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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15

The Elephant Song" from Wang,
adapted to fit the possible annexation
of the Philippines)
oh, there once was a king.
As minstrels sing,
Who herd of elephants had,
And man next door,
By no means poor,
He wanted an elephant bad
So the very weak king
Did very sly thing
BY giving his neighbor one;
And sky blue ruin
AT once began brewin
For that luckless Jonathan;
For the elephant ate all night.
And the elephant ate all day!
DO what he could
To furnish it food,
Its cry was still, More hay!"
Till he tore his hair in wild despair
And piped his lachrymal glands
Oh! he was sad because he had
That elephant on his hands.
Harper's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
Some Very Old Fish.

Methuselah would seem a mere boy
to some fishes. and there are a great
many kinds which would look upon
human centenarians as infants. Carp
are known to live to be 200 years old
In the Washington Aquarium there
are small gold fish, placed there when
Queen Victoria was crowned, and
they have not yet grown to full gold
fish size. \ Russian pike was caught
a few years ago with a gold band
about its tail bearing the date 1916.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
Treat Well the Livery Horse

Our dumb Animals offers the follow
timely suggestions
IF you hire n horse at a livery stable
you ought to treat him as if he were
your own If you drive him out ten
miles you ought not to see to your own
wants until you see him properly cared
for. If an honest man, you will re
member that you are under a two-fold
obligation to that animal-an obliga-
tion to its owner and an obligation to
the animal You are the debtor Of
both, and though you pay the price of
the horse, yet no money can release you
from the duty and moral claim involved
in the bargain between yourself and the
owner To neglect the poor speechless
beast that cannot appeal to the commits
Grafton Of passerby, is simply un-
pardonable, and the man who is guilty
OF such neglect is worse than a brute "
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
FRAUD ON THE KENNEBEC.
Shippers Who Reaped Harvests With Goods
Not in the Manifest.

The recent discovery of finding goods
on American fishing vessels not down
on the manifest calls to mind an incl
dent that happened years ago, the
truth of which the writer and some oth-
ers as we'll can vouch. The fact that
smuggling has been continually going
on for years can best be illustrated
by the arrival of fishing schooner at
the mouth Of the Kennebec with wines
and liquors from st. Pierre, n. +. the
skipper gave out that fishing was
failure and the craft was hauled into
a secluded cove and apparently aban-
doned. Not so the cargo, for the crew
proceeded up the river, where they
succeeded in hiring an old decked
scow. Returning at night the cargo
was transferred to the scow and Sc
curely hid beneath the deck, when
suddenly afterward the craft and crew
conceived the idea of going up river
On an ceiling trip. The necessary bar
rels, with all other equipments neces-
sary to a successful trip were put
aboard, and the scow, piled high with
eel traps, sailed away for Gardiner,
where she arrived later and tied up at
Clark's wharf in then Pittston. Public
curiosity was aroused by the novelty
Of this new business, and numerous
visitors watched the men as they
placed and pulled their eel pots here
and there, while the captain explained
the process and the amount of money
there was in the business. After few
weeks of this desultory kind Of fishing
the craft sailed away, the crew largely
enriched by this perhaps original man
ner of selling high grade of liquor to
parties in the secret, who were all men
Of distinction and good judges OF what
they bought frequently in large quan-
titles. Perhaps it is needless to say
that the eels were never shipped, but
returned to their natural element at a
proper season. Most of the men who
sought and did enrich themselves in
this case l have mentioned are now
dead, but the system still remains, and
it is indeed remarkable the customs Of
-fcers have so long been ignorant OF
the fact.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
Clear Grit In the Navy.

If there is any one thing that the
Cuban war has proved up to the handle
1t is that our, navy is clear fighting grit
all the way through. Never once has
it failed under any test. Not an officer
or man has fiinched from any danger
but many have wept because others
were sent to face death without them.
Dewey daring the torpedoes at Manila
Bageley dead in the attempt to do a
battleship's work with a little egg
shell OF torpedo boat at Cardenas,
and Hobson throwing his life like an
old coat into the channel at Santiago
were merely types of our whole naval
service. Every man in the feet wanted
to go with Hobson.-New York Jour
nal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
TO-
DuS
Truth crushed to earth will rise agair

