VOI XXXIX R icKeb'S \y Fall Footwear. Largest stoik and most handsome styles of fine footwear we have ever shown. Sorosis Shoes. T«vetity new fall styles— Dongola, Enamel, Patent-kid. and Box calf—made in the latest up-to-date styles in medium or high tops. Misses' and Children's Shoes Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children s Pine Shoes com prised of many r.ew and pretty styles for fall. /Wen's Shoes All the latest styles in Men's Fine Shoes. A full line of Men's I'atent-kid Shoes—the latest s'yle lasts, $2.50, $3 00, $5 00 and $6.00. Men's fine calf, vici-kid, and box-calf shoes, SI.OO to $5. assortment of Boys, Youths and Little Gents' fine shoes. FOR OIL-MEN AND FARM WEAR. We have a full stock of Gokty's hand-made, whole stock, box toe boots and shoes. High cut capped tippea shoes for Boys and high cut waterproof shoes for girls. stock of Ladies' kangaroo-calf, oil-grain and kip shoes at a '.ay dr>wn prices. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SCHOOL SHOES. Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplies. JOHN BICK.EL, 128 South Main St., • BUTLER, I A. R. 6c R. A continuance of Butler's greatest sale of Clothing and Men's Furnishings THE CROWD . , at this store the past two weeks that came directly to buy from the Patterson stock, was something without parallel in the history of Butler. THE FIRST was but a beginning. A visit to our store will convince you that mar.y choice things remain for your selection. THE CONTINTJANC E of this sale will be good news to hundreds of men who were not fortunate enough for one reason or another to share in the early selling. YOUR CHANCE t , . l . to secure? a Winter Suit, Overcoat or Men's ?uriushingg at a rediculously low figure. RITTER & ROCKENSTEIN < . Clothiers, Hatters and Men's Furnishers, 141 South Main St., Butler, SUCCESSORS TO J. N. PATTERSON. KECK 4fc> a Spring & Summer Weights . 1 f\ f(\ Ji Have a nauinees about them that Jj (* Njm /l & mark the wearer, it won't do to yj Wi IV jjffy (*( E wear the last year's output. You jj [h~C/ V, l\ won't get the latest things al the ' -Of f"7 TO stock clothiers either. The up-to . /I 1 A ilf f \ date tailor only tan supply thrfm, . I T\v I lilil (J M you want not only the latest L \ I / / J 111 1 I things in cut and fit and work l] 1 "If 'III I nunship, the finest in durability, '• I II 11 a where e'se can you get combina- I I 111 § tions. you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butter,Pa 4RLY FALL STYLES l] Footwear Now Open J pB Going to town tomorrow.' m l 1 ' Tea, I need a pair of boots. That's just what I want too. m kl Where are yoa going for 'em? F YA Oh I don't know, guess FII look round. Well, I won't I go straight to Huselton's! f, 7A iluselton's?—That so, he's all right, I never got poor shoes there yet; ¥ fl Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper, Vf vl Let's go together. All right—let's! ! M Huselton's, N Opp Hotel Lowry. I D. 6c T. \ Latest Styles 4nd Newest Stock in Fall Footwear- x f Patrician and American Girl shoes, in medium and high tops, for ladies. » p Hanan and Manry guaranteed shoes for men. / \ SCHOOL SHOES AT LOWEST PRICES. ? { DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. I I NEXT TO SAVINQS BANK. C \ IW 8. Main Bntler, pa / THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal jt CATARRH In >ll iu ttage*. / 4*40/ Ely's Cream cleanse#, soothee and heala a the diseased membrane. Itcnreecatarrhanddr.ves M--j my a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane un1 drug line. YA I Jfjj REMOVAL. Wc have removed our Marble and Granite shops from corner of Main and Clay streets to No. 208 N. Main street, (opposite W. I). Brandon's residence), where we will be pleased to meet our customers with figures that ate right "on Mouuments & Headstones of all kinds and arc also prepared to give best figurrs on Iron Fence- Flower Vases etc., as wc have secured the sole agency from the Stewart Iron Works of Cincinnati, 0., for this town and vicinity. P. H. Sillier Eugene Morrison GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention xiveti to FINE PAPER HANGING GRAINING and HARDWOOD FINISHING. Office and Shop, Rear of Kalston's Store, Residence No. 119 Cliff St. Peopie » Phone 451. EYTH BROS' Big Wall Paper Store, Next to Postoffice. Special bargains in Wall I'aper, Window Blinds and Room Mould ings. Farmers find good accom modation and satisfaction here. EYTH BROS., Formerly, C. B. McMILUAN, 'l'hone 453. 