fcUBWCBiPTIO* BAV£N( Pw rmr. In adTinoe : W W No euhecription will bo dJacoctinoed until *ll arrearage* «rc paid. Pa*tinaat«» neglecting to nouiv oa wUeu do not take oat their papers ail! be held liable for the aubecription. ■Scbecribetis removing from one poetofflce to another flioold give ua tiie name of the former as well att the present ottiee. All comtoumeatious intended for publication in thi» paper mn*t be accompanied f»y the real name of the writer, not for publication, bat at a gaaiante* of good faith. Marriage and death notices moat be accompa nied t v a responsible name. AUdresa THfc _ UUTI ER CITIZKK. BUTLER. PA. 1 TRAVELERS' GUIDE. Bt TI.EK. KIRN* CITT AND PARKE* RAILROAD (Hutler Time.) Trains leave Butler for St. Joe, MiHerstown, K: ri'» t-'itj. Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7.25 a. m., and 205 and 7.90 m. (See below /or con neti.on- with A. V K R.J Train" arrjvi- at Butler from the above named point* 7.1 7. 5 a. OJ.. liua 1.55, and 6.55 p tn. Tl.. 155 ttain eonn«-ct* »itli iraiii on the West Pi tin ririd tiruuirl. u> Httaburtrti. -UENANOb ANii \LI.EOH*M KAII-ROAD. 1 raiuo leave WiliiardV Mill, Butler county, foi H irri.-vilie. Oreenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m. an i Mi - lea e P«m>lia .it 530 a m lor 7*" a., i at 10. Oa. in. lor 12120 tram. K iurn .-tn.es leave.Milliard on arrival ot Iraiut- fit i'W a. in. and 1.50 p. m eia«e leaves Mirtinsburg at «30 for 12.30 train. rE*S9TLVA*IA RAILROAD. Tra;a* leave Butler (Butler or Pittsburgh Time.) Market at 5.06 a. m., goes through to Alle gheny, aruving at 9.01 a. m. This train con nects at Freeport with Freeport Aeeotnraoda tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 850 a. m., railroad time. Exyreti at 7.21 a. m, connecting at Butler Jni cti'in, without chance of ear?, it 8.2 C wtb Eii>.cM west, arriving in Allegheny at »5S a. m , and Ex-irnti eaat arriving al Blairsville at 11 Oti a. in. railruad time. Mail at 2.36 p. m., connecting at Bntler Junc tlor. without cbai:ge ot cure, with Express west, arriving In Allegheny at 526 p. in., and Ex press cast arriving at Blaireville Intersection at 6.10 p. m. railroad iime, which conueeta w'tb Philadelphia Express east, when on time. The 7.21 a. m train connect* at Biairtvi'le at 11.05 a. m. with the Mail east, and tbe 2.M p.m. train at 6.5» with the Philadelphia Ex press eaut. Trains arrive at Butler on Weat Penn R. R. at fi.sl a. m , 5 CW and 7.20 p. m.. Butler time. The BJSI and 5.06 Iraiu* connect with trains on tbe Cutler <fc Parker R. R. Suu ay train arrives at Butle- at ll.!l a. m., connecting with train for Parker Main Line. Throasti tmin* leave for the Eai" at'l M and 826 a rn. and 12 51, 4.81 ai.d 8.06 p. m., arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and 7.20 p. !-i and 3.00. 7.0 and '7.40 ». m.; at Baltimore aboui U;e «nni»- t n.e. at New York three hoi/n. later, :«nd at Wa-tiincton about one and a ball lIOIKn later. PHYSICIANS. JOHN E BYERH, PHYSICI AN AND SURG KON, wy't-lr] HU.TI.EK PA. DENTTSTB = bijJSfTISTJrcY" Of# WAUiKON.On rtnnte ol the Phil 5 udeli'Ma Dental College, i» prejmred • Ii• to do anything in the lin«* of lilt prole* lon it: a «'.iti-f;.cioty manner. Ottiee on Yi:iln «tret-t. Butler. Union Hlurk, 0|»»"ir«. ipl' LAND H»H SALK. LANO FO I JALK -ANI»— EXCIIANGE. * Wil'inm H. B .yd h»n 320 »cre« of No. 1 Prairie Land in Bntler conntv. Kuimu«, which ho will ex' l.iirii e f >r 109 acrea in thia county, and pay diff' ieri' e if an* . A Urge numl er of CHEAP FARMS for aalo in iliif oouiity. Weet VirKinio, Missouri and Kui aaf Apply to WM. S. BOYD, tuHfH-'liik Vogeley Honne. Butiar. Pa FOR SALE. A ii!)nd»onw» -tx-rooni fiame honw, located on '''isfl "Ire. I. mirtliaeftrtn J art of Butler L«>> VK'7l. A!I ti' ceMary ouibulldinir*. 'I El'Vt"*—<)• e-'hlrrt eiu»h md balauee In four equ-i." nntiual pajraenla. li.quire at this ofllee. Jm.ltl < \ jilii »!>!