HLBMJRIPTIOX BATES: Per year, in advance 5® Otherwise J w No subscription will b« discontinued until all arrearage* are paid, i'outmaatere neglecting to notify on when subscribers do not take out their papers will be he la liable for the subscnpUcn. buMcribers removing from one post office to anothor should give us the name of the former as well as the preeent office. All communications intended for publication n this paper must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not for publication but as a guarantee of good faith. Marriage and death notices must be aocomp* Died by a responsible name. Address THB BUTI.KR CITIZEWt BCTLEB. PA. LEGAL AD VEB TISE3IENTS. Jury Lists lor Special October. Terms. List of Traverse Jurors drawn for a Special Term of Court commencing the second Mondav of Oct., being the 9th day, A. I)., 1»82. Brown A G, Penn twp, farmer. Barr William, Venango twp, farmer. Black O F, Donegal twp, farmer. Beam Nicholas, Forward twp, farmer. Burk David, Venango twp, farmer. Cunningham Matt, Jefferson twp, farmer. Campbell R M, Worth twp, farmer. Doyle R P, Fairvew boro, harness maker. Kmerick John, Parker twp, teamster. Kmerick John C, Buffalo twp, farmer. Frazier James, Butler boro, blacksmith. Fredley Daniel, Clinton twp., farmer Greene Joseph, Connoquenessing, Bouth, farmer. Hindman R S, Cherry twp, farmer. Hildebrant Andrew, Donegal twp, farmer. Hoffman Michael, Jackson West, farmer. Jack William, Marion twp, farmer. Kuhn Geo, Buffalo twp, eooper. Kuhn A D, CoDCord twp, farmer. Kingham Sam, Middlesex twp, farmer. Kinkaid Eli, Prospect boro, tsrmer. Kemper Bernard, Butler boro, shoemaker. Lawell Jacob, Butler boro, blacksmith. Murrin H F, Venango twp, farmer. McGeary Wm M, Jefferson twp, farmer. Morrow T M. Harrisville boro, merchant. McCandless J M, Centre twp, fanner. Miller J C. Prospect boro, shoemaker. McGowan James, Worth twp- famer. Miller John. Franklin twp, farmer. Patterson AI, Mercer twp., farmer Patterson J L, Jefferson twp, farmer. Fierce David. Butler twp, farmer. Russell H 8, Cherry twp, farmer Shoup Anthony, Clearfield twp, farmer. Snodgraas John, Connoqnenessing, South, farmer. Thompson Robt, Middlesex twp, farmer. Winter Albert, Zelienople boro, jeweler. Walter Frank, Clinton twp, farmer. Weckbecker Henry, Jackson, West, moul der. Wilson G W, Jackson, East, farmer. Wilson R S, Slippery rock twp, farmer. List of Traverse Jurors drawn for a Special Term of Court commencing the fourth Monday of October, being the 23d day, A. D., 1882. Bright Henry, Franklin twp, farmer. Burris William, Connoqnenessing, North, farmer. Campbell ( yiU', Clay twp, fanner. Donaldson A 11, Concord twp, farmer. Dougherty John, Allegheny twp, producer. Dobson Thomas, Adams twp, farmer. Fisher Frank, Centre twp, farmer. Ferney Henry, Butler twp, farmer. Flick Robert. Clearfield twp, farmer. Gallaway Thomas, Connoqueuessing, North, farmer. Goehring Albert, Forward twp, farmer. Glass Joseph, Donegal twp, pumper. Gardner James S, Cherry twp, farmer. Gilniore Perry, Allegheny twp, constable. Hay Henry, Sluddycreek, farmer. Hyle Martin, Prospect boro. blacksmith. Hindman Robt, Fairview West, farmer. Hoch Martin, Millerstown, farmer. Harbison Joseph, Buffalo twp, farmer. Jettison W 11, Petrolia boro, hotel keeper. Kelly SI J, Venango twp, farmer. King W H, Petrolia, police. Kiester J G, Slipperyrock twp, farmer. Kline Nicholas, Forward twp, farmer. Morrow H A, Venango twp, farmer. Millemau Geo, Lancaster, larmer. Murrin John, Marion twp, farmer. McKee Jonah, Allegheny twp, farmer. Mcßride J M, Franklin twp, farmer. McMichael F M, Fairview boro, carpenter. Niblock Harvey, Clinton twp, farmer. Neblle Barto, Summit twp, farmer. Puff Chas, Penn twp, farmer. Pisor Adam. Worth twp, farmer. Reiber Jacob, Middlesex twp, farmer. Riddle James of Robert, Clinton twp, far mer. Steward Thos. F, Centre twp, farmer. Taggart Chas, Brady twp, farmer. Thorn O R, Clay twp, farmer. Simmers Geo, Buffalo, farmer. Wick J M, Concord twp, farmer. Mcßride Isaiah J, Butler boro, painter. Jury Lint lor Special Term, List of Traverse Jurors drawn for a Special Term of Court commencing the third Mondaj of September, being the lStn day. A. D., 1882. Ash Joseph, Forward, farmer. Allison Chas. Cherry, farmer. Bums Daniel, Donegal, farmer. Black John, EM., Butler boro, Justice. Burr William, Cranberry, farmer, Brady Owen, Donegal, farmer. Biehl H, Butler boro, 2d precinct, tinner. Blair M B, Fairview east, farmer. Crilev Nicholas, Butler boro, photographer Dodds John B, Penn, farmer. Duffy John, Washington, farmers. Dunn J M, Kama City, pumper. Earnest Maurice, Clearffeld, farmer. Forester James, Franklin, farmer. Graham Cherry, farmer. Galbaugh P D. Forward, former. Gormley M, Marion, farmer. Gallagher John, Esq.. Jefferson, farmer. Henchberger Joseph, Butler, farmer. Hartman Joseph, Donegal, farmer, nawk Conrad, Franklin, farmer. Hill J D, Adams farmer. Hoover John D, Parker, farmer. Hamilton Andrew, Mercer, farmer. Kauffman Ilenry. Zelienople, shoe maker. Klingler Peter, Franklin, farmer. Kerr William, Marion, farmer. Lueben W. 11., Lancaster, farmer. Miller Henry, Clay, farmer. McLaughlin James, Donegal, farmer. McCafferty J A, Buffalo, former. McDeavitt Samuel, Brady, farmer. Nicholas Jacob. Jr., Forward, fanner. Nelson Richard, Middlesex, farmer. Pierce Thos M, Butler, farmer. Roth I/ewix, Prospect, farmer. Ray M S. Fairview boro, farmer. Sawver Peter Sunburr, laborer. Story Alex, Summit, farmer. Say John, Parker, farmer. Wiles J 8, Centre, farmer. Yard J M, Washington, farmer. Estate of Nancy E. McDonald. Letters of administration on the estate of Mrs Nancy E. McDonald, dee'd, late of Counoq«e ncHsing township, Butler county. Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persona knowing themselves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment, and any hav ing claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for settlement. Exoft. MCDONALD, Administrator, Mt. Chestnut P. 0., Butler county, Pa. folate ofThomaa Campbell. Letters testamentary on the ef-tite of Thomas Campbell, dec'J., late of Concord twp., Butler county, Pa., having been granted to the under lined all persons knowing themselves indebt ed* to said estate will please make immediate payment and any having olaims against said estute will present them duly authenticated for payment. HARVEY CAMPBELL, Hooker P. 0., Butler county, Pa Executor. WASTED.— " An Intelligent and honest man who thor oughly understands the manufacture of Black from natural OSJI. Address with particulars as to former experience, references, Ac. Capitalists, augl6,2m P- O. Box, 072 NEW YORK. WANTED— « LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS in Pennsyl vania. To those who have had experience and have been lucceseful as solicitors, good con tacts will be given is General Agents for a number of counties. Inexpenenced men will be aided and in-tnuted bv Special Ageuts. Address, MANAQJfcB, Box 3,006, N. Y. Post Office. ang.3o,lm ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, MEADVILLE, PA. The (Hlth year opens Sept. 29th. Additional new buildings and many improvements. Cab inets and library eijual the best. Gentlemen and Ladies. Four College couraos. Prepara tory school. Military Department. ExpenaM less than any other College of equal grade. Don't fail to to send to Oeo. W. Hawkins, Hec'y., for catalogue. Aug. 9 6t. WANTED AK, To travel and solicit orders for NURSERY STOCK. A kmrtrlrdjc of the butineu ctuili, acquired. SALARY ANO EXPENSES PAID BY US Must come well recommended and be able U furnish security. Address R. G. CHASE A CO., Nurferyiacn. 2 South Merrick St., Phi la ittfp**'*! AugltSjtw. VOL. XIX. DAKJBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article for Unlverial Family Use. I For Scarlet and • ZZZJZTJS Pox, Measles, and all Contagion** W«e*sr<. Persons waiting on the Sick should use it freely. Starlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid was used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit hud taken place. The worst cases of Diphtheria yield to it. Fevered and Sick Per-1 SMALL-POX sons refreshed and and Red Sore* prevent- PITTING of Small ed by bathing with p ox PREVENTED 1 rapur e'Ai r Bade A memb-r of my fam harmkss and purified. g* u . ken , w " h For Sore Throat ii is a «"" d,he Fluid ; the patient was For nt V^ t cM Chilblains. Pile#! 'heh™s«wain la three wee.^^addphi^^ lons secured by its use. Ship Fever prevented. ■ ■ • • P To purify the Breath, ■ TCrnth0114 ■ Cleanse the Teeth, I * I it can't be surpassed. H • H Catarrh relieved aud H i rOV6HL©CL H cured. Krysipelas cured. liarn s relieved instantly. The physicians here Heart prevented use Darbys Fluid very Dysentery Wed. successfully in the treat- Wounds healed rapidly. men[ G f Diphtheria. Scarry cured . A. STOLLKNWFRCK, An Antidote for Animal Greensboro, Ala. or Vegetable Poisons, Stings, etc. Tetter dried up. I used the Fluid during Cholera prevented our present affliction with Ulcers purified and Scarlet Fever with de- healed, cided advantage. It is In cases of Death it indispensable to the sick- shoul ibe used about room. —WM F. SAND- [ the corpse —it will *oao. Eyrie, Ala. prevent any unplcas ant smell The eminent Pliy- I ■'«•»«». J- MAKIOir ■scarlet jrevers SUMS, M. D„ NEW ■ ■ York, says: "I am ■ CnTftf? I convinced Prof Darby t ■ VUiPU. ■ , p rophylacti<: F!uid i, a IMMMBBH ' valuable disinfectant." Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 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. LUPTON, Prof. Chemistry. Darbys Fluid is Recommended by Hon. ALKXANDRR H. STEPHENS, of Georgia; Rev. CHAS. F DEEMS, D.L>., Church of the Strangers, N. Y.; Jos. LECONTB, Columbia, Prof, University,S.C. Rev. A. J. BATTLE, Prof., Mercer University; Rev. GEO. F. PIEKCE, Bishop M. E. Church. tNDIgPKNSABLK TO KVKKY lIUMK. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or externally for Man or beast. 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. Zl:il.lN & CO., Manufacturing Chemists, PH II.ADEI.PHIA Oh,Myßack! That's a common expres sion and has a world of meaning. How much suf fering is summed up in it. The singular thing about it is, that pain in tjie back is occasioned by so many things. May be caused by kidney disease, liver com plaint, consumption, cold, rheumatism,dyspepsia,over work, nervous debility, &c. Whatever the cause, don't neglect it. Something is wrong and needs prompt attention. No medicine has yet been discovered that will so quickly and surely cure such diseases as BROWN'S IRON BITTERS, and it does this by commencing at the foundation, and mak ing pure and rich. Logansport. Ind. Dec. i # xBBo. For a long time I have been A sufferer from stomach and kidney disease. My appetite was very poor and the very small amount 1 did cat disagreed with me. I was annoyed very much from non-retention of urine. 1 tried manv remedies with no success, until I used Brown's Iron Bitters. Since 1 used that my stomach does not bother me anv. Mv appetite is simply immense. My kianey trouble is no more, and my reneral health is such, that 1 feel like a new man. After the use of Brown's Iron Bitters for one month, 1 have gained twenty pounds in weight. O. B. SAKGIMT. Leading physicians and clergymen use and recom mend BROWN'S IRON BIT TERS. It has cured others suffering as you are, and it will cure you. GET THE BEST Watehcv, ClockN, Jewelry, Spectacle*, And Nilver-Plated Ware. at the lowest cash price* at D. L. CLEE LANDS, one square South of Court House. _£.