VOL. XX. Bickel & Gallagher, (Successor* to a A Flick.) Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. FIRST-CLASS RIGS, FIRST-CLASS BAR*. JEFFERSON ST.. BUTLER, PA aprl, 3m Union Woolen Mills. I would don ire to call tlie 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 Tarns, and I can them as being very dura ble, an thoy arc manufactured of pure Butler county wool. XUey are beautiful in color, su perior in texture, and will be sold at vory low prices. For samples and prices, address, H. FULLEBTON, J0124.'7ft-ly Butler. Pa Farmers and Gardeners! Look to your own interests and improve your crops, from 75 to lUO per cent, by twing the Peruvian Sea Fowl Guano, or Bradley's Devolved Bone. On hand at Leonard Wise's in Butler, or Wm. Crookshank's at Sarveraville Station, Butler Co ; Pa. aplßtf JDZEHSTTISTIR, Y. 0 1# WALDRON, Graduate of tbe Phil ■ adclphia Dental College,is prepare** ■ II •to do anythihg in the line ol hit profession in a satisfactory manner. Office on Main street, Bntier, Union Block, tip stairs. apll JTH. GROHMANN. CARRIAGE AND WAGQN-SMITH.«gj. 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 tliau they can be purchased elsewhere, and always on hands, aprl 1,3 m ~|d7l. cleeland,! WATCHMAKER JEWELER, South Main St., Butler, Pa, Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, -BPECTAQLEH AND SILVERWARE, At the Lowest Cash Prices. Fine Watcla Repairing a Spec ialty. tWALGIUE Mends Everything SOLID AS KOCH !—Hard as Adamant!— ' on Earth I A Bamaoulan Giant luStreiiKth araonir all otherGluefl and Cements 1 A Duo! uu-ly j'n- H ' H A Ahrayaßeady—AlwayslJguld I hard Cue Tips and Cloth. Marble. HPHH Metal*. Patches on Leather and fihoe^Bric-a-bra^^Boofc aHH Bubber Tires,'Ornamentß of Every •llViill kind. Jewelry, Smokers' Pipes and 11111'.H CUrar Holders, Card Board in Scrsp BMnj Bookstand JETrrjthiMftae with SfWl |9 ftlauiufactnrers of flnmrncJ La- O■ 11 n Dels, Textile Fabrics, Fine Carriages, M Ml i<g Pianos. Artificial Flowers, Imitation Htalned Glass and Straw Goods, Cab I. net Maker*, fee., supplied by Gallon or Barret SOc. Bottle (Brush and Tin Cover); by Minil postpaid. 10 eta •**£ •mIMUU. extra. Maliadonly by manufacturers J.U.O'MEARA & CO. w»hin^D.c; lira A«(at« Wanted Everywhere. Sold by Dr iiwtstfl. tUocers, Btatlnntin. Hardware and Ueuuxal Storea. FOE BALE AT REDICK'S Daua STORE. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. a. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER. 11. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Ilelmboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Burkhart, A. Trontman, Jacob Scboeno, G.O. Rocesing, John Caldwell, Dr. W. Imn, J. J. Croll. A. B. Rhodes, H. C. Flelneman. JAS. T. M'JUfIKIN, Gen. A*'t BUTLER PA. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. A VEHY COZY Two-Storied Frame House ot alz rooms, cellar, oat hedges and two lots ot ground in Butler will b sold ou reason able terms. Cull at office of F. M. EASTMAN Mar-Utf. Butler Pa. ASTOPPED FREE ■ ■ ■ Marvelous success. ■ ■ ■ Insane Psrjonj Keitored ■ ■ ■ HSDr. KLINE'S GREAT ■I NERVE RESTORER nil BLAIM St NKRVE DISRASES. Only surt curt /or Nrrv, AJTcdion. Fits. E»iU»ty, etc. INFALLIBLE if taken as directed. A O rut a/ttr Fit patients, tbey payini; express charges onliox when rsceirtrl. Send names, P. O. and express addrr.. of •dieted to DK.KLINIi.ou Arrli St..Fhiluielnhia.Pa. DruJ*t*U. BEWARE of JMITA TiffO fXavDS. WANTED,* SALESMEN. I To csnrsss for the sale of Nursery Stock. Unequaled facilities. No experience required. Salary and sx pensespald. TOOacres of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Koaes, etc. W. k. T. SMITH. Geneva. N. Y. MEN AND WOMEN ®j?*Oood Salary and Expenses Paid. OUTFIT FREE. Noexperience needed JAHES B. WIIITNKY, Nurserymen, Rochester, N. V tnay9-3ra. NEW DRUG STORE 7 J. B. Kohlmeyer Co. Main Street, (Opposite Vogeley House; BUTLER, PENN'A. I>EALEB» IN PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES, LAMPS, TOILET ARTICLES, &c Pure Liqnors for medicinal purposes, Oils am d Paints, etc. CaTDr. G. M. Zimmerman has bis office on tbo second floor of same building. juel3-tf "THE BUT 18 OHCAPKST." WGim TURCCUCDC SAW MILLS, I«ru Powers I nnLOnCnO ciwlillm CSalted to all vccllons.) Write for r«EE Ulna. Hamnhlet toTbftAoltman A Taylor Co., Maoafleiu. OhS. 15*7™ Advertise in the CI'iIZJCN Iktlcr Citisfcw* LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Estate ot George S. Jamison. Letters testamentary on the estate of George 8. Jamison, dee'd , late cl Venango twp., But ler coni'ty, Pa , having been granted lo the un dersigned, all persons knowiug themselves in debted to said estate will please make immedi ate payment and any having claims against said estate will present them dulyauthenticated for settlement. W. C. JAMISON, Executor. June 19, 'B3. Eau Claire P. 0., Butler, 0o„ Pa Estate|of William Ramsey. Letters testamentary on the estate of William Ramsey, dee'd, late of Butler township, Butler county, Pa., having been granted to the under signed, all persons knowing themselves in debtcd to slid estate will please make immedi ate payment and any having claims against said estate will