VOL. XX.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Enlate ol J UNIT'S YOUIIS
Letters of Administration in the estate of
James Young, dee'd., late et Clay township,
ISutler couuty, Pennsylvania, having been
grautcd to the undesigned, ail persons know
ing themselves indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate pay
ment and any having claims against iaid estate
will present them duly authenticated tor settle
ment. ROBERT A. BROWN,
Administrator.
Coultersviiie P. <")., Butler c..':nty t
" Orphans' Court Sale.
By virtue of a decree of the Orphans' Cour
oC Butler county, to us directed, as well as by
the authority given us in the last will and tcs
tament of Samuel G. Meals, dee'd, we will oner
for sale at public outcry ou the premises in
Washington township, on
MONDAY, FEBI ARY 5, 1883.
at 1 o'ekick P. M., the following real estate:
SO Acres and 75 Perelie.s
more or less, out of the northwest corner of the
farm lately occupied by the said Samuel h.
Meals, dee'd. About 75 acres cleared, balance
good timber. Good two-story frame house and
bank barn recently erected thereon.
TERMS— One-third of the purchase money
on confirmation of sale by the Court, and the
remainder in two ctjual annual installments
with lawful interest from that date, to be secured
bv bond and uiortgnga. G. W . MEALS.
d eC ij one of the Executors.
ASSIGNEE S SALE.
T!I8 undersigned offerw for sale 70 acres of
l»n<!, more or les». in Venango twp., Butler
county, P*.. bounded on the north by Kelly
heirs, f-v-! by Samuel Stalker, south by ;Julia
Ann f : ny t -ou aud on the west by Joseph Murrin
audi., v ..'.John Murrin; 60 acres cleared, 10
of«:.i meadow, good orchard, all under
laid wi; t ill, good dwelling house, two stories
high.- p. t |.«g and part frame, with kitchen at
tac'ied. -HII frame stable and hay honse. well
wa'.4ti: ,«:ie milt, and a half east of Murrius
vil: -ale on the premises on January 13th,
188 t. at one o'clock P. M„ with privilege to ad
join K to the Court Honce in Butler, on the 15th
dav of January, 1883, at ljtf o'clock, p m.
"M ais ca*h on delivery of dee<l.
1 c. :8, 1882. MICHAEL McBRIDE.
Assignee of James Murrin.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
The undersigned, Assignee of David Zeigler,
Jr., will, in pursuance of an order from Court,
ofl'-r fur sale the following property on the
premises, in the borough of Harmony, on
Tuesday, January 30th, 1883.
atone o'clock, P."M.: _ .
One Steam Flouring Mill, situate 111 the
bor .ugh of Harmony, Hutler county, Pa., with
all the machinery ic , necessary to run said
mill, on a lot of ground in said Ilorough,
bounded north by an alley, east by an alley,
south by a lot and woolen factory of John
Pearce. and west by a street, said lot being
50x80 feet, more or less.
TERMS: —One-third in hand on confirmation
of sale, one-third in one year; and one-third in
two years with interest, secured by boc i and
mortgage. F. A EDMONDS,
Assignee ofD. Zeigler, Jr.
OHPIIAXS' COURT SALE.
By virtue of an order of tho Orphans Court
of Butler county, the undersigned as Adminis
trator of Charles Oswald, late of Oakland twp.,
dte'd., will expose to public sale on the premis
on.
Friday, January 19th, A. D., 1883,
at 2 o'clock, P. M., all that valuable tract of
laud situate in Oakland twp., said county;
bounded and described as follows, viz: On the
north by lan'ls of Dennis O'Dotinell: on the
east by lands of Egid Neff: on the south by
lands of M. Clouae. and on the west by lands of
C. Kelly and John Hippus; containing about
sixty three acres.(subject to survey). Log house
and barn thereon erected, about forty-tive neres
cleared, under fence and in good state of culti
vation.
TEEMS OF SALE:—One-third purchase mon
ey on confirmation of sale and rettidne in two
eqaal annual payments, with interest from con
firmation of Bale. Unpaid purchase money to he
secured by bond and mortgage on the premises,
embracing attorney's commission of 5 percent.,
and waiver of the year and day, or all the pur
chase money at confirmation of the sale by the
Court,, at the option of the purchaser.
J.i>. McJDNKIN, l 1 111 LIP OSWALD,
Att'y. Adm'r. of Chas. Oswald, dec'd.
jui3.3t
Notice.
Application will be made to the 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 to said township the provisions of
tlie Act of Assembly approved April 2nd,
1869, and the suppleraemt thereto, so far as
■ Mhe same may be applicable thereto.
HENRY BOWMAN
AND OTHF.KS,
Citizens of Jefl'erson township.
Dec. 13, 4t 1882.)
Police.
