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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
THE SHOTE WAS THERE.
Why One Old Farmer Thinks III,
Would Make n Good Detective.

why one Old Farmer Thinks He
Would Make n Good Detective.
Guess | wouldn't have much trou-
bic gittin on the 'tective staff In De-
troit ef | wanted ter make appercla-
tion." and the old farmer kicked a log
In the open fireplace SO that he could
see his neighbors better. They were
assembled to hear him tell all about It.
when ! missed that shote outen the
pen. next mornin II Jest came ter me
sudden as llghtnin that II had been
stole by that theT George Washington
Pepperville what had been workin fur
me. He knowed the dog. so II wouldn't
bother him none. and he was the pow
erfulest man fur fresh pork | ever
see. So | goes inter town and tells the
head man OF the 'tectIves. and he puts
couple OF fellers on the job. and they
reports that they was no shote about
Peppervllle's shanty. and they was no
case ag'in him. lowed ! might be
follerin the wrong track. but kim
home here and sot my own stakes. and
was to Peppervllle's afore sunup.
wash | says. why didn't you
keep that hog when you had him
Wasn't he fat 'nough yit ter suit you?
".Who you talkin tor he muttered.
III hab de law on you ef you make
me any mo- trouble bout dat hawg.
Now. Wash. says !, don't git your
dander up. That there shote kim
home In the night and went ter squeal-
In ter git inter the pen. put ole Ras-
tus on the scent. and he landed me
right here
"'Dog gone dat Rastus.' he shouted.
I'll fiay dat dog alibev
And he sprung ter the middle OF the
room and ripped up the foorin, and
there was the shote. Wash would
have Jumped on me. but | Jest kivered
him with that ole muzzle loadin pistol
OF mine and tole him ter go gentlelike.
"Well. sir. he begged and whined so
| let him or. him agreein ter tote the
pig home I'm bag and ter chop wood
fur me three days fur my trouble
Detroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09

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POULTRY GROWING.
For the General Farmer-Incubator
and Hen Hntched Chicka.

For the General Farmer-IncubatOr
and Hen Hatched Chicks.
The position of the farmer with re-
gard to poultry is entirely different
from that of the specialist with large
plant. To the farmer such information
as the following from late report Of
A. G. Gilbert. manager of the Canadian
experimental farms, is especially d.
rected:
Farmers have given increased atten-
ton during the past few years to the
artificial Matching and rearing of
chickens, which have been pursued by
two methods:
By filling the incubator and begin
ming operations in late February or
early March.
BY deferring Matching operations
until the hens have had a run outside,
and as result their eggs will hatch
better.
In connection with the second
method. unless the farmer has brood
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
rA. snl,nn.. Etiaustte,

"I wonder why the sultan insists on
his audiences always backing out OF
the throneroom- afraid Of assassina-
tIon?" said the man who IN always ask
ing unexpected questions.
"oh. no." replied the man who car.
rics n large stock OF explanations. He
does 40 because he wishes 20 be con-
sistcnt. The sultan backs out OF great
many transactions himself. you know.
and he does not like 10 be made con-
spicuous."
"Mebbe," suggested the practical
man--"mcbbc he makes them do u TOT
the protection OF the royal umbrella
Baltimore American. ,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
what lie Talks Through.

Myer-Whafs Windbam's telephone
numbcr7
Gycr-Slx and scven-cighths.
Mycr-Why, there aren't any frac'
tional numbers IN the telephone book.
oyer But there are In hats.--Chlca-
go News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09

They had been at the masquerade.
where she had recognized him at once.
"was II the loud beating Of my heart,
my darling. that told you was hereT
murmured he
"oh. no." she replied. II recognized
you by the size Of your fect"-Town
T0Dica
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
supernttttOu n.

"Iemmc go In. friend" said the man
on the outside. IL AIN one OF Dcwcys
old sailors"
Don't you know. my friend" replied
the man nj the door. that II II I'll luck
10 paAA the salt indianapolis Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
THE GENTIAN.

