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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

Those yfamous little pills. Dewitt's
Little Early Risers will remove all
impurities from system, cleanse your
bowels. make them regular. r II.
BeIlamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

Washington, May 1.-The third an
niversary or the battle OF Manila bay
was celebrated here tonight by . BAN
qust az q Raleigh hotel. participated
In by officers Of the American feet nh
part In that confic1 These NUM-
oered about twenty-five persons, ess
tnan oue-fourth Of those who were IN
me Rattle 11.Ak
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Panay Completely subtueated

Washington, May 1.-The war de-
partment this morning received he
following cablegram from General
Macarthur. at Manila
"Quenton Sales surrendered af uosto
April 21st. All organized opposition IN
that island is ended.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

The cake walk proper had its origin
among the French negroes Of Louisi-
ana more than century ago. says the
New Orleans Times Democrat There
is lt,Ie doubt that it is au oushoot Of
some of the ola French country dances.
Il rrsc. bies several of them in form.
From New Orleans it spread over the
entire south and thence north. 1t was
found of convenience to the plantation
negroes. They were not welded by Ii
cenSe. and it was seldom that the sery-
ices of a preacher were called in. At a
cake walk man might legitimately
show his preference for woman and
thus publicly claim her for wife
In effect the cake walk was not diff
ferent from the old Scotch marriage
which required only public acknowl-
edgment from the contracting parties.
So this festival became in some sense
a wooing, an acceptance or a rejection
and ceremony. This explains its pop
ularity with the blacks outside of its
beauties, with the accompaniment OF
music. which is competent at all times
to command negro support.
Cake walking has improved, as do
most things that are constantly prac-
ticed. 1t has lost its old significance
in the south. Negroes now get married
when they marry at all in the white
folks fashion. 1t has become, howey-
er, a pantomime dance. Properly per-
formed, it is a beautiful one. The cake
is not much Of a prize, though the ne
gro has a sweet tooth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

Finiguerra. the master of early en-
craving, delighted in doing deeds OF
kindness. One day a washerwoman
in washing a piece of clothing in which
a needle had been carelessly left had
the misfortune to run it into her hand.
The needle broke, and more than half
of it was left imbedded in the flesh. 1t
gave her much pain, and as soon as she
could she went to Finiguerra's studio!
put down the bundle of damp clothes
that she was carrying to their owner
and asked the artist to help her. After
much patient, careful manipulation
with his fine tools he succeeded in ex-
tracing the broken needle.
The woman thanked him, and as she
lifted her damp bundle to leave the
studio Finiguerra noticed that it had
rested upon one of his engravings and
had received an excellent impression
from it. The engraving, like all Others
OF that time, was q metal plate COM
plete in itself and was regarded as a
single picture. The impression made
upon the damp cloth suggested to the
alert mind of Finiguerra the possibility
Of producing an indefinite number OF
pictures from single original. By ex-
perimcnting he perfected his discovery
and eventually made it possible for all
homes to have beautiful engravings
for previous to his discovery only the
wealthy could afford them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

A brigadier general or major general
is entitled to the keep of three horses
at Uncle Sans expense; colonel, lieu
tenant colonel, major or captain to two
only.
The forage allowance is often com
muted by turning over the same to the
quartermaster, and this practice once
betrayed a suspicious new member OF
the house into a curious blunder. He
announced that he had discovered that
"officers of the army are selling the
forage allowed to them, and one such
case | am prepared to cite from the
records of the war department, case
in which the oats and hay were trans
ferred, doubtless for a consideration
to a person named Q. NJ. Corral"
There was an exchange of looks ant
winks among his astonished hearers
and then an old member kindly rost
and said. Il presume, Mr.. Speaker
that the memorandum referred to by
my distinguished friend refers to 6
transfer of forage, in the ordinary
course Of business. to the quartermas
ter's corral"-Buffalo Commercial.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Coins and Conductors.

