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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

THE article on our first page en-
titled National Contrasts" is well
worth reading. 1t is only by such
comparisons as that article contains,
that the full force of the issues Of our
late civil war are understood. Had
the late rebellion been successful, this
/ great country would perhaps by this
time have been divided up, as Europe
is to-day, into a dozen or more pitiable
bulldog governments, each keeping
up a military establishment that would
impoverish its people.
THOUSANDS have been cured OF
dumb ague, bilious disorders, jaun-
dice, dyspepsia and all diseases of the
liver blood and stomach, when all
other remedies have failed, by using
Prof Guilmette's French Liver Pad,
which is a quick and permanent cure
for those disorders Ask your drug
gist for this great remedy, and take no
other, and if he does not keep it send
$3.50 in letter to the French Pad
Co., and receive one by mail postpaid.
THE North Bend Chilled Plow, as
good a chilled Plow, and a dollar and a half
cheaper than any other, is for sale by
JACKSON Il MITCHELL.
HENRY LEAR, Patriot, Ohio, writes {:
II was taken sick last Wednesday
with a very severe Rheumatic pain in
my left shoulder; | was so unwell
that | could not even turn myself
around in bed Having heard of the
curative qualities of ST. JACOBS OIL, L
concluded to try it. The first appica-
ton brought relief, and on the subse-
quent day / was able to go to work. |
therefore recommend this excellent
remedy to all sufferers with Rheuma-
tism.
IT is said American capitalists now
control the worlds supply of opium.
Not only do they control nearly all of the
drug now in the market, but they
have contracted in advance for the pres
ent years crop, which will be very
small one They have fifty millions of
dollars invested in the drug. Better
corner in opium than one in breadstuffs,
though the former is hard on those
who must use the the drug incidentally,
as it is asserted the price of medicinal
opium will be put up 20 thirty dollars
per pound.
OVER two hundred farmers in this
county are using the Diamond Iron Plow, and
will tell you that it has M equal. For sale by
JACKSON Il MITCHELL.
LAST Wednesday witnessed quite an
exodus from this town Tor Colorado.
Sixteen souls, in all, departed on the
train that morning, the family OF Mr..
Jno III. Sutton, comprising nine of them.
The others were Eli. Miller, Herbert
Harper, Walter L. Graham, Esq, Pat.
RYAN, Levi Walker, -- McElwee
aud Geo. A. Mcbride The party ex-
pect to reach Canon City, Colorado,
by Saturday, remain their over Sun
day, and go to Silver Cliff, which
seems to be Butler county headquar-
ters, by stage on Monday.
The following epitaph is to be found
in the churchyard of Woodbridge, Suf-
folk, England. The spelling would in
dicate that the stone must now be
crumbling and covered with the stains
and moss of many years, but the warn
ing is by no means antiquated
Here Lieth the Body of
Benjamin BrinBley
Who Though Lustie and
Strong, tcas one
That by misfortune, Shot
Himself Wits Gun
In the 23rd year Of his Age,
He Departed this Life
To the Grief of his Parents
Spectators and Wife.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
At 40 Cents
And upward, Dress Silks, at
RITTER & RALsToN's.
80

HARD times, bad business, bad
crops, famines, pests, political perse-
cutions, governmental tyrannies, and
recruiting sergeants are combining to
swell the tide of European emigra ton
to America beyond precedent. A few
years ago the arrivals at Castle Gar
den bad dropped far below 100000 an
nualv; but there was gain of 90
600 wear before last, and gain of 60,-
900 more last year, when the total
reached I75, ,5S9. Now, with the re-
vival of business on this side of the
ocean, the flow of immigration has be-
gun to be enormous. During the first
quarter of the present year, the arri-
walls at the Battery numbered "a, S55
"A number unprecedented in the
winter season. As the corresponding
quarter Of the past year yielded but
HOSP, though that was a great in
crease over years proceeding, it may
be coniectured what the summer will
bring forth. 1t is further noticeable
that considerable portion of the gain
achieved during the past three months
has been in immigrations from Ger
many and Austro- Hungary. A good
many of this years arrivals will be in
! sesbp 70 swell tae coming ceasus.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21


