Butler citizen. (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, October 21, 1897, Image 2

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    THE CITIZEN.
Entered at P. O. at Batter as d clas* matter
WILLIAM C. NF-GLEY - Publisher.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER at. iSgy.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
AUDITOR GEHFBAL. LZVI G. McCAOLEY.
STATE TBEASUEEB. JAMES S. BEACOM.
COMMISSIONER. A. 0. EBIBJLABT.
WASHINGTON'.
The first regular seswion of the new
Congress will meet on the first Mon
cember. There is little doubt
that the aes«rion will be a long and inter- .
fliu one: The Hawaiin Annexation
' question will occupy the early atten
' tion of the Senate, and the Cuban ques
tion will be a fruitful source of discus
BIO:A for some time to come. Then tne
cnrrencv question is likely to occupy a
great deal of attention, especially if the
recently appointed committee completes
its work in time and makes its recom
inendations to Congress. These lead
ing questions with others likely to
develop during the session are likely to
make the first session of this Congres.-
of unusual interest to the public.
It is worth noting that the earnings
of the second month of the Dingley law
were greater than those of the second
month of the Wilson-Gorman law. not
withstanding the exactly reversed con
ditions of affairs when the two laws
went iato effect. The officials of the
Treasury Department are likelv to be
justified in their predictions that when
importations have reached a n >rmal
condition the revenue nnder the new
law will be ample to meet the Goven
ment expenses.
FIFTY-THOCSAND people surrounded
Miss Cisneros, on Madison Square
New York, last Saturday evening and
gave her such an ovation as would tend
make her forget her long imprisonment.
She in the daughter of a Cuban and was
imprisoned by Wevler on her fathers
account. The Cuban Junta of New
York employed a young man named
Decker to go to Havanna and release
her. if pwible. He went there, secured
assist in • , rented a house near the
prison, cut the bars one night and got
her out, and got her passed to the
steamer, dressed as a boy, on a forged
pass. It was a risky job, and it was
well planned and executed.
WanamiVer and Stewart.
Mr. Wanamaker's private o ffie is not
more than 10 by 12 in size. He does
his work at a little $25 desk, <-rowded
np under the window, so that the light
falls over his right shoulder, as he sits
there looking over the figures of each
day s business. He rose, and as we
shook hands I could not see that he
looked a day older then when he wan
Postmaster General.
Still, he is now in his sixtieth year,
and he has been in active business life
for more than a genetation. He has
few wrinkles and does not look hurried
or worried. As I shook hands with
him I remarked npon his freshness, and
said to him that he did not seem to be
over worked. He replied:
"No; lam not overworked. Still, I
have plenty to do. I have to spend a
part of each week in New York. 1 get
reports from my New York store every
morning, and the business of two estab
lishments is, of course, greater than
one."
"I suppose your business extends to
the whole country, Mr. Wanamaker,
does it not?"
"No," was the reply; "it is largely
local. The business of any great store
must be near home. My chief custom
ers are within a radins of 100 miles of
New York and Philadelphia. Of
course, we sell some goods by mail, but
the real business is made up of the
goods which we sell across the coun
ters."
"I should think. Mr. Wanamaker,
that this store would have been large
enough for one man. You have made
a great snccess here Why did yon add
to your work bv buying the establish
inent in New York. "
"Why do we do anything?' si.id the
merchant. "It is hard to telj. I can
only say I saw that there was an open
ing for such a store as I have in New
York. I took it. not that I wanted to
compete with otbei merchants there,
but that I might succeed in satisfying
the demand which I thought existed.
I was right. The.store has done better
than I expected."
" Mr. Wanamaker you are one of the
largest advertisers in the conntry. 1
noticed that you keep your advertise
ments running during the hard times.
Many of the merchants have left them
drop. Does it pay to advertise when
times are hard?'
"I certainly think so," replied Mr.
Wanamaker. When the times are
hard and people are not buying is the
very time tliat advertising should 1k; the
heaviest. You want to get the people
in to see what yon have to sell, an.l you
mnst advertise to do that. When the
times are good they will come of their
own accord. But I believe in ad vert is
ing all the time. We never stop adver
tising.
"You use the news papers almost al
together for advertising, do you not?"
"Yes,; I have tried all kinds, bnt I
think newspaper advertising is by far
the best. I used to spend a great deal
of money in posters and bills, bnt I
have given up that long ago."
"Can yon see any immediate results
from snch advertising?" 1 asked.
"I shonld think so." replied Mr. Wan
amaker. "If you will come over here
or to our New York store some morn
ing when we have advertised a job lot
of bicycles or of some other things and
look at the lonj? line of people who art
standing outside waiting till the doors
are open, yon will see bow the advertise
ments in the newspapers are read."
"Then advertising is one of the c hief
elements of business success, is it not?"
"It is one of the elements, but not the
chief," replied the great merchant.
"The chief element is getting what the
people want, in keening your eyes on
the parts of the world where new things
are made and in giviDg them the best
and the newest things along the lines
of their real or fancied needs. My aim
is to get the goods. The advertisement
is merely to tell the people that I have
them I like an advertisement which
merely describes what wo have in the
store. '
"How do yon like doing business in
New York?'
"Yery much, indeed. Have you been
iu my store yet?"
"No, I have not," 1 replied.
"You ought to visit my store the next
time you are in New York," said Mr
Wanamaker. "It is worth visiting to
see the building, if for nothing else.
A. T. Stewart was a genius. I have
been surprised again and again as I
have gone through that building, walk
ing in that dead man's shoes to And
what a knowledge he had of the needs
of a mercantile establishment. Mr.
Stewart put np a bnilding which is to
day, I believe, better arranged than any
of the modern structures wfiich are be
ing erected. He seemed to know jnst
what was needed."
Did yon know .Mr. Stewart?" I
asked.
"Yes I met him often when I was a
yonng man. I nsed to bny goods of
him, and I have reason to think that he
took a likingjtome. One day I remember,
I was in his woolen department buying
some stuffs for my store here when he
came up to me and ask<sl me if I would
be in the store fifteen minutes longer.