A new industry among street car
conductors was revealed to n patient
passenger on an up town Sixth avenue
car the other day. The conductor, who
was in q tall<ative mood, opened con-
versation by exhibiting a coin Of a
mintage which commands premium
and remarking that many such coins,
which were carried as pocket pieces,
came into the hands of himself and his
fellow conductors in the course OF a
year, either from passengers who were
temporarily obliviOus more or less or
their surroundings and their actions or
from men who had gone broke and had
to get up town.
From that he passed to the topic OF
bogus coins, ingenuously confessing
that conductors who took bad quarters
or half dollars by mistake and were
too conscientious to try to work them
off on passengers sold them at the car
house to other conductors at dis
count of 5 cents. The squeamish con-
ductors, he explained, had rather lose
) cents than to try to pass the coins
or to lose the face value of the coins
The other conductors, he said, were
always ready to make the 5 cents and
there were OF course always passen-
gers available to whom the coins might
be given in change.-NeW York Sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Too Many Risks.

They had come up from lower Mary
land-man and wife-to have their tin
types taken by travelling operator al
the Marlboro fair. The husband
thought it well TO have a fair under
standing of the matter beforehand
and SO he entered the gallery on wheels
and asked:
How much fur two pictur's?'
Fifty cents" was the reply.
will you take a prime coonskin in
payments"
Yes"
"Will we look nateralE
You will"
kin | stand with a knife in my
hand, as If ready to tackle bar"
You can"
kin the ole woman hev her hands
clasped and her eyes rolled up like
some of them rich folks"
IF she wants to-"
"And yo'll take all the risks?"
what risks do you meanF
"Waal, | hain't purity nor proud, but
the ole woman is, and yo'll hev to take
a twist out of her nose and shorten VI
her chin a leetle, or she'll git right VI
arter seein the pictur' and light on yo
like a turkey on 'tater bug. The last
feller that was here only survived two
days arter takin her pictur', and
thought it was only squar' to tell 20
bout it,
The artist declined to take the risks
and the man picked up his coonskir
and went out, saying:
Cant blame yo', stranger. CAM
blame yo' bit Yo' don't want to be
tore all to pieces and hev this wagi1
wrecked fur the sake of one coonskin
I'll git the ole woman seven yards OF
kalliker, and she'll hev to roll up hel
eyes at that and let the pictur' co.
Washington Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
The Has Hcens.

They met again in after years by
chance at the door of circus tent, the
judge and the middle aged woman who
had been Maud Muller.
Great scott" muttered the judge to
himself as he noted her sallow face,
faded hair, stubby fingers with the
marks of the washboard upon them
and the group Of slatternly children
she was angrily trying to induce the
ticket taker to pass in free, what a
lucky escape / had!'
"Merciful gracious" she mused In
wardly, looking at his bald head, wa
terry eyes, double chin and protUberant
stomach, land once wanted to marry
that manw
They passed in, with their respective
noses perceptibly elevated and wore
listening a few minutes later to the
time honored jokes of the clown.-Chi
cago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Because She Loved Him So.

"You do not care for mer' he cried
despairingly. You do not believe in
my lover
ION the contrary replied the up to
date girl, 81 am giving you the best
possible evidence that l do"
"But you refuse to marry me-" he
said.
"And why?' was asked, with the air
of one who thinks she has been deeply
wronged at is because 1 believe you
love me and l care enough for you not
to make you miserable. Nothing could
be more unselfsh than my action. You
are poor. You could not supply me
with those luXuries that l crave, and
the fact that you had to deny them TO
me would make you unhappy. The
greater your love the more wretched
you would be in such circumstances,
and it is to save you from this unhap-
piness that l refuse you. L shall sac
rifce myself by marrying some one
with lots of money, but it will be for
you-all for you."-Chicago Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Dodging Cannon shot.

