Butler citizen., December 08, 1893, Image 2

THE CITIZEN
FRIDAY. DECEMBER . 1893
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WILI.IA* C. nmtrt. - p»bll»h«
THS death of Gen. Lilly, one of the Con
gressmenat-Large, from this state (at hi
home at Mauch Chunk, last Friday), wil.
necessitate the holding of a general elec
tion to fill the vacancy in the Pennsylva
nia delegation at Washington caused by hi>
death; and Gov. Pattiton will probabh
order this election to be held with the reg
ular "Spring" or February Election.
* Tha Republican State Convention will.
to reassemble and make a nomin
ation, which will be conceded to
the eastern half of the state, as Majoi
McDowell represents the western half.
There are a peat many good men in
public life in Eastern Pennsylvania but wr
know of none upon whose shoulders the
mantlu of a congressman would fall more
fittingly than upon tiose of Jerome B. Nile*
of Tioga county. His capacity has been
amply proven by years of good work at
Harrisburg, and he is one of the few men,
long in public life, whose record is clean.
Congress and the Message.
The President's message was received in
almost perfect silence by the senators and
members Monday alternoon. It evoked
hardly any semblance of applause in the
House with, its nearly 100 Democratic ma
jority. In fact, the coolness with which
it w<u received was remarkable. All ex
pected it would contain some interesting
information respecting the situation in
Hawaii, while not a few of the Democrats
hoped it woulo give them some news on
this point on which they could give the
administration hearty support. Butitfurn
ished nothing new. It simply nonfirmeo
the un-American attitude announced b)
Secretary Greeham.
Another reason for the cold reception of
the message was the news that it had been
published in London that morning. Thi*
news reached the capitol about noon and
spread like wildfire. It aroused intense in
dignation on all hands, Democrats and Re
publicans joining in denouncing the action
of the administration.
Capt Boutelle of Maine said with mock
surprise at the outburst of indignation:
"Why, that is the right step for this admin
istration to take. England is more Inter
ested in his views than we are."
Ex-£peaker Beed dryly remarked:
"Well, if London is to remain the head
quarters of this administration, our enter
prising newspapers will be compelled to
station their correspondents there in order
to secure the latest and most reliable news
from here."
Mr. Sibley ol Pennsylvania said: "II
that report is true, we ought not to have
the mesMge read. It ought to be laid up
on the table until the British house of lords
had considered it."
The other comments were on the same
line. So disgusted were the members that
there were many vacant seats while the
message was being read.
That night all were discussing tbe mes
sage. The Republicans found many weak
points upon which to successfully assail it,
•while the Democrats, as a rule, evaded
commenting upon it for publication.
Ex-Speaker Reed said: "I dislike to
comment on the message, because it wonld
not be seemly to do it in adequate terms
It is exceedingly disappointing both in
matter and manner. It is largely made
up of a wearisome resume of tbe reports of
his secretaries, which they have hardly
improved by condensation. On the Ha
waiian question we are left as much a
ever in tbe dark and must wait tbe news
of tbe next steamer just as we have been
waiting so long_
"That part of the message which relates
to the tariff is most surprising. It assev
erates that the house committee in charge
ot that subject ha* formulated plans aud
methods of taxation, which, a* a member
of the committee, I have not even heard
ptoposed. It is a rather unusual sensation
to learn of the deeds of the committee, not
in the committee-room, but from the
President of the United States.
"Haa that committee ceased even in form
to bo composed of both parties and has it
without the formality of a word in open
committee informed the President of its
determination in such way that the Presi
dent can officially communicate it to the
honset How long has it been part of our
system that the committee is not an inde
pendent branch, and above all, the com
mittee which controls the puree, shall re
?ort to Congress through the President!
s this the result of the rumored blending
of the appointive with the legislative
power?
"It is bad enough to have a tariff bill
made up by a little coterie—'political bill,'
as Mr. Willaon calls it—but to have it com
municated to the President before it reaches
even the committee, still less the House,
shows A determination to be moved by no
facts and modified by no arguments, which
makes apparent the absurdity of appoint
ing Republicans on the committee of ways
and inears at all."
Congressman Dalzell, after carefully
reading the president's remarkable docu
ment, summed it op aa follows: "There
are some remarkable things in connection
with the president's message. In the first
place, if the report that is current and gen
erally believed be true that the message
was published in the London morning
papers prior to its transmission to congress,
that U certainly a very revarkable exbibi
tion of bad taste, to characterize it by no
lnore appropriate term. As the tariff views
of the message are in the interest of the
English instead of the Ameriean people,
it was perhaps thought the message was
more likely to receive a favorable recep
tion oa the other side of the water than
here.
"Aside from the manner of its publica
tion the next most remarkable thing about
it is its extreme length, the number of its
words and the paucity of its original ideas
Thirty good-sixed pbampblet pages are fill
ed for the most part with figures, statistics
accessible in the reports of neads of depart
ments; and truly without interest in a
presidential message, especially in view of
the fact that in most cases they do not
furnjsh the subject ot conclusion or sugges
tion "upon the part of the president.
"The message is remarkable for its omis
sion*. Only two or three subjects of living
interest i o the people are touched upon,
and they only in the most ineagrn way
With respect to finance, the president re
commends a do-nothing p*>lioy, which per
haps is wise enough at this time. His dec
laration upon tbis subject is significant as
conveying a warning to the free silver men
not to tamper further with legislation for
the present, and his suggestion as to addi
tional legislation in regard to the issuauce
of government bonds is especially signifi
cant. In view of the fact that his party,
under the guise of pretending to 'provide
revenue for the government,' have devised
a measure to reduce revenue some s<>o,ooo,-
000 per aunuin, it is perhaps wise that the
power should be vested somewhere aud a
method provided to keep us from going
into national bankruptcy.
"The president gives somewhat less than
a page to the very interesting question of
Hawaiian affairs. lie tells us, with a
brutal Irankness, that a representative of
the republic ot the United States has been
sent to Honolulu with instructions to over
throw popular government in that island,
if practicable, and restore monarchy in the
person of a semi barbarous queen.
"The only relief that an American is
likely to experience afl«r leceiving this in
formation is to be found in the further in
formation that the president does not know
as yet whether this has been accomplished
• He then i.ismisses the subject alter telling
the American people that wbeu he finds
out auy thing more with respect t > it, he
will let tbem know. I think that a part of
the mc»sage that the average American
W ill recur to with a great deal of pride.
