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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
The First English Newspaper.

The earliest English newspapers were
not printed, but simply written. For
the benefit of those who wished to
consult them they We're exhibited in
a public place, each reader being call
ed upon to pay small coin called a
gazetta; hence the word gazette" The
earliest English newspaper was the
Weekly News, first published in 1922.
In the seventeenth century several
newspapers We're established, and in
the eighteenth century we had the IA
nous Spectator and allied publications
Of the sort. The first daily appeared
in 1902. 1t is also interesting to note
that the first serial story was Robin
son Crusoe," which began to run In
the London Post on Oct. Z, 1710, and
concluded on Oct. 10, 1720.
Between the Horns of "a Dilemma.
He was walking to and fro on tEo
station platform, and his anxiety was
so marked that u friend inquired:
"What's the matter, Tibbs? You look
as If you had something serious on
your mind"
Il have" he replied. "Pm worried;
badly worried. I've just found dollar
in my trousers pocket"
you're the first man / ever saw that
worried over finding money he didn't
know he had"
But you don't understand. l can't
make up my mind whether l forgot
the dollar or whether my wife slipped
1t in my pocket to try me. You see, she
has been accusing me of keeping
things from her. Now, If / were to
blow this bill in without saying any
thing to her about it and it should turn
out that she had played trick on me
my finish would be worth writing up.
On the other hand, if l go to her and
confess that l found it she'll simply
take the dollar. haven't been so wor-
ried in a month. New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

One-half the stuff you buy does you
no good.
Don't carry q lot Of keys to private
drawers. Burn papers you don't want
seen.
A dollar is q large amount to pay for
bread, but 1t is mighty Insignificant In
poker game.
When some people haven't any great
trouble, they smile as much a to say.
How brave am!
Many a good man fusses q great
deal about nothing and makes himself
unnecessarily disagreeable.
There is this in being q parent: They
get the abuse II their children are bad
and no particular credit II they are
good.-Atchison Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

they adhere closely to THAR curious
costumes. the hat being the most im-
pressive part or the garb. The Korean
gentleman never removes his hat In the
presence Of company. either In the
house or outside. The hat must be
worn constantly during waking hours.
"The hat consists OF wide brim and
q crown high enough to contain the
topknot. The hats are made Of many
materials and vary In price from - to
go. Their form dates back 70 time,
centuries ago, when king who was
fearful OF plots and conspiraciss de-
vised the head wear as d protection
against his noble enemies. II men
could not get their heads together, he
argued. they could not engage In q
conspiracy, 80 he issued an edict CON-
pelling his courtiers to wear hats with
gigantic brims. Then In order to pre-
vent fighting on the street he ordered
that these hats be made Of a thin
porcelain. In case Of q fight the hat
would certainly be broken. This would
necessitate explanations from the no.
bieman. and street rows were thereby
ended.
Though the hats are no longer made
of porcelain, they are sufficiently frag-
lie to be broken II the wearery engage
In any violent demonstrations"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

Sounds and Gestures That Take the
Place OF Speech.
A sound or gesture made by an AMI
NAL under any mental or emotional
impression and calling ont q similar
one In another animal is an element
Of language. When the rabbit quickly
beats the ground, its fellow rabbits
know that there is danger somewhere,
and they take action accordingly. That
IN rabbit language. When the hunter
imitates the rabbit and thus conveys
the same ideas, he Is speaking" the
rabbit language for the time being.
Many animals use signs, which Of
course are understood through the
eyes The ants converse BY touching
antenn@ and feet. Many insects rub
the elytra. This In animal language
In its simplest form. 1t expresses but
few ideas. But there are animals
which are capable Of modulating their
voices"
Even the common rabbits, which
seem to be mute, are constantly max
ing sounds, which little observation
viii soon discover to be ever changing
In volume, modulation, etc. Much Of
this method of communication changes
when the animal Is brought into CIV
ilization from the wild state. The wild
dog, for instance, barks very little
when In freedom. How the household
dog barks and iB able to express him.
self d well known.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