Last Friday Lucy (Mrs. Knox din
ed at General Washington's. Last Sat
urday, let it be remembered to the hon
or and skill of the British troops, they
fired 104 cannon shot at our works at
not q greater distance than half point
blank shot-and did what? Why
scratched mans face with the splin-
ters of a rail fence. | have had the
pleasure of dodging these heretofore
engines of terror with great success
nor am | afraid they will hit me unless
directed by the hand of Providence. ~
From "a Soldier of the Revolution,
by Noah Brooks.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
ope womun,s Treasure.

| read in one of the "tit-bit'' papers
tllat "one good lady is said to treasure
sti1 the flounce of a dress" which the
late Duke of Coburg accidentally trod
on and tore" when on ceremonial
visit to Lerwick, n. b., in 1882. One
thinks at once Of Calverley's lines:
A clod-a piece Of orange peel
The end Of a cigar
When trod on by prncely heel,
How beautiful they arel
London Academy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

For a womau's happiness in the married
state depends less, as rule, upon the
man she is to marry than upon her own
health. The woman who enters upon
marriage. suffering from wornanly weak
ness. is vheaping up trouble against the
dav of trouble"
Weak woman are made strong and
sick women are made we'll by the use OF
DIR Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t IS
the one reliable regulator. 1t dries en-
feebliug drains, heals Inflammation and
liberation and cures female weakness.
It nourishes the nerves and iuvlgorates
the entire wonanly organism. 1t makes
the baby's advent practically painless,
and gives strength to nursing mothers.
Il suffered for twelve years with female
trouble - writes Mrs Milton Grimes OF AGAR
adair Co. Iowa. (which brought on other dis
cases--heart trouble, Bright's Disease, nervous
ness and at times would be nearly paTalyzed'
Had neuralgia Of stomach can ireelE say
your medicines mine bottles IN al, nNe OF = q,
yyo-ite Prescription four of Golden Medical
D;scoverv and two vials of DR.. Pierce's Pellets
have cured me I can work with comfort now
but before would be tired all the time and have
a div headache. and my nerves would be all
uustr,Irp so l could not sleep. Now can stee :
and do big day's work, something hau ho'
done for over eleven years before
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, sent free or
receipt of FL one-cent stamps to pay eX
pense of mailing only. Address DR.. X v
Pierce, Buffalo, \. y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
An Opinion Indorsed.

"It takes genius and hard work to
make a great actor" exclaimed the
chubby matinee favorite who was
smoking cigarette and reading q 80
cent novel.
And the press agent looked up from
the piles of fiction which his facile pen
was tracing and in voice that shook
with feeling exclaimed:
'You bet it does!'-Wa Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Breaking the News.

Jackson-See here, Jimson, that con-
founded dog of yours kept up u contin-
ual howl under my window till 3 o'clock
this morning!
Jimson Cirmly)-It wasn't my dog,
siri
Jackson-Tm glad to hear that, old
man, because l hated to ask you to
bury the body. To whom did you sell
im?-Brooklyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Eriannen nf Genins

"My wife" said Mr.. Smokers, sis n
truly remarkable woman"
1--WE all know that" we said. But
do you wish to specify?"
"Yes. sir. She wrote and sold story
the other day, and she spent only once
the money she expected to receive for
it."-Harper's Bazaar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Her Divorce.

The Chicago divorcee was talking
about her former husbands.
what was the matter with the
frstT' asked her friend.
"He didn't understand me-"
"And the second?'
"He did, Philadelphia Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

"Of all the fool things" said the
farmer wearily, 'the advice to make
hay while the sun shines is the worst.
Why, when the sun shines it'll make
hay itself."-Chicago Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
RhHnn.ArIsM CURED IN A DAY.

INI<Il Q " Il I Is'.'I N-'17N1--0 H4' II H7-1
IN ystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to ) days.
It's action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. II. removes at once the
causes and the disease Immediately Dis
appears. The first dase greatly benefits;
IS cents Sold by ]. {, Redic, ard J. +.
Balpi Druggists Butler Apr o6.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
RAILROAD TIMETABLE

DITTSBURG & WESTERN
L Railway. Schedule of Pas
senger Trains in effect May 28,
1900. BUTLER TINE.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

The tip of the minute hand of the
average watch travels nearly four
fifths of a mile every da'y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

