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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

who have seen it are well aware, is
one of the most notable buildings in
the Nations capital, as it is one of the
most important Here are preserved
all records, books, models drawings,
| specifications, etc, pertaining TO pat
ents. The Office is under the super
vision of the Secretary of the Interior,
but the Commissioner of Patents is
the chief in charge of the Office. The
officers consist of Commissioner, As
sistant Commissioner and three exam
| iners-in-chief, besides one chief clerk
and examiner in charge of inter!er-
enees, and host of primary examin-
crs. These primary examiners are men
versed in some special department OF
mechanics, etc, and models, drawings,
specifications, etc, are given to them
for examination, with due reference to
their special qualifications.
If an applicant is dissatisfied with a
decision, he can be heard by the board
of examiners-in-chief, and then, if still
dissatisfied, before the Commissioner
on appeal. Appeals from the Commits
siCner can be taken in all cases, except
interferences, to the Supreme Court
Where an inventor is not ready to file
complete specification, and desires
further time, but wishes to secure his
right, he can file a taveat, which will
be placed in the secret archives of the
Patent Office and if there be any APP
pication within year for anything
which appears to interfere with his
claim, he shall have notice, and may
appear and prove priority; and by a
second caveat he may renew it for
another year Patents can be pro-
cured in foreign countries, and great
many are taken out in England, Can
ada. France, Belgium and Germany.
The Patent Office in Washington is
more than sclEsupporting, and to-day
is said to have at least 81 ,00O, 900 to
its credit Last year there were 20, ,26O
applicants for patents, and 1884 pat
ents were granted, besides ,455 trade
marks and 492 labels OF the patents,
S32 were held for the final payment OF
dues. The cost of obtaining patent
is usually about sixty dollars, twenty
five dollars of this amount being the
fee of the solicitor, and the balance is
paid at the Patent Office. The State
receiving the largest number of patents
per capita last year was Nevada, but
usually the order is as follows: Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New York, and the District of Column
ba. 1t is to be expected that Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut will stand at
the head of the list The intuitive
ingenuity of the Yankee is constantly
designing something new and exploring
the labyrinths of science and art in its
efforts to tighten the labors of man, and
it will he long time before he can be
oustcd from his position at the head of
designers and invcntors.-Boston Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
NO. s.

by able engineers with the instra-
mental survey in hand, to approximate
the relative cost of execution To in
clnde the Tchauntepec route would be
to include what is simply Impossible
of execution by reason of the varions
conditions above named The object
could not be to hope to make canal
there, but simply to prevent its execu-
tion elsewhere
AT this time there are in Nicaragua
two European parties who are asking
concession In March last one was
agreed upon to NJ. Blauchet, and only
lacked one vote in the Senate to con-
firm it.
The problem then is, shall we place
no obstacle in the way of an American
Company, and thus probably enable
it to secure a grant with the idea Of
only permitting tolls that would be
literally remunerative, or, shall we
place these obstacles in the way, and
certainly throw the concession into the
hands of Europeans and allow them
to impose their proposed tolls upon us ?
They may very well say that we
are not compelled to pass through the
canal, it is simply optional whether
we so that way or via. Cape Horn.
We cannot very well propose to die
tate what these tolls shall be, at least,
unless we do so in advance of the
granting of a concession by Nicaragua,
and even then it would seem some
what pretentious in view of our in
ability to support such demand
either in reason or by material force
may add that the commission APP
pointed by the President in 1872,
which sent in its report in 1876, had
all of the information thought neces-
sary respecting all the region involved.
In short, the only two routes worth
looking at arc Panama and Nicaragua,
and they only to establish the relative
approximate cost Of execution.
DANIEL AMMEN,
Rear Admiral U. S. Navy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
UTTLTZA TION or SA IVDUST

