VOL XXXVIII Big Bargains in Winter Footwear at BICKELS DECEMBER PRICE LIST. v ■; d «.lf r« ■ v-rk'n? 95 . ki > ef» » • s!i . -■•> h I'. . ,i .uh" • « A " > i ' • i '•» fine F•• »r- Hrr i! - >r* .... •••• 5 ' v« VV iter r<«n v>--ulf siio.-s I. to "I • >* K.u=ji- XCllf ill t*s ' i t<-n t> i it slippers • ]iru-n slio-« j • v. - Gi -e'" % .>5 Vi. > h SO Felt and Rubber Goods. Vi.v.'li -t- ' - » ' r f 3 -S B s' f 'i '• 1 ' 1 sc> " ■ ' ' ••« "• * 1 '5 ' i-n't tt'« '■ • *•*! ''s 3 'til's, tl■ i 1 C«- > <1 • ; ' " '' 1 Chi'rf s tj e b'-ot- 75 V' -i tli > K I? 1 <rl o i- I 's Bojs' liibijn .1.60 iHoliday Slippers.) Have v r w been thinking of Christmas. We ha ve & large stock of Holiday Slippers -all the new ard Jat* sit p<eics-at very low prices. Ccmpkte stock of Ladies' and Gents Misses and Ch.l diei't cvcj'gi ileis and leggins at reduced prices .lOHN BICKEL, . f [ d ;t , .>• - • '• 1 *• PA K JACKETS. I 5 RAGLANS, $ § NRWHARKETS. $ Our Cloak Department is in better shape to supply you with stylish jR Jk Garments than it ever was i ,wt,= m Our slocks irclnde all the wanted styles in all the popular cloths. 3 Ycu can't find newer or nobbier Garments or as low prices anywhere. Stylish Jacketsss, SB, $lO, sls. & J Raglans and Newmarkets sl2 to S2Q. » 6 Fl N Tbis F iVtbe S best p'ace to buy that Cne Fur Scarf you expect to give jp a Cbristtms Gift. Our Fnrs are well made from best selected skins, sin ccmet, sty'ub shapes We show Mink, Beaver, Marten, Sable and Ok W ell 01 her Furs « Cluster Scarfs sl.co up m flr Splendid Marten and Sable Scarfs $5 <»■ 6 Mink Scarfs $7.50, sio.co, $15.00. 4# S FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING. g K We have an unusually complete and well assorted stock of useful a aiticl's suitable for gifts, with « moderate price attached to each article £ X Lei us show jou thl Dress Goods, Waist Cloths, Table Linens Fine g j f viflf Blsnktts, Eid Spreads, Wrappers, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, £ R {jp-.bipjjp!?, Turses, Chatelaine Bags and Sterling Silver Articles. 0| 8 ANY PATTERN 10 CENTS. g m We sell tbe New Idea ioc Pattern and carry all s ; zes and styles in S etcck for immediate delivery. We don't ask you to wait untill we ejfc ■ order them. |L. Stein & Son,g S 108 N.-MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA $ A Charming Creation, I fu.: rec >/er/ of tile famous painting of i\e ! >uchcss of Devon- in ftj j Shijv, h4» interested in the Gainsborough We are shewing Rockenstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. 328 Soolfc Ttfaln ?>tr«-«*» - - - Butler, I a KECK <gb « Fall and Winter Weights. j A'skX Jjj Ha\e a nattiness about them that tv V /1. f tA. // mark the wearer, it won't do to ■y ffj Ik /J U wear the last year's output. You J LV \f l W Fl won't get the latest things at the p \ \rt tj stock-clothiers either. The up-to Cy \tj) ss. date tailor only can supply them, I rV N MJf Ij if you want not only the latest (J I I \i /J Jf I things in cut and fit and work- IJ ( / I I manship, the finest in durability, j, j If j 111 I where else can you get combine ,' y | ( 111 II J tions, you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant'Tallor, 42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa IODOL BH E T,C § PROMPT RELIEF. CERTAIN CURE The Latest Internal Remedy. Easy to Take. FIFTY CENTS per Bottle— A Week's Treatment. • r subscribe for the CITIZEN Men's rubbi r lm.»t 2 2 5 Ven'.-i buck f arc"tc«. '-O 0 VV'omrn'" buckle arctici.. . 75 Women's übher li ots 1.15 Men's fi' t rui.l) r« 5° La<lits' fine rtr> 35 Children's spring heel rubbers 15 THE BUTLER CITIZEN. KIH<J It Wakes Restful Sleep. Sleeplessness almost invariably arcompa ries constipation and its manifold lUtenua? t evils—nervous disorders, indigestion, lieat • acbc, loss of appetite, etc. To attempt to it.- dace sleep by opiates is a serious mistake, (■ the brain isonly benumbed and iiie body set furs. Celery King removes the cause <•: wake fulness by its sootbinir effect on mo nerve and on the stomach and lx»w els. Celery King cnrea Constipation and .Nerve 'Stomach, Liver and Kidney £Lseaees. s IS Soft u • w P)A jM Harness J§ You can ma!;o r. r har nos - 3 ftS rc ' t - ' r ' d /^^Vwl T l -- ordinarily v,«_ula. tleUßl'^' « IDS sop 5 u «_25 ' ii - :|: Harness y : makes a p jc r• ::. jf Mada by ST.";:'. ... , Druggist WTARmj for gg^yW '0 CENT H^%^ fs COLDI TR«AL_SIZE. Ely's Cream Balm fr Gives Relief at once. It clcan«es, soothes and heals Lhe diseased mem- brane. It cures Catarrh K'i . « »•■» tw*n and drives away a Cold UAY r rvf L[l in the Head qnickly. It I" ™ is absorbed. