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Call in . iVdividuallj, or address, WAIJ4ER & BIEDERMAN, Butler, I*n. ■ Woolen Mill, - . BUTLER, PA. ' * H- FCtLEKTUiV. Prop'r. BLANKETS, FLAJISBLS, YAKNS &c. Also custpn) work done to order, such carding Roll*, making Blunkeu, Flannels, Knit *" "ftug. and Weavinc Yarns, Ac., at very low pricoa. Wool worked 'on the siiarui, it de 1 'aired. my7-ly j • • iOL. XIX. AN AWAKENING. BY H Hi-. RKV. W. P. TURNER. The wasted year ! The wasted year ! No ghost was e'er so pale and dread As each wan memory appears When conscience wakes it. from the dead. See ! in the deepn of under-thought A spectral company they bide; Sometimes, with yuiet grief distraught, They sit bemoaning side by side; But, oft, they glide to-and-fro, Impelled by such a sharp unrest; With eyes that look reproachful woe Because their-days were all unblest. Ah when to me comes soothing eleep ! And when does thought sweet semblance bear ? Can peace o'erspread a corse so deep ? Is joy a garland guilt may wear ? Yet are ye dear, ye shadowed days; And dear, ye nights of rest bereft; Ah stay swift hours ! —while time delays, May not a dream of hope be left ? Shall dull despair, with heavy wing, In my sad breast forever sit Expecting, 'till each morrow bring A new born curee between - her feet ? Shall memory's sharpened linger pierce My quick sense as a rankl'ing thorn Through all the interminable years. Nor Dalm be found? —nor half be borne? Yet hope no vision lendeth me ! She by the Godman's cross doth hide ; Tbitherward darkness hangs ; I see No streaming blood —no crucified. Alas, poor soul, tbou hast repelled The oue true light the ages bear. Christ can, to the, no pity yield ; Mercy can give thy prayer no ear. Rise, —rise, —thou hidden star ! thou sun ! Bestow upon my hideous night One blessed beam —I ask but one ! A guide to the sweet source of light. Thither I'd struggle, did the strife Consume mortality and time To gaze ou thee—thou dying life! Tliou heart of God I—transfixed for mine. I said for mine. Was't done for me, Whose impiousdavs have scouted heaven' I swoon in the intensity Of love's revealuient, I forgiven. I cleansed from long defilement! I Harmonious with the central joy ! Oh blood of lofty ecstacy ! I grasp new thought—seize new employ ! Jesus, my soul's deliverer! Thee Be my one bliss to follow well! My hope, my toil, my end to see . l'hee, the whole world's Immannel. Bitlf.k, Pa. TIIE LAWYER DETECTIVE. It was when I first began to prac tice. I was admitted and opened an office in the village of C . I had but little business, and was sitting in my office, trying to keep comfortable, the clock was already pointing to 10:30 when the door opened and the'keeper of the county jail entered. 'We have a guest up at our bouse who is quite anxious to see you, and requested me to bring you up to him if you have not retired.' It was not far to the jail, and we Boon arrived there. After unlocking the usual number of iron doors, the jailor admitted me to the prisoner's cell, and remarked that when I was ready to go home he would come and let me out. The huge iron door closed with a clang, the bolt was sprung, and I was alone with my would-be-client. As I had supposed, as soon as the jailor was out of hearing, the prisoner came forward. He was a young, gen tlemanly-appearing fellow, apparently about 24 years of age. Extending his hand to me; he said: 'I am glad to see yon, Mr. , you are indeed kind to come to me at this untimely hour, but I wanted to talk to some one, and I feel you will take an interest in my case. I have been arrested for the' murder of Mr. Richards, the President of the Farm ers' Bank of K., and for the robbery of the bank. ' ' Will you not lend me your assist ance?' I assured him that I would do all in my power for him, if be desired to re tain me. He suddenly interrupted me by saying : 'I beg your pardon, sir, I do wish to retain you to defend me in my trial; and a trial must of course take place, saying which he handed me five4ouble eagles. 'I have heard but few of the circum stances of the tragedy, and I fear there* are some things that will appear against me, but I trust you will bring me out all rig'it. Do all you can, sir ; employ more counsel, if necessary, but clear me for I am innocent. 'Tell me what you know of the case, and the circumstances that you think appear against you.' 'Well, I had a quarrel with Mr. Richards last evening, but it did not last long. I will tell you the whole story, sir. lam a clerk in the Farm er's Bank of K., of which Mr. Rich ards was President. Now, Mr. Rich ards, you must understand, had a daughter several years younger than I am, a lady with whom I have become intimately acquainted, and for whom I have conceived a strong attachment. Her father discovered I was deeply in love with Clara Richards, and was iware that she was not wholly indiffer ent to me. Last Sunday I dined, at their house by invitation of Mr. Rich ards, and during the evening a told Clara the state of my feelings, and was overjoyed to learn that she reciprocated my love. We agreed that I should ask her father's consent to our marriage as soon as I should be ablte to support a wife. c a E o * 'I ealled on Mr. Richards and boldly asked his consent to our engagement. 