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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
fro BE Continued
POOLE'S FAMOUS FEAT.
In Splitting Paper He Went One Bet
ter Than an English Expert.

In Splitting Paper He Went One Bet-
ter Than an English Expert.
Lucius Poole, a brother of William
Poole, the librarian whose name is per-
petuated in "Poole's Index" was
known throughout the country for his
rare skill in restoring and repairing old
documents and reprints. He lived for
thirty years in a house at the south
end, Boston, with three congenial
spirits, one a collector Of Dickensana,
the second of Napoleonana and the
third a collector of first editions.
Poole was q collector, too, of books,
letters and programmes relating to the
stage. He had a remarkable faculty
for matching old paper and could put
n corner or a patch on a letter or q
playbill so neatly that it could be no.
ticed only under a magnifying glass.
Mr.. Poole's famous feat of splitting a
magazine page into four leaves or lay
ers was brought about by an English
inlayer, who showed Mr.. Poole page
split in three leaves with the printing
on it unmarried. The American said
that he could do all that the Englishman
had done, and more, and after some
experiments produced a page Of the
Century Magazine split in four leaves.
This was taken to London by book
collector, who had gone abroad to add
to his library. and after the page had
been the rounds of the clubs there ii
was sent to Paris and caused the
Frenchmen to wonder.-Portland Ad
yertiSer,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29

The woman passed on. grim and Sc
we're. and the shadow receded slowly
from the threshold.
That night n party Of men carrying
torches searched the forest vainly for
the missing lad, calling his name loud
ly, then listening with straining ears
for a response But none came to their
strong and eager cries, the accustomed
stiffness Of midnight on the mountain
being broken only by sounds Of hurry
ing feet, shrieks Of birds, reused from
their nests by the unusual disturbance
and glare of lights, as they few through
the trees with noisy clapping Of wings.
and the peculiar wailing sound of the
wildcat as with cleaning eyes and
showing its teeth savagely it skunk
among the underbrush.
But it was not until morn that they
found him. AT the peaceful hour of
dawn, when the sun was sending its
first warm rays of light across the
horizon line. tinting the sky with rosy
pink that presaged the coming of an
other glorious day of life and activity,
Taunston shouted to the others that
he had found him, and his companions,
running to the edge of the preclpIce,
saw the bruised and swollen body of
poor Christopher, held securely by q
protruding root of n gnarled oak tree
that had caught under his jacket, toss
ing up and down on the rushing, tum-
bling waters OF the stream below, his
glazed eyes Vide open and staring
looking vacantly into the shocked and
sorrowing faces above him.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
THE SUN AND MOON.
Quaint Folklore Stories Concerning
These Luminaries. /,

Quaint Folklore Stories Concerning
These Luminaries. .
The most touching Of all folklore sto-
ries mas be found in Charles f. Lum-
mis- pueblo Folklore" 1t is one OF
the many myths Of the moon and beau
tffully conceived The sun is the Ali
father, the moon the Allmother, and
both shine with equal light in the heav-
ems. But the Trues, the superior divin-
tiles, find that man, the animals, the
flowers, weary of a constant day. They
agree to put out the Allfather's. or
suns, eyes. The Allmother, the moon,
offers herself as a sacrifice. Blind
me-" she says, "and leave my hus-
bands eyes" The Trues say, '1t is
good, woman"
They accept the sacrifice and take
away one OF the Allmother's eyes;
hence the moon is less brilliant than
the sun. The man finds rest at night
and the flowers sleep.
In Mrs. Leiber Cohen's translation OF
Sacher Masoch's "Jewish Tales" there
is q variant of the sun and moon story
derived from the Talmud. Briefly told
the sun and moon are equally lumi
nous. 1t is the moon who wants to be
more brilliant than the sun. Deity Is
angered at her demands. Her light Is
lessened. "The moon grew pale. linen
God pitied her and gave her the stars
for companions"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
A COSTLY BREAKFAST.

