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THURBDAY, MARCH 12. 18K.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The following named persons are an
nounced as candidates for the offices
specified below, subject to the decision
ofthe Republican voters of Butler county
at the primary election:
Saturday, March *•—l to 7P. M.
FOB CONGRESS.
DK. J. B. SHOWALTER, of Millerstown
borough.
J. DAVID MCJUNKIN, of Butler.
FOR DELE OA TE TO NATIONAL CONVEN
TION.
Da. S. D. BELL, of Butler.
E. E. ABRAMS, of Butler.
FOR DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION.
(a to elect.)
REUBEN SHANOR, of Prospect.
DR. J. M. LEXGHXER, of Butler.
S. FRANKLE, of Millerstown.
FOR STATE SENATE
W. H. RITTKR, of Butler.
W. C. THOMPSON, of Butler.
W. H. H. RIDDLE, of Butler.l
DR. WH. IRVINE, of Evans City.
POR ASSE.HF I-Y.
JAMES A. MCMARLIN, of Adams twp.
JOHN DINDINGER, of Zelienople.
ELLIOTT ROBB, of Franklin twp.
M. N. GREER, of Buffalo twp.
JAMES N. MOORE, of Butler.
POR REOISTER AND RECORDER.
WILLIAM E. COOPER, of Worth twp.
WM. J. BURTON, of Penn twp.
GEORGE E. THOMAS, of Butler, formerly
of Conoqueneaeing twp.
W, I, ADAMS, of Washington twp.
FOR SHERIFF.
M. L. GIBSON, of Butler.
F. M. SHIRA, of Parker twp.
W. B. DODDS, of Muddycreek.
J. B. BLACK of Butler.
THOMAS R. HOON, of Centre twp.
B.W. DouTHETT, of Connoquenessing.
W. W. LINDSEY, of Allegheny twp.
M. J. BLACE, of Allegheny twp., former
ly of Cherry twp.
FOR PROTHONOTARY.
ROB T J. THOMPSON, of W. Sunbuiy.
JAMES MEYLERT MCCOLLOUGH. of Fair
view twp.
WILLIAM C. NEGLEY, of Butler.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
GEO. B. TURNER, of W. Sunbury, for
merly of Concord twp.
CYRUS HARPER, of Cranberry twp.
D. L. RANKIN, of Butler.
W. S. DIXON, of Penn twp.
POR CLERIC OP COURTS.
WM. C. FINDLEY, of Butler, formerly of
Clay twp.
GEO. M. GRAHAM, of Connoquenessing
twp
ISAAC MEALS, of Butler.
W. B. MCGEABY, of Butler.
M. C. SARVER, of Buffalo.
CHAS. B. GLASGOW, of Clinton.
DAVID D. QUIGLEY, of Penn twp.
M. h. STARE, of Petrol ia, formerly of
Concord twp.
JOHN B. MATHERS, of Butler, formerly
of Brady twp.
FOR BOUNTY COMMISSIONER.
HARMON SEATON, of Washington twp.
J. W. STARR, of Butler, formerly of Penn
J. CSEKADEN, of Clay two.
JOHN W. GILLESPIE, of Middlesex twp.
iOHI* MITCHELL, of Butler.
A COB ALBERT, of Franklin.
W. W. BRANDON, of Connoquenessing
twp.
W. J. WELSH, of Jefferson twp.
rot COUNTY AUDITOR.
WU. S. MOORE, of Muddycreek twp.
O. R. THORNE, of Clay twp.
JAMES H. MORRISON J*, of Harnsville.
JL H. YODHC, of Clay twp.
CORONEK.
P. H. SECHLKH, of Prospect,
ANTHONY THOMPSON, of Centre twp.
C. ALBERT WATERS, of Butler.
JOHN L. JONHS. Of Butler borough.
State Convention—At Harrisburg,
Thursday, April J 3d, for the purpose of
nominating two candidates for Congress
at-large; 32 Presidential Electors; and
selecting eight delegates to the Republt
can National Convention to be held at
The following was adopted at the last
meeting of the County Committee:
Resolved, That none but known Re
publicans be allowed to vote at a Republi
can primary election in this county, and
If not known as such by the election
board, the person offering to vote must
state under oath that he will support the
Republican nominees at the following
November election, if be votes at all,
provided that *his rule shall not conflict
with the mle now in force allowing one
to vote at a primary election who has
not attained nis twenty-first year, but
who will be oyer twenty-one years of age
at the succeeding November election.
Withdrawal.
HARRIS VII. LK, PA., March 10, 1896.
Having been prevented by illness for
several weeks from engaging in the
canvass for County Commissioner, and on
renewed effort finding that my health
and the force of circumstances will not
permit me to make a canvass, I
nave decided to withdraw. With sincere
thanks for expressions of confidence and
offers of support,
J. ]. MCGARVEY.
The Republican State convention of Ohio
was the most harmonious ever held in the
Buckeye State,—lt was a McKtnley love
feast
There seems to have been a strange
lack of favorite sons this week. What is
the matter? Doesn't anybody want the
Presidency?
Wrn. Flinn and C. L. Magee yesterday
made imformation against the responsible
parties of the Commercial Gazette and
Evening Press charging them with crimi
nal libel.
Mrs James G. Blaine is contemplating
the removal of her husband's remains
from Oak Hill cemetery, Washington, D.
C. to a private cemetery near Augusta,
Maine. The spot selected there is on
the brow of a hill overlooking the Kenne"
bee river.
Yesterday was a hot day in the Ken
tucky Legislature—the House ousted a
Democrat and the Senate two Republicans
Revolvers were in evidence and it was
with difficulty that they were kept from
shooting. No U. S. Senator has yet been
elected.
Dun & Co's last weeks Trade Review,
■ays: Wool declined 2-4 per cent during
the month of Feb. presumable owing to
the failure of the proposed tariff bill.
This means last year's low prices to our
farmers for their wool.
Eagles are so plentiful in the moun
tains near Selma, California, as to lie a
serious nuisance to stockmen. They
•eem to have a strong preference for
sucking pigs, and one stockman says that
in the last season fully 300 young pfg»
have been earned from his ranch by ea
gl«-
New York is building a school house,
the playground or "yard" of which will
be on the roof. The play ground will be
protected by a parapet wall about four
feet high and a galvanized wire netting,
which will extend over th« jj-hole of the
playground at a higlit of about
feet. This netting will not interfere I*.
the slightest with the admission of light
mud air, but will prevent frofrom
throwing articles over and down WjKtf)
t)K MTHMitxifng buildings and faoflete.
low. Tbe ackW hiiiHijg Mtobe of fire
proof conHtrnction. f* ip probable that
future school house* i a N?y Vpric will
be built on this plan, awl tbu* \g.p >»e
•tun of money will be saved th»t
twe been spent cr. real estate.
