BAILROAD TIME TABLES
P., Bessemer & L E.
Trains derart:No 14. at 9:40 A. M;
No. 2, at 5:40 P. M. Butler time.
Trains arrive :No. 1. 10:00 A. M; No.
11, 3:00 P. M. Butler time.
No. 14 rntiH through to Erie and con
nects with \Y. N. Y. & P. at
Junction for Franklin and Oil
an<l with N. Y. L. E. & W at Shenan
itn for all points east. No. - runs
thronirhto Greenville and connects with
W N V & P for Franklin and Oil
City. W. R TURNER, Ticket Agent.
PITTSBURG & WESTERN
Railway. Schedule of l'as
£eii£jer Trains in efleel Nov. 20,
1898. BUTLER TIMK.
n.-i»irt. Arrive.
AIK-ehcny Aoconimudatlon «j » J 7 **
Allegheny Kxpres* * 15 ■* *r „
Newcastle A«conini*li*ti«»ii ■ *'
Akron Mail 8 35 Vi.l « *."
Allegheny Accommodation 10 OS j»2 18
Allegheny KXPRESA 3 15 P.M 5 20
Pub. Kill, mid New York Kxpn-j* 10 45 am
Chi.-ago Kxpreai 3 |«m 11 60 am
Allegheny Mail " 1 £ "VMV"
Allegheny "Flyer" ..... I!S ..
Kllirood Acconnnulatiun —; 5 42 7 03
Chirftfijr Limited . "» 42 " 917 a M
Kane und Bradford Mail 9 50 A* 5 20 P.M
Clarion Accommodation 5 35 p.* 9 JC A M
Cleveland and Chicago Kxpress... »'• 26 am
SI N DAY TRAINS.
Allegheny KXPIE« 8 L.> A M 9 32A.M
Allegheny Accommodation 1 » 42 P.M 5 20 P.M
Newcastle Accommodation 8 1"> A.M 7 OCi 44
Chicago Express 1 0"» P M.LL 50 am
Allegheny Accommodation | 7 03 pm
Train arririLg at 5.2" p.m. leaves B. & O. depot,
Pittiiburg at 3.40 p.m and P. A W., Allegheny at 3..i0
P On Sjitimlavs a train, known as the theatre train,
will leave Butler at ".top in., arriving at Allegheny
at 7.2H; returning leave Allegheny at U.-JO p. in.
Pullman *l#*eping cars on l*hicago Express l*«tween
Fitt»l»urg and Chicago.
for through tickets to all jtoints In the west, north
west or southwest and information regarding routes,
time of trains, etc. apply to
W. 11. TURNER, Ticket Agent,
R. B. KEYXOI.DS, Snp't. Butler, Pa.
Foxburg, Pa. C. W. BASSETT,
(?. I*. A. . Allegheny, Pa
PEKILYAHIA "%
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
SCHEDULE IS EFFECT Nor. 21, 189*.
SOUTH. , WEEK DAYS *
A. M. A.M. A. M. P. M. P. M.
BUTLER Leave: 6 25, 8 05 11 15 2 35 5 06
Saxonbiirjr Arrive 6 54 8 30 11 38 3 00 5 28
Butler .I miction.. 44 . 727 BS3 1&»02 325 553
Butler Junction.. .Leave: 7 30 853 12 22 3 25 5 53
Natrona Arrive' 7 38 9 01 12 30 3 35 0 01
Tarentum J7 42 07 12 35 342 607
Sprinplale 7 50 il 10 12 45 3 52
Claremont 'J 30 1 02 4 o<> »> 27
Sliarpeburir j 8 «»7 936 1 II 4 12 6 32
Allegheny 8 20 D 48 1 25 J 4 25 fi 43
|A. 31. A.M. P. M.|P. M. P. M.
SUNDAY | TRAINS.—Leave Bntler fur Allegheny I
% City and principal intermediate stations at 7:35 a. m.,
and 5:00 p. ra.
NORTH. WEEK DAYS ,
'A.M.[A.M. A.M. P. M P. M
Allegheny City....leave 7 00 !> (JO 11 25 2 30 6 10
Bharp*<burg 7 11 9 12 11 37 2 45 ....
CLtremont 9 l'J 11 44 2 53, ....
Hpringdale .... 9 30 11 s«i« 3 10 0 37
Tarentum 7 34 9 39 12 07 | 3 23 6 40
Natrona * 739 943 12 12 3 31 ! 651
Butler Junction...arrive 746 95012 22 345 /00
Butler Junction... .leave 7 46 9 50 12 25 4 07 7 00
£axonbi:rg 8 15110 15 12 4'.» 4 :MJ: 7 24
BUTLER arrive 8 40 10 38 1 17 . 5 05 ; 7 50
A.M.;A.M. P. M. P. li.| P. 31
SUNDAY TRAINS. —Leave Allegheny City for But
ler and principal intermediate stations at 7:20 a. m. and
9*30 p. w.
WXSKDATS. FOR TIIE EAST. WEEK DAYK.
P.M.* A. M.) P. 31. P M.
2 35 6 25* lv BUTLER ar 10 38' 1 17
3 25 7 2V'ar|Butler Junction lv 9 50 12 25
400 7 46' lv Butler Junction ar 83012 08
4 05 7 49 ar Freeport lv 8 28 12 06
409 7 531 " Allegheny Junction.. .." 82412 01
421 8 *>4 " Leech burg 44 809 11 49
4*40 8 21, " Panlton (Apollo) 44 7 53 11 32
508 8 51! 44 Salts! urg 41 73011 09
5*41 9 22, 44 Blairaville ...." 70010 40
5 50 9 30 44 Blairsville Intersection. ~4 4 5 56 10 10
8 50,11 40 " Altoona 44 315 800
1 00 3 10} " Hanisburg 44 11 45 3 00
4 30) 6 23 " Philadelphia j 8 30 11 20
A.M. P. 31.| |A. M.jP. 31
On Sunday, train leaving Butler 7:35 a. m., counects
or H&rrisburg, Altoona and Philadelphia.
