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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-30

The ~Episcopalian Glee club was for
mally organized Monday night at the resi-
dence Of W. T.. Mes. There are six men,
hers at present who will furnish both vocal
and ir Instrumental music. They will sing
at the Episcopal services every Sunday
night.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26
His Paper Was Read by Some
body.

Years Sgo. when Henry Grady was strog.
cling 10 briag the Rome CommcnNai into
fouEt ranks. says the Rome (6a.l TSSesae,
be called ono day aud asked the RoanSA,
vile Brothers tor an advertisement J.
W RoanSaville replied. why, Grady,
nobody reads your paper; Il Is no use 70
advertise IN H." A happy Thought s0g.
go>tcd itscltto Mr. Grady. Re went to his
office and write the following advevtise.
@eot, which appeared next morning in the
Cow@tnosee WANTED, my eats, lab.
ecAl price Tor the same Apply to the
HoeasAville Rrc,Acrs We'll the picture
that presented aselfA, HoaosavaleS cor.
oee next morning ecsears description.
Rays of All aeeS aud SiFes cf tMt&
occm tho sAsr-Aalroa youth 10 The sable
E,AapiAal earcerc, NoyS and ragged eoyS
rea headed eoys n~cslelAcea NoyN town
eosS ana coeatry eoys-eovs. NON all
parts " flosA coaoty hlecSeA NJ The side
MSlkS, aerrNASs and streets With NAeS Mll
~ oAtN-eAtS VI every DESCRIPTION, name
ana og>lor AAoase eats yard SAtS barn cAsN,
cAalNA cStS-Ae eats. feaa cA,N AHaeS,
,>a,S Aaa tAteSssA eats. wSA, ~ MAKE a
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VSs<lseaseat ~ aSnS ~ Ms paper WAN ceN
tsaaees AaA tNAt wAs 5asl wAAt SeNaS
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26
About Lead Pencils.

"Whst does it east % make lcal pen,
ciilr said the niaasiactarcr Ia reply O. a
New York Ssa reporters iugGirv "r',-t.
lei s.ae = = .goo hos We max. a ..,...---
"sce this s., ts-r. ".vfcr RsAts
graphite z co~ts to,--s ivc cents a
pound This Wattr substance is Gc-maa
clay. Ii onme- across tsc occ4u as ballast
ia sailing vessels. and all Il Gusts rs is
freight We uix.thiS clay with this pow.
der together aud grind them ia a mill. add
ing moisture during the process. until the
two are thoroughly mixed ana are reduced
20 a paste about the consistency of putty.
This paste We press into these dies,
each one Of which is the size Of pencil
lead except in length. There are four leads
in one of these. After they are pressed
VIC cut them into proper lengths and bake
them in an oven kept at a very high tenn
pera,ure. Then we have the lead made
Its hardness is regulated hy tho greater or
less amount Of clay We mix with the
graphne-the more clay We put ia, the
harder the lead.
"Thc cedar We use comes principally
from Florida. and is obtained entirely trSm
fallen trees that lie there. The wood Is
delivered to us in blocks sawed to pencil
lengths. some ot them thick, to receive the
lead. ard some Tina. Cor the piece that is
10 Dc glued over The lead, Thc blocks are
sawed for e,ps pencils each. They sge
goovcd ay saw the entire length. ,bc
groove being the placc whcrc ttc lead Is
TO lie. The leads are kept in hot glac, aad
sre placed in the groovcs a. the blocks arr
ready Whca that IS done, The thin picce
Is glued fast To the thio& one when Gry,
the blocks are ron through a machine that
cuts The pencils spArt Another machine
shapes tbem. making them octaeoaaL oe
raaa3, os tAt, oe tAree.concred, as the
case mSy De, The geueils are Aaraishyl
IN machinery, aud are tAcu reA,ly 10 De
tied In 0oucaos, baked. and p0t oeI
Tho djlereu, grades IA Vaiae vi a lead
pouca are mA1e hs 6acc manipulation ct
The grApajte ana the eSe Vt better material
TIE avcrAee pencil Ia every cay WSe coSsS
about one quarter ofA cent 10 make We
are coatOat with ooe hundred per cont
profit on Il Whea We SCH q % the GSAlee.
What AiS pra6e i yoa HiAy teare oot Ms
Yourself il yea have one ~ tNo pencils
a0oet yoe that s7,a pNiA ave ccajs ton 0t
THIS gtale o( pencil an opSrAtor NH tara
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'gac s,ast va'aAesc had pcaCa tNat I
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26
Soneday.