3e was very angry, and said I was an impudent fellow, declared I "should never again speak to Clara, and, in Short, he insulted me, accusing me of taking advantage of his kindness to in gratiate myself into the -heart of his gnly child. At last, I got angry and can hardly remember now what I said —I only know I did not threaten him. At the close of oar •onver9ation he left the room, and t went directly to my room and to bed. In the morning I went, as usual, to the bank, and" as soon as Mr. Richards came down, he took me into his private office and said to me that most men would discharge a clerk from their employ under simi lar circumstances, but be would keep me, on condition that I would forget my presumptuous-fancy. .. ' • 'Why,' said he, 'Clara has more" "for pin money than your salary.-' And then, after Informing me'that I would no longer be_received at his house, he told me to return to my desk. Nothing unusual occurred during the day until just before we closed, when we received an unusually large cash deposit. As I» L« » « • S « • was on the poiot of leaving the bank Mr. Richards called me and said : 'Here is a package containing $9,000, I wish you to take to Mr. Martin, cash ier of the City Bank of C. ; you can explain to him about our vaults not being any too secure, and apologize for coming at such an unseasonable hour, and ask him as a personal favor to me to receipt and return in the morning; you can take the 6 o'clock train this evening.' 'I took the package containing the nine thousand dollars, and after receiv ing some money for my expenses, I started. I arrived at my destination about half past 6 o'clock, and went di rectly to Mr. Martin's house, but found they had gone up town, and later was going to the theater. Whereupon, I sought the principal hotel, thinking I might see him there, but was disap pointed here and there. I walked around where I thought I would be most likely to meet him, until about 9:30, and then returned to the hotel, took supper, and engaged a room, to which I went. I sat down and read the evening paper until about 10:30, when I started for Mr. Martin's house. As down stairs and opened the door, a burly fellow touched me on the shoulder, and whispered : 'I arrest you for the robbery of the Farmer's Bank of K., and the, murder of Mr. Richards.' 'He then placed the handcuffs on me and escorted me here; and now I have told you all I know of my case, and it is the truth. My name is Howard Burton ; I have no parents.' This is the substance of what How ard Burton related to me in his cell at C. I had not interrupted him during his recital, but had listeued attentively to every word. I was much interested in the young man, who was about my own age, and who I felt was innocent of the horrible crime with which he was charged. 1 remaiued with him long after midnight, and then, charging him to converse with no one on the subject of the murder, I left him. I knew nothing of the circumstances of the murder as vet, but I thought I would go to K., and learn what I could. On ray arrival at K I went directly to the bank, and found two or three detectives there and aome of the officers of the bank. Nothing had been moved except the body of the murdered man He was found lying on the floor, with his skull crushed and his throat cut from ear to ear. Some of the drawers had been rifled, but aside from this there was nothing to indicate robbery. There was missing from the safe $9,- 000. I found that belief in Burton's guilt was quite general. I stood at the window in the Presi dent's offiee, staring vacantly out, hard at work thinking, when my eye no ticed on the sash of the lawyer's office just across the passageway a little scrap of paper with the word 'paint' written on it. A suggestive thought flashed through my mind as I walked out of the bank and stepped into the law office door. I was slightly ac quainted with its occupant, who wel corned me and invited me to a seat. We talked of the frightful occurrence of the previous night for some time, and at length I said, raising to go. 'So you have been painting a little, Mr. Harris?' * 'Yes sir ; did you observe my sign ? Kelly, the painter has a young Ger man working for him who is really an artist. He did ail the work here.' 'When was the painting done ? I asked. 'All done yesterday—be carefull of your coat.' I bade Mr. Harris good day, and left his office. I had learned who painted that win dow, which was just what I most want ed to learn, without asking a leading question or letting Mr. Harris know I was interested in Mr. Richard's mur der more than he. I made up my mind to see the iron without loss of time, and Gnd out if he saw Mr. Rich ards after young Burton 4«ft the bank. I went to the paint shop. 'You painted Mr. Harris's sign and office, did you not V I asked. 'Yes, sir.' 'Well what time did you finish up there ?' 'At 6 o'clock, sir.' 'Did you paint after dark?' 'Yes, sir; after dark I painted the outside of the window, about half past 5; the man in the bank lighted the gas, and it shone so brightly that I finished the window.' 