THERE is such tendency just now
to "booms," in business as well as in
politics, that no surprise need be felt at
what may be called the "cheap-books
boom" 1t began nearly two years ago.
when the Seaside Library" issued its
first pamphlet-editions of standard
books, chiefly fiction, for nominal
price. The result was immediate and
remarkable. People ceased to buy ex-
pensive editions of books of that class,
and did buy these cheap pamphlets
largely. People who were accustomed
to reading good books were not the
only ones who did this; but a great
transformation was wrought in the
reading of the poorer classes. Girls and
boys, who previously devoured dime
novels or sensational weeklies are now
seen with the books of Dickens,
Thackeray, Dumas and Trollope, which
they read eagerly and necessarily.
THE decision recently rendered by
the United States Circuit Court for
the Ninth Judicial Circuit is of sufii-
cient general interest to deserve atten-
ton even at this distance from the
Pacific cost. 1t will be accepted as
law unless an appeal should be taken
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, which is improbable. The
purport of this decision is that the
anti-Chinese provisions of the new
| California constitution are null and
void, because in conflict with the con-
stitution of the United States The
case arose under an act of the Cali
fornia Legislature, passed February
l3, 1880, amending the penal code of
that State, in pursuance of provision
of the State constitution adopted in
1879, forbidding any corporation crea-
ted in the State to employ Chinese Ia
| borers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

THE Republican State of Iowa in
structs for Blaine, and the hopelessly
Democratic States of Missouri and
Kentucky instruct for Grant on the
same day. Another peculiar feature
of the contrary political winds is ex-
hibited in the fact that the Republicans
on the sunset side of the Father OF
Waters declare for the far down-East
statesman one day, and Republican
Massachusetts,, the near neighbor of
Maine and Blaine, has a Convention
the next day that is without a Blaine
following. Illinois, the Republican
home of Grant, is quivering in the
Grant balance, while Democratic Nir-
ginia, the home of Lee and Appomat-
tox, yells Justify for him. Things IS
mixed !''-Iimes.
IT must be annoying to the Stall
wart supporters of Gen. Grant to find
their candidate making such speeches
as he delivered lately at Little Rock
and Cairo They are picturing-wit-
ness Boutwell, and Banks at Wor-
cester-the South as still in rebellion
and urging the reelection of Grant as
the only means of assuring united
country for another four years. Their
candidate, on the contrary, in his re-
marks at Cairo, bore testimony to the
fact that sectionalism is passing away
from the South. "The stars and
stripes" said he, are floating every
where, and the men who wore the
gray show by their speeches their pres
ent devotion to the flag for which we
fought" Now, which is rigbt-the ex-
President or the Massachusetts politi-
clans
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
sweeping Awav Dc nerrlcka

BRADFORD, April ia heavy
storm prevailed this evening about c
o'clock A large number of derricks
were destroyed in different parts of the
oil region, twenty-four being raised at
one point. Two men are said to be
fatally injured by being thrown to the
ground with a falling derrick on which
they were at work.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
The Physical Paradox.

1t has been said that "the blood is
the source of life." 1t is as truely the
source of disease and death. No life,
that is to say, no healthy tissue can be
generated from impure blood, no organ
of the body can normally perform its
functions when supplied with impure
blood. The fluid that should carry
life and health to every part, carries
only weakness and disease. Blood is
the source of life, only when it is pure.
If it has become diseased, it must be
cleansed by proper medication, else
every pulsation of the human system.
To cleanse the blood of all impurities,
use DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
the most effectual Alternative, tonic,
and cathartic remedies yet discovered.
They are especially efficient IN scrof
u{Ous diseases.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
Every Soldier

should read the advertisement of W.
c. Beringer & Co: they are one of the
oldest and best Claim Agencies in the
United States.-Read their advertise
~exh
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
JACKSON & MITCHELL, Agents, Butler, Pa.

SSTHN6 ls stors, 3 set Reeds, Knee
SlJAA2 swells. stool, Book. only
$3.50. stop Organ. Stool. Book, only : 3.75
Piano. stool. Cover Book : 30 to @255. Illus
trated catalogue free Address
a41 1t-3m w. u BuNAEL.L Lcwistowp, Ps.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

