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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
CHALLENGED THE PROFESSOR.
A Berlin Student Who Fails to Pass
Examinations Desires to Fight
with His Teacher.

A new terror would be added to the
life of the German professor il many
people followed the example of o stu
dent named Hans Won Flemming, who
has just appeared before the Berlin,
courts to answer to a charge Of chal-
longing the president of the senate Of
Berlin university to duel.
Herr Won Flemming recently ap-
peared for examination before the law
faculty in Berlin. At the oral exami-,
nation he failed to satisfy the exami-.
ners and was told he had failed. On
hearing this he laughed derisively,
gathered together his papers, and,
without saluting his professors,
walked out of the hall, noisily banging,
the door.
The following day he called on Dr.
Going, the president of the senate,
and asked his permission to address o.
petition to the minister of justice to
get his examination reheard. This
DR.. Going, in view of his rude behavior
at the examination, refused TO accord
Herr Won Flemming denied that he had.
behaved rudely, to which DR.. Going.
replied: You can deny it az much as,
you like, but I tell you no well-bred
man would have behaved ns you did"
This reply the student regarded as
an insult, and sent his cousin, an Off
GER, to demand its withdrawal. On,
this being refused he challenged Dr.
Going to mortal combat. The latter,
who saw that If he fought duels with
every student who failed in his ex-
animation he would have his hands
full, promptly refused and informed
the police.
AS result Herr Hans Won Flemming
will have four months of seclusion in
German fortress in which to medi-
tate over the inefficiency of dueling as
means of acquiring a legal degree
Berliner Tageblatt.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22

at is not" was all she answered. She
had long since determined that he was
an unscrupulous hirt-worse than
that, indeed, because he made more
pretensiops than most men. Now,
when she looked into his keen gray
eyes, that consoling fiction vanished.
She wondered why he did not speak at
once of the one thing that might rea-
sonably be expected TO be of interest
to herself, at least. But she folded
her hands in front of her again and
stood very erect.
when l saw you last in the hop
room at Grant" he said, Il was to all
intents and purposes upon half pay.
My mother was alive then, and I was
supporting her."
She looked at him, puzzled. Why
should he tell her this now? While
there had yet been time he had been
chary enough of his condolences. While
there had yet been time She looked
a him as be stood there before the fire,
young and strong, with his pistol belt
showing beneath his faded blouse, the
kerchief knotted around his neck, the
dusty boots with their spurred heels,
his face so absurdly sun and wind
burned, glowing with blond redness in
the freight. While there had yet been
time She checked an inclination to
throw out her arms and cry aloud.
THAT is why" he went on. 81 did
lot feel justified in telling you
though you might, should think. have
seen-that loved you"
She went up to him and put her
hand upon his shoulder and tried to
speak.
mitting duly to some blow which he
saw, in her hardening eyes, was going
to fall
"P'-she was forcing the words from
her throat with harsh, dry sound
81 married Capt. Whitcomb three
weeks ago, because-I did not know"
Farland turned away and drew a
chair near to the fire. The movement
was quite natural, quite free from any
gesture of tragedy. He was too
stunned to feel the pain at once. That
would come afterward, and stay
through many years. He sat down in
the chair and watched the flaming
mesquite root. 1t was little hard for
him to draw his breath, and the pain
was beginning now. too.
Clare stood upon the other side of
the hearth and looked DULY ahead of
her. Then she drew her hand slowly
across her eyes.
81 must go home" she said.
Farland did not answer her, and she
went out and closed the door Gwen
dolen Overton, in San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22

sort of work was not to her liking,
and in 1878 sh. was honorably dis
charged and took up" ranch on the
Yellowstone river, near Miles City,
Mont. which, however, was not brill
liant financial success.
In 1884, while visiting in El Paso,
Tex, she met Clinton Burk, to whom
she was subsequently married, and Of
this marriage a daughter was born.
Her husband died in 1895, since which
time she has been quietly ensconccd
on a ranch near the scene of her ear
lier and more exciting escapades.
She was, however, sorely tempted to.
don her lighting clothes" last fall
when it was reported that the In
dians were on the warpath near Rose.
bud, yet, she says, her intuition told
her ii was only scare" and while
awaiting developments Of a more
definite character her insight was
proven true. and she did not go.
Mrs. Burk's voice glows in praise Of
Gen. Custer, whom she describes as an
absolute fearless, tircless and brave
man, and over whose untimely and
sudden end she has shed not a few
tears. From her front door may be
seen the tomb of Gen. Custer, and to
this fact may be ascribed the principal
reason of her residence there.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22

