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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-01
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
Guessing Flowers.

pleasant variation in an evening of
games is the drawing of flowers with
colored crayons, and then having your
guests guess the names of the flowers.
A list of flowers should be made out,
each one with number. On separate
slips of paper write the name of one of
TIE flowers with its corresponding
number, until you have used each ono
on the list. Give each guest one of the
slips. or have draw for them, and pro
vide them with crayons and sheets OF
paper Give J5 minutes for the max
ing of the flowers, then collect tbe
drawings and pin them up about the
room. As the names of flowers are
read from the list gucsses are given as
TO which flower among the drawings
represents it. Another pleasant game Is
called matching quotations. Well
known lines are written on slips Of pa
per and then divided into bits, eHch part
having three or four words. These
fragments are pinned about the room
on furniture, curtains, and hanglngs,
and each person takes one and starts
out to find the other parts that will
make the quotation complete. Some
times the quotations may consist Of an
entire line, with the second line form
ing the other half 20 he looked for
Philadelphia Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
TO HELP BILL OUT.
The Poor old Man Merely Wanted &c
Call All RlufYs.

The Poor old Man Merely Wanted &c
Call All Bluffs.
One of the rfrst Innocent looking old
men ever saw came down 10 New Yorn
the other day from his farm in Pennsyl-
yania to deal with green goods men.
and, of course, he got left. Fortunate
" for him, he could raise only $50, and
therefore he lost only that amount !
met him at the depot as an officer, and
lad him IN tow 70 see hat he got away
safely, and when he lad told the story
of how he had been done fon asked:
You didn't expect TO get $500 in good
money for $3.50, did your"
mo, 1 can't say did," he replied
good enough to pass"
"Yes, they sent me two one-dollar
bills, and they looked all right and
passed all right"
But you would be passing counter
felt money on your neighbors and caus-
ing them loss"
"No, | wasn't goin' to pass any of II
off on the nayburs wouldn't do sich
a thing as that. / might hev got rid
of some of it to chicken buyers and tin
peddlers, but wanted some of 1t for
my son Bill. Bfll is into politics and
poker till you can't rest, but he hain't
had a fair show. That's what was
goin' to gin him!"
"Just what do you mean 2" asked.
wall, when Bill goes about say in az
how he'd bet $50 that so and 80 win be
nominated fur president somebody yella
at him TO put up or shet up. He aint
got nuthin' to put up, and so he has to
shet. If he's in a game of poker and
got good hand, he's got to call instead
of raisin' the other fellers out q tho
game. I've knowed him to lay down
with three aces because he hadn't a
dollar more to put up. Oh, no, didn't
mean nuthin' wrong. | wasn't goin'
to beat the nnyburs nor pass any of II
off at the stores, but befn' Bin is the
LATEST and most shiftless critter In our
county, I wanted TO gin him show mt
politics and poker, and make him airR
his board and his clothes.'
But you lost your money!"
Lost 'er slick and clean, and 1t was alt
/ could raise, and from this time on BIZ
and me and the old woman viii hev tc
take everybody's bluff and make the
best of it. 1t win come hard, but some
must bluff and some be bluffed,
and l s'pose Wen somehow live
through itl'-M. Quad, In Detroit FREQ
Press,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
XVII.