Correspondence Scientific Americana
In your issue of December l3, | no.
ticed an article under the title, "Inven-
ton wanted to utilize sawdust."
1t is here a well known fact that
sawdust, by itself alone, has been sue
cessfully used for producing potatoes.
For this purpose it is only necessary
to lay on the open ground, in rows OF
two or three feet apart, the potatoes
that are to be planted, and cover the
same with bed of sawdust (say) from
six to twelve inches thick. If the sea-
son is in the least favorable it will be
astonishing how this method of cul-
turo will prove satisfactory. Another
method, which | think preferable, is to
prepare the soil by plowing and palver-
izing, to open furrows two or three feet
apart, to put in said burrows a four
inch layer Of sawdust. on this lay the
potatoes that are to be planted cover
ing them with another layer of saw
dust. and over this layer of soil.
Sawdust can be used with advantage
about fruit trees. Mixed with the soil
il cnrichcs the latter, and placed on its
surface it maintains moisture and pre-
vents the growth of many troublesome
weeds. In vegetable gardens it does
also very well, especially around cab
bagc plants.
Sawdust will rot ns soon rs any
other vegetable matter, according to
the species Of wood from which il origi-
mates. Mixed with the soil it keeps tho
latter more mellow. An application of
sawdust, say of three cart loads to the
acre, during four years, over the poor
est land and blowing, and cultivating
same cacn wear. will render it the most
fertile. A. ID. MARTIN.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
THE WHITE wax or S/E-
CHUEN

Describing some curiosities of trade
in China, the PaU Mall Gdzette gives
a number of interesting facts with re-
gard to the production of the white
wax Of Sze-chuen
In the Kcen-chang district Of that
province there grows in abundance the
Ltgustrum lucidum, an evergreen tree
with pointed ovate leaves, on the
twigs Of which myriads Of insects
spread themselves like brownish film,
in the spring Of each year. Presently
the surface Of the twigs becomes in
crusted with a white waxy substance
secretcd by the insects, and it increases
in quantity until the latter part OF
August, when the twigs are cut of
and boiled in water. During this pro-
cess the wax rising to the surface is
skinned off, and is then melted and
allowed to cool in deep pans. BY one
Of those curious accidents which have
done so much TO increase the knowl-
edge Of mankind, it was discovered
that by transporting the insects bred
in Kecn-chang to the less congcnial
climate Of Kca-ting Flu, in the north
Of the province, the amount Of wax
produced vastly increased. No people
more readily discern commercial adj
vantage, or more speedily take advant-
age Of one when unencumbcred with
political considerations, than the Chi
nesc; and this singular effect Of re-
moving the insects from congcnial
climate to one so unc0ngcnlal a5 to
prevent their breeding was eagerly
taken advantage Of by the Szc-chuen
traders Travellers by night on the
high road between Kecn-cbang and
Kca-ting Flu may meet in the spring OF
the year hundreds Of wax merchants,
each carrying his load Of female in
sects, big with young, on their way to
the wax farms in Kea ting Fu. The
journey is rough and long and fort
nights sun would prccipitate the
Matching, which should take place after
the females have been attached to the
trees 70 the unscicntilic eyes Of Chi
namcn the round pea like female appears
10 he nothing more than an egg, ana
this belief is the more cxcusable since
the birth Of the young is the signal for
the death Of the parent, of whose pre-
vious existence there remains only as
evidence an outer shell or husk. Six
or seven Of these prolific mothers arc
wrapped in palm leaf and tied to n
branch Of the Ligustrum iucidum In
n few days swarms Of infnitesimalIy
small insects creep forth and cluster
on the twigs Of the tree, where they
fulfill their mission and petish with its
accomplishment in the boiling pot each
August. Baron Richtofcn considers
the value Of the annual crop to be on
an average upwards Of ~, 200, 900
and during last year there was ex.
ported from the one port Of Unnkow
upwards Of $4,000 worth Of it..
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

