THE CITIZF;N. WILMAM O. NROLEY -- Publisher THURSDAY, JANUARY ir, 1901. lIA BRISBIBti. "Great Goings On" in Hirrisburg, should be the heading, for "great gang* from all directions" assembled there. Monday, with a thousand brass bands whose noise drowned the rumors of de sertions and bribery. The Senate held a session, that even ing. during which Senator Flinn intro duced his tremendous, ballot-reform bill, (in thirty-one sections) and he and Grady had a clash. The House met and prayed, and then adjourned till next afternoon. The Democratic members held a caucus that night, aud nominated James Guffy for U. S. Senator Bqth Houses met at 3 p. m. Thursday, with both room 3 full of spectators. The isles of the House were jammed and after order was secured, a vote on U. S. Senator was taken. In the House Quay liad 101 votes, Guffy 44, Dalzell 24, Smith 11, Huff 6 and Stewart 3 and some scattering. In the Senate Quay had 2fi votes, Guffy 12, Dalzell 10 and Huff 7. Iu both Houses 348 votes were cast, of which Quay received a majority— l3o— both houses met in joint session next day and declared him elected, and Gov. Stone issued his certificate and the affair was ended. Quay will probably take his seat im mediately. His term will date trom M irch 4, 1899, and he will get two years back pay or SIO,OOO. Flinn's Bill. The Pittsburg Dispatch pronounces Senator Flinn's ballot bill "a genuine reform measure" and says "the act is carefully drawn to secure the purity of the ballot with full congizance of the abuses that have obtained under the existing law. If enacted, in conjunction with the bill of the Ballot Reform As sociation governing primary elections.it will give the State as good a system as any heretofore established. The radical departures of the bill are as follows: The straight Australian ballot, abol ishing party columns, giving each can didate and voter equal opportunity and reducing size and expenses of ticket. Requiring voters who desire a«sist ance ii marking their ballot to define their disabilities under oath: providing that assistant be designated by judge of election, aud requiring the assistant to take oath not to influence or deceive the voter or disclose to anyone bow he votes. Prohibiting soliciting of votes in vot ing room; prescribing safeguards for the accurate printing, care iu delivery, counting and retnrning of ballots aud prompt announcement of the count. Providing for holding a new election in certain cases of contest as soon as the tribunal is satisfied that gross fraud or irregularities have l>een practiced. Enumerating illegal acts and prescrib ing severe penalties therefor. The acts prescribed cover the complete catalogue of election crimes and the punishment of from )j>soo t055.000 fine, or imprison ment in the penitentiary not less than two not mote than ten years in the dis cretion of the court. WASHINGTON. Last Thnrsday it was learned that the State Department had received an im portant communication from the Ger man Government relating to the Chi nese question. The department refused to disclo.se the nature of the communi cation, but light was cast upon it by the following announcement. Before the State Department closed for the day the following bulletin was issued to the press: "As some of the foreign Powers do not look with favor upon the proposition of the United States, recently made, as to the with drawal of certain features of the nego tiations from Peking to Washington or some other capital, and other Powers hesitate to decide the question, the Pres ident has deemed it advisable to with draw the proposition, and has directed the diplomatic representatives of the United States abroad to so inform the different Governments.'' Representative Showaiter of Chicora introduced a bill which has for its ob ject the further promotion of the sttfdy of military science and tactics at insti tution* ot learning. The bill provides that there shall be paid, at the ending of each school vear, the sum of to each student who shall have faithfully and honestly served as a member of the military class of his school to reimburse him for the cost of his uniform, and the expenses incurred in going into a camp of instruction for at least one week dur ing the summer vacation. The bill stipulates that not more than iJO.OOO students in schools anrl colleges shall receive the benefits of the sum allotted each year, and no school shall receive any money that has not at least, a mem bership of 125 in its military class. An appropriation of $750,00(1 is authorized to defray the expenses of the military students for the ensuing