Truth crushed to earth will rise again
An act exceeding rash,
For soon as she has done that same
She gets another smash.
You can be fairly well dressed with
a skirt ard a necktie,. is the laconiC
way fashion writer begins au article
We trust it will not become fashion
able.
Sick stomach means sick man (or
woman). WY not he we'll?
Sick stomach comes from poor food,
poor nourishment; means poor health,
poor comfort Shaker Digestive Cord
ial means health and well stomach.
If we could examine our stomach we
would understand why it is that so lit.
tie will put it out of order.
But, unless we are do"tors, we never
see our stomach. We only feel it We
would feel it less if we took Shaker Di-
gestive Cordial
Shaker Dige stive Cordial makes your
stomach digest all the nourishing food
you eat, relieves all symptoms of indi-
gestion acts as a tonic and soon makes
you well and strong again.
The more you take, the less you will
feel of your stomach.
At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents.
Mrs. Brown But you would not call
MIR White bad man?
Mrs. Greeue-No; but he is lacking in
tact He went fishing last Sunday and
brought the fish in at the front door,
where everybody passing by could see
him.
Depositor-Is the cashier in?
President-No-o; he's gone away.
Depositor-Ah Gone for rest |
presume.
President (sadly)-No-o; to avoid ar
rest.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
circumstance Alter Cages

Circumstances are still much in the
habit Of altering cases. 1t is said tha,
a Yorkshire Socialist was explaining
to friend the principles of his belief,
and he made the statement at the
outset that all possessions should be
shared equally.
''If you had two horses" said the
friend, would you give me one?"
"Of course" said the Socialist.
"And II you had two cows, would
you do the sameT"
"Of course ! should"
We'll, suppose now," said the
friend slowly, that you had two pigs
would you give me one of them?'
"Eh! tha's gettin' over near home" "
said the other slyly. ''Tha knows I've
two pigs"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
Digging for Fish

The natives of Kottiar are in the
habit of digging every year in the
summer dry banks of the Vergel river
for fish, which they dig out by hun
dreds, just as they would potatoes.
The mud Jumps are broken open and
the fish, perhaps eight or ten incEes
long, win always be found alive and
often frisky az II just removed from
its supposedly native element-the
water.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
The Octopus.

For its rare literary merit as well as
for its faithful picture of Populis5 de
generation we enclose this poem, Pass
ing of the Octopus, printed by our
esteemed contemporary, the Topeka
Capital;
Things amt like they was in Kansas
When we pops was young and gay.
Seems as if we're slldin' backwards
Stead of pressin on our way.
'Tain't like IL was when years ago
We enlisted for this fuss
For to meet and fight and rassle
With the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
hoods PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
business, Indigestion, headache.
Eesy to take, oasy 70 opevate. 25c

There are two good things to be said
of Adam. He never published any
mother in-law jokes and he never told
Eve that she ought to have eaten some
of the pies his mother used TO make.
Sonny" said Uncle Eben, do yoh
bes' whah you is needed, an doan
waste ych life tryin' to be sumpin what
nature didn't cut you out for. Remem-
bah dat de misft man like misft
clothes, allus comes cheap"
There's one crop that never fails,
said the philosophical farmer, as he
limped grumblingly along. IF you
plant foot in tight shoe you'll raise
corn every time.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
An InterrIfied Girl

A lovely girl was caught by hel
aunt while indulging in surreptltiou,
cigarette.
My dear" said the Mortified aunt
do you know that every time yot
smoke one Of those beastly things you
drive 4 nail in your cofiin?"
NO, auntie, dear" said the lovely
girl, you are wrong. a woman cam
drive n nall"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
WenIey's Home,

John Wesley's house in London,
close to City Road chapel, has been
made into library and museum and
connexional centre. 1t contains many
interesting relics of Wesley. The little
prayer room" is to be kept as he used
it. An endowment fund of $10O,0O0 will
maintain the house.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15

1t was part of our religion

1t was part of our religion
When we tcCk up this here fight
To lambaste that pesky monster
All the time with all our might;
And 10 see the way they act now
Makes an old tine Pepper cuss,
For you scarcely ever hear en-
Roast the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
p, Bessemer 81 f.

