VOI XXXIX Teachers!! } C Winter Footwear in very latest styles at least possible prices. \ \ Patrician shoes for women, the best shoe made, for ; s°* f ( Ladies' Pat. Leather Enamel and Vici shoes at $3.00. / \ American Girl shoes for $2.50. V / Hanan shoe for men, none better, at $5.00. t } Schwab $3 50 shoes for men in all styles and leathers. ? x Special lot of $3.50 Enamels, Pat., Colt, and Vici shoes at \ /$ 2.34- \ S A full line of new Rubber Goods and Felts at lowest prices. * / Large stock of Ladies', Men's and Misses' leggins. X )Full Line of Holiday Slippers. £ r Repairing neatly done. £ V Coupons for Carlisle Piano voting contest- with every 25c ) \ purchase. J 'l DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. S NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. ? \ 108 S. Main St. The Pleasure of (Christmas There's a heart-interest in Christmas buying that mal<es it more pleasurable—a feeling that \?ou are going to mal<e some one more happy adds interest to the occasion. Our Holiday Display of Furniture Is Large and Better than ever. Hundreds of useful presents here What about some of the following: Music Cabinets from 5 to sls. Polished mahogany or oak Rocker at $5 and up. Ladies' Toilet Table in Mahogany, bird's eye maple or polished oak. Sewing Machine—very useful present —only $16.75 — warranted; fine Cabinet machine for S3O. Parlor or Library Table in oak or mahogany, polished, all prices. Fine Smyrna or a Moquette Rug at $2.50 up. A nice Lace Bed set in two pieces— s4.so to SB.OO. Pedestal in oak or mahogany. A fine Velour or a Leather Couch. Solid oak Extension Table from $6.50 to $25.00. 5 A fancy Iron Bed in white or colors any price you may want. China Closet, combination.or library case at various prices to suit your pocket book. Oak C.hiftonieres from SB.OO up. Adjustable Sofa, very pretty, for $20.00. | Writing Desk from $4 and up.. 1 Pictures Framed as low as 20 cents. 5 Medicine Cabinets, $2.50. [ Hall Racks, $ll.OO and up. Sideboards for 14 to SBO. Set of Diners, any kind—solid, veneer or leather seats- -all prices. \ Tickets for the Carlisle Piano Contest Given With Each Purchase. Come In and Compare. J BROWN &• CO., Bell Phone 105, (across from Duffy's store,) Butler, Pa. I Campbell's Good Furniture. Us Christmas Presents. I Give useful gifts# the jS kind you would ap/ || predate yourself, This 1| B jgg store never had a fL I* ®|P 8 better selected stock 'J? 8 iS to show you. g Si PfiPlflNr 1 PTJATPQ Usef aland always appreciat- ESt fPi UVVjAIiIU" VXIAIXiO ed. Best selection of medium JSS WM priced Rockers we have ever shown. Fine solid wood seat highly ISt 16ft polished Parlor Rockers at SIO.OO and SB.OO. Upholstered seat ppf Rockers, $6.75 and $5. Others in wood or cobbler seats at $3 50. tesg A nest oak cobbler seat Rocking Chair at $2.75. JK MUSIC CABINETS *SC All in mahogany finish or solid mahogany. Finest one costs *£% S2B- Others at S2O, sl6, sl4, $lO. Cheapest ones costs $5 00 JSSS || WRITING DESKS J iffl Ladies' Writing Desks in mahogany or oak. Borne cost $35, fsU others at sls, $12.50, $lO, $6.75. Cheapest one costs $3 50 j|p COME IN AND LOOK AROUND. * Wt ALFRED A. CAMPBELL, jg IFQPEEfiY Kg Campbell ft Templetoni KECK Fall & Winter Weights q V, Have a nattiness about them that J] .-4 "l /*<< Vw mark the wearer, it won't do to 'J Vv /] r wear the last year's output. You p t MM K Jm) /JJ lA won't get the latest things at the ,~i / NL {• / \S r\ stock clothiers either. The up-to- 1 \TS I /V»si iF? K C. date tailor only cqu supply them, g ,1 {/ ]\"\ L/ Ift Jif you want not only the latest 1/ • 1 /I Tin L_LJy ' iM*g» Wcm and and wojk- W \ // V JjTffi the finest in durability, y II I// / / 1 where else can you get combina- |j » I II tiona, you get them at ) I 111 jjj f KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I In passing £ the Holidays | don't neglect buying some presents j) for your friends. We have tb« gucds i t F for the men folks. £ m Choose something iseful. 5 a yi , Gloves =c Neckwear " r > f d Shirts 55 Suspenderi t , * Mufflers > Full Dress Go*d» Suit Cases » L'mbrllaes # r Handkerchiefs £? Faacy i Hese # v Night Robes J Pajamas * ETC. * r Come early and get first choli*. # T 9 t * I Jno. S. Wick j £ HATTER au6 I * MEN'S FURNJWSU&, 4 5 Opposite P. 0. 5 i BUTLER, PA, B. 13. the gift question You'll come to the eitf 9»ma time be tween now an 1 Christinas. Bear in mind the importanoe at o*tu ing to this store. Where the best of Departments is shown is lavish assort ment. And sold on a small profit basis. Toys, Dolls, Games, Sporting (?oods. and Novelties innumerable. Jewelry, Silverware, Books, Hand kerchiefs, Gloves, Neckwear, {Umbrel las, Fnrs, and most everything *m«j. woman or child wears. fine furs We are doing the Fur business on a scale not heretofore attempted. Elaborate variety, magnificent fart, and Prices that pay you to come. Fur Neckpieces, $2.50 to |450.0& Fur Coats, #25.00 to 8450.00 Handsome Mink Scarfs, 13.96 Sable Fox Boas, $8.50 Squirrel Scarfs, 88.50 Blue Lynx Scarfs, sl2.