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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
A Flock of Geese in Harness.

A gentleman living in Atlanta tell
a wonderful story.
"When 1 was in Alabama. between
Porter's Gap and Millersville. sale
he, 81 came to country place where
a man was driving ten or twelve
geese from branch toward a cottor
patch. For Heavens sake said /
what is it you have on the necks O.
those geese?"
"Those. are gourds, full of water. ]
prive the geese into that cotton patch
and keep them there all day wedding
out the cotton. There is no water in
the cotton patch and have to give
them water in this way to keep them
there.
"Those geese will weed out mere
cotton in a day than two people
would. They will eat the weeds and
grass, but they won't touch the cot.
ton.
"But how do they get the water
out of those gourds under their
necks?
"They drink out of each others
gourds. Each gourd has an open.
ing in the side, so that another goose
can put his bill into the gourd and
drink. If you will stay here long
enough you will see it yourself.
II waited there half day to see
that performance, and finally saw
it. The geese did just as the man
said they would. When a goose got
thirsty he walked up to his neighbor
and coolly drank out Of the gourd on
his neck.
"That story is good enough to
print?
Eyes, hut don't you put my name
to it. 1t is strictly true, and l don't
mind telling it to people who know
me, but don't want to risk my rep.
utation on it with q stranger.
The story was repeated to another
gentleman, who said:
THAT is the trouble with a good
many people in this country. They
leave the geese to weed out their cot
ton, so to speak, while they do some
thing else.-Atlanta Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Working-Men Can Think.

The old-time Southern epithet ap.
piled to Northern free working men
was "mudsills." 1t carried with it a
taunt that they were Uf inferior clay
to the naughty slave-driver of the
South, and that they were incapable
OF mastering the details of politics or
political economy. Evidently Messrs
Mills and Breckenridge have not got
ten over the old impression. Other
wise they would not make the absurd
mistake of telling the working man
that the best way to better his condi.
tion is to remove every obstacle to
competition. No working man gift
ed with shred OF common sense can
be deceived by such ridiculous asser-
tions. There will no doubt be Demo-
cratic votes cast on election day by
laboring men, bat not by the workers
who think and observe. The latter
class can judge by experience of the
effects of competition The Californ-
Ian worklDg-man, whose experience
dates back to the days before the ad-
vent of the railroads, knows that
when cheap freight rates did away
with the natural protection he had
previously enjoyed, his wages came
down, and he has sense enough to
perceive that if the artificial barrier
created by the tariff were removed.
and the products of foreign cheap la
Dor were admitted free. the immedi-
ate effect would be to reduce his
wages to the common level of the
competing countries. Messrs Mills.
Watterson and Breckenridge might
as well tell the working-men that fire
will not burn them as to tell them
that competition will not injure them.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
TRY 1T YOURSELF.

st is Of no use TO argue the question,
! am neither stubborn nor opinionated, j
haye simply had a lesson that will last life
time"
"Look here, Jackl you are like some old
bachelor who has been Tilted by one wO-
man, and goes about declaring all women are
false"
"Not Mt all my brother Charles died of
Brights disease, brought on by using one of
these so-called blood purifers'-fhe kind
you see attractively advertised in every nook
and corner. IL contained iodide of potassium,
a drug useful in extreme cases when eau
tiously given under doctors supervision,
but death-dealing to all who take it in guam
tity. If y0ur brother had died under such
circumstances, you would hate patent medi.
cines as ] do"
81 do dislike the name of that miscalled
blood purifier for | have heard first class
physicians say it IL the cause Of half the cas-
es of Brighps disease in the country, and it is
strange the prOprietors have not been prose-
cuted for selling it.. But was recommend
ing Vinegar Bitters and that does not con
tain any mineral, narcotic or other hurtful
drug"
ooh, nobody supposes that old woman's 8
remedy will hurt anybody; the question is
will 1t cure anything? I'd as soon think of
taking some of my grandmothers herb tea )"
'You would be better off, Jack, if you had
some Of that tea TO tone up your system now,
instead of taking glass of brandy to make
you sleep one night, and perhaps bottle OF
beer the next"
"Is this temperance lecture, PHILIP"
"No, it is Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've
| taken the medicine more or less for fifteen
years, and look the world over, you will not
| find a healthier man than | am.'
La. .a N "A. l.lI "A. T.,
| and new style Vinegar Bitters; are they diff
| ferentW
| z ayes, the old style looks like coffee with
milk in it, the new style like coffee without
milk. The man who made the old style foi
| twenty years-a practical chemist made 8
milder, pleasanter, preparation, adding to il
here, and taking from it there, until he pro
| duced, my wife says, the finest medicine evel
| made. II cured her Of constipation, and il
cures the children Of hives and all the littl,
ailments they ever have. II my wife thinks
| they have worms, she doses them with olC
style. We always have both kinds in tn,
house, and together they keep the doctor
away"
"And you insist that the proof Of the pud
ding"
SIS the eating-precisely. Jack, get I
bottle Of the old style Vinegar Bitters-mer
| ! think, prefer old style usuaily--try it, ant
: you will then be like an old bachelor who
after railing against women for years, fall
in love with.a good woman at last. You viii
say there are good and bad patent medicines
but Vinegar Bitters is the best of the lot.'s
'All right, Phil. to please you, Ill try
and report results
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
A Railway Catechism.

