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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28

ignation and suicide. 1t seemed TO him
that to send in his resignation after n
months service and with a campaign
still on smacked OF cowardice, and he
was no coward. As to the other rem
cdy-well.
The Twenty second had not rested
thirty days after its fight on the Kaw
before White Bird had gathered his
warriors and come sweeping up the
valley again. The regiment must take
the field again. One morning as the
men were rushing TO and fro while
making their preparations the Cub
rode away from the fort alone, and
cnly a sentry or two saw him go He
rode straight down the valley at mad
gallop for seven miles and then drew
rein under the trees surrounding Il
spring. There was but the other rem
edy left. and he was going to accept 1t.
He had galloped away from all human
life TO BE alone with his last thoughts
and to die by his own hand.
You see. ii was this way" said one
of three or four pioneers who galloped
into the fort that afternoon with mo-
mcntous news. I'VE got word that
White Bird was in the valley burnin'
and KILN. and we set out to bring the
news, but at the Big Rock crossin' a
band of redskins headed US off, and we
had to take cover. We had been stand
in them off for two hours, and they
We're gettin' ready for rush when
that boy officer of yours came chargin
down like thunderbolt He had only
his revolver and saber, and after he
had emptied his revolver he used his
steel Say, now, but he must have
wanted to be killed. He rode among
the redskins, shootin' and slashin' and
cheerin', and he got up such panic
among 'em that we had a chance to
make sneak. 1t was no use to think
of helpin' him out, for they were sixty
to five. Every one of his bullets
brought down a buck, and he must
have slashed half dozen more. but
we had got out of hearin' when we
heard the reds yellin' and knowed that
the boy had gone down. Yes, he was
only a kid Of n boy, but I'm tellin' you,
kurnel, that he had a heart of lion
and that we are ready to sell our
claims to build him a monument fifty
feet high"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
+, ~ rAnE 5iR6T TO HOST.

/ e. ul~ric., a Mere s'ormaIIty, but In
Italy Real Necessity.
The wine was opened dextrously by
;he waiter, who before serving the
guests poured few drops into the
hosts glass.
Why did this waiter give you a lit
tie wine before helping the rest of us?"
asked n man Of curious mind.
"Oh," said the host, that's always
done"
Il know it's always done. That does
not answer my question, though. Here,
waiter" the man persisted, you tell
me why when you open a bottle Of
wine you pour a few drops into the
hosts glass before serving the guests"
The waiter smiled and answered.:
Its a matter of form, sir; an old
custom. politeness. Its origin lies in
the fact that after the removal Of the
cork there might be left in the neck of
the bottle little dust or few specks
of cork. The first drops poured out
would in that event contain the dust or
the cork. and thus the guest were he
served first might get this refuse; hence
the host is given the first drops.
"As matter of fact, If you know
how to open wine you have no difficulty
In keeping the bottles neck clean. The
custom, therefore, is a formality in
America. In Italy, though, 1t is a real
necessity, for over there they pour
little oil in the necks of their bottles of
native wine before corking ON the
ground that this makes the wine air
tight. No doubt it does, but 1t also in
some cases gives to the first glass from
the bottle decidedly oily flavor There
fore the first glass the host gallantly
takes. es."-Philadelphia Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
One Thing to Avoid.

"Yes," said the great man, Il am GO
ing to write a book of personal recol-
lections. I think ] am prominent
enough to do that, don't your
sob, yes, you're prominent enough,
but I'd like to caution you about one
thing"
whats thatF"
'For the purposes Of publication
don't Tecoiiect anything about promi-
nent men now living"
''But they're Just the people / want
TO write about. They are the kind of
"reminiscences that will make the book
SELL"
"Oh, well, suit yourself, but remem-
Der that l warned you"
whats the dangerp
"Why, just as soon as you begin to
recollect things about them they will
begin to recollect things about YOU"
II hadn't thought about that" re-
marked the great man."-Cincinnati
Post
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28

