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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
OVER 90Q0 CH|LDRENS SUITS


We will still continue carry full and complete line Of Hats
Caps Shirts Collars Cuffs Ties Handkerchief Hosiery Under
Umbrellas Alpaca Serge and Madras Coats and Coats and
Vests White Duck and Fancy Pants and Vests Children Wash Suits
Cloth Hair and Tooth Brushes Pocket and Bill Books Purses Spec
tacles, Harmonious, Combs Gloves Sweaters, &c.
would be impossible and give prices of all
have stock Suffice it say that carry by odds the largest
and lower than the
Evidence which be by the hundreds of satisfied
that rong from Monday morning till late Sat
urday nights.
Please call and examine stock, and when
make purchase ask of and when
chases ST $1,000 will present piece of
handsome sverwa alarm porcelain clock the Acme flour
bin. Ask the presents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
THE CITIZEN. d.
a PROFESSIONAL MsNplcANr.
His Income From Begging Reached s2os
Day.

His Income From Begging Reached s2os
Day.
"I have just walked from the Riggs
House to this hotel, " said Thomas Crof-
ton Of New York at the National, land
have only been approached By one
tramp-a poor, wretohed, shivering
devil, whose poverty needed no argu-
ment. 1 had Just finished hearty din
ner, an excellent cigar, and my humor
was good enough to make me feel for
the whole world of suffering, so l stalk
ed him to bed and supper. As I'm not
a philanthropist, don't care whether he
used it for the purpose of lodging and
food or bought some of the feeting pleas
ure that few drinks Of whisky brings
Tonight you cannot pass yard on
Broadway without being importuned by
a beggar. Do you know that TIE great.
est professional mendicant in the metrop-
oils was created through accident? He
formerly had position as bookkeeper IN
some mercantile establishment, paying
S75 month. One night he found him
self way down town, far from his homo
in Harlem, without cent Of car fare. In
changing his clothes he had neglected
to bring his purse along. Without any
hesitation he approached gentleman
and explained his situation. The book
keeper was entirely respectable and had
none of the earmarks of a practlced
beggar, which, indeed, he was not. He
got the car fare without difficulty. That
one incident set him thinking and de-
yeloped the latent streak Of incidence
he possessed. Every Sunday when be
was not engaged balancing accounts the
bookkeeper tried the scheme to test its
ability as q money maker.
1.-THE result was astonishingly sue
cessful. Here was man, we'll dressed,
apparently respectable, placed in po-
sition that in many cases had been the
situation Of the very men he asked for
the loan of nickel. A great majority
Of them obliged him. The sequel is
short. He threw up his position and be-
came hypocrite and fraud. He has ac-
tually gotten dimes from detectives and
policemen before they discovered his
game. A central Office man told me that
the fellow has collected some days 5000.
At any rate, he is making money enough
to build several houses and has an in
come much greater than that of his
honest days. He has been arrested sever
al times. Upon one occasion they found
on him a great quantity of small
change and in an inside pocket great
roll Of bank notes He is one of the
characters that only large city can
make possible "-Washington News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
If you want something pretty for tn

If you want something pretty for the
children 10 look at, buy cheap sponge,
dampen It, and sprinkle flax or grass
seed on it, and hang by a long string in
sunny window. In few days you
will have beautiful green grass ball.
Keep the sponge very wet, and when the
grass begins to die, pull it all off and try
again.
The crying of baby of Edwin Gre
CORY, near Effort, Monroe county, awoke
its mother one morning, who was horn.
fed at seeing a large rat jump off the
child,s crib. An examination showed
that the child had been badly bitten aut
the parents could not stop the flow q
blood A physician arrived in time Il
save the child's life, but it is i'll a critica
condition.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
Ventilated Gloves For omcers.

There are very few novelties in mill
tary goods, but some gloves recently put
ON sale by dealer are novelties. They
are for officers who have to wear white
leather gloves according to regulations.
The new gloves are of wash leather and
have ten holes in the palm of each hand,
while the space between the fingers is
cut away toward the palm. The object
Of the holes is to keep the hands from
perspiring. From behind, when the
hand is closed, the holes do not show.
The gloves are successful in their object.
New York Sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
What He Could Sec.

