VOL. XX. SCHA T Z " We aie now offering a Urge and elegant line ol LACE BUNTINGS, HERN AMIES AND GRENADINES- Buutinga, all wool at 25c and up. Black and Colored Silks, Black and Colored Cashmeres, Cou leiirs and Nuns' "\ eiling. Debeges, Guster and Melang Saitings ia endless variety. Laces, embroideries and Neckwear. Gloves, Hosiery and Underwear. Full assortment ot PERCALES AND CHINTZES In all the latest designs. WM. P. SCHATZ, 1)0 Federal SI., Allegheny Clly Agent for Mme. Demorest's Reliable Patterns ap20,12t We have connected with our || | IT il extensive manufacturing bus ■ll II %" iness u department solely da- II Ml % voted to the sale of Guns. Ki- I I H 1 fles. Revolvers and all sorts of ITI ■ . ■ sporting goods We can sell 111 V I | goods of this character much w W*« M cheaper than any other deal er In the country. Recently we bought of the well-known firm of the London and iJverpool (iun Co., who failed, 3,000 of their champion breech-loading shot guns, which we will sell at only 57.00 each. This gun cost the amount we ask to manufacture. We li-*ve only a few left, and to close them out will sell them at the low price of $7.00. Now is your want a reliable Gun at a low price. Send a three cent stamp for our mammoth catalogue. Hudson Manufacturing Co., Astor Place & Broadwoy, New York. Bicßel & Gallagher, (Successors to a A. Flick.) Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. FIRST-CLASS RIGS, FIKST-CL.ASS BARS, JEFFEBSON ST., BUTLER, PA apr 4, 3m Union Woolen Mills. I would desire to call the attention of the public to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa., where I have new and improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred and Gray Flannels, Knitting ard Weaving Yarns, and I can recommend them as being very dura ble, as they are manufactured of pure Butler county wool. They are beautiful in color, su perior in texture, and will bo sold at very low pricee. For samples and prices, address, - f a. FULLEitTON, jiuM.'VS-ly Butler, Pa Farmers Look ! To vour own interest and dont buy a grain drill till you Boe the FARMER'S FA\OBirE. Double distribution and grain seeder, force feed grass seeder, and double cast-steel reversible points. Steel axletree*. Grass seeder either behind or before For sale by Wm. Crookshank, Sarveraville, Butler Co. Pa. aplStf farmers and Gardeners! Look to yopr owu interest a and improve your crops, from 75 to lUO per cent, by using the Peruvian Sea Fowl Guano, or Bradley's Desolved Bono On band at Leonard Wiae's in Butler, or Wqi. Crookabank's at Sarversville Station, Butler Co ; Pa. »pistf BRICKS! BRICKS \ The subscriber continues the making of bricks common, pavement, bay-window and other qual ities at his kiln on the Kair Ground road, half a mile west of Butier lie will keep on hand a lot of bricks at all times. He will also make and burn brick in the country for anyone desiring to have them made on their own farm or premises. As he Intends carrying on the brick making business, he invites the custom of all, promisnig to give entire satisfaction to all who may patron ize him. All orders promptly filled at reasonable rates. Call on or, address, J. GEORGE STAMM, mar2B-emo Butler Pa. JDEHSTTISTIR, * . Ou WALDRON, Graduate ot tbe Phil. . K ,smww srffS prpfesslon In a satisfactory manner. Oljlce on Main street, Butler, Union Block, up stairs. apll JTK G ROHM ANN~ CARRIAGE AND CTAGON-SMITHsiISi Work made to order, and repairing of all kinds done at reasonable rates and satisfaction guaranteed. Particular attention given to re pairing of farming implements. Buck-boards for sale cheaper than they can be purchased ekewhere, and always oil nprl 1,3 m . .in The rtchert, vtum (SNtift NAtßlCnftyX BEER ever quitted. pWf"£i Purtffe* the blood. laflAT RttKfci CURES Dyspepsia, MUVI Liver and Kidney dl«- |ii r.M , i i I ninnt Bsnt by Mall If receipt ol 26 cts. In pottage stamps. Addresr: BEAN ft RARE, Wholesale Druggists. Nos. 4? ft 49 N. 2d St., Philadelphia. "SHERIFF'S SA LE. ED No 114 June T V>S3. Lev McQuistion • • m- 3 By virtue ol a writ of A 1 Fi. Fa. issued out of the Court ol Common Picas ol Butler connty, and to me directed, there will be exposed to public sale, at the Court House, in t e Borough 01 Hutlcr, on I hursdiy, the 7th day of June, A. D , at 1 o'clock, p. M., the lollowiug de scribed property, to wit: All the right, title, interest and claim ol F. H. Oliphant of, in and to fifty acres of land, more or le s, situ-'te In Blipperyrock township, But ler county, Pa., bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a post on the center of tbe Brown lugtou and Harrisville road, thence south St) deg. east, by 1 aid of Chas Bovard 08 perches to a ( ost, thence 2 deg east, lfl 0-10 perches to Mack-oak, thence north 89 deg east, by land of JteV'A flijlp hfld VY 8 Meftltjftu 65 perphes to a pft-t, thfcnce fcorth 2 t".eg cast 13 perches to* a bo>t,t|)cncc southS'J deg uast,b>land of VV 8 Mc- Kkson »1 8 10 perches to a post, theme south 2 deg west, by l.tud of J II Admin 18 "4-10 percTies iO a post iu center of Hcruhgraiw road, thenee (-outh (K>J.