THE: CITIZEN. WILLIAM C. NEGLEY -- PubllAer THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 190 a. SI.OO per year la AOvaace, Otherwise H-50. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. We are authorized to announce the following candidates to be voted for at the primary election of the Republican party to be held on SATURDAY, JUNE 7. W02,—1 to 7P. M. JUDGE, JAMES M. GALBREATH, Butler. HENDERSON H. GOUCHER, Butler. JOHN M. GREER, Butler. CONGRESS. J. D. MCJUNKIN. Butler. J B. SHOWALTER, Chicora. ASSEMBLY, A. M. DOCTHETT, Penn twp. THOMAS HAYS, Butler. JAMES B. MATES. Butler. NELSON H. THOMPSON, Brady twp. SHERIFF, ALEX. MCCCNE CAMPBELL. Butler. (Better known as "Coon" Campbell.) M. L GIBSON, Butler. JAMES R. KEARNS, Butler twp. PROTHONOTARY, JOHN C. CLARK, Washington twp. J. M. CRUIKSHANK, Winfield twp. ROBERT J. THOMPSON, Butler. COUNT* TREASURER, THOMAS ALEXANDER, Butler, Formerly of Brady twp. CHARLES H. BOOK, Cherry twp. WINFIELD S. DIXON, Penn twp. JOHN W. POWELL. Buffalo twp. J. C. WELSH, Jefferson twp. REGISTER AND RECORDER, J. P. DAVIS, Brady twp. H. W. KOONCE, Butler. (Formerly of Allegheny twp.) JAMES RANKIN. Penn twp. " G. E. THOMAS, (Third Run.) Butler. PORTER WILSON, Centre twp LEWIS WOLFORD, Cherry twp. COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (Two to nominate ) NOAH HENRY, Oakland twp. JOHN W. BILLIARD, Washington twp. MCALLISTER KUHN, Concord twp. ROBERT MCCLCNG, Butler twp. ELI J. MOORE, Muddycreek twp. JAMES L. PATTERSON, Jefferson twp. COUNTY AUDITOR, (Two to nominate.) HOWARD C. HAZLETT, sth Ward, Bntler. H. E. HEBERLINO, Portergville. GEORGE S. KUSELTON, Penn twp. Delegates to State Convention. (Three to elect.) W. J. MARKS, Butler. J. M. RIDDLE, Clinton twp. W. C. WOLFORD, Chicora. To the Republican Voters of Butler County. In response to numerous letters of in quiry from political and personal friends tnroughont the county, I deem it neces sary to announce through your columns that I have decided not to submit my name as a candidate for Register an d Recorder at the coming primaries i n June, but to withhold the same nnti 1 the primaries in the spring of 1905. I wish to express my gratitude to my many frienda in this be half and hope to be able to have a personal interview with them before that time. W. E. COOPER. POLITICAL. At the meeting of the Republican County Committee, Tuesday afternoon, in Armory Hall. 28 members were pres ent and the following resolution was adopted: "Whereas, at the meeting of the County Committee held on June 1, 1901, a Committee of three consisting of P. W. Lowrjr, N. B Duncan and Ira Mc- Junkin was elected for the purpose of meeting a Committee of three from Westmoreland county, to adopt rules to govern the nomination of Congres sional candidates in the district com posed of the countios of Butler and Westmoreland, with instructions to re port their action to the County Com mittee for approval or disapproval. And the said Committees having failed to agree on rules thus far. it is herebv Resolved, that the powers or the Committee from this county be extend ed that they shall have full power to unanimously agree upon such rules as in their judgment are proper without referring their action to the County Committee for their approval. And it is further resolved. That it is the judgment of this County Committee representing the Republicans of Butler county, that in any conferences or con vention. called for the purpose of mak ing a district nomination, equal repre sentation with Westmoreland coun ty is doe to Butler county as a matter of right and justice. This is all that was done and the Committee adjourned. Reference to a CITIZEN published in 1884 discloses the fact tbat the number of candidates is comparatively small. Then there were 2 candidates forjudge, 2 for Congress, 1 for State Senate, 8 for Assembly, 7 for Sheriff, 8 for Prothono tarr, 9 for Register and Recorder, 18 for County Treasurer, 6 for Clerk of Courts, 13 for County Commissioner, 12 for County Auditor and two for Coroner. A total of 83 aa against 38 now. The total vote polled was 5862 then and there are probably 1(M0 more Republicans in the county now. Blair comity, of which Altoona is the chief town and Holidaysburg is the county seat, was the scene of an inter esting political contest last week on ac count of the Republican party rules re quiring candidates for Governor to be voted for at the same time the dele gates are elected, the popular v#te to decide the matter. The county is near Elkin's home county, Indiana, and he canvassed it while Watres came down from Lacka wanna, put in an appearance and made an address at Altoona. on Friday, the day before the primary. The primary was held Saturday and Elkin won by a 3 to 1 vote, and thus se cured 5 delegates to the State Conven tion. Tbe County Committee of Lebanon Co. indorsed Elkin tbe same day and *the primaries of Clearfield, Franklin, Lancaster and Cumberland counties went in his favor; while Watres had no opposition in Wayne Co Elkin's friends now claim 58 county delegates and say they will get 80 more in Philadelphia and expect the entire vote of Allegheny Co. Tbe new