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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
n, Mfssrd m Chance

She-IIave you ever formed any Idea
OF what nm angel really looks Ake?
He (nftcr some deliberation)-No,
don't believe l have.
He found lettering on her rich papa's
porch unpleasant after that|-Cleve-
land Lender.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
A GeIfish Invention.

Crawford f. the home of the
automobile. What | want TO kl "N ia
why f'
rlaCr t4.r Hoty.
Crabshaw-So they can eat him
n. 4. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Very InnunhifnI

she-And did you think Of me while
n camp, dear2
He-Oh, yes; thought Of you every
lime | fell out of my yhammock.-Yoh-
ters Statesman,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Given N Ship TO Command. /.

Lieut.. Claude +. Fitch, who entered
the navy ns an ensign and was soon
after made second lieutenant, has
been promoted to the position OF nnvi-
gator on the Sterling. n supply ship
that has been In waiting TO go with
Commodore Watson'a European excur-
hon.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
.o,,,pce Ended.

Papa (to daughter, who has just re
turned from the parlor)-Why, Ethel,
has that new flame OF yours lefty
Ethel with perceptible hardness
in her yoice)-Yes, papa. He's-hes
gone outl-Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06

once moro VIC hear the music of
The fleet mogqulto'a wingH.
And only a solar pleNun blow
Makes him saddcat when ho BlngB.
-ChIrnrn InllV NAMa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06

Dorothy (who is accustomed to have
1er eggs prepared before they come to
ihe table c)-Mamma, can't | have my
Eggs cooked with the covers on some
line, same's you do?-JudRc.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
An Unpopular scheme.

"Mapletou wants war poetry taxed"
"Just like him; always trying TO XIII
,fY all the fun Ia everything."-Detroit
rec PresA
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
EupInined Il.

Jack-You didn't seem offended
ghen she laughed in your face.
Mack--No. / had just told her Joke.
I'm to Date
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Medicinal Propertier of Iticc.
bright Prospects.

Powdered rice Is said to be Of great
efficacy in checking bleeding from cuts
and bruises.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
so COLD AND so CRUELi
,-eA !
~.-l.L...-T

Chimmy-Ah, wot heart NV iron dat
Joll's got! Dis makes seven fellcrs I've
licked right in front NV her, but still
Ihe spurns me lovc!-N. Y. Evening
fpnrpnl
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06

Although Miss Antique lost her rocks.
hear the losing pleased her.
For when she ventured into stocks,
Tho naughty market squeezed" her.
Il. A. w. PnllnIln.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Costly Danish bridge.

A 100000 bridge is to be built by
! the Danish government TO connect Jut-
land with the island Ct Funen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Matches Made by One Firm.


One firm in Austria uses ten tons OF
phosphorus year and turns out 25,-
DOC, 900 matches.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
No Criipe

When You take Hoods Pills. The big, old-fash-
Toned. sugar-coateG pills, which tear you al ts
pieces arc not in il with Hoods. Easy to take
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06

I'm "a man OF tho highest q pcdigrccl
'Woll. that's all right" tho leader replied.
"Weu hang YOU on your family tree"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Pearson B. NaCe's
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House, Butler, Penn'a.

The hest Of horses and first class rigs al
ways on hand and for hire
Best accommodations In town for pcrfna-
ncnt boarding and transient trade. Spcci-
nj care guaranteed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
S,xccfIr Rnd.

Groom---A ring round the moon is a
sign OF rain.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06
Stable Room For 65 Horses.

A good class Of horses, both drivers and
draft horses always on hand ana for sale
under n fun guarantee; and horses bought
upOm prOpcr nOlIllcatlOn by
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-10-06

Groom (sadly) - Reign. - Boston
Traveller.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

HAIRY VETCH.-This plant IS an
annual, and is similar in growth TO a
slender peavine, the vines often reach-
ing ten to twelve feet in length ana
completely covering the ground with
a dense mat Of forage two or thrce
feet deep. The seed should he sown
In August or September, at a rate OF
one bushel per acre, and with the first
rains In autumn the seed will germl-
nate, and In favorable seasons the
plants will cover the ground by jan
uary and then furnish good grazing
until the first OF May. II the stock
are taken of the field by the first OF
April the plants will nature seed and
rc.sced the land perfectly for the next
season. We have several fields on the
Station farm that were seeded u
vetch Ave years ago, and from these
| fields we have gathered good crops Of
seed annually, and whilewc have sown
no seed on tue land since the first
seeding there has been enough seed
wasted or shattered during each har
vest year TO perfectly seed the land
The stand is now perfect t.--Starkyill,
!, Times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