® Blended Marten, $18.58 Sable, $50.00 to $450.00 Christmas Sale Black Silks—Pea* de Soie, Peau de Cygne, Paillet de Sole, Satin Regence, Armure, Armnre Bril lant and Grenadine—7sc, $ 1.00, fi.SO to |3.00 Note the important raiae&-~ #l.oo, 11.25, |1.50. Sheer Goods for dressy gowns make a perfect gift. Sale of Silk Warp Crepe and Eolienno —Black, Blues, Tans. Greens and other Street and Evening shades— $1.09 yard. Boggs & Buhl Department X ALLEGHENY. PA. REMOVAL. We have removed our Marble and Granite shops from corner of Main and Clay streets to No. 308 N. Main street, (opposite W. D. Brandon's residence), where Mrc will be pleased to meet our customers with figures that are right on Mouuments & Headstones of all kinds and are also prepared ; to give best figurrs on Iron Fence- Flower Vaaes etc., as we have secured the sole agency from the Stewart Iron Works of Cincinnati, for fckis town and vicinity. P. H. Sechler SOMETHING NEW j In the photograph line can be seen at the Findley Studio. The Artist Proof photograph on exhibition now, they are winners and please all who want an artistis picture. Stop in and see them. Novelties for Holiday trade now ready. Broaches and buttons of all descriptions. Copying *ud enlarging. A. L. FINDLEY, Telephone 236., P. O. B'd'g, Butler. 1 Branches —Mars and Evans City. mm BUTLER, PA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER, II 1902 Nasal CATARRH Bt&fh In all its stages. Mb- <k 0 M Ely's Cream I slcansce, soothes and heals m < fce diseased membrane, 1 ! It cures catarrh on J drive* \ I »way a cold in the head j fnickly. i Crram Hnliu is placed into the nostrils,spreads f over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im | mediate and a enre follows. It is not drying—does ' tot produce sneering. Size, 50 cents at Drng j g!sts or by mail; Trial Sise, 10 cents. j $ » ; li li Johnston's H Beef, Iron and Wine W |1 is the [ A Best Tonic'' a j kl and VA Blood Purifier. kl ml Price, 50c pint. 7 Ll Prepared and WJk sold only at Johnston's U 0 Crystal N N Pharmacy. M wl R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G.. i 92 ICS N. Main St., Butler, Pa! Ll [ ■ Both 'Phones N Everything in the % kl drug line. A Just Arrived Early Fall Goods In Latest Coronation Suitings; Also Black and White Novelties. Wedding Suits a Specialty. Call and examine before leaving your order for suit. COOPER, Leading Tailor, With Newton, Piano Man. THE MOST IMPORTANT question of the day is why Newton, "The Piano Man." can sell a better piano for less money than anyone else in Western Pennsylvania. He represents the wealthiest manu- J factnrers of Pianos. You pay direct to them for all the Pianos. The expense of selling them is $75 less than the ordinary retail man and you save his profit, which means toyou $175 saved. Prices from sf','so to $1,500—10 per cent off for cash. All pianos fully warrant ed. My customers are my reference. Ask them, Call and see me and let me explain our easy payment plan. Your credit is good. NEWTON "THE PIANO MAN" 317 S. Main St. Butler Pa Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed andiiSaleStable Rear of Wick Housed Butler'. Penn'a. The best of horses and first class rigs al ways on hand and for hire. Beat accommodations In town far perma nent boarding and transient trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Btable Room For 65 Horses. A. good c ass of horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale under a full guarantee; and horses bough pon proper notification by PEARSON B. NACE, Xelnpnone No. 21#. § Bi g;e CsOs.« I <T ' By CAPTAIN DRAYLE • y• ■ Copyriokt, isol, bu '[ <C ' A. S. Uichardtun '■ / OHO day when Company B of the Seventh was returning from a scout after hostile Indians a boy of ten who bad been hiding in a dry ditch sudden ly leaped up before the horses. Ilis story was the familiar one. An emi grant camp had been beset by the hos tilea nt night, a score of men, women ami cliild;v!> wiped out, and the boy had escaped, lie knew not how. The soldiers claimed the orphan as their own, and in a way Company It adopt ed him. For the first year or two It was feared that relatives might turn up or that the colonel would send him away to be adopted and cared for by civil ians, but these calamities did not hap pen. The boy gave ids name as Stanley Martin, and so the chaplain wrote It down in making a record, but tlie sol diers called hiui Kuiy from the first day to the last. lie was a bright, cheerful youngster by nature, and aft er time had blunted his grief no one laughed oftener than Billy. The pet ting he received from the men of the company would have spoiled most kids, but it made Billy none the worse. He might have picked up profanity, selfishness apd braggadocio, but he never did. He was encouraged to smoke and chew, but he did not fall into those bad habits. At the age of