present thera duly authentkated for settlement. DAVID F. BORLAND, Executor. Butler, Pa. Estate of James 11. Dlecliluig. Whereas letters of administration have this day been issued to me on the estate of James H. Mechling, late of Washington township, dee'd. by the Register of said county of Butler, no tice is hereby given to all persons owing said estate to call and settle, and those having claims against the same will please present them for payment duly probated. S. C. HUTCHISON, Adm'r. June 5, 1883. North Hope, Butler Co., Pa. Estate ol Ernest Werner. Letters ol administration on the estate ol Ernest Werner, dee'd, late ol Forward twp., Butler county, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will [ lease make imme diate payment and any Laving claims against said estate will present them duly authenti cated for settlement, MAKIA WERNER, Administratrix. Evans City, Butler Co., Pa. W. H. LUSK, Attorney. Etriale of Edward Campbell. Letters testamentary on the estate of Ed ward Campbell, dee'd, late of Worth twp., But ler county, Pa., having 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 said estate will present them duly authenticated for settlement. SAMUEL H. MOORE, Executor, Grant City, Lawrence Co., Pa. Notice. Wbereas letters of administration on the es tate ol Andrew J. Moore, late of Centre iwp., Butler county, Pa., dee'd, bave been duly is sued by tbe Register of wills in and for the county ot Butler, Pa., to me N;incy J. Moore, widow of said decedent. Notice is hereby given to all persons knowing themselves iadobted to tie said estate to call and nettle tbe came, and all persons having claims against the said estate will please present the same duly probated lor payment. NANCY J. MOORE, Administratrix ol A. J. Moor**, dee'd, Butler, Pa, Estate of Jacob llnimel. Letters of administration on the estate of Jacob iluuncl, dee'd, late of Buflalo 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 ag.iiust said eetate will present them duly authenticated for settlement. G. C. RQENXGK, Administrator. Snrvera Station, Butler Co., Pa. Estate of John Walters, Letters of administration on tbe estate of John Walters, dee'd; late ol Jackson township, Butler Co., Pa., having been granted to the un dersigned, ali persons knowing themselves in debted to said estate will please make imme diate payment and any having claims agaiuet said estate will present them duly authenticated tor settlement. JOIIN A WALTERS, Administrator. Evans Ciiy, Butler County, Pa. Farmers Look I To your own interest and dont buy a grain drill till you see the FARMER'S FAVORITE. Double distribution and grain seeder, force feed gra*s seeder, and double cast-steel reversible points. Steel axletrees. Grass seeder either behind or before For sale by Wm. Crooksliank, Sarveritville, Butler Co. Pa. aplStf ICE FOIt SALE, The undersigned lias about 25 tons of good clear ice on hands, which he will sell in large or sn'all quantities on reasonable terms, and de liver at the houses of his customers durnig the summer Orders can be left at Wick's meat •bop. D..OOWE LYON. BRICKS! BfIICKS! The subscriber continues the making of bricks common, pavement, bay-window and other qual ities at his kiln on the f'air Ground road, liall a mile west of Butler He will keep on hand a lot of bricks at all times. Jle 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, promising to give entire satisfaction to all who may patron ize him. AH orders promptly filled at reasonable rates. Call on or address, J. GEORGE STAMM, mar2B-Gmo Butler Pa. For Sale. ! An order on Hall's Safe and Lock Co., of Cin cinnati, and several orders on different Sewing Machine Companies, also a certificate of mem bership to correspondence class of Pitman's Phonography. Enquire at this office. 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 Zelicnople, Pu., until Sp. M. on Thurs day, June 28. Plans and specifications can be seen after June 10 at the store of G. D. Swain, Harmony, Pa. The committee reserve the right to reject any or all hid 6. V.B. CMIISTV, I G. L). SWAIN, >Committee. J, L. LYTLE, ) june!3. PENN'A. CONSTRUCTION CO. 132 First Ave.,PITTSBURGH,PA. IRON Build lug*. Bridges and Jail* and LockupN. Fronta, C olumn* & Girders, Stairways and fleams. ; Fences ana CrlsUngs, Fire-EscniK'S. mar2B,Cm A Ulf A| IP 1 1luit will send ns tlie H N T II Ml K names and address of in HII I \J II !■<>( their friends, ami en close 20 cents (In stamps) to cover expense of packing and postage, we will send the m fur tlieir trouble any of the following wonderful books: "Ready-made Autograph Allium verses," "Ball ltoom Dancing Without a master," "Fortune ruling made easy "The mysfery of love making solved- or "The American Business man." We make this liberal offer to get names to send our new, manmotli. Illustrated (W page Catalogue to. Don t fall to send for our catalogue. Address all orders to Hudson Manufacturing Co., Astor Place & Broadway, New York, SALESMEN WANTED ! PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT for Honect En fcrgetic Men. Salary and Expenses paid. The BiiMinesH easily learned. THE CHASE XIJR&ERIES Kioffer Pear. Champion Quince, Hansell Uas berry, and all the most desirable fruits and orna mentals. Only those need apply who can devote their entire time and atteniion to the work. Addreus, It. Q. CHABE & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. |9ir°Subscribe for the Citizen GER^anremEOY FOR. F»AIN. CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache. Headache, Toothache, Sore Throat, Nwelllngt. Npralm, Bruises, Burn*. Wcald», Frotl Rites. AND ALL OTHER BODILY PAISS AND ACHES. Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Fifty Cents a bottla. Directions in 11 Languages. THE CnARLES A. VOGELER CO. (390SKT* uA. VOQILK&* OO.J Baltimore, Md.. U.S. A. DAEBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article for Universal Family Use. DBHBHHHH For Scarlet and ■ ■ Typhoid Fevers, ■ Eradicates ■ Diphtheria, SaU | WiT iTJTi Bration. Ulcerated | JttALiAadA. j Sma n Pox, Measles, and all Contagions Diseases. Persons waiting on the Siclc should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid was used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit had taken place. The worst cases of Diphtheria yield to it. SMAXL-POX 1 and PITTING of Small Pox PREVENTED 1 A member of my fam ily was taken with Small-pox. I used th« Fluid'; the patient was not delirious, was not pitted, and was about the house again in three : weeks, and no others had it.— J. W. PARK ; INSON, Philadelphia. I Diphtheria | I Prevented. I j The physicians her® | use Darbys Fluid very successfully in the treat men: of Diphtheria. A. STOLLKNWEHCK, Greensboro, Ala. Tetter dried up. Cholera prevented. Ulcers purified and healed. In cases of Death it j should be used about the corpse —it will prevent any unpleas ant smell. The eminent Phy sician, J. MARION j SIMS, ML D., New I York, says: "I am I convinced Prof. Darbys | Prophylactic Fluid is a • valuable disinfectant." Feveredand Sick Per son* refreshed and Bed Sores prevent ed by bathing with Darbys Fluid. Impure Air made harmless and purified. For Sore Throat it is a sure cure. Contagion destroyed. For Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Piles, Chafing*, etc. Rheumatism cured. Soft White Complex ions secured by its use. Ship Fever prevented. To purify the Hreath, Cleanse the Teeth, it can't be surpassed. I Catarrh relieved and { cured. Erysipelas cured. I Burns relieved instantly. Rear* prevented. Dysentery cuved. Wounds healed rapidly. Scurvy cured. An Antidote for Animal or Vegetable Poisons, Stings, etc. I used the Fluid during our present affliction with Scarlet Fever with de cided advantage. It is indispensable to the sick room. WM. F. SANU roso. Eyrie, Ala. IScarletFeverl Cured. | Vanderbllt University, Nashville, Tenn. I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof. Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and detergent it is both theoretically and practically superior to any preparation with which I ain ac quainted.—N. T. I.UITON-, Prof. Chemistry. Darbys Fluid is Keconi mended by Hon. ALEXANDEK H. STEMIRNS, of Georgia ; Rev. CHAS. F. DEEMS, D.D., Church of tlia Strangers, N. Y.; Jos. LHCONTK, CoIumbia, Prof..University,S.C. Rev. A- J. IIAITI.K, Pruf, Mercer University; Rev. GEO. F. PIERCE, Bishop M. E. Church. INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or externally for Man or Beast. The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and wa have abundant evidence thru it has done everything here claimed. For fuller information get of your Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors, J. H. ZETMN & CO., Manufacturing Chemists, PJfILADEf.I'IIIA Is a new rcmedv, originally compounded m . and Introduced to the medical profession, e £ anil tlien to tiio public at largo, by S. B. E S llartiiuui, M. I>. He lias prescrilied It to il ever 4»U«0 nalients with the most gratify- ® e IIIK results. td © Its effect upon tlio system Is entirely un like that of any other remedy, and Is the a only medicine needed In aUnust every dls- at 3 ease to which flesti Is heir, [in Constlpa- w „ tlon. Diseases of the Liver and Kidneys. HI £> MANAI.IV should be given with It. ]■■■ ~ 0 5 I'EKINA is composed of purely vegetable © » ingredients, each one, according to IIHMII- -• *9 cai authors, a great remedy in itself. BOH to E Dr. Hartman has - C" <5 lng and combining the active principles " of these Ingredients into one simple coin- to 3 pound, which perfectly coincides with the g. • Vis MEOICATIUX N ATI: it A in every dls >, ease, and a cure necessarily follows. There a 6 Is not an organ It will not reach nor a dis- <■ ease it will not cure. M 2 Aslc your druggist for l)r. llartuian's o> S, pampbleton the "lllsof Life," Dr. 8. It. - a m Uirtmau A Co., Osborn, 0., proprietors, o Vor Piles and Pelvic Diseases, take CAUGHT A BAD COLD 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 sPainKiller Is the SOVEREIGN Remedy ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP PAIN KILLER PMOHHBTORS. PITTSBURGH. PA. IftKJOT beer ev er quilled. ... Purifies the blood, BAnT Blfcn CURES Dyspepsia, IMIUI ■f.Tllcri, Liverand Kidney dls - 15 0 ease*. Sent by Mall Vr on receipt of 26ct«, i. - i n postage stamps. Addrcsf: BEAN & RAPE, Wholesale Druggists, Not. 47 * 48 N. 2d St., Philadelphia. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1883 Shakespeare John and Josephine Jane. BY MARY E. BRUSH. 'Stop yer caperin' 'round, Shakes peare John! Yer fur all de wo'ld like a cantankerous mule. Can't yer stand still an' listen to yer mammy ? Take dis ver basket ob clo'es to de lady at de Ebbitt House. Mis' West she is, de captain's wife. De washin' ob de clo'es comes to twodollahs. You take ker ob de money, Josephine Jase, an' don't yer lose it, 'cause if yer does, yer'll git de biggest wollopin' yer eber had. Now mind, an' be perlite when de lady speaks to yer !' And, having ?iven this final injunction, Manuny Linkuni nodded her turbaned head and went into the cabin to resume her ttsk at the wash-tub. 'Good-bye, Mammy." chimed her son and daughter, as they weat down the road. The Linkums(the head of the family had named themselves after 'good Father Abraham') lived a few miles out of Washington, on the grassy slopes leading up toward Arlington Hights. On one side was a grove of healthy, young trees ; on the other a winding road, whose red sands the Spring rains had worn into ruts and gullies. Be hiod were the hills, the soldiers' bar rackp, officers' quarters, observatory, and tall flag-staff of the Signal S:aUon of Fort Meyer. In front was the broad Potomac, and beyond it the cities of Georgetown and Washington. A s for the Linkum house itself, it was only a little low, white-washed building, with a tall, smoke-begrimed chimney at one end. At the further end of a little lot, enclosed by a 'snake' fence, was a pen, containing two prom ising young pigs; and near it a rude shed, in which Ulyses Grant Linkum kept a superannuated mule. Chickens, ducks, and turkeys were plentiful, and the Linkums were regarded as a thrif ty, industrious family. Twelve-year-old Shakesfeare John, accompanied by his sister, Josephine Jane, went down the well-beaten path and opended the wooden gate, with its home-made leather hinges. Shakespeare John was tall and strong, with a wiry, well-knit figure, a wide, good-natured mouth, a pudgy nose, dancing black eyes, and a mop of woolly hair. Ilis costume was not very elaborate—a blue plaid shirt and a pair of snuff-colored trousers that had once belonged to his father. For this reason they were large, of course ; but the lad bad shortened them considera bly by rolling them up above his ankles. But the baggy part behind— there was no filling that out; and when ever Shakespeare John ran (which he very frequency did) there was a great wabbling of drapery. Perhaps, though, it was just as well that the snuff-color ed trousers were not tight, because the cloth was poor and could bear no strain; and, besides, there was an ugly rent there already, which Shakespeare John had the misfortune to make while climbing over the snake-ferce around his home. Josephine Jane, having the well known proclivities of her sex, was bet ter dressed. She wore a pink calico frock, stiff and shiny with starch, and a neat sun-bonnet and ruffled white apron. She was short and fat, and clumsy in her movements. In every other respect she resembled her brother. It was only the middle of Spring; but the weather was mild, and neither of the children wore shoes or stockings. The hot sun warmed the sand in the road, so that the twenty bronzo toes, tripping along, were not chilled. Even if they had have been, I do not think the children would have minded it much, they were so full of joyful antic ipation over their walk. It was not very often that they were allowed to go to Washington alone. Generally the clothes were taken over by their father; but to-day he was doing work which he couldn't leave. 'Shakespeare John, I jest wish yer'de heft yer side ob de basket,' said Jose phine, after they had crossed the Po tomac bridge: 'Yer lets me hab de wo'st part ob it. 'Tain't bery perlite, fieein' as how yer is a boy an' older'n I is.' 'Sho! But yer weigh mo'n I does Josephine Jane ! De trouble am yer is lazy. But den all ob de female per suasion is no-account critters!' Shakes peare John exclaimed, taking his hand out of his pocket and grasping hold of one of the willow handles of the basket. 'Yer hadn't orter talk so! 'Tain't perlite ! 'Sides I hain't ob de 'female persuasion.' Mammy am a Mefodist an' pappy am a Mefodist, an' I'se eider a Mefodist or nofiin'.' 'Pooh! Yer's ignerant, yer is! Didn't yer know female meant gal ?' But Josephine Jane, not paying any attention to this information, began to trill out, in shrill, piping tones: 'De mockin'-bird, him sit an' sing, an' sing. De sky-lark him fly on <le wing, de wiug, De rice bird—' 'Sho, Shakespeare! what am dat?' The two children hastily set down the basket under a dog-wood tree, and stepped up to a tall, board fence on which were posted pictures, red, blue, and yellow, representing the animals and various attractions of 'Barnum's Show.' 'Dat am de elyphunt, Jumbo,' Shakespeare John proceeded to explain. 'He am de one what swum ober from England. He et so much, Queen Victoiy dribe him away. Jake Sydney done tole me 'bout him.' 