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THE ICTIiBK CITICBV.
BCTLER. PA.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
BUTLIR, XARNS CITT AND PARMR RAILROAD
(Bnt'er Time.)
Train* leare Boiler for St. Joe, Milleratown,
Kanu City, Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7jis a. Hi ,
and 2.oft and 7.30 p. ra. [See below for con
nection* with A. V R. R.J
Trait,* arrive at Butler from the abOTe named
point* at 7. 5 a. m.. ana 1.55, and 6 55 p. m.
Tbc 1-55 train connect* *itb trilu on the West
Penn ron i '.brooch to Pittabargh.
shccaxgo and iLLEone*T *Aii.*oaD.
Train* leave Milliard'* Mill, Boiler county,
for HarrUvillc, Greenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m.
and 12.20 and 2.20 p. ra.
euge* lev e Petrolia at 530 a. m for 7.40
tnin, and at 10.00 a. m. tor 12 20 train.
Return »t-ige« leave Milliard on arrival of
train* at P>.27 a, ra. and LSO p. m.
Stage leaves Martinsburg at 9.30 for 1-.30
tnin.
J>«*KBTI.VANIA RAtt-ROAD.
Train* leave Boiler (Butler or Pittalmrgh Time.)
Market at 5.06 a. m., goea through to Alle
gheny, arriving at 9.01 a. m. Thin train coo
cecta at Free port with Free port Accoramoda
tion, which arrive* at Allegheny at 8.20 a. ra_,
railroad time.
Expreti at 7.21 a. m , connecting at Butler
Junction, without change of car», *1 8.26 with
Expie** weat, arriving lo Allegheny at KJW
a. ra., and Expreaa ea»t arriving at Blair*vllle
at 11 00 a. m. railroad time.
Mail at 2 p. m., conncctinr at Butler Junc
tion witboot charge ol cur*, with Express weal,
arriving in Allegheny at 526 p. in., and Ex
pre** ca*t arriving at Blairavlile Intersection
at 6.10 p. m. railroad time, which connect* w'th
Philadelphia fcxprra* ca»t, when on time.
The 7.21 a. m. train connect* at Blairaville
at 11.05 a- m. with the Mail ea*t, and the 2.36
p.m. train at 6-59 with the Philadelphia Ex
pri-M eaat. .
Train* arrive at Boiler on Weat Penn R. R. at
9M a. tn , 5.06 and p. m., Dntler time. The
9,51 and 5.06 train* connect with trains on
the Butler & Parker R. R. Run ay train arrive*
at Bulle* at 11.11 a. in., connecting with train
for Parker.
Main Lint.
Through train* leave Pittsburgh for the Ear'
at 2-Vi and HJiti a. m. and 12 51, 4.21 ar.d 8.06 p
m.. arriving at Philadelphia at 8.40 and 7."J0
p. m. and 3.00. 7.0 and 7.40 a. ro.; at Baltimore
about the aame t'me, at New T»>rk three hour*
later, and at Waiting ton about one and a half
boor* liter.
PHYSICIANS.
JOHN E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
my2l-ly] BUTLER. PA.
DENTISTS"
"OEIsTTISTIiY.
o|# WALDRON, Unduate of the Phil
■ adelphia Dental College, ix prepared
• It *to do anything in the line of hi*
profession in a aatiafactory manner.
Office on Main atreet, Butler, Union block,
np stair*. apll
BANKS,
the butler
SAVINGS BUNK
II UT L Elt, PA.
NEARLY OPPOSiTK LOWRY lIOUBB.
CAPITAL STOCK] 60,000.
W*. CAWITIKX.L, JAM. D. AXMIM,
President. Vice Preaident.
Ww. C*sr*«.L, Jr., Cashier.
DIRKCTORI
Willl*ro Campbell, • J. W. Irwin,
Jaa. D. Arulemi/ri, Oaorga Weber,
Joaeph L. Porria.
Doe# a General Banking A Exchange bnainaaa.
I titer eat paid on time depoaita. Collect lona made
and prompt retnroa at low rataa of Exchange.
Gold Exchange and Government Bond* bought
and sold. Commercial paper, boo<l*, lodgment
and otlicrnMnritlM Ixraiikt at fair rates le2o-ly
LAND FOR SALK.
FOR HALE.
A handsome six-room frame hoo«e, located
on Blofl street, northwestern part of Boiler.
Lot 50x176. All neceaaary outbuildings,
TEKMB— Gre-lhlrd cash and Inlance In four
equal annual payments. Inquire at tbia office.
Jan 14 If
For teale.
The well-improved farm of Rev, W. R. Hutch
ison, in the northeast corner of Middlesex town
ship, Bntler county, Pa. I* now offered for saJe.
low. Inquire of W. K. FBWBF.E, on tba prem
is«s. tp'W
I^OR¥ALE.