"With respect to the tariff question, the
president furnishes us a lot of glittering
generalities and a reasuratice of some ot
bis free-trade fallacies. When we hear
him talk about the voice of his countrymen
having epoken In favor ot tariff reform we
are iuclined to belive that there has been
sednlousy kept from him ttie recent news
from U»»ssachutotts, Xew York. Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Io»u. He still seems to
ban: ui« (>« ou toiHigu markets When
those luiuigu uiaikets are and what we
oou'd c'HViiy tl'.etr with, be wisely relia ns
from specifying. It js gratifying to see,
however, that he does not share the l)em»-
rra'ir Kt'.iror of the robber-baron manu
facturers.
- iiu elicited* is that they shall feffe
raw material!. He still stick* to the theory
h \t a protective tariff enhances the cost of
the manufactured article to the consumer
in pite of the overwhelming evidence to
the contrary furnished by the opeiation of
the McKinley law. It U when he comes
to talk about the relation of raw materials
to the wage earner, however. tbat_ the
president's ignorance of facts reveals 1 self
•a stupendous. When one comes to con
sider the hundreds of thousands of laborers
in the coal and ore mines of this country
«• bo, under the provisions of hts proposed
policy, will be houseless, homeless, hungry
and desperate, while foreign laborers
ply their places, it becomes a matter of
bonder how a president of the I nited
States can so tempt the credulity of the
American people. . .
'•The president tells us that the ways
and means committee have agreed upon an
income tax on certain corporate invest
oenu. If this be true, the majority of the
ways and means committee havecommuni
■ated a fact to the president of the
United States which they have
not seen fit to communicate to their col
leagues of the minority. The most impor
tunate inquiry upon the part of the latter
nas failed up to this time to elicit any m
■iny information on the subject. Irue,
under this administration there seems to
t>e a strange mixing np of the fjnctions ol
the different departments of government
which have heretofore been supposed to bo
co-ordinate.''
IT is gratifying to the Republicans of
Pennsylvania to note that their interests
are being carefully watched over by that
distinguished statesman Congressman John
Dalzell, of Pittsburgh. Not only in Penn
sylvania, but throughout the entire country
the greatest confidence is placed in Dalzell
as the champion and defender of protection
against the great majority in the present
Congress. He is ranked among the ablest
leaders in Congress and his advice is sought
after and given the greatest weight in all
matters by the Republican leaders at
Washington. Alter looking at the unjust
misrepresentation of Pennsylvania in the
Senate it is certainly gratifying to turn to
our able array of Congressmen led by the
valiant Dalzell. The Democratic onslaught
on the tariff will be fought at every step by
Pennsylvania's able representatives in Con
fess but we are sorry to state that as much
cannot be expected of Pennsylvania s rep
resentatives in the Senate. —Kittanning
Free Press.
The Tariff and Hawaii.
President Cleveland's long message starts
out, as usual, with a statement of onr re
lations with other nations, followed by re
ports on the the receipts and expenses of
the National Government, the National
backs, silver repeal, army and navy, sea
coast defenses, the Indians.public grounds,
agriculture, civil service and the tariff.
His remarks on the tariff and the Wilson
bill come last in the message, and are as
follows.
After a hard struggle tariff reform is di
rectly before us Nothing so important
claims onr attention, and nothing so clear
ly presents itself as both an opportunity
and duty—an opportunity to deserve the
gratitude of our fellow-citizens, and a duty
imposed upon us by our oft-repeated pro
fessions, and by the emphatic mandate 01
the people. After full discussion our coun
trymen have spoken in favor of this reform
and they have confided the of its ac
complishment to the hands of those who
are solemnly pledged to it.
If there is anything in the theory ol a
representation in public places of the peo
ple and their desires, if public officers are
really the servants of the people, and ff
political promises and professions have any
binding force, our failure to give the relief
BO long awaited will BE sheer recreancy.
Nothing should intervene to distract onr
attention or disturb our effort until this
reform is accomplished by wise and care
ful legislation. , ~
While we should stanchly adhere to the
principle that only the necessity of reve
nue justifies the imposition of tariff dnties
and other federal taxation, and that they
sbould be limited by strict economy, wo
cannot close onr eyes to the fact that con
ditions have grown up among ns which in
justice and fairness call for discriminating
care in the distribution of such duties and
taxation as the emergencies of our gov
ernment actually demand.
Manifestly, if we are to aid the people
directly through tariff reform, one of its
most obvious features should be a reduc
tion in present tariff charges upon the nec
essaries of life. The benefits ol Bach a
reduction would be palpable and substan
tial, seen and felt by thousands who would
be better fed and better clothed and better
sheltered. These gifts should be the will
ing benefactions of a government whose
highest fanction is the promotion of the
welfare of the people.
Noj less closely relatod to our people s
p rosperiiy and well-boicg is the removal
of restrictions upon the importation of the
raw material necessary to our manufac
turer. The world should be open to onr
national ingenuity and enterprise. This
cannot be while legislation through the
imposition of high tariff forbids to Ameri
can manufacturers as cheap materials as
those used bj their competilors. It is
quite obvious that the enhancement of the
price of our manufactured products result
ing from this policy not only confines the
market for these products within our own
borders to the direct disadvantage of our
Own manufacturers but also increases their
cost to our citizens.
The interests of labor are certainly,
thongh indirectly, involved in this feature
of our tariff system. The sharp competi
tion and active struggle among our man
ufacturers to supply the limited demand
for tfieir goods soon fill the narrow market
to which they are confined. Then follows
a suspension of work in mills and factories,
a discharge of employes and distress in
the home* of our workingmen. Even il
the often-disproved assertion could be
made good that a lower rate of wages
would result from free raw materials and
low tariff'duties, the intelligence of our
workingmen leads them quickly to discov
er that their steady employment, permit
ted by free raw materials, is the most im
portant lactor to their relation to tariff
legislation.
A measure has been prepared by the ap
propriate congressional committeo embody
ing tariff reform on the lines herein aug
gested, which will be promptly submitted
for legislative action. It is the result of
much patriotic and unselfish work, and I
believe it deals with the subject consist
ently and as thoroughly as existing condi
tions permit. lam satisfied that the re
duced tariff' duties provided for in the pro
posed legislation, added to existing inter
nal revenue taxation, will in the near fu
ture, though perhaps not immediately,
produce sufficient revenue to meet the
need*,of the government.
The committee, after full consideration
and to provide against a temponry defi
ciency which may exist before the business
of the country adjusts itself to the ne*'
tariff schedules, have wisely embraced in
their plan a few additional internal reve
nue taxes, including a small tax npon in
comes derived from certain corporate in
vestments. These new assessments are
not only absolute just and easily borne, but
they have tbe further merit of being such
as can be remitted without unlavoraiile
business disturbance whenever the necessi
ty of their imposition no longer exists.
