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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Germany Claims Indemnity.

Referring to the samoan muddle, there
are some curious rum6tsin in the air.
Germany has surrendered to- American
demands so far as the restoration of Ma
taala is concerned, and done il very gra-
ciously.
She expects US, however, 10 cOncede To
her the right to claim indemnity That is
simply regarded as fair play, and the State
Department is seriously considering the
matter.
An indemnity claim works queerly some
times Practically il is a gilt edged first
mortgage on Samoan territory If Mataa
ia is restored he will hardly be in a con
dition TO raise a large sum of money.
That will not trouble the holder of the
claim in the least, for he will simply
allow the interest to pile up, as the estates
are good for a very considerable amount
Then when German patience has been
exhausted and it is thought best to demand
a settlement the poor Samoan government,
having no spare cash, viii have to part
with its lands 1t is not difficult TO become
large real estate owner under such pro-
pitious circumstances.
Mr.. Blaine may think it best on the
whole to allow Germany her indemnity
claim, but it is reasonably clear, If he does.
that Won Bismarck will take good slice
of land when the day of accounting ar
riyes
Perhaps that Is what the Iron chaneel-
lor Is dreaming about.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Not. Bad Advice.

Mr.. Mechanic, if your mind runs to the
invention of ''small things" as they are
often called in unwise contempt. you may
hit upon "big bonanza" Westinghouse
has made 500, 900, 600 ont of the air brake.
II was called at first 'small thing" us
ing air in that way, but it has panned out
we'll other "small things" have reward
ed mechanics we'll The lead pencil rubber
tip cleared its inventor 500. 600: the met
al rvet or eyelet for miners coat and trou-
sers pockets brought its inventor fortune;
boot and shoe heel and sole plates of metal
cleared 81 $50. 900; the glass bell inverted
over lamps and gas jets cleared fortune;
the simple plan Of fastening powdered EN-
cry on cloth made a fortune; the roller
skate cleared 81, 000, 900 before the craze
lions; copper tips for shoes netted millions;
| the simple needle threader netted $40, 900
| a year; toys and playthings have cleared
| thousands; the ball with the rubber string
brought an income of $50, 900 year; the
! Dancing Jim Crow netted $15 900 year.
| Pharaohs serpents cleared $50.0 600; the
! 'wheel of life cleared $4,000; the cha
meleon top cleared fortune; the Pigs in
| Clover" puzzle has within one year made
| its inventor a fortune; the pencil sharpen
| er cleared fortune Hundreds of "small
things" have turned out well. fyou have
an idea. bring it out and let the busy and
| inquistiye world see it. The mechanics
who have been enriched by little inven
tions far exceed in number those who have
reaped fame and fortune by great inven-
tions Put on your thinking cap, Mr.. Ne
chanic and dive into the world of poSsi
bilties The fortune is there if you only
know how to find it.-The Iron Industry
| Gazette
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Painting Floors.

A French writer observes that painting
floors with any color containing white lead
is injurious. rs il renders the wood soft and
less capable of wear. Other paints with
ont white lead, such as ocher, raw umber,
or sienna, are not injurious and can be
used with advantage. Narnsh made of
drying lead salts is also said 10 be destruc-
tive. and il is recommended that the borate
of manganese should he used TO dispose
the varnish Ia dry. 4 recipe for good
floor varnish is given as follows: Take two
pounds of pure white borate OF manganese,
finely powdered and add it little by little
10 a saucepan containing ten pounds of lin
seed oil. which is to he well stirred and
raised to temperature of 800 Fahr. Heat
100 pounds of linseed oil in a boiler till
cbulhtion takes place then add to it the
first liquid, increase the heat and allow IT
to boil for twenty minutes. Then remove
Fl ON the fire and filter the solution through
cotton cloth. The varnish is then ready
for use, two coats of which may be used,
with final coat of shcllac, il a fine polish
is required.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Bicycles.

