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* OUZL.
Died by a reaponaible name.
Addr *"*Tß« BVTI.KR CITIM*»
BCTLEB. PA-
TBAVBIi£BB* GUIDE.
BUTLBS, UUI CITT AND NUU EULKII)
Trmina leave Butler for Bt. Joe, MiUeratown
Kama City. Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7-27 a. m
""I 2Mb and 7-25 p. m.
Train* arrive at Butler from the above named
points at 7.17 a. m., and 2.15, and 7.15 p. m-
The 2.15 train connect* with train on the West
Penn road through to Pittsburgh.
• HKXAS&O »D ALLEGHBXT RAILBOAD
Tralna leave Hilliard'a Mill, Butler county,
for Harrieville, Greenville, etc., at 7-50 a. m.
and 2.25 p. m. _
Train* arrive at Hilliard'a Milla at 1:45 A. *.,
and 5:55 r. *. _ .
Hack* to and from Petroila, MArtinabar
Fairview, Modoc and Tiontman, connect at Hii
liard with all traioa on the 8 * A road.
T*VBBTLVAJIIA BAII-BOAD.
Tralna leave Butler (Butler or Pittaburgh Time.
Marktl at 5.W a. m., goee through to Alle
gheny, arriving at #Ol a. m. Tbia train con
necta at free port with Freeport Accommona
tion, which arrivea at Allegheny at 8.20 a. m.,
ftilroad time.
Bxprtt, at 7.18 a. m„ connecting at Bui l«
Junction, without change of care, at 8.38 with
Ezpreaa weat, arriving In Allegheny at VJjG
a. m., and Xxpreaa eaat arriving at Blalraville
at ItM a. m. railroad time.
Mail at 2.18 p. m., connecUng at Butler Juuc
tion without change ol care, with Ezpreaa weat,
arriving in Allegheny at 501 p. m_ and Ez
preaa eaat arriving at Blairaviile Intersection
at 5-55 p. m. railroad time, which connect* with
Philadelphia Ezpreaa eaat, when on time.
The 7.18 a.m. train connecta at Blalraville
at 11.06 a. m. with the Mail eaat, and the 2.38
p. m. train at 8.5® with the Philadelphia Ex
pre** etti. _
Train* arrlTe at Bailer on Wc*t Peon R. B. »t
•JSt a. m., 5.17 and 6JSI p. m., Butler time. The
9,51 and 5.17 train* connect with trains on
the Butler A Parker B. R.
Main Lina.
Through train* leave Pittsburgh lor the *aa«
at 2M and 8.38 a. a*, and 11*1,411 and M* p.
Bi., arriving at Philadelphia at »M and 7.20
p. m. and 8.00, 7.00 and 7.40 a. m.j at Baltimore
ibont the HIM tine. at Hew York three hour*
later, and at Washington about owe and a half
hour* later. ________
TIWB Of Htidllf CMTI*.
The aeveral Courts of the ooontr of Boiler
nnwunti on the list Monday of March, June,
September and December, end ,ao«Unoe two
weeks/or ao long ae to dtenooe of the
buatneea. Ko eaoaea are jmi dewfor trial or
traverse Jurora summoned fa* the tnt week of
the several terma.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
R. P. BCQTT,
Attorney at I-aw, Butler, Pa. Oflee in BuTa
huMding, Main street.
JOHN K. KELLY,
Otlre with E. Q. Miller,
Building. anglTOl
A. M. CORNELIUS,
Office with W. D. Braodoo, Berg Building, Kain
Street, Butler, Pa.
" J. F. BRITTAIN,
Office with !>. %■ Mitchell, Diamond.
A. M CUNNINGHAM,
Office in Brady's Law Building. Bnilar, Pa.
8. H. PIBRBOL.
Offioeon H.E.corner Diamond, BiddlebuUd
JOHN 1L GREER
Office on K. E. corner Diamond. novlJ
WM. H. LUSK,
Office with W. H. H. BlddU, Eeq.
NEWTON BLACK,
OBeeon Diamond, near Court BOOM, south
-
E. L BRUGH,
Office In Riddle's Law BuUdlng.
STF. BOWSER.
Offioe to BiddWa Law Building. [mtrTlf
J. B. MoJUNKIN.
Special attention given to collections Offic*
orpoeite Wlllard House.
JOSEPH B. BREDIN,
Office north rest corner of Diamond, Butler
n.
H. H. GOUCHER,
Offioe to Behneidemsn's building, up stairs.
J, 7. DONLY
Office near Court Bouse. 1 - 74
D 7 BR AN DON,
ebl7-7» Office to Berg s building
CLARENCE WALKER,
Offies to Brady building- marl 7
FERDREIBERT -
Office In Reiber's building, Jefleraon St. ap«l>
F^EASTMAN,
Office to Brady building.
LEV.IicQUISTIoNT"
Office Main street, 1 door south of Court Bouse
JOS. C. VANDERLIN,
Offioe strast, 1 deor sooth of Court House.
- - - FORQUER,
mr Office on Msto street opposite Togeley
BOOM.
GEO. R. WHITE,
Ofloe N. E. oor—r at Diamond
M<JUNKIIf
Office in Scboetdemaa's bolidtog, west side
Main street, Sod square from Court House.
" T. a CA M PBELU
Office to Berg's new building, 3d floor, east
side Msto st., a few doom south of Lo»7J
UTTITT mart tf
rTXsULLIVAN,
m»y7 OffiotfS. W. oor. of Diamond.
A. TI BLACK,
Office on Main atreet, one door south o.
Brady Block, Butler. Pa. (oep. 9,1874.
M EUGENE G. MILLF*,
Office to Urad/*a Law BuUdlng, Main atreet.
eoeth of Court Bouae. Itocm
THOMAS ROBINSON,
BUTLER, PA.
