VOL. XX.
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 and 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 be sold at very low
prices. For samples and
Butler. Pa
Farmers and Gardeners!
Look to your own interests and improve your
crops, from 75 to lUO per cent, by using the
Peruvian Sea Fowl Guano, or Bradley's Desolved
Bone. On hand at Leonard Wise's in Butler,
or Wm. Crookshank'e at Sarversville Station,
Butler Co ; Pa. aplßtf
.DEINTISTIR, X.
Oil WALDRON, Graduate of the Phil-
K adelphia Dental College,is prepare*
■ 11 ato do anything in the line of hifc
profession in a satisfactory manner.
Office on Main street, Butler, Union Block,
up stairs, apll
|D. L. CLUBLAND,|
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
South Main St., Butler, Pa,
Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
-BPECTACLEB
AND
SILVERWARE,
At the Lowest Cash Prices.
Fine Watch Repairing a Spec
ially.
i mmLGWE
Mends Everything HOUD AS
ROCK !—Hard as AdamantT
nmaiGrulte!! Strawat,
Tomrneat, and Moet Elaatic Glue
cm Earth I A Bamaonian Giant
In Strength among all otherGtuea
and Cements I Absolutely p«-
breakable and Inseparable I
No Heatta*!—No PreparaiiOTi
a Alwayaßeaay—AlwayiLiguldl
Glues China. Glase, Wood,
Leather Bwmr, Crockery, Bit
IKH llard Cue Tip* and Cloth. Marble
mutm Metala, Patches on Leather ana
■ml Eubber Hhoes. Bri&a-brae. Book
Backs, Stone, Furniture, Bicycle
iIHHB Rubber Tires, Ornaments of Every
.ilTVjl kind. Jewelry, Smokers' Pipes and
till S 1 " Cigar Holders, Card Board to Scrap
BMIM Books, ana Everything else witn
■ Everlaating Inseparable Tenacity I
an 11 m Mannfart arera of Gummed La
■■■(■bela.Textue Fabrics, Fine
Wk HIZ Pianos. Artiflcial Flowers, Imltafiou
tttataeaGlaaeand Straw Gooda,Cabt-
Makera. Ac., supplied by Gallon
Barrel. SjOc. Bottle (Brush and
Tin Cover) ;by nail postpaid, 10 eta
t-iotkttfbottu. extra. Mailed only by manufacturers
J.UO'MEARAACO.ifa,^.^
LIT. AF*AT« Wanted Everywhere. Sold by Druggist*
Grocers, BUtloaon. Uardwars audOeneialStore*
FOB SALE AT REDICK'S DRUG STOBS.
" BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
GH C. ROESSINO, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER.
H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt,
William Campboll, J. W, Barkbart,
A. Troutman, Jacob Schoene,
O. O. Roessing, John Caldwell,
Dr. W. lrvin, J. J. Croll.
A. B. Rhodes, H. C. Heineman.
JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen. A*'t-
BUTLBH PA.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
A Y*BT COZY
Two-Storied Frame House
of bis rooms, cellar, oat houses and two
lota ot ground in Butler will b sold on reason
able terms. Call at office of
F. M. EASTMAN
Mar-14tf. Butler Fa.
NEW DRUG STORE.
J. B. Kohlmeyer & 00.
Main Street,
(Opposite Vogeley House)
BUTLER, PENN'A.
PURE DRUGS,
CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
LAMPS, TOILET ARTICLES, &c
Pore Liquors for medioinal purposes, Oils
and Faints, Ac.
43~Dr. Q. M. Zimiuei man has his office on
the seoond floor of same building. jnelS-tf
Planing Mill
—AND—
Lumber Yard.
J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS,
S.G. Purvis & Co.,
K4WCF>TTBKRS AND DBALBBSIH
Bough and Planed Lumber
OF BVKKY DESCRIPTION,
FRAMES,
MOULDINGS,
SASH,
DOORS,
FLOORING,
SIDING,
BATTENS,
Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards,
SHINGLES & LATH.
PLANING MILL AND YARD
Near German Catholic Church
BRICKS! BRICKS!
The subscriber continues the making of bricks
common, pavement, bay window and other qual
ities at his kiln on the Fair Ground road, half a
mile west of Hutler He will keep 011 hand a lot
of brlcksat 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, ha invites the custom or all, promising
to give entire satisfaction to all who may patron
ize him.
All orders promptly filled at reasonable rates.
Call on or address.
J. GEOBGEBTAMM l
uiar2B-6mo Butler Fa.
Utitlc®
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Estate ot George S. Jamison.
Letters testamentary on the estate of George
8. Jamison, dec'd , late of Venango twp., But
ler county, Pa., having been granted to the un
dersigned, all persons knowing themselves in
debted to said estate will please make iucmedi
ate payment and any having claims against
said estate will present them duly authenticated
for settlement. .