"What is there to see at the theaters
tonight" asked the man from the coun-
try. His city friend sighed. "A large
hat, with four ostrich feathers, enamel
ed buckle, cluster of roses and several
jeweled hatpins, he said. BE sure
and take your opera glnsses, for then
you can distinguish the minor details OF
the trimming. New York Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
SALT RHEUM.

End Eczems cured. These two complaints
are SO tenacious that the readers of the
Citizen should know of.the success obtained
by using Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite
! Remedy. Where all other treatments
have failed, it has made complete cure.
No more horrible case of salt rheum was
ever reported than that of Wilbur l.. Hale,
quartermaster Pratt Post, G. A. r. Ron
dout, n. Y. Several physicians utterly
failed to render him anv relief finally
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
C. II. WOODWARD.

-Ex President Harrison and his BRIDE
have taken to the woods and are in the
Adirondacks at Mountain Lodge, where
the fishing is said to be very fine. War
ner Miller, of New York. is at the same
place to discuss fishing and other mat
ters with the ex-President.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
4 letter. to .1unt RachaeI.

Cairo, Ill, august 2o,
To Aunt Rachael Speer at Pasaic, n. J.
Dear Madam:-We have used your
Malarial Bitters for several months past
and find ii the very best tonic we have
ever used to effectually wipe cut all
traces of material fever.
My wife has been sickly, feverish,
weak and languid for the past four sea.
sons, and tried almost everything. We
heard so much of your bitters that con
cluded to try it; my wife's appetite has
returned and she is strong, well and
spright1y again and all owing to your
Peruvian Malarial Bitters.
q II NIoODNApD
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
Reliet in Sar Hours

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure
This new remedy is a great surprise on &C.
count of its exceeding prOmptness in re-
Iieving pain in the bladder, Kidney, back
and every part of the urinary passages IN
male or female. 1t relieves retention o.
water and pain in passing it almost i'm,
mediatly, you want quick relief and
cure tnis is your remedy. Sold by j. Z
8edick druggist Butler Pa.
It not only is so, it must be so. One
Minute Cough Cure acts uickly, and that's
what makes it go. j c. RBDTCK.
Thirty years ago a lad named
Edwards started out from his home III
Winchester, KY, to go fishing. The
other week he came back, with the same
fish pole over his shoNlder that he started
out with, but without any fish. He had
never been seen by his friends during the
interval.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
Rheumatism Cured IN a Day.

mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l to days.
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
cause and the disease immediately dissp-
pears. The first dose greatly benefits; "a
cents. Sold by J. C Redic, and J; f.
Balph Druggists, Butler Apr 30
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
DR.. Chauvet, owner @

DR.. Chauvet, owner of the famous Poe
cottage at Fordham, has surnmar1ly
elected the tenant. This tenant, who IS
a laundryman, had nailed up sign on
which was painted "Poe Laundry" and
perched above the sign was a wooden
raven.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
Does Your Husband or Son Drink.

If your husband or son is addicted 10
the use of Liquor, Morphine or Tobacco,
purchase of your druggist bottle of Hills
Chloride of Gold Tsblets. They are
guaranteed to cure, or money will be re-
funded. Tablets may be given secret ly
in tea OF coffee and the free use of stimu-
lants allowed until voluntarily given up
Price $1.00 per package If your drug
gist does not keep them, send direct to
The Ohio Chemical Works, Lima, Ohio.
Book of particulars and testimonials free.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Quick i'll effect, heals and leaves no scar.
Burning, scaly skin eruptions quickly cur
ed by De Wits Witch Hazel Salye. Ap-
piled to burns, scalds, old sores, it is magl-
cal in effect. Always cures piles j. Z.
REDICK
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
1876 CImar Brandy

From grape wine, has, by its extreme
age and constant care while in uniform
temperature and pure, sweet atmosphere
of storage houses for fourteen yesrs, be-
come rival of the Hennessey and other
brands Of Cognac Brandy. and much lower
of Philadelphia, New York and other cities
Buy it of druggists.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

"A crippled Pelham, Mass, woman
recently crawled a quarter of mile, on
her hands and knees, to notify her hus-
band, who was working in the field, that
the house was on fire. He got there to
late, however, to be of any help.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

The tri-centenary of the introduction
of the potato is to be celebrated in Brit
ain this year, for it was in 1896, exactly
three centuries ago, that Sir Walter
Raleigh planted the first Irish potato in
his estate at Youghal, near Cork.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
TROTTING SfALLIONS.
STORM BIRD. Record 2::35
and BUFFALO BOY 1882.

