»|)BB€BIPTIQS BATES: Per yesr, in advance •* ®® Otherwise 2 00 No subscription will be discontinued until all ureuiiM in paid. Postmsst«rs neglecting to noufr ua when subscribers do not Uks ont their paper* will be Ma liable for the subscnpttcn. HaDecnbera removing from one poetomoe to another ahoold give us the name or the former as well aa the present office. All intended for publication n thia paper moat be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not for publication but ae a guarantee of good faith. Marriage and death notice* muat be aooompa Died by a responsible name. Addm, TH* BUTLKB CITIIM. BCTLEB. PA. I TBAYEIiSBS' GUIDE. BCTLBB, liU) CITT AJtD FIKIM KAILBC AD Train* leave Butler tor St. Joe, Millerstown Karns City, Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7.27 a. m and 5.3t5 and 7J» p. m. Train* arrive at Butler from the above named point* at 7.17 a. m., and 2.15, and 7.15 p. m- The 8.15 train connect* with train on the West Penn road through to Pittsburgh. SHSKAMOO iXD iLLMIIXI RAILKOAD. i Train* leave Billiard'* Mill, Butler county, for Hsrrisrille, Greenville, etc., at 7.50 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Trains arrive at Hilliard'S Mill* at 1:45 A, M., and 5:55 r. u. . „ , Hack* to and from Petrolia, Fairview, Modoc and Trontman, connect at Hil liard with all train* on the 8 & A rood. rWMSTI.TA.IUA BAILROAD. Train* leave Butler (Butler or Pittsburgh Time. Market at 5.06 a. m., goe* through to Alle gbeny, arriving at fl.ol a. m. This train con teets at Free port with Free port Accommoda tion, wjich arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. m., railroad time. _ , Expreu at 7.16 a. m , connecting at Butler Junction, without change of car*, at 8.20 with Express we*t, arriving In Allegheny at ».sfl a. m., and Express emit arriving at Blairsville at 10.55 a. m. mi!road time. Mail at 2.16 p m., connecting at Butler J auc tion without ct.ange ol cure, with Express west, arriving in Allegheny at 501 p. m., and Ex press east arriving at Blairsville Intersection at 5.55 p. m. railroad time, which connects with Philadelphia Kxpress east, when on time. The 7.16 a. a. train connect* st Blairsville st 11.05 a. m. with the Mail east, and the 2.86 p. m. train st 6M with the Philadelphia Ex press east. „ „ _ , Trains arrive at Bntler on West Penn K. E. at 8.51 a. m., 5.17 and 6.51 p. m., Butler time. The •jil and 5.17 trains connect with traina on the Butler A Parker R. R. Main Lin*. Through trains leave Pittsburgh tor the Ea*« at 3.56 and 8.36 a. m. and 13 51, 4.21 and 8.06 p. m., arriving at Philadelphia at 8.40 and 7.20 p. m. and 8.00, 7.0<) and 7.40 a. m.; at Baltimore abont the same time, at New Tork three hours later, snd st Wssbington about one and a hall hours Ister. Tiuie of Holding Court*. The several Go arte of the county of Butler commence on the flist Monday of March, Jane, September and December, and continue two weeks, or so long as ntoossary to dispose of tha bujinesa. No causes are pat dowu for trial or traverse Jurors summoned for the tot week of the several terms. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. " R. P. SCOTT, ~ Attorney at Uw, Butler. Pa. Offlce near Cotir House, two doors West of CITIZEN offlce. • JOHN K. KELLY, Office with K. G. Miller, Rtq., In Brady Law Building. angirai A. M. CORNELIUS, Offlce with W. D. Brandon, Berg Building, Main Street, Butler, Pa. J. F. BRITTAIN, Office with L. Z MitcheM, Diamond. A, M, CUNNINGHAM, Office in Brady's Law Building. Boiler, Pa. 8. H. PIERSOL. Office on K. K. corner Diamond, Biddie build ng. JOHN M. GREER. Office on R. E. oorner Diamond. novH WM. H. LUBK, Office with W. H. H. Biddie, Esq; NEWTON BLACK, Office on Diamond, near Court Bonae, south aide. ~ E. I. BRUGH, Office in Blddle's Law Building. g F BOWSER. Office in Biddie's Law Building. [marß'76 J. B. McJUNKIN. Special attention given to collections Offic' opposite Willard House. JOSEPH B. BREDIN, Office north-east comer of Diamond. Bntler Pa. H. H. GOIJCHER, Office in Bchneideman's building, up stabs. J. T. DONLY Office near Court House. 8 ~ 74 W.DBRANDON, ebl7-75 Office In Berg's building CLARENCE WALKER, Office in Brady bailding- mmcM— F&RD REIBER, Offlce la Relbcr's building, Jeflcrson St. apttlj F. M. EASTMAN, Office in Brady building. LEV. McQUIBTION, Office Main street, 1 door south of Court House JOS. C. VANDERLIN, Office M* ln street, 1 door south of Court House- Wm. A. FORQUER, tir Office on Main street opposite Yogeiey House. " GEO. R. WHITE, Office N. E. corner of Diamond J. D. McJUNKIN, Office In Bchneideman's buildlnir, west side Main street, 2nd sqaare from Court House. " T. C. CAMPBELL, ~ Office in Berg's new building, 2d floor, seal aide Main St., a few doors south of Lown ■ouse. aW—tf C A. SULLIVAN, m »/7 Office S. W. cor. of Diamond. A. T. BLACKT Office on Main street, one door south o, Brady Block, Bu (sep. 2.1874. EUGENE O- MILLL^, Office in Brady's Lax.' Building, Main street, south of Court House. THOMAS ROBi'^SON, BDTLEB, PA. _ _ JOHN H. NEGLEY WOives particular attention to xana.V)tti.'n» in rs»l estate throughout the ooun.y. Omos on DIAMOND, *BAB Hons*, IK Oman *oiu>r*o K. K. lain, KIKMIU Miuuu (Late of Ohio.) ECKLEY A MARSHALL. Office In Brady's Law Building. Kept.9,7-1 j C. O. CHRISTIE, - Attorney at Law. Legal business carefully transacted. Collections made and promptly remitted. Business correspondence promptly attended to and ontwered. Office opposite Lowry House, Butler, Pa. PHYSICIANS, JOHN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, myUl-ly] BUTLER, PA. Office on Jeffemon street, opposite Klinsrler'a Flour Store. DENTISTS JbJßJxrrißrrjßjx 7 0 1 M WALDRON, Qrnduate ot the Phil H adelpbla Dental ColleK<-',l* prepare'' • ll sto do anything in the line uf bin profession In a satisfactory manner. Offlce on Mala street, Bailer, Union Block, Bp stairs, apli VOL. XIX. ::eojtl advertisements. Eatatc of Wiu. O. Shorls. 