VOL- xxxviii Bick-el's .February Prices A GRAND CLEARANCE SALE fN ALL LINES NOW GOING ON. x LEATHER GOODS Men's fine shoes, Vki-kirl, Box-calf and Enamels $2. 35 Boy's fine •■hoes, Vici kjd and Box-calf 1.00 Ywuth's fine shoes, Vici-kid and Box-calf So L«»hes' fine >£joes, extended aolrs, patent or dull t'pe x.25 Mines' fine ljoneola sbccs. button or lace - 75 Children's fine Dongola shoes, button or lace - 50 luf-uts' fine shoes, button or -lace 20 Ladies.' warm lined shoes. 50 1>«!>«>" fe't slippers, size Men's hij:h-cot. 3 soles, box toe shoes 1.35 RUBBER GOODS^-> Men's be>l jobber b«ots_„. sj. 25 Boy's te~ rubber hacts.- 1.50 Youth's l*st rubber tk vis 1.00 Child's best rubber l» ots 75 Ladies' best rubber U.*>ts 1.00 GOODS^^ Ilea , best felt boots mad Dock ovrr —Jfi 75 Men's felt bnc s and seccod qu_J i-yojwts. i.? 5 Bki"> frit t>vx> >c' fiat jer*T legg:as. 75 Mi=ses* £ae Jersev r -3 i HIE BUTLER CITIZEN. Constipation, Headache, Biliousness, Heartburn, Indigestion, Dizziness, Indicate that TOUT liver Is out erf order. The best medicine to rouse / the liver and core all these ills, is foand in Hood's 25 cents. Soid by all taeriici'ie dealers. CATARRH , LOCAL* DISEASE HCjS&ukiJl and is the r*sirit cf cr -" H| = : -^r 0 - uodea dmatic ch^ri. For your Protection Si w* we posiirriy *&:* u: t: s ~ tra.<-Jy dots ex coati.a m-: --t by c-v-L LLY 1-Kvl ft&r miNef Pain is Head. Side ara Back. For y»srs I klSkwl T-ii» p*iH toe nea«l» j -m-rt -n Hi* siite. xaii n Wfr I -raj* aifrvncs aa»i «m»t-aaserf an- - H TRIE M TOXIC h CC iam, Sip'«:iuiL. arfvnfitftß V m j an; *'iru:ua- lie uiuac. FA wA 3arus» £fat watim iS Kpiims aw*-«aii mid iti- Vj •1 -pertf dc luatiti J £ Wjk n suliuw ~iwrrf. 1% Td fA Dee:, ITDT, an£ Wme k * and yon will "result? WA S? at (met * C f # Price 5Dt s pmt »J B j J*reparerl and soid on)r Ml f« JOHJTSTOJf'S Ij li Crystal Pharmacy, 4 V li. M. LOGAN. Pii. G.. Manager. w JM 10*. N. liain Ht.. Butler. Ptt. Both y J Karl Schluchter, Practical Tailor and Cutter 125 W. Jefferson, Butler, Pa. Bushefing, Cleaning and Repairing a Specialty J.V.Stewart, (Successor to H. Bickel) LIVERY. Sale and Boarding Stable \V. Jefieison St., Butler, Pa. Firat class equipment—eighteen good drivers—rigs of all kinds cool, roomy and clean stables. People's Phone 125. J. V. STEWART. BUTLER. THURSDAV, FE iiviiiiiMif 11 ffi^r SuME ONE WAS MOVING ABOUT ON THE FLOOK BEEuW. MR.BOWSER S LATEST THE DOCTOR ADVISES HIM TO TAKE MORE EXERCISE. H« Uir> Timr IK Followisg ibe Advice. aa K*eaias * 1 a Busline Oifc and f»mn Heat ia a Happ; Fraat of Miad. [( I*l, br C. B. Iniil Whea Mr. &)s-*r reached tome th€ ct:.-r ereninit. hi~ levks arc away the farfc in an 9fe : wiiefc cwikl be carr >1 in rhe rest puefc. r when sot 1E es.- She waited pat - itly for his ■n» and at fc**t te amHz ~I doa't *iat t.> ■*tazr>- y« u. Mr? bet I feci it z-j duty to teU «a^ 1 O « wOj WS - - - KUWUST "U&M'V tttt mrnnra.-us. .A*- wj -svife yuu irnpitt ~te tnw T.lan She Ou'.:« ball knocked | down four pins and a p«.-t and follow ed the first out of the window. When they had assisted Mr. Bowser to his feet and all had taken a drink over his mira-bowl>nz. thv tL ;izht sud denly struck him that he ouzht to so hume. He also got it into his head that he must •arry the victorious ball with him to show Mrs. Bowser, and as he seemed inclined to be rusty about it he was permitted to have his own way. He departed with his coat and rest on one arm and the hall under the other, and half an hoar later the sleeping Mrs. Bowser -.i as awakened by a rack et which scarvd her half to death. Some one was moving about oa tfc* floor be low. and thtre were hiccough iz and chßckling and znrzi'nz. She threw on her wrapper and found Mr. Bowser had lighted the gas and was Jair ai-oct t» bftwlins. He was hatless. «iatles» aaked at her blankly- zheo. ererylMdy "iitaoii ash:«> wliile I kaoi ker 4nwn idp l '! a, a'. Uioa j>ins»~ Be *:.w«£ in the fmm: window ami war r.:.- £ail MtOng and •pap'.ng' and ferantfing: &wm the- QnrUic afrer riie car. i»r aar a ar -se rftn~ * r.u- ■*&»&r. j~u! t .ien wlu. a lagns ;u a. &u» he -ainle •6l«v t lit (£»• htWjHtS iu:miOPM """.i n» Ejvx-w*s_ S"il oaili jut fr * I w.ii .