twenty-eighth Congressional district is composed of the connties of Elk, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren. The boundary of the district extends from Cameron county line on the east to the Ohio State line on the west, a distance of 150 miles. It has a natural Republican majority of from 5,000 to 8,000. Tbe Republican Convention of Brad ford Co. of which Tonawanda ia tbe county seat instructed the delegates to vote for Elkin for Governor. A ORE AT blizzard in the northwest last week stopped all trains on the Northern Pacific aud Great Northern bttwefen St. Paul and the Paciflc coast. SOME POLITICAL HISTORY. Ten year* ago Butler and Lawrence counties formed the 17th Judicial Dis trict of the state, and Norman Martin and Aaron L. Hazen were our Judges- Martin having been appointed by Gov. Pattieon to act in place of John Mc- Michael. deceased, until the place could be filled by election. In the early Spring of 1892 four mem bers of the Butler Bar—S. F. Bowser, James M. Galbreatb, H. H. Goucher and John M. Greer—aspired for the Re publican nomination for Judge. Messrs Bowser, Goucher and Gal breath were then and are now lawyers in good practice, and were considered fit persons in every respect for the office, while aa Greer had been in office and in politics all his life his qualifications were doubted, and one of his friends ar gued for him that it was "the dnty of Bar to instruct the Bench" as to the law. But Greer was the politician of the crowd and he induced the others to stand aside for him by promising to never be in their way again—his argument at that time was something like this — Now yon fellows stand aside for me this time and I'll never be in your way again, and I'll get the district nomina tion, and be elected; and not only that but I stand in with Quay and the State Committee, and I'll get on the State ticket, and on the Supreme Bench; and the county is getting so big that we'll soon need two Judges, and well all be Judges.'' And one after another they all did give way to him. which gave him the county without opposition; and Wal lace of New Castle gave up after quite a contest, and Greer had the district nomination. The summer passed, and with the Fall came word from Lawrence county that that county was going strongly for Martin, the Democratic nominee (just as it had for Hazen and McMichael >, which meant Martin's election. Then Greer and his friends (the chief of wbom at that time was W H. H Riddle) plead with everybody for help, and men here who owed him nothing personally or politically turned in and helped him. One of the men who had. stood aside for him helped us to edit the paper, and we said everything we could think of in his favor, and mailed a thousand copies a week for several weeks to addresses, furnished by Greer, in Lawrence coun ty—and all that tbat cost Greer was the actual cost of the paper, printing and postage—he had our time and space for nothing. The election came off and Greer had the usual Republican majority of this county at tbat time, while Lawrence county was very near a "stand-off " He took his seat, and since then has been an applicant for nearly every vacancy that has occurred on the Supreme and Superior benches, and failing there has for the past few years been electioneer ing for a second term on the Bench here, thereby violating the pledges that secured him both his nomination and election. One of the men who stood aside for him took him to task for this some months ago, and Greer's answer was "that no young man could afford to take this office for but one term"—which coming from a man of about sixty, and who probably never made a thousand dollars in any one year practicing law was about as ridiculous as saying that he did not want the office for himself, but for the sake of his sons. * * # Ten years at $4,000 a year means S4O, 000; tbe law allows extras to the extent of SSOO a year, also milage, which is clear gain to men with passes in their pockets; and Greer shonld end his term with at least $20,000 in bis pocket, and live un to tbe pledges that securred it for bim. And besides this he bad been in office for about seventeen years pre vious, or about twenty-seven years in all, and the total amount he has drawn from the county and state treasuries will aggregate the best part of a hun dred thousand dollars. All his life he has been at tbe "public tit"—votes and dollars have always meant the same thing for him—and it is no wonder that be is now begging men that he tried to ruin to vote lor him and that h6 is considered tbe best hand in the county at "slobbering over people". There are other and much graver ol>- jections to retaining this man in this this office than his double dealing with his brother attorneys, (though this is an index to all) but our only purpose at present is to call attention to this one point, and ask tbe question, "Do you want a.dishonorable man to administer the laws of the Commonwealth for you T" WASHINGTON NOTES. The old adage about a "man convinc ed against his will" was exhibited in re verse action in Congress last Friday, when Mr. Dalzell was convinced in ac cordance with his will and