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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18

One OF the hard things to under
stand IS how such nice grandmothers
ms everybody has ever could have been
mother in-laws.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18

The heart Of n man is never as hard
as his head.-Lamartine.
The fool sits down and worries about
the living the world owes him. but the
wise guy hustles around and collects
the interest on the debt - Chicago
News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18

Dear goou murmured drowslly, see
NJ MI 5, sum" ing the kind face bending
over her:
Dear, good Mr.. Santa Claus,
want
When she opened her wistful, dark
eyes again, the same kind face was
bending over her as she lay on her cot
In the little brown house. her father
holding her in his arms, while beside
her was the most beautiful doll of
which she had ever dreamed, and,
clasping it close to her heart, little
Dorothy asked with reverent joy, the
dark eyes filled to overfowing:
Dear Mr.. Santa Claus. is you God
too?"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18
CALLIE BONNEY MARBLE.
why He Laughed.

Rylands, who had purchased new
horse warranted to be quiet to ride and
in harness and good trotter to boot,
had invited friend to accompany him
for a trial drive.
They had not gone very far when
the horse bolted, ran against heap Of
stones lying in the road and pitched
both occupants violently into the lane.
When they recovered, the horse had
disappeared, leaving the buggy shaft
less and heap OF wreckage. Rylands
began to roar.
what on earth are you laughing
atr dejectedly inquired the friend.
'Why, the fellow who sold me that
horse lent me the buggyw-New York
Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18

on n tour of inspection,
and, having seen Dorothy
on a previous trip, he
had, remembering anoth-
er little girl who was very
happy ON Christmas eve,
brought down a Christ
mas box for Dorothy and
so strolled along with her
father as he started home
ward, that he might give
It into the hands of the
little maiden herself. But
when they reached the
brown hut Dorothy was
not there, and when re-
peated calls brought no
answer the two men,
alarmed, started in oppo-
site directions to seek her,
Mr.. Golden following the
almost obliterated path
up the mountain side,
where, a mile beyond, he
found the little one al
most buried in the falling
snow, and as he stopped
to lift her In his arms she
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-18

CHIT was falling fast, and
the snow was piled high
against the outer walls Of
the hovel where a poor mou-
iil- (nao cant1 named KatO-
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16


Although the silk cotton tree is q ma.
tive of South America, there is one
specimen Of it in Nassau, Bahama is-
lands, that has fourished wonderfully
and is one Of the greatest curiosities
on the island. 1t was planted more
than 200 years ago by John Miller.
The roots seem to be unable to find
their way down after the manner of
ordinary roots and so swell up like
great buttresses radiating round the
trunk Of the tree, rising from the
ground to a height of from six to
twelve feet. They reach out to irregu.
lar distances, gnarled and twisted in
the most curious fashion. They turn
and bend and double a point in all
sorts Of unexpected ways and make
dark hollows and ravines, where the
darkies believe the elves and gnomes
make their home.
The great seed pods are filled with
fine, soft fleece Of silk, which the ma.
tives use for filling their pillows and
mattresses. There are several speci-
mems Of the tree on the island Of New
Providence, but this one Is monarch of
them all.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
AP'HoRIsMs.

In misfortune even to smile Is to Of
fend.-Bacon.
Generosity is the flower of justice.
Hawthorne.
Every one can master a grief but he
that has it.-Shakespeare.
Nothing is more friendly to a man
than friend in need.-Plautus.
The plea of ignorance will never take
away our nsibilities.-Ruskin.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want
and great deal more saucy.-Frank.
lin.
Young men think old men fools, and
old men know young men to be so.-
Metcalf.
Modesty seldom resides In a breast
that is not enriched with nopler viz.
tues.-Goldsmith.
Never be afraid Of what Is good. The
good is always the road to what ia
true Hameleton.
If we could read the secret history
of our enemies. we should find in each
mans life sorrow and suffering enough
to disarm all hostility
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

1t is superstition in some parts of
England that after young couple
have departed for their honeymoon hot
water should be poured on the thresh-
old in order that other marriages may
follow. With this end in view the
brides girl friends will sometimes
drench the doorstep with boiling wa.
ter from kettles heated for the purpose
OF keeping the threshold warm, saws
Home Notes.
In Iceland another plan is in vogue.
There the bride, on reaching her hus-
bands house, has to give a dinner
cooked with her own hands to show
how well she has been instructed In
the parental home. II she succeed in
pleasing the guests, her skill does not
only rebound to her own honor, but
also to that of her whole family, and
her sisters, having shared in her edu.
cational advantages, axe considered
likely to make good wives.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
A Fly ThSt Kills Hor.e.,

