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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Peanuts.

According to n correspondent of the
New York Erening Post, 5000, 600 bushels
of peanuts are consumed in this country
every year. They come chiefly from vir-
ginia and North Corolina, although Ten
nessee also produces small crop. pea
nuts are planted at corn planting time.
Each kenal produces running vine,
like crab grass, and each root produces
about twenty pods. When ripe, the plow
is run through the loamy soil, on dry
day, just before frost The nuts are dried
and shocked up like corn to keep dry be
fore housing. When marketed, they go to
a cleaner, where they are put through
steam power machines and polished, after
which they are graded according to size
and variety. This year there is but two
thirds of a crop, and they are higher in
price than since 1884. The crop begins to
come into the market about the first of
September. The Virginia nut is the lar
gest and finest The Wilmington is a
smaller sort, and the Spanish nut, a still
smaller variety, is one whose kernels peel
perfectly clean, thus making it valuable
for confecti Dnery."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Good Things to Know.

That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth; also from
the hands.
That tablespoonful of turpentine boiled
with white clothes will aid in the whiten-
ing process.
That fresh meat, after beginning to sour,
will sweeten if placed out of doors in the
cool of night.
That boiled starch is much improved by
the addition of little sperm salt or gum
arabic dissolved.
That milk which is turned or changed
may be sweetcned and rendered fit for use
again by stirring in little soda.
That beeswax and salt will make rusty
fatirons as clean and smooth as glass
Tie a lump of wax in rag and keep it for
that purpose. When the irons are hot,
rub them first with the wax-rag, then
scour with paper or cloth sprinkled with
salt
That blue ointment and kerosene mixed
in equal proportions and applied TO the
bedsteads is an nnfailing bedbug remedy,
as a coat of whitewash is for the walls of n
log house
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Floating Islands.

\ dispatch from place in Minnesota.
announcing as remarkable fact the dis
covery of floating island in small lake
in that State, inclines the residents of Pike
Co, Pa, to the belief that if one floating
island in a State 50 for natural euriosities
as Minnesota is considered a wonder. they
have been living an their lives with still
greater wonder close by without attaching
any great importance to IT,
There is a lake about a mile from Homes
dale which is flied with floating islands
This lake is known locally as Cajoh Pond
1t is 200 feet above the village. and is dot
ted with dozen or more islands These
are covered with trees, some Of them 20
feet high, and dense growth OF thick To-
liage bushes.
The island bottoms are marshy, but the
soil is stiff enough to sustain easily the
weight of the fishermen who cast their
lines from the islands in the fishing season.
In the summer these little islands are
pleasing variation in the beauty Of the
scene the lake presents 10 the spectator a.
he gazes upon it from the hills that eneir-
Gle it. If the wind happens to be strong
and variable, as it generally is,a visitor who
looks upon the lake for the first time can
not help being startled to sec these islands
moving about from one point Of the com
pass to another tss the wind shifts. oB
one day these islands may be seen huddled
together in one spot. aud on another day
perhaps they will be scattered widely
apart. An island from which the fisher
man casts his line at one end of the lake
to-day will in all probably invite him from
the other extremity tomorrow.
The largest of these islands was some
years ago stationed at the lower end of the
lake, and hugged the shore there with OF
| ~ slight changes in position day in and
day out During a stiff wind ono day this
| island tackled first to one side and then tC
the other, moving slowly the while to tn,
upper end, until it was Aoated against th,
shore at that end. 1t remained there fol
two or three years through some Of the
! hardest winds that blow off that shore
| piic udl Nhiit AhAft p4NNtlti hNutAhitH
were fishing from the islands outer edge
it suddenly was seized with whim induced
ed or prompted only by the gentle wind.
aud before the fishermen knew they found
themselves 80 feet from the shore The
island foated slowly across the lake until
it had almost reached the opposite shore
when counter breeze struck il and sent il
down the lake. 1t finally landed neal
the spot where it started from and has
been there ever since, making a trip now
and then to and fro across the lake, bu
always returning to or near its old moor
ings'
Although these islands are constantly
shifting their places in the lake, they an
nually add perceptibly to their area. Their
are six or eight of them, and the scientific
theory is that in time the roots of tho
trees that cover them will extend down in
to the water so far that they will aneho
the islands in the lake, and that by TIL
slow but certain processes of nature the!
will be increased in size until the surface
of the lake will become solid land.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
How Sal Disgraced the Family

