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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05
DEATf Is.

R0DGERS-At his home n Donegal
twp Oct. IS, 90. Samuel Rodgers aged &c
years.
YOGU5-At her hcme near Ksister
Oct "a, 90. Mrs. Peter vogus aged II
years.
CURRY-At her home in Worth twp,
Oct. "a, SO. Mrs. 6. ". Curry aged 80
years
RAY - At his home in Fsirview twp,
Oct. 30. 90. John G. Ray, in his 6lsJ year.
His death was caused by heart trouble.
His wife, nee TiIza Mcconnell, and three
daughters survive him
ROCKENSTEIN-Ath her home in Butler,
Tuesday, November g. 1896. Stella Agnes
daughter of Anthony Rockenstein. aged
B years.
MU RTLAND-At his home in Butler
Nov. 4, 1896, J. G. Murtland, IN his 49th
year.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Col. W d. Moore, one of Pittsburg's
brightest lawyers, died last Monday.
Robert Luce, aged 81 years. diedat Shar.
on, Monday, alter three weeks illness
He was born in Middlesex township, Bnt'
Ter county.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

Experts have come to the conclusion
that what kills trees in London is not the
SCOT fakes or the want OF air or the
drought, but the sewer gass, which at
tacks the roots so that the tree withers
and dies.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

A man down in Reading has been fined
S for swearing over the telephone
Probably he used Pennsylvania Dutch
and broke the wires. At any rate it is
a warning to quick tempered users of the
phone to short circuit their jaws before
starting a conversation over the wire.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

There are more unemployed men II
New Zealand than in Ireland or Scotland
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

Two boys of Haskell county, Kan, re
Gently applied lighted match to squir
rels tail to see if it would burn. The
squirrel ran under the house, the tai
soon set the house on fire.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

THg arrangement nf the ofiicsa oi the
ticket and in the Re.nrn sheets we're no,
the samo this year. fact thst mode
trouble for both election officers and the
newspapsrmen The arrangement of our
tsble-barriug tho vote on Congressmsn
ct Large which IL omitted because The
vote for them aud for President is pracii.
caIly the same--is No 1t was on the ticket
Both returns from Lancaster. Franklin
and Washington s. were sealed, and a
few boards were not vt through counting
yesterday noon
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05
THE LANDSLIDE FOR
MCKINLEY

buueI DOfO. ".
Butler county, 1900.
Allegheny county, $4,000.
Philadelphia, 100000.
Pennsylvania, aSo,ooo.
Mckinley and Hobart have 277
electors, and Bryan and Sewali
but 40.
Mckinley has about 100000
majority of the popular vote OF
the Nation.
The entire Republican County
ticket is elected by msjoritles
ranging from 1900 to I,4oo.
Sutton seems to be the THIRD
County Commissioner. and Nc
Bride the third auditor.
STATE SENATE
For State Senate P. r. Burke
carries this county by about
300 over Meredith, but as Mere
dith has 1000 of majority in
Armstrong county, he will sue
ceed himself in the senate.
The vote for Senate in this
County, with several districts to
hear from, is Burke 1913; Mere
dith s,IS7, and Ritter 1858; but
Meredith's majority in Armstrong
Co., is said to be about 400 and
that will elect him. The major
ity on the National ticket in Arm
strong Co., is reported at about
1900.
ESTIMATED STATE MAJoRITIEs
FOR MCKINLEY
Penna. $50 1000.
New York 100000.
Ohio 100000.
West Virginia 900.
Massachusetts, $4,000.
Illinois 100 900.
Connecticut $4,000
Maryland 10000.
New Jersey 10000
Iowa 5000.
Minnesota 10000.
Michigan so,ooe.
Maine 50, 900.
Wisconsin 10000.
Vermont $4,000.
Oregon 5000.
THE NEW CABINET
They are talking about McKin-
leys cabinet already, and here are
some Of the names mentioned:
Thomas B. Reed, Mark Hanna,
VIM. Warner, D. Fl. Hastings,
Felix Angus, ]. w. Babcock Rep.
Boutelle, Senator Quay, Ex SEN
ator Tracy, John Dalzell, Gov.
Grosvenor, Ex Senator Spooner,
and H. Clay Evans.
The next Penn. delegation to
Congress will consist OF II Rep
ublicans and 3 Democrats. In
the Blair-Bedford district Hicks
was elected. In the Crawford
Erie district Sturtevant beat Sib-
ley by 500.
In the contest for Sheriff Of
Philadelphia county-the con-
test that added one column to
our ticket and came near adding
two-Crow was elected over
Ashbridge by 10000.
CONGRESS
The next Congress will stand
about two to one Republican,
and in the Senate the Republicans
will probably have majority over
the combined Democrats and
Populists.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