$5 will buy a one-hall intereat In a good bus
iness In Pittsburgh. One who knows aoroe
thlng about farming preferred. An honest man
with the above amount will do well to address
by letter. SMITH JOHSS, care H. M. James,
93 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa. |au37-ly
INSURANCE, "
Incorporated 1819.
VETNA INBURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
AaeU 17.078,224.49.
l.osses psld In 61 years, 951,000,000.
J. T. MrJL'NKIN A HON, Aicenta,
Jan2Bly Jcflerton street, butler, Pa.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Ce.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
G. C. ROEBHINO, PBEDIDINT.
WM. CAMPBELL TriasukEß.
11. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETABT.
DIRECTORS:
J. L. Purvis, A E. A, Helmboldt,
William CampMll, J. W. Burkbart,
A. Troutman, Jacob Schoene,
G. C. Releasing, John Caldwell,
Dr. W. Irvln, W. W. Dodds,
J. W. Christy H. C. Heincman.
JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen. A«'t-
BTTTLBR PA.
NOnCE TO FAEMESB.~
PHOSPHATE AND FERTILIZERS
70R HALK BY
JAMES ENGLISH,
marl 7-2 m I'ORTEItHYILLK, PA.
HENRY U. HALK,
HIE MERCHiNT TIILOI,
COIt. PENN AWV BIXTH BTREETB,
/'ittuhiirah Pa
H. ItoeNwinff,
(Huocessor to A. C. Roeesing A Bro.]
DEALER IN
Groceries,
6RAIN, FLOUR, FEED, OIL,
—AND—
Anthraolte Goal.
THE HIGHUT MARKET PRICE PAID IN
WOABH-Si
70S GRAIN OF ALL KINDS.
aapMf
VOL. XVII.
SUPERIOR MILLING!
WALTER & BOOS,
Proprietors of the Well-Known Splendid
FLOURING MILL
BUTLER, JPJL.
We wish to inform the public that we have remodeled our Mill with the
latent improved
Gradual Reduction System Machinery,
which is well known by Millers to be the best in existence. We can say to
Farmers and Producers of wheat that it will be profitable to them
to give ns a trial. We claim that we can make a
BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, ANO MORE OF IT,
out of the same number of bushels of wheat than any other Mill in the
county, and equal to any first-class Mill in the city, or Western Mills.
The new Under-running Mill, used for Regrinding, bought of Munson it Bro.,
Utica, N. Y.; the George T. Smith Middlings Purifier, bought
at Jackson, Mich., together with Bolting Cloths,
Reals, Conveyers, Ac., suitable for
the Machinery, cannot be
Excelled in the United States
or elsewhere. This may seem an exaggeration to »omf, bnt we wish the pub
lic to know that we are able to perform all that we publish, as 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 oi Grain,
which will be 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 HAVE ALWAYS ON HANI) THE BEST OHADEB OF »
WKEAT FLOUR, GRAHAM: FLOUR. RYE FLOUR,
Buckwheat Flour, Bolted and Unbolted Corn Meal, different kinds of Chop,
Bran and Mill Feed, all of the Is-nt quality and at the
LOWEST PRICES.
Parties in town purchasing from us will have their orders promptly
atended to and articles delivered at their place of residence.
We Pay the Highest Market Price for ail Kinds of Grain.
Til EO lIK AT ENGLISH REMEDY! I
a it a rs SPECIFIC MKUUISK
It W Mpcirlally rwoitim«-iid«-d aa an iitifallinK
nwU>rHr.Min\t. WKAKKKna.Hi'itmiATOKioiKA,
iMi'orr.jM V, ami all dtwaaea that follow a* a i nn
»Miu<-n<-»- of *-lf A l>u"M-; iw l»wi of Mi-mory. I nl
vanal
Vlaion. Pertnatun: Old n#c, anil mony otluT <ll»-
that Icail to ItiMinity. CofMiimptbm and a
I'cnnatnr* liruve all of which a* a rule are Brat
caiued by di'Vlatliik from tin* path of nature and
oyer Indulgence. The Specific Medicine It the rc
•iiilt of a life »tuily and tnativ vi-ara of experience
in treating theae ipeclal dlfteaaea.
Full particular* in our pamphlet* which we ile
ulre to wtiil free by mall to ever,- one.
The Specific Medicine m aold by all Kniu'Cliti at
91 per i<acka#e. or il* pnekw* for s■'>. or will
iM-nt by mall on receipt of the money by ,'ulilre«iiliiK
THK GRAY MKDICINK < 0.,
No. 10 Mechanic'* Block. Ijktiii.it, Mini.
