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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
THE MAN WITH THE FLAIL.

It carried the beholder back to thirty
years ago, when the threshing machine
was heard only at rare intervals, and the
honest farmer spread his golden stalks
on the clean barn floor and failed away
with such tempered blows that not q
kernel was broken. The man who
had il sat down on one of the benches
in the West Circus Park. The rare
sight of such an article halted every
pedestrian, and the man had to explain
over and over again:
We'll, I'll have some beans to she'll
this fall, and | kinder thought 'twould
be easier to fail 'em out The hard
ware man told me he had to send to
Vermont for it,
Pretty soon along came a gray head
ed Alderman, and when he saw that
fail he looked ten years younger all at
once.
Il handled that for over ten years,
he said, as he picked it up and spit on
bis hands. Seems like old times to
get hold of this hickory again
He stepped out on one side to give
the crowd an exhibition on the grass,
and his success was great. At Sec
ond blow the fail end besitated in mid
air, wobbled about, and finally came
down with whack on the patriots
head, making him see more stars than
winter night ever brought out. He
dropped the weapon with the remark
that he was already ten minutes late
in keeping an appointment, and he
was rubbing his skull as far down the
street as he could be seen. The next
man to try it was one who got off a
passing car under the idea that a dog
fight was in progress.
"A fail Hal ha Why / haven't
seen fail since | was married. he
chuckled as he reached for it. Il
presume | have failed a thousand
bushels of wheat in my time. You
boys stand back there
Yes my stint used to be twenty
bushels day. he continued, and
though do say it myself l.
Something happened. He dropped
the fail, seized his jaw, and danced
off as il he had springs under him, and
although dozen asked what hit him
he refused to tell
By and by third man came sailing
along, and when he saw the fail he
remarked that his father used one like
it nearly all his life, and was called the
smartest failer in New Hampshire.
eau you use itY' inquired one oi
the crowd.
Who, of course. II you boys want
to see how our fathers got their wheat
to mill, I'll give you little exhibition
Here. bub, hold my hat
He buttoned his coat moistened hii
J hands, and began to work. The 6rs,
blow nearly broke 0 mans knee tha
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
There ia said to be a steady emf

There is said to be a steady emf
grafton of young physicians from all
parts towards Kansas. The secret Of
it is the new liquor law. Liquors are
only sold on physicians prescriptions.
Half dollar is charged for prescribing
two gills of whisky, and as the aver.
age Kansas man drinks in the neigh
borhood of a quart day there is a
probability that the doctors will soon
have all the money in the State.-&
Lovfs RepuxtcGN
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
milwaukee Sentinel !

That wondeiul remedy for rheuma.
tism, ST. Jacobs Oil, has been used by
a large number of people in this city,
and with effect truly marvellous. Ere.
quent reports are made where sufferers
have been afforded relief, and the sale
is geowing largely. The fact that i,
is an external remedy, commends it tc
many who would not otherwise thinl
of going out of the beaten track tc
find remedy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
GREAT GERM DESTROYER
DARBY'S
PROPHYLACTIC FLUID.
SMALL POx
ERADlCATED.

Contagion destroyed.
Sick rooms purified anC
made pleasant.
Fevered and Sick Per.
sons relieved and re.
freshed by bathing
with Prophylactic Flu.
Id added to the water
Soft White Complexion.
secured by It's use
In bathing.
Impure Air made harm
less and purified BY
sprinkling Darby,
Fluid about.
To purify the breath
Cleanse the Teeth, Il
can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved ant
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burns relieved instantly
Scars prevented.
Removes all unpleasan
odOrs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11

The druggist who hesitates now is
lost for the winter. He should sling
together some sw eet oil and liquorice
and bring out his cough cure ut once
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup does not pay
him enough profit.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
ADVERTISING RATES,

One square, one insertion, u ssch subse
exceeding one-fourth OF . column, 10 per inc
Figure work double these ratea; additional
charges where weekly or monthly changes are
made. Local Advertisements 10 cents per line
additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub
lished free OF charge. Obituary notices charged
rs Advertisements, and payable when handed In
Auditors Notices, a; Executors and Admins
traitors Notices. IS each; Estray, Caution ane
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
From the fact that the CITIZEN is the oldess
established and most extensively circulated Re-
publican newspaper in Butler county, @ Rspuk.
lcan county, 1t must be apparent to business
men that II is the medium they should use in
advertising their business. pa 81 81
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
1t Is the ONLY LINK running
Pullman Hotel Dining Cars
BETWEEN
chicano and Council Bluffs.

