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The wholesale produce and commis sion store of Mr. Purvis, on Delaware avenue, near Vine street, was robbed on tbe night of October 17, 1865. The safe had been apparently opened by false keys, and upwards of $9,000 in greenbacks were abstracted. A pack age of bonds to tbe araouot of $4,000 more remained untouched. Two clerks, both young men, usual ly slept in the store. August Yerke3 had been in the employ of Mr. Harri son Purvis about four years, and enjoy ed the confidence of his employer. Pembroke Sharon, the other clerk, had only recently been taken, but the man ner in which he took hold of the busi ness impressed Mr. I'urvis so much in his favor that be predicted a successful future for the young man as a very able salesman and ultimate prominent merchant. Under this impression he placed implicit trust in Sharon, and se lected him as a companion of Yerkes in tbe store at night. Both of these young men were in the store on the night the robbery oc curred ; but when the place was open ed in the morning, Sharon was missing and Yerkes lay on tbe floor near the safe with a severe gash oa tbe side of his bead, which had been bleeding pro fusely, judging by tbe amount of blood on the floor. The unfortunate young man had evi dently endeavored to staunch tbe blood, for both hands were stained, as also were his clothes. By tbe disorder in the office and the numerous blood stains both on the floor and walls, it was evi dent that a desperate struggle bad tak en place. It was conjectured from this that Sharon, bavin? provided himself with false keys, had opened tbe safe and been surprised by bis fellow cTerk in tbe midst of bis work, who in turn dealt bim the blow near tbe temple, and then, after a severe struggle between them, Yerkes fainted from loss of blood and tbe robber fled with his booty. Yarnoe, tbe detect)ve, and a physi cian were at once sent for, and while Dr. Edson attended to bis patient, tbe detective examined the premises with bis usual carefulness, particularly the second floor, and returning to the lower found that Yerkes bad recovered and sat in an arm-chair with a bandage around bis bead. 'Well, Mr. Yarnoe, what have you discovered ?' asked Mr. Purvis. 'I find that the robber has beer to the second floor,' replied tbe detective ; 'possibly be he has taken some valua bles tbere as well.' The merchant returned, saying nothing bad been disturbed or removed as far as he could see. 'Whatever bis object may have been I am positive he visited the second floor after the bloody struggle bad tak en place." Then Yerkes gave the following ac count: 'Not finding bim on the second floor he descended to tbe first floor, and dis covered him before the open safe. They saw each other at the same moment, and Sharon was spell bound at being discovered in bis criminal act. Then began the struggle, tbe evidence of which was so plainly evident. Sharon, being tbe stronger of the two, soon overpowered bis opponent, and threw him so violently on tbe floor that he became insensible.' Varnoe listened with wrapt atten tion to tbe end, then made a few notes in his book after which he walked out of tbe Btore with bis eyes bent on the floor before him until he reached the street; then, after casting bis eyes searchingly around on the ground, be walked over to the dock and gazed for a few moments into tbe water in a thoughtful manner. When he return ed to the store and rejoined the others in tbe office, it was with a grave coun> te nance 'Mr. Purvis, the robber has evident ly escaped by way of the river, as tho blood tracks lead to the dock.' All eyes were now directed toward tbe wounded man, who bad turned suddenly pale. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but fell back ID his seat with a groan and fainted away. While tbe doctor was applying re storatives to his charge the detective drew Mr. Purvis away to the rear of the store and remained there for half an hour in conversation with him, and judging by the frequent exclamations he must have been greatly astonished at what the detective told bim. lie-entering the office, they found Yerkes still unconscious, and at the suggestion of Varnoe he was conveyed in that condition to the hospital. 'Now, Mr. Purvis,'Baid Varnoe, 'yon will please point out to me which are tbe clothes usually worn by Mr. Shar on while on duty at the store.' 'Certainly, sir,' replied the gentle man, 'that is readily done,' and ho went to tbe closet where the clerks kept their outer garments and opened it. He took piece after piece from the books, an exclamation as is of surprise escaping bim as be did so. 'What is it ?' asked Mr. Varnoe, when Mr. Purvis had laid the gar ments on the lied 'Why, as I live, Sharon has not on ly left his coat and vest behind, but also his pants!' said Mr. Purvis, with a look of bewilderment. 