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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24

They sat down on the door sill and
after minnie Dave queried:
''lIain't lfobody lookih', be thar -
"tiuess not
Then l'm goih' To -
No, you hain't -
" But | mHst, cause oFter -
tie pGt his arm around her waist
and there WAS another long silence.
Then be said:
Kin | squeeze yer hand ~
"Noap."
bat | orter.
"Well. mebbe
And you haiu't kissed me far all
hour
David =
But orler be kissed. And you
orter be kissed
81 cau't consider"
But you orter. Nobody'll see"
"Well, mebbe YOU know best "
Course | know best Haven't |
killed bars and wildcats? ?"
"Ssrtin, fur seed their hides
Don't sot way off thar, Susan.
Sot clus5er.
"Noap.'
But you orter. Yer pop would
say yer orter HaiG't we most mar
ried.h
We'll, mebhe ] orter"
yves gwine TO be crackingly hap.
py.o
"Yes."
"Neyer git mad"
"Noap."
| won't off to bed and left them
there, ana | shouldn't wonder il they
put in most of the night at it. At
about ten o'clock next morning the
people began to drop in,and at eleven
the marriage took place. The groom
had 4 weak spell, bat | braced him
up, and when the fatal moose was ad-
justed and the trap sprung his cons
duct was fair to medium. After din
ncr we formed in procession and es-
corted them to their new home. Al
most everybody had come laden with
q present OF some sort la the center
OF the cabin was nv surprise, and no
crowd of people were ever so dumb
founded. Mrs. Andrews drew the
articles out and it took every ones
breath away as she shouted:
Real tea and coffee and salarutus !
And here's cotton cloth and pins and
thread And here's sugar and mo.
lasses and soap! And here's crock
ery-real crockery---and knives and
forks and spoons and -"
But all the women were crying by
that time, and all the men were trem-
bling with excitement. They laid it
onto me, and | had to own up, and
then Andrews called out:
"Ycre-Dave, Sue-git right down
yere on yer knees and sw'ar to the
stranger that you'll pot-luck with him
an his'n as long as grass grows and
water runs. and may the Lord never
desert him !"
Aud who could ask for greater
reward
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Killed by a RattleSnake.

While two boys, Jackson Moore aud
Johu Harvey, aged about seventeen
years. were hunting sqirrels across
the river from Memphis, Tennessee,
they discovered large rattlesnake
coiled apon rock apparently asleep
Moore said be would capture the
snake alive He crept up to the dead
Iy RATHER, and by quiet movement.
caught it firmly behind the head and
held it at arms length in triumph.
Suddenly the snake COiled itseIf
around the boys arm. He became
frightened and attempted to th!ow 1t
oil, when the reptile struck him Oh
the neck Its fangs became fastened
| in the flesh The unfortunate victim
screamed with horror, and, grasping
the snake with both hands, tore it
loose and flung it to the ground. He
fell to the earth in swOon, while his
terrified friend fed for assistance.
The nearest honae was two miles
distant, and when help arrived the
poor lad was past help and died IN
agonv. The snake was found c0iled
close by. and when killed measured
four feet nine inches, and had eigh-
| teen rattles
dyspepsia and Indigestion are
speedily cared by Hoods Sarsapa
rila. 100 Doses One D6llar.
1t costs $50, 900, 600 To run a
Presidential campaign. What long
way that sum would go in pork ana
beans or some other useful article.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
TRY 1T YOURSELF.

