Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-11-25

Matinee at the Park Theatre, this
afternoon
The U. P. church lot looks better
since being sodded.
The School Board decided not to
buy additional ground in the first ward
If man has the right stuff in him
it is sure to come out. That's what
makes so1Ee mems noses so red.
The weather prophets predict Is
deep SHOWS this winter and that tired
feeling" is coming over the man with a
long sidewalk.
PLEASE give me ten stamps.
What denomination, my child7 l don't
know, papa is Presbyterian maybe
that kind would suit"
Three Butler foot ball teams expect
to play today; the Y. NJ. c. A. at home;
the High School at Evans City, and
picked team at Foxburg
Dressed hogs are beginning to con
stitute part of the loads coming in from
the rural districts The town also has
few of its own the year round.
The father of a colicky boy mas one
thing for which to be grateful, and that
is that he doesn't live in a country
where the nights are six months long.
The boy who can trade jack knives
and still remain free from sin, is not
youth calculated to make successful
promoter of giant enterprises when he
becomes man.
1t has been announced authorita
lively that Spain doesn't want Uncle
Sans good Offices That is all right;
most of the good offices already have
been disposed of anyway.
The last of the Butler delegation of
old soldiers arrived home on Saturday
from Chattanooga. They report an ex
cellent time and speak III the most
glowing terms of Southern hospitality.
They all brought home with them me-
mentoes-such as bullets, cannon balls,
cotton, canes, etc.
Edwin F. Atkins, the economist
and statistician, had ar article in the
Forum, lately, protesting against the
introduction and extersion of the beet
root industry in this country, for eco
nomic and International reasons. but
the real reason why the production of
beet sugar should not be encouraged Is
that it is unfit for human consumption.
its continued use will sicken anybody.
AS it's now the tinie when the bike
must be pat away for the winter, hint
on the care OF the machine is, season
able The bicycle should be thorough
ly cleaned and then inverted, so as TO
rest on the handle bar and saddle.
Time sooner or later debates the tires,
and the weight of the machine causes
the tires to double up on the sides,
which is anything but beneficial to
tn
In spite of criticisms by the old TO-
gies, the vertical style of handwriting
is fast superseding the slanting system.
The new style was introduced as an ex-
pertinent in the Philadelphia public
schools two years ago. Recently the
Board of Education, being convinced of
its success voted to supply the schools
with full course of text books in the
up-and down script.-Ex.
The bold innovation of the Besse-
mer in ignoring the hills and hollows
and building a straight line directly
across the high divides, has dissipated
all the schemes of the e; listing lines to
keep out competition. Every natural
channel providing an entrance to the
city may be monopoliz.sd but the enor-
nous freight traffic originating here
| will stimulate enterpris to build lines
which in their geograph ical and topo-
graphical features viii ibe completely at
variance with time-llonored ideas of
railroading The building of the Bes-
semer was like. the crossing of the Alps
by Napoleon army, stroke of enter
prise that bas upset all ancient opinions
and left the railroad managers all at
sea.-Pittsburg Post.
| "A great many toys are now made
in this country, including many me-
chanical devices Many toys are still
imported. Such things as woody sheep
and dogs, now as highly priced by chill
dren as ever, come from Germany, as
do the skin-covered horse. They could
be made here. but they can be produ-
| ced cheaper abroad As rule, what
ever can be made by machinery is made
here, while toys made by hand are
mostly imported The minute thing
| is brought within the reach OF machin-
| cry American manufacturers can pay
their higher price for labor and still
beat the world. With the low price of
labor in foreign countries handmade
productions can be made cheaper III
them. AS a result of this there are some
toys partly American and partly for
eign. Among these are toy vehicles
with horses attached The vehicles
and everything about them may be the
product cf American machinery, while
the horse standing between the shafts
may he from Germany