Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-28
NO. 10
Gleanings.

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"A joking youth by the name Of
John Jacobs is almost crszy' at Casey.
vile, ILL.,, because he was fool enough
to point gun which wasn't loaded
at Catharine Edwards, on Saturday
evening. He snapped the cap and the
gun was loaded to kill, and did it's
work effectually The shot entered
her breast and she died instantly.
A wealthy but very parsimonious
Maine man who, two or three DAYS
before his death. awoke in the even
ing, and, turalng to the watcher at
the bed side, asked. "How much do
they give you a night?' "Two dol
lars and half" was the reply. "Well
you needn't come any more; | can't
stand such sum as that and he
didn't.
A gentleman, while bathing at
sea, saw his lawyer rise up at his side
after long dive. After exchanging
salutations, says he: "By the way;
how about Gunther ?" "He is in jail,.'
replied the lawyer, and dived again
The gentleman thought no more of it.
but, on getting his account, he found,
ITO consultation at sea, about the in
generation of Gunther, three dollars.n
In the crowded railway carriage:
First Traveler-'I say, do open
that window there or I'll suf.
tocate " Second Traveler-"Don't
you open that window there, or it'll
give me an attack of pneumonia"
First Traveler--"Th makes no diff
ference! If you have pneumonia you
won't have it for week, whereas, ifI
am sutfocated, I'll suffocate now.
Open that window there"
People who cannot spend the sea-
sons of winds and cold rains in sunny
Florida should keep DR.. Bulbs Cough
Syrup in the house. 1t is the best
remedy for colds and coughs and will
relieve sufferers at once
A sharper has been working some
counties to the west of US by travel.
ing from house to house and receiving
ware to plate, and after keeping it for
short time returning base metal
plated in place of the genuine articles.
How people with good common sense
can in these days be persuaded to trust
their property to an entire stranger,
seems beyond explanation, but they do
it all the same.
An aged citizen of Cleveland, Pc
ter Kimball by name, has laid the
for universal unpopularity by an
nouncing that the fife, if played with
force and resolution, is the best medi-
cine for weak lungs. He believes that
he would have been. cut off untimely
half century ago but for his fife, in
stead of which melancholy fate he half
every chance of blowing himself into
his second century, having already
passen mis- nineteth birthday with
great store of health and spirits yet on
hrnd.
Wilsonia Magnetic Appliances are
the most wonderful invention of the
present day. Each appliance is, in
itself, a never failing fountain of mag
netic force, which, when worn on the
person of the sick, seem to change the
quality of the blood, and supply to the
nerves the tone and strength lost by
disease See advertisement on anoth
er page.
Judge Dean, of Cambria county,
Pa, has taken departure in the
license business that creates consider
oh IN TnnoIou ho
fused eighty of the applicants for
license. The Judge ciphered up that
taking the entire number of applica-
tions Q7O) and the population, it
would make one drinking place for
every 264 inhabitants in the county.
Deducting the women and children, it
would leave one bar to every 56 men.
Assuming that only one-half the men
drink, this would give one drinking
place for every % adult men. This
was trife more tavern than was nec-
essary for the accommodation OF the
travelling public, and entirely toe great
a proportion of taverns to population.
Judge Dean has since refused to recon-
slider his action.
Thomas Jones, Mt Carmel, Pa,
says: II used Browns Bitters effect
ually for pain in the side, dizziness
and indigestion"
The keepers of the famous Eddy
stone Light House off the Deavon-
shire coast have lately been relieved
after long Imprisonment Fierce
gales prevented all communication
with the shore, and for several days
previous to their release the men were
in q critical condition. Their reserve
stock of food had been exhausted and
they had kept themselves alive by
drinking lamp oil. They were, more
over without fuel, and the lamps,
which they faithfully kept bright, were
the only source of heat in the light
house. They were, moreover, re-
duced to such a condition that they
could speak to each other only in mon
osyllables They kept signals of dis
tress fly ing for fortnight in the hope
of attracting the attention of passing
vessels, but though the signals were
seen the weather was so boisterous
that it was impossible to send relief.
A Remarkable Case.
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