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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
FACTS AND FANcIES.

Reason brings our vices into court.
Self-love examines them-and dis
charges them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Good and evil are magnets. Good IN
the more powerful, but evil acts at less
distance.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

A poet says that hunger acts as
stimulant to original thought.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

The first thing a widow does af-
ter making up her mind to appoint her
late husbands successor is to make up
her face.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

1t takes a clever woman to obtain in
formation without asking questions.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

It's pity that man can never see
himself in a poker game as others
"see' him.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Now Your Time
To Buy
Winter Footwear
1H11111HH

nd
reduce stock and reduce quickly need and
will miles attend this Shoe Sale for here
yerylo owprices theyw
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

1t is harder for a photographer to
make a baby look pleasant than 1t IL
for the baby to make the photographer
look unnleaSant
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
KITCHEN HINTS.

Sharpen all kinds Of fish sauce with
lemon juice.
A dash of black pepper greatly i'm
proves vanilla ice cream.
When using vanilla for flavoring add
half teaspoonful of peach extract.
Put sugar in water used for basting
meats of all kinds; it adds flavor, espe-
cially to veal.
Add a cup of good date vinegar to
the water in which you boil fish, espe-
cially if it is salt fish.
When baking fish place on the top
thin slices of salt pork; 1t tastes the
fish and improves the flavor.
Togive an appetizing flavor to broil-
ed beefsteak rub a cut onion over the
hot platter with the butter.
Three tablespoons of freshly made
tea, with a pinch of nutmeg, imparts
an indescribable flavor to apple pie.
Chocolate is greatly improved by
adding a teaspoonful Of strong coffee
Just before serving; a teaspoonful OF
sherry also helps.
To improve sweetbreads and give
them a fine flavor soak them in mild
lemon juice water an hour, and then
broil 20 minutes in beef stock.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

man economize as the lack Of money.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Well worthy.
There's nothin' too good fur Uncle
Sam,
From gold in the arctic frost
To fruit that grows on the stately
pam
Where the snow-cloud never crossed.
From the tropic plant with fantastic
bloom
To the pine which has sternly stood
An conquered in spite Of cold an
gloom,
There's nothin' at all too good.
There's nothin' too good fur Uncle
Sam,
When he said Are ye ready, men?"
From a million hearts come the words,
Il am"
Till the echoes shook again.
An the rich an poor an the high an
EACH OIeI ar'nsaa7ua==a
Prepared at the countTy's call to 60
Fur there's nothin' at all too good.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Add a cup of good date vinegar to
the water in which you boil fish, espe-
cially if it is salt fish.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

When baking fish place on the top
thin slices of salt pork; it tastes the
fish and improves the flavor.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Put sugar in water used for basting
meats of all kinds; it adds flavor, espe-
cially to veal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
Knew His Gentle Touch
Well WORTHY.

"Ah, go lang now, Pat, Oi know it's
gou by tn physkersr
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
Butler Business College.
Butler, Pa.
Several New Courses.
New Manaoennen nt

NCW UdHdSStbChts
Musical Department under the di-
rectorship of Prof E. Otto Davis, a
graduate of the leading European
and American Conservatories of
Music, and finished musician. One
of the finest in the state. Piano,
Voice, Violin, Orchestration, In
strumentatiop, Composition, Piano
Tuning, Etc Everything under the
head of music.
Business Department.
Reporters Shorthand Course, giving
the graduate an average speed of IT'S
words per minnie. Expert Accountants
Bookkeeping Course, which prepares
the graduate for any kind of book-keep-
ing and expert work, and deals especial
ly with Joint Stock Company and Cor
poration Accounting.
Students can enter at any time Call
or write for prospectus. Call on or
address
A. F. REGAL, Prin.,
327 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
Peoples Phone 27I.
Bell ia.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

like bilIousness, dyspepsia, headache, constL
ration, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly
ured by Hoods Pills. They do their work
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Complete stock of Rubber and Felt
Goods of all kinds. Boots and
Shoes made to order. At all times
a full stock of sole leather and shoe
makers supplies. of all kinds.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Togive an appetizing flavor to broil-
ed beefsteak rub a cut onion over the
hot platter with the butter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Three tablespoons of freshly made
tea, with a pinch of nutmeg, imparts
an indescribable flavor to apple pie.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Sharpen all kinds of fish sauce with
lemon juice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