On Saturdays a train, known the theatre train
will leave Butler at $50 p m, arriving at Allegheny
al 72o; returning leave Allegheny al l3o p. m
Pullman sleeping cars on Chicago Express between
Pittsburg and Chicago.
For through tickets all point. in the west north
west southwest and Information regarding routes
time Of trains, etc apply 10
W. k. TURNER, Ticket Agent,
r. B. REYNOLDS, Supt,N. D. Butler Pa.
butler, Pa. C. W BASSETT,
GP A. Allegheny, Pa
ii o DUNKLE
Sup't ". & L. Div. Alleghen, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
Iousness, Indigestion, Headache.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

*Daily. I Daily except Sunday.
Trains and 6 are solid vestibuled
equipped with handsome day coaches
and reclining chair cars. also cafe cars
daily except Sunday.
Trains and have Pullman Sleepers
between Buffalo and Pittsburg.
EDWARD c. LAPEY.
Gen1 Pass Agent,
Rochester n. Y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
FOR THE EAST

Mail and Express daily For New York only.
Through bufIet sleeper; no coacL es 49, - TOO
Eastern Express, -. -. .7:lO
Fast Line ....- ......s.3O "
Pittsburg Limited, daily, with through Coaches
to New York, and sleeping cars to New York,
Baltimore and Washington only. No extra
iare on this train ......................l 1000
Thilad'a MAIL Sundays only =. -. $40 Am
Fer Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge all
rail route), 500 AM and $50 PM daily.
Fol detailed information address Thos. f. Watt Pass.
AT Western District Corner Fifth Avenue and Smith
held Street, Pfttsburg, Pa
} b. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD.
General Manager. Gen" "sstr. Agtn
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

SUNDAY TRAINS.-Leaye Butler for Allegheny
City and principal intermediate stations at 1880
and 500 p.
NORTH -wEEK DAYS-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

m THE PITTSBURG, BESSE-
l. MER & LAKE ERIE K.
R COMPANY.
Time table in effect Sept %, 1900.
CENTRAL TINE.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
Thia Your Opportunity.

On recent cf ten cents. cash or stamps,
q generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Caia~rh and Hay Fever Cure
Give Cream PaIiu) sufficient to demon
strste the erc..s merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren st New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. !
can emphasize his statement, 1T is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if ussd as directed. y
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
c,,re for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor anv injlrious drug. Price, SO cents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
DR.. Humphre reys'

Specifies cure by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder in
any other part of the system.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
PENNSYLVANIA RAIL sa,p
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
SCHEDULE Iy ErFEcr Nov 26, 1870
WEEK DAYS

SCHEDULE IN ETFEcr Nov. 26, 1870
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26

vania came to Washington by the hun.
dred to witness his induction into Of
flee and they brought with them floral
offerings literally by the carload. While
MI. Quay's desk and the desks Of other
senators adjoining his were banked
with costly and beautiful floral pieces
scarcely an appreciate quantity of the
PERCUSSION Of flowers his friends had
provided could be displayed in the sen.
ate chamber. The demonstration ac-
corded MI. Quay when he entered the
chamber amounted to an ovation
While he was receiving the congratula.
lions of friends on the floor, the hun.
dreds of persons who thronged the
galleries arose as one and applaude6
him Unanimously. Mr.. Quay appre.
ciated this distinctly personal tribute
He glanced smilingly around the gal.
leries, nodding Familiarity to friends
whom he recognized here and there.
The brief ceremony Of administering
to him the oath of office passed without
special event, the president pro ten
having warned those in the galleries
that 1t was against the rules of the
senate for spectators to express eithel
approval OF disapproval.
During the days session the army re.
organization bill was discussed al
length by Mr.. Money of Mississippi
Mr.. McComas of Maryland and Mr.
Bate of Tennessee. The Mississippi.
senator devoted some attention to the
practice of hazing at West Point
which he bitterly denounced.
In the House.
Yesterday was an exceedingly dull
day in the house. The entire day was
spent upon the bill to revise and codify
the postal laws, which is to be the con-
tinuing order, not, however, to inter
fere with appropriation bills OF confer
ence reports, until disposed of. It is 8
bill of 221 pages and is simply a revis'
ion of existing laws.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26
ALBERT EDWARDS HEALTH.
serious Indispo<ition Causes Much
Anxiety.

