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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05

playing, some of them just a bit dis
contented with their victory and NUT.
tering that twenty TO one was too biz
odds for any chap, specially a slim
little chap with fists which couldn't
hold their own against Kid
The story teller interrupted himself
with a chuckle.
They counted fists, you see, and
forgot to take stock Of brains. How
should they guess that the man they
had put to proof carried more brains
inside his handsome head than fur
nished the twenty of them, though
they were not fools, either?
"A quarter of an hour later the train
stopped, not gradually, but with jerk
which sent poker chips flying. There
was a cowboy hall outof every window
in the car quicker than you could have
cooked pistol, for stations were sell
dom within hundred miles of each
other in those days, and they all knew
that this sop wasn't regular.
Behind and before them the track
stretched as far as they could see,
while on both sides the prairie spread
away to the low edge of the gray sky,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05

UP YOUR MINDS.
which wasn't any grayer than itself
lonely as the ocean, sir, and infinitely
more silent. Not sound or a move
ment, except that OF the locomotive
whisking off at full speed
in came the cowboys heads with
volley of hard swearing, and there
stood Lloyd In the doorway, cooler
than l am this instant, holding six
shooter.
"'You have just five minutes to make
up your minds" he said, and his voice
was as steady as his eyes. "Will you
pay your fares like honest men or get
out and tramp to the next settlement,
forty miles from here? Our engineer
is waiting within hail of US, and he
will not come back unless l give him
the order. Oh, you may murder me If
you choosev he cried, stepping further
into the car, as half a dozen pistols
were grabbed. But I can shoot as
straight as any of you'll don't mean
to die alone-and at the sound of the
first shot our engineer will be off to
Bismarck
For one long moment the prairie
wasn't stiller than that carload of ex-
cited humanity. If Lloyd had even
blinkedl Thank God, he didn't! Then
q big fellow broke into a laugh, took
his pistols from his belt, and laying
them on a seat walked toward Lloyd,
holding out his empty fists.
'Shaker he said. That was lone
handl And plucl1ily you played it,
From Lloyd's side he faced the lot
of them.
Boys he cried, a chap who can
look straight down the muzzles of SO
many cowboy shooters for the sake of
doing his duty, that chap will make
the kind of partner most of us want to
yoke with, If he will let us, eh?'
Lloyd smiled, slipped his pistol
into his pocket and gave his slim
fingers to the others brawny grasp.
We'll, sir, all crowds are alike,
whether cattle or men-they follow
a leader. There was a cheering pres
emily which astonished the waiting
engineer. Then the fares were paid
as fast as Lloyd could take them. And
that is the end of this story"
The ranchman paused, and began
carefully to relight his pipe, which
had died out.
where is Lloyd now? In Helena,
state senator from - county" he
answered an eager questioner when
the pipe was again in working order.
''Where is the fellow who stood by
him?" he laughed jovially. Neither
he nor his whereabou point the
moral of this tale. But, when Lloyd
runs for governor, as he will next
year, he shall have my vote, for he
runs to win in any race he enters. And
that is my creed of life, boys-the
Lord helps those who help themselves
I've seen it, and believe itr-N. Y.
Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
No 33
CiGAR-CASE BEARER.
Danger to the Orchards of the Countr
from New Peat.

Danger to the Orchards of the Country
from N New Peat.
a comparatively new pest Of fruit
trees is the insect called the cigar-case
bearer, which last year probably
ranked next to the bud-moth in New
York in des5ructiveness. Owing to its
SMALL size and peculiar habits. the in
sect in any stage will be rarely noticed
By frpit-grower, and yet the second
one OF the curious suits or cases witch
the little caterpillar wears Is couspicu-
Gus enough to reveal its presence to the
casual observer. 1t appears as a moth
from about the middle of June until
about the Hiiddle of July, and lays its
eggs on she leaves of fruit trees. After
q couple OF weeks these hatch to mi
mute caterpillars, which at once eat
through the skin of the leaf and mine
In the tissue, leaving tiny trans
parent line behind them. After
couple of weeks or more they cut small
bits out of the leaves and roll them
into minute tubes or cases within
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05