How many miles of railway in the
United States? One hundred and
fifty thousand six hundred miles
about half the mileage of the world.
How much have they cost? Nine
billion dollars. How many people
are employed by them? More than a
million. How long does steel rail
last with average wear? About eigh.
teen years. What is the cost of a
palace sleeping car. About $4,000.
or SIT 900 if "vestibuled. What is
the cost of high-class eight-wheel
passenger locomotive? About $500.
What is the longest American rail-
way? Hoosac Tunnel, on the Fitch
burg Railway (5f miles). What is
the highest railroad in the United
States? Denver and Rio Grande,
Marshall Pass, 1882 feet. What is
the highest railroad bridge in the
United States? Kinzua Viaduct, on
the Erie road, 3O5 feet high. What
is longest railway bridge span in the
United States? Cantilever span in
in Poughkeepsie Bridge, 54S feet.
What is the longest mileage operated
by single system? Atchison, Tope-
ka and Santa Fe system, about 5000
miles. What line of railway extends
furthest East and West? Canadian
Pacific Railway, running from Que
bee to the Pacific Ocean. What road
carries the largest number of passen-
gers? Manhattan Elevated Railroad,
New York, 525, 900 day, or l9l,
625, 5,0cO yearly. What is the fastest
time made by a train? Ninety-two
miles in ninety-three minutes, one
mile being made in forty-six seconds,
on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad. What is the fastest time
made between Jersey City and San
Francisco? Three days, seven hours
thirty-nine minutes and sixteen Sec
onds-special theatrical train, 1886.
What are the chances of fatal acci-
dent in railway travel? One killed
in 100000. Statistics show
more are killed by falling out Of win
dows than in railway accidents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Curculio and Chinch Bugs.

Bulletin No. 4 of the Ohio Agricul-
tur al Experiment Station discusses
some elaborate experiments in pre-
venting curculio injury to cherries,
and treats in practical way the best
midsummer remedies for the chinch
bug, which has lately appeared in de-
structive numbers in Ohio. In the
cherry experiment, which was con.
Quoted by the station entomologist,
Clarence M. Weed. twenty-five thou
sand five hundred cherries were In.
dividually cut open and examined,
and the conclusion reached that three
fourths of the cherries liable to injury
by the the curculio can be saved,
without danger to the user, by spray.
ing with q solution to London pur.
pie soon after the blossoms fall.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Free Trade Wages.

When W. II. Perkins, who has re.
Gently returned from European trip,
was asked what he had noticed about
free trade in Europe, he said:
while in Brussels, Belgium, last
summer l saw some skilled laborers
making spiral steel car springs, such
as we use on our freight cars. They
received GO cents per day. while our
blacksmiths receive 50 for the same
work l asked the Belgian proprie-
tor why he didn't pay more. He said:
L am handicapped. When I get 500
worth of car springs into the New
York harbor( for l sell my car springs
in America) / have to salute your
Yankee flag and give up $50"
"Where does that come from?" 1
asked.
"It comes off my mems wages" he
SAID
"But suppose America had free
trade.
"Free trade!" he exclaimed, "Why
/ would flood the Yankees with car
springs. l would treble my wor ks
tomorrow"
But wouldn't that break our steel
car-spring makers up?" i asked.
Eyes, for awhile"
GLOW long?"
"Why, till your men worded for 60
cents day, as our men do"
"But there are politicians in Amer
ica," | said, "who advise the labor
ing men to vote for this same free
trade"
"And the men listen?"
"Some ignorant ones do"
"Well," said the Belgian manufact.
urer, "instead of listening to q dema.
gogue who would decrease their high
wages down to the wages of our poor
people, your American laborers
ought to drive such a demagogue ou,
of the country."-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
He Wrote His Prayer.
From lhe Toledo Blade. ]