#■ Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Spec Uclcs carefully repaired to order and satis.'ac tion Kuaranteed. 118 TB IklM 11 *ii " Is Nature's greatest remedy, and Is tho _ . prim-ilia! Ingredleutof almost every pre- s ft scrlutlon I >r. II HI I man glyen to li! s prl vate P 3 patients. I •5 I'EUI'NA p!<-asanlly agri-B* witn evenr • Z one- the young, the old, M Q the babe and tho mother. £ _ I'eitUNA c-Vanses the sy»U-m of ull It. g "9 liupitrlUe* ; tonus the stomach, r<-gulaU« g 8 the heart, unlock* the secretions of the " liver, »tr..iiinlieii*the m-rvus ami lnvlgor. S S ate* the brain. V S I'ltlit'N Als tho grnaliiht make* g la blood, and to the weary and tired from (lie -• B toll, ami rare* of tlm «!:•> It gives sweet and „ P refreshing »It-op. rr T I'KHI'NA UeomjioMMl wholly of vcgi laliie H B liurredlent*. I'H' II on.) a irri-ut remrrty In U a Itneir. % • PKKUNA IS pieimaiit in tiiate and will neip g W the Stomach to digest any artl<-!« of food. V o In l.lver and Kidney diseases, and In B S Chronic Catarrh. It has i»wltlv«ly no efiual. It never fail*. ■■■■> <" Ahk your for Dr. Ilarlmairs g on • • 'Hiu I lis of Life. ■■■■ © For Plies, Ularrhu:a, or Kidneys, take C7OA WKKK. a day at home eaxtly madi a/fc('o>iilv outfit free. Address I'm:K &Co Augusta, Maine. lliaT.Bi.ly IdgT*Advertise in the CITIZXM. SELECT. REFORM WHEit£ AXD HOW From the Mercer Republican. Aug. 17. In the heat of the approaching con test for political supremacy in Penn svlvania, the is«ues involved are taking definite shape and the voter must soon decide wiie.e he will stand ia the b.uJe. Particularly those to whom republican success is dear, are called upon to gravely cous'der the quest'oQ before them and to act upoa the dicibion reached. Wb'le this inevitably brings responsibility, it pre-? opposes the iatellig'euce and hon esty that is at once the burden and the honor of every citizen of a true re public, and imposes upon him a from which he will not shrink The political situation in the State i 9 one that mismanagement in the leaders has reudered familiar to the voter. A single individual, clothed wab power by the hand of his father, has b,ought the natural heritage of discord. Imbued with the notion that this Slato is monarchical instead of republican in its form of govern ment, and that be himself is the sov ereign instead of the servaat of the people, he has undertaken to exer cise arbitraly and opp l essive rule. By studied methods iu his hours of rea | son anu by the deaant language in his hours of deb-tucb, he avows bis reso lute purpose to control alone or to take wiiu him to de iruction the party whose honor and saieiy he should saciedlv guard. To compass his ends be has called ia briterv and intimida tion again ana again, until the people, aogered by defeat a.id aroused to a sense of his powr, have resolved to destroy him. Foiled by National, SuLe and couoty Itiogs that do his b'dding, the sp'rit or resis.ence bas btreng heoed in the people with each repulse until uow the masses are array ed aga : nst the Bosses. It takes no prophet to tell what the result w : ll be. Thou f.cket be is said to have named. Cousis.enilv wilb (fpß«- yision of the llepublican vote as will elect their t'cket or de"eat the other. The other more numerous element recognizes all tue evils of which the Indepenuents complain. It deplores Boss rule and abbo s the corrupt and debasing practices that are sapping the foundations of the party. But it still has confidence in the power of Ihe peo p'e to rule a*id believes the party can reform itself within itself. It clings for party safety to the regular meth ods of organization and the ticket nom inated by that organization at liar risburg. Jt demands a personal and not a political issue with Cameron. Believing him to bo already politically dejd, it counsels patience aod modera tion t'll 1884 when be comes before the people for a re-electi"o aod they can then give him a decent burial without jeopardy io pariy ioteresls. It wants Camerou out but would eject bim i "otn the window lest while shoving bim out at the oj)en door the bowliug Democracy should get in. The ( e are the v«l*t : ve positions of the two elements of the republican parly. They uolte in ibeir wishes but diyide io their opinioa as to the best methods of sccui iog them A hoppy issue out cf a'l this trouble would be a new coiive.it'oa and a new ticket. This would gratify ail vows. Jt is nrob Me oe'ther list of candidales would be renominated simply bet .use none of them would make the most available men a id w'ftht not carry ..he parly to vicwO.y. This convention the people desire, and I his the leaders should give them. Tiie question of nm-unnul m'i>f<>rr>nr>n (iot'H not arise with tbe people. There are capable, honest mea enough in this State to make an excellent v'cket tbat would ensure Bucces.>, and too >e men shonld be plated before tbe people for their suffrages. Mercer county Republicans have shown their scniiißeuts c'early and un mistakably. In their loc.il and coun.y eleclioa they have signified their de termination not to be brow-beaten or controlled. In election a wise, moder ate, self-tbipking uud acting Cou.uy Committee they have rebuked t.