Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-04-13

1t Is possible That spring may De
sufficiently gradual in its coming as to
allow the Northwest to get rid of Its
accumulations of snow on the Install
ment principle, but an iEconveniently
high stage of water in the Mississippi.
is inevitable. Should q thaw take
place in the valleys of the upper Mis-
sissippi and Missouri at the same time
the confluence of waters at and below
the junction of these rivers will be
something tremendous. Should the
Ohio, Arkansas and Red Rivers con-
tribute their usual spring quotas there
must be general inundation along the
entire lower Mississippi and an inn
mense destruction of property. The
ST. Louis Globe Democrat already
sounds the alarm, 1t urges the
strengthening of the levees of that city
aud the transportation of all portable
property to places of safety. If St.
Louis or any considerable portion of it
is in danger, what shall we say of
New Orleans? We doubt if any tink-
ering of levees will prevent general
flooding of river cities and towns or
the overflow of tens of thousands of
acres of cotton and sugar lands unless
our delayed spring violates I'll prece-
dents and comes in as leisurely as if it
were not already one month behind
the almanac.-Philadelphia Press.
Have YO.a Ever.
Known any person to be seriously
i'll without weak stomach or inactive
liver or kidneys? And when these
organs are in good condition do you
find their possessor enjoying good
health? Parker's Ginger Tonic always
regulates these important organs, and
never fai to make the blood rich and
pure, and to strengthen every part OF
the system 1t has cured hundreds OF
} despairing invalids Ask your neigh
Dor about it, See other column.
IT has long been matter of wonder
TO some people how so many drug
stores manage to flourish in every com
munity. One cannot travel very far
in any direction without encounterng
the sign of the mortar and pestle," OF
being att.acted by the highly colored
bottles which indicate the business
r The secret Of the success Of these shop:
lies in the fact that those who swallow
drugs and medicines pay roundly fol
l the privilege. Not ten, twenty, fifty
or even hundred per cent. marks The
limit of profits on many articles sold
The New York Tribune cites an in
| ,ab Ill
serve to recall many similar ones il
the experience of our readers. 1t says
"A prescription recently put up at {
! fashionable apothecary's cost siXty-fvt
, cents halfpint bottle. AS it needed
frequent renewals, and was a simple
solution of acid, it occurred to the buy
er that he would try the experiment
of being his own druggist He got {
pound of the acid for forty cents
: wholesale rate, and with the aid Of 6
} little water makes his own solution
With very little calculation he dis
covered that this same amount of aciC
: furnished under the prescription would
have cost him $40 80. Profit, 5,l0C
per cent. Allowing $500 per cent fol
the expenses of water, attendance, rent
etc, which in most business would bC
: regarded as sufficient, there is still 2,
COO per cent profit. There Is d seri
Gus side to this question, because tht
charges for medicine are such heavy
tax upon the decent poor, and the ways
Of druggists in the fashionable and un
fashionable parts of the city differ only
in degree, not in kind A little less
machite and variegated marble on the
sod water fountains, and cheaper psi
ces for remedies, would please the pub
; lie better"