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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-26
THE LAKE rEpIN DIsAsrER.
Captain wetherin's License Revoked
He Will BE Prosecuted.

He Will BE Prosecuted.
WAsHISGToS CITY. Aug. .6.-Inspector-
General Dumont has received the report Of
the local inspectors who investigated the
case of the steamer Sea Wing. which cap
sized On Lake PePin with such fatal re-
suits. They find that Captain wetherin
violated the ordinance by starting out as
he did in the face Of the approaching
storm. They therefore revoke his license
and repor: his case TO the United States At
torney for prosecution.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-26
CANADA EXPECTS CHOLERA.

Quarantine Station VIII Re Established
in British Columbia
QUEBxc, Aug. 3-Dsput, minister OF ag-
riculture, declares that Asiatic cholera will
certainly visit Canada next year, and that
in order 70 check its advance he proposes
to establish quarantine station in British
Columbie
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-26

New cioaks wraps eapss and jackets juss IN
Chester CleAry.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-26
BAZAAR

ncsed 10 new quarters IN the Dfllef
nc extends an invitation 10 the public
she examine the finest stock OF
MkSe GOODS ~ the CITY.
s and retail Goods very reasonable
sncly one price.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
Clin bing Snakes.

My farmer friend, Hiram Carpenter, who
lives three miles out of town, invited me to
call at his place and see where he found
snake four feet and three inches in length
and one and half inches in diameter. The
swallows nest under the caves of his barn,
which project some twenty inches from
the building. The rafters do not run out
more than one-half or two-thirds of this
distance, the space between them being
quite thickly studded with the mud nests
of the swallows. One pleasant day IN June
his son noticed quite commotion among
the birds, and called him to the spot.
They were amazed to see large snake
clinging to the end Of rafter, with its
head in one of the nest, evidently devour-
ing the young birds. The reptile was able
to cling to the end of the rafter by hug
ging it tightly, and was only dslodged
after some effort. 1t had swallowed two
young birds, and another was part way
down its throat. The young man had not
"believed in killing snakes" but on this
occasion he dispatched the reptile forth
with. The barn is sheeted up with rough
pine boards, upon which there are two
coats of paint, and from the ground to the
point whence the snake was dislodged the
distance is nineteen feet and four inches
How it managed to get to the spot seems
altogette a mystery. There was no hole
through the side of the barn nor under the
roof boards, not did it seem possible for it
to have worked its way from the top of the
roof Then, it was quite as difficult for it
to have found way to the roof Mr.. Car
penter is a most reliable observer OF all
natural phenomena-an investigator, real
ly-but he was unable to form any opinion
as to how the reptile reached its prey. He
described it as resembling the common gar
ter snake, except in the matter of its great
size, hence could form no idea as to the
species to which species it belonged.-ChaS.
Aldrich, Uebster city, Iowd.-Americdn
Naturalist.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
Why He Got the Job.

Farmer Crane, who lives over on the
town line, says tho Toledo BIads, has some
very unique methods of examining the
men who apply to him from tune to time
for work
Last evening tall, big boned fellow in
his shirt sleeves asked Crane II he had any
work to do.
~ don't know" said the farmer; "can
you tend horsesf"
"Yes, indeed, I've worked about horses
all my lite."
"Come around here to the pump" said
Crane, and he led the way to . common
sucker rod pump near the barn. Going In
side he got long, narrow pitcher and
placed it under the spout. There" he
said, pump that pitcher full of water"
The big boned fellow complied, carefully
pumping the pitcher full without spilling
single drop.
'"That'll do" said Crane, Ego inside and
get ready for supper; I'll give you job in
the morning"
About week later the big boned fellow
asked Crane what pumping the pitcher full
of water had to do with his getting job.
''Weil, I'll just tell you. This is mighty
dry weather, and water is getting scarce.
YoH must have thought that far, for you
didn't spill any water. If you hadn't
pumped hard the water would have been
spilled, and if you had pumped too hard
the water would have gone over the pitch
er Now, the way argue is this: ia
fellow don't pump hard enough he won't
work hard enough. If he pumps too bard,
he'll work toe hard for little while, and
don't want either kind TO work for me.
You pumped exactly right, and you got
i,,h
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17