'That is singular,' remarked the de tective, exchanging significant glances with the doctor; 'the more so when you bear in mind that Mr. Yerkes, when found had on his coat, vest, pants and boots, while the robber even left his boots behind him,' pointing to a pair beneath the bed. 'You will now please see whether Mr. Sharon has left anything of value in his pockets.' Every pocket was instuntly divested of its contents. There was found a valuable gold watcb and chain, a wal let containing a trifle over $5, a pen knife, pencil and memorandum book, etc. 'Retain tbe articles, Mr. Purvis and restore the clothes to the closet,' said Varnoe. 'I have another surprise in store for you, I think.' When this was done, Varnoe took off all tbe bed clothes and threw them on the floor, leaving tbe mattress bare. I An exclamation of surprise burst from Mr. Purvis as he pointed to the mat [ tress where a number of bloody finger marks stained it along a seam about ten inches in length. 'Now I see what you are driving at,' cried Mr. Purvig, scanning the seam. 'Yoa mean to say that the robber has bidden his booty in the mattress V 'I think so, at all events,' was the reply, a3 he took out his knife and opened the seam. Then inserting his band into the opening, he presently drew forth the package of greenbacks. They were intact, so Mr. Purvis announced after examining the fastenings and seals. 'What am I to think of this V asked the gentleman in a helpless tone. 'I declare that my head aches trying to divine the motive of this most extraor dinary robbery.' 'Think as I do.' 'What is that?' 'Why, that Pembroke Sharon, in stead of being the robber, is the victim of the robber, which accounts for hav ing all his outer garments behind. He evidently surprised the robber at his work ; and in the encounter that took plaoe he murdered poor Sharon, drag ged him across the street, as the trail showed to me, and tossed him into the river.' 'Then you really suspect August Yerkes as the robber ?' asked the mer chant, greatly agitated. 'I am sure he is not only the robber, but possibly also a murderer,' was the reply 'Oh, the wretch !' cried the merchant passionately; 'and in my heart I ad mired bis bravery, while I pitied him for what be had endured for endeavor ing to protect my property.' 'I am convinced that you have hit on the right man,' said Mr. Purvis. 'lf be knew of this be might give UP the slip. The next thing to be done is to recover the body of poor Sharon. 'Poor, indeed, since all the clothes he has on his back are not bis own,'spoke a voice behind them. All looked at tbe speaker, who wore an old seaman's suit, and looked as if he had just recovered from a severe spell of sickness Something in tbe tone of the voice struck a chord in the breast of tbe mer chant. He approached tbe man and asked eagerly: 'Who are you ?' 'My name is Pembroke Sharon.' In a moment he was surrounded by the trio, who congratulated him on his escape from death. He requested per mission to assume his proper dress, af ter which he would tell exactly what had occurred during the past night. His story was very different from tbe one told by Yerkes, with this differ ence—the positions wcro changed. It was Sharon who surprised the other before tbe opened safe, just in the act of stowing in his pocket tbe package of greenbacks alluded to. It was Sharon who denounced-tbe act, and Yerkes, both angry and frightened to be thus detected, picked up a paper weight and hurled it at his fellow cksrk, striking bharon on bis bead, inflicting a ghastly wound, from which he fainted, and knew no more until he awoke on board a vessel near tbe navy yard. He waß told that they picked him up in tbe river. The captain and two of his men had gone to the theatre and were returning in the boat to the vessel when a white object floating on the u ater attracted their attention and they made for it, and drew the apparently dead man in the boat and took bim on board the vessel, where bis wants were at once attended to. When Yerke's version of the affair was related to him he laughed derisive ly, and was on the point of making a remark when familiar footsteps were heard ascending tbe stairs. 'By heaven! I believe it is August Yerkes !' whispered Sharon, as he has tily entered the closet and drew tbe door to. He was none to soon, for the next moment Yerkes walked briskly up to where tbe three gentlemen were standing. Something in their faces told him that something was amiss— something to bis disadvantage, too. 'You are probably surprised to see me here again ?' remarked he, for want of anything else to say. 'We are, indeed,' said Mr. Purvis, regarding him with an dminous frown. 'You all appear to be anything but pleased to see me ?' next remarked the robber and would-be assassin. 