acknowledg ed his conyiction with the most gratify ing promptitude. Appropriations for marine hospitals at Buffalo. Sayannah and Pittsburg, $125,000 for each of the first two and SIOO,OOO for Pittsburg, were presented, and several congress men could not see why Pittsburg could get along with less than the others. It took very little discussion of that sort to bring Mr. Dalzell to a frank and manly confession that he had been mistaken in supposing that Pittsburg needed but the round hundred thousand. He was the most promptly converted man on record to the yiew that $115,000 was the proper sum. That change was made, and I'lttsburg has no complaint to make of Mr. Dalzell's sudden enlight enment. —Dispatch. Tbe House, last week, spent consider able time on the P. O. appropriation bill and the maximum salary was fixed at SOOO for Rural Route Mail carriers. The Senate Canal Committee by a vote of 7 to 4, reported in favor of the Nicaragua route and the Senate listen ed to a lot of speech** against the Ship Subsidy bill. In tbe Republican conference of Tuesday night, the fifth in the series on tbe question of reciprocity with Cuba tbe beet sugar men went to the wail, 4nd Sibley's compromise prevailed By a vote of 57 ayes to 79 noes, Col Dick's pro position to relieve Cuba by means of u rebate to be paid out of the United States tn-asury to the Cuban govern ment, was rejected. This was the last stand of th* sugar beet phalanx. 1111- mediatly thereafter a vote was taken on the Sibley proposition, providing for u 20 per cent reduction to last until L)<- cember 1, 1908. This was adopted by a vote of 85 to 31, a majority of 54. On Monday the Senate passed the Ship Subsidy or Ocean Service bill, which Involves a yearly expenditure of eight million dollars, bv a vote of 42 to 81. St. Patrick. St Patrick was the Apostle of Ireland. He died March 17, 465, ever since re vered by the Irish as St. Patrick s day. Three countries, Scotland. Wales and Frsnce claim to be his birth place, bet it is fairly certain that France is the right one. The year of his birth was either 377 or 3*7 When sixteen years old he was kidnapped by pirates, taken to Ireland and sold as a slave to a chief After six years captivity, he escaped back to France, became a monk, visited Rome and was sent by Pope Celestine as a special miasionary to Ireland.where he worked with wonderfnl power. He is said to hare baptized with his own hands 12000 converts and established 36.-) churches. His only writings cer tainly remaining are his "Confession and a letter to a Welsh chief named Caradoc. He died near Downpatrick, Ireland. Driving out the snakes is merely an "adornment" to bis memory. The Bidille Reward. At the meeting of the County Com missioners of Allegheny county last Fri day the Biddle reward money was divid ed as follows: "Detectives Charles C. McGovern, John Roach and Albert E Swinehart will each receive $930 of the $-5,000 re ward offered by the County Commis sioners for the capture of the Biddies, according to the decision reached by County Commissioners Mercer, Murray and Clark. All claimants must, however, sign an agreement to accept the awards made by the commissioners as payment in full before any of it will be pwid. Under the award Councilman J. G. Splane.who carried the first information to the Pittebnrg police, is to get $300; J. G. Snyder, who discovered the Biddies and furnished and drove the sleiiih occupied by the detectives, is to get $450; Frank i Holidav. who gave the alarm, gets $650; Rainey Hoon, deputy sheriff of Butler county, and Robert Ray. chief of police of Butler, each get $275, and Aaron Thompson who drove the Butler parlv, is to get S2OO. By this award the Allegheny county claimants, with their driver, «et $3.<500 and the Butler claimants get $1,400 That is an unjust divisionof the mon ey, which should be divided equally among the eight men who were at the scene and took part in the shooting arid capture of the Biddies. The Butler men should contest the award. W. Z Murrin and A. M. Christley, attorneys for the Butler claimants of the Biddle reward, were in Pittsburg Tutsday and notified the Allegheny County Solicitor that their clients would not accept the division made by the Allegheny County Commissioners The Butler claimants have determin ed now to ask for the entire $5,000. on the ground that the Pittsburg defect ives were salaried officers detailed <>n the case and, therefore, have n'> lepal right to participate in the reward It is likely that a stated case will be made of it.or else the Allegheny County Commissioners will pay the money into court and permit the claimants to tight it out. Flick Items. Mr. J. C, .Johnston has remodeled his residence in Clinton twp. He Iris a very fine home. A well is being drilled on the Adam Gould farm by the Fort si Oil company Earl Hezlepp is contractor. A rig is up on the R. J. Anderson and drilling will commence at once A 1 Fleming, contractor. J. N. Fulton is lying very ill with grippe. W. P. Criner is hanling for the F >r est oil company. Clinton township school. No. 5, under the supervision of Henry Logue. is fin ishing up a very successful term of school