OUR LITTLE FOLKS is without ex-
ception, the most finely illustrated pa
per for very little people that we have
ever seen. Indeed, we fully concur
with the publishers in his belief that
the only way in which the people of
this continent can fully manifest the
appreciation which Our Little Folks
deserves, is to send him ten hundred
thousand subscribers for it within
sixty days. Published monthly at only
80 cents per year. Any one will re-
ceive a sample copy free by sending
his address on a postal card to 5. 5.
Wood, Publisher, 252 Broadway, n.
Y. City.
CALL and see the New Styles, at
RITTER & RALsToN's
IT looks as if there was something
wrong when clergyman neglects his
calling for worldly vanities. But
when he connects himself with such
an institution as the Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery,
so called, which was simply an organ
ization for the wholesale distribution
of bogus certificates to practise the
arts of druggery. there is no doubt
there being something wrong. That
was what the Rev. William B. Orvis
did, and the Philadelphia Association
of Congregational Ministers, in expel-
ling him lately, merely discharged a
plain duty.
AS THE time for gardening is com
ing on every person should look to
their interest in securing good plants
of the latest varieties, which can be
had by calling on j. W. Bortmass Il
Co, west of town.
STALwART Iowa, whose Republican
majorities are on as big scale as her
other crops, sends a solid Blaine dele
CATION to Chicago That is her answer
to the third termers and their twaddle
about a strong government. In Ken
tucky, on the other hand, where Re.
| publicans are as rare as whiskey is
plenty, Republican State Convention
has been successfully packed for Grant
But even there we find a vigorous mi.
nority, apparently including considera-
bly over one-third of all the delegates,
kissing Grants name and showing a
strong disposition to kick out of the
| traces.
Cur This OuT-If you have slight
or severe pains in the loins, frequent
desire to urinate and difficulty to dc
so dark, high colored urine, and varia
BILE or morbid appetite you may be
sure you have some form of kidney
disease. These maladies are the mos
stcalthy of all in their attacks, and no.
a moment should be lost in curing
them. There is nothing so good a:
Prof. Guilmette's French Kidney Pad
which Immediately relieves inhama
ton, gives strength and tone to tht
kidneys. thus enabling them to per
form their accustomed duties w,
speak from actual knowledge of it
virtues.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
Wheat! Wsleafy

The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter & Boos'
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER & Boos.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
PEN EET0WT ~ :

New Laws. Thousands entitled. Every SOL
der oven slightly di-atle1 by wounds. disease.
or fcc.dent, entitled to pension dating back to
day of discharee Even the loss Of o singer or
toe entities TO pension Also. al widows and
dependent parents. and minors, entitled. Time
limited Apply az once. Many pensioners now
entitled to increaae Bounty We due TO thuus-
snds Lend cases settled. Patents p ocured for
inventors. Fees GXel by Jaw. Send two stamps
tor new laws. blanks aut iu-.rl ti0us to h. Ii.
GELSTON d CO.. Pension and Patent Attor-
ueys, Lrci1 Eox no, WAsuE,ugoE. y. 9. Ia7-lm
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
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EGGS For FE3scfaiug.

Gold Penciled Hamburgs; White
and Buff Cochins All Pure Bred
Fowls. HOWARD REIBER.
Butler. Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
New Eight sacqueings
RITTER & RALsrox's.

WHAT are called kitchen garden
schools are being established in Pitts
burgh. such schools having proved
decidedly successful in several of the
Eastern cities. These schools are
usually conducted under the auspices
of an association composed of ladies'.
and are designed to give valuable in
struction to such as have no other
means of acquiring a knowledge OF
household duties. Particular effort Is
made to interest those who are appar-
entity going to waste on the street and
who can, by little thoughtful teaching
under this system, be put in way to
earn an honorable living and become
useful wives. The method Is the same
as that introduced in New York and a
few other cities some time ago and is
well calculated to excite the interest
and attention of the pupil In fact, it
is a new way of playing as much as
is anything. The thing is rather
neatly explained in a song which the
children sing as part of the services
attending their work:
When was very little used to sit and think
How hard my mother had to work, until my
heart would sink.
l tried to help as l could, but always did it
wrong,
That always made the matter worse and her
own work so long.
So then | went to school,
So then l went to school,
And there we learned exactly right
For we were taught by rule.
Everything is done by rule and in
time, accompanied by piano music. In
preparing a breakfast table, for instance,
toy dishes and such articles are used.
and as they are handled by the little
pupils the name and purpose of each
article is stated, as well as how it
should be prepared This is the coffee
pot" they say in concert; it should
be scalded before the coffee is put in. ;"
and that is more than a great many
housckeepers have vet found out.
They go on to say: This is the sugar
bowl; it should be filed when taken
from the table These are the break
fast plates; they should always be
warm, y and thus with a great deal Of
important information that it might be
good to have in any home If the
tables of the future can be set accord
ing to the instruction given in the
kitchen garden schools there will be
much more serenity in the average
household.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

