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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, yon 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 il has panned out
we'll Other "small things" have reward
ed mechanics we'll The lead pencil rubber
tip cleared its inventor 800. 900 the met
al riyct or eyelet for miners coat and trou-
sers pockets brought its inventor fortune;
boot and shoe heel and sole plates of metal
cleared II $50, 900; the glass bell inverted
over lamps and gas jets cleared fortune;
the simple plan of fastening powdered EN-
cry on cloth made fortune; the roller
skate cleared 81, 900, 900 before the craze
died out; the gimlet screw realized mil
lions; copper tips for shoes netted millions;
the simple needle threadcr netted $l0, 900
a year; toys and playthings have cleared
| thousands; the ball with the rubber string
brought an income of so, 600 year; the
| Dancing Jim Grow" netted $15, 900 year;
Pharaoh's serpents cleared 80. 600 the
"wheel of life" cleared $50 900; the cha
meleon top cleared fortune; the pigs in
Glover" puzzle has within one year made
its inventor a fortune; the pencil sharpen
er cleared fortune Hundreds of "small
things have turned out well. you have
an idea bring it out and let the busy and
St...t nsattf nlaath
who have been enriched by little inven-
tions far exceed in number those who have
rcaped fame and fortune by great inven-
tions. Put on your thinking cap, Mr.. Ne
bilities The fortune is there if you only
know how to find 1.-THE Iron Industry
Gazette
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Painting Floors.

\ French writer observes that painting
floors with any color containing white lead
is injurious, as il renders the wood soft and
less capable of wear. Other paints with
out 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 tu be destruc-
tive. and it is recommended that the borate
of manganese should he used to dispose
the varnish 10 dry. \ 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 saucepan containing ten pounds Of lin
seed oil which is to be we'll stirred and
raised to temperature Of 800 Fahr. Heat
100 pounds of linsecd oil in a boiler till
cbullition takes place, then add to il the
first liquid increase the heat and allow II
to boil for twenty minutes. Then remove
Fl iom the fire aud filter the solution through
cotton cloth. The varnish is then ready
for use, two coats of which may be used,
with a final coat of shcllac, il a fine polish
is required.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

The Supreme Court Of Indiana was re-
Gently called upon to review q non-suit i'm
an action brought to recover damages for
being struck down ON sidewalk by biey-
Gle rider. The trial court 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 In the
forenoon. When the court adjourned for
dinner, Judges CofTcy and Berkshire start
ed to walk to their hotel, and as they were
passing out Of the capitol grounds elum-
~ bicycle rider ran into them, knocking
both down, and badly bruising ths<sfnsf-
This practical arguing hiI-s6d such con
vincing eEcct ON the minds OF the learned
-J1df fe--,rdt they Immediately overruled the
unrendered decision and fled am opinion
setting forth that q person who ''rndely
and recklessly" rides bicycle against .
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 not be
ridden along them, since to afhrm that
sidewalks are exclusively for the use Of
footmen necessarily implies that they can
not be travelled by bicycles. It would be
a palpable contradiction to Affirm 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 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 .idrertsey tells the following
story Of the late Pelee Chandler and Ben
Butler:
Butler, or one of his clients had pur-
chased "A piece of real estate i'll which
woman claimed a right to a portion of the
Butler could not get possession. The case
was n celebrated one. Choate had been in
ii 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 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
Chambers 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
close of his anecdotes Mr.. Chandler grave
", 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-
ler's 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 astonished
apothecary.
''Shoot him through the head" insisted
the lawyer.
Gust give me that in writing"
Mr. Chandler reached for pen and
wrote:
'If benjamin f. Butler attempts to eject
you from the premises occupied by you,my
advice is to shoot him through the head"
The next Gay Mr.. Butler appeared with
posse, prepared to eject the apothecary.
The latter showed him his instructions.
"Pooh! said Mr. Butler throwing down
the paper; ''if You would shoot me you
would hang
THAT is no affair of mine, returned the
apothecary "The advice of my counsel
is to shoot you if you molest me, and |
shall do it," he continued, with blood in
his eyc,as he produced a big seven shooter
| 'D-d ifI 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 settlement of the long contested
case, granting the woman Il share in the
rents which she claimed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