fiscal year - 11. Hull in Pittsburg Times. A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. Continued When the nineteenth century began, the United States was of limited terri tory. flanked by England on the north, Spain on the south, and France on the west, a storm swept coast on the east, and a hostile and übiquitous host altori ginies in our midst. The necessities of life were slill directing the energies of the early settlers almost entirely to ag ricultural pursuits and to supplying by the quickest methods the immediate wants of food and stielier. It. is not surprising then that most of the notable steps of invention at this time should have l>een taken in foreign lands As, however, the American people were quick to appreciate and adopt anythiug of practical value and as 111 later years United Stats patents have been quite generally taken for tno most important of these foreign inventions, the latter have l>ecome u par J of the great working assets of industral pro gress in the United States which cannot lie ignored in any estimate of the causes of its growth. In the very beginning of the first de cade, Volta, ot Italy, had given the world the chemical battery which bears his name, Louis Roberts, of Franc -, de vised a machine for making continuous webs of paper, which render,-1 tile v«b perfecting press nossible; Jacquard nisi of France, invented a pattern loim. Somewhat later. Trevithick, au Euglsh man. built the first steam lo' (motive; and Winsor, bis countryman organized the first gas company. In our own land, Col. John Stevens and Robert Fulton successfully c- tb lished steam navigation and laid the fonndation for the present 'rent com rnerce and splendid naval equipment o: of the world In the second decade 11 itO-lsJO) Konig s rotary stum press urirk-d a great advance in printing; Stephenson built his first locomotive: Fulton built the first steani war vessel; Niejice in vented heliograpby, the pioneer step in photography; Sir Humphrey Davy in vented the safety lamp: the English en gineer Brunei supplied in civil engineer ing notable improvements in the meth ods of driving sti bterranenu tun nels; electro-magnetism was discovered by Oersted: the American ship ''Savan nah" utilized steam for the first time for crossing the Atlantic.and Blaucliard invented his lathe for tnruiug irregular forms. la the third decade (1820-18301 Fara day converted the electrical current into mechanical motion, and in experi ments in the liquefaction aud solidifica tion of gases laid the foundation of the modern absorption ice machines; pins commenced to b-- cheaply made on Wright's machine; the fust public pas senger railway was opened in England between Stockton aud Darlington; Sturgeon invented trie prototype of the electro magnet. Prof. Henry perfected the same and rendered it effective for all useful in the arts. Barlow s electrical spur wheel. Ohm's law of elec trical resistance, Becquerel s double fluid galvanic battery, ami Dal Negro's elec trically operated pendulum marked oth er notable steps in the electrical field. Friction matches were introduced by John Walker. Xtilson s hot blast for smeltinir iron was the greatest of the early steps in metallurgy, Stephenson s locomotive, "Rocket, took the prize for speed, the "Stourbridge, Lion" was im ported and was the first practical loco motive to be put to work in America. Da guerre invented the dagnerretype. and Ericsson supplied the steam fire engine In the fourth decade (1830-1840) the United States began to show the fertil itv and resourcefulness of its inventors to" a remarkable degree. Prof. Hen ry telegraphed signals to a distant point bv his electro-magnet and invent ed his electric motor: McCormick an*! Hnssey invented and put in service their respective reapers; Baldwin built the "Old Ironsides," and from this time on American locomotives began to assert their claims to recognition. Un til to-dav in number and quality the}* excel all" others I'rof. Morse gave the world the telegraph: Colt invented his revolver: Saxton divised magneto-elec tric machines; the link motion was in vented by James; Davenport made his electric motor; Profs. Draper and Morse made the first photographic por traits; and Goodyear discovered the process of vulcanizing rubber. Import ant steps were also being taken abroad. Faraday discovered magnetic induction, and also established the relation between chemical and electrical force; Pixii con structed magneto-electric machines; Ja cobi invented his rotary electric motor and built the first electrically propelled boat; Daniell devised his constant