\nrvr -thee iHwi' if d uiioii lit* taiiiur the horrible dose J had prescribed."—Philadelphia .Press. Prentirt "Yes, tlmt's si beautiful Uiuud booh tif your »- -ru*anv. ilj vit ■■• ;• '..w... no. . dew God. i t.w ! rief da*a, I |nf tkK. let ■< keep Ob lore of mine Just ia rrv inn; -t ait. sif< fr a the worldl Too «itar, I*o deep, it \i 5 f r earthly gare. A fee brief davi! A little wSiile, oh. prant the l*oon I a«k. For MM can eter know save heart diriae II -v life's emirorra- rts l ave bound mr goal* Dear God: Oh. say 1 need net wear my mask A few brief days! A little while, oh. just a little while. To have asd hold the k>ve I've prayed »o lens* Thvugh dark the way and drear my may smile. For evermore my life will hold lore's shrine, lore hut linger here A few brief days! Vacß. Speece in S*. ran ton Trihune. ! "IS DAME H U CLEF." I k* * K S I By Waller LittMeld. * There.wt i ? three of us one evening in tbe reading room of the Press club —M. Par.l Biouct. Vietter known as "Mar O'Rell" through his sketches of Fr*-n«-h and English life and character; 11. Charles P. Lebon, instructor of French, wbo. by the way. is a littera teur of se:i.e little note, and myself, i lie ccnver-ation. af er various floctu atic-ns. hafi assam'-d a story telling drift. M Bl'.net bad just related an aißV'ig anecdote of his Brstoo so >inm. and we were sifently putEng in that agreeable languor that arises from a good weed aa.l a story. Ob drawinar bis c-ardcase from hi* !*>:kef 51. Lef-»>ri broazht forrh a t he passe»t it tu rue. I he-id ia suy hand X isey f an. ;u.«cr'.oc;na npna tCie frur >\t t2ie- Ifcey— "fee Jhfni ■>rat>Vtv auvt^" ■"J6 'iey.."*" 8 >iiflgp»!itv»«D aw Sue*-- ittrae>!w«u- ""Belli ut Uwutt iiC Tie- uH" jJttftet J*« ai amiuieui W iiwui jn ii»» -ts*!i»;i»di -tie «.• ji u»*W«a! U» •uut! tbuuii btr nniii« an *" iuuie. ssaifJ DC- 3Uiuu»s Si»* 4euiitj(] Surv.uvti vttli urw.iaml. "tliw miinf. -W *uui'.*tiuuf M> "Wll uUout u 'Jwy like that. VI; aim J«fi ui- tmm it?" "s'uli aw tS^lll.mmtfeuiuu. "2'lrtjce ks.Ji. cufioms «ti y wtMtsnßiMg tUW kej - . ttufl sitlee you il 3 AVlli h "tci .VuU, lor truiv. g utly her lord, shutting somebody in the wardrobe. A servant iiail betrayed her. The Muscovite Othello turned the key twice in the wardrobe, took it out, then told his wife to follow him. A traveling brittska stood a few paces from the vil'a. More dead than alive, tlie un happy woman obeved. When the iius- band had placed her in the carriage he pave an order in a low voice to the coachman. "Keep this key." he said to , his wife. 'I hare f something j and will return.' thes went back to the i house. "He returned, according to his prom ise but as the carriage descended the hill the poor woman saw flames issu ing from the window* cf Slie fainted. Three days she e<.ms. Sous. On rezaininz her souses she per- ved that a g..ld chain was riveted around her neck, to which was attach ed a z 1.1 n key. the exact counterpart of t!i-.* original. bearinz an inscription- She wished to kill herself, but her hus liand pointed to the inscription and added that if she would save her fam ily from dishonor she must ever ob serve «t. She was therefore condemned to live. Her strange necklace excited much curiosity in Paris. At last her tyrant allowed her to retire to a quiet retreat «.n the express that she would not attempt to destroy her self duriuz his lifetime. Jl;s death re leased her from till.- condition." • *•••*• Some three w« 'is later I was calling CD n;y friend I--*v>n. who wished to •bow me sonic old manuscripts that be bad lift. collecting. He produced a larze box of rosewood, which be casu a":ly remarked contained bis family pa pers. To my astonishment. he drew fr ai his packet the mysterious key and in rted it in the lock, which yielded r-L. .lily to bis pressure, and the lid flew back. "Way" I exclaimed in wooder. "that Is tbe fceyr" "Tt? kej ?' be interr>gated. Then be hi j. li iz and loud. 'Aadyoarwal fcwrf all tL.-tt," he *a;d »h*n be could eoorrol his merriment. -Certainly." I replied grimly. "By the way. though, it wouldn't n:ak<> ,i had stcry. w.