A general meeting of the Farmers Mutua
Fire Insurance Company of Hannahstown
Butler county, Pa., and vicinity, will be held
at the house of Mrs. Krausie, in Hannahstown,
on Saturday the 13th day of January, 1883, at
■one o'clock, p. M. All members are respec
' lively invited to attend.
JACOB BECK, Pres't.
HEXRY HECK, Sec'y. decl3,3t
ELECTION NOTICE.
There will be an election of officers of the
Glade Mill Mutual Insurance Company, on
Saturday, the 13th of January, 1883, at one
o'clock P. M., at the Glade Mill School House.
11. OSBORN, President.
d2O-3t.
. ______
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 sale of personal property of
decedents within the county of Butler." The
object of Baid act is to compel executors, admin
istrators and guardians, to give public notice of
the sale of personal property of decedents by
publication in one or more newspapers or other
wise. JAMES T. AUSTIN.
d2O-4t.
NOTICE.
PITTSBURGH & WESTERN R. R., OFFICE OF
GENERAL MANAGER, PITTSBURGH, PA.
On and after January Ist, 1883 the Foxburg
Division of the Pittiburgh and Western Rail
road Co., will be open for Freight and Passen
ger Traffic. Agents are now prepared to name
rates and receive freight for all points on line
of the Pittsburgh and Western.
E. K. HYNDMAN,
jan,3-3t. _ General Manager
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ored plates of Flowers and Vegetables, and
more than 1000 illustrations of the choicest
Flowers. Plants and Vegetables, and directions
for growing. Send on your name and Post-Of
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copy, postage paid. It is printed -in both" En
. glish and German. If you afterwards order
seeds deduct the 10 cents.
VICK'S SEEDS ARE THE BEST IN THE WOHLD!
The Floral Guide will tell you how to get and
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Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175
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Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 32
pages, a colored plate in every number and
m*ny fine Engravirgs. Price 31.25 a year;
five copies for 45. Specimen numbers sent for
10 cents; three trial copies for 25 cents.
JAMES VICK.
Rochester, N. Y.
FHIIIIIH ARMOR,
Justice of the Peace
Waiu street, opposite Postofflce,
ZKUKNOPI.K. PA.
fipsasassj
M * 198 LIBERTY ST. fl
PITTBBUROK.
Union Woolen >lill,
BUTLEK, PA.
H- FCIiLERTOX. I»roj»"r.
Manufacturer of Bi.ANKF.ri, FI.A>KELS, YAIINS,
Ac. Also custom work done to order, such a.'
Rolls making Blanketb, Fiance i •, II nil-
and Weaving Yams, &e., at very low
prices. Wool worked on the sLares, if de
sired. Oiv7-lv
PUKC Mfi H «g
INDIA A:
Fr>m th" Districts of ASSAM, CHIT IA(i"NG,
CACII A R, KANGRA VALLEY, DAIUEEL-
I NO, I)EUR V DOON, ai.d ethers. Absolutely
Pure. Superior in Flavor. The Most Econom
ical. Requires only hat! the u-ual quantity,
dold by all Giocers. JoilN C. PHILLIP! «&
CO., Agents of the Calcutta Tea Syndicate,
130 Water St., N. Y. NovS-ly.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Cs.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
Gr. C. ROESSIXG, PRESIDENT.
\VM. CAMPBELL, TKEASUKF.K
H. C. IIEINEMAN, SECRETARY
DIRECTORS:
J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt,
William Campbell, J. VV. B'.i r khart,
A. Trontman, Jacob Schoene,
G. C. Roessing, John Caldwell,
Dr. W. Irvm, J J Croll.
A. B. Rhodes, H. C. Hememan.
JAS, T. M'JUNKIN, tten. Ag't
BUTLSR
Planing Mill
—AND-
Lviiiibei' Yard.
J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS,
S.Gr. Purvis & Co.,
' MANCFACTL'BKRS AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Planed Lumber
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
FRAMES,
MOULDINGS,
SASH,
DOORS,
FLOORING,
- SIDING,
BATTENS,
Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards,
SHINGLES & LATH.
PLANING MILL AND YARD
\e«r German Catholic Clmrch
D. L. CLEELAND, [
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER.
South Main St., Butler, Pa,
Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
-BPECTxICLES
AND
BILYERA\'ARE S
Af tMt Lowest Cash Prices.
Fine Watch Repairing a Spec
ially.
"BOOTS AND SHOES
MADE TO ORDER
JOHN BICKEL'S.
French and American Kip boots made to
order on short notice, also Fine wear for Ladies,
Gentlemen and Children. Repairing also done
on ebort notice.
LOST.