chem ical battery; Cooke and VVheatstone de vised an electric telegraph; Steinheil discovered the feasibility of utilizing the earth for the return section of the cir cuit: Defries furnished the gas meter: F. Talpot made photographic prints from negatives; and Prof. Grove made the first incandescent electric lamp. Ten years more completed the first half of the century and this decade (1840 J850) brought Sickel's steatn cat-off: Triger's pneumatic caissons; Nasmyth s steam hammer; the first telegraphic message from Washington to Baltimore, the introduction of anaesthetics by Dr Wells and by Dr Morton; the Hoe type revolving machine; House's printing tel »graph: guncotton and nitroglycerine; H .we's sewing machine; Savage's time lock; Bain's chemical telegraph; Bake well's facsimile telegraph; Bourdon's pressure gages; Brewster's stereoscope: the Corliss engine; the first submarine caßle (Dover to Calais); the collodion process in photography; Sloan s gimlet pointed screw; and American machine made watches. —Sci. Americsn. Harmony & Zelienople. The Harmony mill is operated with two gas engines; the second engine was placed recently. The funeral of Wm. Kavenaugh. of Zelienople last week, was attended by a large number of people. The services were conducted by R°v. P. .1. Slonaker, of the Presbyterian church. Sarah Ellen Ziegler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Ziegler. of Harmon*, died on Jan itth, of consumption, and was buried at Harmony on .lan. 11th The services were conducted by Rev. ,T. A Leuzinger, of the Reformed church ' r be deceased was born on Aug. 1 1865 and in early life joined this church. Mrs W. H. Stamm, of Harmony Jet., visited relatives at Pittsburg last week. Rev. E. J. Knox. D D., ot Allegheny, Presiding Elder of the Allegheny dis trict., preached in the Harmony M E church last Saturday and Sunday, rhis charge is in a flourishing condition and the i>astor, Rev. S. H. Greenlee. i.~ in the third week of his protracted meet ings. Mr. and Mrs. Tess ■ H Ivnox of W.-ir renO., were at Harmony over Sunday the guests of relatives. The U. Winter vs P. &W. railway case will begin at Butler on Wednesday of this week. J. G. June and wife, of Harmony are happy at the arrival of a lusty boy at their house recently. If. L. Danhart and F. E. Longwell are among those yvho are victims ofth« grip at Zelienople. Invitations have lieen issued for the Merchants annual banquet of Harmony and Zelienople. The banquet will be held in the Harmony opera house on on Tuesday evening Jan. 29th, On Monday morning fire was dis covered in the house occupied by E. H. Stauffar. of Harmony in the hill of the second floor. A scrap basket was burn ing. which the children set on fire. The fire was nut out with a dozen pails of water. The damage was small. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. McMillan, of But ler. were the guests of Milton Sampl and his daughter Tillie ar Harm my on Saturday and Sunday. E. 11. Knox and Sarah Covert were at Grant City, this week, to see Hez Covert, who is critical!j ill. The new railroad buildings, at Har mony, are now occupied. The old station has been moved away and the lew places are being filled up A switch was cut in west of the depot and a side track has been laid north of the buildings When the grounds yvill lie finished the company will have a credit able equipment at Harmony yvhich will also IM; convenient and cheerful for tie traveling public. Rey. E. S. Little, of New York is the new pastor of the 11. P. church at Zelienople. The Rev. ia a young mar ried man yvith culture and ability ar.d is impressing his parishoners favorably - . Ou Tuesday evening, of this week, ;i reception was given him by his mem bers at the residence of Hon. John Dindinger. of Zelienople, to which the pastor and the higher officials of the sister churches of the community were invited. Dainty refreshments were ser veil and » pleasant social time was ex perienced b} those present. Mrs. Henry Levis, of Rochester, is visiting ber daughter Mrs John 11. Wilson, at Harmony this week Concord Tow us li ip. As nomination day i s nefr at band considerable stir is t> ;iu ; madeby nros pe -t ve caudiuates for t iwaship otfi ■ -s it is desirj 1 that a nil vote In c is- at that tim •. and that m >n best qualified to manage the fiannciul itTurs of the twp be n >.u ui: : I wai'M ui'.-n there •• tion. The week of prayer was observed by some and some failed to observe. The snliject for discussion at the next meeting of the Independent Bible Readers Union is founded on Ist John 2nd chapt. 