«' Fiinri for JSalc Tin- nndf"nij{rifcd often at privato Hale the farm. Int.'y owned by Robert Ollleiand, deo'd, lat «f Middle*! fowrinhip. containing 162 Arr«N, more or lean. with a two-etorr brick boose and baiil' bam, bay botue wagon abed and otber out'.nildiiigi". Two good orcharda thereon. 130 acrnr denied, balance in good timber. easy of acc-**, bv *t«>ut o e-baif mile from Butler and Pittsburgh plank road and paten from new narrow-g*nf-e railroad, in well improved and in good ooiidmou and ia well adapted for dairy pariweee. For term* apply to JAMEH WIIJtON. Agent. decl7tf] Bal.cmtown, Allegheny Co., Pa. For t^ale. The well-improved farm of Rev. W. B. Hutch' laon. in the ncrtbcaat corner of Middlesex town ahip, Butler county. Pa , ia now offered for Hale, low Inquire of W. K. FBL3BEE, on tbe prtm toea. aplOtf FORHALE. §5 will Jfuj a oue-balf interest In a good bus ings In Fituhurtrh. One who knowa aorae thli if about farmlnir preferred. An honeat man Willi the above uniount will do well to address by .i-tter. SMITH JOHN#, «ire 8. M Jumee, U3 ! Ilxrty Kr'-et, Pittsburgh, Pa. |au37 ly BANKS. Tl! h BITLKE SAVINGS BANK •* it ri„ K ii. t* A . NKARLT oppos.tk lowby hocsk CAPITAL STOCK 60,000. Wm Ounmi. Jam. D. Awdkjwos, Fre*i<b-rit Vice President. Wm. C4Mi'HKi'L>, Jr., Cashier OIKKCTOHN Wll'i«iu Campl*ll v J. W. Irwin. Jan. D Andwn'«n. Qeorge WeUi, Joaepli L. I'urvia. l>o. r a General limkini* A Exchange biininenn. pud yi» time {epoetin Collection)- marie an<l prompt retnrux at low rate* of Exchange. Ool'l Exchange and Government Bond* bom lit ant Commercial paper, bond*, |ndgm«nl aii'l <»tber«iMmritie» bonght at fair rate* la2'i:tv [NSITH \X<;k, ■ iMorpiiralH] IHI9. /ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY <«F IIAKTFORD, CONNECTJCUT. Affi» vt.vn,m 40 t.ooMf p»ld in Bl yenrs, 151,000,000. J T McJCNKIN A HON,-Agents, jan'JSly J< fU-rroii street, Sutler, Pa. ~ KIT ITKTMTouMT Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Often Cor. Main and Cunningham S S. G. C. ROESSING, President, a m CAVII'BELL. Tkkaschbu H C. IIEINEM AN, BKOKETAKY DIRECTORS: J 1,. Hurvm E. A. Helmboldt, WillUm Campliell, J W. Huikhurt, A. front man, Jacob Scboene, G. C. John Caldwell, p. W Irvln, W. W Dodds, J. W. Christy 11. C. Helneman. JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae't BTTTXjBR PA. FOR EfeNTr™ Urea acre* ot ground. I area bona* and atora room, with outbuildings, good water at tbadoor, M l good young orchard, b ate mils* Irow Butler; and a good location tar a wastry atora. Will gira possession immediately. Inqoirs at ... CimtV OFFICE. tnarStf Butler, Pa. I 1! I'lk "'. CLi^ * P*- -- VOL. XVII. 'NOW IS TBE TIME TO BUY! I GALL AT THE Boot and Shoe Store ok MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. The Largest and most complete stock of Goods ever brought to Butler is now being opened bj - me at my store. It comprises Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Misses' & Children's Shoes, in great variety. All Goods were purchased for CASH in the Eastern markets, and therefore 1 can sell them at the Old Prices, and NO ADVANCE. Lines ol Philadelphia, .New Yoik and Boston Goods embrace n v stick, and customers can take their choice. I Mean What I Bay: •fcSr'NO ADVANCE ON OLD PKICES All can call and see lor themselves. Ihe best of satisfaction will be given fl.r CA6H. THE IV/KE, STYLE AND FINISH <»f Goods in my store cannot be excelled by any other house in the county, for proof of which a p< rsonal inspection is all that is necessary. Leather oucl Findings at Pittsburgh prices Shoemakers should come and purchase it they wish to obtain material cheap. SUPERIOR MILLING! c "" = WALTER & BOOS, Proprietors of the Well-Known .Splendid FLOURIMi MILL 13UTLKR, PA. We wish to inform the public that we have remodeled our Mill with the latest improved Gradual Reduction System Machinery, which is well known Ijy Millers to bo the in existence. We enn nay to Farmers and I'ruduterf of wheal that it will Im- profitable to them to give.us u trial. We eluiin that w« t sni make a BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, AND MORE OF IT, out of the same number of buKheltt of wheat than any other Mill in the county, and equal to any firHt-elaBU Mill in the city, or Western Mills. Tbe Mill, m-ed f« r Hegrimiing, bought of Munson A Uro., Utica, N. V.; the George T. Smith Middlingn Purifier, bought at Jai khon, Mich., together with IJ«iliitig Cloths, Heals, Conveyers, <kc., suitable for the Machinery, cannot be Excelled in the United States or elsewhere. This may seem an exaggeration to some, but we winh the pub lic to kuow that we are able to perform all that we publish, a» we have given our machinery a thorough test in the presence of several good Millers and Millwrights, and it has proven even better than it was guaranteed to do. We are also remodeling our Mill for Grinding Other Kinds of Grain, which will lie entirely satisfactory to our customers. Farmers wishing to have their grist home with them the same day, can do so on short notice. They will thereby save another trip. WE IIAVE ALWAYS ON HAND TliE BEST OHADES 0E WHEAT FLOUB,GRAHAM FLOUR. BYE FLOUR. Buckwheat Flour, Bolted and Unbolted Corn Meal, different kinds of Chop, Bran and Mill Feed, all of tbe best quality and at tbe LOWEST PRICE?. t-y?" Parties in town purchasing from us will have their orders promptly atended to and articles delivered at their place of residence. We Pay tbe Highest Market Price fer all Kinds ef 6rain. • BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH '24, nSO. OPENING DAILY AT — THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF Boots and Shoes To be found in any House in Western Pennsylvania, em bracing ail the Newest Spring Styles in the Market. I am soiling all this stock at I , KICES.S VmSSSSf Recoiled, NO ADVANCE. Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All niv customers have the benefit in buying 1 by getting Boots and Shoes that come direct from the manufacturer to my house. No middle profits to divide up that parties . are compelled to pay that buy from jobbing houses. This Stock of Boots and Shoes is Very Large in the Following Lines: Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button Boots, - $1.50 and upwards. " " " " Side Lace Boots, - 1.25 " " " Grain, Pebble and Kid Button and Polish, - 1.25 " " " " Polish, 95 " " " " Standard, very prime, ------ 1.25 " " " Serges, in Congress and Polish, - 15 to sl. " Calf Peg Shoes, all warranted. MY STOCK EMBRACES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE, A FULL LINE OF ALL THE FINER GRADES IN WOMEN'S, MISBE&' AND CHILDREN'S. Th«* Cit'iif** I>« par iiM'if is very complete in every line in Calf Button, Dom Pedros, Congress and English Walking Shoes, and especially in Calf Boots, at $2 and upwards, Brogans and Plow Shoes, at SI and upwards, Fine Buff Alexis and Congress, at $1.25 and upwards, Low Strap Shoes, in every style, at $1 25 and upwards. Boys' and Youths' Shoes in same styles as Men's, but.lower in price. Infante' and Children's Shoes, in Coio:s and Black Fancy Slippers and Walking Beets, All Colors. This e-toek is the most complete I have ever offered, the prices an? lower than ever, and the styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button New ports, good, §1 to 51.25. LARGE STOCK OF LEATHEH AND FINDINGS Always in stock. None but the best brands of Leather kept, and prices guar antied at lowest market rates. |sgp*Give me a call and 1 will save ycu money in your Boots and Shoes A can iul inspection of this stock will convince you that the above is correct. No other house can give you lower prices or better goods. B. C. aUSELTOH. Established in 1836. Hats, Caps & Straw Goods. n.iiivi:y colbi:rt ,yf*. 2f * N " "KM PLEA St' BE IN ANNOUNCING to mis FRIENDS AM) PA '' 'IRONS THAT lIK IS NOW OPENING FINEST Ml) MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF (iOOOS EVER OFFERED. 