'Did he swuui 'cross, shuah? I t'ought he'de drowned hisself! Why didn't dey bring him in a ship V 'ShiplSho! Yer is a siHy gal!' Shakespeare John exclaimed, con tempuously : 'Whar d'ye s'pose dey git a big enough ship? Jumbo's big ger'n forty miles!' 'I never seed an elyphunt 'fore. Say, which am his head ? He has a tuil at bof ends.' 'Dis yer am his trunk. He gobbles up eberyting wid it.' 'Oh! an' here is anuler elvphunt; a little one, a missin' ob his mndder!' 'Yes, and jest see, Josephine Jane, what lots o 1 animals. Hossesan' lions an' camels, an' monkeys, an'—Oh, glory, don't yer jest wish we could see 'em all alive V 'Course I does, honey ? D'ye spose Pappy an' Mammy'd let us go to de show V Shakespeare John shook his head daubtfully. 'Xo I doesn't. Time an' 'gin I've heard mammy say it's wicked. 'Sides it'll cost lots. A quarter apiece as shuah as you is bo'n !' 'Hut can't we crawl in V 'Git taken in by de perlice if yer does.' Reaching Washington, the children found the streets crowded; and it was with difficulty, laden as they were with the big basket, that they could make their way through. They finally reach ed the Ebbitt House, delivered the clothes, and received the pay for them. Just as they descended the stairs and entered the street, a blast of trumpets, loud strains of music, aud the beating of drums burst upon their ears. Shakespeare John dropped the empty basket and began to dance a double shuffle upon the sidewalk. 'De circus am coming' I De circus am coming!' he cried. And sure enough there presently did appear down Pennsylvania Avenue, a long train of vehicles—gorgeous red and yellow chariots, men and women fantastically dressed, prancing horses, gay trapping, tinkling bells. Then there was the rumble aud rattle of wheels, the clatter of horses' hoofs, the heavy tread of mammoth animals, all mingled with the roaring of the caged beasts, strains of inspiring music and the laughter and noisy chatter of crowds of spectators. No wonder that the two little darkies, used to the quiet of their country home, were wild with excitement, and ere the gorgeous pageant had passed by, Shakespeare John exclaimed, with solemn intensity: 'Josephine Jane! jest as shuah as you an' I is bo'n, we've got ter see all ob dis yer ting. I'll bust—l'll sartin ly bust, if I doesn't! I feels myself swellin' out now.' 'But, sonny, dcab,' said Josephine Jane, in mild, maternal tones, 'how is we to see dis circus ? We hasn't got de money.' 'We has, Josephine Jane; we has!' solemnly. 'l'll take two quarters out ob de pay fur de washin' dat de cap tain's lady done gib us!' 'But what will pappy say; an mam my ? looking frightened at the enorm ity of this dishonest scheme. 'Neber mind, houey !' said Shakes peare John with a wave of his hand. 'Neber miud. No use tinkin, ob dat. Time enough for bawliu' when de lash falls. Come on iral!' The temptation was too great, and Josephine Jane made no further ob jections. The tickets to the show were pur chased and the hours that followed were quickly passed in wonder and de light. Tired at last, the children sat down to rest in a quiet little corner. Now that the fun was over, they began to e perience some gnawing misgivings as to the reception they should meet ou their arrival home. Josephine Jauo took out her dingy red pocket-hankerchief and began to count the money she had left. 'lt's all here,' she said. 'Au' I'se glad ob it. I was afraid dat in de crowd it might git stole.' During this while, a shabbily-dress ed lad of perhaps sixteen years, whose face and hands would have been white hud soap and water been applied to them, was standing uear one of the wooden supports of the tents and stealthily watching the two colored children. He now stepped forward and said, in friendly tones : 'Stirring sights here, haint there, Sambo ?' 'My name isn't Sambo. It's Shakes peare John !' with becoming dignity. 'An' this is my sister, Josephine lane.' 'lndeed! Delighted to meet you both ! Had a nice tim ?' 'Yes, sah. Got kinder tired and hungry though.' 'Why didu't you buy something to eat V 'I did. Spent two cents fur pea nuts.' 'I suppose you saved the rest of your money to buy a monkey. Eb ?' 'A monkey !' the two children ex claimed in puzzled tones. 'What on arth docs yer mean ? added Shakes peare John. 'Why didn't you know that Barnum brought along two hundred of them to sell ?' 'Wull, I did see one or two. Dey wos dretful cunnin'!' said Josephine Jane. 'Yes. But those were trained ones. The ones for sale haven't been taught any tricks. On that account they arc sold very cheap. One could teach 'em in a few weeks though.' 'llow much does dey charge apiece?' said Shakespeare John, thoughtfully. 'Oh, from two dollars upward.' The two little uarkes looked at each other queatiouingly. 'How nice it would be to hah a mon key !' whispered Josephine Jane. 'We hasn't cot nuffiu' ter play wid since Sox Peters' hull dog killed our little yaller purp.' 'Dat's so !' said her brother, and then he added, with a little emphatic nod of his woolly head: 'We're in fur a lickin' jest as shuah's we is oo'n. It's jest as wuss as it can be, an' I say let's git dat 'ere mokey 1' 'We can't,' said Josephine Jane, sad ly. 