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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
DELICIOUS RUSK.
How This Dry and Sweetened Bread Lis
satisfactorily Made.

How This Dry and Sweetened Bread Is
satisfactorily Made.
I A dried rusk is a pastoral sort of
bread, recalling the feasts of Phyllis and
Corydon under the green trees, with
plenty of berries and flowing bowls of
milk These dried breads Sate back TO
the earliest classic times, when for con-
venience large quantities of Read were
baked and prepared SO that it would
6eep a long time.
German rusk is usually slightly sweet,
but the time honored recipe here given
is made without sugar and Is especially
delicious when served with a creamy
glass of iced milk in summer. 1t may
be eaten fresh, as it is an excellent bis
cult
Add half cupful of butter TO pint
of lukewarm milk. Sift enough bread
-four, with teaspoonful of salt, to make
a batter about as stiff as you can stir II.
Beat in half cupful Of homemade
yeast or half yeast cake, and finally
add two eggs and beat the batter until
it is in blisters. In summer it should
not rise over eight or ten hCuI p, accord
ing 10 tD6 weather. Ill lDe IICIE4bS dti'1
merely enough -four to roll out the
dough Let it rise two hours; then roll
it out until it is little less than half
an inch thick. Cut it into small cakes
and put one ON top of the other until
they are all paired, and let them rise
for half an hour longer. AT the end Of
this time bake them for about 20 min
utes in quick oven. When they are
cooled a little. separate the cakes and
pile them loosely in a large dripping
pan, with their soft side up. Set them
in the closet under the oven, to become
thoroughly dry, for day or two and
then hang them up in bag in the
kitchen near the range, to "cure, " for
three or four days longer. Where there
is no range closet under the oven, the
rusk may be put in the oven at night
after the fire is covered and the drafts
turned off and left till morning. They
will not be very much browned-merely
dried and crisp. Like all rusk, these
biscuits are better for keeping week
or even a fortnight. - Philadelphia
Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE
1t Is In No Way Related to the Co.
man.

man.
utterly fail to see where En0lisH,
men have received the impression thai
the Hungarian language is q sort 81
underling dialect of German. saws :
writer in Nineteenth Century. Gee
man and English, as is well known.
are Aryan languages. Hungarian In no
Aryan language at all. It's very char.
acter Is opposed to that Of the German
idiom. If German or English NAV
fairly be compared to O tree, tha
branches and fruits of which are In.
deed visible. the roots of which, how.
ever, are underground and hidden away.
the hungarian language is like a tree
the roots of which are almost visible,
and by kind of linguistic Roentgen
photography we can almost watch the
sap OF the roots rising into the stem
and branches. 1t is, in other words.
agglutinative.
The first syllable of each word repre-
sents the root of the word; lenses OF
Eronouns are soldered on to the root
1t Is originally the language of nomad
and rowing tribes anxiously clinging to
their word roots for fear of lc~'-g all
means of understanding one other.
OF German words in Huncarian there
is only handful, and they cre used
mostly as clowns and jestmahtrs In
the courtly avenues of IIungar 4 n sem
tences. The Hungarians do not detess
the Germans, but they do not like them,
either. The German, known to the
Magyars chiefly in his Austrian mani.
festation, does not appear a model
worth initiating. The Austrian Is po>
lite, amiable, industrious, but before
anything else, pleasure-loving.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
A LESSON TO oLoUoEs1ER.
Smallpox Epidemic Teaches People tn,
Value of Vaccination.

Smallpox Epidemic Teaches People tns
Value of Vaccination.
The recent outbreak of smallpox in
the slums of Gloucester was, according
to recent reports in the London Stand
ard, very serious affair. Eleven per.
sons are known to have been removed
to the hospital in two days in one par.
tfcular court. The neighborhood re-
ferred to is in an exceedingly dirty con-
dition, and crowded to excess.
A medical man states that not oue
single person who has been successfully
revaccinated has been admitted to any
of the hospitals suffering from the dis
ease.
Every facility Is now offered to the
working classes to be vaccinated or re-
vaccinated, free of expense, with cali
lumph if desired, either at their own
homes or at the numerous vaccination
stations which have been temporarilq
opened'in all parts of the city.
The effect of the epidemic on many
trades was disastrous, business iu
some cases being almost at standstill,
Drapers, tailors, dealers In furniturel
etc., were greatly affected, while the re-
ceipts of tram-cars were little more
than one-half the amount taken at or.
dinary times, and this Notwithstanding
the fact that on the windows Of each
car notice was posted stating that tho
conveyance was regularly disinfecte6
With reference to the cost Of the cpl
demic to the city prominent official In
formed me that, judging from past ex-
perience, he estimates that this will be
at least 10000 or 10000.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
OF POLITICAL IMPORTANCE.
Rapid Increase of Population In Germany
Need of an Outlet.

