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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
Resolutions Of Respect.

Resolutions of respect passed by the
board of directors of the Butler Comfy
Mutual Fire Insurance Company on the
death Of their president DIR. William
Irvine, of Evans City, Pa.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased an all-wise
Providence TO remove from our midst,
by death, DR.. William Irvine, therefore
be it.
Resolved, That i'm his death we have
lost the energetic and devoted head OF
our organization; an able and faithful
member, whose example is well worthy
of imitation; that we will ever cherish
his memory as one whose sterling quail
tiles endeared him to all.
Resolved That in this our first meet
ing, we take occasion to express our
profound sorrow and heartfelt sympa-
thy to the family which has lost low
ing husband and father, bowipg in hum.
BILE submission to the will Of God, and
directing the bereaved to our Heavenly
Father, who has said Come unto me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and / viii. give you rest. ;"
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread on the minutes of the organiza-
tion, be published in the county papers
and a copy furnished his family
Committee-H. J. Klingler, George
Ketterer and George Renno.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
Fairview Facts.

Peter Steighner of our town has
made arrangements to go to Reynolds
vile Jefferson county. We will miss
him.
The Spanish war is all the talk of the
town here, and all claim loyalty to the
American flag.
The Social at the winding up of our
town school was well patronized. The
proceeds amounted to S25.
Way Mckee came home from the
Armstrong gas field on last Saturday
to see his family.
w. p. Jamison is still confined to
close quarters at home on account of
reumatic pains which are very severe
County school Supt. Cheesenian was
in town last Thursday night issuing
certificates TO our town graduates,
those who received them were J. b.
Sherard, Bessie Campbell, and Maud
DaubenFpeck.
j. G. Mckee and wife on Tuesday
drove to Coylesville on visit to his
mother and brother, Will Mckee.
VIM. Elenberger and wife last Friday
returned from long visit with friends
in Washington county.
Ella Maxwell il visiting with her sis
ter Mrs. Palmer at Carnegie
All Sabbath School workers are cor
daily invited TO attend the s. s. Dis
trict convention at Bruin next Tuesday
the 10th inst.
Edward Byers came on last week
from Grove city school and remained
over Sunday with his parents. DENT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05

cal disability. State pay rolls are being
made ont.
The help yourself rule still prevails
Abont the only thing a man can leave
laying out and feel sure of finding it
again is Bible
The first ration of salt beef and hard
tack was issued today Hardtack goes
better than bread Our company com
missary is Corp. John Martin; Burlie
Bowser and John Huselton are cooks.
Rain started to fall this afternoon Just
after the order fall in for regimental
drill was given. We We're not march
ed out and everyone has taken refuge
in the tents. A large number of letters
from our Butler friends We're received
today. Mail is distributed about noon
and leaves at noon and six in the even
ing. Our best regards to the folks at
home" and more anon.
E. II. NEGLEY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
WASHINGTON.

The general debate on the war-reve-
nue. bill closed in the House at $50 z.
NJ, Thursday.
On Friday the House adopted the
war revenue bill, and on Saturday re-
jected the Senate's amendments to the
naval BILL regarding inventions by line
officers
The naval bill authorizes the increase
of the navy by three seagoing battle
ships, each of II 200 tons displacement,
carrying the heaviest armor and most
powerful armament, to cost, exclusive
of ar1nor and armament, $1,000, 600
each; four coast-defence monitors, to
cost 81 ,2j0, 900 each; sixteen torpedo
boat destroyers. and twelve torpedo
boats, TO cost Sc, 900 900, and one gun
boat for the great lakes. to cost $3.50,
O00
Rep. Showalter introduced a bill to
pension Jas. Graham of Butler $50 a
month; also one to pay heirs of John NJ.
Turner 800 of back bounty.
On Monday Simon Frankie was ap-
pointed p NJ. for Chicora.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
Other Events of the Week.

