VOL* xxxvii Receipts and Expenditures of Butler County for the Year 1899. f LEVY AND TAX ASSESSMENT FOR 1899. ~ DISTRICTS. | £ £ S 3 Adams Iwp * 4«Mi ."WW* 1 529 '>os 502 ofis 136 50$ 1 4i>7 85 Alleghenv 259 tor. 1 168 45 52 08 58 25 1 278 78 Butler . 355 015 1 597 57 246 52 128 25 1 972 :S4 Buffalo 383 0:»7 1 723 76 179 64 126 00 2 029 30 Bra4v 197 060 886 77 80 72 29 25 i) 96 74 Cliuton 373 031 1 678 04 l!Xt 13 105 75 1 974 52 Clay \ 323 771 1 456 97 S'J 13 78 7r. 1 624 85 Center 299 498 1 347 74 69 17 7» 50 1 496 21 Clearfield 234 974 1 057 38 13H 54 87 75 1 288 67 Cherrv 289 387 1 302 24. lis <Ki 101 25 1 521 55, Connoqnenessing 300 476 1 352 14 343 99 105 00 1 801 13 Cranberry :.. 395 447 1 779 51 255 15 92 25 2 126 91 Concord 295 287 1 328 79 112 11 *6 25 1 527 15 Donegal 268 146 1 206 66 158 39 130 50 I 495 55 Forward ". 346 24(1 1 558 OH 5*3 56 120 25 2 261 89 Franklin 294 735 1 326 31 117 51 S3 25 1 527 «>7 Fairview 290 100 1 305 4-> l-i-> 4-> 1"* 1 05 Jeffersou .. J>46 767 I 5tK) 4«> ■»>•> 04 i-. •>*) 2 072 99 .Tack--on .... 403 777 IMI7 00 383 23 90 00 2 290 23 Lancaster 288 *l7 1 299 6* 124 OH <«i <H> 1 519 76 Marion 257 37s 1 158 20 92 25 81 00 I3s 1 45 Mercer 156 631 704 s4 !*o 1;-; 46 50 s4l 4i Middlesex 430 459 1 937 07 1 264 s9 HO 75 3 262 71 Mnddvcreek 261 537 1 176 91 It >s 132 oo 1 :!.>6 69 Oakland 291 Gss 1 312 59 -73 54 97 50 2 683 63 Peun . . 337 268 1 517 70 654 15 130 00 2 301 85 Parker 290 946 1 309 26 109 82 74 25 1 493 33 Summit 311 777 1 403 oo 339 ;»G 124 •>() 1 S6i 06 Slippery Rock 383 184 1 724 33 126 50 Ml oo 1 931 83 Vemn<'o 202 7.»7 1 182 41 44 04 91 00 l ~1, 4-> Washington 318 HI 1 1 434 65 271 Os 96 75 1 802 48 Winfield 295 704 1 330 67 456 41- 98 25 1 885 33 Worth .. 316 27« 1 423 25 so 11 si oo l 590 36 Bntler boro, Ist ward 495 860 2 231 31! 491 22 S3 2> 2 805 S3 ' '• 2d ward ; 697 594 3 139 18 659 97 27 75 3 822 90 ' " 3d ward 621 0:54 2 794 65 741 73 39 oo 3 575 38 " " 4th ward 425 697 1 915 64 815 68 31 0 ( , 2 762 32 •• " sth ward 469 351 2 112 08 1 242 97 43 50 3 365 05 Centerville boro 136 742 615 34 454 75 21 00 1 091 09 ConnoquenessiDg 41 421 186 39 81 89 9 00 277 28 Evans City 204 776 921 49 434 68 19 50 1 475 67 Fairview ". 36 715 165 22 49 90 1125 226 37 Harmony 126 658 569 96 98 62 12 00 710 55 Harrisville 63 157 284 20 454 4.> t 50 746 15 Karns City 23 185 104 33" 120 18 75 125 28 Millers town 117 936 530 71 -»ls 04 4s Oo 1 096 <■> Mars 93 110 419 00 247 71 37 35 704 46 Prospect 70 615 317 77 217 32 10 50 54-> 59 IVtrolia 37 151 167 18 103 32 15 00 285 50 Portersville : 50 353 226 59 58 29 7 50 292 38 Saxonburg 94 396 424 78 327 50 29 on 781 28 Snnbnrv j 55 116 248 02 38 50 6 7.i 293 27 Valencia 25 360 114 12 46 08 9 75 169 95 Zelienople 205 089 922 '.HI 388 08 31 50 1 342 48 Total *14357 488 *64 60S 67*15 599 43 if 3 807 75*84 015 85 STATEMENT OK TAX KECEIVED AN D 1)1."E FROM K" ANI> PREVIOUS. I i I i i~| j f i f | I jlfl DISTRICTS. COLLECTORS. - | jr ~ ~ Bntler Township . . M. Dufford I*' , ~ $ 3s ret# ffs I Muddyoreek Geo. MrGec Is>'.» 11 sS n s*; Cherry I. W. Newman M«i 1"> 05 l.'i U."i Brady T. A. Mines IMC • SI 71 31 71 SllDperyroek Joseph L.Cooper.. t trj i <K Winfleld August Kreellng... I>:*i -7 «»:» 2»i !1 I > Allegheny las. Jolly H'7 788 7IS Butler Township .. .. T. I), I'it rcc I«i7 :»« <»« 2» iW IS .17 33 78 Clinton la) K. Kiddle 1W 75 !*) 38 4 7". is Clearfleld E. J. Kennedy lit, ■!."> ill 111 :i :s:.' Cherry 11. I- Russell 1" 87 s> 76 ".I Denecal I". W. Waltman I 3« 51 !fi :»n 08 an 88 Marion loseph Vandyke 33 17 38 00 Ili 7 Venango II It. Stalker - :, 7 3) Ba"> 5t 10 '1 80 «"> Worth W. 11. Plsor 8 5S 8 47 rt .. Butler Borough lohn S. Ja. k 1«W 16, tOUO W H3 83 880 « s»iw CentervlUe Frank Forrester 4 07,. I K Harmony I'red Welgle -1 70 84 76 .... .... Karns city Frank Itlbblt 3.W . . 357... ... IVtrolia - F. M. Fritz *177 18 07 881 8 111 ... Saxonburg I. E. Muder 3 •*< • -m Connoonenesslng— <'asper I ell ■! 00 I 48 ti Washington Twp— Austin Meals 10 78 14 08 71 l :i-> 55 Adams lames Orr ls'JS 757 !C «« »K 36 40 3H S4 Allegheny lames Jolly ;fc> o II 47s ai» 3.1 O" It, s* .... Buffalo lohn Harbison 733 «s «S3 4s X> IITJ jiutler Township F. 1) Fierce liHK 37 S7O KJ 4.i 3>> VM'M ... Brady Frank McCurdy I«l :w <BB 4in 574 ... Clinton James B. Riddle 747 >7 4Hi 81 21 I* 87s 111 ........ Center I. I). Smith 818 84 IKt «8 10 81 *II Clay Kolierl Conn lilii 07 i«4.« 17 8s 01 37 10 ... Clearfield Kennedy «l Os Ou |s s,; 75 13 lis 70 ... .... Cherry Ilugh Sproull 80s 60 40 00 811 —HI 5S Counonuenesslng .. R. S. Ilenry 473 41 i:io 04 88 57 80 80 Cranberry Andrew Kirchler '-3 Concord Robert Adams 3."*> 77 81t.l Z'< 15 43 ts o.i Donegal Thomas Waltman 570 01 450 00 83 114.1 si s7 ........ Forward Geo. M. Marberger so 710 5s 37 78 51 50 Fairview I.J.Campbell »$» 82 x«4 :» 45 50 >3O 15 07 Franklin MonzoMet andless . f125 .".s 56s 00 80 05 86 lit ... Jefferson M. Barr 4*2 58 448 30 83 20 Hi 03 Jackson A. 11. Mlckley 355 17 308 84 15 01 37 irj Lancaster Samuel Hartley 433 Hi 405 52 21 34 r, Marlon loseph Vandyke 3*2 5s 200 00 10 53 02 o; 100 0s ....... Merger I.J.MeGarvey Hi* 2H 156 7s H25 3 17' ... Middlesex K. O. Thompson ion so 50 65 315 37 0s Muddycreek Grant Jones 531 74' 504 34 36 3S 702 1 Oakland IVter Whltmlrc :w *0 Is 08 100 lit s« I'arker loseph \S ally am 25 450 00| 83 lis 37 :#) 110 87 Penn .Geo. E. Hay !») .*« «5 82 4ss :tl mi Slippery Rook 11. Bovard i 611 7s Ml K1 31 14 21 si Summit lolin W. Baldauf li<i7 ;t .is 7 :J0 08 40 83 Venango. |W. 11. Stalker j 505 14 ,">oii 01 Bii li* 6S 45 Washington 'Austin Meals ' 550 33 4in s5 23 2<> 20 43 65 85— Win field I. M. Crookshanks ...I 12110 .>3 53 2*2 64 75 3113 14 Worth W. H. I'isor 441 15 412 07 2171 li 71 Butler Borough lohn 8. Jack 3«6s 24 :«'3 2b 17*50 277 11 110 25 .. .'.... Centerville Frank Forrester 333 86 200 no 10 53 0 111 27 ....'.... Connoquenesslug Casper Fell l3s :> 31 5 iij 10 It; | Evans t'ity Geo. Kipper 375 09, 387 sii 17 25 30 5s Fairview Wm. Gibson .. 12» 02 HH :» 550 *os 205 ........ Harmony Fred Weighs 204 in. 300 00 |M 53 10 3* 43 18 II arrisvllie L 8. Pew K". 