I replied that 1 would Me then went
away. At the end of 15 minutes he
returned and handed tnea slipof paper,
saying;
"Young man, I understand yon have
a mission school in Philadelphia; use
that for it "
' Before I could reply he had left 1
.. 'looked down at the slip of paper. It
was check for $1,000."
"But A. T Stewart was not noted for
his charities, was he, Mr. Wanamaker?'
"He did a good deal of good in secret,
was the reply. "He was always doing
something for others. He gave $30,000
to the people who lost by the Chicago
tire, and when he died, you know, he
was building a million dollar home for
thi working girls of New York. He
had manv charitable plain that were
nt-ver carried out After the Franoo-
Gfrnian war he Bent to France a lot of
flonr for the starving people of Pan-,
and during the famine in Ireland he
sent a lot of provisions to that conntry.
He was. in fact a wry charitable
man."
How did Mr. Stewart look. Mr
Wanamaker':'
ise was lather slight and of not over
medium height, with fair hair and light
blue eyes. He was a man of fine tastes
and of much culture."
"Was he a great merchant?"
• Yes: I think he was the greatest this
conntrv ha.-- ever had Look over his
life and you will think the same. He
was the son of an Irish farmer. He
first came to the United States as a
teacher. When he was '2l years old he
1 »ought $3,(100 worth of Belfast laces
and linens and opened a store for thc
~a!e of these in New York. He slept at
this time in the rear of his shop. He
trimed his capital over and increased
his business until he had what was said
to be the largest retail store in the
world. The building alone cost Mr.
Stewart nearly $3,000,000, and its cur
rent expenses at the time of his death
were about $1,000,000 a year. In his
two stores he was at that time doing a
business of about $2,000,000 a year. He
had, in addition to these, branch stores
in different parts of the world,
and he was the owner of a number of
mills and factories. When he died he
was said to lie worth about $40.000,OOP
•"How about the times, Mr. W ana
maker: is business impreveing?
• Yes. somewhat. was the reply.
The tariff has opened the gate, and
the beneficial effects which are com
ing from it have been added to by the
misfortunes of other nations in having
poor crops while we have good ones.
As yet, however, there are still many
people unemployed. Many of those
who have secured work through better
times are saving their money to pay
their debts, so we do not yet feel the
good times as we shall later on.'
Then yon think our prosperity will
continue ?"
•I believe we will have to spell of
good times. We cannot expect that
the crops will always lie poor in South
America, India and Enrope. and this
element of our present prosperity may
be lacking next year. Still the tariff
will start the mills to going, and our
biggest demand after all is the demand
at home.
' Has the tariff already raised the
price of goods V
"Certainly it has," was the reply.
"We received to-day, for instance, an
invoice of steamer rugs. They actually
cost us s7"i7 apiece. These same
rags we have been selling here in the
store under the old tariff rate for
*7 50. No one would ask ns to sell
rugs at that price which really cost ns
7 cents more, so yon see the price must
go up. It is the same with other things.
The tariff must necessarally make a
general raise in prices "
"Do the people realize the prices are
rising?"
"Ye*, indeed, they do, replied the
merchant. There has been no time
within the recent years when the peo
ple have realized just how many cents
there are in a dollar so well as they do
now. They have learned through the
hard times to fignre closely, and they
are much more economical than they
were before the hard times came."
"Is not that a go'sl thing all around
Mr. Wanamaker?"
"I don't know about that, was the
reply. "In order for us to have good
times the people must not only make
money, but they mnst also sjx-nd it free
ly The two thing;, are reciprocal. It
is the market that keeps the factories
and the stores going, and pays the
wages."
"How about your connection with
the Postoffice Department. Have yon
ever regretted your official career
there?" .
"I can't say that 1 have," replied Mr.
Wanamaker. "I don't like to criticise
the postoffice and fiostal matters, now
that lam out of office. The machine
is not rightly organized and managed
as it should be. The real boss of the
department is Congress at the other end
of the city on the hill. Congress makes
the laws which govern the department,
and the Postmaster General is depend
ant on Congress for everything he gets.
There aru scores of ways in which the
business there might lie Itettered, if the
Postmaster General had only the power
to act. He has not the power, however,
and our postal system will never be
what it should be under our present
conditions of government."
"You were strongly in favor of J>OH
tal savings banks, were you not?
"Yes," was the reply. "I thought
they would help the |>oor.
FKAMK <l. CAHI'KNTKK.
THK historic old town Windsor, Nova
Scotia, was destroyed by lire on Sun
day. Two people were burned to death.
The loss was about $4,000,000, and the
insurance $582,000. The wants of the
stricken people were relieved by neigh
boring Canadian towns.
STKI'HKN J, FIELD, Associate Justice
of the United States Supreme Court,
has handed his resignation to Pre*. Mo
Kinley, to take effect December 1. 1h!»7.
Justice Field is 01 years old and was
appointed to the Supreme Bench in
lHflij by Pres. Lincoln.
H A Kit IHIII UiT.
George M. Hoeack, of Pittsburg, was
api>ointed auditor to distribute the funds
of three PitU bnrg collapsed building and
loan association the Freehold, State
Standaid and Hamilton all of which
went into the hands of receivers two
years ago. There is $25,000 to !*■ dis
tributed among the stockholders
Tin: iiostal report for the fisctl year
ending June 80, IHO7, shows the postal
revenues during the year were
462, expenditures,so4,o77,B42; deficiency
$11,411,770 against t8,127,0H8 deficit
•luring the previous year. Over 500,
000,000 postal cards were issued. It
used to be that the balances of the
Post < >ffice department were on th«
credit side, bnt snch is not the ca >■
now. Why?
Centre Township.
The Post Office at I'niotiville has
been removed to I). C. Miller s store
with Miss Iva Miller as Postmistress.
Mr. Jos. f'onlter, of M' Kcesport, is
spending a few weeks on his farm.
Mr and Mrs. Sheldon Young, of
New Kensington, are visiting the fami
ly of Simon Young.
Mrs. Jno. Allison started for Missouri
las week where she will visit relatives
Miss Sara Moore, who is teaching in
Jackson twp., spent Saturday with her
parents.
