VOL XX
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS^
Jnry Usts tor January Terui.
l.ist of Traverse Jurors drawn for * Special
Term of Court, commencing the second Monday of
January, being the Bth day, A. 1)., lttsJ.
T J AUworth, I'arker twp. farmer.
Lewis Albert. Franklin twp, farmer.
M S Adams, Allegheny twp, farmer.
K M Anderson, Peuti iwp, farmer.
Charles Book, Worth twp, farmer.
Abram Brown, Buffalo twp, farmer.
Clemence Bond, Butler twp, farmer.
V H Brishtmore. W infield iwp. farmer.
John Cradle, Butler twp, i inner.
John Cooper, Marion twp, tanner.
James Cuuningham, Penn twp, farmer.
Walter Cutty, Cherry twp. farmer.
Johu Day, Clay twp, fanner.
U L Dulford. Sunburv, farmer.
Leonard Kasterling. Summit twp, farmer.
James EOiott. of James, Buffalo twp, farmer.
P A Fleeger, Concord twp, farmer.
If M Glass, Mill«r.sU>wn boro, merchant.
Samuel Hilliard, Washington twp. fanner.
Peter HUderbrant, Donegal twp. farmer.
J B Harbison, Clinton twp, teacher.
Wm Johnston, Adams twp, fanner.
James McUride, Butler twp, tenner.
John Miller, Butler twp, farmer.
Wm MeGlnnis, Allegheny twp, farmer.
Robert McClung, Kan view twp, Justice.
Daniel McLaugiilin, Winfleld twp, farmer.
John H McLaeghlin, Clearfield twp, farmer.
James T McJunkin, Butler boro.
J A McCaffertv. Parker twp, farmer.
Harrison Kuby, Frankliu twp, farmer.
John Relber, Butler boro, dealer.
Peter Ripper. Jackson t wp, farmer.
Wm Stewart, Butler twp, farmer.
Heiman Seipple, Saxon boro, tinner.
James SthJi, Cherry Iwp, farmer.
Casper Sherman, Butler boro, moulder.
N M Slater. Butler boro. surveyor.
J P Tadder, Concord twp, Liveryman.
S Vanderlin, Marion twp, tarrjer.
Thomas Wilton, Clay twp. frruier.
Wm Wilson, Pa'rview twp,fanner.
List of Traverse Jurors drawn for a Special
Term of Corrt, commencing the third Monday of
Jan.-.aiy, being tUe 13th day A. D..1&J3.
0 M AHveU. M. rloc twp. farmer.
.) T Atkins. Buffalo twp, (air.ier.
1. -v Lander, Mi drtyereek twp, farmer.
J.t ... .Iricker, WinJUid twp. farmer.
s..„,iiel Crookshenks Middlesex twp, farmer.
J 11 ratty. FiaiiUllu twp, farmer.
JO.-H.-U I Collins, Fairview. laborer,
h . r nvford, Marion twp. merchant.
J >.iri:el Durbar, Jackson two, farmer.
Jw.iU Dininger, Butler twp, fanner.
Jacob Esler, Jr, Jackson twp, clerk.
Hugh Forquer, Donegaltwp, fanner.
Hujdi Forquer, Veaan-jo twp, farmer.
J...iies Frazier, Muddycreek tw]n, farmer.
Win W (jrahara Connoquenessingtwp, farmer
Joseph Heckart, Middlesex twp, farmer.
J a hill. Petrolla boro, producer,
l'resly Heck, Centre twp, miller.
(-.-o Hogg, Sllppervroek twp, farmer.
Fred Hilliard. Franklin twp, farmer.
Joiin Jiunstou.- Peuu twp, farmer.
m'M Karm, Butler boro, clerk.
, • s >1) Kennedy, Summit twp, farmer.
1 J. Kepler, Parker twp, farmer.
Julia Kirkparrick. Clhiton twp, ieniier.
8 S Mays, Fairvie w twp^larmer..
.'onatfeaa Maybury.Ceiitrevil'e haro.oroenter
JamefMeNens, Middlesex tv.p. f?r..ier.
Michael McOinley, ( oneord twp. fanaer.
Jon#<m TMurriu. VeoaiuiptT7p.ferr.ier.
Juhii M .KcCullough, Muddycreek twp, .'sn.ier
li S Millluo.er, Fairview iwp, fanner.
TUom.'s W Marlin, Fo.-wam twp, farmer.
H A McLaughlin, Fairview twp, fei.ner.
Charles O'Doi netL Clearfie'd twp. >arnier.
W» Polltemus, Centre twp, fanner.
James B Ramsey, Centre twp, fanner.
Kit Beep, Fairview tv. •j.fantiev.
John Swain. Clearfield twp, farmer.
Nicholas Slupe. -Jeffe.-son iwp. It uuer.
S. .nuel Tagert, Biai'y twp. I'.rnter.
Wm Webb, Cl«y twp, fai >.ie .
E.'iate ol Jawea Yonix Dec'd.
Letters of Administration in the estate of
James Young, dee'd., late ef Clay township,
Butler county, Pennsylvania, having been
grnutcd to the undersigned, all persons know
lug themselves Indebted to said es
tate will please make Immediate pay- ,
ment andauy having claims against iaid estate
will present ihem duly authenticated for settle- |
ment. ROBERT A. BROWN,
Administrator.