DR. Fenner's Golden Relief is warrant
ed to relieve toothache, headache, neural
gia, or any other pam in to minutes.
Also bruises, wounds, wire cuts, swellings,
bites burns, summer complaints, collie,
(also in horses), diarrhGa, dysentery and
flux. If satisfaction not given money
returned.
Many man, says an exchange, will
willingly pay a tax on worthless cur, but
when the school tax collector comes around
he swears by the bearded prophet that
these taxes will ruin him.
The new census report of religious
bodies in the United States shows that
there are 134 sects.
Fashions always run TO the extreme.
The low-necked dress is being supplanted
by the Queen Elizabeth collar, which is so
lofty that the top of high hat is barely
visible above it.
Every man has right to his own
opinions about matters and things, so long
as they are honest, but he has no right to
force them upon others.
If you've money to spend, there are
chances on call.
If you've money to lend. there's Ro
trouble at all
If you've money t. make, the chances
are few.
If you've money to borrow, the Lord
pity you"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
Japhet's Opportunity.

There were fifteen or twenty people
passengers on a Hudson river steamer-sit
ting together on the promen ade deck
when q young man who had evidently
reached his majority, suddenly fell off his
stool with great crash, having lost his
equilibrium while taking a nap.
''Consarn his pictur'!" growled gray
haired farmer who was smoking very bad
cigar. That's my son Japhet, and he is
allus putin his foot in it,
"He seems worn out" replied the man
addressed.
HE shouldn't be. I've had him down
in New York for week, to see if l could
not polish him up bit, and get some new
ideas in his bran box; Pm just clean dis
couraged about Japhet."
judge y
eyes, very fair; but l wanted him to
tackle somethin' better. If he was only
like his brother Billp
''What sort of boy is Billf'
"He's regular xxx flour, and 200
pounds to the barrel. Up to the time he
was 20 he didn't know enough to slice tur
nips fur calves. Then he suddenly began
to hump himself He went toreadin' about
anti-poverty and free government, single
tax, free lands, the grindin' monopolies,
the oppressed classes, the bloated bond
holders the elective franchise and all that,
and inside of year he could out talk any
man in the country"
"That was NICE"
"Guess it was! He begun TO talk to the
mill hands, and in week they were on
strike He got 'em to strike in the factory,
convinced all the farmers hired men that
their life blood was bein' pumped out, and
drawed $5 day and boarded at hotel"
"a working mans advocate, eh -
"Thats it. BE tells 'em all about how
the rich are CROWN richer and the poor
poorer, how capital has 'em by the throat,
how Jay Gould and Vanderbilt are gnaw-
ing out their bcatin' hearts to make
profit Gets $4,000 year now and ali
expenses, and wears as good clothes as the
uOVtTuOr. mas ICVV WINCH uuu F@VV
diamond pin, and I reckon he has oysters
and turkey at every meal"
II see."
"And when l see this dunder-headed
brother Japhet hillin' up 'taters for sl4
month the comparison knocks me clean
out. have slight hopes, though, that this
may be the means of changing him. / had
him ont with an agitator for three days at
So day, and to-morror he's goin' over to
the cooper shop and prove to the six coop
ers that their boss is suckin' up their life
blood by the gallon, and that if they don't
stand up like men and demand 81 a day
he'll soon be walkin' ON their neck and
maxim faces at their starvin' children. It's
golden opportunity, and if Japh don't
seize it and make a hit I'll boil him up
with carrots for the steers. "-Ner York
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
The Red-Headed Girl.

Oh, give me the girl with the auburn hair
The lass with the peaehblow curls;
The one that the white horse always is near.
For she's the boss of all girls
The one whose topknot Is flsmingly red
The color we paint-the town
OF rosy tinge, most luridly spread
Ger a carrOty, sunset crown.
Oh. give me the girl whose eranium's hued
With Harvard's selected shade;
The tint of neekties worn by the dude,
The pink of the blushing maid
The one with the wavy raspberry bang,
That casts forth fiery rays;
Whose cherry bow catchers witchingly hang
Like bunch of currants ablaze.
Oh. give me the girl with the ketchup crop,
Crab apple, cranberry tinged;
Whose dome's adorned with a tomato mop,
All crinkled and coiled and fringed
With a sorrel Psyche knot on her pate,
Like grape juice or old port wine
With the coral, the ruby, garnet plait,
Like peppers or drug store twine.
Oh. give me the girl with the gold fish crimps;
With the ringlets like beefsteak rare;
The one with the locks offricaseed shrimps-
The one with the lobster hair;
The weinerwurst, frankfurt sausage girl
With soft shell crab-like braids,
For the one with the danger signal curl
Lays over all other maids.
So give me the girl whose canopy's down
Is the rouge, like toy balloon;
Whose cupoa's capped with scarlet crown
OF carnation, brick, maroon.
The one with the strawberry knob so fair,
She'll make things torrid through life;
Oh, give me the girl with the raw meat hair
The ed-headed girl for wife
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
The Case OF Gibson.

