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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-05-26

EVERY Republican in the county
should be at the Primary next Satur-
day. We nominate for Legislative Of
fees this year, and they are the men
who make our laws, and should be hon.
est men, with clear records, now and
in the past, both personally and politi-
no1lv
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-05-26
Tickets and Cards.

We have reduced the price Of tickets and
cards to candidates at Primary election to So
per thousand, and can furnish same on short
notice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-05-26
R[PUBLIclN PRIMARIES,
SATURDAY, MAY 29th

REPUBLICAN Primary Election next
Saturday.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-05-26

Hon. j. d. McJUNKIN, candidate
for Congress In this district, is resi-
dent Of Butler, where he is actively en-
gagged in the practice Of his profession.
He is first-class lawyer and gentle
man Of culture, possessing an abund-
ance Of sound common sense, united
with fine business qualifications and
unimpeachable personal integrity. He
is not wire-working politician, but o
strong partizan, infexible in principles,
and incorruptible, and would make
such representative as the Republi-
cans of this district would delight to
honor He will receive many votes in
this community.-Petrolia Record,
Nau %.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-05-26

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Millerstown
Herald, Of last week, puts the contest
going on for Congress in this county
as follows:
Robinson il making desperate ef
forts to carry this county at the COM
ing Primaries, but McJunkin will beat
him 1000 votes. Cameron-Kemble
-Rumberger-Petrof- -Salterism will
salt Robinson's goose for him. Any
man who favored the pardon Of these
roosters need never look an honest
buckwheat in the face"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
a MINISTERIAL BOOMERANG.

1t was during the reign of Louis Philippe,
in 1874. The Minister of War, without
any sufficient reason, ordered the general
commanding the division of Constantine to
undergo fifteen days Imprisonment
Scarcely had the officer received the minis
terinl order, when courier presented him
self with decree from The king. Opening
it, he discovered that he had been appointed
Minister of War.
Leaving the Minister'S letter on the table.
the general fastened to Paris at once and
assumed the duties of his Office Now, by
strange coincidence, the retired Minister Of
War was appointed to the command Of the
division of the new Minister
The new Minister waited q few DAYS.
and then telegraphed to his former super
ior:
''You nave TO doubt fcund ON YOU able
a letter dated --, ordering the command.
ing officer at Constantine under arrest for
fifteen days. Have you commenced the
term ?"
And the ex-Minister had actually to 60 to
prison by his own order.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Triumphs in Eagrand.

At a recent meeting of the British asso-
citation of Mechanical Engineers, Mr..
Cowper, the president, referred in his
address to some Of the cases in which the
American and other manufacturers beat
the English In their own market" Sewing
Machines he said, sought to be made
here, and I urged English makers, years
since, to go in thoroughly for making
every part accurately and by machinery,
so as to fit together at once without
fitting; but 1 could not get this carried
out, and now sewing machines come
to America literslly by millions, though
labor is dearer, and there are upward OF
5000 miles Of carriage against them.
But machine manufacture is cheaper
and better than hand making With
regard to common pumps, they are now
imported from America by thousands,
and are sold here without being common.
ly known to be American; clocks and
watches also come in immense numbers,
some of them very cheap and common,
while others are very well made. Anoth-
er trade, nearer perhaps to most of US, is
that of rolled iron Orders, which. I am
sorry to say, are coming by hundreds
and thousands from Belgium; indeed,
almost every house that is now built in
London with rolled iron girders is sup
piled from Belgium
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
AnecdOte OF LAFAYETTE.

