Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-09-22
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laid in cupboards and refrigerators VIII
drive red ants away.
1t is estimated at the Treasury De
partment that four million dollars OF
foreign gold coin will be received
monthly until November first.
1t will require about $4,000 miles
of hop iron to tie up the cotton crop,
Thus large cotton crop helps the iron
trade both directly and indirectly
Two thousand "Herrs" and "Sig-
.norsn who have been furnishing music
at the watering places will now return
to their positions behind two thousand
bars.
The genealogical Association was
one of the bodies that held annual con-
ventions lately The place of meeting
was Cincinnati, and many essays were
read.
The people who in one way or an
other are dependant for bread upon the
government make about sixty thou
sand of the population of Washington.
About three thousand clerks own
houses, which, in case of a change of
officers would be thrown upon the
market.
Two French youts have just anus
ed themselves by crossing swords Gin
the one hundred and forty-frst encoun-
ter according to the code that has
taken place this year on the border of
France. One Of the combatants- got
his hand scratched, and the duel stop
at the sight of blood.
Miss Booth, the editor of Harper's
Bazar, who gets $4,000 year salary,
believes in women as workers, but
finds that the great majority attempt
what they have not fitted themselves
for, and consequently make dismal
failuses, retiring disheartened and
ready to rail at the injustice of men.
A Wisconsin cow died not long ago,
after lingering illness, attended by
persistent cough. After her death
veterinary surgeon opened the wind
pipe to discover the cause of the irrita-
tion, and found in the upper part of
the lung live stripped frog of ordi-
nary size. The surrounding portion
of the lung was much discolored.
A funeral procession at Oxford, Ind,
found itself without minister when
the grave was reached. After an en-
barrassing delav, ragged tramp, who
was passing by on railroad track
stopped, announced that he was
clergyman, and the mourners consent
ing, proceeded with the services, con-
Quoting them to the satisfaction of all.
There is nothing more important to
successful sweet potato cultivation
than preventing the vines from taking
root This is fully understood in the
South, but we find it is often neglect
ed in the North. Just as soon as the
vines take root, most of the nourish-
ment beyond goes to the new roots in
stead of to the tubers forming in the
hill.
''As the American" says the Rev.
David Swing of Chicago, "can out
chew and out-spit and out-talk the rest
of the world, so can he out-swear the
residue of humanity. Sitting behind
two gentlemen for day, as our train
glided along from st. Paul toward
Chicago, the words by Cod came
back to me 700 times, when bed time
made me quit counting"
In some foreign countries certain
bridges and monuments, if not eonse-
Grated to suicide, are largely used for
that purpose and similar setting
apart is evidently sought by some peo-
pie for Niagara Falls. Mr. Knapp, of
Utica, who both shot himself and
plunged over the Falls, took needless
precautions, for he could not have
survived the plunge alone.
Gen. Haskell of the Salvation Army
is journeying in the West At st.
Louis he rushed out of his tent and
kicked one of the colored boys who
were disturbing meeting. Repenting
of his conduct, he kissed the lad and
gave him twenty cents, but the twen-
ty cents did not appease the young
sters wrath nor the kiss heal the kick,
and he had the General arrested. A
fine of fifty dollars was imposed.
The arrivals of immigrants in Au-
gust at the port of New York are Off
cially stated to have been 25,300, or
about 1000 more than in any month
of the last twenty years. At Phila-
delphia and Baltimore there has been
corresponding increase. All the signs
go to show that President Hayes has
good reason for estimating the addi-
tions to our population, in the next ten
years, to be five millions by immigra-
tion alone.
The teacher of Sunday school class
in one of the East Bridgeport churches
gave the little ones description of the
flood, and when she had finished in
quired if any one could tell who went
into the ark with the animals. A per-
feet chorus of hands flew up in re-
sponse. Turning to little fellow, the
teacher said, "TelI ME who went into
the ark with the animals ?" "P. II.
Barnum," promptly replied the young
ster. The lesson closed.
Dalye-Lama the earthly god of
Thibet, lately became seriously ILL.,
The priest applied to the Emperor for
the appointment of new divinity.
The candidate has to present himself
to the dying Dalye-Lama, who trans
mits to him his divine soul, which has
thus been passed down from the found
er of the Thibet religion, Dzon-Epa.
The yearly income of the deity of Thi-
bet is said to be over ST ,000,O He
occupies palace, in which are more
than hundred golden idols.
A clergyman in Mt Chestnut lately
married lady with whom he received
the substantial dowry of ten thousand
dollars and fair prospect for more.
Soon afterward, while occupying the