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The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

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W,ii,nun Mckinley. Citizen.

Post Dispatch
Mr.. Mckinley has done himself
cr- dit in writing to the committee in
charge of the inaugural ceremonies
at Washington that he thinks it
would show both poor taste and u
lack of humanity. in such times as
this, to spend $50. 600 on an ,naugu
raj ball
1t required no small degree OF
moral courage in the man in whose
honor this great and costly social
function is proposed to tell those in
charge Of the arrangements that be
does not approve of their work. Mr.
Mckinley was in delicate position
1t is safe to say that but few men
would have been capable Of doing as
he has done, howev strongly they
may have entertained the views be
has conveyed to the committee in
language polite but not to be mis-
understood.
Not only does be clearly state his
objections to the spending of such
a sum of money in mere ostentatious
display at q time when starvation
and destitution are appalling in their
extent, but he goes further a. d sug.
gests that the $4,000 already con
tributed or pledged be devoted to
charitable work He points out, too,
where it could be used with the
largest degree of benefcence He
suggests that S25,OOO of it be spent
in, alleviating distress in our great
cities, that SIS O1O be sent to famine
and plague stricken India, and $40,
600 to the oppressed and impover.
ished Armenians.
All honor to William Mckinley
citizen.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Twelve Shlps Overdue.

New York. Jan. % Twelve ships
are now overdue at this port The
ship T. F. Oaks has not been heard
OF since July 4, when she left Hong
Kong The Lord Dufferin has been
due here now for two months. and is
not sighted. The crews on the II
vessels aggregate 240 men. For
some of them all hope has been
abandoned.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
NAPOIEON'S VALUE OF VICTORY.
1t Finds a Striking Counterpart in Recent
World Iriumphs.

World lrIumphs.
Napoleon knew we'll The value of a
Y ,tory. After Au-terli,z the ~orld
seem his Fame invited. fortu' q
favored, everything stimulated bis
a p,ring amb,tipn. With growing
p wer he sa' h-red th- fruits of VIC
tory Aud 40 it has ever been Sue
cess succeeds. A Dotahle ILLUSTRATION
of this truth IS furnished by the
great victories won at the " orid's
Fair in '93 aud the California Md
winter FAIR IN '94 b, DR. Price +
Cream Baking Power Ever 'ncreas
ing sales and popularity bave been
the result. lb- people bave promptly
ratified the Official ver diets that de
clared DR.. Prices, for ieayenirg
power, keeping qualities, purity and
general excellence tue foremost
baking powder IN all the world .
Q lite as quickly as the great E'p
p-ror do they know the value of II
victory that means world wide su-
premacy.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Scared to Death.

Williamsport, Pa Jan. 29.-Mar.
garet Colley, eight years old, oi
Muncy, scared , year old child to
death with mask. She pat on q
repulsive one and went to the resi-
dence of William Priest Mr.. and
Mrs Priest were playing with Wal
ter, their two year cid baby. Mar
eaFet gave a shrek as she ran II
and Walter fen hbin~ on his moth
e. breast, Screaming. and wen
l0to ooura. sisns These continued
@esp'.e the enoesS @. tss3 physician.
Tor el6ateea hours, when tae bo,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Act.in. 3, .ne-

Rheumatism runs riot in falling weather. All
who have rheumatic acid in the blood are sure
to feel its haneful effect. II infameS the joints
chilis the blood, contracts the muscles and saps
the strength. quick and certain cure Tor
rheumatism or neuralgia is Lallemand's Spe-
cific. 1t is equally preventive. II You have
rheumatism IN your bones Laliemand's Specific
will ward off attack and render the body i'm
pregnable. 1t warns the blood, destroys the
rheumatic acid in the joints and affords ease
and lasting comfort. Price 81 per vial. Sold
by MeCteulent 4 Co.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Bucklen's Arnlca Salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever
Sores, letter, ,Chapped Hands, Chlblains
Corns, nd all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. I
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Pric. IS cts per bo,
20, sale by IL Tucker druggist
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Is Your Tongue

Coated, your throat dry, your eyes
dull and infamed and do YOU tee, mean
generally when YOU get up in the morn
ing. Your liver and kidney are no,
ioing their work. Why don't you take
Parks Sure cure. II it does not make
you feel better it costs you nothing
Sold ny II. Tucker
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Eczema
All Her Life.