As one late vakened TO the call Of love,
Whose Eager youth ran by nor yielded toll,
Withheld aloof beneath cold control,
Disdaining heart and throning mind above;
Yet in midlife, at s~1tide Of success,
Lays power and hanors down before her feet,
C0apeI1ed TO mighty love by love as meet,
Cnselfee answering, final, measureless;
So wakes the gentian with November near
Nor answers Aught TO sweet June fervid breath,
But as late love, with passion unto death,
OutIiyes the summer and the flaming year.
Grace Richardson in Atlantic
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09

Are prepared from Ma,
lures mild laxatives, and
while gentle are reliable
and efficient. They
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
A Great Error.

my hero dies In the middle OF my
latest novel" said the young author.
That's n grave mistake" replied the
editor. "He should not die before the
reader does"-Atlnnta Constitution.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09

Professor George Hempl Of Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, has been Investigating the
manner In which we call the COW and
otherwise talk to her In this coun-
try. He finds eco boss" the normal call
In the north and "co mully" frequent
In Maine and other parts of New Eng
land. In the midland and the south
the most common call is "sook" or
"sook cow" and In the largest por-
ton OF our continent ''sooK" is the
normal call to cows. while some dimin-
utlve like ''sooky" Is used to the calves.
In New Jersey and southeastern New
York we still find "cush." This has
found It's way into literature In Jean
Ingelow's High Tide"
Cusha cusha, cuaha. calling
Ere the early dcws were falling.
Various interesting words are used at
pilking time. The commonest word
employed to quiet COW IL so" ap-
pearIng In the forms 80 boss" saw
cow" saw wench," 800" etc. The
pronunciation saw" is peculiarly
southwestern.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09

SILK goods are said 10 take dyes more
readily than any other fabric.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
Rouse heZWer

Cure Sick Headache, Bill
iousness, Sour Stomach,
and Constipation. Sold
everywhere, 25c. per box.
Prepared by C.LHood Co. Lowell Mass
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09

The imperial family Of Russia pos
sesses the most valuable collection OF
precious stones OF any reignIng house
In the world
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
rpsr pox FOR aIrrtso HENS.

important II Ii 10 have early chicks
carefully brooded is well known TO all
experienced breeders. The rations
adopted were stale bread crumbs. fol
lowed by stale bread soaked In milk
and squeezed dry. this for day or
two. when granulated oatmeal was
given. Crushed corn was not given un-
III after eight days. and whole wheat
was not fed until the twelfth or four
teenth day. AZ the chicks grew u
mash composed OF shorts, cornmeal.
stale bread and small quantity of
prepared meat was mixed with boiling
skImmllk. allowed TO cool and was CIV
en- three or four times per day, MIR
and water were both furnished FOR
drink.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
,,., ,,nu ,o Crow the Same Plant.

How Long 40 Grow the Same Plants
Beams may often be grown Tor ten
years IN succession upon the same
lnnd and peas even longer. but egg
plants have been found to deteriorhte
nfter the third year, aud tomhtoes'
melons and most other vegetable fruii
plants need new land frequently, II not
every wear.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
Mems and Women's Oxfords,

rs 5cts. 500. 81 50, taco, $3.50, $500 and
f3.5o. Black and Tan. A range of
style and price beyond the reach of or
df,ary shoe stocks; snappv extension
edges, rope and cross stitched. low broad
heels, full round toes, plain and per
forated tips; vici Kids. Russia Calf,
Patent and Enamel Leathers. Every
taste for dress. street or business met in
correct style.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
VOL. xxxviii

placed before the people
fashion and
uncompaabe prices
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-09
Our Eightycent and Dollar Shoes

wonderful feature of
and
have of complaint You with such values
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

tuition for the benefit of the poor there
was a collapse and he was left without
any other assets than his quaint good
humOr.
Like the hopeful westerner that never
gives up in the battle against fate, Fer
guSon packs the remains of the wreck on
a burro and starts for Cripple Creek.
Here is the picture of this epoch in Fer
guSon's career drawn by the author:
Two days later the colonel. tanned and
weather-beaten, and wearing a heavy
navy. blue flannel shirt belted in at the
waist. corduroy trousers tucked into the
tops of boots that laced part way down
in front and with soles filed with rows
of hob-nailS, and a SLOUGH hat drawn
close to his eyes, ambled into the cele-
brated mining camp. Though footsore
and weary, he unpacked second hand
tent which he at once set up, and before
the sun had sunk to rest beyond the
graveyard. he had traded his burro for a
deal table. a meal ticket and a box of
stogies. Before stopping to rest or eat
he borrowed a pot of lamp black and
traced on half of a bed sheet in big, ir-
regular letters:
GOLDEN S. FERGUSON. !:
Mines, Real Estate, Insurance !:
Grub Stakes Furnished. !:
Don't Knock. Walk In.
p. s.-Keep Your. Eagle Eye on the Ora !:
Grande-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
ACTORS FUND HOME.
The Building on Staten Island Will
Be Completed This Winter.