TABLET TO MISS WINNIE DAVIS.
The following special telegram was
sent from Richmond, Va, few days
days ago:
The vestry Of St. Paul's church met
Tonight and decided to allow a memo
rial tablet to Miss Winnie Davis to be
placed on the wall of the church under
the double memorial window erected
ito President Jefferson Davis. This
action was taken in reply to a letter
received from Mrs. DR.. George Ross,
In which the latter asked permission
he given either to erect memorial
window to Miss Winnie, half of 1t to
be reserved for Mrs. Davis, or TO allow
bronze tablet to be placed In the
church to the memory OF the Daughter
of the Confederacy. The vestry decid-
ed that action in regard to the memory
10 Mrs, Davis could be taken at some
future time. Mrs. Ross was at the
head Of The movement which resulted
ia the erection OF the handsome dOu
bic memorial window to Jefferson
Davis.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14


The following is taken from the
Vicksburg Dispatch:
"My friend, have you heard OF the
town of Rest, on the banks OF the
river Slow, where blooms the Walta'
while flower fair, where the Some
timeorother scents the air and the
soft goeasys grow?
"It lies In the valley Of whatsthe-
use, in the province Of Lct-things-
slide; that tired feeling is native
there; IL is the home of the reckless
Idontcare where the Giveitup abide.
1.-THE town is as old as the human
race, and II grows with the fight Of
years. 1t is warped In the mist Of
idler's dreams, Its streets are paved
with discarded schemes and sprinklet
with useless tears"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

Capt James X. Vardaman, writing
from Santiago, Cuba, says:
The Almighty, when He made Cuba,
did a pretty COED job; but he turned
it over to a class Of people that would
cause hell to deteriorate. | think OF
all the weak, weary and altogether
worthless people l ever had the MIS-
fortune to come in contact with, tue
Cuban in and around Santiago IS
the most trining. The American ne
gro is a gentleman and a scholar COM
pared to him. Indeed, am diSposea
to apologize to the niger for making
the comparison. The only thing tha'
| have heard of that is as worthless
and contemplate as the Santiago ou'
ban is the dogs of Constant'nople'
which Mark Twain speaks OF IN Ills
Innocents Abroad, as 'poor, worInl,
bilious, big spleen devils" l woula
not give one good pointer for all nave
seen. But they say the native in tn's
part of the island is not fair Sample
Hon. Walter Barker, who is mere o''
Gen. Woods staff, while talking 10
me about 1t a few days ago, said tnay
Santiago is the rear end OF oupA
and | think he must be entlreiy oo'
rect. At any rate II is to be hoped So
II the species does not improve as v.
10 north and west the best thing liiao
could be done for the ''Queen OF .u0 ~
Antilles" would be to cover ~ WIN
mcrcurial ointment, rake 1t over "'o"
comb and begin anew. For '"e''
human yermin are certainly curse
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

Envy is one OF the foulcst OF all 'no
brood which ilnds Origin and shelter ~
the uurcgeherated heart OF man OF w w
mon. It is defined to be "selils'' w
will toward another because OF DIS Sa
perior success, endowments, or pose.
sion: jll-natured grudging in vie" u
what another has or enjoys"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

"About the meancst man ever
knew, said the steady liar, was a fcl-
low over In Indiana. His little boy
got his ley cut on by asaw mill and
the old villain had a wooden lev made
for the Kid otgrcen willow, In the hope
that II might grow as he aid, and save
him the expense Of getting q new one
lOfteu.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14
THE TOWN OF REST.