1 Letters of administration bnving been granted to the undersigned on tbe estate of VV illiam G. Shorts, deceased, late of Connoquer.esflng twp., Mutler connty. Pa., all persoos knowing them selves indebted to 6aid i.-tate will pleute uiake immediate payment, and any having claims against the same will present thcin duly authen ticated for payment. T. P. SUOlll'd, Ex'r. Connoquenessicg P. 0., Butler fo.. Pa. lm Estate of Harriet Hays. (LATF. OK CONNOQUEXKSSIXG twp., dee'd.) Letters testamentary on the estate of Harri et Havs, dee'd, late of Connoqacnessin? twp., Butler County, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons knowin* them selves indebted to estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly au thenticated for payment. EOBKBT S. HAYS, > F . JAMKS S. HATS,)' Whitestown P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. Ealate of Adam Albert. Letters at administration having been granted to the undersigned on the ertate of A'lam Al bert, deed., late of Franklin twp , Butler Co:, Pa., all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will please make Dfiyiriefit alio any having claims against the same will present tbem duly authenticated for payment. H. H. UALLAGHEB, Adm'r. Box 395, Butler, Pa, NOTICE— Notice is hereby given that the final ac count of John Bauder, Jr., assignee of Peter Schneidemantle, has been tiled in the office of the Prothonotary of the Common I'leas of But ler county, State of Pennsylvania, at Ms. D., No. 16, June term, 1880, and that the same will be presented to said court for confirmation and allowance, on Wednesday the Cth day of Sep tember, 1882. M.N. GREEK, Prothonotary. Prothonotary's office July 19, 1882. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Butler couutv, Pa., the undersigned, Execu tor of the estate of R. D. Alexander, late of Muddvcreek twp., IJutler county, Pa., dee'd., will offer at public sale on the premises, on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1882, ai 10 o'clock, A.M., fhe following land and farm, situate in said Muddycreek twp., 10-ipit: ONE HUNDRED ACHES, more or less, and bounded and described as fol lows : On the North by J. Kiester and J. Gal lagher; on the East by David Marshall, Esq;; on the Sooth by Thomas Gallagher and on the West by F. W. Gallagher. Having thereon erected a eood two-stflry new frame house, con taining six rooms, a double log barn, and other out buildings, a good apple and peach orchard,' grapes and other small fruits in abundance. TERMS OF SAI.E :—One-third of purchase* money on confirmation of sa!e, and the remain der in two equal annual payments thereafter, with interest, etc. THOMAS GARVEY. Executor. Prospect, Butler Co., Pa., July 26, 3t. Dissolution Notice. The partnership heretofore existing 1 ctween Ilenrv Bauder and Samuel Bauder and Amos PyleltDownas the firm of BATOEK (C PYI.K, haathia day been dissolved by mutual consent, Amos Pyle retiring. Henry and Samuel Bauder will continue in the milling business as usual. All accounts of the late firm will be settled by Henry Bauder. All knowing themselves in debted to said firm will come and settle im mediately and all having accounts against said firm will present their accounts. HENRY BAUDER, SAM TEL BAI'DER, AMOS PYLE. July 19, 1882, 4w. Petition of John GroN*man. Ii» THE COtTKT OF OOMMON PLEAS OF BITLtB OOCWTIf, EQUITY SO. 1 BEIT. TEBIf, 1882. In Be petition of John Grossman to have perpetual testimony relative to & deed from Jacob G. Grossman and wife to John N. Hoon, which deed is uow lost. And now, to wit i Dec- 3, 1881, petition pre vented and on due consideration thereof, Mtibpo na is awarded to John N. Hoon and Jacob G. Grossman. and to any and all persons who may be interested in the said petition or bill to ap pear in the Court of Common Pleas of said county, on the 4th day of September, 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 clay of tteptember. 1882. at 2 o'clock, r >(., of said day at the office of the Prothonotary of said county to take the depositions of all witnesses who may be produc ed by said petitioneis respecting the proof of the facts alleged in said bill or petition, and to ascertain ai.d establish the same and to make return of said depositions unto said Court when BBch order and decree in tho premises will l>e made as to Justice and equity appettain. and further it appearing from said jietition fiat the residence of the said Jno. N. Hoon and Jacob O. Gri«-*man is unknown and believed not to be within this commonwealth, it is ordered tiiat notice of this subpoena and order of Court be given by publication thereof for three (3) suc cessive weeks in one of the weekly newspapers, published in Butler prior to said 4th day of Sept. 1882. BY TIIE COUKT. Butler County 8 N : Certified from the re cord this 10th da.v of June, 18H2 M. N. OIIEKIt, Prothonotary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, county of Butler: To John N. Hoon and Jacob G. Gross man, Greeting: We command you, that all business and excuses being laid asule, you be and appear in your proper persons before our Judges at Butler, at our County Court of Com mon Pleas, there to be held for the county aforesaid on Monday, the 4th. of Rept. i 1882, to ■how cause, if any yon have, why the witnesses on behalf or John Grossman, on his petition to have perpetual tedimony relat ve to a deed from Jacob G. Grossman and wife to John N. Hoon, (deed now lost) should not bo oxamined and other testimony reduced to writing, arid filed of record in our said Court in order to per petuate the same agreeably to the constitution of our Government and the act of A>scmhly in such case made and provided, on the part of petitioners and herein fail not, under the penal ty of oue hundred pounds. Witness the Honorable E. McJunkin, Presi dent of our said Court, at Butler, this 10th day of