£ deg west, along the center ol sail road 21 4-10 perches to a poot, thecce south 60 deg west, along ro.nl 53 tS-10 perches to a post, thence south S3 deg aiot g said road and laud ol E II Adams 83 3-10 perches to :i poet t in the cent r ol Brow.iiuytoii and Harris ville ro::d, thence north deg west, along center ot saidro:<d 57 5-10 peichesto the place o beginning, mostly cleared, uuder'aid with lime stone, linit quar.y opened aud in good running order, lime kiln and crusher, boiler and etigini So ..to, limj houK, bol.urmd Jitgine, two iramt tfbllmg h'oiisi's thcic'oh. Hc&tid aud 1 taken It cxi'ciition as the pr opcrty ol F 11 Oliphant a the suit of J t Barf}. THOMAS DONAGHY, Sheriff, fibprifl's Offlve, «nller, Pa , May 21,15#3, ICE FOB MALE. Tbe undersigned has alxrat 25 tons of gooc clesr ice on hands, which he will sell in large oi nr all quantit es on reasonable terms, and de liver at tbe homes of his custojiers during the summer. Orders can be left at Wick's meal shop. D. HOWE LYON. iittc# (filizcn. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate ol Edward Campbell. Letters on the estate of Ed ward Carjpbcll, dee'd, late of Worth twp.. But ler couuty Pa., having been granted to the un dersigi .u, all persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate will please make immedi ate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for settlement. SAMUEL 11. MOORE, Executor, Grant City, Lawrence Co., Pa. Estate ol W. P. Mechlins, dee'd Letters of administration in the estate of W. P. Mechling, dee'd, late of Washington township, Butler Co., Pa., having been grant ed to the undersigned, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them du lv authenticated for settlement. W.J.CAMPBELL, Administrator. Baldwin P. 0., Butler county, Pa. Estate ol Mary Wright. Letters testamentary with the will annexed having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Mary Wright, late of Jefferson twp., Butler county, Pa., all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for settlement. REBECCA WALTER, Executrix, Saxonburg P. 0., Butler Co., Pa. Administrator's Notice. Whereas letters of administration on the es tate ol Andrew J. Moore, late of Centre twp., Butler county, Pa., dee'd, have been duly is sued by the Kegister of wills in and tor the connty ot Butler, Pa., to me Noucy J. Moore, widow of said decedent. Notice is hereby given to all persons knowiug themselves indebted to said estate to c&il aud settle the same, and all persons having claims against the said estate will please present the same duly probated lor paymeut. NANCY J. MOOBE, Administratrix of A. J. Moore, dee'd, Butler, P», Estate of Jacob limine!. Letters of administration on the estate of Jacob ilunnel, dee'd, late of Buffalo township, Butler Co., Pa., having been granted to the un dersigned, all persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate will please make imme diate payment and any having claims agaiust said estate will present them duly authenticated for settlement. O. C. ROENIGK, Administrator. Sarvers Station, Butler Co., fa. Estate of John Walters, Letters of administration on the estate of John Walters, dee'd, late ol Jackson township, Butler Co., Pa., having been granted to the un dersigned, all persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate will please make imme diate payment and any haviug claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated lor settlement. JOHN A WALTERS, Administrator. Evans Ciiy, Butler County, Pa. Notice to Contractors. Sealed proposals for the erection of a new church building will be received by the building committee of the English Lutheran congrega tion of Zelienople, Pa , until 8 P. M. on Tuesday, June 12, 1883. Plans and specifications can be seen after June Ist at tbe store of O. D. Swain, Harmony, Pa. The committee reserve the right to te.lect any or all bids. V. B. CHRISTY, 1 G. D. SWAIN, >■ Committee. J. L. LVTLK, ) may23-3t. KOI'ICE TO DEBTORS. In the matter of tbe assignment ol Julia Koessius; and L. B. Rocssing tor the benefit of Creditors, Those indebted to the above estates will take notice that the accounts are iD uiy hands for collection. Prompt payment is positively re quired, or the collection of the accounts will be enforced by law J.R. EARNS, Mar-Utf. Ageut for A. ROESBING, Assignee. P. S. I will be at Miller Bro's. furniture store, Jefferson fit., Butler, Pa., on every Satur day for tbe coming six weeks lor the purpose of meeting the debtors. J. R. KEARNS. |D. L. CLEELAND,| WATCHMAKER & JEWELEE, South Main St., Butler, Pa, Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, -BPECTACLES AND BILYERWARE, At the Lowest Cash Prices. Fine Watch Repairing u Spec ially, i nur if i!#iufl Bo,vod A ,iew LUu mIRIIIh""-"™-T'boooZ happy wives, and bachelors become happy hus bands. 