VOL. XX.
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JOHN BICKEL,
WHO IS
HE sou i;im FH THESE SIIOFS IO SOTEEO,
And Who Takes Orders for the Custom Work of ihis Firm.
ALSO
350 Pairs of Slippers, botigbt at Sbcrirs Sale to be closed out cbeap.
ALSO
500 Pairs of Plow Sboes, all sizes, to be sold cbcap.
ALSO
A assortment of Mens' Fine Wear in all the Latest Styles, Low and
High Cuts English Bals, Buttons, Dom Pedro, *tc.
A±j&o
All the Best New England, New York and Philadelphia makes of all kinds of
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ALSO
All kinds of Leather and Findings, large stock of French Culf and Kip*
American Calf and Kips, Moroccoes, Linings, Sheffield lied Sole
and Baltimore Oak-Sole Leather.
ALSO
Our own Hand Work, which CANNOT be excelled in Butler either for Style,
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ALSO
Farmers can have their repairing and mending done on the same day they
bring it in.
JOHN BICKEL,
I! MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
*
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All Kinds of Repairing will Receive Prompt Attention.
CTPleaee call and examine onr Goodts and got Prices before you pnrchane eluewhero.
Plastering Hair Always or. Hand.
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Who contemplate purchasing
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we guarantee to select stock for them
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SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LITER.
i:...! T!reath; Pain in the Side, sometimes th®
j.. . :s ' It ujuler the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowel#
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tl.r head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
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.
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Persons Traveling or IJvfng In Un
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A Governor's Testimony.
S : mmons Liver Regulator has been i;i use in my
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J. GILL SHORTER, Governor of Ala.
J7r;n. Alexander If. Stephens, of Ga.,
;i \-o l some benefit (t< m the use of
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Hl y pra; li :'-* i have 1-cen arid am satisfied to use
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BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1883
BRADY AND KELLOGG IN
DICTED.
For Receiving Bribes and Con
spiring to Defraud the Gov
ernment.
WASHINGTON, March 27. —After re
cess the Grand Jury came into court
with a number of presentments.
Among them the following: I nited
States vs. Thomas J. Brady, for un
lawfully receiving money and postal
drafts to the amount of sf>,ooo, while
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
from James B. Price, as a reward for
making a contract for mail service with
Price on July 13, 1380, upon the Star
route from Socorro to Silver City, New
Mexico; against Wm. Pitt Kellogg
and Thomas J. Brady, for conspiracy
on April 7, 1880, with James B. Price
to defraud tbe United States by means
of false oatbs and fraudulent allowance
for expedition, and false ai d fraudulent
claims to be made for increased pay for
expedition on post routes from Munroe
to Sbreveport, in Louisiana, and San
Antonio to Corpus Cbristi, in Texas,
the said routes then being in the name
of James B. Price as contractor;
against Wm. Pitt Kellogg, setting
forth that on April 17, 1880, whilst J
Senator from Louisiana, he did unlaw
fully receive from James B. Price, con
tractor on post routes from Munroe to
Sbreveport, La., and San Antonio to
Corpus Christi, Tex., a certain sum of
money, postoffice drafts and promissory
notes, together of the value of §20,000,
for the service of procuring, persuading
and inducing Thomas J. Brady, Second
Assistmt Postmaster General, to
award and allow to Price an increase
of pay and compensation for carrying
the mail with increased speed on and
over each of said routes, and corruptly
influencing tbe action of said Brady
therein.
Another presentment was handed in
against Brady for having, on or about
April 19, 1880, whilst Second Assist
ant Postmaster General, unlawfully re
ceived ct rtain money, postoffice drafts
and a note, together being of the value
of $20,000, as compensation for the
service of awarding to Jas. B. Price, a
mail contractor, a contract on each of
the routes from Munroe to Sbreveport,
La., aud £an Antonio to Corpus
Cbristi, Texas, to carry the mail with
increased speed and for increased pay.
The witnesses named are John A.
Walsh, James B. Price, Joseph Coch
ran and J. W. Brady.