-ck sleiH bv p'aving the povver in bands that are actuated by a love ofpr'nciple instead of a love for money wliich is the root of thin as well as of all other evil. The majority of Me cer cou i v Republicans, in Honest sympa thy wiih ihe more liberal element, desire a uew eouveutton aiid a now ticket. But if this cannot be obtained they will prope.lv cling to tbe es. b lished methods, and whde supporting the regular ticket p. t'eot'y bide ti'eir time to avenge Heir wrongs upon .he head of lueir origiua or, Mr. Ca.ueron. They wdl be very willing that he go where he chooses fei-ce he will go where he Bays. But tbey have bed enough of him here and will haroly consent that he pick - hem for company in his cl iHlan t journey. A I*lio»|»liore«.ciMit Hallway Cnrrliuee. At the present time a railway car riage painted inside with the Baliuain phospunrescent paint, is included in the train which leaves Liverpool Street station for Kotberhithe, via the Thames Tunnel, at 11:8 A. M. Although only one-half of the available space of the carriage is painted, the phosphorescent light is quite sufficient to enable the passengers to distinguish small objects when passing through the tunnel, and, moreover, the light Is powerful enough to enable a person to read the indica tion of an ordinary watch. It is prob ably ttoat tbe railway companies will be enabled to effect a considerable sav " ing in gas and oil by using tbe phos * phorescent paint. Enrich and revitalize the blood by using Brown's Iron Bitter*. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1882 KEPIBMC.4X BLACKMAIL. m N. Y. Indeper.dtnt.] ' We do not like to put the above two words together. The Republican party has been the party of mo-al ideas. It has set itself against black slavery and might be expected to set itself against the robbery of while men and women. It has done so, in words ; but in deeds it is now guilty, in the persons of its National Committee, of outrageous robbery. Not of mere robbery, either, though were bad enough ; but o." robbery coupled with thieats, under stood, if not expressed, of the loss of position and livelihood. And this is done in the name and by the authority of the which hasaga'Q and again, in its platforms and in the Messages of its Presidents, declared that the tenure of office should be limited by good be havior and not by political service. It is doue in bold, loud disregard of public profession and public decency. This is the shameless act. Every officeholder ia the country is now being assessed. He is not simply 'invited,' he is urged and required to pay one whole week's salary to help the Repub lican paity in its campaign. If he does not do it, no matter how poor, no matter who many be dependent upon him, the demand is made a second time, more urgently, and he is made to understand the threat that is implied in the demand, that be will lose liis place if he does not pay up. This is where the blackmailing comes io. It is virtually said to every officeholder: Pav me two per ceot. of your wages, or I will get you turned out of your office anu, so far as I can, make you>- family beggars. Tbe blackmailing Re publican National Committee daies to do this, and, what is most iociedible and atrocious, it is generally believed, it is hardly denied, except io a Pick wickian seose, that this blackmailiog Committee has the power it assumes to have, that the Executive Depart ment of tbe natioa would, at the de mand of Hubbell's blackmailers, tu .i out of office those that refused to submit to their exactions. Add this Com mittee, acting io defiance of Platforms aod Messages, sardoo'cally tells the poor officeholders tbat tbe success of the partv and their continuance io of fice depeods on .heir payiog in tbeir miserable two per cent, to the black mailer's treasury. Aud, t.iking examp'e from the cen tral blackmailers in Washington, crews of locM blackmailers are spi iuging up in several Spates. The S>.ate Com mittee of Pennsylvania has al.eady sent Odt its circular to appointees irom that State, who, having paid their two per cent, io one set of robbers, arc now required to pay two per cent, more to another. 'The Committee,' says blackmailer Cooper, imitating blackmailer Hubbell, 'is authorized to state that such voluntary [sic] cout. i but'on. f-om persons employed in the service of the State or of the United Slates, wi'l not be objected to io any official quarter.' Ce r lainly not. Oi tbe Other hand, it is believed that it is the only condi'ion of retaining office. It is not supposed that any cle-k will dare to reply: 'I am not put in office to serve ihe Republican party. I cannot affo' d to pay thiitv dollais to carry the next election for the Republican parly. I will not do it. The Repub lican party has by iiS platforms declar ed against a partisan civil service. I will nust iv, and see if my superior of ficer dares to -emove me for not sub mitting to your blackmail.' We would like to see such a leiier wiitten, signed aod published, and I ben wa't to tind out if these olackraailngcommittees will be allowed, in tbe gla e of publicity, to lead President and Secreta ies by >he nose to the brink of political destruc tion. Aod he'e follows the Virginia Readjuster parly, which a/ oouoces itself as iho pa-ty of the Admio'St>a tiou, with its blackmailing circular, de manding five j)cr cent, moic of all offi officials from that State to help Carry the election for the party. Has it come to this, shall it come to this ihat the Republican party gives itself up to blackmail and extortion? Is it to live by robbing ch'ldien, by stealing the bread irom poor women ? Shall it confess tbat it must be defeated unless officials appoioied to serve the whole couo.ry, and not a parly, shall heap up a lund of millions w-lh which to conupt the popular vote? Shall it say one thing io its platforms, to de ceive decent and co iscienii >us people, and anoiher ih'ng in p. ivaie circulars, to carry out the metootisofp 'principled politicians who run the machine? If it must come to tuis, then good-bve to the Republican party! 