THE CITIZEN. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1902. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "(OTE—AII advertisers Intendlnp to make ;nau« s In their ads. should notify us of heir Intention to d«.- • tcr than Mon lay moraine. Notice in Bankruptcy. C W. Pearce. Citation. Greenert est'ite. Butler Business College. Patterson Bros Wall Paper. Pape's Jewelry. Dr. J. C. Atwell. Slipperyrock State Normal. C. & T's furniture. Huselton's Jan." Sale. AdmlnisuiLors and Executors of estate •in secure their receipt books at the (JITI lEN office, and persons making public sales tnalr note books. LOCAL AND GENERAL, —The Dowager Empress is back in Pekin. —No signs of an early spring these mornings —Congress broke ground on the Ca nal, Tuesday. —Prof J E Kocher of Zelienople has purchased the Valley News. —The New York legislature is trying to pass a law against goo goo eyes. —The Workiugmen's B. & L. Asso ciation has started anew series of stock. -Some Butler boys are earning an honest penny by shooting sparrows for the Chinamen at 5 cents a bird. "Ben titir" will close its engagement in Pittsburg on Saturday night. This show is " booked'' four years ahead. —Both .parties iu Butler will hold their primaries on Saturday, January 25th - two weeks from next Saturday. —James Jonc* of Allegeny who make a sensational es. - ipe from the penitenti ary a few weeks ago, was recaptured in McKeesport, last Thursday. —There are wild, improbable stories in circulation of large sums of money being won lntely by some young men in crap, card and graft games of various sorts. —At a meeting of the School Teach ers of Butlor, Monday evening, Miss O'Brien was selected to receive the votes of the Butler schools for the trip to Europe - On Monday the county commission ers re-appointed Joseph Graham to be superintendent of the Poor Farm, Mrs. Graham matron, and Dr. Zimmerman physician. —lt has been ascertained by a learn ei professor of Yale College that the wicked work 50 percent, harder to get into hell thin the religious do to get into heaven.—Josh Billings. / -Gov. Stone has selected Wednesday, Jan. 29th, as "McKinley Day," when all !he schools are requested to have memorial exercises, and contribute to the bnilding of a National Memorial. Somebody stole the mercury tube out of Geo. W. Whiteliill's big ther mometer. and Mr. Whitehill has posted up a sign saying that if the thief will call he will be given a screw driver with which to remove the rest of the instrument —ln the coming spring the Sharon steel works people will bnild 40 coa! miners' houses on the McGonegal and other properties on the eastern edge of Slipperyrock. The houses will be occu pied by the workmen in theMcFate and Patterson mines. —While widening the big cut at Eu clid last Thursday an immense piece of rock was blasted out and fell on the tracks, and it took six hours to remove it. The 2:50 p m Bessemer train was held up nearly 5 hours and the 5 p. m. train, 2 hours —All certificates for nominations for borough and township officers must be certified to the county commissioners net later than Friday, January 31st, which necessitates all primaries being held not later than Saturday, January 25th. —Co. Sunt. Painter has received about two-hundred copies of Smull's Legislative Hand Book of 1901 edition, for the use of the public schools of the county—excepting the primary schools. The Secretaries of the different Boards will please call for them. —Some of our exchanges are doing well in warning people of the danger of natural gas stoves that have no flue con nections. They should see that the combustion of the gas in this style of ptovo is perfect. Where it is not per fect it eenerates carbonic acid gas, that is deadly in its effects often causing suffocation and death. —The Good Will Hose Company has elected the following officers for 1902: President, Stanton