JUICE'S AFFIDAVIT.
The following is an abstract from
what is believed to be a trustworthy
source, of the affidavit of Mail Contrac
tor James B Price, which is now in
tbe possession of counsel for the Gov
ernment in the Star route cases. The
affiant deposes in substance, as fol
lows :
Mn JB7S, being the lowest bidder,
affiant waa awarded the contract for
carrying the United States mail on the
route (among others) from Corpus
Christi to San /\ntonio, Tex. In 1879,
being desirous of having the number of
trips increased ami the time expedited
on said route, to tho end that his an
nual pay l>e increased and the route
threby rendered profitable, affiant caus
ed to be circulated petitions for signa
tures of eifzeus living along that route,
requesting the Postmaster General to
increase tbe number of trips and re
duce tbe running time. These peti
tions, having been numerously signed
by influential citizens aud officials,
were handed by affiant to a friend in
Washington for presentation to tbe
Postoffice department for its action.
This effort met with no success. Af»
fiont then applied in person to Senator
Wm. Pitt Kellogg, whom he had
known for many years, saying to him:
"If you succeed in increasing my pay
on this route, and that of the one froiq
Sbreveport to Munroe, La., I will give |
you $20,000." Kellogg said he would
see Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Brady and learn of him what
could be done. Meantime affiant drew
5 postal drafts of $;j,000 each for the
hereinafter named quarters ou the
route from Corpus Christi to San An
tonio These drafts were drawn on
the 10th of July, IS7'•>, and before the
order was issut d granting affiant in
crease of pay on 'this ruute.
KELLOGG SUGARED.
A short timo afterwards, Senator
Kellogg reporting to him that the mat
ter was all right, be (affiant) banded to
said Kellogg $15,000 of postal drafts
drawn against his (affiant's) pay for
tho following named quarters, viz:
these ending March 1, June .'{(), Sep
tembar '}o, and December 81, 1880, and
aud March 31, 1881. In addition to
the above, affiant gave said Kellogg
his promissary note for $5,000, paya
ble in four months with collateral at
tached thereto to secure payment of
same. This collateral consisted of
Shakrspeare mining stock and a note
drawn by Mail Contractor Hugh
White and endorsed by Mail Contract
or Monroe Salusbury. All of this
paper was paid at maturity. Senator
Kellogg told affiant that the notes and
draft had been given to John A.
Walsh, banker, in Washington, for
collection.
Mr Walsh testified on his examina
ation that he received from Senator
Kellogg the paper mentioned in
Price's affidavit, but that one-half of
the $20,000 referred to was for the ac
count of Kellogg and one-half was to
be credited to Brady in bis account
with Walsh, in the hitter's capacity as
bit' ker. Monroe Salusburj-, referred
to in Price's affidavit as the endorser
for Whit-,is the mail contractor whose
Star route services are the subject of
arbitration.
The affiant further avers that he
was approached during the pendency
of the Congressional investigation of
1871) and 1880, or after it, l>y one A.
11. Brown, mail contractor and former
ly post office clerk, who requested af
liant to contribute his (affiant's) share
to tbe fund raised by contractoi s to pay
expenses alleged to be incurred prior
to the passage of tins Star route defic
iency appropriation bill of 187'J and
1880. Mr. Brown represented himself
to be treasurer of the fund, and told
affiant that his (affiant) share was
$5,000, at the same time showing him
a list of contractors with the amouut
paid by each. Affiant replied to this
request that owing to Indian depreda
tions, loss of animals, etc., he was in
no condition to respond, although he
(affiant) satisfied himself tha* the con
tractors had paid.
BRADY MADE IIAI'I'V.