twelve lie was better educated than some of the corporals, and at fourteen the commissary took him on as a clerk. How it was arranged does not mat ter. but a year later Hilly became Company B's bugler. He had been a pupil until lie could be taught nothing more. His bugle calls were music to the whole regiment, and let others wind the horn as tliey might their notes could deceive no one. And at fifteen ho was as fresh faced and hon est looking a lad as. any father or mother could have wished to call son. There wasn't an officer in the regiment who wouldn't have been gkid to chip In for a purse to send the boy to some school lu the states and give him a show to make his way in civil life, but Billy had determined 011 a soldier's career and begged to be permitted to stay with the Seventh. Soon after his promotion the Indians, who had somehow held on to them selves for four or five years, dug up the hatchet and took to the warpath. News reached l'ort McPherson after a bit that a baud of them were raiding down Smoky valley. There were but two companies at the fort Just then, and they held themselves in readiness to be ordered out «t any moment. It was six mllw from the post over to the valley, and many a time during the days of peace Billy had mounted the Indian pony given him by the quarter master and ridden over to Wharton's ranch. Wharton himself was Jolly and good natured, his wife was motherly and kind hearted, and their daughter Kate, a year younger than the bugler, was handsome enough to set a boy's heart fluttering. The soldiers caught on after awhile and had their Jokes at Billy's expense, but they did not go too far. Even the roughest of the men always respected the boy's feelings. He blushed and stammered when they laughed at his love affair, but he went Just as often to Wharton's. One day, and for the first time, he was sent there officially. The hostiles were taking in tho whole length of the valley, beating back or dodging the forces sent out, and If the Whartons did not seek tho shelter of the fort they were certain to fall victims with in a day or two. Other settlers had come In, but Wharton argued that the marauders would turn back before his place was reached. The colonel of the Seventh had written him almost a peremptory order to come In without an hour's delay,-and Billy was the messenger deputed to carry It. lie had a fast pony, was a good rider and had a cool head, and it was argued that he would be several hours ahead of danger. A light Winchester and a belt of cartridges were given him, and it was only when ho was on his way that any one noticed the bugle slung to his back. He rode at a fast pace and reached Wharton's without adventure. The message must have convinced the ranchman of the necessity of haste, for he brought up his wagon and began loading it with household effects. It was while thus engaged that the In dians came upon him. Billy had left the fort at 10 o'clock In the forenoon. It could be figured out that if Wharton refused to come the boy would be back at half past 12 at the latest. If Wharton accompanied him back, then It might be an hour later. It came 1 o'clock, and it came 2 and 3, and there was no sign of Billy. Then the colonel ordered out Company B for a scout. There were only seven ty men, but It was believed they could take care of any force likely to be met With that far down the valley. The orders were to ride on until they found the boy, and the troop was 110 sooner clear of the stockade than the horses were put to the gallop. They hoped to meet Billy before the crest of Snako hill was reached, but w-hen a halt was made 011 the summit to breathe the horses and the troopers looked down upon Wharton's ranch, still three miles away, a dozen men cried out In chorus: "Look! Look! The redskins have Jumped the ranch and are burning tho house." Clouds of smoke were arising from three or four points on the ranch prop erty, but after a minute It was seen that sheds and stacks only had been fired and that the house itself was still Intact. But as the soldiers used their naked eyes and the officers their glass es to locate the redskins the sounds of rifle shots came floating up to them, followed by the notes of U bugle. Bu gler Billy was sounding "Boots and saddles!" as a call for aid. Company B had brought along a su pernumerary bugler. The captain nod ded to him. lie dismounted, climbed the big bowlder which was a landmark and from its crest sent the stirring notes back across the valley to tell U>« beleaguered ones that rescue was at hand. Then as he touched the saddle Again the troop went thundering down the eastern slope to fall upon the Indi ans red handed. It reached the valley, It had formed pjatoon front, the car bines had been unslung, when up rose 200 warriors to bar Its further prog ress and its retreat and drive it to cover on the right. Ten saddles had been enjptied before cover was reached. The Indians had set a trap, and the troopers had galloped into it. For half an hour the hostiles pressed the attack so vigorously that it seemed as if the troop must lie wiped out, but cool and steady fire of the soldiers 'finally cleared the foe away, and rifle and carbine ceased their racket for a time. As silence full came notes of Bil ly's bugle to tell his •ouiriHles thai ho was still alive and la**w of tin-ir near presence. A;::iin he wm answered, but the men shook their bfiids and cursed and muttered. U was plain to them that the boy and the Whartows were beset in I lie rnnchhouae by twenty to one and ju.