511.1t.. FUII, W<tOL i\ 1> HATS AND CAPB FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDREN, AND WILT. PE HOI. I) AT LOW'EHT I'OS'HI IJLE PlitOEß EVERY NOVELTY OF THE SEASON WILL HE INTRODUCED AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR IN THE EAST. WE ALSO KIEP A FULL BTGCK OF en* fgfTHK PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC SOLICITED.^! HEM EM BP H THE PLACE: R Doors of Berg Co,'s Bank. CAKI'K'JS! OIL (JLuTHS! M \TS! IU HiSI STAIH K<>l;S = HEW STOCK t HEW STOCK, t > g -= 5 HECK Bc PATTERSONS t REV CARPET BOOM I —- OT NOW OPKN! * H One Door South of their Clothing House, 2 m 2 x UuSy'N Itlocli. «o|)t2o-tr Ituflcr. l*a. 2 £ jj£ »sdoa MIVXs' iS'f) i S.I, VIV i SILM » r L) r II< > iS.I>MMV;> - • '• - | ~~ Union Wcclsn Hills. | I would deniro to t-nll lliu altentior, of the public to tho Union Woolen Mill. Hurler, !*»., whore 1 have now and improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred anr* Gray Flannel*. Knitting aud Weaving Yarns, and I oar> roouniuiMid them an heiri# »«ry dura ble. an they ai« iu»iiuf.utur«d of pure Itull. i county wool. TLiey urn beautiful in rotor, en- ! potior in texture and will hn ».M >it very low i i rimNt. I i nawiiice nei i)i K ■ ii)di< Hl* U. HU- .a ON. Jutfi.Luwr*, i'» 1 RK SfBCIIIIT TlllOß. OOIt. PKNN *WB HIXTII HTBEETB. I'ittuhnrfih /'rt Stock Speculation and Investment Op< r»ti'.n. <-,11 MaiKiti or l>jr Privll«i»M-M H|>«- ciiil l.iicin. r in Minim-. Full ptrticmlsfH i.i, np|'lic" ixii. Jill H UIIOWN. Da»l-r in bt..< i. ti, i lloi^Oe,Oi 4Wi AisMd*»y, w iwU mtuil-Uiit ■LINCOLN'S S TOIiIES. , NEW ANECDOTES NEVER TO;.D BEFORE , HOW MR. LINCOLN GOT RID OF A CONSUMMATE BORE. Mr. Lincoln was undoubtedly the champion joker of the United States. When care sat heaviest on his heart and the prospect of a favorable solu tion of the war seemed most doubtful Le would turn away from his troubles and lighten the gloom of the hour by one of those jokes which soon became national in their reputation. It was this faculty of casting away care that enabled the President to endure the j wear and tear of a great war. that would have killed most men. .Many people will, no doubt, always believe that many of the jokes attrib uted to Mr. Lincoln were manufactured outside of the White House and laid to the great President's account, and while this was partly true Mr. Lincoln ' did tell thousands of anecdotes, and if some credited to him were told by | others there were scores of Lincoln's jokes that lave never been repeated or published. I remember one day going to the W bite House with Senator Ben Wade, when Mr. Lincoln assailed us with a i perfect avalanche of jokes. Mr. Wade j was in a hurry, having to be at the] | Senate by 12 o'clock, and it was then ' 1 after 11. "Sit down, Mr. Wade; sit down. General,", cried the jolly Presided;! "I am going to tell you a story." "Mr. President, 1 should be most happy to listen to your storv," said Mr. Wade, "but I have some little I business with you this morning, and then I must go to the Senate, as it is 1 almost the hour for it to assemble." "Well, well, I guess you will be in time, but 1 want to tulk to you, and if the Senate meets without, you, why let it meet, that's all *' Then turning' abruptly to me the President inquired: "How are the people out in Ken tucky?" I was then in command of the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, where Mr. Lincoln had many friends. "They are pretty well," I replied. "Are they loyal now V asked Uncle Abe, with a smile. "Sometimes they are and sometimes they are not," I replied. "When they think the Union is going to win they get loyal until Lee gains a battle on the Potomac, and then when it looks better for the Confederacy they become disloyal again." "That reminds me of the high and the low-combed cock," said Abe, "and as it is a capital story 1 must tell it to you." "Now, Mr. Lincoln," said Wade, "I must be going, as it is nearly twelve, and