Sometime, let the day be lair or dreary.
or near or far may the footsteps stray.
'ri'ansh ieyous the way. or long aud weary
i1askened BY sessss. livened hy rlay
In The glare ~ dag. CT the gloom OF night
viii come 10 the snul wild desire
roe a vanished lore aud past delight,
Eu,hralhug the scnses--a consuming iirc
Then thra the houadlesS, silent space.
Will cemc waclming, answering thrill.
Aud a se0 hand clasp. close embrace
VIII the longing heart and senses till.
For the sOul will return 10 its own again
After years of silence, sad and cold.
Evea tho the loved form hath lain
Long underneath the churchyard mold.
For each other in fair, lost Paradise.
Where souls immortal formed in light,
That cannot be fettered by earthly ties,
OR hid in the graves black night
Sometimes in answer one will come.
Writhcd free from death in life,
And one win break from death aud the
tomb.
To quiet weary spirits strife,
MATS EAsrox SMtru.
BcrtSR, PA, September, 1890,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26

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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26

/ silently looking oct of the window Rut
Steve was now ready Cor aay houess thing
that ould take hi.a och ..G,ti--i.u-r,----l---,
dependent life which he had 50 iouli>hly
I chosen fur haSclf
( Oae DAY, greatly To his surprise. Ella.
I abtth said to him.
steve. have letter from cousin Of
my mothers Who lives in Glasgow She
&. going to Australia ana wants me To- hay
her house She says il is great bargain.
and | wrote To Barrett to 20 and see about
it. have 4 letter this morning saying he
is too in TO leave his bed. wonder ifyou
could 90 and attend to iti''
Anything for change Steve showed
very proper business like interest and
said;
Yes. would he very glad to go"
VERY we'll should think you knew
enough OF titles and deeds ana convey
aacins, and all thai kind Of thing will
trust the affair to you, Steve"
So the next morning Steve found him
self on the Calcdonian line, with Gl0O in
his pocket and a veritable piece Of business
on hand. The first twenty miles out sc
Leeds he enjoyed with the abandon Of
bird Sc, free. Then he began to ;kink
again. 4; Crcwe he missed a train. and
wandering about the station fell into talk
with the engineer Of the next ono. who
was cleaning and examining his engine
With all the love aud pride a mother might
give to favoute child.
The two men frater0ixea AZ once. and
Steve made the trip ovee the Calcloniaa
ljnc in the cuady Of the engineer. who was
anc Young fellow, zone cf scvcu, he
said all macAiaists and engineers" Tho
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time, leayaias every branch et his baSiaeSs
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engines. aud Ae hoped 70 Do - some CAV,
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26