The Supreme Court Of Indiana was re-
Gently called upon to review n non-snis i'm
en- action brought to recover damages for
being struck down on sidewalk by y biey-
Gle rider. The trial ceurt had held that
bicycling was form Of pedestrinating, and
that the bicyclers had as much right on
the sidewalk as any pedestrian The ap
peal from the non-suit was argued i'm the
forenoon. When the court adjourned for
dinner, Judges CotIey and Berkshire start
ed to walk to their hotel, and as they were
passing out of the capitol grounds clum-
~ bicycle rider ran into them, knocking
both down, and badly bruising ths<sfinxr.
This practical arguing hiI-s1d such con
vincing eFcct on the minds OF the learned
-Inds se---rdt they immediately overruled the
unrendered decision and fled nm opinion
setting forth that a person who ''rudely
and recklessly" rides bicycle against n
man standing on sidewalk is responsible
for damages for assault and battery.
After quoting an Indiana law forbidding
persons from riding or driving ON the side
walks, the court says: 'If sidewalks are
exclusively for the use Of footmen, then bi
cycles, if they are vehicles, must net be-
ridden along them, since TO affirm that
sidewalks are exclusively for the use Of
footmen necessarily implies that they can
not be Travelled by bicycles. 1t SDad be
a palpablc contradiction TO afirm that
footmen have the exclusive right to use
the sidewalks and Jet concede that per
sons not travelling as pedestrians may also
rightfully use them. We think, however,
that a bicycle must be regarded as vehi-
Gle within the meaning Of the law "
Lac Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
A Match for Ben Butler.

The Boston idreytiser tells the following
story of the late Pelee Chandler and Ben
Butler
Butler, or one of his clients had pur
chased piece of real estate in which
woman claimed right To portion of the
rentals. A tenant paid his rent to her and
Butler could not get possession. The case
was n celebrated one Choate had been in
it and several of the distinguished lawyers
of the day. Yet still Butler had the best
of it, and the utmost that the opposing
lawyers had been able to do was to obtain
pOstponements from time To time, upon
various pretexts. At length the case was
to come up again. The defendants law
yers had given it up, and as a last resort
she came to young Chandler. He appear
ed in the defense. General Buffers brow
beating methods in court are as well
known as the man himself. He
tried them on the young man,
but for once he met his match.
Those who remember the occasion still
roar with laughter at the remembrance of
| Chandlers thirteen ''stories of the cross
eyed man." which he poured, one after an
other, relentlessly upon Buffers devoted
head, and, as the slang phrase of the pres
ent day is, fairly wiped the floor with him.
Judge, bar, jury and spectators fell into
tumultuous uproar of laughter, which no
officers even attempted to quell. AT the
/ IL. I1..-
ly, although his talk had not so much as
touched the case. asked for continuance
and got it.
The next day the tenant of Mr. Chand-
lers client, an apothecary by profession,
called upon the lawyer and asked what he
should do in case Mr.. Butler came to eject
him by force.
''Kill him, said Mr. Chandler
WHAT" calculated the astonshed
apothecary.
"Shoot him through the head" insisted
the lawyer.
"Just give me that in writing"
Mr.. Chandler reached for II pen and
wrote:
"If benjamin +. Butler attempts to eject
you from the premises occupied by yon,my
advice is to shoot him through the head" "
The next day Mr.. Butler appeared with
IA posse, prepared to eject the apothecary.
The latter showed him his instructions.
"Pooh!" said Mr.. Butler. throwing down
the paper; "if yon would shoot me you
would hang
THAT is no affair of mine returned the
apothecary "Thc advice of my counsel
is to shoot you if you molest me, and !
shall do it, he continued, with blood in
his eye, rs he produced n big seven shooter.
..D-d if don't believe you would be
fool enough to shoot said Butler, as he
turned and left the shop.
lie at once called upon Mr.. Chandler and
effected IA settlement of the long contested
case, granting the woman IA share in the
rents which she claimed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
State Encampment at Mt. Gret-
ma.

