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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
THE PICKLE WORM.

Summer squash n Good Trap Crop.
Clean Culture n Preventive.
The pickle worm is destructive main
ly TO the fruit of the cantaloupe, squash
and cucumber by eating cavities or
channels In the rind or by boring quite
to the interior. The first crop of Gu
curbits, as n rule, escapes its ravages.
but late cucurbits are usually badly in
tested.
In the north the pickle worm may be
injurious only during occasional gears.
but in the south, particularly the Caro-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
Poultry Points.

Turkeys and guineas are great for
ayers for insects.
Game hens make the best settlers and
mothers. They are least awkward.
Feed the table scraps to the chickens
rather than to the pigs.
AThe farmer should always give his
fowls large run.
Exercise is much better than drugs
as stimulant for egg production.
The best egg producers are not al
ways the best market fowls.
Give fresh water twice day now.
Watch out for lice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
BUTLER
BUSINESS
COLLEGE.
Fall term begins, Monday, Sept. 2, 1901
COURSES.

COURSES.
Practical Book. keepers. 2-Expert
Accountants. 3-Amanuensis Shorthand.
4-Reporter's Shorthand. 5-Practical
Short Course in Bookkeeping, for those
who merely wish to understand the
simpler methods of keeping books. g.
English.
Our Teachcrs-We have four at present
always as many as we need, no more.
POSITIONS.
We have filed 35 positions thus far
the present term and we expect to fill at
least IS or 20 more by the next term.
We could place two or three times that
many every term if we had them. We
need All abundance of first class material
All young men and young women having
a good English education should take
advantage cf one or both of our courses
Many new and important improve
meats for next year. Call at the office
and see US. If you are interested be sure
70 get copy OF our new catalogue, also
circulars.
BUTLER BUSINESS COLLEGE.
A. r. REGAL, Prin.,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
Agreed.
II you use my poem!

Poet-Can't you use my poem?
Editor-No
Poet (sorrowfuIlyl-W Well, it's 100 bad!
Editor-Iust what said when | read
it-decidedly punk.-Chicago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05

You can generally tell when o man IN
talking to a woman over the telephone
by the tone or voice be assumes NASH
rilla Ranner
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
Painin Head Side and Back.

For years 1 suffered with pain in the head,
pain in the side, and in the small ofthe back.
1 was nervous and constipated and could not
sleep. The pills and other medicines | tried
only made q bad matter worse. Then l tried
Celery King. One package cured me and
made n new woman of me.-Mrs. III. klee-
hammer, Croton-on-Hudson, n. y.
Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve,
Stomach, Liver and Kidney Diseases.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
DANGEROUS
GROUND.
BY ~. QUAD.
Copyright. 1901. by c. D. Lewis

When leave Of absence was granted
me after my first year at the military
post of Allahabad, | did not so up to
the hills with others seeking reerea-
ton nor yet into the jungles seeking
big game. In cautious way. so as
not to expose myself to ridlcule, had
made inquiries and ascertained that
Rajpoor Gyah, well known in con-
nection with the occult, lived but 90
miles away in hut by himself and
was willing to take me as a pupil.
Without a word to anybody but my
native servant / set out one morning
and rode to the hut and received a
digniiied welcome. | must tell you
that Rajpoor Gyah was a most Won
derful magician, a great healer OF the
sick and ailing. and that on several oc-
casions he had apparently died. been
buried for three days and then been
resurrected and brought back to life.
He was not an old man, but one of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05

Proposing amendment to the Constitution
~ the Commonwealth
Section l. Be it resolved by the Senate and
House OF Representatives OF the Common
wealth in General Assembly met. That the
following is proposed as amendments to the
Constitution OF the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. in accordance with the provisions
Of the eigh; enth article thereof:
AmendmeI. One to Article Eight, Section
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
BEGINNING CZOLGOSZ TRIAL
BEFORE JUSTICE WHITE