When using vanilla for fiavoring add
half a teaspoonful of peach extract.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

A dash of black pepper greatly i'm
proves vanilla ice cream.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Prepared at the countTy's call to go
Fur there's nothin' at all too good.
MUCH IN LITTLE. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
BENTON. LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,

The Mississippi river planter en-
ploys from 100 to 500 colored laborers.
and mules in proportion-5oo or 1000.
Memphis is the principal mule market
for this section of the Mississippi val
ley-about s1,5oO,cOo being expended
yearly. Missouri, Texas and North
Louisiana mainly supply the Vicks-
burg district with mules and horses.
The demand is large and continual, be-
cause the poor mule does not receive
much better treatment from the large
planter than from the improvident
darky. When the crop has been gath
cred the planter coldly figures that to
feed 500 mules during the winter would
cost certain large sum; next spring
he can perhaps purchase others at the
cost of feeding these, should all of
them die. About half of them turn up.
however, looking something like the
patent medicine picture "Refore TAX
ing" I'M sCANIASD
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
CONCERNING ROYALTY.

The empress Gowager of China is
Ga years of age. Her title runs as fol-
lows: ''Tzu-his-tuan-yu-Kang-ishao-
yu-chuang-cheng-sho oukung -chin-hsien
chang-hsi."
The royal crown Of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form of It pot of flowers, surmounted
by an uncut ruby the size of a hens
egg.
Emperor William, always eager to
lead the way, likes good piece of
horseflesh. His horses are usually of
English breed. although On rare occa-
sions he buys them in Germany.
The late Empress Elizabeth left a
vast fortune. She had much larger
civil list than she ever spent, and her
surplus income was judicicusly laid
out in purchasing property around
Vienna, which was bought very cheap,
but is now covered with buildings, and
enormously valuable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
BOWS OF THE ANCIENTS.

The Greek bow was not more than
three or four feet in length. but was so
stout and stiff that it required consid.
cradle strength and skill to use it.
The Romans carried the bow to Brit
ain, where it at once obtained favor,
and during the middle ages was extern
sively used, forming an important ele
ment of the armies of that period.
While universally used by the an
clients the form of the bow varied will
different nations. The Scy1hian bow
was in form of the letter and the bow
of the Tartars-desc of the
Scythians-still keeps that shape.
1t is said that the first Greek bows
were made from the horns of species
of goat, the bases being united by
other material was used in their man
ufacture. but they still retained their
original shape These bows were too
short to be of much use, and, compare.
lively speaking. but small portion of
the troops were armed with them.
The English archers were said to be
the finest in the world. ard their skill
decided the battles of Crecy, Poitiers
and Agincourt. The bows used were of
two kinds. the long bow and the arba-
lest or cross-bow. The arbalest was
made of steel or horn. and was of such
strength ard stiffness that it was nee
essary to use some mechanical appli-
ance to bend it and adjust the string
The arbalcsters carried a quiver with
so arrows and were placed in the van
of the battle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
WHY ?

Why isn't telegraph line an out
line?
Why aren't theatrical properties
playthings?
Why isn't 4 lawyers offer of mar
riage legal tender?
Why does a loafer always complain
of being unable to get work?
Why isn't a stiff lower jaw as useful
as stiff upper lip?
Why does a mans shoestring invari-
ably break when he is in a hurry?
Why do late hours slip by the man
who is engaged in keeping them?
Why isn't it the darkest hour when
we are unable 20 find the matches?
Why are the men who say women are
delusions and snares always shared by
dclusions ?-Chicago Daily News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01