(WHold in Butler by J. r. Ilr.i.n s. and by all
f»riii(i'l*t» everywhere.
r*r-|!AHKl*liKwis<»». Wholesale A|<eiit*. I'ittn
bunch. mylit-ly.
C. WATTLEY & CO
ABE DAII.Y BECEIVING
Fresh and Seasonable Goods!
SUCH AS
Bprinj Olovet,
Cotton and Ltnln Thread Hone,
Fringen, Trimming*, Button»,
Ribbon a,
Ijaf;en, Embroideriet,
Handkerchief H,
Lace and Embroidered Tien,
Summer Undervtear,
Elegant Neckwear for Men,
AND VVhh STOCK OF
Ladien and Men'* Furninhing Good*.
nr-Our Increased Boom enable* im to |<lve pur
chaser* the yery t>ei»t value for their money.
Gc WATTLEY & CO.
109 FEDERAL Ht. ALLEOAENY (,'JTY Pa.
opposite riasr xatioxai. iiask.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
On the European l^lan
64 to 80 North Third Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Kingle Rooms 50c., 7. r »c. and $1 per
day.
O. I-*. Bclinock, Proprietor.
Excellent Dining room furnished
with the best, arid at reasonable rates.
Kgr"('ars for all Railroad depots
within a convenient distance.
CANCER.
Thi» diaeaae like many other* I* rennled
a* Incurable. It ia not *o. if it I* taken in
time It i* a* nanily cored a* a wnrt or a corn.
We know yery well that It i« a fearful dineaae
and will eat away until it de*troy« life that
la If It I* neglected, but If It I* attended to
when it flrat make* It* apjiearance. or *oon
after, there ia no trouble in eradicating It
from the *y*tem. Pernor.* will have to if. here
daring part of the treatment «oMe<|ttently
there I* no aae writing to me for Information
whether it can be cured without my necing Hie
caae. I al*o treat with *ucce*e, Rupture, Pile*,
PUtula, lllcer*, Ulcerated leg*, Varicoac Vein*,
Varlooeele Tumor*, Hydrocele, and every form
of Hkln Dlaeaae.
Dr. Keyser, 240 Pens Avenue,
Oppoalte Chriat'a Church, PitUburgh, Pa.
Important to Soldiers.
Points, Wl hill for the Penalization of Rountle*,
of lnlere«t to every Soldier of llie t'tikm Army.
Send *t»mp for circular. I'en*l.->n*Obtained, Pen
non* Incrca*«d, Thousand* Untitled.
Addreaa (with *tampi
H. H. BEBUN • CO.,
i Lock Boa aw. WartiingHwi, D. C.
THE
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & SI Louis
IUII.WAV (JO.
IHI-HIIDH BOIITfI I
Offer* the bc*t facilitie* and rno*t comfortable
and expeditions Line for families
moving to point* in
KANSAS,
ARKANSAS,
TEXAN,
COLORADO,
NBBRAyKA,
O A LIPORNIA,
OK ANY OF TIIK-WKSTERN BTATEB AND
THKHITOKIKH.
THK VKRY I.OHKNT ItATKN
TO A 1.1. POINTS 15 THK
WKST & SOUTH-WBST
C'AX AJ.tt'A YH IIK HKT'VHKB VIA TUB
OUt RKUAIH.K
PAH-HANDLB ROUTS.
Tickets Sold and Baggage Checked
TIfROVOIf TO ANY fOfXT YOI WANT TO 00.
We offer TM the I/Ow«r*t Kate*, the
Time, the Ke*t Facilitie* and the newt Satisfac
tory Koute to all point* Weat and Houth-weat.
We run no Kmigrant Train*. All CIUMC* of
l'a**enger* are carried on regular Kxpreaa
Train*.
If you are unable to procure Through Tick
et* UI point* in Miwiouri, Arkanan*, Tex**, Kan
*aa, Colorado, Wi*con*!n, Minnesota, lowa, Ne
braaka or California, by the direct "PAN-IIAN
DLE ItOUTK," at your heareat Railroad Hta
tion, pleaae tuldre**
"W. 1.. «I'N**l<>».
fjen'l l'a**enger Agent, Tan-llandle Koute,'
COM MUCH, OHIO.
MARX THESE F4CTS
HOLLOW AY 8 HLLB.|
Kxerclae your Juilgnient. A newer and better
|>bllimophy. To putt down all iilmurd and autl
qnnted notion* of di*ea*e* and It* curea. and to
eittablwh a rational «y*tem on the ruin*, ba* been
the cblef endeavor of llr. Ilollowav tbroiiKb life.
Henri- tin- orlvln of III* celcbratdd I'lll* and Olnt
tnenl remedlea to ki-<-t»intc with common aenae,
la-eawe *ni«ervlent to nuture. rather tliau at
variance willi tier law*, like tbo*e In general u*e.