All white men who visit regions in
Africa infested by the tsetse fly have
much to say about 1t. There is now
evidence that the tsetse is moving
gradually to more northern regions.
and the cause is supposed to be that
South Africa is depleted of it's large
game, much Of which is moving north
ward to get away from hunters, and
the tsetse fly is going with it.
The insect is only little larger than
the ordinary house fly, and it resem.
bless the honeybee. Its sting is hardly
as annoying as that of the MOSQUITO.
but near the base of the proboscis is
little bag which contains it's poison. It
lives on the blood of animals, and only
a few species are fatally affected by
Its bite. Cattle, horses and dogs, how
ever, cannot live when bitten by the
tsetse fly. Natives who herd cattle
and travellers who depend on horses
and oxen must avoid the fly regions or
lose their stock. For human beings its
bite has no serious consequences.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
Saved Many q Time

Don t neglect coughs aud colds even
If 1t is spring. Such cases often result
seriously at this season just because
people are careless. A dose OF One
Minute Cough Cure will remove all
danger. Absolutely safe. Acts at
once. Sure cure for coughs colds,
Group, grip, bronchitis, and other
throat and lung troubles II have used
One Minute Cough Cure several
years." says Postmaster c. U. Daw.
son, Barr, Ill. 1t is the very best
cough medicine on the market. It has
saved me many severe spell of sick
ness and warmly recommend it.
1.-THE children.s favorite"
. A. DrOwn&Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
WOMEN OFAMERlCA

A great many women endure un-
complainingly untold suffering on
account of chronic catarrh. 1t taints
the breath. gives redness and watery
appearance to the eyes, unsettles the
nerves, causes disagreeable coughing
and splitting, and units the sufferer
for the pleasures of home or the social
circle.
ALMOND STUFF will give instant
relief from Catarrh, Cold In the Head
Hay Fever, Headache. Is pleasant
to use.
Sold by all dealers In medicines, or
will be sent by mail on receipt of csc.
HENRY, JOHNSON & LORD,
Burlington. Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
RaiIrOading Terms.

Railroading terms in England and
America differ very widely. The Eng
lish would speak of shunting train.
We call it switching. Freight trains
they call goods trains, coaches are car
riages, conductors are guards, engi-
neers are drivers, trucks are boggles
and freight cars are wagons. The
British always say station instead Of
depot, and in that they have the bet
ter Of us. Rails they call metals and
tracks permanent ways. They do not
get their tickets at ticket Office, but
at booking Office, and the smokestack
Of the locomotive is to them the chin
ney. A railroad man going from one
to the other finds that he has
to learn an entirely new set of phrases
about his business.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
Wants To Help Others

1"I hadsstomach trouble all my.life"
says Edw Mehler, proprietor Of the
Union Bottling Works, Erie, Pa.
"aud tried all kinds of remedies, went
to several doctors and spent consider.
able money trying to get moments
peace. Finally l read Of Kodol Dyspep.
STA Cure and have been taking it toi
my great satisfaction. l never found
Its equal for stomach trouble and
gladly recommend it in hope that I
may help other sufferers. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles
You don't have to diet. Kodol Dysp-
epsia Cure digestswhat you eat. E "A.
Drown.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
Shot In His Left Leg

For all kinds of sores, burus, bruises,
or other Wounds DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is a sure cure. Skin disea-
ses yield to 1t at once. Never fails In
cases Of piles, Cooling and healing.
None genuine but DeWitt's. Beware
OF counterfeits II suffered for many
years from sore caused by a gun
shot wound in my left leg" says A.
S. Fuller, English, Ind. "It would
not heal and gave me much trouble.
l used all kinds Of remedies to no
purpose until I tried DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. A few boxes completely
cured me. e. A. Drown & Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

