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IF YDP VATIC MATF.ir ANTTWIMI HJLKD or 1)1- (IK-ITIIR!*,o* fsei k>-;iv»afte* meals or sleeplw at iiight.jAttta dyae U fc-guUtpr. and yon wiOfd reliev«F aHU mtsUMtttf. -B-eanw talren ill Hit: place ol Qiilniue or bitters of «iny kind; the d/ise is small ami its virtue* undoubted: prepared only by J. H, Steihn « Co* LBJunely FA^ENTiJ T. ner SikCh avenue and Smith field St.. Pittsbuigli Pa. Branch office at Washington, D. C. K« patent, no pay. Send for Circulars. * [Bje4m VOL. XVIIL HOLIDAYS IN LONDON AND PARIS AND THE DIFFER ENCE BETWEEN THEM. [Nasby in Toledo Blade.] The difference between the English and French is admirably illustrated by two events of a somewhat similar na ture. It was our fortune to be in Lon don on the occasion of the celebration of the Queen's birthday, a time that is always made a general holiday by all classes. Business was suspended, and every one gave himself up to pleasure —the kind of amusement that the Lon doner considers pleasure. The bands were out, the military paraded and all the parks were filled with people in holiday attire. As the afternoon wore on it became apparent that there was some agency at work aside from devotion to Royal ty. There was a boisterousness that savored of strong beer and stronger gin The crowd of men and women who thronged the Strand and Regent street, and Picadilly, laughed and shouted, not with the merry ring of pure pleas are, but with the maudlin utterances of semi-drunkenness. In the evening there was a grand il lumination of .the Government build ings, the clubs and the prominent busi ness bouses. The streets were throng ed with people, men, women and chil dren, all eUKUving their way along, ea ger to Bee aft that was to be seen, and willing to give no one an opportunity they themselves could not enjoy. It was a motley crowd, composed of all classes. The well-dressed shopman was by a rag picker-and lagged; l(8j»efe« girts, arm in aim, shored aside the elderly matron, whp had cdtae oiit with' her chiMren to"see* tbe' illuminations. There were all classes and, conditions of people, and they rav ed and tore about more like escaped lunatics thpn ; fhe staid, sober Britons they pride themselves upon being. A walk "down to Pall Mat! was al most Worth one's life. On this thor oughfare are located the principal clubs of London, and as they are rather bril liantly lighted with gas jeta arranged in fanciful designs, the crowd flocked there to see them. Tho street was act ually packed from curb to curb, so that locomotion was difficult. The illumin ations were not on a scale grand enough to merit all this outpouring of people, this great hubbub, this drunkenness and gin incited hilarity. For the most j>art the designs were simply the Eng lish coat of arms, with the letters "Y. H." on each side, "the whole being done in plain gas jets. Occasionally some thriving shop-keeper, who had made a little somethiog from tbe Royal family «r«uld branch Out a little more -eiten siVefyj and use tiny glass shades of different colors, over his gas. But it was dreary beyond measure. The streets dark and gloomy, the air was close, and tbe so-called illuminations were so very, very meager that they made the general «fket only more dismal. JL t ' Me iM "f DRUNKENNESS feVERYWHERB> 3 Yet the people surged up and down the streets, hurrahing and shouting for the Queen, for the Prince of Wales, for the family, for themselves, for anybody they could think of. The public houses were open long after other places of business were closed, and there was a constant stream of thirsty people gliding from behind the haft-closed doors out upon the street to nntil another dram became neces sary. The customers were not limited to tho sterner sex by any manner of means. There were crowds of young girls ranging from 14 to 20, poor work ing girls, who had saved all of their scant earnings they could in anticipa tion of this holiday, who boldly pushed their way with a coarse laugh, through tbe crowd of men and, standing at the bar, would call for and drink their bit ter beef, or ale, or stout, or gin, even, with all tbe effrontery of an old toper. And old women there were too, who woald quietly glide loathe compart ments marked "privtrfe bar," and there drink their brandy or Irish whisky. Throughout ic all there seemed to be a dogged determination to become intox icated, jast as though there could be no pleasnta, tbe Queen's birthday could not be celebrated properly unless every one filled himself up with ardent spir its. As it grew later, the crowds increas ed both in size and disorder. Notwith standing the fact that most of the illu minations had been extinguished, the masses had bad a taste, and they want ed more. They became momentarily ruder and more boisterous. As the time approached for the closing of the publics the crowd receiyed fresh instal ments of the worst class of women, and then drunken women tried to do yrorse than the drunken men, and they suc ceeded. A woman thoroughly under the influence of liquor is sooieting sim ply terrible to see, and here we saw it. On that night the air rang with their ribald jokes and coarse songs, as they jostled each other in their unsteady walk. This, it must be