On Thursday the North Atlantic
Squadron bonbarded the Spanish forts
at Matanzas, and soon silenced the bat
teries.
The craftsmanship of our gunners is
said to have been excellent 1t was gen
orally believed that the movement was
preliminary to the seizure of the port as
a base of operations.
The government purchased several
large steamers for transporting troops.
The rainy season does not begin for sew
eral weeks yet. All the regiments of
the regular army were being recuited to
to their full strength. A Spanish
steamer laden with provisions was cap
tnred and taken TO Key West.
Regular troops were being hurried
from Chickamaugua TO Tampa.
On Friday the regular army was be-
ing concentrated at Tampa, a port on
the west coast Of Florida Admiral Dew
ey's squadron was in the waters of the
PHILIPPINES; and the Spanish squadron
was yet Cape Verde Islands.
On Saturday Tampa was filled with
troops, and provisions were arriving by
the train load Matanzas was still
spoken of as the point of landing in
Cuba.
Admiral Dewey's squadron was seen
of the PHILIPPINE islands The New
York fired at some Spanish calvary
near Havana. The Spanish feet at
Cape Verde islands was reported to
have sailed. The San Francisco left New
York harbor to join the northern par
troll squadron. The Flying Squadron"
was yet at Hampton Roads patiently
awaiting orders
Word was receiyed at Washington of
the arrival of the Oregon at Rio Janerio.
On Tuesday the President was wait
ported to have occupied Manila, but
the Spaniards probably cut the cable
before leaving the town. Our govern
ment will probably send an army from
San Francisco to occupy Manila.
The people of Madrid were on the
verge Of revolution; cries of Down with
the Bourbons, and Long live the Re
public" We're heard everywhere, and
martial law was declared
On Wednesday Adnirals Sampson and
Schley received orders to lombard Man
tanzas and make ready there for the
landing of the army. The Oregon
sailed from Rio. The Spanish fleets
We're yet in the vicinity of the Cape
Verde and Canary islands. There was
rioting in the Provinces of Spain.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
HARRISBURG

On Monday 3. J. Haywood turned
the State Treasury over to J. S. Bea-
com; but the formal transfer of the
State funds has not yet been made.
The deposits in two defunct Philadel-
phia banks will have to be made good
before Beacon receipts for the money.
One is the Peoples Bank, which held
$505, 900 IN State funds when its doors
were closed. The other is the Chest
nut Street National Bank, which owes
Father Penn $215, 600.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
Smith and Roosevelt.

The appointment of Charles Emory
Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press,
to the position of Postmaster General,
is another evidence of the good judg-
ment of President Mckinley. Mr..
Smith is man of commanding ability
editor, orator, statesman and diplo-
mat. Pennsylvanians are proud of him.
The President, knowing Mr.. Smith to
be man of extraordinary mental quail
ities, called him in consultation fire.
quently during the negotiations with
Spain The President could have found
plenty of second class men to fill the
Office of Postmaster General, as the du-
ties are largy mechanical and routine,
but he wanted Mr.. Smith as an advisor.
The eminent fitness of Charles Emory
Smith for place in McKinleys Cabi-
net was recognized by the Senate in a
prompt and unanimous confirmation of
the appointment. There is not brain
ier man in McKinley's Cabinet, nor one
whose counsel would be more valuable
during the present GOODNESS between the
United States and Spain.
Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy, has declared his in
tention of raising a regiment of cow
boys and taking them to Cuba. Roose
welt has been cow boy himself He is
daring and audacious At the head of
thousand daredevil ranchmen, every one
an athlete and dead shot, he could create
considerable CONSERVATION amongst the
Spanish forces in Cuba. They would
display energy and courage never
dreamed of by the languid sons of sun
ny Spain.
Theodore Roosevelt is a picturesque
character. He is scholar, a man of
affairs, and an adventurer He is ripe
for brilliant enterprises and deeds of
daring He will be the Custer of the
present war
Hurrah for Roosevelt l-Punxsutaw-
ney Spirit
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
DEATHS.

