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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
A Verv Poor Catch.

Mercy" cried the editors wife. as she
arose in the morning to find two windows
pried open and the lamp overturned IN the
middle, of the floor. There was burg
lar in the house last night-a burglar
Yes" said the editor with yawn, "he
struck us just before daylight, bu, ne was
evidently very poor man. only got 70
out of him. You'll find that in the bu
reau drawer. The keys under my pillow!
Atlanta Constitution
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Civilization is advancing in Mexico.
A prominent military officer who had kill
ed man in a duel was recently sent To
iail for three years and ordered to pay .he
widow of his victim s., 500 year for eigh
teen years. Even if the imprisonment
should be RENTED, possible fine of $SO,-
600 is likely to cause future duelists TO
think twice before going out.
Seems funny, but not Philadelphia
paper of to-day has any use for the word
"hog" except in the live stock reports.
There was time, etc.
The voice cf the frozen idea" boy
has frost On its edges, and is no longer
shrill, resping and strident.
1T is stated that the dress to he worn
by the Empress of Russia at the corona
tion ceremony next year has just been
ordered at Paris, and is to be decorated in
pearls and gold marveliously worked. at a
cost OF l, 900, 600 francs.
The name OF Lord Dunraven's yGtch
is pronounced Val-ki-ree, with the accent
on the second syllable. 1t comes from the
Icelandic ValkyTil. more familiar IN The
German form, Walkure In the Morse
mythology it means one of the virgin at
tendants of 0din, who carry to Valhalla
heroes slain n battle.
Il thought you said this horse yoa
sold me was an intelligent, reliable animal.
"It is"
"Wby, it tries to get over the fence
every time it sees girl in bloomers."
"Yes. That's what shows its INTEL
gence."
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures Summer
| weakness because it makes rich, pure
| blood.
-Arresting man tor chopping the
household wood on Sunday in New Jersey
will str engthen the position held by many
that it IS always best to leave these things
TO the women.
| One Of the most picturesque figures
iD England is Lucy Lee, the now wealthy
and celebrated gypsy, who lives near
| Brighton. She has told the fortunes OF
| all the members of the royal family and
most of the nobility. She is remarkably
intelligent, dresses neatly ahd liyes in q
| h ouse during the win: er season. She is g.
years o,d, and has eleven grown-np chill.
! dren.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
4 President or Brandy for Sickness

The President Of The Baltimore Medica
College, who has thoroughly tested SpeeT
wines and brandy, saJs:
| am prepared 10 bear testimony To th'
value of Speer's Climax Brandy as pure
and valuable artical in all cases of disease
in which a reliable stimulant is required
| regard is superior to most French brand
les. Harvey l. Byrd, NJ. d. and Presi-
dent and Professor of Obstetrics and Dis
eases of Woman and Children, Baltimore
Medical college.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

-Lucifer matches were patented in
1884, while friction matches preceded
them 10 years. The improved machinery
by which matches are now made by the
million, at trifing cost, was the inven-
tion OF comparatively recent years.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
Special Fall Announcement
For the Season Of 1895.
Amazing Bargains sell ow sell
much purpose to sell now that's the secret

We get from all dsYonIe doing phenomenal business IT: %
them but brings business We offer
Psburg genuine
Butler The public latest
be
of NJ This
welknown
al
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i
fanue
fair. Call popular
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Two l6-year-old girls, ISIS" Rankin
and Sadie Hull, had a rough and tumble
fight on Pide Knob mountain, Fayette
county, Pa, in which the latter ives badly
used up. Her mother made an information
against the Rankin girl. Their quarrel
arose over their rivalry for yocng man
A few mornings ago hawk pounced
down on thrush in the garden OF an
English correspondent. At the same
moment a cat sprang upon the hawk and
bore it off triumphantly with the thrush
still in its talons. Both birds we're after
wards rescued nninjured.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
M ChAssenot IN

M. Chassepot, the inventor of the rife
of that name, which was killed go many
people, leads very peaceful life at Nice,
Ae does not permit hunting on his premis-
es, and is an enthusiastic member of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
children.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
HUMPHREYS

Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
1t Cures PILES or HEMoRRHoIDs, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding-Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistulas,
Relief immediate-cure certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
1t Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoILs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald
Head. 1t is 1nfallible.
II Cures INFLAMED or CAKED BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, age, soc. and SI.oo.
Sold Druggists sent postpaid on rsoeptofprios
HUMPHRKIs' MED CO., III ia Wlian st., New Tork.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
Rates of Postage.