3» 70 6- 1 18 1 43 Karns City. Dodgers 40 03' 31 so 1 lis 1; 55 Millerstown I. Donahue 203 41 380 00 13 15 24 00 536 ...ri.... Mars .. Geo. B. Stuart I*3 8.1 155 42 sis 10 IW IVtrolia F. M. Fritz NI 45 3 73 Portersville A. Ilcnshaw *4 70 77 S5 4 08 2 85 77 72 Prospect C. F. Newman 147 S* 1:J0 54 657 lo 47 Saxonburg I. F-. Muder 163 0* 146 4* 771 7SO Sunbury P. P. Brown IK ■*•> 115 *2 600 10 04 Valencia I.I). Stoup 1 167 73 ISO 00 11 12 661 Zellenoplc Wm. Allen 333 *4 200 00 10 53 21 31 Total.... I _. 1 ... 2500s .V>aa->OI 43 |.KS 20 17-7 :»! 1727 77 3 11 3 41 DOG TAX OF ISO* AND PREVIOUS. 1 i f i ►is 1 M o 1 51 j - I?]g3'-i - : . < | ' *ll o I ; 3 5. 5 6. 6 £. ; £• DISTRICT. COLLECTOB. r ~ Z x ~ ~ ~ ji | f \ S f* S! | ; Slippery JKock loseph L. Cooper IHM 7."> 7"> \ Lancaster Ephrlftm Krh IhJV» 1 HI; 1 M Clearfield 11. 11. Duffy 1 m \44 42i Zi Marion fames Gilchrist " VI -'4 12 > »i«; Winfleld Aufnist Freeling " lft 03 15 33 so Saxonburß Born Charles Kaabe " 1*» 041 12 OK 1,57'. lames Jolly IK>7 3 00 ;i 41 11 Hurler Township ... F. D. Pierre I 75 «T> 23 I 21 51 lw Clinton fames Kiddle ! SO 57 3N s2 204 U7l Clearfield K.J. Kennedy I .">7 ! 0 57 Cherry H. L. Kussell 2."» s2 24 -VJ 129 i ... Donegal F. Waltman 51 W 2n I 20 47 9 . Marion. loseph Vandyke II 55 11 07 5S .... Oakland PeU?r Whitmlre 1 (i 2 1 ti2 Venango U. B. Stalker 5S in 17 n:{ 247 h ft»; • Butler l*orough John S. J:u k I'M 23 100 00j •> 21 2tJ 771 Centerville l>orouffh F. Forrester 1 0 Connoquenessing borCasper Fell 2wi IWJ 05 157 1"> Fairview boro A. C. Gibson 10 1 10 Karns Ctty boro Frank Babbit ... 9 ft"» ! 9 <is Millerstown boro I. .1. Donahue 12 59 12 59 IVtrolia boro F. M. Fritz 14 is nsi ;,«> 236 Saxonburg boro ' E. Muder 392 372 20 . Adams. James Orr I*9* <ls 29 4ft 37 139 Ift 53 Allegheny James .lolly 3M 75 33 II 171 393 Butler township F. I>. Pierce I2> 5s us 23 5 17 25 1* Buffalo .lohn Harbison II ft* 30 57 1 «»1 945 Brady Frank McCurdy 30 02 22 53 119 ft 30 Clinton James It. Kiddle •»•"» 57 2ft 19 1 3s 28 00- Concord ICobert Adams 22 70 13 31 70 H ftft Outer f. I>. Smith ft 2 31 Is 7s 251 11 02 Clay ItobertConn 57 07 15 00 237 lo 23 1 53 Cranberry Andrew Kirchler 1 09 1145 s :tft Clearfield E. J. Kennedy 51 77 20 47 ItW 945 17 4ft Cherry Hujch Sprout 19 71 19 71 Conn«M|uenessing U.S. Henry 49 77 37 5C 19 s 10 23 . Donegal F. Waltman 30 40 30 4" Forward George Marburger 100 31 77 52 410 i< 00 Fairview J.J. Campbell.. Hi 57 67 7ft 3 sft ft 00 925 Franklin Alonzo McC and less Is Si 37 59 19s s ft», jeffersoo S. M. Barr 53 59 4ft 42 845 172 Jackson A. 11. Mlckley 31 2ft 22 07 1 Ift 11 03 Lancaster Samuel Beatty 51 49 42 19 222 70> Marlon Joseph Vandyke »i 0 09 15 on 70 1U 74 25 Ift Mercer '.T.J. McGarvey 2ft 14 21 l«» 1 11 393 Middlesex- K.O.Thompson . 1H 52 22 Oft ... 353 Muddycreek Grant Jones 45 99 3s X. 202 551 . Oakland Peter Whitmlre 4 50 5 51 1 01 Penn George E. Hay 32 67 D ift 25 50 Parker Joseph Walley 58 15 30 on 158 10 23 16 31 Summit. IJohn Baldauf 2ft'flO Ift 29; *ft 945 Slippery Bock 111. Bovard ...' 54 16 41 73 235 70> Venango H. S. Stalker 20 7ft 10 00 53 .. 10 23 Washington Austin Meals .... 90 37 25 195 0 4."» 4L 00 Worth W. 11. Plsor 39 59 34 ft 2 IsJ 315 Winfleld J. M. Cruikshank 1.... 38 31 2ft 93 1 3ft 1102 Washington Austin Meals IH®7 18 30 14 7ft 315 .... 1 Butler boro lohn S.Jack ls\H 155 fto 110 69 552 37 so 135 Ceutervllle bt>ro F. Forrester 11 lt> 75 13 41 ..... Conno?|uenessing Imr't asper Fell 453 2HI 15 157 Evan ( ity boro George Kipper ... 28 17 lft 20 Bft 11 02 Fairview M. Gibson 14 9ft 4 72 10 24 llarmony boro Fred NVeigle 42 53 9 45 33 os iiarrlsvllle boro I. S. Pew . 11 81 10 47 55 79j Karns City boro E. I>. Kodgers 10 ft 2 5 •*< 1 ;jo 4 72' Mars boro George B. Stewart 20 Bft 12 31 fts 757 .... Millerstown boro f. J. Donahue 27 52 s 25 19 27 Portersville boro A. Heushaw ... ft 14 5 S3 31 Prospect l>oro .c. F. Newman 4 :i7 2 15 150 Pet roll a boro F. M. Fritz 18 no is on Saxonburg boro J. E. Muder 17 fit 74» 3s 315 6 ftft Sunbury boro P.P. Brown ft 'Si 440 24 150 Valencia boro T. D. Stoup j 709 599 :;2 7s 1 £e lie no pie boro Willlaru Allen. j 15 39 10 89 57 393 Total 2487 2<ils3M O&U> 83 SSJO :iH : :tfll «li 34317 37 THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I - COLLECTORS' ACCOUNT FOR 1«4». DISTRICT. COLLECTORS. g?- j ~ ;|j £ -= Adams .Tamos Orr ~ i SOI ? P' ?«» M «... .«3W X Aili'clicny lames Joilr I22rt .>3 2il W43 428 *4 llra-fy Frank McCurdy "•< 4s) !? '* :l ' lUUTaIo John Harbison i" 12 .211 23 Batter Frank I). Pierce f'- IDOO 00 74 11 WJf Clav .:. R. B. Conn J«|» vmn Hf... . 3»» Clinton James 11. Riddle !m--1 JiSS ?i "'.'f Center I. D. Smith I*l' «! l< '>"* ... i»4 ... Cleartleid E.J. Kennedy 11115 !fl 570 til 40 'JO .. 554 4J Cherry 'Hugh Sproui 1120 .10 1013 00 .1 ..> -i.it >-• Concord' ! Robert Adams 1440 no iix*.« 75 w 1-4 ui Cranberry Andrew Kirchler 20.14 ilti :>, 131 Wl n lii Connouuenesslnir Robert Ilenry lij!*! U 1.>40 00 !•*. ..> .. .•.( t~ IWjwl Frank Waltman 1385 05 sin 00 55 *; 4".- Forward (Jeore' 1 Marlicrsi r -'l4l i.l .»> 121 >1 . .. 201 2-> Fairview F. J. Campbell 14'*) «0 07 '3 04 . f'J*~ 2^ Franklin Alonzo McCandless 1443 1044 .>3 l> .>3 *4n .». leff 'rs.»n \V. H. Trabe liH.> 49 HIM 70 130 IK 2> i 54 Jackson \. Mlckley 22iXI a KISS 00 100 40 7M .<4 Lancaster 1 Samuel Bark lev 14S( 7it -It;-7 02 75 .14 14 Marion Joseph Vandyke 1250 45 730 M) >4 11 ... 4tHi.il Mercer.".!'".'.'.'.'.'.'..'.!. ..... 11. J. Brown 7!H «7 4C7 0.5 30 7!l >-13 Middlesex E. O. Thompson : »»1 '*4 2IW 50 112 M) -1 i»i Sluildycrcek Grant Jones 1224 flB 700 00 51 87 172 -2 Oakland Peter Whitmlre l-'-O 14 14..- 2!i M.» ol t» -I Penn S. Huselton 2171 K5 lOhii - 77 14 20 Parker!!!!!! !!. Joseph 11. Walley 1410 Summit J. W. Raldauf 1750 15.1045 00 ~41 <127 <1 Sllpucryrock W. 11. Bovard IKSO S3 1500 02 105 i; 7 ... 2+5 14 ! Venan/o _. . 11. B. Stalker 1236 « liki Oo ions mi; Washington Vustln Meals 1705 ,3 14'JI 2> 0. -I ... lift (it Worth ! .!!!!!! !!! !!!. w. n. Plsor wk 113421 k»o:I -.VI 1:, Winfleld J. M.Crulkshanks I,s, 0- I.iSO 00 11- .1 124 s7 Ratler Ijorougli lohn S.Jack "''f' tlenl re\ ilie Frank l orrcster 1070 00 <3t, 40 ~| 11- . ~- ,l c'onnoquenesslng J. M. Rose 21s J' l'» WJ -• Evans City George Kipper 1-JJ6 It JSI 15 .0 ,ix .. ,»,i •»« l^jilrview '■ * * ~ ••• ~~ ll'rmonv. ...!.!!.!..!! !!! Fred. W.