and expects to have an entert.ain ment at the end of the term, the last of the month Fairvfcw Facts. David Rankin, an aged farmer, oii"- half mile from here, departed this life Saturday last aged. *!) years, la-king four days. Buried Tuesday at Bear Creek cemetery, funeral sermon at, the U. P. church by Rev. J. A. C. McQnis tion. Chambers Rankin and family arc at C. Scott's and will remain until after the funeral of Lis grandfather Rankin People here are a good deal excited over the Speechley oil belt developing this way and iu Bruin. Communion services in the Presbyter ian church Sabbath March !Mth at p m , Rev. J Miller pastor. Dr. V. F. Thomas has bought the pr < perty of Dr Courts of Evans City, and is now moving to that place to take up the practice of medi'-ine in his new field E. W. Byors from Allegheny Semina ry w spending a few days with his pie here this week. Mrs John Walls of Fairmont, Clnr ion county, is visiting her father':, peo ple, Geo. Clark this week. James Rankin came with his family to attend the funeral of his father, Da vid Rankin. Miss Ida McFann. from Me Farm city, is visiting with old friends here in her native town. Mrs. Kate Porter ha«s gone to Ne'v Castle to look after her brother in law. Win. Young, who is suffering iu sick ness. J. L. Carpenter's well on t,h>* Wugner farm came in with a small show of oil in the 50 fr the far West early last fall for regain ing his health His father was called to see him by telegram and met him a short time before he died last w< ek He returned with t.l e remains of his son on Wednesday of this week Inter ment will bo made at Zelienople lirancliton. Mrs. Andrew McMurray is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. Pearl Smith, son of J. N' Smith, is ill with typhoid pneumonia. A little daughter of Clayton Duffy Is seriously ill. Mrs. William H. Hogg is on the sick list. The well drilling to the Speechley sand on the Hamilton place is nearing completion. Concord twp. Zion Lutherans contemplate the erec tion of a new church this summer. A number of very liberal subscriptions have been taken for this purpose. Drilling has begnn on many new wells of late and new locations are con stantly being made. Mrs E U. Cumberland presented her husband with a young son last week. Peter Shook, foreman for the South Penn Oil Co. has sold his property to . Mr. Pordum who takes the place of ganger, vice A. W. Smiley resigned. Mr. Shook has begnn the erection of a new house at Hill Dale in the Speechly | OU field. The conviction seems to deepen that . the fire in West Sunbury last week was i the work of incendiaries. Josiah Byers and his estimable wife j are greatly rejoiced at the arrival of , their first born—a daughter which | arrived on last Wednesday. Rev J. H. Breaden of West_ Sanbnry visited at Robert Adams' on Monday. Evans City. i Mr. and Mrs. Groves spent Sunday in New Castle. Alt.>n White visited his parents over Sunday. Miss Edna Gaston has been on the sick list for several days. The Ladies' Aid Society met at the home of Miss Ida Graham, Friday ev ening. John Temple Graves lectured to a large audience, Saturday eveniag, on "The Twentieth Century Woman ". Ernest White and family have been visiiing at Frank White's. The Oaf's Answer Since Rudyaril Kipling published "The Islanders" there have been inauy parodies, but no metrical answers worthy of name until the following ap peared in the London Star: Fenced by our patient fathers, ringed by our peaceful seas, Long did we wake in quiet, and long lie down at ease, Till you said of Strife: "Where is itV" oftheSword: "Let it flash again!" Till you made a god of wanton war aud an idol of armed men. We stopped our ears to the warning we wonld neither look nor heed We set our hate above our laws, an i our Inst above our need Because of our witless rancor, and our pitiless pride of race. We grudged our brothers freedom, and our friends a resting-place. You blustered and bragged and bellow ed, and we paid when you bade us "pay," But where are tha fifty thousand men that you twanged to Table B iy'/ For soon were the Judgments loasened soon wa-i our shame revealed. At the hands of a little people, few but apt in the field. Though now they are only a remnant (and Milner has started his "Star") You ask for more of our millions and more of our flesh for war. Sons you wonld tear from their mothers. lads from their lasses sweet. And brush them under the wheels of war like the dust and dirt of tbe street And what did >ou look they should compass? Glory that fades like a breath. Glory to Gold in the highest at the price of a brother's death'! So! And we asked: ' is it glory to hol low the veldt with graves, And to build.it gilded empire on the backs of beaten slaves?" But you said: "TIII war is over;" but you said: "The end is come,' And we swallowed the hocus of Rat field, wc -wallowed lie of Brum Then wo returned to our vomit, then we contented our souls With the kipling fools at the pothouse. and the rndyard oats at the polls. Given to strong delusion, wholly be lieving a lie, We saw that the war was not over, and we let the months go by, Waiting isnme easy wonder, hoping some saving signs. Cheated -openly cheated for the sake of the Sacred Mines. Cheated —::nd sick of yonr boasting, ah, what is your boasting worth. When the ink you fling is a blotch of blocxl upon the rotten Earth! £t was not made with the mountains; it is not or;i; with the deep, Fools and oafs devised it. Fooh und oafs must keep. Fools, not men, belaud yon, o ifn, not in til, adore, flow should men applaud you, O Laureate of Gore? UKATiIS. MICHEL—At ins home in Jefferson twp (Great Belt) March 115, 11)0.'