Mrs. Loring returned from Trent in
the best of spirits. The days jaunt
had done her good. l have no doubt
that it served to satisfy for time the
craving for gadding about which pos
sessed her now and then, for all her re-
peated praises of quiet home life.
Moreover, she brought with her a
friend, whose presence could hardly
but add to her peace of mind; for she
dearly loved to play the hostess, the
more, perhaps, because her opportuni-
ties for assuming the role had been so
limited. As it happened, had only
q glimpse of this visitor. DIR. BaZ1ls
had sent me an urgent message 70
hasten TO one of his patients, and l was
driving brislSly toward the sick mans s
residence when L met the carryall,
homeward bound from Basscttvillc.
Mrs. Loring- and her niece were slowed
away under a multitude of bundles in
the stern of the old ark on wheels,
while the forecastle was shared by the
youthful John and stranger, of whom
could make out little, except that he
was dark bearded man, clad In fash
ionable raiment. At the time, I sup
posed him to be some stray traveller
bound for the village and profiting by
the happy accident of the carryall voy-
aging In that direction.
The evening was far advanced when
I returned to Mrs. Weston's, and, al
though that lady enlightened me as TO
the arrival of Mrs. Loring and her guest,
was quite willing to avoid intruding
upon them. Mrs. Weston could tell
very little about the newcomer. She
thought that he was foreigner, with
one of those outlandish names that no
body but an alien could understand. Il
was easy to conjecture that Mrs. Lor-
ing had CHANGED TO meet himain Trent,
'jeld had insisted upon bE1Dgpg him to
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
LEARNING TO SPEAK CHINESE
some of the Difficulties Set Forth by
Missionary student

John Wesley is credited with the say
ing that the Chinese language was au
invention OF the devl to keep the mis-
sionaries out of China.
On opening his book the student sees
n mass of hieroglyphics. with no elew
whatever to their pronunciation, sound
or tone.
In Chinese we have no alphabet, no
infections, no conjugations and no dis
tinctions of mood, gender, tense or Per-
SON
Standing alone and divorced from is
context, the student cannot tell whe
er a single character is a noun or
verb. He turns TO his dictionary and Il
often bewildered by a score of diverse
meanings that have gathered around
the word during 1900 years of service
in Chinese literature.
1t is worthy of remark that a China
man living in Canton viii pronounce
these characters altogether different
from the Chinamap. for instance. iu
Foochow; yet the meaning of the char
acters and construction of sentences is
the same all over China.
The spoken language differs accord
ing to the locality, and yet a Chinese
scholar will sit down and write poetry
and prose compositions in classical
style that are intelligible to every edu-
Gated man in China. Corea and Japan.
| have often seen two Cinnamon who
could not understand a word of each
Cthcr's speech sitting down and hold
the monks of different European coun-
tries used To correspond with each
other In Latin.
Few foreigners are able 10 write Chi
nese with the elegance of the native
scholar. Some cannot read even gin
gle character, and yet are able to speak
local dialect with as much fuency
and as perfect idiom as a Chinaman.
The great difficulty in acquiring the
spoken language Is in the tones, the
inter-syllablc aspirates, and the utter
lawlessness of its idiom. There are only
about 700 distinct sounds in the lam
guage, and a few months practice will
easily master their pronunciation, but
il must be remembered that to each Of
these sounds there is attached a sort Of
metrical scale, ranging from an octave
10 an octave and a half, giving variety
of tonesiwhich only q musical ear can
detect.
In English a tone may denote anger,
surprise or injury, but does not alter
the meaning of the word. In Chinese
the tone is all important.
Take the sound tseung. This may
man mean grasshopper, oar, elephant,
mechanic or pickles, according to the
tone.
Put an aspirate into the middle of the
word, and it may mean examine, good
luck, wall, spear or gun, and a variety
OF other meanings, depending on the
tone given.
\ man is man only when the correct
tone is given. Change the tone, and
man becomes a nightingale, carrot,
and many other ridiculous things
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
a WOMAN'S ISLAND.
Three Times Many Women as Men ai
Tristan da Cunha

