davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1889-08-28

The American schr. Addie SchIGfer. 1859
tons, A. 81. Haig, Master, left Oh Sunday
for Jamaica i'll ballast.
The American schr. Lj2er FOWler. 185
tons, f. Perkins, Master. arrived un Satnr-
day from New York with Goals for thu
Factory.
The American schr. N. Hand, 185 tons.
G. s. Hawley, from New Haven via Fre'ie.
rksted with part cargo of provisions for
+, G. Phipps.
, 1889-08-28

English Islands olaNHer 90 test per gal. 30c.
Ex"GAu-s Wv York AMI GE0nd"U. 4 83A.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
A Strictly Judicial Answer.

One of the best stories of white haired.
white -chokered. courteous Calvin Record.
is about a mellow old lawyer who used to
live on the banks of the Androscoggin
The Squire was given to deep potations and
was famous for his fine distinctions. II j.
said that in special pleading he could split
a hair even more closely than Mr.. Record
can himself
But often after the shades Of night had
fallen, the Squire might have been seen
struggling home so boozy that he appar-
emily could not split a shingle, to say
nothing of hair
One night when he was drunken than us
ual, he staggered completely out of his
course and could not find it. Realizing
that he was lost and drifting into uniamil
lar regions, he called at house to ask for
information.
Madame, he gravcly said to the lady
who came to the door, candle in hand. ''ean
you tell (hie) me where Squire Blank
lives9"
Certainly" she said and gave him full
directions
But as she talked and looked, and as her
candle gradually brought out the man be-
fore her, puzzled expression came into
her face and she finally asked: 'but isn't
this Squire Blank"
Madame" replied the old lawyer. as
suming a judicial air. ''that il entirely (hic)
immaterial"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
Queer, Isn't 1t?

Here is a pretty how dye do. John X.
North, of this place, has acat which recent
ly gave birth TO three white kittens. John
Frampton, who lives next door to Mr..
North, has pair of white rabbits, and a few
days ago three little bunnies came to the
rabbit household. Now mark what hap
pened; The old cat lost one of her kittens,
and, finding the rabbits nest, she took one
Of the young ones in her mouth, carried it
to her own quarters, placing it beside the
kittens, evidently thinking it was her lost
offspring. The ears were out of all proper
lions, to be sure, but the color was right
and puss was satisfied. Mr. Frampton
missed the young rabbit and told Mr.
North about it, and two or three days
afterward when Mr.. North was working
around the stable, he noticed the young
rabbit in with the kittens, and saw that it
and the old cat had assumed the relations
of mother and child. He told Mr.. Tramp
ton about it, who took little bunnie home,
but was astonished to find that the mother
rabbit would have nothing whatever to do
with her truant offspring, treating it as
stranger and interlCper. The little rabbit
was therefore taken back to the old cat,
which was delighted at its return, and she
continues to be mother to the change
ling, and will no doubt bring it up in the
most approved pussy cat principles, teach
ing it to catch mice and attend the mid
night concerts on the back yard fence
Punxsutawney Spirit
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
Coffee in Liver and Kidney
Diseases.

1t is now more than thirty years since
DIR. Landarrabilco called attention in the
medical journals to the great value of
green or unroasted coffee in hepatie apsl
nephritic diseases. After having eOntinu-
ed to use the remedy for Upward of third
of century in many hundreds of cases, he
again appeals to the profession, through
the HonitoU de THcrdpc1fiqNe, to give it
a trial in those cases of liver and kidney
troubles which have resisted all other
treatment. His habit j. to place -
grammes, or about ) drachms, Of the green
berries (he prefers a mixture of parts of
Mocha with l part each of Martinique and
Isle de Bourbon Coffee in a tumbler of
cold water, and let them infuse overnight.
The infusion, after straining or filtering. Is
to be taken on an empty stomach the first
thing after getting up in the morning. lie
cites many cases Of renal and hepatie col
les, diabetes, migraine, etc, which al
though rebellious to all other treatments
for years, soon yielded to the green coffee
infusion. 1t is worth trial at any rate
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
A Valuable Love Letter.