Mr. E. D. jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga.
Says that his daughter, Ida, inherited
severe case of Eczema, which the usual
mercury and potash remedies failed to
relieve Year by year she was treated
with various medicine, external appli-
cations and internal remedies, without
result. Her sufterings were intense,
and her condition grew steadily worse.
All the so-called blood remedies did not
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

Buckingham's Dye for the Whis
k-rs can be applied when at home.
and is uniformly successful in color
ing brown or black. Hence it's
great popularity.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

seem reach the dis
case al all until S.
SIS. was given, when
an II prove II c 4 /
was at once noticed.
The medicine was
continued with fav-
orable results, and
now she is cured
sound ard well, her
skin is perfectly
clear and pure and
she has been saved
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
Niesour, Pacific Railway Time Table
X G. Pttsburg & Gulf Time Table

Arrival and departure of trains at worland.
NORTH BOUND.
No Freight daily except Sunday 1a:lop. m.
No ; - - - Sat 1850 p. IN.
No Express daily .l2:.7 p. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
No , Express dali, 80. ..;:-...2:2l m.
No .. 2.25 III.
Remember this is the popular short line be-
TWEEN Kansas City Mo and ri tsburg Kan :,
Joplin. no Eeosho. Mo Sulphur Springs,
Ark Sloan springs. Ark an the direct
and poInts north and northeast and to Denver,
Ogden San Francisco. Portland and points
wrst and northwest. No expense has been
spared TO make the passenger equipment Of
thi- line second to none In the west Travel
via the new line ORh.
GEM Pass. Agt. Kansas City, Mo.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04

Laxol is the best medicine for
children Doctors recommend it in
place Of Castor Oil.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
For the Florida Agriculturist.
The Water Hyacinth Menace.


Under date of 18th of December,
1896, your paper contains an extract
from St. @M&alstine Item on, use
for Water Hyacinths."
When he read the article, Capt.
Dunham hardly knew whether to be
amused or annoyed at it, inasmuch as
he is therein quoted as recommends
ing that cattle should be pastured
and fed on water hyacinths with
view to determination of the plants.
Certainly, they do the cattle no
are beneficial to them in any way,
and it is absurd to presume that
owners of groves along the banks of
St. Johns river or any other sheet OF
water are going to allow stock own
ers to turn cattle into them, and it is
not likely that the owners of cattle
would consent to drive them from
ranges where grass is to be had, and
thus compel the animals to subsist
on water hyacinths alone.
1t seems to us that the people Of
this section can be depended upon to
tell the whole truth, in explaining
the situation to the proper authori-
ties at Washington, through their
senator's, or through any delegate
they may send there, and it is the
duty of the government to give this
matter immediate consideration. If
more information be needed it is GER
tain that captains of steamboats,
running on the river know as much
about the question of the water hya-
cinth being a menace to navigation
as any one, and they are more likely
to give authentic information upon
the subject when asked to do so,
than some one making merely fly
ing visits to points along the river.
If the government sends some one
here to investigate, let him be provid
ed with a special steamer SO that he
may cruise up and down the river.
stopping at each point from whence
complaints of the nuisance of water
hyacinths comes, and remaining
there during the changes of the wind
to all the cardinal points, and noting
the influence of winds and tides upon
them, he will see how great is the
need of determination of the water
hyacinths-th greatest, the most
alarming nuisance ever seen on the
ST. Johns river, for if he does not
stop in one place long enough to wit
ness the shifting, drifting, and pack
ing into dense fields, of these plants
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
Road Construction.-VI.