The subscriber lost from his farm in Wash
ington, tp. Butler county, in October last, a
d l irk red heifer, a little mixed with briadle,
star on the forehead and wide in the horns, in
very good order and-about two years old. I
purchased the heifer at the vendue of Mr. Sam
uel Smith, Esq., of said Washington twp., and
she was stolen or broke from my said
farm shortly afterwards. 1 will give a liberal
reward to any person giving me information of
her alive, or $25 for information of her if kill
ed or stolen. The last I heard of her was at
Hamilton's barn, formerly barn of said Samuel
Smith. HUGH YOUNO,
Fairview Borough, Butler Co., 1 *-•.
Dec. 30, 1882. 4t.
Mr MOORE,
325 Penn Avenue, Pilsbjrgh, Pa.
Will offer for a short time, to reducs t-t ck be
fore going to Palis, an exquisite assortment of
Imported Dresses, Man f les
and Hats,
All recently received for she Ban*mer, ax.d of
the most fashionable description.
HKJKKY G. HALE,
FINE KMT Tllltl,
COR. TENN AND SIXTH STREETS,
Pittsburgh, Pa
MEN WANTED J.
OJST SA X_l ARY.
We yet need a few more men to sell
our Nurserv Strc'ii' Any tD&n of pluck, energy
and perneverauce can nucoded without previoun
experience. Situations PERMANENT, and pay
large. free, on application. Ad
dress, STATINO AOE. ai.d enclosing Htainp.
It. G. CHASE A CO..
(The Cliane Nurs ries), GENEVA. N.
RUPTUREf PILES
Cured on contract. Safe and cert a (ti
method. Little or tto pain. Without
cuttlnoor tyiiui. Bestcareand board
for patients, $3 to $8 per week. For
circulars and other information ad
dress, Dr. XI. Fnulltiior,
822 French Street, Erie, Fa.
t n conper day at home samples worth
10 free Address STINSO>" & Co.,
Portland. Maine. inartu.ly'
ttCC.'iweek in your own town. Terms and $- r>
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Portland, Maine. inar29,ly.
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PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Household Article for ITnivc.* ;al
Family Use.
9 .. , I Tvnhnid Fevers,
| Eradicates gn-p.uhoriu, sati
-9 TJT ATiT? T A I vatlon, Clcerrited
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all Contagioiu Diseases. Person- waiting on
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used. Yellow Fever has been cured with :t after
black vomit had taken place. The worst
coses of Diphtheria yield to it.
SMALL-POX
and
PITTING of Small
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A m mber of my fam
ily was taken with
Small-p 'X. 1 used the
Fluid the patient was
. K d .1 was not
pitted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks, ar.d no others
had it. I W. PARK
INSON, Philadelphia.
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sue; 2 s ull in the treat
i.tt_.. i • f I diphtheria.
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Greensboro, A!a.
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Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases of Death it
should be used about
the corpse —it will
j prevent any unpleas
' snt smell.
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siciau, J.M IKION
SIMS, 31. IX, New
York, says: "I ara
: co ivinced Prof. Darbys.
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revered and Sick Per
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Chilblain:;, I'iles,
Chafing*, ci-%
Rheumatism cured
boit
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Cleanse tlx* TW-th f
it can't be surp::r.scd.
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Scurvy cured.
An Antidote for A: : nl
or Vegetable I
Sf'ngs, etc.
I used the Fluid during
our present afllicii >n with
Scarlet Fever wiih de
cided advantage. It 's
indispensable to the *:
room.—WM. F SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
Vandcrbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
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detergent it is Loin theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which 1 am ac
quainted.—N. T. LLKTON, Prof. Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid is K«-commended by
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Rev. CIIAS. F. DEEMS, D.D., Church of die
Strangers, N. Y.;
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Kev. A. J. BATTLE, Prof.. Mercer University;
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The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we
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Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
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in the Fall it enables the
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ton, D. C, writes, Dec. sth,
1S81:
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have mailt* the health anil ili>e.i>c*» of women a
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tre toil at without any other e\jen*e
• ban the rost c»f the medicine. Ailvire I>\ m: il
fr e. 111 stamp forcircu'arsami testimonials
from lather who have been permanently cured.
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BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY !(». 1883.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
THE OPENING WORK OF THE
TWO HOUSES
The Governor's Message
HARRISBURG, Jan. 2.—After the elec
tion of Ilayburn as President pro tcm.
of the Senate yesterday, Thomas 15.
Cochran was re-elected Chief Clerk,
Smiley Journal Clerk, and Pearson
Reading Clerk. Mr. Davies presented
a list of names for minor offices, but,
on motion of Lee, it was decided by a
vote of 40 to 10 to postpone action on
the names until to-day. The next
motion was by Mr. Cooper, to adjourn
finally March 22d, aud it was agreed
so without dissent. The Senate thf'n
adjourned until three o'clock, when it
reassembled to hear the Governor's
message.
The House began business by the
election of Faunce, Speaker, 111 to 88
for Xiles.