BUTLER, KARys CITY AND PARKER RAILROAD
fButler Time-)
Trains leave Butler for st. Joe, hillerstown
Karns City, Petrolia, Parker, etc, at 7-2o a. m
and 205 aud 7-20 p. IN. tSee below for con
necfions with A. V X. X.
Trains arrive at Butler from the above named
points at 7..5 A. m. and Lbs, and 6-5o p m.
The IS train connects with train on the Wesl
Penn road through TO Pittsburgh.
sHEsAxeo AND ALLEGHENY RAILROAD
Trains leave Hillard's MIL, Butler county
for Harrisyille, Grcenville, etc, at 1.p a m.
and r. 20 and 220 p. m.
Stages leare Petrolia at $50 a. m for ~
trim and at loco a. IN. tor IL 20 train
Return stages leave Hilliard on arrival OF
trains at 1927 a. IN. and l.5O p. IN.
Stage leaves Naitinsburg Of $50 for l2J
train.
The morning train leaves Zelienopie ut ii
Harmony 6f6 and Evsusburg ut 63z. arriving
at Etna Station at 5.2O and Allegheny Ct Jul
The afternoon train leaves ZehenOple At l.Zo,
Harmony i31, EvansbuTg 1.53. arriving at
Ftna Station at Ali ard Allegheny at 4.45:
By getting I'll at Sharrsbu'g station and
crossing the bridge to the A. v. X. X, Eassef-
gers on the morning train can reach the Union
depot at 0 O'Clock. =,
Trains connecting at Etna Station With this
road leave Allegheny at III and s-5l . m ana
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Trains leave Butler Butler or Pittsburgh TiIne)
Market at 5.11 a. m, goes through 10 Aie-
gheny. arriving at 9.01 a. m. This train con.
Iects at Freeport with FrecpOrt Accommoda-
tion, which arrives at Allegheny at $50 a. No..
railroad time.
Erpress at 7.21 a. m, connecting at Butler
Junction, without change Of cars, IT S.26 with
Express west, arriving I'm Allegheny Of 95s
a. m, and Express east arriving at Blairsvilie
at III 90 a. III. railroad time.
Mail at 2.36 p. m, connecting at Butler juno
tionwithont change OF cars, with Express west,
arriving In Allegheny at 526 p m, and Ex-
press cast arriving at BIairsviiIe lntersectiop
at $40 p. IN. railroad time, which connects with
Philadelphia Express east, when on time.
Sunday Expyess at 325 r. D., goes through
to Allegheny, arriving at G.O6 p. IN.
The 72i a. m. train connects at BlairsyilIe
at II 05 a. IN. with the Mail east, and the 2.36
D. m. train at $50 with the Philadelphia Ex-
press east.
Trains arrive at Butler ON West Penn X. X. at
g.5f a. m, sos and 7.20 p. m, Butler Time. The
g,5l and sos trains connect with trnins on
the Butler Il Parker X. r. Sun ay train arrives
al Butle- at ILL a. m, connecting with train
for Parker.
Main Line.
Through trains leave Pittsburgh for the Ea''
at 2J6 and 8.26 a. IN. and IL 81, All and 6.OS p.
M, arriving at Pbiladelphia at $40 and TO
T.. N and 300, 100 and 7.4O 8. m; st Baltimore
about the came time, at New York three hours
later, and at Washington about one and hall
hours later.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