A shortage of cucumber, seeds is re-
ported.
Fertilizer and feed inspection work
by the New Jersey experiment station
Is steadily increasing.
An authority on the goat claims that
the milk tastes better than cows milk,
is richer and is the ideal milk for in
valids and infants.
Interest in cotton growing in parts Of
Nicaragua is now reported
There is a prophecy that in the course
Of few years Georgia will again pro-
duce one-sixth of the cotton crop.
The Sakais, or tree dwellers, of the
Malay peninsula build their houses in
forled trees dozen feet above ground
and reach them by means of bamboo
ladders, which they draw up when
safely housed out of harms way. The
house itself is n rude kind of shack,
made of bamboo, and the flooring is
lashed together piece by piece and
bound securely to the tree limbs by
rattan.
These curious people are rather small
and lighter in complexion than the Ma
lays. though much uglier. They have
no form OF religion at all-not even
idols-no written language and speak
corrupt form of Malay.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
HE WON THE AUDIENCE.
The Way Fred Douglass Got the Best
of Captain Rynders

The Way Fred Douglass Got the Best
of Captain Rynders.
The inexhaustible sense of humor in
Frederick Douglass kept him clear of
any sense of gloom, as was never bet
ter seen than on the once famous oc-
casion when the notorious Isaiah Ryn-
ders of New York, at the head of a
mob, had interrupted an antislavery
meeting, captured the platform, placed
himself in the chair and hidden the
meeting proceed. Douglass was speak
Ing and, nothing loath, made his speech
only keener and keener for the inter
ference, weaving around the would be
chairman's head a wreath of delicate
sarcasm which carried the audience
with Il, while the duller wits of the
burly despot could hardly follow him.
Knowing only in q general way that he
was being dissected, Rynders at last
exclaimed, what you abolitionists
want to do is to cut all our throatsr'
"Oh, no." replied Douglass I'm his most
dulcet tones; 1--WE would only cut your
hair" And. bending over the shaggy
and frowzy head OF the Bowery tyrant.
he gave suggestive motion as of scis-
sors to his thumb and forefinger with
professional politeness that instantly
brought down the house. friend and
foe, while Rynders quilted the chair in
wrath and the meeting dissolved itself
amid general laughter. 1t was a more
cheerful conclusion perhaps than that
stormier one-not unknown in reforma-
tory conventions-with which Shake
speare so ofton ends his scenes, Sex
cunt fighting" - Thomas Wentworth
Higginson in Atlantic.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
A ROYAL BOOK BUYER.
The Purchase of Diderot's Library
by Catherine II. of Russia.

The Purchase of DiderOt's Library
by Catherine III. of Russia.
Empress Catherine III. of Russia was
a great reader and a lover of books.
One of her services to letters in Russia
was the purchase of the libraries of
VOltaire and Diderot She was warm
friend and admirer of these French
philosophers, and their work interested
her because she was eager to learn new
theories of politics and government.
Noltalre's hSsary of about 1000 vol
ulnes IL now part of the Russian i'm
perial library in the Hermitage palace,
and in the hall devoted to II is Hou-
don's statue of Voltaire,
The story of GATHERINGS purchase OF
pidcrot's library Is interesting. 1t is
ereditable TO her tact and her generos-
ity. Diderot named f15,00O as the
price OF his library. Catherine III. Of
fered him f160G0 and named as a con
dition of the bargaia that her purchase
slpuid remain with Diderot until his
death. Thus Diderot, without leaving
Paris, became Catheripe's librarian In
his own library. AS her librarian he
was given yearly salary OF f1,000.
One year this salary was not paid.
Thon Catherine wrote to her librarian
that she could not have him or her II,
brary suffer through the negligence Of
a treasurer's clerk and that she should
send him the sum that she had set
aside for the care and increase of her
library for fifty years. At the end of
that period she would make new ar
rangements. \ check for t25,CO0 &C,
companied this letter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
TRYING
HIM OUT
by c. B. LEWIS
Copyright. 1888. by T. C. Mcclure