Mr.. Mayer, the special examiner of the
b Bureau of Pensions. told of a man who
lives up in Butler county. He is paralyz-
ed from a sunstroke received while on the
march to Washington to the grand review
after the surrender of Lee. Not n man
could be found to assist in proving his
claim. All his comrades of the march were
scattered or dead. There was not scrap
of paper of official record
IL am satisfied" said Mr. Mayer, that
here was genuine case His story was
always consistent, and then he was a COM
paratively helpless paralytic He could
move about little but could do no work
| tried in every imaginable way to get him
to recall something that would give me a
clue, but visit after visit to him brought
nothing
II finally asked him one day if he ever
wrote letters home, and if he might not
have written about that time.
Why, yes, he said, Il used to write to
my sweetheart
"And where is she nowl7 l asked
There she is
did you ever save any of those letters,
madam: l inquired. TJust as though wo-
man didn't always save her love letters
tied up in ribbon.
Why, yes, believe all the letters he
ever wrote me are upstairs now she repli-
ed. Pretty soon she came back with a
worn and faded package of letters. And
among them a letter from her then sweet
heart, describing the very incident of the
sunstroke. He had written TO her as soon
as he had recovered sufficiently and told
how the day was oppressive and the march
to Washington hot and dusty, and how he
had been overcome with the neat and had
fallen out by the wayside and had iain un-
der tree all day long while the columns
were marching by.
"That letter to his sweetheart saved the
day. 1t got his pension. He had been
trying since 1865 until recently to secure
it. 1t was case in which became pro
foundly interested and / rcjoiced with
them Chicago NeirS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
WHAT THIS NATION Is COMING To.

People of a speculative turn Of mind may
well ask themselves what Is 10 be done
with so enormous a population, how are
they to be supported, and many other
questions that. though purely speculative
now, may assume vital importance be
fore the close of the next century. The
total area of the United States. including
Alaska, is $3.50. 242 square miles. or 3
29l. .3j3. $50 acres This area necessarily
includes the lakes, rivers and uninhabita-
mountains and deserts yet we find that
there win be an average of more than two
and one-half persons to each acre Of our
total area when the enumerators enter
upon their duties one hundred years hence.
The exact figures are 2,5O4.
According to Mr.. Loomis the ratio Of
increase of population by births over
deaths, although much less than it was
century since. Is at present pol per cent.
per annum, or pol each ten years. Ae-
cepting. for convenience, the ratio of deei-
NAL increase as 20 per cent, and casting
aside all accretien from immigration, we
find that in the year 1890 our total popula
tion will be more than 610, ,000. 900.
Whether these figures are accepted as
reasonably Trustworthy or rejected as gross
exaggeration. the fact still remains that
the natural and inevitable increase of the
population. not alone of our own country.
but Of the whole world, presents aproblem
that may well engage the thoughtful mind.
Washington Erening Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

terocity aud desperation. Dense volumes
Of sulphurous smoke. in a cloud black and
suffocatmg. cnveloped the eombatants.
The most WHY'D aashe, IS Of lightning. ac-
compaujed by an iuccssant roar. as OF
deatcniug thunder. burst from this volcanic
crater of war Within its midnight gloom
ard amidst its billows Of flame and blood.
horsemen. infantry. and artillery were
rushing madlv upon each other.
Napoleon gazed calmly and silently up
on the awful phenomenon. in the midst OF
whose da-hing waves of death his troops
were contending and where defeat would
be followed by consequences more disas-
trous than imagination well could paint
The struggle was short Suddenly the
awful roar Of battle ceased The passing
breeze swept the smoke away, and the
glittering helmets and light armor of the
French cuirassiers cleaned through the
embrasures, and the proud eagles Of France
huttered over the CORY bastions
The sun was now sinking over the bleak
hills Of the north. Sullenly the Russian
army commenced its retreat, but with the
indomitable courage characteristic of the
Russians, they disputed every inch of
ground
Had Napoleon then called in his reserve.
the Russian army might perhaps have been
destroyed, and the carnage would have
been far more dreadful For not do
ing this, he has been in a military point of
view. severely censured. He, however,
remarked at the time to General Dumas:
People will. perhaps, be astonished
that | have not brought forward my re-
serves to obtain greater success. But
felt the necessity of preserving them to
strike decisive blow in the great battle
which the enemy will probably give to US
in the plains in front of Moscow The sue
cess of the action in which we have been
engaged was secured. But it was my duty
to think of the general result of the cam
paign. and it was for that that spared my
reserves.
The evening of victory, even 10 the con-
querors, was not one ofexultation. Thirty
thousand Frenchman, including forty three
generals, had been either killed or wound
ed. The loss of the Russians was still
more dreadful.
According to his invariable custom Ma
| poleon rode that night over the CORY field
| paying the most aSsiduOus attention to the
wounded on either side. His sympathies
were peculiarly excited by Russian sol
dier in dreadful suffering. Some one, to
soothe him, remarked: 1T is only a Rus
sian.' lie replied. with warmth: after
victory there are no enemies, but only
| man
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
The Boys Composition on
"SchoOlma'rm."