251 S. Main St. Mars Boiler Works. All sizes of STATIONARY, PORTABLE and UPRIGHT BOILERS always in stock for sale or exchange. Repair work promptly attended to, S. H. ROBERTS, Mett Phono No. It Mar*, People's Phone No. 11. Pa. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1902 | "FAINT | | HEART" | g By WiHiam MacLeod Raine 5 * V ( <> t >yTieh;. 11,1. hj It'. ll.line jjj g 3-x- e®-:- a:-: % o She noticed tbat the Cuban sun aud fever had taken it out of him a xood bit He walked as erect as ever, but his uniform coat bun.w 100-" like a sack and his step lacked the buoyant spring that used to distinguish his approach. He took her pink little palm in his tanned yellow hand with a jircat sigh of relief. "It's good to get Lack to God's coun try again," he told her after the tirst greetings were past. "1 suppose you did uiUs a good many thir.. ;il .va there. It must have been awful, if the newspaper accounts are trti" " He shrugged his thin shaultif large concerns spend llttl"< time In their offices. They travel or remain at home, but the business goes on like clockwork simply because they know how lo select men who can efficiently do the wqrlt assigned to them. It Is a great art to duplicate oneself In another and multiply oneself many times by selecting those who are vast ly superior to ourselves, but who did not happen to have had our opportuni ty to do the thing themselves.-Suc cess. A Careful old I.ntly. An old lady applied at a registry of fice for a maid. "I want a little girl, between eight een and twenty-two years of age, who Is fond of mushrooms." "Fond of mushrooms?" Inquired tho agent. "That Is something I never Inquire about from my applicants. 1 don't understand." "Well, I am very fond of mushrooms myself, anil there are so many mis takes made. The Idea came to me sev eral years »k o, and It was a dispensa tion of Providence that It did or 1 should have been killed. I make my maid eat a portion of all mushrooms brought to my house before any aro served to me. 1 always require It," replied the old lady. "I have lost two excellent maids from toadstools, dur ing tlie last five years, and, of course, I could not think of taking the risk of eating mushrooms unless I bad a maid to test them." —London Globe. —~ STEAM SILOS. T!;p LatCMt Endeavor to Secure u Si lujir Free Front Acid. Tho latest development of the silage Id a is the use of steam to prevent f nneutation as far as possible and se cure an approximately acid free siiage. Tlie Oregon station began experiment ing on thia line last year and the cut shows the construction of one or two small silos used for the purp. ae. These were built of well seasoned yellow fir, dressed, tongu<{ and groove lumber, one and live-eighths Inches thick, three and one-half inches wide and twelve feet long. When completed the silos meas ured approximately tire feet In diame ter and twelve feet deep. They were constructed plain, having no doors, so that the only way of tilling aud empty ing was by way of tlie top of the silo. They were fitted with one and one-quar ter Inch piping so that they could be steamed after being filled. The silo of which the lower portion Is here shown was fitted with pipes so that steaiu could be liberated In tho •silo within two iuehes of the bottom I ijji! I li'iiiir | §H 14s f H[ I f jijiy. SILO FITTED FOII STEAM. Nt G, and also mlilway between the bottom nnd top at P. The upright pipe E P in the silo was covered with a cap at P so as to prevent fodder from fall ing into the pipe. Ten to fifteen holes three-eighths of an Inch in diameter were drilled in the pipe near the cap at Pas outlets for the steam. The el bow at G turns directly down and comes to within about two Inches of the bottom of the silo. This elbow G prevents material from getting into tho pipe G II and serves as an easy outlet for the steam when forcing it into tho silo near the bottom. The silo was filled with very green, immature corn, cut three-quarters of an inch long and packed as tigiit as possi ble. The contents were theif teamed, first by making connection through I), then disconnecting at D and connecting at I. Pressure was part of the time at twenty pounds, and, for the latter part, forty pounds. The steaming proc ess lasted from about 7 o'clock one evening till 0:-'50 tho next morning. A sterilized cotton plug was tied over the end of the pipe at I, projecting from the silo. The second pipe projecting from the silo was stopped with an Iron plug screwed in at D. Just at the end of tho steaming process, and while the corn fodder was still very hot, both silos were covered with layers of heavy building paper and then with several Inches of sterilized cotton. When