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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

People do not often make the mis-
take OF giving too much. A certain
woman who not long ago entered
Glasgow church was an exception to
the rulc-at least she thought 30. She
passed the collection box Mt the door
and dropped In slxpence. Then she
took her seat In the church and waited
until the preacher appeared.
TO her disappointment the ofiiciat-
Ing minister was not tho DIR. ii. whom
she had como TO hear. On Inquiry she
found that she had entered the wrong
church. II was not yet too late TO hear
tho preacher Of her choice, but the six.
pence was another matter. To leave
II In the box would DO clear loss. The
woman was equal TO the occasion.
Slowly descending tho gallery stairs.
she requested her sixpence back and
received II from the officiating elder
Youths Companion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
stocking supcr.titIons.

On the Welsh border 1t used to be
considered that the surest precautlon
against witchcraft was to wear the
left stocking wrong side out. This
leads us TO another kind OF superstition
connected with the harmless. necessary
hose-thelr value, when properly worn
or arranged, as charms or as protec-
tlons against sickness or pain. III you
will only take the trouble when you so
to bed 10 cross your stockings aud
shoes. you viii be quite safe from the
grip OF cramp. Again. II you hang
your stockings crosswlse at the foot OF
the bed. with u pin stuck In them. you
need have no fear of nightmare; the
bag has holy horror OF cross and pin.
Wiseacres have also been heard TO de-
clare that II you will always put your
left stocking and shoe on first you Will
enjoy Immunity from toothache. This,
however. the most superstitious OF NOR
tails Will likely take leave TO doubt
Toothachc. that "hell OF a Diseases"
as Burns calls IT, Is no respecter OF per-
sons nor assurcdly OF stockings or legs.
Notes aud Queries.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10


Then at last n new time-the time Of
waking, short, sharp and not pleasant,
as wakings often are.
Sleep and dreams exist on this con
dition-that no one wake the dreamer.
And now life takes us up between
her finger and thumb, shakes us furl-
ously till our poor nodding head Is well
nigh rolled from our shoulders. and she
sets us down a little hardly on the bare
earth, bruised and sore. but prefer
naturally wide awake.
We have said In our days Of dream
lag: Injustice and wrong are n seem
ing Pain IN a shadow. Our God, he Is
real lie who made all things. and he
only is love"
Now life takes us by the neck and
shows rs n few other thngs-newma
graves with the red sand dying about
them. eyes that we love with the
worms eating them, evil men WALKING.
sleek aud fat. the whole terrible burly
burly Of the thing called llfe-and she
says. What do you think Of thesep
We dare not cay Nothing" We feel
them They are very real But we
try TO lay our hands about and feel
that other thing we felt before. In tine
dark night In the fuel room we cry TO
our beautiful dream god: "Ob. let us
come near you and lay our head
against your feet. Now In our hour Of
need be near u.s." But he is not there.
lie Is gone away. The old questioning
devil h there.
We must have been awakened sooner
or later The Imagination cannot al
ways triumph over reality, the desire
over truth. We must have been awak-
ened. If # was done little sharply,
what matterf II was done thorough
ly, and IL had TO be done.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
HAD A TENDER HEART.
An Incident of Lord Lnwrence's Sci
Voyage to India.

An Incident of Lord Lnwrence's Sea
Voyage to India.
Lord Lawrence. viceroy Of India,
was blunt man of action. impatient
of contradiction and thoroughly self
reliant. Yet, like many of the truly
great. he had heart as tender as a
woman's. The night ON which he
started from London TO govern India
he gathered all his family In the draw
ing room and made each child repeat a
favorite hymn to him. His youngest
Tiers arms. Suddenly the strong man
burst into tears.
81 shall never" he cried. "see BERTHE
a child again.
1t was not of the hardships before
him or of his own death he thought.
but of the fact that BERTHE would not
be a child to him on his return.
On board the steamer with the gov
ernor general of India was lady with
her infant child. She neglected the
baby. which revenged itself by crying
day and night. The passengers com.
planned In language more forcible than
polite.
Steward. throw that baby over
boardr' was petulantly shouted from
sleepless berths.
At last Lord Lawrence. seeing that
the child was left motherless by its
own mother. took II on his knee. For
hours he would hold II. showing II his
watch and anything that would amuse
It, The child took TO the great. strong
man and was always quiet when he
held Ii.
"Why do you, my iofd." asked one
Of the relieved passengers. surprised
to see the governor general OF india
playing nurse to crying baby, why
do you take such notice OF that child?"
Because. TO tell you the truth" an
swered Lord Lawrence. with n merry
twinkle In his eye. that child Is the
only being In the ship who can feel
quite sure does not want to get any
thing out OF e."-Pastimes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
FRO DE coNTIEUED.1
That Seems TO he the Proper Caper
on English Railways.