TRY II 1Ot ESElf.
at is of no use to argue the question:
| aIn neither stubborn nor Opinionated,
haye simply had Il lesson that will last life
time"
"Look here, Jack! ynu are like some old
bachelor who has been jiied. by one wo-
man, and goes about declaring all women are
false"
"Not at alt NY brother Charles died of
Bright's disease brought on by using one OF
these socalled blood purifiers the kind
you see attracliveiy advertised in every nook
and corner. IL contained ioiide Of potassium,
drug useful in extreme cases when eau
H. lts!y gwen under a doctors supervision,
but death-dcalug ~ all who take it iii. guam
tity If y0tr 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 is the cause of half the cas-
es of Brights disease in the country, and 1t Is
strange the propriet0rs have not been prose
cuted for selling it. But was recomnend-
ing Vinegar Bitters and that does not con
tain any mineral, narcotic or other hurtiul
drug 4.
ooh, nobodS supposes that old woman's
remedy will hurt anybody; the question is
will 1t cure anything? I'd as soon think Of
taking some Of my grandmother's herb tea "
'You would be better of, 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, aud perhaps bottle of
beer the next"
''Is tins temperance lecture, Phil ?'
'No, il is Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've
tax Ell the medicine more or less for fifteen
years, and look the world over, you vii not
find healthier man than am"
"What is all this nonsense about old style
and new style Vinegar Bitters; are they diff
ierent?'
"Yes, the old style looks like coffee with
milk ia il, The Lev style like coffee without
milk. The man who made the old style for
twenty years-a practical cheinist-niade q
milder, pleasanter, preparation, adding to il
| here, and taking from it there, until he pro
| dnced, my wife says, the finest medicine ever
made. Ii cured her Of constipation, and il
cures the children Ot hives aud all the little
! ailments they ever have. if my Wife thinks
| they have wofnls, she doses them with old
| style. We always have both kinds in the
house, and together they keep the doctor
| away"
and you insist that the proof Of the pud
ding"
as the eating precisely. jack get
Bottle of the old style Vinegar Btters -meI
] think, prefer old styie usualiy-t-y il, ant
} you Will then be like an old bachelor who
after railing against women for Years, fail
in love with,a good woman at last. You vii
say there are good and bad patent medicines
but Vinegar Eitars is The best Of The lot"
'All neht, Phil. 10 please you, III Try
and report results
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Death al Camp Ord.

! dispatch from Camp Ord, Goa
Reaut Lake, dated last Friday said. -
At : O'Clock this afternoon Charles
Lacey, a private in Company q. Of
the Fourteenth Regiment, was shot
aud instantly killed while act
ing as marker in q pit at the ride
range,
Several Of the regiments had men
ont in the field qualifying them for
magkmen's rating. Among them
were the Sixteenth. Their own pit
was engaged when they arrived ia
the field aud they took the 200-yard
range OF the Fifth Regiment. Lacey
was sent into the pit. which was too
shallow to admit oi his standing
straight Two or three shots were
fired and no marker was put up. One
of the men whistled for Lacey, but
be did not appear. The detail ran
over to the pit in alarm and to their
horror found Lacy lying there dead
with a bullet wound through his
head.
He had evidently been standing
with his face toward the target, a
the ball entered on the left side OF
the meek. passed through the carotid
artery and came out of the mouth.
The bleeding was profuse and death
was instantaneous. Lieut.. Foster,
Assistant Surgeon, was Immediately
notified, and he with Maj. McCand-
less rode out to the range, one-quar-
ter of a mile from camp, but too late
to be OF service. The body was then
placed On q stretcher and in solemn
procession borne across the lield to
the Fourteenth's quarters
Lieut.. Brown, Inspector Of Rife
Practice, feels the accident very keen
ly, as it happened to one of his men;
but he is free from blame, as the men
were not using their own range. The
pits which Lieut.. Brown had dug
were OF sufficient depth to cover 6
man entirely when standing erect
while that of the Fifth was shall
low.
Coroner L. H. Hannen, Of Craw-
ford county, held an inquest at I
o'clock. The verdict was accidental
death. Lacy was 81 years of age and
had enlisted in Company G. about
six weeks ago. His residence is at
Beach Cliff, near Mansfield, Pc,
W here his remains will be taken to-
morrow when the regiment arrives
home He was single, coal miner
by trade, and lived with his father,
1t is not certain who fired the fatal
shot, as several men had tried their
skill before it was discovered that
Lacy had been killed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Bee Sting Extraordinary.

Mr.. George Carson, or Gilmore,
while pumping the wells on his lease
in the Foster brook district, last Sun.
day week, was stung by bee just
below his right eye. Shortly after
wards sensation of fsintness and
dizziness came over him, and belieY.
ing he was about to be sick, he hast
ened to shut down bis wells. In n
few moments he lost all conscious.
ness, and two hours later, when be
again regained his senses, he found
himself bruised and bleeding crawl
ing around his boiler house on all
fours. His clothes were torn TO tat
tiers, and everything about the boiler
house was in state of confusion He
has nc knowledge OF what had occur
red during the interval, but the indi
cations showed that the sting had
produced kind OF frenzy in him that
rendered him temporarily out Of his
head. No DWELLING resulted from The
sting until Monday morning, when
his face began to puff out and bis
lips rapidly increased in size. Mr.
Carson is strong and healthy man
and he believes that if the bee had
lighted upon man of less vigorous
constitution the result would have
proved fatal.-DeT rick.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
An Ocean Disaster.