JOHN H. NEGLEY
VCHves particular attention to ranaaotions
In real aetata throughout the eouo
OmoBOB DUMOBO, BEAB Hooas,«
OmCBS MJtUIIBO
%. R. Ecki.Br, Kaasßor MABSBALL
(Late of Ohio.)
XCKLEY A MARSHALL.
Office to Brady's Law Bolldiug. 5ept.9,74
~C. Q. CH KIBTIE,
Attorney at Law. Legal business carefully
transacted. Collections made and promptly
remitted. Business correspondence promptly
attended to and answered.
Office opposite Lowry House, Butler. Pa.
PHYSICIANS.
JOHN B. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
myai-lyl BUTLER. PA.
Office on Jefferson street, opposite
Kliogler'H Flour Store.
DENTISTS.
DBNIISTR X.
o|# WTALDRON, Oraduats of the Phil
K adelphia Dental College, ia preparoi'
• Roto do anything in the line of hi*
■wfssslon to a satisfactory manner.
Office on Mala street, Batter, Union Block,
ap stain,
VOL. XIX.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Estate of WIN. (J*. Shorts.
Letters of adroinUtrauon hsviug been granted
to the undersigned on the estate ol William G.
Short*, deceased, late of Connoqnenessing twp.,
Hutler connty, Pa., all per»on» knowing them
selves indebted to *aid estate will please mtke
immediate payment, and any having claims
against the lame will present them duly nuthen
ticnted for psyment. T. P. 8t»OKT8, Ex'r.
Connequener sing P. O-, Butler < 0., Pa. lm
Estate of Harriet Hays.
(LATE OF CONXOQVESESSISG twp., dee'd.)
Letters testamentary on the estate of Harri
et Hays, dee'd, late of Connoquenessing twp.,
Butler County, Pa., having been granted to
the undersigned, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment and any having claims
against said estate will present them duly au
thenticated for payment.
KOBKKT S. HAYS, )
JAMK* H. HAYS,;*- I™- 1 ™-
Whites town P. 0., Butler Co. Pa.
Estate OR Adam Albert.
Letters ol administration having been granted
to the undersigned on the estate of Adam Al
bert, deed., late of Franklin twp., Butler Co.,
Pa., all person*! knowing theiiwelve* indebted to
said estate win please make payment and any
having claims against the same will present them
duly authenticated for payment.
H. H. OALLAGHEB. Adm r.
Bos 395, Butler, Pa.
Auditors* JJtfotlee.
Petition of James Morrison. Ex'r of Daniel
Millison, tor appointment of Auditor. O. C.,
No.'SO. March Term, IW2.
And now to wit: May 17th, 1882, J, M. Gal
breath is appointed an Auditor as prayed for.
BY THE COURT.
Butler County, 88: Certify from the record
this 31st day of May 1882. W.B.DODDS.
Clerk O. C.
Notice is hereby given, to all concerned, that
the undersigned has been appointed Auditor,
to make distribution in the matter of the estate
of Daniel Millison, dee'd, and that he will at
tend to the duties of said appointment at my
office in Butler, on Thursday, the 2»th day of
June, at the hour of 10 o'clock, A. M.
june7-3t. J. M. GALUKKATII.
| "NOTICE: IINDIVOBCK
In th* matter of the application of Mary B.
Elliott tor divores a vinculo matriironia from
her husband, Harry A. Elliott.
A dThTm, March Term, 1882, To Harry
A. El hot t, respondent. _
Whereas a subpoena and an alias subpoena in
the above stated case have been returned N E.
L Now this is to require you to be and appear
ia your proper person before said Court, on the
first Monday of September Torn next, A v.,
1882, being the 4th day of said mouth, to answer
to said oomplaint, and to show causa, if any you
havo. why the prayer thereof should not be
arkctod. THO3. DONAGHY, Sheriff.
And now, June Bth, 1882, having been appoint
ed Commissioner by the Court to take testimony
in above stated case and to report the same to
Court, notice is hereby given that I will attend
to the duties of said appointment at mv office,
at Butler, on Friday, the 14th day cf July. A. V.
1882, at 10 o'clock, A. u. of said day, at which
time and placo all persons interested may at-
Junel4-6t.
Petition of John Grossman.
IK THI cotnrr or COMHOS rtrin or BCTT.ER
COUBTY, «4jum wo. 1 SEPT, TKKII, 1882.
In Be petition of John Grossman to have
perpetual testimony relative to a deed from
Jacob G. Grossman and wife to John N. Hoon,
which deed ia now lost.
And now, to wit • Dec- 3, 1881, petition pre
sented and on due consideration thereof, snbp<e
na is awarded to John N. Hoon aud Jacob O.
Orosssam, and to any and all persons who may
be interested ia tho said petition or bill to ap
pear in the Court of Common Plets of said
county, on the 4th day of Beptember, 1882, to
make an oath or affirmation to said petition or
bill, and in case no answer thereto is filed, and
in case the said persons subpoenaed or any
others do not attend on or before said day,
George C- Pillow is hereby appointed a commis
sioner to proceed on said 4th day of September,
1882. at 2 o'clock, f H„ of said day at the office
of the Prothonotary said county to take the
depositions of all witnesses who may be produc
ed by said petitioners respecting the proof of
the lacts alleged in said bill or petition, and to
ascertain add sstaollah the same and to tusks
return of said depositions unto said Court when
such onler and decree in the premises will be
made as to justice and equity appertain, and
further it appearing from said petition that the
residence of the ssid J no. N. Hoon and Jacob
G. Grossman is unknown aud believed not to be
within this commonwealth, it is orderod that
notice of this subpoena and order of Court be
given by publication thereof for three (8) suc
cessive weeks in one of the weekly newspapers,
published In Butler prior to ssid 4th dsy of Sept.