-t as plain that the/ were helpless to aid them. The Indians had Bimply fallen back to cover instead of retreating. The troop was surrounded and shut in, and to attempt to break out of the circle meant a massacre. Now began a fierce attack on the ranchliou.se that lasted for half an hour. When the firing had died away, Rillv's bugle calls floated across the level to tell his comrades that the fort still held out, and they were answered with wild cheers. Twice again before the sun went down the Indians tpude fierce attacks on the intrenched troop ers. to be driven back, and twice and thrice they renewed the attacks on the house. Again after the attack at <5 o'clock Itilly's bugle chills were heard, but three-quarters of nn hour later the troopers sprang up and exclaimed to each other: "Thos-> are not Hiiiy's nole&J Some one else Is sounding the call!" "'Tis Wharton's daughter!" whis pered the old first sergeant. "Our Hilly has taught her to blow the bugle. Comrades, our boy lies dead or wounded." Thirty minutes iatrr. as the red rim of the summer sun was sinking out of sight, there came u last call from the ranchliouse. It was from the Hps of the girl again. Just then silence fell upon the valltyr, or the low and quaver ing notes might not have reached the ears of the troopers. The girl was blowing the call of "Lights out! 1 ' "God! God!" sobbed the men as they listened and realized what the notes meant "She Is the last to die!" whispered the captain as he turned away his head. Under cover of darkness the hostiles drew off and were thirty mHes away when morning came. Then the troop ers closed in ou the battered, haK burned ranchliouse and snt with bared heads while their olßcers went Inside. "Not a cartridge left and all dead!" said the captain as he came eut, with his hat in his hand. "It was the girl who lived longest, and It was sfee who blew 'l.ights out!' when all hope ijms gone. God rest tlicmT' Unman Flesh Don Not I'etrlfy. Petrification is simply the substitu tion of inorganic for organic matter atom by atom. This process of trans formation is unthinkably slow. As a molecule of wood or bone decays a molecule of stone takes its place. This can only occur when fUc air, earth or water surrounding the organic sub stance in question holds in solution some mineral which is readily precip itated. In the case of either wood or bone while decomposition is going on there yet remains a framework or fiber, the interstices of which may gradually be filled by the mineral sub stanco. With tlesh, be It human or ani mal, no such framework exists. The very rapid decay of flesh also makes it impossible for the very slow process of petrifaction to have any effect in the way of making a transformation. The stories of petrified bodies being found in graveyards are usually "faked up" by some imaginative re porter who wishes to lengthen his "string." It is true, however, that the bodies of human beings have been fre quently found lucrustefl with a sili ceous substance so as to resemble real petrifactions in every particular. Mnkintx n Cobble. The other day a gentleman went Into a pipemaker's shop at Edinburgh with the intention of seeing the metkod of making pipes. When he got in, he found only a boy In the shop; so, without more ado, he thus addressed him: "Weel, my caliant, I'll gie ye six pence an' ye'll show us how ye mak' yer pipes." "I canna mak' a peep, sir," replied the lad; "I can only mak' a cubble." "A cubble! What's that, my bin ney?" "It's a sh6rt peep," replied the bey, "sic as men an' women smoke oet on." "Why, I'll gle ye sixpence an' ye'll show us liow ye mak' that." "Gie's yer sixpence furst," was the reply. The gentleman gave the boy sixpence, when he took a long pipe and broke a piece off It, saying: "There, now, sir; that is the way I mak' cubbies."