mo American can ever travel on the
railways OF England in comfort" said
the New Yorker, who had crossed the
Atlantic n score OF times. "In the first
place you've got to play hog II you
get n compartment by yourself, and In
the next it's an even question whether
you get your baggage at the end OF
your journey. Everything is piled
upon the platform, and every passen-
ger must pick out his own. If you are
two minutes late, there Is nothing to
prevent somebody claiming your bag
gage. | never arrived at n terminus
without witnessing big row between
passengers. and | never talked with a
fellow passenger who had not lost
trunk or satchel ut some time or other.
In three months OF travelling about /
saw my trunk claimed by others at
least 20 times for assaulting the
portcrs This assault consisted solely
In abusing tho railroad companies
about the baggage system. | finally
got so mad about the thing that spent
two days In securing an interview with
a railway magnate mt his office In Lon
don. stralghtway asked him IL he
had never heard Of baggage check.
81 have, SIR he replied.
"Don't you think 1t good sys-
tenn
II do, SIR
"Then why don't you adopt itr
"'Bccausc It's II Yankee Idea, sirg
81 told him Il was also Yankee idea
TO eat oysters and asked him why he
followed suit, and he was as serious an
a judge as he replied:
"'Oh, but that's different, you know.
You Yankees swallow your oysters
whole, while wc always halye and
sometimes quarter themr "-Exchange.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
RAILROAD TIME TABLES

d UFFALO, ROCHESTER &
IL PITT5BURG RY. The
new trunk line between Pit1sburg
Butler, Bradford, Rochester and
Buffalo.
On and after Jan I, 1900. passenger
trains will leave Butler, p & w Sta
ton as follows, Eastern Standard Time
1912 am. Vestibuled Limited, daily
for Dayton, Punxsutawney, Du-
Bois. Ridgway, Bradford, Buffalo
and Rochester
j.22 pm. Accommodation, week days
only. Craigsyille, Dayton. Punxsu-
tawney, DuBios, Falls Creek.
Curwensville. Clearfield and inter
mediate stations
Gas am Week days only; mixed train
for Craigsville, Dayton, Punxsu-
tawney and intermediate points
This train leaves Punxsutawney al
100 IN. arriving at Butler at 5:4i
pm stopping at all intermediate
stations
Thousand mile tickets good for pas
sage between all stations on the y. X.
& PR'y and n. Y. G. r. X. lPenn'a
division) at cents per mile.
For tickets, time tables and further
information call OH or address,
w. r. TURNER, Agt.
Butler, Pa, or
EDWARD G. LAPEY.
Genl Pass. Agent,
Rochester, n Y
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
A HIInI Nan,n Calculation.

when Gauss became blind, his only
amusement consisted In making calcu-
latons Of curious and somewhat pc
cullnr nature. These sometimes lasted
for days. When more than 80 years
old. Gauss computed the amount to
which 81 would grow II compounded
annually at per cent interest from
the time OF Adam 10 the present, as
Stunning this TO be G.000 years. This. IL
IN gold. would make n cubic mass no
large that II would take n ray OF light
travelling almost 1000 miles N second
more than 1000. 100000 years TO Jour
ncy alongside OF II. This mental COM
putntion is so startling az TO be almost
beyond belief, yet the conclusions OF
this eminent mathematician are cor
rect.-St. Louis Globe-Democrnt.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

While travelling In coal mine dis
trlet. says Dr. Cuyler. ! noticed how
very dingy the town appeared. The
coal dust seemed to blackcn buildings
trees. shrubs. everything, but ns n
foreman aud | were walking ncnr tho
mines | noticed beautiful white flow
or. Its petals were MS pure as II II
were blooming In n daisy Held.
"Whnt care tho owner OF this plant
must take OF IT," said I. ITO keep II no
free from dust aud dirtw
"Scc here" said the foreman, nnd
taking NJ handful or coal dust throw
II over the flower. II Immediately fell
or aud left the flower ns stainlens mn
before.
at hnA nm enamel" the foreman cx-
planned (which prevents any dust
from cllnging 60 it. ! think II must
have been created for Just such n
place"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10