WEATHER PREpicrIoNs.--Mr. G. G.
Blake, of Decatur, ILL.,, who has gained
considerable celebrity for his accurate
calculations in regard to the weather,
gives the following as his horoscope for
the month of October, and from that
time on to March, 1880:
October, lSI9--Will be quito warm
and showcry.
November, 1871 hardly know
what to say about this month my cal
culations make IL sort OF chopped
sca'--a conglomcratc mixture OF all
sorts Of weather, but not very cold.
December, ls7o-Will be like No
vcmbcr "only more 80" II will be
warm. wet and disagreeable--cold
snaps will be short and sharp.
january, Iss0-Will be rather
warm, wet and muddy, part of the
time. There will be some cold weather,
but no steady cold weather.
February, lss0-Will be much like
january considerable amount Of
rain and snow and moderate amounts of
cold weather.
March, lSs0--Will be changcable !;
rather wet, especially in the middle Of
the month, and only moderately cold.
The winter of lS79-S0 will he warm
and wet, with few cold snaps Of linn
tied duration; but IL will be colder
than the winter Of ls77-7S. II will be
n changcable, peculiar and rather disa-
grccablc winter.
SO far this weather prophet has hit
IL pretty well.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
The only angelic county officer Il
heaven ia the Recorder of Deeds.

The only angelic county officer in
heaven is the Recorder Of Deeds.
"A great many guns and pistols
continue To go of mysteriously, and
yet there are plenty left
--Ouray, one Of the Ute chiefs, has
for years received n salary Of ! 900 II
year from the Government.
The Chicago Times suggests that
Adams monument can easily be built
if all his relations will chip in
Husbands never meet their wives
with "smilcs" on the lips; they wipe
them of before they get home.
"A happy New Jersy parent gave
his three marriagcabe daughters as
Christmas gifts to three cxpectant
bridegrooms
The greatest tax payer in the Uni
ted States, If not in the world, Is Mr..
Blackwell, the North Carolina tobacco
manufacturer, who pays tax Of 1920
900 year
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
200, 900 ACRES LAND
situatcd In and near the
UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY, IN SOUTH
WESTERN KANSAS.
ON THE
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Pe B. R.

II Yenrs' Credit. ' per cent. Interest
TIE first payment ut tic OF purchase is one
tenth Of the principal and seven per cent. inter
cst on the remainder. At the end Of the FIRST
and second year, only the intcrest at seven per
cent. is paid and the third year. and each yenr
thereafter, one tenth on the principal. with
seven per cent interest on the balaLcc, is paid
annually until the whole IL paid.
Six years. credit, 20 per cent. discount.
Two years. credit, 10 per cont. discount.
Cash purchase. 33 ID per cent discount
The valley Of the Upper Arkanam " justly
celebrated for It's adaptability 70 WHEAT
RAISING and The superior quality oi IL. grain.
AZ a asTOCK-kAlSiSG and WOOLGROwfNG
country, IL cficts advantages that cabno. be ex.
ccllcd. Good soii, abundance Of pure water. .
mild and remarkably healthy climate, With low
prices and easy terms. make up total Of In.
duccmcbts greater than Ia offered anywhere clse
on the continent Of America.
For full particulars, inquire Of or address
T.. A. SEYMOUR.
General Eastern Passenger Agent.
my2i1yl 4i9 Broadway. ". Y.
100 Main 81 Buffalo, N. Y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

One square, one insertion, 81 each subse-
qUeE. insertion. so cents. Yearly advertisements
exceeding one-fourth of column, S5 pcr inch.
Figure work double these rates; -iditional
charges where weekly or monthly changes are
made Local advertisements 10 cents per line
FOR hrst insertion, and cents per line for each
additional insertion. Marriages and Deaths pub
lished flee OF charge. Obituary notices charged
As advertisements, ard payable when handed in
Auditors Notices. 81 Executors and Admins
traitors Notices. 80 each; Estray, Caution ane
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
From the fact that the CITIZEN is the oldest
established and most extensively circulated Re
publican newspaper in Butler county. Ca RepuE
Ican county, it must be apparent to business
men that il is the medium they should use il
advertising their business.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
LAND FOR SALE.
Valuable Farm for Sale.

The undersigned offers ut private sale the
farm lately owned by Robert G.lleland, decd,
late OF Middlesex township, containing
I62 Acres,
more or less, with two story brick ionse and
bank barn, hay house wagon shed and other
ontbuildings. Two good orchards thereon. i30
acres cleared, balance In good timber, easy VI
access, by about one-hsif mile from Butler and
Pittsburgh plank road and W miles from new
narrow-gauge railroad. Ia well improved and IN
good condition ard Ia wen adapted for dairy
purposes. For terms apply to
JAMES WILSON, Agent.
deci7tn Bakerstown, Allegheny Co., Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

The New Haven Register says
there is dcliciousness about clinging
TO the bed in the morning, aud man
who deliberately rises very early
should be fined - and costs for not
knowing how TO be good to himself
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14
decl7t
For Sale.

The well-improved farm OF Rev. w. r. Hutch
ison, In the northeast corner Of MiddIesex town
ship Butler county, Pa 10 now offered for sale
low. Inquire Of W. X. FHISBEE, ON the prem
iaes. apICn
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

Blathcrskitc Kcarney ia in Wash
ington Unfortunately he is not the
only blathcrskitc IN that city
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

S5o $50 f:s sss q. ASas:. aS: sas .%ss' wssh C
portland, Maine dec3-fy
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-14

-
can DO cured by the continued use u Osmrx's
COP LIVER On AsD LAcTo PHOSPHATE or
LiMg, cure for Consumption. Coughs. Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis, and alI gcrofuious Diseases
Ask yonr druggist fer OsMus'y snd tale no
other. II he has not got IL. win send ono bot
ties anywhere on receipt u 81. exprese paid
Send for Circular TO CHAB. A. OBMUN,
noy2G-Gm 10 Seventh Ave-, New 70 k.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-13

The best bousekeeper Is the woman who
does her work quietly, without making
her cares the theme Of conversation from
morning till night. The fussy housekeep-
er is a wearisome person to live with. She
has specialties, and whims, and notions.
Her plumage is. always rufled, her man.
ner is always agitated, she Is in a perpet-
ual stew, and, unfortunately, never gets
quite "done" till the last quiet sleep over
takes her. The worst Of II Is that these
ussyfolksalways persuadethemselves and
thy to persuade others that they are &C.
complishing a great deal by their BUSINESS,
which is only true in that they make total
destruction OF all peace and comfort. with
in the limits OF their petty sovereignty.
Now, there is a great deal to be done in
every household, however small, and it
can be done, all OF it, without any fuss at
all. The whole operation Of house:clean.
ing can be gone through with by disturb.
ing one room at a time, while the rest Of
the house Is kept in Its usual order. It Is
foolish TO keep the house disarranged for
weeks together. II the housekeeper would
be Q homekeeper as we'll, she must avoid
business. The home Is infinitely more
than the house, and there Is such 0 thing
as destroying the home by what is sup
posed TO be the very perfection OF house
keeping.
are not always the most lovely women, fol
thew allow household cares TO narrow th,
,,tnI and onannh the intellect. In pro
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-13
New York.

