THE CITIZEN.
WILLIAM C. NF.OLEY - - Publisher
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President.
WILLIAM MCK ISLET, of Ohio.
For Vice President.
THEODOBE ROOSEVELT, of New York.
Electors-at-Lanse.
CLAKENCE WoLr. of Philadelphia.
FRANK H. BUHL, of Mercer.
A. B. ROBERTS, of Montgomery.
W. C. ARNOLD, of Clearfield.
DISTRICT ELECTORS
Edwin B. Stuart. W. W. Clbte,
George F. Hoffman, Georjte C. Blabon,
lianlel F. Greenwood. William M. Hayes,
Charles W. < 'ressman. Robert H. i-ayre.
J. Frank Keller. Russell W. Davenport.
James Motr. William J Harvey.
Robert Allison. Jacob L Hauer,
John H. brown. George Weymouth,
Cortes li. Jennings. James G. Thompson.
T. Frank Small. Henry A. Gripp.
Morris J. Lewis. Robert Pitcairn,
1 lavid Eflffar i'arke. Thomas 8. ( race.
George W. Johnston. William llardwick,
Howard 11. Clayson, Harry R. Wilson.
Auditor General,
E. H. HARDENBERGH.
Congressinen-at-large,
GALCSHA A.. GROW,
R. H. FOERDERER.
For Congress,
J. B. SHOWALTER,
For State Senate,
A G. WILLIAMS,
For Assembly,
J. B. MATES,
N. H. THOMPSON.
For Jury Commissioner.
JOHN G. CHRISTY.
PLATFORM.
1 PROT6CTION
" PROSP6RITy
; PROGRGSS |
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
Monday, Oct. Sth, at Farmington; S. F.
Bowser and Levi M. Wise.
Tuesday. Oct. 9th, at West Liberty: A.
M. Christley and Levi M. Wise.
Wednesday. Oct. 10th. at Sarver Sta
tion: Hon. J. B. Showalter and H.
H. Goucher.
Thursday, Oct. 11th, at Ogle; J. M.
Galbreath and J. M. Leighner.
Friday, Oct. 12th, at Hilliards; Hon. J.
B. Showalter and J. M. Leighner.
Saturday, Oct. 13th, at Prospect; S. F.
Bowser and J. D. McJunkin.
POLITICAL.
Dalzell is speaking in W. Virginia
this week.
"Teddy" had great audiences in
Bryan's state.
Roosevelt had an audience of 22,000
In Convention Hall, Kansas City, Satur
day night.
At Victor, a large mining town of
Colorado, Gov. Roosevelt was not al
lowed to speak in peace in the town
hall, and he and his party were attack
ed and mobbed on their way from the
hall to their train. Mr. Roosevelt was
struck by a transparency, and his escort
of old Rough Riders; alone, saved him
from greater violence. At Pueblo,
the other hand, he received a mighty
welcome, and addressed three audiences.
At a mass meeting in West Chester,
near Philadelphia, Monday evening ex-
Senator M. S. Quay read quite a long
speech, which was temperate and in
genious, and which, strange to say, was
entirely devoid of "bloody blouses and
"fiery crosses."
Quay is in favor of ballot-reform, and
Is willing to submit his candidacy to
the vote of the people —willing to say
and do anything, over and over again,
that will help put him back in the U. S.
Senate.
At Norristown, next day. he said he
was not well, and spoke but a few
Words.
The Republicans of Erie county pro
tested against Quay's going into that
county, on the ground that this was a
Presidential and National election, in
which our effort and duty was to sus
tain and re-elect President McKinley,
and that Quay's going around the State
Is in the interest of Quay and not in
the interest of McKinley. In other
words that he would revive the Quay
and Anti-Quay feeling and do harm to
all other candidates, This opinion we
are glad to state prevailed in Butler and
the project of a few to have Quay come
here to a certain proposed meeting was
abandoned. The great matter on hand
at present is to uphold and re-elect
President McKinley, and to this end the
effort of| all Republicans should be
directed.
The list of "doubtful" states, this
year, is as follows: ,
Illinois—Republican outside of Chica
go, with both parties claiming the city ;
24 electoral votes.
New York—Republican with varying
claims as to the result in Greater New
York; 30 electoral votes.
Michigan— Claimed by Republican as
certain; 14 electoral votes.
Minnesota—Republican on national
ticket, contest over the governor; 9
electoral votes.
Wisconsin —Claimed by Republicans
as certain; 12 electoral votes.
Kentucky—Democratic > on national
ticket, contest over the governor; 13
electoral votes.
Maryland—Claimed by both parties;
in doubt; H electoral votes.
Delaware—Claimed by both parties;
in doubt, 8 electoral votes.
West Virginia—Claimed by Republi
cans. but not absolutely; 6 electoral
votep.
Kansas - Supposedly Republican, but
claimed by Democrats; 10 electoral
votes.
Nebraska Claimed by both parties;
in doubt; 3 electoral votes.
lowa—Republican, contest in one
congressional district, 13 electoral votes.
North Dakota Republican, with con
test over governor; 3 electoral votes.
South Dakota—Republican, with con
test over senatorship: 4 electoral votes.
W yoniing—Supposedly Republican,
but claimed by Democrats; 4 electoral
votes.
Montana Democratic; 3 electoral
votes.
Ulah—Claimed by both parties; in
doubt : 3 electoral votes.
()regon Republican; 4 electoral votes.
Washington Republican: 4 electoral
votes.
Idaho Supposedly Republican, but
claimed by Democrats: 3 electoral votes.
