VOL. XXXXIII. THE MODERN STORE- Your 4th of Jnly and Picnic needs can best be supplied at this store We have the best styles at lower prices. -r Ladies' white lawn shirt waists. 48c, SI.OO, (l.Mto $3.50. Ladies' washable silk waists, $3.00,12.50 to£> 00. Ladies' washable shirt waist suits. $2.00 to *'.oo. Ladies' washable skirts, SI.OO. $1.50 to $3 50. Newest cloth skirts. s4.< JO to 50. , onr Special $5.00 skirts. They have no efjaal at tho price. Novelties in Ladies' Neckwear, Ribbons, Belts, Bags, e • White Hosiery for ladies and children, l >c, ~fnnd^wear Black Hosiery—all qualities—beet values. Muslin underwear New corset covers, 25c, 50c to SIW. New whit* underskirts, 50c, 7oc. SI.OO to f 1 *>. See our Special SI.OO skirt. MILLINERY—AII colored trimmed and nntrimmed hats at 1 P™'" and lew Now ie the time to buy a new summer hat cheap. Our trimmers are still here and will make up anything for you at re duced prices. Our Big .Summer Clearance Sale begins Thursday morn- ■ lug, July sth. Biggest bargains of the year at this sale Don't IUI.HM it. See large posters lor particulars. EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY, SOUTH KAH STKZZT 1 QQi ] CCI Samples sent on request. OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA I Just Loaded Down | ©With good things in furniture. Our stock for this seasonsjgj ©offerings is at its best. It doesn't make any ©whether your need is for a complete outfitting, or only aV ©few odd pieces, or to meet some special purpose V ©find here plenty of opportunity for wise selection. TcV ©merely look at such a display as this is as good as ay ©feast. Will you come and look. X I Patterson Bros. I H FURNITURE OF QUALITY, <§ ferrcT 136 N. Main C ° r lvUffHn a St d ® /a®(§)©(§)(§X§)@©©(§X§)@@(§)©@@@©®®@@@(S) ! Women's Pretty White I Lawn Waists. fOur exceptionally fine showing of dainty and stylish waists captivates the fancy of all the ladies who see The waists in the main, are copies of models imported from foreign fashion centers and the styles can be depended upon as be ing authentic Made of fine, sheer 'perslaif iawn, elaborately trimmed with fine val lace and embroidered fronts special ly imported for the purpose. Long or short sieves. i Regular $1.50 value at SI.OO. Regular $1.75 value at sl.2rt. « Regular $2.00 value at $1.50. Regular $2.50 value at $1.75. Regular s!i.oo value at $2 00. Pretty Wash Dress Fabrics. 1 This is a very attractive line of fashionable fabrics for wash drew H at J wai.its Here vou will find India Linens, Persian Lawns, Paris 1 , Mugllna, L. Stein & Son, 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER. PA. SUTLER' .j MkW uiilldni»», now toou.li, u.iw i»nd clnjuut tvniuiii «(>ur*e» or study, t*-»t Of U.ftcber*, «xpen*«H modurate, tnrm* VEKV LI REItAM Over 93,«*) worth of new typewriters In u*e (aliowlnx advuncud KtudenU from 3to 4 hours' practice per day. and other equipment In proportion. Hositlonssecured for our worthy araduat««. VlMtor* ALWAYS welcome! When In Rutler, pay us a visit. If you can not do so sooner, stop and nee our school when In Kutlur for the fair. Ten times as many calls for voudk men stenoKrapherii as we can supply. Should you doubt thl». stop at tho office ana ask about It, and «:<■ for yourself. MANY are already enrolllnn for the fall term. Younit men and women, arranire matters at home ho that you ran untiir In Sopt< inl)er or the early fall months. So far as we know, we have placed every shorthand wn navn turned out. this J car both ladles and Keatlß!.