Through traius for the east leave Pittsburg (Union
Station), tw follows:
Atlantic Express, daily 2:50 A.M
Pennsylvania Limited 44 7:15 44
Day Express, 44 7:30 44
Main Lino Express, 44 8:00 44 .
Ifarrishurg Mail, 44 12:45 P.M
Philadelphia Express, «•* .... 4:50 44
Mail and Express daily. For New York only.
Through buffet sleeper; nocooctes 7:00 44
Eastern
JTaat Line, 4 8:30 44
Pittsburg Limited, daily, with through coaches
to New York, and sleeping cars to New York,
Baltimore and Washington only. No extra
fare on this train * 10:00 44
JPhtfid'a Mail, Sundays on*y 8:40 A.M
*x_-—Frtr Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, all
rail route), 8:00 A.M, aud 8:30 P.M, daily.
For detailed information, address Thos. E. Watt, Pass.
Agt. Western District, Corner Fifth Avenue and Smith<
field Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
J B. HUTCHISON, J. R. WOOD,
General Manage* Gen"' Vassr. Agent.
WHITE
PINE
TAR
DROPS.
A Pleasant Palatable Remedy.
FOR ALL
THROAT and LUNG TROUBLE.
Manufactured and SoM by
J. A. RICHEY.
Butler, Pa
Now is The Time to Have
Your
CLEANED or D7ED
If you want good and reliable
cleaning or dyeing done, there is
just one place In town where you
can get it, and that is at
The Butler Dye Works
218 Center avenue.
B@„We do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a, picture ot
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for the Jaiuestown sliding
Blind Co.—New York.
R. FISHER & SON,
A Dr. Williams' Indian Pile
Kj ■ L will cure Blind,
■ Bfa E r **Hleei' ne and Itching
■ I fcal'ik's. lv absoros tlie tumors.
I B;iU;i}s the itching at unco, acts
■ I a poultice, fives Instant re
■ I lief. Dr. Williams'lndian Pile Oint-
H ■ ment is prepared for Piles and Itch
-9 lng of the private parts. Every box is
warranted. By druegistf, by mail on rc
ceipt of price. 50 cents and $1.0(1. WILLIAMS
MANUFACTURING CO.. Props.. Cleveland. OhTc.
For Sale bv D. H. WULLER.
ft ( «i^TA^S~I'^u"DELPH I A*7«
> -DENTAL ROOMS.-- ra
r ' "* ~ Ave., Pittsburg. Pa. 9|
( »Vc'ro PR ACTlCA , .l.Y < ' oll| (;ilii' a;
mPS a C R OWN and BF.iOoC «..rV h
VtfJfa Mltsliurs—WHY NOT DO [«'
A*#l JIIVOURS? Uuld CROWNS L'
'■> ;J I;i| Vlund BRIDGE work rednrcd
L" JW HSS PER TOOTH Also til,. 1*
fj yi'esttet "f IVetli '" Y U
W. j. BLACK,
LIVERY and FEED STABLES
Firstclass Rigs and Horses.
Rear of Hotel Butler, South Main St.
Bell Telephone 92.
Subscribe tor the Citizen
ACTIVE >I,U'ITI »]{< WANTED EVEKY
"where for ' Thej<tory of the I'hillpp
l«y Murat llalstead. commissioned by the
Government its Official liistoiian to the War
Department. The iKxik was written In army
l amps at San Francisco, on the Pacific with
General Merritt, in the hospitals at Hono
lulu. In Hone Kong.in the American trenches I
at Manila. In the insurgent camps with j
Agulnaldo. on the fleck of the Olympla with i
Dewey, and in the roar of battle at the fall
of Manila. Bonanza for agents. Brimful of ;
original pictures taken by government plio- \
tosrraphers on the spot. Large l«ook. I,ow
prices. Big profits. Freight paid. Credit 1
given. Drop ail trashy unofficial war books. 1
outfit free. Address. V. T. Barber. Secy
insurance Bldg. Chicago.
Hidden
Weakness. -* /-
Just as We
Bonn tune*
a tree or pole s ,-^T
apparently' "* . Xt
strong and
sound come y,
crash because
of some undetected process 1 aUhVSI
of decay, so no matter how
(rood an appearance a worn
an may present, if she is A
subject to any hidden weak- v>£^j|fjm
ness, gradually sap
ping awav and under- (
mining ier vitality,
some day her entire
constitution will give way
and leave her a prostrate physical wreck.
The average doctor gives a little some
thing for the headache and a little some
thing else for the backache and still anoth
er thing for nerves and so on, never
once reaching the hidden weakness in the
distinctly feminine organism.
The vast experience and special practice
of Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physi
cian of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., in treating
women's diseases, enables him to under
stand and cope successfully with these par
ticular ailments. Any woman may feel the
utmost confidence in consulting him by
mail. She will receive, free of cost, sound
professional advice whereby her health
Aay, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred,
be promptly and permanently restored.
All correspondence is held to be sacredly
confidential. . ..