Several new features will vafy the usual
order of things in relation to the State En-
campment of the n. G. p. this year The
troops will meet in brigade camps instead
of at a single camp. A new and import
ant feature is that the cavalry and artillery
will meet at a common camping ground
where they will be joined by force OF
regulars. OF this the Inquirer says:
The cavalry apd artillery commands of
the Penn'a National Guard will encamp
at Mount Gretna together this year On
Monday last Major Wallace Randolph, OF
Gen. Howard's staff G. S. A., and Major
Barton d. Evans, of Gen. Hartranit's staff
visited the grounds to decide upon the ad
visibility of having detachment of the
regular cavalry and artillery sent there
during the encampment. As the result oi
the visit Major Randolph who Ia an old
Philadelphian, has decided TO recommend
the sending of three batteries-One from
Fort Hamilton. one from Newport and one
from Washington-and also of two compa
nies of cavalry from the national capital.
The regulars will march 10 and from the
camp, and while there will drill with the
National Guard.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
RESORTS.

P,tct SAYS: "The white man who drives a
coal cart has to resort to soap and water, just
rs does negro who has spent the day IN
whitewashing.'
But the most strange things of all are u.s.
ually resorted to when man gets sick.
OF course he doesn't want a doetor-at least
not at first He usually goes to the so-called
saloon and gets drink, which makes him
feel rather lazed, so he takes another and
comes home temporarily elated, supposing
himself cured.
When he wakes next morning, with a
headache twice as bad as ever, and feeling
frverish and cross, he concludes he will have
TO Try something else.
he takes dose or whatever he happens to
have IN The house-some liver renUvator,
kidney evaporation, or heart enlarger-aGd
sets forth say ing il lie isn't better TO morrow
he viii send for The doctor.
Next morning he is sick in bed; the doctor
is called. hak e. his head, prescribos two or
three inds of medicine, according TO his
med cal creed, but always insists upon per
feet quiet, and that the patient must not 60
to his Office for two weeks, or the result viii
be serious.
He does in truth lie in bed for week OF
ten days, his recovery retarded by multi
tude of remedies, and the knowledge that his
business is going to ruin in his absence.
When he does drag out at last, he finds that
that the family must deny themselves every
thing hut the common eeessities of life for
some time to come, IN order that the doctors
bulls may be raid, and repairs made in the
business.
Now tn proper tlIing for this mau to have
done was TO have bought bottle of New
style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar Bitters, the
moment he felt the first headache, and to
have taken two table, ,poonfuls at once. Two OF
three half doses two days apart, after the first
dose had taken effect, would have cured him
and prevented his Illness and his consequ ent
financial loss
The man did not know this. or, as Beecher
wGnld have sad iis foresight was not SO
good as hi. hindsight. Another time this
man will know Just what to do to save pain
time and money.
New Style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar Bitters
IS a grand blood purifier, caihartie and tonic
contains neither alcohol nor opium, b as &
most delicious llavnring, and will not harm
an infant
For sale hy druggists. See that carton and
bottle are mark cd New Style Pleasant Taste
We keep the old style III stock for those who
prefer it, An interesting book ON Rules o.
Society, Fortune Telling, etc, free 10 all who
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

Until you're able to say no and stick t.
it. you can never be sure the Devil hasn't
got you.
John Swift, n Connecticut man, lived
to the age of ss without being sick one
hour in his whole life. lie never had
mumps, measles, headache nor toothache,
and when he died it was more because a
tree fell on him than from any fault of his.
The tinfol so commonly used Ia wral
Neufchatel cheese, chewing gum, variou.
kinds of candy, and all kinds of chewing
tobacco, is said to be dangerous on account
of the lead in it. IT. use for wrapping ar
ticlcs of food has been forbidden In France
The latest clever hit and sell played by
Marshal F. Wilder, the society expert il
dseieedly taking. lie calls it the electric
Touch" This is how he performed it at
club in London: lie got the two ireNhos
Young men ut the table to grasp stick
one at either end. Then, after making
two or three magic passes in the air, h'
said: Now the man who lets go first treat
the company"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Method in Work.

