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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
1t Was Very Effective.

The King Of Dahomy received an in
voice of Krupp cannon not long ago
and conceived the idea of having them
mounted on elephants backs for use in
the field. With much difficulty this
project was carried out, and at the next
military review, the King ordered that
one of the guns be fired Immediately in
front of the royal position, first taking
the precaution to place a couple of
thousand of prisoners about where it
was calculated the ball would strike, 80
as to judge of the effectiveness of the
shot.
When all was ready, one of the big
gest elephants was backed around and
sighted Just as the lanyard was jerk
ed, however, the animal turned half
round to reach for peanut or some
thing, and the shell took off the Prime
Minister'S head and knocked hole as
big as sewer through the palace.
His Majesty wouldn't have cared 80
much if the matter had ended there-as
the Minister wasn't very prime and
the palace needed ventilation-but it
didn't. On the contrary, the elephant
which had been stood on his head by
the recoil, picked itself up in fury and
started in on the down grade ahead of
it's ticket. 1t upset the grand stand
the first rush, slung the grand chamber
lain and past grand carver of mission
aries into the next street. 1t then
jumped into the brass band with all
four feet, and if it hadn't got the big
drum over it's head so that it couldn't
see, would probably have cleaned out
the entire congregation. The King
was not found until the next morning,
and then, as he slid down out of ba-
mana tree, he was understood to re-
mark that there was one thing needed
to render his new artillery system an
entire success-that was to get the
enemy to adopt it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Natural Gas Fuels.

Years ago, in their eagerness to tap
from the earth its hidden treasures Of
oil, drillers generally expressed disgust
when nothing but gas rewarded thei'
efforts. Later, some enterprising men
began to turn their attention to this
great sou-ce of ca'oric, and, one by one,
number of iron and glass manufactor-
les in Pennsylvania carried the gas into
their mills. The Engineering and
Mining Journal says they have not
made much bluster over what they
were doing, and have quickly pocketed
the increased profits which their saving
of fuel, due to the use of gas, has given
them. Of late, however, the subject is
attracting considerable attention in a
quiet way, and recent developments in
dicate that the territory which may pos
sibly be able to draw upon the new
source of fuel supply is much greater
than is generally believed. Gas wells
have been opened and are utilized as
far west as Detroit, and as far south as
West Virginia, and Pittsburgh is now
getting excited over the extension of
the business of the Murraysville well in
Westmoreland County. Pipes have
been laid down to number of glass
and iron works in the eastern part of
the great Smoky City, and rapid ex-
tension of the field of the gaseous fuel
is looked farward to. The belief is ex-
pressed by men whose opinion is wor-
thy of much consideration, that the
number of localities capable of being
supplied with gaseous fuel in the States
of New York, Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, and Michigan Is much larger
than the majority have any conception
of, and the permanency of the flow OF
some of the older wells gives rise to
the hope that it is reliable fuel sup
ply. Its cheapness and cleanliness are,
of course, matters which are beyond all
doubt. There are indications that dur.
ing the present year a considerable
number of companies will form to sink
wells, and "boom'' is looked toward
to that may bring forth the unusal crop
of unsound enterprises.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Alive With a Broken Neck.

An operation was performed yester-
day afternoon by the physicians on
Mr.. Edward Swartz, of Dover town.
ship, who on Monday last had his
neck dislocated by the limb of tree
falling upon him during the storm of
that evening. The operation was a
critical one. The man might die in
the operation, and Drs West, of York,
and Gross, of Dover, informed the un-
fortunate man of his condition, and he
was willing to have the operation per-
formed.
Mr.. Swartz calmly had his family
called to bid him goodbye, expecting
that the result of the operation might
be a fatal one.
DR.. Hay took hold of the patients
head, and Drs. Weist and Long at the
neck and shoulders, and the reduction
of the fracture was successfully per-
formed. The patient Immediately
said he felt relieved, that he had more
feeling in his body, which had been
paralyzed, and felt less pain. 1t is
yet impossible to tell the result of the
operation. If the spinal cord was not
injured the patient may recover. The
case attracts much attention among
the medical fraternity, and considera-
BILE interest among the people general
ly, owing to the singular and critical
nature of the injuries.-Y York, Pa,
Dispatch.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