Buffalo. y. Y. Sept. :i.-i.con y.
CEalsusx was placed on trial ycsicr-
,lay morning charged with the murder
Of President Mckinley. lie entered n
Iirn uf guilty" which was suhs".
aucnily chnnsri To mot guilty" 10y Ill.
TrCiipn of the court.
All the events of the day indicated
that the trial viii bc short. Court con.
vcnrd Mt IL o'clock. AMI within two
hour. eight jurors had been secured.
Tcrhnicaiitic- were not raised by the
examining counsel. but II was siEnifi.
cant that every man who said he had
formed mn opinion on the cas-" was "S-
rtisc,l by the district attorney. Those
who acknowledged that they had
formed an opinion or stated that they
wcrc prcjudic,,i. hut admitted that
their opinion could hc changed 10y cvi.
icncc. wCr- accepted by each side.
Justice Truman q. White. onc OF the
oldest aud most experienced uf the Su-
prrmc Court judges. WIS OH the bench.
Immediately after the opening of the
court and after the prisoner had plead.
c,i. Justice Lorun l.. Lewis. senior
counsel for the defendant. announced
that together with his colleagues. for.
mCr Justice Robert G. Titus nni Carl.
ton u. 1.ndi. they were ready to act
In behalf of the prisoner.
IL thought IL best" lie said. for my
colleagues aud myself that ! should
say something regarding our presence
herr rs attorneys for the defendant.
At the time my name was suggested ]
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
TESTIMONY in REGARD TO THE
, NAVAL BATTLE OFF SANTIAGO

Washington. Sept. 2i.-The part
played by the battleshlp Texas In the
naval battle on Santiago. July ..
lSoS, In which the Spanish fleet, under
Admiral ccrvera, WAS sunk, was the
basis Of the greater part OF yesterdays
proceedings In the Schley naval court
Of inquiry. or the four witnesses eS-
nmihcd during the day thrc. had been
officers on board the Texas during the
battle. and two OF them Were new
witnesses. There were Commander
George q. Ileiincr. who WIS navigator
on the Texas. and Commander Alex
nndcr II. Bates, who was the chief EN-
ginccr on that batiicship. Commander
liarbcr. executive officer AMI the chief
surviving officer OF the ship since, the
death OF Captain Philip. was recalled.
The fourth witness was Commander
Scnion Schroeder. executive officer ON
I'll. Massachusetts aud now governor
OF the island Of Guam.
The irstimoncy several times dutIn.
III. day WIS somewhat exciting. NJ
u WIS especially - when Commander
licilncr described III. battle and the
part III" Texas had taken In II. II. said
ihat when Ill. brooklyn made Its loop
at III. beginning of the battle II passed
across the Texas bow nj u distance
not TO exceed 100 To i51 yards. and
that. nj the command Of Captain Fill
IT,. the Texas had been brought To u
dead stop.
Engineer Rates testified tha; the star.
oIrd engines had been si1ppri. nnd
said lie thought this also iiai hap,
itcnrl I" iii. iart engines. Command.
cr ii-iin"r expressed the opinion that
ihr.- miles lin'i h--n Lost 10y this man
-nrcr nni tile fact iiini part -! the Iaa.
rhinrry WIS i-ranEcd. lie sai,i he
considered iiini I'll" Texas was In
greater danger when the I.rooLiyn
crus~-i her tow that nt any other
tim" during the is.,tic.
on cross--Nnminntion Commander
ii"llncr admitted laVin. taken part In
the preparation ~ the official Navy
Department chart showing the
positions a' different times of
III" ships which participated In
the battle. lie said thnt accord.
Ing 10 illis chart tile iw. ships
never w-rr nearer than 80 yards II
each other. Hut lie toni-ntiri I'll"
chart was inaccurate. nni hc said hc
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
..srs,.t, ,.,r... Announcement.

Secretary Gage has issuci the fol.
lowing announcement OF the death uf
President Mckinley:
''tt has been thought proper to max"
sad hut official announcement tn this
ISSUE nr treasury decisions of ihr irnr.
ir death " william Mckinley. the
twrnty.fifth President 1f the United
States. and to give some expression Of
that tribute which his character anI
deeds compel.
s'It needed not the shadows of death
Ia MAKE, the figure NJ the late PrCsis
dent loom large In tile estimation ot
mankind. Tile Republic he loved. he
lived tn broaden aud unite ns no pre-.
viUus President has done. Under his
prti,Irnt and fnr-sccinr. craftsmanship
ii took exalted place in the community
Of nations.
FROM his place nS private citizen,
ON through many and increasing hon.
or< to his final post as ruler Of the pco'
pic. he remained true to the highest
ideals.
..By the people ~ the nation ut large
and by the world lie was known aud
will live in grateful annals rs gen
tlcmnn of noble heart. an ancctionnts
husband. n sturdy friend and faith
ftll AMI tllUSlllNWS iEt~lttlls
'In long public life, ever open 10
his fellows. nothing was ever found,
even by incorporate partisan zeal,
that would east q shadow on his char
nCtcr.
"Thc kind and unscliisl attributes
which his colleagues Knew and loved,
the public felt. and now men OF every
faith and following join In revCrrni
acknowledgment VI those distinctive
virtues aud abilities that lift him
among the truly great Of nll ages.
The passing OF Presidents nnd
Kings usually evolve tributes uf praise
but in William Mcl[inlcy's life there
was an element that made him mora
than ruler, aud which. in the hour OF
his death. IL above the tribute OF
s,lrCch aud tears.
THE ordinary tributes paid TO the
memory Of the great when they pass
from earth utterly fail to satisfy the
mind in an attempted application OF
them to our dead President
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
e<S~
CHECKING THE FLAMES
THREATENING ELDORA