remembered, is not a scene that occurred down in Cheap side, or in the Seven Dials, or the streets down near the riyer. N° in deed. Pall Mall, one of the most aris tocratic streets in London, Regent street, the Broadway of London, Pica dilly, the Haymarket, these were the scenes of their frightful display, and evidently nothing was thought of it. The police made no arrests, aad did not even know that there was anything occurring that was not perfectly allow able and justifiable. So de baitch went 1 on all night, and '"it was not until the gray light mado its ap pearance in the east U|*t ed down and the streets no longer echoed with the maudlin cries of the host of people who celebrated in their own peculiar ftyle the anniversary of tboir Queen's birthday. THE FETE Of TS» BA9TIM.E. ® H6w entirely different was the grand National fete of France on the 14th of Jnly." This too is made a day for gen eral rejoicing and merry-making, and the French people get out of it all that is to be had. For days before active preparations for the event are made, flags and streamers of the colored bunt ing are put up all over tne city, elabo rate designs in gas jets are prepared; founains erected; electric lights put up ; in a word, everything is clone that can in the slightest way add to the brilliancy of the beautiful City, whose white buildings make it bright and cbeerful at all times. On the night of the 13th, it was ap parent that something was abont to oc cur, for the streets, the broad, brilliant ly lighted boulevards, were crowded with people, all of them full of life and animation. The great stores with their glass fronts were literally ablaze with lights ; the gaily decorated cafes with their inviting tables on the broad side walks were filled with people sipping wino, or coffee, and discussing with all the animation and vivacity that a Frenchman only possesses, the attrac tions of the morrow. AH along the principal boulevards electric lights were suspended high in the air, while in the Place Concorde, and out the Champs Elysees were thousands of brilliant clusters of gas jets, making the night seem day. The crowds swayed hither and thither with one impulse, to see everything, yet there was no departure from decorum. Evervbodv was happy. But it was the happiness that comes of a sense of pleasure, from bright and beautiful surroundings, and the knowledge that every one else is happy. There is no sign of drunkenness. There was no rowdyism. There was nothing sug gestive even of offeosiveness. Every body was gay and merry. There were songs and hearty peals of laughter, but it was pure and wholesome, some thing that one could participate in with all his heart. The morning of the 14th dawned with a bright, clear sky, and the sun came up with a serenity that augured well for the fete. During the night, while, all Paris slept, busy workmen put the finishing touches on the decora tions, and when, all business suspend ed, Paris turned out to see itself, there was a general murmur of approval at the beautiful sights displayed every where. The houses along the streets were almost hidden by flags and ban ners and streamers; the statues were decorated ; high staffs that were not visible the day before now floated long streamers ; the parks and gardens were in holiday attire. Paris was arrayed in gorgeous dress, and every one went in for a day of rare pleasure. At all the theaters, including the Grand Opera, free performances were given during tbe afternoon, aud there were all sorts of entertainments provid ed by the Government for the amuse ment of the populace. In various quarters of the city platforms were erected, and all during that warm after noon tbe working classes danced to the music of superb orchestras which were furnished to them without money and without cost. But when evening came the fete was seen to its best advantage. As it grew dark the whole city blazed with light. There were millions of lanterns, of every possible color, banging from every point that could hold a support. Electric lights flashed from every corner, and gas jets blazed everywhere. The Boulevard des Italiens, from the Mhdelaine to the BaStile, was as light as though a noondav sun were pouring down upon it. And so with the other large thoroughfares, while the different quarters had illuminations of their own, each of which was wonderfully brilliant. The one particular place that eclips ed all others was the two mile stretch from the Tuileries to the Arcli of Triumph, and then on to the Bois de Boulogna. The straight promenade through the Tuileries garden was lined on cither side with a high trestle work, literally covered with fanciful designs wrought iu gas, while high arches of brilliant flame intersected it at regular iutervals. The Place de Concorde was a marvel of beauty. All around the '"mmense square wer® hung festoons of gas jets, while all the statues of tbe different cities of France that ornament each coraer, were thrown into bold relief by brilliant lights on the limpid water of the fountain in the center; different colored lights were thrown during the evening, the effect being wondously beautiful Stanaing in the center of the Place, and looking towards the arch the sight was simply marvelous. Nowhere