rolling of cold iron was first suggested
| by the fact that workman who was
placing piece of hot iron in the rolls
carelessly permitted his tongs to be
drawn in He noticed that they were
rolled, and not broken He called the
attention of the Superintendent to the
occurrence, and this led to investiga-
tion and experiment and the discovery
that cold rolled iron is equal to steel
for shafting purposes. The process of
rolling iron cold was not long after
ward patented, and millions of dollars
have been made out of the patent.
There are many similar instances
where observing workmen have called
attention to valuable processes. A sig
nal one was in the early period Of the
cotton manufacture, when good deal
of trouble was caused by the cotton
sticking to the bobbens. All the work
men in the mill were delayed by the
necessity Of stoping work to clean the
bobbins. At last one workman found
a way to obviate the trouble. He, and
he alone in all the mill, had clean bob
bins. For long time he kept his Sc
cret to himself. He finally revealed it
on the promise of a pint of beer a day
for life. His secret was to "chalk the
bobbins." That little scraping of salt
on the bobbins saved millions of dollars
year, and the observing workman got
not only his Deer, but competence.
Each extension of modern enterprise
and skill brings with it train of in
ventions. The railway, the telegraph,
the steamboat, the development of iron,
electricity, and petroleum, have each
produced long line of inventors more
or less successful, so that each of these
industries might have a creditable ex-
hibition by itself
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
The Arbitration Experiment.
For many years the organized wor

For many years the organized work
men of the State have been urging ar
bitration as means of avoiding ruin
Gus contests between the employers
and employed The difficulty in their
way, as they claim, was to get hear
ing from those who choose to speak
for those who only could have a CON-
mon interest with them in the ques-
tion, viz: their employers, and a long
time was spent in ruinous contests
without satisfactory. or indeed any re-
suits. Senator Wallace, who in the
time spoken of was the most uncom-
promising prosecutor of those who
urged the equality of workmen in their
dealings with their employers, at the
adoption of the principle of arbitration,
blossomed out as the advocate Of that
principle at the late meeting of the
Legislature, and presented bill pro-
viding for voluntary tribunal for such
arbitrations. The reason for this sud-
den conversion are not avowed, and
Mr.. Wallace has not given the work
men many reasons for feeling conf
dence in him as friend, but just the
reverse; so that when his bill was pre-
sented, it was looked upon with a
great deal of suspicion. The bill pass
through all it's stages, however, and
became law. The first attempt at
an application of provisions of the
bill has just been made, and brought
to conclusion in the Pittsburgh coal
region. The employers demanded
reduction of the price of mining from
three and half to three cents per
bushel, which the workmen rejected.
and stoppage of work was about to
take place. 1t was proposed that ar
bitration under the new law should be
resorted to, and the parties agreed.
The tribunal was organized about
month ago, and the subject gone into,
and it was found that the ultimate ar
bitrator-an umpire, must be resorted
to. Hon. John r. McCune was
agreed upon as an umpire, and after
performing his duty in examining all
the facts presented, he has submitted
his decision in letter giving his rea
sons for his conclusion, and DEGREES
that the price from the 2lst of May to
the 1st of October shall be three and
quarter cents per bushel. He reports
that he finds the trade somewhat de-
pressed, and the prices at which coal
can be sold readily will not warrant
the payment of three and half cents,
but three and quarter cents would be
fair price. 1t is stated that the work
men are satisfied with the reasons for
his decision, and are willing to abide
by it. The operators up to the time of
this writing have not expressed their
views on the point, but it is believed
they will likewise acquiesce, and thus
strike that would have been damag-
ing to all involved be avoided. What
ever may have been the motives lead
ing to the introduction of the bill,
should it prove to be effective in pro-
noting harmony, it will be hailed as
long step forward in the line of be-
neicent progress.-Armstrong Repubh-
can.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
How a Woman'S Life was Saved.

