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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
Cause for Discharge.

Judge e(severely)-Horsewhipping is
the only suitable punishment for you
and your kind. The idea of a man of
your size beating a poor, weak woman
like that!
Prisoner-But, your honor, she keeps
irritating and irritating me all the
time.
Judge-How does she irritate you?
Prisoner-Why, she keeps saying:
'sHit me! beat me! Just hit me once,
and I'll have you hauled up before that
baldheaded old reprobate of a judge,
and see what he'll do with your
Judge (cholsing) - Discharged! -
puclk
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
Cows Need Rich Food Now.

Dairymen should feed corn and
pumpkins freely now. They are far
too carbonaceous to agree with the
standard laid down by the German sci
entists, but they agree with the stand
ard as fixed by the cows of Americn.
As the weather grows colder cows need
70 fortify themselves against the cold.
and they require an excess of carbona-
ceous foods to do it with. The stand
ard rations apply to warm conditions.
In getting ready for winter cows store
up fat, and fat is carbonaceous prod
uct Feed corn-stalks and all-and
pumpkins literally.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
snoiied Their Pleasure

Mrs. Tittle-Did you have a good
time at the sewing circle this after
noon?
Mrs. Tattle-No, miserable time; 1t
was awfully dull
Mrs. Tittle-Wasn't anything said
about how Mrs. Blazer has been carry
ing on?
Mrs. Tattle-No; she was mean
enough to be there herself, and Of
course the pleasure we had all looked
forward to was spoiled Strange how
people can be so selfsh.-Boston Tran
script.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
Old Story In Thres Chapters.

farmer Barker of Barker's Cor
ners, mortgages his farm for sl,soo and
tells his neighbors that he proposes to
stock the place with blooded cattle
II-Farrner Barker, with the Sl,eoo
In his pocket, arrives in New York and
negotiates with an affable gentleman,
who assures him that the stock In
question was printed on plates stolen
from the government and cannot DC
distinguished from the genuine
III-Farmer Barker is now hoeing
corn for 81 day for neighbor Smart,
who recently purchased the Barker
farm at foreclosure sale.-N. Y. Her
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06

shown by the queen has contributed
much to this end The accompanying
illustration is portrait of the queens
Aberdeen-Angus cow, Miss Pretty
(12,313), which won the challenge cup
last year. AS will be seen by the en-
craving, the COW is a model of SYM
metry as a representative of q beef
breed. Her full crops, massive quar-
ters, fine bone and neat head, all pro-
claim her "a queen of the doddies. -
American Agriculturist
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
a bad Break.

Gus Snoberly-I hear Miss Daisy
Dimple is engaged again Is it a
fact?
Billy Goldbug-Yes, Enow 1t is so.
Snoberly--Well, they say practice
makes perfect She has been engaged
at one time or another to almost every
blank fool in Harlem. Who is her last
victim?
am."-Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
A Iyoston View.

Boston Doctor think, madam.
that your daughters brain has been
overtaxed You must take her to
some place where there will be no
temptation to serious thought study
or even reflection.
Mrs. De Hubb-Very well, your ad-
vice shall be followed. We will go to
New York.-N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06

The fact Of the matter is simply this:
The rural property in Union county
was not prior to 1855 on the market at
all 1t was held, of course, at nominal
value, but there were no purchasers.
The roads before being improved were
so bad at times that grand juries
brought presentments and found indictr
ments against the road authorities on
the very thoroughfares now so famous,
and the property along them was SIM
ply inaccessible at certain seasons of
the year. The moment the roads were
completed every foot of this property
came into market and prices went up
with marvellous rapidity, but not to
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
THE MOTHER OF NECESSITY.