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and SmelL Full size 50c.; Trial Size 10c.; at Druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren Street, >'ew York. ij Holiday | !j Goods | Comprising a fine as- [■ A sortinent of Perfumes, IB Perfume Atomizers, W J > J Leather Goods, Parses, [■ • jj Bill Books and Card « Cases. Brushes—Hair WA and Cloth in Foxwood Fs A anil Ebony, with Gold Kl and Sterling Silver WA >1 mountings. M Toilet Sets in Wedge- kl LI wood—The latest fad. WA a J Palmer's Perfumes— [ C r « The finest of all Ameri can makes—in all styles, WA ft | shapes and sizes-rang- [ ■ fA ' n P r ' ce from 25c to *■">. a^ L V Come in and have a WA % J look Yon'll be pleased, f® fJk Agency Huyler's Jjk^ JConfections. & A vj Johnston's ft Crystal |1 R Pharmacy, h 3 ; R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G . k « If « Manager, n j J 100 N. Main St., Butler. Pa ? S Both 'Phones b1 J Everything in the :« g drug line. h. j New Liverv Barn W. J. Black Is doing business in his new barn which Clarence Walker has erected for him. All boarders and team sters guarranteed good attention* Barn just across the street from Hotel Butler. He has room for fifty horses. People's Phone. No. 250. L. C. WICK, DKAt.fia LUHBER Karl Schluchter, Practical Tailor and Cutter 125 W. Jefferson, Butler, Pa Bustling, Cleaning and 1 BDJinna ■ Specialty BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, DECKMBER 12 1001 f TRIMPETER MUELLER, | | - - SOLDIER - - t The Story of a Maa Who Was ♦ 1 Thought Fit Ouly to lllow £ Uutflo Call*. BT EDWARD li. CLARK. & f> , V-«" •0 ° Hans Mueller used to toot a trumpet in the Third cavalry. Hans was more or less of a butt fcr the jokes of the men of his troop. He took all kinds of gibes with a good nature that was as perfect as it was stolid. The trum peter knew more about music than he did about muskets. When for awhile he tried what the other tuen called straight soldiering, he was continually getting tangled up with his equip ments, and on several occasions at skiruiUli drill he came within an acc of shooting himself. His comrades told Haus that as loug as he contined his efforts to killing himself they would offer no strenuous objection, but that if he got real careless and shot the head off some one else he must look out for trouble. As a matter of fact, he did one day come pretty close to put ting a bullet through the heart of Ser geant Peter Nelson, who forthwith thrashed Hans in an approved style. Captain Roberts called Ilans "gross" and said that he must stick to his trumpet. The edict of his chief made Hans feel bad. He blew the whole scale of calls from reveille through fatigue, recall and drill to taps, but his soul wasn't in his music. Down deep in Hans' soul there came the thought that somehow he was not like other men. The sn>;. :c:;s of appearance which characterised Sergeant Nelson. Corpo ral Brady and a score of privates he knew could never be his. There was lacking in his makeup that something which gives, dash to a soldier. Haus used to fall over his feet in a most un military way. and his hands were nev er in the proper places. There was one thing, however, that could be said for him. he always fticd to obey orders Implicitly. He generally blundered while making the attempt, but the In tent was right, at*l that covers a mul titude of sins much more serious in nature than mere blunders. The Third cavalry was in the Wyo ming country in the Eikhorn creek re gion. There had been a good deal of trouble with the Noz Perces, and L troop had been kept 011 the jump most of the time for a month. L troop wa» Hnns' out ft. There had been one con stant suet ssion of scoutings. It had been necessary to send small squads in half a dozen different directions at one and the same time. The trumpeter had been forced to stay with the main body, wliu h was not a very big main body at that, at all times. He had been In everything in which the whole troop was engaged, but the idea of sending Hr.:is out on a reconnoissance where coolness and the subtlety of the devil were necessary for safety was the last thing that ever entered the head of the troop commander. One day, however, one of the coldest days of the second winter month, it became necessary to send a scouting party to investigate the rumor of the approach of a band of savages. Now, it happened that the whole command was fagged out, and this In a nutshell Is the reason why Hans Mueller found himself fo: the first time in his life In a position of acute responsibility. He was ordered by Captain Roberts to proceed with Sergeant Nelson and two privates northwest until something was "felt" or until the sergeant was satisfied that a wrong report had been turned Into the camp. When the little body set out, the fa tigue of the individual members of the troop showed that it was not, so to speak, si: lg enough to keep these same indi'v ;.iuals from giving Hans a Bendoff. Hans had a carbine and a re volver. His trumpet was hanging up on a peg. One of the bystanders said to the sergeant in command: "Look out for Hans if you happen to get into a scrimmage. The first thing you know iie'll forget himself, and lie" 1 <ry to blow 'retreat' on his carbine. . may lose one man if Hans puts his mouth to the wrong end of the barrel." Then they said a few other things to Haus. He was told to be sure not to get his canteen mixed up with his car tridge belt and to make sure that he took note of the landmarks on the way out so he could get back to camp in a hurry if he happened to hear an Indian shoot off ills gun. Hans took all this Tjvell enough, because the thought of actually going out on a scout was suf ficient to knock all other things out of his head, resentment along with them. They had left the camp far behind them. Sergeant Nelson, who was an pld and tried campaigner, turned to his men and paid, "We are getting near the