VOL. XXXX Great January Stock Unloading Sale. S See the Large Posters of $ & The flodern Store £ ? This Space too Small to give Details. a Prices slashed right and left on the following: jf u Ladies' special dress goods, waistings, separate skirts and 2 waists, underwear and hosiery, millinery, silks, furs, lace cur- T? (R tains, portiers, muslin, linens, blankets, etc. etc. » Men's shirts, underwear and hosiery, cut wide open too. Special discounts on articles not able to mention. 40 Sale for one week, beginning Wednesday, January 7- jp) See millinery, cut in half and some less. £| Co., * SOUTH KADI STREET ) AA4 ...... 5 fhokes: •pforLi's I> ' ■ /_/\ ~Ma.il Orders Solicited > |i OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. £ taeaeae MXXMXXX nexneawex xnest* | CLEARANCE SAbE I | Dr\) Goods and Coats | g CO/K/VieNCING 6 Tuesday, Jan. 6th, 1903.1 W Prices are cut wide open for this January Sale and we || promise you some rousing values in W M Silks, Dress Goods, Linens, Flannelettes, $ * Muslins, Tickings, Underwear, Hosiery, m Ribbons, Laces, etc. g Every Coat in Stock Must be Sold. ? * We slaughter the prices on Coats unmercifully in order to (R ■ clean up stock quickly. W a Take advantage of this sale to get a peerless bargain. |r IL. Stein & Son,| § 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA i j 1903 January Prices 1903 Biclcel's. Men's Coon Tail Excluder Knit Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs at $2 25 Men's Ball-BMid Felt Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs at 2 25 Men'« Gray Felts and Extra Heavy Goodger Glove Overs at 1 50 Men's Extra Heavy Goodger Glove perfections at 1 00 Men's Bnckle Arctics at 05 Men's first quality rubbers at 7 50 Boys' first quality rubbers at 40 Misses' and Children's fine rubbers at 25 Child's canvas boots at 95 LEATHER GOODS- Nettleton's $5.00 fine shoes in patent-colt, box-calf and vici-kid at $3 50 Packards' $4.00 fine shoes in patent-colt, cordovan and box-calf at 8 00 One lot Men's $2.50 fine shoes in velour-calf, vici-kid and box-calf at .... 1 50 One lot Boys's2.oo fine shoes at 1 40 One lot Youths' fine shoes at So LADIES' FINE SHOES Baker & Bowman's $4 00 fine shoes in Dongala and patent-kid, hand turns and hand welts at $2 50 One lot Ladles' fine patent-kid shoes, stylish lasts, $3 00 grade, at 2 00 One lot Misses' $2.00 fine shoes, welt soles, in box-calf, enamel and patent leather at 1 50 One lot Ladies' $1 50 fine shoes, box-calf or fine dongola at 1 00 Children's fine shoes at 25c, 35c, 50c and 60c Leggins and overgaiters at greatly reduced prices High Iron Stands with fonr lasts at 50 cents. All warm lined shoes and slippers and balance of our Holiday slippers to be closed out reguardless of cost. A grand reduction in all lines. It will pay you to visit this great sale ani secure some of the bargains being offered. Repairing neatly and promptly done. JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. } D. & T's. Big Cut in Rubber Goods. \ ) ALL NEW GOODS. . S f We need the room for new leather goods that are S > S comming in daily. S 5 Child's 1 .... $ 85 C ( Misses' 1 | * *■ || 40# teiiißnckle Arctic I S Men's 4 1 75 C \ Child's. -m -m . .... 75 / m Rubber Boots it S Men's. 2 25 r \ Misses' . ■»-* « 1 f-v j -a /~v . . 100 j feFelt Boots and Overs ;i( C Men's Gray Boots and 1 Buckle Over 1 50 \ / Men's Gray Boots and 2 Buckle Over 1 75 f \ Men's White Boots and 1 Buckle Over 1 80 X / Men's Lumberman Socks and 1 buckle Snag Over 1 75 r } DAUBENSPECK & TURNER, j ) NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. ) C 108 S. Main St. * Butler, Pa. 7 K E C K Fall & Winter Weights "R Have a nattiness about .them that J] j Vi mark the wearer, it won't do to . /I ' KA // A wear the last year's output. You t?J [f/l K [J won't get the latest things at the 1 if 'V_k / pi stock clothiers either. The up-to ' y \ a j-( Cdate tailor only can supply them, , {/ \J\ C/ yS if you want not only the latest l! / [YV\ I 1.. —11j things in cut and fit and work- I I li/J Ij | manship, the finest in durability, ,1 j [I fill where else can you get combina- ji j I If I I I i tions, you get them at ;JJ | I L 111 II 9 KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 124 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa- THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal jgtfi CATARRH tmsh In all its stages. J ■%,(«. JUo/ Ely's Cream Balm V Jfe/ cleanses, soothes and heala # the diseased membrane. It curefl catarrh and drivea