Pontoon bridges, with copper pontoons,
were invented by the French
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

A notable case has inst been decided
by the Supreme Court of illinois, where
two young bankers must serve a term IN
the penitentiary because the bank which
they inherited from their father was in
solvent. 1t IS pretty tough luck to in
herit term in the penitentiary.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05
SeanOr & NaCe'S
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of Wick House, Butler, Pa

The best OF horses and irst class
riga always on hand and for hire.
Best accommodations In town for
permanent boarding and transient
trade. Special care guaranteed.
Stable room for sixty-fve horses
A good class of horses, both driv-
ers and draft borses always Oh hand
and for sale under full guarantee;
and horses bought upon proper nc.i-
fcation by SEANOR & MACE.
All kinds OF live stock bought and
sold.
Telephone at Wick House.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

There are 900 factory girls in Lon
don LA of the whole population.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

Three new novels are issued daily or
an average, by London publishers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

FIVE inches OF very heavy snow fell
in South Dakota, Tuesday night, max
ing a foot on the ground. The storm
north and west are reported very severe
and farmers are wholly unprepared for
winter. Telegraph poles and wires are
down between Huron and Pierre.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05
Breckinridge Draws a Gun.

About twenty fist fights occurred near
the polls at Lexington Ky. Pistols were
drawn in half OF them. About ; O'Clock
P. T. Farusworth, managing editor OF
the Evening Argonaut lsilver daily at
tempted to assault Col. w. c. P. Breck-
inridge The colonel is reported to have
drawn his pistol when bystanders in
.a-Fa--ai
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
SWALLOWS POISON AS BUSINESS
The Ingredients of Remarkable Feats
INDUCED IN by a Freak.

The Ingredients of Remarkable Feats
INDUCED IN by a Freak.
A mlld-looking young man with thin
mustache and scraggy de-whiskers, who
gave his name as Captain Vetrio, de-
llberately swallowed large dose of
Rough on Rats" in one of the parlors of
the Continental Hotel recently. Then, be-
tore assistance could reach him. he seized
lump of coal, bit huge chunk out of it
ravenously, masticated it thoroughly, and
swallowed 1t on top of the poison. Then
he smiled bland smile, and asked for
suggestions as to what he should tackle
next.
This human ostrich, through his man
ager, Tor OF course he doesn't do this sort
OF thing for fun, had invited a number of
newspaper men and physicians to witness
MS gastronomic feats. He swallowed the
most deadly poisons. much TO the amaze
ment of DR.. Orville Horwitz and DR..
Thomas J. Morton, who were present with
george T. Conner, the welI-known apothe-
cary and chemist. Mr.. Conner examined
the chemicals closely and pronounced
them genuine, while the physicians at
TESTED the TACT that they were powerful
enough TO extermlnate whole roomful of
men. There could be no doubt that the
man really swallowed the ingredients
which constituted his remarkable feast.
:, Alter the Rough on Rats" and coal,
Vetrlo requested Mr.. Conner to mix a
1atal dose of permanganate of potash in a
glass of water. This he swallowed with
evident relish, following it up with dose
OF blue vitriol over which he actually
smacked his lips. Then he ate sawdust
stew. Pouring quantity of sawdust into
PIE plate, he filled it up with kerosene
ana lgnlted it with a match. He ate this
reu not mess with spoon, and called for
glass OF beer. Before drinking the beer,
however, he allowed two boxes OF sulphur
matches to soak in it for several minutes,
to give it proper flavor.
He next turned his attention to dose of
Paris green, which Mr.. Conner declared
contained five parts of verdigris and four
parts OF arsenic, followed that up with
cake of indigo. and began munching at a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26