—London Answers. Peeling n Fenrl. The lapidary was skinning a pearl, according to the Philadelphia Record. He had on gloves of a very delicate sort of kid and the glasses that he wore had lenses of such great magnify ing power that his eyes through them looked as big as saucers. "I wear gloves," he said, "because the hands perspire f»eely in this,work, and per spiration has often been known to dis color pearls. This stone was Injured by the accidental dropping on It of some acid. The disaster discolored it, you see. With this very delicate Httle tool I am removing the Outer skip, and If I find that tlx; acid has filtered through and discolored the Inner skin also I may remove that as well. A pearl, you see, is composed of concen tric layers or skins, and you can, If you are a clever workman, peel it down and down until It disappears." Knlvc* nnil Tomnhnwk*. John Chalmers, the missionary friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, and eTery inch a man, once telegraphed to Eng land: "Getting in trim for next sea sou. Ask Jones send one gross toma hawks; one gross butchers' knives. Going east; try make friends between tribes." London was convulsed over the mis sionary's peculiar way of promoting friendship with the New Guinea canni bals, says a writer in the Rochester Post-Express. Chalmers had learned that no other two articles were eo like ly to do this. The knife and" the toma hawk were popular for purposes of barter among people who would have had 110 use for copies of the "Encyclo paedia Brltannica" or cuts from u fash ion magazine. The telegram was in congruous only to the iguorant. Inwnrnnee Asnin.it Acofdont. The usual odds laid by an accident company are £I,OOO to £4 that you do not die from an accident In a year. Supposing that the whole population of the country were insured against ac cidents in one office, each person pay ing £4 and being guaranteed £I.OOO in case of death by mishap, the premiums would reach the figirre of £l49,74tifS(>B, and the sum to be paid for deaths would amount to £14.908.000, leaving, after the deduction of a few millions for working expenses, the very luspeet altle profit of £130,000,000. London Tit-lilts. \\ uen a man has difficulty In fiudlng a chance to propose, he can make up his mind that the girl doesn't want him.—Chicago Record-Herald. FODDER CHEAPLY STORED. ronijiarativcly Tijiht Slnrncp H«- qnlred—A Crib and Self Ferd«r. Stover requires comparatively tight room to keep it in until wanted f :• fer-d. Stocked In a windy country before it can R.'ttle or become compact. It is liable to become scattered to the four winds. A very satisfactory meth <l, according to n writer in Ohio Farmer, is to build up a rail pen, put ting in a board floor, and run the stuff into It, packing down as close as possi ble. When filled, cover over with matched roof boards, a tarpaulin, slough grass or anything that will turn the rain. As the material packs very close of itself and is very impervious to rain It will keep well. Another meth 6TOVER CRIB AXD SELF FEEDER. od described and illustrated by the same writer combines cheapness with the "self feeder" idea. The crib is made of the slat fencing or cribbing as used by the farmers In the west when their crops are larger than their crib room. The slatting is made usual ly in five and six foot widths and two ties put up, making the combined height from ten to twelve feet. A floor of boards is put in and the bottom tier of slatting fastened to the supporting posts five or six inches from the floor boards, which should project two or three feet outside the slatting. The cattle will pick up eleaji all the feed they will pull out through the space between the boards and slatting. When 110 more can be reached by the cattle, the space around the bottom can be filled by the attendant of the stock with nn iron rod sharpened and bent into a hook at the end. BABY BEEF. It Ge#i Quick Return* and Bent Prof- It From Corn and Alfalfa. What does 'the production of baby beef mean? According to the Kansas experiment station, it represents the following: Nothing to the ranchman who lias cheap pastures; a complete change in the methods of crop produc tion and of feeding to the farmer with high priced limited pastures. The pro duction of baby beef gives quick re turns on the investment. The farmer who raises and fattens mature steers has to furnish pasture for his cows, the yearlings, the two-year-olds and often for the three-year-old steers. 110 waits three years from the time the calf is born until he realizes on the in vestment, and only one-fourth of his herd are cows producing calves. If the farmer will produce baby beef, he can All his pasture to the full limit with cows producing calves, and he will realize on the calves twelve months from the date of their birth. Capital is turned annually instead of once in every three years. The farmer's grain will jjroduce from 50 to 100 per cent more pounds of baby beef than it will of beef from a mature steer, and for the past three years the baby beef ani mal has sold for as high prices per hundred as has the average steer. In producing baby beef the farmer can market his heifer calves at the same prices as his steers and will usually get more for the twelve-month-old heifer than he would for the same ani mal if kept until maturity. Demand For Baby Beef. The packers report that they have never been able to supply the demand for baby beef aud that there Is no like lihood of the market ever becoming