in the world but in Paris could such a thing be seen. The broad avenue, Champs Elysees, rifling with a gentle slope, was lined its whole distance on both sides with a stream of light, that dropped gracefully from cluster to cluster, all the way out, as far as the eye could reach. Then the concert cafes which abound on either side, made unusual displays, swinging lines of light from tree to tree and cafe to cafe, till the eflect was dazzling and one really had to stop to realized that he was here on earth and not in some fairy land. The Bois de Boulogne, always beau tiful, with its charming lakes, long winding drives, its parks, tiny brooks and picturesque cafe, was unusually brilliant that night. One the shores of the lake large set pieces of fire works were displayed, while bands of music in odd looking gondolas blazing with colored fires, furnished exquisite music. The paths and carriage-ways were lined with small set pieces' which together with the constantly burning colored fires produced an effect that was grand ly weird All Paris was one blaze of light. And all night long the people of Paris and all France were on the streets en joying the rare sight. After 9 o'clock carriages were compelled to keep off the principal boulevards and streets, so densely were tbey packed with peo ple. The Champs Elysees from 10 o'clock was one surging mass of people —men, women and children—return ing from the Bois. From curb to curb was one solid mass of humanity, and such a jolly good-natured crowd was never seen before. They sang patri otic songs, and laughed and joked, and bad a good time generally. Now and then there would come down the street a small procession of students, wearing grotesque caps, each student bearing a Chinese lantern. They sang funny songs, and chaffed those that passed. But there was not a single BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.1881 display of temper Everybody took everything in good part, and everyone was superlatively happy. During all that long day and still longer night, not a single case of drunk enness did I see, aud during that time I was iu a great many different places, and would have seen il bad there been any. There was fun and irolic on every side. But it was the overflow of exu berant spirits, and not the outgrowth of too much wine and beer and liquor. In no city in England, nor, I am afraid, in America, could there be so gigantic a celebration, so much fun and hilarity, with so little drunkennness and so few disturbances. Verily, the French, in sincere and superficial as they are, know how to get the most enjoyment out of life. They have all the fun the Anglo- Saxon has, without the subsequent borror. A CLEAN SWEEP. A Whole Family of Daughters to be Married at Once. The St. Louis Republican, in a re cent issue, says: Marriage licenses were granted yesterday to the follow ing parties: Frederick Walter, jr., aud Emma Bang; William Wetzler and Theresa Bang; Dr. William F. Her man Johanna Bang. At the issuing of the license a most unusual scene was presented in the recorder's office—the father of three young ladies appearing with his three prospective sons-in-law aud consenting to give one of his daughters to each of them. They all seemed in the best of spirits, and the occasion was enlivened by mirth and witticisms all around. The circum stances of the case are quite interest ing, and not a little romatic. Dr. Charles Bang, who has for many years kept a drug srore on the corner of Fif teenth street and Franklin avenue, is the father of three beautiful daughters, the eldest about twenty-two years of age, and the youngest a little uuder eighteen. A short time ago all three of them became engaged during the same week, and it was concluded to have the three marriages to take place at the same time. All are highly ed ucated and accomplished, and all of them belong to the Liederkranz, of which their father was once president. It was natural, therefore, that an in vitation should be given aud accepted that the marriage should take place at the uew Liederkranz hall on Chouteau avenue. Tbey are appointed to take place there on the sixth of September, and the ceremony will be performed by the Rev. John F.'Jones, pastor of the Independent Evangelical Protest ant church, corner of Thirteenth and Webster streets, provided he returns from Europe in time, as is expected, he being now on the way. The young meo are in every way worthy the fortunate matrimonial prizes they have drawn. Mr. Frederick Walter, jr., is of the firm of Walter & Son, candy manufacturers; Mr. William Wetzler is teller of the Fourth National bank, and Dr. William F. Herman is a young dentist of this city. The father having to be present to give his consent in the case of a minor daughter, it was not necessary for either of the others to be present, as he could represent them all. When he was called upon to sign the affidavit for the second he exclaimed: 'What! must I sign again?' 'Certainly,'replied the clerk, 'this isn't a job lot; you have got to sign for each one.' Wden the applications were all made out, the clerk said to Dr. Bang: 'You ought to feel happy to get so many daughters off your hands at once.' The doctor replied: 'They took all I had; that breaks up the family.' 