said all 1 had to say last night" She
rose stitfiy and went over TO the boat
for the tea things.
All the while that she was rather
blindly laying out her dainty lunch her
most inconsistent heart vas singing:
"He didI I'm glad! He did! I'm gladr'
But the man sat very still, his face
buried in his arms.
Then she waited for the boiling of
the water over the spirit lamp with ap-
parent fascination in its progress.
The man looked up at last
Yes, 1t was lie," he said misera-
bly,. 81 knew perfectly well 1t was
you. It's hardly likely should mis-
take any one for you, Bess. / was just
loving you very hard, and the moon
was in the wrong quarter or some
thing, and my head swam-and then 1t
was over with. When I said thought
it was the maid 1t was just desperate
attempt to make it easier when I saw
how hurt you were. Above all, Bess.
don't imagine for an instant that I
ever thought you that kind OF girl! 1
had feeling that things were different
with us, that we almost understood
each other-such a conceited fool Is
man in love! 1t Is for seeming to think
SO poorly Of you that I want to be for
given"
She turned on him a dazzling smile.
81 forgive you," she said, land won't
you have n sandwich The water is
nearly boiled"
Promptly he took-not the sandwich,
but the hand that proffered It, also its
mate.
After perceptible lapse Of time the
girl said softly: But I never could IL
you'd believed It the housemaid! What
did you expect, sir? Is a girl to be
kissed by a man who's never even said
he loves her and not say she's angry?
Anyway, you've missed your train"
Some day there'll be another" he
answered comfortably.
They rowed back side by side In the
mans boat, towing the other, whose
oars had mysteriously disappeared.
Queer about those oars" reflected
the man half way across.
"I-I-dropped them overheard when
l went to get the tea basket" said a
very small voice. II was afraid you'd
start to 60"
Here they stopped again, for the
average rowboat is disinclined to move
without some assistance.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
SHOOTING BIG GAME.


Danger When the Outlet Fails 10
stop the Brute's Advance.
The disturbing element in hunting
elephant or seladang or rhino has been
always to me at least the feeling Of
uncertainty as to whether or not
could stop the animal II wounded 1t
and it charged me, as 1t did ON an av-
erage Of once In three times.
Based on my experience, therefore, l
should place the elephant first and the
rhino third after the seladang, which
Is fully as formidable az the Cape buf-
falo and is miscalled the bison all over
India. Each Of these animals Is dan
gerous on different and individual
grounds. The elephant though less
likely to charge than any of the others,
is terrifying because Of his enormous
strength, which stops at no obstacle,
and the extreme difficulty Of reaching
a vital spot, especially II, with trunk
tightly coiled, he is coming your way.
1 know Of no sensation more awe
some than standing ankle deep In
ciinging mud In dense cover, with the
jungle crashing around you as though
the entire forest was toppling, as the
elephant you have wounded comes
smashing his way In your direction.
The seladang is dangerous partly be-
cause Of the thick jungle he seeks
when wounded, but more especially
because Of his tremendous vitality and
his usual though not invariabls habit
of awaiting the hunter on bis tracks
and charging suddenly, swiftly and
viciously. 1t requires close and hard
shooting to bring down one Of these
six foot specimens of oriental cattle.
The danger Of the tiger and Of the
lion is in their lightning activity and
ferocious strength. But you have the
shoulder in addition to the head shot
II broadside, or, II coming on, the chest,
oil sure to stop If well placed. The
reason the rhino is SO formidable Is be-
cause its vulnerable spots are 50 hard
to reach. Its brain Is as small In pro-
portion as that Of the elephant and
may be reached through the eye II
head-on, or about three inches below
and just in front Of or just behind the
base Of the ear. according to your posi-
tion for a shot.-Outing.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
Three women writers.

Among ladies distinguished for the
beauty of their penmanship-or PEN
Charlotte Bronte.
who wrote a very small, very delicate
and carefully finished hand Mrs. he
mans wrote in a free, flowing style.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's manu-
script was very neat and carefully
punctuated. the writing being distinct
and legible. though the letters were
rot well joined
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

Muggins-So you finally mustered up
courage to propose to Miss Springer.
eh? What was the result? Huggins-
She dismissed me without ceremony.
Muggins-Oh, well, don't you care.
The absence of ceremony saved you
the minister's fee.-Philadelphia In
Ouirer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
THE NEGRO DIALECT.