the silos were opened in De cember, tlie steamed silage was sweet and bright, and had undergone very little change since the green fodder was put In. THE SUGAR BEET- I iirfnl Item* «. f 12* perlcuee From tl»o Station. Considering tho extra work Involved In the narrowing of tho space between rows of sugar beets, together with tho Inconvenience and even Impossibility of cultivating with large farm horses in narrow rows, it seems as yet wise, to the Michigan station, to continue with the rows twenty-one inches apurt at least. Figures from recent tests show de cidedly in favor of increasing the ni trogen content of the sugar beet fer tilizers. Not only is the yield of beets greater, but the percentage of sugar Is higher where an excessive amount of nitrate of soda Is applied. The marked difference in yield of sugar from the home mixed fertilizer over the commercial fertilizer suggests the possibility of nitrate nitrogen being su perior to the form per cent through recent unfavora ble weather conditions, although there has been damage In the north central and north western counties. THE HANDLING OF MILK. It* ({tilck mtfl TlioroiiKli tooling •tprrlnll? ri;n»lilerrd. The cooler milk In kept the less ac tive the bacteria In if. will lie and the longer the milk will maintain its nor mal condition. Many means may be employed to cool milk to the desired temperature. A very common and generally satisfac tory way is that of setting the strained milk In large (forty quart) cans Into a trough containing water. Then, again, coders are used, through tho Inside of which pas-es a current of cold water or ice water, and the milk runs In a thin layer over the cold sides of the apparatus, belru: cooled very rapidly. This method Is very sat isfactory for two reasons (1) the inilk Is cooled very promptly, and <2i it is aerated, freeing It from the cowy odor. Generally speaking, that apparatus is most efficient that cools the milk to the lowest possible temperature in the shortest possmle time. It must be borne in mind, however, that low tem peratures aro not detrimental to the life of bacteria, but simply check their growth. It Is neees-ary. therefore, not only that milk be cooled I" a l«>v> teni pcrature as soon as possible after it is drawn, but that the low tempera ture ho maintained. When warmed up" ffftain, the m-rui lire in It will nsume Its activity; houce milk can bo kept unchanged for any rea sonable h*ii£tli of time by subjecting It to and keeping it at a low tempera ture. Aerators that are not coolers, if used in summer, do not Improve the uiillr bacterlologicallj", as tlie tei;:i>erature iit the atmosphere is not low enough to check the aevclopmont of bacteria. On the contrary, such aeration prolongs the time that elapses between the drawing and cooling of milk and there fore tonus to favor bacterial activity. In winter^however, these aerators also serve as coolers, the milk passing through the cold air being cooled rap idly. Tlu- greater the attention paid to scrupulous cleanliness in handling milk at all stages, the shorter the time that elapses between the drawing, straining aud cooling of milk and tlie lower the temperature to which it Is cooled, the greater its freedom from micro-organisms, the long> r it will re tain its normal condition, the more profitable its production will lie and tiie more wholesome will it be for old and young.—Otto I\ Ilunzlker. AN IOWA AFPLE CAVE. Very SatUtectorj* For Farm Storage* A Frufthotme Added to It. Tor storing fruit on the farm noth ing can eijual a good cave. One of the leading orchardists in southwestern lowa built a cave seven years ago and lias found it an excellent place in which to store apples. The cave was dus: into a north hill slope and the dirt removed with a spade and wheelbar row. It is U» feet wide by T>o feet deep and will hold two carloads of apples. The clay walls need nothing to hold them In place. The roof is made of bridge plank held in place by posts along the sides. K.NTHANCK TO AN APPLE CAYK The plank are covered with dirt and sodded over to turn the rain. Two twelve inch tiles at the top provide ventilation. Rats have not bothered much. A few got in, but were caught with a wire trap. A frultbouse 10 by 20 feet is built In front of the cave. Double doors open on the north, so that two wagons can be backed in for unloading. There is an orchard and timber '.ll the south, so that hot south winds have 110 chance to enter tills cave. Apples are stored in barrels, which are kept off the ground.