when Eggs Were Worth Their
Weight In Gold In San Francisco.
Hens eggs were worth their weight
In gold, writes Thomas e. Parish In
one of his stories of the very early,
DAYS In San Francisco. A couple OF
young men who had recently landed
from Tennessee dropped into Aldrich's
for breakfast one morning. Not being
aware of the rarity and consequent
prices Of eggs in California and having
five dollars still left with which to pay.
for breakfast for two, they calmly or
dered their usual breakfast Of eggs and
toast. When the bill was presented the
young gentlemen saw, to their con-
sternation, that the amount was $40.
They had only So. What was to be
done?
After a consultation together it was
decided that one Of them should remain
while the other went out to look for
Colonel Gift, an old time friend whom
they knew to be in the city. The colo
mel was soon found, who, after hearing
the story Of his young friend and ask
ing who was with him, inquired what
they had had for breakfast. eggs"
was the reply.
Eggs! Eggsw exclaimed the colo
mel. did you not know, you blankety,
blank fool, that hens lay gold In Cali
forniaY Il did not, but I do" said
our young friend. "Well," continued
the colonel kindly, handing over fifty
dollar gold slug, take this and remem-
Der after this that you are not in Ten
nessee, where eggs are given away"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
SPIDER SILK.
The Way the Thread Is Taken From
the Imprisoned Insect.

The Way the Thread Is Taken From
the Imprisoned Insect.
The American consul at Tamatave,
Madagascar, sends an interesting re-
port on the manufacture of silk from
spiders web.
The first difficulty in securing the
thread direct from the Madagascar
spider C.halabe," big spider, the ma
tives call herr was met with in devils
ing a suitable holder to secure the liv-
ing spider Khile winding of the web.
This was originally performed by con-
fining the spiders in empty match
boxes with their abdomens protruding,
thus making so many living reels. The
extraction of the web does not ap-
parently Inconvenience the insects, al
though care has to be taken not to in
jure them. From that stage has been
evolved frame Of twenty-four small
guillotines, in each of which spider
is secured in such a manner that on
one side protrudes the abdomen, while
on the other the head. thorax and legs
are free. The precaution Of keeping
the legs out Of the way is necessary.
because the spiders, when their secre-
tion is spun off in this fashion, are
liable to break off the web with their
legs.
The spider submits without resist
ance to the widing off of its thread.
After the laying period or formation
o< the web it can be reeled of five or
six times in the course Of month,
after which the spider dies, having
yielded about 1000 yards. Native girls
do the work.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
THE BUDDHIST HADES.
Eight "Easy Stages" of the Most Av
full Kinds of Torture.

Eight "Easy Stages" of the Most Aw-
full Kinds of Torture.
The place of torment to which all
on the day of final reckoning is ter
rible place of punishment. This
Buddhistic hell is divided into eight
"easy stages" In the first the poor
victim is compelled to walk for un-
told ages in his bare feet over hills
thickly set with redhot needles, points
upward. In the second stage the skin
is all carefully filed or rasped from
the body and irritating mixtures ap-
piled. In the third stage the nails,
hair and eyes are plucked out and the
denuded body sawed and planed into
all sorts of fantastic shapes. The
fourth stage is that of "sorrowful lam
entations." In the fifth the left side
of the body and the denuded head are
carefully roasted, Yema, the Buddhis-
tic Satan, experimenting the work. In
the sixth stage the arms are torn from
the body and thrown into an immense
vat among the eyes, nails and hair pre-
viously removed. Then In plain hear
ing Of the sore footed, blind, MANNED,
roasted and bleeding victim the whole
horrid mass is pounded into a jelly.
In the seventh stage the other side OF
the victim and his feet are roasted
brown, and then comes the eighth and
last stage, In which the candidate Is
thrown into the bottomless pit Of per-
dition.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
No. &C..
FOOD PREsERvATlvEs.
Comparison Between snsicyIic
Acid and Sugar or Salt.

