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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-11
Boys Knee Pants a Speciality

Gents Furnishing Department.
Our Is cent Gauze Undershirts and
Drawers are as good as can be bought
elsewhere for so cents.
A genuine Bslbriggan for so cents,
we'll worth IS cents garment.
Others we wUuld like to mention,
but space will not permit. Call and
be convinced.
Our 25 cent and so cent Boys
Straw Hats are, as ever, our leaders.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-11

Closed Mond ny at 9Os, Tuesday at 80
Wednesday at S8s.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-07-11


snakes in the neighborhood.
A bogus Special Pension Examiner is
said to be now cruising through Pennsyl
vania, defrauding pensioners of various
sums OF money. He is about 40 years of
age and represents himself as DIR. Mascor
or Sam Barnett He weighs about 160
pounds, is feet IL inches high and has
dark hair, gray eyes and bad teeth. He
wears blue flannel suit, black slouch hat
and G. A. Il. badge.
-Adjutant General Hastings has issued
an order to the members of the National
Guard relative to the coming encampment
at Mount Gretna. He orders all com
mands to be in camp by z o'clock on July
81, and they will be paid for FIVE days
service from that date inclusive. The
order tells the guardsmen to carry no bag
gage but what is necessary. Where an
entire command is supplied with white
helmets they will be permitted to wear
them en- all duties except at the inspection
of the Adjutant General
A city man whose wife was spending
! the summer away from home had the fol-
lowing inserted in the personal column of
q paper.
| A GENTLEMAN WHOSE WIFE is
| Al away for the summer wishes to Meet a
Discreet and Lively Young Lady to ac-
company him to places of amusement.
Address LONELY, Star office. 2t1
And the trains next morning brought his
wife and lots OF other mems wives home.
After the Fourth:
We put him to bed in his little nightgown.
The worst battered youngster there was in
the town;
Yet he said as he opened his only well eye
"Rah, ,rah for the jolly old Fourth Of
Julyw
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
HiTcrent From Dom.

Detroit Free Press.
lie had climbed a long stairway in the
Bull block, raped at a door and re-
ceived a Come in" He entered, re-
moved his rain-soaked cap, slapped it
against the back OF a chair and calmly
quericd:
Il suppose you read the papers,"
Eyes" briefly replied the occupant OF
the office.
saw all about Dom Pedro, I pre-
sume?"
Yes"
"saw that he refused to accept ST.
500, OOO?"
Yes"
That's whore Dom and I differ, you
know. I'd accepted quicker'n wink"
Yes"
in fact, I'm willing to accept any
thing, great or small
Yes"
And accept it with thanks" con-
tinued the caller after a pause"
The other arose, took him by the ear,
! led him out Of the room and TO the TOP
OF the stairs, and then planted his foot
to produce four-fold. The stranger re-
ceiyed it without a word and walked
slowly down 10 the last step. Then be
turned and said:
you might go at least a nickel on
that"
And one was tossed down to him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