In my g r eat desire for tbe success of this
ineanure. I cannot restrain the suggestion
that its success can only be attained by
means of unselfish counsel on the pait of
the friends ol tariff relorm and as a result
of their willingness to subordinate personal
desires and ambitions to tbe genoral good.
The local interests affected by tbe prop >s
ed reform are so nuuieroja and so varied
that, if all are insisted upon, tbe legislation
embodying tbe reform must inevitably
fail.
Regarding the Hawaiian affair be writes
as follow*:
It iii hardly Decennary for me to state
that the i|ue*tions arising from our relation*
wiili Hawaii have caused seriou* em bar
ra**meut Just prior to tbe installation ol
the pre*ent administration the exiting
goveruinent ol Hawaii hail been suddenly
overthrown and a treaty of annexation had
been negotiated between the provisional
government ol the inland* an ! the United
tjlate« and Kubmittted to the *euat« lor
ratiticatioD, Thi* treaty 1 withdrew fur
examination and dispatched lion. Jauies
U. Ulount ol Georgia to Honolulu a* a
special coo-misslouer to make an impartial
investigation of the circumstances attend
ing the change of government, and of ail
the condition* bearing npon the subject ol
the treaty. Alter a thorough and exbann
tive examination Ur. IJlomit submitted to
me hi* report, showing beyond all question
that the constitutional government of
Hawaii had been subverted with tbe active
aid ol our representative to that govern
ment and through the intimidation caused
by the pregenco of an armed naval force of
the I niled .Stale* which was landed for
that purpose at the instance of our mini*
tcr. Upon these fd'its developed it teemed
to me the only honorable course lor our
government to puroue was to undo tbe
nfcnag tfekt bad uvea d<m« by tbuuo repre-
Renting as and restore as far as praetible
the statu* existing at the time of onr torci
dle intervention.
With a view of accomplishing this result ,
within the constitutional limits of execu
tive power and recognizing all onr obliga
tions and responsibilities growing out of
anp changed conditions brought about by
our unjustifiable interference, our present
minister in Honolulu has appro
priate instructions to that end. _ Thus far
no information of the accomplishment of
any definite results hare been received
from him. .
Additional advices are soon expected.
When received they will be promptly sent
to congress, together with all other Infor
mation at hand, accompanied by a special
executive message fully detailing all the
facts necessary to a oomplete understand
ing of the case, and presenting a history of
all the material events leading up to the
present situation.
The secretary of the treasury reports
that the receipts of the government fr° m
all sources during the fiscal year
June SO 1893, amonnted to $461.<_16 061
and itn expenditures to $459.3(4 6j4 29
There was collected from customs s2oo Jo.>.-
016 73. and fr.m internal revenue $161,-
027,623 93 Onr dutiable imports amonut
ed to $421,856,711, an increase of $02.-
453,907 over the preceding year, and im
portations free ol duty amounted to $444,-
544,211. a decrease from the preceding y ear
of $13,455,447. Internal revenue receipts
exceeded those of the preceding year by
$7,147,445 32, .... ,
The total tax collected on distilled
spirits was $94,720,260 55, on manufactur
ed tobacco $31,889,711 74, and on ferraen
ted liquors $32 548.983 01. We exported
merchandise during the year amounting
to $847,666,194 a decrease of
from the preceding years. The amount ot
gold exported was larger than any previous
year in the history of the government,
amounting to SIOB 680,844. and exceeding
the amount exported during the preceding
year by $58,485,517. The sum paid from
the treasury for s igar bounty was $9.37 a
. 88, an" increase over the preceding
year of $2,033,053.09.
It is estimated upon the basis of present
revenue laws that the receipts of the
government for the year ending June 30,
1f94, will be $430.121.365 38, and its ex
penditures $458.121,365 38, resulting lu a
deficiency ol $28,000,000.
On the Ist day of November, 1893, the
amount of money of all kinds in circulation
or not Included in treasury holdings was
$1,718,544,682, an increase for the year of
$112,404,947. Estimating our population
67,426,000 at the time mentioned the per
capita circulation $25.49. On the
same date there was in the treasury gola
bullion amounting to $96,657,273 and sil
ver bullion which was purchased at a cost
of $126,261,553.
Gov. WAITE of Colorado, in accordance
with the recall of the lato election in that
state, has issued a proclamation giving the
women of the state the right to vote at all
elections.
THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE,
Flying throngh, what to us, is infinite
space; with its mantle of air, which alone
js free to all mankind; and its surface ol
soil and water, on which we live; is the
planet we call the Earth.
The products of this Jiarth keep us alive
for our appointed time, and after death the
Earth absorbs our bodies as completely aa
it does any other of nature's elements.
It is the father, and the mother, and the
ancestor of all of us—we are part and par
cel of it.
The cultivation of the soil of this planet is
the natural and necessary work of perhaps
one-half of the human raoe, and probably
always will be. Tbis work was done m
ages gone by in a careless manner, and
with crude implements that suited the re
quirements ol tbe times; but the domina
tion of the white race, and its tremendous
increase, the natural desire to annihilate
drudgtry so far as possible, the mechanical
inventions and the chemical discoveries
have now brought about such conditions in
farming, as in every other branch of indus
try, that perfection alone insures complete
success.
It was the desire to attain such perfec
tion that led to the establishment of the
State Hoard of Agriculture, with an exper
imental station; and an appropriation
sufficient to defray the expenses oi holding
institutes or mo etings of fartrers in each
county in the state.
The Institute for this county met in the
Court House in Butler on Friday morning
lait, the Ist inst., and was called to order
by W. 11. H. Riddle, Esq., member of the
Board for this county, and to whom must
be given great credit for his untiring ef
forts to create au interest in the work in
tbis county —efTorts that at last have met
with unqualified success.
Friday last was our first winter weather
day, and at the opening of the session that
morning but few farmers were present,
but th ey came strolling in from all
over the county, until by noon there was a
fair attendance.
Hon. D. B. Douthett was elected Presi
dent, and iu his opening remarks said we
were all laborers and pnducers.and that the
tanner produced the great bnlk of the food
products. Messrs A D. Weir, Christie
Robb, James Stephenson and Benj.
Douthett were elected Vice Presidents,
and J. A. McCafferty, of Herman, Secre
tary.
Jainuc M- Galbreatb, Esq., made the ad
dress of welcome. He said, in part, that
the Earth was the mother of us all,that we all
prayed "Give us this day our daily bread,"
that tho farmers should organize to secure
legislation in their favor, that we should
realize that we are living in a great age,
t iat one man can do as much work now
a< six could thirty years ago, that we
sh-iuld re-adjust ourselves to tbe new con
ditions, that to be successful we must look
to tho future; that these institutes were
evidences that the farmer was beginning to
appreciate himself, etc.