nominal campaign in that section
lasting until 1876, they were again or
dered north to join Gems. Custer, Miles
and Terry on the Big Horn river.
During this march Mrs. Burk was
detailed as the bearer of important
dispatches, and although the trip was
one of 90 miles. the weather wet and
cold, and 1t necessitated swimming
the Platte river at Fort Fetterman,
she performed her duty willingly, but
at a fearful cCst. as she contracted
pneumonia and was confined in a hos
pital for three weeks. and being too
i'll to return to her company was
granted an indefinite furlough, which
in all probability saved her life. for
the next year witnessed that fearful
massacre in which Gen. Custer and his
brave men were so wantonly butch
cred.
Calamity Jane" next found service
in the employ of the government car
rying the United States mail between
Deadwood and Custer, Mont, and al
though the route was considered an
extremely hazardous one, her reputa-
ton as an unerring marksman was
such that not once did she have an op-
portunity to display her skill to either
the Sioux or highwaymen in behalf Of
Uncle Sam.
While thus engaged she was present
in Deadwood at the time William
'Hickok wild Bid was assassinated
by Jack Mccall, notorious desperado,
and was member of the posse that ar
rested and confined him in a log cabin,
she having the honor of commanding
him to surrender, when cornered in a
butcher shop, with a meat cleaver as
her weapon.
Her love for the army service was
such, however, that she again volun-
teered in the Seventh cavalry and
helped build Fort Meade. S. D., but this
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
GLADSTONE IN PARLIAMENT.
He wns Always Excited and Nervous
Untl the Time Came to Ad-
dress the House.

Gladstone's manner in parliament is
thus described by Henry W. Lucy, the
stenographer who took down nearly
every great speech the Grand Old Man
made for the last 20 years:
The particular occasion referred to
by Mr.. Lucy was in 1873, when things
were going wrong. The premier came.
in from behind the speakers chair
with hurried pace. AS usual when con-
templating the delivery of an impor-
tant speech, he had flower in his but
ton-hole, and was dressed with un-
usual care. Striding swiftly past his
colleagues on the treasury bench, he
dropped into the seat kept vacant for
him. Then, turning with a sudden
bound of his whole body to the right,
he entered into animated conversation
with a colleague, his pale face work
ing with excitement, his eyes glisten-
ing and his right hand vehemently
beating the open palm of his left hand,
as if he were literally pulverizIng an
adversary. Tossing himself back with
equally rapid gesture, he lay passive
for the space of so seconds. Then,
with another swift movement of the
body, he turned to the colleague on
his left, dashed his hand into his side
pocket as if he had suddenly become
conscious of a live coal secreted there,
pulled out letter, opened it with
violent flick and earnestly discoursed
thereon.
Rising presently TO answer a eues-
. ~ -
treasury, he instantly changed his
whole bearing. His full, rich voice was
attuned to a conversational tone. The
intense, eager restlessness of manner
had disappeared. lie spoke with ex-
ceeding deliberation, and with no other
gesture than a slight outward wave
of the right hand and courteous
bending of the body in recognition of
his interlocutor. No matter how per-
turbed his manner before rising, once
on his feet before the house, and his
self-command was master of his ac-
tions; he became calm, dignified, state
ly. But, warming to his work, the
premier often proceeded through
series of gymnastic exercises that
would have left an ordinary man of
half his years pale and breathless.
Sometimes with both hands raised
rigid above his head; often with left
elbow leaning on the table, and right
hand, with closed fist, shaken at the
head of some inoffensive country gen.
tleman on the back benches opposite;
anon standing half step from the
table, with the lef. hand hanging at
his side and the right uplifted so that
he might with thumbnail lightly touch
the shining top of his head, he trampled
his way through the arguments of his
adversary as an elephant in an hour
Of aggrayation RACES through
jungle. Chicago Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
GAINS OF STREET PLAYERS.
Gathered In by StroIling
Italian Musicians.