Witherby Visiting Plankington at
his home in New Jersey)-What is that
strange animal you have hitched TO
your buggy?
Plankington-That's q thoroughbred
mosquito mare, old man. couldn't
afford a horse.-Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06

Some Kind of Ro.-The young
man was trying his best to dance, but
he was walking on toes and trains in
an appalling manner, and still he kept
at it. ''That young fellow is tyro,
isn't hep" asked chaperone. Hes a
hero, rather" responded young wom-
an who had just come off the floor, 'or
he would have left the field long ago" I"
Detroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06

tlnueS TO mend ana make nanQ-IOOmS-
And you can find, too, in a retired
nook where the iron hoof of progress
has stamped all around it, but not yet
upon it, one of the old-time cottages.
At the door is tiny porch with
bench seat against its ratings on each
side, and two wooden steps lead down
to the sidewalk.
In the small porch found seated, one
afternoon when the shade lay on that
side of the street, a little man. His ap-
pearance was in exquisite harmony
with the qaint. old-fashioned home.
His hair was white and his face had as
many wrinkles as you will see lines in
a piece of Chinese craclxle ware, but his
skin had healthy ruddy tint, his eyes
sparlxled with vivacity and the spright-
ly way in which he moved and gesticu-
lated with his pipe-a quaint old bowl
of red Powhatan clay on a reed stem
showed there was great deal of life
in him yet, whatever might be his age.
L easily found preteXt for making his
acquaintance, and one day he told me
this story:
'sStrolling for the air one evening
after supper, CHANGED by Ellen Nc
Ilvaine's gate and she leaning over 1t.
Good evening, Mr.. Deering,' says she
to me. and | bade her Good evening,
Miss McIlvaine,' and, as was only po-
lite for me to do, stopped to chat lit
tie. l never took much to Ellen, though
she was pretty girl and always friend
ly with me. She had smarter tongue
than l liked and had it in my mind
she was bit of mischief-maker at
heart.
Why says she, you ought to be GO
ing the other way
For why to the west more than the
east?' says l.
"'To look after Mary Halsey, your
girl. You were not to see her last
night either
Mary is old enough to look after
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
J. FL. Douglass, ,
34l S. Main St., Near. 7 o.
Butler,
]. II. FAUBEL, Prop'r.

J. H. FAUBEL, Prop'r.
This house has been thorough
ly renovated, temodeled, and re-
fitted with new furniture and
carpets; has electric bells and all
other modern conveniences for
guests, and is as convenient, and
desirable a home for strangers as
can be found in Butler, Pa.
Elegant sample room for use of
commercial men
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-06
m:,5;,eR0ADAs,
HAR% W
IMPROVEMENT.
ROADS IN NEW JERSEY.

What Good Highways Have Done 70.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25

She was an auburn haired, middle aged
woman, and as the Sixth avenue IL train
stopped ut Bleecker street she rose to leave
the car Suddenly she halted and looked
at her hands, then at the seat she had just
vacated, then at the young man who had
been sitting beside her.
Are you going to get off herc:" abruptly
spoke the guard,
She turned again to go out and then
stopped, and looking pale said, "Oh, dear,
I've lost my pocketbook."
I'VE can't wait for yOu," Teioined the
guard, while half dozen passengers were
looking on the ear floor for the lost article.
She cast her eyes too often ut the young
man beside whom she had been sitting to
add 10 his comfort. He blushed rs he sur
missed her suspicion. The search continued,
and the station gong changed for the train
to proceed.
"How many pockethcoks did you have"
queried the guard as he looked at her right
hand.
"Only one, of course" came the excited
reply.
"What's that" inquired the guard as he
touched the article which she was clutch
ing with nervous grip. ....
''Oh, my! that's it'll How bewildered I
aml'
The train was moving as her skirts brush
ed past the gate, and dozen women gigged
who were probably just as tickle as She
New York Herald.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25

In times past there was in certain law
school an aged and eccentric professor.
"Gencral information was the old gentle
mans hobby. lie held it for incontrovert-
ible that If u young lawyer possessed
large fund of miscellaneous knowledge,
combined with an equal amount OF com
mon sense, he would be successful i'll life.
So every year the professor put on his ex-
animation papers question very far re-
moved from the subject of criminal law.
One year it was, How many kinds of trees
are there in the college yard'" The next,
Nv hat is the makeup of the present Eng
lish CabinetW
Finally the professor thought he had in
vented the best question of his life. 1t was,
.Name i3 animals that inhabit tue polar
regions The professor chuckled as he
wrote this down. He was sure he could
"plucll" half the students ON that question
And it was beyond "A doubt that that op-
prohrious young loafer, Thompson, would
fail But when the professor read the cX.
animation papers Thompson, who had not
answered another question, was the only
man who had solved the polar problem
This was Thompson's answer, Six seals
and six polar bears" Thompson got his
degree with distinction. n.-London Tit Bits.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25
DYNAMITE IN FRISCO.
Five Non Union Workmen Killed
by an Exploding Bomb.
THE CRIME CHARGED TO UNIoNIsTs