J. A. McCafferty responded in an elo
quent description of the age we live in,
which he thinks excells those of ancient
times, hoped tbe institnte would be a suc
cess, etc.
Judge Weir read an essay on'wheat col
tore,stating his method of treating the soil
before and alter cropping. He believes in
rolling after drilling, and has made a suc
cess ol wheat raising. He stated that this
county produced 600,000 bushels of wheat
annually, which Could be increased to a
million.
Dr. Irvine gave his experience with fer
tilizer-.; and Isaac Ash said it was not prof
itable to raise wheat on a small tarm here,
bnt Judge Weir stated that the wheat
acreage of this oonnty averaged bettel
than those of all the States of the Union,
excepting two, also th*t tbe average in
this State was between 14 and 15 bushels,
wljile the reports of the threshers of thin
County made it 20 bushels, and it could
utlely be put at 18. Ho thinks cros»-
drillmg is not desirable.
J. M. McOollough also read au essay on
wheat culture. lie believes in early and
thorou h plowing and harrowing, also )u
dragging the ground to breik lumps,
plows his manure under, uses 200 pounds
of commercial fertilizer to the acre, keeps
his seed clean, drills in September, thiuks
the drills protect the plants, favors deep
plowing, uses Foltz a heal, does not favor
tall rolling though soil uiay make a differ
ence.
T. B. Terry, of Hudson, Ohio, (a town
about 'JO mile* south of Cleveland; ban
Usui a roller for 124 year*, but he roll* be
lore drilling and not after; ho get* from 30
to 85 bushel* an acre, and think* hi**nlkey
cultivator with which he harrow* th«
ground ov«r and over again is responsible
lor from 10 to 13 bushel* of it, he uses
clean grain even if he has to go over it by
hand, hi* wheat, which is only the old
Koltz selected and cleaned, ht* a reputa
tion and he well* it at an advance, be pre
frr* a dose drill (say 7 inches) bnt gets
just a* good results from broadcasting il the
soil 1* well prepared; be ha* produced 35
bushels to the acre year alter year. ile
thinks a "little farmer" can not allord to
do without good tools, as delays often cost
more than the tools. He sows about I bu.
and ■» i|ts. to the acre between the 10th
and loth of September (a little more il
sown later) and drills in about 2 irebe*.
Secretary Edge stated that #13,000,000
was spent yearly in thin Htate lor com
mercial fertilizer*. That the be»t were
I tfonrjfcrttd uf /tr/<l*bvri'o acid, ami
ammonia: that nobody should pay mor«
than $1 for each percent of phosphoric acid
that South Carolina bone was uo (food; that
the farmers of each locality should club to
gether. find out what fertilizer best suited
their soil and buy it at wholesale.
James M Douthett read an essay on
farm improvements. He favors placing the
buildings near the road side, with ample
grounds, buildings arranged to save labor,
and all made as beautiful as possible. He
believes in comfortable and pleasant
homes, thinks worm fences are a nuisai o
etc. N'uon told a brick or frame school
house story, and Edge followed it with one
about the red or blue dress. _
Mr. Terry then talked on clover. He is
a great believer in clover and well he may
be if he gets the results he says he does.
He sa>» he can grow twice as much clover
on an acre as timothy, and that it is worth
one-third more for feriilizer. He pract Cis
a three year rotation on his little larui (a
hilly one) in northern Ohio —clover, pota
toes and wheat; says clover is worth one
tnird more for teed" than timothy and that
a pound of clover hay equals a pound of
oats; be cuts his clover when in full bloom
or soon after; he feeds clover to his horses,
ie. small feed morning, small feed noon
and all ttiey will eat at night if tht-y are
working; feeds no oats or limothy to his
horses and they are always in good con
dition; has done it for eleven years; clover
gets its nitrogen from the air, clover fur
nishes more than twice the plant food to
th; land as compared with timothy, clover
sends its roots into the subsoil and brings
up substance from the farm below the oue
jou are tilling; in porous soil he has
traced clover roots down eight feet; clover
keeps the farm up, shades the land and
makes it richer; clover land must be drain
ed; commercial fertilizers do his clover
laud no good, he has tried it up to 1 500
pounds to the acre; he sows a bushel of
clover seed to six acres; sows as soon as the
frost is out of the ground; don't barrow
after; uses common clover; would use ma
nure or fertilizer for the first crop—Heaves
are produced by coughing which ruptures
the air cells of the horse's lungs; sprinkles
water on the clover ba_> if dusty; feuds but
8 or 10 pounds morning and noon, at night
all they want if working; mows in after
noon, cures in winrow next day and haals
in next; rakes same way he mows and turus
up but*; land can be made sick by too much
clover; lengthen rotation; use potash or
lime; has a barometer and seldom gets
bay caught in rain; keeps his land busy and
surface shaded. He harrows down the
second growth of clover.
Jos. L. Purvis read an essay on drain
ing land. He uses tilefi to 8 inches in di
ameter, places the laterals 25 to 50 feet
apart and 3to 4 feet deep. Draining im
proves wet land, makes it warmer.
T. K. Carskaddon of West Virginia told
how he irrigated his farm down there, but
the subject did not seem to interest the
audience very extensively.
Nixon wanted to know how much phos
phate an old horse would make, and said
DO only got 12 for one the other day.
Sec'y Edge said acid could not be used on
w hole bones, that tbey must first be bro
ken with a hammer, when they could be
treated with acid and mixed with wood
ashes, there should be a bone mill in every
neighborhood, an old threshing machine
would do.
During the afternoon and evening sessions
Misses Heulah Tiinblin and Nellie Nixon
recited.
Friday evening Mr. Carskaddon made a
spirtied address against the over-capit
alization of corporations,anu combination of
capital, and favored the forming of a new
party to slop it, though he could not say
how it was u» be done.
Mr Terry told of several mean things
that he had known married men to do
(none that the women did) and made an
argument for the equal rights of husband
and wite as partners in life.
Saturday morning, James Magee, of \ a
lencia, read an essay on dairying. He
recommended good cows and keeping them
cleaL; thinks dairy farmers should get rid
of middle men, and that the future lor
Butler county farmers is in the dairy.