. Geo. Michel, aged 7:i jears. He was a brother-in-law of Wm. Hie- Out of Fuller and Frederick Siebert. SHOOP- At h<-r home iu Evans City, March 13, 1902, Mrs. Barbara Shoup, iii her 74th year. DA MBA •'i I At her home in Zelienople, March 17, 11102, Mrs. Jacob Dainbach. ,\iEYERy At his home in Silverville, Buffalo tov/usnip. March IH. I'.xri John Aleyers, aged about 55 years Mr. Meyers death was a sudden one. He fell in his blacksmith shop, w.-s carried to his house, and died shortly after He left a family. liIEDENBACII At his hoirte in Sum mit twp. .March 10, IflOti, Henry Bied enbaeh, aged HO years. RANKIN— At hii home in Fairview twp, Mirch 15, V.)')!, Divid Rankin, aged 89 years. EIOiiOLTZ In New Mexico, March 12, 1902, I'r-i nk Eicholtz of Zelionople. Frank's do:th was caused by con soniptim, and occnred while traveling tor r.iM taeuhh Obituary. W. C. -torey, < x-Conuty CouiuiiMhiou trut Armstrong county, tell dead in it store li. Kill tilling, oil the (Jtll iiibt. "Mr. Btoiev ivn» horn in Butler coun t.y on March 4. IH4O, and was therefore Hi ye i a and 2 day* old. In 18(S7 h<* re movi <1 :.<» Brady- 1 (lend twii., tiiih coiin ly. \vh« r-' lie resided nniil ahont five years ano, v; . in he was elected County ('oliimic -iiile r. lie then came to llitn place and alio'it a ye ir at{o he erected a house in W',i.\.!io'o and biw since resid ed ill- r-- ll* served for 1.1 years as jus tice of the i« i" • of Brady's Bend twp. and iviiß i,lie of the most influential eiti /.ens iu the county." —Kittanning Tri bune. L. S. Folta, a prominent citizen of New Ciistle and native of Butler county died Tuesday. AN ORDINANCE lo amenil an Or dinance parsed May :i, 1892, and approved May 4, IMiJ, entitled "An ordinance reKulatinK the licensing <- and the same is hereby amended by adding the.'oto and in.->. i iuig theieiu, immedi ately following the secoinl section of M'iiit ordinance, the following: All licen- HOS lien after IK ued under the said or (linuiice piiH-td May :i, 1892, und approv led May I 1492. slmll expire on the lirsf Monday of March of each year, and all holders of annual licenses which shall have been in force prior to the passage of this ordinance upon taking out a re newal of said license under the provis ions of this ordinance, shall have de ducted from the fee as many twelfths as there were unexpired months in the original license. Ordained and enacted in Council thin 8d day of March, A. D., BMW. JOHN F. LOW it Y, President of Town Council. Attest: H E. Cow/run, Hec Council. Now, March'!, 1902, the a hove and foregoing ordinance is hereby approved | I. !accs which are tiled dry 1 out s oner than the untiled roads on ' the high laud. The tiled roads never : get so had as those not tiled. The road should be underdrained so ■ as to keej) the water level well below ! the rond surface. In most localities this j can be 'accomplished reasonably well J by laying a line of farm tile three or three and a half feet below the road j surface alon;; one side of the roadway, i It is sometimes claimed that there I should be a tile on each side of the I - " A TILE KR.UXA.tiE. rond. r i..:.i"e by the Illinois espt rlsnoi.! .. ni 10 indicate tlua ot:>- !.••• wi:l give fairly good drainage uiuler t!:e i:.o. i advivse cjt:di tio*.;-. "• he <• .;•> •in.; ::t <•. ::sisted in the dr.:;" . 'fa j ' i.rl'.'t e. In this case the sur face < f tiif ground water had a slope of a foot iti twenty-five feet, but in a more porous s- il the s!..pe would be miu li less. Therefore a sln.-le lin*- of tile three > r tlu;ee and a half feet deep, if of a«'e. is laid, the water Kr.rfsee will be A H I>, the second line draining only tbe comparatively small portion «' I! D. The diagram shows that a single line well below the sur face is far better than two shallow one:;. For e\aTnplc, lowering the tile A fcix inch* • lowers the water surface to A C, which represents better drainage than the l : nc A B I) with the two lines. —lra O. Baker. Illinois. INDIVIDUALITY IN COWS. Cor/* 'of Ilixli Cfcnnllty Needed—Rent Heifer f.'silve* Should IS«* Iluiaed. The heifer calves from the best cows should by all moans be raised. The' method that Is still quite largely prac ticed in some portions of the dairy sec tions of our state of disposing of all the calves regardless of how good the Individual or its parentage is in the end a ruinous practice to the dairy in terests. The ranges are producing beef cattle. hor>« >. Hnd sheep, but there is no One as yet In the business of producing good working cows of high quality, and the supply must be produced by the dairymen them -elves. Although k< od cows can be found in all communities. they are