VOL. XX. LEQAL Admin I«t rac or V Wot Ice. Whereas letters of admii istration have been grAnted by the Register to the underiOKnpd upon the estate of Charles Oswald. Hr, late of Oakland twp. Butler county.ra. dec d Allpersons •who know themselves iudelxel to said estate will make immediate r«™nent, and thoee having, claims against h fame will present them properly autheni ■ft d for settlement Either to myself or my A .<ney, J B McJUNKIN, PHILIP OSWALD. Att'v for Adiu'r Administrator Oct 17, 1882 No 3710 Butler St Pitts Fa Estate ol James Young Dee'd. Letter* of Administration in the estate of James Young, dee'd., late of Clay township, Bailer county, Pennsylvania, having been gritiicd to the undei signed, all pewon* koow mg themselves indebted t«> . said es tate* will please in ike immediate pa}- xnent and any having claim* against iaid estate will present them duly authenticated for settle ment. ROBERT A. BROWN, Administrator. Coultersville P. 0., Butler county, Pa. Orphans' Court Sale. By virtue of a decree of the Orphans' Cour of Butler county, to us directed, as well as by the authority given us in the last will and tes tament of Samuel G. Meals, dec'd, we will offer for sale at public outcry on the premises in Washington township, on MONDAY, FEBUARY 5, 1883. at 1 o'clock P. M., the following real estate SO Acres and 75 Perches more or lew, out of the northwest corner of the fSurm lately occupied by the said Samuel G. Meals, dec'd. About 75 acres cleared, balance good timber. Good two-story frame house and Sank barn recently erected thereon. TKBMS—One-third of the purchase money <m confirmation of sale by the Court, and the remainder in two equal annual installments with lawful interest from that date, to be secured by b— land mortgage. G. W. MEALS. 4»et one 'he Executors. DlMolntlon Ifotice. Jvot're is hereby given that the partnership ImiUofore existing between G. M. Zimmerman and Josepn Wuller, under the firm name of Zimmerman <fc Wuller, d..ing business in the Kirnurh of Butler, BntJcr countv, Pa., has been difrsolvtrd by mutual consent. Thebooksare in .the possession of Joseph W uller, and those in ntcbtwl to the late firm are requested to make immediate settlement. G. M. ZIMMERMAN, JOSEPH WULLER. Having sold out my interest in the drugstore to Joseph Wuller, I can cheerfully recommend ihira to the public as a careful, competent and reliable druggist, and ask for him a continu ance of the liberal patronage extended to the late firm. „ _ G. M. ZIMMERMAN**!. D. Dec 6 4t. Election. The annual election of twelve Directors of the Bntler Co. Mutual Fire insurance Co., !to aerve for the ensuing year, will be held a the office of the Secretary in Butler, Pa., on the sec and Tuesday of January next, being the 9th inst., 1883, between the hours of 1 and 2 P. M. H. C. HEINEMAN, Sec. Butler, Pa., Dec, 1,1882. Two Stray Steers. Two stray steere came to the premises of the Mi>ecriber, Conoord twp., Butler county, Pa., afaont the first of September last; both are red ani white: one ordinary size, the other rather amaJl, each supposed to be a year old last spring The owner is requested to come forward, prove property pay charges and take them "away, otherwise they will be disposed of ac cording to law, EDWARD GRAHAM, Oct. 30, 'B2. Concord twp., Butler Co., Pa. $25 Reward. Will be given on the return of the following deer ribed note, which was lost while in posses sion of Jchn M. Thompson, in or about the Court House, Oct. 10, 1882 : The note was dated March 16, 1878; of the sum t5,500. payable to Ellen Dunlap and signed by James Heron. The above reward will be freely paid on presentation of the note at Banbury. Butler <s ° antT ' ELLEN DUNLAP. Two Farms for Bale. Tfce heirs of Robert McKinney, dec'd, late of twp.. 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Severa. of th« dbuv* symptoms attend the disease, but case* have occurred WVH t»u« few PF TB C TN existed, yet examination after death has show#* Mt« tfIYCF 19 have been extensively deranged, It Hlioulil be used by all persons, old and young, whenever any of the above symptoms appear. Person* Traveling: or Living in Un healthy Localities Tv taking a dose occasion ally to keep the Liver in fiealthy action, will Avoid all Malaria, Hilious attack*. Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, but ii» no in toxicating beverage. If Y<«i| have eaten anything hard of digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, take a dc*« and you W'll b t: relieved. Time and Doctors' Bills will be saved by always keeping the Regulator / in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic c.n never be out of place. The remedy is harmless and dor« not interfere with business or pleasure. IT IS PURFLY VEGETABLE, And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, withoat any of the injurious after effects. A Governor's Testimony, Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use In my family fur some time, and 1 am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. GILL SHORTER, Governor of Ala. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga., says: Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. "The only Tiling that never fails fq Relieve."—l have used many remedies for Dy*.- Kpsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never vc found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. P. M. JANNKV, Mmp- Dr. T. W. 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Price, SI.OO. BIJTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1882. SELEC T. THE MORGAN MYSTERY. SOIjVRI* n'i THE I>Yl\<« It EVE I. A 1 IOX OF TiilK- I.OW WEE!). An Affi lavit ii WhLh the Dead Politician oec>a-es that Lap'ain William Mor gan Was Murie pd by M&sons in the Inttrest t,f Masonry. From Philadelphia Press, Nov. 29. It lacked only a few days of being two months before his death, when Thurlow Weed subscribed to a long affidavit before Spencer C. Doty, a New Yoik notary public, stripping the mystery that has for many years surround the disappearance and death of Captain William Morgan, who had written a book in which it was declared that the secrets of Mason ry were exposed to all who choose to read. The New York Sun yesterday printed the affidavit. Mr. Weed in the document plunged directly into the vexed question, He refers to the un veiling of a monument to Captain William Morgan, which he says "re calls an event, of startling interest, arousing deep popular feeling, first at Batavia, Le Roy, Canandaigua and Rochester, then prevading our own and other States." The affidavit con tinues thus: After reading the proceedings of a meeting at Batavia, with the Hon. David E. Evans as presiding officer, I wrote a six-bne paragraph for the Rochester Telegraph, in which J stat ed that a citizen of Batavia had been spirited away from his home snd fami ly, and that after a mysterious ab scence of several days, a village meet ing had been held aud a committee of citizens appointed to investigate tbe matter; adding that, as it was known that Freemasons were poncerned in this abduction, it behooved the fra ternity whose good name was suffering to take the laboring oar in restoring the lost man to his liberty. Mr. Weed explains that it was this paragraph published in the Rochester Telegraph that caused the greatest ex citement among the Masons and that induced bim to break his connection with the pappr in order to save the fi nancial standing of his partner, Robert Martin, because the majority of the subscribers withdrew their names from the books of the concern. It was claimed that Mr. Weed in the para graph quoted "has been too busy in getting up an excitement about Mor gan." In the mean time the mystery deepened, and public meetings were held in several villages. In a meeting at Rochester, a oommittee was appoint ed consisting of seven persons, three of whom were Masons, "It was soon discovered," states Mr. Weed, "that the three Masopp went from th 1 com mittee to the lodge room. It was sub sequently ascertained that two of these gentlemen were concerned in the ab duction, and that Morgan had been committed tojuii in Canandaigua on a false charge of larceny, apd that he had been carried from thence secretly by night to Fort Niagara. The sher iffs who summoned the grand juries were Freemasons." Then Mr. Weed's affidavit says: As the investigations proceeded the evidence increased that Morgan had been unlawfully confined in the Can andaigua jail, and secretly conveyed to Fort Niagara, where he was confined in the magazine. There was every reason to believe that he was taken from the magazine and drowned in Lake Ontario. This, however, was ooldly and persistently denied—denials accompanied by solemn assurances that Morgan had been seen alive in several places, divided public senti ment. THE ANTI-MASON PARTY. The anti-Mason political party, that for a short time overwhelmed the State of New York, is then briefly reviewed in the document. The finding of a body of a man on the shore of Lake Ontario that a coroner's jury pronounc ed to be the remains of Morgan, but who was alleged to have been Timothy Monroe by the Mason faction, is fully related. At a third inquest that was held, the coroner's jury determined that the body was that of Timothy Mon? roe. Mr. Weed speaks of the charge that was widely believed thai he had mutilated tbe body in question for the purpose of making it resemble that of William Morgan. Three men were placed on trial for abducting Morgan. "The testimony of Elisha Adams," Mr. Weed declared, "was essential t<J complete the link. First, Adams was spirited away. Af ter a year he was found by Mr. Weed, but on the fitness stand Adams testi fied that he was ignorant of the entire affair. Adams afterward explained the matter to Mr. Weed by declaring that the lawyers told him that any thing he would say would be a confes sion that wonld send him to the State prison, and the law did not compel a witness to crimiflate himself, and to avoid punishment he must deny the whole story. A libel suit was com menced against Mr. Weed in 1831 by General Gould, of Rochester. 