W. C. JAMISON,
Executor.
June 19, 'B3. Eau Claire P. 0., Butler. Do., Pa.
Estate|of William Ramsey.
Letters testamentary on the estate oi William
Ramsey, dec'd, late ol Butler township, Butler
county, Pa., having been granted to the under
signed, 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
lor settlement.
DAVID F. BORLAND, Executor.
Butler, Pa.
Estate oi James H. Mechlins.
Whereas letters of administration have this
day been issued to me on the estate of James H.
Mechling, late of Washington township, dec'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 oi Ernest Werner.
Letters of administration on the estate of
Ernest Werner, dec'd, late of Forward twp.,
Butler county, Pa., having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons knowing themselves
indebted to said estate will please make imme
diate payment and any having claims against
said estate will present them duly authenti
cated for settlement,
MARIA WERNER, Administratrix.
Evans City, Butler Co., Pa.
W. H. LUSK, Attorney.
Estate oi Edward Campbell.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Ed
ward Campbell, dec'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.
Administrator's Notice.
Whereas letters of administration on the es
tate ol Andrew J. Moore, late of Centre twp.,
Butler county, Pa., dec'd, have been duly is
sued by the Register of wills in and for the
county oi Butler, Pa., to me Nancy J. Moore,
widow of said decedent. Notice is hereby given
to all persons knowing themselves indebted to
the said estate to call and 6ettle the same, and
all persons having claims again6t the said estate
will please present the same duly probated for
payment. NANCY J. MOORE,
Administratrix of A. J. Moore, dec'd,
Butler. Pa,
Estate of Jacob Hunnel.
Letters of administration on the estate of
Jacob flunnel, dec'd, late of Buffalo township,
Butler Co., Pa., having been granted to the un
dersigned, all persons knowicg themselves in
debted to said estate will please make imme
diate payment and any having claims against
said estate will preseut them duly authenticated
for settlement.
G. C. ROENIGK, Administrator.
Sarvers Station, Butler Co., Pa.
Estate of John Walters,
Letters of administration on the estate of
John Walters, dec'd, late of Jackson township,
Butler Co., Fa., 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 against
said estate will present them duly authenticated
lor settlement.
JOHN A WALTERS, Administrator.
Evans City, Butler County, Pa.
Estate ot James Sterling.
Letters of administration en the estate of
James Sterling, dee'd., late of Cranberry town
ship, Butler county, Pa,, having been granted
to tne administrator, and all persons knowing
themselves indebted to the said estate to call
and settle the same, and all persons having
claims against the said estate will please pre
sent the same duly pre bated for payment.
NEWTON GARVIN, Administrator,
Ogle P. 0., Butler Co., Pa-_
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
BY virtue of an order of the Conrt of Common
Pleai of Butler county, No. 13, March Term.
1883, and to me directed, I will expose to Public
Sale, on the premises on
Thursday, Aug. 9,
1883, at one o'clock p. M.,the following described
real estate of Samuel Vande venter and Elizabeth
Vandeventer. bis wife, late Elizabeth Chranser,
in right of his wife and Charles Duffy, to-wit:
All that certain piece and parcel of land sit
uated in Washington twp., Butler county, Pa.,
bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a post at the north-west corner
of the tract, thence by lands of David Bond's
heirs north 89 degrees east 81% perches to a
poet; thenco by land of F. Shira south 2 decrees
west JiS 8-10 perches to a stone; thence north 89
degrees east 2 perches to a post; thence by
lands of Shira and Clark south 2 degrees and
74 perches to a post; thence by lands of Wm.
Wasson south 89 degrees west 83% perches to
a post; thence north 2 degrees east by lane ot
8. A. Campbell 96 3-10 perches to place ot be
ginning, with the appurtenances, containing
flity acrf s of land, strict measure.
TERMS:—One-third in hand on conSrmation
of sale and the balance in two equal annual
payments with interest thereon, secured by
bond and mortgage.
THOS. DONAGHY, (Bheriff) Trustee,
July 18, 1883.
Farmers Look!
To your own internet and dont buy a grain
drill till you see the FARMER'S FAVORITE.
Doable distribution and grain seeder, force feed
grass seeder, and double cast-steel reversible
Kints. Steel axletrees. Grass seeder either
hind or before- For sile by Wm. Crookehank,
Sarversville, Butler Co. Pa. aplßtf
ICE FOR SALE.
The undersigned has about 25 tons of good
clear ice on hands, which he will sell in large or
air all quantities on reasonable terms, and de
liver at the houses of his customers dnnug the
rammer Orders can be left at Wick's meat
shop. D..HOWE LION.
Notice.
The Butler Camp Meeting Association will
hold their annual encampment on the grounds
of the association, three miles west of Butler,
on Thursday, August 16th and continuing until
Monday evening, August 27th. Opening
service at 2 o'clock P. M. on Thursday, August
16th. Single and family season tickets can be
had from the secretary or treasurer. Ample
arrangements are made for boarding on the
ground. Tent sites can be had upon applica
tion to any member of the Board of Trustees.