comparative ly scarce, and the heifer calves from them should certainly be raised. Where the whole milk Is disposed of and no skluHiitik Is available this Is not so eas ily done, but i: will pay to feed the best calves whole milk for a few days and then gradually substitute some other calf foul. In this way, if a little c.:re Is c\( rclsed, excellent dairy calves may be rslau! on a small quantity of milk. W. .1. Ftas t of the Illinois station t;!vcs the above advice and summarli'.es his o!.t < rvntlon on "Individual differen ces in the value of dairy cows" thus: T'.;ei are vast differences in the ct!l clency and profit derived from individ ual dairy cows. One cow may produce more than twice as much butter fat in a year as another on exactly the same feed basis. A good cow well cared for may pro duce five time aa much as the average cow in tin* Fulled States or nearly as much as three "profitable" cows for Illinois. Nearly all dairymen are keeping a portion of their herd at an actual loss. Many keep cows that pay only half as n11:<-!i a bushel for the grain con mimed as othi r cows In the same herd. Excellent eows are obtainable at a reasonable price In nearly all sections of the country. There Is almost no dairying In this region, yet the cow Hove and several others nearly as good wire purchased In this community for S,"O each. Give the eows a one week test every three mouths. In vc a profitable stand ard, gradually rilse It each year, and dispose of »nj row* tb»t do not come up to this. Breed the I est eows to a dairy sire of excellent hi• eding and Individuality and raise the heifer culves. U lifii .Hnklitj*. Hotlirdi. In making hotbeds always break the manure up fine and tread It down well. I#e ante to put eiioi;,;h In the center of the beds so there will be no sagging. Fresh manure «>f hard worked and well fed horses free from dry Utter Is best. An addition of leaves used for bedding will serve to produce a more moderate but more liihiliik heat. OWN AND OFFER 550,000 4 p«r cent., tax free. Borough of BellevU'- School District Bonds. Denomination ftooo. Interest payable semi-annually Write or call for price and description C R WILLIAMS & CO . Hank for Savings Bld'g , Pittsburg, Pn. 0. II Wimjamn. OKOIIOE WBI.SH Have You a Neighbor? JH If mo W'l v dmi'i ) oil get & BS We manufacture them. 11l Ask its mid we will tel ign (on si' about it. | I*ll "Ctrii'al work of all The U. S. Electric fVify. Co j BUTLER, PA. W S & E. WICK. I >1 .A L K Uh s f N Kou/li and Worker! l/Miiilx r o/J *' 1 Xttucia Door a, HJIMII and Mouldlnga. Oil Weill It) itn a Nui-clnlly, Olfl'w am) Yard • OuririliHKiiiJiii ufiil Monroe Kt» \V f I', nil HUTITKM I A NUT TREES WILL PAY. Their Advantage* Especially FOP Roadside Planting. I The black walnut and the butternut may be srown in almost any deep, rich, moist soil. They each have quite u wide range and thrive In almost any jrood soil that Is not too dry. These two well known nut trees are often found together, but the walnut is more common in the south and west, the but ternut in the north and east. The chestnut has a somewhat nar rower range, but succeeds well on most sandstone ridges and In soils that con tain little or no limy. The foreign chest nuts may be successfully grafted on our native. The nuts are larger: but, so far as I have tested them, they are inferior in quallt/. It seems to me that the common American chestnut is ad mirably suited for roadside planting wherever the soil is congenial. Several species of hickory might also be used. For ornamental purposes there are few trees that excel the hick ory in variety and beauty of foliage. The mils are si- valuable, the better varieties c mmaiiding a good price in the market. Among the more desirable sorts are the better vara-t'-s of the shell or shag bui :i;:d the white heart hickory. In f .V mc;: i:.s south of latitude M c > the pecan can be eas'ly frvvrv.. The hickory in it - varieties is per haps ii ns partier. ~r iii its i .;i reqtdM nieiits than aln:i t any o'.bcr nv.t tree.' It is t'ou::d o - i - r:i! is, clay liill sii!» ; and rich io."lands. It is a tree tluil delights i;i : of utidrri rush, but trows well in «•; c l :i groves. Hick ory tints are ex tret :< !.' variable in size .nr.J qitart;,-. Only ihe I rge. thin s!;e!l --e 1. : vet t !•:• rneled vvi 'eth : id be select d for plantiii'/. 'i he 1 cc;tn is a » fw.tlrvi: :irii s;i: 1 > . l:s cnslrrti natu ral limit is central ii.t t:ti:cky and its ro;:!:rrn a little 1. .:a of the Ohio riv er. It Is believed by some that it may be successfully cultivated wherever the peach is grown. Our age is too ciiiHientlj materialis tic to tee l.enuty absent from money value. To iht.se who can only be in duced 10 plant trees because it will pay in dollars and cents I urge the superior advantages of our nut bearing trees, especially fcr rond planting, says Wil liam 15. Lazenby of Oh'ro in American Agriculturist. GROUND GYPSUM. Practical Experience In I tins: It to Atlvnntage in the Stnble. Ground" gypsum, according to a Ca nadian farm investigator, may un doubtedly be used W advantage in the stable. The nitrogenous compound In the urine by the aid of certain