-lale «» •> r li S ••• llarrisvflle loseph U. Pew t.4s ui 604 «i *1.1.4 ... i>l Karns < Itv E. 11. Rodgers IUS 53 03 ,ti •> 43 ... 38 34 Mars . Geo. If. Stuart OttO 71 430 00 3.152 »W 10 Millerstown I.J. Donahue 104 X 75 71, 5S .4 lii 27. '> Portersville Motizo Henshew >4 St 203 00 1,40 IS4 4, Prospect ( has. Newman 535 00 377 t-> 10 ni I::. 24 IVtrolia !!!! F.M.Fritz 270 st. 172 09 14 68 -I 75 Saxon bur* I. E. Muder 752 28 530 1 5 44 HI .... 176 72 Sunbury P.P.Brown 3*l 51 155 47 13 24 117 m Valencia ... W. 11. Smith I'lo l'.l ,1 •!:> 6 0, -2 ,6 ZellcKopie William Allen 1310 os os 450 72 05 853 53 Total . 3H0115 ftl »58002 OO fHi WJMB96 H r.N.-EATED LAND ACOOONT FOB MM ! SCHOOL. ROAD. POOH. DISTRICTS. 2 < -3 • a ? < jj s 3 < "T- S s 2 a. 3. c . = a, - . = : a. - . Buffalo : .... ; I• ~ ! • 24 | 24 07) ; 07 Brady 1 51 .... '■ 51 1 clay 5X5 7;» 75s 14 07 202 202 333 146 470 Connoquen'sing 6KO 205 5 Ol 1 700 16 180 264 2 7.i 180 2 HI; lIH Cranberry 1 • ■■■■ i 15' Forward 4 25, li 70 ti Oi .... 17 70 1 ' 100 ! I '*> Jefferson 27* 27S 100 _lo® 4.3 43 Fairview btiro.. 175 27 75 102 352 352 477 477 Millerstown ; ' " j 9 1.. .... Middlesex • ' ; ••• 307 .... 207 Muddycreek s!W 761 781 .. 1 55;... .. 15S 310 313 Penn 16 58 16 56 17 04 ... It 04 020 920 .... Prospect Iloro 408 406 1 811 IHi 45 4.> IVtrolia Boro . 1 ! 1 4 .VI 4 i 0 Summit 0 47 ! 047 Is 93i 1H »Ss 8H Sunbury Boro 2 64 2 64 Worth I 450 450 ...j 307 30, liarrlsvllle Bortv 4 37 4 37 1 -i2 I ->2 Mercer 3 HI 3 hi I .. 3 so 6 s." ii k. Sllpperyrock ... 210 15> 15S 387 52 419 s4 M V't'liailKO '76 0.3 ... |76 ICi .... TI 72; .. .12 72 50 Ml Parker 13 72 tt an 42 '.le 40 20 ll!«' ..I Hi 44 10 s( 5 tin I". H3O 8 45... Butler iloro. .. 10734 62 32-24 62 32- 27 50' 303 27 otl 303 522 78 522 78 Marion 17 42 25 34 II 36 30 72 598 58 It! 14 .... ~l 00 711 ... 7 11 Concord 10 42 17 82 12 2s 23 50 680 19 50 I 36' 30 HS 830 705 II 7s 368 Winlicltl 46 82 105 32 97 34 08 «0 530H7 5s mh 73 4052449 21 07 45 SO 80 Alleirheny SO4 2n 46 772 2". 70 2 4.s 1 00' 715 sls 475 240 ... 745 Washington 71 23 71 S3 16 2T. 18 35 ... 62 62 62 8.:. Fairview 223 X* 315 347 .. .. 302 20 372 585 Is 4 565 I"i Butler .. St S3 10 52 1* 82 20 11 ... s 11 73 13 66 637 22 04 19 84 220 Chen-" 641 42 37 -70 42 37 870 22 8S 827 .10 32 63 331 334 Jackson 10 161 66 12 62 13 2s 0*; 135 143 14 255. .. ; 2 60 Oakland 17 501 12 52 12 52 28 26' 28 26 77s 77s Donegal ; 14 48 ' 8 11 24 si 27 28 568 2ttl 29 SO II 76 10 65 Center 144 1 H 48| 4* 100 100 Clearfield 143 71 42 16 42 16 78 79 08 79 S4 3s 10 57 1140 I 55 Adams .... 752 351 12 07 351 12 07. 14! 250 261 Iss 1 v Franklin 10 77j 507 j 507 | 6 34 6 34 380 3SO ToUl TO 36-381 5X 27 -70 527 6h 135 60 271 1B 27* > « UB SB MB 21 115_43_204_7!» -2 B DOG TA X 11| Isoo. DISTRICTS. COLLECTORS. | g" §2 | S3 %'■ jS 1 : j® j ■ f • | j » |_j j _J i J !_j AdaVns." ~~ JamesOrr $ l»t 91 '.'l { 7 2si.. -5 34 21 555 00 AllX Khcny. 3 Jollv •>- '■>. 21.1 30 I*l 28 45 .. Butler Frank Pierce 135 2.) • tr> "i ~ ... Buffalo lohn Harbison 126 00 61 63 5 ...i 80 41 sOo Brady Frank McCurdy 59 2« 41 00 2 sf, 15 40 Clinton Jan. R. Riddle H»"> <5 70 67 4s t 30 24 -00 Clav R R Conn 7H 75 :if> 00 250 .. .. 41 25 18 50 Centre J D Smith 7H 50 40 43 310 34 07 32 50 Cleartleid E J Kennedy H7 75 31 n> 245 ;r4 00 21 .n Cherry ilucii Sprttu 11 101 3:'. U! 14 441 44 67 Connoquencsslng Its Ilenry io. Oil S6 (m 6 .12 12 lis II .rfi Cranberry Andrew Kirchler 02 2.. ,s 10 856 750 .. ■■■_ W ..0 Concord Robert. Adams 88 25 70 no 38s 12 57 13 2.• Doneiral Frank Waltman 130 50 so 00 519 45 31 <OO Forward Geo G Marburger 130 25 87 75 63526 35 17 00 Franklin Alonzo McCandless »25 to ol 229 34 Of. Fairview J J Campbell 102 75 45 00 3 1s 1 54 57 700 Jefferson WII Grabe 127 50 80 25 513 62 12 Jackson AII Mlckley 90 00 no 00 511 ... 24 stt IB 00 Lancaster Samuel Ban ley 96 00 45 31 386 16 S3 60 50 Marion Joseph Vandyke i Hi 75 SW. 213 54 83 19 50 Mercer ill J Brown > 46 00 16 59 141 28 00 30 00 Muddycreek Grant Jones 60 75 23 00 240 35 20 s9 00 Middlesex E O Thompson 132 00 10000 772 24 > 76 .VI Oakland. IVter Whit mire 97 50 80 00 , 421 17 25 13 29 331 .*>» Penn <4 S Huselton 130 50 106 94 It 31 • 750 Parker I Walley 74 25 52 93 28* is 44 550 Summit I W Baldauf 124 50 50 0(1, 428 70 34 332 00 Sllpperyrock W 11 Bovard *1 00 39 51. 204 3* 56 67 00 Venango II B Stalker 91 50 l;> 001 128 75 «. .... Washington Austin Meals 96 3* >•> 269 31 —.... Winfleld I M Cruikshank 9S 25 75 00 563 17 62 92 00 Worth WII Plsor SI 00 3,1 72 313 41 15 Butler boro T S Jack 225 00 82 SH 342 158 70 Centrevllle Frank Forrester 1 21 00 —.../ 81 00 Coniiouuenessing ' M Rose 900 247 21 •$ •£ Evans City Geo Ripper 19 50 lit at 12 Fairview ! TI 2> 11 ei Harmony Fred Welgle 42 00 42 00 . ■■■■■ iiarrlsvllle loseph S Pew 750 4 & 36 2 ii- ,4 00 Karns City E IT Kodgers 1H 7., 5 Ol) 4.; ... 13 -C. Millerstown I J Itonahue 48 00 IS <7 100 27 63 Mars OB Stuwt 37 75 j 37 75 Prospect C F Newman 10 50 450 . 33 5 lit IVtrolia FM Fritz 15 00 8 00 6* 6 32 Portersville A Henshew 7 50 ;i 00 jti 4-4 Saxonburg I E Muder 29 00 13 19, 111 14 .1 Sunbury. P P Brown 6 7.> ! 6 to Valencia W II Smith 9 75 2 87 25 6 63 Zelienople Wm Allen 31 50. 570 41 .... 85 Total I WARREN AND DIX.MONT HOSPITAL ACCOUNT. I Q I j tt -2 I-. s 1 3 * - - S'aS ojs H_, j g DISTRICTS. | s ® | «5 I? 'S£? : * I B :f 1 ? it. L_d_L__J : Alllegheiiy township $ 14 '2ss 14 25 $ Clearfield 89 00 ! :i!) <M) | Claj" I 30 00 | 725 | 22 75 ConnoijuenessinK 53 50. 22 75 6S 50 775 Cranberry 28 00 23 00 Franklin 129 00 «l 25 111 25 129 00 Brady 22 75, 91 25 68 25 45 75 Jackson 12 (Ml 12 00 Summit 114 00 91 25 205 25 Worth 09 50 176 00 39 00 206 50 Sllpperyrock .'. 86 25 40 50 45 75 Butler 45 75 91 25 68 25 68 75 Clinton 906 1". 91 25 997 40 Muddycreek 114 00 91 25 136 50 68 75 Marion 68 50, 182 50 136 75 114 25 Oakland 39 28 52 14 39 29 52 14 Mercer 228 25] 237 50 851 50 114 25 Winfielil 172 60 172 60 Lancaster ! 