A lady living in Coshocton Co.. Ohio, Mrs. W
T. Stanton, of Blissfield, writes: I had female
weakness very bad for nearly three years Had
dragging dou-u pains in and atx>ve my hips and
such dreadful pains in the back and top of my
head (jltst as though someone was lifting me by
the hair). Hail So ambition, would try to work
a few davs then would have to lie in bed for a
long time. No tongue can express the suffering
I endured. I had much pain at monthly pe
riods. I doctored most of the time with as good
a physician as there is in the state, but had no
ease only wheti I was quiet and off my feet and
then I had more or less pain in my head When
I t>egan taking Dr. Pierce's medicines I weighed
IOJ pounds and was very pale and weak. I took
twelve bottles of his ' Favorite Prescription'
and seven of the Golden Medical Discovery.'
Now I feel like a different person. Have no
pain in my head, can do all the work for myself,
husband and one child; am gaining in flesh. I
feel it is throrgh God's mercy and your wonder
ful medicines that I am cured."
HUMPHREYS'
WITCH HAZEL
01 L
C Piles or Hemorrhoids
Fissures & Fistulas.
Burns & Scalds.
I I Wounds & Bruises.
Cuts & Sores.
Boils & Tumors.
Eczema & Eruptions.
Salt Rheum & Tetters.
E Chapped Hands.
Fever Blisters.
Sore Lips & Nostrils.
O Corns & Bunions.
Stings & Bites of Insects.
Three Sizes, 25c, 50c. and SI.OO.
Sold by druggists, or sent post-paid on receipt of price
liI>PIIRKYS*XKI>. CO., HI A 113 Willi*® St., V»rk.
for a generous
10 CENT
TR'ALJ'ZE. p^%^£5 H C^l
Ely's Cream Balm Ifj
contains no cocaine, y I
mercury nor any other
It ia quickly Abeorbcd.
Gives lieiief at cuce. feg
It opens and demists *
the Nasal Passages CQIO HE A D
Allays Inflammation. OlLrtU
Ileals and Protects tbe Meins>rane. ltestores the
Senses of Taste and inn 11. Full Size COc.; Trial
Siie 10c.; at Drnjnrists «.r rrnlL
ELY BKOTJiEItSi 56 Women Street, New York.
2179
Any person in need of pure liquors will do
well by culling up the above telephone
number, and order will be filled and shipped
promptly.
We are headquarter*) for the following dis
tilleries:
FIXCH. BT. VEBHOX
HI'CKEJrtEIBEB. DIM.IKiEB.
till! SON, OVEKHOI.T,
it U(i E, THOMPSON,
BKIDGEPOBT.
arid offer them to you unadulterated K year
old at SI.OO per full quart, ti quarts, $5.00,
tUUXDFATHKB'3 I'HOICa,
WhlsJkey guaranteed 3 years old, $2.00 per
gallon.
0j» alt C. O. D. or mail orders of $5.00 or
over, wo box and ship promptly: express
charges prepaid.
411 Water Street,
ROBERT LEWIN & CO.,
Telephone, 2179. Pittsburg, Pa.
Opposite H. & O. Depot
'J IF YOU HAVE NOT
i; A CLEAR
i; COMPLEXION ;fi
J> it is only one of many indications
1| that your liver is out of order. J ►
J > Use a remedy of < [ j
50 YEARS
', standing 1 , that lias acquired a ,;
!' reputation for curing Livercom- '!
< I plaints—such as 1 ►
SELLERS' CELEBRATED >
LIVER PILLS. <;
< [ They are easy to take, will <»
] > improve *your complexion and < [
1J relieve you of those low spirits, '»
J > sleepless nights, sick headache, < [
< f costiveness and biliousness. ' >
< > W. J. QILMORE CO. '!
< [ PITTSBURG, P*.. ! »
' | At all Druggists, 25c. , >
MARKLETOH
SANATORIUM
Has all the elements Necessary
for an Ideal Health Resort
Skillful Medical Service,
Invigorating Mountain Air,
Pure Waters,
Scenery Unsurpassed in America.
Only three hours' ride east from
Pittsburg, in the Allegheny moun
tains.
Open all the year, under tl»» medical con
trol of Dr. E. O. Grossman, graduate of Uni
versity of Vermont, asslswd by skillful phy
sicians. Appointments of the most, approved
kinds, and tirst-class in every respect.
Treatment by medicines and baths of all
kinds, massage ami electricity. Hot, and
cold, salt Turkish, Koman, sltz. electro
thermal. electro-chemical and needle hatlK*.
Building heated with hot water, lighted by
electricity, supplied with pure mountain
water, surrounded by quiet, restful moun
tain scenery. Located on Pittsburg division
of B. ,Sc O. if. K.. which connects it with »he
principal cities and their railroad systens;
also with the Pennsylvania railroad at.
Ilyndman, Johnstown. Connelsvillc, itr.ui
dock. Terms reasonable. Special rates for
ministers, missionaries, teachers, physicians
and their families
For further Information and circulars
address
m MARKLETON SANATORIUM CO.,
Markleton, Somerset Co.,
For Sale.
House and lot in New Kensington, Pa.
The lot is located in a desirable portion
of New Kensington and is 20x125. There :
is a well upon the lot containing excel- i
lent water. The house is small, having i
but two rooms, but it is substantially'
built. The owner desin-s to sell because-;
she is an aged widow lady whose family
is dead and who hopes to spend the rest '
of her life with friends and relatives. •
The property will be sold for five hun
(soo) dollars. One hundred dollars are
to l»e paid in cash and time will be given,
for payment of the remaining four hun
dred <f"llais.