New iOEK, January 12.-Cotton firm at
IL i31Gal2 1910; futures strong. Flour
heavy and IN limited demand /; receipts 25, 600
barrels; supsTtine western and State IS Goa
8 90; common 10 good IS 50a0 co.; good 10
choice 80 l0aS 80; white wheat extra SO STA
Z 90; extra Ohio S. 0Oa7 70; St. Louis IS GOA
s %; Minnesota patent process 81 2aSa9 90.
Wheat dull and lower; receipts 10000 bush
els: rejected spring 81 Is; No. 8 Chicago 81 So
al 81; No. 9 do 81 50al 81: ungnded white
81 46Ha147IG; No. ! do sales 2G,C00 bushels
at 81 4.ai 40; M. 2 red January, sales 6,OOO
bushels at 81 5lNa1 81. Rye inactive: State
90a034c Corn heavy; receipts 1900 bush.
els; ~ungradcd 56a6Oc: No 8 55Ka56c; steamer
57Ha6sc; No. 2 69a59hc: old C0aG0c; steamer
airy Soc. February 59a50hc; March 60Nc.
Oats. dull and lower receipts li6,000 bush.
els; western mixed 4Sa4SHc; white western
4SHa50c. Stock Of grain 10 store January
10-Wheat, 7,799,0W bushels; Corn, 1,3iSOOO
bushels; Oats, 557 900 bushels; Barley, $500 0
bushels; Peas, 5000 bushels; Malt, $4,000
bushels Hay firm ut 70a75c Hops quiet
and steady. Coffee quiet and firm; Rio car.
goes IA 1sal7c; job lots l4ISalSX. Sugar firm;
fair TO good refined 7NaSc.t MnlaSscs, dc.
maud fair and market firm: New Orleans 4Sa
Soc. Rice dull. Tallow firm at OK. Resin
nominally unchanged at 81 Coal 85. Turpen-
tine inactive at 42I9a45c. Eggs dull; west
ern 12al7c. Pork firm; mess $l2 75al2 30.
Beef firm. Cut meats quiet and firm; long
clear 7Sc; short clear 7Asc. Lard strong;
prime steam s. o0aS 05. Butter firm; west
ern l6a28c. Cheese firm: western 10al34c.
Whisky nominal at 81 10
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-13

From the Utica Observer.
1t becomes more and more clear every
day that there Is a large and growing
element in the Republican party which is
opposed to Grantism with all that It i'm
plies. 1t would indeed be strange II a plot
for the suppression OF liberty and the cre-
alton oil a bastard empire on this free soil
could be carried forward without provok-
ing an earnest protest from all parties.
Nobody really misunderstands the Grant
movement. II the traditions Of tho peo-
pie, the unwritten law OF the land, which
prohibits a President from serving more
than eight years, are to be overthrown and
a ruler called in to protect the people from
themselves, there is certainly no reason
why he should Eelinquish during the term
Of his natural life the power thus gained.
It Is the story Of Louis Bonaparte over
again. Give the man what he asks now,
and he will take the rest without asking.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-13

EAST LIBERrY. January l2.-CGrrLE-Re-
ccipts since and including Friday last zoos
head OF through and Sl7 head Of yard stock:
total for the week ending to-day 1884, head Of
through and 1852 head OF local, against 2,54S
head OF through and 1901 head Of local the
week before. As will be seen the supply for
here ismuGh lighter than this day q week ago.
The York market Is being good. The best
grades were bought up at an advance Of 40 to
80 cents over last Monday, and all were sold
out Common and lighter grades were about
the same aSlast week. Best S. 00a5 IS fair to
good, S. 0Oa4 IS; common, IS 26aS GS. Sales
to-day, $50 head.
Hoes-Roceipts lG,6OO head; total for tho
week 28,335 head, against $4,000 head the
week before, Workers 81 50a4 65; Philadel-
phias 81 00a5 10.
snEEr-Receipts $500 head; total for the
week 1000 head, against 1850 head tho
week before. Market selling firm and from
loo TO zoe higher than last week.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-13

Be It known 10 the good people OF Ohio
county and vicinity, that We, the undersigned,
keep for sale at our drug stores in Wheeling,
W. Va, that old established and reliable rem;
edy, Wistar's Balsam Of Wild Cherry, and
knowing that It's great popularity Is the ma
tural result OF honest merit alone, aud not on
account OF widespread advertisements, We do
most cordially recommend 1t as II of the
very best remedies known for the cure Of
Colds, Coughs, Consumption, Asthma and all
Lung diseases. Wistar's Balsam Is put up in
large pint bottles, and the price is 81 90. "a
word 10 the wise Is sufficient" II you con.
tinue to suffer and die, II Is your own fault
for 1t has saved the lives Of many and never
fails 10 Immediately relieve all soreness OF the
throat and lungs,
Very respectfully,
LOGAN, LIST & Co.,
plw Wholesale Agents.
Sold in bridgeport o., by West & Gilmore.