en, and, seizing the horn, I ran out of the house arid started for the brook, which was some distance from the house. 1 blew a blast on the horn as 1 ran, and as the boys caught sight of me I pointed toward the road, where several men could be seen running with their guns. The boys understood, and, waving their hands to me, they were off across the field to the road. "What do you suppose the matter Is?" asked mother when I returned to the house. "I do not know," was my reply, "but I am going to find out." And 1 ran out of the house and took a short cut across the fields to the meeting house, which was to be the gathering place If tlie alurtn should ever be sounded. I, for one, had never expected to hear any alarm, for at home we hoped for a peaceful settlement of the dllDculties. Hut when 1 reached the church and saw the whole town gathered on the green the men's stern air and the wo men's pale faces frightened me, and 1 began to fear that something serious was the matter. "Y.'hat Is it? Where are they go ing V" I asked. And as 1 spoke the men came hurrying out of the meeting house, where they had heard a few words from i'urson Smith, and, mount ing their horses, rode off as fast as they could go. I looked for your grand father, but he was not there. Catch ing sight of my father, I ran to him. "Have you seen HenryV (that's your grandfather) I asked. "Henry was at the tavern when the messenger rode through here," replied my father, "and. as he had his horse with him, he rode away without wait ing for the company to assemble." You may Imagine my feelings as I turned to go home. This was my wed ding day, and the man who was to marry me had ridden off without a Word, knowing, too, that he might nev er return, If all they were saying about fights and resistance was true. My father had reached home before me, and as I opened the door 1 heard mother ask, "Do you think it Is any thing serious, father?" "I am afraid it may be, wife," ho said. "The messenger said that Gov ernor (Inge lias seiit some of tin- king's troup* to destroy tin- supplies which have be«*n ston-il ut Concord. If tin report is true, there will be resistance, and if It comes to that it will be very serious business for im.*' My mother kept her fears to herself and did her best to make me feel that It would come out all right, but those hours were the most anxious I ever spent. So through Hi* day we watch ed and waited for news. The first news that came to us from the fight at Lexington and the other doings of that day arrived about *1 o'clock In the afternoon, when some mlnutemen from another town stopped at the tavern on their way home. They told the story of the day to the little crowd of anxious women who eagerly questioned them for news of some dear one. My father would not let me go down to the tavern, but went down himself and brought us the news, i can see him now hurrying along the road. "Something unusual has happened, Mary!" exclaimed my mother. "1 nev er saw your father look so excited." 1 hastened down the path to meet him. "Had news, my child; bad i:e-'s!" ho exclaimed. "There has been an en counter wllh the king's troops." And i then, reading the ouestlon In m.v eyes, he continued, "But they brought no news of our men." The hour set for the wedding was 8 o'clock, but it began to look as if there would Le no wedding, for It was now after 7 o'clock, and none of our men had returned home. Mother and 1 sat In silence In the kitchen while father walked back and forth in the room above. At last we heard steps outside, and then my brother Arthur, who was among tho first to reach home, staßger ed into the room. I sprang up and ran to him. lie sank Into the nearest chair, and his gun fell to the floor with a thud. Arthur was only a boy of 15, you must remember, and the day had been a terrible one. When he had recovered a litUe. my father spoke. ' "What news do you bring, my son?" he asked. Now, I had felt from the first that he had brought bad news, and by the way be hesitated and glanced from fa ther to me and still did not speak 1 felt sure of it. So I put my worst fears Into words. "Arthur," I said, "is it Henry?" "Listen," he said, speaking rapidly. "The king's troops were In full retreat when we reached the road. We did not keep with our companies, but each one found shelter as he was able be hind trees, walls or fences. I met Hen ry as I was crossing a field, and we took shelter together and awaited the coming of the troops. We had just got settled when Henry caught sight of a flanking party coming right down on us. lie called to the men near us to run for their lives, and at the same