tiller* organisms, always present In the nlr, is converted very quickly Into carbo nate of ammonia. This is volatile and will cscaj ■ if some suitable absorbent or fixer is not present. Gypsum is such a fixer, converting the carbonate into sulphate of ammonia, which is not vol atile. Practical conclusions from experi ments are (It that the proper place to use gypsum is in the stable, where un doubtedly the greater waste of nitro gen, as ammonia, frequently occurs, and (2) that when me manure heap is kept compact and tiiolst there is not any considerable escape of ammonia. Fermentation Increased the availa bility of the phosphoric acid. It is lo be noticed that a considerable loss of potash took place. This must be due to a certain amount of drainage from the m:ti;tne soaking into the board floor. '1 li!s drainage was no doubt in creased by the water used In keeping the manure constantly moist. This re sult corroborate* the conclusion that loss of potash cannot be entirely guard ed against without a water tight, con crete-floor if the manure is to be kept moist by rain or artificial means. A Bloval>I<» Fence. When I was a b v, my father had a movable fence live boards high, a panel of which is shown in the illustra tion. says an Ohio Farmer correspond ent. No pus-. , are needed except at the start. Two me:i with team can move a long string of this fence in a very short time. As I rt member It, we used a six Inch board at the In.Horn and live Inch for [lb- M II ' 11 r IT' ' MOVABLE FKNCK. the rest, but they can all be the same width. We made panels twelve, four teen or sixteen feet long. The panels arc all built alike, anil the end of one locks bit') the end of flic next. When the panels are then straightened out, the fence Is locked. It Is a great con venience on any farm. TliltiKM Tlinl Arc Told. The blossoming of peach and plum trees can be retarded by spraying with whitewash. Chair's Choice peach received high commendation at the New York Fruit Growers' association meeting. Sotl culture In orchards Is all non tciise. according to Mr. J. 11. Hale, lie favors cultivation and cover cropa. Professor 1,. H. Malley believes two year trees are preferable to older ones for setting In an orchard and cites a case where two and six year old trees were set In an orchard, and after a very few years the young trees were as large 11s the old ones. Sow onion seed in flats In a hotbed or In a greenhouse and transplant the onions (0 the open ground as soon us the latter Is In working condition. For profitable general field culture the sweet potato requires at least four months of warm weather, free not only from frost, but from cold winds and from cool nights. Eyes Examined Free of Oharqe ft. L. KJRKPATRICK. Jeweler and Graduate Optician to Karl Schluchter, Practical Tailor and Gutter 155 W. JefferuoD, Butler, l'a Bush«ling, Cleaning and KPAIRINC» A SFKCIAI/r Y. VI. C WAGNER ARTIST PaOTOGRIPHPR »to Ho tS • ' Kert McCandiess, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. W. Jefferson St., Butler. Avid Cars by lining .Mifflin Street entrance Waiting Parlor for J.ailica. People's Phone LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS; DIVORCE NOTICE. SARAH M. DII.I.MOHK- In the C'ouit of Comon Picas of Hut vs. Her County. Penn'a., A. I>. No. 11, December OLIVER DILLSOKE. Term. 1901. To Olit-er Dlllmore: Two sutlmeniis In above ease having been r»>tiiriH'il N.K 1.. you the >:ilU Oliver IMll more. above named defendant, are hi reby requtrnl to app<-:ir in ~.iid Court of Common PU'as. to be held at Butler, l'a.. on Monday, j the t'.'th day of May. 1»C. Ix'in* the tirM day , of next Term of said Court, to answer the ' said complaint, and show cause if anT'you ; have, why an absolute divorce from the; bonds of matrimony should not be granted] to said Sarah M. Dlllmore. You are also hereby notified that testi mony will be taken In the above ease before said Court on Tuesday. May 20th. 19tt!, at I which time and place you are notltled to at tend. THOMAS R HOON. Sheriff. Sheriff's Office. Butler. Pa.. March lu'th, lfl. DISSOLUTION "NOTICE; Notice is hereby given that the part- nership heretofore existing ltetween W. H. Kuhn and J. Ii Kuhn under the firm name of Kubn & Kuhn was dissolved by mutual consent on February 11. r.»()2, J. R. Knhn continuing in business in the old stand aud W. H. Kuhn in a new building now in process of erection. All accounts of the firm of Kuhn & Kubn will be settled with W. H. Kuhn. ,T. R. KUHN, W. H. KUHN, Feb. lt». 1902. Hooker. Pa. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters testamentary CT. —D. B. N. having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Mrs. Ocilla S. John stop, dec'd.,lateof Butler.Pa.all persons know ing themselves indebted to said estate w ill please make immediate payrrent, and any having claims against said estace will present them duly autheatirated for settlement to Chari.ES W. JOHNSTON, Adm'r , Butler, Pa. E L. RALSTON, ATl'y. • ai DITORS- REPORT OF CENTER TOW*- " SH 1 »*. MAltCll til, wot:. Settlement of Joseph Carnahan a< Road Commissioner. Amount of duplicate }b~ t>2 Amount worked W Not worked 31 M Balanced a~ 577 S2 Settlement of Ale.x Brewster as Road Com missioner. Amount of duplicate 4'.' Amount worked £t:t7 !