Washington Nate*.
Senator Lodgt, chairman of the Com
mittee on Immigration, reported a bill
from that committee for the restriction of
immigration. The bill provides for the
exclusion of all persons who are so ignor
ant as to be unable to read and write
their language. Senator Lodge present
ed a written report on the bill, in which
he says:
"This measure, if adopted, will ex
clude a large portion of the present im
migration, and with few exceptions will
tell exclusively on the most undesirable
portions of immigration a lone. No
msasure can be devised which will let in
absolutely everyone who ought to come
in and exclude every immigrant wbo
ought to be shut out, but the percentage
of desirable immigrants who would be
excluded by this bill, would be reduced
to the minimum."
The committee also say that there can be
no doubt that there is a general and
earnest desire among the people of the
United States to restrict immigration.
"It is obvious that immigration in its
present unrestricted form," the report
continues, "threatens to injure the
quality of our citizenship and lower the
rates of American wages.''
The House has passed a bill of great
interest to every pensioner. It changes
the method of disbursing quarterly pen
sion payments, and, if enacted into law,
will effect a change which is expected to
relieve some of the old veterans of the
opprobrium which has been heaped upon
them in some quarters on account of
their addiction to intoxicants.
The bill provides that hereafter all pen
sion payments shall be forwarded by reg
istered letter to the beneficiaries at their
Homes, and aholishes the present system,
which compels many of them to travel to
the locations of the pension agents—
usually in some large city—to receive
their checks. Complaints have been
made to the Invalid Pensions committee
that the present system is fraught with
many disagreeable and inconvenient
features, and that new methods should be
inaugurated. Many families of old
veterans, upon receiving their money in
the cities, proceed to enjoy themselves in
riotous living, witn the result that both
themselves and their families are injured
and neglected. The committee believes
that this bill will remove many of the
undesirable features of the present law,
and is satisfied that the Senate will pass it.
Political Notes
The official vote of the Republican
primaries of Lawrence county was count
ed Monday afternoon. For State Senate
W. M. Brown had 3,169; H. W. Grigsoy,
2,978; Assembly, two to elect, A; L. Mar
tin, 2,822; R. A. Todd, 2,604; James Mc-
Aulas, 2,524; J. S. Wood 1,719- W. F.
Gibson and W. L. McConnell were
nominated for commissioners. For
county treasurer J, A. Hainer had a
majority of 4,491 over John S. Taggart.
Thomas W. Phillips vote for Congress
was 2,824. He had no opposition. A.
S. Love, for prothonotary, also had no
opposition. His vote was 2,381 H. W.
Grigsby, the defeated candidate for
State Senate, entered a protest against
the returns for the First and Fifth wards,
and West New Castle being counted, He
claimed the election board in the first
precinct of the precincts mentioned votes
had been taken from persons having no
legal right to vote. W. M. Brown said
he did not want the nomination if it was
tainted with frauds A county commit
teeman, a Grigsby man, wanted the vot
ing list brought in. - The protest was
tabled, but the trouble will be carried
into court. The convention was the
most exciting ever held here. Grigsby's
friends claim that there were euough
Democrats voted in the precincts under
protest to defeat him.
The "favorite son" business is being
rushed so vigorously just now that it may
practically peter out before the long
June days get here.
Most of the influential English papers
seem to favor a joint commission to as
certain the facts injthe Venezuelan bound
ary dispute. It is probably in some way
that the matter will finally be settled.
Holmes will be hanged on May 7th, if
he does not cheat the gallows by escap
ing from the prison or committing sui
cide. It will be interesting to hear any
confession this arch-murderer may make.
The monthly statement of the director
of the mint shows that during the month
of February the total coinage at the
United States mints aggregated $2,77 8 .-
180, of which $1,240,000 was in gold
double eagles, $1,500,000 in silver dollars
and $38,180 in minor coin.
Dr. Jameson, the Trans val raider, and
present English hero, on arriving in
London found one hundered and thirty
letters waiting for him, and one proved
to be from a lady in good position, who
proposed marriage, and added if not
satisfactory she had two marriageable
daughters. He could make his choice
of all three.
Sixteen dollars reached the United
States treasury a few days ago, as a con
tribution to the conscience fund by an
uukrown person in Mifflintown, Pa. No
very large amounts stolen from the Unit
ed States ever get back in that way.
Peculations on the treasury seem to act
like homeopathic medicines, more vio
lent in satall doses.
Word has been received at Fritztown
Berks county, of the death of Oliver H.
Shearer, aged 23 years, of tLat place*,
He left Fritztown last January, and ac
companied a filibustering expedition to
Cuba. He was aaaigned to duty and
distinguished himself on the battlefield,
but while engaged in a hotly contested
battle was shot in the abdomen and died
in a few minutes.
Georgia, the Empire State of the
South seems to be practically solid for
McKinley. His friends carried the Fifth
or Atlanta district last week, and they
claim to be certain of carrying the
Seventh. Georgia is becoming a great
manufacturing State, and it is natural
that the Republicans down there should
favor the election of the foremost expo
nent of protection.
Comic papers have rerticuled til*
average college man for bis knowledge
of nothing but football. One collegian.
l»wcver, succeeded in putting his ath
letic po»w> to profitable use. The cen
tre rush of th« JTniversity of Georgia,s
football team is now jjghting in the Cu
ban insurgent army at a salary- of $24 a
week, aa<J be due lares that war is ty,"ie
in comparison with faptball.
A printing office is £o«>svU'r
ed a rather rough place, and news
paper worker a miglity bad man. StM*
tist»c». bowerer, do not bear out that
ieea. iA ( C>nvicts in the State pen-
of Texas not a printer
ft «?»W i P er man, there min
isters, daeVJK, jankers, fathers, photo
graphers, barkeepm, gw)ui W"' members
of almost all professions and c*ilingK—
The printer gets a bad name because the
iwJurc of his business teaches him to de
left wtuuuH and he scorns the lypocnte.
ARMENIA.
When Bi-m H Butler ot the Pittsburg
Times wa- sent on his mission to the Rus
sian oil fields he made a closs study of the
Armenian question, and on Saturday last
that paper printed almost two pages of the
most interesting matter pertainiDg to this
question that ha* as yet been published.