Petermann was in his hypothesis of the
ROAR continent. 1t was in 1852, before
any explorer had revealed the secrets of
iar inner Africa, that Murchison told US
Just ABOUT the sort of country that would
De found there. A man named Bains had
peen surveying roads in Cape Colony,
picking up little book knowledge OF
geology in his leisure hours. and collecting
specimens of the various kinds of rock he
saw. lie sent his collection to England.
ana Slr Roderick compared the informa-
ton supplied by Bains with what was
known OF the regions along the other
coasts. Then he gave out his brilliant hv-
pothesls that most OF inner Africa was COM
posed OF depressed basins once filled with
great lakes and bordered by eruptive rocks
forming ranges of hills or mountains; that
some OF the lakes had been drained by
rivers that had cut through these ranges
OF mis-: that other rivers had found no
way TO the sea and were lost in marshes;
that there were no great mountain ranges
IN these basins, but there might be some
snort ranges or isolated SUBMITS of erup-
i've origin. All this was true, and after
Or. Livingstone had crossed the continent
ne dedicated his book, describing the jour
ney, TO the great geologist, in recognition
OF ms striking hypothesis respecting the
physical conformation of the African con-
tlnent, verified three years afterward by
the author OF these travels. Providence
Journal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26

insignifcance in comparison with the
reach of this bear. Let US see. Isn't
brute instinct one of the elements of the
modern pugilist? Very we'll. this bear
possesses refined brute instinct.
"lf we are to believe the Romulus story,
why on earth can't we frame one about
the primal ancestor of pugilism? This
bear takes to pugiIism as duck takes to
water. You've often heard about the fatal
efficacy of the stroke of bears paw.
Well, granted that old Father Adam gave
bruin name, it must likewise be admit
ted that bruin 6.ntedated all pugilists, and,
therefore, why can't it be commended that
in the early history, or during an early
evolution period of the human race, there
occurred an infusion of pugilistic bear
nature by the same process as that re-
corded in the case OF Romulus and the
she-wolf. That is something for scientists
to ponder over"
In one of his San Pablo farmhouses, the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
WOODEN INDIANS.
For Cigar-store Purposes They Hold
Their Own.


Their Own.
A Center-street carver of wooden statues
that do duty as cigar-store signs said to a
New York World reporter: Gall efforts to
supplant the good old Indian have proved
failures There have been repeated at
tempts to popularize Turks, girls of the
period, baseball players, jockeys, jack tars,
soldiers, Captain Jinkses, negroes, bicy-
clists Hunkidoris, Punches, Column
bias, Uncle Sans and Indian maid
ems with short skirts, but the old
fashioned red, blue and yellow
Indian. with feather headdress, and
with tomahawk in one hand and a bunch
0{fcigars or a hank of tobacco in the other,
has more than held his own. This bust
ness has been conducted in this place for
more than forty years, and | and my
father before me have turned out an
average OF 2OO cigar-store signs each wear.
Out of the total of 5000 | venture to saw
that 5000 We're of Indian warriors, 1000
were what we call Hiawathas,' or Indian
female figures, while the remaining 1000
covered all other varieties.
The wooden figure business is not
what 1t used to be, however, and there
are not half a dozen people engaged in
1t In the United States. The decline is
mainly on account of the falling away
OF the ship building industry. In the
good old days of American bottoms there
was a steady demand for figure heads to
place on the bows of ships. They have
gone, out OF fashion of late years. But few
wooden images are made nowadays for
churches. Iron and composition plaster
have driven wood out OF that branch of
the business. The Indian is still with US,
and he Will stay because he is cheap and
durable"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
WORK OF A SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIAN,