New York, April Is
FLOUR-Quiet and about steady; Min
nesota patents, So. S0a3.95: winter straights,
$370a3S5; winter extras, $315a3.25; winter
patents, $3.85a4.05.
WHEAT-Easier at first on rains in the
southwest and the English import duty on
grain. but rallied later on covering; May.
7S%a78%c.; July, 7Sha7SAc.
RYE-Steady; state, 60a61c., c. 1. f., New
York, carlots; No. . western &c.. +. o. b..
afoat.
CORN-Opened firm on small receipts
then sold Off with the southwest but rail-
lied toward noon on covering; July, 66Aa
66hc.; September, 65Aa653sc.
OATS-Dull, but firmly held; track,
white, state, 5l1sa541Rc.; track, white west
ern. 51Aa541ac.
PoRK-Firm; mess. s1e.5oa175o; family.
$185Oa19.
LARD-Firm; prime western steam.
10.15c.
BUTTER-Firmer; state dairy. 26a31c;
creamery, 271Aa32c
CHEESE-Firm; state, full cream, small.
early made, fancy, colored, 13a13Ac.: state.
full cream. small, early made. fancy,
white 13a13Ac.; full cream. large fall
made. fancy, colored, 12a12Ac. full cream
Ia roo fall made fancy white 1oo10Mc
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

t~e~8 itA~~~Sf SSAk sV8D SNADSSaAAO -
Korea marks the advent Of the new
year. This 10 the battle with stones,
participated in by inhabitants Of Seoul
At SPOT about mile and half out
side the city walls, on the main road to
the Han river, the people assemble by
thousands either as witnesses of or par.
Elephants In this truly remarkable exit.
bition of warlike good will. BY previ-
GUS arrangement piles Of stones are In
readiness. all carefully selected and of
| a convenient size.
Without previous selection of com.
bataits the participants form them
selves into opposing armies, about the
only qualification for service being ap-
parently the ability to hurl stone at
the advancing forces Of the enemy. At
first the stone throwing Is at long range
and embarrassing, but as the throwing
continues the forces draw nearer, and
the fight wakes fast and furious, men
being detailed to collect the stones into
heaps again or fetch fresh ammunition
for the firing line. Then the clash
comes, the two bodies meet, fierce rush.
% are made, stones are discarded, and
knives and clubs are freely used. The
clash Of weapons, the screams Of the
combatants, the surging mass of men,
some being trampled to death, now
falling, now struggling to their feet, the
blood flowing from numerous cuts-the
whole goes to make picture that de-
picts anything but the Joy we attribute
to the coming Of new year. The fight
is kept up until the clang Of the great
city bell tells the combatants that it IL
time to return home.
Perhaps the most singular feature
Of the celebration is that during the
remaining eleven months Of the year
the Korean Is as amiable person as
can be found in any country, and BIZ.
some writer's the average Korean H.
characterized as the most abject cow,
D. s. ~, me
Korean people still indulge, as the. .,
have for years, In this annual warlik. ~ -,
welcome of the new year. Indeed 1t ~,
legal In Korea to fight not only o wv,
New Years day, but during the frs =
moon or month of the year. The Gus
tom has become national institution. -,
sanctioned by the government and I
by the king and the nobili-
ty. The police attend the battles, but
merely to keep order among the specta-
tors. Fighting is the Koreans priv
lege with the advent of each new year,
and he is expected to exercise that
privilege to the extent of his ability II
he would be accounted good, country
loving Korean.-New York Tribune.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

Indianapolis, Ind, April 16.-The sew,
enth annual convention of the National
Association of Manufacturers was
called to order in the hall of represent
atives, statehouse, by D. NJ. Parry of
indianapolis. The feature of the first
session was the reading of the annual
report Of President Search.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
Neglect Means Danger

Don't neglect biliousness and constipa-
tien., Your health will suffer perma.
nently II you do. DeWitt's Little
Early Risers cure such cases. M. B.
Smith, Butternut, Mich, says Z"
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
Most satisfactory pills l ever took
Never grippe or cause nausea. E. A.
Drown s. Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

Scrofula. salt rheum, erysipelas, and
other distressing eruptive diseases
yield quickly and permanently to the
cleansing purifying power of Burdock
Blood BitterS.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