And n new life begins for us, n new
time, n life as cold as that Of II man
who sits on the pinnacle Of nm iceberg
and sees the glttcring crystals all
about him. The old looks indeed like
n long, hot dclirlum, peoplcd with
| phantagics. The new is cold enough.
Now we have no God. We have had
two-thc old God that our fathers
handed down 10 us, that we hated and
never liked: the new one that we
made for ourselves. that we loved. But
now he has fitted away from us, and
we see what lac was made of-the
| shadow or our highest ideal crowned
and throncd Now we have no God.
"Thc fool hath said In his heart,
There IL no Cod" 1t may be 30. Most
| things said or written have been the
work OF fools.
This thing ~ ccrtaIn-he is n fool
who says. NO man hath said In his
heart, There II no God"
II has been said many thousand
times I'm hearts with profound bitter
ness Of earnest faith.
We do not cry aud weep. We slt
| down with cold eyes and look nj the
world. We ARE not miserable. Why
should we be? We eat nnd drink and
sleep all night. but the dead arc not
colder.
And we sny II slowly, but without
| gIghing. "Yes; we see II now. There
| rs no God"
And, we add, growing little colder
yet: There ia no justice. The OK dies
I'm the yoke beneath It's masters whip.
II turns It's anguish filled eyes on the
sunlight, but there is no sign Of recon.
pcnBc 10 be made H. The black man II
shot Ike dog aud It goes well with
the shooter The innocent arc accused,
and the nccuaer trlumphs. If you will
take the trouble 10 scratch the surface
anywhere, you viii gee under the skin
n acnticnt being writhing in impotent
anguish"
And. we say further, and our heart
II ag the heart Of the dead for coldncgH:
"fhcrc ls no order. All things are
driven about by blind chance"
what II soul drinks In with it's moth
cr'a milk win not leave IL In II day.
From our earliest hour we have been
taught thnt the thought Of the heart,
the shaping Of the raincloud. the
amount OF wool that grows on n
ahccp's back, the length Of draft
and the growing Of the corn depend
on nothing that moves lmmutnblc, Mt
the heart Of all things, but on the
chnugcablc viii 0r n chnngenblc being
whom our prayers can alter To uh.
from the beginning. nature has been
but u poor plastic thing, 10 be toycd
with this way or that, ms man happens
10 please his deity or not. 10 go 10
church or not. 10 say his prnycra right
or not. to travel on Sunday Or not
Was Il possible for us In m instant TO
see nature ns she is~thc flowing ycat-
mcut Of an unchanging realltyi Whom
soul breaks free from the arms Of n
gupcrslitlon. bits Of the claws aud
talons break themselves off In him. II
n not the work Of n day 10 squeeze
them out
And 80, for us. the humanllke driver
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

The apple enters moro largely into
folklore and legend than almost any
other fruit. In England there was OK
old peculiar dance In honor OF tho
sung and bowls OF cider empticd TO so
cure n good apple harvest from tho
fatcs. In Germany tho girls "snap np-
pie seeds" on New Years cvo 70 SEQ
from which direction n lover is COM
Ing. In Austria n girl cuts mn apple In
two at one blow aud counts tho seeds
81 there arc ns many IN ono half MS In
the other. she Will marry. IL they arc
odd. she will bo mn old maid. II n
seed IN cut IN two. aho Will quarrel
witk her husband and DO separated
from him. .-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
tHE TRIALS OF JeRE TATE.

Now there was Jofemiah Tate.
Whose lot was one 10 commiserate.
In politics twas ever his fate
10 root f9r the losing candidate.
Whenever hg tried 10 speculate
lie held the sack. and he paid the freight
Al trains lac Was always a minute late.
II he went fishing he lost his bait.
II asked 10 a play he forgot the date.
Ills clothes wore out at a terrible rate.
lie never could got bis neehiie straight.
lie forgot his taxes 10 liTiidate
Tin the cost took all bis small estate.
Thieves carried away bia silver plate.
lie trusted friends who proved irgratc,
And they broke ~ jeremiah Tate,
when he felt IN love. ha was always crossed.
And the horse ha bet on always lost
ny his bedroom window every night
The ueiphb0fhopd cnta all met 10 night
n moved 10 take spin on the pike.
BONE thief would be sure to steal hia bike.
Boils oaHe on hia neck twice every year.
And be lost bis hearing In one eat.
Thus more and more unfortunate
Became poor jeremiah Tate.
Weary at last of the oeaseiesa strife
H. resolved e. end bis wtetohrd lie.
II was dark aud cold. but forth he went.
lliz way "a iHtung pier be bent
No fatowell speech ho paused 60 make.
But plunged head foremost in The lake
or on the nke='twaz covered DER
with lee twelve inches thick or mos..
Ills head Naz tough. set leo Is toughr.
But his wool cnp acted hs buffer,
A watehful "copper" had seen him Jump.
Had heard him strike tho ife. kcr thump.
lc followed him climbed down. and then
lie lugged him W 10 tie shore again
No serious injury was found.
Aud tho msddling doci0fs brought him round
And %. though s1fcly against bis viii.
Hes living aud up against IL stiii.
The sport ~ an unrelontinR fate.
The SANS old jeremiah Tate.
-Chlcago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