than in any other section, the numer-
GUS rivers affording nearly all of the
means of transportation. Those living
on the borders Of the great Mississippi
and its numerous tributaries preferred
travel by steamer, which having most
excellent accommodations rendered
the trip luxurious. The steamers were
large, elegantly furnished, and indeed
were floating palaces" They cost
from 100000 to $25O.0cO and more,
were models in design, and specially
constructed with view to accommoda-
tion and speed. There was 4 great
rivalry between them in this partic-
ular. The tables were unsurpassed by
any of the first-class southern hotels,
and there was dancing every evening in
the richly-furnished ladies' cabin, or
salon; and in the afternoon there was
musical concerts. Each steamer car
ried brass and string band. On near
ing a landing the steam calliope
opened with popular air, which
brought the natives to the 'levee.'
Then the brass band gave concert
from the Hurricane deck" of the
steamer. When the steamer remained
a few hours for the purpose of taking
on several hundred additional bales of
cotton, or hogsheatls of sugar, the la
dies and young men of the village were
invited aboard, and there was a ''cotil-
lion dance" during which there was
luncheon Of wine, cakes. fruits, etc.
Hospitality was unbounded; it verged
on reckless extravaganza. And it was
spontaneous, general and gracefully
extended. not as an outward form or
mere ceremony. but genuine hospital
ity. With such luxurious living and
cordiality the trip by steamer was only
too short. On the contrary. one locked
forward with pleasure to the time whe n
business, or perhaps some excuse,
should again call him to the city. The
trip from Nicksburg to New Orleans
was usually made in 4S hours. the dis
tance being $50 miles. But if there were
many stoppages for sugar ard cotton,
1t lasted longer. The travellers did not
complain, however. as rule-thelr
fares had been paid, and they would
surely eat more than their money S
worth" The average capacity OF these
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01

lost its commercial advantages; In
fact, nearly all of it caved into the
river. and now it is unsafe for steamers
to land there. And thus has passed
away the historic railroad and one of
the best cotton shipping towns on the
Mississippi.
The Mississippi river steamers OF to-
day. however. greatly aid the railroads
in bringing cotton from points not
reached by them. And the steamers
are aided by smaller class which as
cend the tributaries and bring out cot
ton from the rich bottom lands which
neither railroads nor large steamers
can reach. They serve as feeders
for each other. On these river bottoms
are farmers of moderate means and
large sprinkling Of colored people.
The rich land produces about two
bales to the acre. The colored man
prefers the bottom lands, where he can
fish and hunt; he likes the "bayous,
lined with blue gums and tangled vines
and loaded with wild fruits, which
grow there in such profusion. He has
"ca bin" and "rents" a mule, paying
about one-haf of its value for one
years service. When the crop has
been gathered he turns the animal
loose to look out for its own welfare.
He reasons that it is ''only hired
mule" but does not figure that two
crops will pay its full value, and then
1t is not his. This is one cause for the
darky being always in debt. The
white man, knowing how the average
darky will treat a mule, charges ac-
cordingly. ------
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SHARPS AND FLATS.

Siff hats cover a multitude of soft
brains.-Chicago Daily News.
Some good resolutions are like blank
artridges--nothirg comes out Of
them.-Rdn's Horn.
There is no word so universally
abused in society as the word "enter-
tanned. d."-Atchison Globe.
Dishonest men have their uses also.
They are tutors in the school of eX-
perience.-N. Y. Life.
The great trouble with persons who
try to explain is that they generally
explain too much. - Philadelphia
Times.
Adam and Eve kept TO servants ard
had no neighbors. and so they called
their locality Paradise.-L. \. Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01