Mr. Aaron Fleeger has an attack of
typhoid fever
A serifs of meetings were held at
I'niotiville Presbyterian Church for
two weeks. The pastor, Itev Oliver,
was assisted by ICev. Montgomery, of
I'ortcrsville, itnd by Hev. Oiler, of Bnt
ler Communion service* Were held of)
Sunday, when a large number were re
ceived into the church.
Communion services will be held in
Ilolyoke United Presbyterian Church,
on Sunday, Oct. :tl.
finite a lot of clover seed was thresh
ed in this vicinity, l'ist week. H. I)
Thompson thrcuhud i'tf boshe's.
Misses Mabel and Jearnette Smith
visited relatives at Carbon Centre, on
Friday and Saturday of last week
Miss Blanche Hoon returned to her
studies at Butler Business College, this
week.
Derrick for Kas well, 1< being greeted
on tin. Greene farm.
George and Anna Thompson are at
tending school at the Butler Odlegiate
Institute
Miss Florence Met'andless, who is at
tending sch<*il at Centreville, spent
Sunday with her parents.
SKVKH.M, Cincinnati jteople were
killed by the fall of the ceiling of a
theatre last, Friday night.
BIHMAKK c-ills the Monroe Uoctrim
uncommon insolence on our part to
wards the rest of the world,
Oalzell Talks Of KttjflaiMi.
Representative Dalzell of Pittsburg
returned to Washington :i few days,
and talked of his trip to Enrope to a
newspaper man as follows.
'"I enjoyed very much my two
months' sojonrn abroad, bnt enjoyed
mv return home more. I have not seen
any place that strikes me as being quite
equal to my own conntry. Ido not
mean to say that there are not many
things on the other side that we do not
have here and that compel admiration,
such Things, for instance, as belong t'>
an older civilization than ours. But 1
do mean to say that it seems to nie that
in the conveniences and comforts of lite
people abroad are far behind us. Of
course this judgement is from an Amer
ican standpoint, and mu';h allowance
is to be made for differences in environ
ment and education.
"I went abroad for rest and recrea
tion. .and not to study social or econom-
Ie questions, and I cannot enlighten
von very much, I am afraid, in that
direction. Our course took ns through
a jrfjrtion of rural England, through
Northern Wales, through a portion of
Ireland, and a part of the time we spent
in Paris and in London. Rural Eng-
lmd is very beautiful, and if one
should make up a judgement from a
cir window view he would be disposed
to say that the people were contented
and happy. The fanu houses are com
fortable-looking, the outbuildings are
extensive and the fields seemingly very
fertile. If all of England were culti
vated, as it might be. agriculture ought
t J thrive, as it does not seem to do.
The real trouble, as it seems to be. • is
that there is so small a part com para
tively devoted to agriculture. Thou
sands upon thousands of aiTes are in
cluded in the parks and pleasure
grounds of the nobility. Fertile fields
that ought to produce the cereals so
much needed are devoted to the
pleansre grounds and game pre
serves of the nobility. We heard much
of the coming hunting season. What
enjoyment is to tie derived from butch
ering pheasants and rabbits as tame as
chickens is beyond my concep
tion. We visited one place near Chester.
Eaton Hall, the residence of the Duke
of Westminster, where we found them
raising pheasants in coops jnst alongside
of chickens and found them as tame as
the chickens themselves. And yet
these are to be the sports of the hunts
men when the hunting season opens,
My observation in Ireland leads ine to
believe that the newspaper forebodings
as to a possible famine there are not
without foundation .Year by year less
and less ground is being devoted in Ire
land to the raising of cereals and more
and more to the raising of hay and to
pasturage. The past season has been
exceedingly wet, and iu many places
we saw from the car windows hay
stacks resting in pools of water and in
many places hay nnwinnowed because
of the wet Many of the fanners with
whom I talked in the south of Ireland
spoke in the most despondent terms of
their condition, complaining of the
failure of crops and the great increase
in the price of flour.
•So far as political questions are con
cerned, I do not know that I can en
lighten you much. I did not undertake
to come in contract with any of the
putflc men abroad, or discuss political
or social questions. Parliament was
not in session when we were in London,
and most of the prominent public men
weie out of town.
"Ho far as the Dingley law is con
cerned, it goes without Haying that it t»
not popular abroad. I spent a iiortion
of a day in a linen factory in Belfast,
Ireland, and wan very ranch interested
in tin- processes of manufacture The
person who showed us around said that
pending the passage of the Dingley bill
the factory had been running full, both
as to numlter of hands and an to time,
so as to export their product in advance
of the bill becoming a law. lint since
tiit- enactment of the law they had only
beep running on short turns. I learned
that the linen of Ireland in made not
from the Irish flax, but largely from
flax imported from France and Bel
gium. Indeed, the manager of the con
cern> with whom I talked said that a
single factory of large proportions
would exhaust the entire output of
Irish flax. It o'-eured to me that if it
be true as claimed, that our American
crop of Ha\ is not of a character to
make linen there was no reason in the
world why we could not make linen in
America from imported flax, just as the
Irish do, and just as I believe we will
do under the provisions of the Dingley
law In fact, the Committee of Ways
and Means had that object in v : ew
when our bill was framed and I believe
that the duties provided for by the hill
are Much that we shall successfully
bnild op a ljnen industry in thin court
try, j" H t as under the provisions of the
McKinley law we built up a tin plate
industry,
"There is absolutely no excitement
upon the other side with respect to our
relations with Spain, or as to Cuban
affairs, nor i» there any excitement
with respect to Hawaiian matters. No
lxjdy dreams ol a possible war between
the United States and Spain, and every
body seems willing to acquiesce in
whatever the United States may deter
mine to do with respect to Hawaii.
"Mr- Sherman does not seem to he
very popular with the fyiglisb pe >ple.