After stating that he had received a num
ber of warnings not to meddle with re
ligion, poHtics or the Armenian question
while in Turkey. Bat being an Armenian
Yankee and a good n»wc-paper man be
could bat disregard the advise and by in
quiry and noseing ar and he elisited many
tacts from which we take the following:
The Armenian perplexity is no now
thing. If has bothered the European na
tions a long time- The source whence it
springs has k*pt the Christians of all na
tions iu a stew of a thousand years. It
not only goes to the bottom of vhe exist
ence ol' the Armenian as an individual,
but it began with him when the indi
vidual was set a part of a nation long
since swept away by the cruel fojlowtrs ol
the blood-red crescent It is wider tban
the interests of the Armenian, tor it in
volves the lite of the Otioman empire as a
religious institution aad of the Mohamme
dan religivE. It reaches to the utmost ex
tent of the world in its inflntnees. It
keeps Russia and Eogla d glowering at
eacb other, because each is afraid the
other will assume some privilege in Tur
key on the strength of offering protection
to the unhappy victims ol Turkish fury.
Because Eag and dare not engage iu war
wita Germany while Kuesia is ready to
lake aovanrago ot ber toe moment she Sas
other foes to attract her attention the
Armenian question keeps peace in South
Africa. Because England would not dare
10 entertain a torugn embroilment iu the
new world; wuh the Russian bear wailing
to gather lip any Britisn plunder in the
Orient that is n.>t tarr ully watched, Great
Bntain could not talk sassy to Uncle .-am
wiien be t4»ld her to keep ofl the lorbidden
terntoiy in Venezuela.
In all of the turmoil the Armenian is
the iellow who is doing the suffering
Except that be is tortured and killed, bis
lamily outraged and bis children sta.-ved.
the Armenian nevertheless is really out a
small character in tbe tragedy for which
he furbishes the victim.
The Armenian in not understood in
America He is rather invented by bin
sympathizers with virtues that be does not
possess and forgiven the vices that are
really his cs.vmpathy covers a great deal
in bis case. He is a Christian. But not a
protectant nor a Roman like the orthodox
Rus-ian. His chnicb is an offshoot from
the ancient Greek church, differing mater
ially frox the parent stein, and from all
other Christian creeds. Yet he is one of
the oldest of the faith. His conversion
lrom pagan beliefs dates back into the
second .>r third century. In the ages that
have elapsed since. be baa been persecuted
to the biuer eitrenie, yet he has never
faltered in his adterence to his faith. He
has not been proselyted, although sur
rounded by the Mussulman, the most re
lentless of religious persecutors. No nat
ter what the inducement or threat he has
remained true to the doctrine of his
fathers
As a nation the Armenian is a remum
brarce. He will tell you tbat he is of a
race descended from Uaik, through the
line of Japhet the son of Noah, ami tbat
his people established themselves ia the
territory known as Armenia fully 4 000
years age. He is a fellow wholly differeut
irom his neighbors, the barbarous Kurds
and Turks. His appearance is more like
that of the civilized inhabitant of West
ern Europe or America, while his language
is in oo wise related to that of his con
querors. From tno early days Armenia
has been the habitation of sorrow. She
has been the spoij of the stronger powers
of Persia, Tartary, Rome, Greece, Assyria,
the Turk, until finally the Ottoman Turk,
spreading westward in the establishment
of the strong military monarchy, gathered
Armenia in out of danger Irom any but
himself aud his friends.
In the Ottoman empire the Armeniau
has always been isimply a conquered sub
ject. He never a£bliated in religion or
custom with his conqueror The two raoes
are as marked in their individuality and
differences as the white man and the In
dian of America. In the latter days the
majority of the Armenians have deserted
the original Armenia, which now contains
scarcely a third of the 2.000,000 who in
habit various sections of the globe. The
greater number are in Russia, winch is
lair as Ru-sia ban taken from Turkey a
big strip ot the old Armenia. Like the
Jew, the Armenian is a people, but not a
nation. The very land is parceled out
among the afonger modern powers.
Cradled in adversity, the Armenian has
not deteiiorated lrom the fist stock. He
is an intelligent fellow, shrewd in busi
..mm, mint «»r nntnmft boan «r» a !!•»«"-
cial transaction. Long years of oppres
sion have shaipened the wits of these peo
ple, likewise making thorn diplomatic for
they are submissive and patient under the
wrongs of tbeir governors. When that
much is said of them, about all is said that
the inhabitant of tbo country will permit to
their credit. The truth is tnat the Arme
nian in his own country bears a rather
unsavory name, not only among Europeans
about him, five oi the half dozen will cau
tion you to beware of bim in any business
transaction. In a confiding moment the
European representative of a large Ameri
can manufacturing establishment told me
tbat in an experience among them of 21
years be had never known an honest
Armenian. A French commercial traveler,
who goes far into Turke.-tan and all of the
Armenian country, reviled them unmerci
fully as we rode through a section of the
old Armenian territory in the same state
room together one day "They will sub
mit to any insult anil ai.y indignity with a
smile, in the hope of cheating you before
von get oat of reach," he said. And to sty:
"The A mil-man is to a couniderahle extent
to blame lor the feeling which the Ti rk
entertains for bim. The Armenian i- the
merchant, the banker, the money lender
and the usurer of the empire, The way he
salivates the Turk from time to time is
only equaled by the way iu which the
Turk gets even in the ei.d."
That however due* not excuse in the
slightest the horriblfl outrages that have
been perpetrated lor centuries, worse pro
bably in the past year that at any time
before; or certainly more talked of, per
haps because better known. It is sale to
say that, instead of being overdrawn, the
Htoriesoftbe Armenian horrors arc not
half so bad as they would be were nil told
One innocent, looking devil of a Turk, who
WUH pointed out to me at Trebifonde as a
fellow who had killed 11 Armenians during
the massacre mere last (all, «'v a young
sprig of about 22, and not savage euougti
to give rise to the suspicion thst ho would
drown a litter of superfluous kittens for his
mother. His father, to make the family
record for blood thirstiness complete, has
added lour more yioiims to the list.
