VOL. XX A. TEOUTMAN, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. TRIMMINGS. Carpets. Oil Cloths, Hup, Mats, Druggets, Stair Rods, Etc, ( u) FOR FALL. FOR FALL. New Black Silks. New Colored Silk*. New Colored Cashmeres. New Black Cashmeres. • New Black Silk Velvets. New Colored Silk Velvets. New Colored Silk Plashes. >ew Black Silk Plushes New Shades Ladies' Clotbf. New Dress Goods. ' 2SEW HIBBOSS, FINCHI*. TIES, HAND SATCHELS, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Corsets, Velvet Ribbons, Knitting Silks, Embroidery Silk on spools, all colors. New Fall Hosiery, j Underwear for men, ladies and chil- ] dren. Largest assortment, lowest prices. CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS Carpet Room Enlarged. Stock En larged; Prices tlxe Lowest. NEW FALL STYLES —We are now prepared and showing our entire Fall Stock of Carpets and Oil Cloths, in all the Newest Designs. OIL CLOTHS, 1 to 2 YARDS WIDE, I* ALL QUALITIES. Please call and examine stock and prices. A. TROUTMAN. BITLEK, PA. HENIIY BtEHL§~COi Dealers in AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Remington Clipper Plow. IMPROVED KELLER GRAIN, SEED AND FER TILIZING DRILL, TOLEDO I. X. L WOOD PUMPS. The Celebrated American Fruit Dryer, or PNEUMATIC EVAPORATOR, It is portable, dura'do, almolulely flre-proof. economical and will euro fruit and vegetables in lew time and with lew fuel then tt.y Dryer in lie market. It will pay for iUelf in lens than thlrtj dav« if properly attended. Its products aro ui.bu 11 #►f c d rt> lo fjcalily and color,'and are in great demand at high prices. Full InetrnctioiiH how to dry, bleach, pack and market the pro dnctH, a.-compajiy each machine. WILL EVAPORATE 8 BUSHELS OF ANY FRUIT PER DAY. ROOFING DEALERS m SPOUTING !>"!><- H AKI> DONE TO ORDER wKtKHKw I WAHK. 13 u tier, Peim'a. WHERE TO BUY MENS' AND BOYS' CLOTHING, At the Store of the undersigned, the acknowledged leader in CARPETS, CLOTMNG GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. We wish to say to the trade thin fall that we have a lnr«er and more varied stock of Carpet*, Clothing, HATS AND CAPS, and Gent*' Furnishing Goods than ever before. REMEMBER WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK, The LATEST STYLES, the LOWKST PRICES. We have all grades and nil prices, from the Cheapest to the Host made. 3> A.. H EC K, The Leading One Price Clothier and Gents' Outfitter, 2nd DOOR, DUFFY'S BLOCK. BPTLEB, PA. Union Woolen Mill, BUTLER, PA. n. FULLERTOX, l»rop'r. Manufacturer ol BLANKET!.. FLANNELS, V AIINK, Ac. AI»o cuatoin work done to order, aucb us omliuc ttoll«,mi>kinjr Blnnk«i., Flannels, Knit |nK and Weaving Yarn*, at very low orices Wool worked on I lie aliaren, II de ,»rw\ n,v7 - I >' C_ « ■ 0% ■ M (Urtnrato IM *lt)i T!1 rtThtOrtmapgrea iSS3BSBSIemE3S Uttfle® Cilfep. FOR FALL. FOR FALL. New Flannels, White Blankets, Red Blankets, Blue Blankets, Bed Comforts, i White Quilts. . Canton Flannels. Yarns of all kinds. Germantown \arns, Midnight Yams, German Worsted Yarns, Cashmere Yarns, Saxony \ arns, ! Country Factory Yarns, Zephyrs. Tne above Yarns in all colors. i Ladies' Sacques jln new Fall Shades, Ladles' Jersey ' jackets, Lace Curtains, Lace Lambre | quins. Large stock, prices low. PURE H CP INDIA A Jj AM From the Dietrirls ol ASSAM, CHITI'AOONG, CACH AII. KANOKA VALLEY, DAKJEEL | NO, DEIIKA DOOM, ar.d ether*, Al>K)lutcly Pure. H(i;>crlor In Flavor. Th« Moat Econom ical. Kequirin only half Hie m»ual <|iianllty. Bold l»y all Grocers. JOHN C. PHILLIPS «fc CO , Aceuta of tl>e Calcutta Tea Syndicate. 