place where we may expect to see something." Then he spoke seriously to nans. "Mueller," he said, "you're not half as bad perhaps as the troop makes out, but I tell you honestly that I'm kind of afraid of you when it comes to a pinch. Do the best you can and don't run. As a matter of fact, 1 think that Jim Crosby was pipe dream ing when he brought the rumor of reda In this vicinity into camp, but you may have a chance to see trouble and if you do please stick." That was a pretty tough thing to have to say to a soldier with Uncle Sam's uniform on his back. Stick! Mueller's face went almost white un der realization that the true signifi cance of that admonition was that the sergeant had a pretty strong fear in his heart that this trumpet tooter was a coward. Stick! He would show them if he was only given a chance. Sergeant Peter Nelson was an old and fried campaigner, indeed, but that day he made a mistake. He led his three men straight into an ambush. There were a score of painted Nez Perces straight across their track. The Indians had very little cover, but they used it so artfully that the old soldier sergeant had actually thought that the bit of embankment and the few scat tered bowlders did not offer cover enough to conceal a jack rabbit. The first intimation of the Indians' presence was a volley. Sergeant Nel son went to the ground with a wound In his side. One of the privates, shot through the shoulder and leg, (ell with him. The two men crawled behind a couple of rocks and secured temporary shelter. At the savage volley Hans Mueller's heart went to his throat. With the other private, who, like Hans, was unliit, he fell back about forty yards and went behind an ade quate cover. There for five minutes they exchanged shots with the reds, who, in accordance with Indian cus tom, would not charge across the open, but depended rather upon being able to pick off the soldiers and then to go for ward without danger and take the scalps. Hans Mueller found that be could use his carbine. Ills heart went down out, of his throat- He looked around him and saw that there was some chance of holding the savages off for hours. Out beyond ho saw his two stricken comrades. They were tit dead. He knew that because hp saw them move and occasionally weakly raise themselves and sent! a shot iti the direction of the red foe. Ilans said to himself, "Those moil must be Jir ujrht back here." Then he handed his carbine to his comrade and with it his belt and ammunition. "Yoti mav lie."' th. se." he said, "if those fel- lows hit me." Then he jumped over the rock hi front of him. and with li is long, shambling, ungainly stride he made for the side of Sergeant Nelson. The Indians pumped at hint. The balls whizzed by his head, cut his clothes-in three places and spat spitefully into the dust at his feet. Telling Nelson to grab his carbine. Mueller raised the sergeant in his arms and made back fcr cover, his track all the way marked out for him by the shots of the sav ages. He dropped the sergeant under the shadow of the rock and then stood on his feet. "Where you going. Mueller?" said Sergeant Nelson feebly. "I'm going after Dodds." said Muel ler, and he cleared the little rock to the front once r.-.ore. "God bliss you, Mueller." was what he heard above the cracking of the ri fles to his front. He reached the side of the wounded Dodds, raised him and started br.ck with him across the strip of hell. Twice he staggered as volleys rang out. but he reached the side of his comrades and placed Dodds between Nelson and the unwounded trooper. Then Hans Mueller fell dead. ltelief came to the three surviving cavalrymen. The two wounded lived. In the little cemetery at a post In the far northwest there is a headstone which is Inscribed thus: "Hans Mueller. Trumpeter and Sol dier. llis C Was llullet Proof." —Chicago P. < : ' Ilerald. Attacked by n Heron. "I've hunted everything from gray squirrels to grizzlies." taid a veteran Philadelphia sportsman, "and the near est I ever came to being seriously in jured by any sort of game was one time when a wounded bird attacked and tried to kill me. "I was a boy then and went down to a creek that flowed through my fa ther's farm to watch for a mink. It was early in the evening, and a blue heron came and sat within tempting gunshot I knew it would spoil my chances at mink to shoot the bird, and I didn't intend to do it; but, kidlike, 1 raised the gun and took aim just to see how 1 could kill it if 1 would. I lower ed the gun and then raised it again. Every time I raised it I would touch the trigger gently. After awhile I touched It too hard, the gun went off, and I started toward the heron, which was wounded. "I thought it would be a good scheme to catch the bird and started to do so, when Its bill shot out like a sledge ham mer and struck me between the eyes. When 1 came to my senses, it was dark, and It was several minutes longer be fore I could remember where I was or what had happened. A little harder and the bird would have killed me. 1 shudder even yet when I think what would have been the result If the bill had struck one of my eyes." Tamed Him. An American drummer, fresh from our direct methods of business, drop ped In on M. de Witte, the Russian minister of