BY ORDER OF BOARD.
JEFF BURTNER, Secretary.
JOSEPH CRISWELL, Treasurer.
PENN'A. CONSTRUCTION CO.
132 First Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA.
IRON
Buildings,
Bridges and Hoof*,
Jails and Lockups.
Fronts, Columns & Girders,
Stairways and Beams,
Fences ana Cristings.
Fire-Escapes.
m*r2B,6ra
|^g~ Advertise in the Citizcn.
BTHE GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
Relieves and cures
RHEUMATISM,
Sciatica, Lumbago,
BACKACHE.
HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE,
QUINSY, BWELLING9,
Soreness, Cuts, Bruises,
FROSTBITES,
BFRNS, RCALDS,
And all other bodily achss
FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
Sold by all Druggists and
Dealers. Directions ID 11
The Charles A. Vogeler Co.
Baltimore, M 4., V. i. A
SUMMER
Imprudences
ARE SURE TO BRING
ON SUMMER DISEASES
! j
INDIGESTION,
DIARRHOEA,
DYSENTERY,
COLIC,
CRAMPS,
BOWEL COMPLAINTS.
FEVERS, &c., &c.
BUT
Perry Davis 's Pain Killer
DRIVES THEM AWAY.
DRIVES THEM AWAY.
DRIVES TIIEM AWAY.
DON'T BE WITHOUT PAIN KILLER.
BUY OF ANY DRUGGIST.
Sellers' Liver Pilis
Act Directly on tlie Liver.
CURES CHILLS AND FKVKB, DYHPKPSIA,
SICK IIKADACHK, BI LIOUS COLIC, CONSTIPA
TION', RinoruATisu, PILES. I'ALHITATIOJJ
OF THE HEAKT, DIZZINESS, TOHI-ID LIVEB,
COATED TONOUB, HLKKPLESSNESK, AND ALL
DISEASES OK THE LIVEB AND STOMACH. If
you do not" feel very well," a single pill at
bed-time stimulates the stomach, restores
the appetite, imparts vigor to the system.
R.E, SELLERS & CO., Pittsburgh, Pi.
For Dy tpepsla,
Sick Headr * 1,
Chronic Dlar
-0 rhoea, Jaundice,
2 Blood, Fever and
Ague, Malaria,
Mil Wj\Mlf and all Diseases
/T-' jb caused by De
rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt tinder the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels
generally costiye, 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 despondent,
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases .
have occurred wnen 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>v 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 ol
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
/ in the House!
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonie can
never be 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 1 am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. GILL SHORTEK, Governor of Ala.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga.,
says: Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it s
further trial.
"The only Thing that never fails to
Relieve."— l 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 affected to give it a trial as it seems the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
P. M. JANNBV, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice 1 have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
only the Genuine, which always
has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Murk
and Signature of J. H. ZEILIN & CO.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
HIS OPINION. ~
In Clear Sentences an Authori
ty adds Ills own to the Popu
lar Judgment.
191 West Tenth Street, )
NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 1880. J
MESSRS. SEARURY & JOHNSTON:
I am slow to pin my faith to any new cura
tive agent. BENSON'S CA PCI NE POROUS
PLASTER has won my good opinion. I find
it an exceptionally cleanly plaster to use and
rapid in it* action. Many tests of its qualities
in my own family, and among my patients,
have convinced me that there is no other sin
gle article so valuable for popular use, none so
helpful in cases of lame back, local rheuma
tism, neuralgia, congestion of the bronchial
tubes and lungs and lumbago.
You may feel free to use my name.
Very truly yours,
11. H. KANE, M. D.,
Physician-in-Chief of the De Quincy Home.
Price of the CAPCINE 25 cents.
Seabury & Johnson, Chemists, New York.
PERMANENT STAMPING
FOR KENSINGTON, ABRASENE
AND OUTLINE WOBK DONE,
Also lessons in same given by ANNIE M
LOWMAN, North ttieet, Butler, Pa.
juc2o-ly
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. 1883
An Alarming Disease in Kansas,
On the plains of Texas, where count
less half wild cattle feed, and where
the air is dry and pure, lives an insect
known as the screw-worm fly. It is
small and active. This fly is the terror
of the Texas cattle. The long-horned
brutes are quarrelsome. The males
fight savagely, sometimes to the death.