away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm ia placed into the nostrils, spreads j over the membrane and is absorbed. Belief is Im | mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mall; Trial Size, 10 cents, f 5 I I Johnston's M R > % . y 2 Beef, Iron and Wine ki 4 |1 is Ibe r J Best Tonic ] j ► and r J j Blood Purifier. kl ► Price, 50c pint. t Prepared and wl W sold only at L V J Johnston's t Crystal H < Pharmacy, H ► LOGAN, Ph. G„ M ( Manager, V, * ICa N. Main St., Butler, Pa! i Both 'Phones Pj *1 Everything in the drug line. Just Arrived Early Fall Goods In Latest Coronation Suitings; Also Black and White Novelties. WeddiDo- Suits a o Specialty. Call and examine before leaving your order for suit. COOPER, Leading Tailor, With Newton, Piano Man. THE MOST IMPORTANT question of the day 1b why Newton, "The Piano Man." can sell a better piano for less money than anyone else in Western Pennsylvania. He represents the wealthiest manu facturers 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 to you* |175 saved. Prices from $250 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 onr easy payment plan. Your credit is good. NEWTON "THE PIANO MAN" 317 S. Main St. Butler Pa Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and^SaleStable Rear of Wick House. Butler. P~nn'a. The best of horses and first Qhiss rigs al ways on hand and for hire. Best accommodations In town for perma nent boarding and transient trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Stable 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^ PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone No. 2X9. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903 • ONE TOUCH I |OF NATURE I By Martha % McCul loch-Williams P * 2 1 T O'jwrtcrfi', 1901, by T I T ilatV.c McCulloch- WUlUun* X "No! Can't do it, dear boy! Sorry, but 'pon my life I simply can't," Ridge ley said, nodding solemnly and yink- Ina; like an owl. Ridgeley was foi'ty five, bibulous, bulbous, with a fortune swollen to match his bulk and a fond ness for spending his money in strictly his own ways. The room was deadly still. Trenwiek started a little at the click of a coal cracking In the grate. lie got up, stood with his back to the tire, so its telltale light could' not reach his face as he said, with the least little shrug: "That must be as you please. I won der, though, if you quite realize what your refusal must mean to me?** For a moment Ridgeley sat silent; then his hand went to the bell, and he paid half querulously: "Say what, my boy? You must have a bracer—two bracers—before you go down to the street Beastly place anyway! It's— It's a shame you ever went into it' "It will bo a blacker shame my get ting out of It," Trenwiek said grimly. Then, his voice shaking with passion: "Ridgeley, surely you—you don't un derstand it It—it Is all true, every word I told you. Td save myself from .beggary I used another man's mouey without his knowledge. Unless unless 1 replace it before ho does know I shall go behind the bars—that is, if I let my self live. You know 1 would never do that." "Cut the whole wretched mess! I'll lend you five hundred." Ridgel?y be gan. Trenwiek's face got gray. Something seemed to clutch his throat Involun tarily he stood a thought straighter. "A Trenwiek ns>ver yet ran away from anything," he began, then dropped his face In his hands, saying huskily, "nor stole until 1 disgraced the blood." "Cheer up! You—you make, me nervous," Ridgeley said, nodding again and settling the big diamond upon his shirt front where It would catch a brighter gleam of firelight Ridgeley was given to purple and fine linen. Upon the least occasion his rai ment was positively riotous. < A ruby, almost priceless, glimmered upon his hand. He turned the stone, glanced complacently at It and called to his mau, who came noiselessly through the door, "Two fizzy ones, Jenkins, aud make 'em good and long." Then as the door closed behind Jenkins: " 'l'ou me soul, dear boy, I'd like to see you through, lut twenty thousand! It would be downright immoral to risk so much money. Why, that would keep a yacht in commission almost a sea son through!" Trenwiek turned to the window. Out sida the tide of life in the avenue was at flood, it was turning 12 o'clock. He had until 3 to make good his bal ances. If only he could make good, he was sure the very next day would tlnd him in the itood tide of fortune. There was a fickle, semipanicky market. He stood to win the stake of his life if only he conld keep above water until the tide