SOMK four hundred votes and rang*
manufacturers are arranging for a gi
gantic combine. _
THE Census Bureau has finished th«
towns of over 26,000. and liegun on th<
states in alphabetical order.
AT Frankfort. Ky. last Wednesda;
Jas. B. Howard was found guilty o
murder in the first degree, for shootini
Win. Goebel, and the jury fixed hi
punishment at death.
CHINA.
The situation in China continues to
grow more serious. The Boxer leaders
who control the Empress ;ind the\ iceroj s
of the southern provinces are at snch
vaniance as may lead to civil war:
while Russia and Japan want territory
in the north. Germany is committed to
a war of conquest. England has assumed
possession of Shanghai and the mouth
of the Yangtse. France is siding with
Russia, and all appearances indicate the
disruption of the Chinese Empire.
On Thursday our Government pro
tested against the appointment of Prince
Tuan, father of the young Emperor, as
Grand Secretary.
The German Press continues to
severely blame President McKinley for
his refusal to agree with the proposition
of Germany. The Cologne Gazette,
which, since the outbreak of the China
troubles, has been the favorite mouth
piece of the Foreign Office, last week
conibatted the view that Germany had
been trying to embark the other Powers
on dangerous seas, or had attempted to
obtain the lead in the Chinese negotia
tions.
The Lokal Anzeiger argues that the
United States knows, through Minis
ter Conger, that the Chinese Govern
ment has been the real culprit. Hence,
it adds, it is ridiculous to expect this
same Government to punish itself—"as
the United States pretends to believe in
its reply to Gennanr."
The report that Prince Tuan has been
appointed to a post where his influence
for evil is even greater than it formerly
was is regarded by Government and
press as unmistakable evidence that the
Chinese Government does not want peace.
The argument, liesides, is that Ger
many's demand, that China give up the
ringleaders before peace negotiations are
begun must be complied with by China,
shows it is really acting in good faith.
The papers express the hope that Field
Marshal Count von Waldersee will issue
a decree offering a large reward for
Prince Tuan, dead or alive, as the only
means of impressing upon the Chinese
mind the fact that the Powers are in
earnest.
The strong evidence that Russia has
seized the opportunity to formally annex
part of Manchuria and the statement of
a correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt
in Urgay, Mongolia, that Russia already
treats Mongolia as her own, are treated
with marked indifference. This is only
in line with the formal declaration
which a Foreign Office official made
months ago. that Germany in no way
objected to Russia's obtaining control of
Northern China, as German interests
would not lie affected thereby.
On Monday Mr. Wu, the Chinese
minister, at Washington, received of
ficial confirmation of the issuance of the
imperial decree degrading Prince Tuan,
Kangi and other officials for their share
of blame for the recent trouble in China.
This information agrees with that con
tained in a dispatch received by the
state department Monday from Consul
M. Wade at Canton. The minister has
heard nothing of the resignation of of
ficials reported by Minister Conger to
act in concert in peace negotiations, but
he has no doubt it is correct.
To the Chinese emperor s humble note
of apology for the murder of Minister
von Ketteler, the emperor of Germany
has replied with the flat-footed declara
tion that the only atonement that would
be acceptable would be the punishment
of Kwang Hsu's advisers, who were
guilty of inciting the Boxer outrage.
The Celestial sovereign offered to
make reparation by offering sacrifices
on an alter to the memory of the mur
dered diplomat, in heathen fashion; but
this, it seems, failed to appease the
German kaiser. The interesting corre
spondence between the two monarchs
was made public Monday.
A high official of the German foreign
office, while discussing Emperor Kwang
Ksu's letter to the kaiser, said: "We
see in this letter fresh proof of the
Chinese emperor's correct sentiments.
Throughout all the troubles. Germany
never doubted the correctness of Kwang
Ksu's attitude personally. It was the
persons who seized the reins of govern
ment from him that were responsible
for the atrocities. In the final settle
ment of accounts with China. Germany
will not demand harsher treatment for
Emperor Kwang Ksu than any other
power, not even the United States."
Prospect.
A pretty wedding was solemnized last
Wednesday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jas Forrester, their daughter
Belle, was married to Mr. Cecil Wilson.
The couple are well known and highly
respected throughout the community.
The bride was dressed in white organdy
and trimmed with white roses. After
the ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. Eakin of Dußois, and the congrat
ulations of friends, receiving of many
useful gifts, etc., a sumptuous repast
was served and all went away wishing
the joy and happiDess of the evening
would follow the happy couple through
life.
Mr. Lewis Bolton of Slipperyrock
was in town recently and we are sorry
to learn of Mrs. Bolton's illness.
Ira Wilson and family have moved to
the Ekin property.
Any one wishing to join the German
class will see Prof. Green.
Miss Code Humphery is spending a
few days with her uncle, Mr. Steward
Wilson
Mrs. Ed. Waddell is visiting at her
fatiier-in-law's at Piano.
Miss Maggie Wilson spent a few days
; at home.
The late wind storm has made the
cider press busy. A man will make a
great fuss at a cooked fly, but his
stomach apparently has no aversion to
pressed worms and decayed apples.
Mrs. M. D. Dodds took her Sunday
. School class to visit the family of Mr.
. Jos. Graham, of the Co. Home, they
visited the jail and hospital in Butler,
to the latter institution they took a do
t nation of fruit and jellies. Though the
] day was not the brighest the girls
thought they had a great time.
The Luthern Aid gave a supper last
Thursday evening in the I. O. O. F.
Hall. A large crowd attended and the
B sum realized will greatly add to the
ladies' fund.
Jesse and Charley Bowers spent Sun
day at home.