'Yes,' said Mr. Wetzler, 'that was a regular wholesale business ; we made a clean sweep.' When the clerk was asking for the names that went together in the licenses, Dr. Herman exclaimed: 'Don't you make any mistake, now, and give me the wrong girl; I want the one that belongs to me.' When everything was concluded, except pay ing the fees, Dr. Bang said; 'The next thing is ' 'The next thing is,' in terrupted Mr. Wetzler. 'is to go out and get some beer.' But the licenses are not paid for vet.' 'No matter, we can Day for them in the morning when we get them.' The party then filed out gleefully and no doubt had tbo beer. The triple marriage recalls an anecdote related of an eccentric minis ter a number of years ago, who was called upon to marry three couples at once. The parties were standing around promiscuously, waiting for the arrival of the minister, and when he came in he marched up to them, ex- claiming : 'Sort yourselves !' THE HEAR T OF ASIA. At a recent meeting of the Russian Geographical Society, M. Severtzov gave an account of the Pamir Moun tains, which he had lately visited. Many of the facts are novel. The Pamir is not a table land, and it has no steppe region up to a height of 12,- 000 feet. Like the Tien-Shan and Thibet, the Pamir has narrow valleys along the rivers up to a height of 14,- 000 feet, and the mountains rise in lofty ridges above the valleys in some instances to an absolute height of 20,- 000 feet. The mountain ranges run in the direction of the meridian, and sel dom strike out at right angles. The explorer discovered evidence that the range of of the Inner Pamir has risen 600 feet in the course of the last 12,000 years, and that the process of elevation is still going on. Fresh Complex ions. If you have humors and pimples, boils and eruptions on face, hands or skin, it is because the system needs toning and purifying. Nothing will give you such good health, smooth aad fresh skin and vigorous feeling as Simmons Liver Regulator, purely veg etable and not unpleasant to the taste. Take the Regulator to stimulate the liver, to cleanse the eyes and skin of yellowness, to improve digestion and to make the breath pure and sweet. Peruna will tone your whole system. If you have the lea-?t uneasiness in your stomach Peruna will immediately correct the function. JUDGE AG NEW UPON THE PROHIBITORY LAW. Some Reminiscences—Two Hundred Years of License Proves its Failure. [From Pittsburgh Dispatch, Sept. 7.] The convention which met at Johns town a few weeks ago with the intent of organizing a party pledged to the securement of a law prohibiting the sale of ardeut spirits in this Common wealth, in making their adjournment, named Pittsburg and the Third Pres byterian Church as the place of their meeting. A JURIST'S IDEAS. At the Pittsburgh meeting, Sept. 6, 1881, the Hon. J. K. Moorhead presid ed, and introduced Hon. Daniel Aguew, of Beaver, whose theme as announced was "Constitutional Prohibition." He commenced by saying: lam happy to stand here before you to-night as the advocate of a cause wh'ch concerns every living inan. It was here in Al legheny county that I received my early training. Who that knew W. W. Bald win, Elisha Swift, Bruce, Hopkins, can ever forget them ? You may, but I cannot I may not be accented as a temperance man, as such are classified, but my interests aud influence have ever been upon the side of sobriety and good order, not only as a citizen but as a judge. By slow degrees the subject of temperance has become a subject of public thought. At first it was thought it would be a topic of interest to the churches only. EARLY COMPANIONS. Ah! 1 remember young men who were my friends. . Some of these came to fill an important station in civil life; where are they now ? Alas, could I stop to gather up their wrecks along the shores of time, their lives would tell a tale whose every item would be a perpetual remonstrance against tbe glass. Oh ! could I gather into a sin gle picture tbe scenes I have seen in 12 years of Quarter Sessions practice it would revolt you. Bleared eyes, wretched condition. I cau ouly say that four-fifths of the cases coming into a Criminal Court are from liquor. I have seen the sad heart of the victim brought into court to show the mur derous blows of the drunken assassin. I am not alone in my view of this traf fic. Within a few weeks I have seen an opinion by Judge Johnsohn, of Warren county, one of the oldest mem bers of tbe Bench in this Common wealth. He says that eight-teoths of the litigation coming before him is the direct outcome and offspring of drink. Men of Pennsylvania, look upon this scene of ruin ; this crime which de spoils your labors, and tell me, is there no opportunity forJegislation ? Is there no opportunity for reform ? You have made no complaint against the taxes arising from the riots, but you will stand this ten-fold burden without fur ther effort or complaint ? Surely you have not looked this great public curse in the face. Certainly you do not un derstand that the greatest burden upon your thrift and industry are the victims and profiters by the license system. MODERATE DRINKERS. Marked examples of human weak ness are the moderate drinkers and tte temporizing politicians. Lowest of