'Did you see this man in the bamk handle any money ?' 'The man looked puzzled at this question, but answered : 'Yes, sir; I noticed him counting a large pile.' 'What kind of a looking man was he?' 'Well, a "kind of good looking man; it was Mr. Richards. If you don't .know him I will describe him to you.' 1 answered that I had seeu him, and then inquired what he, did with the money. He made a bundle of it and handed it to a young man, telling him to take it somewhere. I could no hear all he said. In addition to the bundle he gave him what I judged #to be a few dollars in change, and told him to come back in the morning. Then the young man went away. By and by Mr. Richards put out the gas, and then I suspended work and went hone.' , 'Did you see Mr. Richards again ?' 'Yes, I saw him in the cigar store as I passed.' I concluded my examination with the question: 'Did'you know Mr. Richards was mudered last night, and the money in the bank stolen ?' The man turned pale, and exclaimed with much excitement: 'Murdered ! No ; is it so ? You don't think it was me? .My. wife Katrina knows I came straight home.' 'Oh,'no,' 'I don't think it was you. You must not, however, tell anyone you have talked to me, or it may re sult in your being taken to court.' :♦ I was certain of my-ability to elear my client, as I could prove he was sent on the mission to C. I next wanted to find out some one who had seen him on the train, but I knew not , where to obtain inforiflation, -EVery RI TLER, PA., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25.1882 one was talking 1 of the murder, and public feeling was indeed bitter against Howard Burton. Stories of his quar rel with Mr. Richards were circulated with the usual exaggeration, and it seemed to be the unanimous opinion that he was the cold-blooded murderer. Still I was hopeful, and returned to C., ! feeling confident of my success. On ' mv arrival I held an interview with young Barton, and I told him the re j suit of my visit to K. He was over joyed, and expressed himself confident 'of being acquited. Returning to my j office, I looked up all the reported cases that bore any resemblance to the one |in hand. The examination of my cli ! ent was set down for the next morn ! ing, at which time I went to the jail i accompanied by an under sheriff. I found quite a formidable array of law yers of note representing the prosecu tion. In addition to the learned dis trict attorney, there were two astute criminal lawyers who had been retain ed by the bank officers to assist him. The examination was very brief, and after calling Mr. Richard's servant, and receiving the testimony of the hotel clerk, Howard Burton was fully committed to answer the charges of murder and robbery at the January term of court. 'Can you not think of some one you know who saw you on the train from K. to C. on the night of the murder ?' said I. 'No, sir, not one that I know ; but perhaps the conductor will remember me. He had to change a five dollar bill for my fare, and grumbled a little about that.' 'I will see him at once,' said I, start ing to go. 'Do so, do so,' said my client, ax citedly. 'Call to his mind the young man, who had a pen over his ear. I remember that on leaving the bank hurridlv I neglected to remove the pen, which I frequently carry over my ear after the manner of clerks.' I went directly to the depot; and learned that the conductor I was in search of would arrive in about an hour. I waited, all impatience, and upon his arcival asked if he would do me the'kindness of walking up to the jail and see if he could indentify Mr. Burton. He willingly consented and upon arriving at the prisoner's cell I introduced him to my client. The conductor gazed steadily at young Burton a moment, and then said : 'Mr. Barton, be kind enough to pat on your hat.' Burton did so and again he looked at him sharply without a change of countenance. 'Now, sir, please put your hand in your waistcoat pocket.' I was afraid that the conductor was not going to identify him, but as voung Burton put his band into his waist coat pocket, the lapel of his coat was drawn back, revealing upon his breast a Masonic pin, the badge of a Knight Templar. 'I folly identify him as the man for whom I changed a five dollar bill on my train, which left K. at 6 o'clock in the evening and am ready to swear to it in any court of justice. You see, sir,' continued the conductor, 'we learn in our business to remember, and no ticing a pen over this youg man's ear, 1 laughingly advised him to take it down. But what called my attention principally to him was the fact that he wore that Knight Templar's badge. I saw that I conld prove an alibi, and thus undoubtedly clear my client.; bat I was ambitious to do more. I wanted to arrest and convict the guilty party. The next thing for me to do was to see the keeper of "the cigar store, at which my painter on the way home had seen Mr. Richards about 0 p. m., on the night of the murder. On the following morning I took the train for K., and on my arrival went directly to the cigar store and then spoke to the man behind the counter of the murder. 