Ellnrn, Colo. Sept. 23.-tDcuvcr
News SpcCinlI-Thc forest tirc Is pric-
tirnlly under control in tile sections
that have been dangerous for Eldori.
The fire has been raging fcnrfully on
the southeast side uT ChittCndcn noun.
tain all day aud heavy clouds Of
smoke nIl the town. The town OF
Grand Island has been walled In on all
sides by lire. but at present has only
been acurrhci slightly The fire ON
Hrynn and Quinn mountains has been
controlled and there is very little tim.
her ON Woodland mountain left 60
burn.
Webb 4. Patton and II. a. Wells.
state timber inspectors and appraisers.
arrived here this morning aud immcdi-
ntCly took steps to check the fire.
Marshal Spcrry and MIR. Wells rode mp
into the Snwmill district and Mayor
Frnniz and MIR. Patterson rode into the
district surrounding the Grand Island
ramp. MIR. Wells and Mr.. Patton have
n force Of men at work tonight fight
ing the flames ON Mineral mountain to
check the fire from getting amy closer
10 Eldnra. on Eldorn mountain. With
this fire checked the nearest point OF
danger to the town will hr over two
miles away. The mayor had tcle-
phone communication with the ndju-
tsut generals office this morning and
WAS told help was ON tile way here.
Colonel May. the government officer
who has charge OF timber In Colorado.
wyoming and New Mexico. aud one of
tho officials of The general land Office.
are expected TO arrive in the morning
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27

had only consented To II as II compro-
mise.
Engineer Bates admitted that the Of
fetal steam log or the Texas contained
no record Of the signal To rrvcrs. Ilis.
engines. Commander Schroeder icsti-
fed concerning til. coal supply OF Ill.
Massachusetts, which he said would
have been sufficient for blockade nf
from sixteen Ia twenty days.
The day closed with another anlmnt-
cd controversy between counsel as To
I'll. policy of bringing Admiral Samp-
sons name Into the trial.
Mr.. Inymcr, counsel for Admiral
Schicy. said:
I'VE do not pruposc to bring the
nam. NJ Admiral Sampson Into this
controversy amy morc than II Is possi'
BILE To do sI. We ARE not here now for
til. purpose or condcmuing the fact.
II u proves To bc u fact. nr the New
York. leaving ON the morning of ih.
hattie: ". arr not her. io cTiils'isc III.
blockade that Admiral Sampson hnd
NJ Santiago. hut nr- here 'n establish
this. or under the specifications of
your ur-crpi memorandum. io hnd
out whether ih. blockade at SaniinE"
WINS close or nl-lnnI. blockade.
Now. II ". ,nn prove tim, 4 was, 80
far aS distances wcr" concerned, III.
sam. blockade that the COMMANDMENT
chief maintained ih-r'. then ". rnn
Justify the c1nrs" NJ Admiral Sciil"y.
who wns -ommaniicr'ln'cli-I b-foF"
Samps"n's arrival.
There l. one other point. nni this ~
NIL ionc for the pur1s- "f rally n"t
delaying hut property getting NJ III"
matter. We prnp1-" in prove that "n
the ist iny of Jnn" III" Colon was IN
precisely the sam" position inside 81
the hnrii1r That -lr was "n Tie Hat
,lny of May. when Admiral srhi-y
Inn,i- the r'cunaissancr with ihr Mas
snciius.tts ani the New ORLEANS.
Now. we prop1s" in show thu,
when Admiral Sampson came np with
the shI.s his SHIP. saw the Colon ~
the sai:-.. position ani instead oI a'.
in-Eing II steamed 10y aud permitted
h.r 4. go further inside tile hnrl-nr
Now. would not We lc Justified ~ not
engaging In haiti. with the Colon ahi
the -hnr- batteries ai SauiilE" " Al.
mirni Sampson iook the -iiii'' c"uF-"'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
I.n, Min,rr r,..rnrrr i,.,c.