Trains depart: No. IA, at $40 A. Nj
No. 2, at $50 p. NJ Butler time.
Trains arrive: No. /, 9:55 A. NJ; No.
IL. 2:55 p. NJ. Butler time.
No. 12 runs through to Erie and con-
meets with W. N Y. & P. at Huston
junction for Franklin and Oil City,
and with N. Y. L. E. & w. at Shenan-
60 for all points east. No. runs
through to Meadville and connects with
w. n " IL P. for Franklin and Oil
City. W. r. TURNER, Ticket Agent.
DITTSBURG & WESTERN
1 Railway. Schedule of Pas
senger Trains in effect May IS,
1908. BUTLER TIME.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15

Train arriving at 4.50 pm. leaves b. o. depot,
Pittsburg at 800 pm and p. w., Allegheny at $40
p. m.
For through tickets all points in the west north
west southwest and information regarding routes,
tIme Of trains, etc. apply TO
WIZ. TURNER Ticket Agent,
Il. b. REYNOLDS, Sup't, Butler, Pa.
AlIe0hepv Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
SIOreA of DlnmO ON Il a

1t has been discovered that the ma
tive African chiefs in the diamond reg
ions have great quantities OF valuable
diamonds which accumulated years
ago. They treasure them as charms
and are unwilling TO cell them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
SNSHUMPHREYS'
&S)VETERINARY SPECIFICS

CONTENTS:
Part I.-Diseases OF Horses.
Part II.-Diseases OF Cattle.
Part III.-Diseases Of Sheep.
Part IV.-Diseases OF Hogs.
Part V.-Diseases of Dogs.
Part VI.-Diseases Of Poultry.
Same book in better binding 30 cts
HunPHREYsMED. CO., Ger. william John Sta, New fori
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15

Then we'd git the gang together
Just by bawlin Speech tonight
Now they come, but thunderation,
Crowds are mighty awful light
Seems as if they've all forgotten
Why We started up this muss;
Seems as if they've got no feeling
Gainst the
nc-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
The DANGER

to which the Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for
ward to the hour Of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
HOXSie'S C.. C.. C..

Is the only cough, cold and Group
remedy that does not contain opium
and will not nauseate; 30 cents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
MODEL
Farm for Sale

want to sell my farm of 735 acres
in Oakland twp, adjoining Doyds-
town, six miles north of Butler.
There is no better land for all kinds
of crops in Butler county. NY wheat
and grass, this year, cannot be beat.
Come and see them.
Two good orchards, some young
timber, and an abundance OF the
best of Spring water.
The buildings onsist of good.
sig room, frame house; one large.
new, modern barn, and a large old
one; also all the necessary outbuild-
ings, including summer kitchen.
want to quit flaming because ! am
alone, and will sell at bargain on
easy terms.
A part of the farm is underlaid
with three and four feet veins OF
coal, with one bank opened; and the
new railroad is surveyed within
100 rods of the house.
For terms address or call upon,
Peter Whitmire,
SONORA, P. 0
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15

Bon t.. = - a....r.- of "a Drive,
A tine carriage doubles the pleasure of driy-
tng Intending buyers of carriages or hnr-
ness can Gay ~ dollars by sending for the
and Harnc-I ME-. Co.. Elkhart, Ind.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15

SUNDAY TRAINS.-Leave Butler for Allegheny
City and principal intermediate stations at 7:35 a. m
and 500 p
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
RHEuMAr1sM CURED DAv

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures iii 10 } days.
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. II removes al once the
causes and the disease Immediately DIS
appears. The first dose greatly benefits;
Is cents. Sold by ]. c. Redic, ard J. i.
Bplpb Druggists Butler Apr o6
Talking about inconsistency, re
marked Uncle Debate, the negro is in
clined that way. He nearly always
carries a razor and yet he is seldom
able to grow a beard.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-15
! ANIiOAAIANAn ROAD.
wEsrEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
SOUTH.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT Nov. 20, 1897.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
Along the Kansas Nile.