all God's creatures are those who would reap a profit, personal or political, from such a system. License has always drawn to its support the persons who rely upon avarice or appetite. Who are they who would continue the license sys tem ? For 200 years it has been tried in this Commonwealth; or, from 1682. When I came on the bench in 1852 as the President Judge of four populous counties, and when I granted but four licenses out of 15 applications, I heard myself characterized that night as a "G d temperance fanatic." What are your daily papers now but records of the results of debauchery, infamy and disgrace, resulting from the intoxicating drink trade as legalized by the State. All prohibitory laws in this Commonwealth have been strangled in their incipiency by the in fluence of the liquor trade- No op portunity has been ever afforded to try the efficiency of restraining legislation. TIIE QUIET DRINKER. We are asked to believe that the man who keeps his jug in private, and who avoids the public eye, is the equal, if not the superior, of he who stands erectly in the path of sobriety and in dustry. Again it is said, even in re spectable quarters, that prohibition has proved a failure. You of Allegheny county have had a warning against this kind of thing. Your riots were their consequent re sults, arising largely from drink. Good men of Pittsburgh, you have had a warning against such an argu ment. You remember the riots of July, 1877. You have paid dearly for them. Did you escape the declared law iu the end ? I thought the new constitution had put an end to that law. With great respect to the high tribunal which declared otherwise, I think so still. Is Government, then, so weak it cannot enforce its laws, even when opposed by a great city ? I have yet to learn that peace, good order and sobriety are things to be avoided. I have been asked to discuss the constitutionality of a prohibitory law. There is no such question. But, ah! the cry comes up that it is a sumptuary law. A sumptuary law is a foolish attempt to regulate an inno cent matter by legal enactment. Did you ever hear it said that the suppres sion of a gambling hell was the enforce ment of a sumptuary law, or do you believe that there is any just compari son between the Lwo trades ? License has had two hundred years of trial; now why shall we not give prohibition at least a fair trial ? The true policy of the temperance movement is to make itself felt by the two parties. Make their speak out In conclusion, allow me to invoke the aid of all who hear me. This sub ject is worthy of the attention of all who love their fellows and their kind How often is the gilded home of luxu ry and the lowly cottage of penury made sorrowful and despondent by this demon of strong drink ! Is mercy dethroned ? God grant that all men shall come to a realization of their duty in this matter. WASHING TON COUNTY, PENN SYLVANIA. The Religious History of the People. Tbe religious history of Washington county, Pa., is one of the most interest ing features brought out by the recent centennial celebration of the erection ot that county. We copy from the proceedings as follows: "The Pres byterians from the north of Ireland being the earliest immigrants were tbe first to obtain a foothold. Rev. John McMillan, D I) , was the first pioneer minister, and has been styled the fath er of PresbvtCTianism in Western Penn sylvania. He began his mission in 1775 at Pigeon Creek, and the centen nial anniversaries of the Cross Creek and Upper Buffalo and the Pigeon Creek Presbyteries, celebrated respec tively in 1877 and 1879, attracting general attention throughout the Pres byterian world. Other Protestant de nominations followed in the course of time, but it was not until 1844 that a Catholic church existed within the confines of Washington county. This was built in the town of Washington, is still standing, and owes its existence mainly to the zeal of Rev Father Gal lagher and Ephriam L. Blaine, Esq., father of James G. Blaine, who was a consistent Catholic. Washington coun ty was the birthplace of three religious sects, two of which have a national fame—one lately having recognized Brigham Young as its head and the other to-day counting President Gar field among its communicants. These are the Mormons, the Disciples or Campbellites and the Rhodianites. The institution of Mormonism is sup posed to have come about in this way: bolomon Spaulding, a graduate of Dartmouth Col'ege, and a sort of anti quarian, in his early life a minister of the Gospel, and afterwards a tavern keeper at Amity, Pa., to occupy his leisure hours about the year 1812, wrote a romance called "The Manu script Found," based on discoveries in the Indian mounds, and inferences drawn therefrom as to the origin of the aborigines. The manuscript of this work of fiction afterwards fell into the hands oi a printer named Sidney Rigdon, employed by a Mr. Patterson, at Pittsburgh, who copied it 'and re turned it to its author. The copy taken by Rigdon is supposed to be the "Book of Mormon," or Mormon Bible, afterwards claimed to have been found by Joseph Smith, Jr. (the founder of the Mormon sect) while digging for gold and promulgated as the inspired word of God. The almost incon trovertible