"Over ia the couutry." said my inform
ant, "tbey found a number • I the poor
beggars who had concealed themselves in
a well. The devils poured oil over the
miserable wretches ana art lire to them
there in the bide." The same nun con
tinued: "I see the papers say 800 were
killed here at Trobistonde. Fifty per cent,
more than that would bo noarer the real
figure All kind* ot infernal torture were
resorted to. Down there in the harbor so
many bodies were thrown in the water
that nobody will eat the Hub any more "
In Constantinople the same thing is .aid
of the fish taken Ircin the point at the
month of Ibo Ooldwi Horn, off the old
Harem palaoes
To out otf the hands and feet of a man,
tie bim up to the ralters ot his house, tear
ofl his ears, clip a piece off his tongue,
slice a few bits of ttesb irom bis body, pour
vinegar on the wounds, sear him with a
hot ramrod, tfouge out an eye, and then
before him, as U ftung there dyiug out
rage his wile and dautbtffra, w:i« about as
mild a form ot excitement »• ir/vjld satisfy
a Turk durinT the massacres, the tiles
Uiat come to Constantinople surpass bullet,
and moul of Uje;n are veritied by the con
sular agents at tlie ol the massa
cre*, I heard of such barbari
ties as tearing children apart by tfte
gagging i»et. tfith their >wu S'verad arms
and ears to stop it.vjr '•blasphemy/ cutt
ing open pregnant to tiecjde
wages as to the sex of the ofcjld. imprison
ing poor wretobas in li"*e» thickly « odd
ed with Iron spikes, piling up babies to «eu
how many could bo out through 4! one
time by a stout stroke of a sharp <jrorij.
Occasionally a young and p.-etty wnut*n
Was spared the immediate and fatal
horrorj, fo be sent a« & bareins
ot Mgtiw 'ii authority iT.;" the plain
mi rderer. SunlYoi,; who corup u," 44 '!
lotintl themselves Muowu Uit<> orison
Q '.&i/Jd'i v;C< the cr, lutes, * c d tu'ci.«J'
Oia/'AerinU tbelr own t ami
lies »a tt»« feooo ifM U tfif/tM 1,0 .blamed
on the hones: 'tfUk *O-lV M
Ltius be made to suffer.
Il« thin goes on tit »Ulu that it will not
slip antyl itje Armenian ia exteruiiniUtxl,
ii 'IH a fin»ilinn i>| religion, politics,
Micial relktlnfi', einnilor, lia'rcd mm
tti« 'l'iiik in hi* j-oli
gioßi ha i* inti.luuHt of thp'CWMian l.»
does not COIIMJBI THAT BE II GUILIY of ENUIO
by killing them; etc.
In order to fully understand the situa
tion now In Turkey, both as to the danger
that threatens in Armenia and the relation
of Turkey to the rest of Europe, a little
Turkish history must be repeated. The
story of the Ottoman Empire, its remark
able spread over Europe, to be folltwed by
its miserable collapse, is one of the most
roman'ic chapters of the annals of the
world. As Rome began to decay, Con
stantine set ip anew the Roman capital at
the Bosphorus and the ancient town of
Byzantium, rechristened, became Con
stantinople, in honor of the Emperor.
Although Constantine accepted the new
religion of Christianity more as superstition
thai as a religion, he was an instrument
in spreading the doctrine, which through
B\ iantium and the Eastern empire passed
over into Russia, where the Greek Catholic
Christian cuurch i 3 to day'the religion of
the State and tb« people.
In the latter part of the sixth cent iry of
Christianity, Mohammed, a son of a poor
merchant, was born in Mecca. He was
reared in obscurity, but later married a
wealthy widow, and about the year 600 A
D. he began to preach a new religion. It
is uniortunate that the Christians of the
early day in Persia were not of the most
upright type Their corrupt practices, to
gether with the dislike of tne Jews, made
converts to Mohammed's religion n<>t a
difficult matter, and the doctrine of Mam,
which means resignation to the will of
ti<>d, spread Wheieitdid not take root
sufficiently last Mohammed's followers
planted it with the sword.
The rise of the Turk Degins about 1300,
with Othman, the first, and for almost 700
years the descendants of this prince have
sat on the throne of the Ottoman empire.
The dynasty is unbroken, a thing unpar
alleled in the history of nations. In the
hands of this family of Ottomans, Turkey
rose from a handful of barbarians to be
'he most important and powerful empire
on the *lobe at the time, her rule reaching
from the Pbrsian gulf iuto laly and
Austria, and controlling the Mediter
ranean to Gibraltar. Rome fell, the East
era empire went to pieces, western Europe
was divided into petty principalities.
Turkey alone prospered, and extended her
dominions.
Up to 1650 Turkey ruled the entire East
and tbreated the West, bu'. at this period
Hungary, Poland and Austria bail pat a
damper on Tnrkev, and province after pro
vianee tbat had been held by Turkey were
accumulated by them.
The Turk is not the only excellent neigh
bor to help the Armenians along in tneir
wretc jedness and sorrow. Another fellow
nearly as bad as the Turk is the wild tree
booter, the Kurd. The Kurd is ot a pat
tern similar to the Apache Indian of
America. He is merciless, cruel, recog
nizing no law, amenable to no government,
lie is worse than our Indians, because he
ii more enlightened, and thus can bring to
the furtherance of his refined deviltry a
broader range of torture and greater tei
tility of resource in discovering methods.
Tt e Kurd, unlike the Turk, bears no in
tense hatred toward the Armenian. He
swoops down upon the wretched peasant
and carr es off his cattle and meagre crops
beoause they are useful, not because of a
fondness for destruction. His motive is
the same as thai of the trapper who wants
the fnr, but has no enmity toward the
animal that wears it. He outrages the
wife and daughter ol the Armenian peas
ant because it suits his Lrutal pleasure,
li the Armenian peaceably submits his
wile and family to the Kurd, the latter
luoks upou it as good sense If the Ar
menian resists, he is killed for his annoy
ances. The Kurd is a robber and a bri
ga'ad. He murders only to expedite his
business of pillage. The Turkish govern
ment encourages the Kurd to some extent.
Nor particularly because it neods to have
him kill Armenians, lor the time has not
yet arrived wbon the Turk cannot kill all
the Armenians necessary; but if the Kurd
d.dn't plunder the Armenian in comfort he
would fcaye to plunder the Turk, which
would have its drawbacks to the Turk,
so the Ottoman government supplies the
Ki rd with weapons, makes a guerrilla sol
dier of him, and turns him loose to ravish
and despoil.