Ee1re new coDers, but bare come
,fo stsv. We huy our goods Al lowest
.razh rsrices and IS We sell fcr cash
aaniz- We are enabled TO sell goods
r1 the smallest possible margins We
ranld ouofp prires On clean, ne,c
Agnn9S. ro trnsA. frem Ill parts oT o0r
Store. especially un the following
Ornna~. Dress Goods. White Goods.
Prints. Ginphnnns. ShirtinFs, Nus
lin. Ignre Curtains srd Curtain
Folps. Cursefs and Corset Waists,
I1auirs Children : and Gents Under
U@9r, Hosiery, Gloves snd Nits, Kid
siares. Rsba.ons. Six ard Velvet,
gsinck snd Cosared Sii,Ss, Cloth Capes.
R.na Eraps. Jerseys and Jersey
aarses~. Tasle i.ineus, Napkins.
Tsaesas. dc a.. hnt IS Rev goods
&-4 striving -. the sine. We would
uAs asktax have tho goods now
uma-sa. Aas peSSihls hrve them VI
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mn~rS - a-r tssrnS w ssy shns
N. 80 ~siFx nrG cAnrfy rur goresS
&C rsirss H1vs ret ~nh approval
srx rsranerdatieU. although 'sNbicc,
s Is s4eSc scrutiny anf comparison
~sts tse rSass eHercd by Others.
sft 'Sofirit Srag patronage. ord VIII
81 .ls 4 aas power 70 meSs our eesi.
r~ss trossacsscas f,leessn, scd l,e'csit>
efsls
n.<s JACKSON. Br'les, g'a.
~exs caer u Neiucmer$.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-26

srss Is ~ ae<ss3s>ss sss,c ~ 'ss~s0
.dss>stivo 'ssscsessSS
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21

The fact that an officers servant is
paid from S. to $40 extra a month often
serves to reconcile him to the openiy-ex-
pressed contempt in which he is held by
his fellows, and so long as their dislike
is confined to sneers and even curses he
| pays little attention to them.
But woe to the man who lays his hand
on the officers pet. Dire punishment
awaits him and a long ''stretch" in the
guard house is sure to follow. When
the ''dog robber" gets drunk or COM
mits some other breach of discipline he
does so with no bitter fear that he will be
called to account. His services are en-.
tirely too valuable to his superiors to be
long dispensed with, so, instead of being
laid up by the heels like a common de-
linquent, he is given a reprimand for
forms sake and returns to his congenial
labors.
! Sometimes it happens that an ofSe~gs
who is too ~impecunious or too stingy to
hire a servant has some work he desires
done. He calls upon a private to report
at his quarters at a certain time and lays
out his task. A bit of carpentering, the
laying of a carpet or what not. The
| soldier knows as we'll as does the officer
that he is not under any obligation to do
the work, but he knows fully As well
that if he refuses it will be a sorry day
forhim. Every little shortcoming, i'm
aginary or real, of which he may, in the
preiudiced eyes of his superior, be
guilty, will be stored up against him.
His Orderly Sergeant will De instructed
to keep a close watch of all his doings,
and when he makes application for a
few days leave or for some other in
diligence to which he thinks himself en-.
titled, his request is curtly refused. In
view of all this the shrewd soldier will,
unless the work is of a too degrading
nature, pocket his pride and fall to.
Punishment day at one Of the far West.
ern military posts is a black letter day to
the private soldier. 1t is not so much
the severity of the penalties inflicted
which make them so much dreaded 10y
the bluecoat. To be locked up in the
guard house on bread and water even hai
no great terrors for him. The rough lift
he has peen leading makes priEations o.
that kild easily borne. Extra work o
| any kind he will also perform without
much g~rumbling. He has danced and il
willing to pay the fiddler. He had beer
warned that if he did not behave himsel
properly while on his leave he would b
called to account. That he did not prof
by the warning, his aching head ami
bloodshot eyes are sufficient evidence
and now he has been sentenced to twenty
four hours in the s'bull rlng."
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21
A Costly Golden Lamp.

The interior of the grand cathedral in
the City of Mexico is, even at the pres
emit day, after having been successfully
plundered, most magnificent. It con-
tains five naves, six affairs and fourteen
chapels, which contain the bones of some
of the yiceroys and departed great men
of Mexico. The "Glory of the Capoia, >
Virgin and revered saints were painted,
SAYS the New York Journal, by celebrated
artists. A balustrade surrounds the
choir of a metal SO rich that an offer to
replace it with one of equal weight in
solid silver was refused. This weighs
twenty-six tons, and came from China In
the old days of Spanish dominion, when
the richly freighted galleons Of Spain
sent their cargoes overland from Acaputo
to Vera Cruz on the way to the mother
country.
The high altar was formerly the rich.
est in the world, and yet retains much of
its original glory. 1t contained candle
sticks of gold so heavy that a single one
was more than a man could lift, chalices,
cruets and pyxes of gold incrusted with
precious metal, studded with emeralds,
amethysts, rubies and sapphires.
The statue of the assumption (now
missing) wa of gold, ornamentea with
diamonds; and is said to have cost 81,
O0O, 600. There was a golden lamp,
valued at $40, 900, which it cost at one
time $1,000 to clean, but, according to a
French writer-and the joke is his-the
liberal troops cleaned it for nothing, and
it has not been seen since.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21