Hildebrand; vice president, Andy Kemper; secretary, Ernest Faber; assistant secretary, Chas. W Reiber; treasurer, J. B. Mitchell; foreman, John Lefevre: assistant fore man, Adam Schenck: trustees, George Heckart, Philip Smith, Adam Schenck. Mr Kemper was awarded a medal for the year for being first at the hose house oftenest dnring the past year. —At a meeting of the School Board held Monday evening Trnant office, Henry Krug, was instructed to com mence prosecutions against fonr or five parents who neglect or refuse to send their children to school. One man had told officer Krag that he could do noth ing with his children and asked to have * them sent away. Another had threat en >d violence to anyone who interfered with the management of his family and said he would send his children or keep them at home as he pleased; two others said they didn't care whether the little ones attended school or not. A northern Alabama man, now in B.itler, says that when at home, last m >nth he arose at 0 o'clock, or "just about daylight;" and as daylight in But ler these days at about 7 o'clock, his re m irk caused a discussion. Northern Alabama is about 5 degrees of latitude or 300 miles south of our parallel, and it did rot seem reasonable that that dis t mce should add an hour to each end of daylight. And it does not. Here in Bntler we use the time of the Phil'a or 75th meridian. 20 minutes earlier, which makes our 7 o'clock but 6:40 sun tim. 11). against Mrs. Sarah B. Trumble, formerly Pisor, and Calvert P. Hilliard. terretenant, for £1031.74: and against Mrs. Elzada J. Hindman. formerly Pisor, for $ 1533.48. The plaintiff is the widow of David Pisor. who died in 1875, owning two farms of 95 and 141 acres iu Washington township, the first ap praised of $5591.25 and the second at S3BBB 98. The children were minors at the time of their father's death and Mrs. Pisor. nowt'iowl. was appointed their guardian. In her official capacity she accepted the first farm for John and the second for Mrs. Trumble and of the payment of her widow's dower, amount ing to $lB6 a year, two-thirds was fixed on John's farm and one-third on Mrs. Trumble's The plaintiff states that there was a balance of SIOOO due her as guardian from John on bis coming of age and that she has never received any of her dower which, with accrued in terest, amounts to the sums claimed. Elizabeth Grier vs John Grier of Chicora, petition for divorce. Wednesday afternoon District At torney Henninger petitioned for the re appointment of County Detective J. A. McMarlin, but the Court laid the peti tion aside and Butler county is at pres ent without a Count}- Detective. TRIAL LIST. The case of Annie Roberts vs H. J. Thorne was continued. The case of Mary A Stewart vs J. C. Bredin and the Hiuterminster Organ Co. »vas continued until Tuesday, Jan. 14. The following cases . were settled: Rout. Mcßride, ex'r vs Jacob Beigh ley;W A McCormick vs Gilbert Hooks: Susan Dean vs Butler borough; S. 11. Walker vs N. B. Duncan: Eberdardt Meier vs Henry Rice and Haller Beck lutely every contin gent expense Le paid, but a purse of SSO will be given to every successful contest ant for personal expenses during the trip. Voting blanks will be printed in every issue of The Pittsburg Gazette aud The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph, which should be filled out with the name of favorite teacher and sent to the office of the papers (Excursion Department), where they will be properly filed and re corded to the credit of the teacher voted for. Columbia Desk Calendar for 1902. This calendar has been a fixture in many business offices and homes for many years, its great popularity being largely due to the thoroughress with which it serves its purpose as a memo randum device. It is a most convenient repository of things to be remembered and at the same time possesses all the requisite features of an