VOL. XX.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
£fi(ale of lames Young I>ee'd.
Letter* of Administration in the estate of
James Young, dee'd., late cf Clay township,
Butler county, Pennsylvania, having been
granted to the per.ous know
ing thotnselves indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate pay
ment and any having claims against laid estate
will present them dulv authenticated tor settle
ment. ROBERT A. BROWN,
Administrator.
Coultersville P. 0., Butler county, Pa.
filiate el W. P. Browii,
LATK OF HAKRISVILLE.
Letters testamentary on the estate ofW. P.
Brown, dee'd, late of Harrisville borough,
Butler Co., Pa., have been granted to the un
dersigned, all persons knowing themselves in
debted to said estate will please, make immedi
ate payment and any having claims against
bSiid estate will present them duly authentica
ted for settlement.
R. L. BROWN, \ F .
ROIIEKT BLACK, j
llarrijTille, B ltler Couuty, Pa.
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, dee'd, we will offer
lor 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:
8© Acres Perches
more or less, out of the northwest corner of the
farm lately occupied by the said Samuel G.
Meal-, dee'd. About 75 acres cleared, balance
good tinier. Good two-story frame house and
bank i>fii recently erected thereon.
i -One-third of the purchase money
on aquation of sale by the Court, and the
rem* r in two equal annual installments
with vtu! interest from that date, to be secured
bj .••uUaud niortgaga. G. \V. MEALS,
dl.o j one of the Executors.
NOTICE.
\ - ie partcrehip hcretclore existing between
P ; . Beck and J N. Patterson, under the firm
i eif Heck A Patterson, expires by limita
tion April lot. ISS3. Persons knowing them
f.:i m a indented to tbe above tirm will please
< il .iid ifelt.e ihe eaine <>n or before the first ol
April. iw after that date .dl claims not paid will
In- liii w"i:b un attorney lor collection Any
I tre jus having claims against the firm will
I res»-ut same for settlement.
iI£CK <fc PATTERS3N.
It YE WANTED.
The highest market price will be paid by us
|.,r rye delivered at our wholesale liquor store
in Butler.
jxo 2m JACOB REIBER & BRO.
ARMOU,
Justice of th.e Peace
Main street, opposite Postoffice,
ZKI.IKNOPLE. PA.
FOB SALE.
Twenty-five acres of land in the borough ol
Pi ospect. House and barn erect, d thereon, aUo
go d orchard of youug trees, good spring and
well thereon. For particular* inquire ol
G. D. HAhVfcY,
jlO, ltno. Butler, Pa.
NOTICE.
PtrrsBCRGH A WESTERN R. R., OFFICE OK
GENERAL MANAGER, PITTSBURGH, PA.
On and after Jauuary 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 1
LOST.
The subscriber lost from his farm in Wash
ington, tp. Butler county, in October lust, a
dark red heifer, a little mixed with brindle,
star on the forehead and wide in the torus, in
very good order apd 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. I will give a liberal
reward to any person giving me information of
her alive, or SSO for information of her if kill
ed or stolen. The last I heard of her wasat
Hamilton's barn, formerly barn of said Samuel
Smith. HUGH YOUNG,
Fairview Borough, Bntler Co., Pa.
Dec. 30, 1882. 4t.
Two Farms for Hale.
The heirs of Robert McKinnay, dee'd, late of
Adams twp., Bntler county, Pa. will sell at
private sale, and In lota, a farm of over
200 Acres,
situated one and a half milee from Templeton
Station, on the Pittsburgh A Western Railroad
in aaid Adams twp. For particulars inquire of
A. J. Flemirg on the premises.
ALSO A FARM OF 123 ACRES
in Cherry twp., Butler Co., Pa., on the line of
the Bhenango A Allegheny Railroad, and mid
way between Bovard and Anandale Stations.
For particulars as to this farm, inquire of Mr.
Alexander Porter, living on adjoining farm.
A. J. FLEMING,
Pinafore P. O. Butler Co., Pa
~D. It. CLSHLAND,"
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
South Main St., Butler, Pa,
Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
-BPECTACLEH
AND
SILVERWARE,
At the Lowest Cash Prices.
Fine Watch Repairing a Spec
ially.
Planing Mil
—AND—
Lumber Yard.
3. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS,
S.G. Purvis & Co.,
MANUFACTHKIKS AMD DIALERS IK
Bough and Planed Lumber
OF KVXRY DESCRIPTION,
FRAMES,
MOULDINGS,
SASH,
DOORS,
FLOORING,
SIDING,
BATTENS,
Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards,
SHINGLES & LATH.
PLANING MILL AND YARD .
Hear German Catholic Church
For Dysppptia,
JJfyi f 1.l Costive nesi,
Headache,
Chronic Diar-
H ■ElflW' rhaßS, Jaundice,
Impurity of the
Blood, Fever and
OuLVaei
UiAAAiJIA-AJf
11 caused by De
rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LITF.R.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowcli
generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory, accompanic-.
with a painful sensation of leaving undone somcthrnj;
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry coi;;;.i
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often
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 desDondent.