Rapid Increase of Population In Germany
Need of an Outlet.
The rapid increase of population In
Germany, due, it is believed, to the In,
crease of manufactures, is becoming Of
political importance, , says the speccta:: pee.
of the census, taken ON DAee.z4bca q,
1895, the empire now contains 2,244,-
500 inhabitants, while France contains
only 39,00O,00O. The Germans, more
over, add at least 100000 to their
number every ten years, while the
French may be said not to increase at
all. AS both countries train every
available man, the German army must
always be greater than the French, and
in another generation will be greater
by more than third. Again, 1t Ia
doubtful whether Germany, which ia
naturally n far poorer country than
France, can long sustain its population,
which must, therefore, either emigrate
in increasing L abers or burst out In
some direction III % lands less over
full. 1t Is believed to be clear per.
ception of these facts which makes some
ruling men in Germany SO eager for q
dependency into which GermanA
might swarm. They would not swarm
even If they got one. Tho idea Of the
German emigrant is to escspe official
dom, not to replace himself under it Ia
q country beyond the seas.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
HE SAVED THE BABIES
But the Story Was Told In Two Wide1.

But the Story Was Told In Two Widely
Different Ways.
Heroism and modesty proverbially go
hand in hand, but there are few more
striking examples of the combination
than that afforded by the captain of a
wrecking tug in New York harbor. His
own account of tho affair was thus set
down in the tugs log: Jan. 30-Left
Jersey City a. M. Ice running heavy.
Captain Joe stopped leak in ferryboat. 4"
Mr.. +. Hopkinson Smith, in his Day at
Laguerre's, tells the story more fully.
The Hoboken ferryboat was stopped,
midway of its early passage, by the ice
pack. AT this juncture an ocean tug
shaped cash below the water line. A
panic ensued among passengers and
crew. Just then the wreoking tug Reli-
ance ran alongside, and Captain Joe
Smith jumped ON board.
He dropped into the engine room,
met the engineer half way up the lad
der, compelled him to return, dragged
the mattresses from the crews hunks,
stripped off blankets, racks of clothes,
overalls, cotton waste and rags Of car
pet, cramming them into the great rent
left by the tugs cutwater until the
space of each broken plank was replaced
except one. Through and over this
space the water still combed, deluging
the floors and swashing down between
the gratings into the hold below.
Another mattress, quick! All gone!
a blanket then -cnrnat-anvthlnQl
Quick, for God's sakep'
1t was useless. Everything, even to
the oil rags, had been used. Little by
little the water gained, bursting out
below, then on one side, only to be re-
calked and only to rush in again.
Captain Joe stood moment as if un-
decided, then deliberately tore down
the top wall of calking he had SO care
fully built up, and before the engineer
could protest had forced his own body
into the gap. with his arm outside,
level with the drifting ice.
An hour later the disabled ferryboat
was towed into the Hoboken slip with
every soul on board. When they lifted
Captain Joe from the wreck, he was un-
conscious and barely alive. The water
had frozen his blood, and the floating
ice had torn the flesh from his protrud
ing arm from shoulder to wrist. When
the color began to cleep back to his
cheeks, he opened his eyes and said to
the doctor who was winding the band
ages:
'Was any Of them babies hurtT"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12