The following is a sample of Friday
afternoon composition which Adam Big
lier wrote while n boy at school. We may
add that Adam was soundly thrashed for
il:
a schoolma'rm is o verb. because she
denotes action when you throw paper
wads at the gals. Switch is a conjune
tion, and is used to connect the verb
sehoolma'rm to the noun boy. This IS
compound sentence. Of which boy is the
subject and switch the object. First per
son, plural number, hellish case. y school
marin is different from a boy; a boy wears
pants and a schoolma'rm wears her hair
all banged ON the forehead She puts
paint on her face and has some big fell
Ter come and take her home. Ma says a
sehoolma'rm never gets to be older
than IS until she gets married 1t
takes two schoolmarms all day to cook
dinner
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
A Good Man Panied.

1t was on the San Jose train, and two
young ladies-one as serious and good as a
little nun, the other with a mischieviOuS
black eye-sat behind the youngest minis
ter in town. The quiet one held in her
hand a purple pansy so large that it at
tracted the attention of the young minis
ter While he was still looking at it the
train rushed into tunnel. The black-eycd
young woman grabbed the pansy in the
darkness from her eompnion, and leaning
over dropped it in the lap Of the gOdly
man. When the train reached daylight
again The young minister had turned and
with the pansy in his hand was glaring re
provingly at the nun like girl between
whose fingers he had seen the flower. Her
face was blazing, and her downcast eyes
seemed to confess her guilt. The whole
car snickered, and the mischievous black
eyed girl read her book unconsciously
That is why the young minister preached
on the niquity of flirting the next day
San Francisco Examiner.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

TThe Wichita tKm.) Eagle says the f
lowing poem was left at the office by
unknown man, who came 10 ask for work
Near the eampfirc's flickcring light.
In my blanket bed lie,
Gazing through the shades Of night
At the twinkling stars on high,
Ger me spirits in the air
Silent vigils seem to keep,
As breathe my childhood's prayer
.'Now ! lay me down to sleep"
Sadly sings the whipporwill
In the boughs Of yonder tree,
Laughingly the dancing rill
Swells the midnight melody.
Foemen may be lurking near
In the canyon dark and deep
Low | breathe in Jesus ear:
Il pray the Lord my soul to keep"
Mid the stars one face I see
One the Saviour turned away
Mother. who in infancy
Taught my baby lips to pray.
Her sweet spirit hovers near,
In this lonely mountain brake
Take me to her, Saviour dear,
"If | should die before I wake"
Fainter grows the fikering light.
As each ember slowly dies;
Plaintively the birds of night
Fill the air with saddening cries.
over me they seem to cry:
.'You may nevermore awake. .
Low | lisp 'If | should die
pray the Lord my soul to take
Now / lay me down to sleep,
| pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If / should die before | wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
RESORTS.

