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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

Kitty?' reused an idea in his head.
The McGheohans of Galway had noble
blood in their veins, and never desert
ed a female in distress.
The firemen were busy saving Sulli-
vans stock. They did not heed the un-
couth figure, with bloody face and
torn clothes, reeling through the back
door and up the narrow stairs.
Through sitting smoke and in water
and flame ne CROPPED his way, while
Sullivan was out on the street kneel-
ing beside his wife, sprinkling her face
and chafing her wrists.
She opened her eyes and gasped;
kitty" Sullivan had thought that Of
course the child was saved with its
mother, but now the fear struck him
that this was not so. He ran from one
to another of the bystanders, frantic in
his search, but no one had seen the
little girl AS in desperation he turned
to the burning rookery, a window
crashed out, and burst of fame lighted
his road % the little stairway. lie
sp~ang rd it and nearly overturned
a staggo. :, ragged, blackened and
begrined man carrying in his arms a
bundle of bedclothes, from out OF
which voice called to Jimmy:
"Papar
He threw both arms round the pair,
in an Irish embrace.
"Mowreechy," he cried, God bliss
ye!"-Lippincotts Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

Steel heels or spurs for fighting
cocks to take the place of the natural
spur are made in twenty or more va
rieties in shape and length; they are
sold all over the world. In the United
States spurs of different styles are
used in different parts of the country;
longer spurs are used in the south than
In the east and north. The shortest
spurs are used in New York The
standard length here is one and one
quarter inches; in all other parts of
the country the length is advanced
a good set of steel heels costs ten dol
lars. The spur projects from one side
Of ferrule or socket, which is like an
open thimble; a leather band is at
tached to the base of the ferrulc. The
natural spur il sawed off, and when
the steel spur is used the ferrule is
placed over the stump and the leather
band is wound round the cocks leg
and bound with twine; a pad or
cushion is placed within the rim of the
ferrule to make it fit the stump of the
natural spur snugly and firmly. 1t is
said that If well-bred gamccock,
which had been without food until it
was nearly starved, should then be
placed in the presence of another
yamecock and of food, it would fight
before it would eat; in other words,
that 1t would rather fight than eat
n Y Sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

There cannot possibly be a whittier
city than Cadiz, unless it be built OF
snow. The best way to approach the
port is to take a trip on one OF the
small steamers which ply between the
ports of Morocco and Spain. As you
near the coast you see in front Of you
u white mass which appears to be
floating upon the water, just as you
are. The first thought of foreigner
is that he Is in sight of an iceberg. The
white mass, glittering in the sun and
rendered more dazzling by the blue
sky and sea, looks exactly like q
monster ice mountain partly melted, so
that outlines of castles and bills ap-
pear upon 1t; but only for a second
does the illusion last, for you know
there are no icebergs in that part, and
you are quickly Informed that you are
looking at Cadiz. No other town in
the world presents such magic ap-
peafance.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

A well-known Australian engineer,
NJ. Pfister, is stated to have discovered
a remarkable property of the trunks Of
trees, namely, that of retaining the
salt of sea-water that has filtered
through the trunk in the direction of
the fibers He has consequently con-
structed an apparatus designed to util-
ize this property in obtaining potable
water for the use of ships crews. This
apparatus consists of pump, which
sucks up the sea water into reservoir
and then forces it into a filter formed
by the tree trunk. AS soon as the pres
sure reaches 1.5 to 2.5 atmospheres the
water is seen at the end of from one to
three minutes, according to the kind Of
wood used, to make its exit from the
other extremity of the trunk, at first in
drops and then in fine streams, the wa
ter thus filtered being potable, freed,
in fact, from every particle of the
usual saline taste which is such draw
back to water obtained in the ordinary
manner.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Better Road Laws Needed.