into my face. There was a big New
foundland dog wagging his tail as mer
rily as a buZZsaw cuts through soft
wood. Well, that dog ran first to the
lighted lantern ON the door, then back
to me, and then pretty soon 1 began to
think something was wrong. Up 1 got,
and he led me all through the freight
house, up to ehe operators rooms and
back to the Cffice; then calmly went to
sleep with one eye open and one ear
pricked up. waited for the train, but
before heard it he began TO bark.
"The next night the same perform
ance. Well, after that l used to 60 to
sleep, and for the week was there that
dog kept watch. You see, the regular
was fond of sleep at night, so he could
play poker all day. I never told on him,
but that was a well trained dog
That's no experience, said Billy
Marshall. "There was only half thrill
in that. Why, III 1888, during the biz
zard, was holding down a night job
in New Jersey. 1t was the dreariest
spot that railroad official could pick
out for a station. 1t was so quiet il the
daytime that you could hear the sun
light CLINT ard at night the shadows
fall. 1t was showing when / went on
at night, and all trains We're blocked,
and by morning | was almost buried.
My lunch was long ago gone, and I felt
like grinding my teeth into some break
fast Dinner time came and went, sup
per hour passed, and 10 relief arrived.
1 chewed on lead pencils and rubber
bands until fc,t like girl tookkeeper
L pulled i'll my ielt and nearly cut my
self in two, hct the old hunger was
there just the same. So l tried to sleep,
but there was 10 sleep i'll mo with that
gnawing at my stomach.
"All at once | saw three muskrats
come up through a hole in the floor
Muskrat was better than starvation, so
1 made for them with poker, killed
one, and the others got away to freeze
to death. Skinning that fellow and
dressing him didn't take long, and with
wire / rigged broiler. You bet your
life the smell of that cooking rat was
just great joy, and Pm no chink either.
1t just tickled me so that 1 fell asleep
and only woke up when he was so burned
that the odor nearly choked me.
1.-THE snowplow came along soon.
however, and when got filled up again
/ was sort Of glad l hadn't put down
the old muskrat after all. He might not
have aoraa6 Wi IN mo ''-Nayr, Vork Guu
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Hardships For an African Explorer

have always something the matter
with me which interferes with my eff
cienoy. Now it will be wretched ulcer
near my knee joint to hinder my walk
ing; at another time one near my right
elbow to weaken my arm and give me
unsteady aim in shooting. Then L am
cured of these, and feel miserable and
feverish; but snap shots of deafening
quinine make me strong and cheerful
and fit to bear the strain of "a few days
visit from malarial neuralgia, which
seiZes my head, makes tender every
tooth, and stabs me numerically with
acutest pain, till the head is aching with
hammering throbs, and the eyes, through
pain, are curtained by mist. In due
time L recover from this, and become
dyspeptic, or cannot wear my largest
shirt because of swollen spleen.
gradually reduce this, and then blisters
on the feet and erysipelas in the ankles
make walking the worst kind of agony.
Illness to me in Africa is as the bubble
in spirit level-it moves and changes
its position, but never ceases. es.-"Glave
In tho Heart of Africa in Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
A Thirty Story Building.

A 30 story Office building is to be
erected on Park row, New York city,
on the site Of the old International no.
tel and will be 386 feet high from the
curb line. There will be 81 main floors
and floors III the side towers, 80 floors
in all. The foundations consist of piles
driven into the sand, cut off below the
water line and covered with copcrete
.nd masonry bases for the columns. The
outer walls will be carried by cantale-
vers, as in many other tall buildings Of
this character. .-Engineering News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Borrowing In India.

India is nation of pawnshops, ac-
cording to General Booth. The people
think the cleverest man is he who de-
vises the largest number of ways by
which to borrow money. They put in
pledge their lands, oxen, jewelry, them
selves, their children and their grand
children, and cases have even been
known where a father. to obtain money
to defray the expenses of his daughter S
wedding, has pledged as collateral the
first child to be born of the union.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12

