Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-22
ANeramination of the stock list will

| advance in prices. Stocks that are known to
| be substantially worthless have been seized
upon by the speculators, and they are quoted a.
prices which the best paying stocks will scarcely
warrant. All this booming in prices IS purely
speculative, and the result Of wild excitement,
| if not dishonest conspiracy. For those persons
| who are professional dealers We have no word
| Of advice. They understand their business
and are prepared for all kinds of weather. But
we advise greenhorns and amateurs III the race
for making money to go slow. The innocent
dupe will in the end lose his money, and heavy
losses will be sure to fall upon those who are
unable to bear them. Gambling is always un-
certain business, but to play against stocked
cards is madness. Let the bulls and the bears
fight out their own battles. For them there is
neither sympathy nor consideration. But for
the unhappy victims Of their art we offer in
time word of warning.
HATS, Caps and Gents Furnishing
Goods, at Charles r. Grieb's.
ONE of the reports from Gen. Mer-
ritt's advance mentions the finding Of white
mans body among the Indian dead in posi-
tion which indicated that he had been fighting
in their ranks. This gives fresh color to the
accusation that the Utes have had Mormon as
sistance in their hostilities. 1t is a subject
which deserves official investigation. The great
tribe of Ute Indians consists OF many separate
bands, and occupies both slopes of the noun
famous ridge which forms the eastern rim of
the Great Basin. Before the settlement of the
Mormons in Utah, thirty years ago, it was a
tribe of degraded habits and inferior intelli-
gence Its elevation is due mainly to associa-
ton with the Mormons, who early baptized
some Of the prominent chiefs into their Church
and acquired an influence among them which
was attempted to be used to the detriment of
the United States in the Mormon rebellion of
1857. During Brigham Ioungs term as Gov
ernor of Utah Territory he united with that
office the superintendent of Indian affairs,
and in that capacity seduously impressed upon
the Indians that there was a distinction in
friendliness toward them between Mormons and
other white men.
SPECIALTIEs in woolens at William
Aland's Merchant Tailoring establishment not
to be had elsewhere in the county.
WHEN the Colorado potato beetle
was first met with Paris green, it was unaccept
able to many, for fear the plant would absorb
the arsenic and that such vegetable food would
be injurious to health The United States
Department of Agriculture undertook an ex-
animation, and its chemist reported that the |
plant did not absorb the arsenical material |
placed in the soil to test the question. Now |
the results Of some more recent experiments |
are published, as made by Prof. ID. E. Davy, |
under the auspices of the Royal Dublin Society |
Of Ireland. He finds that the plants used in |
in considerable quantity. There may be some |
thing that will reconcile these conflicting re-
suits; and if so, it should be made plain to |
the agriculturist who is taught to depend |
largely on the teachings of agricultural science.
IF plants can absorb anything that they may |
chance to be growing among, what use can We /
make of plant analysis? At present some one /
analyzes plant, finds its constituents, and the
farmer is asked to return these constituents to
the soil, if he would manure properly. Should
he return arsenic when arsenic is found in the
plant? These conflicting results ought not to
be allowed to rest here. The exact truth is
of great practical importance.
IF you want to get rid of pimples,
boils, tetter, &C., use "Lindsey's Blood Search
err" Sold by all druggists.
THE number Of people who swell
around high-priced watering places all summer
on nothing promises to be materially reduced
if the system adopted by a Newport florist be-
comes general. A young swell had whiled
away most of the warm days in the delightful
employment of sending bouquets to his lady
friends, but he didn't seem to concern himself
about paying for them. The florist, having
peculiar idea that he ought to expect something
in return for his flowers, went after the young
man great many times with his bill. He
went often enough, without any particular adj
vantages from it, TO get very tired of the busi-
ness ana cOnSplcuOu5Iy out OF patience. Inc
florist then sent note to the dilatory young
man Just to let him know that the address of
the ladies to whom he had ordered bouquets
sent had been kept, and that system of send
ing the bills direct to the ladies had been
adopted in cases where gentlemen had forgotten
to foot the bills themselves. In an exasperating
sort Of way the florist indicated that he was
confident he would have no difficulty in getting
his pay when the bills were presented to the
ladies. 1t may be taken for granted that If
those bouquets are not Immediately paid for
that young man has gone West to grow up as
an Italian count something sweet of that
sort.
PAINTS, Oils, Varnishes, &C., at low
Cdsh prices, at Zimmerman & Hawks.
SOME calculating genius has been
working upon the Indian problem and figures
it out thus: Each family of wild Indians, when
it subssts by hunting alone, requires 10000
acres Of land to enable it to live comfortably
This much land will subsist at least 100 families
of civilized white people. At the bottom these
facts constitute the real substance Of tie con-
troversy between the Utcs and the fronticrsmen
which has led to the present war in Colorado.
1t is claimed that there is no longer hunting
ground TO spare for the wild Indians, and they
resent being penned up in small reservations,
where they cannot earn their living in their
old savage way. When you succeed in domes-
consort in peace and propriety with your poul-
try, then you may turn, with slight hope only |
to the subject Of teaching Indians to forget the
ingrained thought and impulse Of countless
Of wild life and convert them to the |
life and habits Of the white tillers of the soil
The idea Of Anglo-Saxon civilization for Sit
ting Bull is right enough in theory, but it is
simply impracticablc, and that is all there is Of
it. We believe that the true "fndian Policy"
is TO protect our own settlers let them settle
where they please, and make the Indians get
out Of the road. The sooner they are exter-
minated the better, both for them and us.
MEssRs J. & G.. F. KECK, Merchant
Talors have secured the services Of one of the
best cutters in the country.
WHAT must be regarded as very
remarkable thing occurred at Lancaster. this
State, the other day. There was a stranger in
town who wanted TO get married, and the lady
with whom he was boArding--a widow-under-
took the management Of the affair She called
in the girls Of the ncighborhood, one after
another until ten had passed in review before
the fellow, but none Of them seemed to answer.
The eleventh girl was more unfortunate, for
she met his requirements, and she, doubtless
relying upon the representations of the widow, |
accepted him. Her name was Ida Breneman,
and he gave his name as Eugene de Lyon.
They we're married, and as matter of course
that he has awife at Harrisburg. The marriage
of young women TO men who have wives in
other parts Of the country is not an uncommon
thing, but it Is a new feature Of the business to
set up the girls Of neighborhood for = stranger
to take his pick from. 1t bears pretty heavily
upon ones credulity to believe that such
thing could happen in civilized community,
but in this instance there doesn't appear to be
any doubt that the facts are as stated. It is the
hardest thing possible TO make young woman
believe that she doesn't know everything in
this world, and the average OF the sex have
way Of their own OF resenting any kindly |
advice that may be offered them. Most of them
live long enough, however, 10 find out just how
little they really do know, but what one learns
is hardly ever Of any advantage to another.
WILLIAM ALAND, Merchant Tailor,
has just opened tho largest line Of woolens for
men and boys wear ever offered in Butler.