Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08


And of giving Lis experience
In religion never'd tire,
But the vestry and the pastor
Thought his chances slim for Heaven, |
For in college he played quarter
On the Varsity eleven.
The General Assembly of Georgia |
which convented at Atlanta few days |
ago. has l65 Democrats, 63 Populists and
/ Republican.
Why Pheasants are scarce. An e1-
change says: "It has been noticed among
sportsmen in this county that the ruffied
grouse, or common pheasant, is very
scarce. 1t is said that the cause OF the
scarcity is because the eggs are stolen by
parties of chemists and bird fsnclers.
The chemists use portions of the eggs IN
making q drug, which is very rare. A
man with six boys and seven fine bird
dogs was in the vicinity of Scranton last
summer and collected ten thousand pheas-
ant eggs. This is why the pheasants are
hard TO find
The breach of promise suit of Miss
Mary E. Bartlett against the estate OF DR..
Henry J. Bigelow came to naught at East
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. q, the jury disa-
greeing. Tie case goes over to March.
Miss Bartlett Is 81 years old and claims
that DIR. Bigelow, who was one of the
greatest physicians of New England, and
Harvard professor, promised to marry
her The courtship lasted 20 years and
then DR.. Bigelow married another wo-
man. Miss Bartlett says he promised on
his death bed to give her $150,000. That
is the sum she is now suing for.
-'I stood it as long as l could" said
the man from Kansas. II washed dishes
and minded the babies, but when 1t come
to sewing buttons on bloomers, ta-ta!'
Why should he stoop to kiss my handf
1t seems outrageous, queer,
When | had puckered up my lips
So eager and so near.
-Catarrh indicates impure blood. To
cure it, take Hoods Sarsaparilla. Try it
this season.
They tslk of the first centuries of
Christianity. We should not be too sure
that they are over yet.
G-Ify you would improve a man, it is
best to begin by persuadlng him that he
already is that which you want him to
be.
Pass over those who declare them
selves ready to die tor liberty in favor
of those who know in what liberty con-
sists.
- 1t is not error which opposes the pro-
gress of truth it is Incidence, obstinacy,
the spirit of routine-everything that ia
vors inactiop.
Any man will vanish the most violent
passion at 80, because at 5 or 6 you have
taught him of his own will to give up
plsything or sweetmeat.
Downs Elixir will cure any cough or
cold, no matter of how long standing.
1t is easy to criticise an author, but
hard to estimate him.
To perform great things a man must
live as though he had never to die.
Poverty cannot debase high minds
any more than riches can elevate low
minds.
-Distrust those who appeal to senti-
ment in matters that can be decided by
reason.
Not all those who mock at auguries
have more intellect than those who be-
lieve in them.
DO not suppose that because it is rec
commended for animals that Arnica & Oil
Llniment ia an offensive preparation. 1t
will not stain clothing or the fairest skin.
The Emperor of Germany is a prof.
cient drummer, and can give lessons to
the best army drummers in the art of beat
ing the tattoo.
One way to keep your nose from
business.
One difference between the Sugar
Trust and the train robbers is that the
train robbers will be caught and punish
ed
"A man may think he adores a woman
But his love is put to terrible strain
when she asks him to button her shoes
with hGirpin.
"A Nebraska woman owns and person
ally operates a travelling steam threshing
machine outfit. She goes about the coun-
try and makes her own contracts.
Postmaster General Bissell has order
ed all postmasters at free delivery offices
to post conspicuously notice to sll en-
ployes that no one will be jeopardized in
his position for REFUSAL to comply with a
for political contribution.
French women in the rural districts
wash their faces in butter, and rarely use
soap and water. This renders the skin
beautifully soft and elastic.
"A curious barometeg is used in Ger
many and Switzerland. 1t is jar of wa
ter, with frog and stepladder in it.
When the frog comes out of the water and
sits on the steps ralnstorm will soon oc-
cur.
The Maine woods are overrun with |
1eer. The Lewiston Journal says: There |
nave been seasons in Maine when it was |
necessary for the hunters to spend long |
lime in the woods if they wished to shoot |
4 deer themselves instead of paying a
guide to do it for them, but this year the |
nerest tyro in woodcraft can 90 into up
per Maine and get in weeks time his al
owance of deer
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