TO return 20 camp and postpone the
movement. But Grant vas determined
to persevere, and Rawlins, with tho
best of motives, became very urgent,
even presumptuous, in his language, in
5he presence OF Meade and n or two
of Grants own staff. Finally Grant got
nettled and, turning short, exclaimed:
''Who commands these armies, Genera
Rawlins, you or II"
RawIins was very much hurt; he went
to his tent and declared to me that he
would resign. But General Grant was
sorry that he had wounded so true a
friend, and took an early opportunity
to sooth him and show him some mark
Of consideration before us all. He was
always 10th TO hurt the feelings Of those
Indifferent to him: but when he touched
tho se-nsitiveness OF o friend he was
more panied than the one whom he
offended.
But though no one at that time spoke
TO him with the same freedom as Raw
Inns, for no one else on the staff had
been with him so long and under the
peculiar experiences OF his early cam
paign, still the whole atmosphere Of the
Headquarters was intimate and at times
iEHliiiiF. tEdtt IOHFtAot4 WIN ElN%b
outspokenncss with all. He liked a
Joke, either 10 tell one himself or 10
hear a good one; he liked 70 gossip
about old West Point friends and 70 tell
about his earlier battles. lie always
Joined tho circle around the camp fire
at night, and his presence seemed no re-
s%traint, except that, because Of his own
purity Of conversation, no one ever told,
while ne was by, the sort Of stories that
are often Common around campires.
Grants purity, indeed, was not confined
TO language. In all my Intimacy with
him OF twenty years, in camp, at Wash
ington or abroad, I never saw the slight
est indication of irregularity OF life. !
opened all his letters for year,, and not
one was aver addressed to him that in
timated q lapse or threatened a dis
closure. Yet though he was thus
familiar be never betrayed a secret
military or personal, that he meant Il
withhold. lie would stop short in con
versation at once if a question was
asked that might lead 10 more than be
was ready 70 unfold. He could keep his
own counsel better than any man ] ever
knew Fad yet not seem to be restraining
himself.
For Grant was a man Of much Deeper
emotions thar can be revealed. Some
times | have thought that he had just
as much ambition and even vanity as
anyone else, only the marvellous faculty
OF concealing both, and 1t any rate ne
was not stolid because be was serene
n, indeed, he was full Of designs under
his mask of impcrturbability and indif
ference, his intellectual quality vas al
tho greater to be capable both OF the re
s%traint and the designs. And who shall
saw that ne had not the right 10 keeI
his own plans and intentions 70 MIN
self? n in tbs way he deceived 1t wa
not his fault, but that Of tie lookerson
He did not pretend, he did not simulate
bismarck, thcy say, deceives o com
pletely wLen ne tells the absolute truth
and Grant had not a few traits in com
mon with Bismarck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
The DAYS Length.

St. LOUIS Republic.
At Stockholm, Sweden, it is 1871
hours in length.
At Spitzbergen the longest day is ga
months.
At London, England, and Bremen,
Prussia, the longest day is 1913 hours.
At Hamburg, in Germany, and Dant-
zic, in Prussia, the longest day has IL
hours.
At Wardbury, Norway, the longest
day lasts from May Fl TO July 20, with
OUT interruption.
At. st. Petersburg, Russia, and
Tobolsk, Siberia, the longest day is IL
hours and tina shortest 5 hours.
At Tornea. Finland, June 81 brings a
day nearly 30 hours long and Christmas
one less than 3 hours in length.
At st. Louis the longest day is some
what less than - hours, and at Mon
treal, Canada, il is iG,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Antichmax.

wafked q city street, and suddenly
! saw q tiny lad. The winter wind
Howled 1tfully. and ali the air above
The clear-cut outline Of the buildings TAN
Seemed full Of knives hat cut against tns
face:
An awful night among tho unboused poor!
The boy was tattered; both his hands were
thrust
For show of warmth within his p~ocket-holes,
Where pockets had not been for many q day.
Ono tsouserleg was long enough TO hide
The naked flesh, but one, In mockery
A world too short, tho he was INDUSTRIOUS
small,
Left bare and red his knec-a cruel tbingl
Then swelled my selfish heart with tenderness
And pity for the waif: TO think OF ene
30 oup 40 seeming helpless, homeless too,
Breasting the night, ~rlIiver with tho cold!
Gaining n little, soon ! passed him by,
Ny fingers reaching for a silver coin
To make him happier, IL only for
An hour. when-I marvellcd as / beard
His mouth was puckered up In CHEEKY wise,
And In the very teeth OF fortunes frown
He whlstled loud n scrap of some gay tunnel
And / must know that all my ready tears
Fell on a mood more merry than mine own.
Richard T.. Burton. In Harper's Magazine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Thc Baby's writing.


The baby's writing oh, who shall say
Those pencil marks In their tangled
skein
Which the baby made in his aimless play
Were not put there for some human
gaini
The baby's writing-a funny scrawl,
'Tis just u purposeless maze of lines,
Yet out OF the maze, sweet voices call
And the steady light Of a pure love
shines.
Tbs baby's writing-it calls TO mind
The child that Ia or the child that WINS
Now gone the way Of all human kind,
Or grown In accordance with natures
laws.
A smile half blooms on the mctbor's face
And a lump crceps Into the tender
throat,
As she finds I'm those iires ell void Of grace
Some memory of what her baby wrote.
The baby's w~ritizg-kow like Is this
To the mark of the aged dying mani
Yet between them lie all grief and bliss
That are crowded into a life's brief span.
Columbus Dispatch.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Pooling the Butcher.