almanac for every-day use. The printed part, as in former years, largely consists of volun tary contributions from bicycle riders of nearly every country in the world. The new edition is very handsomely printed and mounted on a steel holder, whereby the calendar can be hung in any convenient location or placed at any 1 desired angle on the desk. Copies may be obtained by sending ten cents in postage to the American Bicj cle Com pany, Eastern Sales Department, 152 Franklin St., New York City. The Big i*retzel. The immerse pretzel hanging in the show-window of the B. R. & P. Cafe is a true index to the big and good meals furnished therein for only 25 cents. Everything there is of the best and there is plenty of it. If you don't see what you want ask for it at the B R. & P. CAFE. M itraiu in an hour and a half. The 8:05 a. in ■1:00 and 5:58 p. m trains connect at Callery for points West, and the 1:40 as far west as Ellwood. Trains leave Bntler for Bradford at 1».30 a.m., and for Clarion at 5:15 pm. Trains arrive in Bntler from Alle- j gheny 9:03, 9:17 a. in. and 12:13. 2:45. 4:55. 7:07 and 7:45 pm: and from the; North at 9:05 a m. and 3:50 p in The Theatre train. Tuesdays. Thnrs days and Saturdays Lav»s Allegheny at | 11:30 p. m. On Sundays trains leave Butler for i Allegheny at 8:05 a m and 5:53 p.m.. \ a d for the west at 4:0 Op m.: and ar ! rive at 9:17 a.m. and 4:55 and 7:07 p.m. i I 15 R At I» II It 7:30 a in, local for Punxsatavvney and all intermediate stations 10:12 a m. express for Buffalo and Rochester. 4:10 local for Pnnx y aud Du Bo'.- 1 and j all stations 11:22 p. m. express for Buffalo and I Rochester—with sleepers. Trans arrive at Butler, aud go on t" j Allegheny at 6:15 and 9:47 a. m. and 5:34 p. m. Train 21 for Punx y arrives at 7:35 a. ni. ind stops here. The 10:12 express will stop at Craigs ville. Echo and Dayton on signal. OESSEMER & LAKE ERIE R.R. CO. O Time table in effect Nov. 17, 1901. CENTRAL TIME One hour slower thau town time. n roth ward. Daily except Sunday. Southward liea«l up) (Read down) 2 10 14 STATIONS. 1 ;» II I' M I'.M r.M. .1 m. A.M. r. M •» 10 1 02 Erie 5 55 12 l.i It> 12 40 Fairriew 6 IS 12 iss 5 12 24 Girard 0 ;io 12 4n 5 46 1 s;)Kr < ..CuuoMiit...ar » 22 1 i»; 4 32 11 05 lv.. Couneant.. .IT C 20 11 05 5 13 12 05 CraneeriHe ' 6 50 1 03 5 10 12 00 Albion 6 55' 1 10 4 50 11 47 Springburo 7 li» 1 25 4 50 11 41 Uouneautville 7 1G 1 31 4 30 11 20 Meadvillo Junct.. 7 35 1 52 5 2* 11 58 ar.. Mcadville.. ar 8 12 2 3o 3 42 10 37 lv.. Meadville.. .lv t> 1 tu 5 03 11 30 ar. .Con. Lake..ar 7 45 2 02 4 10 11 05 lv..Con. Lake..lv 6 47 1 37 4 32 ar.. Linesville ..ar lv " 4 lv 7 30 4 14 11 00 Harthtown j ' 7 49 2 07 4 08 11 01 Adain>ville 7 55 2 1^» 3 lu 52 Osgood f8 05 f 2 22 6 10 3 52 10 45 Greenville 6 001 8 13 2 3o 6 Oo 3 40 10 4<> She nan go G tKi 8 20 2 87 5 44 3 23 10 2«> Fredonia 0 23|f8 35 2 5j 5 29 3 08 10 06 Mercer ii 40 S 47 3 I 3 5 24 3 03 10 01 Houston Junction 6 45 8 "2 3 1$ 5 07 2 47 9 43 Grove City 7 051 « 10 3 37 4 54 237 9 32 llarrisville ... 7 15| f.i 4* 4 47 2 31 9 25 Brancliton 7 23 j 9 25 3 05 5 3»> 10 10 ar.. .Hilliard... ar (!«» 10 530 2 3»» 6 10 lv...Hilliard. ..lv 6 10 2 3y 4 43! 2 2S K H Keistt*r 7 27 ! 3 oC 4 SS J 15 » 01 Euclid 7 43; 4 i> 4 00 1 501 H 30 Butler 8 lo'lO 00 4 4- 2 20 12 15 7 00 Allegheny 8 43 U 25 6 3 0 pm I am a.m. I a m pm _ Train 12. leaving Grove City 5.25 a. m.. Mercer 5:48. Greenville ti:32, Coiineautville 7:32, Albion 7-4' J. arrives at Erie 8:47 a. m. Train 13, leaving Erie 4:15 p. m. Albion 5:25, Conneautville s;4ti. Greenville 0:40. Mercer 7:21 arrives at Grove City at 7:43 pm. E. D. COMSTOCK, W. R. TURNER. Gen. Pass Agt, Tkt Agt, Butler, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa Winfield K li Co Time Table In effect December 2d, 1901. WESTWARD. STATIONS. AM I P M Leaves West Winfield 8 00 3 00 u 8 lo 3 10 " Iron Bridge 830 320 " Winfield Junction 8 30 3 33 44 Lane 840 345 44 Butler Junction.. 