1 tie libel charged General Gould with giv ing monev he received from the Royal Arch Grand Chapter to enable Burrage Smith and John Whitney to es cape from justice. Mr. Weed says in the affidavit in connection with this matter: Judge Vanderpoel, in charging the jury, dwelt at length upon the licen tiousness of the press, and called upon the jury to give exemplary damages to injured and innocent plaintiff. The jury, thus instructed, but with evident reluctance, found a verdict of S4OO against me. My offense consisted in asserting a fact, the exact truth of which would have been established if the testimony had not been ruled out by a monstrous perversion of justice. A FULL CONFESSION. On the evening that the verdict was rendered Colonel Simeon B. Jew ett, ofClarkson, Major Samuel Barton, of Lewiston, and John Whitney visited Mr. Weed in his house "In the course of the eve Ding," continues the affida vit, "the Morgan affiair being the prin ! ci|»al topic of conversation, Colonel Jewett turned to Whitney with empha- I sis and said John, what if you make a eh an brea:t 0 i ?' Whitney looked in quiringly at Barton, who added. "GJ ahead " Mr Weed's affidavit contin ues ut this point as follow-: Whitney then related in detail the history of Morgan's abduction and fate. The idea of suppressing Morgan's in tended exposure of the secrets of Ma sonry was first suggested by a man by the name of Johns. It was dis cussed in Lodges at Batavia, Le Roy and Rochester. Johns suggested that Morgan should be separated from Miller and placed on p farm in Canada West. For this purpose he was ta ken to Niagara and placed in the mag azine of the fort until arrangements for settling him in Canada were c >lll - but the Canadian Masons dis appointed them. After si vera! meet ings of the lodge in Cauada, opposite Fort Niagara, a refusal to have any thing to do with Morgan left his ' kid-1 napers," greatly perplexed. Oppor tunely a Koyal Arch chapter was in stalled at Lewiston. The occasion brought a great number of enthusias- 1 tic Masons togethrr. "After labor,'' ill Masonic language, they "retired to refreshment." Under hecxh'laratiou <>f champagne and other viands, the chap lain (the llev K Cnmmings, of Rochester) was c tiled <>n f»r a toast.! He responded with peculiar emphasis and in the language of their ritual: 1 ''The enemies of our order—May they , find a grave six feat deep, six foot j long, and six feet due east and west " I Immediately after that toast, which was received with great enthusiasm, I Colonel William King, aud officer in our war of 1812, and then a member of Assembly from Niaga-a countv, called Whitney, of Rochester, Howard, of Buffalo, Chubbuck, of L 'wiston, and Garside of Canada, out of the room and into a carriage furnished by Vl«jor Barton. They were driven to F..rt Niagara, repaired to the magaa ne, aud informed Morgan that the arrange ments for seadiug him to Canada were completed, and that his family would soon follow him Morgan rcceiveJ the information cheerfully, and walked with supposed friends to the boat, which was rowed to the mouth of the river, where a rope was wound around his body to each end of which a sinker was attached. Morgan was then thrown overboard. He grasped the gunwale of the boat convulsively. Garside, in forcing M >. - gin to relin quish his hold, was severely bitten. Whitney, in concluding his narra tive, said he was now relieved from a heavy load; that f>r four years he had not heard the window rustle or any other noise at night without think ing tbe sheriff was after bim. Colonel Jewett looking fjxedly at Whit ney said: "Weed can hang you now." "But he won't," was Whitney's prompt reply Of course a secret thus con fided to me was inviolably kept, and 2iJ years afterward, vyhilo attouding a National Hepublican Convention at Chicago, John Whitney who then 6ided there, Galled to say that he wanted me to write out what he once told me about Morgan's fate, to be signed by him in tho presence of wit nesses, to be sealed up and