130 Water St., N. V. Novß-ly. ASSIO\EE S NOTICE. On the 7th of September, 1883, the Ihmsen Glass Manufacturing Company made a <lee<l of i voluntary assignmeut to me for the benefit ot creditors. All creditors will present their ; claims to me, and those indebted to the com j panv will make pavmeut to the undersigned. ' " EDWAItD KKLLY, Jr. Cor. Fifth ave., and Grant St, Pittsburg, Pa. sep26,Ot j Fxt'fulc-r'fj V«tlw. (ESTATE OF WM. THOMPSON, DEC'D.) Notice is hereby given that Letters Testt men ta>y on the estate of William Ihompscn. late of Middlesex twp., Uutler county, la., have this day been granted by the Register of | wills to the undersigned, to whom all per- i so,-., indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands aguiiut the same will make . them known without delay. W. S. THOMPSON, \ ... , \V. K. THOMPSON, J J Glade Mills P. 0., DutJer Co., Pa. Pv. P. SCOTT, Attorney. Sept. 7, 18S3. Administrator'* Xolleo. Notice itf hereby given that letters cf a Imiuis trstion on tlie entile of I'bomas A. Denny, lato of Middlesex twp.. Butler county, Pa., deed., have been granted to the underline 1. all i er- Hona therefore owing t-aid eitate will p.eaee make immedia c payment, a id .any having claims againt-t the tame will present them, duly au thenticated, to the eut, Adtn'r Thos A Denny. Sept. 12, 'B3, 4,. I*. O. iiakcr.tOHji. Pa. ' AduiintMlralur'M. Xuilce. Letters of administration having been grant ed to the undersigued, on the estate ot itobert D. McGarvey, '-te of Fairview township, dec d, notice is liereby given to all parties knowing themselves indited to said estate to make im mediate pavmeut, and thofte having claims against said estate will mi-.ke the same known without delay. JAMES M< GAPvV EY , Adm'r. Barnharts Mills, P. 0., liutler Co., Pa. A. T. BLACK, Au'y. seplJMit Eatatc of Rachel I)<!r»hciuicr. letters testamentary having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of .Mrs. Rachel Dersheimer, dee'd, LATE OK CONNOQI'KNKS -BING TOWNSHIP, Butler county, I'a.,all persons knowing themselves indebted to saidestate wi.l please make immediate payment, ami any having claims against said estate will present them to'the undersigned, duly authenticated for settlement. S. W. HAYS, Executor Whitestown, Butler <>o., I a. sepl9-Ct. NOTICE. All persons who gave notes for articles purchas ed at my vendue, in Franklin twp., Isutler county. !■»., on April 3. art- hereby uutiUed to pay said notes only to myself, as I am still the owner of the si'.inc ; and I any ol the saw<- ar.! out ■>! my actual itosse slon they are wrongfully so out. 1 have not sold or aisignetl saitl note's to any per son and will not recognize any payment to any other than myself. JOHN WDLhOKI). Prospect, Butler Co., I*a,. Sept. 3 It. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. Bv virtue oi an older of the Oiplums' Couit of Butler county, the undei signed will expose at public outcry or. the premises, on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 'B3, at one o'clock p. m , the following described real estate of James Newton, dee'd, late of the borough ot Portersville, to-wit : TWEXTY SIXE ACHES of land, more or less, situate partly in Porters ville borough mid partly in Muddycrcck town ship, Butler county, Pa., bounded on the north by land ot Mis. Cutliaiiuc McDonald, e ist tiy Mercer road, souih by Koliert Stewart, and ue.-t by Henderson Oliver and New Castle road ; nil cleared aud in a good slate of eultiva lou ai.d well w .tered. TEKMS—One-third in hand on con firm at ion of talc and the balance in two equal annual in sitallui'-utH with lutercst. Deterred payments to be secured by bond r.nd mortgage. W J KENNEDY, Artiniuietralor, Sept. 19, 188:>. Portersvill , I'a. ORPHANS'COURT SALE. By virtue ol an order and decree ol I lie Or phan*' Court of Butler eoutily, to me directed I will offer Cor sale on tlio premise*, in l-.au easier towiinhip, on Thursday, the 15th of November next, at oue o'clock P.M.. the fa m «wn.i(l by the late John Zicgler, dte'd, conliiiiji g <,i e hundred and titty acre*, more or Icssjal out one hundred and twenty-live acres cleared, balat.tu in timber Two-story Irame h »n«c, large bsi.k turn, double tioor, and .ili the out bouse- lirci 8- saty and convenient for good firming, two good ofthards, will-site and saw mill the:eou. The lyiid ;* well watered and i.< good farming laid 1 i» one and n quarter ml oi from Uar monv, on the Pro.-peet road. TEll>i>.