The road tax system of persc
service or Communication Is unsorn
a principle, unjust in Its operati
wasteful in it's practices and uns.
factory In It's results. Some sys
should be devised, based upon pl
erty, and property owners sha
not be exempt on account of age.
the case now stands, some families
cape any ROXY tax, year after year,
s<ths nnsG6zrs being either too yot
or 500 sla, .but they are abunda.
able TO do their share and use
roads quite as much or more than ::
one. In the meantime their po
neigh bors, tenants 1t may be, or yc
men without land, must leave
crops In a critical condition, at
whim aud convenience of the r,
master. Often the worst piece Of /
Is untouched and bit suiting the r
master or his friends Is worked aft
fashion. and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

smoke, when a spark fell on the table
and ignited bit of paper. In an in
slant the room was in blaze. A burn
ing curtain caught the eye Of late
traveller, who turned in an alarm. The
hoolz-and-ladder truck dashed up TO
the place, and a fireman snatched the
stupefed woman out of burning bed
but he did not notice the adjacent al
cove where little four-year-old Kitty
Sullivan lay dreaming
When Maurice MeGheoghan was
showed away from his antagonist he
thought Jimmy's friends, had come to
take part in the scrimmage. But the
firemen's uniform and Sullivan's de-
spairing cry of: MY God where's
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
ARTIFICIAL EYES.
The Interesting Operations of the Glass
HloWrrs.

Blowers.
Those who take an interest in tax
idermy will be glad to know how birds
eyes made.
A visitor TO n small factory in New
York found two glassblowers at this
work One held bar of clear glass in
the flame Of n gas blow-pipe, and
worked lump of fused glass around
the end of a wire and then pressed it
into a mold. When he drew II out of
the mold, crystal eyeball ornamented
the end of the wire. This he passed 10
his companion. who took thin bar Of
yellow glass, and heating it, worked il
into the crystal ball, forming round,
glowing eye on the end of the wire.
AS the glass cooled the yellow iris
showed more plainly, and by the time
1t was cold and hard, it appeared as
good-sized owls eye. the pupil being
section of the wire on which the glass
was heated. While this was going on
the first man was busy molding an
other crystal eye. Later the men took
up the work of making dolls eyes.
One nodded the clear eyeball, the other
worked in the blue or brown iris, as the
style might be, precisely as the owls
eyes had been made.
The superintendent of the shop said
that, while many dolls eyes were made,
the demand was mainly for eyes for
taxidermists' use-chiefly for stuffed
household pets. These were made OF
all sizes and shapes, to suit the varied
requirements of the taxidermist. The
largest eyes are made for the moose,
the smallest for the TRUSTEES. Each va
riety of birds or animals, when mount
ed, has to have eyes modelled from ma
ture, if its natural expression is TO be
preserved
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
EMPLOY THE coNvIoTS.
A suggestion from Canada Worthy
Most Serious Confederation.

Most Serious Consideration.
One Of the most serious problems ~
fore the practical prison reformers j.
the day is to provide profitable empl :.
ment for the men under sentence.
Idleness is bad for the prisoner, IN
tally, morally and physically.
The Montreal Star suggests one way
TO get good roads. aud at the sa.
time solve the question, In the follo.s
ing article:
Now, why not empty the prison
upon the roads? Not In any way or ia
any place that will make the prison
ers feel the sting of disgrace To
pillory man is a poor way to reform
him The chief end of the modor
prison system must not be forgottc
We ought to graduate citizens aa.i
not improved criminals from our jail,
But what better way to bring out j
manhood than by letting him do wor..
which he knows to be useful In Il.
open air in a quiet country distrig,
where he seldom will see anyone a.
never anyone who knows him? Care
should be taken, of course, in choosia
the men for this wosk. II will not L
expedient to permit every prisone-
sufficient liberty to do 1t as must l.
done here. We can have no chnia-
gang ignominy about II. A chance
join these road-building parties mig
be made reward for good conduct;
that IL would have double benetici.
effect-one In the men who go and t,
other in the men who stay. The pu
lic-spirited' phase of the scheme woui
appeal to some prisoners; for did no. /.
prisonful down in New Brunswick a.,
leave 10 save a subscription out
their rations for the Newfoundlan
snfferers7 The party could never
larger than the jail accommodate
in the Immediate neighborhood; al
the fullest cnre must, of course, !
taken 10 protect the people from .
much as tie fear of trouble. A carei,
selection of the men to go would he
to render this part of the task eas,
The farmers would be rewarded wi
better roads; no industry would be l.
terfered with, but, on the contrar,
the marketing of the farmers produc -
would be facilitated; the prisone
would be hugely benefited In eveYy !
way, and the greatest bar TO prisqI
reform removed. The extra cost. ii
nything, would be mere bagatell
and as there Is no money to make
roads, no one could object that mcn
outside OF prisons ought to be given
the work
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