n Comparison Between Suuey1Ac
Acid and Sugar or Salt.
All of the most common food pre-
seryatiyes are constituents OF the food
we eat. Nature herself has put them
into our food. We have been consum-
ing them since time began. Our saw
age ancestors consumed them for mil
lenniums before us.
Two grains Of salicylic acid will pre-
serve a pound Of food for reasonable
length OF time A grain is the amount
most commonly used. In order to
preserve the same amount of food with
equal safety one pound of sugar would
be required. In fifteen pounds Of well
preserved food there would be thirty
grains of salicylic acid. 1t Is a very.
common thing for physicians to admin
lister to their patients thirty grains at
dose and keep up the administration
for many days with benefit to the pa
tient Fifteen pounds of food preserv-
ed to an equal extent by sugar would
require fifteen pounds of sugar. How
long does the reader suppose that any
person could retain good health IL they
undertook to eat fifteen pounds of
sugar at a single sitting and keep TAX
| ing such doses for weeks at time?
AS grain of salicylic acid will pre-
serve more food with equal certainty
than an ounce Of salt and as fifteen
grains of salicylic acid would equal In
preserving power over pound Of salt,
who would hesitate in choosing the
| alternative doses of thirty grains of
I salicyclic acid or Of two pounds of
table salt? One pound Of salt is a ia
tai dose.-Dr r. G. Eccles In Public
| Opinion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
THE OCEAN DERELICT.
1t LIS the Most Patent of All Dangers
That Threaten Seafarers.


That Threaten Seafnrers.
OF all the spectacles of the seas none
Is so tragic as the derelict, the errant
of the trackless deep. Weird beyond
description is the picture presented by
some broken and battered hulk as she
swings into view against the sky line,
with the turgid green seas sweeping
over her moss grown decks and a
splintered fragment of mast pointing
upward, as If in protest against her
undoing. 1t is a sight also to arouse
fear.
For the derelict is the most potent or
all the dangers that threaten the sea-
farer. Silent, stealthy, invisible, it Is
the terror of the mariner. 1t is the
arch hypocrite of the deep. Against it
skill of seamanship, vigilance in watch
ing, avail not. Lights and whistles,
beams and buoys proclaim the proxim-
ity of land; the throbbing Of engines,
the noises of shipboard life tell Of an
approaching vessel; icebergs and foes
betray themselves by their ghostly ra-
dance and surrounding frigidity Of
air, but the derelict gives no warning,
makes no signal. The first sign Of its
existence is the crash, the sickening
tremble and quaver Of the ship sudden
ly wounded to death.-P. Il. McGrath
in McClure's,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
CHAPTER XVI.

a DAM, the goldsmith, waited late
"a that afternoon for Christie
"a piers return. Impatient at
his delay and angry at the
sight of the unfinished chores, he
paced up and down the room restless
ly, pausing at frequent intervals to
look out of the doorway with nervous
anxiety toward the forest footpath.
"'Tis passing strange" he muttered.
1.-The lads ne'er done the like before.
If he'd thought of fear I'd say the
storm delayed him, but such things as
thunder showers 'ud ne'er bother
Christopher. Nay" shaking his head,
"the lads willful and careth not that
the chores are undone."
Just then shadow fell across the
threshold. Adam came forward ex-
pectantly.
"Ah, bless me, Mistress Taunstonw
he exclaimed in surprise. "Methought
twas Christopher. Happen didst see
that good FOR naught as thou didst
come through the foresti"
II saw him not, good ADAM" the
dame replied, "but walked rapidly, as
l am in haste to reach the house Of
Sister Hemming that my son brought
me word an hour since had been Wis
tied by the Lord with an afiiiction of
numbness, so / bethought me that my
prayers and services might be of use
at the bedside. Did thy lad stray
away|
"'Twas after the hour of noon that
cont At,,, 40 fbo nd farm with
trinket that / mended for the young
mistress" he replied. ~ truth 1 would
not ha' been in such good haste to send
1t had not thy good son Josiah warned
me of possible evil contained in the
papist symbol of the golden cross"
The woman threw out her hand in
manner that suggested hopeless resig-
nation at the rashness Of the old mans
act and, addressing him harshly with
tragic earnestness, said: Thou didst
send thy lad with that emblem Of the
black art, Adam Browdie. Forsooth,"
with an ominous shake of her head,
"'twas no wonder then that the storm
:ose betimes, turning peaceful elements
into DEVILS turmoil to bring honest folk
to their knees calling on God to save
theml All, sorrowful dayr she sighed
drearily, then, raising her voice in re-
buke, said, "Twas thy duty, man, to
ha' burned the wicked trinket instead
O. sending an innocent lad with it to
bring destruction to him!
Adam, pale with apprehension, cow
cred back against the door. The words
Of his visitor We're SC positive and her
manner carried such conviction with
it that the old man was already aghast
at the possible consequences Of his fool
ish act.
81 must be on my way, good neigh
bor." Mistress Taunston lifted her
skirts preparatory to leaving. But
happen thy lad returneth not by night
fall 1 would counsel thee to rouse the
village, call the men out for a search,
and If aught of harm hath befallen
Christopher as a result of touching that
cross" she continued sternly, with a
threatening emphasis, Il wot measures
must be taken at once to force the
wearer of it to destroy It."
"Aye, ayer' the trembling old man
concurred eagerly. ''Such evil gim-
cracks worn for the sake o. wicked
vanity should be destroyed Mayhap,
alas, enough harm hath been done
a'readyl All, woe is me, 'Tis bad
time we ha' fallen onr'
Truth hast thou spoken. God keep
thee, Adam"
"And thee, good dame"
- - ---~- ----s
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
THE GAME OF GOLF.
A Pnstime Of Kings, With a Record
of Over Four Hundred Years.