time we both Jumped the wall and ran for a house which stood In In the Held Just opposite. I reached the opposite wall In safety and tnrned round to look for Henry, but he was not with me. At that moment the troops came round a sudden turn In the road and sent some shots in our direction. At the risk of being shot at I 6tood up and looked ucross the road. He must have been hit by the flanking party, for he lay Just by the wall." "Are you Bure It was he?" asked fa ther. "Yes; 1 knew him by the green on his powderhorn," replied my brother. "You staid by and looked after him?" asked father. "I tried to, sir, but the troops came down on us, and we were obliged to move on. I went back to the place as soon as 1 could, but I must have mis taken the spot, for I could not find him." Meanwhile 1 sat In my chair, feeling as If I had Just awakened from u bud dream. I did not fully realize what had happened, for It seemed Impossi ble. "Here are some people, Mary," said mother. "You would better go up to your room and He down." I did as 1 was told. There on the bed lay my wedding gown. I could not bear to look at It. and. picking It up, I placed It In the large chest In which my linen was packed and pulled down the lid; then I threw myself on the bed. and tears came to my relief. So 1 lay there thinking over the events of the day, my wedding day that wus to have been. llow different from whut I had anticipated! Suddenly I heard the sound of a horse's feet coming up the road at a fu rious puce. I sat up and listened. "Somebody Is riding on an Important errand," I said to myself. Nearer and nearer came the sound, and the rider, whoever he was, drew rein at our door. Then there were a murmur of voices and an opening and shutting of doors und then my mother's voice calling to me: "Mary, Mary; child, come down! Henry Is here. He's come." Scarcely believing that I heard aright, I got up and ran down stairs and into the kitchen, and there before me, his fuce pale as death, with a blood stain ed bandage bound about his forehead, »tood your grandfather. "Mary," he cried, holding out his hands to me, "I am In time! The clock has not struck yet!" Then I'arson Elder, who had come over to hear the news from Arthur, came forward and said, "Shall I per form the ceremony now?" So right then and there your grand father, In his working clothes, all stain ed with dust and blood, and I In my morning calico, Were married. For ward. What Ilnrta. "The other side," observed the candi date in much apprehension, "are put ting some damaging reports in circula tion." "But no money to speak of," rejoined the chairman of the campaign commit tee complacently.—Detroit Journal. Karuplnv a Calamity. "Why hav# you uover married?" "1 have always been afraid that I would get for a wife one of those wo men who like to travel with newspaper bundles tied on their sutchels."—Chi cago Record. m> I.lmit. Enthusiastic Young Person—Oh, pro fcssor, are you interested In trees? Professor Dryasdust (Jenealoglcul trees interest me, madam.— Somerville (Mass.) Journal. I'ut on In Layer*. "What a thin face that giddy Miss Shiner has!" "Yes, but her complexion Is thick."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Little Twilled. % H The Crane Gracious! What are you ilolng with that knot In your neck? The- Sxvan I'm glad that you re minded me of it. My wife put it there so I would not lorget to bring lier home the lisli I promised. A Dlaavpwlntment. Mrs. Strucklle— Did you meet thi queen while you weru Abroad,-Mrs McShoddle? Mrs. McShoddle No, I didn't, and was real sorry too. 1 wanted to g« her receipt for Knglish pluai puddlu! New York Weekly. Tru«* I'hlloioitliy. "They say prices In Paris have dou feted." "Mnl <>f course the man who didn't know what they were originally yll be none the wiser." —Cleveland Plalr MEASURING LAND. Iliiu to Calculate the Area of Field* of VurlouH Shnpe*. The following methods of approxi mating by means of simple measure ments and calculators the number of acres In fields and farms have been prepared by General J. H. I-aue of Ala bama, a professor of civil engineering: An acre contains 4,840 square yards. In every case therefore the number of square yards in a field when determin ed is divided by 4,840 to obtain the P., ,C ; — 9 i .aj.cjx * • 4 ! / // ' a i\ A / f j * FIELD MEASUREMENTS. number of acres therein. If the tleld is triangular in shape (Fig. 1), measure Its longest side and the perpendicular to this from the opposite angle. Multiply the number of yards In the long side by half the number of yards in the per pendicular and divide by 4,840. Thus assuming AC, the longext side, to