Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-07-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

If had but thousand year,
Not tinker's vociferous cuss would |
care
For the tax they have saddled on beer
The Oil market has dropped 70
% cents, bat the mercury Good
Lord. the mercury-it goes up
That was a very sad accident at
Waters station Tuesday Children
should be kept clear Of moving machin-
ey.
George Schenck secured the con
tract for filing the approaches 70 the
Kittanning bridge At II cents cubic
yard
The Green HOuse has changed |
hands; Mr. waldemeyer sold ont to
SIR Wilson. who also purchased the |
real estate from Mr.. Taylor.
A Quaker once hearing a person tell /
how much he felt for one who needed
assistance, dryly observed: Friend,
hast thou felt IN thy pocket for him?"
The down pour of rain, Tuesday |
afternoon. caused dam-dam Of mud |
on v. Mexican ST. and some people
brought out their sw caring machine
Cola. the gardener. got to Butler,
Tuesday morning with several dozen Of
green corn, thus beating the first ship |
ment from Pittsburg by about three
hours
DIR. Byron Clark licensed Specialist
will wait on his numerous patients OF
any others-at Lowry House Butler, on
Wednesday, July 27th. Come early
and avoid the throng.
The feeling Of the raw soldier was
fairly expressed by a Massachusetts re-
cruit who on being asked how he felt
the first time he met the enemy, said he
felt like taking day OF.
H K Dumbaughs house near Con
noquenessing boro. was totally destroy
ed by FIRE, with all frs contents a few
days ago. Tire lose aggregates oyer
$500, with but $50. insurance.
In Ohio, few days ago, q man was
ridden on rail By some Of his neighbors
for paying attentions to a woman not
his wife. The Bradford Star thinks if
such treatment were to be extended
without partiality In similar cases in
Pennsylvania il wonld be hard on our
rail fences.
During the double bonbardment Of
our town. Tuesday afternoon, the light
ming seemed 10 strike near the Court
House several times but no property
in the vicinity was hit The dense fogs
that form on The ocean rise into space
and float over the Land apd are called
clouds: but nobody knows how or why
they become charged with electricity.
There are 81, 00J persons ~ the en-
ploy Of the Pennsylvania railroad
Heretofore they have been paid month
" by checks The pay this month is
made in cash, not because the company !
is unwilling 10 pay the two cents re-
qnired for the stamp on each check, but
because the government can't supply
the stamps. Tho next pay will likely
be made BY check.
1t II pretty well settled that at least
two i0cent stamps are required on mar
riagc license certificates, and some Off
ciaIa incline 10 the belief that three are
necessary--One On the certificate to be
returned to the Clerk BY the minis
ter, che on that furnished the couple
married and third attached 10 that
part Of the license which is the minis
ter's certificate that the persons named
therein have been licensed to marry.
The truth as 70 the bicycle and the
health Of those who ride 10 is that 1t is
good if properly used. In the vast ma
jority Of cases il will prove substantial
aid in the development Of strength and
vitality There are thousands and tens
Of thousands Of men aud women who
are healthier and happier, more useful
in their families and in society than they
would have been If the bicycle had not
been invented. They have used and not
abused It. On the other hand, there arc
men and women and boys and girls
whose health has been seriously and,
in soIne instances. perhaps, irreparably
injured by excessive or injudicious
cycling Like all Other good things,
the wheel may be perverted from u
blessing 10 a curse.
1T would be difficult nowadays 10
find a man possessed Of the qualifica-
tions enumerated in the following adj
vertisement, which appeared in an
early number Of an English provincial
journal still In existence: Wanted.
for a sober family, man Of light
weight, who fears the Lord and can
drive pair Of horses. He must 90
casionally wait at able. join the house
hold prayer, look after the horses and |
read chapter in the Bible He must,
God willing arise at in the morning |
and obey his master and mistress in all |
lawful commnnds, If he can dress hair,
sing psalms and play Mt cribbage, the |
more agreeable Wages 10 guineas n |
year.
Expert skill, says druggist, is
always source Of wonder 10 the laity
The man who comes in here once n
week TO collect the accounts Of the slot
machines which we carry for his firm is
wonderfully quick in detecting bad
coins. When he emptiea the drawer
into which the pennies fall, he spreads
them ont on the counter and begins TO
put them into his bag BY the mere
sense Of touch ne detects in an instant
q counterfeit penny, tossing aside the
defective coin as A rapidly runs over
the hundreds that he Is counting /
have often locked at these rejected pen
mics and it is only on my closest
scrutiny that | am able TO notice
any defects in weight or appearance
from good one. but his detection IL
instantaneous and sure every time.
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