oversupplied, even though stockmen generally should go to producing it. The best demand and the highest prices are in the months of April, May and June. During those months butch ers want light cuts, aud they find less waste in baby beef than in that from larger cattle. After July 1 the price for baby beef has a tendency to be come lower, as light grass fed cattle compete. The best prices are obtained for well fattened calves weighing from 600 to 1.000 pounds. Calves either above or below these weights do not top the market. The age should be from twelve to fourteen months. The Groat Food Combination. Alfalfa hay and corn gave the great est gains in a feeding experiment fol lowed by alfalfa hay and Kaffir corn grain. AWUI times through the seven months' fwding the calves fed alfalfa buy appeared to be in the best condi tion, and they finished the best. The corn and Kaffir corn were fed whole for the first eighty-three days. After that both were ground. With all lots dur ing the whole time of the experiment the roughage was fed whole, and the grain was fed mixed with it A Ileulthy Tone In the Sheep Market. A healthy tone in the sheep market, with prices holding up well, is report ed by Country Gentleman. Market conditions tend to make holders very independent. In butchers' stock also {he best cows and heifers sell well and also the grade of cutters and canners. Texans are steady. KEEPING CABBAGE. Why It IN Difficult unci tlie Prevalent Important Method. It is a difficult matter to keep cab bages in large quantities through the winter. Every nieth /ll in practice by large growers has its disadvantages on account of tin? easy decay of the soft, watery leaves by overwaruith and the damage if not destruction of the stock by freezing. Thus (.lie has to go be- I tween these two difficulties, and on ac count of the cost of the frequent re movals of the crop it is generally ad visable to store them In the field where they have gr <wu, says Own try Gentle man. The prevalent method adopted by large growers is this: Thy space be tween the rows, 3 by 0, as may be con venient. is furrowed out as widely as possible, and the plants, pulled as late as possible before risk of damage by freezing, are placed as thej «iv pulled and with the undisturbed head downward In rows four feet wide and tapering to one on the top as compact ly as possible. Straw is then spread over the heaps until as late as p :sslbl.o With safety from frost, wlu'u eti/th Is thrown on the stiiOr to Insure safety from ffcesilug. Air vents are made at Intervals <»f six feet and these filled In with bunches of Ktraight cu» straw, by which escape of any warm atr collect ing in the Iwnps Is made easy. The ground should be leveled to enable the heaps to He evenly. Sometimes these pits are made larger, even eight feet wide and high, but In some localities the smaller pits will be safest THE RED POLLS. One of the Youngrr Rrrr|« -flood Milkers and Good Feed«r». 1 The Ited Polled Is one of tbe young ■ est of the breeds. It was not until the '■ year 184«> that the union of the Norfolk ; and Suffolk breeders gave tbe breed Its I name. From the start this breed has been famous as one valuable alike for i dairying and for beef production, and on the markets of England tbe Norfolk cattle take high rank. They were flait brought to America in 1873 and since then have grown steadily. Here their beefmaklng qualities have been neg lected to some extent but they have figured strongly as valuable animals for the small farmer. Neglect to 6how them In high condition has also tended 11KD POLLED BULL DEMOS. to obscure their flesh bearing powers In time past, but recent exhibitions have been highly creditable. As their name indicates cattle of this breed are without horns, no appearance of them being tolerated. In color they are a rich deep red with white allowed on the udder and underline. Inside the flanks and on the switch of the talL The head is quite characteristic, of medium size, clean cut, with a sharp poll which carries a good tuf» Of hair. The neck is of medium length, bo<V <* good size and shape, legs of medium length. Bed Polls are very uniform, prepotent and hardy and have many earnest advocates, being milkers as well as good feeders.—G. Al Botn mel. The Kind of Cattle to Ptei. The kind of cattle to feed depends on circumstances. As a rule the good well bred steer will make the most money because he makes the most of his feed —that is, he puts it where it ought to go, into the high priced cuts $f beef. But sometimes It pays best to feed common cattle and very common opes when they can be bought at a cerre spondlngly low price. They usually make good gains, and, having been bought very low, they may sell pi a big advance over their cost to tye<4feed er, though still away below tbe top of the market Common light feeders are selling In Chicago at $2.50 to $8 and good ones at $4.75 to $5.25. Titos may be more money In the stuff costing $2.50 tlMin in the five dollar stuff, be cause when fat a bigger advance may be secured for 1L This is a year when good feeders are hard to secure at a reasonable figure, and hence attention is called to the cheaper and commoner kluds. But the feeder should remem ber that the common cattle must be bought very low. There is no pleasure In their company, and it is only Justi fiable when they make good money, to do which they must be laid in cheap.