65 14 52 13J ! 91 13} 26 14 Jefferson j 91 43 52 18i 143 56} Cherry i 349 12 182 50 531 02 FVnn : 411 00 : 182 50 50 IM) 543 50 Forward .' I 114 Oil 109 25 91 25 132 00 Mars boro I 253 50 68 50 822 00 Bntler I 45 75 160 00 23 00 1«2 75 Karns City I 670 51 91 25 I j 761 79 Prospect ; | 16 25 16 '?5 Centerville [ j 575 i 575 Total 1f4017 01||2289 90}!$ 1528 25} <4778 05} UNSEATED LAND TAX RECEIVED BY TREASURER TOR 189# I O 1 JP T - » i H H i s*~i H 0 ! 2. o o o -5 ! 's ~ DISTRICTS. T 1 r : : 5 5" I1\• • I ® I \ i • * • rp Clay $ 5 85$ 758 $ 292 $ 1 46$ 17 81 $1 66 19 17 ('onnnotinenessinf? 659 504 169 1 Oil 15 81 107 16 38 Forward 425 000 100 11 25 15 11 40 Muddycreek 893 761 158 813 21 25 120 22 45 Slipperyrock 210 158 52 420 25 446 Parker 1 13 72 42 90 16 4-1 830 81 36 377 85 13 Marion 17 42 11 36 14 80 7 11 50 75 14* 52 23 Concord 10 42 12 28 136 705 31 11 91 32 02 Winfield 46 62 32 97 87 58 21 97 189 14 1 17 190 31 Allegheny 804 772 715 240 25 31 103 26 34 Fairview 223 815 392 1 8-1 11 14 110 11 20 Butler 33 53 18 02 11 73 22 04 85 92 258 83 50 Cherrv 641 8 811 827 334 26 82 96 27 78 Jackson '. 10 16 12 62 185 255 26 68 155 28 23 Oakland 17 50 12 52 28 26 778 06 00 142 67 48 Donegal 14 46 24 81 976 49 08 69 49 72 Clearfield 43 71 42 16 79 08 10 57 175 52 296 178 48 Adams 752 12 07 25u 188 23 97 203 26 00 Franklin 10 771 507 634 . 380 25 98 38 20 31 Butler borough 1 07' 328 303 76 814 42 856 Fairview 1 75| 75 j 2 Total '52".3 35'5278 89 $278 ss'stlß 43 $949 25 $25 88,5975 13 (Continued on 4th page.) BUTLER PA, THURSDAY, APRIL O, 1000 Tliiei *» Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generou» fnrople will l)e mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fevtr Cure (Ely's Cream Ba'.ni sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St , New York City. Bev. John -Tr.. of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if nsad as directed." — Rev. Frencis W. Poole. Pastor Central Pres. Chorch, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is th-> acknowledged enre- for catarrh and con'nins no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. j> UFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTSBURG RY. The new trunk line between Butler, Bradford, Rochester and Buf?c*.!o. On nnd after J.m. 1. 1900. passenger trains will leave Butler. P. Jc W. Sta tion as follows. Eastern Standard Time. 10:12 a.m. Vtistibnled Limited, daily, for Dayton, Punxsutawney, D-i Bois. Ri'lgsvay, Bradford BnfTaii and Rochester. V 'ip.ni. Accommodation, week d/iys only, Craigsvi lie. Day ton. Punxsn tawney, Duiiius. Falls Creek. Cnrwensville. Clearfield and inter mediate stations <»:45 a.m. Week days only; mixed train for Craigsville, Dayton. Pnnxsu tawney and intermediate points. This train leaves Pnnxsutawney it 1:00 p.m. arriving at Bntler at p.ui . stopping at all intermediate stations Thousand mile tickets good for pas sage between all stations on the B. li & PR y and N. Y. C. R. R. (Penn'a. division) at 2 cents per mile. For tickets, time tables and fnrthex information call on or address, W. H. TURNER, Agt. Butler. Pa., or EDWARD C. LAPEY. Gen'l Pass. Agent, Rochester, N. Y. I*., iScsscuiur iSI L ii. Trains depart: No 14. at 0:15 A. M; No. 2. at 4 50 P. M. Bntler time. Trains arrive :No. 1, fI:SOA, M; No. 11, 2:55 P. M. Butler time. No. 14 runs through to Erie and con nects with \V. N. Y. & P. at Huston Junction for Franklin and Oil City, and with Erie Railroad at Shenan *:o for all points east. No. 2 runs through to 1 ireenville and connects with \V N. Y. & P. for Franklin and Oil City, and at Shenango with Erie R. R. for points east and west. W. R TURNER, Ticket Agent |>ITTSBUKG & WESTER \" * Railwaj. Schedule of Bas .- tiger Trains in eftect Nov. 19, 1899. BUTLER TIME. Depart. Arrive. tliegheny Accommodation <» 25 A.m C 7 A.ji Express * <>s " J) 80 11 Sew < aAtle Accommodation S u 9 <57 4 * Akiuu Mail 8 05 A.M 7 *C\ r v Allegheny Fast Express '.> sB " LI IS ** \ll«?gheny EXPRNCI P.m l 1"» pm « hicago Express 3 40 pm li 1* am Allegheny Mail 5 f»0 " 7 pm Allegheny ami New Cattle Accom 5 "»0 " 7K3 14 t.'hicagi Liinitin! 550 " U (»7 a m Kane and Bradford Mail l»:55 A.m 2 50 P.M 'Uarion Accomm.xliUion 4 55 p.* 40 A.M Cleveland and Express... li 25 am SUNDAY TRAINS. \liegheny Kvpresw .... 805 A.M 9 30AJC Allegheny AccommoOuiion.. .. . 550 P.m 5 o.i p.m, Cufcliu ' i i Kxpress. 4** a u* u a , Accom 7 03 Train arriving at 5.0 5 p.m. leav ■* Tt. .t O. t Pittdburg at 3.2.'p.m and I'. & W., Allegheny at On 3atuulay.s a train, known n-s the theatre train, wiil leavo liutler at 5.50 p. HI., arriving at Allegheny at T.2»>; returning leave Allegheny at 11. ii) p. m. Pullman sleeping earn on (.'hicago Express between ami Chicago. For through ticket* r«» ill points in the west, north or soiitliweHt an<l information regarding rontes, time of trains, etc. apply t • W. ft. TURNER, Ticket Agent, ri. a KKYNOLDS, Bnp't, N. D., Butler, I\a. Butler, J'a. C. W. BA>M;TT, «. P A.. Allegheny, I'h li U DUNKLE, Sup't. W .t L. l>iv.. Alh ghenj P*. PENNSYLVANIA AD . Wt SIORN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. SCHEDULE IN Kvrirr Nov. 2«», 189'J 80UTH / WEES DAYS * A. M A.M. A.M. P. M. P. M. BUTLER Leave! <i 25 H 05 10 50 2 :t5 5 05 Saxonburg Arrive G 54 8 :tn 11 1", 3 00 5 Butler Junction.. " 7 27 8 53 11 40 3 25 5 53 llutler Junction... Leave j 7 8 53 11 52 3 25 5 53 Natrona Arrive 7 4<» 90l 12 01 334 fi 02 Tarentum i 7 44 9 07 12 08 3 42 fl 07 Claiemoiit f9 12 3a 4 .... Sharpsburg H 11 9 3ti 12 48 4 12 « :<2 Allegheny 8 24 9 48 1 02 4 26 « 4:i A. M. A.M. i\ M. P. M P. M. SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Butler for Allegheny City au<l principal intermediate Htatiuus at 7:30 a m. f ti.'d 5:00 p. in. NORTH. WEEK DAYS A.M.| A.M. A M P. M P. M Allegheny <Mty. ..leave 7 00: 8 55 10 45 3 10: <i 10 Sharpsburg 7 12 9071L0 67 CLuemont .. 11 04' ..... Spriugdale 11 18 .... C 37 Tarentum 7 37 9 34 11 28 3 4«'» 6 40 Natrona 7 41 9 3s 11 360 (j 51 Butler Junction. ..arrive 7 4* 9 47 11 43 3 58 7 (Ml I Butler Junction....leave 7 4s 'J 47 12 lb 4 (m> 7 00 | Saxonburg BJS 10 09 12 41 4 3.'