Owing to curtailment of his mail
service by reason of railway extension
aud other causes, affiant was left aljout
this time with a numb: r of horses,
mail wagons and other p'aut necessary
to the conduct of mail transportation
—things that were aim ;st valueless un
less he had work for them Ailiant
thereupon appliei to Brady for a tem
porary contract, i. e., a contract with
out any competition from other bidders,
from Socorro to Silver City, N. M. This I
request met with a negative response
from Brady, but afterward affiant de
termined to call upou Hrady again
and suggest to him that if be (Brady)
would give affiant the aforementioned
contract, viz , Socorro to Silver City,
affiant would pay the "Brown assess
ment.'' Affiant did this with the re
sult that a few days afterward Brady
gave him the temporary contract asked
for at the rate of $11,582 per annum.
It was then that affivnt put into an en
velop $2,500 in currency and two pos
tal drafts of $1,520 each, drawn against
the pa}' on his mail route, 31,1 0, for
the quarters ending September 30 and •
December 31, 1880, and after address-'
ing the envelop to A. 11. Brown and
marking it 'valuable,' placed the same
on the desk of the Second Assistant
Postmaster General Brady asking the
latter to see that Brown got the same,
to which Brady "grunted an assent af
ter his usual manner." Affiant did
this knowing that Brown meant Brady
in this case.
KELLOGG NERVOUS BUT TRICKY.
Affiant further says that when the
investigation of the Star route matters
was agitated, Senator Ivellogg becane
very nervous, manifesting therein, how
ever, more concern for himself than
for anyone else. Tho filing of tbe suit
of John A- Walsh against Brady about
this time greatly alarmed affiant, but
Kellogg hastened to assure him that
everything would be all right; that he
bad simply to keep quiet, and that he
( Kellogg) would see that no harm be
fell him. In May, 1881, some very j
alarming indications presented them
selves, resulting in Senator Kellogg's
sending, on May 1(5, 1881, a special
messenger to affiant, who was thou j
stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York. The messenger came from
Washington, where Senator Kell >gg
then was. The burden of the message
was calculated and intended to reas
sure affiaut and to allay any feaii he
might have touching the Star route in
vestigation, then in its incipient stages.
Kellogg repeatedly told affiant that
no barm would come to him, and all
that be had to do was to remain quiet,
and that this "whole matter of Star
route investigation would end in
smoke." Ailiant refers to a certain
occasion when Kellogg telegraphed
him at Philadelphia, affiant being then
in that citv, saying he (Kellogg) was
goiug to Washington from New York
and would stop over and see him.
This he did, being accompanied by
Judge Wilson. On this occasion K e '"
logg again encouraged and reassured
defiant, and bade him have no fear as
to the outcome of the investigation.
As to the disposition mado of the
proceeds of the Corpus Cbristi and San
Antonio drafts, together with the note
of $5,000, aggregating in all $20,000,
affiant says that Kellogg sometip.ies
told him that he (Kellogg) had given
all to Brady, deriving no benefit there
from personally. At other times he
said he had derived but $2,000 or so
therefrom.
How to Got ft Farm from Undo
Sam.
Mr. 11. A. Ilaigh describes in full in
the American Affricullurial for Aprii
the four methods of obtaining land
from Uncle Sam, from which we clip
the one by tree-planting.
There are four principal methods of
acquiring land from tbe Government,
namely, homestoading, pre-emption,
' tree-culture and purchase.
The timber-culture act is liberal in
its provisions. Under it any person
may get a farm of 100 acres or less.
He may do this, and also acquire title
to another 160 acres, under the home
stead or pre-emption law, but he can
] noe make use of both the homestead
' and pre-emption methods, except in tho
Territories, nor can he use either of
those methods twice. If tho tree-claim
contains the maximum entry of 100
acres, at least five acres must be plowed
within one year from the date of entry;
the second year five acres must be cul
tivated and another five acres plowed ;
the third year the first live acres must
be planted in timber, seeds or cuttings,
and second live acres cultivated; tho
fourth year the second five acres must
be planted in timber, seeds or cuttings,
making at the end of the fourth year
ten acres thus planted. These must Fie
carefully cultivated and protected for
four years more, at the end of which
time, on making due proof that at least
2,7 i 0 trees were planted on each acre,
and that at the time of making pi oof at
least 075 thrifty trees are growing
upon each acre, a patent for the land
may be obtained. Perfect good faith
must be observed. If tho trees, or any
of them, are destroyed one year they
must lie replanted the next. If grass
hoppers or drouth destroy tho trees,
seeds or cuttings, for one year or a
term of years, the time for planting is
extended one year for every year that
they arc so destroyed. The Land
Office fee for entry of 100 acres is sl4.
