Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-04

You may have read of tales Of the
wild and woody west wherein men who
wear high silk hats in mining towns are
shot at and tenderfooted citizens from the
east are made to dance at the point of
revolver and you may have laughed and
said the story was . good one, even II 1t
was lie but want you to understand
that at one time stories OF that character
did not lack the element of truth. So
said the man who had travelled. Asked to
give an instance OF the reckless tendency
of the wild and woody westernerS to shoot
plug hats and make people dance by firing
a revolver at their feet, the traveller con-
tInued: Il was one OF party that went
west some years ago on an exploring ex-
pedition with view to purchasing proper
ty. One of the party, man from New
Jersey, insisted on wearing high silk hat,
and he wore it sill the time. We mad
special car and | don't think that man
took off his silk hat all the time We were
on the road except when he ate or slept.
( That is he did not take it off until We
I6dGutu "a slldll ullllL- AOHl III ChAbAdAb
Que of those tough new towns where every
| house is a faro joint or a rum mill or
dance house. Our car laid over there one
! day and of course we went out to take
stroll, the man with plug hat going with
US. | noticed that the citizens on the
street eyed him With more or less suspicion
and one of our barty told him his high hat
was the cause of 1t. He laughed at the
| idea, but he realized in a few minutes that
| it was not laughing matter. We were
| passing saloon when some fellow inside
cried ont shoot the hat, and half dozen
unkempt and half-drunken citizens rushed
ont recshing for their guns. We were noe
very far from our car, and the man with
the high hat lodged behind the saloon aud
| made break for the car which he reach
ed il safety The men did not molest US,
! but we could hear them regrettiug that
they had no got a crack at the CREASED
! plug as they called it. The man with the
! high hat remained in the car all day. He
said he had no desire to explore mining
camps But be did not wear his high hat
after that until ne was sure he was among
civilized people.
-Rhuematism is quickly cured by using
Arnica d Oil liniment.
Faith is the strongest medicine in the
practice of Father Kneipp, of Berne, Swift
erlsnd, who claims to have about 10000
patients year coming to him TO try his
water and barefoot cure.
AT the discovery of America, maize
was grown by the Indian tribes from Pata-
gonia to Hudson's Bay. In Mexico and
Peru its origin was attributed To the gods
The Philosopher rises to remark that
only fools and f4tterers will attempt e.
guess a womau's age.
-Flattery works sometimes, but it,
hard to convince your wife that she is
handsome enough 60 do without new
spring bonnet.
"A good many men would lose their
reputation for being fine classical scholars
if it weren't for the list of foreign words
and phrases in the back part of the biz
dictionary
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splints, sweeney, ringbune, STILES, spralu~
all swollen throats. coughs, etc Saw
$50 by use of one bottle. Warranted th'
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Sold by c. Redick. druggist Butler Pa.
Foreman of Composing room ex
citedly Zone of the men dropped thai
last form and it is completely pied Ed
tor (calmly)-"Oh, never mind. Run il
in anyhow and head it'A Scotch Dialecl
Story"
A friend sends in the following-can
yon solve itf If a pin was dropped in the
cellar, and on that day week a second,
and in another weeek four pins, and so on
doubling the number Of pins each week
for a year. how many pins would be de-
posted By the end of ttty-two weeks9
Allowing 200 pins to the ounce, What
would be the weight Of the pins'
That's rough on me remarked the
maiden as the youth rubbed his check
against hers. Aud then he realized that
he had not been shaved
There is only one thing that is more
rare than day in June, says the young
Philosopher, and that's an actress who has
not had her photograph taken.
-Manager-"Wha is your name'" For
egn Pianist t-'Petroho wsky ykiskrouxity,"
Manager-"That's too easy. You'll have
to take another name that's harder to pro-
nounce,"