5) 10 11th veas-s and :»rd ch 17th verse. Ith ch 20 21st versas and sth ch 10th verse. Mr. au l Mrs Sh i >'< o" Magic are en tert lining tueir niece Miss Lizzie Shook of Bugettstown Pa Tin storm predict "1 by R v. [rl liicks reached this place on schedule time. Rain fell for several hours which gave a new bottom to all our through fares Bob Satbon near Troatinau is suffer ing from a severe attack of erysip -lis. The fun- ril of Wm. Tlijrub-rg took pla-e last Friday Service* co'iduc ->d by R. L. Alter were nell in Oon -ird church interment wm in C eic >rd c-m etry. His widow has the sympathy of the entire community in her sad afiiic tion. SXLKX Farmers' Institutes. West Sunbury, Feb. s and !». Winfield Grunge, Feb. II and 12. Portersville, Feb. 13 and 14. The State speakers will be, Wood yvard, Watts, Johnston, Elder, Thayer and Burns. Tlic Yellowstone National Park. The sublime scenes of this natural wonderland, situated in the heart of the Rocky Mountains on the summit of the continent at an altitude ranging from •WOO to 1 -000 ft above sea level, surpass es in interest any other region yet dis covered, on the face of the globe. It is beyond the power of man to properly describe its many spectacular features in such a way as to intelligent ly and adequately convey to the minds of others a true and just conception of its uneqnaled grand multitudinous -cenic beauties. It is here that nature seems to nave enacted her greatest tragedy. It is here as nowhere else that the naturalist, the botanist and the geologist are confronted with confuting and perplexing problems. It is here, to some extent at least, that nature seems to have successfully contradicted and set aside the theories concerning the laws that govern her. At least one can but see, feel and wonder. This wonder land lies in north-western Wyoming and overlaps the adjacent boundaries of Montana and Idaho for the distance of two miles and it is about 60i miles in breadth and 80 miles ;ti length with a large timber reserve, belonging to the government south of the Park. All the climatic conditions incidental to the continent prevail during the -liort summer months; frost every night ;n the lower levels; frost and ice in the higher basins and snow and ice near the mountain summits and intense-heat rom the scorching noon-day sun in the medium levels remote from natural shelter. The attractive features of the I ark are to be found iu its dense and shaggy forests comprising many thousands of acres thickly set with varied and unique ilora: hundreds of geysers, hot and cold, side by side' in some instances; some of which are in a state of constant erupt ion, others playing at regular intervals of from one minute to hours, days, ■nonths and years: crystal lakes and rivers teeming with fishes and covered with multitudes of water fowl, the home of the otter and the beaver and ilso the birth place of the great rivers of the West: lakes of boiling mud aud cauldrons of seething 'natural paints iu which all the primary colors are to. be j eeu; furious cataracts that distance Niagara in height of tall; springs of purest water and springs charged with apolonaris, sulphur, alum and arsenic; mountains bltak and bare, mountains covered with dense timber and- moun tains partly clothed with a dwarfed un dergrowth: mountains of regular for mation and mountains standing on their edges or mountains completely over thrown: deposits of iron, copper, gold, silver and lead with a sprinkling of precious stones: mountains composed of graystone, sandstone, limestone granite and an Obsidian mountain or moun tains of black glass and a roaring moun tain constitnte the principal mountain scenery. In r.nirnal life are to be found the skulking lynx, the prowling wolf, the sly fox, the cautious coyote, rlie mountain lion, mountain sheep, the mountain goat, a few buffalo, myriads of red squirrel, jack rabbits and conies and thousands each of deer, antelope, bear and elk. Among the birds are to be seen monster blue jays, huge crows overgrown hawks and eagles Of the natural scenery in the Park the Grand Canyon of the \ ellowstone is universally admitted, by all who have beheld it, to be the climax. When viewed iu the sunlight its stupenduoiis sides present one wild welter of color; amber, ochre, cobalt, emerald, crimson, snow white, vermillion, lemou and silver gray. The impressions received from beholding this natural wonder for the tirsr time will never be forgotten. ?