They do not like the tone of his diplo
matic correspondence. They say he is
too peremptory. Tin- London journals
are full from day to day of comments
upon the attitude of our State depart
merit and that of Lord Salisbury with
resoect to a conference over Bering sea
affair* The Kligli-h press seems t> be
a unit in indorsing Lord Salisbury's
vie'« that England should not partici
paie in a conference in which Japan
and Russia should he partif.s
"The real absorbing topic ir| England
today is the great strike of the engin
em Uftmtmto paralyseEagfiab
industries, and to postpone the eomplc
tion of many business enterprise-" It
is a contest between organized hitior
and organized capital I'p to this time
neither party seems willing to (rive way
and what the outcome will Is- it is dilli
cult to perdict. It is a strike which, in
its proportions, its im|>ortancc, and its
far reaching influence, is such as we
have never known in thiw country. Its
existent gives tiie lie to the free trad
er's claim that *uoh in'l'isti ial outbreaks
are consequent ui>on a protective tariff
'• Yes, I am expecting that the next
sesnion of Congress will he a laltormns
one, and that it will have to deal with
many verv imjKirtant measures '>f
course theie will Is? dis Mission and de
liberation as to currency reform. Th
house will undoubtedly pas < a geticr.il
bankruptcy bill. What the Senate will
<]</,. no man can tell. We shall have
armor pliiU <|iv;'pir,inri and many other
things of pressing importance. With
the tariff question, however, out of the
way and returning prosperity, I indulge
the hope that we shall get to business
promptly, do our business promptly
and get away within a reasonable
time.
Prospect Schools.
ICO. CITI/.KN Knowing you to b■ a
friend of schools, children and teachers
we ask you for a reason ibl • am >nnt of
space in your paper for a few facts
alx>nt our schools for the first mouth,
ending Friday, Oct. I"i
Room No. I is compose! of a'srit ;•">
bright little t< • and is taught by Mn
Lepley
Room N«>. 'J i composed of 4!J bright,
mannerly young men and women, and
attended the first month, to wit
(ieorge Ijeyl, .las Richard on. Mont
Dunn, Willie Laugher t Hugh Weigh',
Clay ton Critchlow, Ned liarr, Roscoi
j < 'rit■ blow, Felicia Morrow, Mabel Hen
! «haw, LoisLpphy W'l'a .VJeConnell
| lienjie Lepley, Sophia Laugher*!, Hazel
I Richardson. Florence Stannii, .lessie
ThompHi.il, Lulu Heyl, Martha liarr,
Helen Dunn and Marj Ralston mi'— mi
'no days; (leorge Stoiighton, Walter
'• haffer Frank Shalier, Howard <'ritch
low. Lydia Laugher*! Florenci- Harvey
mi>.-ed one .lohn Waddcll, Clare
Forrest, i, Liain.h Nrwi,,an. t-lY'i day
Robert < ieorge WhafTer.
Blanch Kelly, three days; Henry Lep
i ley, five days; Blair MeLure, six days
■ Newt Johnston Kniuia Hillman. '-ven
days; I'M mi Hays, nine days. (ieorge
i Harvey, ten days; Milton Langherst,
j Willis Ruby. I'lauch Forrester, fifteen
dftys; Rtwsfdl Heyl. sixt«-en days. Some
were kept at honiu by iyork some by
sickness.
The Isiys and girls all did very welf,
and the teachers return their thanks to
the parent* for their *up]>ort and hope
it may continue througout the term,
they also thank the scholars for their
! kind treatment, and are glad to sec th.u
i the boys have- :i_rr*-ed to banish ail pro
fanity and {-ailing of names from the
' school. Come every <iay boys anel twirls
an<l let no one persuade yon to stay
I away.
Directors. —Geo. Warren. Pres.. D
W. Forrester. Sec'v.: F B. Forrester.
Treas : F P. Critchlow. A M Shaffer
I and A. Webber.
VISIT-'i> Mr- N 8. GMHHI, Waa
Flora Forrester. Allen Barr. Jr. and
Paul Shaffer. G. P. WWSKUM
i>i; \ i us.
I HAY Oct. lfi. I s !' 7. at the home of his 1
son. George E in Browi.sdale. James
M. Hay of Clinton twp. aged 77
years.
PHILLIPS—At his home in Buffalo
twp . Oct. 17, 1897, -James Phillips,
aged 21 years.
MANX At his home in Mnrrinsville,
Oct. 14, I*o7. J. D. Mann, aged 40
years.
GILGHRIST- At his home in Marion
twp.. Oct. 17. ISU7, John Gilghrist,
aged <SO years.
! HCLINGS At her home in Bntler.
1 Oct. 17. 1*97. Ethel, daughter of S. S.
Hnlings. aged 14 years.
| ROYAL At his home in Washington
twp., Oct. 115. 1 s'.iT. Henry Royal, in
his 7od year.
His wife and a large grown-np fami
ly survive him.
MILLER At his home in Freeport,
Oct. 18. IVJ7, Benjamin Miller in his
his 81st year.
Mr. Miller was the oldest and wealth
iest citizen of the town.
CROWE At his residence in Forward
twp, Oct. 13. 1897, David B Crowe,
aged nearly 7."» years.
The deceased was one of the oldest,
most thrifty and respected citizens of
his section.
He had been ill over one year from
heart troublo. the result of a general
breaking down, but he bore his illness
with Christian fortitude, calmly await
ing his earthly end, which '-ame peace
fully. His remains were followed to
the grave.on Saturday by a large con
course of relatives, friends and neigh
bors.
OBITUARY NOTES
George M. Pullman, the car-builder,
died at his home in Chicago, Tuesday.
He was born in Chautauqua county, N.
Y.. in 1831; went to Chicago in '•"»!>,
built his first "sleeper" in '(55, and has
made millions in the business since.
Charles A. Dana, the veteran editor
of the N. V. Sun. died at his home on
Long Island, last Sunday
Mr Dana's most striking character
istic perhaps was his hatred of cant,and
1 in this is found the key to what appear
ed to be the eccentricities of his genius.
Rather than indorse or participate in
anything that savored of this, he would
perhaps give his support to something
which was far worse To use a Hiber
nian expression, he stood so straight
sometimes that he leaned backward.
