Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-08

Somebody ought to get mp an
"Elderberry Excursion" to Branchton.
A Warren man named his infant
daughter Manila Philippe. The child
died.
The graded school at Bruin, lac
ccrding to report was not opened
Monday.
There is this to say in their favor
that the people who talk too much do
not have much to say.
Its high time that certain pas
senger car on tn Bessie and P. & W.
be given its annual bath. p"
The skating record has been surpas-
se1 by the bicycle, the latter now being
the fastest manpower means Of travel
ing.
Good markmanshp at the ballot box
is just as essential to national safety az
good Workmanship in the army and
navy.
The world will never become so
wise but men will stick their fingers in
the fire and hope they may somehow
escape being burned.
"A cooking authority says that a
few grains Of salt sprinkled on coffee be
fore the water is added will bring out
and improve the flavor.
There's new play on the road call
ed "A Hired Girl" and friend informs
us that about fifty, good, hii ed girls are
needed in Butler Immediately
There is a plant, it is said, that is
never touched by insects. and that is
tnnsy. If you rub horse over with a
handful of it before taking him ON the
road, it is claimed that flies will not
.uoch him. Try it.
To avoid the danger OF lockjaw in
cise OF woun1 from rusty nail or aimi-
lar h1rts, an e1;hlnge gulrIntees
remedy, always at hand an1 never fail
ing. 1t is simply to smoke the woun
with wooden. Twenty minutes Of
smoking will take the pain out Of the
worst case OF inhaihm ition arising from
the wounds.
"A little neighbor Of Admiral Samp-
son IN Glen Ridge. N. Y, is naturally
conversant with naval affairs The
other day in studying her Sunday
School lesson something ives said
alb out sampson being the stronges
man She looked up wonderingly.
why" she said, II did not know
Sampson was the strongest now; /
thought it was Dewey"
Down in the barber shop, the other
day, man was telling OF his experience
at the "Kittanning Fair" The place
was full Of games Of chance. He noticed
one faker who had ricketty pin-wheel
on an old table, and showed few
dimes and pennies; few hours after he
had piles of dollars, halves and quarters
on the table, and by evening the table
hardly held the money piled upon it
That night. at the hotel, when he went
upstairs he found poker games with an
abundant supply Of liquors, going on
all around him. and he went downstairs
again and slept in chair in quiet
corner,
Under decision Of the Treasury
Department promulga ted lately it is
required that ten cent stamp be pla-
ced on marriage certificates. BY this
is meant the certificate given the con
tracing parties. The certificate re-
turned to the Clerk Of the Court by the
clergyman or the Justice OF the Peace
Is exempt, but the clergyman must note
on the return he makes to the office the
fact that the ten cent stamp was prop
erlJ affixed 20 the original certificate
The reverses former decision made
by Commissioner Scott Persons who
have been married since July 1 would
do well to secure a documentary stamp
Ind place it upon their marriage certif.
Gates.
1t il related Of a certain clergyman
IN Edinburg that he was 30 careful Of
his quotations and 80 fearful Of the
charge Of plagiarism that once in ad-
dressing the Diety he surprised the
congregation by saying: And thou
knowest dear Lord. that, to quote
writer in a late number Of the Quarter
ly Review" etc This is in the sam e
class with the story told Of certain
professor Of moral philosopy at Har
ward. who, when called upon to officiate
at morning chapel in place Of the col
lege preacher. being somewhat ratified
pulled himself together and began dis
creetly. 'Paradoxical, though 1t may ap-
pear, O Lord. IL is nevertheless true,
sto
One OF the boys who recently left
Chickamauga for the new camp at Lex
ington. KY, says that the following
was one Of the songs in Camp Thomas:
backward, turn backward oh time. in
your hight feed me op grub again just
ter night; am 80 weary Of sole leath-
" steak, petrified hardtack sledge
could not break, tomatoes and beans ia
watery bath. salt-pork as strong as
Goliath OF Gath; weary of starving on
what | cant eat, chewing mp rubber
and calling it meat Backward, turn
backward. for weary | am. give me
whack at my grandmother jam; let
me drink milk that has never been
Skinned let me eat butter whose hair
bas boen trimmed; let me have once
nlore an old fashioned pie, then III he
fedy to 60 'soath and die.