New York. April 49,
Money on call at ~ per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 4ha5A per cent. Ster-
ling exchange steady. with actual bust
ness In bankers bills at $4.S7N for demand
and at SASSY for so days. Posted rates.
N.86 and $4SSh. Commercial bills, $4.S4laa
Assn. Bar silver, 53hc. Mexican dollars.
43c. Government bonds steady. State
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds Irregular.
Closing prices:
Atchison. ....... 9SA N. Y. Central. 1887
C.,C.,C St. L.. l03M Ontario & West. 1928
Ches. & Ohio.... 48A Pacific Mail go. 42A
Peoples Cas-. 102A Reading ......... 571s
Del. & Hudson,.172 Rock Island ....1N
Erie............... 36M st. Paul ........ 1914
Gen. Electric. 1929 Sugar Refinery 1914
Lead.............. 1SA Texas Pacific e, 42N
Louis. & Nash. 1877 Union Pacific ,..1O2h
Manhattan Con. 1924 Wabash pref. >. 43A
Missouri Pac...1 0lh West. Union -. 902
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16
All In the Family.

"Biff1ey and his son and the Widow
Binglewood and her daughter are going
to form community Of interests"
How SOP"
"Biff1ey marries the widow, and his
son marries the daughter. "-Cleveland
Plain dealer.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

etching hemorrhoids were the
plague OF my life. Almost wild.
Doan's Ointment cured me quickly
and permanently after doctors had
failed" Q. F. Cornwell, Valley St.,
Saugerties, N Y.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

Saratoga. n. Y, April 16-The Hud
son River Association of COngrega-
tionalist Ministers and Churches has
begun it's twenty-seventh annual meet
ing here.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

The little folks love DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup. Pleasant to take
perfectly harmless; posit We cure for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

Burns. ScouIanu, he said,
be flame Of liberty when John
fought for a free Church and
< Henry, Jefferson and Scott
zen Of Scottish blood and fought
. liberty of this country.
free Churches, our Sabbath and
berries. civil and religious, he
we're due in a great measure to
'rk of men Of Scottish birth.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-04-16

re- NAV be an American girl IN
a bottle OF III. -aQrrv an Eng.
In the house. Instant Keller Id Wv. !;
of burns, cuts, sprains, accidents Of
any sort.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24

mas gladness came floating in at the
window of room high up in poor
old tenement house, where two wom-
en- sat by bed whereon n sick child
lay, tossing about restlessly, and
moaning in the delirium of fever
that was burning its little life away.
One of these women was the child's
mother. The other was Margaret
Leith.
Poor little thing!" the mother
moaned, as she bent above the bed,
and her tears fell fast on the thin.
white face already bright with the
radiance shining out through the
open gates of the Other World. "Im
afraid he isn't going to live the night
out. II wish you'd stay with me,
ma'am. It's too much to ask of
you, / know, butt never had any
thing to do with death, before, and
il seems as if l could bear it bet
ter if you were here. You've been
so kind to me, ma'am, that you sec
l take liberties that l ought not to;
but you'll pardon me for it, I'm sure,
for it's because of the trouble.
Sometimes l think I'd go crazy II it
wasn't for your kind face and your
comforting words, ma'am."
~ will stay" answered Margaret.
"But l must send word to my aunt,
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
She Looted xnfsnfiv at TIE Non.