Three Sailors Arrcsted on Suspicion of
Throwing tho Missile, and Evidence
strong Against Thoni--The Victims Ter
ribiy Manned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 25.-Early yester-
day morning n terrific explosion supposed
TO have been that of dynamite bomb, oc-
Cured at the non union sailors boarding
house and saloon of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Curtin, located on Main street, between
Folsom and Harrison. The sidewalk in
front of Curtin's boarding house. where
the explosion occurred, was torn to pieces
and the buildings on each side Of Curtin's
house are badly shattered. Five men who
were standing near the spot where the eN-
plosion occurred were buried under the
debris, two being killed and three mortally
wounded.
The scene after the explosion was appall-
Ing in the extreme. One man had his fuce
blown off and both legs. and all Of them
were completely stripped of their clothing
and covered with blood, smoke and Gin
ders. Even the firemen In the engine
house next door were daunted at the sight,
and waited for the patrol wagon, while
the wounded men, with their shattered
limbs and torn faces, screamed and writhcd
In their agony on the bloody ground.
George Holiness n stevedore, and Brick
McGnniss, u non-union sailor, were in
Btantly killed, and their bodies were re-
moved to the morgue. William T. Me-
kenzie was badly burned all over the
body. Edward Murphy and Charles
Owens were terribly lacerated from head
to foot. John Curtin, Jr., son of the
proprietor of the boarding house, was
badly burned and bruised. All were
hastily removed to the hospital. None of
them, except young Curtin, regained
consciousness after their arrival there
Young Curtin stated to reporter that
he believed the explosion to be the out
come of trouble between his father and
the union sailors
Mrs. Curtin said in an interview: "These
men who did this came here last Thursday
night after some men. | would not tel
them where they were They came again,
aud finally l had one OF the same men ar
rested who has just been arrested to-
night"
Shortly after the bodies had been re.
moved from the scene of the explosion
three union sailors, John Tyrrell James
| Woods and Terrence Tracy, were arrested
on suspicion and were hurried of to jail
| Tyrrell was identified by Mrs. Curtin us
the man who said to her a few uays bcfore
"Your days are numbered; Wen fix you.'
| Mckenzie, Murphy and Owen died at
the hospital soon afterward, and young
J Curtin Is III critical condition.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
ssIt VIII FuIfll the Declarations of tho
Democratic Platform"

Democratic Platform"
WASHINGTON. Sept 25.-This week will
zee the beginning Of the work of putting
Into shape the tariff bill to be reported by
the committee on ways and means. The
COMMITTEES ia confronted with q serious
financial situation. 1t Is admitted that in
some way at least $50, 600 600 of additional
annual revenue must be provided to meet
the ordinary current expenses of the gov
rrnment, and unless the sinking fun law
Is suspended or repealed the deficit will
amount to over 800, 100000 How this is
to be dono is the question the committee
must answer by its work.
One of the leading members of the com
mittee was asked II the pleas before the
committee of manufacturers and pro-
Hucers for the retention of the present
auty upon certain specified articles would
Influence Its action in the preparation of
the bill "They will not. )" was his answer.
VI believe the bill will embrace general
scheme of reduced duties, the changes to
be made with no reference to the persons
Affected" And Chairman Wilson has
been quoted as saying, in harmony with
the above expression: "The tariff bill
which the ways Shd means committee will
report will fulfill in every respect the
declarations of the National Democratic
platform on the subject"
lne member referred TO was further
asked if the committee would adopt the
suggestion of David A. Wells, to increase
the internal revenue taxes.
1--WE must have more money from some
source," he answered, "and do not know
any better way to raise it than by that
scheme" .-
A prominent member of the house whose
position gives his expressions much weight,
expresses his belief that a small duty will
E, be laid on sugar.
The new measure will probably be intro
iuced by Dec. |, and go into effect month
/ Inter
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25