/ Some men daily perform q wonderful
amount of work and still have time iol
leisure; Others do little and are
apparently nearly always pressed
for time for necessary work. In
some measure the difference IS owing TO
natural aptitudes, one mau being quick TO
grasp a situation and prompt to act upon
it, while another must turn it over and
over in his mind before he fully eompre-
heHds it, and frequently follows this hesita-
ton by SlownesS of execution when his
work is finally mapped out 1t makes no
difference what his wsrk il. whether il is
manual OF mental, these characteristics in
men will appear. Some are in such hur-
~ that they make costly mistakes, but
others, without wasting time in ascertain
ing the right thing to DO, take care. never
thelesS, that il Is the right thing aud then
do it without delay. The latter accomplish
a great deal There are many who, when
they get fairly started. work like steam en-
gines, but they do not on the whole make
progress which is satisfactory to them
without method. They are outstripped by
men who seemingly take it easier and who
have no greater capacity than themselves.
Their weakness is that they do not do
things in order. IL Is too much pitch and
toss with them. They do not keep their
work in such shape that they can dispatch
ii with regularity and precision. The time
consumed in continually strengthening mp
constitutes good share of the whole
There are some occupations which com
pei those who follow them tD be orderly
and methodical There is none in which
these qualities, where they have been neg
lected. cannot be cultivated to good advan-
tage. Deficiency in them is far from being
a token of genius. It signifies something
of Incidence and much that is shp-shod
Every man knows whether or not he is or
derly and mcthodical as he should be- Ii
he is not, unless he is too old Ia attempt
the task, he should cndcavor to- improve
in these respects There i no danger of
his carrying il to that excess which marks
persons who have a passionate love of or
der, but there is likelihood that be will
materially tighten his work or find that
without greater expenditure of effort he
| can do much more than he has been IN the
habit of doing.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
NO. 35
Plurals Which are Singular.

The farmer likes a noble OK.
And drives yoke of oxen.
And oflentimes he shoots a fox
That goes with other foxen.
In ,pnng ke lets his hired man
Make sugar with lot Of men
Sweet maple sugar in pan
And I'LL lot OF pen.
When in the grass he sets his foot.
Where snakes may sting his feet.
lie knows they can't bite through boot
And wears pair Of beet.
On eggs he often sets goose
To raise a Ao<k Of geese.
And when he learns to tie a moose
He makes q lot of neese
Hes sure to have an aching tooth
II he negleets his teeth.
And be with boards can build booth
As good as other beeth.
whene'er he sees little mouse
He sets trap for mice;
He also likes TO paint his house
As me A. other hice-
And be remembers, when child
He went with other children
To help his father clear wild
Among some other wildren-
He saw his father kill wolf.
And chase pack ef wolves.
And once he sailed Across gull
To see some other gnlves.
He owns cherry -eolored eat.
Which has n lot Of kittens.
And almost caught monstrous rat.
Which has n lot Of rittens
He will amuse his tired wife,
Who works like other wives,
BY playing music on q fife
That soundslike other fves
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

There is nothing more remarkable shown
by the vote on Constitutional prohibition
than the changed habits which Temperance
reform has wrought among a large section
of the population Of this State during the
last seyenty-fye years Fifty Yeas ago
the drinking habit was more general
among our citizens of Scotch Irish stock
than any other element OF the population
and not only drinking. IL was mot thouRht
in the least strange 10 findprominGntm mem-
bers and officers Of the church who we're
the worse for liquor at fairs and markets;
and even the ministers were not always
models Of sobriety. But il was just among
this element that the temperance reform
took the irmest hold, and il was the
Scotch Irish districts OF the State which
gave the Amendment nearly all lis major
tiles. There are thirty -one counties which
lie west Of the centre OF the State, and
these form the region in which the Scotch
Irish element for the most part Is gathered
of these twenty three gave majorities rang
ing from 1856 in Mercer TO 3l2 in Greene
Allegheny, Elk, Eric, Armstrong. Cambria,
Somerset, Bedford, and Fulton voted the
other way, and Of these the two last now
are more German than anything else. To
replace these we might count Mifilin and
Union, which lie just east Of the dividing
line, are mainly Scotch Irish, and voted
for the Amendment.
1t is noted that all the northern tier of
counties, with the exception of Erie on the
extreme west and Wayne on the extreme
east, voted for the Amendment, as did
Wyoming, which might be placed in the
same category. Here, possibly the old
Connecticut element co-operated with the
Scotch Irish Of the west South Of this,
Chester, which is intensely Quicker, Pres
byterian, and Baptist, is the only eastern
county which broke the line of negafion.
Washington, Pa, Obserrer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
The Pet Louise OF Ceres.