1&82. bv THE COUHT.
Butler County 8. 8 : Certified from the re
cord this 10th dsy of J tine, 1882
M. N. OUEEB, Prothonotary.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, county of
Butler i To John N. Hoon and Jacob G. Gross
man, Greeting: We command you, that all
business and excuses beirg laid snide, you be
and appear iu your proper persons before our
Judges at Butler at our (J mnty Court of Com
mon Pleas, there to be held for ilie county
aforesaid on Monday, the 4th of Sept., 1882, to
show cause, if a>iy you liavs, why the witnesses
on behalf of John Grossman, on his petitiou to
have jierpetual testimony relative to a deed
from Jacob G. Grossman and wlfo to John N.
Hoon, (deed now lost) should not be examined
and other testimony reduced to writing, aud
filed of record In our said Court in order to per
petuate the same agreeably to the constitution
of our Governmeut and the ast of Assembly in
such esse made aud provided, on the part of
petitioners snd bsrein fsii not, under tho penal
ty of one hundred pounds.
Witness Uie Honorable E- McJunklu, Presi
dent of our said Court, at Butler, this 10th day
of June, A. D , 1882. M. N. GBBEB,
Junel4-3t. Prothonotary.
ORPHANS'COURT SALE.
Br virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
of Butler County, the undersigned executors of
the last will and testament of Conrad Ktulr.,
late of Summit twp , Butler County, will ex
pose to sale by public vendue or outcry upon
the premises on
Thursday, .July 20, A. !>.» iwhjj.
at one o'clock P. M., all that certain piece or
parcel of Isnd. situate in the township of Kuril
rait, county hi Butler, and State of Pennsylva
nia, bounded and described as follows j On the
north by lauds of Joseph Kiehenlaub, on the
east br lands of George Knause and HtuU,
south by lands of Johu Sheets and west by
lands of Jcjseph Eichenlaub, containing fifty
three acres more or less having thereon erected
a log house and log barn, also a good orchard
growing thereon.
• VtUtMM OF HAL.KI
One-third of purebwe money on confirmation
of wile by the Court, and the balance in two
equal annual inntallmentu with interest from
confirmation, to be necured by IM.IKJ and mort
gage, with cfauae waiving iiirjui«ition, wtay of
esecution and with attorney'* communion of
R> per cent.. In ca«e paymentjof *aid hai to be en
forced by law.
PFCTP.It HTt TZ, \ .. .
AI-HBBTBMITH, J
J. It. MrJIJNKIN Attorney.
Jane 2H, IKS 2.
n ■ -
FOB NAlii:.
The following described valuable piece# of
property altaatod In the borough of Butler are
ofTered for aale by the Herman National Dank of
MUleretuwu, Pa., to-wit:
One lot of ground on Falton atroet. between
S-opertleeof Mm. Lotilea JlcClarearid H. 11.
ooeher, Ka<|., containing one acre, more or
leea, being one of the beet building aite* Hi the
town.
XI,HO._One lot of gronnd near the Witlier
apoon Inelitnte. an 4 formerly owned by IJ. O.
i;iiin. K«q , containing one aere, huh» OT If**,
on which there 1a a good two-etory frame houat
and at able. Tbia properly la nleaaantly located
near the depot and commauda a magnificent
vi# w.
ALBO.— Lot on McKean atreet, formerly own
ed b* H. J. Mitchell, S*q., ou which there ia a
good two-etorjr frame hone# aud at able.
Poeaeaeion given In daye after ptirebaae.
gar Advertise iu the CiTMUir.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
' will cure dyspepsia.heartburn, mala
ria, kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
enriches the blood and purifies the
tystem; eves weakness, lack of
energy, etc. Try a Louie.
BROWNS
IRON
BITTERS
is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the trcth, and will not
cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations wiiL
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
INDIES and all suflrrcrs from neu
ralgia, hysteria, and kindred com
plaints, will find it without an equaL
WHENCE COMES THE UNBOUNDED POP
ULARITY OF
Allcock's Porous Plasters?
Becanflc they have proved themselves
the Best External Remedy ever in
vented. They will cure asthma, colds,
coughs, rheumatism, neuralgia, and
any local pains.
Applied to the small of the back they
are infallible in Huck-Ache, Nervous
Debility, and ail Kidney troubles; to
the pit of the stomach they are a sure
cure for Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plaint.
ALLCOCK'S POROUS
PLASTERS are painless, fra
grant, and quick to cure. Be
ware of Imitations that blister
and burn. Get ALLCOCK'S, the
only Genuine Porous Plaster.
Q ATA RRH Elys'Creamßalm
Kffectuiilly cleaimeft
the Hanoi pawiuj,-* of
RkO" « Catarrhal vim*. <-atis
lnK health v cretkmn,
gCffltiftHrffl "■ in 1 Inflammation,
M MtAD I profi-cta themrnibrann
■ IlK.'l bom additional cold*,
'• ft ''"'"l'ltl'-ly h<*aln the
r— <4.»l«»»*»mfl T 3f jM sori-n ntld rrMlorn* the
lm* .<<?// «■"*« of tajdn and
Wt* j,J,'""••H. Beneficial re-
Wf / /f Hilt* arc realized by a
' <-w application*. A
H "'" r <ni({li treatment
will cure Catarrh, Hay
Kever.&e. I'lie<|iialed
lfor ratldN In the head.
K-j AV— ii lUEH ply by the little fli>|(cr
I ■ Into llie nontrlla. On
receipt ol fioc. will mall a package.
Sold by llutler druKKlntn.