feels the sharp prick OF a bayonet In MS
leg he makes a desperate effort and stag
gers to his feet. The big log is again
laid across his shoulder and he stumbles
on. Another man has just thrown down
his burden and declared that he will not
carry it another step. They may DO
what they like to him, he says d~oggedly,
but not another step will he bulge.
"Take off his cap and strap him to his
loo, orders the Sergeant. After q short
struggle, in which the prisoner gets a
rough handling, the order Is executed.
The thermometer registers considerably
over 100 degrees in the open parade
ground and the sun shines with the fierce
heat of a furnace.
Not q cloud is there to cast even a fleet
ing shadow ON the parched ground, and
the alkali dust is hot as il it had been
baked in in oven. Lying fat On his back
with his late burden under him, the SOL
dier gets the full benefit of the suns
scorching rays. His mouth is parched,
and his tongue feels like a piece OF dried
leather. His eyebalis ache as though
they were going to burst, and he would
gladly forfeit a months pay for a glass OF
cold water. But no, as long he persists
in his INSTRUMENTATION just 80 long Will ne
suffer from thirst. Plucky as he is he
cannot stand this agony much longer
For three hours now has he lain there
with clinched teeth and eyes tight closed,
but he knows he must either give IN OF
he will faint.
"Give me a drink and I'll 60 back in
the ring" he hoarsely says at last and is
soon off again III his n~ever-endlne
tramp.
Another soldier is still too much under
the influence of the grog he drank the
night before to walk even without the
weight of the small tree which he has
| been ordered to carry. The Sergeant
being convinced at last that he is not
ssplaying possum,' as they call sham
| ming, orders him given q ''dose o.
pump" He is led to another part OF the
ground and seated on a camp chair Will
| his hands bound behind him. While a
couple of soldiers take turn about at the
handle of a force-pump, the Corpora
of the squad directs the stream Of watel
full in the victims face. This heroic
treatment soon has the desired effect, ane
with a gasp the half drowned man beg
the Corporal to give him
a chance to get his breath. He wa
never quite so sober in his life,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21
Bear, and Forbear.
A Curious DraW.Bridge.

Zone of the most curious draw bridges
in the world, = said an officer of a West
India fruit steamer, lis in the harbor
called St. AIMS Bay, in the Island OF
Curacao. It is called a pontoon bridge,
and one Of the pontoons is q steamer.
The steamer wa built in Camden, Me.
It is a scow forty feet long, twelve wide
and seven deep. There is a single shaft
that runs clear through the boat, and has
q forty-inch screw propeller on each end.
The shaft is turned by two 9x12 steam.
engines. When the draw is to be opened
the Captain Of the steam pontoon castt
OIL the lines, gives q toot o the whistle,
and sets the propellers a whirling, and
therenpon half the bridge swings round
far enough to let the coming ship pass
through. Then the wheel is reversed
and the gap is closed. "--Nsi0 York 1asa
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21
In this sentence he cannot see the jus
tice. What benefit, he argues, can tn