'Ob,' said he, 'poor man ; he wr*s in my store about an hour before they found him dead.' 'lndeed,' said I; 'did he trade with you ?' 'Oh, yes, sir ; why, he came in here, as 1 tell you, and bought some cigars on the very night that he was killed, and stopped a moment to chat with me. Then he looked at his watch and said,'lt is - a quarter past six I must go in .and lock up the bank an d go home.' Just then his man saivant came in and said : 'Mr Richards, I have a noter from Miss Clara, for you, sir.' 'Well, Thomas,' said he, 'I suppose it is for money ; that usually is the subject of her perfumed notes to me; come into the bank a moment.' 'ln a little while I saw the servant going in the direction of Mr. Ricthard's house, and in about an hour afterward his master was discovered in th» bank dead.' This'from the cigar store keefier. I did not let him know I wa3 attorney for the accus6d, and was soon turning my steps toward the late residence of the deceased. I was admitted by his late servant Thomas, and was soon conversing with Miss Clara, tjo whom I confided my relations to Burton. I asked her what time she sent Thomas to the bank the night her father was murdered. 'I did not send him at fill,' she re plied, evidently surprised at the ques tion. 'Well,' said I, 'we are going to ac quit Howard, and to take his pi a ce we want to find out who did con .mit the crime. Now, Miss Clara, are vou sure you did not send Thomas to the bank on the night of the murder ?' 'I know very well I did q o t, was her answer. 'Then,' I replied, 'either* the keeper of the cigar store is mists ken, or your servant Thomas is the murderer of your father.' I told her to treat Ttoon ias as usual, and not to speak of Oiur cc >nversation to any one. After receiving » a letter she wished to send U> Burto a, I took my departure to C. lmmetti; itely on my arrival there I. went to n IV client and communicated to him aril f had learned, and delivered th© letter. I took the first real night's rest th; at night I had since the death of Mr. R* ichards. I had previously sworn out s. - warrant for the arrest of Thorns, to-be* . served as soon as the jury should pronounce my client not guilty. Thomas, the servant, was first called. He swore to the quarrel between Mr. Richards and Burton; that he heard Burton threaten Mr. Richard's life. Notwithstanding I closely cross-ex amined him, I failed to make him con tradict himself, and when he retired nearly every one in the court room ; was doubtless certain that Howard Burton was guilty. The next witness was the hotel clerk, who testified that Burton came into the hotel while he , was attending to the guests from the train that arrived in C. at about half- . past 6 o'clock. Then followed the ex- j animation of the bank cashier, who | swore that the package of $9,000 found ■ on Burton at the time of his arrest was ! deposited in the bank on the afternoon of the murder. After calling several ■ other witnesses, whose testimony was of minor import, the prosecution rested. | I then followed, and, after a brief open- j ing address, called the painter, who ! swore to seeing Mr. Richards send ! Burton on the errand ; also to seeing ! Mr. Richards in the cigar store after j six o'clock on the evening of the mur- ! der. When I had finished with him, he was submitted to a severe cross-ex amination, in which he acquitted him self very creditablv. Then I called the conductor, who swore to seeing Burton on the train on the night of the murder ; he also swore that the train left on time—6 o'clock. The cigar store man was next examined, who swore to talking with Mr. Richardr at 6:15 o'clock : also to seeing him leave for the bank with Thomas. Witnesses were all cross-examined thoroughly, but did not contradict themselves in any particular. I then closed my case, and after a few remarks from the prosecution, the judge charg ed the jury, who retired, and in fifteen minutes returned with a verdict of hot guilty. As soon as quiet was restored, the sheriff approached Thomas,the servant, and said in a loud voice: 'Thomas Healy, I arreet you for the murder of Mr. Richards.' The excitement in court, caused by this unlooked for and sudden proceed ing, was intense. The prisoner was immediately taken to jail, followed by a crowd that were loud in their ex pression of denunciation —the same crowd that a little while before had marked Burton as the murderer. Well to finish tne story I have to add, I was retained by the bank offi cers to prosecute Thomas Hearly, and he was convicted of the crime. He protested his innocence almost to the last, but the'night before he was exe cuted, he made a full confession, stat ing that he had determined to rob the bank some evening when Mr. Richards was there alone. It was Mr. Rich ards' custom, 'he explained, to go to the bank in the evening, and when he and young Burton quarreled, he, (Thomas) saw his opportunity. His determination was strengthened by hearing Mr. Richards remark on the day of the murder, as he sat at dinner, that there was an unusually large amount of cash on hand. The note in the case was one that Miss Clara had