June, A. D , 1882. M. N. O Bit KB, Junel4-3t. Prothonotary, KEMOVAL! The undersigned ha* removed hi* place of Imiml ■■P-N' to litH own ItiulillliK one n<|ii:ire*OUtll of ( oiirt HOUM Main .Street, e;Lsl title. opposite Doualdnoii Jlou*e, when: be ha* a full stock of Wau°he*, CKorkn, Jewelry, Npeetuelen, ele. Watche*, tlrtek*, Hpeetacles etc., prompt Iy repaired fliwl afcllHlactloii guaranU (1. I> Li CLKEI AND. Union Woolen IVlill, BUTLER, FA. H- FULLEBTOTV. Prop'r. Manufacturer of BI.ANKKTH, FLANNEL*, YAKIM, Ar. Also custom work done to order, iiuch a* carding Roll*, making Blanket*, Flannels, Knit ting and Weaving Yarn*, Ac., at very low prices. Wool worked on the ahares, II de aired. mjrT-ly LOST:— A NOTK of |6O dated March 2, 1882, in favor «f A. HI'KNKTT A HONS. All per*on* are warn ed not to negotiate for name ai the maker, T. A. KKKK «T (To., hat paid it in full. A. M'RNKTT&SONH. Iturnett Mixtion, Jan. U'th, 1882. j28,3t yar*Advertise iu tbe CIiIZUT DAKJBYS ; PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article for Universal ! Family t"*e. Tor Eradicates KALABIA-ISStaSS UnBB Pox, Measlen, and all Diseases. Persons waiting on the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid was used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit had tak**n place. The worst cases of Diphtheria yield to h I'evered and Sick Per- SMALL-POX tons refreshed and and Red Sores prevent- PITTING* of Small ed by bathiftg with p ox PREVENTED ImpwVe lU Air made Amcrmberofmyfam harmless and purified. {fr n was ta , ke "- ( For Sore Throat it is a P°, x us« 3 the lure cure Fluld ■ ,he P auent was Contagion destroyed n ?' t™"' For Frosted Feet, and was *£° ut Chilblains. Pile., - J W .Vamk. Soft White Complex ions secured by its use HHBHKBESSSHDHH Ship Fever prevented. ■ t I To purify the Breath, ■ 6113, I Cleanse the Teeth, ■ ■ it can't be surpassed. H ** , m H Catarrh relieved and H * rSVSHtCCI. ■ Cured. Erysipelas cured. Burns relieved instantly. x he physicians here Scars prevented. usc Darby* Fluid very cui ed. successfully in the treat- Wounds healed rapidly. mcnt G f Diphtheria. Scurvy cured. A. STOLLBXWKBCIC, An Antidote for Animal Greensboro, Ala. cr Vegetable Poisons, * Stings, etc. Tetter dried up. I used the Fluid during Cholera prevented, our present affliction with Ulcer* purified and Scarlet Fever with dc- healed, cided advantage. It is In cases of Death it indispensable to the sick- should be used about room. —WM F. SAND- the corpse —it will FORD, Eyrie, Ala. j prevent any unpleas ant smell. The eminent I'hy f «—»», I aksian, J. MAKION ■ocanet x overa gms, M. New « I York, says: "1 am ■ Cured. 11 ■ g Pro])hylactic rliud is a ' valiiaUe diunfeuant." Vanderbilt University, Naxhvitle, Tenn. I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof. Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and detergent it is both theoretically and practically superior to any preparation with which I am ac quainted.—N. T. LUKTCN, Prof. Chemistry. Darlty* Fluiil in Kccointnended by Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEKJI KNS, of Georgia; ker. C'HAS. F. DEEMS, D.D., Church of the Strangers, N. Y.; Jos.LßCO.VTß,Columbia. Prof..University,S.C. kev. A. J. BAITLE, Prof., llercer University; kev. Gn'l. F PIEI-CE, Bish.jp M. K. Church. DiDISPENSABIK TO KVKKY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or externally for Man or lieast. The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we have abundant evidence that it has done everything here claimed. For fuller information get of your Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors, J. H. ZEILIX & CO., Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA I PLAIN TRUTHS The Wood is the foundation of life, it circulates through every part ! of the body, and unless it is pure j and rich, good health is impossible. ' If disease has entered the system j the only sure and quick way to drive I it out is to purify and enrich the I blood. j These simple facts are well known, and the- highest medical I auth .1 . s agree that nothing but ( iron "ill restore the blood to its i natural condition; and also that 1 ; all the iron preparations hitherto j made blacken the teeth, cause hcad -1 ache, and are otherwise injurious. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS will thor } oughly and quickly assimilate'with the blood, purifying and strengthen ing it, and thus drive disease from any part of the system, and it will not blacken the teeth, cause head ache or constipation, and is posi tively not injurious. < Saved his Child. 17 N. Eutaw St.. Baltimore, Md. Feb. 12, 1880. Cents:—Upon the recommenda tion of a friend 1 tried UKOWN'S I HON BITTSKS ** n tonic anil re storative for my daughter, whom 1 was thoroughly convinced w.»s wasting away with Consumption. Having lost three daughters by the terrible disease, under the tare of cmiticiit physicians, 1 was loth to believe tnat anything could arrest the progress cf the disease, but, to my great surprise, before my daugh ter had taken one bottle of BI'OWN'S Ikos lin iKits, she began to mend and now is quite restored to former health. A fifth daughter began to show f>igus of Consumption, and when the physician was consulted lie quickly said "Tonics were re quired and when informed that the elder sister was taking Httowx's ] KON iii rruui, RESPONDED " THAI ut it good tonic, take it." A AM I'll irLI'S. BROWN'S IRON BllTEßSeffectual ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Weakness, and renders the greatest relief and benefit to persons sullering from such wasting diseases as Con sumption, Kidney Cooipluiuls, etc. Notice to Contractors. m ' ' The Board of Hchool Director*) of I'enn t*p,, Butler county, Pa., will rnceivo noalel propone* up to two o'clock, i*. M. , of Augiint VI. IHW, for the erection «,f anew frame Hchool IIOIIHO, OU lot No. 5, Nixon Hchool hooi-e. The