'On the contrary, we are very glad to see you,' here spoke Varnoe, with and ambiguous smile. Glancing at the detective with a skeptical air, Yerkes walked to the closet and opened the door, and the next moment he uttered a fearful shriek and started back with his hair standing "on end, and his face the color of ashes. He had saen (as his guilty conscience told bim) the ghost of bis victim, for Sharon remained stauding in the closet perfectly immovable, his eyes fixed re proachfully on tbe guilty wretch. The horrid vision was too much for bis brain to endure. Yerkes became a raving maniac and became so violent ti nt Varnoe was obliged to manacle him hand and foot and again return him to tbe hospital, from whence he was shortly afterward conveyed to the insane department of the alms-house. Pembroke Sharon was generously recompensed by his employer for bis heroic attempt to prevent the robbery, and promoted to a responsible position in the store, which he filled with credit to himself and his gratelul employer. Yerkes lived a year or BO after bis confinement, and died a raving maniac, a terrible retribution for his attempt to fasten a crime on an innocent person and thus rob him of both bis reputa tion and life at one fell blow Peruna cures every time—get some, be well—keep it on hand, and sin no more. It is the part of tbe true philosopher to enjoy tbe prospect of good to come rather than to grumble over pain that is past. [Cincinnati Irish Citizen.] Mr. John Miller, of 54 West Fifth street, tells us that he was cured by use of St. Jacobs Oil of a complicated case of rheumtaisin of ten years stand ing. BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1881 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. Tbe subject of industrial schools is one which is deservedly engrossing much public interest at the present time Tbe Senate of this State has twice passed a bill for tbe establish ment of iron industrial schools, but the House failed to take concurrent action. The chief advocate of tbe bill in the Senate was the Hon. Evan Holben, of Allentowu, Senator from tbe Six teenth district, and in the course of his remarks on the 28th of March last he used this powerful argument: Some seventy years ago the desire and necessity of common education brought about in this State, by tbe law of progressive development, a system of education known as the com mon-school system, And it cannot be gainsaid that by the progressive devel opment of that system many public benefits have accured. But the inquiry now presents itself to all progressive minds, by reason of the advancement of such an education—should not something be done to further an edu cation so begun that it may be of a yet more universal and direct benefit to tbe people of tbe State of Pennsyl vania, and by whom should this be done ? This is a question which has often presented itself forcibly to indi vidual minds. The necessity of equipoise in all things has often been very mathematically demonstrated. And the question of accomplishing an equilibrium in our system of education is one which is beginning to agitate all social and business circles of tbe world. The Lycurgian system of education in Sparta failed because it was a purely physical training. The purely mental or intellectual system of education in Attica failed because the mind became too great tor tbe small amount of physical development—or, in other words, for the want of an equipoise of development. We are now gradually drifting on toward the same state of affairs. The United States ar«» overrun with statesmen, politicians and professional men of all colors and grades; and when any of our great manufacturing firms are in need of skilled mechanics they cannot find them here, but must advise their foreign agents to import skilled labor from England and Ger many. What is the cause of this state of affairs ? Certainly not the common school system ; but tbe want of a sys tem that will educate the hand as well as tbe brain. It is an axiom of natural law that without a healthy body there can be no healthy mind. Every sys tem must have an alternative, and so it has become necessary in our day to seek a system of education which will balance the system now in vogue. It is true that individuals have under taken in this country to establish schools in which the rising generation may procure an education of the hand as well as of tbe mind ; but, I am sorry to say, they are few and far between, and are not adequate to the demand. But tbe example which these institu tions, though few, have set is one which tends to bring about tbe most beneficial results—results that have at once become a surprise even to pro gressing humanity. But to tbe subject. What kind of education do we in Pennsylvania need to aid an already prosperous Common wealth ? The question is simple, and yet easier is the answer which, upon a