given him to give to her father some days before, but Mr. Richards coming home before Thomas found him, it had not been delivered as intended. By the aid of this note he had got Mr. Richards into the bank, and while he was reading it he struck him with the stove poker and then cut his throat. He got no money as a reward for his crime, as the vaults had been locked. Howard Burton was made cashier of the bank and married Clara Richards within a year. Board of Agriculture. The annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture will be held in Harrisburg, commencing Wednesday, January 25, at 2P. M. The following is a full list, subjects of essays and dis cussions, furnished by Secretary Thom as J. Edge, from whom all information may be had: Treatment and Management of Dai ry Cows, Hon. C. C. Musselman, "of Somerset. Agriculture of the Old and New World, F. Jackel, of Blair. The Common Law and Statutes of Pennsylvania regulating Surface and Underground Water Courses between Land Owners, Hon. M. C. Beebe, of Venango. Lessons of 1881, Outlook for 1882, E Reeder, Bucks. Associated dairying, John I. Carter, of Chester county. Farmers' Gardens and Truck Patch es, Rev. J. Calder, Harrisburg. Preparation of the Ground for Wheat, J. D. Lytle, Butler. Is the Importation of Foreign Live Stock and Advantage to the Pennsyl vania Farmer ? A. D. Shimer, of North ampton. • Stenography in Agriculture, H. C. Demming, of Harrisburg The Best Method of Fire Insurance for Farm Buildings and their Contents, Henry C. Tyler, of Susquehanna. Weeds and their Eradication, Col. D. H. Wallace, of Lawrence. Production and Preservation of Ap ples, J. Miles, of Erie. During the evening sessions or at other times, at the option of the Board, addresses will be delivered on the fol lowing topics : The Relation of the Soil and Crops to Heat and Moisture, Prof. iV. H. Jordon, Penn'a State College. Agricultural Education, Prof. S. B. Hieges, of York. On a subject not assigned, by Col. Frank Mantor, of Crawford. The above programme will not he strictly adhered to, as other topics wiK probably be introduced by members of j the board. Any questions of a proper i nature, if handed to the secretary, will j be referred to a suitable person for answer. In a family named Bertolet, in Potts ville, one girl broke her arm, another her leg, one son broke an arm and leg, and two others each an arm, all with in the last four weeks. 'Lives of great men always remind us that we are all 6nbject to die,' says an exchange, but never cough yourself awav as long as you can raise .25 cents for a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cougi) Syrup. TRYING TIIE ASSASSIN. WASHINGTON, January 17.—1t is growing common again for the as sembling of large crowds at the City Hall to witness the arrival and de parture of Guiteau. Instead of falling off this crowd is daily increasing. Forty or fifty women could be counted in the out door this morning. The sight of them on the curb as the van drove up tickled Guiteau immensely, and he cast upon them an approving smile as the officers hustled him along into court. Quite different are his looks when knots of men press too closely, for then fear of the treatment meted out by him to Garfield comes uppermost. It is freely said and re ported here now that should the jury disagree Guiteau will never go from the court room to the jail alive. His counsel will take extra precautions to prevent violence. GUITEAU MAKES A SPEECH. Mr. Scoville resumed his argument at a little after 10 o'clock, and it was at once interrupted by Guiteau, who had been looking over towards the jury for some minutes in an anxious or expectant manner, 'Hadn't I better de liver in now ?' he called out 'Oh, yes,' replied Mr. Scoville, 'I had forgotten.' Then turning to Judge Cox, 'He desires, Your Honor, to pre fer a request that he be allowed to ad dress the jury I have looked over a paper which he desires to read, and I see nothiDg in it of an objectionable character.' Judge Cox nodded assent, and Gui teau said: 'I have written down what I wish to say. I will read it. It is in regard to my speech.' He then read with considerable em phasis : 'I intend no disrespect to this honorable Court. I intend no con troversy with this honorable Court. In general, I am satisfied with the law as proposed by Your Honor, but I have suggested a still broader view which I ask Your Honor to follow, to wit: That if the jury believe that I believed it was right to remove the President because I had special divine authority to do so, and was forced to do it by the Deity, they will acquit on the ground of transitory mania. Sickles, McFarlane and Hiscock were acquit ted on of transitory mania. In my speech, published in all the lead ing American papers yesterday, and which, I presume, Your Honor has read, I gave my reasons for asking Your Honor so to charge. Reed made a brilliant and lawyer-like plea for the defense, and Scoville is making a strong argument for his theory ; but neither Reed nor Scoville represent me in this defense. lam here as my own counsel, and, as stated at the opening of the case, no one can repre sent me to that