A traveller in the State of Illinois, some
years ago, came to lone log hut on the
prairie, near Cairo, and there halted. He
went into the house of logs. 1t was
wretched affair, with an empty packing
box for table, while two or three old
chairs and disabled stools graeed the recep
ton room. the dark walls of which were fur
ther ornamented by display of dirty tin
ware and a broken delf article or two. The
woman was crying in one corner, and the
man with tears in his eyes and pipe in
his mouth sat on a stool, with
dirty arms resting on his knees, and
his sorrowful- looking head supported by
the palm of his hands. Not word greet
cd the interloper. well" he said, you
seem to be in awful trouble here, what's
upP" "Oh, we are most crazed, neighbor,
said the woman AMI we amt got no pa
tience to see folks now" That's all right,
said the visitor, not much taken ahack by
this polite rebuff; "but can l be of any
service to you in all this troublee "Well,
we've lost ur gall our SAILS gone off and
left us, SAID the man in tones of desp air.
"Ah, do you know what induced her tc
leave yous" remarked the new arrival.
1--WE can't say, stranger, as how's she's sc
far lost as to be induced; but then she's
gone and disgraced u.s." remarked the af-
fected father. "Yes, neighbor, and not as
should say it as her mother, but there
warn't pootier gal in the west than our
Sal; she's gone and brought ruin on us and
on her own head now," followed the strick-
en- mother. ''Who has she gone WITH" ask
ed the visitor. who has she gone WITH
''Well, there's the trouble. The gal could
have done well, and might have married
Martin Kehoe, capital shoemaker, who
although he's got but one eye, plays the
flute in a lively manner, and earns good
living. Then look what life she has des-
erted! She was here surrounded by all the
luxury in the country" says the father
eyes, who knows what poor Sal has tC
eat, drink or wear, now" groaned the old
woman. "And who is the fellow that has
taken her from you and led her into such
miseryf" quothed the stranger. why
she's gone off aid got married to a crittei
called an editor, as lived in the village
and the deuce knows how they are to airn
livingl"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Treatment of Patients Under
ChlOrOform.

In France, when patient is under
chloroform, on the slightest symptom ap-
pearing Of failure of the heart, they turn
him nearly upside down, that is, with his
head downward and his heels in the air
This, they say, always restores him; and
such is their faith in the efficacy of this
method, that the operating tables in the
Paris hospitals are made so that in an in
slant they can be elevated with one end in
the air so as to bring the patient into
position resembling that of standing on his
head
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
A Shipload of School Teachers.

The steamer Suevia recently carried
away more than 400 school teachers and
their friends from the port of New York.
Many of them were Ohio teachers, and
more than half of the number were women
who had been laying aside money for a
year to spend it in pleasure trip abroad.
The excursion was organized by the Gin
cinnati Teachers Associatisn, and the
Suevia was chartered for the trip. This is
the eighth season in which teachers ex.
cursion has been sent ont
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16

AT this time of the year it is prudent
for every head of family to provide and
keep on hand the following sun Cholera
mixture. 1t is good medicine" for bowel
complaints, etc. Take equal parts of tine
turo of cayenne, tineture of opium, tine
ture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and
spirits Of camphor, and mix well. Dose.
fifteen TO thirty drops in wine glass OF
water, according to age and violence of
attack. Repeat every fifteen or twenty
minutes until relief is obtained.
There was a little boy
Whose name was Quick"
lie knocked off some apples
With n stick.
The apples were so good
That be ate n,
And now Of he was good enough)
He's in heaven.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16