'They cost two dollahs—the very cheapest—an' we hasn't got but a dol lah and an' a haf, lackin' de two cents you tuck out fur de peanuts.' Here their white friend came to their aid, by saying, in reassuring tones : 'lf you really want to buy a monkey, I think I could get one for you cheaper than anybody else. Besides, I could pick out a good, healthy, intelligent one. I know Baruum quite well. He takes dinner with my father real often. If you'll give me what money you have, I'll go and see what I can do for you.' The eyes of the two little darkies glistened with delight, and, without a moment's hesitation, the silver dollar, the twenty-five cent piece, the two tens, and the three pennies were emp tied from Josephines Jane's chubby black hand into the long, slim, be grimed one of the stranger. 'Now,' said the latter, 'you sit right down here on this bench, and don't leave it; because you might get lost in the crowd and I'd have a bother to hunt for you, especially with a live monkey squirming in my arms.' 'l'll stay here, shuah!' said both children, earnestly. An hour passed. The dome of the Capitol began to grow golden with the rays of the setting sun; the crowds of people gradually lessened; the circus performers ceased their gymnastic and equestrian feats. The two children, stiff and tired, still sat on the hard bench, their four ebony legs daugling down and lazily swing ing to and fro. "Pears ter me it takes that feller n' awful long time ter git dat ere mon key !' observed Shakespeare John. 'Maybj he has bard wo'k to git it fur de money,' his sister suggested. 'Den he'de orter come back an' tell ed us. Wonder if he tinks we Nig gers is gwine ter sit heah til Jedge ment! De show am closing up. We'se got a long walk home, to say nuffiin ob de lickin' at de end.' 'Shakespeare John!'—and the face of the little girl grew almost white with sudden fear—'Shakespeare John, d'ye s'pose dat ere chap done run off wid dat money ?' 'l'so ben tinkin' ob dat bery same ting.' And the little darkey brought his fist down with an emphatic bang. 'Dere's a perlice-man. Let's ask him what he tinks 'bout it.' Thellue-coated, brass-buttoned guar dian of ihe city listened attentively to their story, and when they had ended, he said, with a half-pitying, half-con tempuous smile : 'Well, youngsters, you're bitten; that's sure. You'll never see your money ! How could you be so silly as to let that scamp take it? He is the slyest, meanest little thief there is about! We've been on his track a long time ; but somehow he has always es caped us. We'll nab him sometime, though. There, don't cry 1 It won't help the matter one bit. I'm sorry for you. Now, you had better go home before it gets dark and you get into more trouble.' That night the moon shone down with mellow light upon the gently rising slopes of Arlington llights, and its beams, spreading over the waters of the Potomac, made them shine like molten gold. Away in the west a great silver star came out from behind its purple curtain. All Nature was calm and beautiful But out in the back shed of the Linkum estate there were sundry sounds—up braiding and corrective ! 'Shakespeare John! Yer has dis graced yourself, an' me too—a residing elder in the Mefodist Chu'ch ! Takin' money what didn't belong ter yer! Mis'abul thievs! VV hat if yer did want ter see de show an' buy de monkey ! I'll show yer, yer misabul, no-account young 'un!' Swisb, whack, swish, whack, came the sound of the lash, followed by vocal variations. 'Ow! Oo! Boohoo! Never do it agin, daddy ! Neber! neber! Boohoo ! oo! oo!' In the kitchen, Mammy Linkum, with her woolly locks somewhat dis heveled and her turban all awry, was 'interviewing' her daughter. 'Josephine Jane, yer is a child of wrath—yer is ! Me sendin' yer off in yer nice caliker so's you'd enjoy yer walk ; den yer takin' de wash money to go to de show and to buy a poor, no-account monkey ! Got cheated, too; dat am de wust ob it! It's my bound en duty to e'rect yer; an I'se going' to do it!' Josephine Jane soon sings the same song that her brother was warbling out in the shed. An hour later, and quietness reigns throughout the Linkum cabin. The master and mistress, having done their duty according to Solomon, have iallen into peaceful slumber. Up in the little loft were two small figures, blubbering softly and rubbing sundry portions of their ebony bodies. •Oh! de gracious my ! My back is jess as sore as it kin be !' whimpered Josephine Jane. 'An'jess think ob me! I reckon I'll neber be able to sit down agin !' groan ed Shakespeare John. Silence for a minute or two, and then the little girl's voice rang out more cheerily : 'But, anyhow, we's seen Jumbo !' 'Yes; we has!' triumphantly. —The large stone hand of an idol in a Chinese temple recently fell off and severely injured a worshipper beneath. "Satan finds some mischief still for idol hands to do.'' —I had severe attacks of gravel and kidney trouble; was unable to get a medicine or doctor to cure me until I used Hop Hitters, and they cured me in a short time.