Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-03-09

Some one has figured odt the number
of miles the Jaws of a gum-chewing girl
will travel in the course Of year. Giving
her jaw a play OF half an inch, or one inch
OF travel Tor every chew, thirty ehews
minute sixty minutes an hour. ten hours
a day, 362 days in year, her jaws will
have travelled G. 750. 600 inches, OF a frac-
tion over lO3 miles. This is for the girl
with tie small mouth-the big-mouthed
girl can beat that record.
--Nell-Jack Rapidde kissed me last
night. was 80 mortified | didn't know
what to do. Belle-You shouldn't mind q
little thing like a kiss. Nel-0h, you
don't understand. l had been eating on
ions.
If persons would bring to bear the
same amount Of common sense in buying
remedy for bronchitis, cough, cold and
croup, that they do in the purchase of their
family supplies. they would never fail to
procure DR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
"A letter with an illustrated address
decided rarity in its way-passed thro
the Philadelphia postofice the other day
and greatly amused the clerks. The artist
writer had sketched pictures of bell, a
| bear (apparently), a hand holding bird
and table castor. That's dead easy
remarked the clerk to whom the difficult
address was sent, and he promptly forward
ed the letter to Miss Belle Bair, Bird-in-
Hand, Lancaster county, Pa. Presumably
| it reached its destination, as no complaint
regarding its non-arrival has been received.
Consumption surely Cuf5o.
| Tc TaA zDrroR:-Please inform your reader
that nave positive remedy for tie above-nalned
| disease. b 3 timely use thousands OF ofhopeIess
cases have ~ permanently cured. shall be GLAD
| to send two @ottles Of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers y - have consumption II they will
| send me theil Express and p. o. address. Respect
| snlly. T. A. gLGUUM. II. c.. ISL Pearl St. N. Y.
A local writer on household topics
says children should be punished, but with
reason. That may be all right, but whats
the matter with the good, old-iashioned
slipperl
Little Tommy-"Pop, what are uE-
written laws9" Pop-'The kind sman usu-
ually makes to suit his own conscience,
my son."
The man and his wife were leaving
the house TO 90 to the theater, and as they
walked away the wife said: 'Did you try
the front door to see whether you had
| Ar. ar-
you didH" "I am sure" "Pm afraid you
don't" well to convince you I'll &c
back and try it again" and the man went
back, turned the mob and found just what
he expected-tha: the door was locked.
On the other side of the street stood cit
zen belonging to the genus tough who
who made practice of taking what did
not belong to him. He saw the man ano
his wife cume out Of the house, heard pari
OF The conversation, saw the man 90 back
and try the door, and then the tough cit
izen reasoned thus: They have gone out
for the evening and left nobody in th'
house If there was anyone in the house
he would not have been 50 careful abUu
gong back to try the door. Here's q
chance for me. I'll get in the back way
tor there s nobody to prevent me And
forthwith he proceeded TO put his plan in
to execution. He forced back window,
entered the house and captured good!
snare Of plunder. Then he departed.
There is a moral down deep in this story
Few people Of this world are treated
iustly-in their own cstimation-Er No
But many a mau who complains of the i'll
treatment Of the world ought to be dowI
on his knees thanking ueaTen that he ha'
not been treated justly, for.es Shakespeare
says, "Treat all men justly. and whC
should 'scape whipping.