few moments reflection, will present it self to all intelligent men, viz : Iron industrial schools established and sup ported by the State. In this Common wealth, which produces almost one half of the iron in the United States, the minds of young men and boys are trained too much on a literary founda tion. They are taught to follow the ignis fatuus of great fortunes by reason of literary accomplishments, when, in fact, nine-tenths, nay, indeed ninety nine one-hundredths, doom themselves to fill the grave of poverty. It is by the arts, sciences and me chanics of foreign States and countries that their wealth becomes visible and their industries known. It is not by reason of the huge stone and immense Pyramids of Egypt that it is well and favorably known among the countries of tbe world, but it is by reason of the art and science employed by the Egyp tians in dressing that stone and build ing those Pyramids. It is not because Connecicut raises cotton that it is known as tbe greatest cotton manu facturing State in the Union, but by reason of tbe art and science there itn ployed in manufacturing such articles as arc made from cotton ; and presum ably Connecticut derives more direct benefit pecuniarily from South Caro lina's cotton products than does that State herself. It is not by reason of tbe iron found in Mansacbußctts that it is so favorably known as one of the greatest iron manufacturing States of the Union, but it is by reason of the art and science there taught and prac tised in making things that are made of iron, and iron and steel ; and yet Pennsylvania, with its untold millions of natural wealth, will presistently re fuse to allow its boys and young men to have no other facilities for education than to muke of themselves editors, lawyers, doctors, dentists, et cetera. The apprenticeship system, a system of bodily slavery, out of which they emerge only to be cast aside when they make application at our machine shops as mechanics, will no more urge itself upon the minds of men as it once did. That time has passed by in this country as well as in others where pro gressive development is the acme of wealth and prosperity, and that argu ment, by actual experiment, will fall far short of its mark. Let the people then Bee whether (by abolishing, if necessary, a few normal schools and establishing a few iron industrial schools) they cannot arrive at that ultimatum of their happiness, tho united efforts of capital and labor, brain and hand, or tbe equilibrium of development, to show to the world tho wealth as well as tbe industrial pro gression of Pennsylvania, and advance them to a point which shall raise her above the nations of the world. I had not intended to give any fig ures at the beginning of my remarks, but I must give a few in order to prove i the necessity and use of these institu i tions. Take the Lehigh Valley. About 600,000 tons of pig iron are manu factured there every year. One fur nace in the city of Allentown makes more pig iron than the whole State of Massachusetts, yet in that State there are more mechanics than in the State of Pennsylvania, where one-half of all the pig iron manufactured in the coun i tr y is produced. Why is it that Mass achusetts has more mechanics than Pennsylvania ? Because the boys are educated in that line. The system of public education is what tells the tale. Pennsylvania produces say 2,100,- 000 tons of pig iron annually. Sup pose it takes fourteen men a full day to make one ton—l think this is cor rect—2,loo,ooo tons would require or employ 98,000 people. In this esti mate I have taken into consideration the digging of ore, mining of coal, quarrying of stone, hauling, transpor tation, etc. This immense production of pig iron does not give employment to as large a number of hands as are required to convert the iron into finer articles. It is estimated that a ton of pig iron is worth $2200 if manufactur ed into cutlery. It is hard to estimate tbe average value of articles manu factured from iron, and iron and steel, but on a rough guess I should suppose it would be from S2OO to S4OO per ton —say S2OO, which being multiplied by 2,100,000, tbe number of tons of iron manufactured in this State, would amount to $420,000,000. Suppose you estimate pig iron at $22 per ton, and 2,100,000 make $46,200,000, which, being deducted from $420,000,000, leaves a balance of $373,800,000. This difference is the value between the raw and the refined material; this large increased value is produced by labor—skilled labor. To make 2,100,- 000 tons of pig iron will require 98,- 000 people, reckoning that each man will work 300 days in the year. I suppose there are employed in tho production of iron about this number, to wit: 98,000. This estimate may be a little too high ; but I think it is sufficiently correct to base an -opinion upon. Now, take