has often been demonstrated by the
speculative astronomers that 1t would
take els, 600 full moons TO afford al
amount of light equal to that emitted
by the sun, and, furthermore, there j.
only sky space for 75, 600 such disks.
Some heat comes from moonlight.
However, it is in quantities SO small
that it cannot be measured by ordinary
instruments. Flammarion says that the
aI.-, .. # heat emitted by full moon
while ;.t 49,, NTH cannot be more
than one-eighty .CN ardth of the
amount that the sun s.r,.>. when
standing on the meridian on a ia ayorable
day in July. Such being the case, it is
really surprising that intelligent people
should consider that the moon has such
wonderful limb hSlence" over terrestrial
affairs. st. LOUIS Republic.
Utilizing Old Shoes.
Old shoes are not waste from rhe
standpoint of modern industry After
they have done their service and are dis
carded by the first wearers a second
hand dealer restores the worn s,.Jes to
something like their former apps. '..uce,
and they are sold again, 70 be worn a
little longer by the poorer classes. When
the shoes are finally discarded by them,
they are still good for various purposes.
In France such shoes are bought up in
quantities by rag dealers and sold to
factories, where the shoes are taken
apart and submitted to long manipula-
tions, which turn them into paste,
from which the material is transformed
into an imitation leather. appearing
very much like the finest morocco. Up
on this material stylish designs are
stamped, and wall papers, trunk cover
tured from it. Another French industry
using old dilapidated shoes is the trans
forming of old into new footwear.
This is the principal occupation of the
military convicts imprisoned in the for
tress of Montpelier. There the shoes are
taken apart, all the nails are taken out
and then the leather is soaked in water
some time to soften it. From those
pieces that can be used are cut the up
pers for chiIdren's shoes, and parts of
the soles are similarly used. The small
est pieces of lea ser are applied to be
used in high L,a;s XIV heels, which
were SO much in style few years ago.
Even the nails of the old shoes are used
again. They are separated by magnet,
which attracts the steel nails, while the
copper and brass nails are carried on
farther. The price received for the old
copper nails alone almost pays for the
first cost of the old shoes Clippings and
cuttings of the leather are also used, be-
ing turned into paste from which arti-
fetal leather is made, and what is not
good enough to serve for this purpose is
sold with the sweepings to agricultur-
lists in the neighborhood, who use this
paste with great success as fertilizer
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Travelling Alone.

Did you ever ride in a street car at
night when you were the only passenger
for many blocks? 1t is peculiar expert
ence. l got on Broadway car last
night, or, rather early this morning, at
Park place, and had the car to myself
as far as Astor place. didn't have a
paper with me, SO had nothing to keep
me busy, and l didn't want to go to
sleep If there had been somebody in
the car to look at, perhaps it would
have been all right, but as it was i
don't think L ever felt so lonesome in
my life, and il 1 had been the solitary
passenger much longer 1 would have
gone out on the platform and talked to
the conductor out of sheer desperation.
If / were a railroad president, / don't
think l would care for "a private Car if /
expected to travel alone. New York
Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Mere Nothing.

Judge Gary has q dry wit with him
that is occasionally the cause of his
grim courtroom being pervaded by u
very audible tittering.
The other day one of the attorneys
was airing his Indignation. He had
been robbed. Yes, sir, robbed. 1t wss
shameful the way things went right
there under the eyes OF the law.
Finally Judge Gary noticed the FUN
ing and fretting one.
whats the matter now?" he asked.
Matter? It's II compound outrage.
Had my overcoat stolen right from this
ROOM"
The judge smiled little.
"Overcoat, eh ?" he said. "Pah, that's
nothingl Whole suits are lost here
every day."-Green Bag,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Wood OF the Cross.

The people Of the different countries
have their various traditions concerning
the wood of which the cross was made.
In England the peasants say that 1t
was Of eldorwood. and that lightning
never strikes that tree. Dean French.
in note to his Sacred Latin Poetry. ="
declares that it was made of the wood
of the aspen, and that since the day of
the crucifxion the leaves Of that tree
have never ceased TO shudder.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Purchasing n Monkey.

A dealer in stuffed animals who also
kept a few live creatures for sale, gave
his shop boy, who was permitted to sell
the stuffed specimens, orders to call
him when anyone asked for any Of the
living animals, says Youths Companion,
One day gentleman called and de-
manded monkey.
Anyone OF theser asked the boV
who was in charge. he pointed to the
stuffed specimens.
"No-I want live monkey" an
swered the customer.
The boy stepped to the door OF the
back shop and called to his master;
"You're wanted sir" q
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
He Would Help Him.

Didn't you tell me that your father
had expressed u wish to die with his
boots on?" asked Mr.. Lingerly, gloom
lily.
Yes, George" replied Miss Good
mite; "but why?"
Because" returned Mr.. Lingerly, "if
I meet him again with the same boots
on with which he saw me last night,
he will. That's all."-BroQklyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Airs Wen That Ends Well.