Testimony was addueed to show that
Mr.. MAVERICK and his wife had lived un-
happily some time aud had frequently
quarreled. One witness had heard Mrs.
Maybrck say she would make it hot for
him.
Mrs. Maybrick retained her composure
throughout the presentation of all this ev-
idence and until Edward Davis, a famous
analyst and chemist, after testitying as to
the results of his examination of Mr.. May
bricks stomach, produced a dressing gown
which had been the property of Mrs. May
brick. and swore that he had found on it
spots such as arsenic would make, and had
also found traces of arsenic in the pockets
Mrs. Maybrick was thrown into state Of
great mental excitement by this, and seem
ed about to swoon several times while the
testimony was being taken.
Sir Charles Russell made great plea
for the defense in opening, and this, with
other things, effected some change in pub
lie sentiment, so that the witnesses for the
prosecution were hissed on their way to
court and had to have police protection.
Nicholas Bateson, of Norfolk, Va, and
Thomas Stanton. a negro who had been
valet to Mr. Maybrick in this country, tes
tilted that he was at that time confirmed
arsenic eater This was corroborated by
Liverpool witnesses who had sold him the
drug, and to whom he had talked about
his use of them. 1t was also testified that
Mr.. May brick was fond of dosing himself
with other drugs for imagined ailments,
and that he would sometimes take double
doses of medicine given to him by doctors.
Medical experts testified that the symp-
toms in Mr.. Maybrick's case were those of
CASTRO enteritis more than of arsenical poi
soning. druggist testified that it was a
common practice for ladies to buy hy-pa-
per with which to prepare mixture for
complexion
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
A Prize Essay on Shoemaking.

Joliet Ill, has happy son Of Saint
Crispin in John Ryan, who recently won
the international prize of $500 offered by a
boot and shoe journal Of Boston for the
the best essay on boot and shoe making in
all its branches Every State in the Union
contested for the prize, together with Can
ada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Sp arks and Flashes.

The riding school is mountin' resort
Phasgsius says his best girl reminds
him of silver fork In other words, she
is a timely thing and frequently accom-
panied by a spoon"
Nay, Reuben! When lunch is to be sery-
ed in guests apartment, at the hotel,
custom does not require that horse car
conductor shall be engaged to take up the
fare.
If the grass about rural residence at
tains a considerable height and remains un-
cut, it would seem tolerably safe to assume
that the owner of the premises is no NOW
er.
win chester Winchester shouted the
brakeman. Thanks, but you are too late
sir" the young lady, who with her escort,
occupied rear seat, smilingly youchsafed.
Chester is alread Won"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Pekin and the Pacific.

The proposed Siberian railway is to ex-
tend from St Petersburg to Vladivostock
on the Pacific Ocean, which is located
nearly opposite San Francisco, and distant
therefrom about 1000 miles. Branch lines
of the proposed road would extend to
Pekin. The new road would be about
4, 800 miles in length.
General Annenkof, who acquired so
much rcnown for the vigorous and success
full manner in which he built the great
transcaspian railway, is strongly in favor
of this Siberian project, and is reported as
saying that when constructed, railway
communication between London ED Pc
kin can be had in IS days whereas now Il
takes So from London ria Canadian Pacific
and 4S days ria Suez.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
I'm prove the Roads.

The people of this section of Pennsylva-
MIA would save annually many thousands
Of dollars if the roads were put in the per
feet condition of those in some parts of
Europe-especially in England and Ger
maryland little judgment would make
our roads as good in few years, without
spending scarcely any more money than is
now wasted ON them
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Fugitive Fancies.
An aching void-A dudes headache.

An aching void-A dudes headache.
The affection which an aunt lavishes
upon a niece or nephew is a kind of anti
dote.
''Woe is mel the student cried,
While a frown his visage marrcd;
II cannot WOO the muse of thought
For the news in our back yard!'
4 young lady named Key offered a look
of her hair to a gentleman whose offer of
marriage she had declined. He replied,
with great bitterness, that the lock would
be useless to him without the Key.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
That Was All.

''Is there anything more you wish me TO
write about, sri" asked the editorializer Of
an opposition daily. Have you finished
the usual article on Blainc's resignation
''Yes, sir" "Thcn write one about the ar
rogance of Baby Mckee, and wen go to
press "-Pttsburg Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16

"A little girl joyfully assured her moth
er the other day that she dad found ont
where they make horses. She had seen a
man finishing one. He was mailing on his
last foot
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
FOR LUCRE

Said a maid, II will marry for lucre,"
And her scandalized ma almost shucre;
When the chance came,
And she told the good dame,
| noticed she did not rebucre.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
HIRAM COLLEGE.