turned. Nothing short of that imminent hazard would have brought him to Ridgeley. Ridgeley had seemed to him these twenty years past, ever since he came suddenly into great riches, as not much more than a human clot, wholly unlike the slow witted yet gallant lad who had teen his chum at college. Because of that sefulconteuiptuous regard he had never sought to profit by old time intimacy with the bachelor millionaire. Trenwiek wondered dully as he looked at him how it came about that he was a bachelor. It could not be that old boy and girl affair with his sister May. May hud been dead this twenty years and more. She had died indeed before her wedding gown was out of fashion. Judge Barton, her rich old husband, had mourned her deeply, but not enough to keep him from exacting usurious interest for every loan he made Trenwiek nor from turning him outdoors when the debts and the inter est ate up the family estate. The Judge's widow lived there now, with her healthy young son to come after her. May's child had not lived. Some how Trenwiek felt that as n sort of special punishment to himself. He had virtually made the match for his sis ter. He was worldly, even case hard ened, but still he did not like to recell her eyes when he had said to her: "Of course you'll marry the judge. You are the luckiest girl I know to have the chance of him. Think what it >vould be to put up with an ordinary •lull fellow—say with poor old Ridge ley." And then he had stopped short, fop May had run away, with her head high, but her cheeks like ashes. It all came back to him as he stood beside the window watching the vivid human stream without. Stealthily he tnrned aud looked Ridgeley over, try ing to recall In his unwieldy bulk the open features, the manly, fair propor tions of his old college mate. A vague, keen anguish shot through him. Why wtts all life so crisscross? Why every thing one laid hold ori futile? If for tune needs must come to Ridgeley, why not have come in time? He was 6eusible It had been pride and poverty that had kept Ridgeley from speaking out. In the old days Ridgeley had had nothing beyond the promise of his very moderate wits. His uncle, who had educated him, could barely tolerate him until his own son died and left poor Ridgeley alone to Inherit the mil lions. That was a month after May's man-iage. She had not been dead sis months when Ridgeley was in posses sion of the big estate. If those two had married! Trenwiek dashed a hand across his eyes. He was mooning there, with life itself at stake. Ridgeley was his hope, and Ridgeley had failed him. He had humbled himself to supplication. He eould not do it again. He was learn ing that there are things very much harder than death. All that remained now for him was to make an end of things as quickly and as decently as possible. As noiselessly as by magic two tall, foaming goblets had appeared. Ridge ley motioned him to come and take oue of them, himself eagerly carrying the other to his lips with a mumbled, "Here's luck!" Suddenly Trenwiek was conscious of raging thirst. He emptied his glass at a draft and set It down, clinking it lightly against the massy silver tray. Ridgeley beamed vacuously on him. "Really, you'll agree Jenkins has a touch," he said. "Have another! Do! It—lt'll set you up so near the clouds you won't come down again until tomorrow." Trenwiek shook his head. "I must keep away from the clouds," he said. "You know how 1 used to build eas- ties there. 1 have never built one-- slnce May died." Ilidgcley set down his glass. This time the quiver rang underneath It. "It's odr, dear mother sat down on your hat.—New York Weekly. Plggfc POPULAR POTATOES. Varieties Hnrly nnd Late Tlmt Have Made Good \ Iclda In Ohio. Among the varieties of potatoes tested at the Ohio agricultural station In litOl the ten which pave the heaviest yield in order of yield were Northern Beauty, Quick Crop. Maule's Early. Thoroughbred, Early Norwood, Early Fortune, Pingree, Roberts.'Early Rose and Pat's Choice. Of those tested the past live years the ten leading varieties In point of 7'^ i. LrVTNOSTOW. ROSK 3. CHECK'S CHANCE. 4. EXOKMCWB. yield were Enormous, Livingston, Ear ly Trumbull. Tncle Sam, Sir William, Sir Walter Raleigh, Bovee, Maule's Early Thoroughbred, Suffolk Beauty and Caiman No. 8. The following varieties are recom mended. especially for market: Early.—Early Trumbull, Early Thor oughbred. Bovee, Early Harvest and Early Ohio. Late.