The spectators for rise in the bread
market are making the most OF the new
wheat parasite that has made its appear
ance in the West, and Of the large ship
ments Of gold to Europe since the begin
ming Of the year. This wheat louise, they
say. is destroying the Western crops, while
the drain of gold will seriously interfere
with the movement OF the crop when hzr
vested. As for the wheat louse, diligent
inquiry generally finds that its ravages ere
committed in ''the next county" The
jeremiad over the drain Of gold Is nm old
song which the prophets OF evil repeat
whenever few millions are sent abroad
Like any other product gold oDeys the
law of supply and demand. As this coan-
try is one Of the largest producers of gold
in the world its surplus goes where 10 Is
mos, needed as is the case with the surplus
silver of Mexico aud the surplus wool of
Australia Russia and some other govern
mcnts have at present need Of much gold
in their refunding operations. AMI they are
willing to Isy more for its use than ~ com
mands in the money centres of the ULitsd
States. There Is, besides. Just now an ex-
traordinary demand for the precious metal
by the bankers Of Paris To meet the drafts
Of American visitors 90 the Exposition.
When the Exposition shall have closed and
these refunding transactions in Europe
shall have ended the gold will fow back
provided. Of course. there should be o
greater demand for it here than abroad,
and provided further that the people OF
Europe may have nothing better to send IN
exchange for their supplies Of new wheat
and other products Of the United States.
Philadelphia Record.
Don't act the hog when you're invited
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

And maybe we might meet John.
Here, put the money awayi III banl
/ it, he growled.
But four davs later Amity was shaken tI
its center b. the news THAT the schoolmas-
ter and his wife had gone for an outing tc
Philadelphia.
There a queer Customer" whispered
one OF the attendants in the old Franklin
Library to auothega week afterwards. He
comes every day, ANA goes from shelf tc
shelf breathless. as if he had not touched q
book for years. Been buried IN the coun-
try, suppose"
And why should anybody who could
live out Of doors ana dig. want to smell
this musty leather grumbled the other
lad, who was lean, and stopped with an
ugly cough.
He went up To Daniel however, and
helped him in his explorations.
Our country pilgrims put up at an old
fashioned inn in the lower part of this city.
Daniel came back to il at night fairly pant
ing with the triumphs of his researches.
He had visited kindergartens, industrial
schools and museums, where art and
science were taught without charge to the
poorest
AS for the Libraries whole continents
of knowledge have beer discovered while |
doing and snoring in Amity," he exclaim-
ed.
Ann had made her rounds among the
asylums, the hospitals for children, the
free classes, the creches. Her cold gray
eyes were dim and wet.
''Half the world seems to be cold and
hungry, and the other half are working to
warm and feed them," she said ''And |
could find nothing to do but to make fine
my shroud and gravestone! But have you
got any trace of John or Abby, Daniel!'
mo; doubt its no use, Ann
But as Ann awoke day by day, and got
her hold upon the world again, her search
became more energetic. One day she came
in at noon red with excitement
.'Ive found them, Danell That is to
say, John and Abby are dead; but they've
left three children The Oldest boy sup
port them, and he is that conSumptiye lad
in the library you took such a-fancy to.
Come right along! Don't stop for dinner
Come! Three children! And the Lord
never before gave US one!'
Mrs. Ann Holmes house is no longer the
neatest in Amity. The chubby little Cir
of fourteen who helps her in the kitchen
leaves her work and schoolbooks here and
thore, and the baby who tugs after Am
from morning until night drops her greasy
bread and butter even in the sacred parlor
unrebuked.
Whats a clean floor compared coming
on to their bonesi" she asks, triumphartly
Look at Albert He's another boy. He!
born farmer That library was killing
him"
"l'll have no abuse OF libraries DAME
says "Im going up for study twice a
year. 1t doesn't do to lose your hold OF
the world. You've rot to keep step while
you live"
"Y-es," Ann replies, ab5cntly. She is
looking ont a hymn simple enough fol
Abby to understand. and after that she il
going to make some flannel petticoats fol
baby before the cold weather comes. They
are cut out and folded neatly in her basket
and the drawer p-stairs which held he
| fine shrouds is empty.