For information call on or address,
JOHN J. NOLSBKIM, ■
Connoquenessing, Pa. j
THE CITIZEN.
HOUSEHOLD THEORIES.
Scientific Knowledge I* Sot •» Valu
able «• Practical Eiperl-
There is nothing in the world easier
j than to lay out the work of ether p«o-
I pie systematically, according to set
I rules and method, and there are a
great many people who foolishly em
ploy themselves in this manner to the
neglect of that work which has been
given them to do on their own account.
It is doubtful if the world was ever
benefited muah by the theories of peo
ple without practical experience to
guide them.
The woman who has never cooked,
who has never catered to the needs of
n family, cannot teach cooking to
others or give lessons in household
economj' which will be of practical
value. All the knowledge of chemistry
and of physiology that can be learned
is not worth the practical experience
of one intelligent woman who has
toiled successfully, however humbly,
In her kitchen, solving these problems.
Invaluable as science is in solving the
problems of the household, its chief
value is as an assistant to practical ex
perience. The good sense and instinct
1 of true motherhood, when guided by
experience, have proved a far less falli
ble method of dealing with household
problems than science has yet given
us. There are reasons for this. If men
and women were machines it would
be quite possible to serve their needs
by exact methods. Households are
composed of. individuals, sensate be
ings whose needs and whose condi
tions often vary infinitely from each
other. The problem of each household
is to meet these individual needs, and
it must be forever a problem which
;must be solved individually. Science
deals only with the average man. and
fails to touch the needs of some individ
uals. What is proved to be the correct
food for the average man may be some
exceptional man's poison. It has been
repeatedly proved that established the
ories of food must be abandoned before
practical experience in individual cases.
There are persons to whom strawber
ries are poisonous, and others who find
wholesome meat, and even milk, na
ture's so-callecl "universal food," indi
gestible. All household problems,
like the problem of food, are
also more or less individual ones.
It depends largely upon the moth
er of the family to decide what
is best for her own. She knows by long
experience the individual needs of each
child. She remembers that thisone has
a delicate throat, another, perhaps, a
weak digestion. It is the fact that she
treats her family and selects their food
from her knowledge of their individu
ality that will always render the home
table superior to that of a hotel. The
home table may be a plain one, but love
guides the caterer and; dictates the ex
penditures. It is arranged to suit the
needs of the individual family, not on
any set- theory. It is for that reason it
is the most delightful ar.d most whole
some table in the world.
One shudders involuntarily over the
physical degradation of a family fed
by theory, each day on just the correct
scientific allowance of proteids,
starches and fats, as at the thought of
the table of the young bridle of the
comic song, who cooked food by "chem
ical formulae." Men are not willing to
be treated like machines in a matter
so vital and so individual, though there
are a great many well-intentioned peo
ple who are forever attempting to solve
the problems of home by some rule
that will apply to all. The fact is be
coming more and more apparent, after
years of foolish experiment to the
contrary, that men and women are un
willing to give up the individuality of
home to meet any theory of what is
best for them. The day is further away
than ever when they will be willing to
be feci, housed and clothed on any
cheap universal plan.—X. Y. Tribune.
A PRIME FISH CHOWDER.
Directions for Preparing; a Deliclou*
Dish Which Dates Back to
Colonial Time*.
And now for that promised fish chow
der. This is a genuine Jsew England
dish. It dates back to the earliest co
lonial times. It is said to have ap
peared on the tables at Plymouth on
the very first Thanksgiving day that
was kept as a holiday, when the first
harvest was gathered. Perhaps we
shall have an added respect for the dish,
knowing that it is historic.
You will please observe the following
proportions in preparing your ingre
dients:
To every pound of fish —cod or had
dock is the best for the purpose —use
a one-inch cube of salt pork, half an
onion, two potatoes, a speck of pepper,
one tablespoonful of flour, one table
spoonful of butter, one cupful of milk
and two crackers.
See that the fish is l carefully cleaned
and cut. into pieces after the bone is
removed!. .You may bone the fish your
self, or the marketman will do It for
you. It will save you trouble if you
have it done. Cook the bones of the
fish ami the hea*d in boiling water for
half an hour, then strain the water and
save it. Cut the stilt pork and the onion
into dice and fry until they are a light
brown. In the meantime peel and slicg
the potatoes and let them scald for five
minutes; pcur off the waten- and add to
the scaidexl potatoes the waiter in whirh
the bones- were boiled, and the pork fat.,
which has l>een strained to remove the
pieces* of onion and the solid bits of
pork. I'ut this over the fire in a stew
pan. and wluen it is l>oiling add the fish
ana simmer ten minutes, or until ihe
potatoes are tender; lasn of all, add the
pepper, bulber. milk and crackers.
I am sure if any of you try this recipe
you will find that the -;howder is le
licious, even if you do sot care much
about the ordinary fish --howder. But
you see that this is an extraordinary
one.—Sallie Joy White jn Woman's
Home Companion.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will stop
your cough at once. Take advice and
buy a bottle of this reliable medicine
for 25 cts.
It is customary in China to congratu
late a fat man, because it is taken for
granted that he must be rich.
Get rid of scrofula taints in your
blood by taking a few bottles of Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
You need good blood if you would
1 have good health. Therefore take
; Hood's Sarsaparilla.
' A hundred years ago th< re were only
i six cities in the United States. Now
1 there are over 400.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liv«r Ills, 81l-
I lousness, Indigestion, Headache.
' Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c.
j Fish with white flesh are more easily
l digested than fish with reddish flesh.
RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY.