The carpenters had Just finished re-shings.
Ling his kitchen, and he was raking the old
shingles up into pile.
"Hello. Gibson said neighbor, you'll
have kindling enough to last all winter,
won't your
Yes be replied, with an inward glow
of satisfaction; land it makes mighty good
kindling. too"
Good morning, Gibsonl" called out the
family doctor who drove along few min
utes later. Been making some improve
mentsf"
yes"
at looks like good job. And it will
give kindling enough to last all winter
eyes, I'm getting good deal of COM
fort out of that"
Gibson" said the deputy sheriff, who
passed along shortly afterward, 'ff you
take good care of those old shingles they'll
last you for kindling all winter"
YES" replied Gibson rather shortly, al
suppose they will"
The driver of the ice wagon was the
next.
'Hello. Gibson!' be said, "You'll have
kindling enough to last all winter.
Mr.. Gibson made no reply. He went on
raking his shingles somewhat viciously.
Morning, Gibson.r exclaimed the Sun
day school superintendent minute or two
afterward, as he stopped and leaned over
the fence. You'll have kindling enough
l see to last you all"
"Darn the kindling"
The superintendent passed on with a
shudder.
1.-THE next man that says that to me-"
muttered Mr. Gibson, will have a fight
On his hands,
"How does thee do, friend Gibsonf" in
quired the next passer,s genial old Quaker,
''I see thee viii have enough kindling to
last
"Go to thunderr' roared Gibson.
Of course he couldn't get q fight out of a
Quaker, so he kicked stray cat ont of the
yard by way of relieving bis feelings, and
continued raking the old shingles without
looking up.
The pastor of Mr.. Gibson's chuch was
taking his afternoon walk. He saw his
parishioner at work, stopped a moment
and looked at him, and then remarked:
"You will have kindling enough, Broth
er Gibson"
That was all he said Brother Gibson,
without pausing to see who it was, yelled
out:
"Blank the blsnkety- blank old shingles
to blanknation! Blank your blank med
dlesome mouth Ifyou don't light out of
this blank quick I'll set the dog on you!"
Five minutes later Mr. Gibson, with
trembling haste and his pockets full of re-
volvers ready for instant use, was burning
his shingles in the alley. His case will
come up before meeting of the church
officials next Sunday afternoon.-Pittsburg
Dispatch
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
BaShful Bridegrooms.

Ministers declare that in nine cases ont
of ten brides are much more self-possessed
than are bridegrooms when the marriage
ceremony is being performed
A shy, modest looking little creature
robed in white will stand perfectly erect.
looking the minister calmly and squarely
in the eye. without for an instant losing
her self poise. while the big. blunt six
footer of bridegroom by her side is pale,
nervous and trembling. His fingers are
likely to twiteh nervously, and he may
even hitch at his trousers legs or twist
corner OF his coat skirt.
| was once "best man TO a stalwart,
middle aged bridegroom noted for his
courage and feats of daring, and when the
time came for US to go down stairs to meet
the bride and her attendants he nearly
had fit, and he looked like walking
corpse all through the ceremony. had TO
keep saying: Brace up, old boy" and
Come, come, you've got to 60 down." to
get him started at all. and at the door he
was idiotic enough to clutch at me and say:
Say, Fred, how would it do to have
Mary and the preacher slip in here and
have it all over with before we go down at
allf l can't 60 through with it before all
that crowd"
'Idiot!' l said, briefly and pointedly
enough to leave no doubt as to my mean
ing. Mary won't come in here and you
will go down this Instant
He got through it at last without doing
or saying anything ridiculous, in which
respect he was luckier than another stall
wart bridegroom of my acquaintance, who
was so dazed and overcome that he held
out one of his own fingers for the ring when
the minister said: with this ring thee
we'd"
Another bridegroom / know lost his head
to such degree that when it came time
for him to say Il, Horace, take thee,
Annie, to be my lawful welded wife, he
said in an unnaturally loud tone, 81, Mary,
take thee, Horace, to be my lawful welded
wife," and when the time came for him to
introduce his bride to some of his friends
who had not yet seen her, he did it by say
ing awkwardly, "Ah, er-Miss Carter, this
is my wife, Miss Barton" calling her by
her maiden name
Few men say "my wife" easily and nat
urally the first time they use the words in
public.
A funny case was that of the badly
ratified bridegroom who stared blankly at
the minister until asked if he took 'this
woman to be his lawful welded wife,
when he started suddenly and in the
blandest manner said:
"Ah, beg pardon-were you speaking to
met"
A village preacher says that he once
married a rural couple at the home of the
brides parents in the presence of large
company of invited guests The bride
groom was big, bony, red-faced young
fellow who looked as though he could have
felled an OK with his first; but he shivered
and turned pale at the beginning of the
ceremony, and at its close he fell down in
dead faint, to the manifest annoy yance of
his bride, who had been as "cool as a
cucumber throughout the whole cere
mony.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17

