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S. F. BOWSER.
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7 B. WCJUNKIN.
Special attention given to collection* Olhv>
opposite Wll lard House.
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Office north-cast corner of Diamond. Butiei
Pa.
H.H7 GOUCHE R,
Offioe in Schneidemau's building, np staiis.
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Office near Court Hoase. * " 74
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ebl7-76 Office in Berg's building
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Office Main street, 1 door south of Court House
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south of Court House.
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aide Main St., a few doors south of Lown
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C A. A M. SULLIVAN,
may 7 Office S. W. cor. of Diamond.
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Hredy Block, Butler. Pa. (Sep. 2, 1874.
JOHN M MILLER & BRO.
Offioe in Brady's Law Building, Main street,
south of Court House. EDOE.NB O. MILLER,
Notary Public. jun4 1}
THOMAS ROBINSON,
BUTLER. PA.
JOHN H. NEGLEY,
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in real estate throughout the county.
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(Late of Ohio.)
ECKLKY & MARSHALL.
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inyai-ly] BUTLER, PA.
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IT-cLiisi -llbi JR/Srl
OU WALORON. On c!uate of the Phil
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* II •to do auytbing in the line of nia
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np stairs. apll
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Bl TI.EH. PA.. WEDNESDAY. MAHCH 2.1881
A MEAD VILL
Death of Addison Rowland—Thou
sand# of Dollars and other Valu
ables found in his Miserable
Shanty—The Story of
J lis Life.
Of the earl v life of Addison Rowland,
whose death occurred in bis miserable
shanty in Meadville lately, the Mead
ville papers contain conflicting accounts.
The Republican says his exact ajrc,
the first few years of his life, and the
place of his nativity are facts unknown,
but our citizens know him as a man
who has resided here for more than
three-score yea r s and whose life has
ever been one of hard work and miser
ly hoarding of all his earnings. By
j trade be was a shoemaker, but with
I this he combined the business of pawn
' broker and landlord, and the success
which attended bis labors is snown by
the result of the search made by those
who took charge of his estate at the
time of his death.
The officers took charge of the shan
ty, and under their direction a search
was instituted, which had most sur
prising results. The shanty is a little
two-roomed building and to one igno
rant of the nature of the tenant, con
tained nothing of value save a few dol
lars worth of poor furniture. But in
old clocks, bureaus, pots, kettles, box
es, under stacks of books and in every
unlooked for place was found watches,
coin, greenbacks and other valuables,
that together formed an aggregate
which would be a competency for many
a family. The coin was found stored
in tobacco pouches, pocket-books, old
stockingrs, patched and time-worn
leather bags, cigar boxes, tin cans, and
under a great pile of books was uu
earthed a four-grallon crock over half
full of dimes, nickles and coppers. The
coin embraces almost every issue of
United States mints and many foreign
nations, and contains srreat prizes for a
coin collector. Much of it was mildew
ed, showing that unlike other misers
he did not count over and over his
gains, but that once stored in safe pla
ces it had lain for years without hand
ling. Quite an amount of the green
backs were eaten by moths, and so
torn and disfigured that but little of its
first value will he realized. In addi
tion to the greenbacks and coin was a
sum of old fractional currency, from
three cent pieces up to half dollars, and
much of it was badly worn and torn.
There were two dozen of silver watch
es and a half dozen of gold ones, most
of them verv old-fashioned, and a ma
jority of the old ; bulls eye'" form. One
very substantial package was made up
of County orders, but those in charge
have not as vet figured up the amount
represented by them. There was very
little jewelry, a few cheap rings, breast
pins, old buckles and chains, compris
ing the entire stock. Aside from these
valuables there was little worth any
thing in the shantv, but it was cram
med full of old furniture, guns and ut
terly valueless articles.
Those who knew him best say that
during their remembrance he has lived
in the most miserly and parsimonious
manner. His meals the simplest that
could be procured, and his bed always
like the one he died on, a mere pallet
of straw. Often he would deny him
self, for a day at a time, any kind of
food whatever, that he might be able
to add to his store of treasures, and
during his last illness it is more than
probable that a physician could have
saved him. He clothed himself very
poorly, dressing in a style to suit bis
manner of living, and a few nights pre
to his decease be had a narrow escape
from freezing to death.