The females are far from being peaceful
animals. A fight between hot-blooded
Texas cattle generally terminates in
one of the animals being severely
wounded. As the smell of the blood
drifts down the winds, which ceaseless
ly blow on the plains, it attracts the
screw flies, and they course through
the air, eagerly following the trail,
anxious to deposit their eggs in the
wound. These flies do not alight in
depositing their eggs, but as they fly
rapidly and closely to the injured ani
mal, which evinces the utmost terror
when the buzz of doom fills the air,
they drop a gelatinous substance which
adheres to the wound. The eggs, to
the number of hundreds, are contained
in this substance. It is said by the
Texas cattle breeders that the eggs
hatch in twenty-four hours. Promptly
on hatching, the worms burrow into
the flesh of the living animals. More
flies deposit eggs. More screw worms
are hatched. They also burrow into
the flesh. A succession of crops of
screw worms follows rapidly, and the
unfortunate animal is devoured alive,
as they honeycomb the flesh. The cat
tle, unable to endure the pain, become
crazy and roam the prairies, dangerous
members of bovine society, until death
lays his kind hand on them. I have
been informed by the cattle breeders
who graze their stock on the staked
plains that the animals seem to realize
the danger they are in when wounded,
and have been known to seek safety in
flight; but that the flies follow the
scent in the air as hounds follow a fox,
and the wounded animals are generally
overtaken.
On the great plains lying eastward
of the Rocky Mountains and included
in the arid belt, cattle are bred on an
extensive scale. It is not the custom
to close herd the stock in any portion
of the range. There is a branding
roundup in the spring, a beef roundup
in the fall, and in Texas an additioual
roundup preparatory to the spring drive
of salable cattle to the northern grazing
grounds. During the greater portion
of the year the cattle roam at will. A
few cowboys ride the range and pre
tend to keep note of the localities where
their employer's brands are feeding. It
can be easily seen that under this care
less management the losses resulting
from attacks of screw worms can be
quite heavy, and still be unknown to
the owner of the brand. When cattle
are found suffering from the attacks of
these worms, they, if the tunnelling ol
the flesh has not progressed too far, are
thrown to the ground, and a rude and
generally unsuccessful attempt is made
to exterminate the parasites by a free
use of citrine ointment. This ointment
will destroy the unhatched eggs, but
its efficacy in killing the living worms
is in dispute.
The screw worm is a little over half
an inch long. It is corrugated and ex
ceedingly hard- When put under the
point of a knife and pressed upon the
worm slips from under the steel and
flies through the air as though made of
rubber. Imagine a white half-inch
screw having a pointed black head in
stead of the usual slotted one. That is
a fair representation of the screw worm.
For years Texas cattle have been
driven to Kansas to feed on the grasses
of the plains lying in the arid belt.
For years they have been driven to the
northern portion of the Indiana Terri
tory to graze on the untaxed ranges of
that great grazing land. Until last
year there was no trouble in Kansas
from screw worms. The stories told
by Texas drivers of the suffering of the
cattle on the southern ranges made but
little impression on the men of Kansas.
That these flies would ever follow the
Texas cattle up the trails to the com
paratively northern country of Kansas,
was unsuspected by the most gloomy
minded of the Kansas people. Even if
suspected, they neyer, in the most ap
palling flights of their dark imagina
tions, thought that the flies would
change their habits, and select the
nostrils of human beings to deposit
their eggs in, but such is the case.
It is probable that the long continued
south-west winds of last summer
wafted the flies from the vicinity of the
herds feeding south of Dodge City into
the more thickly settled portions of
Kansas. At any rate the mature flies
were far east of the "dead line," and
far north of the Arkansas River during
a portion of last summer. Several per
sons were attacked by screw worms.
One of the cases that terminated fatally
was fully reported in the Kansas and
Missouri Valley Medical Index. It
is worthy of note. The patient had
long suffered from ozena. On the
evening of August 22, 1882, this man
complained of a tickling sensation at
the base of the nose, that was promptly
followed by exhaustive sneezing. This
in its turn was followed by intense pain
in the region of the eyes and cheeks.
The physician in attendance mistaken
ly supposed that the pain was the re
sult of ozena. The discharge from the
nostrils was purulent and tinged with
blood, and exceedingly offensive. The
breath of the patient was revolting. It
may be that his condition was so ex
tremely offensive that the attending
physician did not make an examination
that would have revealed the presence
of the disturbing cause. For two days
the man suffered intense pain. All
remedies a 1 ministered failed to give
relief. On the evening of the 24th of
August there was a sudden and profuse
di charge from both the nostrils and
the mouth. Instantly all pain ceased.
There was no longer any involuntary
discharge. The pus was with difficul
ty expectorated. The soft palate had
been destroyed, and the tongue could
no longer be used in speech. When
this stage of the disease had been
reached, a screw worm, much to the
astonishment of the attending physi-
cian, fell from the mouth of the dying
man. One after another, in obedience
to the laws of their nature, full grown
screw worms wriggled from his nostrils
and mouth until 360 of them crawled
from the honeycombed head and
throat. The man died. An examina
tion showed that the fleshy part of the
interior of his head had been almost all
devoured. By throwing back the head
and depressing the swollen tongue, the
vertebra; were exposed to view.