Coulteisville P. 0., Datler county, Pa. I
Orphans'"Court Sale. 1
3j virtue of a decree of the Orphans' Cou
of Butler county, to us directed, as well as by
the authority given us in the last will and tes
tament of Samuel G. Heals, dee'd, we will offer
for sale at publio outcry on the premises in
Washington township, en
MONDAY, PEBUARY 5,1883.
at 1 o'clock p. M., the following real estate:
SO Acres and 75 Perches
more or lea*, oat of the northwest corner of the
farm lately occupied by the said Samuel G.
Meals, dee'd. About 75 acres cleared, balance
Kod timber. Good two-story frame house and
ok barn receatly erected thereon.
TERMS—One-third of the purchase money
on confirmation of sale by the Court, and the
remainder in two equal annnal installments
with lawful inierest from that date, to be secured
by bond aud mortgaga. G. W. MEALS.
dec 6 , one of fie Executors.
Dissolution Notice.
Notice is hereby riven that the partnership
heretofore existing between G. M. Zimmerman
and Joseph Wuller, under the firm name of
Zimmerman & Wuller, doing business in the
borough of Butler, Butler county, Pa., has been
dissolved by mutual consent. The books are in
the possession of Joseph Wuller, and those in
debted to the late firm are requested to make
immediate settlement.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN,
JOSEPH WULLER.
Having sold oat my interest in tb« drugstore
to Joseph Waller, I can cheerfully recommend
him to the public as a careful, competent and
reliable druggist, and ask for nim a continu
ance of the liberal patronage extended to the
late firm.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN, M. D.
Deo6 4L
ASSIGNEE S SALE.
The undersigned offers for sale 70 acres of
latad, more or lee«, in Venango twp., Butler
oonnly, Pa., bounded on the north by Kelly
heira, east by Samuel St alker. soath by ' Julia
Ann Sim peon and on the weat by Joseph Murrin
and heira of John Murr n; 50 acres cleared, 10
of which ar« meadow, gooi orchard, all under
laid with coal, good dwelling house, two ntorisa
high, part log and part frame, with kitchen at
tached, good frame stable and hay houae, well
watered; one mile and (a half east of Murrina-
Tille. Sale on the premises on January 13th,
1883, at one o'clock p. M„ with privilege to ad-
Jonm to the Court Hou»e in Butler, on the 15th
day of January, 1883, at o'clock, p m.
Terms cash on delivery of deed.
Dao. 18, 1882. MICHAEL MoBRIDE.
Assigns* of Jamas Morrin.
Hotlee.
Application will be made to ths Legislature
of this State at its next session, for the passage
of a law changing the Road laws of Jeffer
son township, Butler county, Pa., and ex
tending tetaakl township the provisions of
the Act of Assembly approved April 2nd,
1869, and the supplememt thereto, so far as
the same may be applicable thereto.
HENRY BOWMAN
» AND OTHERS,
Citizens of Jefferson township.
Dec. 13, 4t 1882.)
A st tee.
A general meeting of the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Haunahstown,
Batler county, Pa., and vicinity, will be held
at the hoase of Mrs. Krausie, in Hannahstown,
on Saturday the 13th day of January, 1883, at
one o'clock, p„ M. All members are respec
tively invited to attend.
JACOB BECK, Pres't.
HENRY HECK, Sec'y. decl3,3t
Election'.
The annnal election of twelve Directors of the
Batler Co. Mutual Fire insurance Co., Jto
serve for the ensuing year, will be held a the
office of the Secretary in Butler, Pa., on thesec
and Tuesday of January next, being the 9th
inst., 1883, between the hours of 1 and 2 P. M.
H. C. HEINEMAN, Bec.
Butler, Pa , Dec, 1, 1882.
NOTICE
is hereby given, that application will be made to
the Legislature at the next session for the pass
age of a law entitled, "An Act requiring exe
cutors, administrators and guardians, to give
public notice of the aale of personal property of
deoedenta within the county of Butler." The
object of aaid act is to compel execntors, admin
istrators and guardians, to give publio notice of
the sale of personal property of decedents by
publication in ons or more newspapers or other
wise. JAMES T. AUSTIN.
d2O-4t.
OCCa week in your own town. Terms and 9 s
YVUOUTFLT free. Address H. HALLETT & Co-
Portland, Maine. mars i,
giflei (fitincn,
Union. Woolen iVlill,
BUTLER, PA.
H. FCLLEKTOX, Prop'r.
Manufacturer ol BLANKETS, FLANSELS, YARNS,
Ac. Also custom work doue to order, such as
carding Rolls, making Blankets, Flauucls, Knit
ting and Weaving Tarns, &e., at very low
prices. Wool worked on the shares, il de
tired. my7-ly
PUREPP*" ja ©
INDIA UjAIJ
From the Districts of ASSAM, CHI 1' I'AUONG,
CACIIAR. KANGRA VALLEY, DAR-JEEL
-ING, DEHR-V DOON, add oihers. Absolutely
Pure. Superior In Flavo.. Tiie Most Econom
ical. Requires only half tl'e u?ual quantity,
gold by all Gioceis. JOIIN C. PHILLIPS <&
CO., Asents of the Cakulla Tea Syndicate,
ISO Water St., N. Y. Novß-ly.
"BUTLJER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
V}. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL, TKEASCRKI:.