Pullman Sleepers on all Night Trains.
Insist upon Ticket Agents selling you Tickets
to buy II they do not read over the Chicago 8
North Western Railway.
II you wish the Best Travelling Accommodation
you Will buy your Tickets by this route, ~ AND
EILLTAKE NONE OTHER.
All Ticket Agents sell Tickets by this Line.
MARVIN HUGHITT, 2dN. p. g. Gen1 Magg'r
Chicago.
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sUBBCRIPTION RATES

No subscription will be discontinued until all
arrearages are paid. Postmasters neglecttng TO
notify ne when subscribers do not take out their
papers will be held liable for the subscriptlcn
Subscribers removing from one postoifice to
another should give US the name of the former
q well ~ the present Office.
All communications intended for publication
a this paper must be accompanied by the real
name OF the writer, not for publication but ~
. guarantee Of good faith.
Marriage and death notices must be sccomps-
nied by responsible name.
Address
THE BUTLER CITIZEN,
BCTLER. PA.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11

had Chronic Dysentery for one
yer. Peruna cured me. James Bren.
neu. Pittsburgb, Ps.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11
DIPTHERlA
PREVENTED.

Cholera dissipated,
Ship Fever Prevented by
Its use.
In cases Of death In the
house. 1t should always
be used about the
corpse-it will prevent
any unpleasant smell.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, &c.
Dangerous effiuvias OF
sick rooms and hos
pitals removed By its
use.
YELLOW FEVER
ERADICATFn.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11

DR.. John P. Gray, Medical Superin-
tepdeps Of tho New York State kvps-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11

Abuse FROM THE ASSASSIN.
The prisoner commented: Il donr
caae snap about it one way or other
If you had presented the letter you
would probably have gotten the money
but as you concealed it in q mean
sneaking way, you didn't get the mon
ey. It's very good letter anyway
but / don't like this way of stoppinf
and stealing my private letters ant
dragging them into court
|. SOMETHING ABOUT HEADS. -
Ur, Webster KempgtNr, Superintepd
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16
TO THE UNORGANIZED.

10 those WOrkingmen who belong to
trades that have no organization we de-
sire to say few words: Organize your
selves into protective and benevolent
society as quickly as possible. Truly,
"in union is strength" No man, be he
union or nOn-uniOn, will have the hardi.
hood to stand out in the face Of history
and say this is not true, particularly true
of the wagewOrker. We know there is
cry against trades unions, but who
started that cry, and who keeps it up till
the woods ring? The very men who bene-
fit by the lack of your organization.
This you know. 1t is true there are work.
ingmen, few land, thank God, Il very
few, who are opposed to organization ;
but who are they? In nine cases out OF
ten they are men who have been eN-
pelled from unions for some low, sneak
inc action, such as. is not cOuntenanced
by any upright man in any walk Of life,
and the tenth man is the one who by his
compromise of principle and manhood
has managed to stand in," SO to speak
Do not heed these men; they are the
vipers, the warts and scabs on decency
and honesty.
That it is beneficial in all respects tc
be organized is proven by the good &C.
complished in many ways-the protec,
ton awarded from grinding mOnopolistic
corporations, the elevation of morals in
the ranks, the raising and keeping up O.
the standard of good workmanship in
the skilled trades, the promulgation o.
honesty and temperate conduct among
all workmen, and general elevation O.
the people. A man, because he belongs
to trades union, need not 90 around
armed with pair of Colts navies anC
look blood and daggers at every employer
he meets. Unionism is not communism
and it is a mistake to think that the
words union, and riot run together
There are some narrow-minded, poorly
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16
THE STATE PRINTING STEAL