—Livingston, Whlton's White Mammoth, Enormous, Sir Walter Ra leigh and Carman No. 3. The following are recommended espe cially for home use: Early Trumbull, Early Harvest, Livingston, Pat's Choice and Uncle Sam. CIDER AND VINEGAR. To Keep the Former Sweet and Make the Latter Strong. To keep cider sweet it should be made of good apples, as late as possi ble. be carefully strained to remove all poniace, etc., allowed to settle for a day or two and then barreled and kept as cool as possible, giving no more vent than is necessary, says a New England Homestead writer. As soon as the first fermentation Is over bung tightly. Keep cool and expose to the air as little as possible. Cider can be kept perfectly sweet by scalding and skimming and bottling and sealing tightly while hot. The keeping of cider with preservatives and antiseptics Is another matter and directions should be obtained from the manufacturers. The conditions for making vinegar of cider are the opposite of those for keeping the cider sweet Heat and ex posure to the air are what produce the change from sour cider to vinegar. Put the cider Into barrels. Those wliich have been used for vinegar be fore are preferable. Fill them about two-thirds full and put in a warm place, with a temperature of 80 to 90 degrees. Leave out the bung so the air can get In. A piece of mosquito netting can be placed over the bung hole. A low shed "Is a good place in summer, and near the furnace in win ter. Factory and Home Practice. Very large factories generally use generators filled with boech shavings, through which the liquid is allowed to drip slowly. Good winter apples will make vinegar strong enough for all uses if properly treated, but very early apples usually give thin, watery cider, which requires mixing with stronger cider or the addition of sugar or mo lasses. For family use a good way is to put a large barrel containing a small quantity of good, strong cider in a warm place and every week or two add a small quantity of sour cider. In this way a supply of vinegar can be had all the time. Keeping Hoots and Cabbage. Beets keep well buried in pits like potatoes, less covering being required, and carrots also. Parsnips may be left in the ground where grown, dig ging supplies in mild weather. Frees lng Is not injurious to them, but rather beneficial, increasing the sweetness. Cabbage usually keeps well in double rows, heads Inverted, covering lightly with straw, then some soil on top, but not more than will nearly cover the up turned roots: What Others Say. Successful dairying can be summed up In two words: Be clean. This great American nation Is the greatest soil robber on earth. There's no .'arm power like gasoline engines. * Have a rural telephone route. Many thrifty farmhouses are now united In this manner. Alfalfa is far ahead of all other for age plants known. Horses, cattle, hogs, . she;'p and turkeys do well and make a wonderful growth on straight alfalfa. Chickens of all ages are fools, as great fools as many human beings are who raise chickens. The surest way to avoid the evil of a glutted market Is to produce a first class article. Corn and laziness arc great promoters of fat. CHOICE FEEDERB. fbry Are Indicated by General Form, Quality and Constitution. If the animals in one grade of stack ers and feeders are more uniform than In the others, it is In the choice grade. It may be said that we demand In choice stockrrs and feeders, first the ability to finish as choice or prime steers, and. second, the ability to make economical gairs In Ucsh and fat, and we look for Indications of theße tenden cies In the fvriii. quality and constitu tion. The general for: i should be low set, deep, broad and compact rather than high up, jv.vr.t. narrow and loose ly made. St cUrvs and feedus should be low set or on !c: a. because animals of this c&.if'r;.i..t-on are almost invar': ibly good feeders and capable of early maturity. They . should he deep, broad and iv:npact be cause this conformation ludleatcs good constitution, capacity for growth and for producing ultimately a relatively high percentage of the m «t valuable cuts. Select feeders w'.th broad, flat backs ai.d long, level mi. ; They should possi s-i straight top and under lines which should be nearly parallel: should I«e low at the flanks, thus form- | ins good depth, for the barrel of stock* . era and feeders as -well as dairy cowa ' should be roomy. An animal which 1» . [ too paunchy, however, i 9 objectionable/ ito the butcher. The matter of low : flanks should be emphasized, as it is an almost unfailing sign of good consti tution and good