I have barely time to reach the Senate l>efore it assembles. I have a liule business with you, and"— "Sit down, sit down, man," cried Lincoln ; "the Senate can assemble, I say, without you being there, and I must tell you this story; besides, I won't be five minutes, and you can surely give mo that much of your time." Uncle Abe then related the following story, which 1 will repeat as nearly as 1 can recollect in his own words: i "Whrn I was u youiifrxtpr out in Kentucky thoiv was 11 (hap wlu> had u hijrh-comtK'ri cock that could lick all the roosters in the country. Otic dny an emigrant came in to settle who said he had u low-coinbed cock that could thresh anything in theni ptirts, the high-comlwd cock included. The in terest became intense and the chickens were examined by all the boyf. Both looked well and seemed to be genuine jrame cocks. A meeting was arranged to come off between the cocks and the whole neighborhood was excited over it. 'Squire C was a noted man and very sharp. The' Squire wan-al ways riffht, but no one could ever find out exactly what his beliefs were, his reserved opinions being the correct ones. The 'Squire was consulted con cerning the roosters, as he was about everything el.-e, and putting his spec tacles on his nose he examined both roosters carefully. Jle s. id the high conibed cock had 'pints' about hint which indicated he would win, but the low-combed cock was much the heav iest rooster of the two and by sheer weight might beat his antagonist. The young fellows w ho wanted to bet questioned the 'SouiiV closely, but they could not get any nearer to his opinion of the real merits of the chickens. The day came for the battle anil with it a great crowd. The 'Squire pre sided, for in those days, more than now, racing, fighting and lietting was the height of a Kcntuckian's glory. Close attention was given to the Squire's position on the light, as he was both oracle and judge. '1 pro pose,' said the 'Squire, 'this yere shell be a fare lite, anil tharfore we will giv three cheers fur both roosters.' It was done with a will and then the fight I began. At every turn in the battle I the 'Squire would cry out: 'Hurrah for the high-combed cock!' 'Hurrah for the low-combed cock !' Once he made a bet on the high-combed cock, but he immediately hedged by betting ■on the low-combed cock. At last, after a bloody contest, the low-combed cock . got the worst of it, turned tail and I ran. 'Hurrah ! hurrah 1 hurrah for the high-combed cock ! Gentlemen, 1 knew 1 that rooster would win in the end, but it is always unfair to express an opin ! ion in a contest like this in advance of the rale issoo. Now, gentlemen, you have had all the fun, but you see that i high-combed rooster was bound to | win. Why, lot k at his comb! Any ' man can see with half an eye he is a | real game chicken, while that other one is only a dunghill fowl!' "Now," cried Uncle Abe, "that is ' the way it is with those fellows out in Kentucky. They want to be on both j sides in this light, and hurrah for the high or I'iw-coinbed cock as policy dic i tates. If we win, they will lie good j Uuion uieu, but if Jeff Duvia were to I win they would be the beat rebels in the world. General," he tsaid, serious ly, "I think we have got the high combed cock in this tight. We must sen to it that our rooster wins, arid then ill the end we will lie all right." I -at and looked iu astonishment at i tUu gitui uutu buiure ue. X tu<l wwu | to Washington to explain t«» him my ! embarrassments in Kentucky on ac count of the anomalous position of the State and the varying temper of the people. Kentucky was then a State iu the Union with a representation in our Congress, hut she had sent no less thiin thirty-fuiir thousand men to the rebel army ami had also i representa tion in the rebel Congress at Rich mond. I had expected to have some difficulty in making: my embarrass ments understood, but here was a man who knew everything, and