8 45 3 50 Arrive Allegheny 9 4S, 5 10 EASTWARD. STATIONS. ; A M P M Leave Allegheny I 8 45 3 10 44 Butler Junction {lO 00 440 41 Lane jlO 05 445 44 Winfield Junction 10 15 45i 44 Iron Bridge 10 25 5 «*5 " lloggsville Ho 35 515 Arrive Went Winfield jlO 45' 5 25 Trains stop at Lane and Iron Bridge only on Flag to take on or leave off passengers. Trains Connect at Butler Junction with: Trains Eastward for Freeport, Yandergrift and Blairevillc Intei>eotion. Trains Westward for Natrona, Tarontum and Alle gheny. Trains Northward lor Saxonburg, Delano ami Butler. B. G. BEALOR, General Manager. PENNSYLVANIA SA i. WF,STERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. SCHEDULE I* EFFECT Jan. 4. 1902, SOUTI!. WEEK DAYS » |A. M A.M. A.M. P. M. P. M BUTLER Leave 6 25 8 00 10 50 2 35 4 :i5 Saxonburg Arrive C 54 8 21) 11 15 3 00- 5 03 Butler Junction.. 44 7 27 3 M 11 40 3 25 5 29 Butler Junction.. .Leave 7 31 8 53.11 52 3 25 5 29 Natroua Arrive 7 40 901 12 01 3 34 5 '&) Tarentum 7 44 9 07 12 08 3 42 5 44 Springdale 752 91C12 19 352 52 Clarcmont 9 30 12 38 4 Xi 6 05 Sharpaburg 8 11 93012 48 4 12 612 Allegheny 8 24 9 48 1 02 4 25 . 6 24 A. ML A.M.IP. M.'P. MJP. M. SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Butler lor Allegheny City and principal inic -mediate station* at Jf:3o a. m., ind 5:00 p. m. NORTH. WEEK DAYS . A.M. | A.M. A.M. P. M. \ P. M Allegheny City . .leave# 6 45 8 45 10 45 3 10 6 10j Sharpaburg 657 S 57.10 57,1-3 22 r6 22 Giaremont . .... 1104 ... .... Springdale 11 18 i 6 39 Tarentum 7 25 9 24' 11 28 3 4ti 6 48 Natrona 7 30 9 28.11 34 3 50j 6 53 Butfer Junction. .Arrive 7 31; 9 37 ill 43 3 58 7 02 Butler Junction....leave 7 45 9 40 12 18 4 12 7 02 Saxonburg 8 14! 10 07 12 41 4 44 7 27 BUTLER arrive 8 38 10 32 1 10 5 13 7 53 A.M.IA.M. P. M.iP. fll. P. M SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Allegheny City for But ler and principal intermediate stations at 7:10 a m. and 9-30 p. m. FOB THE EAST. Weeks Days. Sundays A.M.!A.M. P. M. A.M. P M BUTLER W 02510 50 235 730 500 Butler J'ct ar 72711 40 325 820 550 Butler J'ct lv 73711 43 358 821 811 Feeport ar 741 11 46 40* 825 814 Kskiminetas J't 41 74711 50 408 829 819 Leechburg " 80012 02 420 841 832 Paul ton (Ap0110)...." 82112 22 442, 85S 850 Saltafcurg " 8 51! 12 49 510 923 916 Blairsville 92$ 120 543 952 a 45 Blaireville Int " » 30, 133 552 110 00 Alloona " 11 35 .... 8 50»i 150 . .. tiarrisburg " 310 1 00| 645 Philadelphia 44 623 4 25 10 17 P. M. jA. M.A.M. P.M.; P. M Through traiud for the east leave Pittsburg (Union Station), a* follows: — Atlantic Express, daily 3:00 A.M Pennsylvania Limited 44 7:15 44 Day Express, 44 7:30 44 Main Line KxprOM, 41 8:00 44 Uarrislurg Mail, 44 12:45 P.M Harrisburg Express dally -4:49 44 Philadelphia Express, ' 4:50 •' Eastern Express, '* 7:10 44 Kast Line, * 9 00 ,4 Pittsburg Limited, daily, for New York, Haiti more and Washing -n only 10:03 44 Pailad'a Mail, Suuda\*> oo»y 8:4<» A.M For Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, all rail route) 8:00 a.m. daily and 9:00 I>.*u. daily. Buffalo ani Allegheny Valley Division Trains leave Kiskiminetas Junction as follows: — For Buffalo, 9.56 a. in. and 11.35 p. m. daily, with through jwtrlor and sleeping cars. For Oil City, 7.46, 9.56 a. m., 2.38, 6.15 and 11.35 p. m. week-days. Sundays, 9.56 a. m., 6.15 and 11.35 p.m For Red Bank, 7.46, 9.56, 11.17 a. ni., 2 38, 6.15, 9.34, and 11.35 p. m. week-days. Sundays, 9.56,10-49 a. m., ♦>.ls and 11.50 p. m. For Kittanniug, 7.46, 9.32, 9.56,11.17 a. m., 2.38,5.35, 6.15, 7.34, 9.34, and 11.35 p. m. week-days. Sundays, 9.56, 10.49 a. m., 6.15,10.45, and 11.35 p. in. M r" stops on signal to take ou passengers tor Taren tum and points beyond. Foi detailed information, apply to ticket' agent or address Thos. E. Watt, Pas*. Agt. Western District, Corner Fifth Avenut* and