>ome seem to b • overcome with awe and solemnity jolhers give was to our -Is of joy and ecstactic delight aud it is said that a few have become insane after viewing this amazing scene. Dr Taluiuge. in writing of the Park has this to say concerning the Grann Ca»ypn of the Yellowstone; "Bat th( most wonderfui part of this American continent is the Yellowstone Park. After all poetry has exhausted iiselt and all the Morans and Bierstadtts and the other eucbanting artists completed their canvass, there will still be otne revelations to make and othe stories o its beauty and wrath, splendor au. agony to "be recited-that peroration o ; all majesty and grandeur the Grand ('a'.von. li is here, that it seems to me. aud i spesk it with reverence, .bh. v.i. seems to haye .surpassed himself 1 stems a great gulch let down into tin eternities. There hung up :ini le down and spread abroad are all the col ors of land and sea and sky: upholsu r ing of the Lord God Almighty; be »vork of the Architect of worlds; sculp tnriujj l»y li** luii'iile; masoe-ry b» ait Omnipotent trowel. What a hall thi would be for the last judgment Set: that mighty cascade with the rain bows at the foo' of it. If tho-e wateis xmgealed And transfixed w ith the agi t itions of that day, what a place they would make ior the shining feet ot a a judtrtj of quick and dead. And tnose rainbows look now like the crowns to be cast at his feet. At the bottom (if this great canyon is a floor ou which the nati ns of earth might stand, and all up ai/1 Tow:: this-- galleries of roe tli;-nations of heaven might sit. Au-: wfiat reverberations of Angel's trtmip ets there would be turongli all these gorges and from fill these caverns and over all these b» ights Why should noj the greatest of the days the world shill ever s e close amid the grandest scenery Omnipotence ever built ?" I. H. Pisor. Wick. Geo. I fit, Jr. is visiting friends at Isle where he expects to stop for about two weeks. It. C. Perry is haying a very good trade in bis new store. Chris is a hus tler and yve wish him success. We niiss our station since the P. B. & L E has discontinued it, but we hop ■ that it will be reopened. J. J. Ritenour got caught in a cog wheel at the Climax Lime Co. works n I had one of his fingers lacerated He had it dressed by Dr. McConnell. School reopened, Monday, as the teacher. Miss Mollie Bhields, is able to assume her duties again. All are glad as Miss Shields is loved by all. John Windir and son. Mac, have moved from Mercer county to our lift It town. The Climax Lime Co. is doing a good business in burnt and lump lime. J. W. Osborne is a hustler at the Imsinesv. Newton Ritenour, Jas. Bolinger.Sam uel Stool, Ed. Moyer and Isaac Rihel are working for the Bessie at Brachton, where they are grading for a lot of side tracts. Jackson Bucanau has secured the job as engineer and fireman at the Pitts burg Lime Stone Quarry. lie is the right man in the right place. »> WM- A Shower of Bargains. Our Christmas trade was very good, thank you. but we purchased more goods t'n in w.is needed, and in order to reduce <>nr stock we yvill sell W atches. Rin s. Chains, ( 'harms, &c., at bargain prices. We w> •••■ sold out at Hwoii Talking Machines lie fore Xmas.btlt have a complete line now. also Cameras and Photo supplies. R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Graduate Optic'an Next to Court House ADViSHTISi IN rilE CITIZEN DEATHS. WILS< >X—At his home near West Sun bnry. Jan. 11, 1901 of pneumonia, John Wilson, aged 75 years. MURDOCK—At Avalon Pa., Jan. 9 1901, G. A. Murdock, in his 50th year. ZIEGLER —At her home in Harmony Jan. 10 1901. of consumption, Sadie, daughter of .Jonas Zieglar, aged 35 years. HOGUE - At the home of his sister. Mrs. Walter McCurdy. in Brady twp. Jan. 8, 1901. Origen L. Hogue, in his 30th year. BREWER —At Tarentum, Pa.. Jan'y 11, 1901, Aggie, daughter of Halsteiu Brewer, formerly of Clinton twp., aged 7 years. McELYAIN —At her home in Harris ville, January 14. 1901, Mrs. Samuel McElvain, nee Mary Stewart of Washington twp , aged 05 years. STOKES —At her home iu Osawatomie, Kansas, Jan. 14, 1901, Mrs. Kate Stokes, aged 4"2. Her maiden name was Kate Hilliard of Washington twp., a daughter of Samuel Hilliard. LEUBEN —At her home in Middle Lancaster, Jan. 9 1901, Mrs. Susan Leuben aged 80 years. Mrs. Leuben leaves three children. Henry, of Middle Lancaster, Eugene of Portersville, and Mrs. Selia Alburn of New Castle. • McCAKDLESS—At the home of his nephew. Albert MeCandless iu But ler twp., Jan. 10 1901, Martin Me- Candless in his 87th year. During his lifetime Mr. MeCandless spent several years among the forts and ruines of the western frontier. He was a brother of A. N. and George MeCand less of Butler and of the late Sheriff Abraham MeCandless. HEINEMAN—At