llo&rd r*- Harve» the ntjUt to reject any or all l»idt». All letterH or communication!) munt be addii;AHud to. J. B. IHJLMJH, BrowiiHilale, Butler county, I'a., where piaim and »pecifkatioii» con be HOCH. They will alpo veil on MUII« ilay. the old btick acliool IIOUHO on Haid lot, the Meato uid utouo excepted, Bv OBDKK OK TUI: BOAUU. J. w. KALTENBACH, July 12, 4t. Hecretaiy. Notice to Contractors. — m —.; Healed prupoHalH will he received until July the 2!' th, lhsj at, 1 o'clock, r. M., lor the build ing of it Brick School House in JellerMon twp., Butler county, I'a. Separate bids will he re ceived for the Ktone and brick work, and for I th<* carpenter work, or lor the entire building complete. The Board reserves the right to re ject any or ail bids. I'lans und Specifications can be Keen at the store of I'L. A. Helmbold in Saxonburg. I'v OKUKIt OK TIIK IIOAIIII, BOBEHT ELLIOTT, Sttxonburg, Butler county, i'a. Secretary. july"'l2 FOll NAI^K. -o-O-o-o K large new. seven room, frame house, front ing on JeffeiYOn St., Butler, la. The house ooiitains seven larno rooms and also has three small roomn in tl,e attic. It lni« a lsrue hall and good dry cellar linger tbovhole house. The lot is W) by 188 fetjf and bs* ou it besiile tire main bdilditfg, * g'»o I, sniatl t*o-rooin house with cellar,' s waMb-TiO'UMii with a hake even and ilro place, a laj-go *t*Me,aiid ice home capslilo of ho)dHig.W)s tonu-of iuo. 4'ul a well No. 1, water. 'lhis property can be secured l>y a cash purchaser at shout lislf its at cost; or will he exchanged for a farm For psrticulnrs en<|ul:e at tho AdvurtiHc iu tbu CITIZEN-. MfTLEK, FA., \ EDNKSDAV. AUGUST 2. 1882. POET ItW Kni;ls'. 11;! in —A Liuuoii Strik. for tlie ■ "ci< .l ' Status Quo," Your country's tame consulting: Where bounteous Nile's dark waters tiow Stands Arabi insulting. Our Fleet's to Alexandria gone, Our troops shall go to Cairo ; On ! Christian brethren, baldly on ! To sack the land of Ph&raoh. With heavy loans that lain! is rife; Much Jews have lent the stranger; What British soldier'll grudge his life, When ten per cent's in danger? We'll nail our colors to the mast, Our strength the world surprising; Though British troops be t'all ing fast Egyptian l>onds are rising. We'll guard the honor of our Flag, And British interests fully ; We'll play the glorious game of brag, We'll blu ter and we'll bully. For is not Egypt all our own? What means this wild commotion ? In war we send our strength unknown, In peace we send out Goeschen. The grand old man has pledged the Slate To each Egyptian I ond : "Amen." in accents big with fate, The Caucuses respond. In davs of old we hare been told, From Sacred Writ's description, How Jews gained goodly store of gold By spoiTiig the Egyptian. And never shall we now begiu— Whoever gain or lose- To aid Egyptian sons of sin In spoiling of the Jews. Then let the Jiiigo d/ uin-beat roll— Dread sound for every foe We'll live and die fortiie "Control," The sacred "Status Quo ! ' SEI.ECT. Defective Instruction in Kestd* >•««. The census enumerators tound in the common schools, two years ago, close upon ten million pupils. In the high schools there may have been a million more. Let it be granted as no fnu!t of the schools—as school officers tell us the lower half of this vast number are too young or have been too little at school to have learned to read more than a hundred or two of the simplest English words How about the upper half ? How many of them 'know, or are likely ever to know, how to read— that is, to read to good purpose ? As a rough estimate, liased upon not a little practical knowledge of the in struction given in our schools and its results, we should say not one-half, in cluding college graduates as well as the graduates of lower schools. In truth, it is the exception when a stu dent learns how to read in school. As a rule, the schools do not teach reading in any strict sense of the term, even when they spend much time in formal ly drilling their pupils to call ofT with more or less of elocutionary effect the words of a printed exercise. We have known those who might win prizes for that sort of display, who jet had but the vaguest idea of the essentials of the art of reading, indeed, their notion of reading is much like that of the young man who protested that he could not see why some people called Kuclid "hard reading." lie had read a whole book at a sitting, and without the slightest difficulty. That reading im plied understanding, had never occur red to him. The crowning defect of the instruc tion in reading given in our schools could not be more forcibly illustrated. To recognize the words at sight, is the grand object; and when this has beeu accomplished it is taken for granted tl.at there is no more to bo done. The usual matter of the reading exercises makes this delusion easier. At best the selections are purely literary, em ploying a literary vocabulary, and allowing a wide range of vague com prehensions to pass for understanding. When one has been taught to rtiad in this way (and the majority are) essays, lo read matter r< quiring clearness and precision of thought, or an exact un derstanding of facts or principles, he is all at sea. lie thinks he knows how to read, but. he does nut. He may be able to call oil' the words with the utmost readiness; but there is no real reading, for there is no full anil clear The unschooled mechanic, who was ploddingly read for specific information upon subjects he was wanted to master, seeking for knowledge he needed to use, may mispronounce half the words, and yet be the better reader, for he will not be contented with empty sounds. To him reading is a''means to amend, not an end jn itself. We have sometimes thought that if our common schools should aim first of all and all the time timply to teach pupils to read, the public benefit would be greater than is obtained uu . der the