The other nominees of the Demo
cratic caucus were elected. Cooper s
resolution to adjourn March 22d, was
referred.
Senator Reyburn says he will select
members or Committees on the basis
1 that there are 30 Republican and 20
Democratic Senators. Further than
this he cannot speak except as to the
Committee on Municipal Reform, be
fore which will come the new charters
for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. His
I present design is to appoint this com
mittee from districts outside of these
two cities, giving each, however, a rep
resentative in it—probably one Demo
crat and one Republican from Phila
delphia, end one Republican from
Pittsburgh. The reason he assigns
for this is that city Senators would be
subjected to too much pressure from
interested persons. Speaker Faunce
will give the two cities a large repre
sentation on the committee, not prov
ing the pressure which President Rey
burn speaks of.
In his message Governor Hovt con
gratulates the citizens of the Common
wealth on the general prosperity they
have enjoyed during the year, and
points with some pride to the reduc
tion that has been affected in the State
debt during his administration. There
is to-day in the sinking fund, assets
amounting to $7,992,983.82, and the
net State indebtedness on Dec. 1, 1882,
after deducting them, was $12,332,-
099.46. In regard to the sinking
fund, the Governor says:
There is at present in the sinking
fund $2,077,073.90 cash. As none
of the State loan. ; are at preseut reim
bursable, the Treasurer has no lawful
authority to apply this fund to the re
duction of the debt, except by goiug
into the market and buying the bonds
of the State at a premium, handsome,
indeed, and creditable to the State, but
embarrassing to a financial officer
charged with accountability. These
bonds, at market rates, now bear pre
mium about as follows:
The per cents are selling at slo*>
The 4per cents are selling at 117
The 5 per cents are selling at liy
Before assuming such a responsibili
ty the Treasurer is fairly justified in
awaiting a legislative command.
The Governor gives a table showing
the different sources from which the
State's revenues are derived, and then
discusses at some length our system
of taxation The amount received last
vear was $7,068,529.66, while the ex
penditures for the same period were
$5,024,766.41. Of the aggregate re
ceipts, he say 3:
More than $4,000,000 were derived
from taxes on corporations. The only
item which in any true sense, is a di
rect tax on the people, is that of $437,-
779.64, "tax on personal property."
This tax is derived from money on in
terest, watLhes and carriages. If it is
desirable to retain the taxes on Nation
al banks, which yield the State nearly
$350,000 annually, this tax on person
al property cannot be abolished, as the
acts of Congress, creating the National
banks, forbid their being subject to
any greater tax than is imposed upon
"other moneyed capital" in the State.
There is no tax for State purposes on
real estate. Except certain corporate
bonds and stocks, and the roadbeds,
shops and other mechanical devices of
railroads, all property in the State is
liable to local taxes for city, county,
school and road purposes. Tin laws
for their levy and collection are sub
stantially uniform, sufficiently under- :
stood by the people, and their full ex- j
ecutiou depeuds ou the fidelity and j
nerve of the local officer and the tem- j
per of taxpayers. In this distribution
of burthens between the State and |
the local subdivisions, I am aware of
no instance in which any community
or interest suffers any relative injus- j
tice, although indefinite claims are |
made to .that effect. I cannot conceive j
how "horizontal equality" of taxation
is to be secured except by details so
minute, inquisitorial, and vexa
tious as to be distasteful to the people, ;
inefficacious, and out of all proportions
to the results accomplished. If all the
taxes of the people, for all purposes in
the whole State, were accumulated
into the State Treasury, no scheme of
redistribution can be divised which
would reach the growing needs, the
conflicting claims and changing equi
ties of different localities. It will be a
dangerous departure from the habits
and customs of the people to destroy
the autonomy of local government in
the municipal subdivisions.
The Governor's recommendations in
regard to a change in the financial
policy of the State aud the manage
ment of the Sinking Fund are:
A diversion of funds which come
into the State Treasury from the
Sinking Fund to the general fund, ex
cept only the sums demanded for pay
ment of interest and the Constitution
al requirement as to principal, togeth
er with such additional reserve as
prudence aud the contemplation of
further moderate reduction of the
debt might indicate After subserv
ing all these purposes the State Treas
ury would still, if estimated revenues
held out, be in such a position of
strength as to dispense with the taxes
derived from some or all of the follow
ing sources: Tavern licenses, retail
er's licenses, eating house licenses, and
billiard licenses, which now goes into
the State Treasury, could be left in the
treasuries of the various counties
whence it comes, aud would to that ex
tent, relieve the people of the local
taxes for the support of the courts, and
for other county uses.
The prosperous condition of the pub
lic schools is reviewed and moderate
aid for Normal schools is favored, and
the suggestion offered that the Or
phan schools be continued to 1885 at
least.