published after his death. I promised to do so before leaving Chicago, Thero was no leisure, however, duriag tbe sit ting of that convention, and even be fore the final adjournment, forgetting what I had told Whitney, I hurried to lowa, returning by way of Springfield to visit Mr. Lincoln. In the excite ment of the cauvass that followed, aud the secession of the Southern States upon Mr. Lincoln's election, I neglected the important duty of se curing the confessiou Mr. Whitney was so anxious to make. In 18151 1 went to Europe, and while in Lon don wrote a letter to Whitney asking him to get Alex B Willi ims, then a resident of Chicago, to do what I had so unpardonably neglected That let ter reached Chicago one week after Whitney's death, closing the last only chance for the revelation of that im portant event. Whitney was a mason by trade, honest, industrious, sober, but excita ble. In all the early stages of the Morgan affair he belived he was doing his duty. The final crime was com mitted under the circumstances I have related. llow tbe World Hays "How 'D You Do!" Most of us say "Howdedo ?" and think we have said, "llow do you do?" "llow are you?" is more elegant, per haps; and "Hope I see you well ?" is the habit of some people. Then we shake hands, and women sometimes kiss. In old times Euglish speaking peo ple said, "Save you, sir," or "madam," and "God save you;" and long ago men as well as women, "kissed for courtesy." English and American men now consider such a salutation as absurd between persons of their own sex. Frenchmen, however, are not asham ed to kiss, as they ask, "How do you carry yourself?" and Germans crush each other, bear fasbiou, as they cry, "How do you find yourself?" The Italian gives both airy clasp end kiss, after he has flourished his fingers in tbe air and cried, ' llow do you stand ?" But the Dutchman's "How do you fare?" is generally ouly followed by a clap on tbe shoulder. When two Swedes tall into each others arms and look over each others shoulders, they ask, "How can you?" And the Polander, who has lived in a land of sadness, inquires, "Are you gay ?" In Turkey, people cross their arms, bow wow and say, "I will request of Allah that thy prosperity be increas ed ?" And tbe Quaker of our land re gards bis approaching friends without smile or nod, and quietly remarks, "How is thee V BLTLER'SCHAMPIOX. How Anna IHckinsou Stood by lliiu. HONESDALE, PA, November 28. Since her withdrawal from the stage Anna Dickinson has been living here with her mother, a venerable Quaker lady of eighty-seven, and her sister j Susan, a brilliant little blue stocking, whose nimble pen is constantly at work on special articles for tbe newspapers and magazines of Gotham. The family has spent a charming summer in this secluded place, away from the noise of the city, the glare of fashion, the sting |of criticisms, and almost under the j shadow of a sharp mountain c»g call j ed Irviug's Cliff, in honor of Washing ! ton Irving, who visited Honesdale many years ago in company with Philip Hone, after whom the town is j named, and other New York capitalists. The Irving party on the occasion of its visit enjoyed lunch on the plateau be yond the cliff, which commands a de lightful view of a pleasing pastoral scene, and duriug the post-prandial oratory it was proposed and unani mously agreed that the place hitherto unnamed be thenceforth known as li ving's Cliff. It stands across the river from the little town, which has r< ceutly become a popular resort for brain-workers and others. Although the ch.'rm of summer has long since (1 d from the scene the Dickinson fami l\ is still here, poor but proud as ever. Anna has been importuned by her friends to return to the rostrum, but she will n <t listen to anything of the kind, although she has received several tempting offers. The temperance peo ple are especially anxious to enlist her services in an attaik on the rum traffic, but thus far without success, notwith standing that she is in need of money. Her disastrous theatrical venture took her last dollar. 1 saw her on the street to-day. She looks careworn aud some what sad. Iler large expressive eyes j are as eloquent as ever, but it is im possible not to feel, after a glance at her face, that disappointment his em bittered her life. She had ujunted | much on the success of her "Hamlet,"' | and studied hard to make it such, but | the fierce criticism by which she us i met at the very start made failure iaev-1 itable Others less courageous woul 1 j have been crushed long since, but she | strove hard and worked desperately f»r | weeks to live down her critics, and j finally retired from the field broken ill health and financially ruined. 