Observation-Disclosures &eHsaeHeHsH
He had finished with West Point and
been assigned 10 tie Twenty second
young Warner, who was only boy
yet, with face as smooth rs a girls.
The captain and first lieutenant of
Company A were old West Pointers
and should have given tie boy a warm
welcome and stuck by him until he
could stand alone. but instead OF that
they looked at him askance. The cap
tain himself had son who had failed
to pass at the Point. and this had
ranked and imbittered him, and his
lieutenant had taken up his cause.
In the days agone when boy from
the FONT was assigned to a regiment
In the west lie arrived one day to find
himself face TO face with hostile In
dian force the next. He was given a
show. however. His captain or lieu
tenant kept an eye on him in his first
fight and coache Ahim through it and
helped him TO keep his nerve and his
honor. Sometimes the boy needed no
encouragement; sometimes he would
have lost his head ard made spec
tacle of himself but for the moral sup
port of the veterans 1t is always an
open question as to how soldier. be
be officer or private, will conduct him.
self when he faces death for the first
time on 4 battlefield
Four days after Warmers arrival the
command took the field against the
hostiles. The boy was not yet ia
miliar with the faces of his brother off,
GERS, ana he knew nothing Of Indian
warfare except what he had read He
depended on his seniors to see him
through. They had doomed him, how
ever. They had not plotted and plan
ned, but they had looked into each
others eyes and nodded their heads.
The boy would be tried out" within
few days, but he would have to srand
or fall alone. He was full of enthu-
siasm as the command rode forth, hav-
ing no doubt of himself and being
eager for his baptism. A soldier In not
soldier until he has heard the bullets
whistle about his ears. 1t is not years
of service. but wounds. that give him
respect and dignity.
The hostiles had gathered in force on
the banks of the Kaw, and one after
noon the cavalry came riding across
the barren plains TO open q fight which
lasted for three hours. To accomplish
results aimed at, the command had to
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28


Here is an interesting problem in
mathematics: Two clerks are engaged,
one at n salary which begins at the rate
Of 500 a year, with a yearly rise OF
500, and the other at salary COM
mencing at the same rate, but with a
half yearly rise of So. In each case
payments are made half yearly Which
of them has the larger income?
Who Is not tempted to say the for
mer?
Yet the latter is the correct answer,
for in the first year the first clerk re-
ceives 500, but the second clerk re-
ceives $50 and $55, which amounts to
S105 in the year. The first clerk in
the second year gets, to be sure, $120,
but No. 2 gets $50 for the first half year
and $65 for the second, or $125 in all.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
No. 4.
CHE6SEMAKlNG.
4 Profitable Farm Home Industry ol
Very CID Fashion.

q Pront=Isle Farm Home Industry of
Very CID Fashion.
The encouragement Of the home in
CtIStry OF sheesemaking on the farm is
urged by Mrs. Nathan B. Cox OF New
Hampshire in American Cultivator.
From her experience, she says, it has
become almost a lost art on the farm,
so few people being found who under
stand the method OF converting The
milk into that delicious substance call
Cd farmers " cheese. Creamery butter
grows more and more popular and COM
mands a higher price usually than that
made oa the farm, but not so with fac
tory cheese, for but few people can be
found who do not prefer the domestic
cheese to that turned out at the fac
tory
Very few farmers can afford the APP
paratus for cheesemaking which fac
tories have and must therefore labor at
disadvantage to obtain as good re-
suits. 1t would not pay to set up n
cheese factory at home, but II has been
proved that good cheese can be made
and cured on the farm with but little
outlay at the beginning.
Our method Of making cheese viii
without doubt seem old fashioned to
up to date cheese manufacture. cad
so it is. We know nothing of the mod
ern way except by reading. and we
learned the same process our grand
mothers used But as the cheeses
proved good and very salable, and.
knowing no other way, we have contin-
ued in the same routine, trying each
year to improve by experience. For
merly all cheeses made were kept at
least a year before being placed on
the market, but now new cheese is in
more demand and yields more profit to
the maker
Few farmers wives in New Hamp-
shire make cheese, but if they realized
that they could make from 80 to 80 per
cent more by so doing than to make
butter they would be ready for a
change. Butter is usually low in sum-
mer and especially in late spring, but
cheese can be made then the best of
any time. One must expect some fail
ures, but do not get discouraged Watch
the process carefully, noting what ef-
fects certain conditions of the milk or
curd have on the cheese and avoid max
Ing the same mistake twice If possible.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
THE RUSH CAME,