"But. though ho has antagonized and
fought every political party that has ex
istert during his political career, though
he has sacrificed public men and even
his fellow newspaper men at times with
a vigor that hurt them clear through,
all will now join in tributes to his great
genius, and will sincerely inoum the
loss of so vigorous and forceful a per
sonality in public affairs. Not to be
able any longer to know what Dana
will say will be a real deprivation to
millions of intelligent American read
ers."
Koyil makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
mi
&AKINO
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKINO CR CO ft »W YORK
Counting The Cost.
Have you ever calculated lion
rrpicli is saved in tli•: lonjj run by
tyavinyour c!-jt!ui) s { rrjade by
tailor, who know llr.'ir businc.s.. J
Yo 1 ;;<:t be tter fjootls, more care
ful woikm mship ;tii<l the fit and
style are worth ;t great deal.
It's a satisfaction to wear • first•
c'ais, well made cloth-s. and then
it's economical as well. Clothes
that lit, wear longer, look better
and are more satisfactory to the
wearer. Those who war our
garments appreciate this.
Stoj) and calculate. Do you
wear tailor-made clothes? In
that case you have garments that
last longer, wear better and suit
you more completely than any
other. Kvery garment is made in
tli" best style. Mo accidental
fii . No effects. It
is cheaper t<> we ir CM t->m clothes
than any others, l-'.til styles on
display.
WEPDIIG SUITS A SPEfIiITT.
COIiMCO
< or. Dlamord. Hutlor. Pa
Jft 111 IS Hit TIME TO HAEV
1U W V< >m y Cl<>lll i 11 {'»
CLEAWtID or DYED
lf>ou want gooo and reliable
cleaning or dy« iiej done, there is
just one place in town where you
c.ui "t.-t it. and th.tr is at
ill BUM bYL WflfiKS
*2l (') C'€'iitor avonuo,
ISKU-WC do fine work in out
loor Photographs. This is the
tim of yjar to have a picture ol
you, luniȣ Cjiyc u. a tfial
at for the Juiiu toAn i
I Ivliii'l 1 *•».—.H" *r Y' 'K.
R. FISHER & SON,
A PROJECT if on foot to run a rail
road tunnel connecting Brooklyn and
Jersey City under New York City and
the East and Hudson rivers
THE appearance of the Sheriffs' Proc
lamations in the different papers
throughout the state reminds people of
the fact that a general election will take
place next Tuesday, week
SORES SOON HEALED
Terrible Effects of Typhoid Fever
Scrofula Troubie.
'• After a severe attack of typhoid fever
I was taken with a terrible Bcrofula
I trouble. I had large sores on my limbs,
! from which I suffered terribly. All
treatment seemed to make me worse. I
read what Hood's Sarsaparilla had done
for others and began taking it. The sores
began to heal and I continued with Hood's
until cured." Miss ALLIE SEIFFERT, 736
West Philadelphia St., York, Penn.
Hood's Pills are easy to buy. easy to take.
I> I.
li, ty
f'
LOTS OF
Fall and Winter
Dresses
to be bought yet —nicest lots of
medium priced Dress Goods and
. S: kings here to select from we
ever offered—samples ready to
1 send when you write, so you can
' see for yourself, no matter how
far away you live, how choice
styles are, how good the qualities
[ for the money.
\ 1,1, wool, imi.ss <;ooi>s.
25. 35 45c
—neat woolens—not a clumsy
thread in them- —mixtures and
i choice serviceable goods that will
surprise anybody who thinks
America can't make nice Dress
Goods. We're making a feature
of nice goods at a moderate price
' —extra values for little money —
making it pay you to buy here
1 that way—these goods at the
. prices will show it.
So will the large assortments at
50, 75c, SI.OO
—stylish imported novelties.
, Lots of Plaids foi waists and
1 childten's dr sses, 35 and 50c.
New Plaids ioc to $2.00.
< 01,1, i:< TION OF
Rich Silks
' we think you'll find without a
counterpart in any other store —
get samples of new Fancy Silks,
50c to $1.50.
We charge you nothing for
samples—pays us to send them—
they show where money's to be
saved, and we get extra business
thereby.
Bojj;o;s& | sll ill
ALLEGHENY, PA.
c. KD.
A LOVER OF GOOD HATS
j Can surely bn I U.n every ties!re satisfied
jin our Spring iXyj ht«>ck, which con-
I tains all the shapes, colors and <|ua'ities
most admired l>y connoisseurs. We have
110 fancy prices, hut merely value for
valie.
WE TREAT
Furnishing Goods in the same manner,
buying th<- best and selling e» low 'is
m&'ty charge for inferior goods. We are
always glad to show visitors our goods.
Call And See Us.
COLBERT & DALE,
242 S. Main ST PA
AT J. R. GRIRBS
1 'j, and \d Do Not Make Five.
t
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m f 1
1(1 f
1 It's
; everyone's taste in any line you
mny select and particularly ol
; jewe|rv, .' jlver novelties, (:i|t el.tss,
etc., but I'm sure you will find
what you want in rny large stock
and at such prices that defy com
petition. I am making a spe.
cialty of nobby and find Goods
and want your trade.
|J. R. GRIEB.
j 118 SOUTH HAIN 8T
« M. C F IK|S I L.HV,
T • ATTOMNHV AT I,AW.
Onice on North I lininond Street, opj»o
site the Court House I,ower Fk»r.
GOO SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
General Election
Proclamation
WHKUKAS, As BY Section In of the Act ot
the General Asiemh'y to regulate the notui
cat'ou ami election of public officers, requir
ing certain expensoi inciJeut thereto to lie
paid by the several counties an I puni-.hini;
certain ollt-n-es in reg-ird to such elections:
It is made the duty of "the t>herilf
of every couuty, at leas' lea days l>e
f tre any general eieeti n to be bcid therein,
to give notice of same by advertisements in
at Itast three newspapers, if there be so many
pub'ished iu the county, two of said news
papers r presenting so lar as practicable, the
political party which at the proceeding
Nov.eltctMU cast the largest uunjber ol voles
and iLe u:L«-r one of said newspapers repre
senting so lar as practicable the polities.