For letters and all first class matter two
cents per ounce; for newspapers and
monthly magazines one cent for four
ounces; books and printed matter one
cent for two ounces; merchandise one cent
an ounce; letters for foreign countries, ex-
cept Canada and Mexico, five cents per
half ounce; newspapers one cent FOR two
ounces
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

OF doing your Shoppingf Instead
coming to The store, make the store come
TO you. (es, and the best aud bigc5 IS
store in the country at that: namely, KaI.-
mann Brothers, Plttsburg. Drop them
ostal and you will get their spring and
summer Catalogue gratis, enabling you TO
orde. by mail anything you may wish, ana
avinz as much money as city people do.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Charles A. Dana, of the New York
Sun, who has returned from abroad, says
that one peculiarly Of foreign counties is
that you do not have to hide when yCu
want 10 take drink.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Amy color so it's red" Look where
you will and windows are filled with neck
ties. 1t seems as though man. recogniz-
ing the fact that in everything oise he
must be prossic, has set bis mind to work
to devise ties of all shades and descri;. ti"ns.
He has succeeded in bringing out some
startling effects, to say the least. And it
seems, too. is though be had written in
fashions book, Amy color will do SO that
it is red" There was time when a red
n-cktie Was held To Indicate insanity. or
worse. Now the most sober palsrtamilias
conJemplates its adopuo without pang.
This has been announced So often, how
ever, that it must DO becoming an old
story. The truth is that We, meaning
fashion and other oracles, will not be con
tent until every one has some bright bit
of off color at the neck. Then will come
the reyulsion, and the blacks took will prob
ably follow, but in the meantime men
will have grown to look like something
else than professional mourners.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19
4 White Crow

Is very rare, so is n perfectly
Pure Whiskey. How aie you to
know when II is really safe and
pure? Tast- does not always
reveal the fact. The best way Is
10 buya brand that has reached
Its popularity solely by public
approval. Our Old EsportWhis.
key has been thoroughly tried
In the crucible OF public Judg-
ment, and has come out bearing
all the praises that usually fall
to a meritorious article. II is
absolutely pure, eight years old,
smooth, and just right for medi,
cinal, family or social use.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

There Is a rumcr that Lord Salisbury
has informed the Turkish Minister in Lon
don that the reforms must be carried out
or Turkey would be dismembored. Per-
haps this rumor is we'll founded, as it ac-
cords with Lord Salisbury's decisive meth
DDS. There is certainly need of decision.
1t is estimated that man .weighing
$50 pounds. riding bicycle at the rate Of
seven miles an hour, has a momentum of
l,500 pounds, leaving out of the account
the weight of the wheel. This is sufficient
to upset pedestrian with terrible force
iNLy Not Try tie New and Better Wa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Hugh Fisher, Uniontown resident,
got sick of carrying "the darned thing"
around in his leg any longer the other
day, so no dug out with his jacknife the
bullet that had bothered him thirty-fve
years.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Failure to demolish the Carnegie plate
with l2-inch gun has only inspired the
ambition of the Ordnance Bureau to try
again with larger cannon. That armor
will be shattered if there Is a gun in the
country big enough to do it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

"A local bicycle enthusiast contributes
the following: Don't dodge q bicycle
rider. Posts, trees and telegraph poles
do not dodge, and only beginners ever run
into them. Ifyou see bike approaching
and begin lodging you confuse the rider.
He don't know where you are going to
land, and there is likely 10 DO collision.
II you are driving a vehicle and meet a
bicycle, give the rider room to pass. He
has 4s much right to the road as two
horse wagon, and if you crowd him off and
he thereby breaks his wheel, you are liable
for damsges.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