—Amer ican Agriculturist. Nitrate »( Soda on Cunlfn Crop*. Field experiments with nitrate of soda on market garden crops lead the New Jersey statiou to the following suggestions: First. -That both the yield and qual ity of vegetable crops are Improved by a liberal supply of available nitro gen. Second.—That large quantities of ni trogen (300 to 400 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre) are, on the whole, preferable to smaller quantities. Third.—That where large quantities of nitrate of soda are used fractional dressings are likely to result in a great er proportionate use of the nitrogen. f'ouiih.—Three dressings proved ou the whole more profitable than two. When the growth is satisfactory, the third dressing may be withheld. Illta of Experience. In milking it Is better for each man to have the same cows regularly. Both cow and milker will do better than with frc , : nt changes. It Is well to remember Hint all crops have two values their feeding value and their manurial value. The persistent use of mower and scythe or spud will exterminate plan tain. In my experience with rape I find that pigs are ravenously fond of it. Look out for chicken cholera. Clean liness Is one of the best preventive®. * Our bAM'b FREAK MONEY Pill* lhat Am Twenty Ilollnr* on Onr Sltrlr and T«»i» on 11»c Hr\crnf, S> iitteretl throughout the country are a few pieces of paper money that are known fi? "freak bills" by the olllelals of Ihe treasury department. One of them turned up in (his city not long HE" It hi d the imprint of a twenty dollar note on oiu- side and a ten on the oilier. As the face showed the twenty, t'.rt was its legal value. The deputy assist .nt treasurer of the United States, who Is stationed in •■e New York subtrwury, was sj cak ing of these freaks the other day and said he had only seen one of them in lils life, although he had heard of Sev ern Very r; rely they have slipped thr< the bureau of engraving and printing rfeaplte a • arcfel scrutiny by 'bice or four f-ela of ii.r.pectei'H. In most cnxe.i thoy have 1 '»n rational banknotes v.-deli, like regular treasury nntr.i, art '?> In ted 'it the bureau In WuHhlngfoj The r.u - vi ue always is r<'' ■•gul/c" when the freaks come to be '.'.led In at any bran.li of the tnasii' and tlie imprint 1 :> Hi* back ba* 'in lawful statu? whatever. "Th< notes are printed In sheets at the bureau," nu' i the official. "Usual ly there will bo one twenty and two tens o i a sheet. They are printed one tide at a line, so it can be seen that the printer IP tu r :'ig over the sheet ml;.'ht "I i: tip- ale t'ov. n mid thus put a ten « Uie\ KliOtild. titn' the money coos out :•>(,, iii i , X.'heii orroi t are discovered, the i ! printed sheet Is laid aside to l■!• i i• •I. It cannot be torn up at nece, for < ery sheet has to le nccotintid for <.i lit that than a do; n are now sea U red alKiut, tno«f of t'i'M in the h nil f curio hunters. Mlici.il raid that no ef fort to col I "el them had been made by th- governnient aad that the treasury depirtii "i t 1 it" vol--.'del 1 the clreu lation of t!: few nolo a matter of any cci, lu. -much as there wa no d> « t about tie- values as in dicated on the face. New York Times. . ATAL DISCOVERIES. NVENTIONS THAT Br.OU'iHT THEIR ORIGINATORS TO TiriE GSAVfc. SclentlU* Secret* Thai Have Keen Corlrii UltH tlie Hen Who i>>- seased Then; .ml That Were the ' m.>fs of Their Tragic Taking Off. The maxim wr.'cii states that silence Is golden has cost the wax'.d some of the greatest discoveries of modern times, for not a few of the inventors whosJ names would have l>eeu handed down to posterity as public benefae tors have killed by their secrets before they would consent to divul; e them to their fellow bein;s. In ISOS all Europe was startled by the discovery of a new explosive culled fnlminite, which, it was believed, would revolutionize in< dern »jrfure. It was the lnvt-T.ioi oi an Lxcler scientist named Sawbridge, and sam ples of th~ explosive wfci.li were test oil by the government reveahd the fact that its power was three times greater than that of cordite and In conse quence it would treble the range of a rille bullet. The German government offered Sawbrldge £20,000 for his In vention, which be patriotically refused until the home authorities had had the first option of purchase. But Just as the latter were about to seal * con tract with him the news came that his laboratory had been blown up and him self with it Unfortunately he left no records wliatever, and although some of the leading experts of tho day minutely examined the debris they failed to discover the secret, which is probably lost