Services at M. E. church one week
1. from next Sunday at 11 o'clock. S. K.
at 10 a. in. At Presbyterian church
J Sunday school 10 a. 111 , Junior at 3
1 o'clock p. in.. C. E. at 7 o'clock and
preaching at 8 p. m. At the U. P.
1 church Sundav school at 10, preaching
at 11, C. U. at 7p. m. At the Lutheran
church S S. at 9:30 a. m., Luthei
n League 7 :30 p m.
Mrs. Samuel Riddle one of Prospect
*• oldest citizens died at lifer home Mondaj
d night at 12 o'clock
I The lioys were some surprised at beiiif.
it called to the squire's office last week
: probably if the "cause" was arrested in
I stead of the "effect" it would be mort
;e j effective,
i- ■ Mrs. Samuel Weigle spent a few dayi
with her brothers, Josiah and Jacol
j Albert.
" I We had music in the air last Satnr
day night. An impromptu band wai
organized, comiiosea of cornets, violins
mandolins, guitars and flute. The towi
tv i was serenaded find very much enjoye<
of | by all.
»K W ,
all anxiously awr.it the time whei
is "Weigle s band begins again afte
J their vacation. MAX.
; Carnegie Compares Party Tenets.
The leading feature in the October ;
number of the North American Review
'is a collection of articles under the
1 caption "Bryan or McKinley 1 The
Present Duty of American Citizens, j
upon the great issues in the Presidential
campaign from the pens of Adlai E.
Stevenson. Postmaster General Smith,
Senator Tillman, Senator Hoar, Edward
IM. Shepard. Senator Piatt. Richard
Croker, Senator William M. Stewart.
Erving Winslow. Secretary of the New
j England Ant-Imperialist League, An
drew Carnegie and James H. Eckels.
Mr. Carnegie entitles his contribu
tion, "The Presidential Election: Our
Duty." He calls attention to the fact
I that in the construction of platforms
the leaders of parties aim at stating
that which will unify the party, and
omittivg what might offend any in
dividual or section of the party. There
come times, however, when the patri
otic citizen is compelled to consider
whether he shall withhold his support
1 from his party and either refrain from
voting or vote with the party which he
has usually opposed. Such an occasion
. is the present campaign.
Mr. Carnegie strongly expresses his
conviction that those who act upon the
principle ' 'iny party, right or wrong.
1 or even, "my country, right or wrong. '
i are the most dangerous of all classes to
their country's welfare, and he illus
trates this position by pointing to the
fact that among Englishmen it is
and Chatham who denounced the
American War. and Bright and Cobden,
who denounced the Crimean War. not
George 111, and Loid North, nor the
Crimean War. who are held in highest
esteem
NEW ISSUE OF IMPERIALISM.
The questions which citizens, who,
like Mr. Carnegie, never voted any
other than the Republican ticket, aie
called upon to consider at the present
moment is the departure of the official
leaders of their party from the policy of
the Republic in the purchase and at
tempted conquest of the Philippines,
with the intention of holding the conn
try as a conquered territory and not as
part" of the Union. Is this the miss-step
sufficient to cause them to refrain from
voting for Mr. McKinley or even to vote
against him? This question can be
answered only after a consideration 0/
the alternative and the consequences,
and in order to do so the platforms of
the two parties have to be carefullv
examined.
In its pronouncements upon questions
arising out of the results of the war. Mr.
Carnegie finds the Republican platform
open, to no serious objection, except that
he cannot consent to the claim that
through the payment of $20,000,000 we
have acquired soverign rights over the
Philippines.
A HOPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
The important point, in his judgment,
is that the platform pledges the Republi
can party to give Cuba independence
and self government, and he finds in
that pledge reason for entertaining the
hope, if not the lielief. that the Republi
can party will eventually deal
the same spirit with the in
habitants of the Philippines, since there
is no reason why the one people should
be treated in a different way from the
other. But it is not enough to consider
the platform only. Much depends upon
the man who is to steer the ship of state
under its provisions.
Mr. Carnegie pays a high tribute to
Mr. McKinley as an individual, but ex
presses the opinion that if he were to re
tire at the end of his first term his posi
tion as a statesmen would rank low, in
deed. It would be unfair. However, in
Mr. Carnegie's opinion, to judge Mr.
McKinley upon his actions during his
first term, as many embarrassments
have hampered all Presidents during
their first term. Had he followed his
own individual judgment, the result
would have been happy, since he has
shown a remarkable insight and faculty
for grasping the true bearing of public
affairs.
MCKINLEY RIGHT WHEN UNHAMPER
ED.
He was sound upon the question of
war; he was right in regard to the
Philippines, as is proved by his instrn( -
tions to the Peace Commissioners: he
was right in regard to Puerto Rico, but
he allowed himself to lie overborne by
the party leaders. When he was not
hampered or constrained he has shown t
the highest statesmanship, as in his
management of the dangerous Chinese
question, when Congress and the leaders
are scattered There is thus ample
ground for hope that if re-elected Mr.
McKinley may shape events in snch a
way as to be able to grant, to the Philip
pines, as to the Cubans, free
and independent government,
and thus make himself the
father not the oppressor, of the
first Republic of the Orient.
Turning to the Democratic platform
Mr. Carnegie finds that it is truly
American in its opposition to imperial
ism and to militarism. He finds it
right upon Puerto Rico; also in regard
to expansion also in condemning the
t Hay-Pauncefote treaty; also in regard
[ to the Boers; also in regard to the speedy
repeal of war taxes. But when this has
• be en said all has been said that can be
said in favor of the Democratic ticket.