II is just as we'll for politicians to re-
member now that Leland may be feigning
| defeat and retreat in order to see just who
his enemies are.
Rufe Cone missed being thrown out of
the Populist party by just one vote. 1t
was a narrow margin but he may be luck
fer the next time.
The Populist conference at Topeka failed
TO inform the people that the last Popalist
legislature smelt like man who has been
fighting prairie fire.
The Populist leaders ar their conference
in Topeka endorsed Leedy. McNaH ami
Boyle but ignored the other state officers
and the other state officers are mad.
Cunningham OF Lincoln, Nebraska, has
been appointed bank examiner for Kan
sds. Kansas can now join in the Okla
homa chorus. entitled: The Carpet-bag
Ballet"
Near Cimarron, Kansas, the other day,
a freight train struck a flock of turkeys
and killed several. The western Kansas
freight trains are not swift. but the west
ern Kansas turkey is apoplectic.
Judge Bashore, who left western Kan
sas to run the Fort Scott Lantern. and
incidentally reform the world, has sold
that paper 10 a man who Will change IL
from Populist to an Independent paper.
The best part of Populism at present is
the supreme court and the appellate
courts, but the Populist conference a.
Topeka forgot them in their anxiety TO
pat that corrupt legislature OF the back.
\ Kansas literary society has dsctied
that the way TO pronounce the name Of
Sienkiewicz. author OF Quo Vadis, Is
Sinky WIGS" Il would be interesting 70
hear some Try TO pronounce il il any other
way.
n a big hunt in Ftnney county last
week in which thirty men took part. the
following game vas brought down: One
eagle. 1 badger. prairie dogs. hawks.
5 Whitehall tack-rabbits. 145 motton-tsils,
and 1o55 cotton tails
The Populists passed one resolution
against q special session Of the legislature
and another leaving The matter wholly
ii Gov ernor Leedy's hands. When re-olu-
lions are 50 cheap. Popuiisrs have no
trouble az al IL surmoUntIas difficulties.
There Is one course for ingalls, in poll
tics. lie must get the delegates II hiS
ward together. then Eet the delegates IL
Atchinson county under his control. and
then 80 70 a state convention He would
be surprised - the way In which the poll
tic.als would sock around him
The PoDulist leaders have agreed With
hte Democrats that they vii 20 home ard
work Up a resubrnissioa sentiment and
that il will he placed n the next Popullst
platform In other words. the Po9ul.sfs
refuse 20 bow 20 the Democrats xisass
snt make simple tra2s. siyizs rezzb.s.iz-
s.oa Il return to- fusion
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
Antipodcan stage ReaII-m.

fE-Gru tEe Ae4HHQFEe AEa41-t
Several unrehearsed ard highly exciting
incidents occurred at the initial prodlc-
ton of The Prairie King % the ~
ceum Theatre. Sydney. The play ia cns
Of the Wild west order. and us t4.l ~ sem
satioualism. which the management have
sought % make more intense hy trs Intro
ductlon az zeal water rcsue ant o
cnliapEIh.e bridge effect. 4 ulischare- be-
gan Just before the last beat ~ tae lra-1
in the overture. waeu a canvas tank wEstt
Sis 80 many functions during tre fer-
forrnarce. burst and the water eFea1ler
into the magazine below The Stage -hs
management had t5 send al Hpa.eg- 20
crave th- Indulgence q ths audience s,'-4l-
reua.rs were being Elected.
The perf9ruaure c-awis1 along sorr~-
what sadly a. - the sEc1ri-E water h4f
washed enc heart olt 70 taa srtors. ur-il
q -,as kro~1 that gre tank rad beck fe-
frIes Zach member % ~ cosI1lry then
played 20 % the great abduction scene in
the second art Tae part p ire heroine
7-as 1lad ~ Nrs Aal1 V.i-.5an-a11 Efer
Gral escape va 90 have resn Iaads acraes
.he unlaczy ta1k ard ~ % tlls posi-.
aIl seemed 90 - Toirz 20 -6mirztfV n
T-G.zn wzr vroaE -a-E f1r1-E1 ere tHr-
.rg across ths r4Ee. ard finally frfea
hreathissF5y -Et1 q rar1e rarre1 o. zee r-e
q the ,arE Then came a rs.lgrfsF Splash
re canoe having csprzet 8i sr.-
s,n f.I sea1 oser heels irto .rr 'are-
The zr1lsrce were aeGrs-st.-e 70 t-e
realism = tas Situation. fsr t1ey CAS- al.
k-9z t-at &ss W-5ia-1so1 rad t~ee
caught I1 tse caroe aEf #-s .r -roFf ir--
-1lrent Xxx e aesrE trgareL S.-1 ~
tbs performers Esat tas r'aT ErE ft
NJ Xxx E@EsF 49, some Ft-r- ast-s
Ez0r.st z-E.11s'r a11 1-r1rres far tr
ire ir1fl-E iadT- Tr-- fn@ c--- 80
rapidly runE deer. ard s. rre-aa sa1
stage h1E1 Flurse. Ir 81 f.tF-s ffa tss
fTassrd herc,rF l1 zeal ea-res- Erarstv
acE l9rE sse ras s4tusrEf1 =z1 rat lss
faiE. srt pe-a plE-1 es- f-a1a iss--at1
80 e-zCS A-S 80 --e2---1-g-z- -tlasxe
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08

have been waiting for wears for some
favorable opportunity to annul il, are
to get still stronger footholds upon the
territories of the Orient, why may they
not upon those of the Americas a little
later on? The possession of Hawaii
under the circumstances becomes of
the greatest moment to this country,
and the result is that President Nc
Kinley is finding a number of oppon-
ents becoming partisans of his Ha-
waiian policy. 1t looks now as though
this congress will not adjourn without
first having made Hawaii American
territory
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08