more ambitious system which now prevails. Such teaching would be useful so fdl* as it went, anil it would'g6 further for all practical pur poses, educational or "otherwise, than the delusive smattering of many things whiflh the majority of pupils now get; for it would necessitate a systematic building up of a comprehensive vocab ulary every word of which would have to be objectively taught and variously illustrated until its meaning should be as fully comprehended as the pupil's age and capacity might make possible, and also a constant practice in the recognition of known truths and in the acquisition of exact knowledge in and from print. If all school children were thus taught to read, a death blow would be struck to tlx* production of what forms the bulk of the popular literature of the present time, for its market would be spoiled ; at the same time the level of popular intelligence would IK; materi ally raised, and something like a revo lution wrought in.Social, industrial and political affairs by eXactcr habits of popular thinking and speaking. Half the mistakes, misunderstandings and conflicts which spoil the peace of :iabete,s, Urinary or Liver Complaints that is curable, ' that Hop Hitters has not or cannot cure? Ask your neighbors if they can. liiiicolii'N Year of Insanity. Cleveland Ohioi Leader. , in H ;2, at the I. ECCID was the owner of a farm seven miles north of New Salem, and tbe half owner of the largest store in the place. At this time he met with Miss Ann Rutledge. Two well-to-do gentle men of the place—Hill and McNeil— were courting her with devoted assid uity ; she de?ided in favor of the latter. ll<' parted with her early in 1832 to visit his father in New York, promis ing to return at a given day and make her his own. She watched him ride away on Old Charley, an ant'quaterl animal that had seen hard usatre in the Black Hawk war, and that jogged slowly along the had roads to New York Then there came a letter telling of sickness in his family which forbade his return at the appointed time This was followed by other postponements, until years rolled hv. The unaccount able delay, the infrequency of his let ters, and his failure to give a reason able explanation of his postponements finally lessened her attachment and made frightful inroads upon her health. She only waited to see him in order to ask a release from her engagement, and to let him know that she preferred another and more urgent suitor, whose name was Abraham Lincoln. During three years young Lincoln visited Miss Rutledge two or three times a week, first as a friend in quest of congenial company, and finally as a suitor for her haud. She was a great favorite in the village, loved by all who knew her. She was probably the. most refined woman to whom Mr. Lincoln at that time had ever spoken, He wasalways welcomed by her father and mother The latter he always called "Aunt Polly" in his familiar way. Both father on'l mother entertained for him a deep affection, and though they never openly exnressed themselves in regard to i Ann's choice of a husband, yet they i would, without doubt, have rejoiced to receive the manly Abe Lincoln into their family. He lighted up their homo with a cheerful plow whenever he entered, and he gave a pleasant flow of mirth and joy to their conversation. Ann's relatives were all united in en couraging the suit, which the young man pressed with great earnestness, but she firmly insisted her honor demanded her to wait until she could be released from her first engagement before she made a second. In 1835 she and Lincoln were formally and solemnly betrothed, but she asked to wait another year, hoping that McNeil would return and that she might re lease herself from her pledge to him. Weeks and months passed, and he re turned not. While she was waiting Lincoln was studying night and day to make himself more worthy of Ann, and while he was growing in mind and body and daily developing the great in tellect that was to fit him to lead a mighty nation through the fierce strug- ijles or war, Ann was noony lauing i vay. In August, 1835, she died, as tier physicians said, of brain fever, but, is her neighbors believed, of the long series of bitter disappointments and the pangs inflicted upon her heart and mind in striving to do right in regard to two lovers, to whom she had pledg ed her hand. Ann was buried in the little cemetery at New ftalem, and as lie future President stood over her rreeu grave with streaming eyes, he said: "My heart lies buried here." After the burial Lincoln began to ex hibit that deep vein of gloom and sad iess so often noticeable in his conduct ivfailc President. Me lost all sell-con rol, and every friend he had in N'ew Salem pronounced him insane. He ivas constantly watched, and with ;Bp< Art. To bo a period housekeeper is a ;ory woiuanlv aspiration; and yet as jur views difl'or lrom those of most to-called good housekeepers wo shall >rvhere no speck of dust is visible. We ire afraid to recommend our model tousekeeper as a delightful companion 11 the daily walks of life. The young nan who chooses for his wife the ■areless, affectionate girl who is always -eady to lend her helping hand to jrother and sister, at the risk of soil ng her gown or hands,is wiser than his >rderly maiden aunt who is shaking lier h«'ad badly at the follies of youth md inexperience., The only real per 'eeti.on iu housekeeping includes a icrfeet home, and there is much in the way of patient and thoughtful atten tion to our loved ones which the best wives ami mothers makes the first in loint of importance, arid if anything is Lo be sacrificed they neglect the house but not the home. EGYPTIAN RIOTS. Commodore Yioliolsou's Re port. By Associate Press to the N. V. Herald.} WASHINGTON, July 24.