Birds have very acute vision-perhapst the
most acute of any creature-a and the sense
is also more widely diffused over the retina
than is the case with man; consequently
bird can see sideways as well as objects in
front of it. A bird sees-showing great un-
easiness in Consequences hawk long be-
fore it is visible to man. So, too, fowls and
pigeons find minute scraps OF food, distin-
gushing them from what appear to us ex-
actly similar pieces Of earth or gravel
Young chickens are also able to find their
own food, knowing its position and how dis
tant it is, as soon as they are hatched,
whereas a child only very gradually learns
either to see or to understand the distance
of objects. Several birds-apparently the
young of all those that nest on the ground
can see quite well directly they come out
of the shell, but the young of birds that
nest in trees or on rocks are born blind and
have to be fed.-Chambers' Journal
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25
THE RuFFEo GROUSE.
He Hears and Sees Everything, and Moth
ing Escapes His Notice.

There is not In existence perhaps bird
that knows more Of the surroundings in the
places he inhabits than the ruffed grouse.
He hears, he sees everything. Nothing es-
capes his notice. This is his home. He
lives about here all the seasons of the year
-seedtime and harvest, winter and sum-
mer. He knows we'll also every wood, ev-
cry covert. thicket and stream in the vicin-
ity. When compelled to leave this place,
he has several select spots to which he flies
for refuge.
One of these retreats may be in a dark
and gloomy nook under the outrageous
foliage of the woods, or it may be in a
clump of dense and impenetrabls ever
greens or among the witch hazels or amid
the innumerable and inaccessible saplngs
of the gentle, sloping woodland, or it may
be in the open wood The sportsman will
soon come to learn the location of these
spots by carefully watching the flight Of
the bird, but the grouse also will soon be-
come aware Of that fact after he has been
disturbed few times and will go no more
there, but direct his flight elsewhere. The
grouse never dies without knowing exactly
where he is going, and when he starts on
his way nothing will turn him from his
course, for in my experience | have seen
but one bird change his line of flight /
once saw n grouse crossing field fly di-
rectly over man and team of oxen plow-
ing.
But the ruffed grouse practices at times
mode OF flight that is xtremely deccp-
tive as to his destination. In the hollows
he will fly straight ahead through the mid
die of them for 200 to 800 years and then
take wide turn of about 40 yards, and
coming back the same distance alight on
the brow of the hill He is now in posi-
tion where he can see the sportsman ab-
proach and can watch his movements, and
where lie would scarcely be looked for. If
discovered, however, he flies along the top
of the hill, keeping well out of gunshot.
Such birds are hard to find again, and the
mystery is where they go.
As the grouse resorts to strategy to es-
cape from man, he is also compelled to do
the same to snve himself from his other
enemies. l recollcct being in the woods one
morning on pleasant day in October and
seeing hawk sailing above hemlock
tree. Approaching the spot | discovered
near the top on n limb about four feet from
the body of II tree n ruffed grouse The
hawk continued for some time his circling
movements, when he began gradually to
descend.
The grouse seemed lost, when rs the hawk
passed near and to the opposite side of the
tree the grouse like bolt shot from the
limb, and flying only as n grouse can fly
made for the dense cover, which he reached
in safety. When the hawk came around
and found that the bird had flown, he rap
idly ascended and was soon lost to sight
Forest and Stream.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25

secretary Immediately on his arrival. The
minister said last night that he was fully
informed upon the situation ut Rio, being
in daily receipt OF cablegrams from his
colleagues in London, who were in direct
communication with the officials OF the
home government.
He per,istently refrains from imparting
any Information to the public, however,
until hc has had n conferences with Secre-
tary Gresham. lie said that the reports
sent out from London that new form OF
government would beestahlished in Brazil
was not warranted by facts in his posses
sion
~ wish Won would state in the most en-
phatic language said the minister, that
whatever may be the result OF the present
trouble there is one thing certain, that
Brazil will remain II republic, and her in-
stitutions will not suffer. should Presi.
dent Pcixoto be deposed another republic
can will take his place, for there is noroom
for monarch in Brazil.9
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25
BOMBS IN BARCELONA.
An Anarchist Tries to Kill Captain Gem
ernl De Campos and Staff.