Some Comments ON Paul Laurence
Dunbar's Efforts to Sustain II.
"As rule the negro who has grown
out of the dialect Of his race makes an
extremely poor showing In an effort to
mimic the negro's talk" said an OBJ
servant man, "and his efforts to write
It are even more pronounced failures.
But Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro
poet, has written at least one thing in
which he sustained the dialect Of his
race. In the Death Song Dunbar got
closer to the talk and the nature OF the
negro than In any other effort It =
worth recalling, so here 1t is:
LAY me down beneaf Do willsn In d
grass.
Whah de branch IL 70 a-singin' - u pAsA
An wen rs a-layin' low
kin hysah It rs It 80
singin'. sleep. my honey. tex ~ res ~
las'.'
LAY me nigh to whah hit msas little
An. de watah stan's 90 quiet LAX an cool.
whah de little birds In spring
list to come an drink an sing.
An the chilien wadsd on day way to
school.
LET me settle wen my shouidahs draps
dey load
Nigh enough to hyeah d. noises in Do
road,
ru' I tink de Las long res
Gwine to sooths my spsrrit be6
Ef rs layin' 'mong de things rs eifus
knowed.
"You will observe here that he shows
the negro's strong devotion to the ~
and 1t liz interesting because Of the
tendency on the part Of writer's OF ne
gro dialect to force the II out by the
substitution of "a Dunbar's use Of rs
for the improper Il is' is genuine. Most
negro dialect writers Of today would
write IL Abs for they nearly always
use 'Ah' for t. SO he shows the same
preference for Y in the lines
"An' wen rs a-layin' low
I kin hyeah Il as It 60
Eingin'. Sleep. my honey, tex 20 ~ ~
las
Here we have rs and I kin, both
showing the negro's devotion to the
sound Of T. So he uses 'gwine' for go
ing probably srrs In the distinctive
.gwin to- for the negro, al a rule, viii
make one word out of the phrase. CIV
ing it more the sound Of 'gwinter.' But,
on the whole, the dialect IL good and
is well sustained" New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

It would be hard to imagine a more
fantastic looking animal than the blue
gnu. which ranges IN South Africa
from the Orange river north to victo-
ria Nyanza. It suggests to one coming
Unexpectedly upon 1t and seeing It for
the FIRST time a sort Of impossible
dream creature, a cross perhaps be-
tween q buffalo and nightmare. To
the buffalo belong the neck and horns.
but the tail and the hind quarters are
those Of horse. The legs ara deer's
legs, but the head resembles that Of no
other living animal. There seems to be
no doubt that the wild grotesqueness
Of the appearance Of the gnu II pro-
vision Of nature to protect the animal.
Whsu fr1gHscnoa or d4gtur6cd these re-
markable antelopes 60 through q series
Of strange evolutions and extraordina-
ry postures In order to enhance as
much as possible the oddity and hid
eousness of their appearance and 10
frighten away intruders.
THE NEGRO DIALECT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

To please one must make up his mind
to be taught many things which he al
ready knows by people who do not
know them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

nR. S. A. JOHNSTON,
IL SURGEON DENTIST.
Formerly of Butler,
Has located opposite Lowry House,
Main St., Butler, Pa. The finest work
a speciality. Expert painless extractor
of teeth by his new method, no medi
cine used or jabbing needle into the
gums; also gas and ether used. Com
tention.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

A T. SCOTT,
As ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. s. West Diamond st. But.
Ter, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

nR !. WILBERT MCKEE,
~ SURGEON DENTIST.
Office over Leighner's Jewelry store,
Butler, Pa
Peoples Telephone sos.
speciality made of gold filings, gold
crown anG bridge work.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
ATTORNEYS.

d p. SCOTT,
ns ATTORNRY-AT-LAw,
Office in Butler County National
Bank building.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
MEMS HATS IN KOREA.