—Rear Ad miral Nicholson, commanding the Eu- I ropean station, niikes a report to the Navy Department upon the state of affairs at Alexandria, Egypt under date of July 5, 1882. He says: The riot of June 11th was certainly acciden -11.1. It progressed for nearly two hours before becoming alarming. After that time, as the news spread among the J | populace, it became fanatical and all I ! foreigners met with on the streets were j assaulted. The original dispute was between a Greek or Maltese and Arabs. The rioters were augumented by Bedouins residing outside the walls, who rushed in town for plunder and i pilla ere. This riotinir was stooot d as i soon as possible by clearing the city gates. Since the day of the riot a panic has existed among the foreigners, and their exodus has been very groat. On the Ist inst., I called upon the Governor, Omar Pasha, and stated that as America was at peace with his country I did not consider it proper that American naval oillcers, in order to prevent insult or attack, should be obliged to visit the shore without their uniforms, and asked whether it would be safe for them to go there in their uniforms. He replied ihat he thought it was safe, provided «h.?y came ashore in the day and did not visit the out skirts, but to make sure of it he would detail an ofl'uer of his » iard to accom pany all officers from the fleot who might wish to laud, which offer I ac cepted and accordingly issued a special order for officers to visit Alexandra only between 10 A. M and 4 p. M , and then only in uniform and in company with an officer of the Egyptian army. The only Americans 1 can learn of at present are two missionaries on board the ship. One man from New- Orleans is also on board the ship. Judge Forman, of the mixed Court, is on shore at Alexandria. C. Long, act ing Consular agent, is on shore at Alexandria. General Stone (and family) in the service of the Khedive, is on shore at Cairo. Vice Consel General Comons is ou shore at Cairo. The Counsel General of Sweden, called on board to return thanks for the offer of refuge, which offer ho will ayail him self iu case of necessity, Sweden not having a vessel in port. The Admiral states he has given refuge to all per sons of any nationality asking protec tion, whose country has no vessel of war iu port. Speaking of the celebratiou of the Fourth of July, Admiral Nicholson says: "I venture to say that neyer before in our country's history has so grand as well as so beautiful a celebra tion been seen afloat. There were at least forty ships of war each beauti fully decorated with flags, the Ameri can ensign atthe main, while a national salute was fired at noon, not only from the flagships present but from all larger vessels. Egyptian, Turkish, English, French, Russian, Austrian, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Greek national vessels all participated, while most of the large merchant vessels were also dressed with flags. On shore the house occupied by the Egyptian Minister of Marit e and their signal stations were each gaily decora ted. Commander Batcbelder, of the U. S. Steamer (Jalena, eays seven of his officers were on shore at the time of the riot, but all escaped with out insult or serious molestation* Commander liatchelder, speaking of Arabi Pasha and his supports, says: "I find that the idea so persistently enforced by the English press, that only the military side with Arabi Pasha, is not generally entertained here. 1 have it from persons of p >si tion who have excellent opportunities of forming correct estimates of the situation, that nine-tenths of the native population of Alexandria and Cairo are heart and hand with hiui." The Galena received on board all who claim American citizenship—men women and children—to the number of one hundred and fifty, and at the request of the Acting Consular Agent also received on board certain Aus trian and German subjects who were without protection. The whole num ber on board is sixty, of whom three only are native born Americans. Of the exodus Commander Batcbel der says: The number of refugees is becoming so great on board the Galena that the commander arranged with the master of an Italian vessel to receive them, paying therefore $25 a day. The cost of taking care of the refugees was about $l7O. But one case of absolute destitution of a bonafide. American family was found, and contributions made on board pro vided funds to take theiu to Liverpool with a handsome balance on hand. The officers and men did everything to alleviate the sufferings of these poor people, and the Commander ex presses his admiration of the cheerful manner in which they sacrificed their own comfort at the call of humanity. Commander Batcbelder feels sure he is acting in a spirit which will be approved by his country in offering the panic stricken refugees such pro tection as was at his command. Altoiil NmillaWM. From Texas S!f in#*.] A stranger in Austin was very much surprised at the vast number of swallow* that have their nests under the Breuggerhofl' building They swarm around the roof by thousands. The stranger looked at them a few minutes, and then remarked to a man with a big diamond pin who was lean ing against a post on Austin Avenue: "l»id you ever see as many swallows before in one place?'' "Yaas, I haye seen more." "Where?" "In that saloon on the corner. I was barkeeper there when the I legis lature was in session. Not an experiment or cheap patent medicine is Brown's Iron Hitters. It is prepared by OIK; of the oldest and , most reliable chemical firms, and will do all that is claimed for it. The Modern Kiug Coal. Philadelphia Record. All childhood is familiar with the 'Old King Cole, who was a merry old soul and who contented himself with a very mild form of dissipation in com pany with his fiddlers three. The greater King Coal who has become the master of almost the whole material world, is a more real,.a more important 1 and a more absolute monarch. His ' reign, it is true, has not been a long; I one ; his