. 7 21 i BUTLER arrive 8 4<» 10 32 1 10 5 05 7 50 I A. M. A.M. P. M. P. St. P. M ! SUNDAY TRAINS. —Leave Allegheny city for But- j ler and principal intermediate Htatiomi at 7:15 a. m. and : 9-30 p in. FOB THE EAST. Weeks Days. Sundays '< A. M.i A. M P. M. A. M. P M i BT'TLER lv <> 26 10 50} 2 3 R » 7AI 500 | Butler J'ct ar 7 27 11 4o 25 820 550 Butler Jet lv 748 11 43 3 5.S s*| Ho, ' Freeiiort ar 7 51'11 40 402 S 'Jo 8"7 j Kinkiininetas J't 41 755 11 50 4 <>7 82 » s 11 ; Leechbnrg " 8 07; 12 02 1 19 s il 8 23 j Panhon (Ap0110)...." 826 12 22 4 10 868 B 12 ! Salts! urn •" 85112 49 5 'J -'• ('9 • Uluirsvilb- „ 922 I 2«« 541 52 940 i BI ilnvllle Ixtt a 930 183 5 r ''» 10 00 i \ltiM.ua 14 11 4. r >. 850 545 . . . j Hai i fabtri " •'* Ufl 10 00 I 10 10 Philadelphia " 8 2.s| 425 425 425 . ... , P. MjA. M.i \. ?I. A.M. P.M. | Through traiu» for the .i<t leave Pittsburg uion • Mation), as follows: — Atlantic Express, daily 2:50 A.M i Poiiunjlvajiia Limited 44 7:15 44 • Day Kxpresti, u 7:30 " ] Ma II Liun Express, 44 K :'H) 44 Harrisbnrg Mail, 44 12:45 P.M I Philadelphia Express, ' ... 4:50 44 I Mail and Express daily. For New York onl}\ Ttuwigh buffet ilocpnr; no coaches ~:--i • Liihtei it Express, * 7:10 " j Fast Liue, 1 8:30 41 Pittnburg Limiteil, dally, with through coaches to Nei lork, and si ito now York, Baltimore and Washington only. No extra fan on this train IOSOO " Philad'a filail, Hundats omy 8:40 A.M | F<jr Atlantic City (via iHdaware River Bridge, all- j rail route), 8:00 A.M, and '*> P.M, daily. For detailed information, address Thos. E. Watt, Agt. Western District, (Jorner Fifth Avenue and Smith- Street, Ptttrtiurt. Pa .1 B. HUTCHISON, J. ft. WOOD, ■eneral Mati:ispr. Qen 1 ' Anetg Practical Horse Shoers W .L RObINSON, Formerly Horse Shoer at the Wick house has openeil busi ness ill a shop in the rear of the Arlington Hotel, where he will, rto* Horse-Shoe?nj; in the most approved style. TRACK AND ROAD HOSRES A SPECIALTY. West Winfield Hotel, C*> W.G. LUSK, Prop'r. Or First Class Table and Lodgings. Gas and Spring Water all througu house. k Good Stabling. '•?sVr>»: JSK*;»•. • at-?• ».t • - « I A Br I 3 £F m 111 -.4 1 A SCUEEDVER. v, I AFRICAN FBI ' 8 • tiZ A TALE OF LIFE IN THE 0 R,,? ★ BOER REPUBLIC. 0 r•* : V • !g' "J; ilf-;#-;*?** : ''J •'V••« •"J ■ Vf • ;.t • r.> • •St ;5Vr SS •' St •;.. •St • SS; • jjs ■ ;,»• ;,t •St•Si •S> -.vjii r ;".V • SV; S*» •SS • t.; Ilore the Bible closed with a tre mendous thud. Tant' Sanni# loosened the white handkerchief about her neck untl wiped her eyes, and the colored girl, seeing her do so. sniffled. They did not understand the discourse, which made It the more affecting. There hung over it that inscrutable charm which hovers forever for the human intellect over the incomprehensible and shadowy. When the last hymn was sung, the German conducted the olßciator to Tant' Sannie, who gra ciously extended her hand and offered coffee and a .seat on the sofa. Leav ing him there, the German hurried away to see how the little plum pud ding he had left at home was advanc ing. and Tant' Sannie remarked that it was a hot uay. Bonaparte gathered her meaning as she fanned herself with the end of her apron. He bowed low In acquiescence. A long silence followed. Tant' Sannie spoke again. Bonaparte gave her no car. His eye was fixed on a small miniature on the opposite wall, which represented Tant' Sannie as she had appeared ou the day before her confirmation. 13 years before, attired in green muslin. Sud denly he started to his feet, walked up to the picture and took his stand before it. Loug and wistfully he gazed into its features. It was easy to see that he was deeply moved. With a sudden movement, as though no longer abie to restrain himself, he seized the picture. looseniKl it from its iJn.il and held it close to his eyes. At length, turning to the Boer woman, he said in a voice of deep emotion: "You will. 1 t.-ust. dear madamc, ex- L-j.se tUIs .bitiou of my feelings, but thiK--th:.- lilt!.- picture recalls to me my lii'st nml lu-st belov. d. ray dear de liarted .i'.-. v.-!:o is uow a saint in Tant' SaiuiU' toviltl not nuderstaud. b;:t t'ue Hoi' . i t. . 1, who had taken ber nat .i I'.e Uoor bt-slde her ciis tiesr!. tran-l.ued the iCii£iisli iuto L>utcli as f : aa gUe was able. "Ah. my tirst, my beloved!" he add ed, looking teadi ■ ly dowu -the pie til.e. "Oil. the l eloved, the beautiful line'u>.eut.s! My angel wife! This is sui*e!v a sister of yourn. madauie?" Le added, lixiaj: his eyes on Taut' Sannie. The Duu.'hwomaa blushed, shook her head and p tinted to herself. Carefully, iuteatly. Bonaparte looked from tin |>icture In his hand to Taut' Sannie's features an.l from the fea tures back to the picture. Then slowly a litflit broke over his countenance, lie looked up. It became a smile. He looked back at the miniature. His whole countenance was effulgent. "Ah. yes; I see it now," he cried, turning his delighted gaze ou to the Boer woman, "eyes, mouth. no3e, chin, ihe very expression!" he cried. "How <s it possible I did not notice It be ftwr "Take another cup of coffee," said Taut' Sanule. "Put some sugar in." Bonaparte bung the picture tenderly up and was turning to take the cup frmu lier hand when the German ap peared to say that the pudding was ready nnd the meat on the table. "He's a (sod fearing man and one who knows how to behave himself," said the Boer woman as he went out at the door. "If he Is ugly, did uot the Lord make him? And are we to laugh at the Lord's handiwork? It is better to be ugly and good than pretty and bad, though of course It's nice when one Is both," said Taut' Sannie, look ing complacently at the picture on the wall. In the afternoon the German and tlomiparte sat before the door of the cabin. Both smoked in complete si lence, Bonaparte with a book in his hands aud his eyes half closed, the German puffing vigorously and glanc ing up uow and again at the serene blue sky overhead. "Supposing—you—you, in fact, made Ihe remark to me," burst forth the German suddenly, "that you were look ing for a situation.'