-i»ii, *3<4 with two Or three e*neiitlons all the graduates of pr l>ool:kfc<;plij» department. - PALL TERM, HKI'TIvM IJIOK 3, lIKMI. Catalogue, circulars, etc., mailed upon application. A. F. REOAL, Principal, Butler, Pa, I Duffy's Store 1 ■ Not one bit toft early to think of that new Carpet, or I I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet I I size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H • ■ pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But-H ■ ler county. Among which will L.e found the following: n| H EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, W ■ Heavy two and three ply r»sc per yd and uj> H I HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, M H B«st cottf>n chain 60c per yd and up H ■ BODY BRUSSELS, S H Himply no wear out to these sl.:>s yd K ■ TAPEBTRY BRUSSELS, M ■ Light made, but very Ooo j i Two=Piece Suits. < S Half the satisfaction of a summer is being so that yon can / f dismiss coiDpletely the clothes matter from yonr roinu S S Two-piece Suits are it. (Solid comfort in every one of em.) In srrej., / bine serges, fancy Southern worsteds; well Cut, fitand every \ 1 feature of finish of a first-class tailor-made. From $ 10.00 to f 18.00. f / Straw Hats. \ The best interests of yonr head and pnrsr demand that yon buy yonr S i straw hats here. The most complete line of straws ever shown in the city. C / SAILORS, from SI.OO to fit.so. , , . / V PANAMAS that have no eqnal for the price, and generally soM for # f one-half more—t-'i.OO to 16.50. ] 7 And don't forget the Window Display | Douthett & Graham. < INCORPORATED. / n Bickers Footwcai 1 fj A A Grand Display of Fine & Footwear in all the ij We are showin & many M M Jak st y les in ladies' Fine Shoes fl ri fegjjV and Oxfords at prices sure k r Large stock of Men's and I Boys' Fine Shoes and Cx- F fords in the latest styles. L U V * jJm bargains in Men's m > and Boys' working shoes. * —— Repairing promptly done, k 4 i JOHN BICKEL j '.26 S Main St., BUTLER. PA. MEN R-II # Uf>r iVon t buy clothing for the purine of ?S1 .t! V'vn If pending money. They desire to get the Jj) i//r>\\ I iest possible results of the money expended. if I \fi// tww \'! rhose who buy enstorn clothing have a - I farjj). lA] ight to demand a fit, to have, their clothes 111. j flf J \ ■orrect in style and to demand of the 1 vV £k 1 teller to guarantee everything. Come to / ■'jj&fr.Mvh I is and there will be nothing lucking. I Z/Xstt ' ■ I lave juat received a large slock of Spring iSr V\ 1 ' tnd Summer suitings in the Irteit styl<-*, \ i^ ft l i ihaaea ani} coio»y »""" I\W it K&gj \j 1 f G. F. KECK, |\fM j MERCHANT TftlbOß, i| J 148 N. Wain St., Butler, Pa lUtf Wys I Spring and Summer Millinery. | Everything In the line of Millinery can be found, !|? the right thing at the right time at the pjee ai 9j | ROCKENSTEIN'S i jjj Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. tj? »I? ?J? ?I? tj? 11"? tl? »« «• • *l* mgm tg DO More Work, % II Better Work, U b Than any other Washer^ on the market. *?• w 1 W '& , J. (J. & W. CAMPBELL, hmmmSSSS - A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SIXTEEN DAY EXCURSIONS TO Atlantic* City, Cape May Antjlenefj, Wild wood, Holly Beuch Ocean Citv. tS©f» Iwle City, Avulon NEW -IKUSICY Rehobotli, Del. Ocean City, Md •fitly 5 and ID, AllgllNt 'J, IO iind ;iO, Train l«;ave» l(iitl<;r ill 6:l/» A. M., ('omiectiiig with 81'KCIAL TIIAIN OF I'AULOIt CAICS AND COACIII'JS LEAVING PITTSIIUKCi AT Hu',r, A. M, stO ICOUIMI Trl»> >1- lUiuikl Trip i.|< ki:vu "lily til omu pea A'lckDt* U and full Ibfornifttloii consult neareat Ticket A Kent. W. W. ATTKHhI'HV J. It. WOOD GEO. W. IJOYO General Manam:r I'tuuienKer Truffle Manaß|* Cirnural I'uNaciiKHr A giint BUTLER, £A„ THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906 . [ BY THE "MONKEY" j DRILL „ | * Michael James j[ | Copyright, lflOe, by Ruby Douglaa j | "But there isn't room for all seven of us in the wagon box," said Clement when Rex Burgess had invited the par ty to "pile in." "Oh, Gormley can ride on the front seat with the driver," Burgess had re plied lightly enough, though Gormley felt the undercurrent of malice in his voice, "up near the horses. These gal lant cavalrymen like to l>e about horses, you know." A January thaw had left thft clay roads liquid, but a hard freeze follow ing had reduced them to smooth iron, and the rumble of the wagon on the hard surface echoed far through the breathless, glittering cold of the moon light. It was the