Secretary Medium has awardei thu
contract for doing the state printing for the
next two years to the Times. This was done
simply because the bid OF the Times was the
lowest and best made.-Times.
There is slight insccuracy IN the above
para graph which the Ne Us desires to overtake
before it gets cold. We desire to correct and
amenn the second sentence, that it NAV read
correctly, and as follows: "This was done
simply because the bid by the Times was the
result of political job" Nothing but the
characteristic or proverbial modesty of the
se,called afternoon paper prevented it from
making the statement quoted. This would
have been honest and of course the Times
cpdd not, aud be consistent With its record
say so. 1t is high time that halt was
made in the state printing steal, and it being
directly in the line of our duty, the News
will make it part of its duty to call the halt
now. The Times did not have the lowest OF
the bids read before the secretary OF state,
and the News is prepared to prove this broad
statement to be true. 1t is time that this
iobbesy and knavery should stop. 1t has
become too common, this sort of business, in
that branch of the 'sgrand old party" now
controlling the state to be held from public
view. Printing should be done for the state
just as 1T is done for the merchant. Amy other
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16

posted people in all classes who cannot
disassociate the word union from strike.
This is another great mistake. The day
for hasty striking has almost gone by,
we are happy to say, and the principle
of lust and fair arbitration is now the
ruling idea All the strong and success
full labor societies in the country to-day
descry strikes and advocate only nlypeace
measures by the system of arbitrating
between employer and employe. Sure
| ly, no just man, be he the greatest mag
nate or poorest Aborer, can see aught IN
this but right. Certainly, we have the
right to organize and be prepared at all
times to move in our own behalf. No.
body thinks it such a SIN for railroads
and other CORPORATIONS to combine for
protection and benefit And here is an
other good feature in organization near
lv all, and all chn have benevolent
scheme connected with their society, by
which a member is taken care Of in sick
ness or misfortune and his family pro-
vided for in the event Of his death. This
of itself should make you earnest in the
matter and hasten your tardy steps to
the goal of comparative security. Now,
we call upon you to move in this matter,
you, the representative men Of the few
unOrganized trades in Denver. If you
need assistance in bringing about the
much desired end, call upon the organ
izing committed of the Trades Assembly,
or show your willingness in the matter
and they will call upon you. The ad-
dress of the chairman Of this committee
can be had and will cheerfully be given
upon application at this office.
:: In closing, let us call attention to one
other matter. The knights Of Labor
have assemblies in this city and others
in various parts of the state. We need
not tell you that this society Outnumbers
to-day any other in America, and is
growing at q rate that would aStonish the
un5ophisticated Its aims and objects
are benpvocnce and the elevation of the
working classes. Its doors are not open
to any and all, neither does it make al
effort to pull anyone into the fold; but
if YOU are the right kind of man, YOU
can become d member by so bearing
yourself as to prove worthy.
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16