- One-third ol ihu putt-base money on eolith tuition of sale, one third in one .year and the icuiaining third in two year there I'ter, with inti- e-t,lo be sc-cu'ed by bon I and mort gage. JACOB F. WISE, Alm'r, Harmony, Pit. W. J), "iianhon, Esq., Att'y. HOTICK IN DIVORCE, In the matter of the peti- | Iu thet'oirtof C. tion of XI i;;ie Christie for I*. ol Butler < divorceii vu.culo luafri n< • f A. !'., No. 10, oia from I'hiiip M.Christie. J June Term, '.s.'i. HI!TI.!K < OL'NTY, SS : And iiow, la-wit: September W, IK&3, the subp<cn;i and alias suhracua having been issued and riturned non. eat Inventus in above case, antl publication awarded in due form of law. Now, therefor*, you the said Philip M. Ohrbtie, respondent, are hereby notified to ap pear at r ft nit of Common I'lra", to tin held at Itutler, i-i and for the c.unty ot Culler, on the tirst Monday of December, IM.'!, to answer the petition or "libel filed in above stated case mid show, if anything you have to way, why tl.e praver ol said petition should not lie granted onddncne made accordingly. THOS. |)ONA(IHY, ' lierilf. Sheriil 's office, llatler, PH., oct'S-fit. LIVE AGENTS WANTED- To sell I>r. Chaso'# Keeeipcs ; or Information tor Kveryhi ih , In evcrv county in the t'ultcd Stales ami Cana'das. Krlattjed by the publlshi-r touts I pages. I! contains over 2,000 household rcceipe* and is suited lo all classes and condition-; of so ciety. A .•.inderfut book and a household neces sity. I' ■ ell, at s'uhl. Creatcst Inducements ever ottered lo hook agents. Sample eutopics sent by mail, postpaid. for *!.Wt. Exclusive territory given. Agents nior.- than double their money. Address li r Clia Steam Printing House, Ann Atbor, Michigan. » k '-"Vim. BKICKS ! BcUCKS | The subscriber continues the making of bricks common pavement, hay window tuul other qual ities at Ins kiln on the Fair tiround road, half a mile nc |of Puller lie Will Keep on hand a lot of bricksa| all limes, lie will also inake anit burn brick in Hie country for anyone desiring In have them made on their own tariu or premises. As lie Intends carrying on the brick makiiiK business. In-invites the custom ol all. promising lo give cnlire satisfaction to all who may patron tee hflil- All oidum promptly lilletl id reasonable rattMt. Call on or address, J. (iI'.OttUEHTAMM, mai2S-omo llatler I'a. \KM, KELLEW, Washington, Pa., presents to the public a CE, M ENT ! More duraWe than IRON for f.tovest ranges, lire places ami steam mills. Also, set grates iu w.irki/»an-l|ko manner. Thin Ciiuien • takes tl.e place pf stove ba< Ks. All v>"rk guar an teed. july2s-l2t. EXPOSITIO N r Visit'.rs should not fail to call and examine the largest and finest stock of Impoiti d and Ifpipesf j*- ! ; iuip>r» in l|ie Sfefc, Hi Mill Iti<-i■>, K— Pctlcrtil Klrt'd, Allegheny City, Pa. Opposite I'ort Wayne Passenger Depot. "THE BEST IS CHBAPKST." wsines, THRFSHFRS BVW MIMI, Morse Power* » nnLOnLnO flover Httlleia (Hultod toail wUooft. t Writ* rdtrmiCK 111 tin. |'amphl«% I'rioM to iuc AuiUuiui <Sc Tajrlor Co., ManMd, Ohio. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1383 GERML^MOT FOR CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, BucVache. Headache. Toothache. Sore Tlirnnt. •ine!llns«. .Sprain*, in ul»«, lltiraift. sira)d«. Frool Mil***. AND ALL OIIIEIi BODILY PA 158 AND ACIIES. Soi4 by Druggists and Dealers every* here. Fifty Cents a little Directions in II Language*. THE CHARLFft A. VOGKLF.it CO. to A. VCX<-LCH * CO.) Baltimore, lid.. 1.9. A. \ DYSentery : Q§ jft/SMER i E u S i | | There i , no time I > l o 1 - t v. 'i n t:io.,e j we love r.ro Uiua villi to-sc U-rribb cliijr-s.s. |i • I The U-auty «.f PERRY DAVIS'o I PAIN KILLER i iu i, SJ pronely, ■ ur \y ..:ul cflici.'.illy. '••V' I Doh't ho vllhout I'm:; 1..;.i.i:u! Ilavc it rca.ly for ii:ste:.t i ;! Keep it v. illi you r.t li-.jr. or abroad ! ALL THE DRUGGISTS SELL IT i j A looli n 1 i h ni Opium Itliriimntixiii, Kperinator rli«\ or Si-ininul Weakness, nn<l fifty oilier complaints*" We claim it " tpeciflr, nm piy. licccst thcvira3 0f till diseases ari rsfrom tlicblood. JtsN>rvine,H< wolvcnt, I,i-:r.