VIII be found at my farm dur
inc the summer Of 1896. These
horses are so well and favorably
known in this county that descrip-
ton is unnecessary here. They
are two of the best stations to be
ound anywhere for the money.
Terms SIS and $40 to insure. For
description and pedigrees, address
Alonzo McCandless, Isle, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

GIVE me a liver regulator and l can
regulate the world" said genieus. The
druggist handed him bottle of De wits
Little Early Risers, the famous little pills.
j. C.REDICk.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

j. W. Pierce, Republic, Ia, says; Il
| have used One Minute Cough Cure in my
family aud for myself, with results so en-
tirely satisfactory that l can hardly find
| words to express myself as to its merit.
will never fail to recommend it to others,
on every occasion that presents itself"
j. C. REDICK
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

HOODS PILLS cure Liver IllS,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
The KELLEY; CURE

Is a special boon to business men who, having
drifted unconsciously into the drink habit and
awaken TO find the disease of alcoholism fastened
upon them, rendering them unfit to manage af-
fairs requiring clear brain. y four waeks
course of trea tment at the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

T. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of Pro
mise City. Iowa, says: al bought one
bottle OF Mystic Cure for Rheumatism
and two doses OF it did me more good thar
any medicine l ever took. Sold by j. q
Redick, and ]. F. Balph druggists, Butler
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

"You can see I'm well posted" SAT-
the fence to the bill-poster.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Ladies and gents electroplated watches So.
A large stock O. chains from 10c to 81
Ladies' waist sets from 10c to 80 cents.
Stick pins worth from % to SOC only 10 cts.
Gents cuff buttons 25c only 15c
+" SOC 25c
75e SOC
{" 81 90 75c
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
-Dyspepsia's victims find prompt and
permanent relief in Hoods Sarsapari1la
Throat Disease Cured With Grapes and
H0reLo5fO1

-DySpepSla VICTIMS ma prompt ana
permanent relief in Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Throat Disease Cured With Cranes and
HOreh0und.
The noted old nurse, descendant of
Holland Dutch, discovered that certain
combination of grapes with the Hore-
hound Herb and the Root of Elecampane
made into a cordial will cure sore throats
and coughs, and is excellent for colds,
catarrah and all irritation of the Bron-
chial tubes, tonsils and throat, and for
singers and public speakers. Druggists
say the sales are immense, and it is doing
great good. 1t is called Aunt Rachael S
Elecampane and Horehound Cordial.
The main difference between a man
and a boy is that each thinks the other
is having all the fun in life.
DR.. AgncH = Cure Tor the Hesrtglv g
erfect relief III all cases of Organic os
sympathetic Heat Disease in 80 minutes
and speedily effects cure. 1t is q peer
less remedy for PalpitatioD, Shortness o;
3resth, Smotheripg Spells, Pain in Lief
side and all symptoms ofn Diseased Heart
mo dose conviDoes. Sold by City Phar
OaoY.
English SPAWN LlnIment removes az
Eard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem
shes from horses. blood spavins, curhs
plints sweeney, ringbone, STILES, sprain ,
II swollen throats, coughs, etc. Save
so by use Of ono bottle. Warranted the
most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known
Sold bv J C. Redick,s
Any season is "fly time" with elop-
ing lovers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Soft hats ard caps in proportion. All
the latest styles in Straw, Braids, Mscki-
now, Milton, Yeddos, Leghorns and in
every conceivable shape for Men Boys and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Don't invite disappointment by expert
menting. Depend upon One Minute
Cough Cure and you have immediate reliei.
IL cures Group. The ony harmless remedy
that produces immediate results. j. Z.
REDICK.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Our Jaeger diamonds in Studs, Pins,
Rings and Ear Drops are simply immense.
The finest outside of the real steel-blue
diamond.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Soothing, healing, cleansing. De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve is the enemy to sores,
wounds and piles. which it never fails to
cure. Stops iching and burning. Cure'
chapped lips and cold sores in two or three
hours.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