15ut we do not bid it good-bye. We propose that good Republicans shall stay in it and siamp on Hubbell and Cooper and all the blackmailers who are prostituting the parly to their vile purposes. Defeat for Cameron and h : s Washing-on parlor ticket in 1332 means a delegation to the National Couvea.'on iu 18-S4 of wLicb be will ueuher be a member nor the boss. It means a final entombment of the third term conspirators. The path of safely for the Republican party is the path ihpt leads to the overthrow of the men who nearly strungled it in 1880, and who will surely ruin it 1884 un less their power is curbed and their plans ttiwarted. This is the work to which the Independent Republicans have given themselves. Tuey are re ceiving the encouragement of eve. y true Republican outside of their State, who see tlearly that the tuture wel fare and success of the party in the | Union is dependent upon the over throw of the insolent and tyrannical political domination that has so long ruled in oue of the chief citadels of Republicanism. Cameron's defeat in 1882 means Republican success in 1884 ; that is the watchwo'd of Inde pendents.— Crawford Journal. Don't be Alarmed. at Bright's Disease, Diabetes, or any disease of the kidneys, liver or urinary organs, as Hop Bitters will certainly and lastingly cure you, and it is the only thing that will. If you would live quietly in the world you may both hear aud see, but you muat bay nothing. Tlie Uarbarilies ol Jlodcru War. The history of bombarding towns affords an instance of actual deteriora tion in tbe usages of modern warfare. Regular or simple bombaidmeut, tbat is, of a town indisct iiuinately and not merely of its fort-esses, has now be came ihe established practice. Yet, what did Vattel in tbe middle of last century say? "At present we generally conteut ourselves with battering ihe rampa r ts aod defenses of a place. To destroy a town with bombs and red-hot balls is an extremity to which we do not p oceed without cogent reasons." W hat said Y auban still earlier ? "The fire must be directed simply at the defenses aod batteries of the place * * * * and not against the houses." Then let us remember the English bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, when the cathedral and 300 houses were destroyed ; the German bombardment of Strasburg in 1870, were rifled mortars were used for the first time, and the famous library and picture gallery destroyed; and ihe German bombardment of Paris, about wb'cb, strangely enough, even the 'military conscience of tbe Germans was sUuek, so that in the cy cles doubts about the p-op'iety of such a pioceeding at one time pre vailed ,".om a mo'al no less ihaa from a miliiary point of v : ew. With re spect again to sacred or public build- ings, war r a>e tends to become increas ingly des'r.'ctive. It was the rule in Greek warfare to spa>e sacred and Other buildings, as Marcellus, for in stance, at Syracuse. Yet when the F-ench ravaged the Palatinate in 1639 they not only set fi-e to the cathed.afs, but sacked the tombs of the a.icieot at Spiers. F'ed e> ick II destroyed tbe fiaest bu'ldings at I) esdeu and Pague. Iu 1814 the Edgl'sh feces desuoved tbe Capitol at Washington, the Piesident's house a-.'d other public build'ugs ; and in 1815 the Pi ;ißS'an General, Bluche-, was with difficulty ießtra>ned T.'om blowing up the bridges at Jaaa, at Pp. is, anu the pillar at Austerlitz There is always the excuse of reprisal or accident Yet Vat.el bad said (in la iguage bi't which the lan guage of Polybions aod Cice.'o) : "We to spa e those edifices which do bono: to hu ran sooie y, aod do not contribute to tbe enemy's strergtb, such as temples, tombs, public 'ou'lti ings. and all of remarkable beauty.*' The Effect of Imagination. Io en ea>-ly part of my practice I was called into a neighbor og towu to visit a patient. It being about tne nvddie of the day iho old gentleman of tbe house (over sixty years of age) invited me io stop aad dine. While at dinner be said : "I don't know as you like my din ner." "Whv, ves," said I, "I do. I like it very well—>t is very good." "I gness," said he, "von do not know what you are eating." "Why, yes," said I, "I do—it is some new corned beef." "Ah !" said the old gentleman ; it is horse beef." I leplhd : "I don't bel'eve it." "It is," said he: I declare it is some of my old mare." I was not much acquainted with him at the t : me. I looked at him supposirg h'm to bejok'og, but could noi discover a muscle of tbe face to alter o. 1 change. I had just taken an other piece on ray plate aod a mouthful of the second slice io my mouth, and, in fact it was horse meat sure eoougb. I could taste it plainly as my olfac tory nerves would discover the scent of an old horse. Tbe more I chewed it the more disagreeable it ta. led. I contiuued picking end tasting a litt'e sauce whicn I could swallow, but the meat, as the negro said, "would no go," lat last gave a swallow, as I do with a dose of physic. I after waid tasted a little sauce, but took good care not to put any more meat in my mouth, aud kept time With the family. Glad was I when dinner was over. It being cool weather, the old gen tleman went to smoking and telling stories. At last he said : "I won't leave you in the dark about your dijoer I told you we had horsemeat for dinner, aud so it was. 1 told you it was some of my old mare, and so it was, for I swopped ber away for a steer, and that was some of her beef." I have ever since been glad the old Kentlemen put the joke on me, for I never should otherwise have known how far imagination would have