« ] v. l properties meet all tliaecmditiuuii licroiu Ivftrrcd :•>. It' < known worl<l vi'U in o®® It ciu:ct3 and compo?ps the patient—not by tho introduction of opiuh sand drastic cathartiea, but by tho roHtorntion of aetivitvto the Ktoruarh {irm nervous ny#tein, wii reby tho bruin 1s relieved iit morbid fancies, which aro created by tho causes above referred to. To « lrrpjymon, Lawyers. Litcrnry men, M«*r chantH, Uan'Lcm, I.adi - and all tlios • who. •hi d cutary employment causes vnoua pro.-tration, Irregnl-rities of tho blood, stomach, bowels or kidneys or who roqnire a nerve tonic, appetiz< ror ftiinulnnt, HAMAV.ITAN NKKVIVK in invaluable. Thou Mt.i 'ft proclaim it the moat wonderful invitf orant tiiat ever sustained thy linking system, fcl.r.o. Sold by all DmpjgiM*. Tho !>!{. S. A. IJIC'H MOND MKD.cn., Proprietor*, ht .Jo«;,h,Mo. Cb'.s. I'. Cr'.tteniw, Agent. Nov York City. (1) TUTT'S IM—BMHKaBEaHB FILLS A DISORDERED IUVER IS THE SANE of the prgggttt generation. It is for tho Cur" of this di:tr>fi«o lUiM it a it' t> r.cituit :i. HCK-HUAUACHE. BIUOTJSHiviS. DYS PEPSIA, CONSTIPATION. PILE •. etc., thai jfjTt'l J>IJ,LS htivc ur.meci n v, >rld-wi3o reputation. Ku Itemed 7 ibaa • ver been discoverod that NETS PO KOR:( V on tho dißentivo organs, irivintc them v igor to ii> ainiilatcs' food. Aa n natural i<;.;ult, th.i liervouß fclyntoni io liracod, tl : Uusctloa Bf o Dovelopud, aud tlio Body 1 Icbimt. Obillsi and Fc.vor. B. RIVAL., a Planter at Bayou Btm, Lr..,n:ijn: My plantation la In a malarial tl! t.lct. For several y.arn I could not sna'.:o Ji r. crop on account of blllou* (llonasoH anil eMIU. I v;n,i nearly dl(i<'ouraf?od when I b- (fa.. tho una at TtlTT'a FIUI.B. The reeult w»» marvelouiiT my laborer* noon berame heajty nucl robcit, uud I bave had no Turther trouble. TlirT wllnftUffniroiurd I.l* |hr lilcKKl fmiii Jin n»d rniiUi «>:•' fcotvda U> :»<-t nntKri.lljf, wll!i --out uhlrb n» one ran Ifil « oil. Trr ll» !* rrmrilr fith'ly, nnil J« '.B til rnln ft tirr.ll ■•>' Uiir<-««»«">. Vlsrnrml« RIMIT. t-uro Illood. Nlrenir XI-I »<••, »>»' » Wonml 1.1 l pr. Prlw.XSCrnU. OJUcc,•» Jlunv / fit., N. V. Turn HAIR (t it A Y HAIK or WITJKKFIW < HATM' • >atli.os.sy lit.Ai'K by a single application of Mil . I>vi It Impnrts :i natural color,awl ariv In' "ii-onrly Holij by jirtiKKliW, or Hcnt t>> v *1 01, Mrrljit pf One Dollar Qffice, 86 Murrny St.'oet, Now Yorlt, (Mr. TI'TTS .« IVI 1 1. ft » thiuHlr V #.i fnrmutl'tn mill l'»r/>tl t rrviytm 1 trill hv IHWUCII I KEI. on '.illjilivalivti./ KSiSJ K- : •'Loss" FETITi PwsflSHf.liHi tilN|l irms I it. k ~sfufj:sS: 'fin'■-> *1 pmpmetors. prrrs&u. <qh. pa. 1 JAMES McKEE, ,1 10 W KIjKI N AMERICAN WkTOII f, S, Diamond Clocks, Jewelry, Silver ai.il Table Ware, No. 13 FIFTH A VKN UE, Olio iloor below Marli' t £st, MTTSBURGH, FA. LOWEST PRICES IN THE Vv.O CITIES. ENDED IN SMOKE. The Disastrous Fate of the Ex position. From Pittsburgh Telegraph.] A few minutes before 2 o'clock tlii3 morning, October 3, an alarm of fire was turned in from box 15, in Allegh eny City, and asthe sound of the clang- bells reached the ears of the people, few dreamed of the immense aud de structive conflagration which the alarm heralded. It proved to be the Expo sition buildings were on fire, aud when this fact was spread through the city, hundreds of men tumbled from their beds and hastily made their way to the scene. The entire horiaon in a three mile circuit was lighted up by the flames at.d made the roads to the grounds as light as day. The usual excitement incident to large fires pre vailed, and men looked in each other's faces for information concerning it, which they knew it was hopeless to ex pect to receive. The frightened neigh ing of hcrses, the shouting of excited men, the roaring of the crackling flames, all tended to make the scene one of terror and grandeur combined, and will always form a never-to-be-forgotten event In the men's minds who witness ed it. One of the great curses in many such cases, turned up here, viz: a scarcity of water, aud when the de partments of both cities arrived on the ground, much of their work proved in operative from this cause. In very (juiek time, Chief Evans and the engines of district No. I were on the ground, but