THERE would be "boom" just now
in wool if there were enough of the do
mestic product in the market to sup
ply the demand There is. perhaps
no branch of agricultural industry that
is likely to pay so well for at least the
next decade as wool growing. For
the coming season high prices are
assured. All over the country manu-
facturers are contracting for the next
clip at very high figures, while wool
growers are in many places in no
hurry to close bargains, preferring to
wait for still better prices later on.
With the constantly increasing de-
mand for wool in the country and the
present great inadequacy of the home
production, all enterprising men can
engage in wool raising without any
fear of overstocking the market for the
next ten or twelve years. If in the
meanwhile wool goes down, it will be
because other products do so likewise,
not because the supply will exceed the
demand Foot-rot has destroyed a
large proportion of the sheep in Eng
land, brought has done the same for
thousands, aye, millions, of those in
Australia and Buenos Ayres while
Russia also has lost heavily from dis
ease, so that with an increasing de-
mand for wool, the supply for some
time is likely to be smaller,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
Wheat! Wheat!

The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter & Boos'
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER 4 Boos.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
New Advertisements To-Day

vibrator-Jackson & Mitchell, Agents.
Pensions-Stoddart 4 Company. W. Z. b. q
Co.
Executrix Notice-Estate OF Bernard hoes-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
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Millinery.

Hats, Bonnets, Plumes, Tips Feath-
ers, Ornaments, Light Silks, Brocade
Ribbons, Persian Ribbons, everything
new in Millinery, at
RITTER 81 RALsToN's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

We have just opened $50 styles of
fine wide Percals at l29 cents per yard,
at RITTER N RALsTON's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
COlIriausd Grapes.

From 75c per yard up Also full
line Mourning Dress Goods, Shawls,
Wells, Bonets, Hats, &c, at
RITTER Il RALsToN's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
Wheat! Wheat!

The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter Il Boos
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER IL BoOs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
Al 20 Cents
Wheat! Wheafs

And up, Carpets, at
RITTER & RALsToN's
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

The highest Pittsburgh market price
paid for Wheat, at Walter & Boos
Mill, Butler, Pa. WALTER Il Boos.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
DIR. G. Fl. LEE,
HON nGOpatkic Physician.

Office and residence near the Wick Honse
North Main street. Butler, Pa. JAM
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

Alto Gents Per Ward,
New Lawns, at
RITTER & RALsToN's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21

Mn. J. H. Bates, Newspaper Aovertslng
AGENT. Al Park Row (Times Building), We"
York. il authorized to contract for ADVERTISE
ments in the CITIZEN.
TUTQ PAPER may be found & on lasxsaspsr &c a. sasc
Advertising Bureau O Spruce q whers 70 lss
contracts may 10 made for it I'M NEW AOA.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21
Afl2 Gents,


All the new dark colors in Dress
Goods, at RITTER x RALsToN's
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-04-21


their attempts in all parts Of the State,
and the means they adopted to shuttle
off this mortal coil are very angular.
A drunken man along the Lehigh
canal the other day attempted to end
his life by swallowing large numbers
Of buttons, and he was nearly success
full.
A VERY large business is done ai
the Union depot, Pittsburgh. On the
Pennsylvania railroad there are about
56 accommodation and 30 through
trains arriving and departing daily.
There are also on the Pittsburgh, Gin.
cinnati and St. Louis. ~; Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad
25; Allegheny Valley railroad, 20
Pittsburgh, Vincennes aud Chicsgs
yyilvsas ".
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-15
Raising tho Pilo.