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Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes th» pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax; the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy, with considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of leaving undone something which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough 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 desponden:, 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 occurrea when but few of them existed, yet examination after death has. shown the Liver to have been extensively deranged. It should be used by all persons, old and young, whenever any of the above symptoms appear* Persons Traveling or Living In Un healthy Localities, t>y taking a dose,occasion ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in toxicating beverage. If You have eaten anything hard of digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors' Bills will be saved by always keeping the Regulator J in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic can never DC out of place. The remedy is harmless and does not interfere with business or pleasure. IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE, And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects. A Governor's Testimony. Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. GILL SHORTER, Governor of Ala. lion. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Ga., sa\s: Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. 44 The only Thing that never fails to Relieve."— I have used many remedies for Dys pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never have found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly afTected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. P. M. JANNST, 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. Js@**Take only the Genuine, which always has en the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark and Signature of J. H. ZEILIN & CO. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. " SI,OOO » fi will be paid If any impurities or mineral ® substances are f«uml In PKKL'NA. or for jr" "3 any case it will not cure or help. ■■■■■ 3 t'LKi-'N" ais purely a vegetable compound. fl It is not equalled by all other medicines g. _. combined, strong language, but it is true, e a PEKUNA is more extensively prescribed a S by honest physicians than any other half- M _ dozen remedies known to the profession, w •3 I'EP.CNA positively cures Consumption, 5 Chronic Catarrh, and all Lung anil Heart © ao diseases. " S? As a Cough remedy, it has no equal; It CO 2 positively cures all Coughs. You cannot o take an overdose, as it. contains no mor " phJue- HMMBHWI 5? H For Intermittent Fever, Chills and Ke- §. ™ ver, C •° No ™ located, be you young or old, male or fe- </) | male, go atonee for ex 3, Ask your druggist for l>r. Hartman's b pamphleton "The Ills of Life, gratis, o For l'iles and Pelvic Diseases, take FCMJGHT A BAD COLD i i The SUMMER COLDS and Coughs are quite as dan gerous as those of midwinter. But they yield to the same treatment and ought to be taken in time.' For all diseases of THROAT, ; NOSTRILS, HEAD or BREATHING AP PARATUS PerryDavis'sPaiiiKiller Is the SOVEREIGN Remedy ALL DRUCCISTS KEEP PAIN KILLER) BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. a. C. ROESSIXG, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TKEASUKKR. H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: J. L.Pnrviß, I K. A. Helmboldt, William Campbell, ' J. W. Hurkhart, A. Troutman, J Jacob Schoene, G. O. RoeesinK, John Caldwell, Dr. W. lrvin, J. J. Croll, A. B. Rhodes, | K. C. Heineman. JAS. T» M'JUNKIN, (Jen, As't BUTLER PA. [Sellers' Liver Pills Act Bifectly on tfie Liver. CCRKS CHILU AXII KKVKK, DYSPHASIA, SICK XI RAKACIIJC. HII.IM SCOLIC,C'ONHTIHA TIOJT, ITH ICI M ATLI<M, I'LI.KN. 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The Pittsburgh papers of last week contained the interesting proceedings in the U. P. General Assembly held there on the "Instrumental Music" question now agitating that church We give below two of the leading speeches, one on each side of the question, as made on the 29th ult : The Assembly met at 2:30 in the afternoon, by which time tbe church was literally packed, many having re tained their place during the recess. The Moderator then announced that the special order was the consideration of the report of the Committee on Music. Dr. N. C. McDill, of Indiana, was recognized by the Chair. He said the large attendance at the sessions showed that there were important principles underlying the subject under discussion, and that the people were deeply inter ested. He said the fundamental law was conciliation and forbearance, but the trouble was to find out who should do the conciliating or who should be forborne. He said in his opinion the easiest and best way out of the trouble was to send the matter down in an overture. He did not speak as a memorialist, because he had not signed any paper on the subject. But by an overture a clear expression of the Church could be obtained. He did not ask this in factious opposition, but be cause he could not consci?ntiously sub scribe to music in the church. As for himself, he intended to stay in the U. P. Church, whether he had his way or not. Rev. Alex. Young, D. D., said he had not been forward in the discussion which ensued after the overture was sent down in 1881. He had never written a line on the subject, and bad rarely spoken on the question in Pres byteries where it was discussed. He