KLV'rt t 'HKAM liAI.M CO., Owego, N. V.
$200,00 REWARD!
Will be paid for the detection and con
viction of any person selling or dealing,
in any bogus, counterfeit or imitation
HOP BITTERS, especially Bitters or
preparations with the word Hop or
Hrtps In their name or connection there
with, that is intended to mislead and
cheat the public, or for any preparation
put in any form, pretending to be the
same as HOP BITTERS. The genuine
have cluster of OREEN HOES (notice
this) printed on tho white label, and
are the purest and best medicine on
earth, especially for Kidney, Liver and
Nervous Diseases. Mewareofafl others,
and of all pretended formulas or recipes
of IIOP BITTERS published in pajiers or
for sale, as thoy are frauds and swludles.
Wboeyer deals in any but the genuine
will be prosecuted.
HOP BITTERS MM. CO.,
Rochester, N. Y.
c FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF i
s CONBTIPATION. j
Ho other dlacaa* la»o pnrvalont In thla ooiin- M
r- trjr mn CuoatlpaUoa. and no nmadjr haa mvmr _
e« ( uaU»d tha o»l<itrr*tod Kidney-Wort aa a c
E num. Wbfctavcr tho oauae, how over OMUnata a
a tho MM, tbia rema'ly win overcome It. k
** ml CO viae diatMMinc f
e rlfctOi plaint la very apt to be -
£ nomplloaled w|tho->n«tlp»tlnn, KMn<r/-Wort "*
„ amitluiia tha parte »n<l «ulofcljr a
a ournm al I bind, of PUoa even when phyalolan. £>
■ and medlolnea havo Iwf jro failed.
" U- TWU you HAVO either of theeo trouhtaa X}
< V»IO« SI. I USE I Drum*. Seltp
Old Established Carriage Factory
[ R*T A 111.1*11 BL< IKBM.J
Spring Wagon a and Mugglea ill Block and
in»D« UI order ol UII atylua and Ucicrlpllon.
Our work la of the huat AND IAT«AT ctjrip, Well
made and Hnclr llnUbcd. Wo give apeciul at.
ten tion to repairing, painting and trimming.
When in want ol anything In out line we aak
you to call and examine our Block. LOUDKN
<K PARK, Duqeeanc Way, between Hlxlh aud
Seventh ulrcda, above BO*peiiaion Bridge,
Plitaburgli, Pa. ap.'»,»Ul
Adv<jrti*e i» the CITI?*I».
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. 1882
SELECT.
WORDS MISUSED-
Some Ttaat Should Sever be
iiHe<l and Oilier** That are
Commonly Misplaced.
In the category of words that should
never be used come first misformed
words as 'lit' for lighted; 'plead' as
the past participle of the verb 'to
plead,' instead of pleaded ; 'proven' for
proved a form now obsolete except in
the Scotch verdict of 'not proven.'
These are what might be termed gram
matical errors, but they are very com
mon among those who pass for fair
writers and educated men. Less
venial faults are the use of such vulgar
isms as 'on to' for on or upon, which is
becoming increasingly frequent among
careless writers; and whose blood has
not run cold at reading advertisements
in our religious papers of baptismal
'pants V— to be worn, we suppose, by
those reverend 'gents' who minister
weekly 'in our midst,' preach 'lengthy'
sermons that 'enthuse' their hearers,
aud are generally reputed to be 'relia
ble' men whose acts will never 'jeop
ardize' the good name of their flocks,
albeit they sometimes have a 'help
meet' or 'helpmate' or 'companion' or
'lady'— that is to say, a wife — whose
words and acts need to be judged with
great 'leniency.' There! 'at one fell
swoop' we have reprobated all but
three of the words and phrases, con
| demned by Mr. Ayres, that we are
now considering. No well-bred man
will ever speak of such a garment as
bis 'pants,' nor will he call his wife
anything but his wife. 'Helpmeet' is
a stupid word, as has often been point
ed out, and owes its existence to a
careless perversion of Genesis ii, 18,
'I will make him an helpmeet (i.e.,
suitable, fit) for him,' and 'helpmate' is
a still stupider perversion of 'helpmeet.'
If we are to say 'lengthy,' why not
'strengtby V and besides, our good old
friend 'long' will answer every purpose.
We say 'leniency,' wben lenity ex
presses the same shade of meaning.
Why add so clumsy a word as 'jeop
ardize' to the language when 'jnopard'
is already there for the same purpose ?
Why use the ill-formed word 'reliable'
(which should be rely-upon-able, to
mean what is intended), when we have
trustworthy and credible? 'Enthuse'
is one of those horribly ill-informed
words whose mere pronunciation is
their condemnation, in the mind of one
who has enough acquaintance with the
history and genius of the language to
be qualified to express any opinion on
the subject, while 'in our midst' is a
careless way of saying 'in the midst of
us,' which is intell-gible English.
The three other words that Mr.
Ayres would proscribe are 'preventa
tive,'A clumsy and useless substitute
for preventive ; "graduate,' as an ac
tive intransitive verb (a student does
not 'graduate' from college ; the college
graduates him —l. E., admits *him to its
gradus; and the student therefore is
graduated); and 'mistaken' in such
sentences as 'You are mistaken'
( when what the speaker means is,
'You do not understand me') for 'You
mistake.' To Mr. Ayres' list should
TIE added, we think, such non-English
words as anent, auditorium, bogus,
nonce, taboo, tapis; such slangy words
as 'disgruntled,' which is a favorite
word in the politician's vocabulary, and
'resurrect,' <vhich is used as a verb in
many a sermon ; such misformationu
as gubernatorial' and 'post-graduate'—
how can one graduated from a college
and thus made 'a graduate' ever be
come a 'post-graduate?' One should
write, 'A graduate's course of study,'
or a post-graduation course of study,'
the former having the preference. Wo
assume that no reader of tho Examiner
needs to be warned against any such
pedantic word as 'authoress' and
'poetess ;' such vulgarisms as 'crank,'
which the Ouiteau trial has made so
common ; or such a wrong-headed idiom
as 'different to,' of which some English
writers are so fond. If tbey do need
any warning, we beg of them to eschew
each and all of those words. And we
are inclined to add to the list 'donate'
and 'donation,' which nre at least un
necessary while we have so many
words as 'give,' 'grant,' 'bestow,' 'pre
sent,' and their substantives, to ex
press the some idea.