4 story Of death anl disaster came
10 from the sea last Thursday night,
depressing the country with its sug-
gcstions Of mortal agony and alright
Sister ships, the Thingvalla and
the Geiser, of tie Thiugvalla Line Of
Scandinavian steamers, crashed TO-
gother in the darkness and mist of
Tuesdays early morning. and the
hapltsa Geiscr was sent 10 the bottom
OF the ocean.
Help was at hand but the promise
was iilusory. The Thiagvaiia ex-
hausted her forces OF rescue, but the
sinking Of the Geiser was so rapid
that comparatively few of the people
who thgonger her decks could be
Snatcbed from the jaws of the waves.
Thirty-one persons were saved
The dead number ut least one hun
dred and five.
The shapely vessel aud her rich
cargo are lost in the watery deeps.
The Geiser was on her way from
New York to Copenhagen. The
Thingvalla was sailing hither from
Scandinavian ports. The disaster
occgrred at foGr a NJ The scene was
about thirty miles south of Sable Is
land, OF the coast OF Newfoundland.
There was a comparatively smooth
sea Accounts vary as to the dense
ness Of the atmosphere.
The Thingvalh struck the Geiser
amidships on the starboard side and
cut her half in twain. The Geiser
sank in less than six minutes. There
were about eighty three adult passen-
gers on the steamer aud number of
children.
The ThiDgvalla's bows were
smashed in as far back as the forward
collision bnlkhead The balkhead
was not injured, and to this fact the
steamers passengers owe their lives
for had the bulk head given away
she, too, would haye gone down with
all on board
As soon as possible the Thingval
las boots were lowered, but only Ii
Of the Geiser's passengers and seven
teen of her crew were picked up.
The Thingvella hoisted signals of
distress, and at eleven o'clock the
same day Tuesday the Hamburg
American packet steamer Wieland,
from Hamburg, hove in sight and
took of all the passengers OF the
Thingvalla and the survivors of the
Geiser The Thingvalla then steered
for Halifax as the nearest port of ref
uge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Indian Specters.

N. A, PnILnS.
Ou the picturesque st. Lawrence River
Stands the nalefn city Montreal,
With lis bridge Vic,"iia and lis rn"Unt"in,
and its many churches -tsepled tall!
Where this great meirOpolis Is standing,
Ia forgotten times long passed away
Vas an Indian village notchelasl,
Where two sachems joined in peaceful
sway.
Bat relentless hatred siumberei ia each
Rivals uniorgiring, ctangeless heart;
Though they might eombine their braves for
battle.
They in peace v,uld only live apart:
So the friendly Senecas aud HuroGs
Were again involved in mortal fight,
And from hc..ie 10 battle-ground and grave
Soon was changed tie hainlets lovely
site
All in turn to be forgotten by the
Pioneer white men, iu their haste
To build ui.ou the naturslavishei,
indan-de,ecrated, blood stained waste.
But, among the cilys grand attractions,
One above the rest impresses ne:
Specters OF the Indians long dead and
Buried, that in fancy eau see,
luterspersing with the white men houses
Their cid. fashioned wigwams on the shore;
And all unmolesteI as they climb the
Mountain, swim the river as Of yOre.
Though these Indians long ago haye perish
ed,
And their, ancient glory long has fled,
Let us rot forget the warriors vanished,
Let us not forget the heroes dead.
We must al3o perish, and our dust may
.nMlugle with the bones Of buried braves;
And, perhaps, successors may neglect us,
Just as we neLiecl the IGdIan graves.
Aud when We have crossed that other river,
And lies wari and worry all are Ger,
Who will say bui that some Indian wig3ams
May be scattered ON the farther shore?
And that heayen will be place where all
our
Civil and domestic feuds will cease,
And, according 10 oar various tastes, We'll
Liye in an eternal, happy peace?
NEW e. ASrLF PA
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Another Version.