The Reason They Are Wide Brtmmed,
High and Fragile.
In lecture on Korea, Burton Holmes,
speaking OF the mems hats. said:
Though Korea and especially Seoul
has many foreigners and the people
have become accustomed to .atrangers,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

COULTER & BAKER,
" ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office in Butler County National
Bank building.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

DR. NJ D. KOTTRABA,
IL Successor to DR.. Johnsron.
DENTIST
Office at No ia e. Jefferson St., over
@. w. Miller's grocery
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

nR. H. A. McCANDL LESS,
IL DENTIST
Office in Butler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
DENTISTS.

~ DENTIST.
Graduate of Dental Department
University of Pennsylvania.
Office-215 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

w j. HINDMAN,
W. DENTIST.
1874 South Main street, (ov Metzer's
shoe storey
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

John W. COULTER,
y ATToRNEY-AT-l4Aw.
Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa.
Special attention given to collections
and business matters.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

CAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
~ PHYSICIAN AND SURG EoS
zoo West Cunningham ST.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-02
SAME WAY EVERYWHERE.

Justice is represented as blind
goddess. dispensing judgments accord
ing to the deeds done and not because
the Judge favors or dislikes the per-
son whose rights or misdeeds are to
be passed upon. Sin is sin, crime IS
crime, whether committed by man
of high social standing or a man in
the slum. The judge who considers
anything except the law is unfit to be
a judge.
The editor has duty to perform as
well as a judge. He must print the
news that is news, and yet il. every
community there are those who wish
to suppress the publication of Of
lenses committed by folks who are
prominent or rich. Upon this line the
Greensboro Telegram says:
THE whole truth in this matter is,
and it may as we'll be made known
now as at any time, there is feeling
among some people in this town that
when a man with money or one who is
we'll known, gets into trouble no
breath of it must appear in the news
papers,.
When a man violates the law and is
summoned to court, his case is then SO
public that a newspaper that prints
the news ought not to suppress it. Its
duty is to the public that has a right
to all the news. If it fails to print
an item because one man is promi-
nent and prints u like item about
some unknown man, it is no longer a
newspaper for the people, but a class
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-02
Spirit of the Press.
Why Mr.. Watts Was Elected MOdera-
tor
Presbyterian Standard.

Presbyterian Standard.
The synod honored itself in the
nomination of George w. Watts, as
its Moderator. DR.. Hill dlsquallned d
good many of the brethren by saying
that it was necessary, on this occasion
of feminine numerousness, to nave a
eood-looking man as Moderator. Ihere
were other pleasant things SAID ABOUT
Mr.. Watts, but what we should IKE
To have understood, is that the synod
of North Carolina did not eject MN
because. he is a rich man, VINO mas
given of his means to the causes or
the church. 1t has recognized what
has been known about him Tor many
wears, his simple, unaffected plety ana
Christian zeal. 1t was not the pulldlnS
of a church for his factory employees
and friends so much as the tact that
Sunday after Sunday year IN and
wear out wet and dry ana not ana
cold he is to be found az MS post
teaching a Sunday School class there
It is not that he has made large gifts
that could NOT be kept from the
KNOWLEDGE of men, but that the mem
bers of SYNOD have come TO learn
through the wears he is guilty of left
handed Ignorance of right-hand be-
neficence In these days OF the reve-
lation of unsavory things ABOUT the
self-indulgent rich, of dlsho1lest Things
about those who have hasted TO be
rich. it is refreshing to know a man
of Mr.. Watts type. Ana IL is the
simple truth that the synod, while
grateful for his benefactlons is more
grateful for the abiding influence of
his Christian character
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-02
TWILL Be BITTER
Fight Against Appoint
ment of Reynolds.
II is Understood That Britfs Friends
Will Struggle Hard to Make Him
the Successor of Collector
HarkinS.
tsneciaI to News and Observer