the difference be tween the value of the raw material and the refined material, which is $373,800,000. This difference between tbe two surna represents nearly all labor. Instead of requiring 98,000 hands it would require almost a mil lion of hands. The Listory of industrial schools in tho old country establishes the fact that they have been puccessful and beneficial to the communities in which they are located. And why should the same kind of schools not be a suc cess in this country ? Tbe truth of the matter is that they ought to have been established long ago. Prompt action should be taken in tbe matter. The Commonwealth must commence the work, and prove by tbe fruits of such schools their ben eficial effects, and you will find in a short time that rich individuals will endow industrial schools. This State, if proper steps are taken in the educa tion of tho young men and boys in matters pertaining to convert our valua ble iron into fine articles, will, in the course of a Bhort number of years, be come the greatest iron industrial dis trict in the world. WE 10 IfINO~A 110 Q. A dog fight sends tbe pulse of a vil lage up to 130, and a foot race or a knock down will almost restore gray hairs to their original color; but for real excitement, let a man como along in front of the tavern about sundown driving a hog. 'Hey, where are you going?' 'Going to sell this hog ' 'Hold on a minute! What dooß he weigh ?' 'Ob 1 about 225 ' 'You're off; he won't go over 200.' Every chair is vacated on the in stant. Every eye is fastened on the hog rooting in tho gutter, and every man flatters himself that ho can guess within a pound of the porker's weight. 'That hog will pull down jist exactly 195 pounds,' says the blacksmith, after a long squint. 'He won't go an ounce over 185,' adds tbe cooper. 'l've got a $2 bill that says that hog will kick at 210,' says tbe hardware man. 'You must bo wild,' growls tho gro cer; 'I can't see over 150 pounds of meat there.' Twenty men take a walk around tho porker, and squint and shako thoir beads and look wise, and the owner finally says : 'lf ho don't go over 220 I shall feel that I am no guesser.' 'Over 220 I If that hog weighs 200 oounds I'll treat this crowd I' exclaim ed tbe owner of the 'bus line. 'I durino 'bout that,' muses the 'Squire, who is on his way to the gro cery after butter. 'Some bogs weigh more and some less. What breed is this hog. 'Berkshire.' 'Well, I've Been some o' them Berk sheers that weighed like a load of sand, and agin I've seen 'em where they was all skin and bone. Has anybody guess ed that this hog will weigh 600.' 'No.' 'Well, that's a leetle steep, but I've kinder sot my idea on 250.' By this time the crowd has increas ed to a hundred arid the excitement is intense. The 'Squire lays half a dollar on 250. and the owner of the hog rakes in several bets on 'between 220 and 225.' The porker is driven to tbe hay scales, and the silence is almost painful as the weighing takes place. 'Two hundred and twenty-three !' calls the weigher. Growls and lamentations smite the evening air, and stake-holders pass over the wagers to the lucky guessers, chief of whom is the owner of the hog. 'Well, I'm clear beat out,' says the 'Squire. 'I felt dead sure be would weigh over 300.' 'Ob, I knew you were all away off' exclaims the guileless owner. 'When wo weighed him here at noon he tipped at exactly 223, and I knew he couldn't have picked up or lost over a pound.' Peruna will make your blood pure and healthy. INTERESTING TO FARMERS. MANAGING AND JUDGING OF HORSES. If a colt is never allowed to get an advantage, says a writer in the Lan caster Farmer, it will never know that it posesses a power that man cannot control, and if made familiar with strange objects, it will not be skittish and nervous. If a horse is accustomed from his early days to have objects hit him on the heels, back and hips he will pay no attention to the giving out of the harness, or to a wagon running agains him at au unexpected moment. We once saw an aged lady drive a high-spirited horse, attached to a car riage, down a steep hill, with no hold back straps upon the harness ; and she assured us there was no danger, for her son accustomed his horses to all kinds of usage and sights that common ly drive animals into a frenzy of fear and fright. A gun can be fired in front of a horse, an umbrella held over his bead, a buffalo-robe thrown over his neck, a railroad engine pass bim close by, his heels be thumped with sticks, and the animal take it as a natural condition of things, if only taught by careful management that he will not be injured .hereby Many believe that horses are injured by the use of blinds, especially when they are allowed to stand close to the eyes. So also by the check-rein. One writer demands the intercession of Mr. Bergh to prevent this most