Wordß used in wrong senses fall
naturally into several classes, first
among which are the words sometimes
called 'reporters' English,' words mis
used because they are thought to
sound fine. Examples of this misuse
of words are : 'Apprehend' when the
writer means merely 'think ;' 'condign'
in such a phrase as 'condign punish
ment,' when the writer means severe
punishment; 'casualty' for accident;
'predicate' for declare, and the like.
Some writers never can begin any
thing; they always 'inaugurate, or
'initiate,' or at tho very best 'com
mence' it ; if a speaker or singer is well
received by his audience, ho receives
an 'ovation ;' if a man is kind-hearted
he is called a 'humanitarian' (i. C., a
believer only in the human nature of
Christ), which is to attribute a grave
heresy to a man under pretext of com
plimenting him; and if one of this ilk
goes to church, he always speaks of it
as tho 'sanctuary.' Wo exhort all who
read this nrtielo to eschew these ami
all similiar errors. Whatever you may
say in the freedom of conversation,
when you take your pons use plain
words to express plain meanings. If
you mean granted, don't say 'accord
ed ;' if a speaker has talked for fifteen
minutes on a subject, don't say that
he 'alluded' to it, which means merely
to touch and pass by a toplfr; if you
mean think, don't say 'consider,' which
denotes tho careful weighing of a
thing; don't say 'residence, for house,
'individual' for person, 'portion' for
part, 'purchase 1 for buy, and bo chary
of 'vicinity' for neighborhood. In
short, don't BO stilled.
Allied to this class of errors is that
careless and slangy use of words which
results from an effort to bo colloquial
and easy In writing. It is not easy to
be familiar without becoming vulgar,
but the art can bo learned in writing
as well as in social intercourse. Care
ful writers will avoid all such phrases
as the following; 'Balance' for remain
der, 'bound' for determined, 'claim' for
assert, 'indorse' for approve, 'loan' for
lend, 'own' for confess. A very com
mon kind of mistake is the misuse of
small words through mere careless
ness ; as, to say 'less' where fewer is
meant, or to use 'such' for so. Th's
list might be indefinitely increased.
There is also a class of misused
words, all too common, that are posi
tively vulgar Under this head, of
course, corpes all slang, of which no
welliired man ought to be guilty under
any circumstances. To slang may be
added such words as these : 'and' ia
phrases like 'try and do;' 'apt' used for
likely; 'got' in combinations like 'he
has got a fortune;' 'healthy' for whole
some (lobsters are usually healthy, but
they are considered unwholesome) ;
'companion' for wife; 'female' for
women; 'lady' for woman or wife
(these last three are the superlatives of
vulgarity) ; 'party' for person; 'posted'
for informed; 'retire' for go to bed;
'superior' as thus applied, 'she is a
very superior person.' Probably these
examples will suffice.
Still another class of misused words
are misemployed in such ways as to
leave room for the charitable inference
that the writer is ignorant of their real
meaning. When one uses 'alternative,'
the preposition 'between,' and the con
junctions 'both-and,' or 'neither-nor,' to
refer to more than two objects, it is
evident that he is guilty of nothing
worse than gross ignorance The same
conclusion follows when one calls two
objects a 'couple' when the two objects
are not united by any sort of bond ; it
is doubtful whether pair' should not
also be restricted to two objects BO
united. 'Distinguished' is often wrong
ly used by those who are not accustom
ed to discriminate between two words
of similar meaning. — Examiner.
Early-cat and Well-made Hay.
I wonder bow many of the readers
of your paper know the value of nicely
cured, early-cut bay, raised on deep,
rich, clean, thoroughly cultivated soil,
where a regular rotation is practiced.
I have cut my grass early for twelve
years, and perhaps a little of my ex
perience may waken up some who are
yet doubting to see the value of this
practice.
Some years ago I took twelve dairy
cows to winter, providing in the bar
gain with the owner that I might
"strip" them a few weeks, as I wished
to make some butter for our own use.
The cows were brought here Novem
ber 17tb, and had not been fed any
thing, getting only what tbey picked
out of doors. The first night my
man stripped faithfully, and got four
quarts of milk. He laughed at me,
and I presume the owner laughed in
his sleeve to think how be had sold
me. (I had alowed him a few dollars
for the privilege of milking them a
while.) Nothing daunted, I told my
man to continue stripping twice a day
and I would feed, and my turn to
laugh would come by and by. The
cows were fed early-cut timothy and
clover bay, and now and then a feed
of Hungarian (cut in blossom); lightly
at first, but, after they got used to it,
all they would eat clean. Ttey had
warm shelter, and water not colder
than 50°. They were fed nothing be
sides what I have stated. In a very
short time we were making six pounds
of nice yellow butter a day and kept it
up for frix weeks.
About the first of last November I
bought a pair of six-vear old horses.
The man I bought them of was an ex
cellent horseman and the horses were
in extra fine condition ("fixed up to
sell" some of the neighbors said;.
They had baen accustomed to grain
three times a day, summer and winter.