Twenty years ago benefits for INDECENT
actors and other causes induced the
managers in this country to organize
the actors fund, for temporary aid to
people of the theater in distress through
no fault of their own. The first move
ment was in March, 1882. and the fund
started with about $4,000 secured
through private donations and a large
benefit given in New York. 1t has con-
tinued to grow, and has proved a
powerful influence for good in aiding
the needy.
A certain amount of money is annual
ly received from the members of the
fund, used mainly in meeting general
expenses. Ten years ago the actors
fund fair in New York drew about $780,
600. This was invested in paying Sc
curities, looking to an income sufficient
to pay expenses. Since then the theaters
have continued annually to give a BEN
eft in almost every city in behalf OF the
fund.- and the assets of the great charity
at present are about $250,000. But the
expenses are large and growing, not
only for minor disabilities, but because
of the larger number of people en-
ployed and the support of worthy play
ers who are totally disabled.
The fund has had comparatively few
officers, "A. M. Palmer, was the presi-
dent for fifteen years; the late Louis
A1drich followed him for three or four
years, and the incumbent is Al Hay
man, VINO mas Deen especially dcllNe III
strengthening the fund. The other Off
GERS of the fund are Daniel Frohman,
first vice president; Tony Pastor, second
vice presidents. William Harris, treas
urer, and Edwin Knowles, secretary.
The expenditures for the past year for
relief, medicine, burial, etc.. amounted
to nearly 1872, 900. The expendtire for re-
lief a the end of the fifth year was $10,-
900, at the end of the tenth year the
amount was doubled. This simply
serves to show that there may not be
more poor people propOrtionately in the
theatrical profession than formerly, but
that the fund is fulfilling a much wider
mission now than when it was estab-
lished.
A recent desirable addition was the
actors fund home, for the permanently
disabled people of the theatrical profess
sion. The Edwin Forrest home in Phila-
delphia is for disabled actors, but it Is
comparatively small and so exacting
that the waiting list is very large. A
year ago AL Hayman gave to the actors
fund $4,000, provided those interested
could raise $4,000 more, the sum to be
applied in purchase of property and the
fitting up of an extensive home for act
ors. A fourteen acre tract at Castle
town on Staten Island was purchased,
as an addition to the old-fashioned
country house then on the ground. The
main portion of this edifice will be un
der roof next month It has already
cost over $4,000. and it will probably
take $4,000 more to put it in habitable
order Tt is to be hoped that this
amount of money will be in hand by the
New Year in order to make the actors
fund home all that it should be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
TELLS OF PAST.
Shawnee County Record Reveals
Quaint Story.
Written When Teeumseh Was
County Seat.
IN PROBATE COURT.
Judge Pagan Now Has 1t in His
Office.
Story of Doings of First Board
of Commissioners.