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Severa.
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, ye:
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear*
Persons Traveling or Living in Un
healthy Localities, by tuning a dose occasion
ally to keep the Liver in he-' y action, will avoid
all Malaria, Bilious attacks. Dizziness, Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depress: of Spirits, etc. It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in
toxicating beverage.
If Tou have eaten anything hard of
digestion, or feel heavy af.er tneals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose an J you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors' Bills r.HI be* saved
by always keeping the Higrulator
/ in the House!
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never be out of place. The remedy i> harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy f c';»lomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious uficr effects.
A Governor's Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am fatisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. GILL SHORTER, Governor of Ala.
Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Ga.,
says: Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and v/L>h to give it a
further trial.
"The only Thing that never fails to
Relieve."—l have used many remedies for Dys
pepsia, IJvcr Affection and Debility, but never
nave found anything to benefit me to the extent
Simmons I.ivcr 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
tiling that never fails to relieve.
P. M. JANNEY, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
JgyfT Take on'y the Genuine, which always
has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Ma: k
and Signature cf J. H. ZEILIN & CO.
FOR SALE DY ALL DRUGGISTS.
STRONG
FACT
A great many people are askirg
what particular troubles BROWN S
IRON HI I TERS is good for.
It will cure Heart Disease, Paral
ysis, Drops) - , Kidney Disease, Con
sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, and all similar diseases.
Its wonderful curative power is
s'mply because it purifies and en
riches the blood, thus beginning at
•he foundation, and by building up
the system, drives out all disease.
A Lady Cured of Rheumatism.
Baltimore, Md., May 7, 188^.
My health was much shattered by
Rheumatism when 1 commerced
taking Brown's Iron Bitters, and 1
scarcely had strength enough to at
tend to rny daily household duties.
1 am now using the third bottle and I
am regaining strength daily, and 1
cheerfully recommend it to all.
I cannot say too much in praise
of it. Mrs* MAKY E. BRASH HAK.
173 Prestmanst.
Kidney Disease Cured.
Christiansburg, Va., 1881.
Suffering from kidney disease,
from which I could get no relief, I
tried Brown's Iron Bitters, which
cured me completely. A child of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem to
be able to eat at all. I gave him Iron
Bitters with the happiest results.
J. Kvut MONTAOUK.
Heart Disease.
Vine St.jHarrisburg, Pa.
Dec. 2, ibßx.
After trying different physicians
and many remedies for palpitation
*>f the heart without receiving any
benefit, I was advised to try Brown's
Iron Bitters. 1 have used two bot
tles and never found anything that
save me so much relief.
m Mrs. JENNIB HESS.
For the peculiar troubles to which
ladies are subject, BROWN'S IRON
BiTTERS is invaluable. Try it.
Be sure and get the Genuine
lifdi ■
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Is the Favorite Prescription of the
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l-eiieorihooft or Whites; Inflammation anil
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THE LOST CIMBRIA.
Captain Cuttill, of the Sultan,
Tells a Straight Story.
HAMBURG, January 24 —A1l the
boats sent out to search for the sur
vivors of the lost steamer Cimbria
have returned here without making
any discoveries.
The incidents on board the Cimbria
of the Indian who had to be disarmed
of his tomahawk, of the surgeon who
jumped iuto the sea, and the scenes
amen * the passengers clingiug to the
rigging, related by one YVegert, or \ i
gert, a cabin passenger, who, on the
advice of the chief officer, climbed into
the rigg ng, say th?y saw a boat low
ered from the steamer Sultan, probably
to repair her own damage.
Captain Cuttill, of the steamer Sul
tan says: "I had 12 passengers on
board, and my first duty was to look
after the condition of my own ship
An hour was occupied ia shoring up
the collisions bulkhed and stopping the
holes in the ship's bow with beds, &c.
Then I set about looking for the other
vessel. I burned blue lights and
sounded the steam whistle for two
hours after the accident. I remained
in vicinity until eight o'clock in the
morning, when, not seeing or hearing
anything, and the fog being still dense,
I left for Hamburg."
In answer to an inquiry if he sent off
boats iu search, he said the fog was so
dense he deemed it imprudent to seud
boats Respecting the events imme
diately preceding ihe collision the Cap
tain of the Sultan said: "About 1
o'clock, the fog increasing, the engines
ran dead low, the course being east
half south. At 11 o'clock English
time, without hearing the sound of a
whistle, I sighted a masthead and green
lights two points on our starboard bow.
Starboarded the helm until tlie ship's
head was east-northeast, when the
green light suddenly disappeared and
a red light came in sight. Seeing a
collision inevitable I telegraphed for
the engineer to put fuii speed astern
It was too late to avoid the crash.