' He continues:
The most serious objection to it is not
t the proposed lowering of the standard
1 of value, serious though that be. It lies
1 -in the insidious attacks upon the Su
preme Court, which strike at the
foundations of human society. It saps
the roots of peace and order, and, if 1
successful, substitutes license for law,
and throws us back to barbarism, even
' to savagery. Without courts of law
and profound reverence for their final
decisions, which should be considered
as sacred, we have nothing, for it is
B upon these that civilization rests,
f President McKinley as president stands
for war and violence abroad, but Mr.
Bryan stands for these scourges at
home. Whatever Democrats may urge
in explanation, or as to the literal mean
ing of the words employed, the fact re
-15 mains that an attack is made in the
d platform of a political party upon a
'• decision of the Supreme Court, the
" highest and grandest of all human
r tribuals the world has ever seen, and
which, being undermined,there remains
, t onfy civil disorder. Jt is not possible to
y support a party whose platform contains
such an attack; better, far better, con
g tinue far a time the wrongful effort to
force our Government upon the Philip
y pinos, in total disregard of Republican
ideas, than fail to repel this covert at
tack upon the reign of law at home,
,1, The silver issue Carnegie regards as
a back number. When the Democratic
r . platform talks of international bimet
is a 1 list 11 it harks back to a bygone de
»• lusion which all other Nations have dis
" ! carded. Nevertheless, the election of
I Mr. Bryan would undoubtedly cause
apprehension to the timid, and this would
L , r j l>e sufficient to precipitate a panic,
i Were Mr. Bryan an insincere man fhe
danger wonl<l b»* even less than it is,but
' since he has justly gained a reputation
for devotion to principle akin to that
won by Lincoln, Mr. Bryan would not
, refrain from enforcing his convictions
. upon the country in regard to financial
matters That means that if ht- were
elected we would have a President,with
all a President's influence in the Senate
and in the House determined by every
means within his power to throw the
exchanges of the country into chaos.
" An earnest, honest man in the wrong,
says Mr. Carnegie, "is more to be dread
ed than the average politician who
changes with the wind."
Mr. Carnegie criticises severely the
part of the Democratic platform which
favors an income tax. Mr. Gladstone
declared that this tax tends to make a
nation of liars, and Mr. Carnegie is sur
prised that any true American could fa
vor the miserable espionage required to
fnforce it. Nothing could be more un-
American.
Mr. Carnegie believes in collecting the
revenues as far as possible from the
rich, and to that end he favors heavy
death taxes upon estates in lieu of an
income tax. "Costly foreign wines, to
bacco, laces, silks, linens, broadcloth
and the thousand and one luxuries we
import should be made to pay excessive
ly high duties." says Mr. Carnegie.
Mr. Carnegie expresses lack of con
fidence in Mr. Bryan's understanding of
affairs. Mr. Bryan is a tvpical Ameri
can, but he seems not to have studied
down to the roots of things, and he has
yet to learn how often the theoretical
and practical effects of legislation dif
fer. Had he duly considered the effect
of dragging the judicial decisions of our
final court of appeal into the arena of
party politics Mr Carnegie feels sure
that Mr. Bryan would not have attacked
the Supreme Court. Mr. Carnegie says
on this point:
The theory upon which our Constiiu
tion rests is that, over and al>ove the
legislative and executive, which con
stitute the political department, there
sits the final and supreme arbiter, the
judicial, in the calm atmosphere of law,
removed f rom the passion and violence
of party, unmoved by political change,
settling all disputes finally, and thus
decreeing and enforcing peace among
all persons and all parties, and even
among the States themselves In this
tribunal rests our assurance of continu
ed peaceful development, The party
which drags its judgments into a j>oliti
cal campaign should be defeated. We j
should reverence above all other institu
tions the Supremo Court: it is so dis
tinctively American, and is perhaps the
most precious, as it is the most original,
of all the features of that perfect work,
the American Constitution. The elevation
of the judicial above the political is al
most unknown, and is wholly so among
English-speaking people, save with us;
with all others the political parliament
is supreme. There is thus nothing
more American than the Supreme Court.
Summing up, Mr. Carnegie finds in
Mr. Bryan's success these dangers:
License instead of law at home, through
political denunciation of judicial de
cisions, second, silver as our standard,
since an inferior drives out a superior
currency, which means defrauding
labor and robbing the people of one
half of their savings; third, a tax upon
the income of citizens, inaugurating an
un-American system of espionage de
moralizing to the national character.
Against Mr. McKinley the argument
is the threatened continuance of the
costly attempt to suppress the aspira
tions of the Philippinos for Independence
But even if that attempt were carried
out Mr. Carnegie does not regard it as
so serious a disaster for the country as
the consequences which would follow
from Mr. Bryan's elevation to the Presi
dency. Mr. Carnegie concludes:
The party of protection of American
industries, of internal improvement*,
the party of the Union, of emancipa
tion, RIMI of the highest standard of
value for the money of the people, the
party of Cnfca free and independent, is
not to Vie deserted for its failure so far
to perform this same sacred dnty to the
Philippines. On the contrary, the party
which had been for a generation the
guardian of our country, and whose
wise legation has secured its present
commanding position, may wisely be
trusted to find the lost path and return
to it. thus retrieving its error.
Tlie Anthracite Strike.
On Wednesday of last week there was
a meeting of anthracite coal operators
in «J. P. Morgan's office in New York,
bnt no conclusion was reached.
"oft coal from Western Pennsylvania
was bein;' shipped to the Eastern mark
! ets.
On Thursday there were rumors of a
settlement but no proposition had reach
the miners.
On Saturday the operators offered a
ten per cent, increase of wages, which
the miners refused.
Troiitman.
Mrs. J. I. Campbell is on the sick list.