After she had tested the skill of all
best doctors in Western Pennsylvania
and New York, and had paid over
ST. 1000 without receiving any perma-
nent good, the limbs became affected
with even tenfold greater virulence,
not only eating away the flesh, but at
tacking the bones beneath. 1t also
affected her head and face, making her
almost blind and deaf, reduced to
mere skeleton, weighing but 80
pounds, the doctors pronounced her at
deaths door. Peruna was then given
her, as stated, and with the result
given on page "a in DR.. Hartman's
"Ills of life." She took no other med
icine and is perfectly well.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Whenever oil of turpentine, bel

Whenever oil of turpentine, ben
zole or either is used to remove grease
spots on cloth, the application should
be made on the reverse side
of the cloth by mOisten-
ing it with the solvent in a circle sur
rounding the spot, so as to approach it
gradually, having blotting paper in
contact with the spot Of grease to alb
sorb the fat Immediately; otherwise
the solvent will have the effect of
spreading the grease over larger
portion instead of driving it out of the
cloth. In the application of hot
iron to one side and blotting paper to
the other, the heat will drive the
grease out of the cloth into the paper,
because fat has tendency to move
from the hotter parts towards the
cooler
AT Council Bluffs the trains of the
Chicago & North Western and the U.
P. R'ys depart from, arrive at and use
the same joint Union Depot.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Murder Will Out.

A man named George West, of
Washington county, O., after silence
of seventeen years, has just confessed
on his dying bed to having assisted in
the murder of an oil speculator. His
story was that he and Ward, with q
man named Kirkbride, who now runs
a butcher shop in Matamoras, were the
murders-Ward and he holding the
victim while Kirkbride cut his throat.
The body was then thrown into we'll
the location of which the dying man
disclosed. He spoke of ring upon
his victims finger, which had not been
removed. Kirkbride is missing. The
we'll has been searched and human
skull found. Further search is in pro-
gress. Kirkbride's whereabouts are
unknown, be not having been in his
shop for two or three weeks. He will
probably be arrested as soon as found.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

A rare case is that of Andrew
Carnegie, of Pittsburgh, head of the
largest iron manufacturing concern in
this country. After accumulating
great fortune, he has returned to his
native Scotland, and it is said will
seek for election to parliament.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

Large tracts of land between Vic
toria and Indianola, Texas, have had q
hedge of McCartney's roses planted
around them, and, though exposed to
all kinds of stock, it is growing finely,
and in few years will be fence
which no kind of stock will attempt to
pass. This fence is everlasting, and
much cheaper then rails, wire or lum-
ber
-"It must have been slippery
weather when the prodigal son return
ed" The old gentleman asked: Why,
in your opinion, was it slippery"
Because" returned the small boy,
"the old man fell on his neck"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

-Watermelons, mostly from Geor-
gia never were NOSE plentiful at this
season of the year. The freight from
there here is from 800 to Sl00 per car,
and in some instances consignees re-
fused to take them knowing that they
could not realize enough to pay the
freight.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

In these days of temperance sgi-
tation, and among the multifarious de-
vices to bring about u temperance re-
formation, it would be a refreshing
change to see the reformers make some
movement agairs S; the drinker as well
as the seller of liquor. The drink busi-
ness is regulated by the law of demand
and supply, and SO long as men call for
rum it will be forthcoming. law or no
law. The seller is an accessory, but
the drinker is the principal The drink
er plans to get drunk, knowing just
what the result will be. The modern
style of reform is, to give the seller
Hail Columbia. and the drinker hot eof-
fee and sandwiches and, metaphori-
cally, to wipe away his maudlin tears
with the assurance that he is noble
hearted fellow with appetite. This
is not even-handed justice. Whatever
criminality attaches to the seller at
taches to the buyer and consumer.
Seller and drinker are practically in the
same boat-they are there because
they choose to be. The law now in
force in Name recognizes the fact. The
man who gets drunk, either on or off
his own premises, is fined and inn
prisoned equally with the one who
sells the liquor. The law which
would reform the one must also deal
with the other.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Several of our exchanges have ha

Several of our exchanges have had
a squib lately about the merchants OF
Oil City being taken in by an advertis-
ing fraud following or preceding, Sells
Bros circus, all ended by saying "here-
after those merchants will advertise in
newspapers" Hereafter, those mer-
chants will do DO such thing. They
will just in the sweet bye and bye until
some other advertising fraud with some
other scheme comes around and then
they will all contribute again, under
the mistaken notion that they are ad-
yertising their business.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

An Illinois woman has done no
work since her recent conversion, and
her husband has sued the revivalist
who was instrumental in destroying
her household usefulness.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Know Whereof / Speak.