—A DISTINGUISHED LAWYER OF WAYNE Co , N. Y. —The toothache is simply the result of personal vanity. Men are born without teeth, but they are never hap py until they have a full set, and then they wonder why they ache. It is hard to satisfy human nature. —A sailor who had fallen overboard and was speedily interviewed by a shark cried out to his enemy, "Have pity on a man who is down!" "My friend," replied the shark, "a man who keeps himself above water is of no use to me. Now is my time." Moral: The man who falls overboard in business can expect no favors of the sheriff. A Year Without a Summer. During a cold spring, like that which is just now drawing to an end, people generally console themselves with the reflection that the sun will eventually get the victory, and that summer will certainly come at last, though its com ing may be delayed. Uncertain as the weather is, the general features of the seasons recur with a regularity which warrants the confidence thus reposed in the aunual return of seed time and harvest; but there are instances on record in which even the seasons seem to have lost their characteristic fea tures, as if the ordinary laws of meteor ology had been temporarily suspended. A remarkable case of this kiud, and one which the long-continued cold weather of this spring makes particu larly interesting just now, is that of the year 1816, which has been called "the year without a summer." A com munication printed in the Conyrega tionalist gives the following summary of the weather of this remarkable year: January and February were mill; March was cold; April began warm, but ended in snow and ice. Ice form ed an inch thick in May, and fields were planted over and over again till it was too late to replant. June was the coldest ever known in this latitude; frost and ice were common. Almost every green thing was killed; fruit nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of ten inches in Vermont, seven in Maine, three in the interior of New York and also in Massachusetts, It was called a dry season. But little rain fell. The wind blew steadily from the north, cold and fierce. M )th ers knit extra socks and mittensfor the children in the spring, and woodpiles that usually disappeared during the warm spell in front of the houses were speedily built up again. Planting and shivering were done together, and the farmers who worked out their taxes on the country roads wore overcoats and mittens. In a town in Vermont a flock of sheep belonging to a farmer had been sent as usual to their pasture. On the 17th of June a heavy snow fell in New England. The cold was in tense. A farmer who had a large field of corn in Tewkabury, built fires around it at night to ward off the frost; many au evening he and bis neighbors took turns watching them. He was reward ed with the only crop of corn in the neighborhood. Considerable damage was done in New Orleans in conse quence of the rapid rise of the Missis sippi river. Fears were entertained that the sun was cooling off, and throughout New England all picnics were strictly prohibited. July was accompanied with frost and ice. Indian corn was nearly all de stroyed; some favorably situated fields escaped. August was more cheerless, if possible, than the summer months which preceded it. Ice was formed half au iuch in thickness. Indian corn was so frozen that the greater part was cut down and dried for fodder. Al most every green thing was destroyed in this country and in Europe. On the 30th snow fell at Barnet, forty miles from London. Very little corn ripened in New England and the Mid dle States. Farmers supplied them selves from corn produced in 1815 for seed in the spring of 1811. It sold at from $4 to $5 per bushel. September furnished about two weeks of the pleasantcst weather of the season, but in the latter part of the month ice formed an inch thick. Octo ber had more than its share of cold weather. November was cold and snowy. December waß comfortable, and the wiuter following was mild. Very little vegetation was matured in the Eastern and Middle States. The sun's rays seemed to be destitute of beat during the summer; all nature was clad in a sable hue; and men ex hibited no little anxiety concerning the future of this life The average price of flour during the year in the New York market was sl3 per barrel. The average price of wheat in England was 97 shillings per quar ter. Bread riots occurred throughout Great Britain in 1817, in consequence of the high price of the staff of life. 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. —She sang: "I want to be an an gel." And he swore that she was one already. To this she blushingly de murred. Then he married her. De murrer sustained. Deservedly Popular. Unless it had great merit Parker's Ginger tonic could not be so popular. Its sale has spread remarkably every where, because invalids finds it gives them new life and vigor when other medicines fail entirely.