1 arty which a: the preceeding November
election cast the ueit lergest number of
votes, and iu addition thereto the sheriff of
every county shall, at least ten dfys before
any teueral election to be held iu cit.es of
the tirst, second and third c'asses.give notice
by procl'ima ion posted up in the most con
spicuous places iu every election district iu
raidcities ol the tirst. second au I third class
and in every such proclamation or adver
tisement shall.
I. Enumerate the officers to be elected
::nd give a list of all the nominations made
as provided in this act. and to be vote 1 Cor
iu such county, and the lull text of all con
stitutional amendments submitted lo
a vote of the people but the pro
clamations posted in each
election district ueed not contain the names
of any candidates but those to be voted for
in such district.
11. Designate the places at which the elec
tion is to be held.
ill. He shall give notice that every per
son, excepting justices of tne peace, who
shall hold any 1 tilce or appoiutment of profit
or trust ui.der the government of the I'nited
States or of this State or of any city or iucor-
I < ruled district,whether a commissioned offi
cer or otherwise.a subordinate officer or agent
wbois or shall be tmployed under the Leg
islative, Kxuuiive or Judiciary department
■•I (lie Stale or of the United States or ol any
CIIJ or incorporated district, and also that
every men. btr of Congress and of the tate
Legislature and of lhe select or common
eouocil of any city, or commissioners of any
irnorpoiattd district is, by law, incapable of
holding or -nercising •( the same time the
office or appointment of judge, inspector or
clerk ol any election of tnis Commonwealth,
M d that no inspector, jn ige or other officer
w! any -ueh elecliou shall be eligible to any
• llii-e t 1 be then voted for, except that of an
ilectiou officer.
Now, therefore, I, William i>. I).>dds
Hujh Sheriff of the Couaty 01 Butler, Stite
ol I'euni-ylvAnU, d'< hereby make kn >wu
aid giie 11 is jiublie notioe to ttiu electors
of Bulltr rouuty, that «u the first Tueftd y
after lhe lirst Slotaiay of November, l)eiiig
the
2nd Day of November, 1897
f out 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
A general ehcllon will be held in the
gev Ml election distr'ets of said county,
established bv law, ut which time they will
vote by ballot for the several officers hereinaf
ter uauie«l as follows:
One person for State Treasurer.
One person for Auditor General.
One person for Jury Commissioner of
the County of Butler.
And as required by the "Act of As
sembly," the following is n list of the
parties and nominees:
REPUBLICAN.
STATE TKKASUKKK,
James S. Beacom.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
Levi G. McCanley.
JURY COMMISSIONER
Andrew O, Eberhart.
DEMOCRATIC.
STATE TREASURER,
M. E. Brown.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
Walter E. Hitter.
JURY ('<>MMISSU>NER,
Charles Rediek.
PROHIBITION.
STATE TREASI'REK,
Silas Swallow.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
William Lathrope.
.1 i■lt V < .'< »M M ISSU)N EK,
SOCIALIST LABOR.
STATE TREASURER,
Williaia 11 Thoinns.
AI.'UITOR GENERAL.,
J. Mahlon Barnes.
.1 1 ' ICY (VIMMISHIONER,
LIBERTY.
STATE TREASUKER,
Amos Steelsmith.
AUDIT* >R < JKNERAI,,
.lames C. Hogan.
.l URY C< »M MISSION ER.
.lames: A. llorton.
INDEPENDENT.
STATE TREASURER,
William H. Thompson.
AUDITOR GENERAI,,
JURY COMMISSIONER,
pI.ACK.i OK IIOLDINU I ltß KI-EC'IIONS
Tho said elections will ho holil throughout
the comity an follow*:
I h'- electors cl ADI:M township, North
preeiuel, ut the cnriieiiter *!io|> of J J. Hniitli
ut Myoma In Niiiil prreinot.
The elector >1 Ailnus, soul i precinct, at
Turks' Mill in »>id preeiuel.
The electorM of Allegheny township st the
lifju*" of
township.
Tho nloetors of Buffalo township at the
liouke ol' l lios. W. Elliott In #ald towiwhlp.
The elcetorn of Butler township fit the
111.11 O of .lumen Hsi(einsii In nald (own-
HhlO.
The eleotors of Ilriyly towiwhip tho
Hcliool hoiiHo at West Liberty.
The olMilorn "f (/'loarfteld townaltip at tho
of)K-(i ~i Kr4nk 1' Mcßrido In mdd township.
The electors of Clinton towuahlp at tho
llall at Riddles X Roads lu «ud townafilp.
The electors of Concord township, nt
M- Cochran's new house in Middlelown.
Tlte electors of Cl»y township at tho Oontre
School house in haid towusliip.
Tho electors of Centre towimlup al fho
Centre School IIUUMO, In eaid towimhip.
Tho electors of Cherry towimhip. North
precinct, ut the Rye-breaa School Home, In
hilid precjnpt-
Tho electorn of Cherry towimhip, South
precinct, al tho Oouiornol School House in
••aid precinct.
Tlie electors of Oowi'wpioiioiiHKig towimhip
Northern precinct at School liouae So. 7, in
Whitaetown.
The elteU rn of t onno<|ueii' ining townnhip ,
Honlhern precinct at tho Orshani School
iloime No. li.
The elect.!|*h of (jraubjrry towimhip St the
hoUMo of Andrew K irshler iu said towiihlilp.
The electors of Donegal township at the
. led ion house iu xuld township.
Tho electors of Kairviow fowiikhip at the
elecllon hoiiHe ill "Sid township on lariu of
VV II II Riddle.
Tlie electors of Porwsrd township atthe
hon oof Robert 11. Brown.
The elejtorx of Franklin tounslUp ut
Ml. Cheulnut (irani{e. If.ill In MI I I townihip.
The elector* olJacknoii towimhip. ICmteru
preclnct,at the hou>e of Jno A Kielmrt In mild
precinet.
The electors of Jackson township. West
ern precinct, ut the .f ircekl Ml'g huilding
Iu H.dd precinct.