hardly tell.
A gander browns itself in our dam.
We take it out and open it on the bank
and kneel looking at it, Above are
the organs divided by delicate tissues;
below are the intestines artistically
curved in spiral form and each tier
covered by delicate network of blood
vessels standing out red ro -inst the
faint blue background. Each branch
of the blood vessels is comprised of n
trunk. bifurcating and rebifurcating
into the most delicate hairlike threads,
lymmetrically arranged. We are
struck with its singular beauty. And,
moreover (and here we drop from our
kneeIing into sitting posture), this
also we remark-of that same exact
shape and outline is our thorn tree
seen against the sky in midwinter; of
that shape also is delicate metallic
tracery between our rocks; in that
exact path does our water flow when
without n furrow we lead it from the
dam; so shaped are the antlers of the
horned beetle How are these things
related that such deep union should
exist between them all? Is 1t chance,
or are they not all the fine branches
of enc trunk. whose sap flows through
us all? That would explain it We
nod over the gander's inside.
This thing we call existence. Is Ii
not something which has its roots
far down below In the dark and its
branches stretching out into the i'm
mensity above which we among the
branches cannot see? Not chance
tumble, living thing, One. The
thought gives us intense satisfaction.
We cannot tell why.
We nod over the gander, then start
up suddenly, look into the blue sky,
throw the dead gander and the refuse
into the dam and go to work again.
And so it comes to pass in time that
the earth ceases for us to be a welter-
ing chaos. We walk in the great hall
of life. looking up and round reyeren-
TALLY. Nothing is despicable; all Is
meaning full Nothing is small; all
is part of whole whose beginning and
end we know not. The life that throbs
in us Is pulsation from 1t, too mighty
for our comprehension, not too small.
And so il comes to pass at last that,
whereas the sky was at first a small
blue rag stretched out over us and so
low that our hands might touch 1t,
pressing down on us, 1t raises itself
into an unreasonable blue arch over
our heads, and we begin to live again.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

more Of the singing than the Everlast-
ing Father. Oh, would IT not be more
worship Of him 10 sit alone in the "kar-
roo and kiss one little purple flower
that he had made? Is IL not mockeryF
Then the thought comes, What doest
thou here, Elijahf" We who Judge
what are we better than theyE Rather
worse. Is it any excuse to say, Il am
but n child and must Gomez Does
God allow any soul to step In between
the spirit he made and himselff What
do we there In that place where all
the words are lies against the All Fa-
ther? Filled with horror, we turn and
fee out Of the place. on the pavement
we smite our foot and swear In our
child's soul never again to enter those
places where men come to sing and
pray We are questioned afterward
Why was Il we went out Of the church,
How can we explain? We stand
silent. Then we are pressed further,
and we try to tell. Then a head is
shaken solemnly at us. No one can
think 1t wrong to go to the house of the
Lord. 1t IS the idle excuse Of wicked
boy. When will we think seriously of
our souls and love going to church?
We are wicked, very wicked. And we
we stink away and go alone to cry.
VIII it be always so? Whether we
hate and doubt or whether we believe
and love, to our dearest are we to seem
always wicked?
We do not yet know that In the souls
search for truth the bitterness lies here
the striving cannot always hide it.
self among the thoughts. Sooner or
later It will clothe itself in outward
action. Then It steps in and divides
between the soul and what II loves.
All things on earth have their price,
and for truth we pay the dearest We
barter II for love and sympathy. The
road 10 honor Is paved with thorns,
but on the path TO truth, at every step
you set your foot down on your own
heart
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

Here is really old fashioned RENE
dy. II is grnndmother's remedy,
and the grandmother who believes In
IL IL nllve and recommends II personal
ly. II IL for sclatlca.
Take equal parts OF -four and red
pepper and mix with vinegar. Make
n paste OF II and move IL from place TO
place with tho pain. "And II that does
not help you then am mistaken"
concludes the grandmother. - New
York Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
Suspicious.