We clip the following from the Mead
ville Index:
The money and other valuables were
removed to the Meadville Savings
Bank, and as but a portion has been
counted, only an approximate estimate
; can be given of the amount, which will
| reach §6,000 or $7,000 as follows:
j Bank Billsi ...$2.6*2 00
Gold Toiii 465 till
Silver Mid Nickleif, about 2.000 00
Fractional Cunency 10 00
In addition to this there were six
gold and twenty-four silver watches, a
silver bowl and cup, 100 pounds of
copper coins of all dates, many very
valuable, a package of county notes and
a package of notes, the values of which
cannot even be estimated. He also
owned a house and four lots on Arch
street and several acres of land in
Meadville, and is reported to own sev
eral other houses and lots in the city
and vicinity. His last years passed in
wretchedness and squallor, and the
name of miser must always be associa
ted with that of Addison Row'and
Yet with the prejudice which this name
inspires, bis good qualities should not'
be lost sight of, for they were many
while his vices were tew. No child
ever received aught but good advice
from him, and his shop has ever been a
favorite resort with the children, and
when on their "good behavior" they
were always made welcome. He never
drank. His language was free from
profanity, and it was only whan his
pocket was filled with oats in place of
shoe pegs by some lover of a joke, and
which his failing eyesight would not
discover for a time, or some equally
wild prank was played, that he gave
way to his feelings Then he relieved
himself with the most touching profan
ity.
Until bis removal to Plum Alley his
shop was kept in a neat condition, but
here, as old age came over him, he
grew more and mere careless and ihe
two rooms wh'ch he occupied present
ed a most squalid appearance. His
money was carefully saved, penny after
penny adding to the board, and bis
r< putation as a miser became well
known. Every morning he was up
at daylight and walked into the coun
try, traveling each day some three or
four miles, aud this he; kept up for
years. He was a member of the Epis
copal Church and his funeral was held
from Christ Church on Monday.
Yesterday there arrived in the citv
two nieces of Mr. Rowland, Mrs. Marv
E. Slight, of Quakertown. Pa., and
! Miss Lydia Rowland, of Dublin, Pa.
; Two sisters and a brother of these la
dies are tLe only living relatives of tbe
i dfoeaeed, 80 fer as kucrwn.
The subject of the above was known
to many in this part of the couutry. J.
C. McCabe, Cochranton's popular un
dertaker, remembers the old miser, and
was OQ h of the boys who used to play
tricks on old Rowland. Jonah Butler,
our barber also knew him well, and has
often seen the "hoys" pawn their
watches and other valuables to Row
land. Mr. Butler says it was general
ly known that Rowland didn't hank
his money, and that he had it "stuffed
away" around Lis shanty somewhere.
He often expected to hear of Rowland's
being bound and roblwd, but his shop
was never burglarized but once, when
he claimed to have had ten silver
watches stolen.
A GREEN OLD AGE.
Celebration of the Ninetieth Birthday
of Peter Cooper.
XF.W YORK, February 14 —Saturday
was Peter Cooper's ninetieth birthday.
It was celebrated during the day by
the venerable philanthropist at his
home, and in the evening by a lanre
gathering in the Cooper Union. The
large hall was thronged. The Rev. J.
L. Singleton of Baltimore had been en
gaged iu the regular Saturday evening
lecture course, and he took for his sub
ject "Peter Cooper." The lecturer was
introduced by Dr. Raymond, who, at
the request of the trustses, read the fol
lowing letters, wh ; ch was Mr. Cooper's
method of celebra ing hi? ninetieth
birthday:
GENTLEMEN —PIease accept my check
for SIO,OOO, to be added to the $70,000
of the Golden Wedding Fund estab
lished by me seventeen years ago, the
interest from which you have annually
donated to institutions for aiding poor
children.