Mr. Nelson Sutton hits gone to Oil
City with his sister 011 a two week's
visit.
Mr. Joe Ekis of near West Bunbury
is rig building on the Lem Sutton farm.
Miss Maggie Walker who was attend
ing school at West Sunbnry academy is
at home on account of poor health.
Communion services were held-at Zion
on last Sunday.
The next time the young man goes to
the top of the derrick he had better take
his pail with him or hang it out of reach
of tlie cows.
Miss Pearl Morrow and Mis-) Nora
Crawford was at Zion on Friday night
Mr. ami Mrs. Robert Sutton of
Oregon and his mother of Marietta, 0.,
were visiting his brother Lem Sutton of
Modoc.
Bert Morrow and Warren Horn com
pleted tlie rig on the Lem Sutton farm
last week.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. David
George died on Saturday of dysentery,
aged two months
Coal Valley.
Miss Mne Donaldson returned to War
ren on Tuesday of last week after a two
weeks visit with her parents.
Misses Emma and Margaret Young of
W. Va. visited their uncle, Darius
Hutchison, last week.
Mr. Edmund Donaldson returned to
the W. Va. oil field on Thursday of last
week after a few days visit with his
parents.
Mrs. George Marshal of Perrysville
spent part of last week visiting friends
in this vicinity.
Communiob services were conducted
in the Presbyterian church of North
Hope on Sunday last.
The Bell reunion will be held at the
home of N. P. Bell on Friday, Oct. 5.
The ball given at the home of Mr.
Schimmel was the first one in the season
and was largely attended. J.
Karl Schluchter,
Practical Tailor and Cutter
125 W. Jefferson, Butler, I'a.
BushHing, Cleaning and
Repairing a Specialty.
Th»> Farmers are Natures own
Noblemen.
The farmers are natures own noblemen
—happy and free:
No peer of the realm is so happy as he.
For the Land of the Fre«- has given him
birth:
His sons are free men that meet around
tbe hearth.
Your country has risen in beauty and
might.
With palace-like homes that are fair to
the sight:
Your hands helped to build them, your
strength lent its aid.
And by the sweat of your brows their
foundations were laid.
The ships that sail proudly over the
deep sea.
Are loaded with the products of the
farm, don't you see.
The grandest of men from farmers have
sprnng—
The grandest deeds by farmers have
been done.
The proudest of hearts the farmers do
bear:
While conscious of right in their bos
oms they bear.
The farmers are more God fearing than
than any other class on earth.
For they see God's hand in nature from
their earliest birth.
Farming was the first occupation of
man this the Bible will tell.
For God appointed Adam a farmer when
from his first great estate he most
grieveously fell.
Adam's first-born, a son, was a tiller of
the ground.
A record of this in the Bible can also be
found.
Bobbie Bums, the greatest natural
writer that ever lived on earth.
Was a farmer by occupation, a poet by
birth.
George Washington and Abraham Lin
coln were farmers who rose to
great honor and fame;
Our preachers, judges, lawyers and edi
tors come from the farm just the
same.
Onr brave, martyred President. Gar
field, once worked on a farm, he
also drove mnles on the raging
canal:
He afterwards rose to great honor and
glory, aud his tragic death was
mourned by all.
Israel Putnam was a farmer who rode
his horse down the steps at break
neck speed;
This is landed in tradition as a most dar
ing deed.
The British were afraid to follow.
They looked on in wonder and dismay—
A Yankee farmer and a Johnnie Bull
Are not built the same way.
Many of the Butler county farmers at
the canon's first sound
Bravely went to the frout and left their
plows to rust in the ground.
They have this honor, which is truly
snblime,
They were among the first to cross Ma
son and Dixons Line.
They planted the old flag in Dixie, long
may it wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home
of the brave.
ALEX HAYS.
di:aihs.
HOWERSTINE At his home in Mid
dlesex twp., Sept. 18, 1900, John
Howerstein.
SMITH —At his home in Slipperyrock
twp., Sept. 28, I!MW>. Edmund Smith.
He is survived by one son, C. F.
Smith, aud three daughters. Flora,
Maud and Catharine.
SCHUGART—At her home in Butler,
Saturday, Sept. 29. 1900, Mrs. Philo
mina Schugart, widow of Jacob
Schugart, dee'd, aged 78 years.
CROOKSHANKS- Oct. 1, 1900, infant
child of James M. Crookshanks of
Winfield twp.
PAINTER—At Butler General Hospi
tal, Sept. 30, 1900, Mrs. Nancy Pain
ter, aged 70 years.
She was buried at Buffalo Presbyter
ian church.
MEALS At his home in Venango twp.
Sept 28. 1900, Samuel Meals, Esq.
aged 63 years.
ELLIOTT —At his home inSnmmittp.,
October 1, 1900, James Elliot, aged 82
years.
KRAMER At her home in Jefferson
street, Butler, October 10, 1900, Miss
Julia Kramer, aged about 23 years.
Obituary Notes.
George H. Welshons, one of Pitts
burg's cleverest newspaper writers,com
mitted suicide in Harrisbnrg.last Satur
day, by severing the arteries of his arms.
He was married, lived in the East End,
but had no children.
George F. McCleane, one of the most
prominent iron manufacturers of Pitts
burg of a few years ago, and one of the
pioneers of Western Pennsylvania in the
manufacture of galvanized sheet iron,
died last Sunday night at 6:20 o'clock at
the Monongahela House after a few
weeks' illness. Mr. McCleane was in
his 76th year.