Miss Matilda Snowflake sat Mt tho
piano and sang "All Wants Is Ma
Chicken
Zckc Darklclgh. who had paid q
nocturnal visit to Miss Snownakc's pa
pas hcnroost the week before. squirm-
cd uncaslly In his seat and finally ask
cd In anxious tones:
"Is-Is dey anything pussonal intend
cd IN dat song. Miss Matilda r-Balti-
more American,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
IfnIIy Icrpresned.

Pusher-G -Gushcr In not very happy In
his choice OF ndJectlves.
Uahcr-Why Bo2
Pusher-Miss Gumms fiahcd for d
compliment by asking him wtot he
thought OF her slippers.
Ushcr-And what did he say?
Pusher-Iie said they were immense
Golfers Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
"Poor Excuse" Etc.

"That Sims Is the most resourcefui
fellow you ever saw. His girl has n
pretty cousin stopping with her, aud he
told his particular that he had hired
mn orchestra to Bcrcnade them Thurs'
day night. Az he had done nothing of
the kind and forgot all about II, and as
she had made arrangements 10 treat
the sercnadcrs, Sims cnught II hot and
heavy when no next called. How do
you suppose the rascal squared him
gclfT
'Ifaycn't the slightest idca."
"Told the girl that the orchestra
struck on him because she sang In
church nnd didn't belong TO the union"
-Dctroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
Thousands are Trying 1T.

In order to prove the great merit OF
Ely's Cream Balm. the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre-
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, Sc Warren St, n. Y. City.
I Isufered from catarrh of the worst Eind
ever since a boy, and | never hoped for
cure. but Ely's Cream Balm seems 10 do
even that Many acquaintance have 'lsed
IL with excellent results.-Oscar Ostrum,
40 Warren Ave, Chicago, H.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledge
cr,rs for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price
&C cents 1t druggists or by mail
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
p, Bessemer 81 l. Il.

Trains depart: No Il, at 9:15 A. NJ
No. 2, at 4 80 F. VI. Butler time.
Trains arrive No. !, $50 A. NJ No.
II, 2:55 p. NJ. Butler time.
No. IA runs through TO Erie and con
meets with w. n Y. d F. at Huston
junction for Franklin and Oil City
and with Erie Railroad at Shenan
90 for all points east. No. 2 runs
through TO Greenville and connects with
w y. Y. 81 F. for franklin and Oil
City, and at Shenango with Erie r. 4.
for points east and west
w. X. TURNER, Ticket Agent
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
MntcIlfuI.

'T see Banlsster has failed for S5.-
000. 900 with no assets"
"IIo always was great hand TO take
advantage OF his opportunities"
cngo Times Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
No.1O
SINCE THREE'S A CROWD.

To parks and plays she's gone with mo
For eighteen months or more;
I've found her best Of company
In trips asea, ashore
And yet OF love she's never framed ~
A word for me, I'll own.
Yet for this lack she can't be blamed
She's Dolly's chaperone-
She never views in listlcss way ~
At flower shows the prize;
She quite appreciates play
You see that in her eyes.
Her sphere OF actions limited,
The escorts not her own,
But unobtrusive. be il said.
Is Dolly's ehaperone.
She's twenty-five II she's day,
And Dolly's but nineteen;
Her eyes are blue and Dolly's gray
Blue eyes are true, ween.
Since "three's crowd" | think. mayhap,
III WOO 4 maid alone;
I've half mind TO set my cap
For Dolly's chaperone.
Roy Farrell Greene in Detroit Free Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
IIe L..

"IIow do you pronounce splon kop"
IL call II detective"
"Detectiycw
Eyes; spyIn cop IL detective, isn't
he T'-C Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10
Felt Cosnpctont.

Brlggs-You don't know what you
nre talking about when you call me o
donkey.
Dlggs-I'd like 10 know why don't
I onco owned donkey for three
months. Chicago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

Horses were introduced into Egypt
by the shepherd kings less than 100
u. @. No horse figurcs appear on tho
early monuments OF Egypt ~
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

Geese are the cmblems OF con1ugal
bliss In China. and pair of geese nro
considered n handsome present from a
gentleman 10 the lady or his choice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

womnn's logic comes out even in
her sharpening pencil She makes
her point in such queer ways.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-05-10

Bill see new law In Missoufi
compcia bnrbcrB 10 undergo nm exam
inntlon before they arc licensed te
practice the tOnsorlnl art
Jlll-la II mn examination In cloeu'
tlon, do you suppose 1-Yonkera States
man,