Everybody was at his proper post at
tbe time and the lights were brightly
burning. The captain and chief officer
were on the bridge and two men at the
wheel. The steam whistle was con
stantly sounding. I saw the Cimbria's
greeu lights when they were only two
ship's lengths ahead."
Captain Cuttill' drew a diagram
showing the position of the two vessels.
"Both were on the straight course," he
said, "the Ciii Iria being two points
on my starboard bow, so that my green j
light was via ble to the Cimbria as I
soon as the Cl.ubria's green light was
visible to u;e."
"How do you account for the ac
cident ?"
"The CimVi.i sh >u'd have kept on
her course, seeing the Sultan's green
light."
"What is the ru!u of the road ?"
Captain Cuttill brought out a log
-containing official printei instructions,
with verses entitlei 'Aiis to Memory."
by Thomas Gray :
No. 1, for tw ) meeting;
When both si• It;ii4 !•„- v >it see ahead,
Port your liehu a-i I >!i •■-. your red.
"That is," remarked the Captain,
"pass to the right."
No. 2, for two steamship* passing;
Gkiuu to jjrepn, or r»-.| to red,
Perfectly safe—go ahea I.
"You starboard ?"
"Yes; and had the Cinib'ia kept on
her course there would have been no
collision, but she ported her helm and
really ran across the Sultan's bows."
A Farmer who Saved his Wheat
Corn for Twenty Years.
In IS4I John ELholtzemigrated from
West Ilempfield township, Lancaster
county, to the neighborhood of Urbana,
Ohio. He had resided on the Marietta
and Lancaster turnpike. Eicholtz died
recently and a public sale of his effects
was held at his iato residence near Fr
bana. It drew together the largest
crowd that ever congregated at a simi
lar sale iu that county ; probably 2,000
people were there, drawn through curi
osity, to see the vatious contrivances
that he bad accumulated within the
last forty years. The house in which
he lived for the last half a century was
never painted, and everything around
it bore evidence of decay 10,000
bushels of barley were left on the .place,
and thousands of bushels of corn, decay
ed from age, some of it having arrived
at an old age enough to vote. Eighteen
car loads of grain of various kinds,
from ten to twenty years old, have
been shipped, and there still remain
about twenty car loads. The old horse
that did service at the pump for many
years sold for ten dollars, and there
were old horses that had never hid a
halter or a piece of harness on their
backs, description of agricultural
implements was sold. One old vehicle
in the shape of a wagon had solid
wheels cut from a log. His father
died a miser, leaving John sl, iu 2
silver pieces, made the year John was
born, lie kept these as pocket pieces
until his death. His estate was worth
over 3510,000. The cannon advertised
so extensively proved to be an old
pump mounted 011 wheels, which at
tracted the attention of a representative
of the Fifth battery, from Springfield,
with a view of purchasing it. Eicholtz
always made it a point to sell nothing,
but save everything, and he took great
delight in looking over the crops that
he bad saved so many years.
For five cents, Wells, Rich
ardson & Co., Burlington, Yt., will
send colored-samples of all colors of
Diamond Dyes, with directions.
—There is no doubt that wickeduess
and infidelity are spreading, and if !)0
per cent, of all criminals are believers
in Christianity the proof wick
•eduess is that much more appalling
But we have little confidence in that
sort of belief that is not followed up by
amendment. "Sain," said one robber
of hen-roosts to another, "don't you
believe we shall go to hell for stealing?"
"Certainly, Jim," replied his comrade ;
"hand me down another pullet."
BUTLER, FA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ;*!. 1883
A KINDLY PHILOSOPHER.
Peter Cooper on this Life and
That to Come.
At a meeting to forward a humani
i tarian undertaking held in one of the
lecture rooms of the Cooper Institute
last week, the venerable Peter Cooper,
! who had lately passed his ninety
! second birthday, occupied a seat on tbe
platform. When the business of the
meeting was finished he made a few
remarks in which he gave the audi
eDce a glimpse of a very genial and
charitable philosophy of this life and
the life to come. He said he was sat
isfied that the circumstances and sur
roundings amid which a child grew
up usually determined his career as a
man. This belief led him to make
great allowances for the sins and fail
ures of human beings, and to think
that he, too, might have been one of
the many wrecks he encountered in the
pathway of life if he had not enjoyed
the advantages of a good home and
good parental training. "Remember
ing how powerfully we are controlled
by circumstances beyond our control,"
continued Mr. Cooper, "when I see a
poor, besotted, depraved wretch lying
in the gutter, I am disposed to a3k our
Heavenly Father whether he or I is
the better entitled to happiness in the
next world ;—he whose life in this
world has been so miserable, or I who
have enjoyed here so many blessings
and comforts." In the goodness of his
heart the kindly old philanthropist
thinks that the poor creatures who
are born and reared in the midst of
dirt, druukeness and crime, and whose
moral natures are saturated with im
purities, have not had a fair chance in
this world, and believes that they will
find compensation for their sufferings
in the future life.