I gradually diminished the amount of
grain and increased the bay fed, until
at the end of one month they were
getting nothing but early-cut timothy
and clover hay (all they would eat
clean three times a dav) and- water,
and thev have had nothing else since.
They weighed the day I bought them
2,560 pounds. At tho end of two
months, out of curiosity, I weighed
them again and their weight then was
2,700 ponnds. At the end of another
30 days they weighed 2,810 pounds;
after still another month, 2,880; and
now, after nearly throe months, during
which tim we have done our Spring
work, the turn the scales at 2,715.
They are in perfect health and very
fat. An old farmer said, not long
ago, that they were tho fatest team he
ever saw. They pull the plow, run
ning nine inches deep, as though it
was a plaything. Their former owner
was in my stable, not long since, and
said to me: "It's almost a miracle, Ter
ry; but your hay is as good as common
hay and oats." This answers the
question I AGREED to answer in my lust
as to what I did for oats for my
horses.
1 am not writing this to brag up my
horses or hay — neither one is for sale;
hut to cull the attention of those who
still let their grass stand too long to
the greater value it would havo if cut
curly, particularly on clean, tborougly
cultivated and highly manured land.
IN regard to tho value of such hay for
feeding lieef cattle, I will give tho ex
perience of an old ami successful farm
er, who has kept steers every winter
for thirty yearn. He said tome: "I
can put as many pounds of flesh on a
certain number of steers in the winter,
in a warm barn, with early-cut hay
from a ten-acre lot, as those steers had
put on hud they run in tho lot and
oaten the grass as it grew," Now,
brother farmer do not pass these by as
big stories. They are "tho truth; tho
whole truth and nothing but the truth."
"We sjieak that we do know." What
ever else you may do, make up your
minds to cut a part of your hay, at
least, early this year, and cure it
nicely : watch the relish with which
your bo AOH and other cattle will eat it
next winter ami the effect it will havo
on them ; and you will nuvt r go back
to the old way, any more than you
would exchange your mowing machine
for a scythe or the self-binder for the
cradle.
Our pratico has been to cut twice—
once about the middle of June and
again about tho last of July — and then
feed off the third crop or plow for
wheat. This year we intent! to mow
three times anil not have any stock on
the meadows. A fair crop would B«
about two and one-half, one and one
half, and three-quarter tons for the
three cuttings. Considerably more
than two and one- half tons has been
raised in this vicinity for a first crop
but the quality of the hay was not
good. When a crop will make 2itons
per acre, if the weather is good, cut it,
and let the rest of the strength go into
the next crop. I mow after 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the weather
promises to be fair for some days, and
rake the next day, between 2 and 5 ;
the following day, about 10 o'clock,
turn over the windrows, and after
dinner cock up. If the weather is
bright and warm all the time, it goes
in the next day, without opening the
cocks. I keep plenty of help at work
in the potato field about the time of
haying, and at the least sign of rain
we rake and cock up, in wl:ich case it
may be necessary to open the cocks j
more or less before drawing in But
unless rain does THREATEN, we never
cock up merely wilted grass or clover
The great point in haying is to have
the nerve to cut largely just at the be
ginning of fair weathor.
How many times I have known
farmers, after three or four days, to
say : "Well, I guess we are going to
have some good weat her and I will cut
some bay." And th y cut it, to get
wet, just when they should have been
drawing their hay into the barn. They
had not learned "in time of peace to
prepare for war." At thebegiuning of
fair weather it is usually cool, and
grass cut after 2 o'clock will not cure
enough to be injured by the dew that
night, and the next night, being left in
large windrows, the injury I 3 very
slight. I used to tura by hand a heavy
crop of grass when it was cut with a
side-cut machine.
Inquiry is often made in the Country
Gentleman about hay caps. Tbey are
nice things and sometimes will save
their cost in a single stotm; but the
farmer should be a good weather
prophet, and, if he is, he will very
rarely need to use them We have a
lot of tbem, but I do not remember
that we have used one in three years.
If you wish to use them, put the hay
up in cocks of 200 to 300 pounds each,
and make caps about six feet square of
heavy sheeting. Fasten a string, with
a loop in it, to each corner of the cap.
Use pinß made of strips of shingle
about H inches wide, with a notch in
the thick end and the other end sha-p
--ened. Pin the caps down tight, and
they will protect the hay through a
storm that will blow down rail-fences.
A mau will sleep better with his clover
hay covered, unless perchance (as hap
pened to a friend .of mine) some
stranger wakes him up to tell B>m
"there are a lot of white cows" in his
meadow. — Country Gentleman.
Where Coal Conic* From.
The coal fire in the grate sparkled
aud crackeled and sent its sharp-poiot
ed flames up through the dark mass,
giving even the smoke a lurid hue.
We all sat gazing into the fire, mak
ing fancies and thinking our own
thoughts, whe'l Uncle John interrupt
ed tlio silence by saying:
"And so, at last, this coal fulfills its
mission."
"What do you mean, uncle?" inter
rupted Julia, who sat on her low stool,
leaning her face on Undo John's knee,
and smoothing the tabby cat's pretty
fur.
"Why, I mean that after so many
long years, this coal has at last become
an agent for tho use and comfort of
man. Perhaps you do not know how
coal is formed ?"
We all drew our chairs noaror, as
Julia exclaimed, "do tell us ?"
"Well," began Uncle John, stroking
his long white beard, "many thousand
years ago, in fact, more years than any
of you can count oven in a whole lifo
time, there grow a vast forest. There
were no North AND South American
continents, nor EMI an Eastern or
Western World. An exceedingly
small portion of tho globe was land,
the rest was a wide sea. In many
places the ocean was shallow, and as
years went by the sand and drift mat
ter filled up the shallow places, until
thoy BECAME groat swamps. In these
swamps grow great forests.