From lhe Toledo Blade
There is story illustrating the
Rev. Simon Peter Richardson's
brightness of mind. On one occasion
the venerable preacher was In COM
pany with several other divines,
among them the Rev. Sam Jones
Uncle Simon Peter was on the pro-
gramme for a prayer, and. preparing
to leave the group. said:
"You must excuse me, for | have
got to go and write my prayer"
"Wbat, Uncle Rich, you don''
mean to say you write your prayers,
exclaimed Mr.. Jones.
Certainly | do" said the good old
man. 81 write my sermons yet, and
you don't think I'D write what Pve
got to say to men and not write what
I've got to say to God Almighty, dc
your"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
The Man Who Wasn't Fitten
NJ. QUAD IN DETROIT FREE PRESS.

NJ. QUAD IN DETROIT FREE PRESS.
The next afternoon | reached Por.
ter's place, so called, though there
was only a single cabin and rough
shed for the mule. l happened in al
an unfortunate moment A girl ab3lt
IA years of age saw me coming N
the trail, and she came down bit to
meet me. She was veritable elfin in
look, bareheaded, barefooted, ragged
and her tangled hair flying around
her head. She had finger in her
mouth as she came up, but she took
it out to say:
"Cribbins to you, stranger"
"And cribbins to you, my child
The term "cribbins" is often used
in the place of "Hello!" or "How are
you?" The meaning is that you have
arrived at crib or feeding place and
are welcome.
"And how are pap and mann"
asked as we shook hands.
MANS dun gone and got mad,
and pap's cryin'. Can't you hear her?
Nam shouldn't jaw-bone pap all the
time. Pap does best he kim"
| could hear the shrill tones of q
woman's voice as we drew nearer,
and when we reached the door halt.
ed in embarrassment. seeing tnat the
family skeleton was out.
"Oh! maml' called the girl whose
name was Mary.
"You shet!" replied the woman,
whose back was toward us.
"Oh! nam. but yere's goerp' (tra
veler.)
The mother came to the door, sur.
veyed me for moment, and then ex-
tended her hand and said:
"Cribbins to you, stranger. Jim,
yere's goer: Come here and clutch. ,
A tall, thin, cadaverous. looking
man came forward, wiped his eyes
with q rag, blew his nose severa
times, and held out his hand and said
"Gripety-to clutch, and cribbins tc
you, stranger. Pete Farrell was
along this morning, and he said you
was maxim this way"
perhaps / had better go on"
"Oh! shucksl" exclaimed the wife
"you come right in! It's nothin' tc
speak Of, | was dun tellin' Jim what
a pore wuthless critter he was"
STRANGER, Jim Porter gins ye crib
bins with all his heart" added tn,
man and we went in.
The situation seemed to strike
Mary all in heap and after hearty
laugh she said:
Pears 80 titterish that he'ur
caught nam coon.killin' dad?"
"You shet! called the mother, "if
was coon KILN dad he desarved itl'
"I'll leave it to he'un if | do" pu
in the husband
"It's this way" explained the CIR
as she stood up to motion it of, and he
face covered with laugh. "Mam'
great getter (bustler). Dads I
great sitter. We's pore and that make
nam mad, but dad says we's bounc
to be pore, and 80 he don't worry"
"That's 1t honey" said the woman
"and now, stranger, want to hev
little buzz (talk) with you. wan
to tell you all about jim"
"And want to tell you oil abou
her." aided the husband.
"And want to tell ye all abou
the hull passle of 'em!" chucklet
Mary in high feather.
The mother jumped for her, bu
the girl skipped out doors with
: shout, and then we prepared for tn
: talk | gave jim Cigar. the wifi
lighted her pipe, and when the smok
got to curling up she began.
Stranger, we ar the most shuck
less passle in these yere hills, an ht
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
A Comet In the Sky.