He has found this a good world to
live in. Speaking from the experience
of a life prolonged twenty years be
yond the Psalmist's allotted span, be
says existence is comfortable and en
joyable. Others do not find it so. To
many it is n dreary round of woi k,
want and pain, darkened by a sense of
degradation and hopelessness. To
some it is a hideous carnival of
drunkeness aud depravity, ending in
disease and early death. Mow much
the sinners aud sufferers are them
selves to blame our good nonogenarian
does uot stop to ask. The problem is
a difficult one, and he feels \bat its
safest solution is a charitable one
which lifts as much of the load of re
sponsility from their shoulders as pos
sible. These poor creatures, he says,
did not have an even start in the race,
aud they have fallen into the mire ;
no doubt th>*ir Heavenly Father will
give them a better opportunity in the
next world.
Truly a sunny aud generous philos
ophy ! If it were the philosophy of
some young dreamer to whom life is
all poetry and roses, it would not be
worth a moment's thought; but it is
the ripe fruit of the thought and ex
perienco of a man whose actual and
useful life has almost filled the meas
ure of a century. It may not agree
with tbe sour theologies which rile
humanity, but we question whether
any glowing themes concerning the
future were ever seriously believed by
old men whose lives have been busy
aud successful, and whose age is serene
and healthful. Are not such thiMiies
the conceptions of men iu the midst of
tbe storm aud strife of middle age,
men old enough to have experienced
the deceptions, disappointments and
bitterness of life, but not old enough
to realize its meaning or to gain a
point of view where the lights and
shadows of the picture harmonize and
reveal the Devine purpose, and where
they can look forward with vision not
wholly obscured to the life of tbe
soul beyoud the grave — NeM York;
Tribune.
Why he Preferred Poker.
"No, I never invest in stocks," an
swered the fat man as he blew his
nose with a loud report and leaned
back in his seat.
"Perhaps you prefer deuliug iu
grain ?"
"No, sir, when I feel like speculating
1 go to a regular p >ker room, conduct
ed in a first class manner, and lay
down my money. It is far more sat
isfactory to me."
"How ?"
"Why, I know just how long it will
take me to lose SSOO anil get back to
the office, and I dou't have to waste
any time, put up margins, run to the ;
broker's or lose any sleep."
L'Enfant Terrible.
Scene—Dinner table; several guests
present.
Bobbie—to spinster entertaining
papa at other end of table—"Papa, |
why is a little boy like a locomotive?"
Papa—who has suffered—"Bobbie,
little boys must be seen and not
heard."
Spinster—casting a languishing •
look upon papa—"Oh, let the little!
darling go on."—To Bob—"What is j
the answer, Bobbie, dear?"
Bobbie—"Give uui up?"
Papa—who has suffered—"Hush,
Bobbie."
Spinster—"l give it up, darling; t
now what's the answer?"
Bobbie—triumphantly—"Coz he's
got a tender behind."
Exit Bobbie, accompanied by papa
—who has suffered—and Bobbie tells
Tommie Harris later on that be feels ;
more like a locomotive than ever
A Pittsburgh hotel clerk says that
every traveller is nervous since the ,
Mil waukee fire and wants a room on j
the first or second floor. That, he !
adds, is the invariable result of such a
catastrophe, and it lasts for several
weeks; but gradually anxiety dies out,
and before long people take rooms on
the upper floors without complaint,
aud often congratulate themselves ou
the better air and wider prospect thus
obtained.
The Bad Girl Goes Back
on Him.
"My girl has sho- k me."
"Shoo! ycu don't say so ?" said the
groceryman, as he threw a rotten pota
to into a basket of good onts that were
going to the orphan asylum.
"Well, she showed h; r sense. You
would have blown her up, or broken
her neck, or something, liut don't
feel bad, you'll soon find another girl
that will discount her, aud you will
forget all about this one."
"Never!" said the boy. as he nibbled
at a piece of codfish that be had picked
off "I shall never allow my affections
to become entwined about another
piece of calico. It unmans :ne. Hence
forth I am a hater of the whole girl
race. From this out I shall harbor re
venge in my heart; no girl can cross
my path and live. I want to grow up
aud become a he schojl ma'am, or a be
milliner, or something where I can
grind girls into dust, and make them
sue for mercy. O, \ou don't know
anything about the woe there is iu this
world. You never loved many people,
did you
The groceryman admitted that he
had never loved very hard, but he knew
a little about it from an aunt of his,
who got mashed on a Chicago drum
mer. "But your father must be having
a rest while your mind is occupied with
your love affairs," said be.