niglit of the Grangers' party at Merrifleld town hall, five miles from Slocum, nnd a week before Bur gess hud invited a hulf dozen young people of Slocum to attend, riding over In his sleigh. The thaw had necessi tated the change from sleigh to wagon. "I wish I hadn't come, I wish I hadn't come," beat incessantly in Gormley's bruin to the steady clop-clop of the horses' feet. "I had no business to do it. Burgess Is u l»oor. He never forgets his money nor remembers his manners. What got Into me, I won der?" and much more of the same sort of self deception, for Gormley knew perfectly why he was braving the nip ping cold and Burgess' thrusts. Noth ing but sudden death could have kept him away. Sylvia Gerrlsh wus there. But the "joy of being near her was dashed by the thought that Burgess wns nearer still—beside her, in fact. To secure that coveted place their host had boldly ordered his rival to the front'seat. Any man with red blood In his veins could scarcely blame Burgess for his maneuvering. The girl was a Switch ing little figure, muttied in furs, a co quettish red tam-o'-shanter setting off her piquant face und mischievous eyes. Burgess hud never seen her look pret tier, and he glowed with satisfaction at his neat disposal, for the drive at least, of his rival. Meanwhile the sweet tempered Gorm ley, by nature almost too submissive, was near to being roused. He was lashing himself In bitterness of spirit. It had always been so. l ute had made him the football of lie* Burgess, even In schooldays. Burgess was big and brave and handsome, while he was slight nnd pale faced. The boys had nicknamed Gormley "Molly" because he had once fainted at the sight of blood. Burgess' father was the wealth iest man In Slocum, and every cent of the money would one day belong to Rex, for be was tho only child. Regardless of the merry chatter nnd tho snatches of song from tho others, Gormley plunged deeper Into his mel ancholy reflections. He, puny clerk In I a dry goods store, tq usplr* to Sylvia ' Gerrlsh's love uaalnst one so favored vrf r*vr*l IIIOIT TT* Till! His cheeks burned, too, when he thought of the other's contemptuous reference to "cavalrymen." frankly, he admitted, It was ridiculous that he, "Molly" Gormley, should have martial aspirations. Yet when the stutt: mili tary board had offered Slocum tho equipment for a troop of cavalry for the national guard Gormley had been unanimously chosen captain. And he was the man for the place. He eon I'l ride. It hail always la-en the sport In which he excelled. He knew the "mon key" drill of the United Slates cavalry us he knew the nlphabet. 'lTiey talk of Cossacks and Bedouin Arabs nnd Indlnus and the way these savages handle a horse, but the man who follows the yellow guidon Is a lit tle the best horseman of theui all. And Captain "Molly" Gormley, Troop A, First cavalry, stntv troops, rode like u regular whether in the a«t understand torses ;,nd feared them. The bully In him crept out, too, on horseback. He thought It merely discipline to Jerk tho head of his mount cruelly and without reason. Burgess was not a member of Troop A. Maybe this fling at "cavalry men" had been due to envy. Even the possibility that Burgess en vied him was bnlm to Gormley's sore heart. Anil If he could only plan It so us to sit by Sylvia on the homeward Journey now his cup of Joy would I * full. It wns n mighty bound from the. depths of ib.Hf.alr almost to the pinna cle of nllss In one short half hour, bu| (lormley wnn young, und youth b&l hope for a heritage, • Insensibly the young man wns at» tractod by tho beauty of the night. ' Tfce burnished moon gllstenod on mil lions of tiny flouting frost erystnls un til they sparkled llko diamond dust. Tu tlo .ve*twnrd the black roadway unrolled before them llko a velvet ribbon Honvur creelr crossed lieneuth it a uundred yards away, rrom uie lowland bordering the creek the foni\ had been graded to a \jeUbi of fifty feet, and tho embankment was nar row, steep and dangerous. A rnlllng