One Minute Cough Cure touches thu
right spot. 1t also touches it at the righ
time if you take it when you have a cougt
or cold. See the pOintf Then dom
cough. j. c. REDICK.
Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer when asked
what he thought of bicycle riding Oh
Sunday, replied, Il think it might be
made a means of grace"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

"A match is generally touchy.
will flare up if you scratch it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

The main difference between man
and boy is that each thinks the other
is having all the fun in life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28
eNAhsNwo
D. A. Heck & Son,
I2I North Main ST., Butler, Pa.
MRS. j. r.. ZIMMERMAN

Never Before Have We Been in Position TO Place on Sale Such Extraordinary
Values at the Commencement of Season as at Present
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

A high liver with a torpid liver will not
be long liver Correct the liver with DE
Wits Little Early Risers, little pills that
cure dyspepsia and constipation. d. u
RBDICK.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-28

Men are the kind of husbands that
their wives make them. No man was
born husband, it should be remember
ed. Men inherit disease, temper, warts
and moles, but they don't inherit wives.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
Bicycles PinchinG the Shoe Trade.

"Talk about the street railways losing
by tho advent Of tho bicycle" says a
shoe salesman. IT think it is the shoe
manufacturers. OF course, there is "A dc.
mand for bicycle shoes, and that nrac-
tically opens Il new market; but it must
be o limited market when it is consid-
cred that IL pair of such shoes will
outlast three pairs of ordinary foot cov-
erings, not because tho shoes are better,
but because they are not subjected to
the scuflling wear Of the others. People
rido to and from their work all the time
now. where they formerly walked or on
bad days rodo i'll the cars. If a person
wants to 60 around the corner he will
get on his wheel instead of walking, rs
he once did. 1t is these thousands of
steps that he saves that saw the shoes
and make tho shocman's heart sad. 49,
New York Tribune.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
Choice English Cigars.

Il am informed that a large trade in
tho manufacture of English cigars is
carried on, principally in tho east end
of London. All tho ends Of cigars and
cigarettes. 'dottols,' chewcd guilds,
etc, are bought at so much per pound
from public houses, music halls, etc,
besides those picked up in the street.
These savory morsels arc put into a
largo bath, where a kind Of tobacco
broth is made.
On tho early autumn, when the chest
nut leaves arc beginning to urn q gold
en- color, parties arc organized, who go
wherever they can get Il good supply Of
these leaves, which arc then put on long
wires aud immersed in this filth for
either a long or short time, according
to the requirements Of u strong or mild
cigar. These leaves are then rolled into
English cigars"
Tho above correspondents statement
tallics with an incident which occurred
some years ago when II certain person
was charged with illegally manufacture
ing cigars. His defense was that the
cigars he manufactured did not contain
u particle of tobacco. And, what is
more, he proved his case. His cigars
wcro made of brown paper, embossed to
look liiso leaves and stepped in tobacco
juicn. London Standard.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
THE TENT q

e. A. Carleton, unlike some of the
state officers whose duties will be purely
ministerial, has adopted a line Of policy
which he hopes will bear immediate
fruit. As superintendent of public in
~struction his first efforts will be directed
toward securing, il possible, the passage
OF a free text book law. He is not salts.
fed with the present school laws, and
proposes to remedy defects If the logis-
lature will permit. 1t is not so much
what the present law contains that Mr..
Carleton has to criticise, but rather
what it hasn't got. On the whole, the
law is good SO far as it goes, he says, but
it does not 60 far enough. Mr.. Carleton
considers a free text book law as neces-
sary for the welfare of the public schools,
and he propo es to lay the matter before
the legislature at the beginning of the
session, &c that there can be ample time
for discussion. The populist platform
of tho state favors free text booke, and
if Mr.. Carleton is not successful in con
yincing the Legislators of the necessity
for such q law this session, he will not
give up the hope that some legisiair" 70
in the future will consider it tayoraC!T.
Helena Independent.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20

SEATTLE, Nov. 1.-THE Canadian Pa
cific are the only trains moving thus far,
but it is claimed that the Great North
ern will push ite coast line train out to-
morrow morning, and railroad men say
the Northern Pacific overland will prob
ably get in tomorrow night, but this is
hardly thought possible. The rivers are
still very much swollen. The storm has
reechedit it's limits and the waters are at a
standstill,
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
Court to Decide.