PucL SAYS: "The white man who drives a
coal cart has to resort to soap and water, just
I as 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 doctor-at least
not at first. He usually goes to the so-called
saloon and gets a drink, which makes him
feel rather dszed, 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
feverish and cross, he concludes he will have
to try something else.
He takes dose OF whatever he happens to
have in the house-some liver renovator,
kidney evaporator, or heart enlarger-and
sets forth saying if he isn't better tomorrow
he will send for the doctor.
Next morning he is sick in bed; the doctor
is called, shakes his head, prescribes two or
three kinds of medicine, according to his
medical creed, but always insists upon per-
feet quiet, and that the patient must not go
to bis Office for two weeks, or the result will
be serious.
He does in truth lie in bed for week or
ten davs, his recovery retarded by multi
tude Of remedies, and the knowledge that his
business is gciDg TO ruin IN his absence.
When he does drag out at last, he finds that
!
thing but the common necessities of life for
some time to come, III order that the dOctor's
bills may he paid, and repairs made in the
business.
Now. the proper thing for this mau to have
done was TO have bought a bottle of New
Style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar Bitters, the
moment he felt the first headache, and to
have taken two tablespoonfuls at once. Two or
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
would have said his foresight was not so
good as his hindsight. Another time this
man will know just what to do to save pain,
time and money.
New Style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar Bitters
is grand blood purifier, cathartic and tonic,
contains neither alcohol nor opium, as a
most delicious flavoring, and will not harm
an infant.
For sale by druggists. See that carton and
bottle are marked New Style Pleasant Taste.
We keep the old style in stock for those who
prefer it. An interesting book on Rules OF
Society Fortune Telling, etc., free to all who
send for il.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
THE KISS.

(She.J
lie threw me "a kiss.
Mamma didn't know il,
She would take it amiss
That he threw me a kiss.
But she won't dream Of this.
For my face didn't show it.
He threw me a kiss.
And mamma didn't know it
(He.)
Pray where was the harm
When nobody knew it?
There's no cause for alarm;
Pray where was the harm'
That kiss had a charm:
No one saw that l threw il,
Then where was the harm
Ifnobody knew it,
(Mamma.)
They think | am old,
Getting blind, | suppose;
But my heart isn't cold
Ii am getting old.
| don't need to be told
Why she blushed like a rose.
Though l am growing old,
Yes. and blind. | suppose.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
Must Use Automatic Couplers.

The bill compelling railroads To equip
freight ears with automatic couplers pass
ed by the New York Legislature last win
ter has been approved BY the governor.
II provides that after Nov. !. ls93, all
steam railroads shall equip all their own
engines and freight cars with ''such auto-
matte selfcouplers,' and that it shall be
unlawful after that date to run any of their
own cars not thus equipped. except in
emergencies. Ia special eases the railroad
commissioners may extend the time one
year. The penalty for noncompliance Is
$500 for each ofIense.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

4B- GENERAL DLRECTIONS-Mir pin Of
t7cqd or tough saturated ,cith 81. Jacobs Oa u
The J0ri caalot s5CaRJ,g force il dolCn The strodt
MIR some corn meal dough leth the Oh. Gite
.sotlsiHg else. They ,sE finally eat and be cured.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
IRREPBESSIBLE.

How dare you treat me thus" he wrote,
You saucy little shrcw,
To call me small potatoes just
Because m mashed on YOU
She seized the pen in wiliul mood,
And these lines of she dashed
The smaller the potatoes are
The easier they re mashed
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

A shoe merchants small boy at st.
Louis, Mich, painted on the fence: "If
you want good shoes go to Mr-."Dr.
Cases small kid witnessed the operation
and determined to sustain his fathers re-
putaton added to the fence the legend;
IF you want good babies 90 to DR.. Case"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
A Century Hence--A Startling
Problem.

Mr. :. L. Loomis predicted the result of
the census OF 1850 within Is 600 Of the ae-
tual figures lie estimates that the popu-
latiou ot the country in 1890 viii reach
81. .250, 600 an increase during the past de
cade OF more than 30 per cent To allow
"a reasonable margin for possible error We
may place the total at 1000, 600 and the
dccennial increase AZ 30 per cent. Should
this ratio Of increase continue our popula-
tion at the end OF each decade during the
next loo years viii be represented by the
following figures. the progressive immensi-
t. Of which will surprise most people and
perhaps cause them 10 wonder:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