I also present my check for $30,000,
together with a receipt in full for the
$70,000 I have expended during the
past year on this building, hoping with
your help to enlarge the capacity of
the institution for the purpose of giv
ing free instruction to a largei number
of pupils in the application of science
to all the useful and necessary purposes
of life, to aid the trustees in arranging
the new part of the buildimr in accord
ance with their best judgment and
efforts fur the accomplishment of the
greatest possible jrood of the greatest
number of the youth of this my beloved
native city, and to meet the expense of
enlarging the course of instruction iu
this institution. The trustees may j
relv on mv best efforts to aid them in
everv way in promoting the hiirhest j
welfare of this institution. Very re- i
spectfully, your obedient servant, j
PETER COOPER.
The Rev. Mr. Singleton paid an
earnest tribute to the double-handed
philanthropy of Mr. Cooper in found
ing the Cooper Union and endowing it
at a cost of $2,100,000. In that Union
was solved the great problem of capi
tal and labor. Wealth could there learn
the lesson that its duty was not done
by justice alone, but that sympathy,
humanity and benevolence must follow
in their train. Speaking of Mr. Coop
er's wonderful inventive genius, refer
<*hce was made to the fact that he on (, e
invented a self-acting musical rocking
cradle. [Laughter.] In this respect
Mr- Cooper resembles the famous en
gineer, George Stephenson, who im
provised a connecting rod that turned
the spit and rocked the cradle, so that
his wife rested and George took his sup
per in peace. Mr. Cooper showed in
his achievments of character and work
that God helps the man who helps him
self. He had demonstrated that strength
comes with labor, that knowledge comes
with investigation, that wisdom conies
with experience, supremacy with con
flict. success with toil, coronation with
sacrifice. Character is a growth ; life
is an edifice. Oue must have a root,
the other a foundation. The nit et v
vears of irreproachable life of Peter
Cooper had testified to his purity of
motive and action.
A reporter called on Mr. Cooper, and
in course of conversation asked him :
"How did you get rich ?"
"In the first place, I learned three
trades. I learueo to be a brewer, a
ccachmaker and a uiachinest, a'l before
I was twenty one years old. I worked
three years at $1 50 per day and I sav
ed enough out of that to get a start in
life. I was making machines to shear
cloth. Then 1 bought the patent right
of ihe machine, and made them for sale.
That was before the war of 1812."
"What general rule have you adopt
ted in business?" was asked.
"One was that I determined to give
the world an equivalent in some form
of useful labor for all that I consumed
in it. I went on aud enlarged my
business, all the while keeping out of
debt. I cannot recollect a time when
I could not pay what I owed any day.
I wouf9 not spend money before I
e irued it. Another rule I tad was to
keep clear of the banks. I ueverasked
them for accomodation. I never got
them to discount notes, because I did
not wish to incur an obligation without
a certainty of being able to repay it.
In that way I managed to keep clear
of panics. My rule was 'pay as you go.'
I can't remember the time when any
man could not have had for the asking
what I owed. Another thing I wish
to say. All the money I ever made
■ was in mechanical business and not in
speculation."
There were present at the dinner
party given at Peter Cooper's home in
the evening the members of his family
—including his son, the ex-Mavor, and
the Hon. A brum S. Hewitt—and a
large number of distinguished guests.
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This causes the animal to shake its
head violently, and tbe muscular action
diekw%et> the obstruction.
CLAIMISO A LA IIGE POR TIO -V
OF ALLEGHENY—MIL
LIONS IN VOL ED
A great many AllegheniarH will be
surprised to lear., that an effort is being
made to get possession of their proper
ty, by an ejectment suit in one of our
Courts. Marshall Swartzwelder has
been retained as counsel, for the heirs
of a man named Garret Pendergrass,
who lived h"re in ITTO, and two of
whose descendants now live in Allegh
eny, for whom Mr. Swartzwelder ap
pears. The heirs of IVudcrgrass,
whose names are Robinson and
Colton, expect to establish in the i -
selves a clear title, to all that portion of
Allegheny Citv known as the "Reser
ved Tract." which embraces all the
property below Federal street, far into
Manchester, and extending a mile and
a half back over Observatory Iliil.