The great amount of carbonic acid
gas that mingled with the air, and tho
high degree of warmth, along with tho
constant moisture, caused those forests
to grow very rapidly. The pine tree
grew to immense size; ferns grew as
high as trees; and a sort of cltib moss,
that in our forests never grows over
three feet high, in those forests grow
eighty and ninety feet high.
Along tho damp warm valley of tho
Amazon, in South America and the
tropics, grow our richest and most pro
fuse vegetation, but oven that is noth
ing compared to tho ancient forests
that grew from the swamp*.
I n these forests the trees and vegeta
tion grew so rapidly thai they crowded
upon each other. Hoing too much
crowded, too much of T!.« vegetation
died as rapidly as it hid grown. Thus
year after year, the old forest died
down, and about it grew tho new, un
til one forest was piled upon another.
After thousands of years, gradually,
tho whole surface of the land began to
sink, until tho sea once more flowed
over tho places where forests had
grown.
A nil again, after more thousands of
years, tho drift mutter and sand
filled up tho shallow places, ami other
forests grow in new swamps.
Asyoars went by, they too, were
submerged in tho sea.
This continued for numberless years.
Between each layer of decayed forests,
there was a layer of sand aud mud, and
shells ami drift matter that finally
hardened into rock, forming tho lime
stone or sandstone that is found in our
coal mines.
Miners can tell just how many times
the coal-beds have been submerged by
the number of layers of sandstone or of
limestone.
Most of tho trees of that ancient
forest were pine trees.
I'ine contains tar and pitch and a
great deal of rcsinouft matter. Coal
also contains tar aud pitch and rosin,
which is received from the decayed
Coal is pure carbon, and is black
i because carbon is black. All plants
I contuin a frreat deal of carbouic acid.
! When plants breathe or decay they
'give off large quantities of carbonic
acid gas. hence this carbon became a
port of the coal.
The constant pressure above, and
the water, caused this decaying vegeta
tion to tuke first the form of peat.
Peat is a soft, spongy sort of coal
aud is much used by the poor yeo
many of England and Ireland (or their
fires.
After the peat has lain many thou
sand years under great pressure and
deeply buried in the dark bosom of tho
earth, it gradually and slowly hardens
into the coal we use in our grate.
Sometimes, in splitting open a block
of coal you can plainly see the impress
of !>eautifui and perfectly formed leaves;
branches, twigs aud vines. Our coal
is really, then, nothing but a decayed
forest. It has only been within the
last few years that coal has come into
extensive use in Europe and the United
States Not until the forests were fast
disappearing did coal come iuto de
mand, and yet it has been stored away
in measureless abundance generations
before we were born."
We were all gazing ini,o the blazing
fire that burned so brighly as to pain
the eyes. Julia said it sceuied to be
trying to make as much light as possi
ble, in order to make up for having
been so long in the dark.— N. Y. Tri
bune.
A Couple.
A couple left the train at the Union
depot and walked up Jefferson avenue
yesterday She had long curls and a
pink dress and a yellow sash, and ho
had a standing collar sawing his ears
off, a buttonhole boquet and a pair of
new boots freshly greased and ono size
too small. They hadn't walked two
blocks when they came to a man sitting
on a box in front of a store, and as he
caught sight of them a grin crept over
his face like molasses spreading out on
a shingle.
'Griuoing at us I 'epose ?' queried
[ tbe young man, as be came to a halt.
'Yes,' frankly replied the sitter.
'Tickles you most to death to see us
take hold of hands, don't it?'
'lt does.'
'And you imagine you can see us
feeding each other caramels, can't you?'
'I can.'
'And you shako all over at the way
we gawk around and keep our mouths
open ?'
'That's me.'
'Well, this i« me! I'm not purty,
and I haven't been cultivated between
th • rows, nor billed up nor fertilized.
I an't what you call stall-fed, and tbe
old man looks twenty per cent worse
than I do but it won't take me over a
minute to jam you seven feet into tbo
ground I I told Lucy I was going to
Login on the first man who looked
cross-eyed at us, and you are the chap.
Prepare to be pulverized I'
'Beg pardon, but I didn't mean- -!'
'Yes, you did ! Lucy, hold my hat
while I mop htm V
'Say —hold on !'
He took up the middle of the street
lik: a runaway horse, and the young
man took after him, but it was no use.
A fter a race of a block tbo man who
grinned gained so fast that tbe other
stopped short and went back to his
girl and his hat. Stretching forth his
hand to the innocent maiden, he re
marked.
'Lucy, clasp on to that, and if you
let go for tbe next two hours, even to
wipe your nose, I'll never call you by
the sacred name of wife !'— Detroit
Free Ptess.
Ntniiilurd Time,
Representative Belmont, to whom
was rt ferred the joint resolution recent
ly introduced by Mr. Flower, of New
York, authorizing the President to call
an international conference to fix a
common prime meridian for the regu
lation of time throughout the worlo,
submitted a report to the full commit
tee, in which be says that there is at
present no common and accepted
standard for the computation of timo
for other than astronomical purposes;
that in the absence of such an agree
ment serions embarrassment is felt in
tho ordinary aflairs of modern com
merce, especially Bince the wide-spread
extension of tolograpic communication
and railway transportation: that navi
gators, geographers, and all who have
occasion to use charts or maps are put
to tho groatest inconvenience; that an
international agreement on the subject
is demanded more imperatively every
day, both by science and trade ; that
tho United States Government haß
adopted the Greenwich meridian for
nautical purposes by tbe establishment
of tbe Metooro'ogical Bureau; that a
signal service system, with postal and
otner stations, extending over nearly
four years of solar time in North
America, has alreudy compelled the
adoption of the standard timo of 7.35
A. M. at Washington as tho moment
for making telegraphic r©i>orts from all
stations, and that tho observations on
our naval vessels are made at the
same hour of Washington timo.