>5 Not worked 1» 70 Exonerations S4 Balanced 45" 45 4GS 4U Settlement to Alex Pollock as Road Com missioner. Amount of duplicate $4kJ S4 Amount worked s4J.">ll Mot worked M 07 Exonerations 1 00 Balanced 4X2 84 4.52 84 Settlement of William Allison as Road Com missioner. Amount of duplicate ilil so Amount worked J4M 57 Not worked 17 79 Exonerations 50 Balanced 4.">1 s0 451 SO Settlement of J. (1. Rennlck as Tax Collector. Amount of duplicate J445 U7 Auk- tool, ree'd S i»> 00 Auir. :«i, 1001, ree'd i:ts t*o Sept. 10, 11)01. ree'd 50 00 Total amount Percentage and rebate.. IS 50 Nov. 6, IDOI, ree'd $ 75 00 Nov. 0. 11)01, ree'd 102 Total amount . .. 70 02 70 02 Commission,s per cent... 403 Mitrch 10, 1902, ree'd U.l 41 !« 41 Exonerations 2 39 5 per cent, added on ?'.!■"> 92 collected after Jan. Ist. 4 SO flCi 07 445 07 Settlement of Alex Pollock, Treasurer of Road Tax. Amount paid out. Auditor's fees $ Ii 00 Paper for auditing 10 Win Allison path in luster, 2 4 days 30 00 Johnson Brown, building fence and removing tree 1 02 Press Heck, water trough 5 00 Goorge Cypher, hardware 1 25 ,1 «d 19 Tatrt. ,• I P. M BERKIMEK. Funeral Director. 4? R. M?»tn St. B'.itlfr P^. An rone ■•ndlritf n nkrtrh anOOOOOOO0OOOO0OOOOOOOO»O Separate Skirts, Silk and JsKfiy < 9 Wash Waists. i >The new Spriug Suits are heiv t ifflSJ £ j 'The new Spring Separate Skirts are here. jvW f V K | 'The new Spring Separate Jackets are here i ' [ fiHrii £ I ►The new Spring Dress Go # < ►The new Spring Silk Dress \Vai*ta are here. f ( new Spring All-wool Waistings . < T I The new Spring Printed Satin Liberty and fV T ' r I > Foulards are here. " J < % < }The new Spring Wash Goods are here. J 4 \ II new Spring White Goods are here MF / 1 >1 I new Spring* Embroideries and Laces are J3 |f\ C € >The new Spring Dress Trimmings are here. | \ ' / * >The new Spring Neckwear and Ties are here V \ 1 \ .' new Spring Millinery Hats and Flowers JH JkA ' \ The new Spring Carets are here. ( 1 We start the Spring season here with the finest and largest collection ' r of above mentioned merchandise we have ever shown We claim to befj the lowest priced house in Bntler for FINE GOODS. We wish we had, f space to give detailed descriptions and prices of all ' f range from Wool Dress Good?. 2oc to 2 f'' ~ IMnelin Underwear 25c a garment np < £ jiffi —Special values in Ilosiery and Ribbed . € D(^erwear ' or *'^ en ' Women and Cbil-V We also carry a full line of * f Misses's, Children's and Infants' V Suits, Diesses and Wraps, C And pay special attention to their headwear ) t —Hats. Infants' Lace Cap 3, Cloaks and Slips. ' *£ OUR SPRING MILLINER* OPENING | On Thursday. Friday and Saturday, , < 0 c UK !( gMarch 27, 28, 29. £g° jj Yon a"fe invited. S ~~ JL V Lowest Priced House vj W V |f For Fine Goods X X In Sutler. ' |Mrs. J. E. ZimmermanJ Si^OOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOCOOO ■ Noncompetition, I Good thing' *7e are afraid of it In onr tine exhibit of FURNI TURE and CARPETS, it is MET, MATCHED and MASTERED. BED ROOM SUITS ; INGRAIN CARPET Nicely carved l>ed, golden oak J All-wool—super extra—for any finish, large French plate beveled room in house. mirror. Pric< s2l 00 ! Price 65c B Parlor Tables j Ingrain Carpet Pattern top, turned legs oak, • Double-faced cotton-suitable for ■ with lower shelf, 2-1-inch top, bed-rooms __ $3 00 j Price 30c Kitchen Cabinet j Tapestry Brussels Full size - two large bins-bread The best ten wire kind- for parlor, E and meat board —white top j bailor library-choice patterns. I $5 00 Price 90c I BROWN &• CO., | 130 North Main Street, (atrosw from Ptiffy'3 store,) Butler, P«. jj |w»W(aiw^ (New Spring Stock 1 Each day this stock grows. Everything in Fur- niture, Carpets, Wall Paper, Linoleums. Lace Cur- ||s! tains, Tapestry Curtains, Dinner Sets. Stoves and House Furnishings that you might need in furnish- ing a home can be found at this store. NEW VELOUF COUCHES j A dozen kinds to select from. An entire new stock of Velour teaf ('ouches in red or grounds with neat set patterns. Most of jgSi» STSj them built on the all-steel wire-tied construction that we guarantee not to break down Large roll head Couch with rfrco-co base, full size, with nix rows of tufting. Pric« S2O Another, riot (|tiito ho lurxe with fl/o rows of tufting, at $)5 Hand-tied Conches in gjj*T 2sS% red-figured velour with mattress tufting, at $lO J NEW WALL PAPER }§ 30/ New Spring designs in dark, medinui or light grounds. Par- J —if lor papers in rcil. «i"<'en or light gronnds. beauti(ul Moral patterns at 25c Dining Room paport in set jritterns nt 15c Una Room papers beauties that cfist up to 25c. Another lot at 12c and a JSs£ large assortment of lower priced papers af 7c, Oc and 5o a single { roll. fgs ® ALFRED A. CAMPBELL, S S FORMERLY §i Campbell ftTempletong — Great CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL /Vlillinerv) Goods. All hats trimmed and untrimmed, must, go at a sacrifice, in order to make room for Spring Goods AT Rockensteln's, MILLINERY FMPORIUM. South Msin Slrcet. - Pi Subscribe for the CITIZEN