Josiali R. Adams of Philadelphia, a
lawyer and the Republican nominee for
the Superior Court in 1899, which hon
or he subsequently declined, shot him
self in the heart last Friday morning
and died within half an hour. The rea
son assigned is failing health aud wor
ry.
Efforts were made to conceal the af
fair and when his death became known
the cause was declared to be ' 'heart
failure.''
Mr. Adams, it is said by his friends,
has lieen a changed man for more than
a year. He became moody and morose
over his enforced withdrawal from the
Republican ticket. He kept away from
his usual haunts and saw few persons.
His health declined and he was extreme
ly worried.
Samuel W. Stewart, who passed his
boyhood days in Butler and afterwards
became prominent as an oil producer,
died at the home of his son iu Titus
ville, Monday night, aged 8-1 years.
Talking About It.
If you are talking of a Fall Suit,
we want to do a little talking,too
Our New Goods Are Just In
so we are interested,and we think
we can interest you by showing
them.
Elegant Suitings, S2O anil up.
Come in and see them.
Wedding Suits a Speciality.
(ooper &r (0.,
Leading Practical Tailors.,
DIAMOND. BUTLER. I'A.
I
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HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER. ,
A Knucbly Hu til Torn Sled Which
Satisfactorily.
▲ corn stal. shown in the cut, was
used last WIMII with satisfactory re
suit* It ia roughly constructed nnd
wa» part of an experiment, according
to a Rural New Yorker correspondent,
who gives the following details:
We wire so well pleased with it that
we shall do no more corn cutting with
hand knives, but will use this device
Uiswtd. Two men ride it. and any
good, steady 1.200 pound horse will
handle It without any inconvenience.
In making it we use twu -J oak
wantlings, each 0 feet lonff »'or run
ners. We found later that the sled
worked better if the forward end were
raised slightly: consequently we made
two false runners of rtio same mate
riai and fastened them to the bottom
of the first. These additional runners
were chamfered so they were al»out
two inches in front and tapered to a
point at the rear. In view of this
change I would suggest that the run
ner bo made of 2 by 6 stuff with the
rear taperlnc to four Inches. In some
cases It may be found advisable to nail
a 4 inch board to the bottom of the
rismers to act as a shoe. The runners
were placed 30 inohes apart, outside
measurement. Across these was nail
ed a 6 inch and a foot board of the
required length. At a point about 18
Inches back of the front end of tbe
runner the phitform makes an angle
of a little less than 45 degrees with the
runner. The platform is built back,
carrying the slant for about three feet,
when it will be about 18 inches from
the runner. The platform is then
built back squafely for 10 or IS Inches
farther. This platform should be built
of as sound hard lumber as possible.
It is surprising how the stubble scrap-
HOMEMADE (X»RX CUTTING SLED.
ing against the bottom as the sled
passes over thern after cutting the
stalk will wear the bottom.
In making our knives we took an old
six foot crosscut saw and cut into two
equal parts. Each blade was taken to
the grindstone and the back ground to
an edge. We were careful to grind
only one side, and this the one on each
blade that would be underneath when
the small end was extended toward the
front. At first we tried nailing the
blades to the platform, but soon found
that this was not sufficient to hold
them securely. When they were bolt
ed with round hooded bolts, with heads
beneath, it was much more satisfac
tory. In order to hold the blades there
should be at least six bolts through
each blade.
How to Core Onlona.
Red and yellow onions should be
pulled when the tops l>egin to lap and
are still slightly green, so they He read
ily, when they are made into round
piles. White onions must be pulled
green. Part of the crop must be sacri-'
flced in order to secure that color
which is necessary to bring the first
price. lted and yellow varieties can
be safely left In these round piles until
the middle of September, when they
should be well cured. They are then
opened for a day or two before cart
ing to slatted bins in the barn. Plenty
of air should be given. Many of our
largest grov/ers have onion barns,
where they keep a tire in winter, but
we have Is inked our onions well on
approach severe weather and have
never bad tiny trouble in keeping them
for the spring market—ln fact, we
think that they are less liable to sprout
than whore a tiro Is kept. We cart our
onions as wanted in the winter to a
basement cellar, where they are pre- I
pared for market, writes a Connecticut
grower to Rural New Yorker.
Grrnt Wor«l» For the Mc* I*l kr Grape,
1 have just returned from St. Louis,
aud while tlwre I was at Alton, Ills.,
and saw the wonderful McPike grape
In vineyard with Concord, Worden,
Moore's Enrly, Niagara, Catawba,
Woodruff Red, Eaton. Salem, Bright,
Campbell's Burly, Goethe, Virginia
Seedling and many others, and I must
say that tlio McPike overshadows all
other varieties to as great 101 extent
as Niagara falls overshadow other
falls of like nature. The green berries
now on the clusters, many of them,
measure one inich in diameter uaid the
clusters nine or ten inches long, weigh
ing V/j pounds, says a Rural New York
er correspondent.
and \otoß.
Long Island pickle growers spray
wftli bordeaux about every ten days.
Brooklyn lias a home for aged. horses,
newly Incorporated.
Potash fertilizers, which in some
loutliern experiments proved to be ben
eficial to tobacco, were those furnish
ing the iwtash In the form of the sul
phate or the carbonate.
The growing crop of winter cabbage
throughout the United States 3s pro
nounced by Orange Judd Farmer-prom
ising with few exceptions, many local
ities reporting the outlook as better
than for years. Tine onion growers, ac
cordtng to the same authority, are dis
appointed in the development of the
crop thus far, and the onion acrcago is
much less than usual.
