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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
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Tor
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For Frosted Feet, and was *£° ut
Chilblains. Pile.,
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Darlty* Fluiil in Kccointnended by
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ker. C'HAS. F. DEEMS, D.D., Church of the
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' If disease has entered the system
j the only sure and quick way to drive
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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.
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Feb. 12, 1880.
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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.
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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 :<ocic
'ty arise from the inability of most peo
ple to give or follow exact directions,
written or spokeii. Strictly' speaking',
the average rea lei* does not know how
to. read.
i iiMti er I lii*.
(Jan you find a ease of Hright's dis
ease of the Kidneys, l>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<<inl vigilance, savs one of his
neighbors, "during storms, fogs, and
lamp, gloomy weather, lor fear of an
iccidt nt." Ai such times he would
•ave piteously, saying, among other
wild expressions, "I can never he rec-
Dnciled to have the snow, rains, and
storms to beat upon her grave." Mis
riends finally succeeded in secluding
jim in a log hut but a little way from
own, where he was watched over with
uixious solicitude for a few months,
until he appeared restored to his rea
son, but the traces ot sadness always
fingered in his character. He visited
the cemetery daily and spent hours
over her grave. At this time he
was heard frequently to repeat a few
lines of that poem that he often recited
in sifter years, entitled : "Why should
the spirit 6f mortal be'proud?" Some
nights as "be left the grave of Ann
Kutledge he was heard to murmur
portions of it On the evening of
March 22, 1801, as he sat in the White
Mouse, he dropped his pen, turned
from his letters, antl with half-closed
eyes repeated it entire to a friend.
SIM a riii«> 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
>r<ieeed to give, them, though some
jvomcn may protest that we are wroug.
Wo will aflrriit, to begin with, that her
windows wore clean as crystal, and
jer table and lied linen spotless, and
icr cakes and jellies delicious, and we
thall he delighted to spend the sum
ner with her if her temper is as
syen as the rows of cups and saucers on
ier pantry shelf. Isut here we have
mr suspicions that all is not as golden
is it shines. We seldom see a per
eet housekeeper with a perfectly good
md unspoiled disposition as ehcer
ul and sunny as her pleasant parlor,
>vhere 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 w<mau and seating her
by ihe side <>l 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.