"Yes," said the boy, with a vacant
look, "I take no interest in the pleasure
of the chase any more, though I did
have a little fun this morning at the
breakfast table. You see pa is the con
trariest man you ever saw. If I com
plain that anything at the table don't
taste good, pa says it is all right. This
morning I took tbe syrup pitcher and
emptied out the white syrup and put iu
some cod liver oil that man is using for
her cough. I put some on my pan-cakes
and pretended to taste it. 1 told pa
the syrup was sour and not fit to eat.
Pa was mad in a second, and he pour
ed out some on his pancakes and said
1 was getting too confounded particu
: !ar. He said the syrup was good
enough for him, and he sopped bis
panes:ke in it and fired some down
his neck. He is a great durned hypo
crite, that's what he is. I could see
by his face that the cod liver oil was
near killing him, but he said that syr
up was all right, and if I didn't eat
mine he would Weak my neck and by
gosh I had to cat it and pa said he
guessed he hadu't much appetite and
would just drink a cup of coffee and
eat a doughnut. I like to di"d, and
that, is one thing, I think, that makes
this disappointment in love harder to
I ear. But I felt sorry for ma. Ma
ain't got a very strong stummick, and
when she got some of that cod liver
oil in her mouth she went right up
stairs, a horse, and pa had to
help her, and che had nooralgia all the
morning. I ate pickles to take the
taste out ol my mouth, and then I laid
for the hired girls. They eat too
much syrup, any way, and when they
got on to that cod liver oil and swal
lowed a lot of it, one of them, an
Irish girl, got up from the table and
put her baud on her corset and yelped,
"Howly Jupers,', and went out into
the kitchen as pale as ma when she
has powder on her face, and the other
girl who is Dutch, she swallowed a
pancake and said, "Mine Cott ! what
vas the matter from me," and sbe
went ou a?id leaned on the coal bin.
Then they talked Irish and Dutch
and got clubs and started to look for
me, and 1 thought 1 would come over
here. The whole family is sick, but
not from love Lke my illness, and they
will get over it, while I shall fill aa
early grav«; but not until I have
made that j.'iil aad the telegraph mes
senger wish they were dead. Pa aud
I are going to Chicago next week and
I'll bet we'll have some fun. Pa says
I need a change of air arid 1 think be
is going to lose me. It's a dark day
when 1 get left anywhere that 1 can't
find my way back. Well, good-bye,
rotten potatoes."
Dead; and Go a 3 to Oil City.
A well known broker of this city,
I savs the Pittsburgh Telegraph of
Jan. 20, tells a story which is not bad.
: Three oil dealers were intimate friends.
Two of them lived near Foxburg and
the other in Pittsburgh One of tbe
i Fox burgers died and the other seut the
: following message to the Pittsburgher:
"George died last night aud body
gone to oil City. Market lather dull
and nothing doing."
The telegraph operator dropped the
word "body," and the Pittsburgher's
copy of the message read :
"George died last night ami gone to
Oil City. Market rather dull aud
■ nothing doing "
In a short time the Foxburg nnn re
ceived this reply from Pittsburgh :
"Your news is distressing. Go to
priest at once and ask cost of getting
George's soul out of Oil City and have
lit sent to upper field. Will pay half
i expenses. Market firm and prospect
I of advance.
John Denlinger, Lancaster, says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters afford me »reat
| relief wheu suffering from a weak and
j broken down constitution."
Even the tattler regards herself, we
| cannot possibly say himself, as a kind
i of self-sacrificing missionary scattering
; good news. She is a noble woman,
unappreciated to be sure, who is trying
| to make the world better by telling the
, faults of each to every other. These
I liues are a complete vindication of her
j motives:
No, Varus hates a thing that's base ;
I own, indeed, he's got a knack
Of fluttering people to their face,
Itut scorns to do it behind their back.
Fifty-eight million dollars is the es
timated value of finger rings of this
I country actually worn, and still there
are people mean enough to go hacking
and caughiug because they do
not want to invest 25 cents
for a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough
| Syrup.
A Pearl Divers Experience.
"I was once a diver—not a wrecker
but a pearl diver—and a hard business
it was," recently tbe Captain
of a Spanish brig to the reporter of the
California Titties." "We worked off
the Mexican and Panama coasts, prin
cipally on the Pacific side. Some
times we worked alone, but generally
on shares, and sometimes fur pay.
We went to the grouudsin small sail
ing vessels; theu we took to small
boats and covered as much ground as
as possible. Each man had a basket,
a weight and a knife. For sharks?
Yes; but it is a poor defense, for it is
almost impossible to swing the arm
with any force under water. The best
weapon is a short spear. \\ hen you
reach the ground you strip, put your
feet into a big sinker, take basket "that
has a rope for hoisting, drop over and
soon linil yourself at the bottom. Theu
your business is to knock off as many
ovstcrs as you can and pile them into
the basket before you lose your wind.