forever. About half a century ago an Italian priest named Luigi Taranti discovered a method of making stained glass, the coloring of which was declared equal to that made by the ancients, whose secret has been lost. Taranti aban doned holy orders and set to work to execute the hundreds of commissions he received In the secrecy of his work shop at Ostia, near Rome. The finest stained glass windows In Italy were made by him, and he guarded his se cret well, for when a year later he was found dead of blood poisoning, set up by the pigments he employed. It was realized that he had carried his secret with him. Tho cleverest workmen were called In to examine the Ingredi ents. but they one and all failed to penetrate the dead man's secret. The person who could make compo sition billiard balls equal to those of Ivory would quickly qualify as a mil lionaire, and It la not an Impossible task, for It has already been done. Some years ago a Scotch manufactur er put composition billiard balls on the market which were as good at but only a third of the price of those al ready In use. He refrained from pat enting his Invention and made all the balls himself, even his family being prohibited from sharing his secret, lint Just as he was beginning to taste the fruits of his experiments he was one day mortally wounded by an accl i dent In his workshop nnd died before be could make any statement Ex perts were given specimens of the balls to analyze, but In spite of the fact that they succeeded In tracing the materi als used they have long since given up all hopes of being able to discover how they were put together. The only man who has yet been suc .cessful In taking photographs In color was a martyr to his discovery, the secret of which Is lost. Some years ago Dr. Herbert Franklin of Chicago submitted a number of colored photo graphs—of a somewhat crude nature, it Is true—to the leading American scientific institutions, aud the encour agement he received wns such that he built himself a laboratory, proof against the wiles of spies, at a cost of $12,000, wherein to perfect his In vention. In the preparation of his plates he used a charcoal flre, and one day when at work he omitted to open the ventilators and was found asphyx iated. He had refrained from divulg ing his secret to any one, and in con sequence, although some partially fin ished plates that hid the secret re mained, the way they were prepared is a problem that has baffled scientists to this day. Another victim to his secret was Adams, the Inventor of tallium, tho greatest discovery In the metals of the age. Adams was confident that a metal could be produced which, although as hard as steel, was only half Its weight nnd price, and nfter five years' experi menting with an electrical process tal lium was the result. Tho invention was taken up throughout America, and orders for thousands of tons of the metal began to i>our in from the lead ing railway companies. Hut It was too late. The enormous mental strain he had undergone, coupled with the sensation of finding millions within his grasp, took away his reason, nnd ho was confined in an asylum. He left no records to explain the process, and no amount of per suasion drew the secret from him, which perished locked up In his brain when two years later ho died a help less lunatic.—London Tlt-Blts. Ilrllrvrs In the Theory. "Somebody advances the idea that there are words that affect us Just aa certain Colorado." "I dunno about the colors, but I'm pretty sure to froth at the mouth every time I henr 'line's busy.'"— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Invisible. Brlggs (sarcostlcully)—That waa • beautiful, fine horse you sold me. Griggs- -Wasn't he? As I said, not a blemish on him. "No. All Inside." Detroit Free 1 'rcss. A mnn talks knowingly of the Incon stancy of women utid then proceeds to get mad If one of them proves he la right.—Chicago News. When Moore Hnnit. In singing his own songs Moore al tered (hp arrangement of the airs and sang the Hist part of each verso twleo over at the beginning Instead of us a refrain lit the end. In that glorious aoiw of his. "Oh, the tight Entranc ing!" Moore's own singing of It was a matchless treat. With head upraised, he seemed almost to revel In the fresh morning light iih lie gazed on the "sight entrancing," and his eye spar kled as "files arrayed with helm and blade" sc-med to pass before him, While a deeper feeling nwoke lis the passion of the song came upon him. Ills voice, one of Infinite modulation, but of small compass, rose clear and thrilling to Its highest pitch as he sang: (Jo ask yon ot whether Hl* armed bsntls could bring such hnnds Am! hoarts l< ours together. Ills song was an Inspired recitative, nud b>- seemed to Improvise as he ran his fingers over the notes, nnd as the tide <>f thought came over him It was poured forth In harmonious cadences of ex>|Ulslte variety. Had he been tied to a chair, with the added doom of a prosy companion, he would have ex ploded and gone off like a rocket or a bottle of spurkllug chumpugne.