had read both sides and bad talked about the subject to those among whom he mingled. He had found various opinions, and back of those holding the minority views was conscience, they holding that it is not authorized by God, and consequently prohibited. The speaker delivered a logical argument, contending that the theory that what is not prohibited had nothing whatever to do with the question uuder discus sion. It was true that doctrine was taught in the Westminster Confession of Faith, but it referred to the moral law, and there could be no difference of opinion in regard to that matter. He then quoted another section of the Westminster Confession, showing that it was not opposed to music, and that it was a question which could not be classed as prohibited. So one doubted that under the old dispensation that music was used. Tbe Hebrews sung, and the Scriptures when translated into Greek and other tongues could not be sung in the same manner as they were in the Hebrews. Tbe Old dispensation went down with the new Testament dispensation. There was not a word of prohibition against the use of instru ments, and he challenged the produc tion of anj T phrase in Scripture which prohibited tho use of instruments. There was none because it was not deemed essential that regulations on the subject of music should be maue. He had heard a brother remark that the prohibition had been established by the unwritten laws of our fathers. He was never more surprised than when he heard Dr. Kennedy make use of that expression, ne wondered if he were iu Jerusalem, where the traditions of the fathers were handed down, and wondered if tbe brother believed the fathers of the Church were the word of God. NOTHING AGAINST IT. The speaker proceeded to review the early forms of worship, argued that there was not a single line against music in the Westminster Confession of Faith" although it was at a time when chorus and music were at their height, and claimed that there was qo rule against it in the Associate Church, and in the Associate Reformed Church the only deliverance was the declara tion that the use of instruments was not authorized in the New Testament. That was subsequently changed to read that their use was not sanctioned in the Bible, a very different proposition. Then it was made still stronger iu the United Presbyterian Church until it was repealed. He then spoke against the minority report. The General As sembly had no right to command any congregation to do one thing or refrain from doing another. They did just ex actly what they should do—they re pealed and they left churches at liberty either to use the instrument or refrain. On the question of forbearance he refer red to Paul's action on the question of circumcision. He performed the cere mony when the man was willing, but under no condition would he allow it to be forced upon any one. It is thia same kind of forbearance that should bo experienced in regard to music. Those who want them should be allowed, but no one should be forced to use them as the minority contend. In regard to conscience he said he was perfectly willing to concede that the brethren should have all the conscience they could, but he did not desire his liberty to be measured by that conscience. In illustrating conscience he referred to the custom of lining out the Psalm which was introduced btcause a new version of Psalms had been introduced and many persons iu the congregation were unable to read For their accom madation the Psalms were lined out. In those days, however, the lines were fourteen syllables in length. When smaller'books were made the lines were divided into two, and the custom of lining was so rigidly adhered to that only one-half line of were given out, and the repeal of that custom caused as much heart-burning as the music is now causing. Yet all this was done for conscience. When the ne-,v version of the Psalms was issued an efrort was made to pet the General Assembly to authorize their use. The Assembly had better sense and declined to author ize but did recommend. In this city, he asserted, a brother was at church last Sabbath, at the Fourth Church, and found the old version in use there. The pastor of the church in which the .Assembly is held showed his good sense in making the acceptance of the contingent upon the agreement that the new version should be adopted. He asked the audience if it would have been possible under the old version to have arranged the service of praise which was arranged on the night the Assembly opened. The action taken by the last Assembly was eminently proper. It is not tramping on con science and is good sense. It simply gives congregations who desire to in troduce instruments the privilege to do so—leaving it entirely at their discre tion. When Dr. Young had concluded there was an outburst of applause, which was checked as promptly as pos sible by the Moderator, who begged the audience to refrain from demonstra tions of applause. Dr. J. Carson advanced to the plat form and said: "When the union de signated by those dates above the pul pit was formed, there was no clapping of hands indicative of victory over op ponents. The great