Il is a terrible straiu, but I eouid
j staiid it in those days for six minutes,
j and I have known some men wtooould
1 stay down ten ; but it is sure death
in tbo long run. If the ground is well
stocked you can get twenty or more
shells, but it is all luck. When the |
basket is full it is hauled up, and after
you come up for your wind down you
go again, the sink being hauled up
with a small cord for that purpose. It
.was on one of these occasions that I
ran afoul tbe animal that gave me a
lasting fright. You will smile when I
say it was only a star fish, but that it
really was. 1 went down sixty feet
1 with a rush, and, landing on the edge
of a big branch of coral, swung off iuto
a kind of basin. The basket went
ahead of me, and as I swung off to
reach the bottom, something seemed to
spring up all around me, and I was in
the arms of some kind of a monster
that coiled about my body, arms and
legs. I tried to scream, forgetting
that I was in the water, and lost my
wind. It was just as if the plant had
sprouted under me and then thrown
its vines and tendrils about me. There
were thousands of them, coiling and
writhing, and I thought 1 had landed
in a nest of sea snakes. I gave the
signal as soon as I could, and made a
break upward, part of the creature
clinging to me, while the rest, I could
see was dropping to pieces. They
hauled me into the boat as soon as I
reached the surface, and pulled the
main part of the animal from me. It
was oval, about three feet across, and
the five arms seemed to divide into
thousands of others. I probably land
ed on the top of that one, which at the
time was the largest I had ever seen.
I afterward saw the body of one that
had been washed ashore on the Isth
mus that must have had a spread of
thirty-five leet. Their power of grasp
ing is considerable, but touch them in
a cer'ain way and they throw off
their arms in a regular shower and are
soon reduced to an oval body.
A Mathematical Nut to Crack.
The following mathematical problem
which is going the rounds is commend
ed to the students of this county who
are fond of mathematical nuts to crack.
Two boys make sale of thirty apples each.
No. 1 sells throe for one cent v ..10
No. 2 sells two for oneeent 15
Which, ofcourse, would be 25
Next time they concluded to go into
partnership with the same number of
apples, and sell five for two cents,
which would amount to twenty-four
cents. Now, as they sell tbe same
number of apples each day forthe same ,
of cents, we would like to know
what has become of the twenty-fifth ,
cent which is lost iu the partnership ,
arrangement.
How a Woman's Life Was Saved
After she had tested the skill of all
the best doctors in Western Pennsyl
vania and New York, aud- bad paid
over SI,OOO without receiving any per
manent good, the limbs became affect
ed with even tenfold greater virulence,
not only eating away the flesh, but at
tacking the bones beneath. It also
affected her head and face, making her
almost blind aud deaf, reduced to a
mere skeleton, weighing but 80 pounds,
the doctors pronounced her at death's
door. Pcruua was then given to her,
as stated, and with the result given on
page 24 in Dr. Hartman's "Ills of
Life." She took no other medicine
and is perfectly will.
The Ohio Legislature is consider
ing the adulteration of foods and med
icines. It is informed bj r a Cincinuat
ti chemist that liver and kidney com
plaints, so common and so destructive
to human life, are largely due to use
of sulphuric acid in the manufacture of
sugar aud syrup. He also declares
that quinine pilis are extensively adul
terated, and that many other medi
cines are not to be relied upon.
There is hardly r.n adult person liv
ing but is sometimes troubled with
kidney difficulty, which is tbe most
prolific aud dangerous cause of all dis
ease. There is 110 sort of need to have
any form of kidney or urinary trouble
if Hop Bitters is taken occasionly.
Oue of tbe persons who were not
swindled during the graveyard-insur
ance craze was Mrs. Francis George,
more familiarly known as "Granny
Smith," of Harrisburg, Pa., who died
lust Thursday at the age of eighty.
The old lady was a capital subject for
speculation, and it is said that her life
was insured at the time for an aggre
gate of $50,000 by a dozen different
operators. She never refused an ap
plication and never omitted to inti
mate that the people who were going
to make so much money by her death
could well afford to contribute to the
comfort of her last days by small pres
ents in the shape of money or provis
ions. Thus she contrived to get on
snugly for a considerable time, and
lived to verify her prediction that the
swindling companies would be dead
before she was.
j Laws Interesting to Landholders,
r | But few persons understand the na
-5 ture of their rights and privileges in re
-1 gard to fencing and the adjacent public
s I roads, and frequently impositions and
f i losses are practiced upon them by own
- j ers of cattle and hogs trespassing upon
- their c :,,-losures, sometimes destroying
- growing crops and inflicting other in
. juries ami atrioy utict-s t » « e-iusiderab.:
exient, and frequently causing tm
I pleasant feelin.-s between neighbor*.