CSnecial to News and Observer
AsheviIle, n. c., Nov. 1.-The fact
that Hon. C. A. Reynolds, of Winston,
Republican ex-Lieutenant Governor
of North Carolina, who is reported to
be slated to succeed H. S. Harkins as
collector for the fifth internal district
is in AsheVille visiting the Federal
building today, has again started
discussion of Republican household
affairs and has developed the fact that
an especially bitter fight will be made
against this appointment by some
other Republicans of this COMPRESSION
al district.
II has developed that the friends of
J. j. Britt, cashier Of Collector Har-
<ins' office, contend that il has all
along been understood that Britt was
to succeed Harkins as collector for
this district, and it is said they Will
make every effort to have Chairman
Rollins appoint him. The friends Oh
MI. britt say they see no reason for
the VlcariouS sacrifice of that gentle
nan, because the Organization" wants
an Eastern man appointed to this
office to give better grace to Mr.. Rol-
Inns supposed candidacy for the dis
trict attorneyshIp, and they have good
reason to believe that their fight for
their man. will not be from the first
hopeless. The appointment of Mr..
Reynolds would undoubtedly mean the
removal of the collectors office from
Asheville to Winston, and in the flrst
place they count upon the fact that
the business interests of this Sectlon
will bitterly oppose such removal.
But they have another and perhaps
better argument against the re-
moval of the office and consequently
against the appointment of Mr.. Rey-
nolds. 1t is pointed out that the re-
moval of the office from the western
section of the State, the only fighting
ground Of the Republican party in
North Carolina would cost that party
900 votes in the tenth district alone,
and that no possible advantage could
accrue from the establishment of the
office in a hopelessly Democratic dis
trict. The outs firmly believe that
the Federal slate as published in the
News and Observer and other State
papers is correct, and that Mr.. Rey-
but Britt's friends hope to break this
slate for the reasons stated.
This fight is interesting in itself
and for the reason that it probably
involves the political life of a man
who has been prominent in Republi-
can politics in this end of the State
and as Il phase of the conflict which
will be Waged against the State or
ganization by the outs in their eff
forts to break the slate as supposed
to have been arranged by Chairman
Rollins and his friends
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-02
far as this house. at least, is con-

far as this house. at least, is con-
cerned.
The truth is not to be mistaken
from the facts. There are dozen or
more of these places, all known to
the police. If evidence were wanted
it could be obtained. Common sense
tells that. No place can be run pub
licly without the officers of the law
being able to get testimony if they
are willing to look for it. 1t is their
duty to find out the places of laWless-
ness as well as to act as puppets when
complaint is made. Yet the only
prosecutions of this sort in Raleigh
have been one or two which were
settled by fine and which were
brought forward by tragedies or by
evidence of a positive sort introduced
in the very court of the Police Justice
in a manner which would not permit
of it's being overlooked. To that ex-
tent the police have acted and not be-
yond. Even in these cases the de-
PENDANTS were permitted to pay a fine
and go free, and are yet. so far as is
known to the contrary, pursuing their
same avocation as before
In the present instance the house
of Mollie Trimble is directly involved
through the testimony of half a dozen
witnesses in the shooting affair.
There was gambling there, congre-
CATION of men, a fight, one of the men
engaged in the shooting states that he
testimony was given in the hearing OF
the Police Justice, the City Attorney
and the Chief of Police on Monday.
Yet nothing has been done. In the
attempt to bind over Lilliston and
Clarke for homicide, is the very can-
Ger which bred the killing to be per-
mitted to stay and tester other crimes
into existence? We believe that the
people are beginning to be aroused
over this. matter They will become
more aroused as instances multiply.
1t is now for the police to act or TO
quit! If they cannot 2ct of their own
will. il they cannot follow their own
senses, they must be made TO act or
give way to those who will. The sub
iect is an ugly one, but the disgrace is
of a sort which renders lady-like ut
terance or sanctimonious silence
worse than contemplate. The truths
here stated are matters of common
knowledge in Raleigh. They con-
Germ a poison which is well-nigh
fatal to the peace and morals of the
city. The sore calls for radical treat
ment, not for perfunctory shying az
duty with a fine, which is the proceeds
of vice. Somebody is responsible for
the police. Let them give the notice,
and there will be- reform. . Nobody
ca%s whether the police sympathize
with the scarlet women or not They
are employed to enforce the law;
they are advertent to the evil. Let
them act or quit