— National Stockman. Crop Items. The government's October eetlmote |f the average yield per acre of oat» Is t4.5 bushels, the highest estimate of yield ever reported by the department of agriculture. The corn condition Oct. 1 was re ported at 79.G as compared wjth T7.7. the mean October average of tbe paat ten years. The preliminary estimate of the av erage yield per p.ere of spring Wheat U 14.4 bushels; average quality, 87. T. All of the Important sugar can* pro ducing states except Texas repdrt con ditions below their respective tea year averages for October. The estimated average yield of bopa in pounds per acre is 1,267 in Wkshiag ton, 1,400 in California, 1,100 la Ore gon, 1,300 in Wisconsin and 325 in New York. Texas reports 11 points abo*e the average for rice, Georgia about th« av erage and other states from 1 tp 28 points below, the latter being Km esti mate for Louisiana. SOOTHING SHOPPING. A Peaceful Experience at tk* But Xorley General Empotlu. The exhausted shopper Bank upon the sofa, while from the open .mouth of her reversed Boston bag ponied a cascade of little parcels, freshly strug gled for at the Monday bargain COUB- I ters. | "Oh," she cried, "why does one have to shop lu the city? Everything Is so hurried, confused, complex, distracting and nerve destroying! If I were ®nly back at East Norley! "Last summer while 1 was there I had to buy a yard of dark blue ribbon, and I drove over to the one store at the crossroads to get it It took some five minutes to convince the amiable proprietor that I really wanted dark blue and could not be persuaded- to ac cept light instead, which he considered more suitable and becoming to a fair complexloned person of my years; he added reassuringly that anybody under forty was not too young for baby blue. "Another five minutes were given up to his Incredulous reluctance to believe that two inches wide would not do as well as three, especially as the three Inch width had been mislaid on a top shelf and he would have to get a step ladder to get It down. Severrfl more minutes passed in the search for the ladder, Its laborious portage from the cellar, its erection and repair with a piece of twine, the braces being broken, and his tinal ascent to the dftn and dusty upper region, whence th« box of wide ribbons was at length produced. "I found a shade that would do, and he leisurely measured off a yard, fin gered it, then paused to rub p per plexed ear and smile ingratiatingly. " 'Fact Is,' he confided sweetly, 'I sold the last pair of scissors in the < store just before you came In, anil I've forgotten my jackknife. It's kiad of awkward cutting it off, but 111 man age somehow. I guess there's an ax in the shed.' "He carried the silken roll away with him as he started with comforta ble deliberation to find the ax, wMcli, though the hunt for it was long and persevering, evidently could not be found, for we caught a glimpse of him at last through the half open door to the back shop severing the required yard of ribbon with an old chisel. "It was all so serene, so soothing and so satisfactoryf I believe I shouldn't bo a wreck before New Year's every winter if 1 could only do my Christ mas shopping at tlie East Norley gen eral emporium."— Youth's Companion. < Bio 49 3 CARDS, THEN DEATH ; A DOOMED DESERTER WHO PLAYED i POKER AND WON. f - *• • Preliminary to Hla Eirnllml 9 ll* Had His Wiiaiixi Distribute* Amass the Members of tba SqnaA That Shot Him to Death. "It is a curious fact," said a mem* i ber of Company A, Third Maryland, "that military execution had a peculiar fascination for men who were dally; ? accustomed to see hundreds slain In t battle. Men wlio shovel a breastwork < in on a trench full of slain comrades s and chew hardtack or eat salt pork while at the Job with a callousness I which only such frequent scenes or oc« currences would make possible In the human heart became peculiarly sensi tive and alive to the solemn pa ratio and formalities of a military execution. "In our regiment we had a private ' soldier sentenced to be shot for desert i lng to the enemy. Hia name wag Thompson, and he belonged to Com. pany K. This tnan Thompson had de serted off vedette post one night and some two months afterward came into our lines, where members of his own company happened to be on picket duty. Thompson did not calculate on this. His idea in coming in was to sur render as a Confederate soldier and bo went north. It happened near to the Weldon railroad, where our division of the Ninth corps was