-.uUl it? I think I win w:>rlt it sp—elaborate It a Htrle. yrwi ksow." I left rh<* house feeliag deeply morri ffiHf t.v thln'i T had been » effectually ""srvirt." A for took JW .if ate. and X .ietemjiaed to steal a march in him. I hatve done- ~CvP •erion. H"MKt V#*!. fit ail of hnmaa effnrr aad erePTtrlnn t» 1»» 3» mmSi i* indier-vat* aw hoe ■* ! rt a .Itav>r»j|ep aarf iwsne-vtly tae d!tr..f -j,... «. tn ttle MfU" vattts -H'te Hf> dbtf auif mt-w *lll ttiy aay «m aa? & vsj( M Ha** fha» much iiarm. se-vlitttU? 4SIW-T M> H# a> AtfttWt *>■■* aiii «uXi»rw.-ti S«satu»- W «i< | -tin*. Swidtug i* M -Mitw a«Kta»- vfl t'f»trti tiur kt»rt \v jfct ti»*»- M%if even tu«k» utiy £*ew< thuJSt U)«ni the pyysieui t/eing At»y AtiNMife alive «-au be a gruud wueves* ttt freflltl tUJC. Why eutapete Wftl) i»W? fceoldiug should l»e compelled to per ish truiu tue earth. Tin- -tongue. tbe -voice, tbe eye, the taw —nil should be trained uot to Bitild -y«!. and the pec, for of all things u scoldiug pen is the worst. And tbe habit once formed tot top pec ie apT oem to Be entirely shaken off.--Ada C. Sweet in Woman's Home Couipauiou. Millions SjM-nt In Aiuu*euent(. "Tbe American people are great TUea ter goers and spend about $112,000,000 annually for sueb amusements," said a prominent theatrical manager to tbe writer recently. "Tbis vast sum of money Is paid into tbe treasuries of some 1,000 companies, which were esti mated to be playing in all pans of tbe United States last year. 'lbis includes everything that can be considered strictly professional companies, to say nothing of the countless amateur or ganizations. "Of the strictly theatrical organiza tions It is safe to say that the average receipts per night for tbe 1,000 compa nies is S4OO each. At seven perform ances per week for each company the weekly average would be $2,800. Tbe average theatrical season is 40 weeks. The entire 1,000 companies, with aver age nightly receipts of S4OO, would produce weekly receipts at seven per formances per week amounting to $2,- 800,000. This multiplied by 40, the number of weeks in the theatrical sea son, will yield gross receipts amount ing to $112,000,000, which is probably far below what the people of tbis coun try really do pay every year for the atrical amusement." —Washington Star. A Little Saver. Mr. Miserly—Now, let's see, little wife. Have you saved anything this month? Mrs. Miserly—Oh, yes, indeed. You will find the expenses considerably less. I have just been to see the grocer and persuaded him to delay sending his bill until next month. —Boston Journal. Not a French Scholar. "Here, son, you've studied French. What's this word here on the eatin list?" "That's 'fillet.' " "Fillie! Do they think I want horse meat!"— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Unappreciated Activity. "I tell you that idleness doesn't pay. The surest way for a person to get ahead is to keep moving." "I fancy you're right. That's the way four of my tenants got ahead of me last week."—Stray Stories. Throe of n Kind. The iceman and the plumber and the coalman sat apart; No gild or joyous sentiment was found in either's heart. The coalman and the plumber sighed some sighs both long and deep, And then the iceman hung his head and soon be gan to weep. "Now, what is this?" the plumber cried; "I know I have my woes— The weather is so warm and mild no pipe is ever froze." The coalman said: "That's my complaint. The weather is so bland That coal is a commodity which is not in de- , mand." fhe iceman wept. He Bobbed aloud. The others then inquired: "Why do you wail? What sadness has these bitter tears inspired? You had your chance last summer, when the days were fierce and hot; We waited for the winter, but the winter cometh not." The iceman raised his tearful face and ruefully began: " "Tis true you have your troubles, but I'm the unhappy man. The ice has not begun to freeze, and, oh, I sadly fear I'll have to raise the prices very high the coming year." The plumber and the coalman then gave him a scornful stare; It might be impolite to say they were inclined to swear, But slowly and with dignity they took themjelvea away, While through the iceman's briny tears a smile began to play. —Balti norj American. In the Grammar Claw*. Teacher—Willie, what's the mascu line of laundress? Willie —Chinauian.