Cleanliness is the great point in keeping
cows, he has a stable without stalls, ties to
rings sliding on upright iron rods; cows
staud on plank about feet long, w 'th
trench 7x22 inches behind them Seu'y
Edge said that in Cheater county 2f>o
pounds ol butter per year was a lair aver
agt*;aud gave his experience in furnishing
butter to the Continental Hotel in f'hila
delpbia. His butter was "docked" 8 cts. a
pound once because he led his cows tur
nips, but as they were paying him 75 cts a
pound for it he could well afford the uiis
take. He also gave his tests with corn,
fertilizing each alternate double row with
different fertilizers.
Nixon gave the Prospect Creamery a
put! and called for somebody to reud rules
lor butter making but nobody responded.
A Babcock nnlk teeter was placed on a
table in view ol the audience und four
samples of milk fioin different cows tested
and the result shown to the audience.
J. I). Harbison read an essay on raining
potatoes. Mr. Harbison is one of the most
successful potato raiders in the county, and
Uy bis method, all ol which we could not
hear distinctly, he makes that crop pav
Alter lie digs his potatoes he seeds the
ground to wheat.
Mr. Terry gave hi# experience in taking
care of sued potatoes, whict* should be kepi
at such a temperature as to prevent theiu
from sprouting. He keeps them ou a rais
ed floor in the cellar, or in long narrow
pits, covered with straw. Scabby potatoes
should be immersed in water in which 2
~■/ of pulverized corrosive sublimate for
each 15 gallons of water has been dissolved
The sublimate should first be dissolved in a
pail of hot water. He cuts seed with one
ejeand plants immediately. He uses a
narrow, a weeder aud a one horse cultiza
tor on hi# plants, and cultivates as long as
he can. Weeds absorb moisture He raises
potatoes at 15 cents a bushel or #3O an acre
aud gets them off in time for wheat. Uses
clover sod for potatoes, no manure, ases
the manure on the clover, plows the clover
sod in the spring; don't believe in much
hilling; plants his early potatoes 32 inches
apart, and his late 30 inches; changes seed
every 2or 3 years; the first sprouts are
belter because stronger and produce fewer
but larger potatoes; and he lurrows with a
double, sulkey, right aud left plow, to gain
lime
Noah Henry gave„hia experience in gar
(letting for market. He believes in gsod
ground, kept in good condition and well
lortilized; said that winter grown cabbage
seed wan the best for early planting aud
better than hot bed need. Late cabbage
should be set out about the Ist of July
Karly beets, radishes, etc. should be sown
as soon as the ground is ready, and tor a
succession every 2 two weeks; nitrate ot
soda is good for onions.
Secretary Edge said that if anybody was
cheated iu fertilizers it v.as their own
lault. The law required all manufacturers
lo send an analysis of their goods to the
Hoard, and also to put it on the packages;
and besides Ibis samples of the slull were
were soul to the Hoard from dlllereut parts
til the ttalo licenses lo make fertilizer
were granted and persons caught cheating
were iiable to flues
Simeon Nixon made one of his character
i»tie addresses with "Fureßta" for his text,
lie believes in planting fruit and nut tree*
along the highways, also in planting or
chards on the north Hide of the hill and
babies, cats and chickens on the Houlh
aide, hut he don't believe in niilliouarc'H.
Col Thompson Rare bin experience with
fertilizers, Hlaled the law on the xubject,
»aid nobody need be cheated, and people
should ferliliie according to the crop-waul
ed, thiuks we all live better than people
did 00 years ago and should continue to
live better. fie eritiuiaed Carskaddoii'N
remark* of the night before.
Terry spoke on the rotation of crop*; the
ground get* tired (trowing one thing, and
Krowiiig one thing breeds insectH and
worm* which are killed by rotation; he be
gan with a long rotation but came hack to
u three year term, it ho bad a dairy he
would probably make it a lour year term
Corn, wheat, clover and potatoes; there is
danger in undertaking too tntjcb; Home
thing should he growii g in the ground all
the time; in good land clover should not be
plowed down for wheat, rather corn or po
tatoes as the clover containit too much
nitrogen; don't raise potatoes in Htiiin
ground 'I yearn tor tear of Hcab; common
clover'a the be.it here, mammoth clover in
a little hardier but is too coarse lot hay;
lime helps to decompoHe the plant food in
the Moil.
A diiCUMion followed an to the best
time to hold the Institute; Mr. Kiddle Haul
in wait held thin year to «uit Mr. Terry's
other engagements, and before that at the
time lixed by the blat.e board. The winter
time is the best time, of course.
Vote of thanks were tendered the speak
er*, and the reciters; the I'resident was
authorized to »i>poiut a committee on the
program for next year; Mr. Douthett made
a short speech compliinentiag the essays,
and hoping every larmer in the county
would be at the next Institute and declar
ed this one adjourned, And so ended the
4th annual meeting of tho farmers of Uut
ler county. It was a pleasant., interesting
and profitable meeting. It did good Tho
good work has just began. The subjects
proper for discussion are of greater variety
and greater importance than those proper
lor Teacher's Institutes, and the Farmer'*
Institute should become as permanent an
institution as the Teacher's.
CoMMITTKK OH PKOOKAMVR
i'resident Douthett has selected tho 10l-
tiVe pratlvueu to act as a Commit
tee on Programme:
Josiah M Thompson of Brady, W. E.
Bartley of Penn, G. F. Easley of Buffalo,
Geo. Marbnrger of Adams, and J. M. Mo-
Collough of Fairview.
The above Ci>mmittee to act with W. H.
H. Kiddle in preparing a program for next
Institute.
Petrolia Items.
J. S, W"ally and wife, of Parker twp .
were the guests of E. L. Hindman and
wife, of Argyle street, on Friday of last
week.
Rev. Miller and family, of Parker City,
were the the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rice,
on Friday of last week.
John S. Beyers and Squire Fleming are
down with the grip The Esq. says he
does not know how it is with Beyers, but
he feels awful cranky at limes.
DATIS—At her home in Centre twp.
Dec. 1, 1893, Mrs Milton Davis, aged
about 40 years.
PETERS—At her home in Centreville,
Kov 30. 1893. Mrs. Mary Jane Peters,
wife of Jacob A. Peters, aged about 80
years.
She was agister of Judge Thomas Steph
enson, dec'd, and she was the last ol that
family.
DAMBACHER—At his home in Jackson
twp , Nov. 22. 1893. Frederick Dam
bacher, in his 79th year.
SHOUP—At his home in Evans City,
Dec. 4, 1893, Michael Shoup, aged 35
years.
HARBAUGH—At his home ih Centre
vllle,Nov. 16. 1893, David M. Hardaugb,
aged abont 58 years.
McQUISTION —At her home in this place*
corner of Washington and Cunningham
streets, Monday, Dec. 4, 1893,MTR. Mary
A McQuistion, widow of the late Win.