finance, one morning to get certain information necessary for the tale of his goods. The minister refused it. The young man persisted. The minister still refused. Then the young man made the eagle scream. "You're the only man who can give me what I want," he said. "I'm not going back to my folks and tell them that I couldn't do any business. I've got to know. I could get the same thing in two min utes in America, and I'm not going to leave the room until"— The minister pressed an electric but ton. In walked two guards. The min ister spoke to them iu Russian, and di rectly the drummer found himself walking down the Nevslcy Prospect with an uncongenial escort. As he thought the matter over in jail he con cluded that his hand was not strong enough, as he put it, to bluff the whole Russian empire. Within an hour he was led back into the presence of De Witte, who told him that a decent apology would save further trouble. After the drummer made it De Witte gave him the in formation, with the reminder that it was not wise to be rude to ministers of state. A Matter of Pride. "I'll give you SSO for that bit of can vas," announced the man of wealth. "Couldn't think of accepting it," an swered the poor artist. "It is not that I don't need the money, but my pro fessional reputation would suffer if I let anything go at that price." "x\.h," replied the man of wealth. "In that case I will give you $lO for it and agree to tell all my friends that I paid $500." "Now you are making a proposition that I can afford to consider," said the artist. "Hand over the ten."—Chicago Post. To« Much to Expect. Farmer Swaekhammer I lost my wife yesterday. Farmer Pildecker —No! Dead? Swaekhammer—Naw! Hun away with a lightnin' rod peddler! - "Waal, Josh, I offer ye my sympa thy! I'm mighty sorry fer ye." "Yes, I never did have any luck a-losin' things. Why, I lost a yaller dog fourteen times before he stayed lost."—San Francisco Bulletin. Severely Practical. "A woman who gets married," re marked the man with cold eyes and a square jaw, "should know how to cook." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "But I have sometimes questioned \vhetlier a woman who knows how to cook ought to marry. She might become more prosperous by opening a restau rant."—Washington Star. Antomoliillug; Expnxed. "How many horsepower is your au tomobile?' inquired tlie man in the dogcart. "Ten horse and two 1110:1." responded the owner. "The ten horsepower runs It 011 the level roads, and my chauffeur and I get out and pusli it up the hills." —Brooklyn Eagle. He Could Cook. "Can he cook?" asked the proprietor of the restaurant. "Cook?" echoed the caller, who was rooting for a friend out of a job. "Can be cook? Say, I've seen that man make four squab pies out of one old pigeon!" —Chicago Tribune. Apropos of the money question, nary a man in public life or out lias yet de veloped a scheme which will give ev erybody all the money he wants.—Phil adelphia Ledger. RIDING IN CHINA. rilng the Donkey* the Shentzu and the Wheelbarrow. Here comes a gorgeously clad lady riding a donkey, her husband by her side. She rides straddle legs, but round her is drawn an embroidered petticoat, displaying all Its beauties when riding, her face is painted and powdered, her lower lip is one large daub of Vermil lion, and her wonderfully dressed hair is shining with grease and gum. She wears no hat, however hot the day, but she carries a fan or an oil paper parasol, and she looks very glum as the barbarian passes, for lie is not sup posed to see her, though very probably she stoops and chatters to her lord and master once he is well out of the way. Next there comes a slientzu that is, n long chair with a hood hung between two mules walking tandem fashion. Sometimes there is another gayly dress ed woman in it, sometimes a magis trate or other grandee, but oftenest of all come the shrieking, creaking wheel barrows. the universal vehicle of Chi na. The wheel is in the middle, and there is a si at on eitner side, and 'he way tlios. 1 tortmvd wheels cry out is ex cruciating—t'ue air is full of the sound. The Chinaman cannot be prevailed up on to grease them. In the first place, he is economical and would not waste the grease, and in the nest he looks upon a silent wheel with suspicion. "Would you have him going like a thief?" he asks plaintively. Neverthel. s these wheelbarrows are the only wheeled vehicles, and a cooly will wheel two men and their baggage easily. The bishop of northern China declares he has traveled thousands «f miles on a wheelbarrow.