0 h*t | she will do next is a mystery. I heard a good story to day coawn ing herself and Ben. Butler, the new Governor of Massachusetts. Whpo Bu.ler placed New Orleans under th'J rigor, of military rule in 1802, and is sued his famous order against the women of that city who showed their contempt for his officers by spitting in their faces, there was a howl raised North and South, and he was describ ed by such pet names as "Beast But ler," "Spoons Butler," etc. At that time Anna Dickinson was the star of the Ivceuiu, speaking nightly in the principal cities of the Union, and hav-> ing made herself familiar with the cir cumstances of the New Orleans allair, she boldly championed the cause of Butler, claimed that by his splendid ad ministration be had preserved New Orleans from pestilence and disturb ance, and that his order simply meant that women who misbehaved on the streets by insulting his officers should be placed under arrest. Nothing but Southern venom and Northern cow ardice could, she said, accuse him of anything else ; and she boldly declared from a public platform in Boston, in the presence of an audience that hated Butler, that instead of being attacked and maligned, he should be honored as a brave soldier who had done his duty fearlessly. In those days it was worth something to be championed by Anna Dickinson, and to receive praise from her lips, that were so accustomed to criticise, would have touched the heart of one less capable of appreciation th ;n General Butler. Of course, he was de lighted. Miss Dickinson defended him nightly, an 1, by her fervid eloquence, made him heroic in.-tead of hated- General Butler took occasion to ac knowledge this debt of gratitude, and told her friends that when others were too cowardly to say a word in his be half, Anna Dickinson had the courage to the truth aud take the conse quences. A CHANCE FOB SHOWING GRATITUDE Now General Butler is rich and hon- ; ored, the Governor of tbe State that ' then tossed his name about with scorn, j while the plucky woman who braved public opinion to defend bis good name when it was an unpopular thing to speak kindly ot him, walks the obscure streets of Honesdale almost penniless. It was rumored some years a~o that 1 General Butler a>ked her to become his wife. I have no means of ascertaining i the truth of this statement, but if she refused the suit of But!<;r it mint also be remembered that she "declined with thanks," the offe.* of one of New York's greatest editors, and this should be some consdation tor woun led pride. I am told that she took a great interest iu General Butler's canvass, and was vcrv much pleased when the news of bis e'ection came. She is not a parti san any 1 mger. Her intense admira tion for tbe Republican party died with \ Sumner and Greeley. General Butler s I succ-ss aud tbe mention of bis name, whether seriously or otherwise for the Presidency, recalls the zeal with which she llew to his defense ia those d<irk days when none named him but to blame. I learn tint, she was very iu dignaut the other day when somebody sneered at the suggestion of Ben. But ier's name for the Presidency, and she said the Democrats would be honoring themselves in the selection of such a standard bearer. ' Genernl Butler has the ability, tie experience, the firm ness and the proper degree of inde pendence to make such a President as tbe country needs," she added, "and his prospects for being President of the United States look much better than bis prospects for being Governor of 1 Massachusetts looked a few years ago." COROXERS' POWERS. A Recent Supreme C ourt I>e ci»lon—Where Inquests are Proper aud Where Improper, Jndge Mercur, of the Supreme Court, has rendered a decision relative to the power of coroner's in a case concerning a coroners fee, which says: "In hold in# an inquest the coroner acts in a judicial capacity. If he has jurisdic tion in a particular case, and mnkes a sufficient record of the inquest, the reg ularity of the finding cannot be im peached in a collateral proceeding. It is the duty of a coroner to hold an in quest super visum corporis, where he has cause to suspect that the decedent was feloniously destroyed, or when his death was caused by violence. When ever he holds one the presumption is that he acted in good faith and on suf ficient cause. The question now pre sented is, whether in a suit by him for his services that presumption is con clusive against the city or maybe over thrown by evidence ? The duty of a coroner to hold an inquest rests ou sound reason, on that reason which is the life of the law. It is not a power to be exercised capriciously or arbitrari ly against all reason. The object of an inquest is to seek information