question was "How can we come together?" not "How can we answer each other?" I stand here," continued the speaker, "as the representative of the memorialists to this body. I am oppressed with the responsibility resting upon me, but am encouraged by the consideration that if the cause be not of the Lord, any mistake I may make will not make much difference—l only should be dam aged. If it is of the Lord, I have con fidence in the belief that He will be able to overrule for good any injury which may done through my feeble ef forts. The voice which comes to us to-day is the voice of 6,004 ministers aud members of the Church, and voices the cry of 50,000 membership of the Church. It is a cry of (the oppressed, and appeals to this General Assembly for relief from oppression which is pressing way down on the church, like the old man of the sea, the spirit of the world, in the shape of the organ. Who ever complained of a restriction of their liberties in this church until this organ question was brought forward? Who ever heard of any memorial coming up complaining of oppression until the or gan question had bten introduced ? This has been the history of all the churches in which instruments have been introduced. It always comes in like a robber as it is. It was never authorized iu the Presbyterian Church, but it found its way over the wall as it did in some of our churches, even be fore the overture was heard of. Since this action last year we hear of the in troducing of the organ in other churches, bringing alienations, dissen sions aud divisions. Hence we ask for protection against this oppressor and tyrant. The memorialists say that their dis satisfaction is real and pronounced. They are not ignorant people and are not bigoted or fanatical. They include some of the best men in the church, and when they speak of dissatisfaction there are some real grounds. What are the grounds, and how are they to be removed ? Shall they be answered as Rehoboam did the Israelites, by tel ling them that, while their loads had been light, he would make them heavier, and while they had been chas tized with whips, they should be chas tized with scorpions. Is that the kind of an answer the memorialists should have received? The report of the com mittee is merely Hinging back into their teeth the action of which they are com plaining, repeating in effect the words of the notorious politician: "What are you going to do about it?" The report even takes away the concealing word in the action, making it even more offensive. It says if you don't take that you can't get anything. Is that not trampling on tho consciences of the memorialists. The Assembly enjoins upon the church not to force tbe measure, but the Assembly set a very poor example, and the present Assembly is pursuiug the samo thing iu giving instructions to lower courts. THE MAJORITY. lam ersuaded in my own mind that there vas not a proper majority for the l. peal of the rule, although there is no disposition at this time to question the legality of the action, but the information which has been obtain ed shows that by votes which should not have.been cast and others which were cast iu opposition to wishes of their sessions, tho repeal was clearly defeated, and the Assembly was moral ly bound to announce to the church that there had been no clear judgment from the church and should have sent it back for such an expression that could not be mistaken. No one but the Omniscient, except the Presby teries, could tell how the church would vote on the question, and the only way to determine tbe matter is to put the church clear and simple in the form of an overture. I cannot say with Dr. McDill that I will follow the church wherever it leads. When the voice of the church is clearly expressed in over ture, 1 will bow to its will. For what I will do 1 will be responsible only to God. I will follow the pillar of fire as closely as possible, and will recognize no other leader. I hope to die in the United Presbyterian Church, Vmt whether I w'U p- not I cannot say. It iu not becoming to deal in threats, and ft is for this reason that we come to the Assembly. We believe it will bring peace not only to a few congre gations, but to the entire church, and will obstruct a movement which, if not checked, will eventuate in appalling disaster to the church. The speaker, in continuing, proceed ed to discuss the law of the the subject of music, a?d ?aid that all had beer; educated to believe that the use of instrumental music was an es sential feature of worship and that it was not to be introduced unless an ex press law was enacted authorizing ita use. He said it was an insult to the fathers of the church to think that they classed music with such trifles as stain ed glass windows, false teeth, church spires, etc. He had been taught to look upon music as not authorized by the Scriptures and he could not bow to any mere doctrine overthowing those teachings. He claimed that the intro duction of organs would open up the door to the introduction of hymns of human composition. First the use of paraphrase of other scripture would be sanctioned, then would come the hymns, just as has