The second case occured at Salina,
Kansas. On the 23d of August Dr. R.
E. Switzer of that town was called to
attend a woman suffering from a severe
pain across the bridge of the nose.
This pain shot in throbs into the cheeks,
and much resembled an attack of tic
douloureux. After a careful examina
tion of the case the Doctor was unable
to explain the cause of the pain.
Again he examined the patient. In
the left nostril he saw a small corrugat
ed ball that was apparently revolving
slowly. This ball resembled a tiny
walnut. The Doctor saw an occasional
pointed black bead protrude from the
writhing mass. Promptly he adminis
tered chloroform to the woman. With
the aid of a forceps he removed sixty
five worms. From the time of the dis
covery of the worms until the last was
removed two days passed. In this
short time, though the worms were
sluggish from the effects of the chloro
form, they had sufficient vigor to de
stroy the partition of the nose. This
woman fully recovered. Several other
cases occurred in Kansas last year.
As far as I can learn all the people
who were attacked had catarrh, a dis
ease very prevalent on the wind-swept
plains west of the Missouri River. It
is highly probable that the fully de
veloped flies, when moving through the
air in search of places to deposit their
eggs, struck a catarrhal trail, followed
it to its source, and deposited their
eggs in the nostrils of the unfortunates
while they slept. They might easily
drop their eggs into the nostrils of per
sons lying down, eveu if they were
awake.
I'hysicians are awaiting the develop
ments this summer with great interest.
The sensitiveness of the mucous mem
brane narrowly limits the remedies
that can safely be applied. Carbolic
acid, if weakened sufficiently to be used
without injuring the membrane, has no
effect on the hard, corrugated worms.
Kerosene oil has proved effectual. It
instantly kills the worms. This oil
will kill any insect. If the worms,
through the ignorance of the physi
cians, are allowed to remain undisturb
ed for several days, it is exceedingly
doubtful if any remedy can reach them.
It may be that an enormously strong
man could endure the pain and could
rally from the exhaustion following in
tense physical suffering until'the worms
feeding on his flesh arrived at perfect
maturity and crawled from their bur
rows to screw themselves into the
ground, from which they emerge as
flies in about ten days. 1 doubt, how
ever, if any man living has sufficient
vitality to live through an attack by
screw worms.
A Kentucky Wardrobe,
1 A pretty good story is told on Con
gressman Blackburn, of Kentucky. He
bad left home for a day or two, taking
but a small bag with him. Public busi
ness took him unexpectedly to Wash
ington. He at once telegraphed home
to have a trunk of clothes sent to him.
His daughter, in the absence of her
mother, opened the despatch, and
thought it was her duty to obey it.
So she packed a trunk and put a note
in it as follows:
VERSAILLES, KY.
Dear Papa :—I send you all the
clothes I can find, I hope you are
well.
Mr. Blackburn said the trunk con
tained the following :
1 white shirts,
6 winter scarfs,
1 tooth brush,
1 Bowie knife,
2 revolvers,
This is what a Kentucky girl regards
as a suitable summer wardrobe for a
Kentucky gentleman. Mr. Blackburn,
who is a charming gentleman, notwith
standing his bluster in the House,
laughs as heartily over the incident as
any of his friends.
Sun Storms.
A contributor to the Rochoster Dem.
ocrat and Chronicle, presumably con
nected, with the observatory there, rep
resents the present disturbance in the
sun as something wholly unprecedent
ed. The group of sun spots which was
just making its appearance on the 23d,
has now reached the sun's centre, and
has spread over a vast area. A simi
lar group, of immense proportions, has
made its appearauce upon the east side,
and is making its way across towards
the other. The observer reports that
about the two great storm centres were
evidences of a whirling motion and
cyclonic action. Unless the sun is un
dergoing a permanent change, it would
seem as if the present activity of sun
spots must soon reach its climax and
subside. The action of the sun upon
terrestrial weather is as yet imperfect
ly understood. One thing seems to be
certain, which is, that greater heat
from the sun shows itself first in the
form of profuse rains. The recent
anomalous weather, and especially the
tremendous electrical storms which we
have had within the past year, appear
to be in some way related to these
frightful storms upon the sun. Sec
ondarily at least, if no primarily, both
these causes, the rain and the electrici
ty, affect human well-being, and even
life itself. But exactly how they do it,
or in what way their unfavorable in
fluences may be compensated for, no
one seems able at present to tell us.
Beware of all unripe and imperfect
fruit and vegetables at this season, if
you would escape sickness.
—The man who asserts that there is
place for everything probably never
was called on to locate a boil.
A DIALOGUE WITH A MOR
MON.
The Achievements of one of 672
of the Proselytes Recently
Arrived from England.
New Vork Letter to Boston Herald.