To the *lom;u li we trace dy*jx-ii*ia, lieapai'lie and
general debllß* J to Hie liver, Idle, Jaundice, and
yellow fever ; to the Itowclii, dlarrlnea, dynentary.
coiiitliHilion. jdlei mid n«tnly ; to the limit*, coh
*uiiiptiou. etc.: to the blotal, wrofnla, acurvey,
and all cutaneous eruption*, liy keeping thewi
organ* luid vital tlutd pure ;tnd ln iillliy we may
*afe|y defy the attack* of iltwuiM-, Mini no nn-dliine
yd prepared for till* purpow* can eipiiil the aetlon
of tlieiw I'lll* and Ollitmeiit, a* they illvc to the
neat of the dloordcr, and extirpating it* caiiw, de
*l ruy It* effect.
Imi oiitawi I'ai rioir. None are Ki-nnlne nn
|e** the klgnatiire of ,1. llavimm k. a*agent foV the
t'lilted State*, *urroiinil* each Iku of I'lll* and
<il ii llin n I Itoxe* at 'lit cents. Ail cent* and VI each.
J Wlh • re 1* coiKldemble saving bv taking the
larger »l*e*. llhi.ixwav U < u., Sew York.
' HOLI.OWAVS OINTMENT)
piM*e**ed of thl* ItKMKIIY. every man may tie
III* own Doctor. It may tie rubtieil mto the *y*-
ii-ni. mi a* to reacli any Internal complaint ; Hy
theae mean* It cures Sores or lflcem In the
THBOAT, WTOMAf'II. f.IVKIt, Sl'fNß, or other
parts. It I* an Infallible Iteineily for HAD I.WIK,
It AI > HHKAMTM. t'ontrscted oj Htlff.lotnt*, «H>ITT,
BIIKfMATIHM, and all Hkln IMnetwe*.
Imi-iiHTAST CAttTION.-None are genuine tin
4e»* the *lgnature of J. It* vri'x'K. a* agent for the
t'nlteit Mtatj-*. »iirrotind* ewh »MIX of I'tlla and
I>l ntmeet. Boxe* at » cent*. 8 cent*, and tt
IIOI.LOWAY & CO.. New York.
BRENT GOOD L CO..
Wholesale Agent*, WKw YORK.
mayl»-ty
BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1880.
BOOTS and SHOES
A L. HUFF'S
UNION BLOCK,
Main Street, ----- Butler, Pa.
I have just received my entire Sprinp and Summer stock of BOOTS and
SHOES direct from the manufacturer, and am able to sell them at
OLD PRICES,
and a great many lines at |LOWER PRICES THAN ER.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Button, Polish and Side Lace Boots in
endless variety, and at bottom prices.
Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock, and is the most
complete I have ever offered. The prices are lower than ever, and styles
elegant.
Parties wanting BOOTS & SHOES made to order can do no better than
by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ.
LEATHER and FINDINGS will be found in my store in superior
quality and at lowest market rates.
|sgf~All goods warranted as represented. Alj. BUFF,
OPEN INC DAILY
AT
B. L KELTOITS,
THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF
Boots and Shoes
To be found in any House In Western Pennsylvania, em
bracing all the Newest Spring Styles in the Market.
I am selling all this stock at " c 2^fT
BBGSt OT,T) PRICES. S
Recollect, NO ADVANCE. *=^r
Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All my
customers have the benefit in buying by getting Boots and Shoes
that come direct front the manufacturer to my house.
No middle profits to divide up that parties
are compelled to pay that buy
from jobbing bouses.
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 "
" Orain, Pebble and Kid Button and Polish, - 1.85 "
•• Polish, »5 "
" " Standard, very prime, 1.25 "
" Serges, in Congress and Polish, ... - 75 to sl.
" Calf Peg Shoes, all warranted.
MY STOCK KM BRACES, IJf CONNECTION WITH TIIE ABOVE, A FULL LINE OF ALL
THE FINER OKAItES IN WOMEN'H, MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S.
The flenlH 1 Department is very complete in every line in Calf
Button, Doiii Pcdros, Congress and English Walking Shoes, and especially in
Calf Boots, at $2 and upwards,
Brogans and Plow Shoes, at )1 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-
Infants' and Children's Shoes, in Colors and Black.
Fancy Slippers and Walking Boots, All Colors.
This stoek is the most complete I have ever offered, the priees are lower
than ever, and the styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button New-'
ports, good, $1 to $1.25.
large stook. or leathek aho findjmgs
Always in stock. None but the best brands of Leather kept, and prices guar
anteed at lowest market ratios.
me a eall and I will save you money in your Boots and Shoes.