The property in question comprises
some of the most valuable in this coun
ty, and would sell to-day for many
millious of dollars. The West Parks,
Ridge, Trwin, Lincoln, Western, N'ortl
and Allegheny aveuues are all included
in the claim, besides many other valu
able streets. Parties are now employed
looking the ease up. aud in the course
of a few days a suit in ejectment will
be brouirht in the county courts for
possession of all this imrue lse tract of
laud. The attack upon the title of
these estates is supported by
Hall, o f Bedford county, who is per
haps one of the best posted men on
antiquities in this State, and who
knows thoroughly t-h" historv and
possessions of the Petidergrass family
It was he who said to Mr Swartz
welder that tb<> Pendergrass heirs have
a title in this property. The suit bids
fair to rival, if not far surpass, the
famous "Cubauqit case" which has
been the cause of much litigation in this
county for many years. An exact copy
of the deed under which these people
claim and by virtue of which suit will
be entered, is given belov, and will
serve to show with what degree of
sincerity the proceedings are contem
plated. The following is the deed
referred to:
Know all men by these present*,
that whereas a certain Garret Pender
grass, Sr., of Bedford Settlement, in
the Province of Pennsylvania, and the
County of Cumberland, was settled for
some number of years past by leave of
the Chiefstir deputies of the Six Na
tions nf Indians on a tract of land,
where Bedford is now situated, while
the said la d was yet the property <>f
us and said eh : efs and deputies. Said
Pendergrass being 'dispossessed of said
laml in the time of the war between
the French and English, and before the
said Pendergrass could safely return to
live on said land it was entered upon
bv people who have from time to time
and yet continue to keep said Pender
grass fiom enjoyment from said tract
of land. Said Pendergrass, at toe last
treaty held at Fort Pitt with the rep
resentatives of the said Six Nations,
informed our said chiefs or their repre
sentatives or deputies thai be was de
prived of the said tract of land as above
mentioned, whereupon us and our said
deputies did then at the said treaty
trive him the said Pendergrass our
lease in writing urder our hands to
settle on a tract of land called Long
Reach, near the mouth of tlie Yaughv
nirain, but ihe said last mentioned tract
being at the time of the suid treaty, or
before it, improved by some other per
son or persons, contrary to our expec
tations, for which reason he, the said
Pendergrass has not obtained possession
of the latter mentioned tract, and can
not quietly enjoy either of the two
above mentioned tracts; know ye, there
fore, that we the under or within bound
subscribers who have hereunto caused
our names to be set and have put our
marks, the first of us assigning being
one of the chiefs and Ihe other two
deputies of the said Six Nations, do
give and grant to the said Garret Peo
dergras •, his heirs and trustees forever,
our full leave and liberty of us and for
and in behalf of the said Six Nations,
to settle on a tract of land on the north
side of the Allegheny river opposite to
Fort Pitt, to join the said river on the
one side and to extend one mile and a
half from the landing on the north side
of the said Allegheny river opposite to
Fort Pitt, in form of a semi-circle from
said landing, hereby granting to hitn
and his heirs, trustees and assigns, full
liberty to build houses, make improve
ments and cultivate the said tract of
land or anv part thereof, and that he,
the said Pendergrass, may the more
quietly enjoy the said land aud any ben
efit that him, his heirs or assigns shall
make or can make thereby, we do for
ourselves and in behalf of the said Six
Nations, discharge all people whatso
ever from molesting or disturbing the
said Pendergrass, his heirs or assigns,
in the posession or quiet enjoyment of
the said land or any part thereof, and
we do by these presents firmly eng. ge
and promise "to an-wer all objections
that any Indian tribe or tribes may
have to the making of the above settle
ment.
In witness whereof we have caused
our names hereunto fo be subscribed,
and have hereunto set. our marks, in the
month of February, in the year of out-
Lord God one tbou.-and seven hundred
and seventy.
ANONQUIT,
ENISHERA,
or Capt. Henry Moulton, 11. M.
CONVEHRACAHECAT,
or the White Mingo.