're shock was considerable. Miss william
son Insisted upon resPPsarinE. and the
audience. Hho hai by This time becoms
acquainted with her mlshap. received hcr
with raptgrous cheering
Then there followed s9sitch ~ the bridge
scene through Mr. King Hediey's alleged
mustang refusing 20 face the risk %
pIuplng down into The tank. The star.
however. se-zed the urtr3sd horse. ana
forced him down with h1re splash into
che tank. The play Vas thgs converted
ty sheer courage and quick k-zltedt-esa
from threatened failure into huge
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08

It is said that Senator Tillman, of South
has lost his voice. When we remember
the peppeTy ana yinega-y quality Of his
speeches We can not but be concerned for
AIr. TIliman's health The yIJuperation
that must remain bottled up il him while
he cannot speak wiu be apt 10 6isorg1-
nIze his whole system. lie ought to be
treated with sedat;Nes. lubricants and
soothing syrups, ana very carefully han
died.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
ITIOOKS DETERRENT.

The appearance Of foreign fleets in
Of European powers TO participate in a
game OF grab and a divide Of Chinese
territory has had a marked effect on
the congress % the United States II
tie Monroe Doctrine, aud whose rulers
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
CROKER AS A MOSES.

| Dick Croker in standing, today, the
| confessed leader of all the living disci-
| pies of Jefferson and jackson, has no
| equal as a political factor, the occu-
pant Of the White House alone except
| ed. The confession is humiliating to
others than the leaders OF the national
party which he heads. With continued
good health he must remain for a term
of years the dictator of the party which
Grover Cleveland so recently and un
mercifully dominated. If Croker is not
weakened by gold he will force the
principal issue of the next national
campaign. He has figured in the seamy
side Of life, was once arrested for muir
der but never tried, ran race horses
against the Prince of Wales, piled up
money from his gambling life, but as a
boss of bosses he stands pre-eminent.
The greatest city on this continent, the
second greatest on the globe, must go
as he designates. The mayor Of Greater
New York is his puppet, Tammany his
weapon. The country at large is ignor-
ant of his purpose, but none doubts
his having one, and a well settled one.
Tammany has become through his pru-
dence more than a local municipal po-
Htical organization. To deny its nation
al scope would be foolish. A large ele-
ment of the Democratic party admires
the methods of a man like Croker and
what his dictations will be interest
others than his own party. As a
Moses he will drive rather than lead.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
Three Iu.tiaabIe January Jokes

tfrom t8e tnicaSo heCfsp.b
(a) The Joke about swearing Of
Cb} The joke about the new Jizrg-.
tcl The joke about continuing 10 write
il 49,.
These jokes are a part of -he cressI q
civilization. and the person who sets him
self % against the-n might tust as vel
object 70 ;he theory Of the g!oaI,ar con
struction OF The world
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08

was. but 6: is one Of the 'collaption' hind
and viii permit OF rsadIus-meut fl
priced wheat means good times foT tae
Kansas farmer. over the b-oal acres of
Kansas and sweetly sleeping oG the h1-
som Of her soil is the wheat root and
germ. that promises the wealth lha. ia
20 uea ke the year 1885 prosperous. AL Rail
20 1895. We are digressir-. our subje--
is boys clothinE-suits. ove-c38ts. stc-.
This advertisement las the Right ring %
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08
Feminine Logic

Mrs. Wickwire-"Did YOU read abou,
;hat man who found s5ac0 while digging
worms 10 40 nshinsc"
Mr.. WickwIre-Yes, dear"
We'll. was JUS, thinking what maybe
YOU have missed by always fishing with
flies. Indianapolis journal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08

Whatever happens said the youthful
enthusiast. there is no doubt about you-
loving your country
'Or course, replied Senator Sorghum,
I love IL But I cant be quite sure about
the possess!ve pronoun until the atmos-
phere clears after election Washington
Star.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-08

The new time clock 10 be set up in the
rooms Of the various departments at
Washington to register the arrival and de
parture of the lS.ot0 clerks will cost $Io0
apiece; but II time be money they ought
to pay Tor themselves within year and
leave snug dividend besides.