willed that he should look that way.
Her mind-her soul-call it what you
will, sent message along the un-
seen line which some persons tell
us runs between human souls, and
John Fosdyke's soul felt the subtle
and mysterious influence, for he
paused, looked across the street and
up to her window, and bowed, with
u glad light in his face.
"Who is that Fosdyke bowling to?"
asked her Aunt Diana, from her po-
sition by another window. HE may
have meant the bow for me. If he
did, don't thank him for his trouble.
/ don't like him. I don't care to culti-
yate his acquaintance. He isn't my
style, and he can keep his bows for
those who appreciate them."
.'He was not bowling to you," an
swered Margaret quietly, though a
brighter bit of color came into her
cheek as she said it. ''He knows very
well that YOU do not like him, and
he is not the man to give attentions
of any sort where they are unwel-
come"
"From which l am to infer, 1 sup
pose" said Aunt Diana, sharply, that
he bows to you because he thinks his
attentions are not unwelcome. Is
that it?"
"You are quite right in your con-
clusion," answered Margaret. "'I
do like him, and l think he knows it..
I have never taken any trouble to
conceal my friendship from him. Why
should II"
81 must say that you are the
strangest girl 1 ever saw" said her
aunt, with ill-concealed displeasure.
"You are all dignity and distance
to those in your own set, but you
unbend to this Fosdyke as if you
felt him your equal, if not your su-
perior." And now there was strong
suspicion of a sneer in Aunt Diana's
voice. She was intolerant of any
likes or dislikes but her own. John
Fosdyke was one of her especial dis
likes, because she felt afraid that
his influence over her niece was, or
might become, stronger than her
own. That influence might possibly
interfere, in time to come, with the
carrying out of pet plan.
81 do consider him my superior"
answered Margaret. "Of all men 1
ever knew, 1 consider him the truest,
the bravest, the manifest. Count
up all the men in what you are
pIeased to call our set,' and find
one among them, if you can, who
would do what John Fosdyke has
done"
. "That's precisely what makes me
consider him a fool,' said Aunt Di-
ana. "a man who will deliberately
give up the position he might have
had, and the chance to become ia
nous and wealthy and leader OF
men, for the sake of preaching to a
set of heathens, is a fool and moth
ing more"
IA fool when looked at from your
standpoint, you forgot to say" said
Margaret. You forget that all of
us do not look at these things
through your spectacles. Instead OF
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24

she did, not SO very long ago, sure
ly she would have some sympathetic
word for him now.
Presently Aunt Diana came back,
and soon he went away with grave
face, and n disappointed look in his
eyes.
Margaret saw the look and under
stood what it meant.
"He is blind, willfully blind" she
said to herself, as he went down the
street. She could hardly keep back
l,er tears. Surely he might sec the
truth-if he would.
"Yes, he is blind" she repeated,
this time aloud-she had forgotten
that Aunt Diana was in the room.
"Did you speak to mc?" asked her
aunt.
"No, I was talking to myself" an
swered Margaret, feeling so miser-
able that she cared very little if Aunt
Diana knew what her thoughts were.
She got up and went out of the room,
with such n sorrowful look in her
face that the woman who was watch
ing her keenly knew the visit of
John Fosdyke had given her no pleas
ure. The willy matchmaker congratu-
lated herself accordingly. She felt
sure that the paths of these two
persons had divergcd so widely that
they would never run together again.
By and by Vaughan Herrick came
in. But Margaret had gone out.
Il shall never win her." he said to
Aunt Diana, after he had asked for
her niece. ~ seem to know her less
and less each time l meet her.
"IIaye PATIENCE" counseled Aunt
Diana. THE world was not made in
o day, and such women as Margaret
are not to be won all at once"
"Or never" said Herrick, discour-
ngedly.
Aunt Diana had never been more
thoroughly disgusted and out of pa
thence with her niece than she was
when she found that she had taken
to visiting the poor.
She argued with her about the
foolishness of the "whim," as she
called it. What good would come of
It? What would "our set" say when
this latest proof of Margaret's eccen-
tricity was brought to its notice?
"As to that, care very little, or
not at ALL" answered Margaret. at
may do but little good, but it will
certainly do no harm, and to do a
little good is much better than to
do none at ALL"
So she kept on with the work she
had undertaken. At first 1t was hard
md almost repulsivc, in many of its
features. But by and by she found
that there was real pleasure in try
ing to help others. And it was not
long until she began to get more
pleasure out of her life, because OF
what she was doing, than she had ever
found in the idle round of fashion
able existence. John Fosdyke's en-
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24

heart claims you, but our hearts are
cften so selfish that they prompt
IFS to lay claim to that to which we
have no right"
"The king may always claim his
own, they say" she answered, smil-
ing softly and half unconsciously
into his face, in the great, absorbing
happiness that was flooding her soul.
my heart was yours long ago,
John" and then she put her hand in
his as if it held her heart. and she
was giving it into his keeping for all
time to come.
Are you sure you will not regret
what you lose in casting your lot
with mine?'
81 think only of what | gain" she
answered. "There is no loss"
And then the bells rang out again,
jubilantly, tunefully, and they seemed
to say:
Peace, Good Will! Peace, Good
Will" till all the night was filed
with the sound, and the two hearts
that were henccforth to be one took
up the refrain, and it has not yet
died away in them, and, please God,
IL never will.-Thc Housewife, New
York.