—Empire Ue view. THE FIRST CAMERA. It West Invented by an Italian In the Sixteenth Century. Tlie c. R.it rn was Invented by an Ital ian named Ilnptista Porta, though it was tit at first used for photograph ing. It was in reality merely a dark room, into which the light was admit ted through a little round hole in one side. The rays of light coming from objects outside of this room entered It through this aper'tire and made a pic ture on the oth 1 t.f the room glow ing In all the beauty and color of na ture itself, but rather indistinct and upside down. This dark room was contrived by Por ta about the middle of the sixteenth century. He improved it later by plac ing a glass lens In the aperture and outside a mirror wiich received the rays of light and reflected them through the lens so that that image upon the opposite wall within was made much brighter, more distinct and In a natu ral or erect position. This was really the first camera obscura, an invention which is enjoyed to the present day, being situated often upon a hilltop, where a picturesque country surround ing may be reflected through a lens which Is placed In the center of the conical roof. Now, our modern photographic cam era Is merely a stnnll comera obscura In its simplest form, carrying a lens at one end and n ground glass screen at the other. It is, however, often much more complicated in its construction. Shopping In Athens. In his volume on "Modern Athens," George Horton says that shopping in the Greek capital is a more elaborate, time consuming and minute process even than with us. "The oriental method of doing business still prevails. The dealer sets a price, the buyer an other, and often three or four hours of patient will contest pass before a com promise is reached. The patron asks, 'How much Is this piece of silk?' 'One dollar a yard,' is the reply. 'Thirty cents' is offered. The merchant is thrown Into something resembling an apoplectic fit. He swears by his fa ther's soul that it cost 95 cents. "The lady takes a seat with a sigh and after twenty minutes inquires in nocently, 'Finally. 30 cents?' 'Never! But to keep you and not lose your cus tom, you may have it for what I paid, 05 cents.' 'You poor tiling!' sighs the lady sarcastically. There are a dozen or more women sitting about the store. When finally the proprietor comes down to a price that one is willing tq pay, she rises, receives her bundle and departs, declaring good naturedly that she had been swindled and that she will never come back again." A Question of Ovrnernhip. "Are you the man who advertises 'Own your own home?'" said the de jected looking caller. "I am," answered *the real estate dealer. "Well, I'd like to get the recipe." "The what?" "The recipe. The modus operandi. I want to know what to do to own my >wn home. Our cook has a temper like 6 raging lion and muscles like Her cules. If you can, tell me how to dis possess her. Money's no object."— Washington Star. Aa One Being;. Edith—l hear that you and Fred are quite interested in one another. Bertlia—Don't you tell a soul, Edith, but really I believe Fred and I were made for each other. We have played golf together three times, and we never have quarreled, except two or three times when Fred was clearly in the wrong,—Boston Transcript. He Waiin't It. "My dear Miss Billmore," sadly wrote young Hankinson, "I return herewith your kind note, in which you accept my offer of marriage. You will observb that it begins 'Dear George.' I do not know who George is. but my name, as you know, is William."—Chicago Trib une. SINGULAR MAXIMS. Old Time Ralei I-"or tlie Table lir tlio German Poet Vol Zlrkler. That our ancestors were not so well managed as we are is evident from the following rules, which were laid down by Tommasin von Zirkler, a German poet, in regard to the conduct of a host §nd his guest at a dinner party. These singular maxims were recently un earthed and have now been reprinted: "Every host should take care that his guests have enough to eat and that they are not served with dirties that they do not want. In return the guests Should behave properly and should bo satisfied with whatever is placed be fore them. "A guest should not eat all his bread before the first dishes are served, nei ther should he eat with both hands nor drink nor talk when his moutli is full. "It is not polite to turn toward one's neighbor and to offer him a winecup from which one is still drinking. "One should not eat greedily and hastily, as though tlie dinner had been paid for, neither should one take any food from his neighbor's plate. 111 ft word, each person H!«OII! i aeeept what Is offered and ask for not! inr else. "When there is s> :<• one <; i t'.e riglit band, it is permissible to eat with tlie left hand. "While one is driuking the eyes should be steadily fixed on the wine cup. "It is improper to place one's band iu a dish while another person is taking some food from it. "One should always have the hands clean and the nails out short, as other wise those persons who are eating from the same are likely to become dis gusted. "A guest should never put his el bows on the table, neither should he chatter all the time nor clean his teeth with a knife."