Only Western prairie and treeless lands
mav be taken by this method. The
trees planted must be those properly
called timber trees, and among these
tho cottonwood is recognized. I
BR AID WOOD'S CALAMITY.
Recovering the Bodies of the
Drowned in the Diamond
Mine.
When the PUU rose last Monday
morniug upon tbe prairie on which is
situated the Diamond Mine the scene
was changed materially from tlmt of
twenty-four hours before- Around the
shaft and tha morgue instead of a
thousand or more spectators, prompted
only by that morbid curiosity which
brings many people to scenes where
horror's climax is reached, there were
all-nit one hundred miners, mostly sur
viv.-r.- from the disaster, some seventy
live women—among whom were notic
ed many of the widows—boys and
girls : add to this one hundred chil
dren, the most of whom were fixed up
in their best clothes, showing a marked
degree of cleanliness heretofore not
noticeable since the disaster, and you
have the picture of a Diamond shaft as
it appeared that morning.
There were a few among the throng
who h id stayed around the main shaft
and !;• tween there and the morguo all
nigh; long waiting for the recovery of
the corpse of a son or husband. The
low tune of conversation, the earnest
nod of ihe head, the sad expression of
the f:iee and swollen eyes of all the
nv L>, women and children denoted the
struggle they had passed through dur
ing the night. The children clustered
aiound the funeral train, aud sad eyed
women gazed at the morgue, occasion
ally stopping aud peeping through the
windows, where the undertakers are
placing the bodies in the coffins. Dur
ing all the siege they and their chil
dren have watched each succeeding
day's developments with that eagerness
wuioh sends a pang to the heart of tbe
observer. Tbe children had becomo
impatient in their childish desire to see
their fathers and the funeral train, which
for the past three days they have been
eagerly watching for.
That morning at an early hour those
who had not spent the entiro night at
the n ,: -c were on hand at daybreak to
pay the last tribute of respect to the
memory of their nearest and dearest
friends. At six o'clock the report of
the exploring committees showed that
twenty-two bodies had been removed,
eighteen of which were indentified.
TIIE FUNERAL TRAIN.
At nine o'clock twenty had been
coffined and carried to the funeral cars,
five of the bodies were claimed at the
morgue by relatives. At twenty min
utes past nine tbe signal was given for
the funeral train to start. Three
coaches and a flat car comprised the
train. The latter were draped in
mourning at either end, having frames
elevated about four feet in height, up
on which is stretched the black crape.
Upon this surface the ladies of Braid
wood had arranged black and white
rosetts, and also a large diamond-shap
ed figure indicative of the name of the
mino in which the men who were soon
to be carried to their last-resting place
lost their lives. Hanging gracefully
from these elevations were heavy crape
decorations, festooned upon tha sides
until none of the woodwork of tbe com
mon llat ear was exposed to view.
The coaches were draped from tho top
with crape, festooned, and on the sides
of the coaches were three diamond
shaped decorations, with largo rosettes
at each end and aide.
MOL'NINU WOMEN ANI) CHILDREN.
Thirty-five widows and upward of
eighty children, accompanied by
friends and relatives, were seated in
tho coaches. Many of them were
weeping, while others seemed too ut
terly crushed at heart to shed tears.
A sadder assemblage was never con
gregated on a railway train. At the
sound of a suppressed whistle aud
amid the mild ringiug of a muflled bell
tbe train moved slowly down through
the rows of cottages, now made deso>
late by the reaper Death.
LOST WITH HIS BOY.