evidence of many witnesses exist as to the indentity of the "Manu script Foun<*" and the Book of Mor mon, Spaulding died in Amity Amwell township, Washington county, in 1816, and was there buried- A rude stone slab, or "headstone," marks his grave to this day, bearing the following in scription : In memory of Solomon Spauldinsr, who departed this life October 20th, A. D. 1816, aged 55 years. Kind cherubs guard the sleeping clay, Until the great decision day. And saints complete in glorv rise To share the triumph ol the skies. This simple memento has from time to time been defaced by the relic-hun ters and it has been proposed, by per sons who appreciate talent, to erect a more imposing and enduring monument over the grave of one who unwittingly gave rise to one of the most notorious heresies of modern times. The Protestant denomination known as the disciples of Christ, or the Camp bellites, had its origin in Washington county in the beginning of the present century. Alexander Campbell has gen erally obtained the credit of founding this branch of the Christian church, in addition to being the ablest exponent of its doctrine, but the light of history seems to show that his father, Thomas Campbell, who came to the United States from Scotland in 1807 and was received by tbe Presbytery of Chartiers, laid the foundation for the present or ganization and outlined its profession of faith. The Campbells held the Holy Scriptures were the embodiment of Christian doctrine and denounced all creeds, confessions and catechisms in use among Christian denominations. The cardinal doctrine ot the new sect was baptism by immersion and the ad ministration of tbe holy communion to the brethren every Lord's day. This belief formally promulgated in 1811 was religiously expounded by tbe Campbells, and from two small congre gations in Washington county it has spread uutil it numbers half a million followers, embracing inhabitants in every State of the Union. The younger Campbell .vas widely recognized as a man of exceptionable force and theolog ical learning. About the time Campbellism obtain ed its foothold in Washington county, Rhoda Fordice, an old lady living in Finley township, conceived the idea of staiting a religious sect to be called the Rhodianites. This woman had previously been a follower of one Ser geant who professed to have a revela tion from heaven, taught the doctrine that there was no hell and tried to or ganize a society under the name of the Halcyon Union. Upon the wreck of Sergeant's project Rheda tried to or ganize a new society. While ignoring hell, she believed in heaven, and held that it was possible for her followers to live on parched corn, sassafras Duds, herbs and such light diet for a time and then be translated bodily to heav en. Among her credulous dupes was a man named Parker, who starved to ! death upon this kind of food while : waiting for translation. She kept the ! body concealed in her house for three j days, at the end of which time the i neighbors came in a body, took it by force and gave it burial. Another j ".cranky" notion of this sect was in re-1 gatd to forming a chain, of which a man and woman were to constitute a link Tbe idea was that the male and female were to be sewed up in separate sacks, with their arms and feet tied and their headct free, and then put to bed together. In the morning, if the old j ladv was satisfied they had slept inno cently, they were added to the Rhodi anite Chain. These doctrines were tro ascetic as well as absurd for the multi tude, and Bhoda made but little pro gress in her lifetime and was soon de serted in death. THE PRESIDENT. The Journey from Washington to Long Branch. LONG BRANCH, September 6. —The Presidential train arrived at Elberon at 1:10 p. m., and reached the cottage ten minutes later. There were about 20,000 persons in the vicinity of the Presidential quarters and every one expresses a feeling of gratification that he stood the trip so well Shortly before noon about 2,500 per sons gathered about Franckljn cottage anxious to witness the arrival of Presi dent Garfield. Guards kept the throng back and, although a rush was made when the train arrived, no difficulty was experienced in preventing too near an approach of people. No excitement prevailed, only natural curiosity. Just before reaching the cottage, at 1:15 a. m., the train was brought to a stand still and the first car, used by the at tending physicians, and the baggage were detached and pushed by hand around tie sharp curve making a semi circle about the President's cottage. Following this the preceeding car in which the patient was lying was gent ly pushed slowly over the same course until it reached the entrance of the cot tage, at which point it was stopped and a large awning was thrown around the portico, so that the sun could not fall upon the patient and as he could not be observed by the anxious watch ers. The removal from the car into the room prepared for the reception of the President was accomplished with out exciting him in any manner what ever, and while he was apparently a little tatigued he did not complain and seemed to be perfectly calm and well satisfied. Private Secretary Brown makes in substance the following statement of the trip from