and secure evidence in case ot death by violence or other means. If there is reasonable ground to sus pect that death was so caused, it be comes the duty of the coroner to do it. He has no ground for suspecting that the death was not a natural one, it is a perversion of the whole spirit of the law to compel the county to pay him for such services. In this case the iu quest found that the decedent came to his death from a paralytic stroke. If under tho facts offered iu evidence a coroner may hold an inquest, he may in his discretion, at the expence of the county, order a post mortem examina tion vvhereby those bound to the de cedent by the nearest and most tender ties may have their feelings lacerated in every oase of natural death. The idea is preposterous and abhorrent to all the liner emotions of bumau nature. It was error to reject the evidence if be had sufficient cause to justify his action ; he may still show it. If he had not there is no good reason why the county should pay for unnecessary and m-ddlesome services. The county was no p rty to the inquest, and this is the fli>t opportunity it has had of be- heard." .4 Siory ol' a Song. Fr.ni t Jje Southern Worlil.] •I bn Howard Payne, author of • II iiiie, Sweet ri'ime." was a warm |«rsonal friend of John Iloss, who will be remembered as the celebrated chief of the Cherokees. At the Chcnk es were removed from their honvs in (Jeorgia to there present posse-si ns west of the Mississippi river, I'ayue was spending a few weeks in Georgia with lloss, who was oc cupying a miserable cabin, bavin# been forcibly ejected from his former home. A number of the prominent Cherokees were in prison, and that portion of (Jeorgia in which the tribe was located was scoured by armed squads of the Georgia militia, who had orders to ar rest all who refused to leave the conn try. While Ross and Payne were seated before the fire in the hut, the door was suddenly burst open and six or eight militiameu sprang i .to the room. The soldiers lost n•; Ime in taking their prisoners nw y. Ross was permitted to ride his own horse, while Payne was mounted on one led by a soldier. As the little party left the hovel rain began falling a.ni con tinued until every man was drenched thoroughly. The journey lasted all night. Toward midnight Payne's escort, in order to keep himself awake, began humming: "Homo, home, sweet, sweet home," when Payue re marked ; '"Little did I expect to hear that song under such circumstances and at such a time. Do you know the author ?" "No," said the soldier. "Do you ?" "Yes," answered Payne. "I com posed it." "The devil you did. You can tell lhat to some fellows, hut not to me. Look here. You made that song, you say. If you did—and I know you didn't—you can say it all without stop ping. It has something in it about pleasures and palaces. Now pitch in and reel it off and if you can't I'll bounce you from your horse aud lead you Instead of it." The threat was answered by Payne, who repeated the song in a slow, sub dued tone, and then sang it. making the old woods ring with the tender melody and pathos of the words. It touched the heart of the rough soldier, who was not oulv captivated but con vinced, and who said that the composer of such a sonjj should never go to pris on if he could help it. And when the party reached .Vlilledgevil'e they were, after a preliminary examination, dis charged, much to their surprise. Payne insisted it was because the leader of the squad had been under the magnetic influence of lioss' conversation, and Ross insisted that they had been saved from insult and imprisonment by the power of ' Home, Sweet Home," sung as only those who feel can sinar it. The friendship existing between lioss and Pavne endured until tne grave closed over the mortal remains of tho hitter A poor man is too be avoided —he lacks principal. Alas! that so many people use re ligion rimply as a fire escape. Eve was the lady who set the fash ion of gathering autumu leaves. The ffrccn grocer is the one who trusts the new family in the next block There is a man in California who al ways has three feet iu his boots. Kach boot is 18 inches Ion?. The price of Circassian beauties has lately fallen to s2n() each, and now is the time for a Constantinopolitan to lay in a dozen or two if he is ever going to. I'aragrnphM of sill Sort*, The former is locked up simpß for writing a wrong. When tLe button conies off the buck of a man's shirt, his cboler begins to rise. The biggest 'haop in politics is n ado of coarse, for the man with the biggest bar'l. Cats are musical because their in sides are composed mostly of fidd'e strings. Mr. Edison's patents now numl«r 39(>; more than were ever granted to one