A short distance from the mine is
the coitage of Mrs. Patrick Redmond,
ller husband reached the top of the
air bhaft iu safety at the time of the
disaster. •Hastily inquiring after his
two boys he learned that they were
still iu the mine, lie hastened down
the shaft and brought out tbo eldest
and returned a second time after tbe
younger one. It was of this heroic
act that all sorts of stories were writ
ten. That Mr. Redmond reached tho
foot of the main shaft, with his boy in
bis arms, and was caught by the rush
of water and swept back down some of
tho various roads or alley ways, &c.
Tbe ljody of tbe boy was found in tbe
west road aud it was one of tbe few
that could be easily by the
features.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
As the train arrived within hailing
distance of Mr. Redmond's little cot
tage the old lady placed herself near
the track and signalled the engineer to
stop. After tho train had been brought
to a stand-still she asked for the corpse
of her son, which request was granted.
Four men volunteered to carry tho
body to tbe house, and tho train again
moved on.
At the depot where a hungry crowd
of morbid sightseers awaited its com
ing, the bodies were met by four hears
es and carriages and taken immediate
ly to the burying ground, were services
were held by the Rev. Mr. Adaius, of
tbo First Presbyterian (Scotch)
Church. The coal company have de
frayed the expenses of the funeral, pay
ing tbe undertakers s.'!o a corpse for
the burial.
CLAIMING TWO UODIES
Shortly after the arrival of tho first
train this morning a woman neatly
clad in black, hiving swollen eyes and
otherwise showing marks of Intense
sorrow, appeared upon tbo scene, walk
ing up anil down tbe bier, eagerly scan
ning tbe cards which bore tbo names
of the victims. She turned to a look
er-on and said in broken Knglish, "Do
you read Auglaiso?" Upon being an
swered by a nod she pointed to the
card on one of the coffins and said, "Is
he John Denbrosqui ?" Another nod
from the looker on anil the
lady threw her arms wildly up to li-»r
head, aud, reeling 1 , would have fallen
had .'he not been supported by the
crowd. In a moment, regaining her
senses, she tlung herself on the coffin
and said, "My John. I not let my
John be buried like a dog. I take my
John to a church, same as Christian
folks." All e!Fi>rt»; to take her away
proved friiitl-.'sa. She clutig to tt,»>
coffin and was liuallv allowed to take j
the corps!' to the depot. She soon re
appeared <m th« scene and hustilv !
searching the smaller sized colli us, she
picked out one upon which the inscrip
tion was "Anson Denbrosqui." This
sheclaiiued'as her nephew, and explain
ed in broken English that his mother,
in Poland, did uot know yet he was
dead. She also was allowed to take
his body to the depot, where she had
the coffins opened, and with her own
hands placed a vest piece for a shroud
over the chest of the husband aDd
nephew, on which was the simple in
scription, "I. 11. S."
April Farm Notes.
—A well started crop is usually
profitable, and one put in late or under
unfavorable conditions is seldom satis
factory.
—Harrowing winter grain is a
practice that is now quite generally
adopted by the better farmers. This
should be done with implements that
have the teeth turned backward. Pe
ruvian guano, bone-dust, wood-ashes,
or other fertilizer may be applied be
fore the harrowing.
—Spring wheat should be sown a3
soon as the ground can be properly
prepared A top dressing of manure
may be added after sowing. The good
effect of a soluble fertilizer cau be some
times be seen in a few hours, especial
ly if the application is soon followed
by a gentle shower that takes the sub
stance down to the roots. Any start
giveu to young plants is felt for good
throughout their whole life. In using
any concentrated fertilizer, care must
be taken that it does not come in con
tact with the seeds. If scattered thor
oughly and thinly on the surface after
sowing there is no danger, otherwise
it should be mixed with the soil.
Fodder Crop3.—There should beam
pie provision of food for farm animals
during the summer months, when the
pastures are short from drouth. A
leafv sort of oats may be sown with
peas and thus obtain a double crop of
green fodder. The value of Hungarian
grass as a supply of good green food,
is not easily over-estimated.