For have used it extensively. re-
gard Parker's Ginger Tonic most ex-
cellent for kidney, lung and stomach
disorders. 1t invigorates without in
toxiacting J. Francir, Religo Philos
Journal, Chicago.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

MFR. Will T. Montelius, Mt. Car
mel, Pa, says: al was entirely cured
of dyspepsia, general debility and loss
of appetite by using Browns Iron
Bitters
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
DELEYAN, Wis, Sept. q, lS7S

DELEVAN, w IS, Otpl. Il, 1910.
GENTs-I have taken not quite one
bottle of the Hop Bitters. l was a
feeble old man of 73 when I got it
To-day l am as actiye and feel as we'll
as l did at go see a great many
that need such medicine.
d. BoYCE.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

-"Ihad Salt Rheun for 19 years.
Four packages Of DR.. Benson's Sk:n
Cure entirely cured me, ,"-F. p. La
velle, Merced, Cal. 81. at druggists.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

The Diamond Dyes for family
use have no equals. All popular colors
easily dyed, fast and beautiful. 10
cents a package.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

An enthusiastic country exchange
remarks: "The hills and valleys are
carpeted with the verdant growing
crops" A neat idea. The carpet,
strictly speaking, is of the ingram va
riety.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

Washington, Pa, presents TO the public CE-
MENT! More durable than IRON for stoves,
ranges, fire places and steam mills. Also, set
CRATES in workman-like manner. This Cement
takes the place of stove backs. All work guar
anteed july25-12t.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15
Old Manuscript Ink.

While examining large number of
manuscripts of an old scribe some 20
years ago, was struck with the legi-
bility of the writing, owing in a great
measure to the permanent quality of
the ink, which had not faded in the
least, although many of the manu-
scripts were at least 200 years old.
1t was remarkable, too, that the writer
must have been celebrated in his day
for the excellence of his cali sraphy,
for / met with letter or two from his
correspondents in which there was a
request for the receipt of the ink he
used. | found his receipts, which |
copied, and from one of them, dated in
1924, | have during the last Is years
made all the ink | have used. The
receipt is as follows: Rain water, |
gallon; gals, bruised, 1 pound greer
! pound; gum arabic, 10
ounces, 5 drains, scruple Not re-
quiring so large quantity at q time,
| reduced the proportions by one-eight,
and the receipt stands thus; Rain
water, pint; gals, bruised, ! ounces;
green copperas, 6 drams; gum arabic,
10 drains. The gals must be coarsly
powdered and put into a bottle, and
the other ingredients added. The bot
tie, securely stopped, is placed in the
light (sun if possible) and its contents
stirred occasionally until the gum and
are dissolved, after which it
is enough to shake the bottle daily,
and in the course of month or six
weeks the ink will be fit for use.
have ventured to add 10 drops of car
bolic acid to the contents of the bottle,
as it effectually prevents the formation
and growth of mold without any de-
triment to the quality of the ink, so
far as I know.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

The year keeps up its reputation
for disasters.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

Chi1ls and Fever.
y. RIVAL, Planter at Bayou Sara, La. says:
NV plantation is In q malarial district. For
eeveral years could not make half a crop on
account of bilious diseases and chtlls. / was
neerlv discouraged when began the use Of
TUFTS PILLS. The result was marvellous:
NV leborers soon became hearty and robust,
and have had no further trouble.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-08-15

They relieve the eng0rged Liver, cleanse
the Hood from pOisOnOus hum0rs, and
cause the bowels to act naturally, with
ont Which no one can feel well.
Try this remedy fairly, and y9u VIII Ealn
9ICc<1 S1r0nT Nerves, and . Sound Liver.
Price. eS Cent. once, as Murray St, n. Y.
Daily Republican., 1883-10-27
Annie Culture.