Tho electors of Jefferson township, V [hp
hoie 11 of Morris lUnKhtgr
The t>li'(;tur<i <<f l.sin.ssior towiMlup *t tho
holl-e ol V I 111.
Tho ehictoi H of Middlosnx township at the
fioime of fVioper.
The electors of Marion totvunhlp af the
house of It. W. Atwell in naid lownship.
Tho uleufoiH of Mtiddycreek tonimhiu al
the house of Henry iluy in «ald lownship.
Tin. elcctorn of Mercer township uf the
lion e of J. A. Osllin »: li ;n • ,ij township.
'flij «le- t«.re «,( o»fcf*i,<| piwnshtp al llio
lu;lij" of Vrilh»ni J- U'lU'liH JII lu nai l town
ship.
Thu iitoctorii of I'arkor towimhip at tho
house ol Mrs Luclndi Walley In Murtlini
bur K .
Tho elector* of I'niiii lowimhlp. North pre
die t, al the Opnr-i (louso In Ronlrow,
Tho electors of I'eiin town»uip, Soiilh pre
cinct, ut tim lioitxe of 11. Hutton, In inl'l
precinct.
The i |«pt<4i'i of humliiit vit the
ho'iMi Adam Frederic".
The elecloio of blippcryro, K towimhip AL the
BOUSN o| Ilurrv A 111 SNCL lownship 1
I'he elnitoru i.f Venango Uiwnahip at tlie
. liop ol K It. Taylei.
The doctors of Wmtli Id towimhip al'irau|(e
llall Iu naid towimhip.
llie electors of Washington towimhip, North
precinct, at the house of Mrs. Jane Mender
>OO. at Billiards'
Tlie electors of Washington townehip, South
precinct, it the Insurance Co office, in North
Washington.
The electors of Worth township at the
Pnhllc IL'l in Mechauicsburg in caid toWu
i-liip.
The electors of the boro igh of Butler. Is;
nard at the Vv'uller Halt 111 Mi id u.trd.
-inl «arj at the Kohler H<ui<? in said
ward
ad ward at the Graul Ju.-y K ) i;a in Court
Ilouse.
fill wild .it Nixon"? Hose, N. McKeau Si,
in said w:i-d-
sth ward at the ffie'* Houe«, on N". Main
St.. in said ward.
The electors of the borough of Cenireville
at the house ol Koberl Ralston.
The electors of the borough ol llarriivil!«
at the shop cf J. 11. Mor»ison Jr. in 8»;d
borjugh.
The electors of tho borough of Prospect at
the house ol Satu'l. Riddle iu said borough■
Tlie electors of the borough of Saionbarg
at the house of Mrs. K. A. lle'mbold iu said
borouirh-
The electors of tho borough of Weat Sui.-
bui v at the public school house.
lhe electors of the borough of Miilerstowu
•it the hotel of Jno. Dolau in said borough.
Tho electors of the borough of Petrolia at
Ih Council ltoom !u said borough.
The electors of the borough of F&iniew at
the Union Hall in saiu borough.
The electors of the borough of Kirns Citv
it the Ho-e house In said i.or. ugli.
The electors of the borough ot Evani City
at the shop of Mickley it Weal iu said bor
ough.
I Tlie electors "f the of li&naouv
i .it the olfiee ol* F K t'o*ivert iu .miJ
j The electors of tho borough of Zelieuople
I at the W.ijjou ehoji ol J-iiuc-s \Vallae< iu null
i borough.
! The uUetors ol'lbe borough of Mars at the
i houM.- ot lhoinas Miles ia said bi»roagh.
: 1 lie eieetors of the t>orough of Portersyille
! at the house of K. L. Hughley iu said boro.
lhe electors of the borougn of Valencia
a t the store room of Bill & Stoup iu ;aid
Uorcugh.
The elec'ors of the borough of Counoque
nessiug atthe house of P W Thoaias in »aitl
borough.
Given under my hind at my office at Bailor
thiu -Otti day of Oct., in the year of our
f.ord, tsy, .and iu the 122 a d year of tho In lo-
I>eudeiieo of ta 8 Uaitel dtatss or North
America,
WILLIAM B. DODDS.
Sheriff
We All Know
that the slovenly dressed man
never receives the respect and
consideration the well dressed
man gets. One secret in dres
sing well lies in the selection cf
the right tailor.
our garments
are cut and made in cur own
workshop in this city. We are
particular about the fit, fashion
and all the minute (it-tails in
their construction.
Would l>e pleased to show
you a pro<luct of our shop anil
also give you a pointer in econ
omy.
fall patterns
now displayed
ALAND,
MAKER OI<"
MEN'S CLOTHES
AUijjw
Worth learning is that despite the in
creased cost of leather. We are selling
shoes at lower prices than ever before.
We anticipated our want 4 early in the
season and bought verv heavy before the
advance in leather, and now we are in
sliajH.- to sell you your footwear at old
prices and some cases less.
We Want To See You
When you get ready to buy your fall
footwear come to uy, no matter if you
need one pair or ten. We have the
strongi st line of siloes ever brought to
Butle*-, and we will not be undersold.
So you have nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by buying your shoes of us.
Felts and Rubbers,
It is a little early to speak <>l these
g'xuls, but when you need them you will
kindly remember us.
Our Pj ices Aro Sure to be Tho
LOWEST
Bailer's Progressive Shoe
Ilouse.
C. E. MILLER.
Main St.. Butler. PU.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
hK. W. I'. McII.KOY,
Utffci'rwf.
lioriurrly known as the "Peerless
Painless K\tractor of Teeth." I.ocated
|>ermaueiitly at 111 Kaat Jefferson St.,
Oppoiile Hotel I.owiv, Butler. Will do
dential operations of all kinds by the
latest devices and up to date method*.
\r ;m. mcammxh
V | 'DKNTIST.
Main St.
Naesthetics Administered.
hk. J. K. FAULK,
DKNTIST,
Painless extraction- v o. Crown
and bridge a upeiialty,
()H|Cc Koolll No. 1. new Ilirkel build
iug-
OK. N. M. lIOOVP.K,
13*/ li. Wayne St., office hours, 10 to
12 a. m. 1 and to 3 p. tu.