the flumes had augmented to such a pitch of fierceness that no amount of water, had it been accessible, could do any good, and the spectacle of a thorough fire department forced to look helplessly on, was an incident of this fire. How the fire originated is still a mystery. The first alarm wasgivenat 1.50 A. M. from the boiler room at the pouth end of the building, near Ma chinery Ilali. The tinder like eondi tion of the building made easy prey for the flames, and almost quicker than it takes to write it, the whole southern end of the structure was a seething mass of uncontrollable flames. The hundreds of gingerbread jimcracks which adorned the cornices and walls served as powerful assistants to the fierce flames, sending forth a crackling roar, which could be plainly heard all round the enclosure. In a short time, Hope Engine Company were on the ground, but to the practiced eye, it was evident that human aid could not avert the total destruction of the entire build ings. Tbe following statement of an eye witness will give an idea of tho rapidi ty with which the whole structure was consumed. He said: "I have been hoarding just across the street from the building. 1 heard the alarm and was soon on the spot, and, in company with another man, made the first entrance to the building. When we got inside the door the flumes were in power hall, and 1 thought 1 could save some of my property, but in less than one ruinuto the flags were burning about my head and 1 barely escaped in safety. My property was on the left of the School street entrance. When we entered there was u policemen at the door, and he made the remark that he and anoth er man were the only persons in the huildmg, which led me to believe that the building was not properly guarded. Of the hundreds who gathered on the grounds, all agree that the destruction was the swiftest and most complete they ever witnessed. Prompt action ! v the watchmen, was the cause of the successful removal of the valuable horses in the Exposition stables, anil though much difficulty was experienced in the task, the men worked with a will and the frightened*and frantic animals were removed to places of safety. Among those so removed were many costly horses of the racing stables Along the river front as far as the eye could see, were gathered the thousands of visitors who witnessed the parade <>f yesterday, and when the progress of the fire bad involved the whole form of the building, from the centre of which arose a vast cone of flame and smoke, studded with myriads of sparks, tho scene was grand and sublime to a de gree, so much HO, that in the mile or more of spectators, crammed on the levee, a perfect silence wan maintained, such as is always the; ease when flames inuke havoc, beyond tho control of hu man hands. -The lire spread rapidly from one building to another, and as fast as the firemen were ready to fight for the safety of a building the victori ous flames leap towards it, driving its dcfenders away liy the blinding smoke and heat, and wrapping the doomed building in wav<J9 of flame, would de stroy it in a few moments. Not a vf.-tage of any structure on the ground is left, even the fences being destroyed, and the lire was as swift and fierce in the remote parts of the ground as at the main buildings. The heat was so intense from the main buildings that the sidewalks and fences of the adjacent dwellings were being scorched, forcing the firemen to retire. The buildings which were the most in jured were the dwellings of W. IV Moore, Kstj , the well known lawyer, liobert .