Three Times AS Many Women as Men at
Tristan da Cunha-
From the isolated group of little Is
lands in the South Atlantic, whence the
Gagged eagle, Napoleon, was guarded,
though 300 miles distant, on lonely st.
Helena. comes ~ fnravvny round
about means the strange tale of life
without communication with the rest
of the world for six months, and a bit
of history in n community in which
women outnumber the men in such n
majority that they may compel obedi-
ence, by force, if necessary. The news
from the group of Tristan da Cunha,
the three little islands midway between
the Cape of Good Hope and the coast of
South Africa, came through the captain
of the ship hartford, who says that in
about latitude 81 degrees minutes
and longitude 12 degrees 16 minutes
his vessel was signaled by small boat.
The yards of the Dartford were backed
and a boat came alongside. In it were
several men and quantity of potatoes,
eggs, milk and penguin skins. The
men offered the fresh produce and the
skins in trade, saying they wanted
clothing tea, rice, sugar and flour from
the ships stores in exchange for the ar
ticles they brought from the island
home They told the captain that they
depend on passing vessels for the pro
visions they named and for clothing,
and that the inhabitants of the island
were In dire distress because for six
months not n boat had succeeded in
hailing ship.
The population of the island Of Iris
tan da Cunha, as reported TO the cap
tain of the hartford by the men In the
boat. Is 60, the women outnumbering
the men in the proportion of three to
one. Therefore there are IS women and
IS men. The group consists of three
tiny volcanic isles, Tristan, the largest,
being seven miles In diameter On the
center being mountain 1900 feet
high, inaccessible, about two miles
across, and Nightingale island, baby
islct, just big enough to hold two hius.
The islands have been under the Brit
ish flag since 1916, though, as the men
In the boat told the master of the Dart
ford, no European government had paid
any attention TO them in the memory OF
any of the inhabitants. When Napole-
on was at st. Helena, 300 miles dis
tant, British garrison was stationed
on Tristan, but was withdrawn after
the death of the exile. Corporal Will
liam Glass, his wife and family and two
private soldiers were permitted to re
main on the island when the garrison
was withdrawn. The population has in
creased TO 90 people. some of the acces
sions being due TO shipwrecks and some
TO desertions from whaling vessels
Boston Transcript
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
Nv the Roadside.

Boss Tramp-Here, watts dat awful
smell in camp? Watts up?
Lazy Zones o, dat Swoggles faxed o
clozeline las night, and brung in hull
bundle of clean cloze. The smell on 'em
is maxim US all plum sick.
Oats II. My nose is mighty sensi'
tive, and kin smell a washtub furder'n
l kin see it. Here, Swoggles, take dem
oloze over to lee0ard o camp, where do
wind'T be away from us on 'em. Hain't
YOU no consideration for our feelin's2n
National Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
A sncccsrion Of slnecuros.

by gad," said the colonel, ''in spite
of all they kin say agin Cunnel Brackin-
ridge, he's got this to his credit-ho
neyah failed to acquit his client In a
murder case"
~ think" said the major, that II you
viii look the mattah up, sab, you will
find that all of his clients have been of the
fust families. snh, and why should they
not be acquitted, sab ~ = Indianapolis
Jonrnal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
Hadn't seen IL.

"My pa says sou can have your pho.
tograpA took now SO as to show moth
ing but your skeleton" said Bob.
Whats a skeleton % asked Jack.
81 don't know exactly" said Bot.
"but everybody has one"
II haven't" returned Jack. Least
ways, if I have, l haven't never seen
it."-Harper's Round Table.
Unpardonabie.
He What caused the coldness be-
tween Mrs. Newwoman and her COM
panion-in-marringe?
She-He said he WAS moro of q man
than she was.--To Date. !:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09

Miss Jinks-Oh, you must see the
photographs 1 had taken at Camera q
Co.'S. They're splendid.
Miss Winks-I knew they'd be good.
Camera d Co. have the finest retOucher
In the city.-N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09

A FRONTIER MYSTERY.
The QuIet Takiag on of Wild and
yooff.r Terror.