on each side bodged In the rend way. Tonight nothing was visible below that rulilng. A mist, wbttii and soft as cotton wool, fuse from the swampy low ground unil rolled In noiseless bil lows to the bright of the road. The advance of the clattering wagon nnd Its occupants Into this heaving white silence seemed almost uncanny. It Was ns a sea which might rise and engulf them. The others were similarly impressed, It would seem, for the talk wns soine what quieter. The team after three miles of brisk movement was getting warmed Op nnd danced spiritedly. The driver took a fresh grip of the reins, for enrcful work w°t needed, especial ly at ulKlit, In crossing Heaver creek fluts. Ho pulled strongly to bring tho horses to a walk, then lunged back' ward suddenly. The rluht rulu bad broken near his band. What followed for the first paralyzed moment wns like a scene from n horrid dreain tW Gormley, There wus u con- I fusion of shouts and shrieks from the wugou box behind. The horses were crowded to thy left of the road by the pull of the one sound ruin, to which the driver still clung stupidly. They plunged Into the railing; it cracked, then grve way beneath their weight. The nigh horse was partially oft' the road, scrambling desperately with its hind foot ou the treacherous side of the embankment. And still the relentless rein, dragging at the frenzied animals" bits. Impelled them over the edge of the road. In a flash Gormley saw the only course that would save them, the girl he loved and the others. There was 110 time to get down and reach the bits. lie might save himself by jump ing, but Sylvia, wedged in the IK>X, would be rolling over and over to pit eous disfigurement or death. "Drop it!" lie shouted fiercely at the driver, and the latter instinctively loosened his grasp on the line. Gormley scrambled over the foot board and ou to the tongue of the wagon. lie threw himself astride the off horse. A well directed lunge with his right hand secured the broken rein, nnd the same movement wrenched the animal's head sharply to the right. Leaning far out, he seized the other struggling nnimal by the bits with his left hand and pulled with all his strength. The hoofs of the frantic horse struck fire from the embank ment edge. For an instant the whole outfit trembled toward destruction, but the pull to the right never slackened, the ulgli horse secured a foothold at last, and the danger was over. "How did you ever think so quick ly?" asked Bob Parker when the ex citement had died down a little and the rein was being mended. "It wasn't thought at all; Just In stinct." replied Gormley. "You see, the trick of riding one horse bareback and guiding another Is part of the cav alry 'monkey' drill. I learned It years auo when I was a boy." Burgess holds Clement In bitter hat red since that night, for It was Clement who iuslsted on changing seats with Gormley, and that brought Gormley Into a place beside ,Miss Gerrlsh. The engagement was announced next day, nil as a result of the ride home after the dance. The betrothal kiss, given when the waning moon was smothered by a cloud, wns doubly sweet to Gormley, for Burgess wns scarce n yard away. The Art of Monnlr, The slab upon which the mosnlc Is made is generally of travertine or tl burtlne stones connected together by iron clamps. Upon the surface of this u mastic or cementing paste is gradu ally spread ns the progress of the work requires it, which forms the adhesive ground or bed upon which the mosaic Is laid. The mastic is composed of fine lime from burnt marble nnd llnely powdered travertine stone mixed to the consistence of a paste with linseed oil. Into this paste are fixed the "smalts" of which the mosaic picture Is formed. They are a mixed species of opaque vitrified glass, partaking of the nature of stone and glass nnd composed of u variety of minerals apd materials, col ored for the most part with different metallic oxides. Of theso no fewer than 1,700 different, shades aro In use. They aro manufactured In Home In the form of long, slender rods, like wires of various degress of thickness, and ate cut Into pieces of the requisite sizes, from tho smallest pin point to an Inch. When the picture Is completely finl.'ihed and the cement thoroughly dried it Is highly polished.