among the big, brown, brawny oughs,
who left their card-playing to swarm
into the aisle, or lean over the seats
nearest those of their comrades who
had answered to his request for tick
cts that they had none.
1.-The company will take money for
fares also,' said Lloyd, without
glancing at the gathering crowd.
When the company can get it.
somebody chuckled-
Invariably Lloyd asserted, or
the passenger who refuses to pay it is
put off the train.
"'You don't say? Suppose you try.
Here are Tim and me to begin with!
And the whole carful after US, for not
one cent of our earning is going into
the money-bags of your - swindling
company
That's sol
You betr
Not a chipn
Lloyd listened to these expressions
of general determination until they
came to an end Then he was consid-
erably paler, but his eyes had grown
uncommonly bright.
You will hurt me much more than
the company he said, when he could
get a hearing. I shall lose my place
If don't collect your fares
THAT is your lookoutr
"'We amt going to tell your loss, il
you keep quiet"
"Lloyd's shining eyes turned from
one to another of the twenty tall fell
lows lounging around him, so sure OF
the trumps they held that they were
in no hurry to finish the game.
There Is greed for torn renting
animals which disfgures most human
nature from Spanish bull ba.ters to
those rat-fighters down east. We are
not without touch of it here in Mon
tana. And that the tormented animal
belongs to our own kind adds a keener
relish to the fun, when the party do
ing the tormenting has swallowed as
much bad whisky as the cowboys had
that morning. SO those bright eyes of
Lloyd's didn't meet any more encour-
aQement than did Father Noah's the
first time he took a squint at the
flood through one of the portfolios of
the ark.
without speaking, he stood, very
pale and still for a moment, looking
at the open pocketbook in his hand,
while they all stared at him, grinning
and jeering. There was a tirmness
about his mouth that didn't suggest
unconditional surrender to two or
three who watched him closely and
who were much surprised when sud-
denly the color rushed back over his
face, and, shutting his book with a
snap, he went out of the car.
"He was followed by roars of laugh
ter and facetious yells.
Then the crowd retugned to poker
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05

him, "but you amt like the captain"
"But you wuz lovin' me atore you
seen him." argued Jim.
No, wuzn't, Jim," she admitted.
II wuz irwin to, an maxim you be-
neve I wuz, but thar wuzn't no love
thar. Leastways, not like this I've got
fer the captain"
Jim got up and walked the floor.
'I'lI kill the hound" he said, and
Jim had some experience in that line,
and knew what he was talking about.
"You might ez we'll kill me, too,
Jim," she replied to this threat, 'fer
what kills him kills me-"
Jim sat down sobbing with a grief
greater than he could express.
''Oh, Marthy, Marthy," he said, after
a few minutes, ''to think that you wuz
more'n everything in the world to me,
and that thar wuzn't nothin' else l
keered fer eff IL wuzn't you, and now
you have give it all up fer stranger,
and him revenoo."
Perhaps 1t was not such burst of
emotional eloquence as the more civil
lied man could have poured forth at
heart and soul in it, and there can be
no more than that in any human utter
ance.
After long time Jim went away,
and when the officer came on his next
visit Martha talked to him of this old
lover of hers, and the officer smiled
softly to himself.
He knew Jim Blatchman by reputa-
ton, and was anxious for a personal
acquaintance. Martha could bring
about a meeting, and Martha did.
1t took place near Jim's moonshine
factory in the depths of the mountains.
Notwithstanding the deputy was look
ing for Jim, the meeting was a sur
prise to him and to the one man with
him. So surprising, in fact, that be-
fore the officers knew exactly what had
happened Jim had them both covered
with a Winchester and their hands
were up in the air quite out Of reach of
the guns they carried for such emer-
gencies.
"Who are you? What do you mean
by this outrage?" stormed the deputy
marshal, not, however, taking down
his hands to make gestures with, for
Jim's Winchester seemed to forbid
/ that.
I'm Jim Blatchman," replied the
| moonshiner, quietly, 'and reckon
you're the feller that Marthy loves, y
! be added, gulping down lump in his
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
throat

throat.
Whether the officer loved Martha did
not appear to be taken into Jim's ac-
count.
That's none Of your business" re
torted the deputy, who had plenty OF
nerve or he never would have held the
position he did.
Il reckon faint" said Jim, meekly,
thinking of Martha all the time.
The deputy was growii. restive.
"Wellr' he exclaimed, s'-when are
you going to let up on this?"
And that's none O. your business"
said Jim, with only the very faintest
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
Colbert s. Dale.
II O tel Butler
J. II. FAUBEL, Prop'r.

This house has been thorough.
ly renovated, remodeled, and re-
fitted with new furniture and
carpets; has electric bells and all
other modern conveniences fer
guests, and is as convenient, ard
desirable home for strangers IS
can be found in Butler, Pa.
Elegant sample room for use
ommercial men
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
L.InnnrinI SfnfIaflCa .