be 242 yards and BD, the i>erpendlcular, 100 yards, the calculation should be, 242 yards multiplied by 80 yards divid ed by 4,840 square yards equals 4 acres. If the field is rectangular (Fig. 2), multiply the number of yards in Its length (AD) by the number In Its breadth (DCi and divide by 4,840. If the tleld Is a parallelogram (Fig. 3), multiply the number of yards In one of Its long sides (Al>) by the number In the perpendicular between the long sides e thive feet, or one yard, long. Should a tapellno bo used the measurements and calculations may be In feet, and the divisor will bo 43,- Mi, as that Is tho number of square feet In an acre. How to Make Permanent Pasture. Concerning permanent pastures a Pennsylvania corrcMpondeut of Ilural I New Yorker says: "I am very strongly In favor of the Clark method, thorough • ly preparing the ground and seeding In the latter part of August or early In , September without grain as ho does for hay, using such grasses as best suit ' the locality. For pasture I consider that we should sow some seed on tho old sod each year." One or the Other. "A married woman ought to feel younger and happier after 50 than before." "Yea. She has either got tho upper hand of her husband by that time or has quit trying to get it."—lndianapo lis Journal. Ju Mrs. Sprout soon after came In an. asked Ebenezer what ho had done Witl. the money for the soldiers' dinner. in apparent amazement be exclaim ed: "Money! Did I not ask you what It was worth to pick those bones, and you said a shilling? 1 thought It little enough, for the bones were pretty bare, and I handed the men the money from the till, and they are gone." Mrs. Sproat could not find heart to reprove her favorite son for this mis interpretation of her words, and then she, too, loved a joke, and 80, after an Instant's glum look, she laughed and said It was all right—Youth's Com panion. An«» Invent a Wagon. "There are a good many anta of dif ferent varieties on the lot at my coun try place, near Covington, and last year I began to make a systematic study of their habits," says a contribu tor to the New Orleans Times-Demo crat "Near one of my flower beds Is a colony of small red ants that are ex tremely Industrious In collecting food, and they frequently perform the most astontshlng engineering feats In trans porting heavy burduns to their home. "Not long ago I watched a party of about a dozen who had found the body of a small spider and were dragging it toward the uest The spider had hairy legs, which stuck out In every direction and caught on obstacles, greatly re tarding progress. For several min utes the ants tolled away with their awkwurd booty and then stopped and seemed to hold a council. A minute fragment of dry leaf was lying on the ground, and presently they all lay bold and pulled the spider on top of It. Then they seized the edges and slid It along without difficulty." The Advance of Time. Tho age of man, wo are told, is three score years and ten. Prom 25 to 40, If tho health be good, no material al teration Is observed. Prom thence to (50 tho change Is greater. Pifty-flve to 00, the alteration Btartles; still we are not bowed down. In the earliest periods of our life the body strength en and keeps up tho mind; in the later stages of It the reverse takes place, and the mind keeps up the body; a formidable duty this and keenly felt by both. Such is time's progress.— Scottish American. The Carp la Very Bony. People marvel at the mechanism Of the human body, with its 402 bones and 00 arteries, but man Is simple in this respect compared with the carp. That remarkable flab moves no fewer than 4,880 bones and muscles overy time It breathes. It has 4,820 veins, to say nothing of Its 00 muscles. The Worst of It. Jack—Tom, I'm In a terrible fix. I'm engaged to threo girls. Tom—Well, that*s not exactly a crime. Jack—No; that's tho worst of It. If It were, I could go to prison and have some peace. To Improve tho golden moment ot opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach Is tho great art of life.—John son. If a woman tries to practice what her husband preaches, she has no time for gossip.—Chicago News. lineotiraglng, "Keep right on shooting, little boy. I don't mind the noise one bit."—New York Journal. unlet Hostility. "Pa, what Is quiet hostility?" "Quiet hostility, little Jim, Is tho way In whleh, when I decline to give you a nickel, you sneak around behind my chair and make faces." —Chicago Rec ord. Hot For Ittna. McGulre—French fried potatoes, Is It? Nlverl I have nayther th' money nor Inclination ter Indoolgo in lm por rted dcllcooalea! Kansas City In dependent.