'e ihdSHtuleS dlCfS (ne coast
are SO small that the traveller scarcely
notices them. No hill breaks this vast
plaln, which presents a panorama of
green foliage Of trees and shrubs
which surround the plantations Of
greenlng sugar cane. golden corn and
miles of whitening cotton bolls. These
immense plantations extend along the
river banks in almost continuous line.
and near the center of each is the,
stately southern mansion, with white
CoriEthian columns, amid a grove of
magnificent oaks-the central picture
Of beautiful panorama.
In the high water season during the
spring trip on the Mississippi river.
even in the absence of the olden-time
palace steamers, is most pleasant
one. At this season the waters rise
to the top of the levees, when the pass
ing steamer is above the level of the
fields, seemingly sailing along in the
air. The passenger looks down upon
the pretty mansions half concealed
amid the Druidical oaks, as he views
the broad expanse of beauty from the
pulling steamer rs it rounds the bends
with an apparent view Of taking a
short cut across some ehalf-submerged
plantation.
The passenger travel of the steamer
of the present is mainly limited to
those points not reached by railroads.
and many of the planters do not care
for railroad as long as they have a
"river at their doors.' The freight
traffic is large, however, and the
ness.
One of the first railroads built in Mis-
sissippi, and among the first in the
south, was narrow-gauge short line
from Grand Gulf to Port Gibson
about ten miles. The object was to
tap the immensely productive cotton
plantations and bring the staple to
Grand Gulf landing for shipment
Grand Gulf was at that time larger
than Natchez. Or, rather, the road
was constructed only in part. The
track had been laid about half way
when an unprogressive land owner de-
MED it the right of way. tore up some
of the rails. and by the invocation of
shotguns and injunctions delayed its
completion for several years.
In looking over some family records
find that my father was one of the
originators of the enterprise, his books
showing large advances of moneys
The road was begun in 1888. The great
panic following wrecked the fortunes
of those connected with it and the
country generally. The road, however
was completed, and made the fortunes
Of the new stockholders. The charge
was one dollar bale for cotton and
one dollar for each passenger. Being
a novelty. many came from all sec
tions merely to see 1t and take ride
An old citizen, in talking of the little
road, said to me: ''When ] was .
young man I took trip on that roai
from Port Gibson to Grand Gulf; but
had I been in a hurry, l would have
taken buggy" The road was de
stroyed during the war at the time
Grand Gulf was burned. The roat
was rebuilt, and finally was bought
and destroyed by competing road
Some of the old rails are still in po
sition. Grand Gulf many years age
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01

steamers was from 1900 to 5000 bales
of cotton, bale weighing 500 pounds.
In addition there was heavy line" of
other freight, and about 500 passen-
gers.
There is perhaps not more grandly
picturesque scene in the world than
that on the majestic Mississippi river
from New Orleans to Vicksburg. The
river averages width of from half
mile to one mile, and, ascending, there
Is an unbroken and continuous plain
for $50 miles. Only two small streams
intersect the river, and these, SEEM
ln~.,ly, eE,.' 10 Gnd q shorter W. TO the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
Isja.l,..pIay.

The foul and b.asrhe.nous use OF the
Great Name, the cucsing, the invoking
OF horrors OF eternal pcEaition 30 RE
on our streets are like the opening ct
a door of the pit.--Rcv. A. E. Myers
Co,.egiate, New York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
SOUTHERN PICTURES.
Travel on the Mississippi Before and
Since the War.
Railroads Have Driven Out the
Palatial Steamboats, of Ante
Bcllum Days-Lifc on Mod
crn Plantations,
Especial Grand Gulf (Miss) Le;ter.l

FTRANEL on the Mississippi river
is as grandly picturesque as it
II was before the railroad era.
But the magnificent palace steamboats,
have long since disappeared. They be-
gan to disappear during the decade
succeeding the late war between the
states, when capital began to flow
southwark and railroad building was
pushed forward. Before the civil war
there were fewer railroads in the south
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-01
They All Do 1t,

Smith-Did you ever notice that
Brown is always the first to give his
opinion on any subject?
Jones-Yes; and I've also noticed
that he is the first to back out of it
whenever it is Guestioned.-Chicago
Daily Record.
The leader., 1898-02-09