jury. I know my feel ings and my inspiration in removing the President and I have set it forth to my satisfaction in my speech pub lished yesterday, and I ask Your Hon or, in the name ol justice, in the naiye of the American people, to allow me to address a jury of my countrymen when my life may be at stake. If a man on that jury has a doubt as to his duty in acquitting me, my speech will probably settle him in my favor ; and, therefore, in the interest of justice it is of the greatest importance they hear me in my defense. Your Honor can decide the matter, if you have any doubt as to your duty.' Mr. Scoville resumed with a general complaint of the alleged unfairness on the part of the prosecution, particular ly of the Prosecuting Attorney. He had from the beginning prescribed who should visit the jail and who should not. He had introduced persons into the prisoner's eel! under a false guise to worm out his secrets, and when the prisoner said anything which might in ure to his benefit, the Prosecuting At torney has been very careful not to let it become Known. He complained of Corkhill's unfairness in destroying the notes of stenographer Bailey so that the defense could not have the benefit of them. The conduct of the prosecu tion in the court room, he alleged, was not only unfair to the defense, but was often discourteous, and more fitting in £ police court than in this. SCOVILLE RAISES A SMILE. Scoville unwittingly raised a smile by declaring as one count of his indict ment that the Government had acted unfairly in putting upon the stand so many witnesses to prove the act of killing—'Going over and over the hor rors of the scene,' said counsel, 'and I declare that it was a shame and dis grace, the exhibitions made here by the prosecution for the purpose of in fluencing you feelings and emotions rather than your judgment.' Corkhill (sarcastically)—We should have been more polite and sympathiz ing toward the prisoner. Scoville then criticized severely the course of the prosecution in refusing to permit the prisoner to address the jury for a brief hour or two, simply be cause tbey feared be might disclose, by his manner of speech, his true men tal condition. In alluding to the dis cussions on the proposition to allow the prisoner to speak, Scoville quoted the District Attorney as having said that if the prisoner should bo allowed to speak it ought to be from the dock. Col. Corkhill—l said nothing of the kind, I protested against his return to the counsel table, and I said it would be a disgrace to have him speak from the dock. Guiteau called out, 'Well, I have been a good boy lately. So you'd bet ter let me out.' Scoville then called attention to the letter written by Guiteau to the Dis trict Attorney, and from which a por tion had been clipped, as he claimed, bv the prosecution and in a spirit of an fairness. A LITTLE SPAT - Davidge (smiling)—Ob, just assume that one of the conspirators cut it out Col. Corkhill—l suppose that what you are driving at is that you want the jury to think I cut a slip out of that letter ? Scoville—l believe that it was done by you, or by your direction, for the reason that you believed it to be for the interest of the prosecution. I 'So do I,' shouted Guiteau. Scoville then proceeded to give the jury his views upon Judge Porter, and to instruct them as to bow much weight they should attach to bis utter ances and as the best means of coun teracting the influence of bis oratory. Porter, he said, was prostituting his fine attainments in an effort to baog an insane man. Immediately after recess, and be fore Scoville had resumed his speech, Guiteau, with an air of apparent sin cerity, announced that he was in Inck. He had just signed his name to a check for $25,000 on the First Nation al Bank of New York; that he had re ceived another for $5,000, and another for $750, and believed they were all genuine. Scoville then reviewed the prisoner's life, and said: 'When he left the Oneida Community he sought out Beecher's Church, the Young Men's Christian Association and the society of Christian people. His tendencies at this time were not immoral, nor had be shown any indication of that awful (with sarcasm) crime of not paying his board bills, for which this prosecu tion are trying to hang him.' Corkhill—Oh, no; if he is hung at all it will be for murder, not owing board bills A COOL FIEND Guiteau called out, 'I guess there ain't much chance of my being hung anyway.' Scoville continued up to the hour of adjournment his review of the life of the prisoner, explaining his «cts in tbe light of counsel's (Scoville's) theory upon the case. Guiteau occasionally commented, but never seriously dis turbed the course of argument. Sco ville spoke of tbe monumental assur ance of tbe prisoner in naming himself in connection with Grant, Conkling and Arthur. 