New York weekly.
Butcher-"Dot Mr.. Wiseman is Won
WOOL. He gene 10 me und he give inc
dose handsome new s~teelyards vor dose
rusty old vons use so many years. lie
say he collect brickybrack."
Customer-"How long had you used
the old ~steelyards?"
II sell meat NIT dose steelyards
twenty-five years.
MIR. Wiseman is . customer OF yours,
l suppose?'
Yah"
Don't you know that the older steel
yards get, the weaker the springs be-
come and the less meat they give u the
pound"
''Mein Gracious! Dot Mr.. Weisman is
Won scoundrel!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

In Stool bridge township. Michigan,
= hungry hawk swoopcd down on some
young turkeys. Tue mother turkey
tried to DIVE him away, but failing 10
do so sps 4 away, and in o few moments
returned with a whole i!oc& Of able
bodied adult turkeys and made u com
bined attack on the barn-yard pirate
and beat him of.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

a ratner sued an English school
master for assault. because he had
caned his boy on the hand. The magisr
tr1te before whom it was first tried
thought that the father was right. for
the reason that Gaming on the hand was
attended by a risk Of injury, and there
were methods Of corporal punishment
quite as available, ~eficacious, and not
necessarily attended by any risk, which
the defendant might have used" The
higher court, though decided that It
vas not actionable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

"A curious story comes from st.
Petersburg. "A well-known Polish
princess recently took a house in Tho
capital. To her disgust she found il
haunted. A religious service was held
aud the demons exercised. Iat after
i lew days they returned with rc-en-
forccments. The result is that Ia or
der to live ia the house at all the
princess has to Lv.l al rxAse.A. re.i-
lions service srery three dana
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
To Dispel Gods,

Headaches and Fevers. to cleanse the sys-
TEN efrectuaily. yet gently. when cogtiye or
bilious. or when tie blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure abitualco
stipation. 10 awnken tho kidney and liver
to q healthy activity. without irritating or
weakening them. use Syrup OF Figs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Oscar Hi, n farmer, had a fight with
a negro in Clay county, Alabama, and was
badly bitten. Hill had TO have his arm
amPutated and he developed symptoms OF
hydrophob.a and died. The negro has blue
gums and IL is believed that tie bite Of
such negroes always proves fatal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

An interesting serial confess. ives wit.
messed at st. Augustine, Fla, the o.her day
between an eagle and n fishhawk. The
ishhawk was being pursued by the eagle
and in order to escape had 10 drop It's bur.
den, which proved to be a large founder.
Tie affair was witnessed by a large crowd
of winter visitors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

A meteorite fell recently TT MiEhcri,
in Russia, which contained about . PEI
cent. OF an organic matter in the share Ct
a yellow substance, readily comDustille,
soluble In alcohol and ressm bling resin. i
also contained : PER cent. of q metallic sat
allied 10 tellunium.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

An orator Of the Beilamy school bega,
Greeley lived till this time he would have
been q nationalist. It Is harmless bat
rather uncertain guessing where Uncle
Horace might be, were he now on earth.
He was an original man and liable to have
his own notions. In his early days he was
q believer In the doctrine of Fourier.
Women have been refused permission
TO study medicine In Germany.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Didn't Appreciate the Compliment.

Truth.
l overheard a remark by a lady q few
evenings since att reception. The lady
in question is in the neighborhood Of 40,
still charming in face, figure and repair
tee. A gentleman who had not seen her
for twenty years approached and hest
tatingly asked;
ais this Mrs. Az"
"It is"
II knew you at once" tho gentleman
answered. Il have not seen you for
twenty years, and you look just the same
now as you did when a girl"
Gracious" replied the lady, you
don't say so. What an old looking girl
I must have been"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

On tho Goth Of May q ins statue OF
Robert K. Lee will be unveiled at Rich
Snond, Va. When the statue Of General
Grant, the man who met and overcame
Lee, will be unveiled In New York nc
mortal mar can tell, The spirit Of Nam
mon In the eastern metropolis has abou,
e~xtinguished the fres Of patriotism.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