Draining and maintenance. AS
under this caption may properly be
included the overhauling of the ex-
listing roads, we will consider that
subject first, and thus bring it all
forward to mutual starting point.
Of course, if we wish decent roads
the old style of working" them
must be abandoned. Hire an intelli-
gent, honest man by the day to go
over a certain section of road as Of
ten as he finds necessary, and let
him take help when required. AS
often requiring instrument work
and calculatio beyond the scope of
laymen, the local land surveyors
should be the proper men for the
work. They could also map the
roads, with their bends and undula-
tons. bitches, bridges, property
lines, etc, and could explain their
suggestions to the road commission
ers by intelligible diagrams. The
maxims, ''One stitch in time saves
nine," and can ounce of prevention
is better than pound of cure," find
a very apt application in road main
tenance. Therefore the public roads,
like the railroads, should be gone
over frequently to put in that one
stitch in time and apply that ounce
of prevention, to insure a good road
at all times and forestall extensive
repairs made necessary from neg
lect.
First of all attend to the bridges.
They almost invariably require rails
ing, lengthening and widening and
rotten planks replaced with sound
ones Consolidate the approaches so
that they will not settle below the
level of the bridges, to their injury
and inconvenience to travellers. Then
round off the surface of the road. In
the badly worn and washed places,
save materials by using pine tops
and brush with the earth in filing.
Gullies are to be filled with pine
tops, clay and turf, we'll rammed.
Take out all stumps and protruding
roots. Sometimes the unworn por-
tions of the road can be shaved
down and used for raising the worn
parts. When earth is taken from the
side bitches, let it be from the sides
away from the road; if there are no
bitches, dig no nearer than fifteen
feet from the middle of the road.
Corduroy wet places and elevate the
old causeways; see that sufficient
water way is left across them, and
cut down the adjacent underground
to light them up.
Where the road goes over imper-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, February 10, 1897.

zontal is easily detected in that posi-
ton.
The man who has the road main
tenance in charge should be well
versed in natures processes of
building up and tearing down, and
have good Judgment in the applica-
ton of the materials at hand, to
make them as effective and lasting
as possible. To make good road,
all at once through our thinly set
tied state would be out of question
ON account of cost. But by diligent
and intelligent and never ceasing
work and vigilance they may be
perfected little by little at a cost SO
small as not to be seriously felt by
the Taxpayers. The fairly good Sec
tions may be gone over but lightly
at first and the efforts concentrated
upon the bad portions. Muck, turf
and clay are to be had almost any
where; oyster shells can be had in
every village; at brickyards and
burned houses are plenty of brick
bats. Where cross ties have been
made, scores of chips are found;
where cypress shingles have been
gotten out, the shavings will pay to
haul away, and so will the chips.
bark and shavings accumulated at
wood racks and saw mills From
the phosphate mines gravel screen
ings can be had cheaply, which
makes excellent filing for deep
wheel ruts, and in places small
which can be gathered cheaply by
children and used where nothing
numerous others have been men
toned in preceding chapters.
Good engineering has been thus
defned-''The ability to make the
most of a given quantity or quality
of Materials So that everywhere
in the state are found materials for
improvement of the roads, if used in
telligently. After the first improv-
ment has been made, better materi-
ais can be hauled from a longer dis
tance. The vegetable matter depos-
tied on the sandy roads, especially,
will, when it has decayed, furnish
plantfood for grasses and herbs
whose roots consolidate the sand
and whose shade keeps it moist.
Grass should be encouraged to grow
where it can on the roads, and
where quicksand cause them to cave
into the bitches, drive stakes along
the weak places and plant Bermuda
grass inside, or where the wall of
the ditch next the road is exposed to
wash, line it with big sods and drive
small stakes through them to keep
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10

vious or retentive soils it should be
ditched on both sides and the
bitches connected and led to some
outlet. They should be Of such
width and grade that the water will
run off as soon as received. Under
the present absurd system of road
working, materials have often been
taken from pits dangerously near
the road, by one ''gang." The water
gathers into these pits and cannot
escape, but soaks into the road
making it soft and boggy. The next
gang tries to remedy it by throw
ing upon the road more dirt from
the same pits. These, now deeper
than before, do more damage in pro
portion, for when the cohesion of
the road bed has been destroyed
from saturation. the weight of the
road causes it to settle and slide
into the pits. These should be CON
nected and partly filled when toe
deep. At the bottom of slopes suf-
ficiently large outlet bitches should
be provided for the reception of the
contents of the side bitches.
If the slope or fall of the bitches
is very apparent, divide it so that
the fall will be greatest where it is
most needed. Let us say that from
the summit to the foot of ridge is
a fall of two feet. At a certain place
the road is crossed by trail, or
path, and the bitches are apt to be
partly filled up at the crossings
Then let the fall be six inches from
the summit to within twenty feet of
the crossing; one foot from there to
twenty feet beyond the latter, and
six inches from the bottom. Some
times a narrow place in ditch,
sometimes a bend around a big
stump makes such a division of fall
desirable in order to sweep away ac-
emulation. Provide safety valves
to insure flow of water, should one
or the other side ditch be obstruct
ed during heavy rains. Culverts
across the road at intervals will
serve as such, as will also branch
bitches leading to adjacent ponds or
gullies. Let no roots or snags pro-
trude from the sides or bottoms of
the bitches, as they catch floating
trash until a series of retarding
dams are formed. Rake out what
leaves, etc., gather in the bitches
and throw it on the road.
The best approximate method for
ascertaining the rate of fall in a
ditch is to stand at right angles to
it, a short piece away. Our eyes are
set on a level, and if the head is held
erect, any deviation from the hori-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-10
81 per Annum, in advance.