I kit. CI I AS. k. B. lit NT,
I ' PIIVSK U;; V.MSI'KI.WI.V,
\',ye, ca», IKWO and thro.it a specialty.
1 and 131 S. Main Street, Knlston
building.
Uf It. BROWN,
• IIOMOI'.OI'ATHK: PIIVSICIAN ANII
S'JKGIfON.
Ortice 3\f> S. Main St., opp. P. o.
Residence N- MtV' iu St.
... . f<f>UN ION,
I' DKMTIST.
(i<dil I'llliugs Paiuli"«s Ivxtraction of
Teeth and Artlflcla) Teeth without plates ]
a specialty, Nitrous < txide 01 Vitalized Air
or I,ocal niesthetii . used.
Oilice over Millers groceiy, c.inl of 1
ry house.
| IRON BEDS stlo. jj
",\ rf>OME NEXT YVEEK, if jjj
Z.~) 9 you want to buy an fjSc
Iron Bed Twenty- 2@£
£3 '" ,vc different styles to show S5
JLT/ yoij, and the prices ate n*n<ch
SPfif *fj\ >vVA \v* lower than they were last yss£
month. The new Iron Beds K2S
»BH'\ * B arc not on b' louei in price but e§£
**> —r$ the styles arc superior to last S£
■ '■• Ji v- /JB season's.
jS ,c °' l ' stock of Iron Beds Tggg
las been reduced in price— JSC
SB js sl6 kind marked down to U||
—" O? v ** $lO. and at this price we don't yp*
' • The new Iron Beds ar consider them any better values JSFS
rived this week. than the new $lO 15tds. But
you can have your choice.
jj IRON BEDS Price #3.50 j|
y-v» A neat bed well made and at pS
the prices quoted is certainly
§j IRON BEDS Price #5.00 jj
The best value we have ever
car shown for the money; it's bet-
ter than you expected to find
for the money. lg|
j jjj IRON BEDS Price #<>.oo J
Brass knobs; some customers
» say it's worth a dollar more
Jfc2| than the $5 ones; others say
fel it's not. Come and judge ISB
for yourself.
j IKON BEDS Price #7.00 j
m Brass trimmings, swell foot,
and a better bed than many £§S
of last season's $lO ones. We J3»
know it's a good value.
jjj IRON BEDS P rice #B.OO ffij
This new bed is difterent from
the old style Iron Bed. In jteg
3®J place of straight iron rods, the
head and foot center parts run
Jj IRON BEDS Price #IO.OO jjj
The best value on our floor is j^6
the new swell foot Iron Bed, JSf
fIH with fine biuss trimmingi.
Higher priced Iron Beds to show you if you want |lscj^
jgaf them. The Brass Beds are here also. Come i 1 and veaP
see our stock of Brass and Iron I'eds, even if you —<
i|S| don't care to buy. '
(Campbell ft Templeton,®
|| BUTLER, PA j
DIRECT FROM
$4.00 $4.00
EXPRESS DISTILLER TO EXPRESS
PAID , ' PAID
CONSUMER
Saving profits a id preventing adulteration,
We have been in the liquor business for the
past twenty-five years, and thoroughly under
stand the wants of the public—During alt
that time we have sold nothing Ixit the
Purest Product, Direct From The Distillery.
The Public know that they have always re
ceived the bes: whiskey for their money, to
be had.—We have a special offer to make—
we want you to try a gallon of Bear Creek
Whiskey—You know it j-ells everywhere for
SI.OO per quart —Now to our friends of It'it
ler County we will
Deliver To Your Door—All Charges Paid„ •
a gallon of thi-j whiskey either in a iug
four full quart bottles for $4.00 —•
We Are Out The Amount Of Expressage,
but we want you to try .1 gallon - -You'll buy
it again, and tell your friends that its
The Best Whiskey On Earth For The Mo
MAX KLEIN,
Distillor and Wholesale Liquor, 82 Federal St Allegheny, Pa
1 OAMUKLM. BII'I'US, I M. PAINTKR,
i' PHYSICIAN AND SIJRORON • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
nm West Cunningham St. 1 Office between Poatoffice and Diamond
I J. DONALDSON, VI'.WTON BLACK,
, DKNTIST. ATTORNUY AT LAW.
Teeth inserted 011 the Intent _ °" Diamond Street.
unproved plan. Gold Filling# a ap«c , UAKI.r
iuUy ' tfl.ee over Wile,', Sh.» S..„e, | ( -°<TCTHR (
•V „ VIMMKKMAN """'" " ■ ll " il ' li "«.
pmeuM UIBSOMMM 1 T« BLACK,
office N'<>. 45, S. Main sucvt, ovev city A»- ATTORNEY AT LAW.
I'harntucy. Room J. —Armory building.
I HI. VCK! I B. BKKDIN. "
I. ■ I'll VMCIAN AND SUROUOH. ' ' ATTORNHV AT LAW.
New Trout man Building. Butler l'a. "" Mnin st - wnr Court »""«'•
r' A. RI'SSKLL, M. D. 4 T. SCOTT,
|j< Kootn 3, Uickel Hlock. Butler l'a J\ • ATTORNEY A'< LAW.
Peoples Phoac No. V - Night call 173 Olficc at No. 8 South Diamond SC.
1 t.. MCQUISTION, ABKAMb, BROWN &Co
" . Civil. Hn<wmkXß AND SI RVKVOH,
i.)tlice near Court Hotiae.
Mil GOUCHKR, STRONG COM PANIKS
. ATTOKNKV AT LAW. PROMPT SKTTLHMKNTS.
Office in Ml rhell building. Home ln»uraii<'( >'<>. of N«'W York. fnHiir
. 1 11 I>irft>vu-t( I'II . rii.nl* InHiiriuii'o of HrooUlyn. N.
k.l, ATTOMNKY AT LAW. eonn
.... . . ■vi 1 o. 'M I'li'l Onruerof Main St. mid Hie l'lii-
Oluij- at No. in.) Iva»t Diuuioud St. mum! iiorlli >il|l»url I louse. Duller l'a.