SIX Novels Free, will DO sent by Cragin
q Co., Philadelphia, Pa, to anyone In the
United States or Canada, postage paid,
upon receipt Of t twenty-five Dobbins' Eiec-
trio Soap wrappers. See list Of novels ON
circulars around each bar. Soap for sale
by all grocers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

French society women have Invented,
10 bridge the gap between luncheon ard 3
o clock tea, an Entertainment which they
call the 80 o'c!ock.n and at wLi-h DIS
:inguisbed singers and actors are wei
coined as guests without being expected TO
sing and act.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

When you take a couple of dozen
wire window-screcns. and attempt -
adjust them IN the sashes. IL Is always
the las. screen you Try that fits. Thei,
Is only ono screen. come 10 think Of il.
that fits first. aud that is the last one
and that is because there ID none Z
follow IT, pusk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Spring Medicine

Is . necessity with nearly everybody. The run
Gown. led condition At this season 10 due TO I'm
ruri les ia the blood which have accumulated dur
ing the wi ter, and which must be expelled II you
wish to feel wen. Hoods sarsapsrilla thoroughly
purines and ~vitalixes the blood. creates q good ap-
petite, cures biiiousness and headache. gives
healthy action to the kidneys and liver. and imparts
70 the whole body q feeling Of health and strength.
Try II this spring.
II take Hoods sarsspariiia every year as q spring
tonic with most satisfactory results" c. PAR
xKLxx, ss Bridge street, Brooklyn, n y.
puTifieS the Blood
Hoods ssrsspariaa purified my blood, gave me
strength. aud overcame the headache and dizziness
so that 7 am able 90 work again. i
ssood's ssrsapsrIlia 70 others whose blood Is tain
or imp1re, an who feel worn out or run down.
Lur ixx MASON, Lowell, Mass.
~ have used Hoods ssrsspariIla for years, and
reeo amend It as the hest spring medicine or blood
I nstaer. Our boy ia nine years old and has enjoyed
good health ever since we began giving IL TO him
We are seldom without H." D. y. Gnovzs.
Rochester, n. II.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

10 a number of advanced" socialists In
the present congress, but the Sun only
names Senator Sanford. What 10 the mat
ter with Corn-Currency Vance, Of North
Carolina' OF course each of those soma
tors would scorn tho idea of his being
ranked among modern socialists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Santa Cruz has q horse that Is "a years
old. He came to California in lS4S with
William Handiey, and was called an old
horse then. For many years Jerry worked
in the brewery, but was turned out 20 rest
last year. His favorite food is the refuse
malt from the still, and he does not disdain
TO wash It down with q bucket Of warm
beer
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The librarian of the New York free
circulating library states that Germans
read better books than Americans and
boys and girls. In fiction "Uncle Toms
Cabin" leads all competitors In the main
library and three branches.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

--Seclusion in the dark continent for q
few years was a good investment for Stan.
ley. He will get Slt0 coo for his book, and
he has an offer Of $4,000 to lecture. Sue
cess Is success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Harris cloth, made on the island: Of
the coast Of Scotland, was frst Introduced
60 Londoners from motives OF berevolencs
by persons interested In the poverty.
stricken Representatives, but IL Is now the
hestans cloth Of the season for t2ilor-made
dreases
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

There is o little talk--as yet q very lit
tle-of Whiteraw Reid as United States
senator from New York. Since Mr..
Evarts represented the Empire state In
the senate the republicans think almost
anyone will DO. The great lawyer has not
doomed "a a great statesman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

For Throat Disease, Coughs, Colds,
Etc, cffectual relief is found in the use OF
Browns Bronchial Troches." Price &c
cents. Sold only In boxes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Men or women who are modest over
their accomplishments are not very numer-
oQs. Puck says, 'the attitude of men after
DONG wbet is their plain duty TO do would
make d dancing master blush"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
We recon mend .1Tausilps Punch" cigar.