.' Bonaparte opened his mouth wide and sent a stream of smoke through his lips. "Now, supposing," said the German —"merely supposing, of course—that some one—some one, in fact—should make an offer to you, say, to become schoolmaster ou their farm aud teach two children, two little girls perhaps, nnd would give you £4O a year, would you accept It? Just supposing, of course." "Well, my dear friend," said Bona parte, "that would depend on circum stances. Money Is no consideration with me. For my wife I have made provision for the next year. health is broken. Could 1 meet a pla?t where a gentleman would be treated as a gentleman I would accept It. however SIIIMA the remuneration. With mo," said Bonaparte, "money is no consid eration." "Well," said the German when he had taken a whiff or two more from his pipe, "I think I shall go up and see Taut' Sannie a little. I go up often on Sunday afternoon to have a general conversation, to see her, you kuow. Nothing nothing particular, you know." The old man put Ills book Into his pocket and walked up to the farm house with a peculiarly knowing aud delighted expression of countenance. "He doesn't suspect what I'm going to do," soliloquized the German; "hasn't the least Idea; a nice surprise for him." The man whom he had left at his doorway winked at the retreating fig ure with a wink that was not to be de scribed. CHAPTER VI. BONAPARTE lII.ENKINS MAKES HIS NEST. "Ah, what is the matter?" asked Waldo, stopping at the foot of the lad der with a load of skins on his back that he was carrying up to the loft. Through the open door in the gable little Eui was visible, her feet dan gling from the high bench on which she sat. The room, once a storeroom, had been divided by a row of "mealle" bags Into two parts, the back being Bonaparte's bedroom, Ihe front his schoolroom. "Lyndall made him angry," said the girl tearfully; "aud he has given me the fourteenth of John to learn. He says he will teach me to behave my self when Lyndall troubles him." "What did she do?" asked the boy. "You see," said Em, hopelessly turn lug the leaves, "whenever he talks she looks out at the door, as though liear him. Today slie ask ed him "what the signs of the zodiac were, and he said he was surprised that she should ask him; it was uot a fit and proper thing for little girls to talk about. Then she asked him who Copernicus was, and he said he was one of the emperors of Rome, who burned the Christians in a golden pig. and the worms eat him up while he was still alive. I don't know why," said Em plaintively, "but she just put her books under her arm and walked out. and she will never come to his school again, she says, and she al ways does what she says. And now I must sit here every day alone," said Em, the great tears dropping softly. "Perhaps Tant' Sannie will send him away," said the boy in his mumbling way, trying to comfort her. "No." *.iid Em, shaking her head. "uo. Last niglit when the little Hot tentot maid was washing her feet he told her he liked such feet and that fat women were so nice to him, and she said I must always put him pure cream in his coffee now. No; he'll never go away." said Em dolorously. The boy put down his skins and fumbled in his pocket and produced a small piece of paper containing some thing. He stuck it out toward her. "There, take it for you," he said, this was by way of comfort. Em opened it and found a small bit of gum, a commodity prized by the children, but the great tears dropped down slowly on to it. Waldo was distressed. He had cried so much In Ills morsel of life that tears in another seemed to burn him. "If," be said, stepping in awkwardly and standing by the table, "if you will not cry, I will tell you something, a secret." "What is it?" asked Em, instantly becoming decidedly better. "Y'ou will tell It to no human being?" "No." He bent nearer to ber and with deep solemnity said: "I have made a machine!" Em opened her eyes. "Yes, a machine for shearing sheep. It is almost done," said the boy. "There is only one thing that Is not light yet, but It will be soon. When fou think and think and think all night and all day, it comes at last," he added mysteriously. "Where is it?" "Ilere! I always carry It here," said [ the boy, putting his hand to his breast, where a bulging out was visible. "This Is a model. When It is done, they will have to make a one." "Show it me." The boy shook his head. "Xo, not till It is done. I cannot let any human belns sec it till then." "It Is a beautiful secret," said Em, mid the boy shuffled out to pick up his Fkins. That evening father and son sat in Ihe cabin eating their supper. The fa ttifr yTgfit-*? Trrv haps he thought how loug a time it was since Bonaparte had visited the Hibiu, but his son was in that land in cvhich sighs have no part. It Is a ques tion whether it were uot better to be the shabbiest of fools anil know the way up the little stair of Imagination to the land of dreams than the wisest of men, who see nothing that the eyes do not show and feel nothing that the hands do not touch. The boy chewed his brown bread and drank his coffee, but in truth he saw only his machine finished, that last something found out and added. He saw it as it worked with beautiful smoothness, and over and above, as he chewed his bread and drank his coffee, there was that de lightful consciousness of something bending over him and loving him. It would not have been better in one of the courts of heaven, where the walls are set with rows of the King of Glory's amethysts and milk white pearls, than there, eating his supper in that little room. As they sat In silence thero was a knock at the door. When it was open ed, tjie small woolly head of a little nigger showed itself. She was a mes senger from Tant' Sannie. The Ger man was wanted at once at tiro home stead. Tutting on his hat with both hands, he hurried off. The kitchen was in darkness, but in the pantry be yond Taut' Sannie and ber maids were assembled. A Kaffir girl who had been grinding pepper between two stones knelt on the floor, the lean Hottentot stood with a brass candlestick In her hand, and Tant' Sannie, near the shelf, with a hand on each hip, was evidently listen ing intently, as were her companions. "What may it be?" cried the old German in astonishment. The room beyond the pantry, was the storeroom. Through the thin wooden partition there arose at that Instant, evidently from some creature ensconced there, a prolonged and prodigious howl, followed by a succession of violent blows against the partition wall. The German seized the churn stick and was about to rush round the bouse when the Boer woman impress ively laid her hand upon his arm. "That is his head," said Tant' San nie; "tlwit Is his head." "Bnt what might It be?" asked the German, looking from one. to the other, churn stick in hand. A low hollow bellow prevented re ply. and the voice of Bonaparte lifted Itself on high. "Wary Ann, my anjgel, my wife!" "Isn't It dreadful?