McQuistion, in the 87 >ear of her age.
From all we know or can learn she was
the oldest citizen of our town. She has
lived here for about sixty years. We are
iaformed she was born at Powhaten, Ooio,
on the Ohio river below and near Wheel
ing. Her ancestors were among the old
est and best pioneer families of that sec
tion of our couutry. Among he) relative
was the celebrated Col. known in
history as one ofjthe brave defenders of the
borders against the Indians. Mrs. Mc-
Quistion has lived among as a quiet, unob
trusive and industrious life, haviug the re
spect of all and the enmity of none. She
was a woman of more than ordinary
strength of mind. All her life she has been
aconsistant member of the U. P. church of
this place. Ali her children, we believe,
survive her, four sons and two daughters.
Marshall, the oldest sou, is a citizen of the
state-of lowa. Creasap, another son, is
UJW living about Pittsburg. William
Wallace and Levingston, the two others,
live here, Levingston being one of the
leading members of the Butler Bar, and an
active, useful citizen. Mrs. Sarah E. Sloan,
the o'dest daughter, live* here, as does
Mrs. L. Beaumont, youngest daughter and
child.
The funeral took place on Wednesday
last, the services being conducted bj Kev.
J. S McKee, of the U. P. church, assisted
by Rev. William White.
Jamm flrtw Dor-man
of Shy Bearer, Pa.
Cured of Scrofula
The People will have Hood's
Mr. Donnan't Bxpertenes
"My boy. now o years old, had Scrofula In
*na ays from tha ttma ha was a baby; discharg
ing all tha time. Of lata we hare bean glvtnc
him Hood's Sarsaparllla, and It has dona ail
that medicine can do. Tne Scrofula has disap
peared, and Ills eye Is healed up and well. I
Hood's Cures
tally balleTe Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the best
medicine In the market. I keep a general store,
and It Is not a trick to sell Hood's Sarsaparllla
for the people will have It I sell more of
Hood's sarsaparllla than all other medicine*
together and the store would not be complete
Hood's Cures
without It. My wife has also been entirely
cured of Scrofula by Hood's Sarsaparllla. an 4 I
am heartily thankful for what It has done for
ns." JOHN DOBMAN, Shy Bearer, Pa
HOOD'B PILLa are Ike best after-dinner nils,
sastal dlgutlon. core headache. Try a box. Me.
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PPHjgßWipWi
PetmciUe Ttent.
Qrip is all the go.
J. M. McKinney, oar genial blacksmith,
Dr. J. L. Christy and Miss Weis; all haTe
the grip.
Howard Oaks met with an accident
Tuesday afternoon, he bad his leg broken
by a horse falling on him.
The Nicklas .t Co. well on the Kalten
bach struck gas and caught fire twice.
A well is to be located near the Ander
son X roads soon.
The timbers are going in now on the
Fm. Richardson.
Eight new rigs are up and going up near
Wattera station.
Purviance & Co. are spndding in their
No 1 on the Sborts farm.
Our rig builders are kept very busy now
with George Henshaw at the head of the
gang.
A new rig is going up on the Adam Dam
bach farm. UNDERWRITER.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
t
Administrators and Executors of estates
can secure their receipt books at the CfTi-
ZKH office.
Auditor's Notice.
In re-afsignmi-nt of J. r lu lb« Court of com-
F HbafTer to Chas F. ! inoti Pleas of Butler
Ooehrlug for benefit of * county, Ms. D. No.
creditors. j 3 Dec Term, 1892.
Dec 6. 181*3 on motion of W 11 I.usk. Esq, for
appolntmeut of Auditor to distribute fuuds In
hinds of Assignee. K r appointed Aud
itor,
BY THE COURT,
And uow, Dec 7th, 1893. I. B P Scott, appolnt
poluled Auditor as above stated case hereby give
notice that 1 will attend lu the duties of said
appolntmeut at my ofllce. No 10 8 W Diamond,
Butler. Pa, Wednesday. S7th of December. 18!>3
at io o'clock aM. at whlc.i time and place all
parties Interested are requested to appear, «
K P SCOTT. Auditor,
Executor's Notice.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
James Dtnny,dec'd late of Clearfield twp.,
Butler Co., Pa., baying been granted to
the undesigned, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment, and any having
claims against said estate wi'l present
them duly authenticated for settlement to
CHARLES KEAD, Ex'r.
Cowansville,
Armstrong Co., Pa.
Executors' Notice.
Letters les imen.try on the estate of
Frederick Dauioach Sr., dec'd., late of
Jacksou twp, LuMer Co, Pa., fciviug
been granted to tile all per
sons knowing Ihenixdves moeu e<i lo said
e will please make in. ueu.x e pay
ment, aud au.v uav >ig claims against said
estate will p; e-» Ut them duly authenti
cated for settlement to
FRED. S DAM BACH, )
Counoqut »iug P. 0. \
IIENRY DAUBACH, ( Executors.
Whilestown P. O J
W. D. Brandon.
All 'jr.
AdmlLlsirator's Notice.
Letters ol administration on the estate
of Charles O'Donnell, dee'd , late ol Clear
field twp., Butler Co.,' Pa having been
i granted to the undersigned, all persons
' knowing themselves indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate payment,
and any having claims against i>aid estate
' will present theui duly authenticated for
for settlement to
11. J. O'DOBSELL, Adm'r.
8. F. Bowser, Carbon Centre,
Att'y. Butler Co., Pa.
Notice.
The general meeting of the Farmer's
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of llanuastown
aud viciuity will be held on the second
Saturday of January, 18U4, (Jan 13, 1804)
at 10o'clock P. M., at the Creamery build
ing in Delauo. All members are invited.
HENRY HKCK, Snc'y.
A. KRAUSK, President. Denny P. O.
Notice to Stockholders.
The annual meeting of the ''Worth Mu
tual Fire Insurance Co " to seleut officers
tor the eusuiug > car will be held iu sohool
house at West Liberty, the second Satur
day of January at 10 o'clock a. m., being
the 13th day, 1804.
JAMKS 11 1/MPIIITKY, Pres.
W. E. Taylor, Seo'y.
Notice.
Owing to the recent death of Win.
Campbell, tha senior member of the firm
of J. G. & W. Campbell, it becomes nec
essary tor the new firm, which will con
tinue under the name of J. O. d- W. Camp
bell to open a set of new books and close
out the accounts of the old firm. All per
sons knowing themselves to be indebted
to said firm or having claims due will
please call for settlement at the old stand
at once.