When an italian "goes broke" which
isn't very often, by the way, he does
not run to the selectmen with a long
tale of poverty and woe; neither does
he land at the poorhouse and settle
down for the rest Of his days. Not at
all. The unfortunate son of the land
of sunny skies, penniless though he
may be, always has three good stand-
bys which will put him on his feet and
turn the tide his way-bananas, pea
nuts and pianos.
There are six street pianos in daily
use in New Haven. Four of these are
owned by an italian saloonkeeper on
Union street and the others by the in
dividuals who operate them. The first
mentioned rents pianos to his country
men, who call for them every morning
and return them at night. The men
who drag the piano about the streets
all day divide their receipts with the
owner every evening on returning.
When the money taken in during the
day is less than five dollars the trip is
considered poor. On the other hand,
receipts average about six or seven dol
lars per day, and sometimes go as high
as nine or ten dollars. Routes where
this harvest is gathered are carefully
watched and cultivated and kept as Sc
cret as possible from competitors in the
field.
One of these pianos costs $3.50 in New
York, and they are made most sub
stantially in order to stand the wear
and tear of street service. The owners
each year contract for n new barrel"
of tunes, ten in number, which is sup
piled by the dealer at n cost of SIS. So,
following the original investment, this
is the only yearly expense.
A bright italian maid on Fair street
told Register reporter that she and
her father went out" occasionally, and
always played to good houses, SO to
speak The last trip they took was up
the Housatonic valley, starting from
Bridgeport and going as far as Pitts
field, Mass. Then they crossed over to
Albany and Troy, followed the Hud-
son down to the metropolis, and re-
turned home. She smiled when asked
about the daily receipts, and was rath-
er noncommunicative, but finally ad-
mitted that she often gathered ten dol
lars in her tambourine in one day, and
sometimes much more" Country
cities, she says, always pay best, and
summer resorts, where rich people
spend their vacations, are cherished
treasure spots.-New Haven (Conn.)
Register.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
LOOK UP.

Ny toll-worn brother, lift your eyes,
Look up and leave repining;
A golden sign is in the skies
The star OF hope is shining.
o weary ones, bring you cheer.
The day a last is dawning;
The night is long and dark and drear,
But joy is in the morning.
My sisters. bowed with care and grief.
Look up, forget your sorrow:
For trouble there will come relief.
And hope is in the morrow.
o souls cast down in bitterness,
Arise and cease complaining;
There is an end to your distress
Look up, for God is reigning.
know not any creed but this:
That we should love each other;
That every land my country is,
And every man my brother.
NY heart goes out to you in love,
TO make your burdens lighter;
To tell you hope is dreaming of
A future growing brighter.
All ye who suffer and repine.
My heart in pity holds you
And, If in mind, know by that sign,
Gods greater love enfolds you.
Look upi our Father. on the sky
Has set bow of promise;
Look up! The clouds are rolling by
The night is passing from us.
The wrongs of old their race have run;
Men to the new are turning;
Above the yet unrisen sun
The clouds of morn are burning.
Look up. my brothers, look and pray;
Though now you wait in sadness;
The golden light of the new day
VIII flood your hearts with gladness.
The tyrant's reign is on the wane.
For plunder and oppression;
The hand OF justice, DER the main,
Strikes down a faithless nation.
To make a starving people free,
Our martial hosts are treading;
The happy light OF liberty
To other lands is spreading.
There beams above the younger day
A prophecy of better,
When tyranny shall pass away,
And crumble every fetter.
Look up and be of better cheer,
The morn is rising DER us;
The futures coming, golden year
More brightly shines before us.
j. A. Edgerton, in Atlanta Constitution.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
HATS SHOULD BE WORN.
A Traveller I'm Chicago Declares
Against Their Removal In
Any Public Elevator.