been the case in the Presbyterian Church. It might not come in five or ten years, but it would be merely a question of time. When Dr. Carson had concluded, the Assembly adjourned to meet at 7:30 o'clock. At the next day's proceedings a vote was reached and instrumental music gained the day. The minority entered a protest to this action. Parker Township Items. BRUIN, BUTLER CO., PA.,) May 28, 1883. > . EDITORS CITIZEN :—This is quite a "newspaper reading" community, but it is to be deplored that many read only one-sided newspapers and by reading of them become very lop-sided in their ideas; indeed their faith in a certain paper and the faith it propagates, is akin to the Mohammedan koran, and a paper that gives light from all sides and an editor who is desirous that the truth be brought before the people for the sake of country, home and truth, gets little charity from Bigots, but we are glad to say that every year, we be lieve, the "Honorable Bilks" are grow ing less. We know parties here who take six and eight papers per year and the "CITIZEN" is one of them, and, of course, it can't afford (even if it so de sired) to pass by and not notice wrong and condemn it, for this class of its readers would know of those things and believing it was given to truckling and condoning evil, would not want it. Yes, CITIZEN, continue to be "more noble than they," that wherever evil and neglect to do the right is found, expose it, on either friend or foe, that the indignation of the people may be be felt by their unfaithful servants, even down to the "cow question." We are glad to know of the increase in the subscription list of the CITIZEN and of the regard and esteem in which it is held by the people for its integrity, and for daring to publish the truth, let who will like or derogate it. It is the "county paper" here that "people swear by," and if the CITIZEN says it thats enough, that settles it. Quite a number of the people of this township (northern end) have gone to Pittsburgh this week, among them the notable County Chairman, Orr, to at tend the State Convention of the P. H. P. party, which is likely to be quite an affair, as there is quite an amount of discontent among the Constitutional Amendmentists. We suppose some thing will be done. Let us know all you can in regard to the outcome of the matter. There was a large attendance at the Presbyterian Church (Rev. Decker's) last Sabbath; communion services were held. Rev. W. M. Taylor preached in the M. E. Church in the evening, be ing wet weather so large a congregation as usual was not present. The Junior Order of the Royal Templars has been established here with apparent good success. A great number of young folks attending. Mr. Y. F. T. Kelly, of Wampum, passed through this place last Satur day ou "rapid transit" for up the Shenango Yalley to Harrisville. Yen used to live here. It sounds a little oddly for "old ac quaintances," coming this way on the cars to hear, "Bruin," called out by the train men, but we are all getting to like it better every day, even those who were "deadly" opposed to the change, have "taken to it" with a good grace and good will now. JONES. Wid Success. The Arkansas judge, as a supporter of the law, knows nothing but the dis charge of his duty, or rather what he considers his duty. He is never in fluenced, unless tbe pressure be great. Tbe other day a negro, charged with misdemeanor, was taken before a rural judge, who, after hearing the testi mony, said: "I shall have to fine him to the full extent of my financial juris diction. 1 shall make an example of him aud send him to jail." "Jedge, I uster work at yer house, Didn't I ?» "Yes, but you needn't attempt any sympathy game on me." "I ain't er gwine ter ax fur no sym pathy as yer calls it, an' yer needn't skeer yerse'f. Yerse'f is a big man in de church an' is hel' up as de zample ob a good husband, but I uster work at yer bouse, an' ef yer plaster one ob dem fines on me, I'll proclamate some mighty disagreeable news in dis neigh borhood. Jes go ahead, sah, an'send me ter jail, but on de road dar, ef I doan 'mulgate some 'telligence 'bout yerse'f, sah—suthin what I discivered while I was workio' at yer house— dat'll make de folks stan' aroun' an' ax fer mo'." "Get out of this court room." de manded the iudgo, *'and if I catch you here i\g&in, it won't be good for you Mr. Officer, let the scoundrel proceed." "Has he paid his fine, your honor?" "Paid nothing. He was never known to pay anything." "What was de facks dat yer had on de jedge ?" asked an acquaintance when the "prisoner" left the room. "Nothing'. Doan no a thing agin de man, but lemme tell yer, you can try dat game on say ob 'em wid suc cess."—Arkansaw Traveler. 2^"Fast, brilliant and fashionable are the Diamond Dye colors. One package colors 1 to 4 lbs. of goods. 