Signed and agreed to before James
I Elliott, Garrett Pendegrass, Jr.
| Bedford ss :
| Came before me the subscriber one
: of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for said county, the within named
Indians, viz,: Anonquit, Enishera, or
Capt. Henry Minton ; Connebracabe
cat, or the White Mingo, andacknow
ledged the within instrument of writ
ing or bill of sale to be their act and
deed, and desired the same might lie
recorded as such. Given under my
hand and seal in the month of Febru
ary, in tbe year of our Lord, one thous
and seven hundred and seventy.
JAMES BVLIOTT.
Recorded 10th September. 177-?.
N. T. Clairy.
Recorder.
, —From PittnOurgh fajmrs.
RAILROAD MONOPOLY.
When Commodore Yanderbilt began
tb" world be had noth ng, and there
were uo steamboats or railroads. He
was thirty-five years old when the first
locomotive was put into use in Ameri
ca. When he died, railroads had be
come the greatest force iu modern in
j dustry and Yanderbilt was the rich
jest man of Europe or America, and
I the largest owner of railroads in the
' world. He used the finest business
; brain of his day and the franchise of
the State io build up a kingdom within
! the republic, and like a king he be
queathed his wealth and power to his
eldest son. Bancroft's History of the
United States and our railroad system
were begun at the - vine time. The
1 history is not yet finished, but the
railroads owe on stocks and bonds $4.-
600.000.000. more than twice our na
tional dehi of §2.220,000,000, and tax
the people annually *490,000,000, one
I a ad a half times more than thegovern
! merit's revenue last rear of §27 4,000,000
; More than any other class, our rail-
I road men have developed the country,
and tried its institutions. The evasion
of almost all taxes by the New York
Central Railroad has thrown upon the
people of New York State more than a
fair share of the cost of government,
and illustrates some of the methods by
which the rich are making the poor
poorer Violations of trust by Credit
Mobiliers, Jav Gould's wealth and the
poverty of Erie stockholders, such cor
ruption of legislatures as gave the Pa
cific Mail its subsidies, and nicknamed
New Jersey "The State of Camden
and Amhov," are sins against public
| and private faith on a scale impossible
, in the early days of republics and cor
i porations. A lawsuit still pending,
though begun ten years ago by a citi
zen of Chicago, to recover the value of
baggage destroyed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad ; .ludge Barnard's midnight or
ders for the Erie ring; the surrender of
its judical integrity by the supreme court
of Pennsylvania at the bidding of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, as charged be
fore Congress by President Gowen, of
the Reading Railroad ; the vote by
the Standard Oil Company of the enact
ment of a law by the Pennsylvania leg
islature to carry out the provision of
the constitution of the State that every
one should have equal rights on the
railroads, —these area few of the many
things that have happened to kll the
confidence of our citizens in the laws
and the of justice.
No other system of taxation has
borne as heavily on the people asthose
extortions and inequalities of railroad
charges which caused the granger out
burst in the West, and the recent upris
ing in New York. In the actual physi
cal violence with which railroads have
taken their rights uf way through more
man one America" city, and in the
railroad strikes of 1870 and 1877 with
the anarchy that came with them,
there are social disorders we hope
never to see in America. These inci
dents in railroad history show most of
the points where we fail, as between
man and man, employer and employed,
the public and the corporation, the
State and the citizen, to maintain the
equities of' govt rnment"—and employ
ment—"of the people, by the people,
for the people."
Our treatment of "the railroad prob
lem" will show the quality and calibre
of our political sense. It will go far in
foreshadowing the future lines of our
social and political growth. It may
indicate whether the American dem
ocracy, like all the democratic exper
iments which have preceded it is to
become extinct because the people had
not wit enough or virtue enough to
make the common good supreme.—H.
I>. Lloyd in .1 larch Atlantic.
SNOW HECOIiD.
A gentleman doing business on
Canal st, N. Y. in the vicinity of the de
pot, has kept a careful record of the
I amount of snowfalls and the dates, etc.,
from the mouth of November, 1868. to
date of February 6, 1881, when the
last snow fell. Following is a copy of
the record referred to:
In the winter of 18(58-69 there were
2! snows; deepest snow 7 inches, on
December 8; total amount of inches,
Winter of 1869-<0 — I wenty snows ;
deepest snow, February 8, 15 inches;
total amount of snow , 5 if inches.