One of the oldest books of record in
the Shawnee county court house is the
book containing the minutes of the first
court of probate and the first board of
county commissioners in September, 1850
The organization was then called the
Shawnee county court The sessions
were held at Tecumseh in the 'Tecumseh
hotel"
The book is a common yellow papered
affair. such as a butcher would to
keep his accounts in The ink is plain,
but the writing is as hard to decipher as
the writings of the ancient Egyptians.
The old fashioned 50 is used and Kan
SaS is spelled ''KanzaS-
In September, 1866, William o. wager
was judge of probate for Shawnee coun-
ty and ex-o1ficio president of the board
OF a meeting of the board is chrOnlcled in
In pursuance of the provisions of an
act Of the legislature Of the Territory Of
act to establish a probate court with the
powers and duties of a board of COM
imissioners and to define its jurisdiction
vide for holding probate courts, William
f T9eu cou nrd megaae a 81
legisla ture Of the territory at its, session
met The S at se 6ote in the Of
Tecumseh, on the third Monday in Sep
the nth day of said month of September
AT this first meeting George w Berry
rendered his resignation as sheriff and it
For the election of delegate to congress
the board appointed the following judges
for Tecumseh precinct: L. B. Strother.
the no precinct; Mobfllan MCGEE, Fry
MCGEE and George w. Berry were APP
pointed.
At the meeting of the board September
"a: 1855. John Martin was appointed clerk
of the board. Duke w. Hunter was ap-
pointed superintendent of public build
was appointed county treasurer. John
w Kavanaugh was appointed JUSTICE of
the peace for Tecumseh township Isaac
George W. Redman was appointed justice
of the peace for Yocum township
The following explains the use of the
first money in the county treasury: THE
board having under consideration the
agreement between Superintendent D. w.
Hunter and Thomas w: Stfnson and M:
J. Mitchell for furnishing lumber and
house. the court now notifies, and it is
ordered that treasury warrants No be
drawn in favor of Duke w. Hunter for
moneys received into the county treas
ury."
and circulating. of election notices
William P Atkins was appointed justice
of the peace and John d. Skidmore con-
stable for Yocum township. John Horner
next meeting held in December, 1855. Hor-
ner was removed
The following appears in the minutes of
the January. 1856, meeting: THE clerk is
now ordered to notify all persons dealing
in spfrftuous liquors to apply at the next
meeting of the board for license to deal
in liquors.
At the next meeting Eli Hopkins was
appointed road overseer for district No.
l. 1t was ordered that the road from
Big Springs to the Pottawatomie reserva-
to render road sa fe for loaded teams .
The commissioners at that time had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
COURTSHlP ENDS IN A SUIT
Young Man Whose Engagement
Lasted Four Days q nder Arrest.

New York, Dec 14.-It took only two
hours for Friedrich Wagner to fall in
love with Susie Brettholz, propose to
her and be accepted. And the breaking
of the enga cement was almost as quick,
coming at the end of four days
Susie, who had Friedrich arrested and
locked up in Ludlow Street Jail yester-
day in suit to recover $4,000 dam
ge for breach of promise, says she first
met Wagner on November % in the
house of Mrs. Helen Heitzner, at No.
254 East Fourth street. He Immediate
ly began to pay attentions to her, told
her he loved her in an hour. proposed
marriage in another hour. and was ac-
cepted. Two days afterward a formal
betrotha1 party was given and their
marriage was fixed for Christmas day.
Wagner presented to her a gold watch,
two rings and a pair of earrings. Two
days later, she says, she received this
letter from him:
Miss notwithstanding thought it
over, / hereby tell you that / cannot
marry you as it would afterward be
bad for both YOU and me- In the fist
place 1 think you are too weak to take
care of three children, and please do
not await me today. as 1 will not come
up. Please excuse all the bother that
you had through me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

will put aside the book until he has
finished it. The interest centers around
Col" Golden $. Ferguson who might
be called the David Harum of the
mountains. He is in business as a
broker and real estate agent when he
is introduced to the reader and there is
never an instant when the quaint figure
of the hero loses it, power to attract
and the authors conception is certainly
which would make the book popular in
itself
This is how Colonel Ferguson won
his title as told in his own words:
when Ferguson was in the real estate
business down at Smelter City he had
more or less money to burn-rode at
the head of the procession. One day
a newspaper Teller came along and
gave him a double column write up
with a forty dollar wood cut at the
head of it and under the picture was
great big black letters; and Picky, be-
tween ne and you, I've never been able
to rub it out though I've got so I don t
care"
The irrepressible nature of Ferguson
is we'll illustrated by the following ac-
count of an interview with Mrs. Boyls-
ton who had just arrived at Colorado
Springs:
''Ahem,'' said he, clearing his throat and
removing a half consumed cigar from his
lips. My name is erguson-F'er guson
of Colorado. Mines and syndicates a
specialtV-insuranc on the side. Temp :
rary quarters next ter post office. No tel
ephene yet-too busy ter put one in Glad
ter have you drop in. Ladies always well
come. Magnificent collection of samples
rich and rare-from all the leadin prop
ersitions of the greatest gold camp on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