10 cents for any color Lime-Kiln Club Philosophy. "Am Judge Perfection Smith in de hall dis eavin'?" asked the President, as he laid aside his gavel and looked around him. "Yes, sah,'' answered a voice full of fish-bones and shingle-nails shaken up. "Please ambulate dis way." The Judge ambulated. He came up confident and smiling, expecting to re ceive a gold medal for inventing a mosquito bar, which also catches rats. "Judge Smith," said the President, in a solemn voice, "dar am a few little things I desiah to spoke to you about. You war' at de post-office de odder day to rent a box at $2.50 per quarter. All de mail dat you receive in six months wouldn't light a kerosene lamp. Den why dis attempt to frow on style ?" "I—l didn't rent one, sah ?" replied the culprit, in a weak voice. "A few days ago," continued the President, "I oberheard you trottin' out a Presidential candidate for 1884. You had your biggest voice, an' you was flinging your arms about, an' one would have thought you knowed all about it. Judge Smith, you will have no mo' to do wid de makin' ob de next President ob de United States dan one grain ob sand will have in mak ing up de great Sahary Desert" "No, sah—dat's so, sah." "Let dis be a warnin' to you, sah.— From dis time on you have no candid ate, doan' want one, an take no inter est in polytics, beyond what can be 'spected of ebry citizen. If any man axes you to tell him who am to be nex' President doan' you do it. Keep dat information locked tight in you busum. An' a day or two ago you denounced yourself as an advocate of a tariff. Judge Smith, do you know what a tariff is ?" "N—not 'zactly, sah, but I was gwine to read up on it." "Exactly; an perhaps you'd better read up on how to keep your mout shet on what you doan' know an' what doan' affeck you! You am a purty lookin' advocate you am ! While your wife needs shoes an' de chil'en want clothes, you walk aroun' de market wid your old white obercoat on to tell de world dat you doan' believe in dis or dat, or dat you am wedded to dis theory or opposed to dat one !" "I'ze sorry, sah. I'll drap de hull bizness right off." "See dat you do. Theories am all right onless a man am two months be hind on his rent. Doctrines am all right when a family hain't shiberin' wid cold. Individual opinions count fur nufiin' when de individual can't raise cash 'nuff to get a patch on his boot. Go an' sot down, Judge Smith, an' doan' lose a minute in startin' on de road to reform. —Mr. W. 11. Midlam, Gl6 Boas St., Harrisburgh, Pa., says: "Brown's Iron Bitters speedily cured me of ner vousness and stomach troubles." —The most noteworthy feature of tbis spring's immigration, next to its decline in numbers from last year's, is the relative gain of the portion coming from Ireland. —Tbe Charleston (S. C.) News of Friday, says that strawberries are now so plentiful there that farmers are giving them away to anybody who will take the trouble to pick them. LONE JACK, Mo., Sept., 14, 1879. I have been using Hop Bitters, and have received great benefit from them for liver complaints and malarial fever. They are superior to all other medi cines. P. M. BARNES. —Some of our exchanges note the fact that farmers are turning up while plowing immense numbers of seven year locusts, and assert that the com ing summer will witness the periodi cal visitation of these insects. —The confession of tbe prisoner has an application far beyond a single in stance. He said, "judge, I am half fool when sober and all fool when drunk." That is the kind of material which keeps our courts so busy. —Ann Eliza Young, formerly nine teeth wife of Brighan Young, and who recently edified a Butler audience with her lecture on Polygamy, was married at Lodi, Ohio, lately, the groom being Mr. Moses It. Deming, a banker of Manistee, Mich. —ln these days when "lines of great men all remind us that we might have made our lines sublime" by a little early practice, a certain interest attach es to the following verses, which we are able to say from internal and ex ternal evidence were written by Edgar A. Po3. The New York Evening Mirror, edited by George P. Morris, of the date February 21, 184 C, printed a number of valentines which had been read at a valentine party in the salon of a lady who at that time gathered at her reunions most of the poets and wits of the city. This one, undoubted ly contributed by Poe, is an ingenious acrostic on the name of one of the poetesses and most charming women of that coterie. Tbe readers will have no difficulty in spelling out her three names if he hits upon the right clew. It is entitled : TO HER WHOSE NAME IS WRITTEN BELOW. For her these liues are penned, whose luminous tfS es. Bright and expreaelve as the stars of Led-i. Shall lind her own sweet name that, nestling, lies Upon this page, enwrapped from every reader. Bearch narrowly these words, which hold a treasure Divine, a talUmau, an amulet Tint mu.