The Brooks comet is in the sky
about thirty degrees from the sun, SC
that it does not remain long above
the horizon alter sunset, and is quite
faint even to observers. 1t is slowly
approaching the earth and receding
from the sun. 1t is now in the lower
part of the great bear constellation,
and is moving toward Leo. At pres
ent it is $4,000, 900 miles from the
earth and will be 100000 miles
nearer on the 25th inst. Then il
will recede, and will probably be lost
to view about the middle of Septem-
ber. Its path is not similar to that
of any recorded comet, and it will
probably not again return to the
earth for thousands of years, If ever
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
A Graphic Description OF the
Market Street English
Editor.
New York SUM-

New York Sum-.
1t is amusing to hear Simon-pure
free trader when he lets himself
loose, takes a running high jump over
the facts, and gayIy lands on the soft
est spot he can find, not infrequently
in consequence landing on his head.
Doubts and Difficulties envelop many
subjects to the generality of men, but
the free trader is cocksure. Other
people may conjecture. suppose, sur
mise. He knows; in fact he knows
it all. Standing on a tripod of supe-
riority, he darts prophetic Greek fire
at his life. long foe. protection. But
the unappreciative world refuses to
be set on fire, and laughs and goes
its way. So that the economist
prophet usually remains without hon.
or in his own country, and il even
compelled to share in the blessings
which protection brings upon it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
THE HARD WORKING FAR
MER.

Air: old Log Cabin IN the Lane.
am hard working farmer and farming i:
my trade,
work upon my farm both day and night,
Feeding pigs and chickens and doing neces'
sary chores
And seeing that my stock is kept right,
L always can be found where my duty bids
me go,
Whether in the sunshine or the rain,
Upon the little farm with my wife and chill.
dren too,
In that rented log cabin in the lane.
Then here's luck to every farmer that works
upon the farm,
May protection for them always remain,
May tariff protect their sheep, when they lay
down to sleep
On their pretty little farm in the lane.
The sweat drops from my brow upon each
hill of corn,
As the day goes by and night comes steal
ing on,
The boy who rides the horse to plough keeps
footing of his horn,
By yelling all the time, Go long,
And when I'm near the end hear that well
come sound
Ofour sea shell sounding from the lane,
IT'S my supper call / know as it vibrates
through the air,
From that rented log cabin in the lane.
CHORUS.
Then here's luck to every man that works
upon the farm,
May Protection for them always remain,
May tariff protect their sheep when
they lay down to sleep
On their pretty little farm in the lane.
Now this little tariff cry is more precious
and more dear
To myself and my darling Mary Jane.
The reason why l think SO is because it pro-
tects our home,
Which shelters our babies in the lane.
Although our fiocks are small, they're pro.
tected all the same,
And we ask for tariff On the grain,
For we would rather pay it on what little we
consume,
Than to lose our log cabin in the lane.
CHORUS.
Then here's luck to every laboring man who
earns his daily bread,
May Protection for them always remain,
May tariff protect their home and may sor-
rows never come
Around their happy freside in the lane.
Our brother working man is now getting
good wages
TyFor every days work he can do,
If they take his wages from him, to his wife
what will they say
When they see her children dying, too.
His wife, his family and himself are trying
their best to get along.
Will they stop his work and give his
family pain,
For if they remove the tariffjust to help that
foreign throng,
It's good-by to all laborers in the lane.
CHORUS.
Then here's luck to every laboring man who
earns bis daily bread,
May Protection for them always remain,
rows never come
Around their happy fireside in the lane.
FARMER.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Lots Of Cheek.

"See here, Jack. You know Bill
Martin, don't you? Used to travel
for the HighGgure Insurance Compa-
n.y."
eyes, what of him?"
"Well, he's got new job"
"What is it?"
"Working for lapidary at big
salary. He had only talked to the
lapidary few minutes when he was
engaged"
"What for?"
"Why, to grind diamonds on his
cheek, don't you know. The lapida-
ry said it was the hardest thing that
he had ever come across"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
An Old Puzzle.