DR.. Agnew's Cure for the Htsrt gi7 e
perfect relief in all cases of Organic o
sympathetic Heat Disease in 80 minutes
and speedily effects a cure. 1t is peer
'ess remedy for Palpitation, Shortness o.
-ide and all symptoms Ofs Diseased Heart
nc dose convinces. Sold by City Phar
uacy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

-EugliSh Spawn Llniment removes "a
tafd, soit or caiioused Jumps aud bsn
isacs icum horses, DiuOd epaviGS, curhs
sphnis, sweeney, rnguune, suhes, sOT4iu.
All s"oll1n tnI"aIS, coughs, etc save
so by use of one Ootte. Warranted the
nust wonderful B!em!sn Cure ever knowa
Sold OY J. Z. kedIcG, druggist Butler p
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

-"HaYe you Observed" said a mer-
chant to a customer, "the handsome ad.
vertisement have just had painted on
fence" "No," replied the customer,
"but if you will send the fence TO my
house | will try and read the announce
ment, read the newspapers, and |
hav'nt time to 90 around reading bill
boards" And the merchant scratched his
head.
Rheumatism cured in day-"M ystie
cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, radio
sl!y cures in / TO dsys. Its action up0r
tne system Is remarkable and mysterious
IL removes AT once tbs cause and the dis
case immedistely disappears. Tne hr.
eOse greatly benefits. 10 cts. Sold by
druggist. Butler.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

The pregent war existing between the
big plug tobacco manufacturers is proving
very interesting for the consumers, they
being the only ones who are profting by
this war. The manufacturers are unques-
tionably losing a great deal of money.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

First Comptroller Bowler has at last
rendered his decision in the sugar bou1iy
cases, To the effect that as there is a CON
troveIced question of law involved in
them, he returns tho papers to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury To be submitted to
the Court of Claims Tor decision. He
held that the sugar bounty law is uncon-
s;itutioual and refused to pass the claims
under it. The claimants said that the
cunstitutionality or unconstitutionality Of
it was none Of his business; that he has no
right TO revise acts of Congress; that it is
his duty To obey them AS he finds them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Ne~ Jersey Grape Juice Sent to Europe.
Mr.. Speer, Of New Jersey. has reput6-
ton extending over the word as being a
reliable producer OF Oporto Grape Juice
and Port wine. HIS 0pOrto Juice and
Port wine are ordered by families in Dres.
den, London and Paris for their superior
medicinal virtues. aud blood making
quality, owing to the iron contained in
the soil in which the vines grow
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

-Arresting man tor chopping the
household wood on Sunday in New Jersey
will str engthen the position held by many
that it IS always best to leave these things
TO the women.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-19

Madam" he said, and his voice was
harsh and rasping, "would you please pull
in your puffed sleeYesi l would like to
get at least glimpse of the eclipse" And
then she went into executive session and
confirmed his nomination as a brute.
-."Men are all cunceited things" This
rem ark, born of great wisdom ard long
experience in life, came from very pretty
girl of sixteen, who, with three others
equally pretty-was sitting on the front
steps viewing the passing show. And the
poor man who overheard it, sighed bitter.
ly and cursed the hour that he was born.
The greatest velocity attained by a
whale when struck by a harpoon is nlne
miles an hour.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
NEWS OF THE STATE.

The Windham County court re-
sumed its sitting Tuesday, after three
weeks intermission, Judge Z. NJ.
Tyler presiding. The first case was
of considerable Importance, creating
wide interest, being that of the state
against Stella Green for infanticide,
the crime charged being committed
in Westminster, near Bellows Falls.
Three weeks ago Il valuable colt
belonging to John Casey of Benning-
ton was stolen from Il pasture in
Woodford. He traced the rig to
different places and Saturday Fred
Martin was arrested in Fonda, n.
v, with the horse in his possession.
He was lodged in jail at ,Johnstown,
\. ", and officials here notified.
Ebcn Taylor, OF Springfield, was
kicked by horse he was Harvesting
last Sunday week and had both
bones of one leg broken.
Nolney Wood, of Chester, had his
left hand caught under heavy log
and badly crushed, while at work in
the mill yard one day last week.
II. II. Baxter, of Rutland, who
has been captain of the New Yorl;
athletic club for two years, was last
week presented by the club with Il
handsome solid silver loving cup in
recognition of his services in con.
Quoting the recent international ath'
lctic contests.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
Titcomb Jury Misrepresentation Cases.