SBo1sE, Ida, Nov. 17.-From unofficial
1urcee it is learned that the woman SUI
bye amendment to the constitution has
|majority Of nearly 5000. Friends or
Dc movement all over tho state are
bilant. 1t is, however, a question
bether the amendment really passed
ling to an official ruling on a similar
estion two years ago. AT that time,
proposed constitutional amendment,
Sregating the office of the probate
dge and county school superintendent,
p carried in the same way, but 1t was
Nd that the amendment was lost be-
l4pse the vote in it's favor was not a ma
1fity of all those votes cast at the cleo
1on, though it was a majority of those
10y on that question. This rule is, in
suect' that votes not cast either for or
l&elnst, + to be construed MS being
80 against the measure. The question
De taken into court as soon as pos
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
Tacoma IsOlaled.

TACOMA, Nov. 1.-THE city is still
isolated from the world, as far as rail
roam traffic is concerned. Up to noon
today not a train had left or arrived.
The attempt to get passengers through
to Portland was abandoned last night,
when trains which left Tacoma yesterday
returned, A washout at Winlock prevent
ed even a transfer, and other washouts
farther down the lire do not permit
trains from Portland to reach that point.
The White river bridge on the Seattle
branch is still down and no trains are
running on that line. All travel b.tw'oen
this city and Seattle is carried or by
Sound steamers. On the line to the east
several washouts east of the mountains
prevent trains running. Crews are at
work constantly, and with cooler
weather aud subeiding floods promise to
help out go that traffic will be resumed
tonight. No eastern mail has arrived
for three days. only letters coming from
local points by boat.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
They Paid for It,.

pew YORK, Nov. 17.-The l2Sth an
banquet of the chamber of COM
rec of the state of New York, which
held this evening at Delmonico's
tho most notable yearly gathering
has been held by that great organ
|lion. Considered in view of the out
Fne of the national election, it might
3uy be called a Commercial glorifica-
n" by 400 members and 300 guests
o attended the dinner. Many Of the
Peches we're distinctly Of a c~ongratu-
Eory character and those who led the
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
Cattle.

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Cattle--The trade
in cattle was slow at Mondays decline,
and undesirable lots were in some in
stances a tie lower. Sales were on a
basis Of S3.50@5.l5 for common to prime
native beef steers, comparatively few
selling below 81 or over S4.75. Stockers
and feeders sold at S3M390; butchers
and camera stuff vas Glow; bulls. 500
800; COW and heifers, sl.G0@i, chiefly
at S2@33J. Calves we're active at $50
5.75. Western range cattle went at IN
changed prices.
Sheep-Prices for sheep were steady
and trade was moderate. Inferior to
choice sheep sold at S1.T5@355, west
erns going at $2.25@3.21 Lambs sold
at $2,50m3 for the poorest up to $500
4.55 for choice lots. Feeding sheep sold
at 81 g0G13, and feeding lambs at 1915.
Receipts-Cattlo, 1900; sheep, 1900.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-20
Senate VIII Decide 1t,

The supreme court yesterday norm
ing declined to act in an application
for an Injunction to prevent the county
clerk OF Granite county from issuing
B certificate OF election to Duncan
Dingwall, recently elected senator from
that county. Lieut.. Gov. Alex G. Bot
kin made application for the writ in
the name OF DIR. Sligh, the defeated can
didate. AS ie we'll known, there is a
question whether DR.. Sigh holds over.
10 prevent any mistake he was renomi-
mated and ran again. He was defeated.
The supreme court declined to hear the
petition on the ground that it had no
jurisdiction according to the we'll known
right OF all legislative bodies to pass up
on the qualifications OF their own mem
bers.-Helena Independent.