Winter of 1870-71—Fifteen snows;
deepest snow 8 inches, January 2G;
total depth inches.
Winter of 1571—7 2—Twenty-one
snows; deepest snow fi.V inches, Feb
ruary 3; total depth, 217. inches.
Winter of 187 2—7 3—Twenty-eight
snows: deepest snow 20 inches, De
cember 26; total depth, 84-J inches.
Winter ot IS7 >-74 Eighteen snows
deepest snow, 9 inches, February 6;
total depth, 33j inches,
j of 1874-75—Thirty-two
I snows'; deepest snow, 14 inches, De
cember 20 ; total depth, 85;] inches.
Winter of 1875-76—Six snows ;
deepest snow, 4i inches, February 5 ;
total depth, 11 inches.
Winter of 1876-77—Twenty-two
snows; deepest snow 8 inches, De
cember 29; total depth, 43? inches.
Winter of H77—78—Six snows;
deepest snow. 8 inches, January 31 ;
total amount of snow, inches.
Winter of 1878-79—Twenty-three
snows; deepest snow, January 15 and
16; total amount of snow, 35 inches.
Winter of 1879-80—Sixteen snows,
deepest snow, 5 inches, January 13;
tatol amount of snow, inches.
Winter of 1880-81—Nuvember 20, 1
inch; November 25, 2 inches; Novem
ber 26. 1 inch; November 30 and De
cember 1,2 inches; December 8, of
; an inch ; December 12 and 13, snow
' and rain: December 17 and 18. 1 inch;
December 20 and 21. 4 inches; De
cember 24, I inch; December 25. 1
inch; December 25 (niirht) and De
comber 26, 4 inches; December 28, |
melted fast as it fell: December 29, 1
inch ; January 5, ISSI, 6 inches; Jan-'
uarv 6, 2 inches : January 9, V an inch;
January 11, of an inch ; January 14,
squalls; January 19. i an inch; janu
arv 26, squalls; January 30, of an
inch; February 6, 6 inches. To:a'
snows thu - far for the present winter,
23. Total number falls of snow for
( 1880-tfl, 30$ inches
ADVERTISING BATES,
One square. one insertion, fl ; bicl SubM
juent iusi-rtion, 50 cents. Yearly advertisen enl
•xceeding one-fourth of a column, fS per >i<cfe
Figure worn dout> e the-e ratee: addition*
1 clrajK'eH where weekly or monthly changes a re
made. Local advertisements 10 "cr-uts ]cr liaa
for fin>t insertion, and 5 cents per line for eack
additional insertion. and deaths pub
— if*.- .1 .• urge. Ohitnurv notices charged
a* advertisement*, and payable when hand? d in
Auditors' Notices. t-J; Executors' and AdminU
rrators' Notice*, i'i each; Estray. Caution Mid
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
Trom the fact that the Oittben is the
established and most extensively ci>culated Re
publican newspaper in butler coun'y. (a Repub
lican county) it mu»t be apparent' to business
men that it is the medium they should use in
advertising their business.
NO. 5
DIVIDING UP
A man of forty-fiv •, having a wood
en leg and the look of one who had suf
fered with the toothache, sat down ia
the chair vacated by the !>oy, and af
ter a smile of encouragement began :
'lf matters don't mend pretty soon,
I'll either murder her or take mv own
life.'
'Dome tic trouble, I suppose?' quir
ied Bijah.
'That's it, sir, and I'm getting des
perate. I left home thinking I'd jump
from the dock, but I happened to think
of you ; and so I thought I'd ask ad
vice.'
'ls the bread heavy ?'
'Blast the bread! I can stand heavy
bread, sloppy tea, ratv meat and half
cooked potatoes, but I can't nor 1
won't stand this infernal whining, com
plaining and jawing around.'
'Fellow-traveler along the two-path
of Time's broad-gauge canal, I think I
see the pint. You have been married
about two years.'
•Not quite.'
"You are fifteen years older than
your wife.'
'Yes—eighteen.'
'You have a wooden leg, and she—.
she—'
'She hasn't, but I wish she had two
of em !'
'She likes good clothes ?'
'You bet!'