ernl De Campos and Stan.
BARCELONA, Sept %. - An anarchist
tried to kill Captain General Martinez de
Campos on Saturday with dynamite. The
captain general and his staff were review
ing parade of troops when two bombswere
thrown from the crowd. 1t struck near
the captain general and exploded with
tremendous force. A soldier of the civil
guard was killed instantly and five others
wounded so severely by pieces of shell that
they probably will die DE Campos was
thrown to the ground by the shock, but
was only slightly wounded. Generals
Bustos and Molins, of the captain generals
staff, received serious injuries,
The explosions of the bombs frightened
the horses, and they dashed through the
crowd Several of the staff officers were
thrown, and their horses also ran loose
among the spectators. Twenty persons
were hurt severely by the runaways, and
many more received slight injuries
The bomb thrower, whose name is
pallas, was Immediately arrested He
glories in his deed. He says he intended
to kill Martinez de Campos and his whole
staff He will be court martialed at once.
In his house the police found great
quantity of the most violent revolutionary
literature. Two men who had lived with
him and evidently had helped make the
bombs have been arrested
Each of the bombs thrown was hollow
iron sphere charged with dynamite. All
the windows near the scene OF the explo,
sion were shattered, and large holes were
dug in the ground where the bombs struck.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25
ANOTHER REPEALFIGHT
Members of the Lower House Will
Discuss the Force Bill".
THE DEBATE OPENS TOMORROW.

=, ~, .,x, , p,.-,s., u,u
-
Nh"t 'otihs on the HePeai Dill WIN
Begin Oct. 10-Meantime Senators Will
Waste Wind ON the sherman Bill,
WASHINGTON, sept. 25.-Ihere Is reas-
enable certainty that congress VIII spend
the entire week in debate. The nrst busl-
ness in the senate will be the resolution
offered Saturday by Mr.. Stewart declaring
for the Independence of the three great
branches oil the federal government Mr.
Stewart will make it the text for an at
TACK upon the administration on tho
ground that 1t has trespassed upon the
constitutional powers OF the legislative
braheh OF tho government IN the case OF
the pending repeal bill.
notice OF formal speeches nave peen
given by senators Bate, PERKINS, Pasco
ana DuDols. Ihese speeches. VIII not MI
In all OF the time, as the lengthening OF
tine sessions by the addition OF an hour Will
give seven tuli hours Tor debate each DAY
But the liSt oil speakers WIN doubtless De
increased and there are haii dozen sena-
tors VINO stand ready 10 tax at any mo-
ment they may he called upon TO DO so.
The house will tomorrow enter upon the
two weeks debate OF the bill to repeal AL
statutes relating 10 suporvisors OF elec-
tions ana special de NY marshalls.
According 10 inc term OF the order
reported by committee on rules the mouse
VIII proceed TO lts consideration tomorrow
lmmedlhtely atter the second morning
hour or II SAID second morning hour snail
not nave sooner ended, then at the hour OF
O'Clock p m. And IT further provides
THAT the consideration of said bill snail
be resumed Immediately after the second
morning hour OF each legislative DAY
thereafter, up to and including the sth
day OF October next, That Mt the hour of
adjournment on snid last named day the
previous question shall be considered
ordered on all pending amendments on the
bill to its engrossment and third reading,
and to its final passage" On the 10Th
voting will begin.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-25

A Philadelphia war veteran has patented
a device Tor protecting soldiers to u consid-
cradle extent from an enemy IS fire. 1t is II
folding shield Of bullet proof material, cir
cular in form, which can be fixed to the
barrel of rife. Its diameter is Is inches,
and its surface is corrugated for the pur
pose OF DETECTING bullets The inventor
docs not pretend that it furnishes conf
plete protection, but he believes that it
would be found indispensable by skirmish-
ers and in general engagement would DO
the means OF greatly reducing the casual
ties. When not in Use, it can be folded
into portable compass and worn at the side
like bayonct. When expanded and fas-
tened to the rifle barrel, an aperture on tho
line of the sight is shown which enables
the soldier to take aim and use his piece ef-
feotively.-Chicago Herald.