—Trained Mother hno*l m t 7^*aaßs>a!&r GARDENING TOOLS. n'rcdlas Iraplemrats That Apply La bor to the Uernt Advaatajte. Among conveniences that may be fciaiie and utilized in gardening opera fiou.s are some weeding tools Illustrated and described in Ohio Farmer: A more than ordinarily useful weed ing tool is easily made. Taking an old. worn out hoe of tbe riveted type, remove the blade, leaving only the tri * "*7 CEHrri. WUDTC r> EVICTS. 'angular shaped handle clip shown by !A. Fig. 1- Rivet on this clip a mower . knife section. B. on tbe side next tbe handle socket and fit the tool with a handle of suitable length. The edges ; of the weeder may be ground or filed ; ss starp as required. Ti>. tool shown by C is intended for j use !n removing stickers and weeds from raspberry patches and may be 1 useful for other weeding pnrpr .*<&#&*? {ft* >st tf s*Vn*«n» «virt« ijtnwH' ttf t*i*i Jin: V ."WW -WlXtHp -ib* iMiWtk.. "inn 'ik#** -tMUIt. iivwe UfW fib*- -tv HO'ltt M> rW «ttW t> Af • H-'tur tbttti *S*m> JIH'H'. V Mij4U' cuutl w> h it Stvyn«4Jrtlf' Veetie Us otii r».'}U>irii v'M? «b««t bruU punt- without imrtitiotu- Wt* jKvlwftbh . The lapid boUiiig ovtjj- wboi* 1 t>ur lact• ch«ck tie- pmcipHatioi). aud uu <»eriout unubk' k experiencwd t>otu»' e\ apuJiitoj* ate sd constructed ; line Uii M&g jt, a ijttarbelp. as i>y the slrnp puns, on which tbe formation is iuo«t ly, farther nhead in the arch it can be boiled off. Diluted muriatic acid in the proportion of one part of acid to two of water is probably as good as anything to clean tbe pans. This should be carefully applied and tbe pans thor oughly washed afterward. A small amount of this acid in the sap would spoil the sirup. I have tried several ways of getting this substance out of tbe sirup. I have strained through flannel, felt aud sponge and have final ly returned to gravitation an being the most practical, says an American Agri culturist correspondent. Tbe sirup is tested with a saccharometer. drawn off, strained through two thicknesses of cheesecloth and poured into small, deep settling caus holding six or seven gal lons each. It remains in these from 12 to 24 hours, when it is poured off care fully into the 30 gallon canning can. The settlings are all turned into one can, hot sap is put in and all well stirred. When this has settled, the clear portion is drawn off and the process repeated until the sweetness is washed out and the silica •is left nearly as whitp as flour. Rye Ground and Potato Scab. The difficult side of the potato scab question is how to kill the germs that are in the soil. An Ohio man had a piece of land where the potatoes were quite scabby, so he sowed rye on it and let it grow to about the height of 18 inches, then plowed it under, and as the result of that experiment he said he never saw a clearer crop of potatoes. For four years he has prac ticed rye sowing there.—Professor Butz, Pennsylvania. Beekeeping at the. Pan-American. The busy bee will be in big business at the Pan-American exposition the Coming summer. The Bee Journal says It has been decided to construct a spe cial building for the proper display of the working colonies of bees and the great variety of beekeepers' supplies which will constitute this exhibit It Is expected that this will be the most ex tensive bee exhibit ever prepared in this or any other part of the world. The Broadening Corn Belt. Probably the production of corn lies been increased in North America by the development of early maturing va rieties during the past 25 years more than it lias increased in all the rest of the world from all other influences. The corn belt has broadened hundreds of miles by this means, and the end is not yet, remarks National Stockman. CROP ROTATION. Rexults In Increased Profit From Crops and Soil Improvement. A short rotation of crops practiced at the Ithode Island station has been: First year, potatoes; second year, win ter rye; third