NbCG IN
ugust 20, 1893.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14
lMhe1rmorrat-S Star
ROMANCE OF AN EGG


Just a plain, ordinary egg-not like.
ly, is it, to be the keystone of pret.
ty little romance? But read:
Out in Montana, Kan, lived Miss
MaggeBallantine. Her father isa apro.
Ger and dealer in country produce 7,
busy times Maggie helped at the s,oro
and so it happened, in 1893, veal
before Easter, as she was packin,
eggs for shipment to Kansas CITY. tho
idea OF writing her name and address
on one OF the shells entered her mis-.
chievous mind.
She waited vainly for many months
Then the months became years. Thero
was no reponse, and she had conclua.
ed that "men were silly things apy.
way" when. But we will rollov
the egg on its journey.
Safely packed by Miss Ballantne's
fair hands, among several hundred
others, it reached Kansas City intact
The shipment had been consigned to
Ernest Brown, 93l Independence ave.
nue., and duly reached the busy mer.
chant
Fate ordained that Brown should
. do the unpacklng of the eggs shipped
from Montana. The rush of the East.
! er trade gave him little time for sen.
itiment, when he came across ne epy
Z inscribed maggie Ballantint Mon.
) tana, Kan" iF
. "Now, there's fool grl n.tll not
! much to do" muttered Brown. Guess
. she thinks some chap will swallow
her bait" But he concluded to put
the egg aside. Safely slowed upon a
shelf behind some canned goods the
egg was quickly forgotten. Next
II morning while dusting, Brown ran
across the egg.
"Therc's that blamed egg" said
Brown. "Seems l can't lose it, 50 |
guess I'll keep it,"
"I'll write to that girl sometime,
Wo just for fun," thought the young lel.
rs low. Meanwhile he tied bit of col.
ored string to it and suspended it over
his desk Then he speedily forgot his
,,pp1 intention to write.
Two years passed. The egg, repent.
ant at not fulfilling it's mission fell
r, on Browns desk one day, right on the
accounts he was making up.
"Iguess that girls married by now,
said Brown, but I'm going to settle
this thing right now"
Then and there, on one of his bill
heads, he pcnciled note to Miss Bal
lantine. A few days brought re
sponse. Maggie was still unmarried
and a hourishing correspondent
sprang up. Then came an exchang
OF pictures. r
All this was mutually peasan,
Maggie set on foot private invest
cation of personal character amen
Mr.. Brown, then finally went on
visit to Kansas City. Looking up II
grocery she went in as Il purchase
and ''sized up" the unsuspectir
Brown.
So pleased was she with the r
suit of her visit that she wrote al
invited Mr.. Brown to visit M0ntan
lie accepted the invitation with ala
"a rity and went out the next Sunda
fss. After that he could not keep ava
IN For eighteen months Brown left IA
f''' sas City every Sunday to spend t
n day with pretty Maggie.
" But Sunday, June 10th last,
made lis final visit. He brought Mi
gle back with him as Mrs Ern
Brown.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

The Holly Springs South says "a. a..
IS pound shell was dug up pfN W.. ~.
oftice by the hands laying the wa.e. !.
pipes this week. The percuss'v,s p',,s,s
plug was cut and 50 musket pu,,ss, INV,
were taken out Of the cavity 'vs'..
with decon,posed powder ~ aso Is !
relic Of General Grants visit 10 io0S~
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

Prof. Agar beet, distinguishes
theologiati Of the English "es..,' =
Methodist church, recently w'o.S .s.s
book ia which II was assor'eu 'u.,.ssd s
tbs soul Of the wicked are ano'o,'sI, !. s,m
a. death, His church has made J. Nv -
proplss not 10 tAach o. preacn - Z,
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

Mama to her little pirl-You
needn't be afraid OF that barking dog,
Ellie. See he IL wsRging bis taih
EilIe--Yes, but It's the other end am
afraid Of.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-10-14

A French inventor claims to have
discovered a process for converting the
wool on q sleeps skin into . velvet
substance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11
GREAT QUESTIONS
Being Opened Up to Us Through This
Present War.

Rutland, VT, July 1O.-At a great
thanksgiving meeting here, today,
Senator Proctor made speech in
which he said: 'Dewey's guns in
Manila opened up great questions be-
fore our nation. Territorial aggrand-
izement was not in our thoughts, but
in the events of that Sunday dis
closed great responsibilities upon us
which we cannot shirk. But l cannot
doubt that the issue will be met as
becomes people free and enlightened
and wishing all people to share like
blessings.
THE destinies of more than 10000
900 people will be in our hands. They
are strangers to us in blood and race,
strangers to our laws and customs
and in a large measure to our civiliZa-
tion. 1t is not best for us or for them
that they should be made a part of
our political body.
Hereafter our flag will float on
every sea and it's stars flash in the
morning sun of every cline and all of
our people, north and south, east and
west, born and adopted will be proud
to avow their citizenship"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11
CUBAkS NOT IN IT.
Will Have No Voice in Governing Santiago
When 1t Is Captured.