With reference to tbe Reformatory
at Huntingdon, the Governor gays:
"The construction aud maintenance of
such an institution may be regarded as
part of the settled policy of the State.
It is the only public building now be
■ ing erected by the State. The Eastern
aud Western Penitentiaries will, upon
i its completion, be largely relieved of
i inmates who are now crowding their
i capacity. It w ill be wise aud true
| economy to provide for the complete
erection anil equipment of this institu
tion, and to make the necessary appro
priations therefore—not for present ex
penditure —bul to be applied to build
ings, the designs of which must now
be settled upon; the uses of which are
now to be contemplated, and the parts
of which are to be treated, at last, as
a whole with a unified purpose run
ning through it.
The next reference is to the two pen
itentiaries, describing work on the
Western and plan of conducting the
Eastern. "In neither of the penitenti
aries in this State," says the Governor,
"has there been an attempt yet made
to administer them on the vulgar,
wicked, unworthy consideration of
making them self-sustaining. In
neither of them has it been forgotton
that even the convict is a human be
ing, and that his body and soul are not
so the property of the State that both
may be crushed out in the effort to re
imburse to the State the cost of the
scanty food, and, at the end of that
term, what then is left of him be dis
missed, an enemy of human society."
Referring to the Reform School at
Morganza the message says: "The
discipline was found to be firm and
parental. It is a pleasure to assure
you that after miking, in company
with a number of other geutlemen qual
iged to judge, an official inspection of
several similar institutions in several
of the States, which had received ju
dicious approval from persons familiar
with the appliances needed in such
schools, we found our own school at
Morganza easily and decidedly the
superior in discipline, comfort and ef
ficiency to any we had seen. The di
rectors and superintendent of this in
stitution deserve commendation for re
storing it to a condition of the greatest
usefulness."
In discussing the five insane hospi
tals in the State, the Governor, disa
vowing any criticism of their manage
ment, says:
"It is admitted that in so vast a
scheme of charity, there is a want of
system and unity in administration,
which needs legislative action. There
ought to b=) uniform charges made
against township and county authori
ties by all the hospitals, to prevent
what the board justly call 'a pernicious
spirit of rivalry and underbidding, end
ing in lowering the standard of insti
tutional care, and finally bringing it
down to the level of the ordinary
almshouse.' Provision should be made
for transferring patients from the over
crowded institutions, and, if need be.
the whole system of 'districts' broken
up. Above all, the Legislature should
hit upon some general principle upon
which appropriations are to be made to
them for maintenance. Otherwise, the
undue urgency of some one institution,
or the combined ingenuity and persist
ence of all together, may lead either to
an inequitable distribution of your
bounty on the one band, or an utterly
extravagant one on the other. Such a
uniform rule it will not be hard to dis
cover."
The important section devoted to the
topic of life insurance is as follows:
"The magnitude of this iuterest may
be estimated by the fact that in the
year 1880 and 1881 the regular life
companies of thi-5 and other States au
thorized to do business in Pennsylva
nia received premiums from their busi
ness in this State amounting to $lO,-
488,836. Of this sum $.3,025,109 was
received by companies of this State,
and $7,358,696 by companies of other
States, upon which last-named sum a
tax amounting to $221,768 88 was paid
into the State Treasury for the privi
lege of doing business in this Common
wealth.
"During the same years companies
organized under the laws of this State
to insure lives upon the assessment
plan, received, in premiums and assess
ments, the sum of $5,500,989, upon
which no tax was paid to the State ;
and paid for death claims the sum of
§2,959,302. The balance of $2,541,-
(>B7 was appropriated by these com
panies to agents, ollicers and expenses.
Most of these companies engaged, with
out warrant of law, in business of a
purely speculative character, and entire
communities were demoralized by their
nefarious operations, The evil attain
ed such magnitude that it was found
necessary to institute legal proceedings
for their suppression, which was hap
pily accomplished through the instru
mentality of the proper authorities.
It is to be hoped that tbis impressive
lesson may not be lost or forgotten, and
that it will in the future deter the pub
lic from placing their trust in methods
of life insurance, or specious substitutes
therefor, which are without solid
foundation in morals or mathematics.
"The act of 1873, establishing an In
surance Department, prescribes a
standard of solvency, without conform
ity to which no regular life company is
permitted to do business in Pennsylva
nia. This standard is one universally
recognized wherever life insurance is
treated as a science, and is absolutely
exact, inasmuch as it compels each
company to have assets equal to its
present and future liabilities. Without
such computation of future liabilities,
and the possession of present assets,
life insurance is based upon nothing
actual or tangible, but becomes a mere
venture or experiment. What is known
as co-operative insurance, more com
monly as graveyard insurance, is not,
in fact, worthy of the name. In many
instances it may operate as a beneficial
society, and w hen honestly conducted
worthily answer present and pressing
emergencies; but as a system of in
surance is without substance or stable
foundation, and mav degenerate into
mere speculation or fall to pieces at any
moment. Without cohesive power
other than the voluntary action of
members, companies conducting busi
ness upon this plan may dissolve with
out much warning and entail loss and
disappointment upon hundreds confid
iug in them for the future maintenance
of themselves and their families.
"These co-operative insurance com
panies claim a warrant for corporate
{ existence under section 37, act of May
1, 1376, being a supplement to the act
! of 1873, "to establish an insurance de
j partment." Justice to the good name
j of the State and protection to the peo
ple demand that the recommendations
of the Insurance Commissioner in this
behalf should be acted upon. The firm
ness and intelligence which have mark
ed Mr. Forster's administration of that
responsible office are worthy of all
praise."
Relative to the work of the Board of
Pardons, the Governor says: "The
whole number of pardons issued in the
last four years was 168, arising out of
149 cases. The number of convicts in
our jails and penitentiaries is about five
thousand—which number represents
the constant population in penal insti
tutions, uuder conviction. It is a
testimony to what I conceive to be the
fidelity of the Board of Pardons, that
the applications before them have stead
ily decreased, year by year, being' 1(55
in 1879, 137 in 1880,"l25 in 1881 and
100 in 1882."
The Governor concludes his message
with the following review of the recent
course of political affairs in the Nation
and State.
CONCLUSION.
Having thus reviewed the various
interests of the State sufficiently, at
least, to indicate their importance, and
to vindicate their management, I shall
say no more of the past. The entire
conduct of my administration awaits
your scrutiny.
But the political situation which
exists to-day is so different from that
of four years ago, that I cannot forbear
some words of comment. National
questions then alone absorbed men's
micds. The war was not yet over ;at
least, the acquiescence in the results,
ou the part of many, seemed grudging
and reluctant. At the same time,
business was everywhere in a state of
stagnation, so prevading and sorrowful,
as to be difficult of recall even in
memory. Pinancial theories, promis
ing relief, but thwarting hope and tend
ing to certain confusion and ruin, were
boldly projected upon the people. I
had occasion to say then: "Hence
forth we are to produce and exchange
actual things, and not gamble in merely
fictitious values." We had then as we
have now, no reliance except "the
virtues of labor and economy." With
in a year from my inauguration (chro-
but in no relation of cause
and effect,) the fires of industry were
lighted among our mountains and
along our rivers; the whole State be
gan to resound with the stir of a busy
people, and, in the midst of renewed
activity, the schemes of financial necro
mancers dissolved away. With the
election of 1880 the issues of the war ,
were permanently settled—acquiescence 1
in the new state of things became com
plete. We were again one people,
having one flng, as we have one speech,
conscious at last of the unity of our
national life and destiny. In the j
natural order of things, one would |
think the organized ideas, in loyalty to
which the country was safely conduct
ed through two such crises as we have
encountered since 1880, coul 1 look for
an almost interrupted dominance in
the public mind. Had the voters of
Pennsylvania been called upon to pass
judgment upon the old questions of
principle, or even upon the opposing
parties in their entirety, there is not;
the least reason to doubt that they
would have re-asserted their old con
victions with even greater emphasis
than before. But party leaders, like
other men, must adapt themselves to
existing conditions, or be annihilated
by them. Principles never perish, but
administrations and legislatures must
never forget that "a breath can make
them, as a breath haß made."
In Pennsylvania the people have de
termined upon a change. What does
this decision mean ? To this question
three answers are proposed: one cynical
and desperate, another pessimistic and
hopeless, and a third patriotic and re
assuring.
The first expresses the feelings and
wishes of the professional politician.
To him the change is only a turn in
the fortunes of a game, whereby he has
lost or won the stakes for which he
has played—the spoils of place and
power. Accustomed to watch his
pla~e and "hedge" as often as he can
and dare, he is perplexed by one or
two problems only: how to retrieve
his losses, or how to spend his win
nings. The prevalence of his view is
not at all surprising. This class of
statesmen despise the people whom
they would cajole and rely for their
success even more upon the apathy of
the pure and the intelligent thau upon
the activity of the unselfish and un
scrupulous.
The second view regards the recent
overturn as a mere caprice of mobile
voters, a public spasm, a sentimental
convulsion. It is based, wittingly or
unwittingly, upon a latent distrust of
the people; it imports a low view of
American manhood aud a secret but
ill-disguised disbelief in our capacity
for self-government. If it be, indeed,
well-grounded, theu ther? is little hope
for the perpetuity of our institutions,
and for the magnificent industrial and
political development which is the
staple of our noblest day-dreams.
