Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-03

Its only the accomplished assassin
who can take life easy these days.
Some good driving horses were sold at
at the sale of Wednesday afternoon at
prices ranging from 800 to sl25.
TO clean lamp chimneys rub them
with a newspaper on which has been
poured kerosene. This will make them
much cleaner than if soap is used. They
will also be less liable to crack.
james Williams, who cultivates
small fruit farm short distance south of
Mercer, picked one hundred bushels of
raspberries on patch Of five acres, at one
picking. This is better than raising wheat
or corn.
The business man who brings people
to Butler to trade is, in one sense, pub
lie benefsctor. He is thereby doing some
thing towards bringing about better times.
ait is the nimble penny that brings the
profit" and the man who persistently acts
upon that theory is sure to win success IN
the end. Such men are the salt OF the
community in which they reside and do
business. Butler has a fair representation
of them.
Another counterfeit So United States
silver certificate has turned up. The
spurious bill is Of the series of 1891, with
a portrait of William Window, aud
small scslloped seal. The note appears
to have been printed from wood-cut
plate. The Treasury numbers are heavier
than the genuine, poorly formed, and are
green instead of blue. The seal is brick
red instead of pink, and the color shows
on the back OF the note. The portrait
of Window is very poor, having distort-
cd appearance. The note is altogether
bad.
1t is not generally known that the
the slot machine, though to us
moderns a new idea, was in reality in use
before the Christian era. Yet more than
two thousand years ago, in the country of
the Nile, temples we're provided with YES
sells from which perfumed water would
run when coin was dropped through an
opening or slot. They were described by
Hero, of Alexandria, who lived about
lI7-8I B. c., in his "Pneumatics," from
which we quote: "When the coin was
dropped through 9he slit it fell on one end
of balanced, horizon tai lever, which be-
ing depressed, opened valve, suspended
by a chain at the other end, and the water
began to flow. When the lever was de-
pressed to certain angle the coin fell off,
and the lever being weighted. returned to
its seat and cut off the supply.
Patrick Flynn, well known broom
residing near Marriottsville,
vouches for novel way OF get
ting rid of the destructive English spar
rows, which had been accustomed to de-
your his broom corn seed, and destroy
his patches of barley, which grow so lux
uriantly on his farm along the Patapsco
bottoms. He had been informed that the
pests had strong propensity for alcoholic
tastes, so he procured gallon of whiskey,
in which he soaked peck of wheat. He
scattered the wheat about in the field
where the birds were in the habit of feed
ing and soon hundreds of them were eager
ly feasting on the favored food. In
short time the sparrows began to show
signs of hilarity by jumping and fighting,
and in few minutes scores had tumbled
over on the ground in drunken stupor.
Mr.. Flynn says that he and neighbor
picked up over hundred birds, and took
home number sufficient to make pot-pie
for dinner. While some of the birds would
If undisturbed, most Of them
would be killed outright from the affects
of the strong liquid. He did not, however,
allow many of them the chance of regain
ing consciousness.
Ut is great wonder to me-" said
the "Old Salt" ''that more people do
not take what consider to be the pleas
ATTEST outing that man ever INDUCED in
"a cruise among the islands of the South
Pacific ocean. There are more types of
humanity, more interesting and singular
things, to be seen, more enjoyment to be
found, and more to be learned in such
trip than you can get in years travel
anywhere else. How do you get theref
Easy enough. Go to San Francisco and
get on one of the schooners in the coast
trade. The cost OF passage will be very
small, and very often the captain is will
ing to take passenger along for company,
provided the passenger will buy his own
provisions. The trip lasts about three
months, and the places visited are simply
paradisaical spots on earth-or rather in
the ocean. The coasting schooners take
out goods to trade with the natives and in
return take back all sorts of native pro-
ducts, fruit, nuts, feathers, and all sorts of
things en- which prsft can be turned
and you may be sure the profit is not
small. 1t is the trip of mans lii ime'
safe and healthy, unattended by a article
of danger. l have been tnroug it and
know what l am saying. Just think of
going to San Francisco, taking a cruise
thr ough the South Pacific and seeing the
wonderful islands, and coming back home
at the end of three months, all for about
$500. Why, it's dream"
We have seen number of watch chains
ornamented with pretty charm in the
shape of watch case opener, which obvi-
ates the use of knife or fingernail to
open the watch. They are sent free on
request by the Keystone Watch Case Com
pany, of Philadelphia, Pa. Your jeweler
here may have one for you; if not, send to
Philadelphia.
The keystone Watch Case Company is
the largest concern of it's kind in the
world. Its capacity is $500 watch cases
per day. 1t manufactures every descrip-
tion of case, but its great specially is that
most popular of all watch cases, the Jas.
Boss gold filled. These are equal in
beauty and wear to solid gold-while they
cost only about one-half as much. Boss
and other Keystone cares are the only
cases that have the famous Non-pull-out
bow or ring, which saves the watch from
theft and accident. The keystone Com
pany does not retail, but orr local jewellers
handle the cases and swear by the thief
proof qualities of the ring.
Clearance sale of all summer
goods at less than VIII olesale price.
at L. STEIN h Son 9.
-Zuver's Pictures leave nothing
wanting in finish, tone or q correct
likeness.
-Barpains in Lawns. Dimilvs