The New Castle correspondent ot
the Pittsburg Dispatch, sent the fol
lowing version of the Centreville
affair to that paper: A young drug
gist named Marion Hay of Princeton
this county, was arrested by newly
appointed constable, Abe Sechler, up.
on the charge of selling whisky with.
out license. While dining at Centre.
vile, on their way to jail, Hay has
tily seized horse standing at the
door of the botel and made a dash
for liberty. The morse had just sulli
cient "git" in him to make the race
between the fugitive and the consta.
BILE exciting. 1t was nip and tuck
until Hays turned suddenly and threw
his horse The constable immediate.
ly took advantage of this and drew
his revolver, aud demanded his priS-
oner to halt, which he was about to
do when a Centreville constable saw
the fleeing man and his pursuer with
q drawn weapon. lie Immediately
grabbed Constable Sechler, and both
officers fought to establish their au-
thority. Tho Centreville protector
refused to listen to anything, and
compelled Sechler to 60 with him to
the magistrates Office, and. as con.
sequence, Hays is at liberty, and the
Centreville official is bound over to
answer in court the charge of inter-
fering with an officer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Seeking His Reputation.

A man was seen earnestly looking
into the bung- hole Of Il whisky barrel
as if in search Of something lie could
not find
What are you doing!" asked by
etander.
why. I'm seeking nly reputation
in the place / lost it. "was the mourn.
ful reply.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
No. 40
What Shall The Tariff Be.


Cuttin the tar from the sleeps white WOOL
Cutting the tar from the siiken spool.
Cutting the tax IRON the cotton hose.
Cutting the tax from E9slish clothes,
What shall the tariff be,
oh, what shall the tariff be.
Cat by Cleveland, and cut by Mills,
Cut in platform, aud cut in bills,
Slashed from every thing you see,
Fcce oh Tree, shall the tariff be.
Looping il oil .fom the farmers fax,
Looping it od from the cutters ax.
Looping it oil from the weaver's web,
Looping ii of from the spinner's thread,
What shall the tariff be?
Oh, what shall the tariff be?
Paying England for boots and shoes,
Paying England for all that we use.
Starving our labor cad shifting our mills,
Killing our ommerce with Free Trade bills,
What shall the tlritf be ?
Oh, what shall the tariff be?
-SPrtaeeid Uaion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
School Children's Food.
Patrick Ford ia The Irish World. j

A teacher in one Of our uptown
schools advised her pupils, the other
morning, not TO hurry over their
breakfast because, said she, "a good
nourishing breakfast, eaten cheerful
ly, and moi to fast, is the best prepar-
alton student can have for sue
cessfnl mornings work in school y
She said, also, shat when one of her
good scholars made a bad failure in
her lessons, she always felt inclined
to ask: "What did you have for
breakfast, my dear, and how was
your appetite?" There is no doubt
much truth in this lady's remark. 1t
was discovered years ago that poor
children in the ragged schools got no
mental benefit from the instruction
given them unless they were first fed
with something substantial.
IN many homes both in city and
country, there is apt to be a wild hur-
ry-skurry to get the children off to
school," iu.tEc course OF which the
breakfast receives but slight and hasty
attention. Then, about ii o'clock,
when recess is given, the young
scholars, faint from hunger and eX-
hanstion are ready TO Gevour any in
digestible thing which they can find.
Parents who wish their hildren tc
do well at school should second. the
efforts of teachers By seeing that
their children have proper food. The
best instruction in the world may be
neutralized by innutritions and hur-
ricd meals.--N. j. Lcttger.
} Russell Lowell compares tLC
hum of London to the noise oil tbs
loom of Time Lowell always was
celebrated for its looms and spindles
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
The Banana as Food.

According to one authority, one
pound OF bananas contains more nu-
ttimcnt than three pounds of meal or
as many pounds of potatoes, while as
food it is in every sense superior to
the wheaton bread Although it
grows spontaneously throughout the
tropics, when cultivated its yield is
prodigiOus, for an acre OF ground
J planted with bananas will return as
much food material as 33 acres ol
wheat or over 100 acres Of potatoes.
Ii is not generally understood that
hananas-lried, baked or roasted
are very appetizing, and that sliced
and placed in dish with alternate
slices OF orange they make most de-
licious dessert.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
She's All Right.