And maybe we might meet John
"Here, put the money awayl III bank
it, he growIed.
But foul day later Amity was shaken to
its center b. the news that the schoolmaS-
ter and his wife had gone for an outing 10
| Philadelphia
There a queer Customer" whispered
one OF the attendants i'll the old Franklin
Library to auothera week afterwards. He
comes every day. ana goes from shelf 70
shelf breathless. as if he had not touched a
book for years. Been buried in the coun-
try, suppose"
Aid why should anybody who could
live out of doors ana dig. want to smell
this musty leather erumbled the other
lad, who was lean. and stopped with an
ugly cough.
lie 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 triumpLs 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 been discovered while 1
doing and snoring in Amity," he exclaiu.-
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!'
"No; 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
''Tve found them, DANIEL, That is to
say, John and Abby are dead; but they've
port them, and he is that conSumptive 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 girl
of fourteen who helps her in the kitchen
leaves her work and schoolbooks here and
thore, and the baby who tugs after Ann
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 bonesy' she asks, triumphartly
"Look at Albert He's another boy. He's
born farmer. That library was killing
him
''I'll have no abuse of libraries" Daniel
says 'I'm going up for study twice a
year. 1t doesn't do to lose your hold on
the world. You've rot to keep step while
you live"
Yes" Ann replies. abscntly. She is
looking ont a hymn simple enough for
Abby to understand. and after that she is
going to make some flannel petticoats for
baby before the cold weather comes They
are cut out and folded neatly in her basket
and the drawer upstairs which held her
fine shrouds is empty.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
A Dozen Hints 10 Gentlemen.

l. \ gentleman will never speak i'll OF
one lady To another.
>. Ifa gentleman has been attentive to d
young lady and has grown tired Of her hC
should not peak unkindly Of her.
;. Gentlemen will never mention ladies
names in public places.
4. \ gentleman should always raise his
hat, not merely bow when passing lady
on the street
8. \ gentleman should be polite and
courteous at home As well as abroad
q. Gentlemen will never eongregate on
the street corners, chew tobacco nor use
proiane language.
Z. If at an evening company. party n
ball gentleman should not monopoliz,
one lady's society all evening, nor show Il
the assembly that hc cares for this or that
particular one He should show the same
amount of attention To each aud every
one.
$. il a gentleman deems it necessary I,
ask permission to smoae when in lady.
presence, he viii not add to the ofiense by
inviting her to Join him
9. A gentleman will not keep his seat in
a car or any other place while ladies' arr
standing.
10. a gentleman should always be eour
teous enough to raise his hat when his com
panion speaks To lady on the street, even
though he is not acquainted with her.
IL. A gentleman should never encourage
n lady in vulgar talk or manners. Rathe
teach her to be pure and innocent, thu
making her an honor 10 her sex.
II Abide by this advice and you will al
be thorough gentlemen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
The Worlds Dams.

The dam that caused the Johnstosn di~
aatcr. originally cost s3i0.0O0 II covered
an area Of about 501 acrc, impouadius the
water from utty ur sixty square miles ~
watershed II was - feet high sad 900
feet long, and formed a lake that held +sa,
600 Geo caiie feet ui water. or about : 600.
0Od 600 gallons IL mas beeH spoken of as
the largest artificial lake ia the nitel
States hut IL was exceeded ia Ska by tke
reservoirs formed by the following dams.
Croton dam. ia New Tork-f3i feet long.
2S4 feet being Of masonry and the remain
der OF earth. The height is about 40 feet
The foundation of the dam consists OF tWo
lines Of stone filed cribs. with 10 feet of
concrete between them. The downstream
face is curved aud faced with granite A
small crib dam 500 feet below forms a hasiu
which serves a cushion ro break the fall
ot the wafer The back of the dam Is filled
with earth. Impounds 5O0o 0oooo 600 gal
Ions
Sweet Water dam, IA National. Cal
Bubble masonry la Portland oment. 9st
feet high. 46 feet thick al bottom and l.
feet at top OF curved type. with radius 81
2l3 feet, go feet long on crest. Impoands
G,O0O, 600 600 gallons
Dam at Oakland Cal.-Earth. 50 feet
high. 800 feet long. and $40 feet wide at
base, Impounl> 5000 600 00O gallons.
Dam at Redland. Cal Bear alley dam.
Granite masonry IN cement; "a feet high.
500 feet long, - feet thick az base. and /;
feet at top Curved type. with radius Of
335 feet lmpounds 10, 000. 00u. 600 gallons.
Dam at san Mateo Cal-This Is to be
l70 feet high. 200 feet long. l76 feet thick
at base and 20 feet thick ON top. IL is to
be in Portland cement concrete masonry.
and is to have a capacity of y, 600. 00o 000
gallons. 1t ha, only recently been begun.
The Quaker Bridge dam will, of course.
dwarf all these. Il viii bc 26j ieet high
from bed rock, with a base 2l6 feet wide
Ninety nine feet of It's base will be beneath
the lake bottom. SO that the visible mason
ry will rise ITO feet II viii inpound about
81, SOC, , 600 000 gallons Of water, forming a
lake sixteen miles long.
Approximations have been expressed as
to the effects of it, breaking down. Should
such an accident occur, the present Croton
dam, which will undoubtedly remain intact
and submerged. will lessen. to some ex-
tent, the flood The valley between the
Quaker Bridge site and the Hudson River
is only two miles long. and has no settle
ment of any Importance in it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
NO. 35