Fenimore Cooper is quoted by a writer
in the Troy { N. Y. Times as having il
1850 told him this story at Cooperstown
He said that while in France he called
on certain day by appointment on
Lafayette, and after the usual greeting
Lafayette, pointing to an adjoining
room, observed: "Whom do YOU think,
Mr.. Cooper, have now locked up IN
yonder room?' Upon Mr. Cosper's stating
that he was unable to form any opinion
as to the name of the person thus held il
dusess, Lafayette said; at is Louis
Napoleon. Mr.. Cooper, greatly surprised.
at once inquired of Lafayette what object
Louis Napoleon could have In view N
coming to his residence will you
believe it, replied Lafayette. che wants
to marry my granddaughter, and to have
me join him In project to make him
president Of France" And upon Mr.
Cooper's further lnqulring of Lafay cite
what disposition he had made OF these
propositions of Louis Napoleon. the gen =
eral replied with much gusto: 81 told
him that never interfered in matrimo-
NAL matters, out left the members of my
household DESTROYS Of assuming matrimo-
NAL relations to choose for themselves
their partners for life, as was the custom
in America -
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
The Story Of an Umbrella.

Inc NochTschse'a, OF Basic, tells story
which may give the bold purchaser a
hint OF new method of protecting him
self against the fraudulent shop.keepers.
A young gentleman bought a silk UNI
brella from an umbrella dealer indefi-
nitely characterized as c.. The next
day was rainy; the umbrella was put IN
to use, but the silk tore IN six places dur
ing the first hour of its contact with the
ram. The purchaser went straight to
the shop, exhibited the ruined article,
and demanded sound one in its stead.
C-'s silk umbrellas, however, were
made to sell, not to endure use; the deal
er smiled politely, and observed that
purchasers ought to be careful when they
made their selections. The young man
took home his umbrella. painted around
it the following inscription in big letters,
'Ihls is how an umbrella looks today
which was purchased at C-'s shop yes
terday," and hired commissioning to
walk to and fro in front Of C-'s shop with
the open umbrella for whole day. T. is
unusual form of advertisement naturally
irritated Herr c.. and could not have
been without lettering influence upon
possible customers. c. sent for the DO
lice, and asked them to arrest the bearer
Of the umbrella, but they could see'no le-
gal crime in the commissaire's proceed
ing and declined to take him off to Jail.
Early the next morning the imperturba.
bic UNI rella carrier appeared again and
kept sentinel in this manner in front of
C-'s shop for nearly week. At the
end OF this period the shopkeeper saw
that he must give way, and, calling the
man, asked him to go to his employer
and tell him everything should be set
tied according to his wishes. When the
bold inventor of the stratagem entered
the shop, the dealer offered him a sound
silk umbrella in exchange for the sickly
one. The purchaser agreed to accept it,
but added the further demand that the
dealer should pay the commisslonaire
weeks wages, to which suggestion he
was also compelled to assent.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
English Home Life.

The memories of Liverpool are those
OF princely English hospitality as hearty
as it was abundant, and as graceful as Il
was generous. Nowhere in the world is
domestic comfort so reduced to a system
as in England. The guest is made to
feel at home. not only by the unaffected
cordially Of his host, but the felicitous
appointments of the dwelling itself, and
the air of repose that broods over all.
With wealth and elegance there is a
sense of peaceful seclusion, cosy quietude.
Things are for use rather than display.
Americans often lavish money in the
embellishments of pretentious yet use
less luxury. One almost shivers amid
the splendors of some silent, sunless par
lors, crowded with all kinds of costly
and curious bric-a- brac, works of art and
quaint conceits. These rooms are light
ed by gas, and warmed by heat
through hole in the floor. From the
front windows are seen long blocks of
brick and brown stone, and from the
rear the back yards of the next block.
This Is fair picture Of American city
life and its "modern improvements
But an English mansion embodies essen
tally different ideas. There are class
distinctions and burdensome convention
alities which we do well to ignore, but
there is much we may with advantage
initiate in their home life and ideas of
practical comfort-Outdoor Life in
EaIr0De
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
A Tremendous Eater.