Smith field Street, Pittsburg, Pi J B. HUTCHISON, J. tt WOOD, M ****«•• F. E. BRACKEN, Will Sell you PLANO Reapers, Binders, Mowers, Hayrakes and Farm Implements; Bradley's Fertilizer's. Nursery Goods of All Kinds. Before purchasing wait till he calls or find him at 541 Mifflin St.; Butler, Pa M. C. WAGNER ARTIST PHCTOGRAPHFS 139 South Main Btrc«t j Medicine for \ ANIMALS. > V We make constant rfiort € f to keep oui prescription S / department before you, for i X there is 110 telling what ' J hour you ma} - need our f ' \ services. Remember we \ / arejjst as careful about f j P the quality of goods, and C , S kind of service for your / ' I domestic pets as if human N 1 t lives were at stake. Wc x have hundreds of prescrip \ f tions on our files that were N / written for animals, and V f they receive the same care C as any others. You may ! y have a home recipe that S has been iti the family for y years, bring it to us and J S »ve will fill it just right. X / We keep all the standard / / condition powder for cat- / tie; also disinfectants for S ( keeping the stable sweet S x and clean \ f We keep remedies for C y dogs, birds and all domes- C S tic animals. C } C. N. BOYD. < < DRUGGIST. ( ( Diamond Block. / Butler, Pa, > TM K Butler Counts National Bank, Butler Penn, Capital paid in {200,000.00 Surplus and Profits - $107,463.01 Tos. Hartman, Presiden*; J. V. Ritts, Vice President; John G. McMarlin, Cashjer, A. C. Krug, Ass't Cashier. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Money loaned on approved security. We Invite you to open an account with this b-ink. DIRECTORS— Hon. Joseph Hartman, Hon. W. S. Waidron, Dr. JS. M. Hoover. H. Mc -'weeney, C. P. Collins, I. G. Smith, Leslie P. Hazlett, al. Ftnegan, w. H. Larkln, T. I*. Miliiln. l)r. W. C. McCandless. Bbd Mas sfth. W. J. Marks. J. V. Kitts. A. L. Reiber THE; Farmers' National Bank, BUTLER, PENN'A. CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00. Foreign exchange bought and sold. Special attention given to collections. •OFFICERS: JOHN YOONKINS President JOHN HUMPHREY Vice President V. 11. BAILEY Cashier F.. W. BINGHAM Assistant Cashier J. F. HUTZLER Teller DIRECTORS.- John Younkins, D. L. Cleeland, E. E. Abratns. C. N. Boyd, W. F. Metzger, Henry Miller, John Humphrey. Tlios. Hays, Lev'. M. Wise and Francis Murphy. Interest paid on time deposits. We respectfullv solicit your business Butler Savings Bank h3i_xtle.r, Pet. Capital - - $60,000.01 Surplus and Profits - - $225,000 co L PURVIS Preside.ll J. HENRY TROUTM AN Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, J-. . Cmhiti 1.<5U18 B. STEIN leli« .•IRECTORS-Joseph L. Purvis, J. Herr; rio'-.traati, W. D. Brandan, W. A. Stein. J > Camobell. The Butler Savings Bank is the Oldest Bunking Institution! n Butler County. General banking business transacted. We solicit accounts of oil producers, mer chants, farmers and others. All baslness entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. Interest natd on time deposit* WE OWN AND OFFER $39,000 4 1-2 per cent. Boro vgli of Irwin, Penn'a. Improvement bonds due at various dates. Denomination SSOO. Interest payable semi-annually Write or call for price and description. C R WILLIAMS & CO., Bank for Savings Bld'g., Pittsburg, Pa. C._R. WILLIAMS. U GEORGE WELSH YOU should deposit your savings with the Real Estate Trust Co., of Pittsburg, Pa -311 FOURTH AVENUE Capital and Surplus,s3,6so,ooo Pays 4 per cent, interest on sav ings accounts: 2 per cent, on check accounts. B. t\ B. we've cut prices to mnke greatest January Sale of odds, surplus and broken lines in the store's history. Determined to let nothing hinder the quick, thorough Emptying of Shelvts and Boxes this January. Lot of All Wool dark mix Venetians 52 inches wide, less than half price, 35c yard- Lot fine imported Dollar and $1.25 Plaids—fine, dark, good styles— soc yard. 25.000 yards All Wool Printed