The farmer likes noble OK.
Aud drives yoke Of oxen.
And oilentimes he shoots 4 fox
That goes with other f1xen.
la spnng he lsts his hired man
Make sugar with loo of men-
Sweet maple sGgaT in a pan
And I'll lot Of pen.
When in the grass he sets his foot.
Where snakes may sting bis feet.
lie knows they can't bite through boot
And wears a pair of beet
On egg he cfien sets a goose
To raise a Aoek of geese.
And when he learns to tie a moose
lie makes a lot q nee-e
Hes sure - have an aching tooth
II he neg elects his teeth.
And be with boards can build booth
As good a. other beeth
whene'er he see a little mouse
He sets trap for mice;
He also likes 70 paint his house
\ fine a other hice.
Aud be remembers. when a child
He went With other children
To help his father clear wild
Among some other wildren-
lie saw his father Kill wolf,
And chase pack ef wolves.
And once he sailed aero~S q gull
To see some other CALVES
He owns a cherry -coloFed cat.
Which has a lot Of kittens.
And almost caught nlonstrDas rat.
Which has lot Of rittens
He will amuSe his tired wife.
Who works like other wives,
BY playing music on fife
That soundslik other fves
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
State Encampment at Mt. Gret-
ma.

Several new features will vary 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 a force of
regulars OF this the Inquirer says:
The cavalry and 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, c. 5. 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 OF
the visit Major Randolph, who il 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 to and from the
camp, and while there will drill with the
National Guard
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Method in Work.

some men daily perform "a wonderful
amount nf work and still have time for
/ leisure, Others do little aud are
apparently nearly always pressed
! for time for necessary work. In
/ some measure the difference Is owing to
natural aptitudes, one mau being quick 70
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 slowHesS 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. and then
do il 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 20 them
@tANtr- 1 Ms - blAfll hNNAATf AHtA Mttih
without method They are outstrippcd by
men who seemingly take il easier and who
have no greater capacity than themselves
Their weakness is that they do not do
things in order. 10 i too much pitch and
toss wsh them. They do not keep their
work in such shape that they can dispatch
it 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 t. 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. 1t signifies something
of indolence and much that is slip Shod
Every man knows whether or not he is or
derly and methodical as he should be Ii
he is not, unless he is too old to attempt
the task he should cudeavor to improve
in these respects. There Is 10 danger of
his carrying it To that excess which marks
persons who have a passionate love of or
der, but there is a likelihood that be will
materially tighten hi, 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

Until you're able to say no and stick To
it, you can never be sure the Devil hasn't
got you.
John Swift, 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 il was more because a
tree fell ON him than from any fault of his.
The tinfoil so commonl Y used Ia wrap
Neufchatel cheese, chewing gum, various
kinds of candy, and all kinds of chewing
tobacco, is said to be dangerous on account
of the lead in it, Its use for wrapping ar
ticlcs of food has been forbidden In France.
The latest clever hit and sell played by
Marshal Z. Wilder the society expert is
dscieedly taking. lie calls it the electric
Touch" This is how he performed it at a
club in London: He got the two freshest
young men at the table to grasp stick,
one at either end. Then, after making
two or three magic passes in the arr he
said: Now the man who lets 80 first treats
the company"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
A Remarkable Change.

There Is nothing more remarkable shown
by the vote ON Constitutional prohibition
than the changed habits which Temperance
reform has wrought among large section
Of the population of this State during the
last seventy five years Fifty yeas ags
the drinking habit was more general
among our citizens of Scotch-Irish stock
than any other element Of the population
and not only drinking. II was not thonght
in the least strange to find prominent mam-
bcrs 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 frmest 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, Enc, 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 Miftiin 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 ;ne 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 Quaker, Pres
byterian, and Baptist, is the only eastern
county which broke the line Of negsfion.
Washington, Pa, ObserreT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
RESORTS.

P,,ck 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 doctor-at least
not at first. He usually goes to the so-called
saloon and gets drink, which makes him
feel rather iazed, so he takes another and
comes home temporarily elsted, supposing
himself cured.
When he wakes next morning, with a
hesdache twIee as bad as ever, and feeling
frvesiSh aud cross, he concludes he will have
to iry something else.
he takes dose OF whatever he happens TO
have in the house-some liver renUvator,
kidney evaporation, or heart enlarger-aGd
sets forth saying il lie isn't better to morrow
he viii send for The doctor.
Next morning he is sick in bed; the doctor
j. called. hakes his head, prescribcs two or
thtc. Inds OF medicine, according to his
med cal creed, but always insists upon per
feet quiet and that the patient must not go
to his Office for two weeks. or the result will
be serious.
He does in truth lie in bed for a week or
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 but the com mon necessities of life for
some time to come. IN order that the doctor $
bills may be raid, and repairs made in the
business.
Now. the proper thing for this mau to have
done was 10 have bought bottle of New
style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar Bitters, the
moment he felt the first headache, and TO
have taken two tableSpooniuls at once. Two or
th,ae half doses Two days apart after the first