The London Telegraph gives an &C
count of remarkable feat Of eating and
drinking against time said to have been
performed by youthful Hungarian re-
siding In Grosswardein. This surpass-
ing gormandizer laid wager, and is de-
clared to have WON'T with several minutes
and an omelet to spare, that he would,
between the hours of $50 P. NJ. and Md
nigh devour the following: Roast beef
with padrikr sauce and potatoes, Wen
nese veal outlet with peas ffllet of beef
with dumplings, grilled pork and pump
kins: half a fowl, flied in batter: bubble
and squeak: beefsteak with pouched
eggs; fried calves liver; calves brains
and kidneys; picked veal; stewed beet;
a broiled goose liver ana fricasseed
fowl with carrots. He not only contrived
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
a WHOLESALE MURDER.

A family of eight persons was recently
murdered near Barcelona, Spain. A rich
landowner, Fulgenzio A. Bezcoznani, had in
his service workman named Manuel. who
On arriving at the house for his days work
before daylight, found the doors open, his
wife and a maid-servant dead in their beds.
and the master and mistress of the house.
and their three daughters, aged nineteen,
seventeen, and fifteen, and a son, aged nine,
all likewise murdered. Another daughter,
aged FIVE, was sleeping quietly beside
murdered sister, having apparently been
covered by the bed-clothes and unobserved.
The drawers had all been forced, aud eyerv-
thing turned upside-down. The murders
had apparently been committed with a
Ratchet. Suspicion Immediately fell on
one of the other hborers, @ swinehe-d.
named Dominique, who, with his two sons,
have been arrested.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Ole Bulls Tricks.

Artistic life in France, paradise for
great regulations, is not bed of roses
for those who hope to make name, and
who. IN the big and gay, find nothing
but disappointment and despair. Ole
Bull made this experience, and, after a
sad journey OF three times twenty-tour
hours through the brilliant streets, not
able to find the strictest .necessarles OF
life, he threw himself into the river.
This drew upon him the attention of a
rather romantic lady, the widow of
Count Faye,dn Hungarian, fond of music
to the most enthusiastic degree. She
tancled that she discovered a great re-
semblance to her lost son in him, and she
took him into her house, granted him the
patronage of her powerful connection, and
at last gave him her granddaughter in
marriage. Of course, from that moment
life was all smiles to him; he travelled a
great deal and laid the foundation of a
fortune which he both increased and,
through unfortunate speculations, lost in
America. He had conceived an unlucky
plan OF colinization of his countrymen
| and had hoped too much from the man
agement OF Italian opera in New York.
He redeemed his fortunes, however
after the death of his first wife, marry,
| ing lady from Wisconsin, and touring
very successfully IN the United States
Ole Bull, who undoubtedly was re.
markable violinist, was certainly not one
of the great classical serieux style, but
rather Of the sensational effect school, not
entirely free from tricks which Robert
Macaire baptized "blagues." The above
alluded to iilegitimate effects which
in some instances he exaggerated, with
a result which greatly pleased American
galleries; and more than once, when he
had diminished his tone to nearly IN
audible pianissimo, did he continue the
attitude, as if he was playing, but actu-
ally having drawn off the bow entirely
from the violin, holding it in the all, and
producing no tone whatever; while his
audience, in raptures at the sottness of
his really inaudible signs, made ear
trumpets of their hands and bent for
ward, eager to catch the sound which did
not exist. Ole Bull, as if suddenly awak-
| enlng from a trance, seemed to come to-
and bowed to the enraptured audience.
announcer OF MS inventions, with which al
first he astonished even the learned vio-
linists at Vienna, was the facility with
which he played four-stringed chords,
which he did by cutting the usually
| bowed bridge quite straight. That he
did not succeed in binding great men
like Spohr, who spoke his mind very de-
cidediY against him, is not to be wonder
ed at. As gentleman very much liked
in society, on account of his courteous
manners and sincerely obliging ways, he
won the sympathy of his countrymen by
his serious endeavor to do good by found
ing in Norway schools for literature and
art, and building theater, trying hard
to benefit his people IN Europe, after he
had failed to do so, with great personal
sacrifice, in America.-London World.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
WAITING ANXIoUsLY WAITING.