1 'Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
V Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days,
j Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. It removes at once the
i causes and the disease immediately dis
! appears. The first dose greatly benefits;
j75 cents. Sold by J. C. Redic, and J. F.
i Hilph Druggists Butler Apr 96
1 Farming will be duller than ever if
! the rural letter carrier gets to be
:an institution and does away with
j the chance of going to the postoffice.
All politicians are not dishonest
' Some are still in the amateur class.
If You Hat e it Uaby.
Don't kill it with nostrums for
j coughs, colds and croup Use the only
i safe and certain cure, lioxsie's C C C
LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN.
The Old Sunn of «lie Itlg Toad la the
LUtlc I'uddle Tented by »
Xew Yorker.
"I do cot assert that my tale lias any
moral tied to it, but if any young man
wants it he can have it Maybe there
are some who could win out on i', but
I couldn't be fixed in any way to try it
again."
The man Mho opened the talk had
been asked by several men muchyoung
er than he what he would do if he had
an offer that had been made to them.
"I don't know who said it," he con
tinued, "but it was by some one who
had been there, you can gamble, and
this is what hesaid: 'There are critical
times in every man's career whei a de
cision decides a destiny.'
"The critical moment in my lite was
when a Yankee from a New England
town played the siren to 1113 hopes. 1
am sure I am not the first man who
listened, but 1 believe 1 am one of the
first to tell the result. He d< inon
strated to me that a young man could
live cheaper in a. small town —on one
half the money he could earn in New-
York and get more out of the existence,
lie applied the theory to me personally.
He had the place and half the money to
offer.
"Some of the allurements of this
gold-brick dealer were, ns' I viewed
them, enumerated in the following or
der: No competition, unlimited credit
a social at the jump and 110
questions asked, immediate member
ship in the club, the acquaintance of
the leading men. To these were added
the possibilities, namely, chance to get
in ou the ground floor of the business
and matrimony in a rich family.
"To a man who had been sleeping in
a hall room, third floor, back, and eat
ing an occasional uieal under the same
roof. :n the house of a Hungarian over
on the east side, this picture of the New
England man looked like the sweet
fields beyond the swelling flood.
"I reached the New England town, or
city as you call it, Sunday morning. If
any of you are going to a New England
town on trial don't go in on Sunday.
If the forecaster can locate a tornado
in the place select that date. In that
case you might liud things lively. Of
course all depends upon what you are
going for. I lived in the house of o'ne
of the descendants. I could not have
stopped at the tavern on the salary I
had accepted. This was the first awak
ening. My venerable landlord and his
good wife were frugal indeed. They
had family prayer and retired early. I
had been drilled in both. I might have
changed my quarters, but inquiry
brought information about other
places which made them no more desir
able. Whenever I left the house in the
eveniug I was requested to return early,
so as not to be a nuisance. They didn't
call it that, but that was what they
meant; and on the following morning
1 was interrogated much closer than I
had ever been at my home.
"The man who had led mc into this
beautiful dream life said to me one day_
that as soon as the season opened he
hoped to introduce me into society, lie
said society would be home in about
two- months. I asked him if there were
no people in town on whom I could re
hearse, as it were, until the elect re
turned. But I learned that there were
no rehearsals. There were but two
classes in the place, the aristocrats and
the commoners:-. Any association with
the latter cut off approach to the circles
of the former.
"Finally I was posted for member
ship in the club and was blackballed
But that turned out to be a mistake.
The man who did it apologized. He
thought I was another man of the same
name. I was afterward accepted, but
I think there were some who never
quite understood it. Whenever a game
became interesting to me the other fel
lows had engagtments and went to ful
fill them.
"I had some friends to dinner at the
club one Sunday. It was a dry affair in
spite of my attempt at bribery, for
which I was lectured by the officers of
the club. When the season opened I
some invitations and accepted
them. The same rule applies to accept
ances in a New England town that ap
plies in other towns. To accept creates
an obligation. The obligation is can
celed only by reciprocity. I like the
recprocial dea. But the obligations
were created more rapidly than I de
sired, or, to be honest, than I could af
ford to reciprocate. You will pardon,
the coinage of my speech, but before 1
knew it I was up to my neck in the so
cial swim of this New England town.
You know you can swim out in New
York. You can't do it in a small city.
And you can't stop once you are in it
And in New York you can lose yourself
when they begin to crowd you. But in
tlie New England town you have a beil
on your neck, and wherever you go it
rings. In New York you don't have to
drop anything o_n the plate if you don't
want to. You can'l drop a penny in a
gum slot in a New England town but
everybody knows the brand you chew.
"I did not remain in the New England
community to \\liich I had been enticed
long enough to test the possibilities cf
which the siren whispered. But when
I did leave, iu fact before I left, I dis
covered that while I could secure the'
necessities of life in a New England
town at reduced rates as compared
with home living in New York, the half
->alary paid in the New England com-'
munity does not even start the recipient
in the social race which he must make
f he expects any sort of recognition.
If you have money you can live in a
Xew England town, but if you have
money you don't want to live there.
"I have my old room in the Hun
garian's house in Second avenue. It
will take me a yoiit to pay for the
caper I cut in a New England town, but
nobody here will know what I am do
ing. When a man talks to you about
being t big toad in a little puddle,
shake hi in." —N Y Sun.
English in Porto Kieo,
The efforts of the good people of
Porto Rico to adapt themselves to the
changed condition of affairs is being re
flected in a highly entertaining manner
by the local newspapers. One of them,
a daily published at San Juan, is at
present printing a series of English and
Spanish lessons for the benefit of its
readers, the idea being to give a num
ber of jihrases useful in every day inter
course. Here i;s a sample installment,
with the English on the left and the
pronunciation of the words, according
to the San Juan conception of Ameri
can lingo, on the right:
How are you?
se pronuncia liau aa in.