carried me. I>iMMolvl»K I'arlnernlilp. A Chicago drummer, having hired a horse and wagon and taken a ride over a honible highway ia Wisconsij to work up a I'ode with a new dealer, reached tbe four cornets to find the store cloned. The proprietor was on tbe outside of the door with an ax, and his wife was iuside with an old shot gun. "I represent the wholesale grocery house of Sugar, Starch k Co., Chica go," said tbe traveler as be drove up. "Yes," replied the merchant as he leaned on his ax. "And I'd like to show you some samples and take your order." "Are you in a hurry ?" , ."Well, no." ■'Then you'd better hitch to the fence over there and wait around a spell." "What's the row here ?" "Nothing very much. The old wo man's inside aud I'm out here. Its been that way for the last three hours, but the climax is coming. She hain't got more'n nuff for ono more shot, and as soon as she fires that vie'll find out who runs this business. If I do I'll give you an order; if she does you'd better be all ready to skip. I>on't Die In tlie Iloiixe. Ask druggistß for "Rough on Rats." It clears out rats, mice, bedbugs, roaches vermin, Hies, ants, insects. 15c. per box. Wanted I'oliienim A man came into the office o:i Thursday with a black eye, a strip of court plaster across his cheek, one arm in a sling, and, as be leaned on a crutch and wiped the prespiration away .iom around a lump on his ! forehead with a red cotton bandker j chief, he asked if the editor was in j Being answered in the affirmative, he said : "Well, I waut to stop my paper," and he sat down on the edge of a chair as though it might hurt. "Scratch my name right off. Yon are responsible for my condition." "Can it be possible?" we in quired. "Yes," said he, "I'm a farmer and keep cews. I recently read an art'cle in your paper about a dairyman's con vention, where one of ihe mottoes over the door was : ' Treat your cow as you would a lady;" and the ar ticle said it was contended by our best dairymen tbat a cow treated in a polite, gentlemanly manner, as though she were a companion, would give twice as much milk. The plan seem ed feasible to me. I had been a hard man with my stock aiid thought may be tbat was one reason my cow always dried up when butler was forty cents a pound, and give plenty of milk when butter was fifteen cents a pound. I decided to try your plan, aud treat a cow as I would a lady. I had a cow tbat had never been very much mashed on me, and I d< cided io com mence on her, and ihe the next morn ing after I read your devilish paper I pat on my Sunday suit and white plug hat I bought ihe year Greeley ran for president, and went to the barn to milk. I noticed the old cow looked bashful and lightened, but taking oIT my hat and bowiog politely t saio : "Madam, excuse the seeming impro priety of Ihe request, but will you do me the favor to hoist ?" At the same lime I tapped her lightly on tbe flank wiih my plug hat. Putting the tin pail under her I sat down on the mi'king stool." "Did she hoist?" said we rather anxious to know bow the advice of President Smilh, of Sheboygan, the great dairyman, woiked. "Did she hoist? Well, look at me aDd sec if you thiuk she hoisted. The cow raised and kicked me with all her four feet, switched me with her tail and hooked me with boih horns at at once, and when I got up out of the bedding in the stall and dug my hat out of the manger and the milking stool from under me and began to maul that cow I forgot all about the treatment of horned cattle. Why, she fai-ly galloped over me, and I never want to read your paper again." We tried to explain to him that the advice did not apply to brindle cows at all, but be hobbled out, the mudest man that ever asked a cow to hoist. T le Duly oil Nifgur. The proposed twenty per cent, re duction in the duty on sugar is natur ally enough vehemently opposed by the Louisiana delegation, who are Btauich ProjectioniftUi as far as sugar is concerned and usually Free Tiaders as respects everything else. No single into- est has received longer or greater protection than the Louisiana sugar in terest, yet it has been stimulated into nothing like a proportionate develop ment, for notwithstanding the high rate of duty, nearlv niue-teutbs of a!l ihe sugar co.isumed in this country is imported .om abroad. The competi tion of tbe slave labor of the West Indies is given as a reason why the Louis« able, through the protection now jjiv en, to supply the home demand th -ir plea for its retention would have some foice. The Fruit* of Merit. D. HARTMAN TT Co.— l'lease send me a lot of your books on the "Ills of Life." I sell a great deal of your Per una and Manalin. They are vc.y highly spoken of in this part of the country. F. 11. BUSHMAN, I*. M., Westford, Pa. Drrr Sir: I have taken half a dozen bottles of your J'eruna and find it is doing me great good. Yours truly, JAMKS WVATT, Steubenville, Ohio. There is an old lady in Virginia who has had tbirreen husbands When she buried the last she remarked to the undertaker that she had 'dretthj bad luck with men." "Only Otic Fault." I was riding through a bowery coun tiy town in Vermont, when I chanced to :.otice a concourse of people in the clurch yard, evidently encircling an open grave It was a warm day, and I had rode ten nrles, and 1 drew the rain under some trees that arched the road, .o al low the horse to cool and rest. Presently a villager came towards me, and I said: 'There is a funeral to-day in your town ?' 'Yes—Stephen. He was one of the largest-hearted men I ever knew. We all owed something to Stephen.' Then be added, in a tone of regret: 'He nad only one fault.' The light lell in pencil rays through the trees. I sat in silcnco enjoying tne rei'ieshiug coolness. The man resumed the subject: 'He had great abilities, Stephen had. We sent him to the Legislature three times. They thought of nominating him for Governor.' 