The QuIet Takiag on of "a Wild and
Wooily Terror.
One afternoon the train brought into
Ellsworth queer passenger. Itwasn't
So queer that she was a woman, but
that she was all alone and evidently ai
perfect lady There was never a more
lawless yonng city. Human life was
the cheapest thing In il. The terror
was supreme He killed right and left.
and was killed in return. Along street
not over heif . mile long you might
count .-aM tour t8 ten dead men of
morEia- The wounded were not
eHa-af tha dead counted only by the
A.,.u-up -Elo.lGots IS no dug their shall
low graves az four dollars each.
The little woman was not an army
officers wife. She couldn't have coma
intending to take up her residence in
= ahanty or dugout. Some of those who
looked into the barnlike waiting-room
Of the depot and saw her sitting there
said that she had got confused In tray
cling and taken a wrong train Sac
made no inquiries. and ii WIS half an
hour before anyone addressed her.
Then the ticket agent inquired II she
expected anyone to meet her.
NO, I'm not expecting anyone. she
replied. Il shall probably go east on
the next train. Do you know man
here who calls himself Kansas Jack ?''
"Yes'm He's boss of the town just
now. He killed a man few hours
ego. Kansas Jack Is what we call a holy
terror out this way"
He has killed several men?"
"a full dozen, I guess"
Il want to see him. Where do you
think could find him2'
'Why, ma'am, I'll send for him to
come down here. Sure it's Kansas Jack
you want to see?"
Yes. I will be very much obliged
to you"
The agent sent boy out to hunt up
the terror and tell him what was want
ed The little woman stood at win
dow fronting the street and saw the
man as he came staggering along. Not
a hundred feet from the depot he pulled
his gun to fire on man standing In
a saloon door, but the threatened man
lodged too quickly. The terror Kicked
open the door with an oath and glared
around in search of the woman. She
left her place at the window, walked
straight up to him and, looking him
full in the face, she put pistol to his
heart and shot him dead. He fell back
wards at full length and never uttered
a groan nor moved limb. The woman
waited a moment, pistol held ready for
another shot, and when she saw that
he vas dead she went away and sat
down. They dragged Jacks body out
doors and hauled 1t of for burial, but
no one disturbed her. Forty minutes
after the shooting the east-bound train
cume along and she got aboard, and
that was the last seen Of her. The
wooden head-board placed at the ter
ror's grave bore this inscription rudely
carved by some friend;
Here Lies
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09

Algy mervously) Wasn't that your
fathers foot just heard in the hallP
Miss Cashly-Nes, but you needn't
be disturbed on that account. He has
no idea that you win ever propose to
me.-Texas Sifungs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
rro BE coyTYNUED.l


oh. yes-ths bicycles all right;
But in summer time. dear Sue,
The thing IN which ] most delight
Is a hammock built for two.
Philadelphia North American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09

Miss Styles told you l wanted a
bonnet that would match the color of
my hair. This one certainly does not.
The Milliser-Huw was / 10 know you
wore the same colored hair every day2
Yonkers Statesman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09

4" Bot don't you know he is gomez" she asked
told him he had had no opportunity
to learn how the people really live; and
then she insisted that he should come
here, for few days at least, to get just
the experience in which he was lack
ing. He accepted the invitation, after
u little hesitation. Honestly. 1 think
he was glad to escape the hotels for
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-07-09
He was not with you in Brazil?"

No His home was there, and we
heard n good deal Of his plantations
but he spent most of his time In Europe.
We met him afterward at Baden, but
failed to see much of him, for business
Of some sort called him away few days
later"
1t was difficult TO imagine that the
gentleman in question, in his intimacy
with my friends, had been entirely ac-
tuated by regard for an elderly per-
son half mad about her health. l felt
something akin to a pang of jealousy
though l tried TO conceal my interest
as | asked:
Trent was a curious place to run
across such an admirer of trans-Atlan-
tic civilization, was 1t not?'
Our meeting was purely accidental.
We were lunching in the restaurant of
one of the hotels when he came in and
took the table next to ours. We hardly
recognized him at first; he had aged
much since we saw him last. We were
delighted at the meeting, and l think
II pleased him as well. He told us that
he had been travelling extensively In
this country, but evidently he had not
enjoyed the lie here. In fact, aunt and
he fell into discussion of the manners
and customs of the good people of the
United States. You should have heard
her; she is patriotic TO the core. She
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS.

