Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-05-11
Go gst the old lawn mower out,

Go get the old lawn mower out,
And polish off the rust;
Put oil in all the little holes,
And clean out all the dust.
Do all you can to soften down
That irritating clidk,
And sharpen up the cutting KNIVES
You'll need them preety quick.
Well, Well! People in this country
amt all married, by long shot. A CEN
sus bulletin issued at Washington gives
the first data on conjugal life ever gather
ed by the Government. 1t shows that OF
total population of 81, 562, $50 in 1890,
almost three-ffts were single, little more
than one-third married aud not quite one
twentieth were widowed. 1t thus appears
that in this country there is here and there
an unmarried person-say about 4,OOO,
900 in all.
Gail Hamilton regrets to see woman
engaged in an effort to secure tie ballot
for themselves. She looks upon it as
movement backward toward men and
msstodons, the miocene hipparion and
eocene snchitherium, whatever that may
signify. Perhaps some O. our lady school
teachers will rise and explain what Gail
means
The King of Greece is an excellent
swimmer and has a perfect passion for
fishing.
Consumption surely Cured.
Tc Ia SDrroR:-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above-named
disease b - timely use thousands OF hopeless
cases have ~ N permanently cured. shall be glad
to send tw0 sottles OF my remedy FREE 10 any OF
your readers I'D have consumption IL they viii
send me thcil Express and D. o. address. Respect
enIy. 7. A.6LGCUM. II. c.. lsl Pearl St. N. z.
e. c. Stedman, the poet-bsnker, has
advertised his summer home at New Cas-
tie. n. A., for sale.
The Queen of Italy, if she was man,
would he the most inyeterats first-nighter
at the theatres in all Italy.
The Sultan of Turkey recently distri-
buted 500 loaves of bread and a quantity
Of meat to the poor in the slums of Stam-
boul
Madame Marchesi, of Paris, is the
most famous vocal teacher in the world.
She has trained nearly all the great sing
ers of this generation, including Aelba,
Calve and Eames.
-Justo Gonzales is leading lawyer in
Buenos Ayers. He was called upon to
defend Madame Tetrazzine, the famous
South American prima donna, in divorce
suit recently. He charged her $500 for his
service, but the money was not forthcom-
ing and he obtained an order for the seiz-
ure OF the lady's jewels. All of the jewels
turned out to be first class paste.
"A recent visitor to Count Tolstoi at
his home says that he makes the impress
sion of figure ont of the Bible.
Meyer Lutz, the musical director OF
the Gaity Theater, London, composes any
where and every where La the streets, on
tops of omnibuses and even in the church.
The will of the late Sir James Stephen
is marvel of shortness ana clearness. 1t
runs: This is my last will. I will give
all my property to my wife, whom | ap-
point sole executrix"
Professor Charles Eliot Norton hus
been styled by Colonel Thomas Wentworth
Higginson "the most cultivated man in
America" He continues to be very popu-
lar at Harvard.
The Earl of Aberdeen, Governor Gen
eral of Canada, assisted in putting out a
fire in Montreal on Tuesday afternoon. He
was reviewing ia fire brigade when the
alarm was given.
1t is reported that Mayor Hopkins will
appoint Mrs. Potter Palmer a member of
the Chicago City Board of Education on
August l, to succeed Mrs. Flower, whose
term then expires. Mrs. Palmer will soon
visit Japan.
-Honors are crowding upon DR.. Pep
per, the retiring Povost of the University
of Pennsylvania The Board of Trustees
have decided to confer Upon him the de-
gree of LII. ID. and TO erect a statute ofhim
on a suitable site.
Besides the three United States SEN
ators said TO have been born in foreign
lands, who were mentioned by the Tribune
the other day,a correspondent of that paper
suggests Senator Jones, of Nevada, who
was born in England, and Senator Gal
linger, who was born in Canada.
The late Lord Bown of England was a
great wit as well as a great judge. A bur
glar was brought before him onoe and the
mans defense was that he was in the habit
ofremoving his boots and taking an even
ing walk ON the roofs of houses adjacent to
his own. Lord Bowen treated the defense
very seriously, and to his amazement the
jury being unable to detect the fine sar-
casm in his words, promptly acquitted the
prisoner.
Sir Charles Tupper, the agent Gen
eral for Canada, was present ten days ago
at the residence of Jubal Webb, Of Ken.
sington, L. noon, and witnessed the formal
cutting of the enormous cheese which |
formed such consicuous feature OF the
Canada section at the Chicago Exposition. |
The cf eese, 1t will be remembered, weigh |
ed ten tons, was produced in 1892 under
Governmental auspices at Perth, Ontario,
and was made frcm tho milk OF 1000 |
cows The cheese, 1t ia said, was excel
lent
Mrs. Cobwigger-I brought necktie
here yesterday, and the one you sent
homo wasn't any thing like it.
Haberdasher The one we sent, madam,
was picked out by your husband month |
ago in case you ever bought one for him.
- LEA YES |
That's what Sick Headache dos, |