by a simple story had not only explained my situ ation, but had pointed out what I should do. 1 related the story to Mr. Stanton, and after that always referred to the contest in Kentucky as that be tween two roosters. Once 1 wrote Mr. Wade: "Tell Mr. Lincoln our high-combed -cock is doing very well and can hardly fail to win. The 'Squire bets three to one on him at present." In his next letter Wade re plied: "I delivered your message to .Mr. Lincoln and he laughed heartily, and told me an ant story, which you should get him to repeat to you the first time you see him." "Blessed Old Abe, was there ever a man like hint ?" Certainly not in this j country, and I doubt if ever in any other. ****** One day not long after Mr. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, Mr. Wade came in, laughing all over his face and said : "Well, Old Abe has just done the funniest thing you ever heard of. He has iriven out he has the smallpox to keep the politicians and office-seekers awav from the White House."' The story ran thus: Mr. Wade went to the White House to see Lincoln, who had been sick. He found the President a little pale, but as jolly as he could lie. "Sit down, Wade, I am .triad to see you. Oh, I have the funniest thing to tell you; it will make you laugb. I never did such a thinjf before in my life, and never will again." Then the President laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. "Now, Wade." he said, "you are not to repeat this outside, for it would give offense*, and it by no manner of means comports with. the dieiiity which is supposed to hedge a Presi dent about. The doctor put me up to it to rid myself of a bore; I oujrht not to have done it, but I couldn't hHp it, 'it was so funny. You know I have 1 been ill, and a great many people have wondered what ailed me, but none of them could find out. The truth is I was worried to death, and talked sick pretty much by one man, the most everlasting bore you ever saw, who wanted an office, i knew he would come again as soon as 1 was able to sit up. and the doctor put me up to get rid of him by saying I had the smallpox. 1 only got out yesterday, and sure enough this morning he Was here. 1 had determined to lie polite to him. but be stayed so long the humor seized me and 1 sent for the doctor. Giving him the wink, I held out my hanil and inquired: "'Doctor, what marks are those on my hand V " 'That's varioloid, or mild small pox,' said the doctor. " Well,' said I, 'its all over me. Its contagious, is it not, doctor ?' " 'Very contagious, indeed,' he re plied, 'and you should see no one.' "My visitor, who had been getting more and more nervous every moment, now could stand it no longer and, rising, said : " 'Well, Mr. Lincoln, I can't stop any longer. I just called to see how you were, 1 and then he started to hurry out. " 'Stop a minute; I want to talk to yon,' said 1, 'about that office.' " 'Excuse me, Mr. President. You are not well this morning and I won't bother you,' s:ii<l he, shoving toward the door. " 'Never mind,' said I, 'don't be in a hurry. It's all right, and if you are going to jret the varioloid you will get it now anyhow ; so you might as well sit down.' " 'Thank you, sir, but I'll call some other time,' he replied, fairly turning livid and executing a masterly retreat from the fearful contagion with which he supposed me to be afflicted "Now,'said Uncle Abe, 'it will be all over the city in an hour that 1 have the smallpox, and you can contradict the story, but 1 want you to promise that you won't repeat what I have just told you ' Wade laughed until he was weak, and when he could jfet his breath suffi ciently 10 speak he looked at the clock, as was his custom, and said : "Now for a little business and then I will go." "Don't go," cried Uncle Abe, and layinpr his head in his hands on the desk in front of him he laughed until he shook all over. Presently raising up his face from between his hands he