Il say, old chap, now don't be so
dummy as to take your hat off again,
just because a woman comes into an
elevator"
The traveller had gathered in his
companion by the two lapels of his
coat and was laying down the law to
him in dead earnest. They had Just
emerged from one of the Stock Ex-
change elevators. out of which had
stepped behind them one woman wear
ing n standard gauge hat and dozen
men with their narrower headgear in
hand
''Why, / thought it was the proper
thing, Jack, to hold your hat in your
hand when the gcntler sex came into
the elevator with you"
''Not at allan old-fashioned fad
gone into the lumber room. Might
just as well take your hat off in street.
cars or railroad car. The rule is;
no hats off on any movable platform
or part thereof not especially re-
served for the entertainment of wom-
en-"
We'll, I'll be smashed; that's a new
one on me, Jack"
Lots of good things are unknown
and new to you and to many others. tt
makes me fairly sizzle, though sup,
pose every fellow has the right to do
as he pleases with his chapeau, to see
SO many men who don't know the diff;
ference between a dessert knife and a
tuning fork grab their hats of their
heads the moment woman steps into
an elevator. Watch sharp and you will
always observe those fellows eyinC
each other as if in distrust or seeking
appreciation. It's all wrong; Internal
nonsense, downright toadyism to the,
sex, and expected by no woman Of
common sense, much less by one acy
customed to the ways of the proper
world"
This is all news to me, Jack. I'll
have to key the boys up to 1t, for most
of them would take their hats off II
they met a woman in a freight ele.:
vator."
"The more to their credit, for there.
a woman might be in distress. It sim1
ply amounts TO this: An elevator in a,
hotel or public structure is for the
public convenience, like stairway or,
a street car or any other old thing Of
that sort. 1t is not closed room. It
is a movable platform. Now, It is not
an invention of public convenience to
be required to uncover your bald head
to draft in an elevator because q.
woman enters. What difference If an;
elevator has a pagoda top? It Is in-
convenient, just the same. Imagine
lawyer with both arms full Of volumes
of authorities, physician with his
surgical case and therapeutic para
phernalia filling both hands, trav-
eler clutching two bags-what kind OF
nonsensical manners is it that requires
them to drop their burdens as soon al
behatted femininity comes into an
elevator, and devote their hands and
thoughts to keep their heads bare till
either they or the woman gets OUT
Nothing in 1t. Never take your hat
off that way again, or I'll read you a
lecture on the monkeyisms of man
ners..Chicago Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22

commandant opened the door. There
is Clara" he said; - believe you know
each other. | will go and get Mrs.
Cameron" He went away and closed
the door again.
Farland was not demonstratiye. But
neither was he one TO delay in carry
ing out a resolve. He took the hand
that the girl held out to him, and then
went to the fireplace, and rested his
arm upon the mantel and looked at
her speculatively.
81 am going to be very RASH" he
said, "and very precipitate."
She smiled incredulously. How I'M
ike you." she said.
Perhaps; but it is not unlike me to
go straight to the point, think"
She vouchsafed no encouragement.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Distinctly Marked.

"Were there any marks about him
by which you would know him again ?"
asked se policeman, who had arrived
at the scene too late to be of any serv-
Ice
"Yes, sir" said the indignant young
woman, whose pocketbook had been
wrenched out of her hand by the dar-
ing scoundrel. "I left two long finger
nail marks on his face. I'd know him
all right enough. Chicago Tribune.
Now must we sigh when daylight goes.
Now must we grieve when droops the rose;
Too near the hour-ah, sorrows 8 ,dolel
When we must muse on high-p Heed coal.
Chicago Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
EovaI Colors.

The sultan of Turkey is always seen
attired in pale brown garments; the
emperor of Austria affects gray. The.
German emperor has what may be
called loud taste in clothes, and is
never SO happy as when wearing the
showiest of uniforms or hunting cos
tunes. The czar of Russia, on the
other hand, likes the simplest, darkest
form of undress uniform.-Cincinnatf
ENQUIRER .
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Not True In Life

A visitor to the British museum re-
ports that he saw a countryman stand
ing before the bust of a woman in a
collection of statuary. The woman
was represented in the act of coiling
her hair, and, as the visitor came up,
the countryman was saying to him
self:
''No, sir, that amt true to Nature.
She amt got her mouth full of hair
ns."-Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
nfnuroyed.

"What nonsense!" exclaimed the
Iroud young father, as he flung the
look aside.
ITO what do you refer?" asked the
Tiend who welcomed any topic that
lid not lead to a description of phe-
iomenal children.
This statement that all men are
BORN equal. It's an utter fallacy.
My, my baby weighed ten pounds
shen it was born and Tackley's
Weighed only seven and a half
Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
A Conparison.