The jury III the case of state
against John w. Titcomb, charged
with furnishing liquor, came in at
10 o'clock Saturday morning not
agreed and asked for further i'll
structions. They retired and at
noon they came in again, still I'M
able to agree, and We're discharged.
They stood eight to four for con-
viction.
The case of the state against War
rem, that was set for trial in the
Washington County court next We'd
nesday, was continued at the request
of the respondents counsel, and will
not be tried this term. 1t was Il
companion case to the case of the
state against Titcomb, tried last
week. The latter will not be tried
again this term.
Proceedings against Ira Allen of
Fair Haven, growing out OF the trial
of the Titcomb case, were begun in
Washington County court Thursday.
Every witness in the Titcomb case
was summoned, and all were pres
ent.
Friday-Casc postponed on ac-
count of the non-appearancc of MIR.
Allen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
Llllputianism In State Politics.

The one-term rule in public office
and the Mountain rule are two pieces
of folly which have caused our state
measureless damage and have be-
Titled our politics and lowered our
standard of public men to Liliputian
size.-Burlington News.
No doubt these rules have their
belittling effect, but the one great
cause of the Liliputianism in state
politics is the onc-sidedness of them,
the total absence of party RESPONSE
bility or ambition, such as all history
has shown to he necessary tor sue
cessful representative government,
the certainty that no matter what is
done, no matter how far cxtrava-
gance, corruption, heedlessness and
stupidity may go, there will be none
but personal punishment, and there
fore growing tendency not to look
at measures in their larger aspects
but to make all subservient to per-
sonal interests, intrigues and ambi-
tions.-Brattleboro Reformer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
PhotOgraphing Flying Insects.

The French artists appear to have
gotten the art of photography down
to q much finer basis than those Of
America and England. They were
first to photograph flying bullets,
race horses in motion and other rap
idly moving objects. The latest tri-
umph reported from Paris is pho
tograph of a flying dragon fly by M.
Marcy, in which tho exposure was
but the 1-25, OOOth part of a second.
BY the aid of small electric lamp
inside of the mouth of AN assistant
Marcy also claims to have photo
graphed the moving globules of
blood circulating in the veins and to
have detected u difference in tho
notion of the colored and colorless
corpuscles. st. Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
SNAP SHOTS.

The acme of politencss was
reached by mining superintendent
who posted placard reading :
''Pleasc do not tumble down the
shaft. Tit Bits.
A. &. BARLEY of Magic, Pa, writes fee
it Il duty Ct mine TO inform you and the pub
tic that ne Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured
me of Il very bad ease of eczema. 1t also
cured my boy of II running sore or his leg.
A. b. Morgan, WoodstOck: Scott rinkham.
Quechec; l.. j. NJ. Marcy, Taytsvillc; agents
Brown-"Our candidate says the
salary of the Office is no objection to
him." Jones-'I suppose he has
his eye on the pcrquisites. Brook
lyn Life.
It's just us easy to try One Minute Cough
Cure as any thing else. It's easier to Gu e Il
severe cough or cold with it. Lei your next
purchase for cough be One Minute Cough
Cure. Better medicine; better results; better
Tinkham, Quechee; L. J. NJ. Marcy, Tafts-
vile; agents.
Watts 'Do you understand
French;" Potts eel do, when |
speak it myself. Indianapolis Trl-
bune.
The healing properties of DE Wits Witch
Hazel Salve are well Known 1t cures CO.
zeln,,. skin affections and is simply Il perfect
remedy for pills.. ~. Il. Morgan, Woodstock;
Scott Tiukham, Qucchec; J.. j. NJ. Marcy,
Taftsville; agents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
As El HADJI SEES US.
solomon'S Decree That the FRANKLIN Ua-
believer May Take Only One Wife.