A careful inspection of this stock will convince you that the above is correct.
No other house can give you lower prices or tatter goods.
B. O. HOSELTOM.
OABPKTBI Oil. CLOTHS! MATH! BUGBI STAIR RODS
a NEW STOCK I NEW STOCK t >
EH 3
§ HECK & PATTERSON'S |
| NEW CARPET BOOM !
w NOW (XPE3ST!
5 l>ufly'N Blork, »o,,taotr Kutler, Pa. J
J L
iSCIOHHIVXS I Wf>n?l iSJiVIM iSHiLOID r HO iSJ^dHYD
Union Woolen Mills.
I wonM rliwiro to Rkll th» »tUintloti of tlia
ptildln Ui th« Union Woolun Mill, Hntlnr,
wlmrn I barn tmw Mill improved ra»' liinory for
tha niktinftolnr* of
Barred and Gray Flannols,
Knitting and Weaving Yarns,
anil I can raeommsnd tlmm an bnltiK rmrj rltira>
hi*, aa tliny ma mannfartnrnd of |>nra Ilntlar
county wikil. T\>ij ar«i l<«a>illful in color, au ■
p«Hor In t<iitnra, and will Ihi aold at rary low
urioaa. For aamnlaa and prloaa. addram,
H. FUIXKItTON.
)nm. 7S-lyl Ilutlar. Pa
HTS fl WQ 1B nt4l V t ' 8 "** 3
UliUfiii 10 Hwalla. Mtool, ilook, only
8 Wop Organ, Wool, Hook, only •8A.78.
I'iMio*, Htool, Covar, Ilook, $l9O to d'iU. Illna
tratad catalotfua fraa. Addraaa
Apl4-Am W. 0. BUNNELL, Lawlatowu, Pa.
Stock Speculation anil InvcHtrncnt.
OtmratiiTiia on- Margin or liy rrl*lla«aa. Hl>«-
rlal litmltii aa 111 MinltiK HtiK-ka. Full ptrtlotllw
on application. JAMF.H HIM)WN. Daalar in
Ht«K'ka and lion da. 6« A »M 1 liroMiway, New York
marl7-9ni
IIof»««.
('arno to prcm laea of tha aubwribrr, In
Middlaaax Vtiwnahip, Bntler county, Pa., on the
tith Irmt., taro atrar horww, una a t>ay and "jay
t>« 12 ream old, hfpah ot and ourhed on tha iefl
hind la> ; the other a amall bay mare with no
particular naiirka exoa 'pt one ear alightljr de
fiHTned. Tha owner ta reiueatwi to come for
ward, prarra propartr, P«T «har«aa ami take
awajr, otharwiae they ♦will be diapoaed of ao
ooruloir to law. JOIN B. MAHAN,
May 10, 'BO-9 tj Qtato V. O. BatUr Co.
Fit A UDS IN FOOD.
SOME OP THE COMPOUNDS WHICH PEOPLE
FEED ON.
Toiling up two flights of stairs and
I suddenly invading a large apartment
[ where, in confounded confusion, were
scattered abnormal glass bulbs, amaz
ing jars aud complex contrivances, such
as scientific wizards use in probing the
mysteries of nuture and exposing the
wickedness aud cunning of men, a
i knight of the pencil yesterday found
Professor Ilenry LefTmau profoundly
engaged in scientific research. The
laboratory of this scientist is at 920
Walnut street, and though the copious
rains had cleaned the streets of that
highly respectable neighborhood, yet
over all there hung an odor that seem
ed from its multiform variations to
have been compounded bv Beelzebub's
first apothecary. The Professor ob
served that something was wrong and,
elevating his shoulders and eyebrows
by a sympathetic and scientific move
ment, said it was strange, very strange,
he was not aware of any peculiar odor,
and then smilingly remarked: "Just
take a seat and you will get used to
it." The fact was, at that time the
Professor was experimenting upon the
stomach of one "whose soul is march
ing on" to discover whether poison
had been employed in hurrying the
body that once it fed into the grave.
For reasons the interviewer appreci
ated, the man of science ceased his in
vestigations on the stomach, and en
tered into an interesting talk upon food
and food adulterations. "Well," he
said, after turning the subject over in
his mind, "from my observations the
damage done by food adulteration is
not so much to the people's stomachs
as to their pocket-books. There is not
much really serious tampering done.
The progress of chemical analysis ren
ders certain methods unavailing ; but
just as the chemists discover some
frauds other swindles are devised. I
know of some large establishments that
employ scientific men simply for the
purpose of doing the adulterating and
inventing new processes. The object
of adulterating may be to enhance the
value of an inferior article, as where
yellow sugars are mixed with some
tint to whiten them, or it may be to
increase the bulk or weight, as the
common addition of water to milk.