H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
J. L. Pnrvis, E. A. Helmboldt,
William Campbell, J. W. Burkhart,
A. Troutnian, Jacob Sehoene,
G. 0. Roeeslng, John Caldwell,
Dr. W. lrvin, J. J. Croll.
A. B. Rhodes, H. C. Heinem&n.
JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen. Acc't
.BTTTIJIEIR,
Planing Mill
—AND—
Lumber Yard.
J. L. PURVIS. L. 0. PURVIS,
S.G. Purvis & Co.,
IfAWUFACTTTBBBS AMD DIALERS 111
Rough and Planed Lumber
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION,
FRAMES,
MOULDINGS,
SASH,
DOORS,
FLOORING,
SIDING,
BATTENS,
Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards,
SHINGLES & LATH.
PLANING MILL AND YARD
Near German Catholic Church
j*n7-80-]jr
OLD COUNTRY
TE A
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EMXA BKIHHED I8«.S.
TAT NO MORB FUFIGIIT ON GROCERIES.
The Largest and Most Complete
RETAIL GROCERY
IN THE UNITED STATES
FREIQBT PREPAID WITHIN 50 MILES OF OUR CITT
Order ol 9-5 and npwards, freight prepaid.
Orders of s">o and upwards, freight prepaid.
Or If preferable, a dlscouut allowed ol
per cent.
Orders ol SIOO and upwards, freight prepaid,
or a discount ol 3 per cent.
PARTIES LIVING OVER SO MILES FROM PITTSBURO
Orders of 125 or upward?, a discount of 2 per
cent.
Orders of 950 and upwards, a discount of
per cent.
Orders of 9100 or upwards, a discount of 3
per cent.
Single families not wishing to buy 925 worth
or over can cluo together with another family
which will place them in the same position as
larger buyers. No charge for boxin r.
send for our Monthly Price List
(Housekeepers Guide,) a book ol 24 pages, giv
ing all onr prices and a complete description,
to parties ordering living out of the city on
railroads.
Wm. Haslage & Son,
18 DIAMOND
malO.ly PITTSBURGH, PA.
"BOOTS:AND SHOES"
HADE TO ORDER
JOHN BICKEL'S.
French aud American Kip boots made lo
order on short notice, also Fine wear for Ladies,
Gentlemen and Children. Repairing also done
on short notice.
Look Here.
The undersigned wishes to inform his many
customers, that he has now on hand a weil
(elected stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
-BPECTACLBH
AND
SILVER PLATED WARE
at the lowest cash price. Just what you want
(or
HOLIDAY PRESEHTS.
Call and see him before buying. Oacs<]uaie
South of Court House, Main street, Butler, Pa.
D. L. CLGELANI).
HENRY ». HALE,
FINE MERCHANT TAILOR,
COB, PENN AND SIXTH BTKEETS,
Pittitburgh, Pa
ICR tn COHP" day at home. Samples worth
Address STIMHON & Co.,
Portland, Maine. maia>,l.v'
For Dyspepsia,
JngSg^L 0 ;
Chronic Diar
-0 rhcea, Jaandlct,
Impurity of th«
Blood, Fever aad
Ag-ue, MaUrift,
1 ;1 <gjl| f:l it] If and all DiteMefl
caused bj De
rangement of LiTer, Bowels and KJdneyt.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LITE*.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
rlin is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
heumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowel*
generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax;
tne head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with a painful sensation of leaving undone something
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cougn
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, oftea
mistaken for consumption; the patient complains
of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and desoondent,
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all person*, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Traveling or living In Un
healthy Localities, bv taking a dose occasion
ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid
all Malaria, Billons attacks, Dizziness, Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will invigorate a glass of wine, bat 1s no in
toxicating beverage.
If You have eaten anything hard of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors 9 Bills will be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
/ in the House I
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never DC out of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects.
A Governor's Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
familv for 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 Thing that never fails to
Relieve." —l have used many remedies for Dys
pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never
have 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 foils to relieve.
P. M. JANNEV, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Ma;,on says: From actual ex
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice 1 have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
J®"-Take only the Genuine, which always
haj on the Wrapper the red Z Tr:i<!e-M:n k
and Signature of J. H. ZEILIN & CO.
■ FOR SALE BY ALL DRUCCISTS.
. Failing!
That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don't know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is BROWN'S IRON
BITTERS, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood purifies and
enriches it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
of the system repairs the
wasted tissues, drives out
disease and gives health and
strength.
This is why BROWN'S
IRON BITTERS will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala
ria, intermittent fevers, &c.
303 S. Paca St., Baltimore,
Nov. 38,1 By 1.
I was a great sufferer from
Dyspepsia, and for several
weeks could eat nothing and
J was growing weaker every
day. I tried Brown's Iron
Bitters, and am happy to say
I now have a good appetite,
And am getting stronger.
Jos. MCCAWLEY.
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
is not a drink and does not
contain whiskey. It is the
only preparation of Iron
that causes no injurious ef
fects. Get the genuine.
Don't be imposed on with
imitations,
THE
M^JhstiME
BUFFALO, N.Y
THE ONLY ASSOCIATION
OP PROMINENT
Lady Physicians
TXT THI WORLD.