But the third view is more hopeful
and patriotic. According to it, this
change marks the of a
new epoch in our pjli ieal lite. Ttooso
who cherish it argue that thousands
of our best citizens, relieved of tlie pres
sure of natiou <! a - .\etic-, an 1 u iI! T -
ing to live forever iu the past, are be
ginning to study the nature and de
tails of State and municipal jjuvvra
ineut as never before; are avrak ug to
the business aud scieutifi j character of
political problems, aud have determin
ed to thrust aside every individual, and
every contrivance, that stands be
tween them and the management of
their own affairs. They will no lon
ger be contented with the automatic
activity in politics; they demand a
conscious share of this noblest pursuit
of civilized men. The people have
come to claim their own, without the
intervention of middlemen.
If I Lis view be correct, then the oc
cupation of the pr. fessional politician
is gone. He belongs to a doomed
species; he has outlived the only en
vironment adapted to his nourishment,
and must shortly pass away. That
this is true, is indicated by our line
age, our traditions and the character
of our recent progress. We are the
descendants of men who defied kings
and parliaments; we are children of
men who destroyed the congressional
caucus, and created the national con
vention. Our citizens are meeting in
their granges and trades-unions, in
their industrial leagues aud commer
cial guilds, and are becoming keenly
alive to the every day bearings of pol
itics upon their own aud their chil
dren's welfare. Even the primary
meeting, once treated as utterly be
yond the pale of law, the sport of the
juggler aud the rogue,has become the
subject of legislative enactment and
protection. Nay more, even the prom
ises of party platforms conform to the
quic-keued senses of the people, and the
ceccssi.v of other and better methods
has received a certain grave and rev
erential recognition in partv deliver
ances.
But Rome was not built in a day,
nor can the political habits of a half
century be transformed by a simple de
cree, even though registered at
the ballot-box. If, therefore, condemn
ed political methods are to become per
manently disreputable, the thoughtful
citizens of tLis Commonwealth must
be ever on the alert, ready at any mo
ment to reassert their strength aud to
claim the fiuits of their own victorv.
Politicians are willing enough in the
day of the people's power. But the
leaders of a now epoch must be some
thing more than mere reflectors of cur
rent thought and feeling. They must
be sagacious snd interpid, more ready
to serve the people than themselves.
Such leaders can live only in an at
mosphere of intelligence and civic
courage. The people then must be
prompt and generous in the support of
real merit ; but at the same time they
must make every public servant under
stand that he is a servant and not a
master, and that each and all, the
highest and the lowest, whether paid
by the year or paid by the day, must
render faithful aud unremitting service.
The people must tolerate no spurious
economies, no counterfeit reforms, no
mere partisan strategies, no judicial
perversions, no legislative excesses, no
administration in the interests of
persons or classes, or even in the ex
clusive interest of parties. They must
be quick to discern, swift to censure
what is clearly wrong, aud equally
swift to praise what is clearly right.
They must make the men in power feel
that the eyes of thousands are upon
them, and that the day of judgment is
always going on. But above all, they
must never suffer the conviction to
take root that the recent changes were
only freaks of circumstances—only
spasms of an unstable public mind—
only the caprices of irritated and tran
sient feeling.
The Titans will never conquer the
Gods if the Gods awake to the combat;
the baser forces of society can never
permanently overmaster the purer, if
the purer will ouly add to their con
victions, courage—if their will power
once becomes as actire as their intelli
gence. The euemies of good govern
ment will not be idle. Never so very
numerous, they multiply themselves
indefinitely by their unceasing dili
gence. Their baleful influence can
ouly be counteracted by a vigilance, an
energy, an ingenuity, in some propor
tion to their own.
For one, 1 have faith in the con
sciounsess and intelligence of our
Commonwealth, and its ability to
cope with and overcome the evils
which have hitherto or may hereafter
beset us. To despair of the virtue of
the citizen is to despair of self-govern
ment, and to despair," of self-govern
ment is to believe that the frame of
human societv is without a soul.
We are beginning the third century
of our existence as a State. The rem
iniscences of the hour are well adapted
to stir within us reflections upon the
possibilities of organized society, the
secret of right government, and the
duties of the free citizen iu tbe free
State. 15ut thoughts without resolu
tion have a sickly hue. Sonorous
phrases count for nothing alongside of
quiet deeds. Patient participation in
public affairs will do more to redeem
our politics from the spoiler than the
sublimest political philosophy, and the
iuteusest gentiment, if never embodied
in action.