Jeremy Diddler - You called me a
dead beat You must take it back, sir,
or suffer the consequences.
Col. Percy Yerger-I never take any
thing back.
you dont?"
Never, sir, do take anything bacllv'
"All right! You are the man I've
been looking for. Lend me half a dol
lar. Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
How He Gets Even.

Nuwed-Yes. My wife always in
sists upon giving me box of cigar 81
my birthday.
Dick-Great Scottl 1 don't see Low
you can stand that
Nuwed-That's all right, old man
give them to her father and brothcr -
Brooklyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
AFTER.

Laugh and sing when I am gone,
Gsyly deck my tomb
Well ye know do not love
AuGht OF blight or gloom.
Laugh and sing and drop no teari
Deep the sod below
II would please me best TO think,
Tears had ceased to flow
Gathered round my tent Of green,
Tell your tales OF mirth;
Oh, be happy, as am I.
Sleeping in the earth
And remember as you SO
Homeward through the grove,
That the robins, not the ravens,
Is the voice OF love.
Chicago Record
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
SeanOr & NaCH'S
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable,
Rear Of Wick House, Butler, Pa
Rear OF Wick House, Butler, Pa

The best of horses and first class
rigs always on hand and for hire.
Best accommodations in town for
permanent boarding and transient
trade. Special care guaranteed.
Stable room for sixty-fve horses.
A good class of horses, both driv-
ers and draft horses always on hand
and for sale under a full guarantee;
and horses bought upon proper noti.
fcation bv SEANOR & MACE.
A kinds OF live stock bought and
sold
Telephone at Wick House.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05

The Wesleyans were named from
John Wesley. They were called Meth
odists in derision because Wesley and
his companions methodized their time
in order to conserve it and do the more
work. In England the Primitive
Methodists are called "Ranters" from
their habit of preaching on the streets
or in public places or wherever they
can get an audience.
Illinois is first in broom corn, with
1893. .5O2 pounds
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
oRcHARb AND GARDEN.

THE skin of the banana make
beautiful fiber from which fine clo. .
may be manufactured and the juice {
the banana makes good vinegar.
How MANY bushels per acre ".
blackberriss yield, we are asked. III
can be made to yield 100 bushels unG
favorable circumstances; mn we rece.
ly stated.
THE fruit growing possibilities of t.
country are immense, and 1t may
most be said that no section has '
fully reached it's limit of fruit grow.
possibilities.
THE healthy, vigorous plant is me-
free from insect depreciation an =.
ease than weak plant. Hence /!
wisdom of feeding and caring fer II
plant so as to insure vigor.
MANY of the tree claims of the w.
look like a burst boot, all o':t (
shape. Growing trees as a spec:@i
is not advisable under any proty.
As a part of farm industries Z
growing may often be done with pi
1t.
PEOPLE sometimes write US {
spraying for apple scab has not b.
effective, and in some instances 3.
have ascertained, upon Investigate
that the spraying was not thorou
enough. The tree should be thorou
lv drenched with the Bordeaux n
ture.-Farmer's Voice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
mUbr was 7 horn a oueen?"
An Accommodating Domestir

why didn't you come when ra! >
said Texas lady to her servant,
Because l didn't heah de bell. -
piled Matilda SNOWFALL.
Hereafter when you don't hear &c
bell YOU must come and tell me so.
s"Yes'm. Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
SerIous Case.

WHY" asked Dismal Dawson, le@a-
ing over the fence, why do you l.
on diggin' when the boss amt around
because l really like the jo5. 81
the new farm hand.
~Got a real lil1in' fer workp"
tsuresc
You'd orter take treatment."-ln
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
Out of 1t.

have n little maiden friend
Who never, never plays;
She's most sedate and prim, and has
Such quaint old fashioned ways;
She never dreams OF romping round,
or playing tom-boy tricks,
She's such quiet little maid,
And her age is ifty-siL
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
PLAYED A LONE HAND.
How a Western Conductor Col
Iected Fares from Cowboys.

II O s E W h O
blan e t h c ir
failures o
Providen c e or
fate, or what
ever they may
choose to call
their Creator
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
Desperate.

"Why was l born a queen" She
walled.
Amid all these trappings Of state sic
mourned.
"Why was born queen9"
With an energy sprung from desr -
ton she seized again her crown. 4
tried once more to bend it into ar =
Proclamation of the prevailing shapc.- -
Detroit Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
N. 7. Herald

IHpUys
I'm almost ready, dearl" she cried
With Joy walked the floor;
knew I'd only have to wait
About one hour more.
N Y Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
"OlE DAM" :"
He Had Close Call, But He Wasn't
Quite Licked.