coolly-pre meditated wrong and cruelty to a noble animal. The horse is intelligent, and enjoys as well as man the sights about him. And when he is treated rightly and has a full sight of all about him, he is more kind and tractable. Imaginary evils and bugaboos are al ways more frightful to man and beast than real ones. Besides the discom fort to tho horse, and the disfigure, ment of his appearance, blinds are in jurous to the sight. They cause a sharp current between the closely pressed blind and the eye, causing the lodgment of dust and dirt in that too tender organ, and this aids in accelerat ing the too-frequent blindness. Think of his patience, his faithful service, bis intelligent devotion, and leave off those torturing instruments, the blinds and check-reins. The following rules for judging a horse, says tho Turf, Field and Farm, will be found useful: 1. Never take tho seller's word; if dishonest, he will be certain to cheat you ; if disposed to be fair, he may have been tho dupe of another, and will deceive you through representa tions which cannot be relied upon. 2. Never trust to a horse's mouth as a sure index to bis age. 3. Never buy a horse while in mo tion ; watch him while he stands at rest, and you will discover his weak points. If sound he will stand firmly and squarely on his limbs without moving any of them, the feet planted flat upon the ground, with legs plumb and naturally poised. If one foot is thrown forward, with the toe pointing to the ground and the heel raised, or if tbe foot is lifted from the ground and tho weight taken from it, disease of the navicular bone may tie suspected, or at least a tenderness, which is a precursor of disease. If the foot is thrown out, the toe raised, and tbe heel brought down, the horse has suf fered from lammitis, founder, or the back sinews have been strained, and is of little future value. When the feet are dra.vn together lieneath the horse, if there has been no disease there is a misplacement of the limbs at least, and a weak disposition of the muscles. If the horse stands with his feet spread apart, or straddles with the hind legs, there is weakness of the loins and the kidneys are disordered. When the knees aro bent and the legs totter and tremble, the boast has been ruined by heavy pulling, and will never bo right again, whatever rest and treatment be may have. Contracted or ill-formed hoofs speak for themselves. 4. Never buy a horse with a bluish or milky cast in bis eyes. They indi cate a constitutional tendency to oph thalmia, moon blindness, etc. 5. Never have anything to do with a horso that keeps his ears thrown backward. This is an invariable indi cation of bad temper. 6. If the horse's hind legs are scarred, tho fact denotes that he is a kicker. 7. If the knees are blemished, the horso is apt to stumble. 8. When the skin is rough and harsh and does not move easily and smoothly to the touch, tho horse is a heavy eater and his digestion is bad. 9. Avoid a horse whoso respiratory organs are at all impaired. If the ear is placed at the side of the heart and a wheezing sound is hoar, it is an indica tion of trouble. SHERI* lilt REDING. There is scarcely any other branch or department of live stock breeding that pays as well as sheep-breeding, when properly managed, and it seems strange that more of our farmers do not give it at least a fair trial. Espe cially are sheep desirable on a po<>r farm, for they will materially assist in increasing the fertility of the land, in the bands of an intelligent and practi cal man. No other live stock will return the profits so soon and so regularly as will sheep, and the percentage of profit can not help but prove entirely satisfactory under fairly favorable circumstances, for riot only are there lambs to sell at good prices every spring, but there is quite a supply of wool each season to still further swell the profits, while the average cost of kecpiug them is com paratively slight It is, however, poor economy to feed poorly, for high and regular feeding always pays best, espe cially with sheep, telling very percept ibly in both tbe meat and the wool. Iregular and poor feeding impuirs not merely tho quantity of wool, but it in jures its quality and value by produc ing a fiber which Is of varying degrees of fineness and with frequent knots, thus spoiling it for manufacturing the best quality of goods An examina tion of a few samples of wool with an ordinary microsco|>e will explain this matter more fully than we can here. On lauds but a few miles from our largo cities, it seldom pays to broed sheep, or in fact, any kind of live stock for profit, for such lands are valuable for raising early vegetables. There are huudreds of acres of comparatively good and cheap lands which are but a few hours by rail from some ot our large -cities, and these can be made to pay well with sheep, raising earlv lambs for the market. It requires some capital as well as experience, and those who attempt it without either, will fail to a profit. Good native ewes crossed with a pure bred Southdown or Cotswold will produce a class of lambs which arc sure to please anv judge of good stock, and the quality of such lambs is duly appreciated by customers. Those who wish to breed sheep, aud havo very lit tle if any experience, will find it bast to begin with a very small stock of from ten to twenty, and then increase the number as the experience and cash increase, until you have as many as you wish, or as the farm is capable of carrying.