How is that feud between you and Jim
McSnifter getting on? Is it as bitter as
ever?"
'No; the whole thing is happily
ended"
'I am glad to hear that"
eyes, I am out on bond and the coro-
ner is sitting on James right now
Texas Sitter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
TELEGRAPHERS' TALES.
A New foundland That Kept Watch-ya1u
of Hroilcd MusItrat.


of Iroilcd MusIrat.
Telegraph operators have queer ex.
periences at times, especially at the
lonely railroad stations where travel il
light, hours long and the work is done
at night. An experience meeting Of
sailors, so far an the yarn spinning is
concerned, is as mild compared to u
telegraphers' social session as milk il to
u tar's shore leave. Several J,nights of
the key were sitting about = table down
town after hours recently, when the
tongues began to wag about expert
ences Gil Bradley started the ball.
81 was sent one night to sub on the
Texas and Pacific at a little station
called Gordon" he said. "There was
one hotel Of four rooms a mile from the
telegraph station and two or three
cabins about the same distance off. The
regular operator had his rooms over the
station and freighthouse, where sup
plies were received for tho coal mines
several miles away. 1t was the loneliest
place i ever struck, but / had to work
After fixing things l lay down ON a
bench TO wait for the next freight.
suppose | dozed, for jumped up with a
start ut feeling cold, wet nose showed
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
A Bargain Sale.

She-Just look, dear, I bought 200
papers of tacl1s for 80 cents.
He What in thunder did you do that
for? They are cheap enough, but what
are we ever to do with 200 papers of
tacks?
She-Why-ah-ohl Maybe some day
somebody you don't like will get "a bicy-
cle.-Indianapolis journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12

Many people suppose that moonlight
possesses great potency and has won
derful influence on or over animate and
inanimate things ON our planet Such
light is only reflected sunlight, and that
the quality and quantity Of the light
thus reflected is not what il generally
imagined. In fact, it is truth which
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
She Needed 1t.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-That Miss Fussan-
feather is putting on heap Of airs,
nowadays.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Well, I saw her
at the opera, the other night, and I'm
glad if the poor girls been putting on
something.-Yonkers Statesman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Earnings OF English Lawyers,

1t In observed in England that most
young men fresh from the universities
are abandoning the study of law for
medicine. Perhaps this Is not 30 strange
when the London Telegraph calculates
that "if the money earned by practic-
ing barristers were equally divided
among all counsel, practicing and hon
orary, there would remain tho mu-
niflcent sum of 10 guineas @ year fot
eachn
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12

Most leaves contain some nourishing
properties-in particular, those Of the
acacia tree 1t would be quite possible
to subsist on leaves if the supply were
not stinted, and the shipwrecked mari.
ner will keep i'll very fair condition if
he chew them as he would his quid Of
'baccy." "
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Domestic Repartee,

"After man has reached the age Of
4o," said Mrs. Disbrow, che thinks every
good-looking woman he sees is in love
with him."
81 am sure, my DEAR" retorted Mr..
D., 81 have never accused you."-
Detroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
What She Would gay.

what would you say" she asked her
dearest friend, ''if told you that was
engaged to the count?"
"Pm sure I don't know" replied the
dearest friend absent-mindedly, II
wouldn't be exactly surprised, you
know, because I never did think much
of his te-"-Chicago Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Mutation.

81 was asked yesterday" said Brown,
the ladies' hairdresser, "how a girps
hair, which is now called red by the
young men, could be changed in color.
Get rich," said 1, land everybody will
then call it golden '"-To Date.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
A Dead Give-Away.

Charlie Bondclipper-I haven't got
anything for you. Why don't you bor-
row from your friend?
Johnnie Fewscads-Wbat's the use
of asking him? He always expects to
be paid back.-Texas Sitter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
FALL And WINTER SHOES
WE SHOW YOU
More Stylish, Servicable. Lower Priced Footwear
Than Any Other Shoe House in Town Besde
The Greatest Variety to Chose From
All Ready For Your Careful
Inspection.

You make this Inc Shoes from The
uptoae Patent Leather
Euaue Cordox Tan
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-12
Thren WlYea.

"Well, of all the impudencel Asking
me to help you because you have three
wives to support!"
"They don't belong to me, mister;
nothin' of the sort. They belong to
me sons-in-laws."-Indi Jour
no1