'I should say a pretty fine quartette,' said the prisoner. . Later on Scoville read from Gui teau's spetch, when Guiteau again called out, 'You better not read any more, Scoville. It will go dead against your fool theory.' The Jack-Rabbit of Texas. The jack-rabbit is an inhabitant of Texas and of some other western States. He is often called tbe 'mule eared rabbit,'and, by th 6 cowboy, is familiarly spoken of as the 'muley.' Ho is not a rabbit at all. A rabbit is an unobtrusive little animal, who is found by school-boys in a bole in the ground at the end of a long track in the snow. The so-called jack rabbit is quite a different kind of soup-meat. He is identical to the British hare, except that he is larger, his color lighter, and his ears much longer. His avoirdu poise is about twelve pounds and bis ears measure, from tip to tip, about sixteen inches. He does not burrow in the ground. He lies under cover of a bunch of prairie grass, but is very seldom found at homo, bis office hours being between sunset and sunrise. He is to be found during the day on tbe open prairie, where he feeds on the tender shoots of the mesquite or sage grass. He is not a ferocious animal, as a stranger might be led to suppose from an examination of what purports to be bis picture under tbe alias of 'The Texan Hare,' in Governor Rob ert's book. Tbe jack-rabbit has several enemies, among them the cow-boy, who shoots bim with his rifle; tbe coyote and tbe dog, that try to run bim down, and the Governor of Texas above alluded to, who libels him in his book. He has two ways of protecting himself againg his enemies. One is to squat when he suspects danger and fold his earj along his sides. By doing this he often escapes observation, as . ouly his back is exposed, the color of which harmonizes with the brown of the withered grass. The other plan, which he uses when discovered and pursued, is to increase remoteness be tween himself and bis pursuer. In giving his whole attention to this mat ter, when necessary, be is a stupendous success and earnest to a fault. When disturbed be unlimbers his long legs, unfurls his ears and goes off with a bound. He generally stops after run ning a hundred yards and looks back to see if bis pursuer is enjoying the chase as much as he thought he would, and then be leaves for parts unknown. There are many fast things, from an ice boat to a note maturing in the bank, but nothing to equal the jack rabbit. An unfounded rumor gets around pcetty lively, but could not keep up with' him for two blocks. When an ordinary j:ur dog tries to expedite a jack-rabbit route he makes a humiliating failure of it. He only gives the rabbit gentle exercise. The latter merely throws up his ears, and, under easy sail, skims leisurely along, tacking occasionally to fcive the funeral procession time to catch up. But if you want velocity, urgent speed and precipitate haste you have only to turn loose a greyhound in the wake of a jack-rabbit. Pursued by a grey hound he will 'let himself out' in a manner that would astonish a prepaid half-rate message. If be is a rabbit that has never had any experience with a greyhound before be will start off at an easy pace, but as he turns to wink derisively at what he supposes to be an ordinary yellow dog he real izes that there is a force in nature hitherto unknown to bim, and bis look of astonishment, alarm and disgust, as he furls his ears and promptly de clines tbe nomination, is amusing. Under such circumstances he goes too fast for tbe eye to follow bis move ments, and presents the optical illusion of a streak of jack-rabbit a mile and a half long. [Peoria National Democrat.] The most eminent physicians of the day highly recommend St Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism. It can be purchased at any drug house, and the price is insignificant, when you take into consideration the wonderful cures it will produce. The Harmony society, at Harmony, Beaver county, manufactures hundreds of thousands of brooms annually. Tbe greatest cleanser and puriGer of tbe blood. Peruna, should be taken every few months to prevent malari ous diseases, and to cure them, when prevention w*s neglected. ADTEBTISMG SATES, On* aqnare, one insertion, 91; each snl s* 4 jent insertion, SO «ents. Yearly advertisemeit insertion, and 5 centa per line for each additional InrertisL. Marriage* and deatha pub liabed free ot charge, Obituiry notices charged aa advertisements, and payable when banded in Auditors' Notices, #4; Executor*' and AHmini. t rat ore' Notices, #8 each; Eatray, Caution an 4 Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten line*. each. From the fact that the Cmsrif is the oldes* established and most extensively circulated Be* publican newspaper in Butler county, (a Repub lican county) it must be apparent to business i men that it is the medium they should uae in , advertising their bnsineas. NO. 10 Lincoln Si's tor » Ltfc«Naak. (A 9 told by the sculptor Yolk in The Century for December.) 'He was there promptly; indeed, he never failed to be on time. My studio was in the fifth story, and there wero no elevators in those days, aud 1 soon learned to distinguish his step on the stairs, and am sure he frequently cam* up two if not three steps at a stride. When be sat down the first time in that hard, wooden, low-armod chair, which 1 still possess, and which has been oc cupied by Douglas, Se vard, and Gen erals Grant and Dix, he said: 'Mr. Volk, I have never sat beiore to sculptor or painter—only for daguerreo types and photographs. What shall I do?' I told bim that I would only take the measurements of his bead and shoulders that time, and next morning, Saturday, I would make a cast of his face, which would save him a number of sittings. He stood up against the wall, and I made a mark above his head, and then measured up to it from the floor, and said: 'You are just twelve inches taJler than Judge Douglas—that is, just six feet one inch.' 'Before commencing the cast next morning, and knowing Mr. Lioeola'a fondness for a story, I told him one, in order to remove what I thought an ap prehensive expression—as though be feared the operation might be danger ous; and this is tlte story: 'I occasionally employed a little black-eyed, black-haired, and dark skinued Italian as a formalore in plas ter work, who had related to me a short time before that himself and a comrade image vender were 'doing' Switzerland by.hawking their images. One day a Swiss gentlemen asked him if he could make his likenete in plaster. 'O, yes, signor; I am a sculptor.' So Matteo Mattci—such was the name of the pretender—got some plaster, laid the big Swiss gentleman on his back, stuck a quill in each nostril for him to breathe through, and requested him to close his eyes Then 'Mat,'as I called him, poured the soft plaster all over bis face and forehead ; then he paused for reflection ; r.s the plagter was begin ning to set he became frightened, as be had never before undertaken such a job, and bad neglected to prepare the the face properly, especially the gen tleman's huge beard, mustache, and the hair about tie temples and fore head, through which, of course, the plaster had run and become solid. 'Mat' made an excuse to go outside the door; 'then,' said he, I run like .' 'I saw Mr Lincoln's eyes twinkle with mirth. 'How did he get it off?' said be. 'I answered that probably, after rea sonable waiting for the scultore, he bad to break it off, and cut and pull out all the hair which the tenacious plaster touched, tho best way he could. 'Mat' said he took special pains to avoid that particular part of Switzer land after that artistic experience. But his companion, who somewhat re sembled him, not knowing anything of his partner's performance, was soon after overhauled" by the gentleman and nearly cudgelled to' death. 'Upon hearing this, the tears actual ly trickled down Mr. Lincolon's bronz ed cheeks, and he was at once in the best of humors. He sat naturally in the chair when I made the cast, and saw every move I made in a mirror op posite, as J put the plaster on without interference with his eyesight or his free breathing through the nostrils. It was about an hour before tbe mold was ready to be removed, and being all in one piece, with both ears.perfect ly taken, it clung pretty hard, aa tho cheek-bones were higher than the jaws at tbe lobe of the ear. He bent his bead low and took bold of the mold and gradually worked it off without breakiug or injury; it hurt a little as a few of the hairs of the tender tem ples pulled out with tbe plaster and made his eyes water; but the remem brance of the poor Swiss gentleman evidently kept him in a good mood.' We Tell lou f lalnly that Simmons Liver Regulator will rid you of dyspepsia, purify your sys tem, enable you to sleep well, prevent malarial diseases and give you a brisk and vigorous feeling. It acts directly upon the liver and kidneys, cleansing, purifying, invigorating aad fortifying tbe system against disease. It will broak up chills and fever and pre vent their return, and is a complete an tidote to all malarial poison—yet en tirely free frdm quinine or calomel. An inhuman brute, in Brady, Clarion county, attempted to cut bis child's "throat one day last week, and failing, for some reason, threw the child on the floor and stamped it to death. Manalin regulates the bowels and liver. • ♦ Kittanning has seven cases of small pox, and tbe people are greatly alarm ed. The council are called upon to take prompt measures to abate tbe plagae. 'What every one says must be true,' that 'Dr. Sellers' Cough Syrup' has no equal for cough or colds. Try it. Price 25c. An act of Assembly requires consta~ bles to give public notice in their bail* wicks for holding the annuil township and borough elections. 'Since taking 'Dr. Lindsey's Blood Searcher' that old sore of mine is en tirely cut'ed.' Sold by all druggists. The last battle reportedj between Mexican troops and Indians resulted in the repulse of the former. Curran was pleading before Fitzgib bon, the Irish chancellor, with whom he was on terms oi anything but friend ship. The chancellor brought"-: with him on the bench a large Newfound land dog, to whom he devoted, a great deal of his attention while Ourran was addressing a very elaborate "argument to him. At a very material -po'mt in the speech, the judge turned away, and seemed wholly engrossed with his dog. Curran ceased to speak. 'Go on, go on, Mr. Curran,' said the cbanceHor. 'Ob, I beg a thousand pardons, my Lords,' said the witty barrister, 'I really was upder the impression that your Lordships were in consultation.'