Rev. David Kaufman, of Lancaster,
by preaching while apparently asleep. On
the other hand, plenty of church goers
sleep while their minister is apparently
preaching, and yet don't create any sensa
sation unless they happen to snore loud
enough to waken the other sleepers.
1t is not the boy who behaves him
self the best, but the boy who can straight
en- up his countenance and assume the
most innocent look after committing some
deviltry, that gets the reputation of being
the best boy in school. The good boy
with serene meekness on his face and
devilment in his heart is the cause of his
less artful schoolfellow getting many an
undeserved humping.
One of the first duties of reporter in
writing up an account of a murder trial or
an execution is to dilate upon the 'won-
derful nerve" of the prisoner.
Most of the cough syrups sold in the
stores are failures, but remedy in which
onions from an important ingredient is
made by taking one cup of molasses, one
cup of vinegar and one half cup of cut up
onions. Put on the stove and simmer
about half an hour, or until the onions are
soft. Then remove and strain. Take a
teaspoonful of this frequently. when
troubled with cough, and unless it very
deep seated it will not last very long.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
Exploration of Alaska.

A bill introduced in the House Of Repre-
sentatives provides that the Secretary of
War be authorized to send an expedition
to the interior of Alaska for the purpose of
making thorough exploration and survey
of that Territory. with a view of ascertain
ing its resources and capabilities. 1t is
proposed that the party sent out should
locate near the center of the Territory, and
from that point as base push expeditions
into all parts of the interior. The party is
to remain not less than three years. In
this way thorough knowledge Of the
topography and other features of the
country may be gained. An appropri-
alton of $l00, 900 is asked.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
LINCOLN'S MELANCHOLY.
His Sympathetic Nature and
His Early MiSfortuneS.

Those who saw much of Abraham Lin
coin during the later years of his life, were
greatly impressed with the expression of
profound melancholy his face always wore
in repose
Mr.. Lincoln was of peculiarly sym
pathetic and kindly nature. These strong
characteristics influenced, very happily, as
it proved, his entire political career. They
would not seem, at first glance, to be
efficient aids to political success; but in the
peculiar emergency which Lincoln, in the
providence of God, was called to meet, no
vessel of common clay could possibly have
become the ''chosen of the Lord"
Those acquainted with him from boy
hood knew that early griefs tinged his
whole life with sadness. His partner in
the grocery business at Salem was ''Uncle"
Billy Green, of Tallula, Ill, who used at
night, when customers were few, to hold
the grammar while Lincoln recited his
lesson.
1t was to his sympathetic ear Lincoln
told the story of his love for sweet Ann
Rutlidge; and he, in return, offered what
comfort he could when poor Al n died, and
Lincoln's great heart nearly broke.
"After Ann died." says "Uncle" Billy,
"on stormy nights, when the wind blew
the rain against the roof, Abe would set
thar in the grocery, his elbows on his
knees, his face in his hands, and the tears
runnin' through his fingers. hated to see
him feel bad, and I'd say, ABE, don't cry;
an he'd look up an say, Il can't help it,
Bill, the rains fallin' on her."
There are many who can Sympathize
with this overpowering grief, as they think
of lost loved one, when ''the rains a
fallin on her. What adds poignancy to
the grief sometimes is the thought that
the lost one might have been saved.
Fortunate, indeed, is William Johnson,
of Corona, l.. l., a builder, who writes
June 2S, 1890: 'Last February, on return
ing from church one night, MY daughter
complained of having pain in her ankle.
The pain gradually extended until her
entire limb was swollen and very painful
to the touch. We called q aphysician, who,
after careful examination, pronounced it
disease of the kidneys of long standing.
All we could do, did not seem to benefit
her until we tried Warmers Safe Cure;
from the first she commenced to improve.
When she commenced taking it she
could not turn over in bed, AMI could just
move her hand little, but to-day she is as
well as she ever was. | believe | owe the
recovery of my daughter to its use"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17