wiped his eyes and blew his nose until the report sounded like the winding of a horn. After another lit of laughing he said : "Wade, you should have seen him, anil how scared lie was. I'll bet that fellow never comes back here while 1 am President." As might have been expected, hardly had Mr. Wade quitted the White House when he heard the President had the smallpox, and was very sick. Wade promptly contradicted the story, but that, night it was telegraphed all over the country, and many people will vet remember the story of Mr. Lincoln's having the varioloid during | the war. Commenting on the report. Uncle ; Abe said to Wade: "Some people said j they could not tako my proclamation i very well, but when I get the small-1 pox, Wade, I shall then be happy to say I have something fiwrt/lxxly can take." JAMES S. HKIBUIN. —Jupiter has a pink spot many thousand miles in diameter. The old fellow is supposed to be perusing the latest news from lirooklyu. Seven doctors were called in great I haste to sic a professional beauty It I was feareitlUul aku was to Lave —a yUAiplo. j AUVE«TfSIXG HAT KM, Cn« squara. tr._ —-rrfljL, $1; neh rah*. | exceeding one-fourth of a column. ?6 per loch , Figure trorK doable these ritec addition*l [ wh«re -rctkly or monthly changes are Qifele Eoeal *dverti->eincntf» 10 certs per line for flirt m-ortion, and 5 cents per line for each additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub lished free of charge. Obituary notice* charged a« a<lvc>rti-oinenr», and payable wiien handed in Auditors' Notice-*. #4: Executors' and Adminit tratore' Notices. £8 each; Estray, Cantion ano D;«*olution Notices, not ex veding ten lines each. ' Prom the fact that the CITIZI* is the oldee' est \b!inhed and mot<t extensively circulated ltc publican newspaper in Bntler county, (a Repuh hcaii conntyi it mnxt be apparent' to business toon that it is the medium they should use in advertising thoir business. NO. 18. A BABY ELEPHANT. AN EVENT OF INTEREST TO SCIENCE BIKJ il OF A FEMALE ELEPHANT. [Philadelphia Times, Jfytrch ll.] j A most important event in,the zoolog'cal world occurred at the stables | of Cooper k Ilailey, the circus men, at Twenty-third street and Bridge ave nue, at pri early hour yesterday morn j in;/. This was nothing more nor less | than the birth of a young elephant. The importance cf the affair to the world of science will be realized when it is stated that it is the first instance of the kind that lias ever taken place, so far as is known, among these ani mals in a state of captivity. Hereto fore all ideas and theories, written or unwritten, on the subject of propaga tion among this species of quadruped, | duration of the period of gestation and | so forth have been more or less speeu i hitivc. The one fact that seemed well established was that the female ele phant would not bear young in her captive state, t although from time to time, both in Europe and America, an nouncements have gone forth from showmen and others to the effect that they had reason to believe this theory not well founded and expected to be able to disprove it. Nothing ever came of this, however, and the fact re mained that the birth of a baby ele pliunt was a thing unknown to natural science outside the animal's native wilds, and the theory above mentioned continued in full force. The event of yesterday morning upsets everything in this direction, however, and affords occasion for scientists to shift their position and look at the question from a new standpoint. THE BABY'S APPEARANCE. A queer-looking little black animal, not much larger thau a newfouudland dog, with a very diminutive specimen of a trunk, and with a disposition vo run at things blindly like a young colt, fairly describes the appearance of the stranger as it waddled about in the large brick stable known as the elephant house, yesterday morning. The mother, a large Asiatic elephant, known by the attractive name of Hebe stood