Pustfme OF Kings, With a Record
of Over Four Hundred Years.
A game with history of more than
400 years must necessarily have some
interesting records. Golf has been
greatly liked by kings. In the time Of
James 1. it was generally practiced by
all classes. The unfortunate Charles /.
was devoted to golf. While on visit
in Scotland in 1641, as he was deeply
engaged In a game news was brought
him Of the breaking out Of rebellion
in Ireland, and the royal golfer threw
down his club and retired in great agi-
tation to Holyrood House When he
was imprisoned at Newcastle his
keeper kindly permitted him to take
recreation on the golfng links with
his train. 1t is said that Mary, queen
Of Scots, was seen playing golf in the
field beside Seaton q few days after
the murder Of her husband. In 1887
a magnificent gold medal was present
ed to St Andrews by William w., to
be played for annually. One Of the
earlier kings forbade the importation
of golf balls from Holland because it
took away ma small quantitie of gold
and silver out Of the kingdome Of
Scotland" and at one time "golfe and
futeball and other Improbable games"
were forbidden in England because
archery, so necessary in the defense
of the nation. was being neglected in
their favor.-Pearson's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29

ing is sin that sends the soul to eter-
nal punishment, for SO our preacher
hath ever taught us, and my brother
Josiah would cast me out of the house
an he heard ! indulged in such prac-
tees"
Sir Godfrey, inclining his head cour-
teously, walked away, and Margaret
threw down her lutte, interposing
hastily to cover Hetty's embarrass-
ment.
"What ails thee, man, that thou would
ask q Puritan maid to dance? Thou
must excuse him, Hetty, as he knows
not the pious customs of our mountain
people. Come, dear Godfrey, read to
US from thy new volume of Will
Shakespeare. Twill delight sweet
Hetty, who hath great love for poetry,
and as for me-" she added, with a
smile, thou knowest the sound of thy
voice is ever music in mine ears"
In reading and pleasant converse the
afternoon passed SO rapidly that it
was after milking time when Hetty
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29

a DAM, the goldsmith, waited late
"a that afternoon for Christie
"A piers return. Impatient at
- his DELAY and angry at the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29

An Edinburgh minister rolled thou
sand feet down the sleeps Of Ben
Nevis and lived to tell the tale. Ad-
miral Sir Novel; Salmon was clean
shot through at Lucknow and returned
as dead, but came up smiling soon
afterward. Similar was Lord Wolse-
ley's experience in the Crimea; but.
though pretty well riddled with shot
and shell and deprived of the sight OF
an eye, he was able soon after to en-
Joy a laugh over his own obituary.
Not long ago there was girl up on
trial in a Londcn police court who had
twice attempted to commit suicide,
but two trains had passed over her
and left her unscathed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-06-29
Saucy.

Elith-I told Mr. Converse the other
night that I resembled him in one re-
spect.. Clare-What was that? Edith
That / always enjoyed hearing him
talk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-28

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-28
Want to Keep the Constitution.