-l be worn at heart. Search well the measure, Tbe wordi, the letters themselves. I)o not loruet The smallest polut, or TOU may lose your labor. And yet there is in this no Gordian knot Which one might not uudo without a sabre, II one could merely comprehend the plot Upon the open page, on which are peering Such sweet eyes now, there lies, I say, perdu, A musical name, oft uttered in the hearing Of poets, by poets, for the name 13 a poet's too, In common sequence set, the letters lylnp, Compose a •ouud delighting all to hear. AH this you'd have no trouble in descrying, VVerj you not something ot a dunce, my dear: And now 1 leave these riddles to their seer. Httrprr'i Magastnr for June. Martin Luther Anniversary. BERLIN, May 25. —The Emperor has issued a decree ordering that the 10th and 11th of November next be observ ed as the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. In the decree the Emperor says: "I prny God may listen to the supplications In which I and all the Evangelists unite that the celebration may be productive of lasting benefit to our Evangelical Church. A Terrible Death. Peter Strause, 21 years of age, a woodman, working near Meckville, Berks county, died a terrible death yes terday, the result either of a snake's or a black spider's bite. His body was fearfully swollen and discolored. His teeth dropped out, and his throat and mouth became gangrenous. Ho was in perfect health before his mis fortune. He died in spasms as if he had been bitten by a rabid animal. —lt is hard for some members of the Legislature to give up free passes. —To say an unkind thing deliberate ly is like putting a bent pin on a chair. It is a boy's fun, not a man's. —"Dr. Benson's Celery and Cham omile Pills for the cure of neuralgia are a success." Dr. G. P. Holman, Christianburg, Ya. 50 cents, at drug gists. —Millionaire Mackey is holding up America's end in Moscow. He occu pies a whole floor in a hotel, has talk ed to the Czar about California and doesn't seem one bit frightened. —lt sometimes happens that a wife saves a husband's head, as was the case a few days since at Salamanca, N. Y., where all the unmarried clerks in the railway offices were discharged and the married men retained. —According to the Philadelphia Press one Captain Eli Wangamon, of Blairsville, has almost discovered per petual motion. He ought to be a good man to pair off with Mr. Keely, who for some years has almost discovered a new motor. —lt is not a man's pretensions but his life that tells. "Thou mayst change thy name, like Moses," said Baron Rothchild, and heartily welcome ; but thou canst not change thy nose. Bv thy name I did not know thee, but bv thy nose I knew thee at once." —Children know where to seek for information. "Mother says she don't know who or what the devil is," solilo quized little Madge, but I must know, cos it's in my catechism, and I guess I'll ask grandpa, for I've heard him mention him several times." —Matrimony in the last generation had pretty nearly the same characteris tics as with us, if these lines are true: When Loveless married Lady Jenny, Whose beauty was the ready penny", "I chose her," said he, "like old plate— Not for the fashion, but the weight." When Ladies are Attractive. All ladies know their faces are most attractive when free from pimples. Parker's Ginger Tonic is popular among them because it banishes im purities from blood and skin and makes the face glow with health. —Something of the difficulty of Gen eral Crook's operations against the Apaches may be apprehended by the time that has elapsed since he made his plunge into the mountains. The range of these murderous savages cod ers a broken territory in Sonora and Arizona as large as the State of Penn sylvania. ***"The best advice may come too late." Said a sufferer from Kidney troubles, when asked to try Kidney- Wort. "I'll try it but it will be my last dose." The man got well and is now recommending the remedy to all sufferers. In this case good advice came just in time to save the man. $2,500 versus $1.50. "I spent $2,500, with other doctors," writes Mr. J. W. Thornton, of Cali born, Miss , "Samaritan Nervine how ever alone cured my son of fits." This is on a par with hundreds of others, speedy but thorough. —The very best thing for you to do is to do the very best thing you know how. This is a hard rule to follow, but a safe one. Concord Grapevines. Fine, Vigorous Vines, two three and four years' old, for sain by the dozen or thousand at tho lowest prices- These vines are raised on the famous Sit. Prospect Vineyards, at Passaic, N. J., where the well-known Port Grape Wine is produced that is so highly esteemed at Dresdeu and Berlin, and European Cities to which it is shipped, and that is so highly esteemed by physicians everywhere. Address, ALFBBD SrEER. Passaic, N. J. —Bishop Burnett preached before Charles 11. on one occasion and at a certain point he brought his fist down on the pulpit cushion with great em phasis, saying, "Who dare deny this statement?" The Kingquietlv rejoin ed, "Nobody, Bishop, who is within reach of such a blow as that." Erie's Experience. ANOTUER CURE UTTERLY WITHOUT A PRECEDENT. ERIE, PA., Sept. 10th, 1881. DR. HARTMAN: I cannot but express my thanks to you for the great benefit I received from the use of Peruna and Manalin. One bottle of each placed me squarely on my feet, after a long sicknes, which had laid me in bed and then left me lame and crippled. Three days' use of these remedies dispensed with the cane, and in a week I was perfectly well. N. J. WRIOHT, Business Agent, Erie Evening Her ald. Ask your druggist for Dr. Hart man's book on the "Ills of Life." He will give it gratis. If not, address Dr. H. at Osborn, O. NO. 211
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