The case of the Armenian *eems almost
as hopeless now as it did on the day when
the Turk first overran his country and set
the croccent above the cross. For the
only power that can defend the poor creat
ure.-. must be one strong enough to »we the
Turk into merciful behavior. Were the
Turk the only man to deal with that would
not be tne most difficult thing tor any one
of several of the Christian nations of the
world. But the Turk is the smallest fact
or in the international problem, linssia
has probably within her boundaries as
many Armenians as Turkey has, but Rus
ria tolerates no such outrages as are re
ported continually from the cities of Asia
Minor At the close of the Bulgarian war
Kassia had proposed to protect the Chris
tian in the Ottoman empire, and with her
ot too wans i'i mzHibum sne acted
as it she meant business. Tnat she annex
ed a large block ot Turkish Armenian ter
ritory to her own possessions, protecting
tho Christian in that annexed portion ever
since, is good enough evidence of what
she would have done if she had been let
alone.
iiut England particularly, and the other
Europeaj powers acting in concert, insist
ed mat all of them should take a hand in
the protection of the Christian in the Tark
ish dominion. The actuating motive was
no fear tnat Russia would not take ample
oare ot the Christian It was jealousy of
the growing power of the csar. liussia,
from an insignificant handful of bar jarians,
had pushed out in ail directions, until she
had established hers. If from the Arctic
ocean to the southern most points of the
(Slack sea, and from the Atlantic gulfs on
the west down throngh Siberia to the Paci
fic ocean. She had giown to be far the
largest empire in poiut of territory in the
world, comprising about a sixth of the
area of the laud of the globe. She hid be
come the most populous of modern naions,
and her ambition had become apparent to
all of Europe
The Black sea is one of the most im
portant commercial routes of the world.
From Persia and all of the Asiatic country
as far east as the Chinese and East India
frontiers come long camel caravat.s laden
with the product of the soil, of the loom
and of the bazar The wheat of the step
pes is carried to the Black sea for shipment
to Western Europe. Hamsun, Kerasnnd,
Trebizonde, Batum, Odessa and other
ports swarm wub shippiug carrying the
products of the Orient to the modern Eu
rope, or bringing back for the myriads of
Inhabitants of the far East the manufac
tured goods of civilization. These ships
fly the flags of England, France, Austria
and other nations The Golden Hojn at
Constantinople is full of crafts moving up
and down the Bosphorus, to or from the
Black sea, The Black sea is a rival to the
Suez canal for the commerce of the East.
England coul 1 not for a moment calmly
entertain the idea of any further Russian
advantages iu Turkey The Crimean war
was fought to check the advances of the
Russian bear, and it was largely a failure.
To permit Russia to remain at Erzeroutn
meant to permit Russia to exercise juris
diction over all of the overland traffic, aud
possibly to push farther south aud east.
Farther east would menace the English
possessions in India. To go south would
lie to bold control of the Euphrates and
Tigris valleys and the broad plains that
open to the Persian gulf and the Red sea
It meant the possession by Russia of a
strategic point from which she could com
matid by -hort and eisy marches the com
merce of the Su» z eanal. With Russia es
tabiisheil at Erzeroum. England feared for
her Asiatic possessions and for her connec
tion byjtbe Mediterranean, either overland
or through the canal.
The American uiisriimiary hart liitured to
considerable extent in the Armenian que*
tion. Without diacu«ning tte value ;>f
foreifcu mixtion*, I tail to nee that the
American inirtoionary in Turkey in of much
benetii except, perhaps. in two indirect
way*. To convert the Armenian ia uu
nec«i-»ary. lie ii already Christian, Hucb
RP it ia. To couvert the Turk i» next thing
t(> *» impossibility. The Mohammedan
does not want tu Lo converted, and the
law i» moat rigid in forbidding fun con
version if ho d>4- To renounoe'bia re
lj~ion would be to the Turk U> ranounoe
hfs county hi® goveanment, hi* people
to loose all "nodal iltttptjine, to become an
out cast in the community, aixl to invite
probahiu murder by enthun!aKtic Moham-
Wiih HUCII an inducement star
ing hjro ia ?fje lacp, and with all hi« in
tense religious finaticjf.qf t:; hold bioi in
\iuu, tfce rewa'drt beld'oul to ttye Christian
mjHbjotfW in furjtvy are very source
•fboy have e,;t»M>,tlied schools and
college* and advanoed tije whjcqfjon ot
llje people, etc.
Mr. Uutler winds dj> Y«7 interesting
kittnr) bf wing:
Hot in ■ p'!te of y/utf i» doing in hi*
way : the miamonSry <fie.s not *ght with
;U9 right wehpoh to' iraviv the irmer.ian.
I ffrg ■ •parallel to that' of the
TM* »P S* l rhß
' " w
wnii an aiu» w .. '*• * wiU
mother, a devout woman, t>a.u.
pray tor you, Johinjr." John was rather
pioiiM binine'l, but he W.»K also practical.
S' •.. iimrely Maid, "All right, mother.
Hut lieio.o j-u-y be/m send Joe lor the
doctor."
England or Rawia must «ave toe Arme
nian. It is a vary grave question whether
England is big enough. If she is not
then new politics promise iu the old woild
before many years, with Russia the master
of the continent, just as the t nited State* ;
are in the Western hemisphere. England's i
plight is more unsatistactory to day than
it has ever been since she became a great
natioy, at least so we mast infer unless
she shows us differently by carrying out
her promise to the world made at Berlin
in 1876, to save the Armenian Christian.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
David Smith, a miner in the Cat-Fish
mines in Armstrong county, met his death
last Friday, while "bearing in," a large
boulder dislodged from the roof falling
upon him,.killing him instantly. The ac
cident occurred,in the presence of two of
bis sons. He was 43 years old and leaves
a wife and 7 children.
Miss Mary A. Lewis died at the resi
dence of her sister Mrs. Wm. Pollard. Jr.,
on High street, East Brady, March 4th at
3 o'clock, after an illness of 3 months dur
ation. The circumstances surrounding
the illness and death of this young woman
are of a nature as sad and touching as any
we have ever known; at the same time
bringing forth an .--ct that is subline iu its
beautv of self-sacrifice and is rarely equal
led. After a two years course ot training
in the West Penn Hospital at Pittsburg,
irom which she graduated with honors,
and without tsking the rest she bad earned
after the hard work, Miss Lewis took
charge ol a typhoid fever case at Home
stead and nursed it successfully for six
weeks. Two other calls wore waiting hei
skill after the first was well; one the mem
ber of a wealthy Pittsburg family, and the
other a lamily in poor circumstances living
at Coopers'.own, where both the father and
mother w-ere sick with typhoid fever De
spite the appeals oi h«r friends to rest or
take the easiest jpase Miss Lewis believed
she could do the most good at the hamb
lent home and left immediately to render
her aid. Two weeks later she was taken
sick with typhoid fever herself, and short
ly after was removed to the hospital from
which she jraduated. Despite all that
the physicians could do the diseas t did not
3*ield, and an affection of the spine and
brain ensued from which there was no
hopes for recovery. On Friday she was re
moved to this place, and died as above
stated.—Review.
Hubbard Co's shovel works, corner ol
Butler street and Allegheny Valley R. R.
Pittsburg, was destroyed by Sre Sunday
morning, loss nearly SIOO,OOO.
A $7,000 soldier's monument will be
erected at Mercer, this spring.