geStion and dtSOrdered liver
mean that a man is fighting the first round
with death. Unless he manages to strike
the Knockout blow, it means that death
will come up in the second round in the
guise of some serious malady. When a
mans stomach is weak and his digestion
is impaired, the life giving elements of the
food he takes are not assimilated into the
blood. The blood gets thin and weak, and
the body slowly starves. In the meantime
the disordered liver and the sluggish bow
els have forced into the blood all manner
of Impurities. The body Is hungry and
eagerly consumes anything that the blood
stream carries to it. In place of healthy
nutriment, it receives for food foul poisous
that should have been excreted by the
bowels. Continued, this system of starva-
ton combined with poisoning, will wreck
every organ in the body. Naturally. the
weakest organ will give way first. If a
man is naturally nervous, he viii break
down with nervous exhaustion or prostra-
ton. II he inherits weak lungs, the con-
sequence Will be consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, or some disease of the air-passages
II he has naturally slnggish liver, he win
suffer from serious bilious or malarial At
tack. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry cures all disorders Of the stomach. d.
gestion and liver. II purihes the blood and
fills i with the life-giving elements Of the
food that build new and healthy tissue II
IL the great blood-maker and hesh-builder
an1 uc<ge tonic It cures IS per cent Of
All c14es Of consumption Thousands have
testtNed TO their recovery from this dread
diseaee Under this great medicine
The leader., 1898-02-09
wELLMAN NOTES.
BY SAwDUST.

Bright, cool weather.
Garden seeds are growing in the
ground rapidly.
Rev. Mr.. Reeves will preach for us
next Sunday and Sunday night.
The X. L. & /. Co., are hauling fer
tilizers for south Lincoln and Law
renee county.
Rev. Mr. Ferril preached two inter
esting sermons last week on his way to
Pleasant Grove. We are glad to have
the preachers call on us as they are
going and coming.
The burial procession passed through
here last Thursday with the remains of
Grandmother Hemphill, going to the
Hickman graveyard. Goodbye, grand
mother, we will meet you in the sweet
by and by.
A birthday dinner was given at Mr..
H. T. Morgan's Sunday, in honor of his
mother law, with about one hundred
attendants. Among the number was
Elder B. A. Crawford, and our esteem
ed Supervisor, S. A. Brister.
The leader., 1898-02-09
The Ice Factory Assured.

That Brookhaven will manufacture
her own ice the coming season, from
her own "crystal artesian water" is
now an assured fact. On last Saturday
Messrs. Chas. Heuck and G. E. Graf
ton, two of this city's most enterpris-
ing young business men, closed con-
tract for seven ton Linde machine,
and the new factory will be ready for
operation by April 18th. This will be
followed by cold storage attachment
for meats, ETC. Verify, Brookhaven is
keeping up with the procession all
along the line.
The leader., 1898-02-09
COMING!

A. X. Hawkes., the famous Atlanta
Optician, direct from home Office, or
one of his practical opticians; will re-
main at the store of his agent G. e.
Grafton for two days only, beginning
March 4. This will give the citizens of
Brookhaven and vicinity rare oppor-
tunits of having their eye-sight treated
free by one of the most renowned and
successful as we'll as reliable opticians
in the United States.
Mr.. Hawkes. has the modern ap-
pliances for the scientific adjustment
of spectacles to the eye. There is no
optician in the United States who en-
joys the confidence of the people more
than Mr.. Hawkes.. This firm was es-
tablished in 1S70-nearly thirty years
ago. Call early as he positively re-
mains but two days, as he has other
engagements for later dates.
CAUTIoN-These famous glasses are
never peddled.
The leader., 1898-02-09
SCHOOL SOCIETIES.
The Athenians.

The Athenian Society met Friday,
Feb. 4th, 1898. Oliver Wendell Holmes
was discussed and the following pro-
gram was carried out:
His Early Life-Mamie Powell.
Holmes as Physician--Mary Byrd.
The Dorchester Giant Walter Prize
batsch.
The Chambered Nautilus = Flora
Jobes.
The Deacon's Masterpiece Bette
Womack.
Synopsis of the Guardian Angel
Blanche Decell.
Musa-Vine Throcpmorton.
The Two Armies Fannie Grice.
The Star and the Water Lily May
Sherman.
Miss Annie Burns was elected to
serve as librarian.
The two societies will hold public
meeting Friday, Feb. 18th, 1898, at 2
o'clock, to which the friends of the
members Of the societies are cordially
invited. There will be a debate be-
tween the Olympians and the Athe-
mans. REPORTER.