Chicago. Sept. 2i.-1o a large extent
tile low passenger rates that have been
IN effect In the territory west Of Chi.
cngu during the summer are tu prevail
throughout the winter months. indie
pendent action taken by n number of
western roads to-day provides FOR eN-
cursiuus ON the first aud third Tues
days in October. November and De
ccmbcr to Colorado. Utah. Wyoming,
Idaho. Montana. Oregon. the North
west and the north Pacific coast.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
and everything possible will bc done
In L.ltr..I. tln .lisnsLrnIia fir

and everything possible will bc done
to check the disastrous fire.
Tile iirr ON Tennessee mountain ~
under control nuh viii hardly du amy
more damage. There has been rrac-
ticnily no wind to-day. and with fnv-
urnblr circumstances the fir" viii
soon be under control. Telephone
communication was rc-CStnhliShcd
with the QuiEI,y Snwmill today and
the mill is considered safe now nS the
lire has burned OH all sides Of II. II
will bc week ar more brfor" teams
can reach the Revenge mine aud the
snwmill. rs u greater portion OF the
corduroy road has been burned. The
heavy timber surrounding Inspcr lake,
southwest Of Chittcnhrn mountain.
has been burning to-day and much
valuable timber has been destroyed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27

was out Of the city nni knew nothing
of what was iran.piTlnr herr with rrf-
-rcnc,. 9. the selection uf counsel for
the defendant. When the -iTrutn'
stances ur my selection wcFr told {"
inc was extremely reluctant To- ne
crpt. Hut the duty had hcrn Imposed.
nnd considered II my duty IN light OF
nli the circumstances to defend THIS
man.
''I ask that no evidence II, presented
here. that the court viii not permit the
acceptance Of amy evidence. unless u
would IL, accepted nj the trial of the
NEST mraE-r criminal In the land.
81 am familiar with these cITcuiu'
stances" said Iusiic" White In reply,
"nnd I wish io say will give you "v.
cry ASSURANCE that the prisoner VIII
have fair aud impartial trial. and
that during tile progress ur the trial he
will r,ccivr such treatment ns the law
demands in any criminal ease"
The work of securing the jurors was
then undertaken with u CELEBRITY ihnt
was amazing. Before til" day was
over the entire panel had been sworn.
the jurors lai listened TO q description
Of the Temple If Music. where the
crime occurred. had seen photographs
II the interior n that structure. and
had bucn told 10y three surgeons what
caused the death NJ the President and
tile effect II the Hssas~in'S shot upon
the various organs uf the body. They
had also learned why the fatal bullet
had not been located.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27
unrr ,.nm.. ln cn,nrn,ln

Washington. Sept. 2i.-Sccrctnry
Gage will leave Washington Thursday
for Colorado. where he will pass his
vacation. lie expects to he gone until
October 18th. Secretary Gage was on
his way to Colorado when President
Mckinley was shot.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-07
HOW TO KILL THOSE
PESTS THE MOSQUITOES
METHODS RECOMMENDED sY
Or. L o. HOWARD ~
HIS BOOK
one Is tire Application Of ksrossns
to Thier Breeding Plaess-orsin-
age AnOsher-4o~ Is Free =
House q the Pest