lie had wandered from the bcanery O,
matinee day, and was 'just loolin' aroun(
to sec what ho could sec" He was worry
ing toothpick. and, seeing sign in win
| dow, he drew near to il and read:
"Cloaks cleaned and the pile raised"
He said: "Humph' never can gel
that word i'll print as man gets it out o1
his throat. lie hid one Of his hands in the
lower end of Ills pocket and rakcd up 6
nickel. lie went inside, and man with a
flat-iron came up to the counter and said
'WhAt is it?"
''You clean cloaks herc?''
The man spat on tho tlat-iron and said
they did, when the opportunity presented
itself.
"And you raise the pilc2"
''Bcau,ifully," said the man who showed
every tooth in his head.
''Kin you raise the pile thout cleanin' the
cloak? ?"
ooh, yes, wo can do that; you know VIC
can do anything"
'Kin yc2'
"Well, should say so''
"Wall," said tho stranger in jeans, "looll
here; here 8 nickel; noth.n' crooked sbou
1t, nuther.''
eyes, see" said the boss"
"Wall, III leave 1t here"
"You'll leave 1t here, for what7" asked
the sweet -faced man on the other side of
the counter.
"That's my pile," said the stranger.
''Your pile7"
eyes, my pile; don't ye know yer bus-
ncss2"
'You amt dcalin' with no sucker now, "
said the stranger.
~ am not, do not, really do not COM
prehend YOU"
"Rcally, no."
''Thars my pile" pointing to tho nickel
81 see tho nickel"
'Wall, If you see It why don't you raise
IT."
"Raise it2"
"Yes; raise the pile.''
81 don't understand.
The stranger went up to the show win
dow, took out the card, and laid it on the
table. Directing special attention to II, Eo
said:
"Cloaks cleaned; is that right7"
"Ycs, certainly; but"
''l1old on-and the pilo raised-is that
right ~
eyes, certainly"
''fhar's nickel, aint it,"
eyes, l never doubted it,"
''Thar's all I've got; it's my pile"
"Your pie?"
eyes; | want 1t raised
"I don't see It,"
"Course not; this is another one of them
burned now tangled city tricks you've got
up to beat people from the country. If I
was to ask you to copper that, reckon
you'd know what meant"
He walked away in lamcntablc manner
and stopped on the corner; he said to him
self:
81 reckon the printer got it wrong on tho
keerd, and tho man can't read.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-15
FAR APART.


Beneath tho quaint old bridge you hear
Tho wavesmake music as they pass;
And winding to the elm tree near.
You SOC tho pathway .throus h the gra s.
Where wo were wont to walk, alas!
The river wanders assof old & Sa ta
Beneath the shades Of willow treos.
Tho sunlit waters slsam like gold, ha- 4 -
And ripple to the gentle breoze;
Put I mfar from thee and these. S.
The sky bonds over broad and blue,
And, in tho soft and MT low light,
You tread the lane our footsteIs knew D.
In former days, whom days were bright;
Do these days bring suoh sweet delight
And still that Ian" with grass Is green;
With fragrant flowers tho banks ale fair;
In golden gloss and silver aheen
The bees stu haunt the balmy air;
But You will fail to find me there.
Again, perohanoe. ] may not. see...
The rustiing row Of willow trees sy
Yhioh lent leAfy canopy E S
Whom we strolled underneath at ease)ii
For am far I ON thee aud tn ne.
Our joys fersake US. Soon docs Spring
Pass By and for ho Summer call;
Soon do the BIRDS loso heart to sing.
When fading leaves In Autumn iall,
And Wintor ig tho end OF all.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-15

snow On the top, but was gold up to the
snow. Fcllcrs that mountain looked like
pctcrl I'd jes begun to tnink my bacon
eatin' days was over, when three men came
up to me, two young men, an one ole man.
Judgin' from their aclions-I couldn't un-
dcrstan their talk-tho young fclers wanted
to Kill me, but the ole chap persuaded 'cm
not ter They all had gold buttons on their
clothes, an hcel-taps, an tap-solcs Of gold
The ole man was smosin' a gold pipe, with
long gold stem. They blin!folted me,
an led me away" The narrator stopped,
and seemed to be rotrospccting
'Wcll, did they lead you fart" he was
asked.
''Sccms to mo listened to the clink of
them tap soles an heels for ten thousan'
miles" .... ....
"Was they long about it2" ar. -
'When laid down in that gold valley
that night, though say it myself, l was
young an good-lookin' my beard was
black as crow; an hair thick as q dogs,
but when they lcf' me, an got out of hcarin'
and l uncovered my eyes, my beard was
gray"
can your hcad2"
Like it is now, not hair on it,
"What became Of your fine young lnuea"
''rhe ole man rode 1t On the .riy till It
fell dead Of ole age"