BLAKSLEE-At her home in Butler
April Both 1898 Mrs Eliza J. Blakslee
in her G2nd year
Mrs Blakslee has been in poor health
for some months and her death was not
unexpected. She was the mother of
William s. and Isaac D. Blakslee, and
Mrs j. V. Ritts of Butler
She was buried at Albany n. y.
GREEN-At home in Allegheny twp.
April -, 1898, George Green. aged
about so years.
STEUBGEN- May p, 1898, infant
daughter of w J. Steubgen of Saxon
burg, aged s months.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Samuel Wright, well known citizen
Cf COMPROMISING twp, was found
dead in the woods near his home last
Monday morning He left his house,
Sunday afternoon, for walk in the
woods, and was not seen again until
found dead. He was about 30 years of
age, and was troubled with heart dis
ease.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
REMEMBERED THE MAINE.
COMODORE DEWEY'S GREAT VICTORY AT
THE PHILIPPINE CAPITAL.

reliance must be placed upon what the
consuls at Hong Kong can obtain from
the PHILIPPINES.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05

Most interesting collection Fine Cling
hams, is, 20, IS, 80, 35c-hun-
dreds of styles-Other good Ginghams
8 lac up.
New catalogue ready soon-have we
your address SO you'll get copy?
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05

that we think you'll say are world beat
ers for value,
Handsome Shirt Waists between One
and Two dollars.
Swell "Star" Shirt Waists $3.50 to s..
All you need do is give us an idea of
your preference-we'll give you the hem
eft of our best Judgment i'll selecting
and you'll save money.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05
FALSE ACCUSATIONS MADE

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Detective agencies. composed of low
tools and thugs. are hired at great ex-
pense TO dog the footsteps OF those who
dare work against the machine. They
are paid to fabricate stories. invent
false evidence against any one whom
tho machine may wish 10 destroy. Any
man who causes trouble is sure TO feel
their vengeance. Those connected In
any way with the persons of their
special hatred are not safe. The youth
or the aged are not spared. They do
not care for the gray haired mother or
innocent children. and this Is why men
dare not fight. Any man who enters
the arena OF Pennsylvania politics to-
day against the machine will not eS-
cape IT, Thus do they arrogate TO
themselves the sole right to your Offices
and assault you If you venture toward
your own door.
1t is one OF the most powerful ad-
juncts TO the great Republican political
machine in Pennsylvania today. Men
Of Chester. are you satisfied? Are you
willing to surrender without n strug-
gle. your right to have ambitiors? Are
you willing to give consent that your
sons shall be dcbarrcd from public
office or public life unless they sacrifice
their integrity and their honor upon the
altar OF political slavery ana corrup-
ton? Is II not time that you join with
us in driving away these nocks of ma
chine paid vultures who peck and cav
at the regulations Of honest men 20
try and make the world believe that
they have found food nlthy enough for
their DEPRIVED paiates?
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05

Collection of Shirt Waists here, DOC to
$4.75, as emphatic evidence of tin
Guiding all sorts of pretty materials
Madras. Percales, Piques, Linens, Mulls
and all the dressy summer fabrics As
sortments of coloring and designs sur
passirg any we know of.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29
1t is better for barber to scrape an &C.
quaintance than to cut friend.
Just His Luck.

"I'll pay no MORE" shouted Gimbly
when the insurance agent called on
him. "No more accident policy for me.
Let 'er lapse. It's just the same as burn
ing money for me. No use in arguin OF
jollyin now. I'm done donatin. ]
wouldn't give dollar on the million
to be insured against accident.
What's the matter, man? Our COM
pany's good as gold
81 don't care whether it is or not.
I'm accident proof. When was learnin
to ride my bicycle, ! fell off 200 times
by actual count and never as much as
sprained finger. 1 was in runaway
where four other people were all jammed
up, and l didn't have a scratch. Two
months ago 1 was in that railroad
wreck. and every living soul in the car
but myself was hurt. l fell off the
street car this morning, dropped through
the open cellar door when went home
to lunch and was standing right beside
my stable man when a horse kicked
him clear across the barn, and I'm just
as sound as the day took out that pol
icy. That's just my internal luck. Not
another dollar will you get out of me. :"
The next day Gimbly was laid up
with twisted back incurred by tossing
the baby in the air.-Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29
Students Franks.