The most interesting man I have
met to-day was one who had woedand
won three women simultaneously. He
had just arrived with them from Eng
land, and intended to marry them col
lectively as soon as he got to a sufe
place. The only one within the limits
of civilization where that kind of thing
is allowed being Utab.it is hardly neces
sary for me to add that he was on his
way to that territory of polygamy.
He was an elder, named Ephraim Mea
son, and had spent four years on the
other side of the water as a Mormon
missionary. He was only one of a
party of twenty-two of these evangel
ists who arrived in the steamer Ne
vada, bringing (372 converts. He had
selected his three spouses with senti
ment aud utility in view.
"When I went away on my mission
for the church," he said, "I left my five
motherless children to the care of a rel
ative. I had never practiced our doc
trine of conjugal plurality, though be
lieving and preaching it; and my one
wife had recently died, leaving me to
realize that, if I had done my duty,
the youngsters would not have been
thus half-orphaned. Well, I made up
my mind, if the Lord should prosper
my mission, to return prepared to set
up such a household as our church con
templates for every faithful saint. I
have done so."
He introduced me to the three women
whom his religious courtship had cap
tured. It was not necessary for him
to explain that he had picked them out
with that discretion which I have al
ready mentioned. I could see it with
out being told. Emeline, was a
brawny, ignorant, hard-handed widow
of forty or over, and her lot was to be
that of drudge in the admirably bal
anced family which Elder Meason con
templated. She was to "look after the
domestic economy," as he expressed it
Sarah was neither a handsome nor
young women, but some refinement
was discernible, and he told me that
she had been a schoolma'am in Wales.
She was for practical use, too, his plan
being to make her a governess for his
children. Lottie was a blooming Lan
canshire lass of twenty or so, quite
pretty in her coarse way, and I did not
ask the elder why he had chosen her.
They were evidently in love with each
other, which was not surprising in him,
though marvelous in her, considering
that he was sixty and ugly. She was
to be the queen of the reorganized es
tablishment.
"Will there be a tripple wedding ?" I
inquired.
"Yes," the elder replied. "We call
the ceremony a sealing, and it is per
formed in secret. Thereafter, I shall
hold a more approved position before
the church, for we maintain that polyg
amy is not only a privilege but also a
duty which no saint can be entirely ex
cused from fulfilling. There was some
hesitation about sending me out as a
missionary, because I had taken but
one wife, and I don't suppose 1 should
have received the appointment if I had
not given assurance of my intention to
briDg back two or more wives."
"Then your church does more than
to merely countenance polygamy ?" I
said.
"To be sure," was the reply; "the
examples of the patriarchs are all that
way, and there stands the injunction of
St. Paul: 'A bishop then, must be
blameless, the husband of one wife.'"
"I should take that to mean that
more than one wife wouldn't do for a
bishop in Paul's days."
"You make a common mistake, sir.
Paul enjoined bishops to take at least
one wife, and we believe that they had
several. We also know that by divine
revelation to us, that a man's chances
(or salvation are greatly increased by
the increasing number of wives. A
bachelor is sure of damnation. Are
you married?"
—About five million of trade-dollars
are in circulation. Somebody will get
shaved.
—The wheat fields are beginning to
change color, and in a few days the
noise of the reaper will be heard in
the land.
—A gentleman with an eruption of
the scalp acknowledges with sorrow
that there is indeed plenty of rheum
at the top.
—We are asked the question if water
does not sometimes intoxicate. It fre
quently does. We have often seen
barrels that were water-tight.
—lf you really wish to improve you
may use the old saw for a prayer :
God send me a friend that may tell me
my faults ; if not, an enemy, and to be
sure he will.
—A church in Bavaria, accommo
dating a thousand people, has been al
most entirely built of papier-mache,
which can be supplied at a cost a little
above that of plaster. It can be made
to imitate the finest marble, as it takes
a polish superior to slate.
—A young girl was caught kissing
her sweetheart a few nights ago. Her
mother took her to task for such actions,
but the girl silenced her by this quota
tion ; "Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so unto
them." The old lady wilted. Memo
ries of old were brought forcibly to
mind.
—There has been a common impres
sion in this country that contracts made
on a Sunday are not legally binding.
This may be law, but certainly is not
equity, and the Supreme Court of
Illinois, in a recent case, has just de
cided that a contract made on Sunday
is just as binding as if entered into on
any other day. The pretense that
Sunday is not a day in law has oc
casionally been made use of in the past
to subserve some purpose of petty
roguery, and it is well that even the
pretense is now finally abolished.
BRITISH LABOR.
How the Work of the Farm Is
Performed in England.
The foreman on the farm was de
scribed by his employer as v man of
high principle, who had been with him
twenty-eight years. Perhaps I should
say Mr. Thompson had been with the
foreman twenty-eight years, for when
a farm changes hands the laborers by
choice remain on the place. As Mr. T.
said: "When a man has a nice comfort
able place, a cottage and other fixtures,
he does not want to move." What a
contrast to us restless Yankees! Four
generations of the foreman's family
have worked for Mr. Thompson, begin
ning with the grandfather, and it is his
great grandson who is driving the horse
iu the reaper.