There is waiting, anxious waiting, for the fish
erman'S returning,
And the angry winds are blowing, as the
pillows loudly roar;
There's beacon in the window, and cheer
full fire burning,
To guide the storm. tossed mariner in safety
10 the shore.
There is waiting, on the deck, where the fish
ermen are standing,
And feryent prayers are offered that the
storm may soon be DER;
AL the sails are torn to ribbands, and the
cables now are stranding-
Oh, God! have mercy on them! they are
drifting on the shore!
There is waiting, anxious waiting, for the It'd
ings of the missing;
And fearful eyes are looking in sadness to
the shore;
And the mothers heart is aching, as the child
she's fondly kissing
Whispers softly from its cradle, Twill papa
come no more?
There is waiting, anxious waiting, and the
days and weeks are flying,
Yet no coming of the missing ever glads
the watchers eyes;
And the waves for aye are surging, with a
wild and mournful signing,
Where, in dreamless rest, the fisher, with
his shattered vessel, lies.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
The Largest Island.

1t has hitherto been the custom Of
geographers to give the palm to Borneo
as the largest island in the world, but
this is decidedly an error. A careful
estimate, founded on the most recent
maps, shows that New Guinea is consid-
e. erably the larger, and must for the
future be accorded the first place. In
shape, this island differs greatly from
Borneo, being irregular, and much ex-
tended in north-northwest and south
southeast direction, so that its greatest
length is little short of 1900 miles. a
distance as great as the whole width of
Australia from Adelaide to Port Darwin.
or OF Europe from London to Constanti-
nople. Its greatest width is 40 miles;
and, emitting the great peninsulas which
form its two extremities, the central
mass is about 700 miles long. with an
average width of 800 miles-a country
about the size of the Australian empire.
and. with the exception of the course of
one large river, an absolute blank upon
our maps.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

A NAN at Auburn, Me-, received a
check for $3.50 in payment of dividend
from an insurance company. When he
received the check Deputy Sheriff in
everyday clothes happened to be con-
verslng with him. ''Let me look at
this minute" said the deputy, curious
~. The man innocently allowed him to
take it. The deputy coolly pulled a
folded paper from his pocket and pinned
the check to it, while the man looked on
III establishment. ct have a writ here
and L shall have to attach this" and the
debtor had to see his $3.50 walk away.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
A Truthful PAPER.

A Taunton clergyman said: "No
newspaper which takes truth for q stand
ard can make pecuniary success" 1t
would be fair retort to say that any
newspaper which made statements as
recklessly as some clergymen do would
be ruined without recourse. This Taun-
ton divine may be surprised to learn q
fact we'll understood in every honorable
newspaper office, namely, that more
money is often spent In inyestigat
ing rumors which prove baseless. and
therefore yield nothing for publication,
than for the news which the public sees
in print, -NeaO York Sun.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Suicides.

Evidently suicide is steadily increas-
ing III this country, especially in the
large cities. This is partially owing. of
course, to the rapid increase of POM
lation; but, Independent of that. the
tendency to self-destruction visibly and
diproportionately grows. Many persons
think that within a few years America
will exceed all lands in this unfortunate
regard, and others, indeed, hold that it
las already reached the unhappy dis
tinction. Whether it has or not cannot
be positively ascertained, owing to the
loose manner OF collecting statistics in
the United States. The newspapers
show an alarming increase in the cities
an increase far beyond that of the CEN
stls. There are causes why suicide should
be commoner here than in Europe; not
ably the higher nervous organization of
the people, the greater changes of ci,-
cumstance, the more general proclivity
to speculation, and the larger lack Of
permanent conditions. Race, climate
country and social environment have
much to do with self-nlurder, which has
unquestionably been stimulated by
modern civilization, particularly by the
intensity, artifciality and feverishness
of contemporaneous life. Statistics
gathered years ago indicated that IN
Sweden there was one suicide annually
to every 92,375 inhabitants in Russia,
one to "a, 1885, in the United States, one
to 5000; in Saxony, one to s, 446. Our
proportion would now no doubt be yery
much larger. In Paris one person is
said to commit suicide annually in every
$4,000 citizens in London and st. Pc
tersburg one in every 81, GOO. 1t would
be interesting to know just what the pro-
portion IS in New York, which is appar-
emily increasing at frightful rate.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