mauner of bidding is dishonest. When @
company or corporation contracts to do work
fol the state at figure far below that which
it costs them, in many instances, to purchase
! the stock from the wholesale dealer, We have
no hesitation in saying\that" fraud" is written
across every sentence of its contract. The
charge i a bold ore, but we stand ready 10
max it good. We challenge the jobbers In
this case to dsproVe figures that we may
present Right here and nov the NeWs gives
fair warning to the incoming secretary OF
state that he has duty to perform In tnlS
printing bu ,iness which cannot and must DOL
be overlo,kel The Times proprietor IS
betting on his ignorance. It's snlde olu
auouots to this and nothing more. lhlH
statement OF tsc.s is susceptible OF proof
Is there any di,4osiion upon the part OF the
outgoing ,r iucbming secretary OF state to
receive il News
"Thus bad begins and worse remains
behind" That the News is strong IN the
position it takes in the above extract we
are satisfied, and that it can prove the
statement made to the effect that the
Times did not have the lowest bid
opened by the secretary Of state we are
also ready to believe; but the question
is. will the proof be brought forward ?
1t has been more than a week since the
matter quoted appeared in the News, and
there has been nothing done If the de-
sire of that paper reaches no further IN
the direction Of reform than the mere
correcting Of the language used by the
Lawrence street concern, it appears to
us that the skin is very thin. An item
appeared in the News subsequent to the
above to the effect that the Times did
not cure-to discuss the question:" This
sounds very much like the last gasp Of
the yanquiShed, or the natural outcome
of an "amicable settlement. When
journal makes pretentions to being the
organ Of honesty and upright adminis-
tratiOn it doesn't seem the proper thing
to us for it to make such bold charges rs
are contained in the fOregoing extract
and then quietly drop the matter, simply
because 'the Times does not care to dis
cuss the question" This is not matter
for discussion, but piece of sWindling
and rascaIity that should be brought out
in all it's minuteSt particulars into the
broad open light Of day, and the culprits
punished in manner they deserve, We
are sorry to see the News, whose course
in exposing the frauds in municipal
matters we have entertained the greatest
admiration for, after firing one hot Shot
into the piratical craft quietly stuff the
swabbing stick back in its gun and with
draw from the field, as if defeated.
That there is fraud in the matter of Civ
ing out the state printing everyone who
knows ought Of the subject is perfectly
satisfied. When an institution takes
composition at ~ cents per 1000 ems
and pays 10 cents for the work. and then
builds a brownstone structure on the
profit, there must certainly be discrep-
ancv somewhere. We sincerely trust
this matter will not be allowed to rest
here, but that the facts in Substantiation
of the News assertion will be brought
forward and the proper steps taken
toward furnishing the guilty parties.
We may have more to say on this subject
next week.
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16

WE clip from the last issue Of the
Irish World the following strong Ian
guage, which is quoted from an address
delivered IN the city of New York, by
Right Rev. John Hughes, while speaking
upon the condition of the poor in Ire
and, IN 1917: 'The rights of life are
dearer and higher than those of property
and IN general famine like the present
there IS no law Of Heaven nor of nature
that torblds starving man to seize on
bread wherever he can find it. even
though 1t should be the loaves of propo-
sltion on the altar of Gods temple.
" Let US be careful not to bias
pheme Providence by calling this Gods
famine. Society, that great civil corpor-
alton which we call the state is hound
SO long as it has the power to do so, to
guard the lives Of it's members against
being sacrificed by famine from Within
as much as against their being slaughter.
ed by the enemy from without. But
the vice which is inherent in our sys
tenn of social and political economy is SC
subtitle that it eludes all pursuit that yor
cannot find or trace it to any responsible
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16
4 NEW RAILROAD NONE.