WashingtOn.s July l0.-The statement
telcgraphed the press from the army in
the field, to the effect that the Gu
bans under Garcia have undertaken to
designate a governor for Santiago after
it falls. has attracted good deal of
attention here.
The dispatch went on to state thai
the man chosen for the place was Col!
Demetrio Castillo Of Garcia's army.
and that Cen. Shafter. upon being no
titled of the choice, had referred the
matter to, Washington.
No such reference has been mada.
and the officials here do not expect for
an instant that Gen. Shafter will make
it. If Santiago fails under his attack,
Goa. Shaftcr ana no one else, VIII as
sumo command of Santiago, and retain
that command as long as he stays in
that vicinity and until he has been re-
lieved by orders from Washington.
It is not contemplated here to turn
over captured communities to the Gu
bans without very careful considera-
tion Of the consequences involved. not
cnly from the point of moral obligation
upon the United States as d civilized
nation. but also from that of soupd
political considerations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11
ON LAND AND SEA.
Bits OF News from Our Gallant Soldiers and
Sailors.

Captain Clark and his company of
signal corps men from Boston have
been ordered at once to Santiago and
Tampa.
Telegraphic orders to tow the
United States steamship Minnesota to
the Chariestown navy yard and repair
her there We're received, Saturday.
The sum of $4,000 will be expended in
repairs.
Capt John r. Bartlett has been or
dered by Secretary Long to take com
nand of the auxiliary fleet of the
United States. Capt. Bartlett relieves
Admiral Erben. at present located at
New York city.
The President has directed the promo
tion of brig. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young and
Brig. Gen. J. r. Kent to the yradc of M.
ior general of volunteers and Col II.
Carroll to the Grade of Drgader general
These officers all took conspicuous part
in the heavy fighting around Santiago on
July l ana 2.
1t is probable that the 1st New York
Regiment of Volunteers will be sent
to Honolulu for permanent station
there in accordance with the plan of
the administration to maintain per-
manent military force in the Sand
wich islands, The 1st New York is
in command of Col. Barber.
One hundred and sixty men. slightly
wounded arrived on the Iroquois at Port
Tampa at 80 =. NJ. Saturday Inc Iro-
duois left Cuba. July 3. with 800 wounded
aboard. and 100 were left at Key West,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11
NOTHING BUT CHARNEL HOUSES.
The Wrecks Of Cervera's Ships Present a
Sad Appearance.

Copyright, 1898, The Associated Press.)
Off Santiago de Cuba, July I. via Port
Antonio, jam, July s, by way of Kings
ton, Jam, July 9.-The vessels which
compose Admiral Cervcras squadron
converted into charnel houses, are litter
ing the Cuban coast, and the scenes of
desolation, ruin, horror and death in its
CHASTITY. revolving aspect presented by
these one-time formidable steel carcasses
battles description.
At the entrance of the harbor of Santi-
ago de Cuba lies the Reina Mercedes.
sunk at midnight on July 8. Westward,
five miles from the harbor, is a torpedo
boat destroyer. stuck fast on the rocks,
close inshore and battered by the surf
Rocks jutting out of the water just in
front of where she lies hide her hull from
view. Her davts and the top of her con-
ming tower alone mark her resting place.
Visible from the sea. a few miles far
ther, in an inlet embraced by two mighty
arms of black rock that extend half Il
mile into the sea, are the remains of the
twin cruisers, Infanta Maria Teresa and
Almirante Oquendo, formerly the pride Of
the Spanish navy. Farther up lies the
Vizcaya, and AZ mics away from Santi-
ago the Cristobal Colon lies helpless on
her side, with her smokestacks under
water.
The Infanta Maria Teresa and the AL
mirante Oquendo stand upright, stuck
fast on the rock shoals. Inside of them
the work of destruction is complete
Their boilers, engines. bunkers ana maSa-
znse have been blown into unrecogniz-
able masses of twisted melted iron. Ex-
plo led shells. burned rifles ana revolvers.
pieces of yellow brass work and gold and
silver coins, melted by the intense heat.
are strewn all over the remains Of the
once proud armored cruisers.
Iiut the most ghastly. horrible sights in
these silent steel coffius are the mangled.
scared and charrcd bodies Of hundreds of
brave sailors, sacrificed for their country.
Attention has been given 10 the burial
of the dcal of the enemy. and more than
100 bodies, taken from the ships or washed
ashore, have been inferred upon the
beach by Admiral SIMPSONS orders.
Those which now remain are either al
most totally consumed by fire. charred
beyond belief. or lie in the depths of the
seas The buried remains lie in a con-
fused mass, unnumbercd and unnamed,
in a huge pit dug in the sandy beach
where the vessels went ashore. A rude
wooden cross from the wrcckage alone
marks the gravc--a grave over which
Spain may wcll mourn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11