year, clover. It embraces, therefore, a root crop, a cereal and a legamineris crop. The soilTipon which the rotation was conducted was extremely exhausted. The average yield of hard shelled corn obtained per acre upon the plots the year before the beginning of the ex periment (1802) amounted to but 18 bushels per acre. Similar soil in an other portion of the same field, under a system of continuous cropping with out mauure, became so exhausted by the year ISOO as to produce Indian corn scarcely five inches high. In the course of the three year rota tion the yields of merchantable pota toes upon these plots were but CO, 117 and 75 bushels per acre respectively. In the second course of the rotation the yields were 233. 193 and 2GB bush els per acre respectively. These in creased yields illustrate well the im provement ln-t{ie condition OF -tbe BOIL Noi) During the first course rota tion the value of the crop# wms Irets tUan tlie total expanse* ia fire out of nine lu>taacts. The average loss per year amounted to 10.79 per acre dur ing the first course of the three year rotation. During the second coarse of the rota tion there was an average profit of per acre annually. After deducting the losses during the first course of the rotation from the! profit* in the second coarse there re mains an average net profit of $16.75 per acre annually during the entire period of six years. The returns in the second course of the rotation and the tilth and general character of the soil at the present time all lead to the expectation that the fu ture returns ought to equal or exceed those in the second course of the rota tion. in which case the profits, even after allowing for interest on the in vestment. wear and tear of tools, ma chinery. etc„ ought t* be good. It should lie remarked that the crops (potatoes, winter rye and clover) grown in this rotation are not all such as would be expected to yield large finan cial returns per acre, though tbey are soe'o as are usually or often grown in one or more of tbe rotations upon a general farm. It i- not expected that tbe three year rotation would lie practiced exclusively upon a general farm except possibly in rare instan'-e*. but that tt might be either as one of several rota tions to be conducted upon tbe varioos portions of the farm or in alternation with some other desirable rotation, each of wbich would run Its course successively. Irrtcatt*( Deriec*. A'water wbeel for lifting water for Irrigation, illustrated in Ohio Farmer, is planned m utilize the enrrent of a nearby stream without tbe expense of a dam. The wheel Is six feet in diam eter. wit h 14 paddles one foot wide by four fret lone, and is suspended between two boats which rise and fail with tbe iltiyxtl tb**Uiiv ivwjlrttf i**oo« -Vf •ti* #*iiW'i Mifl ii*- Mean Man. This is tbe story of a mean man. He may not be the meanest on record, but he carries a very fair brand of close fistednessf lie Lad a contract to sup ply a certain amount of crushed stone. The machine he used could turn out all the work he could get by running eight hours a day. The mean man had an engineer who was a genius. The genius went to hlB employer one day and said he thought he could make some improvements In that machine so It would do more work In less time. The genius was paid by the month. lie worked on the machine for sever al days, taking it apart and putting It together again. When reconstructed, it proved to have greater efficiency than before, so much so that it did the same amount of work in one minute and a half that It used to take four and a half to do. The mean man, however, could get co more contracts than before. He could fill all his orders by running about three hours a day. The mean man then went to the genius and said: "See here, Henry, I've been paying you by the month, but there Isn't as much work as there used to be—not enough to keep you busy. I shall have to pay you by the hour after this." Henry demurred. lie had been too faithful, but he didn't think that oughfc to reduce his earnings over one-half. His employer was firm, however, and Henry resigned.—New York Mail and Express.