Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-08

A Chicago firm sent out circular 10
the effect that they would present safety
to the person who would sell the largest
number of packages of their baking powd-
err. A young lady worked three days ana
disposed of the requisite number. The hrm
sent her a safety-the kind that is used TO
keep the baby's bloomers in place.
While Alvin W. Frampton, the oil
leaser was returning to town last Friday
evening helwas chased by blacksnake'
two miles south Of town, which he sue
ceded in killing. and it measured when
dead 81 inches, which would be fully b
| feet when living. This is true snake
story as Johnny Graham, the young At
torney measured it.
Now that the dog-days are here the
more precautions taken the better for the
general health. That old and useless
mill-dam should be taken down, as IL
keeps a lot of stagnant water standing IN
the town; no vegetable matter should be
thrown into outside closets, and all foul
smelling closets should be treated with
lime.
There's a crisis in feminine dress mat
ters over the water, and possibly the bal
loon sleeve must go. At recent party
the Princess of Wales, having tired OF the
balloon sleeve, made her appearance In
gown with tight sleeves. There was
hush in the room as she entered, for every
woman in 1t felt that a crisis had come
Scores of them thought OF the swagger
new gowns they still had on their hands,
and CONSERVATION was on their faces.
The death of Jacob A. Peters calls to
mind an industry which existed here at
one time. and was one of the first OF lis
kind in Western Pennsylvania. 1t waa
hat factory. and many of the articles made
were hauled to Pittsburg.-Slpperyr
Signal.
How many people remember when
Isaac Colbert, father of Harvey, made hats
in Butler, at his factory which stood on
the site of Harvey's storef
The Texas cattle fly is making lite
miserable for the cattle in the vacinity OF
Sharon. The pests are smaller than the
ordinary cattle fly and their point OF at
tack is at the base of the horns and under
the fianks where the animals cannot dis
lodge them. They are very hardy and it
takes heavy blow to kill them. In some
instances cattle lost their horns from the
rayages of the pest. Cattle in the best CT
pasture run down in flesh from their at
tscks.
Some mouths look like peaches and
cream and some like a hole chopped into
brick wall to admit new door or win
dow. The mouth is hotbed of toothaches,
the bunghole of oratory, and baby's
crowning glory. 1t is patriotism's foun-
tain head and the tool chest for pie.
Without it the politician would be wan
derer on the face of the earth and the cor
netist would 60 down to an unhonored
grave. 1t is the grocers friend, the ora
tors pride and the dentists hope.-MJn-
mouth Spring Monitor.
The fourth annual convention of the
Bntler County G. e. Union, met in Mil
lerstown, yesterday evening. in the Luth-
eran church. The address of welcome
was by Rev. Williams, and the response
by Andrew Brymer OF Butler. The meet
ing of this afternoon is Deing held in the
Reformed church, and inclades a praise
service conducted by Lizzie Stewart of
Moniteau, and addresses by H. j. Painter
OF Chicora, DR.. Forester and Ella Young
of Butler, L. NJ. Graham of Evans City,
and Flora Valley of Bruin.
One of the latest uses to which paper
has been turned is the making of telegraph
poles. The paper pulp employed is sat-
urated with mixture of borax, tallow
and other substances. The mass is cast
in a mould with a core in the center, form
ing hollow rod OF any desired length,
the cross-pieces being held by wooden
keys driven in on either side of the pole.
The paper poles are said to be lighter and
stronger than those made of wood and
to be unaffected by the many weather in
fuences which shorten the life of the
wooden pole.