In The National Magazine W. H
Leavitt tells some amusing stories of
the pranks of American art students in
Paris. Once the students in one atelier
hazed a newcomer by taking all his
money, putting him into cab and CIV
ing the driver instructions where to
take him. When the cab halted, the
penniless student alighted and stood on
the curb. Twill you be so good as to
light a match?'' said the student. II
dropped a napoleon in the cab and can {
find it" Whereupon the driver whip
ped up and was away in hurry.
A new student from Algiers amused
the studio for awhile by initiating the
sounds of various wild beasts and birds.
Then the tickle fellows tired of it. So
one day, having prepared big box
with breathing holes in it. they put the
mimic i'll it and kept him there three
days, at the end of which time he per-
formed only by request.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29

Holland is an abbreviatlon of Hollow
land. 1t is a low, fiat country on the
North sea and is composed mostly OF
deposits from the Rhine and other rivers
and of sand thrown up by the sea. Some
parts of it are even lower than the sea
itself, and to keep the water out strong
walls called dikes, made of great stones,
timber, turf and clay, have been built
along the shores The land was former
ly very soft and swampy, but it has
been filled up or drawn out by hundreds
of pumps, which are worked either by
windmills or steam engines. The wa
ter is pumped into canals, which take
the place of streets, and the people go
about on them in summer in little boats
drawn by horses or by dogs, and in
winter they travel merrily over the ice
on skates, which men, women and chill
dren use with ease and grace.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29

Every one knows that the heart does
the work of pump. From the dawn Of
life till death it never ceases pumping
blood into the arteries, and every heart
beat results from nerve impulse When
the nerve centers become reduced there
follows gradual increasing feebleness
the heart beats irregularly, there is loss o.
nervous and muscular force, the limbs
refuse their support, appetite fails and
sleep becomes unattainable. The pro.
gress towards heartier appetite, soundel
sleep, firmer pulse, shows the profound
invigorating effect of Paine's celery com
pound upon the nerve fbers all over the
body.
Progress toward health is steady and
uniform when Paine's celery compound
is employed. 1t stops night sweats-that
sure indication of growing feebleness and
wasting diseases-snd there is notice
able freedom from those nervous witch
ings of the muscles and Dumbness in the
limbs that are precursors of paralysis anG
painful chorea, so common among the
overworked and worried people who are
aboHt to break down with some form O
nervous debility.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29
THE SIAMESE GIRL,
Her Garments Are Scanty, and She Is q
Inveterate Smoker.

Her Garments Are Scanty, and She Is an
Inveterate Smoker.
From the moment Of her birth ST.
amese girl is treated with less consider
alton than boy. For several years aft
or quitting the realms of "babyland'
she dresses very slightly indeed Il refer
more particularly to the lower classes,
though the rule applies more or less
generality. Next she adopts the sarong,
or waist cloth, and ON top of this is
placed bright colored scarf of consid-
cradle length and breadth, which is Gus
tomarily crossed and recrossed over the
breast and under the arms. These two
garments constitute the whole of ST.
amese girls wearing apparel unless she
chance to wear scanty vest of linen.
Rings and bracelets are inevitable, pro-
vided she be of class enough to afford
them, and in a few cases the costume is
finished off with a f1imsy pair of slip
pers, into which the stockingless feet
are thrust.
The average Siamese girl is an invet-
crate smoker of cigarettes from very
tR6O. w hOu 1uAOO q WV
she, in common with the rest of the
population, is taught to chew the leaf
and nut of the betel palm-at least
she does not require TO be taught" this
unlovely but (if we may believe what
we see) fascinating pastime. Since,
however, she knows full we'll that she
will be esteemed passee, not to say an
cient, at the age of 80 she concentrates
the whole of her intellect upon the seri-
Gus business of either entering the pal
ace or getting married. But if it be the
latter, the marriage in Siamese middle
and upper class life is the most elabo-
rate function that an English girl could
imagine. The negotiation-what we
should term the counting gener-
ally conducted in the first instance
through an old beldame. 1t is this old
woman's business to discover among
other things whether the stars in their
courses are propitious toward the hap
py event and whether the respective
birthdays of the bride and bridegroom
fall suitably to the date fixed for their
union, for in all such matters the ST.
amese would appear to be even more su-
perstitious than their Buddhist belief
might reasonably be expected to make
them. S Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29
THE STANDARD OF LIVING
Its Direct Relation to the Scale of La
boris Wages.