The farmer who tills Pennsylvania
soil can at least console himself with
the fact that he is digging the best
dirt of the country. OF nineteen
counties in the United States whose
farm values exceed twenty-eight mil.
lion dollars each, this State has nine,
wEila the first three on the list. also
the ifth sixth and seventh are in the
keystone State. Lancaster leads
with farm valuation of $79, 900, 600.
Allegheny is second, with over forty,
and Chester third, with over thirty
million The other three are Berks,
Montgomery and Bucks, each valued
at over thirty-six million. Truly. this
is great State and its political re-
suits OH national elections are seldom
in doubt. Another notable feature
in the list Of nineteen counties of the
first rank according 10 value Of an
nual farm products, Pennsylvania
furnishes nine, and Lancaster leads,
with an annual product valued at
over $0.000,0G0 while Montgomery
is fourth in the list and ranks with
Monroe and Oneida, n: Y, with over
six million dollars worth of annual
product. TO all inquiries regarding
Pennsylvania it is proper to say,
"she's all right. oil City Blizzard
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Swallowed An Angle worm

A case that has balllad the skill of
the best physicians in Western New
York for the past three years has just
reached its climax, and is large
sized surprise party to the ply sicians.
Four years ago this summer, Nina,
the two years old daughter Of DR.. S.
G. Lewis, Of Olean. while playing
with other children swallowed piece
of dirt. The other children thought
it contained small angle worm, but
the child's parents thought not, and
paid no attention to the matter and
soon forgot ii.
Nearly % year later the child began
70 complain of it's stomach feelingly
badly, and said that something was
alive and wiggling about therein She
grew worse and became so nervous
that it was Impossible for her to keep
quiet more than moment at time.
The little girl, now six years of age
was taken with violent fit Of vomit.
ing Wednesday, ard in her struggles
threw forth the little angleworm
which had reposed in her stomach
for four years. The worm had grown
to an enormous size, it measuring
nearly ten inches long and being as
large around as ones finger, The
child is rapidly recovering.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Smart Editors.
Harrisburg Telegraph.

Harrisburg Telegraph
was reading the other evening
the very seductive circular of livery
firm in Niagara Falls, which sought
to impress on the public the idea that
teams can be secured ut that extor-
tionate place at reasonable rates. Do
not be deceived, oh. guileless man.
You can't strike q cab at Niagara
without being oyercharged. It's a
way they have. They swindle the
face Of you, aud laugh at you when
you kick. You either have to pay
their extortionate charges or get into
trouble No fellow wants to get
into trouble in a strange town, and a
gentleman will hesitate long while
before he will dispute a bill. but |
don't blame maa for kicking at the
awful charges of the Niagara hack
man. My experience has been that
it is better to put the bargain in black
aud white than pay SO in hard
American coin to q rapacious hack
man for two hours ride, with side
trimmings of pirates who want fifty
cents at every turn and corner, and
make it unpleasant for you if you
don't shell out The only people |
ever knew who got away with Nj
agara hackman were party OF Penn
sylvania editors who held the hack
man down TO "a contract in white and
black, and they worked him for all he
was worth. When they left him he
YEARLY wanted to know where
them id pirates came from.
That reminds me of a funny thing
that happened at Niagara during the
last Pennsylvania State editorial ex-
cursion. Among the party was a
dry wit who asked the awfulest ques-
tions without changing eountenance.
The guide ranged him in front of the
grandest view of the falls and point
ed to it proudly. The man of wit
gazed with curiosity on the scene,
and then drawled out in q rasping
voice:
"Say, you, does this dam get much
hig her " hen it rainsy"
The silence that followed this re-
mark was only equalled by the mel
ancholy look on the face OF the
ruide.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-24
Stewart 6 Patterson.

A. NJ STENART and 5 APATTEHSON, Con
tractors and Builders. are both men OF ears Oi
eNpciiencc IN nrc house building ana Training.
ill PERSONS thinking Of building VIII d0 wei
10 see them and look over their designs.
Residence ON taiTyicW Ave, SpilDgdaie.
PoStoncc, Eutlcr, IA.