be split up and companies and squad
rons sent here and there to fight ON
their own hook,
The Cub had been under the eye of
every man in Company A since the
first shot was fired, and it was admit.
ted that he had kept his nerve as well
as could be expected. The privates
spoke in praise of him TO each other.
The captain and lieutenant looked at
each other and waited. They had not
long to wait. A company was sent far
out on the right flank to move up and
open a hot fire, and then there was a
smile on the captains face. 80 order
that boy TO push forward with fifteen
men against the hundred warriors con-
cealed in the willows was ''trying him
out" but it was also murder. A whole
company could not have carried the po-
sition. His face paled for an instant,
but then the color came back, and he
shut his teeth hard and led the way,
"Confound him! Does he want US
wiped out 70 manp growled an old
sergeant as he looked back over his
shoulder at the captain. But the Cub
hurried the little band forward to ita
work, and five minutes later 1t was
hotly engaged
Little by little Company A was moved
to the right, and by and by it was no
longer in support Of its skirmish line.
The time came when 1t was rife shot
away and when the Indians took ad-
vantage of 1t to 'rush'' the ten men
still left alive in the dips and hollows
along that front. There was calculation
on the part of the captain, movement
on the part Of the Indians. The Cub
had been given no orders except to
advance and attack. He found the
enemy ten to one, but he would not fall
back. He realized that his little force
must he wiped out, but he encouraged
the men to creep nearer. The time
came when no saw himself unsupport-
ed ana liable to be cut off, but there
was no backward movement. If re-
called, he would retreat; Il not he
would die on the firing line.
The rush game Fifty Indian war
rlQrs with devils faces and fiendish
yells rose up and dashed forward in a
body The boy did not lose his nerve
altogether, but he was the only one of
the seven er eight living men who was
rot captured and dragged back into the
Indian lines for torture. 1t was with
something like fright in his eyes and
his face as white as a dead mans that
he rejoined his company.
"While temporarily under the COM
mand ef second Lieutenant Warner
fifteen men were killed or captured.
The officer himself escaped by flight"
Such was the wording of the cap
tan's report and of the dispatch sent
broadcast for publication, and the Cub
found himself ostracized. Some of his
brother officers nodded stiitiy to him,
while others turned their hacks. Fha
boy felt that he had been put in false
position for a purpose, but he could
prove nothing nor advance any salts
factory explanations. He had obeyed
orders, but the act of obedience had
ruined his career, There was no court
Of inquiry, no charges, no court mar
tial. He was simply ostraclzed by the
officers and looked at askance by the
privates. There We're two remeGicl, res
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28

A naval official was talking the other
day of the inferiority of European to
American railroads,
The stuffy little European carriages
are lighted with electricity now," he
said, "but l remember when they were
only lighted With oil. l have cause to
remember this.
lone night in Germany during vio-
lent storm / was riding toward Berlin
in a first class carriage when leak
began. Drop after drop, warm and
dirty, fell upon my hat and coat.
Il waited till a guard came through.
II was long wait, One Is always un-
dergoing long waits for guards on Eu
ropean roads.
"Look here, guard 1 said at last
the rain is coming through the lamp
hole and trickling down my clothes.'
''The guard made an investigation.
Then he said reassuringly;
"'Oh, that Is not rain; it's only oil.
The lamp leaks little, but the roof Is
quite sound, 1 assure YOU
"Then the whistle blew, and he rush
ed away,"-New York Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
Transparent Salt.

Some remarkable salt formations
are found extending for thirty miles
along the Virginia river in Nevada.
The salt forms mountains of crystal
and is so pure and clear that fine print
can be read through a foot of it. This
region was evidently once occupied by
a great salt lake, as close by are some
wonderful wells, one of which, seven
ty-five feet in diameter, contains wa
ter so intensely saline that person
bathing there viii float like a cork.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
The HeIOdrrIn. .

The vcnomous lizard, heloderm, lives
in the warm zone between the Cordillo-
ras of Central America and the Paciiic
ocean. 1t secretes a poisonous saliva
and has the curious habit of throwing
itself on its back when struck. Its bite
is not always so dangerous as popular
opinion makes It, and after severe pain
it often rapidly heals. Recent observa-
tions show that the saliva Is sometime
very poisonous and sometimes very ln-
offensive. The poison acts by coagulat-
ing the blood and first increasing then
diminishing the irritability Of the
nerves
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28

Mamma, why do landladfes object
to childrenf"
Mother-rm sure 1 don't know. But
60 and see what baby is crying about
and tell Johnny to stop throwing things
Mt people in the street and make George
and Kate cease fighting and tell Dick
If he doesn't stop blowing that tin trum-
pet I'll take it away from him.-Tit-
Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
Their Celebrations.

