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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.
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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