This institution was formed for the sole pur
pose of treating the diseases of womon. It is
composed on.lv of physicians who have obtained
a leading rank in the profession by their
acknowledged ability ana success, and who
have made the health and diseases of women a
study for years. Ladies can be successfully
treated at home, without any other expense
than the cost of the medicine. Advice bv mail
fru. Semi stamp for circulars nnd testimonials
from ladies who have been permanently cured.
"LADIES' TONIC"
Is the Favorite Prescription of the
Women's Medloal Institute
for Prolapsus Uteri, or Falling of the Womb.
Leucorrhoea or Whites: Inflammation and
Ulceration of the Womb; Irregularities, Flood
ing, Amenorrhoea or lack of monthly vi«ita
tion, Weakness in the Back and Stomach, Faint
ness, Nervous Prostration, Dyspepsia, Kidney
Complaints, Barrenness, and as a tonic during
Pregnancy, at regular periods through change
of life, and for the general debility of women.
It positively gives quick and permanent
relief.
One Pint Bottle I* Sufficient.
Sold by Druggists. Price, SI.OO.
Advertise in the CITIZIN.
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1883
POETRY.
Ricbeti anil Friendship.
A ce a'a man wUh vast cilele
And gene.ods mod witlia'.
So iree'j spent it on h : s .Wends
He soon had none at a'l.
' His fickle f. lends discovered this,
Aud t-ien the r woith they showed ;
They leJ't nor e'en paid the debt
Of g aru'ie they owed.
Ere long the man got rich a^rin —
MUCH r-cuer tba.i be"ore;
And those who ilien rece ved so mi'ch
Came now—expecting more.
The irau lif>d bv ihis t me. howe'er,
A'e - i p. » oee i tt ;
And st.-aight he sent the n all aivpv,
Wit lt ie 'a- a e su.n of-op.';, it!
Friends, be ) rt i<.*cod, <*o ior id us flock
Wiiea we ?>e r : cn and g.e/u;
But wueu wpnt corner ami uouoles r se
Tney leave us to our I'a.e.
And he hnd Jen ned w'opt is o cn seen
When frieods pre 'n re^oe
That those of whoui we tuiok the least
Turn out to be the be-^t.
—Cham\e Jov.rnci.
SELECT.
SECRETS CM OLOED
Of the Dlssectiaz Room,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.—What is
the treatment received by the once an
imated clay that legitimately or illegit
imately fails into the hands of the med
ical students ?
Passing down Medical street above
Tenth the other afternoon, a reporter
saw a wagon piled with long pine box
es standing within a door way on the
south side of the Jefferson Medical
College. The driver and an assistant
carried the boxes back one by one, and
presently brought them out again, evi
dently much lighter than before The
boxes were from five to six feet long
and about square at the ends. Save
an occasional glance hom the passing,
no one noticed the oppeiaJoa of un
loading aDd loading, so sugges' l ve of
victims of almshouse life, and the wag
on drove away as unobstrusivelv as it
came.
Should anyone be curious as 1o
what become of those long boxes he
could easily lea>n. "Where is tbe dis
secting room T" was a question read : -
ly answered at the college door. A
climb of four flight of staivs, a turn to
uhe leit and a closed door faced the re
por-er. The thought of what is be
lieved that screen of death might deier
a sensitive person, but tbere is no sen
timent there. A couple of students
came up the stairs, their cigais alight,
and with caieless tiead passed in. The
reporter followed them into a large
room, well lighted from above and the
side. As he stepped through tbe door,
before the eye had taken in the details
of the scene, there passed in front cf
the door a student, stepping irom one
table to another. He wore a large
apron coming up close 10 the chin, and
falling nearly to tis feei. It was cov
ered with dismal siains, some yellow,
some dull red—and all smeared and
blurred together, and as far as possi
ble removed in their look from the
bright scarlet d'ops which sprinkle the
Bnow-whiie tcxiU'e of a butcher's
apron There is no blood here, for
blood flows from the living, not the
dead. The siudeut who was envelop
ed in this hideous apron flourished in
the air a human arm which he had just
purchased, and which he was carry
ing to his table to dissect, but, save in
shape, it did not look like an arm.
There was the curve of the biceps, but
it was wasted and thin; there was the
slanting outline of the fore-arm, but it
was gaunt and bony. The color wa3
not glistening white and pink; it was a
dull ashen hue, inclining even to gray.
With a slap, the student swung his
arm upon the table and fell to work.
By this time the eye had wandered
over the room, drawn on by that
strange fascination which the horrible
always exerts. Tbere were forty
tables. Over many of them students
were bending, busy with scalpels and
scissors. Over others brown cloths
were thrown, partly concealing the
"subjects," as the cadavers are called.
Near by these lay a glistening saw, a
hatchet and a chisel, for separating
bones. Over the edge of one table
bung what was once the neck, now
only a spinal column, with depending
shreds of flesh. The skull lacked the
lower jaw, and the upper half was
sawed clear through. The cranium,
thus opened was empty. The brains
had long before gone the way of all,
tbe skin and muscles which had once
covered, perhaps with beauty, the
face which is now a repulsive frame
work of bones and dry tendons. On
another table a pelvis was seen, the
viscera protruding from the gaping
abdomen. The flesh was turned away
from the hip bones, which stood out
in ghastly nakedness. By the side t"
each dissector stood a pail, into which
he threw from time to time the cellu
lar tissue and other filmy, superfluous
substances which he had s.raped from
the muscles, or arteries, or nerves
whose course he was tracing
"How much do you pay for the
privilege of working here ?" the re
porter asked one of the students, who
was carefully turniDg back the skin
from an arm.