'But,' he added, sadly, 'Stephen had one fault.' I made no ajswer. I was tired and wixtched the people slowly disperse, leading the sextou to his solitary work. 'A very generous man Stephen was. Always visited the sick—he was feel ing—when any one was in trouble. The old people all liked hi in. Even the children used to follow hiui in tlie streets.' 'A good man, indeed,' I said, iadiff erentlv 'Yes; be only had one fault.' 'What was that?' I asked. 'Only intemperance.' 'Did it harm him ?' 'Yes, somewhat. He dida't seem to haw any power to icsist it at last, lie gut behiudhaiid aid hau to mortgage his farm, aud finally hau to sell out. His wile died uo account of the re ve.-se; k'od of crushed, disappointed. Then his ebildieu, uot having the right bringing up, turned out badly. His in temperance seMued to mortify them and ..ake away their s,ii'it. He bad to leave politics ; 'twouldn't do, you see. Tnen we bad to set him aside liom church, and at last his habits brought on paralysis and we had to >ake him to the poor house. He died there; only forty-five. There were uone of hi* children at the fuoe.al. I'oor man, he bad only one fault.' 'Only one fault!' The s l iip hod only ono leak, but it went down. 'Only one fault!' The temple had only one decaying pillar, but it fell. Only ono fault.' Home gone, wife lost, family ruined, honor forfeited, so cial aou religious privileges abandoned; broken health, poverty, paralysis and the poor house. One fault, only one. flf© ISiiiHM iWcdnlN In Pennsyl vania. There is another hitch in the distri bution of the famous "300" medals of l>eaten brass. The delay, after the fust announcement of the existence of the medals, was so £reat that many of the faithful Three Hundred aud S : xers hegan to doubt that aoy such emblem bad been made, aud some hasty Stal wart editors denounced the whole 6tory as a "maligoant Half-breed lie.' Several weeks ajo, however, the medals were completed and sent to Senator Cameron at Washington for distribu tion. A graphic description of them was about the same time published in the Tribune, but not, we regret to say, in any of the Stalwart journals. Sub sequently the batch for the New York Contingent oftue Third Term Spartan Band was sent to this city for distribu tion, and were distributed, we believe, but without fitting public ceremonial such as we should have been glad to see It is made known now that the Pennsylvania batch has never been distributed. Somebody asked one of the men entitled to ooe, recently, if he had received his, and he replied that he had not, giving this inteieeting reason for the delay : "The big fel lows think it would be unwise to send them out. They are smart fh with holding them, 100, p.irticulaily here in Pennsylvania, where the weight of the medal would only be an additional drawback to the puity in the coming campaign. now you know Graut ism is pretty well handicapped without '3oo' medals to increase the weight. "There's the milk in the coeoanut." Tiiat sti ikes us as a very lucid and able exposition. What is surprising about it is Ihe revelation that the "big fellows" have at last been able to realize that Gn»nt : sm is a weighty issue to carry. Of course General Beaver knows that. He had no desire to take the stump in Pennsylvania adorned w'th a medal at wb'ch anybody might point and say: "That is the trophy you earned at Chicago by betraying your constituents ami obeying your Boss."— Tribune. A II»r»r»y Neighborhood. 'Mr. Jones,' began Smith the other morning, as they met at the corner to wait for the car, *is it positively neces sary that your son must play the ac cordeon until midnight for six nights a week?' 'Not at all, Mr. Smith,' was the prompt reply. 'Not any more ne cessary than it is for your daughter and her beaux to sit on the front steps Heven nights per week and keep us awake until one o'clock in the moru iug.' 'My daughter, sir, has a peilect right to have a beau!' 'And my »ou, sir, has a legal right to play his accor deon!' 'Gentlemen,' lwgan Mr. Thom as, as he came up, 'I don't want to of fend you, for we are all neighbors; but if you Air. Jones, would clean out your alley, and you, Mr. Smith, would poison your nuisance of a dog, I believe I would gpin five pounds oi flesh per week.' 'Hello! Thomas!' saluted Brown from the rear platform of the car for which they had waited, 'l've been waiting to BCO you for a week past. Your confounded old horse staada and stamps all night long and none of us can get a wink of sleep. Just for a change and to be neighborly, suppose you knock him on the head with an ax!'— Detroit Free Piexx. Subscribe for the CiTizcic. ADVERTISING HATES One square, ono tnsert'on, 91; each subs# q'lont insertion. 