Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-29
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

B. & Be. advertising car No. was in
town satnpday.
Might cat yowiing is not conducive to
amiability.
The weather has been decidedly au-
tumn like Of late.
Fall trade is opening up in grand style
the merchants say.
Nature has kept The roads in remark
ably good shape for some time past.
The man who keeps the night howl
ing dog ought not to be allowed to sleep
himself
1t is pitiable 20 see deaf and dumb
man who has stepped on tack trying to
vent his feelings.
Emerson says that people are all poets
and mystics, and still they say that they
hate poetry.
B. & BIS. big ourangatang wiH be the
greatert novelty of their menagarie. which
will be here next Saturday week.
The tone Of the piano improves when
the instrument IL moved from the wall Of
the room.
"A blue colore1 carrier pigeon aiighted
at the barn Of Ira Stanfsr, in Lancaster
z twp, few days ago II few in among
the horses and was trampled upon and kill
ed; and upon examination small band,
bearing the letters D. c., was found around
one Of its legs.
-Messrs Shaul d Mast have transfere
their immense stock of mems, boys and
children's clothing, overcoats, gents fur
nishing goods, etc. to the beautiful new
storeroom, lately erected by the Reiber
brothers, at 139 s. Main street and invite
their friends to call upon them in their
new location.
When the tomato worm has numerou S
white spots on his back do not kill him,
says an exchange. Let him live, even II
he must eat few vines, az these white
spots are the eggs Of parasite that will
when hatched destroy more tomato worms
in week than man could 10 a whole
season.
Articles Of food that are damp or jucy
should never he left in paper. Paper IL
merely compound of rsga, glue, lime and
similar substances, with acids and chemi-
Gals intermixed, and when damp is unft
to touch things that are to be eaten.
AT Kingsbury, Indiana, early Iast
Friday morning, one sleepy brakeman sent
dozen people to horrible deaths. and
crushed and bruised twice that many more,
besides destroying thousands Of dolIars
worth ofproperty. Sleepy boys should
avoid service on tho railroads.
Though some fault was found with the
riotous conduct OF some Of the frcmcn In
Butler last week, nothing but praise was
heard OF the Beaver Falls delegation and
their admirable drum corps. There was nc
drinking done at their camp; their drilling
was revelation and dclight-to our pso-
pie, and they all behaved like gentlemen.
The dog taxes this year will be collect
ed under the new act Of assembly which
provides that dogs shall be assessed by the
assessors, but the valuation will be fixed
by the county commissioners, not TO ex-
ceed two dollars for each dog. The tax
will be collected by the collectors Of coun-
ty taxes and paid into the county fund In
stead Of into the school treasury As hereto
fore. Damages Tor sheep killed by dogl
will be paid out Of the cou1 ~ funds.
Some parties are travelling over thl
country with q sample Of seed wheat
which they show and claim will yield so
bushels TO the acres. Trey propose that
they will furnish the seed aud 100 pounds
Of phosphate per acre, ask in return one
half Of the crop. This is certainly goo'
bargain for the seed, but 1t 10 still bette
when the signed paper turns out 10 be
note for two or three hundred doIlars.-
Err.
Another party Of Butler people lci
for Chicago and the Worlds Fair, Monday
About five hundred psopls have already
gone from this town to the Worlds Fair
and as they have averaged about $50 eac
for expenses, 1t viii be seen that the Fai
has depleted the circulating medium il
Butler to the extent Of from s25, 200 t
100000.
IF celery were eaten freely, says a
exchange, sufferers from rheumatism
would be comparatively few. 1t Is a mistal
en- idea that cold and damp produces tn
disease-they simply develop II. Aci
blood IL the primary and sustaining cause
II celery is eaten largely, an alkaline bloc
is the result, and where this exists ther
can be neither rheumatism nor gout.
should be eaten cooked.
TO restore a faded or soiled carpet [
its original lustre, first beat thorough
and then apply the foil owing mixture
Shave pound Of curd soap into sauce
pan, adding two qua.ts OF water. Simm,
until desolved, add n couple Of ounces
salts Of tarter and mix thoroughly. Ru
the carpet thoroughly with Il. Then ru
with cold water and then with coarse, dr
cloths.
1T is not generally known outside
the medical profession that consumptIo
and scrofala are one aud the same tblnC
tuberculosis Of the lungs is consumption
tuberculosis In the leg or arm, or som
other portion of the bone or muscle, whic
causes running sore, is commonly calle
scrofnla, although 1t ia precisely sim
lar to the disease known as consumption
The germ, or bacillus which causes IL
trouble Is the same In both cases. DR.
Williams, Of tho Adrian Hospital. amp,
tated mans thumb the other day whic
was effected with tuberculosis lie Q.
amined the pus under the microscope an
found II TO be identical with the bacil
found In the mucous thrown of the lunl
In cases Of consumption.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA IT'S
THE KIND THAT CURES"