i In addition to these troubles, which arc
, of long standing, a new evil ba.s been
' : produced of late in the multiplicity ol
s telegraph lines, which are being erected
i throughout the country, the companies
;I or their contractors for the ereetiou of
i the poles for the laying of the wires,
■ not only occupying the public roads f« r
the purposes of their corporations, but
I absolutely cutting the tree" on these
highways and the adjacent propertv
without any authority s) to do from
i the owners thereof. This has been
done recently in Baltimore county, and
suits have been instituted fur damages
by owners of the laud, and we find that
similar suits have been instituted in
llurford county under similar circum
stances. We hope that the laws ol
Maryland or the common law mav reach
these intruders on the property "of the
j legitimate owners of the soil, and that
not ouly pecuniary damage may be in
flicted, but that the trespassers may be
puuished for their audacity by suitable
tines and imprisonment
We have before given sjiue extracts
from the laws on such subjects from
Judge Bennett's work, and the follow
ing adiiitioual item upon the "Rights
of the Road" cannot but be of interest,at
the present time, and every landholder
should preserve the extracts for their
guidance in the maintenance of their
rights. Judge Bennett says:
"If a farm deed is bounded by, on or
upon a road, it usually extends to the
middle of the roadway. The farmer
owns the soil of half the road, and may
use the grass, trees, stone, gravel, sand,
or anything of value to him, either on
the Und or beneath the surface, subject
only to the superior rights of the'public
to travel over the road, and that of the
highway surveyor to use such material
for the repair of the road and these
materials he may cart away and
use elsewhere on the road. No
other man has a right to feed his cat
tle there, or cut the grass or trees,
much less deposit his wood, old carts,
or wagons thereon. The owner of a
drove of cattle that stops to feed in
front of your land, or of a drove ol
pigs that root up the soil, is respon
sible at law as much as if they
did the same things iuside the fence.
Xo private person has a right to
cut or lop off the limbs of your trees
in order to move his old barn or oth
er buildings along the highway, and
no traveller can hitch his horse to
your trees on the sidewalk without
being liable, if he gnaws the bark or
otherwise injures them. If your well
stands partly on your laud aud partly
outside the fence, no neighbor can use
it excepi by your permission Nay,
more, no mm has a right to stand in
front of your land and insult you with
abusive language without being liable
to you for trespassing on your land
lie has a right to pass and repass in
an orderly and becoming manner; a
right to use the road, but not to abuse
it. But notwithstanding tic faraiei
owns the soil of the rocd, even he can
not use it for any purpose which inter
feres with the uso of it by the public
for travel, lie cannot put his pig pen
wagons, wood or other things there i
the highway surveyor orders then]
away as obstructing public travel I
he leaves such things outside his fence
and within the limit of the highway a;
actually, laid, though some distance
from the traveled path, and a travelei
runs in to them at night and is injured
the owner is not only liable to him foi
private damages but may also be in
dieted aud fined for obstructing a pub
lie highway. And if le has a fenc«
or wall along a public highway h<
must place it all on his own land, auc
not half on the road as in case of divis
ion fences between neighbors. But as
ho owns the soil, if the road is discon
tiuued or located elsewhere, the lane
reverts to him, and he may inclose it tr
the center and use it as a part of hif
farm.''
—What a good natured people th(
Americans are, to be sure. We enjoj
fearful railroad accidents to such an ex
tent that we may be said to have f
morbid appetite for them, and such if
the enterprise of our railroad officiah
that the supply seems to be quite equa
to the demand. We sometimes changt
the awful programme of death by c
hotel fire, and although we indulge in
i a shudder or two of horror we don't
mean anything by it, and we do not in
tend to remedy the increasing evil.
The Milwaukee fire was a terrible
disaster, but we shall forget all about
it in ten days, and nine out of ten of
us when travelling would just as lief
put up in that kind of a lumberyard as
in the most lire-proof hotel. The idea
of danger does nor occur to us until we
bear the cry of "Fire !" and smell the
smoke on the story below. Cremation
is a good thing, but it ought not to
begin too soon There are numbers of
buildings in this city which are posi
tively aching to get afire, and which
will have their highest anticipations
satisfied whenever a loose match shall
drop into the corner ; but do our
officials exhibit any alarm? Oh, no!
They take an impregnable position on
the fact that a free born American citi
zen can do as he pleases, and be pro
tected in it by the law, provided he
can pay for the luxury. So we sleep at
on a mattress of gunpowder and
live as long as we can under the cir
cumstances. Those who get killed or
burned cannot say anything about it,
and the rest of us who did not happen
to get killed or burued that time are so
thankful for our escape that we have
nothing to say. So the pine wood still
burns aud the tunnel is still unlighted.
—At Griebs. A handsome line of
Gold Spectacles for preseuts.
5. j —Bj the explosion of a powder mill
j near San Francisco recently, thirty
i- men, mostly Chinese, were killed.
~~ The most valuable result of all edu
j ! tion is the ability to make yourself do
j the thing you have to do when it ought
* | to be done, whether you like to do it
i or not.