II IRAN. o. Thorough Classical, Philosophical
and Scientific courses. Also a Biblical course
and a 3 years course especially TO prepare
Teach ers for their work. Much attention given
to pre- paratory studies. New and commodious
build ingS Fine Ladies' Hall under care OF
Lady Principal. Location high and very health
ful No saloons. Expenses very low. Next
term begins Sept. II, 1889. For Catalogue and
inform alton address,
L. V. COLLARS, President.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
EDUCATIONAL. A L.
INDIANA NORMAL SCHOOL
INDIANA pa

Indiana is a school abreast OF the times. No
efforts are being spared TO make IL the Leading
professional training school in the country.
The faculty is composed Of members who are
spec alists as teachers and scholars in their re-
spective departments. There are also college
mentS. H. y. SN1DER, fh.D.- frincpdl.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16
Washington Il Jefferson
College, Washington, Penn'a

The s9th year begins Sept. IL. Classical. Scen-
tlflc and Preparatory Departments. For lnfor-
nation concerning Preparatory Department ap-
ply TO PROF. J. ADOLPH SCHMIrZ, Prin;. Tor
Catalogue or other information to PRES
MOFFA1.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11

JOLIET, Ills, April IL" Farmer" Nc
Claughrey. the Doodle commissioner of
Cook county, was formally released from
custody at the penitentiary. The McArd
brothers, who live near McClaughrey's
home at Palos, arrived in Joliet with
covered carriage and big team of bays
and drove to the penitentiary, took the
old man aboard and started on drive
of twenty-five miles across the country
to Pal0s. A reporter caught the old
farmer just as he was leaving the prison
door and had a few minutes talk with
him. McClaughrey said that he ex-
pected to be in Chicago in few days
and then he didn't care how many of the
"dot hinged newspaper fellers'' saw him.
He was feeling splendid. and in his new
suit of clothing and with his bristling
mustache dyed jet black he looked ten
years Younger than he did when he en-
tered the pss IN.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11
LIBERAL Pension RULINGS.
Some Recent ReversaIs OF Old Decision
by the New Administration.

Some Recent Isevcraals OF Old Decision
by the New Administration.
WASHINGTON, April 11.--Assistant Sec
rotary Bussey is giving a more liberia
construction to the pension laws than has
heretofore been given, and each day 8
number of former decisions of the pen
sion Office are overruled. Among other
recent reversals are the following:
In the case of Marietta Breckenridge
a colored woman, who applied for o pen
sion as dependent widow of Olmste ad
Breckenridge, Company X, One hundred
and twenty-third United States cavalry,
he reverses the pension Office decision.
Her application was first rejected on the
ground that she was not his wife, as they
were both slaves at the time of his en-.
listnant and lived in Kentucky, where
the law did not recognize the legality Of
marriage among slaves. Assistant Sec
rotary Bussey holds that the point is not
material and as they cohabited directs a
pension to issue.
John Miller, Compay G, Second battal.
ion, Sixth New York cavalry, has been
allowed pension after the pension office
had rejected his claim on the ground that
/. disability did not develop until after his
discharge and that disease was not con
tracted in the line of service.
Sarah Jane Morgan, mother of William
Morgan. Company A, Fourth United
States artillery, has been allowed pen.
sion on new evidence adduced to support
his claim.
Simon B. Williams, Company A,
Thirty-iifth Ohio volunteers, has been al.
lowed pension for the loss of two fingers
by the accidental discharge of his gun.
His claim was first rejected by the pen
sion Office on the ground that there was
no record of his being attached to the
regiment at the time the accident occur.
red; but Assistant Secretary Bussey holds
that the evidence Of the officers and com
rades of Williams is sufficient even in the
absence of the official record.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11

A Fatal Collision on the Atchison, n
peIxa and santa re- Read.

peIxa and santa r. Rond.
JoI1ET. H.. April II. Passenger trair
-. 2. onthe Atchison, Topeka and Santa
re road. bound east. stopped for somt
cause At Lorenzo. sixteen miles west o.
this place, and a freight train that was FOL
lowing 1t crashed into the rear car, com
pletsIy telescoping it
The corrected List Of the killed ant
wounded ii as follows:
Killed. Robert Henry Hart. Boston
Miss Alice Winslow, Mass: Harry
the porter, Los Angeles, CAL; Thomas
Smith, cook, Los Angeles, Cal.
WoundcdJ. +. Hart and wife, Bos
ton, probably fatally; Henry w. Lamb,
Brookline, Mass, fatally; F. L. Palmer,
brakeman, Chicago, seriously scalded
and bruised
The engineer and fireman of the
freight are badly wounded and scalded
Their names could not be learned.
None Of the cars, except that OF Air
Harris, was seriously damaged, and none
of the passengers in the other coaches
were hurt, It ID impossible, as yet, &
locate the blame for the disaster.
The dead and wounded were put upot
tic tAaAu anu A14AGAA W %fAAAIt1tSUs AT
bodies of the dead were taken 10 an I'm.
were conveyed to Mercy hospital, where
they arc now.
Attached to the regular train was !
private car said to belong to Mai. J. f
Hart. of BroOkline, Mass, general audi
tor Of the railroad. The party in this
car consisted of Mr.. Hart and his wife
his son. Robert Henry Hart; his niece
Miss Winslow; q porter known only a.
Harry, and Thomas Smith, cook.
just as the train was pulling ont Of
the station an extra fast stock train fol
lowing ran into the rear Of the passenger
train, demolishing the private car anc
damaging the freight engine so tina
large quantities of steam escaped, scald
ing those who had escaped from the
effects OF the crash.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., April ia
very disconsolate looking woman was
Mrs. Kline when she was locked up IN
one Of the cells in the Jail on the charge
of having administered dose of Rough
ON rats" to her husband in his coffee,
with intent to take his life. The pris-
oner is not bad looking woman, is well
dressed, but very lachrym0se indeed.
When reporter went In to see her, she
seized him convuIsively BY the arm,
wept and screamed by terms, and in
agonizing tones begged him to 60 her
bail. u can't stay another night in such
a place, she said Il always was afraid
Of tramps, and this place Is full Of them.
. do get me out Of thisl didn't sleep q
wink all night for fear some Of the pris
oners would break in my cell. I'lf die
unless get out Of here at once.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11
Oulclx 'worlr on ! New RaIlroa,l.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. April 1i.-Work
is being pushed very rapidly on the
Hummelstown and Mlddletown railroad,
and about one mile Of the line Is already
completed and ready for the rails. These,
which will be furnished by the Pennsyl.
wanna Steel company. have been ordered,
and, with sleepers, will be on the ground
shortly, when track laying will be com
menced. Over 900 hands are now EN-.
ployed at the brownstone quarries in this
vicinity, and when the new railroad is
completed the force will be materially
increased
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11

HAxLEroN. Pa. April 11.-While q
Lehigh Valley passenger train. occupied
by girls employed at the Weatherly silk
mill. was going 10 Beaver Meadow il en-
counfered an open switch. The engine
rolled down an embanknlent. and was
badly wrecked. Engineer Edward Harle-
man went down with the engine, but
escaped unhurt. He crawled out Of the
cab, which was full Of steam, by kicking
out the door. The fireman crawled out
Of the window. also uninjured. The pas
sengers were badly shaken up. The road
was blocked until midnight. Ik is he.
lieved that the switch was opened by
some evil disposed person.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-11
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature.

HARRIsBURG. April lin the senate
the following bills passed: Allowing
steamboat transportation companies char
tered under the laws of other states to
hold real estate in this state: authorizing
employers personal liability BILL In the
house the Wherry sinking fund resolu-
ton was reported favorably. The bill to
authorize a closer supervision of public
schools was indefinitely postponed. The
following bills passed finally: To regu-
late the practice of pharmacy; in regard
to trust funds; to provide transportation
to Gettysburg. In the afternoon the tel
ephone bill was passed to third reading.