Man is like a watch, I've thought,
Open-faced or otherwise:
Hands e'er stretching up or down,
Late or gaining. as time flies;
Loud or softly ticking on.
Little Ills by experts spoken;
Never stopping till the end.
TIL the handspring. Hope, is broken.
Puck
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22

Il really believe" said Mr.. Meekten,
that l would like to be n chef"
His wife dropped her knife and fork
and frowned.
'Leonidas," she exclaimed, severely,
81 believe you have been reading some
of those silly paragraphs about the
way cooks browbeat the woman of the
house WA shinpt Star
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
And Then She Subsfded.

Wife with a determined air)-I
want to see that letter.
Husband-What letter?
Wife-That one you just opened. I
1now by the handwriting that it Is
rom a woman, and you turned pale
when you read it. 1 will see it! Give
It to me, sir!
Husband-Here it is. It's your mil
iner's bill.-Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Fsiuures and FactA.

Mrs. Baldwin (reading)-An emil
nent scientist says that the common
house fly can make GOO strokes with
its wings in second.
Mr.. Baldwin-Well, perhaps it can;
but the peslly thing never does 1t when
It has chance to loaf around a mans
bald spot and tickle him.-Chicago
Evening News
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
The Extreme Penalty.

Lord Russell, of Killowen, years be-
fore he took sick, was sitting in court,
when another barrister, leaning across
the benches during the hearing OF
trial for bigamy, whispered, Russell,
what's the extreme penalty for big
amyT"
1.-TWO mothers-in-law," replied Rus
sell, without hesitation.-Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
The Summer IdylI.

She lies beside a purling brook,
AS fair as any fairy;
Beside her lies an open book,
A novel light and airy;
A flower lies in her hand-a rose
That now is slowly dying,
And at her feet-aS you'd suppose
A nice young man is lying.
Town Topics.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Thousands are Trying 1t.

Thousands are TryIhG It'
In order to prove the great merit OF
Ely's Cream Balm. the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre-
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, Sc Warren St, y. Y. City.
Jsuffered from catarrh of the worst Kind
ever since a boy. and L never hoped for
cure. but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
even that. Many acquaintance have used
II with excellent results-Oscar Ostrum,
45 Warren Ave, Chicago, Ill.
Elv's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
90 cents. At druggists or by mail.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
AErfcuIturnl,

The happy farmer murmured: When to
politics you turn
There is something which, with profit. you
might come to me and learn.
Remember. II you wouldn't be a lonely
derelict,
That booms which sprout early run to seed
before they're picked.
-Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22

Edith-It requires lots of courage
fer Laura to go away as an army
nurse.
May-Oh, / don't know. There are
few men to be found anywhere else
Philadelphia North American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
COOIfur Him On.

He-I shall speak to your father to-
night. How had better begin?
Shelby calling his attention to the
statutes governing assault, mayhem,
manslaughter and murder in the first
degree. Papa is SO impulsive, you
Ifnow-Judpe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
CermRns Trained in Chinese.

Germany is sending as interpreters
to its Chinese possessions a kiao-Chou
graduates from the Berlin Seminary
for Oriental Languages, who have had
three years training in the Chinese
taught at Berlin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Change Baby Carriages to Cradle.

Change Baby Carriages to Cradles.
Baby carriages are changed into
cradles by a new device, consisting Of
n pair of rockers connected by cross
bars, with slots cut in the bars, In
which the wheels of the carriage are
placed to prevent them from turning
while the carriage is being rocked.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
A Perfect Cure.

I've cured my husbands insomnia"
How did you do it?"
Pretended / was sick, and the doc
tor left medicine which Henry was to
give me every half hour all nightlong."
Chicago Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Correct AGnfn.

Teacher-What were those great
bitches around the castles called?
Pupil-Moats.
Correct; and why we-e they dug?"
Ter keep out bill collectors."-Up
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-22
Constipation

Caus- fully half the sickness in the world. 1t
retaI the digested food too long in the bowels
and .Lrnduces hlIlousness. ,orpid liver indk