J. G. AW. CAMPBELL.
Dec. 1, 1893.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that letters ol adminis
tration on the estate or Frederick Hurry, lute
Of the twp. of l''runkllo. county of liuiier
aud htuie of I'eiiiikylVHiita. deceased, have been
grunted to Kll'/.abelh Hurry, resident of sulil
iowushlp. to whom all persons indebted to HI- Id
estate are rri|uliud to make payment and those
having claims or ueninnds will make known
the same without delay.
MIW. ELIZABETH BUBBY. Adm'r*.
Mt. Chontnut I* O.
Bullet Co.. I'a.
8. K. Bowser. Atty.
Executors' Notice.
letters testamentary having been granted to
the undersigned under the lan will and testa
ment of Daniel McDeavllt. dec d. late of Brady
twp.. Butler county. I'a.. ull persons knowing
theuiKclvex indebted to the estate of said de
cedent will please call and settle und any having
claims acauat the same win present tßem duly
authenticated Tor settlement
MAHY A. MCOKAVITT.
JOHN 11. MCDKAVIRI. Kxucutor*.
A. M. Cornelius. Att'y. West Liberty, I'a.
Administrators' Notice.
Letters of Administration,C. T.A.,on the
estate of Nicholas King,dee'd.,late of Cou
cord twp., Butler Co., Pa., having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate payment,
and any having claims against the same
will present them duly authenticated for
settlement to
MAIIY KINO, Adm'l.,
Jas. N. Moore, Peachvlllo I'. 0.,
Att'y, Butler Co., Pa.
Administrators' Notice.
KHTATK OK WILLIAM BT'KTNI'.H.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration on the estate of William iturt
uer, dee'd, late ol Clinton township, Butler
county, I'a , have been granted to the under
signed, to whom all |>erkoiis indebted to said
estats are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands will make
knowu the saaie without delay.
L. H LAHDIN,
K. WKbTKBMAN
Administrate rs.
Hotels and Depots,
W. 8. Greng iB now mining a line
of carriage* between the hotels and
depots of the town.
Charges reasonable. Telephoc*
No. 17, orders at Ilou-1
Vogeley.
Good iivey r iu CoooecUß I
Jury List for January T. 1894.
List of Traverse Jurors drawn this 2Sth 1»T
01 Nov A. I>. 1«33. toserre as Trarerae JU'<ri
at a special term 01 court commencing on ihe
second Monday of January A. L>. ISN.tie Si j 6
being tfce Bth day of saia month.
Anderson John, farmer. Allegheny twp.
Bell Alexander, farmer. Washington twp, 8.
Barnes New urn. farmer. Mercer twp.
Brown Thomas. Janitor. Butler 2a ward.
Borland Joneph. farmer. Adams iwp 8.
I ampbell Jos F. farmer. Fairview twp. E.
C.tshdollar John F. farmer Adams twp. N.
Dunn James, farmer. Brady tap
Douihett All. oil producer. Kvansflty.
Dunnar Solomon, farmer. Forward twp.
Drain Phillip, farmer. Buffalo twp.
Elcholtz C. b. farmer. Lancaster twp.
Ualsford J. C. Justice of the i'eace. Millers town
boro.
(leoh'tng Samuel, student. Zellenople boro.
Hensnew Alonzo nlio-maker Mudd) creek twp.
Hays K F. merchant, MUlerstown boro.
iienou William, farmer. Falnriew twp. E.
Milliard Jonathan,farmer. Allegheny twp,
Hartzell Jonas 8. farmer, ivnn twp,
Hoffman J.C. farmer, Connoqueuesslng twp.
South.
flines Geo W. farmer. Sllpperyrock twp.
Hushaugh C. Unlor, ."enuvvllle Doro.
Kelly \V. A. oil producer. Parker twp.
Kelly D. P. larmer. Parker twp,
Kelly William, farmer. Worth twp,
Klldoo James, farmer. Clay twp.
Letever Henry, farmer, Middlesex twp,
Lladsay Francis, fanner. Cherry twp, N.
Logan John K. fanner, Middlesex twp.
Murphy Francis, machines!. Mill ratown boro,
McKee 1 rt-sUey. larmer, Washington iwp. S,
McKee James A. editor. Butler &tb ward,
Mi eaer Tobias, farmer. Cranberry twp.
Martin Thomas W.stotiem.-son. Forward twp,
McCandlesS Alonzo, tar cut r. Fraualln twp..
Moor Hemy. farmer, Clinton twp.
Mccollough D. M. laborer, centrevllle boro,
Rinker Christian, farmer. Cnerry twp, s.
Katligan Peter, editor. MUlerstown Doro.
Ramsey Nathan, farmer Cranberry twp,
Spence A.T. pumper, Forward twp.
Shafer AHreu W. carpenter. Prospect boro,
Slory Hubert, gent, Butler 4th ward.
Sloan J.B. larmer, Venango, twp,
Taylor William, farmer. Brady twp.
Whltmlre L. w. farmer. Oakland twp,
Wilson R. H. wagoumaker. Harmony boro.
W eltzell Geo rite, blacusmlth, Brady twp, *—
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of Fl Fas Issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas oi Butler County. Pa.,
and to me directed, there will be exposed to
public sale, at the court Huuse, In the Borough
ol Butler. Pa., on Friday the Bth day of Oec.,
A D i&». at l o'clock. P M, the following de
scribed property to-wit:
E D NO 153, IM. 185. 16fi and 15*. Dec T. 1893.
Kalstju & (ireer, Att'ys.
All the right, title. Inttn-st and claim of J E
(Julia E) McCarnes. who survives Mary Kings
bury and Chas C McCarnes. dec'd. of In and to
certain lot of land, more or leas, situated In
borough of Centrevllle, Butler Co. Pa, bounded
as follows, to-wlt: On the north by lands of
Über, east by an alley, soutn by lot of Mrs
Uobaugh, and west by Main St. said lot front
ing 30 feet on Main St. and extending back i«o
to said alley,and having a large frame dwelling
house and store-room combined erected thereon.
Seized and taken In execution as the pro
perty of J E (Julia E) McCarnes at the suit of
E A Stephenson, et al.
WIIXXAM M. BBOWN, Sheriff,
L. C- WICK
DIALIK I*
Rough and Worked Lumber
OP ALL XIHDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
.Always in Stock.
LIME. HAIR AND PLASTER.
Office opposite P.4W. Depot,
BUTLKR FA
FRANK KEMPER,
DEAL, AH.IN
BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
_A.nd everything in
horse and buggy fur
nishing go ods—H ar -
ness, Collars, "Whips,
Dusters, Saddles, etc.