"We pay tea dollars in the first
place to the demonstrator ot anatomy,
Dr Forbes," he replied. "That is the
first fee. Then we pay a dollar a 'part.'
A body ia cut up into five parts, so
that it is sold for five dollars; but no
one has more than one part at a time.
The head is one part; the arms and
thorax are two more; aud the legs and
the lower part of the trunk are two
more. When a student finishes one
part he buys another, so that in time
he has dissected the whole bodv.
Though most of the bodies in a dis
secting room have been without life for
some time, they are carefully kept from
decay. Nevertheless, the s«cret is not
pleasant. The bodies are preserved by
injecting chloride of zinc into the
arteries. This antiseptic penetrates
even to the flue capillaries, and pre
serves the tissues for a long time.
Son eiitues a solution of arsenic is
used. With the liquid is mixed a lit
tle plaster of paris, to distend the ar
teries, that their course may be more
readily traced.
But the dissecting-room in the fourth
story is not ihe most gastly p'ace.
Down in the cellar there are four taoks,
each about sixty by four foet, and five
feet deep. In these the bodies are' pick
led," as the local phrase goes. Human
bodies a.e literally packed in these re
ceptacle, heads alternating with the
feet, and over all is poured a strong so
lution of sail petie. A reporter visited
this place yesterday. The liquid sur
face of the vat glistened in the dim
light, giving no hint of what it con
cealed.
"Are there 'any' in there ?" was
asked.
"Look," said the man of the scalpel ;
and baring his arm, be pluncced it inlo
the brine, and drew slowly into the
light a man's arm. He waved the
flabby hand in the air, as two eyes rose
with a stony glare to the light, and
then let it fall back with a splash,
which echoed feebly again the side of
the vat.
"How many do you keep here?"
"Oh, we pickle a dozen in a vat.
There may be thirty in he e sometimes.
We don't think anything of tc : s. No,
I can't tell bow many we use ia a year.
You might as well as>k how many
shoes 8 man made. Bodies are just
like any article of commerce. Some
times they're searce and sometimes
they're plenty."
The luw of the State is that all un
claimed bodies are to be diyided
medical schools for dissection. In
Philadelphia this division is made pro
rata, according to the number of
students each school has. The Jeffer
son College has about CSO students,
the medical department of the Uni
versity about 450, the Hahnemann
College about 100 and the Women's
College about 100 more. Thus there
are 1300 students to be provided with
"subjects." Not more than half of
them are dissecting in any one year.
But bodies aro needed not only for
practical anatomy, but for illustrating
surgical operations, and a body which
has been used for this latter purpose is
usually too mangled to be of use for
dissection.
The unclaimed bodies used in the
medical colleges here come mostly from
the almshouse. Other legitimate
sources are from the Curone-, the house
of correction and occasionally the peni
teniiary. The poor and friendless,
when death approaches, know well the
fate awaiting their mortal frame. Most
of them dread it; a few legal dit with
apathy. But the dread of being dis
sected is as prevalent among this class
as is any bugaboo among children, and
would not be lessened could they know
the hard coolness with which those ac
customed 10 the dread.ul t ,- ade will
haoole Uieir bodies. Their notion of
their fa eis aa inoefini e one of be ! ng cut
to shreds; they know lii„le of tbe
rough handling, hauliog, pickling, dis
memberment, purchase and sale, which
awaits their inert remains". It is this
utter indiffeience to all feeling of what
this flesh and bone ha3oace been which
most keenly thrills one who is brought
into even su[»erficial knowledge of tbe
secrets of the dissecting room. Death
and the grave, with all the ceremony
of a decent burial, are solemnly im
pressive, but the actual sight of bodies,
bartered and cut, and treated as mere
"subjects," without a sign of feeling,
makes tbe flesh of the living creep.
Awulvers:»*"j M'eddin^s.
A correspondent has requested us to
give a list of the ana'versarv weddings,
which we herewith append in the order
in which they occur:
Tbe paper wedding, or Ist anniver
sary.
Straw wedding, or 2d anniversary.
Candy weddiag, or 3d anniversary.
Leather wedding, or 4th anniversary.
Wooden wedding, or sth anniver
sary.
Tin wedding, or 10th anniversary.
Linen wedding, or 12th anniversary.
Crystal wedding, or 15th anniver
sary.
Floral wedding, or 20th anniversary.
Silver wedding, or 25th auniversary.
Pearl wedding, or 30th anuiversary,
China wedding, or 35th auniversary.
Coral wedding, or 40th anniversary
Bronze wedding, or 45th anniver
sary.
Golden wedding, or 50th auniver
sary.
Tbe Smallest Ifaby Alive.
A gentleman from Candelaria in
forms ua that the smallest baby in the
world was born in that camp at noon
on the 3d of October. The father is a
miner in the employ of the Northern
Belle Mine, and weighs one hundred
and ninety pounds. The mother is a
stout, healthy woman, weighing per
haps one hundred and sixty pounds.