John McKean, a one-legged man, and
James McDermitt. a hotel keeper of In
diana, Pa., were. arrested by W. H. Griffen
a secret service detective, for making and
paving counterleit money, and taken to
Pittsburg for a bearing before the United
States Commissioner.
Vi* U , . ,
The Lawrence couaty grand jury has re
turned a true bill in the case'of M. C.
J add, the PitUVjrg dtfi Lako tele
graph operator, who Henry Huff,
the Mahoningjtun b*ri>er. The railroad
men along the line have raised qnite a sum
of money which will be used in his defense.
■the soldiers and sailors of Westmore
land county, in convention at Greensburg,
decided to urge at once the building of a
monument to the county's heroes. It is
proposed to erect a monument to cost
about $35,000. The county commissioners
will be expected to provide about $20,000.
A New Castle special says: Frank Car
lisle is not satisfied with the verdict of the
ooroner's jury on the death of his wife
and believes she was poisoned by some
thing other than furnace gas. He intends
to have the body eihumed and a ihorojgh
analy sis of the stomach made. Carlisle
alleges that he was not aware of the jury's
sittiug at Manager Thompson's house on
Thursday night, and ho had no opportuni
ty to submit the testimony of Mrs. Car
lisle's sisters, tbat they saw Mrs Carlisle
got into a buggy with Mr. Thompson the
evening before she was found dead. The
physicians who testitieu m tne case naia
that Mrs. Carlisle had been dead six or
seven hours when found, and that Thomp
son, who was found at the came time the
body was discovejed, was still living.
This phase of the ea*e, Carlisle says he
proposes investigating fully.
A Clarion county 14-year-old boy weighs
220 pounds.
Two Lancaster county men will set out
six acres of chestnut trees in York oounty.
They have bought chestnut sprout land,
which they will graft with the Paragon
variety of chestnut. In three years they
expect revenues to begin.
John Collin, a farmer living near Green
ville, had a sick oow. All the country
doctors had looked at the case, consulted
their time-worn medicine books, prescrib
ed plasters, medicated mashes, etc., with
out number, all to no avail. The Cow got
no better, and a veterinary was called to
see the case. After a thorough examina
tion he diagnosed the case as heart trouble,
and ordered the beast killed. A post mor
tem examination wasffi&da after his or
ders had been owrried-iMit, and » darning
needle was fountfesticking in the beast's
heart, black witb age 0 ]
Dr. UindmauVjf Du Bois, reports a re
markable coincidence which occurred Wed
nestiay. He was called tp attend the fam
ilies of two brothers, liarvey aud Judsou
Brady, both of whom reside on the Luth
ersburg road, but four doors apart. Both
homes were gladdened by the arrival <f
new members of fieir respective families,
a girl baby at the home of liarvey and a
boy at the home of Judson. The Children
were boru within two hours of the same
time. The coincidence, however, does
not end here. The, two couples were mar
ried upon the same day six years ago.
Wood ward. Gwtw County, wai the
scene ot a most desperate battle between
the sheriff and posse and Wm. K. fitliu
ger lait Taur«d4J and Friday. Tne
trouble started by ill leeling between
Etlinger aud his father-in-law, who sueu
him for assault and battery aud after elud
ing the officers l'or Rome tune ho shot the
constable who tried- to capture him; then
the Sheriff with npnuox of between 75 aud
150 detinues surrounded ihe -house which
fortified and at 8 o'clock that
morniug the sHUAJion was growing serious
Sheriff Condo decided to make another
oharge. The house by that time was
honeycombed with bullet holes. Sher.fl
Condo quickly and earnestly asked hU men
if they would-follow him. lie told them
tliat they had a desperate man to ueal
with. Someone was shure to get hurt.
The df-puti-jS all fell into line, but the
oountrymeu failed to respond. The posse
chrgelanl met with a heavy lire from
the fort. In ihe charge John Musser re
ceived a bullet in ihe neck, William Motz
got a ball in his right leg and Henry Mont
gomery, Bellelonte'a chief of police, receiv
ed a scalp wound, a bullet cutting through
his cap. Samuel Getlig was felled, but
was only stunned. Retiring the crowd
kept up a constant firing. They tonally
succeeded in setting tiro to the building
and askjud hjm to surrender, he sent a ball
through himself and pndet) bif existence.
The Ki: tanning Times says Frank
Thompson, of fa |ar C<A*'aiisvlile. lost his
[ left in a s|<irt tin»on Wednesday of
la/t Vr"k- iiaisapwt owner of a taw
u,;;;, was acting as »» w 7« r - A
pieoo of oarL kui ttV M carrlW,
and without stepping the ho reach
ed amler 'he circular saw to got the bulk,
• aL w-Vh'^'jf I !.' P«rorm«d.
Mr, . Uiie« iliWiea
The srm was cat on
from the *hould<*r kh clean as though a
surgeon had done it.
MILLERSTOWX MUSINGS.
Charles A. I-etzer, the cfTable and
gentlemanly shoe salesman for Wester
man Bros, has resigned his position ami
after a short rest will assume the duties
of a commercial traveler.
Mrs. L. H. Blose after a pleasant visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw.
of Central avenue returned to her b< >me
at McDonald Pa. accompanied by her
sister Miss Kitt Henshaw.
Miss Anita C. Hoyt entertained a few
of her mends at her home on Central
ave., Monday evening, a pleasant time
was had by all.
The old Campbell building Uelow
Johnson's hardware has underwent re
pairs and is now a fine pity- restaurant
managed by two young ladies of Mon
terey Pa.
PETROLIA PENCII.INGS.
John Harlev of Lima Ohio is visiting
his mother who has been very ill.
Dr. Foster, of Pittsburg, Miss Marie
Foster of Butler, and Miss Maud Fletcher
of Bruin Saturday at J. S. Fosters.
Miss Hattie Ervin is spending the week
in Butler, and will visit in Pittsburg.
Braddock and Oakdale before her return.
Miss Pearl Soules of Bellevue is visiting
her mother.
Mrs. Lew Thomas died at her home in
Mannington W. Ya., on Friday, the re
mains were brought to Bridys for burial.
Mrs R. C. Whitford and Clarence Yeag
er are ill with pneumonia.
Misses Margaret and Ida Ervin have
been ill with measles the prst week.
F..M. Fritz fell on Sunday evening
severely spraining his left ankle.
Tommy Thomas of Mannington W. Ya.,
spent the week with relations after at
tending the funeral of his sister-in-law,
Mrs Lew Thomas.
ZELIENOPLE ZEPHYRS.
Birdie Snyder has returned from Pitts
burgh, where she was attending school,
to spend her vacation of two weeks with
her mother, Mrs. C. Snyder.