Hicks-Going to celebrate your wood
en- wedding, are you?
Wicks-Yes.
Hicks-Well, I guess I'll celebrate
my wouldn't wedding. 1t was just five
years ago that that girl from Chicago
said she wouldn't marry me.-Somer-
vile (IaSS.) Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
Gin In England In the Old Days.

Gin In England In the Old Days.
Before intoxicating liquor was made
dear by taxes and its sale was regulat-
ed by licenses the use of it in England
was astonishingly common. Not only
were there in London 6000 or 1000
regular dramshops, but cheap gin was
given by masters to their work people
instead Of wages, sold by BARRIERS and
tobacconists, hawked about the streets
on barrows by men and women, openly
exposed for sale on every market stall,
forced on the maidservants and other
purchasers at the chandler's shop, I'M
til, as one contemporary writer puts it.
"one-half of the town seems set up to
furnish poison to the other half"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
A CELERY HARVEST.

Cutting, Cleaning and Packing on n
Big Pennsylvania Farm.
Recording some impressions of Wis
it to n great Pennsylvania celery farm,
n Rural New Yorker writer says:
There are few buster places than this
celery farm in the height of the ship
ping season. When the celery is ready,
it must go. Two big horses haul ma
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
DRIVING nreparations simply der,

OI IIIS PI NIIs6I .. Ply VV 'E'-
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretioas,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
pose, causing a far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snu-Fs
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
soc. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren ST., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
PrnnerIY DiagnOHel

Lushman-Tm troubled with head
aches in the morning, 1t may be on
account of my eyes. Perhaps l need
stronger glasses.
DIR. Shrude-No; ] think you merely
need weaker glasses and fewer at
night-Exchange
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
BIiggins' Blunder.

"Bliggins is very unfortunate in his
love affairs"
"Yes," said the girl with yellow hair.
"You see, Mr.. Bliggins makes the great
mistake of trying to converse intelli-
gently when he ought to be simply
holding hands and looking as If be
were stupefied with hjoy."-Exchange.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-01-28
I'LL. Value ar a Witncss

"As understand it, you want me to
60 on the stand and swear to the truth
of your contention"
Heavens and earth, no! | want you
to swear against me. Why, there are
five members OF the jury who know
your reputation well."-Cbicago Post.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-12
ACTOR HAS FIGHT
WITH UGLY LION
HOWARD HALL ATTACKED ON
STAGE AT, BIJOU.
sBrutus'' of ttThe Waits Paradise"
Attempted to PUT Star Of Play into
the Actor Mans Paradise Mangled
Halls Hand, but Hall Is Thankful to
Escape With His Life.

When Howard Hall, leading man in
.sThe Waits Paradise at the Biiou
theater, appeared on the stage. last
night, it was with one hand in blood
stained bandages. Every person in the
audience noticed the bandage, but few
knew that it told of a terrible fight for
life that occurred behind the scenes
while the. early arrivals at the theater
were being scat ted by the ushers;
pearance on the stage last night, Mr..
Hall went into the cage Of lions to test
their temper. He found Princess as
gentle and docile as usual, but. Brutus
was ugly. Mr.. Hall watched him care
fully, and after minute or two the
animal Gained down and appeared to be
al right. Thinking that all was well,
cage when suddenly with roar, the
beast was after him.
Mr.: Hall turned quickly and fred his
pistol in the beast $ face. The powder
had it's effect, but before he retreated to
the opposite corner Of his cage, the lion
struck viciously at Mr.. Hall, the claws
catching his hand, and badly decorating
the middle finger Of his right hand.
~ suppose it was a narrow escape,
trifle. The claws came very near tc
my body, and if they had caught me
well, there wouldn It have been any per
Torrance of 'The Waits Paradise
'"Brutuss has an ugly disposition. He
is not really ferocious, but is PREACHER
GUS. The day I bought him last fall al
eGoney Island, when he was being trans
Wilson, his old attendant, and nearly
killed him.. I have always watched hin
carefully since then, and tonight is thu
first time that he ever injured me-