— D. Z. Evans, Jr., in Mary land. Farmer. FARM NOTES. The best cows are those which give the largest returns for the food consumed, whatever the breed, size, color, or pedigree. Poultry will produce more flesh— pound for pound of food—than the steer, sheep or hog, and is meat of the tenderest quality compared with the others. It is not necessary to grease fowls to rid them of lice. If their roosting places arc kept clean, they will keep themselves free from vermin by dust ing themselves. Buyers of eggs show a preference, as a general thing, for dark eggs, but for what reason is bard to surmise. There is no prettier sight than a dish piled up full of snow-white eggs, UNCLE RUFUS' ANECDOTE. 'Anything new?' a representative of the New York Commercial asked Un cle Rufus. 'No,' was the reply, 'the usual bulle tins from the White House come to us. The stock market is a little down and little up, and vice versa. The stock market reminds me of a little story told me by a Judge of this city some years since on the train to Washington. I am not much of a hand for repeating stories, but I never think of this one without a good hearty laugh, even if I'm alone, which goes to show that sunshine in thought makes us live longer. 'Many years ago, when thousands of children now living were yet unborn, Horace Greeley was in the zenith of his power as editor of the Tribune, and was more or less mixed up or down in politics. 'A gentleman bv the name of Amos Cummings was acting as nipht or day editor, it matters little which, and was to arrange the political columns all right. 'Greeley was asked to give a place to a newly arrived emigrant who could neither read nor write—said emigrant being about six feet two inches tall. 'Greeley requested Cummings to make a place for him, and the wicked Mr Cummings appointed him as mes senger or waiter at the door of Mr. Greeley's room, cautioning him to obey implicitly Mr. Greeley's orders. 'Well, one day Mr. Greeley told bis six feet-two boy not to let anyone into his room, as ho was going to write his editorials; and it came to pass that this same day Vice I'resjdent Wilson called aud desired to see Mr. Greeley without delay. He was arrayed in slouched hat and dusty duster and armed with a valise, and was met with the reply: "No, Mr. Greeley will see uo tramps; he is writing his editorials.' Cummings sat innocently eying the couple, and interfered just in time to prevent a scene aud let tho Vice Presi dent in. 'Later came a ward politician that miiHt see Mr. Greeley. The answer rang out the same, 'Mr. Graly can't be distarbed.' As the ward politician be came rather violent in his efforts to en ter the room, our valiant boy from the Emerald isle took to mopping the floor with him, and he made rather a hasty descent down the stairs. Well, so the story runs, soon after tho boy of six feet two came running into the sub-edi tor's room and said, 'Mr. Graley wants the Kncychomania,' and this same sub editor, while writing at tho rate of sls a column, replied. 'You'll find it over there in that case, with an indica tion of tho pen as to where it was. Tho boy returned with a pair of handcuffs that had been used on John Brown's hands at the time of his murder, and inquired, 'ls this what Mr. Graly is after a wantin ?' 'What has all this to do with the stock market V the reporter questioned 'Why, don't you see, younj? man, somebody has handcuffs on and cannot sell. The parties who have been buy ing stocksao freely are what are known as the Lambs, who cannot read nor write.' 'Suppose you tell mo who the Judge was that regaled you with this amus ing story.' 'l'll tell you this much: It was not Judge Noah Davis, though we have been friendly these forty years; and it was not Judge Brady,—he never told a story in his life, —lie gets John C. Wyman to do all that kind of business for him. llcallv, young man, 1 don't like to tell the Judge's name—it might make him blush to see his name in print; but this is a true story, and if you don't believe it, you just ask Amos (JuinmiiitfH.' Tonic, Allcrnfltc anil C/'alliar ll«*. Simmons Liver Regulator, purely vegetable, is not unpleasunt to the tasto. It is the meuiciue generally UH