Also trunks.and va
lises.
Repairing done on
short notice.
The largest assort
ment of 5-.A. Horse
blankets in town will
be found at Kemcer's.
DIM DUES 11101
I PRICES ia the motto at our
1 sto re.
If you are sick aud need medicin
you want the BEST. Thi- tun
always depend upon getting from ni,
an we use nothing but strictly Pure
Drugs iu our Prescription Depart
ment. You can get the best of every
thing iu the drdg line from us.
Our store is also headquarter* for
PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES
Kalsomine, Alaba-stine k
Get our prices before you buy
aints, and see what we hare io
ffer. We can save you dollars on
yoor paint bill.
Respectfully
J. C. REDICK,
Main &t.,uext t<Hotel Ltvuy
BUTLER, FA.
11l m >| vp MKS, local or travel
|M AN I k II Ing. tosellmy guaran.
m 1111 | L U teed NI HSKMY HTOCE
M Commission
(Hlid weekly. Oullll free. Hpeclal attention
given to oeglnnors Workers never fall to make
good wages. Write me at once for par
titular*.
E. 0. GRAHAM. Nurseryman.
(This house la reliable.) Kocu KHTKH, N. V.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth Inserted on the latent Im
proved plan, uold Killing a specialty. Offloe
over Scnaul's Clot hing Store.
V. IVICALPIN K,
Dentist,
Is uow located In new and elegant looms >d
Joining his former; ones. All kinds oX clasp
plates and moderen gold work.
••Uas Administered."
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
Gold Killing Painless Extraction of Teeth
and Artificial Teeth without I'laten a specialty
Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Isx-al
An.citlictlcs used.
(mice over Millers Grocery east of 1-owry
House.
office closed Wednesdays and Thursdays
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
■MI West Cunningham HI.
L. BLACK,
rnVSICIAH AMI KLIHIIBOH.
New TrOutman Building. Butler. I'a.
K. N. I.KAKK. M. D. J. K. MANN. M. O
.Specialties: Hpeclaltlas:
Gynecology and Hur- Kye, Kar. Nose and
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
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BICKEL'S
SPECIAL » ANNOONCMENT.
I have placed on our bargain counter a line of boots and shoes which
will be closed out at a sacrifice for the next thirty davs.
Among this line will be found greater bargains
than have ever been offered.
Call and examine these goods whether you wish to buy or not.
Ladies fine Dongola shoes regular price $3.50 now $2.
2 15 at 1.25
" Calf shoes $1 to 1.50.
" oil grain sh >es $1 to 1 50.
Misses fine spring heel sboe« 90 cts to $1.25.
" heel shoes at 50 cents.
" school shoes 75 cts to sl.
Mens Hand made box toe boots $3.
" " plain toe toot* $2 50.
Mens fine calf boots at $2
" "■ shoes at $1 50.
Boys fine calf shoes at $1,25. And many other bargains.
Our line of HOLIDAY GOODS is more complete than ever before,
consisting of many new and pretty styles in SLIPPERS. Now
what is more appropriate for a fine present than a beautiful
pair of SLIPPERS, and by visiting our store you wi 1
have the best assortment to select from and at
prices lower than any other store in the coun
ty. Be sure to call and examine our
goods before selecting a XMAS PRESENT.?
o RUBBER (jrOODS. °
Boston, YVoonsockct, Goodyear, Glove, Bay State and Snag Proof
Boots at Bickel's.
Mens first quality robber boots $2 25.
Boy s " " 1.50.
Mens knee boots $2 50.
Mens Storm King boots $2 75.
Fireman rnbber boots (extra high) $3.
Youths robber boots $1.25.
Childs " 1.00
Womens robber boots 1 00
Ladies fine specialty rubbers 40 cents.
" croqoets 25 cents.
Misses robbers 25 cents.
Mens specialty robbers 50 to 65 cents.
Mens bockle Arctic* sl.lO.
Mens AI ask as 75 cents
Womens bockle Arctics 75 cents
Mens best felt boots $2.
We have 100 pair mens high boots (rubber boots) all No 10 and 11, regu
lar price stt 50 which will be so'd at $2 per ptir during this sale.
When in need of footwear give me a call.
JOHN BICKE;L.
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER. PENN'A.
P RF AT We
cannot honestly afford to ofier
" free gifts or prizes to our customers
T> "p l I^TTi^ r TTOIVT Therefore we have decided to make
x lvil sweeping reductions all through our
large store as an Xmas oftering to
-*■ our many friends and patrons. This
rp 11 pi will be an advantage lo them and
•*- abo help us to reduce a stock of
TTT m A Q goods too large for this time of the
-TAO-LjA L'xi. X>o year. Then come one and all and
—:o: take advantage of our Xmas offer.
NOTE THESE PRICKS.
Ladies Camel Hair Underwear 75 worth SI.OO
" all wool ribbed vests 50 " 75
Men's natural wool underwear 65 ". ! .00
Ladies' all wool black cashmere hose 18 " 25
Men's " half hose 18 " 25
Good Standard fast color calico 5 8
•' " ginghams 5 " 7
Lawrence L.L. 4-4 sheeting 5 " 7
Good country flannel 25 " "30
Men's Merino underwear 32 " 50
Ladie's all wool skirt patterns 75 " 1 .00
Ladie's black cashmere mittens 20 " 25
20 per cent, reduction on all Ladies' and Children's Wraps.
25 " " " Trimmed hats.
10 " " " Fancy dress patterns, these are are nov
elties —no two alike.
Best country blankets in white and colors $4.00 worth $5.00
Blankets 3-75 " 4-5°
Jennie E. Zimmerman.
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McCANIiLESS' HEAVE CUBE.
I have a Heave Cure that will cure any
case of heaves lu horses iu forty days, if
used according to direction*, and if it does
not do wbal l claim for It, I will refund
the amount paid and no charges will be
made for tbe iruaiuieut. The following
leHliinonials are the strongest proof of the
medicine* power to cure:
A. J. McCaholks*,
Butler, Pa., 18U3.
Ma. A. J. McCawhi.Sss:
On the liuil day ol April, 1892, I com
meiiced t<> use your new cure for one ol
my horses that bail the heaves very luid,
and continued to use the medicine for
about lorty day* and the horse did not
show auy sigus of a return of them. It is
now about a vcar since I quit givin the
uied lo\ue ami the horse litis never sowed
any signs ol heaves, and I feel slislicd
that he is properly cured.
W. 0. CUIWIIL,
Uutler. Pa., April 3, IM)3.
A J. MCC'AMILkss:
I have used your Heave Cure and found
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lIUTL.EH, - PA.