The child is a male, as perfectly form
ed as any human being can be, but up
on its birth it only weighed eight
ounces. Its face fs about the size of a
horse-chestnut and the size of its limbs
can be imagined when we say that a
ring worn on the little fiDger of its
mother was easily slipped over its foot
nearly up to the knee. Our informant
stated that it was the opinion of the
attending phvsiciau that the child
would live and prosper in good health,
notwithstanding its diminutive pro
portions. The midget is so small that
three of its size could play hide-and
seek in a cigar-box. This is believed
to be the smallest baby ever kuown.—
Carson ( Nev.) Appeal.
Captain Allen May, of Kentucky,
apred 101, is about to take to himself a
19-year-old wife.
There's no pleasure in living if you'r
to be corked up forever, and only drib
ble your mind out by the sly, like a
leaky barrel.
The exports of India amounted to
$300,000,000 last year. If India con
tinues to develop as she has done for a
few vears past, the United States will
have a formidable rival in the supply
ing of Europe with breadßtufls.
| TUE MA3T-EATL\G TREE.
A Botanical Vampire in the
Wild** ot Xubia— l'lie narrow
Escape or a Hunter.
From Robinson's under the Sea.
"Many years ago I turned my rest
less steps toward Central Africa and
made the journey from where the Sen
egal empties itself into the Atlantic to
the Nile, skirting the Great Desert,
a>id reaching Nubia on my way to the
eas'ern coast. I had with me three
native attendants—two of them broth
ers, iha third, Otona, a young savage
from the gaboon uplands, a mere lad
in his teens—and one day, leaving my
mule with the two men, who were
pitching my tent for the night, I went
on with my gun, the boy accompany
ing me, toward a fern forest which I
saw in the near distance. As I ap
proached it I found that the forest was
cut in two by a wide glade, and see
ing a small herd of the common ante
lope, an excellent beast in the pot,
browsing their way along the shaded
side, I crept after them. Though ig
norant of their real danger, the herd
was suspicious, and slowly trotting be
fore me enticed me for a mile or more
along the verge of the fern growths.
Turning a corner I suddenly became
aware of a solitary tree growing in the
middle of the glade—one tree alone.
It struck me at once that I had never
seen a tree just like it before: but, be
ing intent ou venison for my supper, I
looked at it only long enough to satis
fy my surprise at seeing a single plant
of such rich growth flourishing luxu
rantly in a spot where only the harsh
fern-canes seemed to thrive. The
deer, meanwhile, were midway be
tween me and the tree, but suddenly,
instead of passing it, swerved in their
career and swept a-ound it at some
yards distance. Was I mad, or did
the plant realy try to catch the deer ?
On a sudden I saw, or thought I saw,
the tree violently agitated, and while
the ferns all round were standing mo
lionless in the dead evening air, its
bows were swayed by some sudden
gust toward the herd, and swept in
the force of their impulse almost to the
ground. I drew my hand across mv
eyes, closed them for a moment, and
looked again. The tree was as mo
tionless as myS3lf!
Toward it, and now close to it, the
boy was running in excited pursuit of
the fawn. He stretched out his hands
to catch it. It bounced from his ea
ger grasp. Again he reached forward,
and again it escaped him. There was
another rush forward, and the next
insiant boy and deer were beneath the
tree. And now there was no mistak
ing what I saw. The tree was con
vulsed with motion, leaned forward,
swept its thick fo'iaged bows to the j
ground, and enveloped from my sight
the pursuer and the pursued. I was
within a hundred yards, and the c-y of
Otona from the midst of the tree
came to me in all the clearness of its
agony. There was then one stifled,
strangliug scream, and except for the
agitation of the leaves where they
were closed upon the boy there was
not a sign of life.
I called out, "Otona!" No answer
came, I tried to call out again, but
my utterance was like that of some
wild beast smitten at once with sud
den terror at its death wound. I stood
there, changed from all semblence of a
human being. Not all the terrors of
oearth together could have made me
lake my eye of that awful plant, or
my foot off the ground. I must have
stood thus for at least half an hour, for
the shadows had crept out from the
forest half across the glade before that
hideous paroxysm of fear left me. My
first impulse tnen was to creep stealth
ily away, lest the tree should perceive
me, but my returning reason bade me
approach it. The boy might have
fallen into the lair of some beast of
prey.
"The vegetable first discovered my
presence at about fifty yards distant. I
then became aware of a stealthy mo
tion among the thick-lipped leaves, re
minding me of some wild beast slowly
gathering* itself up from long sleep, a
vast coil of snakes in restless motion.
Have you ever seen bees hanging from
a bough—a great cluster of bodies, bee
clinging to l>ee—aad by striking the
bough or agitating the air, caused that
massed life to begin sulkily to disinter
igate, each insect asserting its indi
vidual right to move? And do you
remember bow, without one bee leaving
the pensile cluster, the whole became
gradually instinct with sullen life and
horrid with a multitudinous motion?
Eacch separate leaf was agitated and
hungry.
"Was I bewildered by terror ? Had
my senses abandoned me in my need ?
I know not—but the tree seemed to me
to be alive. Leaning over toward me,
it seemed to be pulling up its roots
from the softened ground and to be
moving toward me. A mountainous
monster, with myriad lips mumbling
together for my life, was upons me!
Like one who desperately defend him
self from imminent death, I made an
effort for life and fired my gun at the
approaching horror. To my d'zzied
senses the sound seemed far off, but
the shock of the recoil partially recall
ed me to myself, and, Starting back, I
reloaded. The shot had torn their way
into the soft body of the great thing.