The same report concludes as fol
lows; "The propositions embodied in
the resolution have been discussed In
this country and in Europe by various
commercial and scientific societies, ond
the necessity for an international con
vention generally conceded. At the
recent meetings in Bologne and Venice
the idea of holding such a convention
in Washington was very much favored.
It is obvious that the United States,
having the greatest extent of continu
ous longitudinal area of any couutry
traversed by railway, postul and tele
graph lines, should take the initiative
in a movement so important to science
and the world's commerce."
The report wus unanimously adopt
ed by the committee, and Mr. Belmont
was directed to submit it to the House
at the first opportunity.
If Nearly Dead.
after taking some highly jniff«d up
stuff, with long testimonials, turn to
Hop Bitters, and have no fear of any
Kidney or ITrinarv troubles, Bright'*
Dineaxe, Diatates or Liver Complaint.
These diseases cannot resist tho cura
tive power of Hop Bitters; besides it
is tbe best family medicine on oarth.
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Prom the fact that the Orrarn is <he oldest
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NO.
i Worse limn mowing Out the
On*.
Did you hear the story of the man
'■ in the hotel who, meddling with the
1 old style of bell rope in bedrooms to
see what it was, rung it unknowingly
and a servant appeared ?
'Why, how do you do?' he said, ex
tending hi 3 hand to the astonished
servant whom he thought a visitor; 'sit
down ; what can I do for you ?'
'Did you ring ?' said the servant.
'Ring? Why, no. Ring what?
There ain't no bell here.'
Then the servant explained the bell
ropo and left
After he had gone the man thought
he would try the bell rope for fun.
He gave it a terrific pull, and just
then the gong rang for dinner, and,
thinking he had created an awful catas
trophe down stairs, he was greatly
alarmed, locked and bolted his door,
and sat up all night expecting the ar
rival of the police.
woman really practices econ
omy unless she uses the Diamond
Dves. Many dollars can be saved
every year. Ask the Druggist,
A candidate out West calls bis
opponent a 'slumgullion.' This is new
aud novel.
Personal, —'John, come tack; all is
forgiven. Pa kicked the wrong
man. He did not know it was you.
Sally.'
For trem u lousness, wakefulness,
dizziness, and lack of energy, a most
valuable remedy is Brown's Iron
Bitters.
A French newspaper adrertisement
reads : 'Wanted, a distinguished
healthy looking man to be a 'cured
patient* in a doctor's office.'
Every one will find a general tonic
in 'Lindsey's Improved Blood Search
er." Druggists sell it. It's what
you want.
In the new arithmetic one readsj:
'ln one lot there are four calves and iu
another two young men with their
hair banged. How many calves in
all?'
To sweeten rhubarb pies—put in as
much sugar as your conscience will
allow, then close your eyes and add
another haudful.
At the masquerade: Was it the
loud beating of my heart, my darling,
that told you I was near ?" murmered
"no. 'Oh, no,' she replied, 'I recogniz
ed your crooked legs.'
A. M. Doyle, of Columbus, Qa., says
that from experience he knows "Sellers'
Liver Pills" to be the best in use
There are great possibilities in the
life of a news boy. Mike Mykens, of
Denver, Col., who has been in the bus
iness twenty-five years, is said to be
worth at least $50,000.
A Liverpool shopkeeper advertises
that he is able sell cheeper than his
married competitors, who have to
support a wife and children.
A French Chemist is reported to
have discovered a method of trans
forming the wool on sheep skins into
velvet, and it is likely to become an
important articlo of manufacture.
A woman in Laurenceville, Que
bock, seventy years old, recently gave
birth to a child who bids fair to live
to comfort its parents in their 'declin
ing years.'
The postage Btamp is small, but the
largest men always go behind its
back to lick it.
What 1b hypocrisy ? Why, it is
when one says he loves bis neighbor .
as himself and straightway sanas the
sugar.
'What is this man charged with?,
askod the judge. 'With whisky, yer
Honor,' replod the sententious police
ma:>.
'Yes,' said the farmer, 'barbed-wire
fence is expensive, but the hired man
does not stop to rest lire minutes on
the top o( it ovcry time he has to
climb over it.'
'Why does a donkey eat thistles?'
asked a teacher of one of the largest
boys in the class. 'Becauso be is
a donkey, I reckon," was the prompt
reply.
'What is your Income?' was once
asked a noted Parisian Bohemian*
'lt is bard to tell,' was the reply, 'but
in good years I can borrow at least
10,000 francos.'
'Confound it, you've shot the dog f
I thought you told me you could bold
a gun.' Pat—'Sure, aud so i can,
vor honor. It's tbo shot sorr, I
couldn't howid.'
'Too much absorbod in his own bus
iness,' was the comment of a Western
newspaper on the death of a brewer
who was drowned in a tank of his own
boor.
A boy who was playing truant the
other day, when asked if he wouldn't
get a whipping when he got home, re
plied: 'What is five minutes' licking
to five hours' of fun?'
A Yonkors man says that his wife
works like lightniug. By this we pre
sume ho wishes to convoy the idea
that she uever strikes twice in tbo
same Hpot.
In Sweden they are now manofke
turing thread for crochet and sowing
purposes from pine timber. The pro
cess is socrot and vory profitable, and
the thread is already in good demand
for export.
Ilou't I>le In tho lloitee.
Ask druggists for "Rough on Rats."
It clears out rats, mice, bedbugs,
roaches vermin, flies, ants, insects.
15c. i»or box.
—Bargains in Russia Crash, Towels;
Table Linens and Napkins, at
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