He Had Close Call, But He Wasn't
Quite Licked.
There is an old raftsman on the Sus-
quehanna river whose proud boast 1t Is
that he has never been whipped in
fight. This means good deal, for the
sturdy rattsmen are all splendid speci-
mems. Fights over the most trivial
matters are of daily occurrence. "Ole
Dan," as he is called, says the New
York Journal, has now grown very
feeble and rheumatic, but he is never
tired of recounting his exploits as a
fighter when he was a young man.
The old fellow always stoutly affirms
that he has never been licked, but after
a good deal of pressing he can some
times remember that he once came
very near being soundly thrashed.
Eyes. sir, the nearest l came to be-
ing whipped was over twenty years
ago. l was carting load of logs up to
the mill one powerful hot day in Au-
gust. The sun was a-shining fit to
sizzle your brains. AS was goin' along
side,of a wood which threw a shadow
Just half way across the road l met n
man in buggy coming straight at me.
Turn out, SeZ he.
"'Turn out into the sun yourself sez
l.
"Well, after that we came to words,
Bimeby we came to blows.
1--WE fit till the sun went down and
then l turned out"
"Oh, you did turn out for him then,
DAMP"
EsVaS ,rbaD tho S,n went down the
shadow was all over the road. | didn't
care then. That was the nearest l ever
came to being whipped"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
A MOUNTAIN HERO.
BY W. J. HAMPTON.

[ NJ B L A TIC H
NJ A \ W a s a
moonshiner.
Later he be-
came a murder
er and swung
for it, but just
the same he was
a hero of the
unusual sort.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
How to Acquire a Bass Voice.

Ferrari, the celebrated composer, re-
lates the following anecdote in his
memoirs: On cold December night a
man in a little village in the Tyrol
opened the window and stood in front
of it, with hardly any clothing to his
back.
"Peterr' shouted a neighbor, who
was passing, what are you doing
there?"
I'm catching a cold"
What for?"
$50 l can sing bass tomorrow at
church. ."-Baseler Nachrichten.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05
EXPENSIVE NONCHALANCE.

-IIIIuOIS IS IIISI III UTOOIu COIIf WIZ
Is, ,932, 5O2 pounds
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-05

>oJ,e Dill are tasteless, mild, e;fec-
JOG = FltiS tive. Al druggists. sc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
1t makes people well!

1t makes people well!
1t builds up the weakened, shattered
nerves; it sends new life and blood
through the arteries.
Where everything else has failed
Paine's celery compound-the greatest
achievement of that giant among men,
the ableSt physician OF this generation,
Prof Edward e. Phelps, NJ. d., LII. d.,
of Dartmouth-this wonderful Palne's
celery compound has in thousands OF
cases cured disease.
1t has freed old age from many OF
its infirmities. 1t has made thousands
OF lives worth living that were once a
burden, 1t has proven itself so easily
the greatest OF all spring medicines,
making the weak strong and the inhrm
well, that in the big cities, New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, st. Louis
and the rest, the leading newspapers,
making their own canvaSses, have tound
that the demand for Paiue's celery COM
pound is enormous, as far surprising
that of any other remedy as the cura-
tive power of this great compound does
indisputably surpass that OF any other.
For Paine's celery compound is no.
patent medicine. 1t is not an ordin-
airy tonic, sarsparilla or nervine. 1t is so
superior TO them all that they are not
even good imitators.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
tt Has Become q Blessing to the
Entire Country.
Grateful People Everywhere HeatiQIy Endorse the
Famous Remedy
Endorse the

Z Paine's celery comgound positively
and permauently cures nervous de0lllty
and exhaustion. Neuralgia, sleepless'
ness. melancholia, hysteria and head
aches yield TO its refreshing properties
all these troubles are directly trace
able TO the one cause, poorness OF the
blood and poorness OF the nervous tissues
For kidney troubles II is the most ~
fallible of remedies. II owes It's unIaii'
ing mowers to check at once the prog
ress Of this breakdown among the us
sues Of the kidneys to It's remarKaoIs
nutritive efficiency.
Just "a soon as Pane's celery com
pound begins its strengthening work
tnere is ~ once a railYing OF all the lm-
poriant organs Of the body. The appe-
tite improves the spirits become more
hopeful. the dull pains OF disease lessen,
sound. refreshing sleep returns, 'that
tired. WORKOUT feeling" departs apd
the sufferer knows, without being loid oy
physician, that ne or she is getting
well.
The season Of March, April and May
the springtime, when il one !can DO so
must recuperate his lost strength ana
get back tue health that nature INTENDED
for him-that season is here. II pc
nooyes every man, woman aud youth
now to get well. And Paine'e celery
compound makes people well.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
THE NATIONAL CAT SHOW.