There is work allotted to so
worthy OF praise the work of the physician
his energies and his aborS
sunshine
men, Such man is DOCTOR SWEANY to-day he stands
physician without the
crowned his
skill and treatment which had ubborny most
radical and rigid treatment of other physicians
edged ability His is not a heritage,
through generations of ancestors but
unceasng labors
in his profession 1t costly Jewels
but it precious dadem of photographs beings
who sick with disease
and pleasures of le but to-day. through
health and their hearts filled JOY gadness
Those photographs the pictures intelligence
wealth and high social standing
letters to DOCTOR SWEANY
gratitude for his successful work in
file in his private Office
sands Of others of the
confidential only to
come his patients.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
ARMCHAIR GEoGRAPHERs.
They Draw Maps of Unexplored Coun-
tries With CommendabIe ACCURACY

They Draw Maps of UnexpIored Conn
tries With CommendabIe Accuracy.
Occasionally explorers are inclined to
laugh at gentlemen whom they call arm
chair geographers. They mean geog-
raphers who do not go into the field, but
remaining at home, slit the evidence sup
Piled to them by explorers, and draw
their own conclusions. DR.. Livingstone
once wrote that he had been travelling for
weeks over dry land that ought to be deep
water, according TO the English geographer
Cooley. But it is not judicious to be too
humorous at tue expense of armchair
geographers, for, experienced as many of
them are in dealing with all kinds of
geographic data, they often make very
shrewd deductions, and they have even
been known to make discoveries in their
armchalrs before they were verified by
explorers in the field.
IL was one of these students, the pains
taking German geographer, Reichard,
who grappled in his study with the prob
lem of the great Niger River years before
the world knew where its waters reach the
ocean. Even the ancient geographers had
heard OF It's upper course, but as late as
seVenty-hye years ago the widest ideas
were advanced as to its destination. Some
people thought it became dried up in the
Sahara, or flowed into a lake that had no
outlet. Others believe that Mungo Parks
theory, making the Niger the upper part of
the Congo, was quite plausible. But the Ger
man student, porting over his maps and
DOCKS, sitting all the meager evidence, final
ly put his finger on the mouth Of the Rio
Formoso and said that there the Niger
River entered the Gulf of Guinea. 1t was
twenty eight years later that Richard and
John Lander, floating down the Niger,
reached the ocean through the Rio For
moso, now known as the Mum River the
largest branch of the great Niger delta.
armchair geographer, and there are not a
few instances of such successful specula-
ton as to geographic facts.
This IS an example in geographic guess
work or speculation, which is always al
iowable and often comes near the truth.
he is great explorer, indeed who can
deduce from what he sees nearly correct
notions OF things he does not see. Cap
tam Spoke was such an explorer. He
gave US q fair idea of Victoria Nyanza,
the second largest fresh water lake IN the
world, though he saw it only at one place
IN Its southern coast and along part of
its northern shores. His map was based
very largely upon native information. Mr..
Stanley told the writer once that be be-
lieved if Captain Spoke were on one side
OF mountain range he could tell from
what he saw there and from statements of
the natives, conflicting though they might
be, very nearly what would be found on
the other side of the mountains.
The famous geologist, Sir Roderick
Murchlson, was more fortunate when he
specul&ted about inner Africa than DR..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
AUDIBLE BLOCK SYSTEMS.
what the Railroads Are Striving For,
but Have Not as Yet Attained.