Quite well, thank you.
se pronuncia Kuaic well, zenk in.
And your family?
se pronuncia Eiud in feniili?
Not very well.
se pronucia Natt veri uei"
Who is sick?
se pronuncia Hu iz sik?
My boy.
se pronuncia Mai boi.
Good by.
se pronuncia Bud bai.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup never fails to
cure throat and lung trouble. Physi j
cians recommend this wonderful medi
cine. 25 cts.
The weather has been showing some
spring samples.
It knocks tlieui all out
Hoxie's C C. C. is the only remedy
known that will cure a cold in one
hour. 50 cents. Sample mailed free.
A. P. Hoxie, Buffalo, N. Y. '
EARLIEST LETTERS KNOWN.
flabjrloniun Correspondence Discov
ered Dalliiu Hack to Alira
llUlU'N Time.
During the last few years the Baby
lonian collection of the Rritish museum
has been enriched by the important
addition of several thousands of tab
lets obtained chiefly by Dr. Budge dur
ing his expeditions to the east on be
half of the trustees. Among the prin
;ipal objects are a large number of
small tablets, many of them of the en
velope or duplicate class, which were
found at Tell-sifr, in South Babylonia,
representing the ancient City of Lnrsa
(the Ellasar of Genesis 14}. The ma
jority of. these were contracts or les»al
documents, but among them are many
letters, both private and official. This
collection, having just been carefully
arranged, is found to contain one of the
most important series of inscriptions
which has ever been rescued from ori
ental ruins. It is a group of 50 letters,
written by Khammurabi, king of Baby
lon, who resigned about 2300 B. C., and
who is generally identified with the
Amrapliel of Genesis 14. We have al
ready been made acquainted with the
existence of a system of letter writing
in use among the kings of the east at
an early period, as illustrated by the
famous Tel-el-Amarna tablets.
These, we know, present the diplo
matic and private correspondence be
tween the kings of Syria, Mitanni, or
northern Mesopotamia, and Babylon,
:md may be dated about 1450 B. C. The
valuable series of tablets which has just
been secured for our National museum
belong to a period of 1,006 years earlier,
and are certainly the oldest known let
ters in the world. The position of
those Babylonian letters in oriental
literature is of extreme importance.
They reveal the existence of a regular
system of correspondence between
rulers and- their subordinates, and that
writing was not only used to record
events in royal annals, byt for ordinary
purposes. They are, besides, manifest
ly the models for all after-time, as in
the case of the diplomatic correspond
ence in the Tel-el-Amarna tablets. We
can now see how overshadowing was
the influence of Babylonian over all
western Asia. During the thousand
years which elapsed between the time
of Khammurabi atul the date of these
later letters discovered some years ago,
Babylonia became the educational cen
ter of the oriental world.
The great library at Borsippa was
the school and university not only of
Chaldea. but of Syria. North Mesopo
tamia, and Asia Minor. Fragments of
the Deluge and Creation tablets, dated
from a period more Shan 1.000 years
before Moses, have been discovered in
Babylonia. It is therefore clear that if
the scribes of Canaan were taught
to write and use the cuneiform-script,
through these influences, there must
have been some among them who were
acquainted with the traditions stored
in the Chaldean libraries. The present
find is indeed a great one; but one can
only regard it as a prelude to still more
important discoveries which will prob
ably put a new aspect on the vexed
question of Hebrew origins. To possess
letters eonfemporary with the time of
Abraham is certainly an astonishing
result of oriental exploration, and one
which far exceeds the wildest dreams
of those who first revealed to us the
buried cities of Assyria and Babylonia.
—Scotsman.
SOURCES OF RUBBER SUPPLY.
New Fields 31u»t Soon !!p Opened to
Meet the Rapidly Increas
ing Demand.
The total amount of rubber that was
brought to the markets in the year end
ing June 30 last was 4G.750 tons. Of
this amount Brazil produced 24,750
tons, or a little more than half the
entire supply. Africa's share was 19,-
800 tons, leaving only 2,200 tons to be
supplied by the rest of the world. In
dia furnished 405 tons and the balance
of the supply, 1.705 tons, from Cen
tral America and parts of South Amer
ica outside of Brazil.
When the export of rubber from Bra
zil began aljout 50 years ago. the quan
tity shipped in a year was only 405
tons. The British minister in Brazil
estimates that ihc area of rubber pro
ducing territory in Brazil that is still
untouched amounts to 961,000 square
miles, or nearly a third of the area of
the United States, exclusive of> Alaska.
The great difficulty ill developing these
rubber regions is the scarcitv of pop
ulation and the consequent necessity
of carrying food supplies everywhere.
In all the vast rubber regions of Bra
zil it is estimated that there are only
140,000 inhabitants. The rubber dis
tricts that thus far have furnished the
supply are becoming exhausted and tTTe
total production last year was less than
in the preceding year.
In Africa there was until recently
only one region which had been very
conspicuous as a rubber producer. This
was the Portuguese colony of Angola,
which in ISS9 sent to the market 1,728
tons, while the Gold Coast and Lagos
together furnished only 912 tons. In
that year the Congo basin appeared in
the market as a source of supply. Its
progress since then has been rapid, and
in 1897 1,000 tons were exported from
the upper Congo, though the rubber
had to be carried a long distance on
the heads of porters. The present
prospects are that the Congo will some
day be Brazil's nearest rival in the pro
duction of rubber.—X. Y. Sun.
in 11.