serious Indispofition Causes Much
Anxiety.
London, Jan. 22.-In the closing days
Of Queen Victoria's life another serious
portend arises, namely, the serious In
disposition of the prince OF Wales.
With worry and anxiety SO ill was he
last evening that he could not fmme-
diately respond to the summons from
Osborne house. The most his ply
sician could do was to promise that he
could leave to-day at s o'clock. The
more noteworthy is that the London
papers to-day do not make even a
yelled hint that the queen has had a
%2aralytic rtroke. Pages are devoted to
the mourn full scenes at Osborne house
ard to descriptions of happenings here
as we'll as to messages from the colo-
MES and foreign countries t%estifying to
sympathy everywhere evoked. Accord
ing to the Daily Telegraph Emperor
William has expressed a desire to be
received at Osborne house not as m
peror but as grandson. He said on
hearing of the queens illness: Il am
my grandmother's eldest grandson and
my mother is unable from illness to
hasten to her bedside"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26
Ro1BscH,LD IN A DUEL.
Wounds His Opponent Severely I'm
the Arm.

vhc NrUls
Paris, Jan. %. The long-expected
duel between the Count de Lubersac
and Baron Robert de Rothschild was
fought with swords at II o'clock yes
terday morning on Baron Edmond de
Rothschild's eYtate at Boulogne dur
Seine. The carriages of the principals,
seconds. doctors and a few friends ar
rived there from Paris shortly before
II o'clock. Count de Lubersac's Sec
onds were NJ. Schiege and Count de
Laborde, and those of Baron de
Rothschild were Baron Leonino and
Viscount de Bondy. The duel began at
II and lasted ten minutes. when Count
de Lubersac received a lunge, perfor-
ating his arm from h elbow to the
armpit. The duel vas then stopped:
Both the count and the baron fought
most dete-minedly; neither f1inched
and neither showed the slightest desire
to spare the other. Sixteen engage
ments took place. all of a desperate
character. The combatants attacked
each other %furiously. The sleeves OF
their shirts were literally torn to
pieces by the points Of their swords,
as the duelists repeatedly lunged at
each other. Several times they came
to close quarters and their econds
were Obliged to separate them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26
DEATH REVEALS THE SECRET.
woman who Masqueraded for Year,
n Man.

New York, Jan. 10. - The death Of
Murray Hall, proprietor Of an employ
men agency on Sixth avenue, was re-
ported yesterday. Hall died from
cancer Of the left breast, and when
DR.. ". c. Gallagher made an exam-
nation he found the victim to be q
woman. DIR. Gallagher learned from
other occupants Of the house where
"Mr. Hail. lived that Halls wife died
a year ago after a married life Of TWEEN
ty years. Many who had known him
for years never suspected that she
was not q man. Coroner yucca said
the dead Murray Hall was a. woman
about forty-two years Of age and had
dressed as a man In order to help the
business along. Neighbors declared
that Mr. Hall had been twice mar
ried. His second wife" who died two
years ago. was well known and well
liked,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26
Was Fatally Shot.

Laporte, Ind. Jan. 22.-Ellsworth z.
Weir, a prominent attorney and late
candidate for circuit judge, was prob
ably fatally shot by Joseph w. Brill of
Cleveland, Ohio. Brill was estranged
from his wife, formerly a Laporte
young lady, who had consulted Weir's
firm with reference to bringing action
for divorce. Brill came here and re-
quested an interview with Weir. A
violent quarrel followed. Brill finally
pulled a revolver and shot Weir just
above the heart.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26
Present for Bailey.

Berlin, Jan. 22.-The correspondent Of
the Associated Press here learns from
Vienna that Emperor Francis Joseph
has presented Mr.. James A. Bailey,
the American circus proprietor, with q
gold cigar case set with diamonds.
rubies and sapphircs. accompanied by
an autograph letter.