ignations, are honorably discharged:
Maj. Charles j. Hunter I'd Infantry Wis
consin Volunteers; Mai. Arthur l.. >Os-
burn, surgeon 9Th Ohio Volunteer Infan-
try; Capt. James b. Nevin. I'd Georgia
Infantry Volunteers, on account of sick
ness; ISL Lieut.. A. L. Rule, SD Infantry,
iowa volunteers, on account of sickness;
1st Lieut. Elmer A. Beatty. I'd Infantry
Illinois Volunteers; LIST Lieut.. e. II. Alb
ington, assistant surgeon, I'd Arkansas
Volunteer Infantry; 1st Lieut.. Horace f.
Mann, assistant surgeon, I'd Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, on account of age
and disability; I'd Lieut.. Albert f.
Barnes, Nth Infantry. Minnesota Volun-
teers. on account Of sickness.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11
THE ACCOM- MODATlONS.
The Spanish Prisoners Will Be Well Used
While in Captivity.

kittery Navy Yard, Me. July To-
(SpeciaD .-Seavey's Island, where
the prisoners are to be con-
fined, is in itself minia
ture village on account of the navy
yard buildings. The island contains
about leo acres and of this 60 acres on
the northerly end are used as the
navy yard. In this place are all the
government buildings and the dry
docks and wharves. a little south Of
the government buildings are the
quarters of the men and the resi-
dences of the officers of the navy
yard.
While the principal part of the pro-
ductive business portion of the town
of kittery is on this island. yet there
are no residences, beyond those used
by the officers and men on duty. The
business section of the town is, per
haps, 2oo0 feet from the navy yard
Connecting the island with the busi-
ness section of the town is short
bridge of 100 feet in length.
There is sharp invisible line divid-
ing the northern from the southern
part of the island and it is south of
this line that the prisoners are to be
located. Half way from the main
office of the custom house to the place
where the barracks are to- be located
is a small pond fed by springs. This
constitutes the water supply of the
land. A short distance from this pond
is what was once known as Fort
Sullivan but what is now known as
the reservoir.
This fort was during the early part
of the century, used as garrison and
later in the War of 1872 as a fort.
Since that time it has been fitted UP
as a reservoir. From the pond. before
mentioned. the water is to be pumped
to the reservoir by means of a wind
mill and a small steam pump.
This reservoir is located on the
highest part of the island and is.
perhaps, 1000 feet from the extreme
southeast corner of the island where
the barracks are being erected, and
25 feet above the tops of the barracks
Already the barracks are connected
with the reservoir by inch pipes. in
suring an abundant supply of water
No attempt had been made, Saturday
to fill the reservoir, although the ar
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-07-11
THE CRUISER KASAGl
Arrives of Portsmouth for Her Official Speed
Test: Today.

Portsmouth. n. H., July 10.--The Japan
ese cruiser Kasagi dropped anchor off
Portsmouth. at 6 o'clock this evening.
The big cruiser came around from Phila-
delphia without stopping merely circllng
around between Delaware Breakwater
and Cape May to adjust cOmpasses.
The Kasagi left the breakwater. at
about 1879 Saturday morning. and made
an average of is knots until midnight,
Saturday night. when she ran into a
dense fog which compelled her to SLOW
down.
The japanese minister did not come
aboard. but Secretary of Legation f.. Il.
l.. Eumanassi, Naval Attachc X. Martha,
Chief Engineer kurharsi, Navil Conduct
ing Engineer I. Takakura and Naval
Constructor r. Ito were on the trip. The
big cruiser behaved splendidly and there
was not hitch in the machinery, all OF
the japanese being much pleased.
The cruiser went over the course. today,
to see that the buoys are in proper place
for her trial. tuesday Her engines and
machinery will De cleaned. tomorrow.