\le(Jraw, and .J allies Thompson. ICuch of these was burned about the cornice, the frame work scorched, and many of the windows broke, tho dilfcr ent floors being flooded with water by the streams thrown to extinguish the fire. The loss by lire a|oug School street, however, will not amount to moro than u few hundred dollars, out side of the destruction of fences and shrubbery. After a fierce fight by the firemen to save the dwelling houses, they turned their streams of water on the rujin ti! the i-euier buiidiug, to leasi>rt the intense heat if possible. I?y the regulations of the Exposition, there were thirteen watchmen on t lie ground, and even when their number was aug mented by the police fofCe, they could not keep back the horde ol petty | thieves, who helped themselves to | everything portable to be found on the ' grounds. k In one hour after the alarm was I given not a vestige of the Grand Ex position could be recognized, aud noth ' left to mark its existence but a large mass of smoking ruins. Among the losses to be regretted is that of the "Arabian" the oldest loco motive in the United States anil the property of the B. <fc O. R. R. Co. Krupp's Great Cannon Works, Mr. Kobert P. Porter writes to the Tribune from Essen, Germany, as fol lows: Herr Krupp, whose works are now lurger than Essen itself, employ ing, including those engaged in mining, 20,000 persons, began life on a much smaller scale. Iu 1848 he did not em ploy over seventy persons in the east steel manufactory. It is difficult to es timate his wealth, as it is any man's who is engaged in manufacturing, though it is put here at 300,000,000 marks (about $75,000,000). The ex tent of these works may be imagined from the fact that after nearly four hours' steady and rapid walking through myriad shops, some making crucible steel, some puddled steel, some Bessemer steel and some Martin steel; through mills making steel rails, steel tyres, iron and steel plate; iron foun dries for machine castings and for pro jectiles; locomotive and wagon wheel works, boiler and girder shops, gun shops, mechanical shops, smiths aud a score of other kinds of shops, one is conscious only that he has had a birds eve view of Krupp's works. In these shops there are no less than 1,500 furnaces of various construction ; not far from ;iOO boilers; between 80 and <io steam hammers'froin 100 to 50,000 Kg. weight; 25 rolling trains; :>2O steam engines of from -J to 1,000 horse [lower; aud about 1,700 machine tools of various kinds. Nearly 3,000 tons of coal and coke are consumed daily in the works. The establishment Las its own water aud gas works, and besides the electric lights there are nearly 25,- 000 burners. "The firm have their own chemical laboratory, photographic and lithographic establishment, printing shop and bindery. There are about 50 miles of telegraph and 35 telegraph stations belonging to the establishment. The firm of Fried. Krupp at present owns 3,250 well built aud to all ap pearances healthy dwelling houses, in which over 10,000 individuals arc liv ing. The annual rent for the family dwellings varies as follows: Per Year. Kor two roonu ; n lo lioas< sor bar rack liousi' sl~> to Kor two room lions - with <a-llar L'J lo -7 For tlirt ■ room lioa.se with cellar 30 t'i 10 Kor four room limine Willi cellar Kor live room house with cellar 52 The single men at Krupp's aro pro vided for in a boarding house capable of keeping 1,800 boarders, at a cost of about 80 pfennigs (20 cents) a day, bread not included, making the proba ble cost about one mark or about 25 cents per day. Ilerr Klupfel, the di rector, who has charge of the labor de partment at Krupp's, told me that no men were now being paid less than i> marks a day (about 75 cents). This of course to unskilled laborers. SkiUNl labor is paid from 3\ marks to as high as 7 and even !) marks a day for skilled mechanics in the machine shops, but this was of course exceptional, the wages not often exceeding 5 mark-* or a little over one dollar American mon ey. For these same classes of labor the American manufacturer probably pays $2 50 $3 and even s■'> a day. Connected with Krupp's are sick and pension institulious out of the funds of which temporary support anil pensions arc paid to members who have been disabled iu the service of tue firm, or to their widows. Also to those who have worked for many years and are too old for further service. There are also a hospital, bathing establishment, life in surance union and primary and indus trial schools, all connected with the firm. The labor of women aud children is excluded from the works. A Chapter