The trunk, as it received the wound,
shuddered, and the whole tree was
struck with a 3udden quiver. A fruit
fell down, slipping from the leaves, now
rigid with swollen veins, as from cavern
foliage. Then I saw a large arm slow
ly droop, and without a sound it was
severed from the juice-fattened bole,
and sank down softly, noiselessly,
through the glistening leaves. I fired
cgain, and another vile fragment was
powerless —dead. At each discharge
the terrible vegetable yielded a life.
Piecemeal I attached it, killing here a
leaf and there a branch. My fury in
creased with the slaughter till, when
ammunition was exhausted, the splen
did giant was left a wreck—as if some
hurricane had torn through it. On the
ground lay heaped together the frag
ments, struggling, rising and falling,
gasping. Over them dropped in dying
| languor a few stricken boughs, while
upright in the midst stood, dripping at
every joint, the glistening trunk.
My continued firing had brought up
one of my men on my mule. He dared
not (so he. told me) come near me,
thinking: me mad. 1 had now drawn
my hunting knife, and wiih this was
fighting—with tiio leaves. Yes, bnt
each leaf was instinct with a horrid
lif.-; and more than once I felt my hand
entangled for a moment, and seized as
if by sharp lips. Ignorant of the
presence of my companion, I made a
rush forward over the fallen foilage,
and with a last paroxysm of frenzy,
drove my knife up to the handle iuto
the soft bole, and slipping on the fast'
congealing sap, fell exhausted and un
conscious, among the still panting 1
leaves
My companions carried me back to
the camp, and alter vainly searching
for Otoua, awaited my return to con
sciousness. Two or three hours elaps
ed before I could speak, and several
days before I could approach the terri
ble thing. My men would not go near
it. It was quite dead ; for as we came
up, a great-billed bird, with gaudy
plumage, that had been securely feast
ing on the decaying fruit, flew up from
among the wreck. We removed the
rotting foliage, and there 'among the
dead leaves, still limp with juices, and
piled around the roots, we found the
ghastly relics of many former meals,
and—its last nourishment—the corpse
of little Olona. To have removed the
leaves would have taken too long, so
we buried the body as ft was, with a
hundred vampire leaves still clinging
to it."
co AL nimo.
JusUicc Green's Opinion on the
Protection i»r Surface Moil.
In the case of Carlin & Co. vs. Chap
pel, Justice Green files an opinion of
interest to the owners of mineral lands
and operatois Referring to the case
as it came up in the Court below, be
says : "This was an action brought by
an owner of the surface against the de
fendants, miners underneath, to re
cover damages for injuries to the
plaintiff's house by reason of the sink
ing and cracking of the soil, occasion
ed by the mining operations of the de
fendants. The only question arising
upon the record is whether the Court
was in error in refusing two of the de
fendants' points. One of the points wa3
as follows: "Under the title in evi
dence in this case the defendants are
not insurers of the soil; all the duty
imposed upon them is to leave such
support as would ordinarily support
the suiface of the land."
The remaining point expresses the
same idea, though in slightly different
language, thus: "The law does not
exact .rom the defendants more than
an ordinary careful taking away the
su.face of the plaintiff. Thare is no
doubt, that under the reservation con
tained in the deed from the original
owner all the coal underlying the
plaintiffs premises was reserved to the
grantor and this coal and the right to
remove it became invested in the de
feuda&ts. The question was what
kiud of support of the surface were
the defendants bouud to leave ? By
their points they asked the Court to
say 'such support as would support
the surface of the land,' or such as
would be left by 'an ordinary careful
taking away the coal from underneath
the surface of the plaintiff.'
"Practically, this amounts to the
doctrine that "ordinary" instead of
"actual" support is all that the surface
owner is entitled to. In other words,
if the support is apparently sufficient
though not so in reality, the duty of
the defendants is discharged. We do
not understand this to be the law nor
even that the question is an open one
under our recent decisions. Referring
to recent decisions, the learned Judge
says it will hire be seen that the right
of the surface owner is declared to be a
right to absolute support, and that
when such a right exists it is of nocon
sequence with what degree of skill and
prudence the mine owner conducts his
operations."
Iu the case of I ones vs. Wagner,
Chief Justice Thompson, after quoting
the authorities, savs: These citations
prove two things, viz , that the owner
ofa mineral estate, if the law be not
controlled by the conveyance, owes a
servitude to the superincumbent estate
of sufficient supports, consequently the
failure to do so is negligence, and may
so be declared upon The concluding
portion of the opinion reads as follows:
"Of course we do not mean to be un
derstood as holding that this right to
actual support shall be superior to the
consequences of the convulsions of na
ture, such as earthquakes and such
violent disturbance as may be classi
fied as being the act of God. Nothing
of that kind is claimed to have trans
pired in the present case. Judgment
is therefore affirmed.
He Prayed Tor too Much Pep
per.
One of the most prominent preach
ers in the city tells the following an
ecdote as a fact whenever he hears
a story too incredible for belief.
"A very wicked man became con
verted, and in course of time it be
came his turn to pray in class meet
ing. Not being used to speaking in
public, of course he was very much
embarrassed. This is the substance of
his prayer:
'Oh, Lord, thou giver of all good
things, look down with pity upon
our poor people. You are rich and
can spare them plenty to eat -while
on earth. Send every one of them a
full barrel of flour, a side of bacon, a
ham or two and a pound of butter
Send each one of your hungry,
starving creatures a barrel of sugar,
a barrel of salt, a barrel of pepper—
oh hell, that's too much pepper. Amen.'
