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 • - • '• 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 35 Children's spring heel rubbers 15 THE BUTLER CITIZEN. KIH'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 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 ye 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 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.—