The range and penetrating power OF
the modern rifles are tremendous. The
Six-inch rifle will hurl its projectile through
ten and half inches of wrought iron
thousand yards from the muZzle. The
eight-inch rife will pierce sixteen and
three tenth inches of iron at the same dis
tance. The ten-inch rife that the rejuven-
ated Miantonomah will carry will send It's
missile through twenty one inches Of iron
a thousand yards away. The twelve-inch
rifle, of which we are to have q supply in
the future, will penetrate twenty eight
inches of iron at range Of three thousand
feet.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
How 10 Sweep a store.

We don't use leaky old sprinkling pot
to sop the floor all over in puddles when
sweep. No sirl We have wet sawdust,
and put a row of it across one end Of the
store and sweep that right along to the
other end, Just like regiment marching
across a ten acre lot. 1t catches all the
dirt and carries it along. If 1t get little
dry, add some more. Some folks scatter
sawdust all over the floor, bat Mr.. vandefs
says that's no good; that the reason for
using sawdust is to avoid wetting tho floor
all over and to have something that viii
absorb the dust.-Com. Enquirer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17

For headaches, bfliousness, constips-
tion, dizziness, sleeplessness, the blues,
scrofula, the blood and all skin erupuons
Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver Rcmedy ana
Nerve Tonic never fails. Wausnteo 10
satisfy or money refunded:
The thin girl is coming into style
again, and the big. fat girl will have to
take back seat, or two back seats # she
requires them.
He could not afford paper
The price OF it made him sick
But one fine day there came his way
Two men who were very .'slick,"
And he paid them q cool ten thousand
For worthless gilded brick.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17

enough. They will stay with him for one
well, and if he doesn't strike the first they
throw him overheard, regardless of the fact
that his well has all the ear marks of an
oil well and there is no reasonable doubt
but that be is in the near vicinity of an oil
pool.-D. S. C. in oil City Derrick.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
Dry Goods
AT LOWEST PRICES
AT THE NEW STORE OF
ID. E. JACKSON.

We are new corners, but have come
to stay. We buy cur goods at lowest
cash prices and as we sell for cash
only. We are enabled to sell goods
at the smallest possible margins. We
could quote prices on clean, neac
goods, no trash, from all parts Of our
store, especially on the following
goods. Dress Goods, White Goods,
Prints, Ginghams, Shirtings, Mus
lins, Lace Curtains and Curtain
Poles, Corsets and Corset Waists.
Ladies', Children's g and Gents Under
wear, Hosiery, Gloves and Mits, Kid
Gloves, Ribbons, Silk and Velvet,
Black and Colored Silks, Cloth Capes,
Bead Wraps, Jerseys and Jersey
Jackets, Table Linens, Napkins,
Towels, &C., &c, but as new goods
are arriving all the time, we would
not likely have the goods now
quoted, but possibly have them at
still lower prices as the season ad-
vances. We are proud to say that
in this city and county our goods
and prices have met with approval
and commentator, although subject
ed to close scrutiny and comparison
with the goods offered by others.
We solicit your patronage, and will
do all in our power to make our busi-
ness transactions pleasant and profit
able.
D. E. JACKSON, Butler, Pa.
Next door to Heineman's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
NO49.
AGRICULTURAL,
HOW TO PACK Rccs

Gather eggs fresh. Roll In nevsnsn.,
about six inahcs square. Beginning a. ons
corner, roll and twist at opposite oorp.r,
Lay in a box anyway and keep in drv
place. They will be fresh as long q you
Wish TO keep them have kept fifty dossn
AZ time, not losing one Have packed
them in this way for five years.-1a5ls
TAX.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-17
A. E. RUSSELL,

Office on second floor OF New Anderson Block
Main St..-near Diamond.