Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-05-25
An Expensive Sign.

Almost every driver is familiar with the
famous sign of the railroads: stop, look
and listen which is placed on grade cross
ings along their lines. Comparatively few
know the real significance of these few
brief words. The three brief words cover
the legal points admirably. The rule OF
the-stream and pike-is that a teamster or
driver must stop, look and listen for an ap-
preaching train. Previous to the advent
of Mcleod the Reading company used an
old sign, Beware of the Engine and Cars, y
followed by series of injunctions that no
man walking over the road would have
patience to read. There were several ac-
cidents which brought the company into
the Supreme court, and the sharp lawyers
opposed to the company claimed thst
these signs were not clear warning.
Mcleod went to Judge Paxson, who wrote
out this admirable sign, Railroad Cross
ing-Stop, Look and Listen Mr.. Paxson
received for this modest composition the
sum of 81, $50. trife over s796, &c word,
higher rate than any author has ever re-
ceived in the past. 1t can fairly lay claim
to being the most expensive composition
on record, and shows the value of brevity
as nothing else could show it.
characteristics of Hoods Sarsaparilla:
Largest sale, the most merit, the greatest
cures.
An estate valued at $40, 10000 has
been bequeathed to certain members of the
Slattery family in this country and attor-
neys are now looking up the rightful heirs.
Any Slatterys in this section haYe now the
privilege of stepping up to the counter and
joining in the ''divvy."
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| cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, radio
ally cures In l TO 3 days. Its action upon
| the system Is remarkable and mysterious.
Ii removes at once the cause ana the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits. 10 cts. sold by j.
Redick, druggist, Butler.
The season of big hail and OF big stories in
regard to it has set in in earnest. Kansas
reports hail storm and water spout, in
which ''some Of the chunks Office measured
twelve inches in length houses were
blown down, stock killed, etc. They have
pretty strong winds out there sometimes,
but there is probably not halt SO mucn blow
about them as in the stories the correspon-
dents send out.
In Henry d Johnson's Arnica and oil
Llniment ID combined the curative proper
ties OF the different oils, with the healing
qualities OF Arnics. Good tor man and
animal. Every bottle guaranteed.
A resident of New Hampshire recent
ly visited the blue grass region of Ken
tuckey and wrote home that the grass was
green and that to call it blue was a fraud
ON the American public.
-Costiveness is the primary cause OF
much disease, DR.. Henry Baxter's man.
drake Bitters will permanently cnre cos
uveness. Every bottle warranted.
There is one divorce to every 479 mar
Iiages. in the United States. In this part
ot the county the rate is by no means as
high as that. Perhaps the married folks
here are more companionable and loveable;
er to get than in some portions of the
Union that our married folks elect to hang
together and fight it out.
| Drunkenness, the Liquor Habit, Pos
| Ively Cured by administering DR..
| Esjrts &C clden Specfc.''