first pretensions to the sceptre and the crown originated with Watt, 1 and were confirmed by Stephenson and Fulton, so that a cantury has not ' elapsed since he ascended the throne. I But fancy what confusion would result if there should be a sudden stoppage of the coal supply throughout the world ! It is also true that King Coal is nut the absolute necessity that be once was. A rival monarch somewhat threatens his supremacy, not only as a light-bringer, but as a pnver creator; but whatever may be t!o future of electricity, it has not yet disjiensed with the use of coal, nor even |»-rcvpti bly diminished its consumption. It is difficult-to realize what figures mean .vhen they rise into millions of tons, but by makiug some simple com parisons of the amount of coal taken from the earth in this country alone with objects whose size can bo readily appreciated, an idea of the grandeur of our latter-day King Coal's proportions can be obtained. The total output of all kinds of coal in the United State? for 1881. Arnouui ed in round numbers to 7 i,122 000 tons, of which Pennsylvania prod K-ed 48,500,000 tons, or nearly two thirds. Let this immense total be supposed to be piled up in the square in whi. h ike City Hall is situated, at the junction ot lJroad and Market streets. Striking au average between anthracite and bituminous coal as to bulk, and assuiu iug that there is at lint junction of those streets a plot of I md five hundred feet square, this bpace could be inclos ed like a square bin to a height of one hundred and seventy feet and filled fifty times without wholly exhausting the amount of coal that was mined in this country last year. The great pyramids of Egypt are regarded as miracles of industry and wasted labor The largest of all, at Gizeh, which took 100,000 men almost a half century to build, contains very n arly 80,000,000 cubic feet of stoue. Vet if all the coal mined in this country in 1881 had been piled in pyramids of similar size there would have been more than twenty-six of these tremendous monuments of coal completed, or one every two weeks. Again, suppose that a square column had been made of coal, allowiug it a base 50 feet square, there would bo more tha-j 1,700 such columns, 500 feet high, rising to a level with the projected top of the Washington monu ment in Washington. The great Chinese wall is believed to be 1,400 miles long, 20 feet high, and 24 feet thick, containing 3,548,160,000 cubic feet. If the coal of 1881 had been put into such a wall, it would have extend ed from Philadelphia to Chicago, aud have had enough left over to surround both cities. Theso are astonishing figures, yet, >;rcat as they are, production of coal in Great Britain during the same year wtis more than double what it was in this country, and everywhere it is con stantly increasing. When the great outputs of France, Belgium, Germany and other fields oil over the world a e added in, the transfer of such vast amount of fuel from solid to gaseous form would seem to imply a considera ble change in the relative density of the earth's outer shell; and it would be interesting matter to investigate whether such changes have any percep tible influence on the earth's rotation. The question of the exhaustion of the supply does not now agitate the minds of either philosophers or practical men, since it is generally conceded that, ages before the supply can become seriously diminished even, there will be other sources of power m jre readily and economically available. It is prob able that coal will loDg continue to bo used for many purposes, and that its consumption for a long time will be likely to increase rather than decrease : but it will no longer be absolutely necessary to de|>end upon it, and to that extent the modern King' Coal has been dethroned. Xcw Wrinkle ol I lie Hook Agent. From Petersburg ( Va.) Jrnlex-Appeal.] It is stated that an agent from the North recently visited our city to canvass for the sale of certain book He visited the residences of a number of our citizens, and where he did not make actual cash sales, as was the case in a number of instances, he asked to leave the book for examin ation, promising to call subsequently aid get it, in the event it was not de sired to keep the volume. Whether or not he was prevented from calling for the book is not known, but the book was left with some teu or a dozen citizens, and a bill for $lO against each of them was placed iu the hands of the high constable for collection. This officer was not aware of the cir cumstances until he presented some bills, when he was informed in each cast; that uo purchase of the book had been made or any bargain entered into with the agent, but on the contrary the volume had been left with them ( under the promise that it would soon be called for. Several of the gentle men against whom these bills were presented expressed the desire to inter view the agent and give him a gen tle expression of their opinion of hi# conduct, but he is uot in the city . —having returned to the North. "Hough on ItnlH." The thing desired found at last \sk Druggists for "Rough on Hats.'' I. clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, bedbugs. 15c boxes. I Tie grea'est victories and the sweetest enjoyments are reached ' tbrou). h suffcing. s> simple and perfect for co'orlng in the Diamond Dyes. K>r rarpet rags, better and cheaper i thin any other dye-Jtuffs. AOVKKTISIIVti KAT£B One aqnare, one insertion, *1 ; each subse quent insertiou, 50 centa. Yearly advertiaemei ta exceeding one-fourth of a column, #6 per inch, | Figure work double tlieae ratee; additional | charges where weekly or monthly changes »ra made- Local sdrertiaemeiita 10 centa per Hn« | for Cret insertion, tnd 6 cento per line for e* h additional irwerticn. Mamages and death* pal • | lUhed free of cbaige. Obituary notices charged I a® advertisements, and payable when handed in. j Auditor*' Notices, ti; Executors' and Adminii -1 trators' Notices, $3 each; Eatray, Caution «■»"* Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten line*, each. From the fact that the Omtn la 'he oldest established and most extensively circulated Re {mblican newspaper in Butler county, (a Repot ican county) it mast be apparent to buaineaa men that it is the medium they should use is advertising their business. NO. ;!6 CHOCTAW COURTSIIIP. e Quaint Customs of Loie< Making uud Marriage Among a Vanishing a Bace. e From the Natchez Democrat.] 