50 cents. Yearly adt ertiueaoi t, otceeding one-fourth of a column. $5 per inch l figure work don be tLose rato»; addition*! charges where wetk'v or monthly changes are made. Local advertisements 10 cents per line for tirrt inset tion, »i,d 5 cents per line for eaeh additional insertion. Marriages and deaths pub lished free of clm-ge. Obituary notices chaiged is advertisements, and [ aval-ie when handed in. Auditors' Notices, #-4 ; Executors' and Adminit trntors' Notices. }3 each; Estray, Caution and Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines, each. From the fact that the CITISEM IS 'lie oldest established and moet ex ensively circulated Ite publican newspaper in But !er county, fa Ileput iicai. county) it must be appueni* to busineaa men that it is the medium they should use in advertising their business. NO. 42 Embalming tlte In kit own Dead. The authorities of Leadville, Colo -1 rado, have introduced the practice of embalming the bodies brought to the city morgue. The object, of course, is to facilitate the of the unknown dead, si ould inquiries con cerning thcra be ninde within a year or two The Chronicle, speaking of the large number of\cases in which legal complications have arisen through the lack of means for such io dentilication, says that it i 9 astonish ing how many missing youug men, be longing to good families in the East, are constantly ioqu'red after there. Letters of that charac*. sr are received by city aod police authorities, minis ters, u ideuakers dailv, but in most in stances theie is no clew. People come the re uom their Eastern homes with no definite object in view, ;»rolmlii>- spend their means in dance hails ami gambling saloons, fail to obt.iia emplov-ncut, and are too sen sitive and proud iO write home for as ei*itt,>o{ They dri.t into the moun tains as p,o<;»ecto'-8, or into neighbor ing inio'ojr camps, and perhaps die of <>r accident.. Thus swells the great army of the missing. 1J the Diamond Dyes more colo iug i> gi Tor 10 cts. than any o«.uer 15 «»r 2a-c«»nt dyes, and idey give las«.er aud iu<»r« unliiaut colois. The O rilcner'a Monthly recom mends ih ;t on every wash-day (he boil ing hot aoap.-uds >e poured about the roots of peach t.ees. Tnis, it says, will (li-s.roy the insidious Utile lungus '.vliit-L produces toe "yellows" and other di.M-ast-s, mid destroys the larvae of iii.-ecis which are injurious to the ll'ct o. From soim* p rsonal experience, we are persuaded that rags soaked in kero sene oil and fastened to sticks in the hills of squash vines will net prove a protection against squash bugs. We lather think, on the contrary, that the odor of the oil attracts and encourages them. It is ever so much pleasanter thaa the smell of the bugs themselves. Sweet corn (says the Prairie Far mer), as soon as the boiling ears have been plucked for use, sbou'd be cut near the ground aod shocked, tying pretiy tight at the top, but leav iug the butts rather well spread. When cured, it should be bound into suitable bundles, and placed compactly under cover. There is no better winter feed for milch cows. The test as to whether a young treo is making sufficient growth or not is made by examining its new shoots. If ihese grow twelve to fiiieen inches an nually, neither manure nor additional culture is probably needed. If less than this length of new wood is grown, something is needed to stimulate the growth and increase the vigor of the tree. Pure, clean water is essential to the beaUh and productiveness of fowls, a fact which should be especially remem bered in dry summer weather, when no springs or running water are near at hand. They should be supplied with water at least three time 3 a day ; and it is a good plaa to place it in a shallow dish, so that little chicks caD get at the water w'thout danger of drowning. For preventing smut in wheat, Mr. Howard, M. P., uses the following preparation: For eight bushels of wheat, a half-pint of gas-tar, two pounds of blue vitriol, aod about two gallons of water are lequired The water is appl'ed iu a boiling Siate to the tar and vitriol, which are stirred until the tar is dissolved. The mature it, then cool enought to pour over the grain, which is turned over until thoroughly soaked. The Scientific Av-rrican gives the following recipe for the benefit of those who prefer to make t'.ieir own baking powder: Pure ciearn of tartir, two pounds; bicarbonate of soda, ono pound; corn starch, one ounce. All the ingredients must be perfectly dry before mixing, and very thoroughly mixed. One teaspoojful is required for one pound of flour. If the ma terials are not pure, of courbe the re sult will not be satisfactory. "Will you plea-to pass the Shem ? asked a quiet man, at the lunch coun ter. "Haven't any?" squealed the girl in attendance. "Some Japhet?" queried the quiet man again. "Don't keep it!" squeaked the damsel. "I say," chipped in a crrious passenger, "what do you mean by Shem aud Japhet?" "Nothing," responded the little man, doleiu'l/ : "only the Ham 18 so old a.id musty that 1 thought the rest of the tribe might bo around hero somewhere, and I'd like to see 'em. There is a proverb in England that 'a white willow tree will buy the owner a horse before o her trees will pay for the saddle.' The wood of this tree is highly regarded thoie, no other l»eing in greater demand. It is liirht, very tough, soft, takes a good finish, and will bear more pounding and knocks than any other English wood. It is used extensively for cricket bats, floats for paddle wheels, brako blocks on cars, planking coasting vessels, ox yokes, wooden legs, shoe lasts, etc. It will often grow to a height of sixty or seventy feet in twenty years. The rumors that fly about the Brit ish military camps on the Suez Canal recall the eveuts of twenty years ago in America. Iniplicit faiih is placed in the 'reliable' gentleman who has just come from the i'ront; the stories of deserters a.Tord great var : ety of info-- mation; aud though the intelligent contraband seems to be lacking in Egypt, bis place is fully supplied by the übiquitous Bedouin. At Port Said the other day, a Bedouin purporting to come f.om Cairo reported tbat the citizens there we.e calm, but the mili tary were excited. This important in telligence was hurried to Londou, and thence at all soeed under the ocean to America. Presently we may hear from another Bedouin tbat it was tbo military of Cairo who wore calm Aid the citizens excited.