Washington to Elberon : Upon leaving the Executive Mansion the President appeared to enjov the scenery and looked around inquiringly. He noticed several of the employes standing in front of the Mansion and waved his hand to them at the same time smiling as if it were very gratify ing to him to leave the scene of his long illness. All the way to the depot the President was very anxious to ob serve everything, and this he was not prevented doing. Upon arriving at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue the patient was removed from the ex press wagon and placed upon a snring mattress which had been prepared for his reception. The President experi enced little or no disturbance in being transferred from the vehicle to the car, and his pulse, although slightly accele rated, reaching about 115, fell to about 106 before the train started, and short ly after it fell to 104 and agaiu to 102. The first stop of the train was at Pa tapsco, at which point the parotid gland was dressed. The passengers on the special train besides the Presi dent were Mrs. Garfield and Miss Mol lie Garfield, C. O. Rockwell, the Presi dent's brother-in-law, Colonel A. F. Rockwell, wife and daughter, General D- M Swaim, J. Stanley Brown, Colo nel H. C. Corbin and Warren S. Young, assistant to Private Secretary Brown. The surgeons in charge were, namely, D. W. Bliss, J. K. Barnes, J. J. Wood ward, Robert Reyburn and D. 11. Ag new, Messrs. Drs. S. A. Boynton and Edson. Beef extract was administered at 10 a. in. A stop of four minutes occurred at Lamakin for coal. The only other time coal was taken in on the trip was at 10:30, at a stop of five minutes, which was made at Gray's Ferry for water between Philadelphia and Mon mouth Junction. The special train made several miles at the rate of seven ty miles an hour. Bay View was reached at 8:05 and a brief stop was made to enable the surgeons to make the morning dressing of the wound. It was found to have suffered no derange ment by the travel. The dressing was soon accomplished and the train after leaving Bay View was run at the rate of about fifty miles an hour. The track in this locality is very straight and in good condition, and though the speed was at times greater than fifty miles an hour, the vibration of the President's bed was no more than it would have been had the train been moving at but twenty-five an hour The attend ing surgeons feel very much gratified with the manner in which the removal was conducted, and are generally of the opinion that with the exception of being slightly fatigued the President bore the journey exceedingly well. The practice of issuing bulletins three times per day will be continued. There will be no distribution of bulletins, excepting at Private Secre tary Brown's office where anyone who calls will be served with copies. As an appreciation of Mr. Ely's services Private Secretary Brown has invited that gentleman to be his guest at his cottage during his stay at Long Branch. WASHINGTON, September 6.—Secre tary Blaine and wife, Secretary Hunt and wife, Secretarys Lincoln, Windom, Kirk wood, and Postmaster General James left on the 10:30 train for Long Branch. LONG BRANCH, September 6.—Dr. Hamilton, one of the consulting sur geons, arrived at Long Branch this A. M. In a conversation on the train the doctor expressed the opinion that the President's removal from the malari ous atmosphere of Washington would soon prove beneficial. He did not attribute so much importance to the sea air, as to the general change of scenery, etc. He thought the fact that the President's desire to leave Wash ington had been granted would have a good moral effect upon him, and he would commence to mend almost im mediately upon his arrival. When asked how long he expected the President would remain at Long Branch. Dr. Hamilton said be could not venture an opinion ; in fact, he did not at this time desire to enter into APVEBTIBiy« KATKN, One gqntra, one insertion, (1 ; each an bee •lionf insertion, 50 ceqtfi. Yearly advertisement exceeding one-fourth of a column, $5 per inch Pignre work doable these addition* charges where weekly or monthly change* are made. I,ocal advertisemints 10 cents per line for isret insertion, and 5 cents j>er line for each additional insertion. >lariiages and deaths pub lished free of chaige. Ohitnvy notices charged as advertise rnente, and payable when handed in Auditors' Notices. $4: Extentors' and Adminir Irators Notices. #8 each; Estray, Caution Dissolution Notices, uot exceeding ten lines each. Prom the fact tuat the CITIZEN is the oldcs* established and meat extensively circuiated He publican newßpaper in Butler county, fa liepub lican county) it must be apparent to business men that it is the medium they should use in advertising their business. NO. 42 any detailed conversation on the sub ject. TLe train which arrived ?.t Long Branch at 9:30 conveyed a squad of regular troops from Battery A, First Artillery, from Governor's Island; un der command of Capt. J. M. Ingalls. The squad numbered thirty, inclusive of officers of the troops, and will l>c placed about the cottage set apart for the Presidential party. The cottages are all in readiness to receive the Pres ident, and large crowds were gathered about the Fra'ncklyn cottage during the morning. Much inconvenience Las been experienced by representatives of the press, owing to the inadequate telegraphic facilities, the nearest office to the President's quarters being about a mile and a half distant, and the only method of conveyance is by carriage. Booms have been set apart by the proprietors of the West End Hotel for ths accommodation of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and an additional force of men is expected to arrive during the day. There is a land breeze blowing and quite sultrv. PHILADELPHIA, September 6.