F@ a a0s @las. erso of Crbir wbis-
ky with Jimmy. Sullivan, and he used
to drop into Jimmy's every evening,
''just to wash the dust from his t'roat," "
as he phrased it. The washing process
had developed into such proportions
that McGheoghan's wife said he might
as well "dhrown himself and be done
wild it." Then She applied what she
called the "wather cure" and Nc
Gheoghan reformed. Mrs. McGheo-
CHAN had such faith in the reforma-
ton that she had taken the baby and
gone for three days 10 her cousins, the
O'Flannigans, in saucelito; and the
only admonition she had given her
husband was the parting injunction:
mind yer eye, now, Maurice"
McGheoghan had not been particu-
larly proud of his descent from the Nc
Gheoghans, of Galway, but his young
wife continually dinned it into him that
they were "a line ould family" and
that he ought not to disgrace them by
associating with people beneath him.
1t was bad enough to be poor, she said,
without mixing with the common herd.
AS distinguishing mark, she always
gave an Italian pronunciation to her
husbands name, Maurice, and insisted
upon his doing the same. Mrs. Nc
Gheoghan had learned Italian in her
youth among the fishermen of North
Beach. Maurice did not take his
wife's discipline kindly, and it Was
only his love for her that made him
endure it. Out of her sight he liked to
be one of the boys, and in sly ridicule
of her aristocratic pretensicns spoke of
himself as ''humin illevator"-he
elevated bricks by the hodful up a
ladder.
When McGheoghan pushed quietly
through the screen doors, slipped un-
obtrusively past the crowd at the bar,
sat down at the last table, and began
looking at the prints in the Irish News,
Jimmy Sullivan knew something was
In the wind; for had not the O'Rourkes
told his wife that Mrs McGheoghan
had forbidden her husband to have
anything to do with that "low-down
shaloon-keeper, Jimmy Sullivan?'
"What'll yez have, me bye?" called
Jimmy, as the last man drew one of the
three towels hanging before the bar
across his dripping mustache and
swung himself out into the street
Faith, but it's n long time since
I've had the good luck to grip yer fist,
man. Here's the crane o the sason till
ye."
If the thought of his wife came to
the hod-carrier a. all, it probably
brought a suggestion to make hay
Al L, h.
filed and emptied glass after glass
while they smoked black cigars and
chatted over the "ould times" when
they were single. Sullivan kept the
clearer head, for it was part of his
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12


business to do so, but even his speech
grew thick and he spilled his stock as
he served the two or three late GUS
toners that came in before he and Nc
Gheoghan were left to themselves
Long after the usual time of closing,
Sullivan's wife, who lived over the sa.
loon, looked timidly in through the
back door and asked Jimmy when he
was coming home.
''Git to - out o. here wild ye, and
mind yer own business" was his an
swer. That's the way talk till my
wife, Norris" he said. You'd be bet
ther off If you'd give yer own taste
av the same when she's deludherin ye
wild her hifalutin idees."
McGheoghan recalled the time when
he had known Mrs Sullivan as pretty
Kitty Lafferty; and the barkeeper's
manner Jared the pleasant recollec-
ton; he did not like to see his old
fame treated like that. He did not
relish free advice, either; and when
Sullivan spoke slightingly of Mrs. Nc
Ghoeghan it rolled him. Things were
rather hazy just then, but the notion
crept into his head that he was doing
wrong, and that Sullivan was rejoicing
| In his lapse from virtue. 10 maintain
his dignity he considered it necessary
to impress Sullivan with the fact that
the McGhoeghans were people to be
respected, so he says:
'Me names Mowreechy."
That's another fool idee yer wife's
made ye swally. Morris was good
| enough for ye when ye was n bye. but
! when ye got married yer wife must go
changin' yer name. But yer Morris
! for all that"
( "Me names Mowreechy, and If ye
! go fer to call me out av it, or say me
wife's name ag'in, I'll bate ye wild that
mug"
Sullivan leered at him derisively.
Eyer names Morris McGheoghan,
and yer wife's a flannel mouthed chaw
like yerself"
The impact of a beer glass over Sulli-
vans left eye caused him to measure
his length upon the floor. The shock
reused him, however, and In a moment
the two were fighting like cats. The
crash of overturned tables and chairs
and of breaking glass would have caught
the attention of the patrol had that in
dividual not been doing in the next
block. 1t would have awakened Mrs.
Sullivan had she not been at that par
ticular time half asphyxiated in her
sleep by n smoking mantel-spread
which had fallen over the lamp left
burning for her husband.
The fire had smduldered for half an
hour and tho yoom was filed with
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
CHEAP GATE SPRING.
One of the Pew Devices OF It's Kind III
Has Given Satisfnctfon.