jurisdiction ov Shawnee, Richardson
and Weller coul Us, and appointed Hiram
j. Stricken surveyor for the three coun
ties. The board decided that a ferry Ii
cense of 800 a year be imposed. 1t was
decided to make the price of a license to
sell LIQUOR $50 a year. John J. storm took
Storm was appointed road overseer for
The ferry rates were made as follows:
One wagon and two horses. 81; each adj
ditional span of horses yoke of cattle.
10 cents: one horse and wagon, IS cents;
man and horse, % cents; foot passengers,
each, 10 cents; sheep and hogs. per head,
| At the meeting held in July. 1857, the
superintendent of public buildings was
instructed to have the court house painted
lin a cheap and economical stvle imme-
diately." At the August meeting the
court had under considera ton the ques-
land designated by the United States sur
vey for school lands, had been settled
cases the Court allowed the Settlers .s'' to
pre-empt the land. 1t was ordered that
the county issue nine bonds. of 800 each
and one bond for Sill, to be issued to
Luther NJ. Carter for work on the court
house. They were numbered from l to
40 William P. Hiclzlin was appointed
At the September session. in 1856. the
following resolution was passed:
''That the sheriff of this county notify
by public advertisement the citizens of
Shawnee, Weller and Richardson counties
of the election to be held in said counties
on the first Monday in October next for
the purpose of electing two representa-
tives for Shawnee, Weller and Richardson
counties in the next territorial legislature
of Kanzas territory and also to fill va
cancy in congress
Sheriff Horner resigned in October, 1856,
and Ben D. CaStleman was appointed to
On December 1. 1856, Edward Hoagland
to present the probate court and county
court of Shawnee the accompanying seal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
A FEW REASONS
Which Are Rapidly Making a New
Catarrh Cure Famous.

Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, the new Ca
tarrh cure has the following advantages
over other cataIrh remedies.
First: These tablets contain no CO.
caine, morphine or any other injurious
drug and are as safe and beneficial for
children as for adults; this is an import
ant point when it is recalled that many
catarrh remedies do contain these very
Objectionable ingredients.
Next: Being in tablet form this rem
edy does not deteriorate with age, or an
exposure to the air as liquid prepara-
tons invariably do.
Next: The tablet form not only pre-
serves the medicinal properties but it is
so far more convenient to carry and to
use at any time that it is only a ques-
ton of time when the tablet will en-
tirely supersede liquid medicines as it
has already done in the medical depart
ment of the United States army.
Next: No secret is made of the COM
position of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets:
they contain the active principles of
Eucalyptus bark, red gum, blood root
and Hydrastin, all harmless antiseptics
which, however, are death to catarrhal
germs wherever found, because they
eleminate them from the blood
Next: You can not cure catarrh by
local applications to the nose and throat
because these are simply local symp-
toms and such treatment can not pcs
sibly reach the real seat of catarrhal
disease which is in the blood: for this
reason, inhalerS, douches, sprays and
simply give temporary relief which
dose of plain salt and water will do Just
as well.
Catarrh must be driven out of the svs
tenn, out of the blood, by an internal
remedy because an internal remedy is
the only kind which can be assimilated
into the blood.
Stuarts Catarrh Tablets do this bet
ter than the old form of treatment be-
cause they contain every safe specific
known to modern science in the anti
septic form of the disease
Next: The use of inhalers, and spray
ing apparatuses, besides being ineffec-
tive and disappointing. is expensive,
while a complete treatment of Stuart's
Catarrh Tablets can be had at any drug
store in the United States and Can
ada for SO cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

partment of the Santa Fe and after
ward was in the general practice with
Ihomas Ryan, now assistant secretary
o. the interior departn ent. This is Mr..
&ainppelis first effort as a book writer
though he has long been recopnized e
one OF the most pleasing writer's in the
west HIS work was confined exclus-
1Vely to magazine articles with an oc-
casional poem
"A Colorado Colonel" forms the hulk
OF the book 1t is a novelette, with the
scene IN Colorado Springs though for
some unexpiainable reason the author
calls it Cameo Springs" To s+a,+
start with the story is interesting and
mo one who reads the opening Chapters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Avn ATTACH of Pneumonia Warded OF

Some time ago my daughter caught a
severe cold. She complained of pains in
her chest and had a bad cough. / gave
her Chamberlain Cough Remedy accord
ing to directions and in two days she was
well and able to go to school. I have used
this remedy in my family for the past
seven years and have never known it to
fail" says James Prendergast. merchant
Annato Bay, Jamaica, West India islands,
The pains in the chest indicated an APP
preaching attack of pneumonia, which in
this instance was undoubtedly Warded off
by Chamberlain Cough Remedy 1t
counteracts any tendency of a cold to-
ward pneumonia. Sold by all druggists.