—Chambers' Journal. ■lnlve never dies of starvation, but often of IntMK' st lon. Ninon de I'Kliclos. Tho magic of first lovo Is tho Igno rance that It can ever end. lteacous lleld. Man's love Is of man's llfo a thing apnrt; 'tis woman's whole existence.— Byron. It Is Inqiositblo to love a second tlmo when we have onco really ceased to love.—Ln Rochefoucauld. Snrh n Temprr. Ills Wife But I don't think. George, that you ought to object to mamma. Why, Just think, If It hadn't been for her you would never have bad mo! Her Husband Huh! Don't try to excuse her by saying thai. Y»u make me bate her worse than ever. Modern Society. Ilnliiw Their Besl. "Didn't I understiind you to say they keep a servant girl?'* "Certainly not. I said they try to. As soon as one toes tliey gel unothcr.' 1 «-?liUudcli>lilu Prcsa. f That Ten Acre Ij Lot t TBy Donald Alt tn | Copyright, 190S, by K. A. Whltthssd ; | Jed Wheeler, aged forty and a bache lor, was ns well liked as any person In the village of Flint. He was neigh borly, kind hearted and always willing to do for others. Jed's good qualities were In a way his enemies. He was lazy, and, added to his laziness, he had a mania for trading. He would trade horses, dogs, guns, watches, overcoat or anything else, and it so happened that the other fellow always got the best of the bar gain. He had been left quite a little for tune by his grandmother, but In the course of five years be bad sold at a loss or traded with sharpers until all that was left to him was a ten acre lot lylug just outside the Tillage limits. It wac as fine a meadow as could be found in the county, and Jed was hang ing on to that until some lightning rod man should come along and trade him n farm on top the Rocky mountains when he fell in loTe. Jhn Thomas, the carpenter, had died three years before and left a level headed, economical widow behind him. She was an old schoolmate of Jed's, and he had seen her almost every day for twenty-five years, and until the spirit of love bubbled up he had sim ply regarded her as he looked upon all other women. lie was sitting on the grocery steps one day whittling when his knife slip ped and cut his finger. The Widow Thomas was Juat entering the store for half a dozen eggs when the accident occurred, and she pulled out her hand kerchief and bound up the bleeding finger. It was only a trifle, but some how it touched the heart of the old bachelor, and three days later he called on the widow. "Martha," he began, "I've got tired of sloshing around alone and am going to get married." 'Tor the land's sake!" she exclaimed. "That Is, if the woman I want will have me." "Who Is it?" "You." "Now, Jed, don't come around here with any of your nonsense," she said. "You are a good natured man, but you are lazy. You think you've got brains, but everybody beats you. It would drive me crazy to have such a hus band." "I could and would reform. If I had any one to peck at me I'd go to work." "I haven't time to be poking up a husband. It's hard to teach old dogs new trkks. Thank ye for the honor, Jed, but I guess ws won't do any mar rying." Jed was crushed for three days, dur ing which time a windmill man camo uluiig uud offered to trade him 5,000 ucres of desert land in Arizona for his jneadow and explained that he could raise 10,000 rattlesnakes to the aero on the sandy soli and sell the oil for $0 a gallon to grease the feet of babies with. If Jed had been in his normal condi tion he would have cloaed with the of fer at once, but as he was in the throes of hopeless love he astonished the town by turning the windmill man down. Two days later be went back to the widow and said: "Martha, I had a dream about Jim lust night. 