One of the Pew Devices of It's Kind That
Has Given Satisfaction.
A few years ago. saw description
of spring for gate; made one arl
applied 1t to my gate, and IL has give i
such good satisfaction that send a
drawing of 1t for publication. TIA!
an old horse-rake tooth or . new O.
may be procured from dealer n
farm machinery, heat the ends IN tl-
stove II not near q blacksmith she. :;
bend about three inches OF ono ;.
back to go into the post on which the
gate hangs, and bend the other e.
into the form of hook. Fasten >
rope or small chain to the gate aboat
six inches from the back side
further away II stronger spring is
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
MOVED A TOWN.
The Novel Exodus of the Mormons from
Missouri

The Novel Exodus OF the Mormons from
Missouri.
The most remarkable case of house
moving ever heard of was at Nauvoo,
Ill. When the Mormons were driven
out of Missouri by an armed force they
huilt the town of Nauvoo on the banks
of the Mississippi. Here they erected
their temple and constructed a thriv-
ing town. Then the Illinois people
arose, burned the temple, murdered the
prophet, Joseph Smith, and the entire
community fled to Utah. Nennonites
from Russia came along and bought
the land. They had no use for the
three hundred and fifty buildings in
the town. They wanted the land to
plant vineyards upon. They sold the
houses to a Missourian by the name OF
Boyd for a trifle.
1.-The next winter he began to put
rollers under the houses, slid them
down the banks to the surface of the
frozen river, and then slid and rolled
and pushed them six miles up the river
and founded the town of Fort Madison,
Ia, all except about forty of the
houses which are to-day on the left
bank of the river, opposite the site OF
the extinct town of Nauvoo."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
THE FAULT OF THE AGE.

The fault OF the age Is mad endeavor
To leap 10 heights that were made TO climb;
BY burst Of strength or 4 thought that i
clever
We plan TO outwit and forestau Time
We scoru TO wait FOR the thing worth having;
We want high noon al the days dim dawn;
We and no pleasure IN tolling and saving
As our forefathers did in the good times
gone
We force our roses before their season
To bloom and blossom that We may wear.
And then we wonder and ask the reason
Why perfect buds are so few and rare.
We crave the gain but despise the getting;
We want wealth, not reward. but dover:
And the strength that is wasted In useless
fretting
Would fell forest or build ! tower.
To coyet the prize, yet shrink from the win
ming;
To thirst for glory, yet fear the fight
WHY, what can IL lead 10 at last but SHINING,
To mental languor and moral blight;
Better the old slow way OF striving,
And counting small gains when the year Is
done,
Than to use our forces all In contriying,
And to grasp for pleasures we have not won
Ella Wheel er Wilcox. in Woman's Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Preserving by Means of Alcohol.

The French have devised me;
of preserving fruits by means of :;
holic vspor. In making the cxi
ment, grapes were gathered
placed in a cellar. closed by All e
nary wooden door. In the cellar
placed a large bowl Hlled with alec
and the grapes were hung upon ",
en- racks. At the same time som
the fruit was placed in two other
lars, neither of which was sup,
with alcohol. A month later
grapes in the two last-named eel
were found to be completely spo
whereas those in the alcohol
were found sound and fresh
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
PLEASURES OF MINING.
There Is a Fascination In Digging Out the
Golden Ore.


An old miner of Cripple Creek, Col. /,
who for years has been engaged in
prospecting in the Rocky mountains,
while talking TO party of friends the
other day, gave the following interest
ing description of gold mining in the
far west: Its the prettiest work l
ever did, he said. Its the fascination
of 1t; when you have struck it pretty
rich ard see your gold right in front Of
you, when you are piling it up every
hour of the day, with nugget now
and then as big as bullet to cheer
you. And then, when evening comes,
you count it up and you find it worth
hundreds of dollars, just picked up out
of the earth in one day-well, tell
you, there is nothing like it. Then,
when you don't strike it, you always
think you are going to the next day;
and it is just as exciting hearing other
men tell in the evening what they
pulled out during the day as in count
ing your own. Why, have gone for
months at a time without making a
dollar, and without a cent in my
pocket, but the excitement of the work
don't give a man time to realize how
hard up he is +"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
A Cold Weather Joke.