What the Railroads Are Striving For,
but Have Not as Yet Attained.
An audible block signal, according to the
opinion OF superintendent who spoke in
a recent discus sion before the Buffalo Asso-
citation OF Railroad Superintendent, sis a
good thing" and, adopting the logic now
prevalent in the slang of the street, it is
every ones duty to push it along
promote its adoption. But practical rail-
road men have hitherto pushed that class
OF signals away from them with persistent
unanimity, and it is therefore Of consider
able interest to know what kind of de-
vice the Buffalo gentleman refers to.
All OF the audible signals that we have
ever seen have been subject TO the one
great drawback that the engineman's
signal to proceed was the absence of a
sound so long as this is so the apparatus
vlola tes the principle, fundamental in
block signaling, that any failure of men or
OF apparatus shall reveal itself by giving a
stop signal, or at least reveal itself in some
way. We nave encouraged inventors of
audible signals as far as seemed prudent,
and they have made many ingenious ap-
pllcatlons of electrical and mechanical
principles, but we have vet to see bust
nesslike and substantial application that
CONFORMS to correct principles. We do not
oelleVe 1t impossible to solve the problem
IN the right way, and that is the reason
why we have encouraged inventors.
AS the frequency OF trains on busy lines
increases, something other than the ordi-
nary visual signal becomes not merely de-
slrabe, but pressing necessity. This is
suf1clently evidenced by the experience
and the practice of railroads in and around
London, which have elaborate and expen-
slve arrangements for tue use of audible
signals during the prevalence of their in
credibly black fogs. The English method
OF torpedo signaling partially or wholly
complies with the principle we have Just
mentioned, that the engineman must have
clear, SO that he shall not be com PEELED to
run mile after mile haunted by suspicion
that possibly some signal set to stop him
did not properly act, or that some signal
actually given may have escaped his at
tention.
When American inventors devise an
automatic apparatus which shall satisfy
the engineman as well as the shouting fog
man satisfies the English runners they
will have made great advance on all the
patents" now before the railroad public.
One trouble with an audi Die signal is
that noise will diffuse itself about as it
pleases, and the effort to devise thor
oughly safe signal 20 use in dark tunnels
latter the Fourth avenue collision in 1871
led to sudden shifting of the problem
and audible devices gave way to electric
lights. The lights were never put up in
the Fourth-avenue tunnel, but an expert
mental plant was tried in the Wehawken
tunneI.-Railroad Gazette.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26

other day, Mr.. Emeric gave an exhibition
to a couple of his friends. Gloves were
strapped on the BEARS fore paws, the an
Imal was duly muzzled, and bruin then
reared up on his hind feet, flung his head
to one side, closed one eye partially, as if
the better 10 study his opponents intent,
and then advanced, at a shutting gait, on
the husky Commissioner. The exchange
OF blows, the straight-out shots, counters
and cross-counters, upper-cuts and lodging
movements were gone through with that
dexterity and appreciation seldom wit
messed outside OF professional boxing
club. Suddenly the Commissioner made
John L. Sullivan rush on the bear,
which sprang back and then started to
cllnch. The paws struck the Commits
sioner's extended arm with such force that
one glove was burst and the protruding
claws caught Mr.. Emeric on the right
hand, tearing a considerable furrow along
the wrist.
The Commissioner, slightly angered,
rushed the bear again, determined to ad-
minister knock-down blow. Here again
bruin displayed the true pugiist cum
ming, for he dropped on all tours with
out delay, just as ring-scrappers OF the day
get down to avoid punishment and secure
the restfut benefit of time allowance.
Time was called at this moment. however,
and the bear tore the gloves off in haste for
the big Newfoundland had loudly signaled
to him from the outside.
You observe" said Mr.. Emeric in con-
clusion, that the bear possesses the pugi-
listic instinct. The world is full OF wonders
and while our scientists are working up the
theory that the human being is evolved
from the ape, and while we have before us
the instance of ROM illus and the she wolf
it seems quite possible that some of our up
to-date scientists may take advantage of
this new idea and fix the apparent rea-