Frauds are often consummated by the
complete substitution of a cheap article
for one more costly, as the selling of
oleomargarine for butter. Many of the
old methods of adulteration are now
almost obsolete. For instance, the
adulteration of sugar with sand seldom
occurs any more, and the introduction
of calves' and cows' brains to milk to
thicken it again after the cream had
been skimmed from it is now scarcely
ever practiced. In detecting such prac
tices as these the microscope comes in
very handy.
"In my opinion, the expensive arti
cles of food, and all that are in a mixed
or powdered state, are particularly lia
ble to adulteration. Mustard is often
compounded with cracker dust and col
ored with various drugs, and there are
scarcely any spices that are not mixed
in some manner with some foreign pro
duct before they reach the consumer.
A very common method, and one ex
tremely difficult to detect, is mixing in
ferior grades with the finer ones. All
green teas which reach this country
have been colored artificially by the
Chinese with Prussian blue. This is
not a very injurious substance, but I
have always refrained from using green
tea on that account. Black teas are
not so often artificially colored, but
they are sometimes faced with plumba
go. Some of the larger restaurants sell
their tea grounds to dealers, who dry
and re-color them, mix them with good
tea and still them over again. Ho it is
possible for a single leaf of tea to see a
good many tea-pots tafore it finally
finds the slop pail, 1 have examined a
#Tcat number of samples of tea micro
scopically," the investigator went on,
"but have been unable to find much of
the leaves of other plants in them."
"Flour is liable, of course, to acci
dental impurities from being made from
an unhealthy grain, and there are a few
cases on record where lead used about
the machinery employed In the manu
facture of the article has given rise to
lead poisoning. It is subject to taing
mixed with inferior grades, and is
sometimes whitened by the addition of
alum or blue vitrol. Persons convict
ed of the latter adulteration art! severe
ly punished in Kngland. The detec
tion of alum, however, is extremely
difficult, anil It is talleved by a number
of English chemists that jktsoiis have
been convicted of using it without hav
ing really been guilty of the offence.
lu fact, none of the adulterations in
Hour are easy to detect. Articles of
the kind are more likely to Ist adulter
ated when put up in small packages for
special sales."
"Concerning sugar, within the past
few years an imitation known as glu
cose has been made from starch and
other material—even saw-dust, it is
stated. It has been used to a great ex
tent in syrups, candies and fruit butters.
The great drawback with it has been
the difficulty of granulatiiiK it, prevent
ing its insertion in line sugars. Late
ly, however, a means of partially crys
tallizing this substance has been at
tained, ami is now used as a mix
ture with the lower grades of granula
ted or ordinary table sugars. It is
much cheaper than ordinary be
ing furnished at about one-half tho
price of tho good article. Brewers are
getting to use it quite extensively as a
substitute for malt. I think," contin
ued the Professor, "it very probable
that chemists will soon discover ft way
of completely crystallizing glucose,
thus making a cheap and perfect sub
stitute for sugar."
"There is in the market a number of
articles well known as 'coffee essences,'
many of which are the most outrageous
impositions. They consist principally
of cracked corn made into a sort of
paste with molasses, and roasted so as
| to ta given a sharp taste like that of
! I roaJ coffee. The reason these imposi
-1 tions find favor is that they give when
' treated with water a bitter-sweet taste
' i and a dark color, which Is mistaken by
. I people who do not know what a good
i>errv is, for a stronger and superior
quality. Possibly, however, the* es
sences are not so unhealthy as bona
fide coffee.
"The adulteration in milk is of
course with water. The water is not
always added direct, though. In most
cases the cream of one milking is
skimmed off and the remainder, or
'skim milk,' is added to the next irri!k
iug which is sent to market. Some
conscientious farmers adopt this meth
od in order to be able to say that their
milk is not wanted. But it is, never
theless. What we generally receive
here in the city as milk is a matter
from which not only cream has l>een
taken, but to which water has been
added. A firm in Brooklyn is now
manufacturing what is termed 'milk
wafers,' for the detection of adultera
tion in milk. It is actually stated now
that farmers in New York are adulter
ating their milk with oleomargarine,
giving it a creamy appearance after
the genuine substance has been ex
tracted. It seems hardly credible to us
that oleomargarine should remain sus
pended in milk, and I shall not believe
it Until I have proven it by test.