All the laud 1 now hold on your honor's estate
Is the same that iny grandfather tilled.
It is quite probable that living thus
on one spot limits the ideas. In a near
hamlet I called on an old pair of a
more well-to-do class, who spoke in
the Sussex dialect, and still nsed the
old style of reckoning for their rent
days. As a new style of reckoning
was introduced in 1752, I may say
that they were in this matter only 130
years behind the times.
As the pay of the agricultural labor
er, Mr.Thompson's foreman earns £1
or about $5 weekly, and an extra pound
every quarter,but is not boarded. Em
ployment, however, is found for him in
the winter as well as in summer, the
open winters of this region differing
from those of Pennsylvania. At Mr.
Ford's I am told that the plowmen get
about $3.75, or 15 shillings, and their
rent, and the shepherd about 17 shill
ings, but he has to work every day in
the week. When the land is heavy
here, they generally plow with from
three to five horses in single line, and
must, therefore, have two men, called
the carter and his mate. To their ani
mals they use old Sussex cries, such as,
"Mather-woof." or "Come hither, wilt
thou ?" The hours of labor are moder
ate, men going out to work about seven,
eveo in summer, and coming in about
half-past five. But during harvest
they work from five in the morning as
long as they can see, stopping only for
breakfast, dinner, and afternoon "bait,"
or lunch. During the harvest month,
August, they receive double wages, or
sometimes the farmer pays £2 extra
for the month.
Is the laborer intelligent? Twenty
eight years ago, when Mr. Thompson
came to his farm in the downs, he
thinks there was not a man on the
place who could read fluently; now
every house takes a paper. Education
in England is now compulsory, and
when the laborer can read and vote we
shall doubtless cease to hear of "Hodge
and his master." Mr. Thompson's
foreman "of high principle" has not a
vote because he does not occupy a
house paying a rent of sl2 a year. (In
boroughs all householders have votes.)
Mr. Thompson says as the foreman
does net drink or use tobacco, he has
no tax to pay for the support of the
government, excepting that on tea.
What is his pecuniary status? With
this high character; with his having
perhaps lived all his life on this one
estate, what has he accumulated ?
Probably he has not laid by anything;
he has not even joined one of the "bene
fit societies," common among laboring
men. In his old age he is entitled to
relief from the parish; to accept it, says
Mr Thompson, is no disgrace. It is
his share of the wealth of England.—
Harper's Magazine.
Beecher in Poverty.
The llev. Henry Ward Beecher has
won his way to a rare prominence by
force of character and a splendid wife,
for he was less promising than many a
young man whose promise ends in
nothing. He began his career at Law
renceburg, Ind , on a salary of S3OO a
year. When he married on this salary
the young couple were compelled to go
housekeeping in two rooms. Mrs.
Beecher tells of a trip to Cincinnati for
furniture, and gives a glimpse of the
early life of the great preacher.
"I found Henry at his father's—Dr.
Beecher was then there, and Mrs.
Stowe was there. I explained matters.
'Two rooms,' said Henry; 'you can't
keep house in two rooms—it can't be
done.'
"It has got to be done,' I said, or we
must starve.'
"Are the rooms furnished V
"No,' I said, 'not even a chair.'
"And I haven't a single dollar,' said
Henry, 'to even buy a chair with.'
"It doesn't make any difference/said
I, for my fmind was made up. Mrs.
Stowe laughed heartily to think of my
'going to housekeeping on nothing,' as
she called it.
"I said to my husband, 'Henry,
where is that bed you told me you own
ed when you went to school here in
Lane Seminary?'
"I am sure I don't know,' he answer
ed. 'Broken to pieces and burnt up
long ago, I suppose.'
"Do you know it is?" I asked. No,
he didn't know for certain, but it was
an old thing, and only a single bed,
anyhow. Well, I said we would go
and hunt for it. We went up to the
seminary, and sure enough we found
that bed, and Henry lugged it to the
boat. Father gave us a little strip of
rag carpet, one breadth, that we could
lay down in the middle of one of the
rooms. George gave us a cook-stoye
and a couple of lamps. My brother
contributed some things. A Mr. Has
tings, a former classmate of Henry's,
gave us a set of knives and forks. So
we went home half equipped."
At the end of two years Mr. Beecher
went to Indianapolis with the magnifi
cent salary of SOOO a year. Said Mrs.
Beecher:
"But we had no more than before—
rather less. For, on the one hand, our
regular expenses were larger, and on
the other, he was the city minister, and
was expected to entertain the country
parsons. Those were years of strug
gle. Many a time have I sat up all
night at the parsonage at Indianapolis
and made a shirt and washed and iron
ed it and sold it in the morning to get
enough to buy food for the ministers
who were coming to dinner. It sounds
hard, but it was not hardship. I en
joyed it. For Henry's exacting public
life had not yet come to defraud me.