The high price of flaxseed as com
pared with the price of wheat has caus
ed the ftirmers of Minnesota and tr.e
Dakotas to greatly Kncruase their acre
uge of llax, says the St. Paul Pioneer
Press. i
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
(<KO. K. McADOO, M. D.,
U PRACTICIC LIMITHD.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
HOURS:— 9 a. tn. lo 12 111; 1:30 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
Office and residence corner North and
Washington streets. Bell 'Phone No.
45. Butler, l'a.
p M. ZIMMERMAN
• PHYSICIAN AND SUKGHON
Office No. 45, S. Main street, over City
Pharmacy.
I BLACK.
LI PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
New Troutman Building, Butler Pa.
I vR. C. ATWELL,
1* Office 106 VV. Diamond St., [Br
Graham's old office.]
Hours 7 to 9a. tn. and I to 3 and 7 to
8 p. tn
DR. N. IV] . HOOVER.
137 E. Wayne St., offic ; noura. 10 to
12 a. UJ. 1 and to 3 p. m.
IV H. BROWN,
TV . HOMOEOPATHIC PHYHICIAN AND
SURGHON
Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O.
Night cf lis at office.
OAMUOLM. BIPPUS,
O PHYSICIAN AND 5 JURGKON
200 West Cunningham St.
HW. WICK,
» DKNTI ST.
Has located in the new Stein building,
with all the latest dev. ces for Dental
work.
Now is the time to sul iscril*' for the
Citizen—tl.oo per year.
T J. DONALDSON,
J • DBKTIST.
Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest
improved plan. Gold Fillings a spec
ialty. Office next to postoffice.
T\R W. P. McILROY,
I" DENTIST.
Formerly known as the "Peerless
Painless Kit tractor of Teeth." Located
permanently at nt Hast Jefferson St.,
Opposite Hotel Lowrv, Butler. Will do
dential operations of all kinds by the
latest devices and up-to-date methods
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA.
Successor to Dr. Johnston.
DENTIST
Office at No 114 E. Jeftersou St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery.
H. NEGLEY,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in the "CITIZEN" building.
T D. McJfNKIN,
V• ATTORNHY-AT-LAW.
Office in Retber building, corner M*in
and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on
E. Cunningham.
JOHN W. COULTER.
T) ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Wise building, N. Diamond St., Butlei
Special attention given to collections
and business matters.
Reference: Butler Savings Bank, or
Butler County National Bank
A. T. BLACK. IRA MCJESX
BLACK & MCJUNKIN,
Attorneya-at-law,
Armory Building, Butler, Pa.
HH. GOUCHER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Wise building.
COULTER & BAKKR,
ATTORNEYS A : LAW.
Room 8., Armory buildup.
AT. SCOTT,
0 ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. But
ler, Pa.
1 B. BKEDIN,
J • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court House.
|1 F. L. McQUISTION,
V. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVKYROO
Office near Court House.
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ALL
THE
FALL
BLOCKS
IN
STIFF
AND
SOFT
HATS
ARE
NOW
IN •
AND
THEY
ARE
BEAUTIES.
WE
ALSO
HAVE
A
COMPLETE
LINK
OF
MEN'S
FURNISHINGS
FOR
FALL
AND
WINTER.
Jno- S Wick,
242 S. Main St., Butler, Pa
Opposite P. O.
B. & B.
please understand
that yoil're a welcome visitor to
the store when you come to the
city to see the Exposition—or
any time you come.
j .ook at the new Fashions alt
you want— whether buying or not.
Feel perfectly at home.
We're showing top-notch as
sortments of all that's newest and
choice.
Whatever Dry Goods wants
you have, styles and prices will
very soon show the money—sav
ing advantage in buying here.
Ladies' new Suits' io to 125
dollars.
Jackets, 5 to 50 dollars.
Capes, 6\ to 50 dollars.
Skirts, 3.} to 05 dollars.
Men's and Boys' Clothing-
Suits, and Overcoats, Separate
Trousers—better Clothing than
stores sell- a great Clothing bu
siness built and growi lg on small
profits.
50 inch all wool Black Cheviots
—goods of sterling worth— 50c.
46 inch satin-finish Black
Jacquards —dressy —65c.
Fine line of 52 inch all wool
Skirting IMaids, 50c.
36 inch all wool Plaids,
all wool, mind you —and choice
style.
New Silks for swell waists rich, ■
handsome cflects —85c, SI.OO.
Lot ot extra good Fleeced
Wrapper Goods—neat styles-1 oc.
Yard-wide Flannelette,90 -yard
wide Flannelettes are unusual.
Special quality hancy I-lannel
ette Underskirts —full size—with
shell-stitched fancy border —all
ready to put the band 011 —20c.
Lot of double width— 34 inch-
Dress Goods—plain grey and
brown mixtures,mostly wool.izjc.
Sec samples and you'll know
it's an offering beyond ordinary.
New Catalogue— See that we
have your name, address, and re
quest for a copy.
Boggs& Buhl
Department X.
ALLEGHENY. PA.
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman's
GRAND Winter" OPENING
'OF
Millinery, Dress Goods, Jackets, Capes, and
Suits, Furs, Etc.^\too
The Summer of Preparation is past and the Fall and Winter of
Doing is upon us. It finds us ready to Supply your wants with a
store larger than ever before, and a stock of goods that surpasses
anything we have ever before shown, so that with increased facilities
and an itnparalled profusion of styles and reliable makes of the above
mentioned articles, we can guarantee you more satisfactory results
than you can get elsewhere. Our stock was purchased under the most
favorable circumstances, and will be sold at prices ranging from 5 to
25 per cent, less than any other firm ofters equal qualities. EVEN
IN THE RARE INSTANCES when prices are apparently the
same as ours there is always an advantage in trading here, due to
the assurance that here the quality is as good as appears on the sur
face. Some people have an idea that Pittsburg U the place fot Dry
Goods bargains. Experience proves that right here in this hustling
store in Butler can be found styles and prices that eclipse any offered
by over-rated stores in larger cities and you won't have to loo'k long
to be convinced of this fact.
