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 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- 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 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