Mrs. Doolan Only think, Mrs.
Grog-an; thot dear Paddyrowsky has
practiced fo har-rd at the piannv fer
the lasht six months thot he has para
loized two fingers.
Mrs. Grogan—Begorrah! thot's noth
ing. Mrs. Doolan. Me daughter Mary
Ann has practiced so har-rd fer the
laslit six months thot she's paraloized
two piannies.—Judge.
It is sometimes advisable to use a
telephone when you speak the truth.
A candidate for office is criticized if
too friendly and also if not friendly
enough.
VJCK^
Bulbs and Plants have gone to thousandsof satisli* >1 cum
tomers for half a century,and to celebrate t). •"• , th year ,
m business we have issued a Golden Weddiug editioti of
Vick's and Floral
which Is a work of art. 24 pages lithograph l »tt colors.
4 puses souvenir, nearly 100 pages tilled with hand-Minn:
half tone illustrations of Flower*, Vegetables riant*.
Fruits,etc.,elegantly bound in white ami {.'old. A n. i
vel in catalogue making; an authority on all subjects
pertaining to the garden, with care for t!.e s .me. and a
descriptive catalogue of all that i* desirable It i> t•
expensive to give away indiscriminately I ut we w.-.nt
everyone Interested in* a g»>d garden to have a < •
therefore we will send the <«nide ttnd n • lor
DIE 111 LI. for i.V. win Hi ol »rril 15 CtS. j
It tell* how credit la giveu for Full Amount of
purchase to buy other goods
Vick's Little Cem Catalogue...
A perfect little gem of api iceli-t. It is simply the
Guide condensed, finely illuntrated, and in handv
shape, making it convenient for reference, FREE |
Vicks Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Knlarged, improved and tin to date on all subjects 1
relating to Gardening. IT i tinilture. etc. 50 cents !
a year. Specinl I **«!!• oiler -the .tl:i«cit/.itio
one year, and tlu* (;uidc J'"i *25 cents,
jur new plan of selling Vegetable Seeds gives you more
for your money than any seed house in America.
James Vicks Sons,
Rochester, N. Y.
/• j(c
C/res n specialized Bread- winning Education.
ROW CIRCULARS ADDRESS,
if. DUFF cfc SONS, CI t Filth A rcaue,
PITTSBURG, PA. J
C. E. Miller's
Great Unloading Sale
OF
Boots. Shoes and Rubbers
Butler's Greatest Shoe Sale.
WE DEFY ALL COMPETITION.
WE LEAD—Others Follow.
Our reputation for truthful advertising is well known.
When we advertise an article, we have it; and as soon as we
are sold out we take the "ad" out of the paper. Cut out
some of these ads written by our -cared competitors, go to
them and you will find they have not more than one item
in ten they advertise. Do you think this is business? It
means business for us, for they soon find out their game,
and give us their trade.
The People of Butler Know Us.
They trust us; they believe our statements because we
advertise nothing but what we have. The best way to get
a man's record is to find out how lie stands at home; if his
neighbors endorse him and give him their patronage, you
are safe to do the same.
Our Great Fall Trade.
The largest we ever had, did not come to us by chance.
Our goods, our prices and our method of doing business
met the approval of the people, and they showed it by their
very liberal patronage.
We Have the Goods at the Right Prices.
We are gmnjfcto have a sale this month of Winter Boots, Shoes
and Rubbers. Now, we have more goods than we should have at this
lime; thev were all bought at about 50 cents on the dollar. The time
has come when these g.>ods must be sold. Cost and profit are lost siaht of
Our Prices Will Stand Comparison.
Now, if you care to test us, go to any shoe store in Butler, get their
lowest cash prices— not their advertised prices, for they can't produce
half the g«xx!s they advestisc at the prices) but get their prices on goods
they have on sale and come to us; we will save you 25 per cent.
Great Rubber Sale
NOW IN PROGRESS AT
Butler s Progressive Shoe House
C. E. MILLER,
215 South Main St,, Butler, Pa.
RUFFS
GREAT SALE
Of Goods Bought at J. McD. Scott's
Assignee s Sale
Now in full blast, is a "teat success. Have you seen the
bargains we are giving? Cut out our advertisement and
bring it with you. If we do not produce all goods just as
advertised, we will pay your expenses from any part of ut
ler county. Our competitors are confounded. Our prices
are beyond competition, Their perplexity is your oppor
tunity. Come to the greatest shoe sale ever attempted.
Below we name you prices on a few goods such as are
sold daily, but we want you to know that these are only a
few of the bargains we offer. Our shelves and counters are
loaded with lots more, pleiuy of them better bargains than
these.