them in place. For all road purpos-
es the larger the sods, the more ef-
fective. HI. E. Lagergren.
Starke, Fla.
Go be continued).
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
SALE POSTPONED
state Park Lands to be Sold Dec,
18th.

The sale of the state park lands
which was to have taken place Oct. I,
has been postponed to Dec. 10th for the
reason that the requisite ninety days
notice required under the law could
not be given between the finishing OF
the appraisement and the date set for
sale.
The detailed report OF the estlmators
with the price fixed on each descrlp-
ton by the appraisers, can De obtained
by writing to Egbert Wyman, cnlel
clerk of the state land office at Maal-
son.
The commissioners desire any per-
son who thinks the estimate OF any
particular tract is too low, to forward
their facts to them and they Will nave
the tract re-estimated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
PRICE, TOO HIGH

George Jalley knows considerable
about pine timber lands, being active
" engaged il that line Of business. He
recently sent for and received a list Of
ali the state parlc lands which were 70
have been hrouG-ht into market BY the
bill Of last winter, together with the
valuations placed on these lands by the
commissioners. Mr. Jalley has relia-
bic notes covering nearly all Of the
lands in question and q careful study Of
the prices fixed by the commissioners
convinces him that there is not q dol
lar in it to buy any Of the lands even at
the minimum prices, as it would make
the stumpage worth nearly IS much as
the lumber would bring in pile after
being sawed out. The timber is held
at from three TO six dollars per thous-
and and is scattered around over 8
great deal OF territory. II al the So
called state land could be punched to-
gether and placed in one tract and
near some good driving stream, there
might be q small margin in it for some
one man if he could buy the whole lot
at the prices fixed BY the commission
Wausau Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
LICENSE TO HUNT DEER

The open season for deer is from
Novembes l to 20. Under the law,
passed last winter, no one can hunt
deer without first procuring license
frota the county clerk Of she county IN
which he intends to hunt. Game War
den Ellarson has already prepared and
will send to the county clerks OF the
different counties, blank applications
for licenses to hunt deer. 10 guard
against persons taking out licenses ia
more than one county. Mr.. Ellarson
has appended an affidavit to the appIi-
cation Dad the applicant is obliged 70
swear that he has not and will not
make application to any other county
clerk in the state OF Wisconsin during
the period covered by this application.
Attached to each license are two COT
pons authorizing the transportation Ct
two deer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
MFR, JONES' GREAT KLCN
DIXIE SCHEME.
From the Morning Oregonian.

FROM UllC IlOLllll1S VI ciiLS.4i'j
REPRESENTATIVE f. n. Jones OF Bake
oven, Wasco county, who is the owner
of numerous focks OF sheep. proposes
to take two thousand Of his strong
limbed wethers to Dyea, and from
that point use them to pack supplies
into the gold camps. His idea is to
pave a pack saddle made for each
wether and load them with thirty
pounds of freight, one-haH TO carry
oats for their own feed. the remainder
with such light merchandise as may
offer. He says all that will BE- neces-
sary is to point the wStaels on the
snow and they will saurry across tee
country in good time. The merchan-
disc will bring in S9.0ao freight money
and the 1000 sheep on reaching DaW-
son. can be sold for SD q head: SO II
the scheme is successful, q nice pile OF
money can be made.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23

CITY OFFICERS, ETC,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
,,oryrY OFFICERS, ETC.