A HoLsTEIN peasant, uninstructed in
mlcroscoPical research, and not possess
ing the requisite instruments of pre-
cision, has devised for himself new
test for discovering the presence Of
trlchinae in pork. When he killed pig
he was careful to send portion of it-a
ham or a sausage-to his pastor, and
then waited the consequences for four
teen days. IF his pastor remained
healthy, then he felt perfectly easy in
his mind, and well assured that his PIG
fulfilled the requisite conditions of
soundness of food, and he proceeded to
dispose of it accordingly in his own
family. This ingenious method of re-
search has not been considered salts
factory by the district physician.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
A Female Dentist.

There is female dentist in Lawrence,
Kan, Mrs. Lucy Taylor, who has practic-
ed for more than twenty years. A cor
respondent of the Woman's Journal
thinks she was the first lady graduate in
her profession in this country, and that
she has enjoyed good practice and good
pay. Two good houses built with her
own earnings show this. She commenced
the study of medicine, but having poor
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

to stow away al the articles, washing
them down with two quarts of beer, four
bottles OF old wine, end three of aerated
water but, when he had cleared the last
OF his appointed dishes-the clock dial
then marking ten minutes to twelve-he
asked for three-egg omelet, which van.
isned down his throat before the hgur
struck
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Supmaerey of the Dressmaker.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in her lecture
on Modern Society" strongly portrays
the supremacy of the dressmaker of to-
day. "The fashionable women say to
her: DO how you will with me. Make
me modest or immodest. Tie up my feet
or straighten my arms till the use OF
them becomes impossible. Deprive my
figure of all the drapery, or upholster it
like window frame. Nay, set me IN
the middle of movable tent, but array
me so people shall look at me and say <
look well. ,"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

health, was advised to take dentistry
instead. She practlced first in Chicago,
and went to the warmer climate of Kan
sas thirteen years ago for her health.
Other dentists are said TO treat her as an
usurper rather than as a coworker.
After her marriage in Chicago she taught
hel husband her profession, but has al
ways been at the head of the firm her.
self
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

IL must be rather trying to BE- mar
ried to an emotional actress, to have
her clutching you by the throat at 3 a.
m: and shouting in a hoarse, stage
whisper: "Slave, didst lock the kitchen
door? The key, where is't, quick? I'll
streangle thee. Didst lay the milk
pitcher on the outer battlements? Ave,
me good lord, I'm mad. "-NeW York
Commercial.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

In Missouri town, thief, being
caught in mans cellar, explained that
he was there to get out of the way OF d
cyclone.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

The ball shot straight through my
hands, and striking me squarelv on the
nose, bounced off somewhere into space.
| described back somersault, and in
going over saw more stars than Herschel
ever discovered.
The boots, laughter, disrespectful re-
marks and yells were simply terrific.
hastily scrambled to my feet and began
glaring around for the ball. While thus
engaged, the three men on bases ran in,
and the latter made home-run. Con-
sequently our side was beaten. and nv
nose was decidedly out of shape.
Since then, I have not been very
ardent admirer of baseball, and I trust
that after this no one will ask me 10 tell
him, privately, why it is my nose is not
plumb. Days.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-08

"What's wrong between you and
Smythe, that you don't speak p
"Hawl Fact is, we were both wi
walls for the hand of the same young
lady-a celebwated beauty, you
know-and-well, | don't want to
bwag, but | got the best of it.
Poor Smythe." "My dear fellow, a
thousand congratulations on your
success "Thanks awfly. We
both proposed last week, you know,
and she accepted-ah-him ~
Punch.