Mr.. E. N. Moore's prolific apple tree
at Odessa, which bore this year about
one hundred and twenty baskets of APP
PIES, is but one of the many proofs OF
the adaptation of the Delaware soil and
climate to the culture of fruit. Here
was a single apple tree that would have
netted s36 allowing the low price Of
thirty cents basket on the average.
Without crowiing even large apple
trees, an acre of land would convenient.
ly contain and support fifty apple trees
and providing that each tree would
only be one quarter as prolific as Mr.
Moore's tree-say thirty baskets per tree
the net receipts at thirty cents a basket
would be $500 per acre. Even allowing
but We baskets per tree, the receipts
would be S75 per acre and this would
be better than raising twenty five bush
els of whea. per acre at dollar . bush
el with no allowance for cost of seed
phosphates and labor attending crop
of wheat. 1t cannot be expected of
course that Mr.. Moores apple tree shall
be accepted as standard of an apple
crop, but such proliticness does 60 to
show that there is money in a fair
average crop of apples, and that with
cultivation and care the apple Is surer
than a peach crop.
An apple orchard will not grow into
money as quickly as a peach orchard,
but its tardiness at first, setting out is
more than made up by its long lease of
life after it grows into profit. 1t Is just
possible that the peach grower may
find after he has exhausted his land III
the culture of peaches, and can raise
no more peach trees, that he has made
a mistake by not having planted ont an
apple orchard during the height of his
peach fever to fall back upon when
peaches fail to become lucrative. In
the great rush to get rich at raising
peaches, there is danger ofcrowding the
old reliable apple crop out of all ca!cu.
latiOns as factor in making money.
Daily Republican., 1883-10-27

trade does this between England and
her Indian Colonies where will be
the foreign market for our American
farmers. II England can supply her
self with wheat at twenty-five cents
bush-l, under tree trade, she can sup
ply the u nitel States, as we'll, under
the same system with wheat at but a
small advance. Mr.. Bayard very pa
thetically asks: "What will then re.
main for our farmers to do but to burn
their grain, as they once did In ILL
nois?" Mr.. Bayard might Is well have
told his audience that the period alluded
to when farmers burnt their grain was
under Democratic free trade and not
under Republican protection. The fact
he stated is not disputed but the cir.
give 1t different embel-
lishment. Mr.. Bayard's professed
anxiety for the farmer will be heartily
shared and if those farmers would
avoid the calamity referred to, they
should all heartily favor protective
tariff that will not cut them down to
raising wheat for twenty-five cents a
bushel. Mr.. Bayard's speech, as with
many more of his speeches, was made
in the interests of Mr.. Bayard. He has
not forgotten the grip he holds on the
electoral vote of Mary Wand and he evil
IDENTIFY intends not to lose that grip
We have no doubt at ali that the Re-
publican County of Talbot will answer
his arguments on the sixth of Novem-
Der by giving largely increased Re-
publican majority.
Daily Republican., 1883-10-27
Look Out for
Cold Weather.

Now that the winter is ap-
preaching, every one should
be prepared for it, and there
is no, surer way Of keeping
off its biting blast than by
purchasing a good, warm
Suit and Overcoat for your.
sell: or the boys. 1t may save
a doctors bill and a heap Of
lost time. The next consider
alton is where to get them,
and the best and cheapest
place to purchase. Now. if
the reader will call at 22S
Market street, they will find
as large and varied a stock of
all kinds of Mems, Boys and
Children's Clothing as can be
found in this city; further
more, he will find the prices
lower than the same class OF
goods can be purchased else
where, the proprietor being
desirous of turning his goods
into money as soon as pos
sible, on the principle that a
nimble sixpence shelter than
a slow shilling. Remember,
we mean business when we
say we can give you the best
clothing in this city for the
least money. Call and see
and you will be convinced.
In our Merchant Tailoring
department we have always
Ibeen at the front. We have
a superior cutter, the best OF
workmen,and guarantee sat-
isfaction in every garment
we make. Our stuck of piece
goods are too numerous to
particularise t h e different
styles, but the most fastidious
can be suited in style,and our
prices are the lowest. We
make suits to order aslow as
SIS, from that upward. Call
and see the styles and prices
at