Prefix letter to the last word Of
| the first line, and you will have the
last word of the second line; then pre-
fix letter to the last word of the Sec
ond line. aud you will have the last
word of third line; as old, cold, scold1
WHAT DID he SELL?
The captain strobe from fore 10 -
As lordly on his simple -
AS though it were some noble -.
He shouted, showed and ordered -
The floating warehouse brought to -;
Then. changing tone from blunt to -
He cried his cargo: "Tons Of -
Goals, linens, jewels, apples, -!
Who'll buy my wares at any -"
And buyers came with eye and
Bought large or little, pearl or -,
From book to barrel, spoon to -.
He sold by irch and sold by =;
Sold plow and screw, soil type and -;
Sold muslin for ladys -;
Sold pipss of win, and casks of -:
Sold drums aud fifes the camp to -;
Sold game from rabbit up to =;
Sold fish, from salmon down to -;
Lumber, for pencils and for =;
Dishes, from silver cup to -.
He sold to scribes and print -;
To florists, lily bulbs aud -;
Sold sparrows cages stocked with -.
He sold to sketcaers, Iadian -;
Sold chains Of gold and m my
That blacksmith's forge and teamster's -.
He sold to seedsmen hemp and -:
To milliners sold silk and -;
10 dentists tools that pull or -.
lie sold to wear, to dri, ,k, to -;
He vended cold and traficked =.
The venders voted him a =.
The ssle was out; the tide was -.
The noat, renewed by plank and -
Again adown the stream did -.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

sneeringly proclaimed "Tippecanoe"
Harrison is low fellow, "born In .
log cabin" His friends ut once made
the Log Cabin the emblem Of the
most enthusiastic OF campaigns. War
ner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and
"Tippecanoe" stomach tonic are en-
Enthusiastically received by the Ameri.
can people to-day. because they are
the remedies Of the common people
simple but effective.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
She Was Cold.

They were riding together in the
moonlight, and he was trying hard
to think Of something pleasant to
say. All of sudden she gave slight
shiver.
Are you cold, Miss Hsttie?" he
asked, anxiously. II will put my
coat around you IL you like"
well. yes" said she, shyly, with
another little shiver; II am . little
cold, | confess; but you needn't put
your coat around me. One Of the
sleeves will do"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Hot Water for Ivy Poisoning.

A correspondent in Scienttf
american writes as follows:
Let me add my testimony M to
the efficacy of hot water in curing the
posion by ivy, The best way Of sp.
plying it is to keep q spirit lamp un-
der the tin containing the water %
hot as the skin will bear. The sensa-
tion of relief from the intolersble itch.
ing is so immediate and SO complete
that it Ia almost worth while to be
poisoned by ivy to experience 1t.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
The Old Man Ahead.

The old gentleman was entertain.
ing a couple of friends at dinner with
some very aged stories, when Bobby
veDtured to remark, between bites:
"Pa. what is a chestnut"
"a chestnut, Bobby" explained
the old gentleman, with great pres
ence of mind, "is a small nut which
grows on chestnut trees. They are
very delicious when roasted without
worms. I'll buy you some in the
fall"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Canoeing is not quite so popular
this season as Tippecanoeing.

One OF the latest as we'll as one
of the best things from Spurgeon Is
his reply to the question whether a
man could be q Christian and belong
to brass band. Eyes, / think he
might, but it would be very difficult
thing for bis next door neighbor to
be Christian"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

They have begun to ship coal
from japan to San Francisco.
The United States consumes
10, 900, 600 barrels Of salt annually.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

Three Georgia counties will ship
as many as 100000 melons this
season.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Stewart & Patterson.

A. NJ. STEWART and S. A. PATTERSON, Con-
tractors and Builders, are both men OF years of
experience In fine house building and framing.
All persons thinking or building will do well
TO see them and look over their designs.
Residence on Falryiew Ave, Springdale.
PostOfficc, Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

Libby prison. Richmond, will
not be removed to Chicago, as was
proposed.
"A Haley, N. III. firm has an order
from New York for $4,000 torch
sticks.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

Loo CABINS were the
most prominent feature
of the Presidential
Campaign of lS4e. At
the opening of the cam
nairn fha nnnnaifinn