man before. There is a man in England who gained over 50 pounds in one week, lie bet on the winning horse. The Thanksgiving noveltv was the turkey that could be cut without re sorting to a pick-ax or a cross-cut saw. A little fellow, who had mver eaten frosted cake, asked at the table for a piece of that ' cake with plastering on it." One New York milkman has been fined eleven times for adulterating his goods, and yet his cry is for "more water." I Jen Frankiin said that soft words butter no parsnips, yet thiv have help ed elect many a man to offi -e for all that. A caustic wit, in speaking of an im pecunious friend, said: "He settles his debts just like clock-woik—tick, tick, tick." "Patrick, were you a miner when you landed iu America ?" as the natur alization officer. "No,- your honor ; I was a bricklayer. Only about one out of every ten ne gro cabins in the South has windows. When the occupants wan't any day light they walk out of doors. A French physician says that raw oysters and chicken soup will nourish any girl through at least six disap pointments in love. Sandusky, 0., has ajcitizen who can cure a balkv horse in eight minutes. He must be slow to take that time to break a horse's neck. Philadelphia citizens are very well liked at home, judging from the re wards offered for their return when they leave the city. "What becomes of old pianos?" asks the Yonkers Gazette. Then you have never traveled on a steamboat or visit ed an orphan asylum, eh? "The proper study of mankind is Man." Pope knew lietter than to say "woman." Woman is too deep a study for anybody to undertake. A Cincinnati dairyman is charged with biting off the tips of his horses' cars. This is something unusual in the way of showing love for horseflesh. Three thousand dollars had been spent to educate her in music, Latin, French and drawing, and yet she wrote: "Fend six yards of played goods by ihe bearer." Yeu never know how much water an umbrella is capable of containing until you neeideutly stand it against the wall and on the the pearl colored car pet that costs $5 a yard. A book called "Button on partner ship" is advertised. It would requre more than one button to hold some partnerships together. A padlock on 'em woldu't do it "How have the mighty fallen?" Well, some slip on a banana skin, some use the money of the bank for speculation, and fail in connection, aud others iall iu coal shutes after dark. • The yield of in Louisiana this year, as estimated by the Sugar Plan ters' Association, is 200,000 bogheads. This is but a'small p.irt of the sugar consumed in the country ; but the whole people are taxed some forty millions a year to support the industry t The Minneapolis Tr,bune says that foats are the best land-cleaners known. It mentions that a herd of 1,000 er tirely cleared a pieea of brush land, consisting of about 500 acres, in time years. So complete was the wo k that not a vestige of undergrowth was left. A grade Jersey seven-year-old cow which yields twen -one quarts of milk per day on gra-*s alone is an animal to brag of. An account of her says that "an even ten (piarts of her milk set two days and then stirred just t<vo minutes yielded, plump weight, a pound and a half of butter." Nebraska was the lirst State that made a legal holiday for the purpose of planting trees." Since the work of tree-planting began there, a grand total of 555,000,000 trees, according to trustworthy statistics, have been set out, and these are now shading 100,- 000, acres of her prairie soil, to the «jrcat benefit of agriculture and the en richment of the State. For Farm Uoyslo Learn. From a,western paper wc extract the fallowing practical remarks ; they will be very useful to everyone on a farm: How many of the boys who read this could "lay off" aa acre of ground exactly, providing one of the dimensions was given them Now. "Hoe Handle" likes to be useful, and he has taken some pains to make out a table, and I would like that every one of the farm boys learn it. There are 160 square rods in an acre, and there are 30| square yards in one rod. Thi9 gives 4,840 square yards in one acre. 5 yards wide by 1)63 yards long 1 acre. 10 yards wide by 454 yards loug 1 aere. 20 yards wide by yards lon^ f 1 aere. 40 yards wide by 122 yards long 1 aere. ,s) yards wide by t!o} yard* long 1 aere. 70 vards wide by yards 11 >ii'_r 1 aere. liO yards wide by BJ3 yards long 1 aere, Again, allowing nine square feet to the vard, 272£ square feet to the rod, 43,5(10 square feet to the acre, and we have another table : 110 feet by 39t» feet 1 acre. 120 feet l>y .'W3 feet 1 aere. 220 feet by 11)8 feet I acre. 247 feet by 1811 feet 1 aere. NO. 5
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