The First One viii be Held in New
York, Beginning May Z.
New York, March S.-The national
cat show will hold its first annual ex-
hibition at the Madison Square Garden
The first week in May next. This will
be the first show Of the kind ever held
in this city. About $1,000 will be Of
fered in prizes, and the show VII be
held on May Z, s. 9 and 10. Among the
patrons of the show are Mrs Richard
irwin, Mrs w. Seward Webb, Mrs. j.
j. Astor, Mrs. Randolph, Mrs. Lucius
*. Wilmerding. Mrs Fred Gebhart
Mrs. John A. Lowry, Mrs. Z. X. Stur-
gls. Mrs. Stanford White and Miss
Bird The advisory committee of the
society are j. Pierpont Morgan, +. X.
Sturgis, Cornelius Fellowes, John c.
Heckshere, j. c.. X Duer, Ad0lph La
denburg, d. o. Mills w. e. Wharton,
IA. II. HOllister, Stanford White, A.
NeWbold Morris, Frederic Bronson and
Col. Lawrence Kip. James T. Hyde
yill act as secretary.
Cat shows are held annually at the
Crystal Palace, London, and the New
York show will follow closely the plan
of the London exhibition The prizes
will be in cash, and every effort will
be made to have all the known breeds
on exhibition. Orders have been sent
to an outlaying fort on the Hudson Bay
Company, in Northern Canada, to cap
ture a wild cat, the only native Amer
lean species of grimalkin. Among the
imported species promised are tortoise
shell coated cats. which are natives of
England: silky coated Angoras, ear
tubted Egyptians, huge furry Persians
and the tailless cats from the Isle Of
Man. These cats are very popular in
England now, where Hall Gaines nov
els have made many customs the pass
ing fad At present blueblOOded cats
are not common in America.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
ROLAND REED HURT.
The Well-Enown Comedian and His Com.
pany in a Big Railroad emash-Up in
Georgia. Two Passengers Killed.

Macon. Ga. March S.-The Florida
vesJibule train going south was terri
oily wrecked AZ Scotland, Ga, by a
tempered switch. The train consisted
or three Pullmans, first and second
class coaches, mail and express car.
Every one of these were derailed.
The Pullman ana first class coaches
were thrown on their sides. One of
the coaches was occupied by the RO-
land Reed company, and the other had
a full complement of passengers.
MRS. c. W. SUBERS, of Pickens,
Miss, with ticket to Ocald, Fla, and
her
FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER,
We're killed.
The injured are:
ROLAND REED, badly injured, leg
and back.
MISS MARY MYERS. New York, Sc
verely wrencned in back and shoulder.
JAS. DOUGLASS, Brooklyn, slightly
injured.
MISS ISADORE RUSH, New York,
slightly injured.
JULIAN REED, Philadelphia,
slightly injured.
w. *. BERlAN, New Ofk, signify
injured
All of the above are of the Roland
Reed company, who cancel their dates
and return 10 Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hodner, of Elvina, o.,
and Mrs. Z. II. Morton. of Cincinnati,
are slightly injured MIR. Roland Reed
DISTINGUISHED himself at great risk
by rescuing three Of the ladies from the
uDturned car. Mrs. Suberss nursing
babe escaped uninjured.
That there was no greater damage IS
miraculous, as the tram was running
fifty miles an hour.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
TO - LIS HONEST pEBTs.

New York, March S.-Oscar Roth,
formerly a nurse in Mount Sink Hos
pital, committed suicide to-day. He
was suffering from an incurable dis
ease. and it is evident that he killed
himself i'm order that those who have
been caring for him might receive his
life insurance. He left a will dated
early in December last which reads as
follows:
Il bequeath all my belongings to
Harry and Katie Harris. for my board
and medical treatment. and l am to re-
ceive So a week for spending money.
They are to take care of me for four
months If my death occurs within
four months my body is to be cremated
and they are TO pay all expenses.
1t is thought that Roth contemplated
suicide when he wrote this will