Miss Emma McKee visited friends in
New Brighton, Sabbath.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hibbs have return
ed from a short wedding trip,, they will
go *o their new home in Pittsburg in the
near future.
The following officers have been el
ected for the Co. C. E. Convention ot
1896 which meets in Zelienople in July,
Prof. Henry Klofenstine, Pres., Mr.
Moyer, V. Pres, Miss Nellie Cowdeti,
Recording Sec, Miss. Agnes Staufifer,
Corresponding Sec, Mr. Al. Winters,
Treasurer. The various committees wil'
be chosen in the near future and their
names published as soon as chosen.
ROSEBUD.
HARRISVILLE HITS.
Mr. Humphrey went to Farmington
Tuesday to visit old friends.
Marriages are still the rage here. James
McGill, of this place, and Miss Emery,
of Grove City, were married on Tuesday,
March 3rd. ~\Ve wish, them much joy.
;jirs. McMillian for Kansas City
Tuesday morning to visit her daughter.
Miss Minnie Barns, of Pittsburg, came
home with a broken arm on Saturday.
Mr. Bingham whose horse ran off
from him and who got badly bruised is
getting better.
Miss Blakly has sold out her stock of
millinery goods, and has left for Pitts
burg where she will get a position as
trimmer.
Warren Steen and wife, of Oil City, is
visiting friends and relations here.
James Thomas and wife, of DeHaven,
were the guests of Mrs. Thomas' parents,
Wm. Stuart and wife.
Miss Mary Stuart is in DeHaven visit
ing friends.
Miss Bell Brown is in Centervillc visit
ing her sister Miss Bessie.
Mr. Kelly, of Greenville, was the guest
of his Uncle Mr. McDonald over Sunday.
There will be a concert given in the
M. E. Church followed by an Ice Cream
supper 011 Thursday evening March 26th.
The concert will l>e given by the ladies
Mandolin club of . Grove City. Admisr
sion 15 cts.
Miss Birdie steen is going to start a
Millinefy store in the room which used to
beMr Cummings' if:eat shop in April.
Mrs. MCMillian is in I'arniiugton visit
ing her parents.*
FLICK FLICKERINGS.
James Anderson, of the Freley oil field
was the guest ot J. W. Gillespie on Wed
nesday evening of last week.
Tht Forest Oil Co. are drilling their N'o.
5 on the J. N. Fulton farm.
The Kelley farm of 18 acres was sold to
W. A. Matian for the sum ol nine-hundred
and twenty live dollars.
From another corresponded
The Litcrcrys at Koeky Uun are <juite a
success.
Jl : ss Phoebe Robb, of Fast Brady ir
visiting her Fuclo. Mr. Parks.
Bert Criner and Denny McOall made a
business trip to l'uderoliff one day last
week.
Miss Grace McCall has returned homo
after a three weeks vinit in Tarentuiu.
Chas Fair intends to go to McDonald in
the near futuie.
K It. Kobb was on the sick list, but is
• convalescent now.
John W. Gillespie intends moving his
family to Whiteatown.
FAIR VIEW FACTS.
8. li. Templeton. the po-?t master, re,>
covered from his long spell of sickness.
I. F. Davis has al3o recovered from 1113
sickness, ''and close call to the futuro
world," with proper care we osueot him
to be around as before.
May Gibson has not improved uny of
late, She has been sick a long time, and
the doctor-, has not yet found reliel for
her complaints.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the U.
P. Church here will nave a thank offering
meeting on the 2nd of April, at 2 p. m
There will be special programme for that
occasion to which an invitation is extended
to all who are interested iu the Missionary
work, and it is a great work to which we
all should take great interest relying on
God's promises.
The lintel Adams here is always open
lor the accomodation of all, and will en
deaver to please travelers who stop aud
also regular boarders
Os's Wammock has gone to Uu'ler to
share part of bis vacation with bis liiends
there, lie will ret'irn to his labors again
the Ist of April.
The Butler well on the Keep .larm is
completed, but for some reason unknown
to the public is standing untuned with a
very good showing of oil.
Wm. McChesney has rented the house
on the Jacob Hawk farm to a coal minor
who he has employed, be expects to work
the farm him t:elf.
John Alfred Campbdl, of Muddy creek,
itoped in town on Monday 'light. Dk.n't.
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DI^YTHS.
CALYKKT—At hi* heme iu riistersville,
February 17, Wm. X. Calvert, aged 6.}
years.
He .*'»> ti.il ktuwu in the oil tields and •
v.- ; the fa'her of -amuel A Calvert, of
M illerj-town.
PITMAN—At his home in Harmony.
March 1, ISUC Freddie X., sou of W. B.
Pitman. aged 14 mouths.
FKAZI I.R -At her home on East Jeffer
son street, Butler, March 7, 1896. Mi?s
Lller. Fraz.er, aged ysfcra.
UINUMAN—At her home in Cherry twp.,
March 7 I>>96,1 > >96, Mrs. El<za lliudman.
a?ed 88.
BIEK —At her h >me in Butler, March 8,
1896, Margaret, daughter of John Bier,
aged 31 ye.jrs.
.UEXDEKSi'X —At his home in Hariis
vule, Feb 26 I$9G W. B. Henderson,
aged 6') years.
NIKi'K - At hi r home in Harmonr, March
2 1 s!Xi Mr Niece; mother ol E~q Niece
aged 94 11 er remains were taken t«i
Sanly Like, her former home for inter
ment.
McJUNKIX —At her resid«uc» in this
place, Wednesday, March 11, 1896, Mr*
Martha McJunkin, widow ot the late
J;i o< T. McJuukin. E-q . aged 72 years.
Thror.th her long life am"U<r our people
Mrs. IfcJunkiu was regarded as an amiable
iud elleut woman. Her maiden name
Rose otie of the oldest families of our
c unty. lie." died about twenty
) "ar- £ ' She is survived by her daugh
ters. Mr- Nauey D. Black, widow of the
Ute A. Black, Ei-q , and Mrs Col.
Wtlli.luT Mechiiug, and sons Loyal S.
and Ira Mi-Jnnkin, E q-;.. of this place,
and son .lames living ia Kansas City.
tier decease will he mourned by a large
circle of and relatives. Her funeral
will take place on Friday at 2 o'clock.
Obitcarv XOTBS.
Two ex members of the Legislature were
bulled this w ek. i)r. Phillip K. Palm, of
Allentown, who served in ISSO aud Theo
oruuMti of Carlisle, who served in 1566
| aud 18C9
Jacob A. Preibelbis, one of Emlenton's
most h'ghly respected citizens, dropped
dead recently from heart dis
ease. The News gays that Mr. D eibetbia
was out in the yard al> mt his home gath
ering some wood to place on a fire in the
smoke house to smoke some meat when
the sudden >uminnns came The deceased
was in hi - 66th jear. having been born in
rterks county in 1831.