then posted. Of course, on being recognised, he was taken to headquarters, and a court martial was Immediately convened. It leaked out somehow that Thompson was not the humble soldier he seemed, but a Confederate officer and spy. He bad been an officer in the United States navy before the war. He resigned and went south, where he secured the com mission ot colonel of infantry. "Being a Marylander of family, ef forts were made to save his life, but in a quiet way, as his relatives feared to disclose his real identity for fear he would be hanged as a spy instead of shot as a deserter. Friday, the day set for execution in the Army of tho Potomac, came around too soon for Thompson and his relatives. The night previous he had been informed that all efforts had failed at Washington. I was on guard duty over him, and my brother was one of the detail of twelve men selected as the firing squad. My brother didn't like the job, and came to the tent where I was on guard to consult with me how to get out of it Thompson overheard our conversation, and, knowing my brother by name, h® broke in: 'Say, Tip, you must not back out. I want you in the squad, as I know you are a dead shot and will save me from the sergeant' "It was the practice for the sergeant if the firing squad failed to kill tho doomed man with a volley to place tha muzzle of his rifle against the temple of the prisoner and blow out his brains. "After Tip had consented the officer o f the guard permitted us to play cards with the prisoner. He had a roll of bills, and we were MOB in a stiff poker game. Two guards. Including myself, my brother Tip and Thompson, com posed the quartet. We played until gray daylight and Thompson skinned tho party of every dollar. He had phenomenal luck and watched the game closely. "In the afternoon he was to die, and about noon he asked to see the lieuten ant of the firing squad. Handing the officer SSOO, he asked him to divide it equally among the men detailed to shoot him. "The division was drawn up and formed three sides of a square, the fourth side being open, where the grave of Thompson was freshly dug. The band played the dead march in 'Saul,' and Thompson, at the head of the fir ing squad, marched around the three sides of the square, with the coffin in which he was to be inclosed carried im mediately behind him. Beaching the open space, the coffin was set down. Thompson seated himself on the end of It facing the firing squad, about twelve paces distant The death warrant was read, and the chaplain tied his hand kerchief over the prisoner's eyes. I watched Thompson, curious to note if be wonld hear the reports of the mus kets that killed him. Presently I beard the lieutenant's low voice: 'Beady I Aim I Fire" "In the next instant Thompson top pled back into bis coffin a dead man. The reports of the muskets he never heard, as 1 saw him swiftly fall over befere I heard the guns crack, and so I Bettled this disputed point to my own ffftiGfaetlon, and to that extent the ex ecution of Thompson interested me and no more."—Washington Post To Thread a Hair Thronsh a Walmat To pass a hair through a walnut wlthoat boring a hole seems an impos- Übinty, but the feat has often been done. The hull of the walnut when examined with a strong glass is seen to have Innumerable small openings, Some of which lead entirely through the nut The trick consists in using a very fine hair and an infinite amount of patience. Pass the hair into one o t these minute crevices and urge it gen tly along. Sometimes it will appear on the other side at the first trial, bnt If IV comes out at the hundred and first you will be very lucky. He Had Learned It. "I heard a good story the other day," began the grocery man, "about a cer tain politician." "That will do," interrupted the dis appointed officeseeker. "In the first place, there are no certain politicians." —Chicago Newa Asd One ot Them Went WroBS, Adam was lncky In another way. He had so friends to come around telling him how he ought to bring up his boys. —Chicago Becord-HeralcL A Conscience Jar. "Did you ever stop to think, my love," said Mr. Mieawber, gazing at his plate of loteter salad, "that ihe tilings we love most in this life are the very things that never agree with us?" "Will you be so kind, Mieawber, 1 Mrs. Mieawber, straightening "as to tell me whether you are speak ing of the salad or of me, sir?" I Rrcklrasaens ot n Beginner. Old Stager—l see this is yoHr first campaign Candidate—lt is. How did you guess tt? Old Stager—You are distributing real Havana cigars.—Chicago Tribune. Eiriianitc of Compliments. Maud—My mamma says she can re member when your mamma kept a grocer's shop. Mgyie—My mamma says she can re member how much your mamma owes her for groceries. Time. Time is the most paradoxical of all things; the past Is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the Imst while we attempt to define it
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