* said Tant' Sannie as tl*> blows were repeated fiercely. "He lias got a letter. His wife is dead. You must gp and comfort him," said Tant' Sannie at last, "and I will go with you. It would not be the thing for me to go alone—me, who am only 33, and he an unmarried man now," said T/unt' Sanule, blushing and smoothing out ber apron. Tpon this they all trudged round the house irn company, the Hottentot maid carrying the light. Taut' Sanuie and the German following and the Kaffir girl bringing up the rrar. "Ol*" said Tant' Sannie, "I see now it wasn't "wickedness him do without his wife so long, .only neces sity." At'the ddor she motioned t*» the Ger mau to entn-r and followed hlin closely. Ou the.stretchor behlncftthe sackstßuna parte lay on his face. Mis head pressed Into a pillow, his legs kicking gently. The Boor woman sat di vwu ou, a box at the foot of the bed. Th oiGerman stood with folded bands lookl pg on. "We must all die," sa' M Taut' Sannie at last. "It is the dear Lord's will." Hearing her voice, lit jnaparte turned hituself on to his back. "It's very hard," sa ill Tant' Sannie, "I know, for I'w lust two husbands." Bonaparte pp into the Ger "ill '••hat dies r-he say? Speak to mc v. ,-rUs of comfort!" Tin- U«nuo repeated Taut' Saunle's remark. "Ah. I—l also, two dear, dear wives, whom I shall never sec any more!" cried Bonaparte, flinging himself hack upon the bed. He bowled until the tarantulas that lived between the rafters and the zinc roof felt the unusual vibration and looked out with their wicked bright eyes to sec what was going on. Taut' Saunle sighed; the Hottentot maid sighed; the Kaffir girl, who look ed in at the door, put her hand over her mouth and said, "Mow-wah!" "You must trust in the Lord." said Tant' Sannie. "He can give you more than you have lost." "I do, I do!" he cried. "But. oh. I have no wife! I have no wife!" Tant' Sannie was much affected and came and stood near the bed. "Ask him if he won't have a little pap—nice, fine, flour pap. There is some boilius on the kitchen fire." The German made the proposal, but the widower waved his hand. "No; nothing shall pass my lips. 1 should be suffocated. No. no! Speak not of food to me!" "Pap and a little brandy in." said Tant' Sanuie coaxiugly. Bonaparte caught the word. "Perhaps, i>erhaps—if I struggled rritl: myself—for the sake of my duties I might imbibe a few drops," he said, looking with quivering lip up Into the German's face. "I must do my duty, must I not?" Tant' Saauio gave the order, and the girl went for the pap. "I know how it was when my first husband died. They could do nothing with me," the Boer woman said, "till I had eaten a sheep's trotter and honey and a little roaster cake, I know." Bonaparte sat up on the bed with his legs stretched out In front of him and' r hand on each knee, blubbering softly. "Oh, she was a woman! You are very' kind to try to comfort me, but she wasi my wife. For a woman that Is my, wife I could live, for the woman that is my wife I could die, for a woman that Is my wife I could— Ah, that sweet word wife! When will It rest upon rnyi Hps again?" When his feelings had subsided a lit tle, he raised the corners of his turned down mouth and spoke to the German with flabby lips. "Do you think she understands me? Oh, tell her every word, that she may know I thank her!" At that Instant the girl ri speared witn a basin of steaming gti.el au4 a black bottle. Tant' Sannie poured some of its con tents into the basin, stirred it well ami came to the bed. "Oh. I can't, I can't! I shall die. I shall die!" said Bonaparte, putting his hand to his side. "Come, just a little," said Taut' San nle coaxingly, "Just a drop." "It's too thick, it's too thick. I should choke." Taut' Sauuie added from the contents of the bottle and held out a spoonful. Bonaparte opened his mouth like a lit tle bird waiting for a worm &m 1 held it open ns she dipped again fl'iTtl again into tlie pap. "Ah, this will do your heart good!" said Tant' Sannle, Tn whose mind the relative functions of heart and stom- i ach were exceedingly ill defined. When the basin was empiifd, the vioitiivn —c h_ta grief was in ach as suaged. lie lookcn ax T/nnr manure 1 with gentle tears. "Tell him," said the Boer woman, j "that I hope he will sleep well and that the Lord will comfort him as the Lord only can." "Bless you, dear friend! God bless you!" said Bonaparte. When the door was safely shut on the German, the Hottentot and the Dutch woman, he got off the bed and washed away the soap he had rubbed on his eyelids. "Bon," he said, slapping his leg. "you are the cutest lad I ever came across. If you don't turn out the old hymns j and prayers, and pummel the ragged coat, and get your arms round the fat one's waist and a wedding ring on her finger, then you are not Bonaparte. ! But you are Bonaparte. Bon, you're n I fine boy!" Making which pleasing reflection, he pulled off his trousers and got into bed cheerfully. [TO SS COirTTNTTD.] Kit!s> EnoHich "There's no use trying to do the im possible," said the discouraged reli gious editor. "Oh, I don't know," replied the soci ety reporter. "It has been done. I was at the meeting of a literary club yesterday, and one lady there who read an original poem made 'bonmot' rhyme with 'have got.' "—Chicago Times-IIer •ld. On« I'p. Bear—l guess, old man, we'll decide the game in favor of me.