believer May Take Only One Wife.
lladji Mouschka, wcarer OF n green
turhan, sitting in his little shop in
Cons,aht;aople, told me this legend,
stroking his beard as he spoke and
pausing grnvely at the end of each
sentence:
Before the great Solomon's di-
van We're brought ono day two men
and two peris. All four had trans
crossed certain of his edicts, for
Allah had given him power over all
living beings without the gates of
paradise The king, in his wisdom,
decreed that the two men should
we'd tho two peris-one the one, the
other the other
Tho men and the peris were glad
and praised the kings merciful
Judgment.
"'But, said the king, you men
may not put your wives away nor
forsake them for longer than your
trading keeps you in the bazaar. To
your houses you must 60 at the end
of each day, or upon your return
from any journey of trading. Noi-
ther may you take any other wives
so long as these shall be alive. You
and your children after you must
obey this law
1.-The men went away, unwilling
and cast down, each with his new
wife by his side. But the peris We're
joyful, for the men We're we'll to do
and we'll favored.
"Whcn the men returned to their
places in the bazaar, the old women
jeered at thom and all men wagged
their boards.
"Thcy cried: Is one wife alone
pleasing to you? If she show i'll
temper, can you turn her from your
door? If she be disobedient, can you
curb her by bringing in another
wife? In what way was your tres
pass SO heavy that the great king
punished you sou
And even the street boys spat
before their footsteps.
"At length, taking counsel, one of
these two men said to the other:
"'This is no longer to be borne. Let
us take our merchandise and go in
to another country.
"'With our wives shall We go?'
asked the other.
"'Assuredly, we may not leave
them, according to the word of AL
lah, which the great king hath spo-
ken, replied the first one. Shall it
not pursue us to the ends of the
world?'
$50 they journeyed far to the
north and the west, and their de-
scendants grow to be great people
even tho Frankish people from
whom you come to the city of the
commander of the faithful, o trav-
eler! '-New York Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
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Literary Notes.

Table Talk is we'll to the front as
a Thanksgiving magazine, touching
that subject many times in various
ways between its covers. The lead
ing article is "Thanksgivlng Day."
by Mrs. Burton Kingsland, including
a typical dinner menu,-also Il fin
de-siecle one. Others menus are
given elsewhere, as we'll as a recipe
for Thanksgiving Plum Pudding.
Our readers, are invited to send for
a sample copy to the Table Talk
Publishing Company of Phlladel-
phia.
Rudyard kipling's new story,
which The Ladies Home Journal is
about to begin, is Il romance of India
really strong love story-and has
for its title civilian the Conquer
or"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
Collector Smalley Sustained.

lu the matter of the protest of
Frank Dudley of Portland, Me-,
against the decision of the collector
of customs for the district of Yer
mont, assessing duties on lumber
tongued and grooved and planned on
the edges at IS per cent. the board
of United States general appraisers
has sustained the collector, over
ruling the claim of Mr.. Dudley that
under paragraph 67S, acts of August
IS, 1891, it is exempt from duty as
dressed lumber. The board holds
that the view adopted by Collector
Smaley has been held by the treas
ury department for many years.
This decision is of much value to
American lumber manufacturers and
will bring large revenue to the
government.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
East Barnard.

Mrs. Nergene Keith, in her SSth
year, passed away at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Living
ston, last Thursday. Her funeral
was held at the church here last Sat
urlay. Rev. L. Mcmillan of Wood
stock officiating. She leaves two
daughters and one son to mourn her
loss.
Geo. Clagston's children have
been visiting him recently.
Chas. WhitcomL has closed his
labors for Edwin Allen and has
gone to Strafford.
Willie Wfiitcomb has closed his
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-11-09
So. Pomfret.

Mark Boynton has moved to Bar,
nard into Henry De VOLTS house.
Smith Hodges has his new barn
nearly finished. 1t is clapboarded
and painted white.
Elbridge Perry has Il large force
OF hands at work on the cellar tor
his new house.
Mark Markham has moved here
from English Mills and is to live
with his father the coming winter,
for whom he will work.
The telephone line is completed
and South Pomfret can talk with all
its neighbors now.
|. Darosle with team is at work on
the new Catholic church at Wood
stock. SO