"
Our Shirt Waist output last
season is a matter of history.
We've made preparations to
double the sale this season.
Months ago we began laying the
lines. The big advance shipments
are on sale now. This store is
the depot for shirt waist supplies
We sell the "Griffon" brand oi
waists, guaranteed to be perfect
in fit and workmanship. They
are made at the big Glens Falls
factory at Glens Falls, n. Y, by
a manufacturer who makes a
speciality of Ladies Waists, and
where Mems Shirts are not the
first consideration. Prices, soc,
75c, 700, 9Sc, $I.25, $I.5o.
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
Local Department.

Coterie banquet this evening.
Horse buyers were in town yester-
day.
Miss Anna Whitman is home from
kOhio.
Mrs. T. w. Corbett is slowly gaining
in slowly in health.
Mrs. j. ID. Holmes was calling on
friends here, Tuesday.
Mrs. G.. V. Hilton of Chicago is visit.
ing friends in this place.
f. L. Goodale of Kalamazoo was in
town several days last week.
Nj. V. Meredith and family are get.
ting settled in Mrs Eaton's house.
Hon. j. w. Osborn of Kalamazoo
was in town yesterday on business.
The Coterie will meet Wednesday
the 22d inst, with Mrs. May Phillips.
Mrs. C. II. Butler and daughter OF
Grand Rapids are visiting Paw Paw
friends.
Several from this place went to Do.
wagiac, Monday evening, to hear In
gersoll.
Married, April s, by Justice Warner,
Henry Cross and Belle Mcguire, both
of Almena.
Rev. F. w. Corbett goes to Lansing
to-day, to attend the prohibition state
convention
Attention is called to the new an.
nouncement of Mesdames Marshall &
Gardner, in this issue.
Frank Young, George Andrews and
TDavid Dillon are home from the univer.
sity for weeks vacation.
Rt. Rev Bishop John Foley, ID. d., OF
Detroit will confirm large class in ST
Mary's church, Saturday, at 3 p. m.
On account of sickness, Elder Ham
mond was unable TO fill his appoint
ment Sunday at the Disciple church.
w. b. Renwick and family are pre-
pairing to move TO Grand Rapids. They
expect to leave on Wednesday of next
week.
The ladies of the B Flat Club are re
quested TO meet with Miss Maggie
Bryar on Monday evening next, at 7:3C
O'Clock.
C.P Buckley brought to the NORTH
ERNER Office the other day what hC
thinks is the boss hens egg of the sea
son. 1t measures ~ inches IN circum
ference.
Married, at the residence of William
Harrett in Paw Paw, April z, 1896, by
Rev n. G. Brundage, William Pathit
and Sylvia Owens, both of Arlington
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
STORE NOTES.

We mention new lot of Ladies
Mackintoshes, priced at 5000
which are sold in the big towns
at $3.50. 1t is pleasure to buy
Muslin Underwear the way we
sell it. Need we mention Cor
sets' A new lot of Umbrellas
has "rained" in upon US, which
may be used in the "sun" or by
the "son" as you choose. Very
busy in Kid Gloves just now
Betting, Tubular Ties and Sets
for Shirt Waists.
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
SPRING CAPES.

They're here, racks full of them,
just what you are looking for.
Black Clay Capes, trimmed in
lace and jet, for elderly ladies
$4,oS. Fine Cloth Circular Capes,
Black, Navy and Tan, heavily
braided, $3.oS. Black Silk Capes
trimmed in Black Pyramid Lace
and Buttons, $4.o8. Black Vel
vet Capes, beaded, Silk lined,
$4.o8.
The true northerner., 1896-04-15
BIG WASH GOODS EVENT.

We have secured a wonderful
lot of pretty wash fabrics, all
dainty designs, neat checks and
stripes, fine, smooth sheer cloth,
such as Dimities at Ioc and I2aC
20 inch wash Cambrics at I29c
Rejane Dimities at ISc
Lappet Lace Cloth at zoe
81 inch Swiss Organdies at 25c