—Gen eral Superintendent Kenny of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Division of the Pennsylvania Bailroad was on the President's train. He says it is true that the President's pulse fell tea beats before reaching Baltimore. The President seemed cheerfal and when asked if he would like to travel fast replied : "Yes, he rather liked it." Kenny says he seemed to be in very good spirits and was not uuder the effects of any opiates. He was as rational as could be and occasionally chatted with the doctors. Kenny added he was surprised to Bee the num ber of people who turned out, particu larly in the country places to witness the passage of the train. Even at prominent stations where there crowds of people, raised their hats with rever ence and all seemed affected by the gravity of the situation. LONG SWIMS BY IdEN AND ANIMALS. Referring to the wonderful feats of swimming performed by Webb, the opinion is expressed in Nature that men and animals would sustain them selves for long distances in water much oftener were they not incapacitated by terror or completely ignorant of their real powers. Some years since the second mate of a ship fell overboard while fisting a sail. It was blowing fresh, the time was night, and the place some miles out In the stormy German Ocean. The hardy fellow nevertheless managed to gain the English coast. Brock, with a dozen other pilots, was plying for fares by Yarmouth, and as the main sheet was belayed, a sudden puff of wind upset the boat, when presently all perished except Brock himself, who from 4 in the afternoon of an October evening to 1 the next morning swam thirteen miles before he was able to hail a vessel at anchor in the offing. Animals themselves are capable of swimming immense distances, although unable to rest by the way. A dog re cently swan thirty miles in America in order to rejoin his master. A mule and a dog washed overboard during a gale in the Bay of Biscay have been known to make their way to shore. A dog swam ashore with a letter in Lis mouth at the Cape of Good Hope. The erew of the ship to which the dog be longed all perished, which. they need not have done had they only ventured to tread water as the dog did. As a certain ship was laboring heavily in the trough of the sea it was found needful, in order to lighten the vessel, to throw some troop horses orarboard which had been taken in at Corunna. The poor things, a staff surgeon said, when they found themselves abandon ed, faced round and swam for miles af ter the vessel. A man on the east coast of Lincolnshire saved quite a number of lives by swimming out on horseback to vessels in distress. He commonly rode an old gray mare, but when the mare was not to hand he took the first horse that offered. GIVE THE BABY A DRiNK OF WA TER. A city physician attributes a large part of the excessive mortality of chil dren in hot weather to the failure of nurses and mothers to give them wat er, indeed more children are said to die (directly and indirectly from depri vation of water than from any other cause. Infants, he says, are always too much wrapped up, and in any case would prespire very freely. The water lost by prcspiration must be supplied. As Dr. Murdoch stated in his paper on cholera infantum. "The child is thirsty, not hungry; but not getting the water, which it does want, it drinks the milk, which it does not want." The consequence is that the stomach is overloaded with food which it can not digest, and which soon ferments and becomes a source of severe irrita tion. Then follow vomiting, purging, and cholera infantum." To prevent this, the principal scourge of infancy, the doctor says: "Have water—without ice—always accessible to the child; who will then refuse sour milk and will eat only when hungry. Water is the great in dispensable article for the preventive treatment of children in hot weather. It is important enough to nursing chil dren. but is life itself to those reared on the bottle." [Detroit Pout und Tribune.] I have a little girl, said Mr. Henry Dole, of this city, in a conversation, who was troubled with a severe lame ness in her legs, pronounced by some Erysipelas, by others Ilheumatim. I had tried several remedies without ef fect, when I was induced to apply St. Jacobs Oil and I am happy to say that the use of but one bottle cured her, and she is now able to go to school again. Said a distinguished politition to his son : "Look at me ! I began as an al derman and here I am at the top of .the. tree. And what is my reward? Why, when I die, my son will be the great est rascal in the city.' To this the., young hopeful replied: * Yes, dad, when you die; and not till theu.'