1 dreamed that I met blm In front of tho blacksmith shop and that we shook bauds and ho said he hoped I'd marry you." "Oh, you've come about that, have you?" she asked. "I have. I'm a miserable man." "Have you tried catnip tea?" "Catnip tea? Great heavens! What nils luc Is love, and If tho Mississippi river wus composed of catnip tea it couldn't cure me. Martha, If you won't promise to have me I can't live a week longer." "Nonsense. I'm busy with my iron lug, and you run along." Jed was now so broken up that ev erybody began to notice and comment on It, but when ■ ie'WM. Then he went forth and door and stood ugalnst the bulwarks watching It. Boon the skipper came ulong and made inquiries regarding breakfast. 'Whist, man!' replied Geor» die softly. 'l'm cooking rice, and I don't know the mlnit It will burst the door.'" Origin of "Feather la Hta Os»." "A feather lu his cap," signifying honor and distinction, arose from a custom which was common among the Syrians and perpetuated to this day among the variouu semlclvllised people of adding u now feather to the head gear for every enemy slain. In the days of chivalry the embryo knight re ceived his cocque In a featherless con dition, and then won bis plumes as be had won his spurs. In a manuscript written by Itichard Ilunsard in IBBS and carefully preserved In the British museum Is mentioned un ancient Hun> garlan custom, that .of allowing ne man to wear u feather In his cap who had not killed a Turk. The Hungar ians had a law, which was in vogue as lute as 1012, which allowed warriors to add a feather to their headdress col lection "every time the olalmant could prove that he had succored a starring llungnrlan or had killed an ableb4dled Turk or other Moslem." These old cus toms are now obsolete, but It !■ Inter esting to know that there were ence surb laws upon the statute books ef tuitions thoiiirht to he elvlltoaA. Billow's Wonflerfal Memory. Bulow had a wonderful memory, as was evidenced by his astonishing feat of memorizing Klel'a concerto, which the man who wrote it could not accom pany without hotes. His accuracy was almost Infallible. He was oaoe rehears ing a composition of Llsst's for orches tra In that composer's presence without notes. Liszt Interrupted to say. that a certain note ahould nave been played piano. "No," replied Bulow, "it Is sforzando." "Look and see," persisted tho composer. Tho score was produc ed. Dulow was right. How everybody did applaud! In the excitement one of the brass wind players lost his place. "Look for a b flat In your part," said Bulow, still without bis notes. "Five measures farther on I wish to begin." Tho Word "Aspkalt." Of decoltful ancestry Is the word "asphalt." Apparently It mean* "not slippery." The Greeks themselves were tempted to derive "asphaltos" from "a," not, and "spliallo," make to fall or slip. However, tho word Is really of unknown barbarian origin—Phoenician, aoino say. Asphalt waa In use very early in history. It Is said to have been tho slime with which the infant Mosee' ark of bulrushes was daubed and which tho builders of the tower of , Babel used Instead of mortar. lloteherr la War. In ono of the Du Guesolln's victories so many English were taken captive that oven the humblest soldier among the French hod oue or inoro prisoners. Tho victors, howover, fell to quarrel ing, and, 111 feeling becoming rife In the French army In consequence of these quarrels over tho prisoners, Du Guescliu ordered all the captives to be butchered, aud the brutal order WSS carried out. A Caattoas Lover. A correspondent of tho London Globe tells of a gilded youth who left Instruc tions at a Jeweler's shop for the In scription of an engagemont ring be bad Just bought. He wanted It Inscribed, "From Bertie to Maud." As he left he turned back and added as an after thought, "I shouldn't —ah—cftt 'Matjd' too deep, don't you know." Close. She—l>o you kuow I've Induced my, husband to give up clgarsl He—ls thst so? Well. I've known him for •even years, aud I never saw him give tip one-—lllustrated Bits.