in the centie of the large stable room, with both hind legs chained to two posts. This precaution was abso lutely necessary, as will be shown. At the upper end of the stable room, about a dozen yards from llel>e, stood six other large elephants with their heads turned toward her, likewise c hained to posts. It was a most ex citing scene among these elephants when the birth took place. For months past Hebe, on account of her condition, had been chained on the same spot where she stood yesterday away from the other elephants, the room being always in care of a watch man or keeper at nig;ht. This watch man was at his post yesterday morn ing at half-past two o'clock, when the event by which Hebe distinguished herself occurred. SCENE AMONG THE OTHER ELEPHANTS. The scene that followed he describes as lively. Instantly all the other ele phants set up the most tremendous liellowing ever heard of and threw their trunks about and wheeled around and stood on their hind legs and ca vorted and danced in the highest glee, as though they had gone mad. The excitement communicated it; elf to Hebe and she became almost frantic. Willi a terrific plunge she broke the chains and ropes which held her, and, grasping up the little baby elephant with her trunk, threw it about twenty yards across the room, letting it fall near a large, hot stove—where a fire is always kept burning to keep the place heated—then followed with a mad rush, bellowing and lashing her trunk as though she would carry every thing before her. The keeper lied for his life, and not a moment to soon. Around this stove was a stout railing formed by heavy timber and intended as a protection for the stove in case any of the elephants ever got loose and took it into their heads to be vic ious. Against this railing Hebe charged with such effect that she re duced it to kindling wood in short order. Not stopping here she struck the stove and knocked it into the posi tion of the leaning tower of I'isa in an instant and badly smashed the pipe. The keeper meantime had jfiven the alarm, ami three or four others coming to his assistance the animal was, after some trouble, secured and chained to the po«t again. Meantime the other elephants kept up their liellowiug and the lashing of their trunks as though they could not make noise enough and never would get through rejoicing. The baby elephant, which at once showed a disposition to make friends with anybody or everybody, was piloted back to its mother, where the keepers and others who had now been attracted bv the general commotion, • became at once interested in nursing it. It would run about with its mouth open very mu< h like a young colt. The old elephant would net stand still long enough to suckle it, being con stantly swaying and swinging about, ho the keep rs hit on the happy ex pedient of procuring a funnel and a rubber tube about a yard in length. Inserting one end of the tube in the baby's mouth they fed it by milking into the funnel ut the other end, the little newcomer taking its sustenauce with a relish until it declared it could take no more by promptly jerking its mouth away. During all the day it was necessary for two or three keep er* to be present to attend to It. their fear being that it might get entangled in the chains which held its mother to the posts and get crushed. The mother herself is a line specimen of the Asiatic elephant, being twenty three years old and very large. The sire is Mandrie, an elephant of about the same size as the mother and two years older. The baby is thirty-five inches high and weighs iJI4 pounds. The period of gestation is put by sci entific authorities at twenty months and a half. There will probably be a scientific Investigation of the case by Professor Leidy and others. —Two soldiers Bleep at the foot of the Czar's !>ed at night, and whenever he hollers in his sleep they U{L«a4 kill a uu principle-
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