GOMERSOL JOTS.
J. E. Stoops made a business trip to
Keister on Tuesday.
B M Hookinbery, was in town Monday
evening
Frank Wolford is around sitting up the
tobies, its a girl this time
A. J. Sprull spent Sunday in Butler
with Iriends.
I) I). Christy, of Turkey Run made us a
pleasant call one day last week.
Arthur Stevens, of this place made a
business trip to Butler on Saturday last.
(.'has S. Kerr, is now engaged as U. S,
Mail carrier from GomersaUo Keister.
R. F. Christy called upon friends at
Moniteau Tuesday.
The Garfield Mine has resumed opera
tion under the management of 'f. J. Simp
son formerly mine Superintendent lor C.
A. Jewell at Snout Mine; indications are
hey will have steady employment, during
'he summer months.
The men employed by James Kane are
gotng to strfke for monthly payments.
B. M. Hockiuberry and lady ofthis place
vi.-ited West Sunbury Monday evining
Mont thinks the citizans of the town
should make a move to have the smoke
nuisance abated if they ever expect to be
'aken into the greater Pittsburg. Mont's
views we think are about right.
Arthur Stevens is busily engaged these
days, he is working by day at Coaltown by
night at Goniersol and on isundsy he was
called npoc to repair a flue at Killdoo
mines o,)er»ied by P. I). Sberwin.
It is cnrr-ntly reported that Miles Gould
is about to remove 'jack to his old home
in Gomersol. H!s old friends will be glad
to welcome him back.
The Gomersol mines has started up in
full and the probabilities are they are go
ing to run right along giving imployment
to a good number of miners.
Perry O. Wolford and Robt. Barron has
g.ine to KllwooU City to embark in the
coal business.
Miss Birdy Anderson spent Sunday with
her mother.
James McKivergan <£ Son's, deals ex
tensively in horses, mules, etc. Any one
wishing trade, and has the necessary
"boot" will be accommodated.
O. G. Gould and A.J. Soroul still makes
business trips to Clay ton id mines.
K. M. Kussel started to work at bia old
job of greasing cars at the Gouiersol mines.
P. W. Furgeson wen f to Pittsburg
Tuesday and returned borne Thursday.
HAY&BKD.
Mrs. Mary Ellen has made a success
fill start u.s a preacher. Her debut in
the minist/v about three weeks ago, in
Wichita, was signalized by an unusual
incident. At tec conclusion of her first
sermon several lKXjuets of flowers were
passed uj) to her over where the foot
lights would be if there were any. It is
said that about the only ]>erson in Wich
ita who doesn't attend M r s. Lease's ser
mon is Mr. I.ease. Sunday is a busy day
in the drug store business, and he stays
in the store to look after the family's
worldly affair while his wife attends to
the tow n's spiritual concerns.
Governor Hastings has designated
April loth and 24th as Arbor Days, to
be selected by different sections accord
ing to climatic conditions. The Gov
enor offers some unanswerable reasons
for the observance of these days by a
liberal planting of trees. His statement
that 2,500,000 acres of treeless land un
lit for agricultural purposes i>re fast
becoming a desert from the effect of
forest fires is not overdrawn, aud is one
which should arrest public attention and
prompt effective public action. Tree
planting 011 Arbor Days will do little to
an est his wholesale destruction of the
timbered arc 1 of the Commonwealth,
but it will at leis: help to educate the
rising generation to a need of the revo
lution on the subject of forestry. The
axe and fire have been employed as
agencies for the destruction of Pennsyl
vania forests too long already. It is
time that a generation was taughf to
plant and protect, not only destroy.
EYES EXAMINED FHEE OF CHAKGF
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R L. Kirkpatrick, Optician and Jeneler
Wxi toC'ourt lionet* I'utlrr. Pa , gmdunfe
La I'crt llaroloKical liintltute.
• A AlliJ.YM* ~OHN W. BJiOWN
A ERA MS & BROWN,
IHSIiKANCE and REAL ESTATE
St/'ono■ (-ompan ies.
l*romr?t Settlements.
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r j Mammoth Establishment contains: #
J Furniture, Carpets, Curtains;Croekery, \
£ '< Cutlery, Folding Beds, Couehes, Easy %
f ! Chairs, Cut Glass, Stoves, Table Ware, V
/ Parlor and Bedroom Suits—the most /
) COMPLETE >
f I assortment, practical, and superior ae- j r
1 signs, of elegant finish, ana in fact j
C j every conceivable household requisite | t
) j is on exhibition here in a large'variety | g
C j of styles and all are offered always at I /
r the lowest prices. The furnish'ng of at J
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V j Our facilities, promptness of delivery C
J j and large assortment enable every one J
\ to enjoy life and make home V
F FURNISHING ?
/ i and we're going to present you with a | X
1 | partial list of articles that we are offer- V
f mg far below their regular values at J
\ ! this %
£ ESTABLISHMENT. >
Chiff<^^rs^a^|7^?— \
$ 10.00 at so-ne stores f
\ Odd Bods at $2. 50 —better than some
( Want Your Tradev> u )
S (Wr Because We Can S
s Save You Money. \
OUR UNDERWEAR BUYER
After looking over the stock of several jobbers and
manufacturers has bought the cream—THE CHOICE GOODS OF
THEM ALL. We ask your special attention to a line received this
week from a large manufacturer, including one case of Ladies' Night
Gowns, at 49c worth 60c, Ladies' Cambric Gowns, Childen's Gowns,
Children's Waists, Ladies' Umbrella Skirts, in fact everything i:»
Ladies' and Children's Muslin Underwear.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113 to 117 S. Main St. Butler Pa.
ANOTHER CHANCE.
We arc going t» cocftinue our SACRIFICE SALE during the
month yet —
Work Bridles, our own make $j
Buggy Bridles, our own make •
Sweat Pads, worth 50c .
Harness, our own make *6 OO
Buggies with t0p....
Hareess Oil, per gallon '
Axle Grease, 6 boxes .... • • *''' " '
Team Harness, o„r own make #*>
I C3!H Collars • • •• * __ _ _
And a whole lot of other bargins. COML yUI^K.
i tg-T' S.B. MartincourtACo.
128 EAST JEFFERSON Street.
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P. S. KRAMER WAGONS AND TRUNKS.
Butler, Pa., March 2d.
Lookout For
T. H. BURTON'S ADV.
Next Week.