Flan nels, 65c quality, 25c yard—all Laven der and Plum grounds, and good shades of these colors —neat, small polka dot and ring effects. Fabric is fine, and fine wool —for waists, wrappers, dressing saoques and children's dresses the equal of this quality at as low a price has never been sold in any store in America —goods will prove it. Broken lines fine Dollar Dress Goods, 50c yard. Odd lines Dollar Fancy Silks, 50c yard. Other lots of good, useful goods with like price force to make them go. Not a department in the store exempt. Wherever any surplus or odds, in Silks, Dress Goods, Ladies' Suits, Coats, Capes, Waists, Skirts, Furs. Girls' and Children's Garments, Men's and Bovs' Clothing, it has price on to make it go— make the chance convincing for all who investigate. Right sort of mail service people here to give your inquiries, sample requests and orders best of attention. Boggs & Buhl Department X. ALLEGHENY, PA. I ißliillilliiiUlli 1 PANTESOTE 1 I COUCHES 11 §f At Reduced Prices# ill A 522 Pantesofc Couch, hand-tied, golden oak ;Sl|f frame, deep tufting, reduced to $lB, |||| Another, not so large as the above but same style, »{ was S2O, reduced to Sls, %eag S sl9 golden oak Pantesote Couch, built on aSS SEH guaranteed wire-tied base, price now sl4, fUg i - IS PARLOR SUITS. }j| CS? Three-piece mahogany finished suit, upholstered in assorted ISS colors of damask at $27.00. Five pieces, highly polished, mahogany finished frame, tip hoisted in red verona velonr. at fei't.OO. m m NEW SIDE BOARDS. jg Some exceptional values for little money. Cheapest one costs fcH $lO. A solid oak board with beveled mirror, swell front drawer, fSsC fine quarter-sawed top and brass trimmings, at £2B. If interested V-f jdsf in Stde Boards these values will please yon. a ' ig B Campbell ft TempletonS State Normal School SLIPPERY ROCK, BUTLER COUNTY, PA. Expenses for Spring Term of Fourteen Weeks to students who intend to teach Only Forty=One Dollars! s4l TEXT BOOKS ARE FURNISHED FREE. It is the constant aim of the management of this scnool to direct every effort toward improvement in the Preparation of Teachers for Their Work. students may board and room in town. Tuition free to students over seven teen years of age who shall sign an agreement binding them to teach two full annual the Common Schools. Such students mutt also receive regultir Instruction in the ccience and Art of Teaching, in classes devoted to that object, for the whole time for which such allowance is drawn. Spring.Term begins March 25,1902. Send for a Catalogue- ALBERT E. MALTBY, Principal. TAKINGJHANCES. People WJio Will Learn Only by a Perilous Personal Experience. As a rule experience is profitable only to the individual who obtains it. When the aged man tries to save youth from mistakes such as he made, the youth smiles to himself: "The idea of that old fossil thinking that an up to-date young man is going to make mistakes." It is a peculiar trait of human nature that eacn man thinks he is a little smarter than the others, and that he will succeed where others failed. "Oh, yes," says Smith, "I know that poor Jones got capsized in the rapids, Dut Jones never was a good hand at the paddle. It's a pity people like Jones will take such chances." And he smil ingly launches his canoe to follow Jones, alike in his feat and in his failure. THE EXTREME OP POUY. The most foolhardy man who ever risked his life, or the most infatuated gambler who ever risked his fortune, is a sage compared with the man who attempts to get the best of Nature. The foolhardy man may succeed. The gambler may win. But the man who takes chances with Nature is bound to lose. If the obituaries of tens of thou sands who are cut down annually in life's prime were truly written death would not be attributed to this or that form of disease, but to an attempt to evade the necessity laws of health. The weak spot in