'She likes the mad whirl of society,
sixteen dollar bonnets, reserved seats
at the opera, eight dollar boots, forty
button kid gloves, and trains on b« r
dresses ?.
'She does; that's her to a do* '*
claimed the husband.
'And you prefer your home, eveu
ing fire, newspaper, snow apples, game
of checkers, glass of cider, cat on the
hearth, and so on ?'
'That's the sort o' man I am, sir ;
and she harasses me to death. She's
on the trot all day and on the gad all
evening, and if I remonstrate she says
I want to make a slave and a prisoner
of her.'
'Don'?, you go along with her to the
theatre and parties ?'
'I used to ; but for the last year she's
got awful particular about my wooden
leg; says the public will think I was
shot while stealing chickens.'
'Does, eh? and you sit at home and
keep your feet warm by the cook stove
while she gallivants?'
'The same, sir, and now what shall
Ido about it ? Something has got to
be did, and that right off, I'll be hang
ed to Davy Crockett if I put up with
it another day! Yon are an older
man than I am. and you've had three
wives to my one, and I'll do just as
you sav about it.'
'Fellow-man, you have been wrong
from the beginning,' slowley answered
Bijah, as he looked out of the window
in a weary way. 'The man who mar
ries a woman only half his age is a D.
F.—deceived friedeake—at the start.
Youth may reverence old age, but love
isn't reverence. Youth and old age
don't like their taters cooked the same
way, and the man who savs they do
is a forger They don't see alike, and
its a cat and dog life. If I was to mar
rv again, bald-headed as I am, I should
look for a lady wearing No. 10 gloves
and No. 9 shoes as an offset. Do you
love your wife ?'
•Well to be honest about it, I don't
think either of us are dying of love.'
'Then, my friend, you go home and
have a candid talk, divide up the
things, and part good friends. Give
her the larser half, throw in some
change, and see that she get's safe
home to her mother. Bv and by you
can quitely secure a bill of divorce, get
on some store clothes, and look out for
a woman of fifty, who has the rheu
matics so that she can't get mad.'
'That's honest, is it, ?'
'Honest Injun. If you can't live
happy together, don't hesitate to live
happv apart. No use in any scandal
or hard words, but divide up and call
it a bad mistake. This killing one's
self on account of domestic trouble is
all bosh.'
'That's so, and I'll walk straight
home and begin the dividing up busi
ness. Thank you, Bijah; may your
feet stop growing as a reward for this.'
When he had departed Bijah took a
short cut through the alleys, and pres
ently gained a position from whence
he could view the house where the
man lived. Developments did not
tarrv. The husband had not been in
the house five minutes before he was
suddenly rushed out again, hat and
cane flying, and his share of the things,
consisting of three flat-irons, a kettle
and two bricks, overtook him before he
could dodge.
'So young and so artless!' mused
Bijah, as he turned away, 'and yet
that last brick thumped bim between
the shoulders just as purty as if I'd
thrown it myself.'— Detroit Free
Press.
Parents will find the A. S. T. Co.
Black Tip not objectionable as the
metal was, while it will wear as well
Bv asking for it on their children shoes
they can reduce shoe bills one half.
A New York paper is writing up
the 'American College of Heraldry,'
which lives and moves and has its being
iu one room in University Place, in
that city. The thing is of course a
fraud, but as long as codfish aristocrats
and week-headed snobs desire to iden
tify themselves with the titled families
of Europe, there will always be a fruit
ful field fot such swindlers.
CHOLERA. —No danger from Cholera
if the Liver is in proper order and or
dinary prudence in diet is observed.
The occasional taking of Simmons'
Liver Regulator to keep the system
healthy, will surely prevent attacks of
Cholera.
—The immunity from epidemic
small-pox enjoyed by civilized com
munities, thanksto generul vaccin tion,
is to be preserved onlj- by constant
vigilance. With the flood of immigra
tian pouring in upon us, largely from
countries in which vaccination is not
general among the poorer classes, our
American towns and cities need to be
particularly vigilant and the surest way
to prevent small pox epidemics is to
vaccinate and re-vaccinate from time to
time uutil uo further "taking" is pos
sible.