Lerm7.o,',o court meets on call,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
CASE COMES UP IN OC-
T0BER.

I,E, DocI1ery of Fond du Lac, will
0e arr2igned in the United States
court at Milwaukee next month on the
y4aFge Of violating the alien contract
'~2o' law. Dockery was associated
t@'ee Years ago with Z. S. Shepard, E.
l. gillette and c.. S. Coon and others
y. "1ls city, in building the town of
u@aatord in the Rainy Lake gold re
5,'1' In some manner Dockery GUST
Z" shepard from the control of the
company, discharged the men who
we're ii work for it and hired a band of
~~''-oSeea Indians in their stead, at
,'"If wages. Sheperd filed charges
%S"'''si Mn OF violating the contract
+ ~Yo' Ii" by importing his laborers
~, .'," canada and Dockery was arrest
" me authorities. He claims that
~ =. "'o not know that the Indians were
c, ~~'1ahS' The proceedings were be-
80 "loer the Cleveland administra-
In ,I 90 ana Dockery is defended by Eli
T- ~ NoiInan of Fond du Lac, who was
rba W States district attorney under
rio. -."PtIson administration. If con-
nav ~" Vi the charge he will have to
n p~@ q me Of $1,000 or suffer imprison-
1,ms "uoI such fine is paid.-Rhine-
@ader Herald pN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
.u,YrRATEs TO MILWAUKEE,

Via the Northwestern Line. Excur,
sion tickets will be sold September lo
to %. inclusive, limited to sepoemoer
81 at one fare for the round trip on
account of State Fair.
For tickets and full information Apply
to agents Chicago y Norm "es'e' :
R'y.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23

Superintendent Higgins has just
made his report TO the state superin-
tendent Of the number of teachers en-
ployed in the county. They number
tWenty-four and are divided among the
different towns as follows: Eagle Riv-
er, eleven: Arbor Vitae, seven; Minoc-
qua. six. OF these seven are employed
in the graded school here and four in
the country districts in the town out
side the village; three in the graded
school at Arbor Vitae, two in the
school in the village of Star Lake and
two in the country districts Of that
town: two in the village school at Mi
nocqua, one in the school at the village
of Woodruff and three in outside dis
tricts in the town of Minocqua. There
is also quite large increase in the
number of pupils attending school in
the county, particularly SO in the town
of Arbor Vitae.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
Aaron Hall, father of Chas.

Aaron Hall, father OF. Chas. Hall
met with quite serious accident while
at work on Q. B. Moons place near
Cat Fish last Friday. He was engaged
with team Of horses in clearing some
land and had hitched on to a log to
haul it away. The log was too heavy
to be moved by q dead pull and so he
swung the horses around to start #,
1t started suddenly, rolling on to him
and plnning him to the ground. When
the log was rolled off of him he was
unable to stand and was brought to the
village. since which time he has been
confined 70 his bed No bones were
broken bet he was considerably bruised
and shaken UP and as he is quite old
il is liable to be some time before he
is able to be around again.
The railway company began work
on the park between the depot and
Railroad street Sunday. That day
they had a train crew at work all day
bringing dirt down from Scott to I'll in
and they had another crew at WORK all
day Monday leyeling it off and build
ing the fence. We understand that
they intend covering the dirt already
brought in with black muck and will
then either sod it or seed it down and
will also set out trees, make flower
beds and put in an artificial fountain.
The work already done has added ma
terially TO the appearance Of that
street and when completed they will
have very handsome park which will
not only be an ornament to their
grounds but to the town as we'll
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
HAY! HAY!! HAY!!!

have a lot of both wild and tame
hay in first class condition Whlc', ! wiz
sell by the bale, ton or car load lots at
prices to suit.
JOHN GREEN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23

Z TANTED- TRUsTWORTHY AND AC-
wv tive gentlemen or ladies to tray-
Ell for responsible, established house in
Wisconsin. Monthly, $4,000 and ez-
penses. Position steady Reference.
Enclose self-addressed stamped envel-
ope. The Dominion Company, Dept.
Y, Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-23
FRESH OYSTERS

SCI ECTS:-At Hirzel's Restaurant.
Either in can or bulk.