—Chicago Herald. FLOWER AND TREE. Tobacco water will destroy bugs and worms on rosebushes. Only well rotted manure should be allowed t > come in contact with the roots of trees. Don't try to transplant a cyclamen after the bulb has begun to throw up green leaves. If you do. you will lose your bulb. Vines may be set in the spring and also iu the fall. It is said the clematis docs b st if set in the latter seas n. while the wistaria, honeysuckle and .J;v pan ivy are by preference to be planted In the spring. One reason why plants often do not succeed In window culture is the want of moisture in the air. Anything that -gained. - n bis account plants often do lM'st in t';e kitchen window. The p t; is i.f a single tlower fall sooner tl.. '>■ iio those of a double one for the re n that the inner petals are transform. more slowly a:ul retain the pyv.vi ( adherence they need when pert' J; tiling their original func tion. Tliere \V:tx 11 Tale to It. The girl . t the music counter has some fanny i ieuees. For instance, the other a well d.e ed woman bustlid i.;. .o the music department of a great >-*,<. • and sa d in a loud voice: "Have you got a phi e of music called •The »':• "e,; ;e\; Til.IV " "No. maiiaiu." answered the clerk. "We have ene callid"— "But you had it ere .ast week. 1 saw it." she interrupted. "It is from 'The r..iig)3iiaster,' and 1 want it to day." "Are \t ii sure that is the name of it?" askid tlie clerk. "Yes, that's {he name. I remember it distinctly. Are you sure you haven't got it?" "We have one called 'The Tale of the Kangaroo,' from 'The Burgomaster,'" volunteered the clerk, and after some hesitation on the part of the customer "The Tale of the Kangaroo" was sold. —New York Herald. The Rlvnl Gorillua, Once upon a time a gorilla was in love, and while he delayed his proposal a rival appeared on the scene, gained the affections of the one he loved, pro posed, was accepted and soon married her. A year passed, and the disappointed lover called on his successful rival while he was swinging on a hickory limb, with a crying baby in his arms, and silently listened to his wife scold ing him for some fancied breach of household regulations. "That was a narrow escape," he said as be turned quickly In his tracks and hurried away. Moral.—Delays are dangerous for the other fellow. —New York Herald. He Didu't Think So, "Do you believe nil geniuses are ego tists?" "No. Look at me. Ever since I can remember I have kept myself back by placing too light an estimate on my importance and ability."—Chicago Rec ord-Herald. No Screaming:. Gladys—Were you alarmed when he kissed you? Ethel —Dreadfully! Gladys—And did you scream? Ethel Oh, no! It was a still alarm! —Puck. Not For His Business. "But they say," remarked the patron, "he has a gooJ head for business." "Nonsense," replied the barber. "Why, he's absolutely bald!"—Pbila 3elphia Press. Proud of the Boy. Doctor—'l'ears to me laik de boy dun got acute indegesliun. Aunt Lucy (smiling through her tears) —Dat's It, doetali! Dat boy, sick er well, dun eb'ryt'ing cute!— Judge. The tait Niekel, The Philadelphia Record tells of a little Sunday school boy who always receives a nickel from his father to place in the collection plate. Last Sun day his father gave him two nickels, saying, "One is for the Lord, and the other is for yourself." As it was too early to start for Sunday school the little boy sat on the porch steps, play ing with the two nickels. After awhile he dropped one of them, and it disap peared down a crack. Without a mo ment's hesitation and still clutching the remaining coin in his clinched fist, he looked up at his father, exclaiming, "Oh, pop, there goes the Lord's nickel!" Polla, The ivory doll of the Roman child was too costly for the ages that follow ed the fall of the empire. For many centuries dolls must have been chiefly of home manufacture. The first shop made dolls after the middle ages were the joiuted wooden dolls of the Nether lands. These were known in England nud in this country, too, In colonial times as "Flanders babies." There Is a good deal of quiet satis faction in seeing somebody else run against fresh paint—Milwaukee Jour nal. There la one admirable thing about u dog—he always acts natural.—Atchi- Bon Globe HE WAS REFEREE. nut Sow Wlaliea Thnt He find !*erer Taken the Job. "No, I didn't run against a load of hay," said the man with a black eye. "It was worse than that. I had three hours to wait in a Connecticut town the other day, and while I was wait ing some fellers got up a running race and asked uie to act as referee." "And you didn't kuow any better?" asked the man with the broken nose. "Not then. I even thanked 'em for the honor shown me, and I have no doubt that I looked very dignified and important over it." "Well, tha race was run?" "It was." "And you made a decision?" "I did. Yes, one of the runners came out ten feet ahead, and of course I de cided in his favor." "And then?" "Why, the other Mix hopped on to me, of course, and a part of the result Is before you. Yes, sir. they licked blazes out of me and left me for dead, and the next crowd that wants to honor me will see me growing wings to fly aiit of it.'- 1 j M. QUAD. 1 FIEL^^ARPEN FORCING CELERY. Snpplj Inc tin* Knrly Market In Mny or Jiiin*—Blnnrliiag With Paper. Tlie Nov Y rl; Cornell station re ports results i*i forcing celery for the purpose of s- : ; '.ving the early market demand for this crop in May or June. The seed was s wn In late fall or early winter in fiats and transplanted twice at intervals of about a month. About six weeks or two months after the plants were :et in permanent J^sitions 1 H BLANCHING CELXKV WITH PAPER. they were ready for bleaching. In tha experiments reported * all the usual methods of bleaching were tried, but without success. When, however, the plants were wrapped with a thick, hard wrapping paper with an almost sized surface, the bleaching was successful. By this method the stalks were brought together and tied and a width of paper