5 The 2,000 Choctaws still living ia 1 their ancestral home in Mississippi, t retain iu their pristine vigor many of i the usages of their ancestors Among ; these are the methods employed iu > conducting courtship and the mar* , riage ceremony. When a voung Choctaw, of Kemper or Nesbba coun : tv sees a maiden who pleases his fancy, he watches his opportunity until he finds her alone. He then approaches within a few yards of her, and gently caste a pebble toward her so that it may fall at her feet He may have to do this three or four times before he attracts the maiden's attention. If this pebb.c liir wing is agreeable she soon makes it in mifest; if otherwise, a scornful look utnl it decided "ekwah" indicate that bis suit is in vain. Wbeu a marriage is agreed upon the lovers appoint a time and place for ihe ceremony. On the marriage day the friend* and relatives of the prot ective couple meet at their respective houses or villages, and then inarch toward eacbother. When they arrive near the marriage ground—generally intermediate space between two villages—they halt within about one hundred vanls of each other. The brothi rs of the woman then go across to tie opposite party and bring for ward the mau ainl set him down on * blanket spread upon the marriage ground. The man's sisters then do likewi-e hy going over and bringing forward the wl tne man. Sometimes, to furnish a little merriment for the occasion, th: woman is expected to break loose and run. Of course she is pursued, captured and brought back. All parties assemble around the ex pectant couple. A bag of bread is brought forward by the woman's rela tives and deposited near her. In like manner the man's relatives bring for ward a bag of meat and deposit it near him The mau's relatives and friends now begin to throw presents on the head and shoulders of the women. This presents are of any kind that the donors wish to give, as articles of clothing, money, trinkets, ribbons, etc. As soon as thrown they are quickly snatched off by the woman's relatives and distributed among themselves. During all this time the couple sit very quietly and demurely, not a word spoken by either. When all the presents have been thrown and dis tributed the couple, now man and wife, arise, the provisions from the bag are spread, and, just as in civil ized life, the ceremony is rounded off with a festival. The festival over the company disperse and the gallant groom conducts his bride to his home, where they enter upon the toils and responsibilities of the future. Choice Extracts. To rejoice in anotbers prosperity is is to give content to your own lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. It is bard sometimes to speak a kind word to others when the shadows rests on your own heart, but nothing will tend more to lighten your own cares than the effort to help another. Men may close their eyes to the evi dences of the truth of the New Testa ment and remain in voluntary dark ness and blindness, but the evidences exist, attested by unimpeachable wit nesses. In Sparta it was a law that men should worship the gods with as little expeuce as possible. There are already enrolled on the church books of the United States enough such Spartans to make three thousand new Thermo pylae. No giace is more necessary to the Christian worker then fidelity; the humble grace that marches on in Ban shine and storm, when no banners are waving and there is no music to cheer the weary feet. Carlyle's Estimate of Webster. From Our Continent.] Mr. Webster had spent a part of the previous summer in England. "I met him," said Carlyle, "the most remarkable man in appearance I ever saw—great, shaggy, taciturn—having the gift of silence, yet knowing how to talk—a great thing that, to know when to hold your tongue—evidently of great reserved power. I shouldn't like to fall into his claws when excited." Mr. Webster's daughter was married to Mr. Appleton during bis visit to Ijondon. Carlyle alluded to this and then went on. "If bis daughter looks like her father she cannot be very handsome. Webster with a cap and bonnet on would make a queer looking lady"—saying this with a hearty burst of laughter at the oddity of the conception and then added: "Webster conducted himself altogether as one would wish to have him and command ed universal respect." Jelly Roll : Make sponge cake mixture, spread it thinly on a sheet of roanila paper and bake it light color ed on a baking pan. Lay the sheet when dono, cake downward on the table, brush the paper over with water aud pull ofT the cake. Spread with jelly and roll up. In 1807 the number of fehoep in the United States was estimated to be 42,- 000,000, and the yield of wool was about 1 47,000,000 pounds, or pounds per sheep. In 1880 the numlier of sheep was the same, but the wool pro duct rose to 18?,000,000 pouuds, a gain of one pound per aheep. This was owing to the improvement wrought by more judicious aheep-hus bandry. The trouble with the turnip aa food f«>r stock, savs the Germantown Tele graj>h, is that it requires so much handling. Kvery single turnip han to be handled in pulling, every one haa to be gone over again and handled to take the top ofT. If this could be done by machinery, no doubt the produc tion would aoon he doubled, and ua» be found for an immense number mow than is now dreamed of.