—Types. Spnrtlnic Horror. It was past the hour for closing the clubhouse for the night, but the golf enthusiasts, deep In the discussion of the day's game, still lingered. "Say," said the Janitor of the build ing, thrust lug his head In, "I've got to put up the shutters, and we'll have to shut up the putters."—Chicago Trib une. Nothing In Thl» Scheme. "Social ostracism won't kill the trusts." "I should say not The fellows who run them, if left out of society func tions, will put in all their time getting up more trusts."—Chicago Record. Flrenlde ltepartee. "I never make a move," he said, ' un til I am absolutely sure that It is right." "Perhaps," his wife said, "that ac counts for the fact that you are always getting left."—Chicago Times-Herald. Too Much Home Effort. "Jones seems like a much better talk er than his wife." "No wonder. The poor woman talks herself out before she goes anywhere. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wealth Within Hl» <;rtmp. An exchange tells of an author who received .•?."<>•> for a short poem, and it Is said that he can write two short ones every day.-Atlanta Constitution. Who Get* Ave Uet» Wlmlom. Watts—l notice as I grow older 1 don't see so much fun in Jokes. Potts Same here. But I have learn ed to laugh luore.-Judlanapolls Prcts. Nlol4 JWQfltilM PRACTICAL FORESTRY. How In Make Woodlands I'rofltnolCi Wa»le lu Ordinary Lnmherlug, The importance of good forestry in tlii.-* country is becoming more appre ciated not only in connection with ex tensive timber tracts, but with the smaller wood lots upon farms. Prac tical forestry in the Adirondack region as recently carried on by forest owners under advice from government experts serves to illustrate methods of manage ment that are most profitable and equally applicable elsewhere on cither a large or a small scale. It appears from the report of their work that Bkm i «tifff BPRIJCE STUMP CUT EIGHTEEN INCHES TOO HIGH. losses through ordinary lumbering are considerable in the aggregate. Some of the items connected with unneces sary waste are as follows: Where the lumbering Is done under the system of contracts and subcon tracts. the temptation for a jobl«er to do careless work Is very great. Unless carefully watched he Is apt to cut un necessarily high stumps, to leave large tops in order to avoid the trouble of trimming off the branches, to leave trees lodged In hard woods and other wise to fall below the standard of good lumbering. The principal loss arising from care less lumbering is occasioned by (1) needlessly high stumps, (2) large tops, (3i skids left in the woods, (4) valuable timber used In leveling roads and (5) destruction of small growth in felling, ski'Minsr and hauling. Wnen the trees are felled by chop ping. the stumps are cut at the point at which the ax naturally falls when the chopper stands erect. This is usually al>out three inches above the ground. The majority of trees, however, are somewhat lower, averaging about 80 inches in height. The sawyers protest against cutting low stumps, because It tires their backs to stoop over. Expe rience by careful lumbermen has prov ed that such high stumps are entirely needless. \\ i e lumbering Is done under con tract it has been the usual custom in the Adlrondacks to cut only logs which will scale six Inches at the top end. Where timber is cut for pulp smaller logs can be used, and many companies which operate their own camps compel ell. .nru>m cut logs as small as five and often Tour luetics. -r» -. age s./.c of the top log is nearer eight inchc There are in some cases 4 to 12 feet of wood left In tops which is lit for , nip and which is actually so used by many companies. The point will at once be raised that the t 'ps are of inferior quality. The reph is that many companies use this material and that the total amount is so great that it would pay to utilize it even at only one-fourth the price of the rest or the timber. The majority of skidways are built of spruce. It is the custom to leave the skids lu the woods, and the owner loses not only the stumpage value of the timber thus wasted, but also the advantage of future lucrement which the trees would take on if left stand ing Destruction of small growth In haal injr takes place on steep roads, where the teamsters frequently scatter spruce SFRITCK CUT AND LEFT BY THAMSTERS, brush to check the speed of the sleds. It often happens that all the young spruce left standing by the choppers near such steep roads are cut to supply the brush for this purpose, and thf stems are left lying on the ground to decay. The Sheepyard. Not every farmer keeps sheep, but those who do are often tempted in win ter to wish the cows were all sheep. They need no milking, no grooming, no cleaning out of stables, but they do need to be well fed In winter with good hay. a little grain and some roots, and they want pure water where they can go to It as they please. The sheepyard may be as cold as all out of doors If It Is only kept dry and supplied with clean bedding, and the sheep will be better for a run out of doors In all pleasant weather if the ground is not covered with snow. The Only Way. "All this wrangling In Washington about social precedence is rldiculous s don't you think so?" "Yes; society's rank ought to be set tled by civil service examination."— Chicago Kecord. The False Front. "Those new people next door are DO* >ody in particular." "How do you know?" "Thev try so hard to look like some body in particular."-IndianapoUs Jour nal. Hard to Say. "W' "' '!o >'" u expect to make of youf now, I'm sure. He talks too nr , succesful politician and not em r a pugilist."—Chicago PobL Merely n Sußire»«lo». Nellie —Charlie says 1 grow more beautiful every time he sees me. Maud- If that's the case, you ought to have him call twice a day.—Chicago News. No Cauie For Worry. "You look happy." "Can you blame me? I'm an artifl clal ice manufacturer." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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