Remember Our Stock is Entirely New. NO OLD GOODS.
Ladies' Stylish Tailor-Made
JACKETS.
All colors at £T>. Also Black, better
ones at $7.50, $1(1.00. up to sls in all the
latest shajMis Box Coats. Flv Fronts,
Reefer and Automobiles. Prices al
ways the lowest.
Blankets.
Extra large size in Cotton Blaukets
at 60c per pair. Better ones at 75c and
SI.OO.
Fine Woolen Blankets, fnll size at
$3.50 up to $7.50. 1
If yon need blankets yon will consult
your best interests by looking at these
values liefore purchasing blankets.
Millinery.
In our Millinerv Department we are
making a magnificent display of Wo
men's and Children's trimmed and un
trimmed Hats. Millinery Trimmings,
Feathers, etc.. etc.. all in t the newest
designs at remarkably low prices.
Street Hats 50c to $4 75: all the new
shai>es and effects in Outing and Un
trimmed Hats.
M isses' and Children's Jackets
A large and complete assortment of
Misses' Jackets, Box Back Coats, fly
front Reefers and all shapes shown for
this season at special value, in all colors,
castor blue and brown at $5.00. Prices
rang from $2.50 to sls. Our prices al
ways less, our values better than shown
elsewhere. %
Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits.
New and attractive styles at exceed
inglv low prices. New Blouse Suits.
New Tight Fitting Suits. Fly Front
Reefer Jackets, all the latest effects,
prices range from $lO to $!5. Nothing
but reliable makes and perfect fitting
garments shown here. Low prices, too,
rule in our Suit Department. Try us.
DOMESTICS.
We wish to call special attention to our complete stork of
Domestics, consisting of Domets, Outing Flannels, Sheetings, 1 owel
ing, Pillow Casing, Cheviots, Seersuckers, Ginghams, Calicos, Chintzs,
Table Damask. Napkins, and Fine Towels. Having purchased these
staples in large quantities, we are in position to ofter them at less
price than you will find them elsewhere. \ou are cordially invited
to give us a call. -
Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN.
BUTLER, PA-
I Our October §
1 Showing of s
FURNITURE 1
gj Will be interesting to §*
Economical Buyers# IS*
jPf Ours is the sort of Furniture which when bought «
is an investment for life, usually! and there is no
place more worthy of an expenditure for its tgg
3f ment and beautifying than the home. It gives com' g*
fort; it gives satisfaction? it gives respect from friend® jgj
and neighbors, and it is always a substantial ac- g
21 cumulation of property. §|j
ssi - is
So - —— Rn
s§3 BOOK CASES, $12.00 ||||
27 inches wide. 00 Inches high. solid oak. quarter-sawed front,
and ends highly polished; single glass door. French feet. One of
the best values we have ever shown in l>ook cases.
Wt WOOL BLANKETS, $4.00 g
for; also in plaids. Made at one of the best factories in Pennsyl- vq#
vania from Pennsylvania wool. }§s
1 Campbell ft Templetoni
JO* WORK
Neatlv) Don<? At
The CITIZEN.
Golf Capes and Rainy-Day
Skirts.
Plaid Back Cloth Rainy-Day Skirts
from $4.50 to $12.75.
Golf Capes in beautiful colorings. A
number of new effects. PMces $5 to
$lB. Misses' and Children's Golf Capes.
$3 to sls. Ladies' Plush Capes. 80 in.
long at $5, a special valne.
Plush capes ranging for $3 to sls;
none better shown.
Silk Waists.
Extraordinary values shown in silK
waists, dress sleeves, made with corded
back and front at $3 50, real valne $5.
The very best $5 silk waist over shown
in Bntler. black and colors, real value
SO, don't fail to ask to see them. Also
ask to see our special F<"ench flannel
waists at $1.»8 in all colors, real valne
$3.00.
Dress Goods and Silks.
Our showing of Black and Colored
Dress Goods now complete. We wish
again to call your attention to our well
lighted store room, enabling purchasers
to see clearly every piece of goods they
wish to inspect. Space does not permit
us to mention all the excellent values in
this department.
Black and Colored Granite Cloth at
50c to sl. No better wearing cloth.
Black Pebble Cheviot *1 to $1.75.
Prunella $1.15 to $1.75.
Camel Hair. Zibaline Cheviots.
Homespun Storm Serges in black and
colors at 50c. 60c. 75c, 90c to $1.75.
Fine Black Melange Suitings $2 The
latest for dressy skirts and snits.
Our stock of black and colored silks
and satins is most complete in every de
tail. Prices will interest you.
Hosiery.
Hosiery is hard to get at old prices, or
rather hard to give as good values at
old prices, but we fortunately bought
direct from Mills and Importers early
last Spring, and can give you same
values for 10c, 15c, 25c, in Cotton Hose,
and 25c and s()c in Woolen Hose, as of ,
old, and our Hosiery Department is well
known for giving excellent values at
these well known prices.
Underwear.
Same story to tell jou shoot under
wear as Hosiery, only remember it is
not fairy stories we are telling yon. but
honest facts which we are prepared to 1
substantiate by showing yon the same
values in weight aud qualities in Ladies'
Ribbed Fleeced Lined Vests at 25c ae of
old Also in Wuolens for Men, Women,
Misses, Children and Babies.
We can show you same values at old
prices.