—Beets, including mangels, may be
sown the last of the month. Quick
starting of the seeds may be insured
by soaking them. They should be
sown so soon as germination begins.
After the plants are up they will need
weeding and thinning.
—Or ass is a leading farm crop, and
is much neglected. Onr farmers have
given very little attention to tho study
of grass and the soils and culture best
adapted to tho various sorts. A per
manent meadow or pasture needs to
be kept up by a yearly top-dressing of
manure or commercial fertilizer. It is
hoped that the American farmer will
come to a better understanding of the
importance of grass growing, and that
onr grass laud will be treated with
due consideration.
Potatoes. The potato-beetle is
well under control, and potatoes life
now a certain crop, and a profitable
one if given a clean culture on a rich
mellow soil. It is well to plant early
sorts and harvest tho tubers before the
"rot" has time to reach them.
Sundry Matters — Put all farm im
plements in good order during rainy
days. Clear up the rubish that has
accumulated. Look well to fences be
fore cattle is turned out.
Sheep.— The caro bestowed upon
Bheep by some farmers during the
winter, invites weakness, and a trouble-
Bome irritation of the skin and loss of
wool often follow poor treatment,
liaising lambs for tho. spring market
is a profitable business, but great care
of both ewes and lambs is necessary.
The strength and vitality of the lamb
depend largoly on tho condition of tho
owe previous to parturitiou. Much in
jury is done to tho unborn lumbs by
compelling the ewes to go without
water. Licking tho snow to quench
thirst chills the fuetus and weakens the
lamb, even if more serious results do
not follow.— America.l Agriculturist
for April.
What Hot Water Will Do.
A gentleman who is in business in >
this city cured himself of a chronic and :
ugly form of dyspepsia in a very sim
pie way. He was given up to die;
but he finally abandoned alike the doc- j
tors and the drugs, and resorted to a
mode of treatment which most doctors, j
and most persons would laugh at as an >
"old womans remedy." It was sim- |
ply the swallowing of a teacupful of
hot water, before breakfast. He took
the water from the cook's teakettle, 1
and 80 hot that he could take it only
by the spoonful. For about three
weeks this morning dose wus repeated;
the dyspepsia decreasing all the while.
At the end of that time he could eat,
he says, any breakfast or dinner that
.any' well person could eat—had gained
in weight, and has ever since been
hearty and well. His weight is now
Ix'tween thirty and forty pounds heavi
er than it was during his dyspepsia
sufferings; and for several years he
I has had no trouble with his stomach
—unless it was some temporary incon
venience due to a late supper or din
ing-out, and in such a case a single
trial of his ante-breakfast remedy was
sure to set all things right. Ho ob
tained his Idea from a German doctor,
and in turn recommended it to others
—and in every case, according to this
gentleman's account, a cure was affect
ed.—Hartford Times.
;:»r-No family <Jyen were ever MO popular
UN the Diamond I>y«•». They never fail. The
Itlai'k is liir superior to logwood. The other
colors arc brilliant.
Simple Cure for Cold Feet.
The following remedy for cold feet
is recommended by the Fireman'*
Journal for sedentary sufferers, as
well as policemen, car drivers, and
others that are exposed to the cold :
All that is necessay is to stand erect
and very gradually to lift one's self np
j upon the tips of the toes, so as to put
all the tendons of the foot at full s rain.
■ Tnis 13 not to hon or jump up or down,
| but simply to ris^—the slowrr the
lietter—upon tiptoe, atid to remain
stamling ou the points of t.ha toos as
long as possible, th<?n gradually clin
ing to the natural position Repeat
this several times, and by the a:n mat
ol work the tips of the toes are made
to do in sustaining the body's weight,
a sufficient and lively circulation is sot
up. A heavy pair of wollen stockings
drawu over the cotton ones is also a
recommendation for keeping the feet
warm, aud at the same time prevent
their becoming tender and sore.
Grafting the Grapevine—A New
Method.