A business man came down TO his Of
fee on a winter morning when it was
bitterly cold.
"Whewl how cold it Isl" he said to one
of the clerks. Just shut that safe, If
you please"
The clerk obeyed, with a puzzled
look Then, when he could restrain
his curiosity no longer, he asked:
Excuse me, sir, but why did you tell
me to shut the safe?"
"Why," replied his employer, with a
sly chuclle, there are good many
drafts In that safe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Medical InfaIlibilitY.

DR.. A claims to be an adept in the
art Of diagnosis. On being called to
see. a lady, directly he had been ad-
mitted he remarked, with a knowing
smile!
81 see what your complaint Is You
are suffering from disordered stoIn-
ach and nervous spasms."
"Sirp'
Let me finish; your temperament is
somewhat exacting-"
Here the lady interrupted him:
"Why, it is not myself who is i'll; it is
my uncle"
The doctor, quite unabashed. II sus-
pected as muchl"-Le Main Jaune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Criminal Note.

"Whaffor has dey got Jim Webster
In dc Austin jail2" asked Uncle Moses
of Sam Johnsing.
Fer stealin' two gallons ob molas-
ses."
"Ise mighty sorry to hear it was
merlasses he stole, bellase dat am boun'
ter stick to him as long as he Ibis. y
Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
conscientious.

Wife-If | thought thing was
wicked I'd die before I'd do it.
Husband-So would l.
Wife-Huh! | think smoking cigars
Is wicked waste; an impious defile-
mcnt, in fact.
Husband you should not
smoke Hand me a match, please.-N.
Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

Great men often produce their
ends by means beyond the grasp of
vulgar intellect, and even by methods
Numerically opposite to those which
the multitude would pursue. But, to
effect this. bespeaks as profound a
knowledge of mind as that philoso-
pher evinced of matter, who first pro
duced ice by the agency OF heat.-
Cotton.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
LITTLE DANES AND MEN.

We all must remember when
We we're little danes and men;
When each sorrow tugged away with al us
might
At our little hearts and eyes
TIL the air was full OF sighs.
And the brightest day was turned 20 darkest
night
How we weep.
How we'd creep
To our little beds to sleep,
With wet lashes on flushed faces; even thsn'
Not soul would ever know
Half our agony; and so
We should sympathize with little danes and
We must all remember when
We were little danes and men.
When we meet the little ones from day to day;
4 kind word is just as cheap.
And II sinks to depths as deep
As the harsh one you were sending down their
way.
II you knew
How few
Gracious acts and words from you
Were planted IN their souls; to blossom when
Golden days OF childhood seem
To be shadows Of dream,
You would love and cherish little danes and
men
N E. Magazine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12

There are two far-famed violet {;
managed exclusively by women,
are their respective owners On,
Meadow Springs farm, at STAN
Conn, belonging to Mrs Ned Lee:
and the other is the Holmdale -
farm, at Madison, N. j., owned
managed by Mrs Robert B. Ill"
In the west, also, women are begin
to make a speciality of these flower
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Safe and SoporiGc

Physician-You must not occupy your
time with anything which requires the
slightest mental attention.
Patient-But, doctor, how can l dc
that?
Physician-I will fix it. You are to
read all the recent novels with pur-
pose. Chicago Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Even Up.

Ethel Singleton-But tell me, dear,
does man get really angry every time
he comes home and finds dinner isn't
ready?
Mrs. Benedict (swcctly)-Yes; just
about as angry as a woman gets every
time she has It ready and he doesn't
come home Puck
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Dcc,pberIng an Abbreviation.

Heres letter for Dugout, b. X, y
said one postal clerk to another. What
do you suppose B. X. stands for? Not
British Columbia, surely"
NO" replied the man addressed.
THAT stands for Bleeding Kansas"
1t was sent to the Sunhower state
Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
suffi Client Cause.

But why have you thrown George
over?"
"Oh, / hate himi The other evening
he asked me IL he might give me kiss,
and because | said No he didn't
, sketch
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
Dead Right.

Mrs. Busby-What time did you come
home this morning? The hour was very
late, wasn't IL?
old Busby-Not at all. The hour was
exactlv on time IL was who was the
late one.-N. Y. World.