feeding quality. It should be borne ki mind that the stocker mid feeder, thin in flesh and largely destitute of external or surface fat, affords the best possible opportu nity of determining the covering of natural flesh characteristic of the ani mal. Smooth Outline nnd Mild Eye, Secure as much smoothness of out line as is consistent with low flesh, be ing especially careful to avoid too great prominence in hips, tall head and shoul ders. Avoid rough, open shoulders, sway backs nnd large, coarse heads with small eyes set In the side of the head. Short, broad heads and short, thick necks indicate strong tendencies toward becftnaklng. A large, promi nent and mild eye is to be desired. Tho mild eye denotes that the animal has a quiet disposition, which all feeders know is so desirable in "a steer intended for the feed lot. The distance between eye and horn should be short, and the horn should be flat and of medium fine ness rather than round and coarse. The lower Jaw should be heavily coat ed with muscle. The muzzle, lips and mouth should be large, but not coarse. Good General quality. It Is well to distinguish between what might be called general quality and handling quality. By general quality Is meant general refinement of external conformatiou as seen in the head, horn, boue, compactness and smoetliness of outline. General qual ity is affected by nothing so much as by breeding. Good quality is seldom found in a plainly bred steer, but is generally characteristic of a well bred animal. While it is a characteristic that Involves many points and is diffi cult to describe, it is this characteristic more than any other that we depend upon as Indicating that the animal has within It the possibility of making a prime steer. Doxirnble Handling Quality. Good handling quality Indicates that the possessor Is a good feeder. It shows that the animal is in good health or thrift and capable of beginning to gain as soon as an abundance of food Is supplied. We speak of cattle as pos sessing good handling quality when the skin is mellow and loose. A thick, mossy coat of hair of medium fineness and a moderately thick skin are desir able.—ll. W. Mumford, Illinois Experi- ~ ment Station. Poultry House Window. Henhouses are'cold at night In win ter because of loose windows and be cause glass quickly radiates heat. The curtain shown in the cut obviates both difficulties. It stops drafts nnd pre vents radiation. It is made to slide be- WINDOW CCBTAiy. neath side piece#, since this keeps air from leaking in at the edges of the cur tain. It hangs down below the window during the day and at night is raised to the hook above the window. Use closely woven burlap nnd nail a lath at the top to hold the ring and to keep the upper edge close to the window casing.—American Agriculturist. Apple* Wr«i»i>e4 For Long Keeping. Indications from experiment at tho New Hampshire experiment station ore that for long keeping of apples wrapj)lng Is of decided advantage. Light and heavy waxed paper, tissue paper and newspaper were used for wrapping, and there was but little dif ference In their effectiveness, newspa per, being practically as effective as the more expensive kinds. """ REMARKABLE LAKE.' A Body of Water With a Roof of Solidified Salt. A lake with a salt roof isn't frozen ■alt, and it isn't underground. On the contrary, this remarkable lake may ba seen at any time during the year, fully exposed, being even at its best when the sun is shining directly upon it. This wonderful body of water is one of the saltest of Abe salt lakes and is sit uated near Obdorsk, Siberia. The lake Is nine miles wide and seventeen long and within the medory of man was not entirely roofed over by the salt de posit. Originally evaporation played the most prominent part in coating tho lake over with salt, but at the present time the salt springs which surround It are adding fast to the thickness of the crust In the long ago rapid evaporation of the lake's waters left great salt crys tals floating on the surface. In course of time these called together. Thus the waters were finally entirely covered. In 1878 the lake found an underground outlet into the river Obi, which low ered its surface about three feet. The salt crust was so thick, however, that It retained its old level and now pre sents the curious spectacle of a salt roofed lake. The salt coat increases 6ix inches in thickness every year. The many islands with which the lake is studded are said to act as braces and to help keep the arched salt crust In hOA