"A bridge across Eagle creek, ORE,
was finished recently Wy Baker county tax
payers, who paid $3.50 for it. Before II
was a week old a drove Of cattle was
driven upon IL when the whole structure
collapsed and fifty animals were drowned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

There are PCS, 749 railroad bridges in
the United States, spanning 81 8 miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
when shs was . Child, she cried for Castoria,
when she became hhs. shs chung 70 Castoria,
When shs had Children. the gave them C~astoris
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Best, easiest TO use and cheapest. Pisos'
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. Zoe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

imparts vigor and strength TO the whole sys-
ten. II promptly cures weakness of stomach,
nausea. indigestion, bioating, weak back.
nervous prostration, debility and sleepless-
ness, in either sex. IL ais carefully CON-
pounded by an experienced physician and
adapted TO woman's delicate organization.
Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless IN
any condition Of the system. IL rs the only
medicine for women. sold by druggists,
under a positive guarantee Of s~atisfac-
ton in every case. or price fSI00 refunded.
This guarantee has been printed on the
bottIa-wrapper. and faithfully carried out
for many wears. WORLDS DIsPESsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Proprietors, No. eS
Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The festive jack rabbit is a strict veg
~esar.an, and will not touch grease OF any
kind, nor will he tackle vegetables that are
seasoned with grease. Orchardists in Col
orrdo take advantage of his fastidiousness
ard protect their trees from his incisors by
rubbing the body of the tree with a bacon
rind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The highest railroad bridge in the
United Suites Is the kiazua viaduct en- the
Erie roai-3Oj feet high.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

For rundown, dcbiiitated and overw0rked
women, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is
the best OF all restorative touics. Ii is a potent
Specific for all those Chronic Weaknesses and
Diseases peculiar 10 Women a powerful, gen
eral as well as uterine, tonic and nervine. IL
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05
Creates an Appetite

Creates an Appetite
Il wish TO enroll my name ss ON Of those who
have derived health from the use OF Hoods sarsa.
parilia- For many years ! have taken II. esp cisliy
in the early spring. when l am troubled with dizxi
ness, duiiness, unp'ea SAINT taste In my mouth IN tbS
morring. II removes this bad taste, relieves ms
hesdsehe and makes me feel greatly refreshed
The two bottles 1 have used this spring have leeu
worth many dollars 20 me. l advise all my friend.
to lake u" JoHS BrSSs. es 4sd street, town Of
Lake. Chicago. III.
NIB BE sure 10 get Hoods sarsaparnlA.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

Bane Of childhood's tender years,
Swallowed oft with Eroans n tears,
How IL made the flesh recoli.
D~oathsome, greasy castor OIL.
Search your early memory close,
Till you find another dose
AL the ~shuddering frame reycl9
At the thought OF Epson saltsl
Underneath the pill-box lid
Wa a greater horror hid,
Climax of all inward Ills.
Huge and gripping Old blue pills!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-05

The chief veaso for the marvellous success Of
Hoods SaFsai ari.ls Is found IN the article Itself.
1t Ii Merit hat wins, and the fact that Hoods
sarsapariila actually aceompllshes what Is claimed
for II is what has mSde II the medicine FIRST in the
conf 'crce OF our eountrynen, and given TO Hoods
sarsaparilla a popularity and tale greater than that
OF any Other blood puriner.
early last spring l was very much run down.
had nervous headache, felt miserable and all that.
l was very much benefited by Hoods sarssparilIs
and recommend IL TO my friends" MIS-. j. N.
TAYLOR. iii9 Euclid Avenue. Cleveland, o.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-20
Floral Wedding Handouts.


One OF the prettiest novelties at
English briials Is that Of linking
the bridesmaids together with
chains Of flowers attached to floral
handouts. Usually there are six
maids besides the maid of honor
They walk two by two, those on the
right side of the aisle having the
thains depending from their left
wrists, the maids on the .le.t side
having their right wrists connected.
The chains are long enough to
curve gracefully from wrist to wrist.
The outside hand of each maid Is
free to hold her bouquet, posy OF
basket Of blossoms, and linking the
wrists that are on the inside going
up the aisle, bring the maids in the
right order as they form quarter cir
Giles, one on each side, at the chan
Gel. After the ceremony, In the
twinkling of an eye, the maid near.
est the bride on each SIDE slips of
her handcufi, passes il to the second
maid, takes the arm Of "her0 usher
and falls into line. Maid nufnbe,twc
follows suit, and the two who are
last TO leave the church carry the
chains in loops on their disengaged
arms.-Lddics' Home Journal. -