"Oleomargarine itself may be de
tected in several ways. As a general
thing one can tell sham butter by its
greasy smell. Then it has a whiteisb
appearance on the outside, and is not
so dense as pure butter. Under the
microscope pure butter shows a mass of
globes, similar in size and appearance,
with intermediate layers of salt and
water; while oleomargarine shows fan
shaped and fibrous crystallizations, en
tirely different in character and ap
pearance from butter. The best test
that I have found is that of Professor
I)e Smedt. He performs it in this way:
A piece of oleomargarine the size of a
walnut is placed in a wine glass and
ether poured on sufficient to cover and
dissolve it, which is hastened by stir
ring it with a teaspoon. The whole be
comes soluable, but the salt is imme
diately precipitated, when the liquid
mass is poured off into a saucer or,
what is better, a small glass plate or
saucer. The work of evaporization com
mences at once, and continues until
every trace of the ether is goue, leav
ing the stearine or tallow substance
openly exposed, with its offensive odor
and appearance. The character or ap
pearance of good butter is not changed
l»y a similar test; the fatty substance
left after the evaporization of the ether
retaining that of pure butter, totally
unlike that of the stearine from oleo
margarine.
"Frauds in liquors arc now princi
pally done by substitution. For exam
pie, a rectified Hpirit is mixed with
proper flavors and coloring matters,
and is made to do duty for a genuine,
high-priced liquor. Sometimes very ac
curate and dangerous imitations are
gotten up in this way.
"If I should enumerate to you the
many ways in which tobacco is tam
pered with, it would not only disgust
but terrify the consumer. "-Phila. Rec
ord.
THE COFFEE PRODUCT.
From an exhaustive review of the
coffee trade of all countries by the
managers of the .lava Back (Hatsvia,)
it appear* the total crop of the world
for 1855 was .'{.'10,1(15,000 kilos; for
1805, 421,950,000 kilos, and that the
average of the three years 1870—7—8
was 41)0,840,000 kilos. The figures
represent an increased consumption of
27 per cent, over over fifteen years
ago, and of 47i per cent, over 1855*
In the Dutch Indies the increase since
1855 has been below the average rate
in other countries. In the British In
dies and Ceylon the crop has nearly
doubled. The total for Asiatic coun
tries is in about the average ratio for
the whole world. Brazil fails some
what below the average ratio of pro
gress ; and the same is true of the
West Indies; while the most notable
increase is in the case of Central
America, where the crop has risen
from 3,500,000 kilos in 1855 to 32,-
500,000 in l87«-7-8. In the South
American countries other than Brazil
the production has risen from 22,300,-
000 kilos to 35,5)00,000, which also is
above the average ratio.
It may not be generally known
that Guatemala produces some of the
best coffee that is grown in any coun
try ; but such is the fact. From the
plantation of Mr. Jose Guardiola, of
Chocola, tin-re has been sent to New
York, the past year, a grade of coffee
surpassing in quality either Java or
the celebrated Mocha. The kernel of
of the Guatemala coffee is small and
plump, resembling the l>est quality of
wheat and but little larger.
Mr. (luardiola has introduced drying
machines of his own invention, which
enables him to cure his coffee in wet
as well as sunny weather, and he has
also patented in this and other coun
tries a hulling and polishing machine,
which he uses with great success on
his entenuive plantation. To the in
troduction of these machines is no
doubt attributable the preservation of
the delicious flavor and aroma of Gua
temala cofTne. Coffee growers in other
countries will do well to introduce Mr.
Guardiola's machines on their planta
tions.
—"Well," HHHI fin old Lincoln Ho*
publican, 'we may have a dark horae
or a light horae ; but wo don't want a
political aiohra."
TIIE angel who flop|>cd hit* winga at
Hurriahurg when Handull und Wallace
foil upon each othor and wont,
bluahcd whori he looked round and bo
hold Hill McMullin'a gang of door
kooporH.— Williumnjnirl Omelta ami
Bulletin.
A correHpondont, writing from Col
orado, naya thoro iamuch need in thoae
partH of a portahlo Htcam drill for pros
pecting purpooea. It ahould la> HO con-
Htructcd that it could lie packed on a
niulo or carried in parta hy two men,
Ila weight ahould not exceed 150
pounds, and it ahould not coat over
S2OO. The machine ahould be capable
of drilling granite to the depth of 60
feet, making a bore threo-eightha to
three-fourtha of an inch iu diameter.
Our correspondent la confident that a
large market would be found for audi
» drill in Colorado for gold and silver
prospecting.
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NO. 27.
THE POOR INDIANS.
Early in the week five Crow Chiefs
passed through here on their way to
Washington. I went down to see
them. They were as fine looking
children of the forest as I ever saw.
The}* wore buckskin pants, with over
skirt of same. The hair was worn
princess, held in place with Frazer'a
axle grease and large mother of clam
sholH>rooches. Down the back it was
plaited like a horse's tail on a muddy
day, only the hair was coarser.