reaching to within two or three inches T)f the tops of the leaves was rolled tightly about the plants. As the plants grew another width of pa per was rolled about the first and again reaching nearly to the top of the plant Two applications of the paper were found to be sufficient. From a month to six weeks was required to bleach the celery by this process in a cool house In April and May. The Kalamazoo va riety of celery was found to be well adapted to house cultivation. GARDENING ITEMS. Winter Green* and Vesetablea For Forcing; — Hotbed Soil. If the spinach bed for winter greens has nut materialized, a substitute equally as good may be provided and grown very easily. Select some of the overgrown beets too large and woody for table use and set them In sand or soil on the cellar bottom or other con venient place, where they can receive sufficient heat to grow the tops rapid ly. The hotbeds banked up with ma nure sufficiently to turn the frost will grow a good crop. Ia this case maaurt underneath the beets, and the sast on top will be necessary. Lacking these, the rhubarb or house cellar will do, as they will grow equally well In the dark. Turnips may also be grown In the same manner, but growing in the hotbed with exposure to the light will be most generally satisfactory, as when grown in the light they will re tain the naturally green color instead of the lemon color which Is the result of growing In the dark. Soil Fur the llothe4- The radishes, lettuce and early to matoes will need to be started long before the frost Is out of the ground next spring, and soU far tie hotbeds should be secured this fall. A con venient way is to pile the soli In a large cone shaped heap, firmed down to avoid wasting by the rains or melt lug snow; protect with litter or straw, hold on with a few boards, to avoid too much freezing, and then It will be accessible at any time. Very satisfac tory results may be obtained In the hotbed with- lettuce, radishes and cu cumbers for the late winter market. The greenhouse, white very desirable, is not a necessary adjunct of the work. Rhubarb For Winter Forcing. Make sure that the rhubarb roots are in condition for the best possible re sults for the winter forcing. Try forc ing enough for home use at least, as few fresh fruits are obtainable at that season, and apples will surely be scarce and high this year. For sauce and pies the rhubarb will prove the most ac ceptable substitute for apples. Witch Hazel la Asrlcaltnre. Agriculturally the witch hazel plant has no value, as it hardly grows large enough for fuel, but makes a bushy clump full of branches. It Is found abundantly In bush pastures, and the only good thing to be said übout It Is that It acts as a nurse plant for better forest growth, to which it gives way. Medicinally It has a great reputation. Extract of witch hazel Is manufactur ed by thousands of gallons In Middle sex county. Conn., as a remedy for wounds, bruises, etc. It Is sold by the bottle and the barrel and Is In wide de mand. Now comes In the agriculture. Witch hazel brush—the whole plant, body and branches—is cut up short In a huge straw cutter, and a fluid ex tract is prepared. The farmers get just enough for cutting and delivering the brush to pay for the labor, thus get ting pay for clean pastures within the reach of th» factories. Meehan's Monthly. POWER FOR FARM WORK. The Gaaoltne Engine Popular-It la Cheaply and Easily Operated. Cheap power on the farm Is as Im portant as anywhere. .Horses cannot always be had when wanted, wind power 1s not constant enough for all purposes, steam is expensive, so the gasoline engine supplies an Important need. From its introduction It took well, but of recent y<?ars has made wonderful progress. The mechanism has been so perfected that the dlsu greeable odor and frequently faulty operation urged against the earlier machines have disappeared entirely. All sizes and styles are now available, from the small upright for running a churn or separator to the twelve horse power traction engine operating a saw mill or thrasher or drawing large loads along the country roads. What is the secret of their popular ity? Probably the most attractive feature is the small cost of operating. By following directions any one at all familiar with machinery can run a gasoline engine, no engineer being re quired. In fact, after the engine is once started further attention is un- No. 40 grinding feed, for example, one man] can do nil the work. He starts the en-; ' gine, then has nil his time for keeping i tin' hopper full and removing the ground material. The same is true of pumping water, sawing wood, separat ing milk, churning butter, cutting feed, thrashing grain, cleaning seed, etc.. Then the cost of fuel is very small. A twelve horsepower engine will con-i sumo 10 to 14 cents' worth of gasoline 1 per hour, a live horsepower stationary engine 5 to (J cents' worth and In that' proportion for various sizes. The first cost is no greater than a steam engine of like capacity and In some instances Is much less. A great advantage when the engine; is to be used about barns and stacks is; almost no danger from fire. The engine can l>e placed in the barn, hay shed, granary, dairy—wherever most convene lent. The uses