—Cenfreville (Md.) Record.
One of the most remarkable features
in the late shearing of the lambs in the
oil market was the laying down of a
Titusville plumber.
The beauty of a lovely woman is like
music.
Our dead are never dead to us until
we have forgotten them.
j "Guilty or not guilty?" asked a
Dutch justice of a prisoner. '"N «t
guilty." "Den wh it you want here 7
Oo about your business."
One may be betrayed into doing
tl. ucc by :i cmhination of circum
stances which oue might never h ve
do i<* o herwiso
"lint, mother, theo kiow'dt we can
n -t love jnst were other folks 'uil have
uv There's nobody but God tiiat c.m
c >ntrol the hear* of man.
It's a deep mystery--the way the
lu'svt of man turns to one woman o it
of all the rest he has seen in the world,
and makes it easier for him to work
seven ye:ir 3 'for her, like Jacob did for
Rachel, sooner than have any other
woman for the asking.
The recent electrical storm was a -
tended by some particular manifest -
tions at Pike's Peak. The summit of
the mountain looked as if on fire.
Every rock and tree and even the ani
mals and human beings in the' vicinity
were covered with electric sparks.
From the investigations of natural
ists it would appear that the trout lives
to a green old age. An instance is
fciven of a trout, domesticated in an
English Veil, having attained the ngr
of nearly forty years, though its weight
never exceeded two pounds.
The smallest bird of America is the
humming-bird; and of Europe the
golden-crested wren. The smallest
quadruped in the world is the pvgmv
tnou.se of Siberia. One of the most
diminitive plants is the arctic raspber
ry, which is so small that a six-ounce
vial will hold the whole, branches,
leaves and all.
The best mats for covering hot
beds are made of rye straw of the best
quality, tied with tarred spun-yarn,
which may be bought of any cord
age makers. They are easily and
cheaply made, and no covering so
effectually protects the hot-beds from
f.ost. With proper care they will
last for several years.
Recent evidence seems to indicato
that vegetable matter may, under cer
tain conditions, be converted into coal
much more rapidly than many geolog
ists have believed to be possible. At
least an approach to such conversion
has discovered in the mines of
the Upper HarU, in Germany, where
some of the limbers originally used as
supports haye been changed into a sub
stance which appears to be a genuine
lignite, or brown coal. It is believed
that the process cannot have extended
beyond four centuries—a very brief
period compared with that usually as
signed to coal formations.
He said to the barber: "I want a
close shave, lamin a hurry Do
uot put any oil or grease upon my hair.
1 never use bay rum or cosmetics.
Please comb my hair up and back. I
do not waut my hair trimmed or cut.
I do not want any tonic or skin medi
cine. Ido not want any shampoo or
a bath. I have not heard the latest
news from Egypt, nor do I want to.
Care nothing for politics, or crime, or
society. I do not care for stock or
market reports. I am not a stranger
in the city, and I am not going to the
ball this eveing. I am a professor in
a deaf and dumb institute, and I am
g'ad of it. Go ahead and shave me."
The o man in the world, accord
ing to bis own story, is a negro named
Santa Quanta, who lives in Archer,
Florida. He claims to be 130 years
old. He was born in western Africa
and lived there until he was old
enough to have a fall beard on his
face. He was then bought by slave
dealers and brought to this country.
He has had five wives and four chil
dren. He has never been sick, and
still has his full set of teeth. They
are worn down to the gums. He
wears a No. 12 shoe and has a frame
which indicates that in his prime ho
stood over six feet high. He has a
good appetite but sleeps very little,
hardly ever more than five hours out
of 24. He has chewed and smoked
tobacco and belonged to the Baptist
Church for about one hundred years
Women are women the world over.
Their intuitive perceptions and quick
sympathies put them in the charitable,
lead of men, whether civilized or
savage. When Niderman and Noros
first fell in with the stolid but good-na
tured natives of the Siberian coast they
might possibly have saved DeLong
and his party if they could have pre
vailed upon them to go back with their
reindeer. But they could not penetrate
to the.hearts of the men folks. It was
only the women who could be made to
understand and minister to their necessi
ties. History is full of like instances,
as the adventures of Captain John
Smith, Mungo Park and others will
readily recall to the minds of readers.
Women follow the lead of their hearts
and men of their heads. It very often
happens that when our reason stumbles
our affections and cur sympathies car
ry us safely forward in the way wo
should go.
A Blessing.
The paia in nil his joints became
intense; fever with its deteriorating
effects, was now added, and he became
rapidly reduced to the semblance of a
skeleton, while vitality reached its
lowest possible condition, and his suf
ferings were of such indescribable
character that those who most loved
him sometimes thought it would be
better if he were called away. At this
time, physicians, well-known in this
city (Pittsburgh), informed his parents
that he was in immint danger of total
J'aralyeis, and directly after they an
nounced to his sorrowful mother that
they could give no hopes of his recov
ery. At this juncture the use of TVru
na was commenced, and in six week*
Wm. Lincoln Curts was v.ell and at
work. Read page 23 of Dr. llartmaii'n
"Ills of Life;" get it from your
! gist.
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