her home on Elm St. Butler, Thursday morning. Jan. 17 1901. Mary E., wife of Henry C. Heineman. aged about 00 years. Mrs. Heineman's maiden name was Coyle. She is survived by her husband and seven children. Mrs. Catherine A. Blackmore, Chas M., Harry, William J., Matilda R , George E. and Joseph, and a host of friends who respected her as a Christian ladj*. PIERSOL—At his residence in Alle gheny. January 15,1901, S. H. Piersol, Esq aged <54 years. Mr. Piersol was a native of Beaver county. For many years he was an attorney at the Butler Bar. A few years ago he moved to St. Louis, Mo., then back to Butler and for a year past has been engaged in the real estate busi ness in Allegheny. His death was caused by pneumonia. HUSELTON— At her home 011 N. Main St., Bntler, Saturday night. Jan. 12 1901, Katlierine. widow of John Hus- elton. aged 83 years. Mrs. Huselton s death was caused by heart failure. She is survived by ten children among them being Frank. Robert and Mrs. Ada Ripley, all of Butler, and G. W., of Chicora, and Dr s Theodore and Elmer and Stephen Hus elton. attorney, all of Pittsburg. PISOR—At the home of her eon J. H. Pisor in Worth township, January 2, 1901, Eliza Jane, widow of Adam Pisor, aged 75 years. Mrs. Pisor leaves four children, Wil liam H.. J. H , and Mrs. S. J. Vogau of Worth township and Mrs. M E Allison of Lawrence couuty. Her re nintus were interred at Plain Grove Presbyterian church of which the deceased was a member. BREDIX —At iierlioine oti W. Jefferson St Butler Jan 11, 1901 Mrs Adelt < Bredin, widow of the late EJvear i I'redin, Esq , in her 81st year Mrs. Bralia's n :ine b3fore she wt» ,u-,rned wis Adelia Purviance. the youngest child of Col. John Purviance • before bis death. She has lived here all her life and was a woman of more than ordinary .tceompliahmrjuts and respect ed by all who knew lier Her fuueml fiv'k place Sunday 13th inst, tht services of same being conducted bv th-* Rev Barlow of the Episcopal church, ol which < hurch she was a bf-lon* member The.remarkp of Rev Barlow v. ere appropriate an interesting. COULTER At his !om • at. Crawford's ' drners, Venango Co., Saturda morning Jan., I.', 1901 Rev. Jonathan Itedic Coulter, in his 72d year. Jonathan R. Coulter was a son of the 'ate Rey. John Coulter, pastor of the old Concord Presbyterian church at Hooker, and was born and raised in ' 'oncord township. In many respects the career of the deceased li-tn been :i rn «t remarkable one. For 41 years he had been pastor of the Scrnbgr ts-< Presbyterian church at Crawford- Corners and for 80 yeard his body had been entirely helpless and drawn double with rheumatism, yet every Sun day he bad himself carried from his house across the road to his church anvi dential kindness which i.lloweil him the priveleste of writing when of every other physicial power. Besides rheumatism, Rev. Coulter was afflicted with catarrh, bronchitis, dyspepsia and other ills. Several months ago the tots of one foot b-je ime diseased and inflam med and amjiutstion was necessary Since then hr has bten slowly sinking in vitality. Uey. Coulter was married to Margarel. daughter of Robt Cnnning ham of Butler, and is survived by hin wife and five children: Theodore, *< l ira ind William. of Vetiango county; Mins Elia Coulter, a teacher in the Butler schools and Attorney John W. Coulter, of Butler For many years he had been stated clerk of the Butler presbytery of tht* Presbyterian church, and was con sidered the most profound of its scholars flev-. Coulter was a man of the high e.-t (Irir.icter und vva> respected by all as a trn ■ Christian. His funeral was hi ld "Monday afternoon and his remains were interred in the Scrubgrass ceme- U ry. Obituary Notes. Mrs. Layina Campbell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. .) C. Shook in Burtfettstown, Washington county, on Dec 27 HIOO. aged 71 years. Mrs Campbell and husband, W. H H Campbell, Esx>r to Court House Rutier. Pa. Karl Schluchter, Practical Tailor and Cutter 125 W. Jeffers' 11, Butler, Pa. Bushehng, Cleaning and Repairing a Specialty Sli|»|»orj rock. Mianes Muriel Crawford, Arina Mur ray. Heleu Armstrong and \\ ilia Du Barrv. class mates of Miss Josephine Morrison attended the funeral of her father. Col. Hugh Morrison, at Butler, last week. Charles Westlake spent last week in Butler. Twenty members of the Grove City hive L O. T. M were entertained by the members of the local hive at their last review. Tommy Coulter, who strained a liga ment in his leg some time ago is still suffering from his injnry, which shows no tendency to improve. Origen Hogue died