PT
i- The explosions of coal oil lamps 611-
: rd with non explosive (?) oil still goo j
i- on, burning up women and childri-n.
s A coal oil lamp in a house is a con
e atant danger.
u | A little girl in Arkansas, according
' to dispatches, has been found with
three tongues. If that girl ever g.?t«
s married—but why dwell on such hor
' rible anticipations.
r The Hartford Steam Company talk
t of making gas for heating purposes,
e and will not only use the gas for heat
t ing their own boilers, but will let the
i public have it for cooking purposes.
] The ice factories at New Orleans
5 practice the fancy of freezing certain ob
t jects in blocks of crystal ice The red
, snapper of the Gulf of Mexico, a bril
. liantly scarlet fish, is one of the icely
f imprisoued objects, and flowers, singly
, or in bouquets, are another. The ef
} feet is magnificent.
t Having been troubled with a very
bad cough for about two years and
» having tried almost every cough mfx
> ture that was ever made. I have found
none that has given me such great re
' lief a3 Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and I
' earuestly recommend it to all afflicted.
Benj. F. Dugoan, 14 Park PL, N. Y.
i
» Mother* Should Know It.
Fretful babies cannot help disturb
ing everybody, and mothers should
know how soothing Parker's Qinger
Tonic is. It stops babies pains, makes
them healthy, relieves their own ami
! ety and is safe to use.— Journal.
A Missouri bee raiser has just trans
ferred his one hundred and fifty hives
to Florida, that his bees may be kept
busy all the winter In the land of flow
ers ; and on the Mississippi there are
bee boats that carry hives op and
down that river to keep pace with the
blooming of the flowers.
"Buehupalba."
Xew, quick, complete cure 4 days,
urinary affections, smarting, frequent
or difficult urination, kidney disease.
sl. at druggists Prepaid by express,
$1.25, 6 for $5. E. S. Wells, Jersey
' City, N.J.
—An insufficient atonement for a
singular maladministration of justice
has been made bv the pardon of William
Pendegrast, of Buffalo, ne was accus
ed of an attempt to pass a counterfeit
dollar, and "an expert of twenty-five
years' standing swore that the coin was
a bad counterfeit." So poor Pender
grast went to the Auburn penitentiary
for a year. After he was imprisoned
it seems to have occurred to some one
that it would be well to ascertain
definitely in regard to the coin, and it
was sent to Chief Brooks, of the secret
service at Washington, who discovered
that the coin was genuine. So the
President has issued a pardon for
I'endenjrast on account of a crime of
which he is innocent. It is now ia
order for Mr. Pendergrast to reason for
a brie r ßpace with "the expert of twenty
five years' standing," as well as to
secure damages for false imprisonment.
A ludicrous incident recently took
place in Liverpool. There are two
brothers who parted many years ago
when boys, one of them going to
America to seek his fortune and the
other remaining in Liverpool to make
it. They have both been eminently
successful in this respect, and not long
ago the brother in America determined
to visit the brother in England. The
time of the visit was settled by corres
pondence, and the American set sail.
The Englishman is a notorious wag,
and arranged that an acquaintance
should meet the American as his bro
ther and conduct him to the hotel.
Tbe American, who is also a great
wag, on tbe trip decided to play exact
ly the same joke on bis brother, asking
an acquaintance whom he had met on
the ship to personate him for a few
hours. The acquaintance entered into
the spirit of tbe joke, and when tbe
vessel arrived at Liverpool was found
by the personater of the Euglish broth
er and driven to the hotel. Tbe real
American brother followed more leis
urely, chuckling over his joke. In the
meanwhile tbe English brother had
also gone to the hotel, bursting with
nerriment over bis joke. It happened
that the two real brothers met in the
lobby of the hotel, and, though they
had been parted so many years, they
knew each otber. At first with blank
amazement they greeted each otber;
and then, as they as tbev explained
their mutual jokes, laughed long and
heartily. But tbe climax was yet to
be reached. An explanation in regard
to the gentlemen who had personated
them, and who were now, as they im
agined, playing a huge joke on each
otber, showed tb it they also were
brothers who had been separated from
boyhood, but who did not know each
other when they met. The first pair
of brothera hurried up to their parlor,
and after the situation had been ex
plained all around, the comedy of
errors was ended by an old-fashioned
English dinner.
Be tter than Foreign Port.
Speer's Port Grape Wine is better
than Imported Port, and, since tbe
adulteration of the latter, it must take
its place. It is pure and reilly excel
lent and bealt, )-giviug.— Troy Times
Members of the Board of Health, of
Xew York, and other prominent phys
icians, use this wine for J,beir patients
aud in their own families, much on
account of the iron contained in it from
the soil on which Speer's vineyards
are situated. For sale by D. H. Wci««
LEU.
kjT" Advertise m Ou CI rial*.
NO. II