—Went- No 37 WHERE PAIN MOST~tfURYSfc Extreme Sensitiveness Of the FtttlV and Dental Nerris. Which part of the human body it the most sensitive to paint A sharp definition must be drawn here between Irritation and pain. Irri tation is not pain, bnt on]/ a frequent cause of it. Thus, a crumb lodged In the larynx near the vocal cords pro duced violent irritation {ind prolonged coughing, which often results Hi actnal pain. So, too, a fly or speck of dost in" the eye sets up violent Irritation and inflammation, followed by acute Of the surface of the body, the finger tips and the end of the tongue ore moat sensitive. Fcj instance, a burn on tha lingers is much more painful than one im t'ue hack would be, while one on thl tongue would be more painful art 11 Deep wounds arc not painful, as a rule, save as regards the aurtacft In jury. Of pains not caused by asternal injuries, neuralgia of the fifth nerve, the one which supplies the aldß of tho head and face, is the most Intense. It has frequently driven people mad fot" the time being, and sufferers have been known to cut and even burn the flesh In desperate attempts to relieTe It The rupture of the branches of the dental uerve in tooth drawing also causes agony so intense that it has been stated that no human being could endure It for more than two seconds at a time.— Pearson's Weekly. Trading on the Kltcr. A recent traveler on the Niger writes: "I was anxious to buy some fruit from a native woman who came down to the ship, and to this end I produced a handful of coppers which I had brought out from England. I first showed her five, then six, seven and eight, but she pushed them all aside in a most unceremonious manner. More by way of a Joke than anything else, I then produced a three penny piece, which she at once accepted, giv ing me In return just twice as much as I had asked for my eight coppers. 1 also discovered that she had a great partiality for white glass bottles. ' 1 happened to have about half a dozen empty soda water bottles, foe which she gave me the same number of eggs. I afterward found that any whS* glass bottle had this purchasing power all over Nigeria. The natives send them to Blda, where they are melted and made Into rings about three or four Inches In diameter, to be worn either as armlets or anklets." The Bark of • Doc. Strangely enough, seems to us so characterttae oftt#" dog. Is not one of Its natural sounds at all. No wild dogs bark, and, what la more remarkable, If dogs are Isolated for a long time from their human mas ters they seem to lose the faculty. Thus a number of dogs turned loose on Juan Fernandez island were found In thirty-three years to hate complete ly lost the habit, but to be able to re acquire It. On the other hand, wolf puppies, as well as young wild dogs, if reared among tame ones, readily learn to bark. It almost seems as If the sound were differentiated from the howling and yelping natural to the wild canldie In order to communicate with man and serve his purpose. It ia worth observing that the habit can be eliminated when desired, as In some breeds of dogs favored by poachers. Histories Trees. Litchfield. Conn., has more historic trees than any other town In New Eng land. Among others are two elmi planted by John O. Calhoun, a syca more said to bo one of the thirteen planted by Oliver Wolcott, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and named nfter the thirteen original col onies; nn elm which served as a whip ping post in colonial days, and a wil low tree which grow from a walking stick stuck in the ground by Colonel Tnlmadge, the American officer who captured Major Andre, the British spy. Editorial Room Wit The reporter bad Just come In from a murder case. It was a rainy day, and he had to cross a plowed field oft foot "I see," observed the chief editor, looking with much dlsploasure at his large and muddy boots, "you have brought the scene of the murder with you." "Yes," answered the reporter apolo getically; "I've got to have some ground for my story, you know."— London Express. Discounting It. Ho—Here's n story of a surgeon wb