Ladies' Fine Flexible Sole,best quality Silk Vesting Tops, Lace;
this shoe would be a bargain at $3; sale price $2.00
Ladies' Vici Kid, Lace, an up-to-date dress shoe 2.C0
Lsdies' Hand Welts, extension sole, made in latest round toe.. 2.00
Scott's Ladies' s3. co Shoes, price stamped on bottom; this shoe
is ma le with Dongola Vamps and Silk Vesting Tops, best
white oak outer soles, Dongola Coin Tip, sale price 1.45
Ladies' Fine Kid Coin Patent Tip Laec Shoes 85
l adies' Genuine Dongola Kid Patent lip Button, 3 t° 7 75
Ladies' Black or Tan Leggins
Men's Heavy-Soled Winter Tans 1/5
Men's Heavy-Soled Call Lined Black Shoes I-75
Men's Heavy-Soled Vici Kid, lace, kid lined, 1-95
Men's Wear Proof Calf Shoes 1 5°
Men's Satin Calf Dress Sooes 85
Men's Working Shoes, all sizes, as low as 5°
Men's Two Sole and Tap Leather Boots 1-35
Misses' Kid Patent Tip Dress Shoes 75
Misses' Oil Grain School Shoes 5°
Boys' Dress Shoes 75
Gokey's Boys' High Cut Copper-Toed Shoes at $1.40 and 1.25
Children's Spring Heel Shoes, sto 8 35
Infants' Kid Patent Tip Shoes, 2 to 5 15
Children's Rubbers, spring heel i°
Misses' Rubbers, spring heel '5
Ladies' Strap Rubbers, just a few sizes 9
Ladies' Croquet Rubbers, (Candee make all sizes 15
Boys' Rubbers. (Candee make) 3 20
Boys' Buckle Arctics 5°
Youths' Rubbers '5
Men's Low Rubbers, (Candee make) 3°
Men's High Cut Rubbers, (Candee make) 4°
Men's Low Arctics 5°
Men's Rubber Boots l-(>s
Men's Felt Boots and Buckle Overs, some sizes only 1.25
Men's White Felt Boots and Buckle Overs 1-75
Men's Genuine Knit Boots and Buckie Overs **7s
Men's Best Heavy Buckle Arties 9°
Ladies' Rubber Boots 1. 00
Misses K übber Boots 85
A. RUFF & SON,
High Grades.
Low/ Prices
PilfflTKE OLD RFLiiDit Practical Horse shore
WILL ROBINSON.
„rnu£Nc ■*X Formerly Ilorse Shoer at the
/ this IS JUsr\C\ vtU vcccr> CSC \ \ I 7 .
/ whaf 1 shail " . . £.Vc>£«sf ®\ Wick Koue has opened bust
'DO AFTER THIS .. -v 'A . „ .
- AS) 1 Ui ness in a shop in the rear of!
\ - i the Arlington Hotel, where
' le <lo Horse-Shoeing in j
j the most approved style.
>5, TRACK AND ROAD HORSES
■ EVERVWHEgfo ■ A SPECIALTY.
W £AR TWICE: A|. J- .
c n As _ANY OTHf K '
jfce • TRY it
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I Clearance Clearance! I
Sale I • < >
The Leading Millinery House of Butler Co. < >
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE. ] J
All Holiday goods left over will be sold at almost \ former price^
All Millinery Goods prices cut in .J. *
Mourning goods for immediate use always in stock. 4 y
122 S. Main St D. T. Pape. BUTLER. PA#
>O0OOOOOOO<XXXX)OOOOOOOOO<i(
pni no »rt-ions at pr*svnt, nuinv'turn into the seemingly harm-
VfvJLUO l ,u ' r» :illv datiifcrous "THK Treatment should he
• 'Mimrnritl when t!»♦• tirst symptom is f«*lt and only those who receive the
«!• ;it«'Nt eare r»v»»ver without it lea vine any 111 afT«*cts». When your physician pre*crilH*s
foi you bring tin* prvsi-rlption to us ana we will till it carefully and with'pure drugs only.
You should also havt* a hot water bottle to keep your feet warm at night which will add
much to a speedy recovery. lN»u*t suiter from colli foot when we can sell you one at a very
reasonable price.
RE DICK & GROHMAN
Prescription Druggists.
109 NORTH MAIN ST. BUTLER.
CLOSING OUT SALE
To Quit Business!
I will proceed to close out at once the entire stock and fixtures
of D. A. Heck, consisting of Men's, Hoys' and Children's Clothing,
Overcoats, Suits, Pants, Shirts, Collars, Cuff-, Ties, Underwear,
Gloves, Mittens, Hosiery, Trunks, Valises, Notions, Watches, Chains,
Charms, Collar and Sleeve Buttons, Ladies' and Misses' Pins, Solid
Gold Ring set with Genuine Stones, Solid, Goldfilled and ! lated
Rings, 2 Safes, 2 Office Desks, 5 Show Cases, 15 Tables and lamps.
The whole to be closed out within sixty days. To any one desiring
to go into business ihis aftords a good opportunity, the room is large
and light, with office, desks, safes and cases all in order Investigate.
J. C. HGCK, Trustee
121 N. Main St., Butler. Pa.
— *
Whiskey
AS A
Medicine!
We don't claim that whiskey is a "cure-all", but physicians' te'l
us that a little good whiskey a> a stimulant is helpful in nearly all
cases brought on by changes in the weather.
Have you the "GRIPPE"? Have you a heavy COLD? If s >
get some whiskey and note it's good effect.
We have a reputation for keeping good liquors.
Guaranteed absolutely pure and free from all impurities--1 lere- are
some of our prices:
Anchor Rye—A good whiskey for the money, $2.00 per gallon.
Cabinet Rye —Can't be beat, - 3.00 " '•
Bear Creek Rye—A very fine whiskey, - 400 " "
Gin, Rum, Kummel, Brandy, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per gal.
We have some very fine California wines of 1892 vintage, Port,
Sherry and Angelica at $2.00 per gallon. They are of good body
and of exquisite flavor.
Remember we pay expressage on all orders of $5.00 and over
except where a transfer is necessary from one Express Co., to
another, when we pay expressage to point of transfer.
MAX KLEIN,
Wholesale Liquors,
82 FEDERAL ST., AL! EGHENY» PA
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