Its Direct Relation to the Scale of La
boris Wages.
The price of labor in the same indus
tries differs in different localities OF
markets, not because the skill of labor.
ers so greatly differs or because there is
great diversity in the supply and de.
mand for laborers, but because the cost
of production (the cost of living) great
ly differs in different localities. Thus,
in New York city, carpenters, masons,
printers and other mechanics get for the
same work so and sometimes 100 per
cent more than in some other localities.
While the cost of living is sometimes
affected by the difference in prices of
particular articles of consumption it is
usually determined largely by the differ
ence in the social style of living. The
greater the variety of the things con-
sumed and comforts enjoyed by the Ia
borers the higher is their standard of
living and the greater their expenses or
cost of living. Now, it is universally
true in all countries and localities that
in proportion as this standard of living,
or social expense of the laborer's family,
rises among any class Of laborers, wages
rise, hence they are always highest in
large cities and lowest in remote coun-
try districts.
1t may be laid down, then, as gen
eral principle that wages for similar la
Dor In any given market are governed
by the local standard of living of the
laborers. Consequently all efforts to i'm
prove the condition of the laboring
class, to be efficacious, must be directed
toward increasing the influences which
raise the standard of living among the
laboring class. In no other way can a
permanent increase of wages be secured,
and it may be added that no scheme for
social reform which does not tend to
promote this end can be of any real ben
eft to the wage class -Gunton' Maya
zine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29

If a woman is in good health there is NO
more healthful employment than house
work. Generally speaking, there ls nc
happier woman in the world. But how
different when every breath is pain, every
step torture This state of health in nine
cases out of ten comes from arrangements
of the delicate, feminine organs of genera
ton. The family doctor inquiries first
concerning these. He most usually in.
sists upon an examination" From this
the modest woman naturally shrinks
Sic is right. Except in very unusua
cases of female weakness" examinations
are unnecessary. DR.. Plerce's Favoritt
Prescription is simple, natural remedy
for these ills. It cares safely, permanent
Iy.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover cos
of mailing only, and receive free a copy
of DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser. Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29

To spend large sums of money on
architectural beauties and stone cary
ings of historic ornaments-which have
but little attraction for children-to
make school building look like pal
ace and then to leave the sohoolyard
looking like desert or the top of BIZ
luminous lake, without single attrao-
tive flower or one bit of beauty, are in
oonsistencies which seem possible only
in the modern system Of education.
Weather beaten houses i'll the country,
log cabins on the frontiers railroad sta
tions i'll the Great American desert and
all over our country have their beauti-
full flower gardens, and it refreshes
one S soul to see them, but there is no
such source of refreshment, inspiration
and instruction where children are be-
ing educated in the essentials HEN
ry Lincoln Clapp in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-29

lake fishing. He bothered them worst IN
the early spring, when they came up to
the lakes to fish through the ice. 1t was
about that time that the bear would
come out from his winters sleep lean
and hungry, and it took a heap to fill
him up. He was great traveller, and
before the fishing season ended he would
be heard of from one end of the lake to
the other. They could tell that it was
one bear that did the business, for this
one had foot with some of the toes
gone, and the tracks about the camp al
ways showed this mark.
''This bear run his rig up and down
the lake for three years without get
ting into trouble. He came to grief at
last III very queer way. A man nam
ed Silas Thompson, camping alone on
the east shore of the lake, was out on
the ice minding his lines one March
day and thinking how he would have
to go home sooner than he had intended,
owing to an accident that had happened
that morning at his camp. In some way
he had dropped his rum jug and broken
it in two or three places. There was a
bottle with some molasses in it standing
by the fireplace, and by grabbing up the
jug quickly aud holding it over the bot
tie he managed to save quart or two
of rum in the shape of black strap
that's the state of Maine name for rum
and molasses mixed together, and it's
an enticing drink. He had just made
up his mind to go to the camp to try
little Of the mixture when he saw
bear coming out on the ice from that
direction, aud the bear was staggering
drunk. 1t had broken into the camp and
was drunk ON Silas Thompson rum
and molasses. The bear didn't seem to
know where he was at or where he
wanted to go, and while he foundered
round on the ice Thompson made cir
cult past him, got to the camp and came
back with his gun and shot him. 1t
proved to be the bear that had robbed
the fishermen's camps so long. He died
happy, and the fishermen's troubles
were ended SO far as he was concerned. "
New York Sun.