The manifest tendency of material
affairs in this country is toward the con-
CpntratIOn of capital in corporations,
which are endowed with a principle of
life infinitely greater than that of those
who organize and control them, and
which by the consolidation and mere
weight Of money are enabled to crush
individual enterprise and subject to their
use and benefit the profits Of the labor
Of the great mass of the people. The
most active and tyranniGal form that
these corporations, or artificial person
sOnages. take is that Of railroad COM
panies. In the short period Of few
generations they have grown 50 numer-
Gus, so powerful and SO aggressive that
they are not only able to regulate the
price of the products Of the soil, and
thereby the reward Of the labor of nearly
every citizen, but the politics of the
country as well and the course of legis-
latiOn from the ordinances Of town
council to the laws enacted by congress.
1t was cOntended at first that the num-
Der Of these corporations, their wealth,
their COLLECTING interests, and the spirit
of competition, if not of active hostility
that would inevitably arise from these
causes between them, would 90 far to
neutraIlze their power and insure the
safety Of society. But those who held
these opinions were mistaken. AS rail-
road companies with antagonistic inter-
estS multiplied in any particular section
their managers inaugurated the practice
of pooling their business and the profits
arising from it or, in other words, arhi-
trarlly fixing rates sufficiently high to
support all the cOntending roads and d.
Viding the profits. This was a death
blow to the idea of competition. The
more roads there were, the higher neces-
sari]y became the rates.
But pooling has it's limits. 1t has been
carried as far as it can be carried adj
vantageouSly to the railroad companies.
There are getting to be too many roads
and the division of profits under the
most exorbitant rates is GETTING 10 bo
too long. Consequently, the theory Of
what are called the territorial RIGHTS Of .
company has been invented and ad
vanCed. This is the new claim set I'M b,
President Porter, of the Chicago &
Omaha road. in his discussion with Presi
dent Mitchell, Of the Milwaukee & St
Paul road. 1t means that it shall be rec
EOgnized as an established principle il
railrOadIng that the main lines have ex
elusive rights in a special territory or, t.
be palmer, that to avoid both competi
E ton and pooling between too many roads
the continent shall be divided into dis
tricts, within which certain roads sha]
have the privilege Of plundering the in
, habitants by extortionate freight an
passenger rates, without let or hindrance
} and shall be sustained in their assumr
ton of exclusive arbitrary power b
: other roads. I
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16

1t does not make any difference, in this
connection, what the original matters ii
discussion between the officers of the
two roads named were. This new claim
put forward by the president of the
Omaha road presents clearly enough the
present status. At first it was said that
the people of the Omaha road had lost
their heads. But it is gradually trans
plrlng that they have the sympathy and
will have the support of the officers of
majority of the leading roads in the
country. 1t is probable, however, that
the claim will not be recognized at once.
The people must be given time to be-
como accustomed to the idea, which finds
It's counterpart in history only in the
Asiatic practice Of giving provinces to
satraps, and the Roman practice Of giving
these to pro-consuls to be plundered.
The Labor enquirer., 1882-12-16
OUR POLICY.

Our name denotes our mission, and it
is not a misnomer, but the objects and
aims in detail, the line Of policy we shall
pursue in relation to the leading ques-
tions of the day which relate to the work
ing classes, cannot be gathered from it
alone, and, as is the custom of-the in
augural number of any publication, We
desire to lay down few of the things
we will or will not support, and from
this groundworkwe shall draw our mode
ofdealing with all kindred matters, which
we may now omit, or which may in the
future arise, endeayoring to hew always
straight to the line, honoring the right,
respecting the truth and fearing nothing:
We shall endeayOr to- bring in under
the shelter Of the wing Of organization
all classes of producers, recognizing
knowledge and true moral worth as the
only standard of merit. To secure
to the laborer by legislation and
other honorable means fair remunera
ton for their services a shortening of
the hours cf labor, and the means and
OPpOrtunit es of enjoying all equal share
Of the prosperity created by their in
dustry. We shall: Strenu0usly oppose
the giving of land to railroad and other
corporations, advocating the reservation
of such to the actual settler. We shall
demand the repeal or modification Of all
laws which do not affect in an equal
degree labor and capital shall insist
upon the enactment of law giving the
mechanic the first lien on the products
of his wouk for all wages due him, and
the passage Of a reasonable and just eX
emption law in Colorado We shall
insist upon the abolishment Of the con-
tract system on national, state and mu-
niciyI work. We shall advise the sub
stitution of arbitration for strikes, where
such course is possible. We shall labor
to secure for both sexes the same pay
for the same work; and, as an
entirety, our aim shall be to strive for
the general benefit Of all who work for
wages; believing that in SO doing we are
striving for the good and prosperity of
our general government
All the foregoing, and much more, will
, be thoughtfully considered and carefully
placed before our readers; and to that
ehd we shalt endeavor. to obtain the
latest irf formation on all subjects of in
terest to our friends, and shall make
efforts to secure as coadjutors the intelli-
gent and thinking people who are with
US and of us.
With this We extend to you the hand
of fellowship and brotherhood, and refer
you to other matters of interest in these
columns