at his home in Brady twp last Wednesday. The de ceased had been suffering from dropsy and for some time no hope was enter tained for his recovery. Funeral ser vices were held on Thursday, conducted by Rev. Lavely, of the M. E. church. Mr. Hogue was a member of Meylert Lodge I. O. O. F. and a large delegation of his fellow members attended his fun eral. George Maxwell, who went to Cam bridge Springs some time ago iu hopes of benefitting his health, is reported to be much worse. His nephew, W. M. Humphrey, went to Cambridge on Sat urday. Joseph Shiever. who recently purch ased a half interest in L. H. Bolton's store, has moved into the X K. Brown pro pert j- on Franklin street. Superintendent Painter visited the township schools last week The oil well on the Trax place, south of town, has not beeu tested as yet. Many producers give, as their opinion, that it will make a2O barrell producer. The pumping appliances have not yet arrived, hence, nothing detinate is known. A company was formed here for the purpose of testing a lease held by Ferd Mcßride near the finished well, and work is already starred. The outcome will be watched with consider able interest. In the finished well the pay was struck in the hundred foot and the oil is of the heavy grade. People in the vicinity have a foolish notion that there will be no limit to the field or production and are asking fabulous prices for leases. They can rest assured that their property will not be tested for a long time unless they come within reach of an operators purse. .1. L. Cooper and John Cliristleyare at Butler this week as jurors. Harry Cerane Mayberry, the two months old sou of Mr. aud Mrs. W.J. Mayberry, died at the home of Jonathan May hurry 011 N. Main street on Friday, of last week, and was buried Sunday. He had never been a rugged child and his death was not unexpected. The young couDie have the sympathy of the entire community in their loss. The members of the Slippery Rock Athletic Association will give an en tertainment in the near future. An ex cellent program lias been arranged and an evening of rare entertainment is promised. The proceeds are for the equipment of the gymnasium. And ley Rickets and Frank Kellv, of the medical department of the W. U P.. left on Monday to resume their studii H. Mrs. Barbara Griffith, ilea Kahler. wife of our townsman, H P. Griffith, died at Dixuiont Saturday, aged 52 years She had been taken to the latter place for treatment, which availed nothing, and death claimed her as a victim on the above date. Funeral ser vices were conducted by Rev. Lavely at tin- family residence on S. Main street, at :i j> m Mondav, and the remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery A husband and four children survive her. Mrs. Dr. A. E Maltby is quite iU from nervous prostration. j Men's \ | Underwear > | at i \ Reduced \ | Prices. \ > Great Bargains. cCome and see for youself. / j Jno- S. Wick. | c Hatter and Furnisher, / J 242 S. Main St., / ? Butler, Pa. \ P.O. S * I YOUR W I P2 P PRESCRIPTION k* kl IS fl SAFE 1% lm WITH fl L. C. WICK, DEAI.ER IN LUfIBER. "Peerless" Wall * Paper Absolutely Without Equal Till" GREATEST VARIETY I H P best vcality I II u lowest prices. New Goods Now In For Season 1901. MCMILLANS Next Door to Postoffice. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. p EO. K. McADOO, M. D , VT PRACTICE LIMITED. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. HOURS:— 9 a. m. lo 12 in; 1:30 p. m. to 4 p. in. Office and residence corner North and Washington streets. Bell Thone No. 45 and People's Phone. Butler, Pa. p M. ZIMMERMAN VJ • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office No. 45, S. Main street, over City Pharmacy. 1 BLACK, LI PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON New Troutman Building, Butler Pa. DR. C. ATWELL, Office 106 W. Diamond St., [Dr Graham's old office.] Houis 7 to 9 a. m. and i to 3 and 7 to S p. m. Dk. N. M. HOOVER 137 E. Wayne St., office nours. 10 to 12 a. m. 1 and to 3 p. m. \\7 H. BROWN, 1! 1 HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O. Night calls at office. OAMUELM. BIPPUS, U PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 200 West Cunningham St. HW. WICK, • DENTIST. Has located in the new Stein building, with all the latest devices for Dental work. J J. DONALDSON, • DENTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest improved plan. Gold Fillings a spec ialty. Office next to postoffice. DR. W. P. MCILROY, DENTIST. Formerly nown as the "Peerless Painless Extractor of Teeth." Located permanently at m East Jefferson St. Opposite Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do dential operations of all kinds by the latest devices and uo-to-date methodr. DR. M. D. KOVTRABA. Successor to Dr. Johnston. DENTIST I Office at No 114 E. Jefferson St., : over G. W. Miller's grocery, A. T. BI.ACK. GEO. C. STEWART BLACK & STEWART, Attorneys -at-la w, Annory Building, Butler, Pa. EH. NEGLEY, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the "CITIZEN" building. T D. McJUNKIN, FL . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reiber building, corner M.-.in and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on E. Cunningham. JOHN W COULTER, f) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Wise building, N. Diamond St., Butlei Special Attention given to collections and business matters. Reference: Butler Savings Bank. o r Butler County National Bank HH. GOUCHBR, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Wise building. pOULTER & BAKER, V ATTORNEYS A? LAW. Room 8., Armory buildup. AT. SCOTT, » ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. But ler, Pa. "J B. BKEDIN. FJ • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court House. jl F. L. McQUISTION, V• CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVBYROO Office near Court House. 60 YEARS* TRADE DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone Bending nnd description may Quickly ascortain c>!ri opinion froo whether an Invention Is probably patentable. Conimunloa ttnna strictly confidential. IIan«lb<»ok on 1 atenta sent free. Oldeat a*ency for aecurtnapatenta. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive tptcial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American, 1 A handsomely illnstnitert weekly. rtr- MUNN &Co. New York ! Branch Office. 825 F St.. Wushlnrton. l>. U Now is The Time to Have Your Clothing CLEANED OR DYED. If ) at one-hall ps ice as we need the space lor Spring goods, at Rockensteln's, 528 South Main Stree*. Butltr Pa Our now Famous Special 1-2 off' Sale. In our Cloak Department Will be Continued for a short time only at DUFFY'S STORE, THE OLD WELL. ▲ Story of MOM, Microbes and Medicine. It is the office of the poet to idealize. He paints pretty and pathetic word pictures which touch the heart and dim the eyes. But he does this regardless of physiology or pathology. When he sings a song of the old well on the farm and of the moss grown bucket in which the water was drawn, he hasn't a thought of the bacteria which find a fertile breeding ground in many an old well. He pictures the hot, thirsty day, and the bucket beaded with trickling «3rops which shine like pearls against the moss. But he doesn't paint the picture of the man whose tongue is parched with fever, who tumbles and tosses in his hot room and narrow bed while the bacilli of the bucket and the well are striving for his life. That wouldn't be a poetic thetne, and he has nothing to do with a theme that is not poetic. As a matter of fact the old and its familiar bucket have been the menns of diseasing whole neighborhoods. "Hie microbe is everywhere, and the easiest vehicle for its introduction into the body is perhaps the water we drink. We can't keep the microbe out. We can yrrveat its k&nmfnlneas. THE DANGER Of DISEASE does not lie in the strength of the microbe but in the weakness of the body. When the blood i« impure the microbe has a vantage ground from which to ojterate. When the blood is pure disease fails to find a breeding ground, and the microl>e strives in vain against the man. Nobody can be healthy when the blood is impure. Taint the blood and every organ fed and nourished by blood must share the taint. Keep the blood pure and plentiful and the body is made strong to resist the assaults of disease. "I honestly believe that I would have been in my grave to-day had it not been for your medicine, and the mercy of the good Lord," writes Mrs. James R. Moss, of New London, Stanly Co., N. C. "In the fall of 189 a I took a hard cold, which seemed to settle in mv head, terminating in catarrh of the head. It bothered me all the time, but I did not think it was serious until the spring of 1893, when my health became so much impaired. My blood was all out of order, ana I had to go to the doctor. He gave me medi cine which helped me for a short time. In the winter of 1895 I got worse than I had ever been. My tonsils were en larged and my neck swollen all out of shape; my throat was sore and I could not cure it. My husl>and went for the doctor, but he gave me no encourage ment. He helped me a little, but it did not last long, and so he attended me for JOS WORK Neatlv) Don