the modern man is his stomach. It is in disease of the stomach that many of the maladies begin which carry off the busy men of the day. The seed of disease once' planted in the stomach grows and (preads like some climbing parasite about a tree. It throws out a tendril about the heart and presently another which grips the lungs, and others again which take hold of kidneys and liver. Then suddenly the man is smitten by heart disease or lung disease; or suc cumbs to some malady of kidneys or liver. The real seat of disease is the stomach. And one of the reasons why the diseases of the other organs often fall of a cure is that the treatment ignores the stomach, and attempts to treat directly the other organs, whose diseases are only symptoms of disease of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. THERE'S PLENTY OF PROOF of the soundness of the proposition that diseases of other organs remote from the stomach which are caused by dis ease of the 6tomach must lie cured through the stomach, and, in fact, can not be cured in any other way. The best proof in the world is that Doctor Blank Books AND Office Supplies Always customary to start your new books first of the year. Our stock is complete in every way. MCMILLANS DIARIES FOR 1902. A. M BERKIMER. « Funeral Director. 45 S. Mam St. Butler Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, a stomach and blood medicine, cures dis eases of heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc., by curing diseases of the stomach and digestive and nutritive systems. " For six long years I suffered with my liver, kidneys, and indigestion, which baffled tittt best doctors in our "country," writes Mr. E. L. Ransell, of Woolsey, Prince William Co., Va. "I suffered with tny stomach and beck for a long time ana after taking a quantity of medicines from three doctors, I grew so bad I could hardly do a day's work. Would have death-like pains in the side, and blind spells, and thought life was hardly worth living. I decided to con sult Dr. R. V. Pierce and his staff of physicians. They said my case was curable and I was greatly encouraged. I began taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and 'Pleasant Pel lets,' as advised. Before I had taken half of the second bottle I began to feel relieved. I got six more bottles and used them, and am happy to say I owe my life to Dr. Pierce and his medicines. These words are truths, as I so if this testimonial can be used in any way to be of benefit you need not hesi tate to use it. I shall stand for the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute as long as life lasts." DON'T DBI.AY. Disease never leaps on a man like a lion from am bush and strikes him down at a blow. However sud denly a man may be stricken and however deadly the disease, the time was when it was n little thing, easy of con trol. If you are suffering from indigestion, dyspep sia, or any form of stom ach "trouble," don't put off the proper treatment. "Golden Medical Discov ery" will cure diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition at any stage, but the cure will be quicker the earlier it is begun. "For twelve long months I suffered untold misery," writes Mrs. Mollie Col gate, of Randolph, Charlotte Co., Va. " No tongue coula express the pain that I endured before I commenced taking Dr. Pierce's medicine. I was not able to do anything at all. Could not eat anything except bread and tea—or if I did the top of my head hurt so it seemed it would kill me; with all-that I could do it would burn like fire, but now since taking 'Golden Medical Dis cover}' ' 1 can eat a little of almost any thing I want and can do a good day's work as well as anybody can. Am bet ter than I have been for years. I think your medicine is the best that ever was made, for it is the only thing that ever did me any good. I tried many other kinds, but none did me any