Happiness does not depend on money,
or leisure, or society, or even health; it
depends on our relation to those we
love. When I got to Brooklyu the
public began to get my husband away
from me. His study was no longer in
the house, but in the church. And
when he went out I used to gasp for
breath and my tyes would fill with
tears, for it seemed as if we had quar
reled. He couldn't help it, of course.
No woman ought to marry a man on
whom the public has a strong claim
a popular minister, or a great lawyer,
or a politician—unless she has explicit
ambitions of her own, and is willing to
immerse herself in eocietv."
Hints to Farmers.
For the CITIZEN.
I suppose the reason we so seldom
see anything in print about working
corn, is because it is generally suppos
ed that every farmer knows how to
work corn.
I talked with an old farmer, one who
had been raised on a farm, and he eaid
to work corn close and deep, cutting all
the roots you can. I asked for his
reasons. He said, "because the roots
take off too much sap from the stock."
This man did not take a paper of any
kind and has not. for forty years. He
did not seem to know that the roots
feed the stock and not the stock the
roots.
Work corn close but shallow—close,
because you want to kill the weeds.
Shallow, because you do rot want to
cut the roots close to the stalk.
"Cut and carry in" for your horses
and cows, because you can keep as
much stock on one acre this way as you
can on five to pasture it.
Keep them in their stables (in day
time) during the summer to protect
them from the heat and flies, and in
the winter to protect them from storms
and cold.
Never drive or pull horses hard im
mediately after a full feed and never
feed a full feed immediately after a hard
drive or pull. His nerve power is then
exhausted and digestion is weak. As
a rule, a tired horse should rest fifteen
minutes before and twenty after eating.
No one who drives or works a team
hard can keep them healthy three
months without observing this rule. A
good general rule is this, such condi
tions and treatment as would be injuri
ous to man, will also be unfavorable
and injurious to the horse.
To banish the ox-eye daisy cut or
pull every stock before it goes to seed,
to do this the field or fields in which it
grows should be canvassed every two
weeks, from the first of July till frost.
In gathering the blossom, should any
be found in which the seed ha 3 ripened,
it should be carefully handled and
burned on a brush-heap. Not a single
stock should be allowed to go to seed
and in no case should a ripe head go
into the haymow. A good coating of
manure will do a great deal toward
helping kill out the old roots which die
in three or four years One reason why
they are so hard to banish is that they
continue to blossom from June till
autumn and frosts kill the tops.
Farms ought to be the healthiest
places in the world. Individuals can
not control cities and prevent epidemics
arisins: from filth and other unhealthy
conditions, but farmers can control
their farms in this respect. Fevers are
quite common on farms. This should
not be so. No farm, of 4 a healthy loca
tion, should ever have a case of fever
on it. Some farmers allow weeds to
grow around their houses till they at
tain immense proportions, then cut
them down, and allow them to lay and
decay in piles perhaps in ihe shade.
Some door-yards are so shaded that
.they never dry out. Some farmers
allow great piles of potato tops to lay
near their door-yards and decay. On a
farm there is always more or les3 de
caying vegetables around the yards,
especially at the most sickly seasoa
when peach an apple skins are thrown
around and allowed to accumulate with
the sweepings of the house and other
filth of the yard which in process of
decay emit carburetted hydrogen and
and "other delaterious gasses, which in
seasons like this of frequent rains fol
lowed by hot suns, render the farm
yard unhealthy. Every farmer can
procure road dust and keep it dry, and
after every rain sprinkle his door-yard.
Dry earth is the best disinfectant in
the world and every farmer should keep
a barrel of dry road dust on hand,
using it freely around his house in
summer and around bis barn, chicken
coop and pig-pens, the year round. It
is so cheap that it is not appreciated as
a disinfectant, but if farmers would use
more road dust they would haye less
sick children and less doctor bills.
MILO.
A Most Remarkable Case.
Dying—yet living. Dr. Miller, of
120 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia,
Pa., says: "I am personally acquainted
with a middle-aged lady in Philadel
phia, who had been given up to die by
a consultation of many physicians.
She was confined to her bed for months,
and was momentarily expected to die.
In this condition she took Manalin
and, to the surprise and disappoint
ment of all, she recovered her health
perfectly. Her case is reported in Dr.
ilartman's book on the ''llls of Life,"
31st page. Ask your druggist for one,
or address Dr. Ilartmau, Osborn, O.
Let us mould the trade-dollar into
bird-shot and feed the English sparrow.
This is the season when the
young ladies begin to go to the sea
shore in order to take the heir.
Mr. M. Elkin, Wrightsville, Pa.,
says: "I used Brown's Iron Hitters for
loss of appetite and found them excel
lent, invigorating and refreshing."
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