— Ohio Farmer. —A lawyer once asked a Quaker if he could tell the difference between "also" and "likewise." "Oh, yes," said the Quaker. "Erskine is a great lawyer. His talents are admitted by almost every one. You are a lawyer also, dut not likewise." A Miracle in Oil City. DOCTORS DUMUFOL'NDED—DBUOGIST AND THE I'EUPLE WILD WITH EXCITE MENT. From the Oil City Derrick, July 21, 1881] Miss Maggie Martin, of this city, has been ill and confined to ber bouse for several years. Our best physicians failed to give her relief. She took Pe runa and, to the astonishment of all who knew her, she is now up and about again. Mr. Simmons, the drug gist, sold 184 bottles last week. He buys in gross lots. Mr. Cowell, too, sells it. Ask your druggist for Dr. Hartmau's book—"Ills of Life" (gra tis), or address Dr. 11., at Osborn, 0., for one. The Truly Honest Juror. » Some difficulty was experienced in obtaining a jury, apd the Court was getting tired of the tedious proceed ings. "Call the next juror, Mr. Clerk," said the solicitor, for the hundreth time. The clerk called out the name, and an old man with and honett face and a suit of blue jean clothes rose up in his place, and the solicitor askod the fol lowing customary questions: "Have you, from having seen the crime committed, or having heard any of the evidence delivered under oath, formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar?" "No, sir." "Is there any bias or prejudice rest ing on your mind for or against tho prisoner at the bar?" "None, sir " "Is your mind perfectly impartial between the state and the accused?" "It is." "Are you opposed to capital punish ment?" "I'm not." All the questions had been answered, and the Court was congratulating itself on haviag another juror, and the solicitor in solemn tones said: "Juror, look upon the prisoner prisoner, look upon the juror." The old man adjusted bis spactacles, and peeringly gazed at the prisoner l for full half a minute, when he turned his eyes towards the Court and earn estly said: "Judge, I'll be condemned if I don't believe he's guilty!" It is useless to add th&t the Court was considerably exasperated at hav ing lost a juror, but the most humor ously inclined had a good laugh at the old man's premature candor.—El' berton (Qa.) South. —When a man can make right out of wrong he will be able to breed colts from horse chestnuts. —Some mens vas alvays like der key hole on der back of a clock. Dhey vas behint time.—Detective Miller. —Tight pants and tight dresses have both gone out of style, but it seems as if tight men never will. Dyes will color any thing any color, and never fail. The easiest and best way to economize. 10 cents, at all druggists. —There are very few ministers nowadays who can successfully preach the Gospel without an occasional trip to Europe. —What with the seventeen year locusts and an extra session of the Legislature this State has about all the burdens that she can carry for one year. —lf the people who are always im agining that they are sick would only imagine that they are well doctors would live on small incomes. —Astoria, Oregon, is making yery rapid progress. It has 24 salmom packing concerns within its limits, em ploying 5,000 people. —The Chinese Legation attended every performance of a circus at Wash ington, and said they had enjoyed no such treat since Congress adjourned. —Oarsman Hanlan made about SB,OOO by his victory over Kennedy, and yet some people find fault with our colleges for cultivating muscles instead of brains. "Five Dr, 1 *: no end of medicine: no relief. Dr Benson's Skin Cure has driven away all eruptions and I'm nearly well lda C. Young, Hamil ton, 111., Druggists keep it, $1 per package. The extreme beat has a tendency to destroy a man's moral nature. He becomes peevish, cross and ill tempered. When the mercury ranges among the nineties religion must be at a discount. —The best tonic medicine—one that is not composed mostly of alcohol or whisky—is Brown's Iron Bitters. It is guaranteed to be non-intoxicating and will absolutely kill all desire for whisky and other intoxicants. It has been thoroughly tested and proven itselfin every instance a never-failing cure for dyspepsia, indigestion, bilious ness, weakness, debility, overwork, rheumatism, neuralgia, consumptive disease, liver complaint, kidney trou bles, etc. "Say, Pat, whatever made you go to work for Uncle Dan? He's the meanest man in the country." "Mano is it?" said Pat. "Why, shure an' he's the foinest, aisyest-goin' master iver I had, bedad. He gives a man fifteen hours to do a day's work in." Epilepsy of Nine Years. "I thank the giver of all good gifts," writes J. N. Marshall, of Granby, New ton Co., Mo., "for giving me Samaritan Nervine. It cured my daughter'* epileptic fits, of nine years standing." Get at druggists. $1.50. The Italians *vish to take life as a huge joke if they can. Here is a sup plication which indicates the national temperament:—"l pray that I may never IKJ married. But if I marry I pray that 1 may not be deceived; but if I am deceived, I pray that I may not know of it; but if I know it, I pray that I may be able to laugh at the whole affair." Happy Once More. ST. Lot: IS, Mo.—A Chronicle re porter was told by Mr. Alfred J. I'apio, of this city, that bis nephew had the most obstiuate case of inflammatory rheumatism which baffled all kinds of treatment until St. Jacobs Oil, the groat pain conqueror was used. It cured the young mau, and he recom mends it as the greatest cure for pains in tho world. NO. 32
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers