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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.
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'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 advertisemei<i
exceeding one-fourth of * eotomn, ffi per im b
Figure worn doable tli*** r%te«; additional
charge* wh%re weekly or ninthly chaoga» are
made. Local advertisements 10 cent* per line
for fln>t 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.'