THE ORGANS ofthe body most given TO shirk-
ing their regular work are the stomach, bowels,
liver and kidneys. medicine that stimulates
these organs into healthy action without caus-
ing pam, Is Invaluable.
NEW STYLE VINEGAR BITTERS does this and
it does its work permanently. II never robs
Peter to pay Paul, as alcoholic and other $50
called remedies do. II is a most grateful, heal
ing medicine to all who are troubled with piles
for IT relieves at once, and soon cures this most
painful disorder.
IT aids digestion. cures constipation, head
ache, bilious complaints, feverishneSS, neural
gia, nervous diseases of every sort, and every
class of skin disease known.
As A FAMILY MEDICINE, for the use Of ladies
children and men of sedentary habits, the New
Style Vinegar Bltters has no equal In the world
II is'invaluable for curing the ills that beset
childhood, and gently regulates the diseases to
which women at every period of life are sub
ject
LADIES. get a bottle from your druggist and
try IT, ii your druggist has not the New Style
Vinegar Bitters, ask him to send for it, If you
once try IL you Will never be without this price
less remedy III the house. Ladies book free
Address, Il. II. MCDONALD DRUG CO.,
Cor. Washington and Charlton Sts., NY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

Bakersfield, Cal, Oct l2, 1888.
o / have used ST. Jacobs Oil for soTehead OF
chickens with prompt permanent cure. One
bottle viii cure 10 to 10 chickens; . to drops
cures WheeZes. JAS. BETHAL.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

"A yiolinist is like n charming young
maiden in that he likes to get his bow on a
string.
1t is the Clerk Of the Weather who
frequently makes a signal failure.
A youth will never have his ways
mended 10y patronizing the sherry cobblor
too often.
You cannot always tell the amount of
gas in a poem by its meter
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

AT DRUG5IsTs AID DEALERS
The CHARLES 4. VoGELER CO.. Baltimore. Nd
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

I recommend 1t as q sure cure. 1t has saved
me many dollars. H. 4. KUENNE.
Breeder of Fine Fowls.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

The road to ruin leads through the
wicket gate
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
What "Kittanning" Means.

James Altman, well known citizen
from the southern part of the county. was
here yesterday. James is quite an au
thority ON many matters, and a young
lawyer here propounded the following
question
'What is the meaning Of the word
'Kittanning 2
'It means, replied Mr. Altman with
great gravity, "the home Of thieves, rob
bers, liars and lawyers"
No further inquiry after authorities
were made from Mr. Altman. hitidIt-
Free Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.

40 Huron St,
sheboygan,
Wis, Nov. u,
ISS2.
j have used
St. Jacobso
chicken cholera
with great sue
cess. Every fowl
affected with
the disease was
cured By il and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
NOW | LAY ME-. -

TThe Wichita tKm.) Eagle says the fol
lowing poem was left at the Office by in
unknown man, who came to ask for work. ]
Ct. .i;.r-.,,- r..rt
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09

PucL says: "The white man who drives a
coal cart has to resort to soap and water, just
as does negro who has spent the day in
whtewashing."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
Important Special Meeting
OrrIcE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
UNION COUNTY,
IrSrnv q ~ l,o 10 1000 L

OSiON
UNION, s. c., Aug. 13, 1889.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Special
IN Meeting of the Board Of County Com
missioners for Union County will be held at
Union Court House, in the office of said
County Commissioners, on Saturday, the 14th
day Of September next, at ten o'clock A.
NJ, for the consideration of the expediency
Of changing the location of the highway
leading from Rice's Bridge on Fair Forest
Creek to Union Court House.
The proposed highway is to run through
lands of +. A. Pruitt, lands belonging to the
heirs of wyche Goodin, lands Of u. II. Rice,
deceased, and lands of DR.. II. s. Beatty.
All persons interested will be permitted to
,ffer testimony nj said meeting, for or against
changing the location Of said highway.
BY order Of the Commissioners.
CHARLES BOLT
Clerk Of Board.
4ug 16 33 81
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13

MARBLE quarry IN PIcKENs.-Col j. E..
Hsgood has had some men at work in a mica
nine near this lace, and went out last Mon.
gay TO see how tho work was progressing,
wren 10, they had unearthed yaluabl Q mar
pa 4 quarry under their feet was a
mine OF untold wealth. The marble taken
OUT rivals In purity and texture that Of any
OF the famous quarries Of the East.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13

Senator Hampton thinks It would be q
seod thing for the government to buy Cuba
md colonize the negroes Of the South there:
ne would be willing to submit to the reduced
representation In Congress which the exodus
o. the tcolored people would cause. The
Neses ana Courier endorses the views Of Sem
tor Hampton. The negroes are citizens of
This country aud cannot be banished TO Cuba
without their co nsent. Will they fee from
tlis they have to those they know not of.