Boston, Sept. 2S.-Local members
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Daughters of 1912 and
other patriotic organizations are de-
termined to oppose every attempt to
remove the old frigate Constitution
from the Charlestown navy yard They
say that it would not only be out of
place elsewhere than Boston, where
It was built, but it would fall to pieces
should any attempt be made to re-
move the old ship to any new quar-
ters. 1t has been suggested to raise
fund among the school children of
Brooklyn, n. Y, to purchase the old
ship and bring 1t to Brooklyn, with
view to preserving it there as a
nautical relic. This plan is bitterly
opposed by the patriotic women of
this city and a meeting has been call
ed to consider the matter and decide
upon some method of preserving the
frigate. without removing it from its
present quarters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-28

The facts are that the church is
none too rich and has not sufficient
membership to maintain more than
one church in the city. Nor would
it be possible to move this church to
either of the sites donated by Mrs.
Thompson on account of their re-
moteness from the center of the city.
The property donated has been in the
possession of the church some time,
but instead of giving a revenue, has
been an expense in the way of taxes
and improvements. The impression
being current that the church has am
pie funds for all needs has proven a
great handicap to securing the actual
money needed for running expenses,
and with stipulation that two new
churches must be erected within the
next five years under penalty of for
feiting $4,000, a new burden has
been added.-Lewiston Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-28
RAILROAD BRANCH
IMPORTANT WORK OF
A CHRISTIAN ORDER.
Nearly Two thousand Members of the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Meet With
Railroad Officials-The Order Is an
international Organization and Al
most a Protege of the Railroad Of
ficials-Delegates VIII Occupy De-
trOit Pulpits Next Sunday.

Detroit Sept. 2s.-Nearly two
thousand members of the Railroad
Branch of the Young Mems Christian
association and railroad officials from
all parts of the country are assembled
here to attend the biennial session or
conference of the Y. NJ. c. A. Railroad
Branch. 1t is by far the most i'm
portant conference of that organiza-
tion ever held and great results are
expected from 1t. The organization
is Of an international character and
delegates from railroads in Russia,
Germany, England France. Italy.
Japan and other countries are I'm at
tendance.
Many foreign governments have
taken great interest in the work OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. and have expressed
their willingness to facilitate the work
Of the organization in every possible
way. The same may be said of the
arrangements OF the American rail-
roads which not only countenance the
efforts Of the association, but give its
members strong support in their
work. So intimate are the relations
between the managements of the rail-
roads and the Y. NJ. G. A., that it is
believed that the latter organization
is destined to play an important part
in the final arrangement of the rela-
tions between labor and capital, at
least in this branch of industry.
The conference was opened this
morning and the delegates were well
coined on behalf of the city by Mayor
Codd Responses were made by sew
eral prominent delegates from the
United States and foreign countries
In the afternoon the delegates rail
road officials and distinguished visit
ors will take trip to the Flats as the
guests OF the reception committee.
During the four days of the confer
ence many Of the delegates will ad
dress MONDAY shop meetings, point
ing out to the shop men the goot
work that is done by the Y. NJ. 9. 4
on Sunday every pulpit in Detroit vii
he occupied by delegates to the con
ference, officials and railway EN-
ployes. on Saturday evening a ban
quet will be given to which the rail
way officials and other guests will b.
invited.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-28
Sullivan & Bond Home sos s.'.!o Of ..!.

queathed over $5,O0O,OOO to charity,
chiefly devoted to the relief of suf-
ferers from chronic and incurable dis
eases. He left $494,375 to the chari-
table institutions of Vienna; $9S55 to
the poor of Vienna without distinction
of creed; $4,000 to che poor fund of
Schillersdorf; $4,000 to the Chariot
tenstift at Hultschun; $4,000 for dis
tribution among the poor of Schillers-
dorf, and $4S4O for the poor of Mes
field. The will directs the executors
to continue all pensions
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-28
New Electric Line Out of Boise.

Articles incorporating the Boise
Valley Railway company limited,
were filed today with the secretary
of state and county auditor Of Ada
county. The capital stock is fixed at
100000 and principal office is to
be i'm Boise.
The object of the company is to
build an electric line down the valley
to Caldwell or some other point OH
the main line of the railroad, also to
Emmett and several other points.
This is the company promoted by
Donaldson & Ustick, of this city.
The directors chosen for the first
year are b. F. Olden, John Mcmillan,
Robert Noble, A. Ross, II. T.. Neal, d.
X. Hubbard, w. n. Dolandson, o. v.
Allen and II. p. Ustick, all of Boise.
Boise Capital News.