We desire to have new varieties of
grapes come quickly into bearing, but
vines from nurseries are frequently
tardy. Even after careful nursing thev
will often droop and die, while a few
buds cut off on arrival and properly
grafted may produce fruit in a short
time. Grafting on cut-off underground
gnarly . stumps of vines, as usually
practised, is very uncertain at best.
Our method is to take a good strong
branch or cane of vine, or even a whole
young vine when a change of fruit is
desired, and whip the graft in the
usual way. We then cover up the
vine in the soil as near the roots as
possible, leaving above ground only a
bud or two of the graft. It is well
known bow quickly a layer will make
a bearing vine, as it has "the advantage
of the parent roots as well as the roots
it produces. The layer may be ex
tended, if long enough, to grow where
the vine is to remain. Vineyards may
in this way be quickly changed to bet
ter varieties — American Agriculturist
for April.
—ln Dallastown, York county, a
few days ago a bull and a goat fought
desperately for half an hour. The
goat whipped the bull in seven rounds
and chased him across the country for
nearly two miles.
—The Republican Congressional
Apportionment bill divides the State
with apparent fairness, but as it prom
ises the state a larger Republican rep
resentation than the Nicholson bill,
and as the Democrats have a majority
in the House, there is little prospect of
its being adopted in that body. On
the other hand a Democratic partizan
measure cannot pass the Senate. A
compromise will have to be made, and
no better basis can bo found than the
Constitutional one of division into
"districts of compact and contiguous
territory as nearly equal in population
as may be."— Philadelphia Press.
—A young fellow with plenty of
time and genius has figured out how a
man can become his own grandfather,
and this is the way he does it; "1
married a widow who had a grown-up
daughter. My father visited our house
very often, fell in love with my daugh
ter, and married her. So my father
became my son-in-law, and step-daugh
ter my mother, because she married my
father. Some time afterward my wife
had a son. He is my father's brother
in-law and my uncle, for be is the
brother of my step-mother. My father's
wife, namely my step-mother, had a
son. He is my brother, and, at the
same time my grandchild, for he is the
son of my daughter. My wife is my
grandmother, because she is my moth
er's mother. lam my wife's husband
and grandchild at the same time; and
as the husband of a person's grand
mother is bis grandfather, I aui my
own grandfather." This is veay well
as a matter of theory, but it takes too
many things for granted to be safe in
practice.
A Remarkable Case.
DR. HARTMAN— Dear Sir: I am in
duced by a senso of duty to the suffer
ing to make a brieff statement of your
remarkable cure of myself. 1 was a
most miserable sufferer from various
annoying and distressing diseases of
delicate persons, which caused mo to
be confined to my bed for a long time,
being too weak to even bear my
weight upon my feet. I was treated
by the most reputable physieians in
our city, each and all saying thry
could do nothing for me. I had given
up all hopes of ever being well. In
' this condition I began to take your
| Manalin and Peruna, and, I am most
happy to say, in three months I was
I perfectly well—entirely cured without
1 any appliances or support of any kind.
Yours truly, Mas HENRY ELLIS,
: No. f>oo Scott street, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Sandy Lake News furnishes
this: From 48 counties 205 petitions
i with 48,289 signers for the Constitu
tional prohibition amendment have
been presented to our Legislature by
the W. C. T. Unions of Pennsylvania.
Allegheny county had 38 petitions and
t;,IUO signers, the largest number of
both from any county. Butler county
sent in 18 petitions and 1,778 signers;
! Krie county 8 petitions and 2,57:"> sign
!<>rs; Crawford 11 petitions and 1,".(!"»
I signers ; Mercer It) petitions and 2,484
{signers; B »aver II petitions and 2,521
signers. About 5,000 additional name*
were sent in last week.
Given up by Doctors.
"Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is
up ami at work, and cured by so sim
ple a remedy?"
i "I assure you that it is true that he
is entirely cured, and with nothing
; but Hop Bitters; and only ten days
ugo his doctors gave him up and said
| he must die!"
| "Well-a-day! That's remarkable'.
I will go this day and get some for
Imy poor George—l know hops are
good."
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