To you, the first liegislature in the
new century. I now submit my final
recommendations. I bespeak for them
your painstaking and earnest consider
ation. In the growth of our Constitu
tion tbe greater power of the Com
monwealth has been vested, and right
ly vested, iu the legislative body
You are the legislators of no mean
empire. In population almost the
equal, in commerce, in manufactures,
and in wealth, it surpasses the En
gland of Elizabeth. Pittsburgh, our
! second city, contains to-day twice cs
many people as the London of Cecil
and of Shakespeare.whilst Philadelphia
has double the number of the London
of Milton and of Cromwell. But it
would ill become me to descant upon
your duties, or the possibilities within
your reach. Vet I cannot withhold the
utterance of a hope tLat it may be your
ifoud fortune to usher in that uew
eiv> h in our political developemetit
which 1 would Lin believe has, at last,
ijeguu to dawn.
IIENRY M. HOYT.
A Cure For Diptheria.
As diptheria is likely to become
much more prevalent in Pittsburgh in
a j-!i irt time, the following statement
oi how a Philadelphia gentleman cured
his children may be of value. His
two little daughters were about dying
when he c included to try sulphur as
a last resort, using washed (lour of
sulphur and applying it to the mem
braneous growths iu the throats of the
children by means of a common clay
pipe. The effect was almost magical.
Within two hours there was complete
relief, and in twi days, the children,
who had been giveu up bv their phys
ician. had completely recovered.
U h lc it is not reasonable to rely en
tirely upon sulphur in the ills that be
set childhood, it is doubtful if there
has ever been a proper recognition of
its value as a destroyer of morbid or
fungus membraneous growths in cases}
of a diptheretic type. Distilled or sub
limed sulphur, known as flour of sul
phur should be used, not the powdered
crude sulphur.— Gazette,
On an average one hundred persons
are searched nightly in Dublin under
the curfew clause of the Repression
act.
Never try to raise a family without
a good newspaper, provided it contains
the advertisement of I)r. Bull's Cough
Syrup; for this valuable medicine is
necessarv to keep your children in good
health.
A Warren county, Kentucky, man
named Smithers climbed a tree to shake
down an eppossurn that his dog had
treed. A rotten limb caused the sud
den descent of Smithers, and before the
dogs learned he was not the 'possum
he was badl. chewed up
The party sent out by the New Or
leans Times-Democrat to explore the
Everglades of Florida, have completed
their trip. The party traveled nearly
500 miles through a country hitherto
almost unknown. They declare the
Everglades the American garden spot.
The President is evidently of the
opiniou that "something's got to be
done, To one who urged the proscrip
tion of Independents he replied: "I
differ entirely with you. My idea is
that tb 13 is a proper time to reorganize
the party. It is the duty of every Re
publican to exert himself to that end.
So far as the administration is concern
ed I shall in future recognize neither
Stalwart nor Half Breed as such, but
shape my policy to suit the party gen
erally instead of the factions, according
to their hofes and desires "
The number of persons engaged in
the bituminous coal trade in the Uni
ted States, as shown by the census of
ISBO, was 96,475, by States as follows:
Pennsylvania, 33,000; Indiana, 4,500;
West Virginia, 4,500; Illinois, 1 <>,000;
Kentucky, 3,000; lowa, 7,574; Ohio,
10,000, and Maryland, 1 (5,000. The
amount of capital invested was $93,-
517,404 The importation of bitu
minous coal to this country in 1882 was
851,334 tons, valued at $2,189,298.
The present duty ou bituminous coal
is 75 cents per ton of 28 bushels. The
schedule of the tariff commission re
duces it to 50 cents.
The sacrifice by John Smith of his
boy, at Los Angelos, Cal., after the
manner of Abraham's proposed kill
ing of Isaac, was an example of relig
ious zeal that was honest, even though
murderous. Smith had never read the
bible until within a year, but on be
coming a Methodist spent most of his
time poring over its pages. He not
only convinced himself that he ought
to make a human sacrifice, but
brought his wife and son, aged 13, to
accept his view. "When he talked to
me," savs the wife, "and persuaded
me that a good woman ought to
think as her husband did, I got so as
to take whatever he said as the truth.
He made us fast, and Ben asked him
frequently if God had ordered us to
starve. He said yes. When he an
nounced that the bov must be killed,
we both remonstrated, but finally
thought it was all right. On
the day appointed for the cer
emony he called Ben out of the
hous and told him that he bad to die
for our Savior. The little fellow kuelt
down, and I got on my knees by his
side. John raised the knife, looked
hard into the boy's face, am* then
drove the knife into his breast." The
woman, who is now in jail, still be
lieves that the deed was justifiable,
thouirh she breaks down on recollect
ing the sight.
A ISIcmmIIIK.
The pain in all 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
eitv ( Pittsburgh), informed his parents
that he was in immint danger of the
I'aralvsis, and directly after they an
nounced to his sorrowful mother that
thev could give no hopes of his recov
ery" At this juncture the use of I'eru
na was commenced, and in six weeks
Wm. Lincoln Curts was well and at
work. Head page 23 of Dr. Hartman's
"Ills of Life;" get it from your drug
gist.
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