When an ludiun wants to crimp his
hair he has to run it through a rolling
mill first to make it malleable. Then
the blacksmith of the tribe rolls it
up over the ordinary freight car coup
ling pin, and on the following morning
it hangs in graceful Saratoga waves
down the back of the untutored sav
age.
I said to the interpreter, who seem
ed to act as their trainer: "No doubt
thebe Crowb are going to Washington
to try and interest Hayes in their
caws."
He gave a low, gurgling laugh.
"No," said he with a merry twinkle
of the eye, as he laid his lip half way
arcos.s a plug of Government
"as spring approaches they have de
cided to go to Washington and ran
sack the Indian Bureau for their gauze
Schurz."
I caught hold of a car seat and rip
pled till the coach rang with my mirth
ful, silver laughter.
These ludians have high, expres
sive cheekbones, and most of them
have strabismus in their feet. They
had their paint on. It makes them
look like a chromo of Powhatan-mash
ing tie eternal soul out of John Smith
with a Bologna sausage.
One of these chiefs, named Raw-
Dog-wit h-a-Bunion-on-t he-Heel, I think
chief of the Wall-Eyed-Skunk-Eaters,
looked so guileless and kind that I ap
proached him and said that no doubt
the warpath in the land ot the setting
sun was overgrown with grass, and in
his mountain home very likely the
l>eams of peace lit up the faces of his
tribe.
He did not seem to catch my mean
ing.
I asked him if his delegation was
going to Washington uninstrncted.
In reply he made a short remark,
something like that which the short
stop of a match game makes when a
hot ball takes him unexpectedly be
tween the gastric and the liver pad.
Somehow, live Indians do not look
so picturesque as the Bteel engraving
does. The smell is not the same,
either. Steel engravings of Indians
do not show the dccalcomania outline
of a frying pan on the buckskin pants
where the noble red man made a mis
step one morning and sat down on his
breakfast.
A dead Indiau is a pleasing picture
! The look of pain and anxiety is gone
and rest, sweet rest—more than be
really needs—has come at last. His
hands arc folded peacefully and his
mouth is open like the end of a saw
mill. His trials are o'er. Hiß swift
foot is making pigeon toed tracks in
the sands of eternity.
The picture of a wild, free Indian
chasing the buffalo may suit some, but
I like still life in art. I like the pic
ture of a broad-shouldered, well-formed
brave, as he lies with his nerveless
hand across a large hole in the pit of
his stomach.
There is something so sweetly sad
about it. Tbero is such a nameless
feeling of repose and security on the
part of the s(>ectator.
Some have such sensitive natures
that they cannot look at the remains of
an Indian who has been run over by
two sections of freight; but I can.
Somehow I do not feel that nervous
distrust when I look at tho red man
with his (esophagus wrapped around
his head and tied in a double bow
knot, that I do when be is full of tbe
vigor of health. When a train of cars
has jammed his thighbone through bis
diaphragm and flattened his head out
like a soup-plate, I feel then that I can
trust him. I feel that be may bo re
lied upon. I consider him in the char
acter of ghaxtly remains as a success.
He seems at last so in earnest and as
though he could be trusted with large
sums of money.
When the Indian haß been mixed
lip so that tho closost scrutiny cannot
determine whether the head adjourns
and the thorax begins, tbe scene is so
suggestive of unruffled quiet and calm
and gentle childlike faith that doubt
and distrust and timidity and appro,
(tension flee away like the devil.—Den
ver Tribune.
Usks or tiik Potato. —ln France
farina is largely used for culinary pur
poses. The famed gravies, sauces,
and soups of Franco are largely in
debted for their excellence to that
source, and its bread and pastry equal
ly so, while a great deal of tho so
called cognac, imported into England
from Franco, is tho product of tbe
potato. In Poland the manufacture
of spirits from the potato is a most ex
tensive trade. "Stettin brandy," well
known in commerce, Is largely im
ported into England, and is sent from
thence to many of her foreign posses
sions as tho product of the grape, and
Jh placed on many a table of England
as the snmo, while the fair ladles of
our country perfume themselves with
the spirit of potato, under the designa
tion ran dr Cologne. But tbero are
other uses whl< : h this esculent is
turned to abroad. Aflor extracting
the farina the pulp is manufactured
Into ornamental articles, such as pic
ture frames, snuff boxes, and several
descriptions of toys, and tbe water
that runs from it in the process of
manufacture Is a most valuable scourer.
For perfectly cleansing woolens and
such like articles, it is tbe housewife's
panacea, and if tho washerwoman hap
|K>ns to have chilblains she become#
cured by the operation.
Forest liros are increasing and
wideniuft in all parts of tbe State.
—Burglars are operating on tbe
postofflces In the Schuylkill valley.
Talrnago wants to go Bonth again.
lie is tho only msu who was ever able
to eat a long slice of watermelon at
one bite.