tice. What benefit, he argues, a thu
country which he has sworn to serve for
S13 a month and rations possibly derive
from its execution. While he is puzzling
his muddled brains in a vain endeavor to
settle the knotty problem he and a dozen
or so other unfortunates are grufHy or
dered to s.fall in" With trembling
knees and shaking hands they anble
across the battle-ground to the place of
torture.
A semi-cireuIar ring about aquarter of
a mile long has been staked off, and the
prisoners enter the enclosed place and
stand aE s~sattention. At a word from
the Sergeant other soldiers bearing d big
log for each Of them, place them on the
shoulders Of the deiinquents. Then the
march begins. FortWenty four hours the
weary tramp is kept up. almost without
cessation. Round and round the bull
ring they go, the log growing heavier at
every step. Occasionally they are given
i sup OF water and d cracker on piece Of
bread, but they are not allowed to linger
oyeFeyen that modest banquet. Finally,
one maj can stand the strain no longer.
he grows veal and gilady in the broiling
sun and tumbles down beside his log. a
Corporal approaches and orders him to
resume the march. he hardly hears
what y bsing said % him but when b
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21

An old bachelor has just died in New
town, Conn, who came as near being an
ideal miser as q man can well be. He
never married because he did not wish to
support q wife, and because he thought
that childrea were q nuisance and an ex.
pense. Although be only earned this
wages Of an ordinary day laborer, he CON
t~inually added to his possessions by the
most rigid economy. He nee walked
seyenty-fve miles to ave 81 steamboa.
fare. When taken hopelessly i'll he
wished to die as soon as possible, probably
to save doctors bills. To capt the climax
the miserableWretch, just before be died,
expressed d wish to swallow his money,
because he feared that It might fall into
the hands of some one who would
squander II. 1T would be 4 good
thing, in the opiaien Of the Chicago
Hsra7d, ssif all such men Us he would
abstain from matrimeny, IL the doctors
are right IL their theory that natural
tendencies are hereditary. Il il very
frequently true, however. that the
. b Of aeh / man show about .
gfest i genius for scattering money u
air father ald ii hoarding IT,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21
An Ex.Reporter's Millions.

Rockefeller was once a newspaper re-
porter, and less than two decades ago
was a business man of only moderate
means in Cleveland, Ohio. His attention
was attracted to the opportunities for
making money in the handling and re-
Hning of the product of the Pennsylvania
oil fields. He started a comparatively
small refinery, and from that grew the
most powerful monopoly on earth-the
Standard Oil Trust. How rapidly the
Standard has grown is shown by the fact
that in 1880 its capital was only $3,00O,-
900, whereas it is now 800, 000, 600. The
par value of the stock is 500 per share,
butt it is quoted at $170. It pays dividends
amounting to 10 per cent. per annum.
Rockefeller owns more than a majority
of the stock, SO that something like
800, 000, 900 of his fortune is represented
in the Trust. He also has extensive
natural gas interests in Ohio, and In adj
dition is q large owner of Government
bonds and the securities Of railroads and
ether corporations.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21
The OYSTERS Food.

The food of the oyster consists en-
tirely Of microscopic beings and frag-
ments of organic matter, which are car
ried by the currents of water to the
mouth Of the animal at the hinge end of
the shell. Along with the food a large
amount of indigestible dirt or inorganic
matter is carried in. When this mate
rial is examined through the microscope it
is seen that the oyster subsists largely
upon what scientists call "diatoms"-
one of the lowest types of moving plants
which swim in the water, encased in mi
mute sandstone cases or boxes of the
most delicate beauty of workmanship.
When these have been found in the in
t~estines of the oyster they have usually
had their living contents dis iolved out
by the action of the juices of the stom.
och
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-21
A Crop From Seed 1000 Years Old.

During the season of 1889 a most re-
markable crop was raised by David
Drew, at Plymouth, N. H. In 1888 Mr..
Drew came into possession of some corn
grains found wrapped with a mummy in
Egypt, supposed to be 1000 years old.
These were planted and grew. 1t had
many characteristics of the real corn; the
leaves were alternate, it grew to be over
six feet high, the mid-ribs were white,
but the product of the stock, there il
where the curious part comes in. Instead
Of. growing in an car like modern maize,
it hung in heavy clusters at the top, on
spikelets, there was no tassel, no silk,
each sprig was tkiekly studded with
grains, each provided with a separate
husk, like wheat grains Detroit Free
Press.