The elevation o. the mosquito from
TIRE rank q a mere summer nuisance
fo that II . dissemination o. disease
has resulted ia more serious studies
81 the insect than ever before were
undertaken. Their object Is the dis
coVery % some method By which the
mosquito may - destroyed The
latest work on The subject is By L. o
Howard ~ the Department OF Agrfcul-
fure ~ Washington and is entitled
Mosquitoes. How They Live: How
They carry Disease. How They are
Classified How They May Be Destroy
ed The book Is published by Nc
Ciune. Phillips Co.
MANY surprising facts as 70 the pc
COLLAR places in which the insects will
breed are related in Mr. Towards
book The smallest pool % standing
water is large enough 10 furnish 3
birthplace for thousands Of the pests
Mr Howard relates that IN the water
standing Co pitcher plants. in the tiny
pools in broken bottles on a garden
waii iu the flower vases on tables IN
Che house where the water Is not fire.
qaentiy changed-in all Of these places
mosquito eggs have been found in
great numbers
Bot the most careful supervision Of
mosQgito-hreeding places viii not ex-
clndp them from a neighbOrhood. II
ie frue that mosquitoes were unknown
n Hawaii until brought here In ships
with rum and other blessings OF civil
lzatiou from foreign countries. BY
means % railway trains unlimited
Quantities ~ mosquitoes are carried
uniimited distances. and on emerging
from the cars they start 20 breed,
even where mosquitoes are ordinarily
rare ln this way mountain resorts
become infested with lowland mos
oultoes
81 was long a matter OF faith in
England that the mosquito was Inn
ported there In the baggage Of Amer
icnu travellers And. according to Mr..
Howard. poor old New Jersey has got
hpr bad name as mosquito inferno
from the fact that the pests are car
ried back into the State by railway
trains from breeding places along the
shore. Ia one place in the Catskills
mosquitoes were unknown until
through cars brought them up from
the vicinity OF New York. Mosqui-
tors were hardly known at Wincnes-
ter Va until a night train began
running there over the Baltimore and
Ohio road from Camden station. Bal
timore The City OF Mexico did not
know mosquitoes until the railroads
we're built from Vera Cruz and Tam
pico
Mr. Howard. as the result OF a
number 81 years experience in fight
ing mosquitoes. has reached cheer
mi conclusion. He does not believe
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-07

expe9imenfs in hzrm0asc feze<zzpAy.
Il which a u1xscaE note q q certain
pitch wzs prodnced b. electrical
means. he was zuared 10 End that
when the note vas raised 70 q certain
number q vtbrztfons per second. ali
mosquitoes. not oaIT II the rco1
where fhe apparatus Vas. bat also
from other parts and from oafsi1e.
zouId cunEregzfe zezr the apparatus
ard xoule BE precipitased frun the
air With astonishing force. striking
their bodies against the apparatus
He states THAT he further cover
81 4 large surface with sticky ay
paper and after sounding the note
for a few seconds captured all the
mosquitoes in the vicinity He then
devised an apparatus 10 electrocate
them 4 section OF vire window
screen with the paint removed was
mounted on 4 beard and small pins
we're driven between the meshes. the
heads coming flush with the surface
Of the screen AIl the pins were con-
uected together electrically. the whole
forming one electrode Of the secon-'
dary coil. while the wire screen form
ed the other electrode. An alferna-
ting current of high potential was then
passed and when the note was sound
ed the insects precipftafed themselves
AGAINST the screen and were imme-
iiatefy electrocuted-
Mr. Weaver. unfortunately. does
not state whether males only were
captured in this wav II is the female
only that bites. His letter was an
extremely interesting one. and surely
his sticky hy paper experiment sug
gests that further experimentation In
this direction would be worth while
~Apropos OF the difference In the
musical note Of different kinds Of mos
ouitoes ii should be here stated that
the sound OF the female Anopheles is
distinctly lower in pitch than that
made by the less harmful mosquitoes
Of the genus Culex- A parallel to this
Is the fact that the villain in the play
has usually a bass voice"
In the case OF miildams. ice ponds,
ponds for watering stock and other
sheets OF water where kerosene can
not be used. the mosquito NAV be
reached by the Introduction OF GER
tain of its natural enemies in the
wav of fishes which win feed upon
and destroy mosquito larvae. Almost
all the small carniverous fish which
|iRhabit swamp pools and still water
will feed upon mosquito larvae. The
stickleback is as deadly to the mos
quito in its embryonic stage as are
also nearly ali kinds of top minnows.
The common sunfish is another eater
of mosquito eggs. and. having very
large mouth and a prodigious appe-
tite. he does great execution.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-07
a Triumph Of civiIization.
From the New York Tribune.


How many cycles of Cathay would
have passed before the Chinese would
have cleaned the streets OF Pekin :?
In few months of occupation of the
chief city of the yellow kingdom the
foreign DEVILS as the followers OF
Confucius delight to call them, have
cleared away so much disease-laden
offal that the death rate of that cap
ital has been reduced to striking ex-
tent. And since the Americans disfn-
fected and purged Havana the yell
low fever in that town. which was con-
stantly choked with refuse in the
wears of Spanish dominion. has al
most disappeared. Give civilization
half chance and it will purify even
the worst of the Augean stables of
China and Cuba