to which it can t>e put! are so many that It Is needless to enn- t merate them. The cost of the application of gaso*, line motors to trucks, carriages, m<ro-> ers, farm wagons and the like Is still great enough to be prohibitive on thsr farm. Doubtless the time wll come when gasoline motive power will be applied to portable farm implements and machinery, but this Is still a long way off, concludes Orange Judd Farm er. 9 MARKETING YOUNG PORK. • Ita Popularity a Boon to the Farmer. Fall Plga Profitable. The popularity of young pork with plenty of lean meat on It has proved a boon to the farmers, for it is far more profitable to raise the first 100 pounds of any animal than the last 100 pounds, says an American Cultivator writer. This is partly due to the fact that na ture forces the growth of the young animal rapidly, bones, muscles and flesh all growing so that every ounce of food is almost entirely converted into live weight. There is practically no loss, and all the animal requires is fair at tention and good food. Nature is then able and willing to do the rest. When an animal reaches maturity, the laying on of additional weight be comes a slow process. We may by a good forcing system increase the weight quite rapidly, but not nearly so easily as in a young animal. Yet it costs more to feed the old hog because there is a larger system to feed, and a jjtjod deal of the nourishment goes to make suffi cient strength to carry the animal along. Forcing Young Pisa. The young pigs that can be forced to 2CO pounds in six to seven months are the most profitable things raised on the farm. If wise foresight and attention are given to them, this is not too much of a growth to expect; but, like every thing else, the work must be performed* after some good, practical and well test ed system. From the day they are born until they are ready to market see that the growth is continual and steady. It Is a good plan to have some arrange ments to weigh them every few weeks or months.. When they reach maturity and show increasing signs of lagging In flesh making, send them to market. Do not keep them another week unless prices happen to be very low. Fall Pisa In Favor. Spring pigs are the best for this busi ness. They will add more weight In six months than fall pigs. Yet the latter have points in their favor, and they should not be discarded. The best way is to raise both spring and fall pigs. The Time of the Turkey. It is the time when turkeys are worth at least a dollar apiece. They shoul 1 never be allowed to stay away from home a single night If they fall to come up, go after them. Feeding them corn every evening makes home seem more pleasant to the wild crea tures. They require generous feeding to get them fat. —Cor. Farm Journal. Kotea From The Farm Jonrnal. To keep turnips successfully do not bury too many in the same hole. Cranberries will bring a better price than usual on account of the scarcity of other fruit. There is always a demand for pure cider vinegar that cannot be supplied. Only the ripest pumpkins will stand a heavy frost; it is useless to store any others. For the table the flesh and eggs of game fowls are of the highest quality. One quart of grain food per day for ten hens is considered liberal feeding. Arrange paddocks on the sunny side jf the barn for the colts to run in duiv Ing pleasant winter days. Save every bit of manure. He Wanted to Ehcplaln. The man up by the front door of the car was badly bow legged, but no one had noticed it as he entered, and the fact would have entirely escaped ob servation had he not suddenly queried of the passenger on bis left: "You noticed my legs, of course?" "Not particularly," was the reply. "I thought I saw you squinting. My legs are bowed." "Sorry to hear It." "But I want you to know how it came about," continued the man. '1 wasn't born this way." "No?" "No, sir. I wasn't. It has all come to me from having to hitch along on the roof and climb through a win dow when the old woman locks me out of nights, and I want the blam« placed where it belongs." Hla Refnaal. "That man once offered me money for my vote," remarked the practical politician. "And you refused It with scorn?" "I did. My conscience wouldn't per mlt me to take it. It wasn't more than half of what is customarily paid, and I couldn't have looked my fellow mem bers of the legislature in the face If I had cut prices."—Washington Star. The Rin*a of Saturn. "I wonder if Mars really is inhabit ed." "Give it up, but if Saturn is I'll bet the politicians own It" "Why?" "Because you can see the rings."— Philadelphia Press. That Lovely Age. "There is an age." said the wise man of Willow Hollow, "when a girl is too old and too young for kissing games. Just at that time in her life she does not need any excuse to get all that she wants."—Chicago Post. Ilia De-rotlon. "When 1 make a mistake," said Mr. Meekton's wife, "I do not hesitate to confess It." "Yes, Henrietta," was the reply, "yoo can afford to say that You never make any."—Washington Star. Conclnalve. Maud—You think Mr. Blushrose Is not as bashful In the presence of girls as he seems to be, do you? How did yon get that Impression? , Mabel—l had it from bs ®WH- Hips.—
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