on All-wool Blankets. "A 11 wool" blankets have grown wonderfully cheap of late, and some people have been laboring under the delusion that wool raising was becom ing less profitable, A reformed dealer iu blankets explained the drop iu the price in this wise: "This blanket," he said, holding up one of a pair that had been warranted all wool, "has a little wool of the second class and the rest is hair that once pranced over the prairies on the scarred flunks of a long horned Texas steer. It is a product of the tanneries and a valuable one at that. The people think that the hair from the tanneries is used by plasterers, and such, and so part of it is, but the white hair goes to the factory. When the hair is taken olf the hides in tba flesh ing room of the tannery, the white por tions are picked out and packed in sep arate bundles. It is sold to cloth man ufacturers, who extract the llmo and wash the hair carefully. It is mixed with enough wool of low grade to enable the manufacturer to cord it and work it into blankets and a rough sort of goods that cheap clothing is made of. The better part of the brown hair is used in making army blankets and some of it goes into clothes but not a great deal. The blankets and cloth made in this way arc worm and wear fairly well, but they are a long way from being all wool. There is only one way to t«-lI them, but it is simple. When you can pull short hairs out of an all wool blanket, you wan know that it is three-fourthseo'v's hair." —Mr. Frank Charles, Wrightsville, Pa , cttjM "Brown's Iron Bitters is the best remedy for chills and fever 1 ever used." poverty is no crime, except when a man hasn't the money to pay his fine Then the lack o( money is a crime that sends him to jail. \ Western paper says: Nothing will cure some sick men more quickly, than an office, properly applied This 'cure' may be very successful in many cases, but we would say: If a man suffers from a cough or cold, give him Dr. Bull's Couyh Syrup. A DOG-EATING MAN. The Strange Taste of Fritz Mer kle For Canine Meat. From I'hil. Pre-.* S«-|>t. 21. Beneath the thatched roof of a vine bowered cottage, nestied lovingly at the foot of a sloping hillside in Lower Meriou Township, a few miles from Manayunk. lives Fritz Merkle and his wife. The farmers iu the neighbor hood call him "dog eating Merkle." lie cats not only dogs, but cats. This taste he acquired from his mother-in law, who lives in (jlermany, where Fritz himself was boru a good many years ago. lie formerly kept a tavern and eating-house in Manayunk, near the 1 leading railroad depot. Through close economy and fortunate specula tions in a small way, he saved up enough money to purchase the form upon which ho now lives. He is a slender-built man, with keen brown eyes, moustache modeled after that of Bismarck, and a curly head of hair. In his dress he affects the manners and customs of the city folks He is well known in Manayunk and through the surrounding country as a dog-eater, aud it is not stretching the line of truth an inch out of the perpendicular to say that at least a dozen of the choicest, sleekest, fattest canines iu the before mentioned suburb have inhabited, upon various occasions, in cold, carved sec tions, his domestic clap-board. Fritz kills the dogs with his trusty gun, skins them after the orthodox which prevails :n slaughtering beef, and then quarters them. lie especially prizes the hams, or hind quarters, which he salts, cures, and ests with as much gusto as though the meat in question were viel. HOW lIECOOKS THEM. When he gets a fat pup—a New foundland or plump mastiir or setter— he boils that portion of the anatomy contiguous to the backbone, reaching from the ears to the tail, and extracts therefrom a pale amber-colored oil, which he pronounces a certain and speedy cure for consumption, sore throat and kindred bronchial complaints, sells large quantities of this oil to quacks and rural druggists, who dis pose of it as opportunity offers, at seventy-five cents per half pint. From a canine of average size, he obtaius a gallon of the oil. Mrs. Merkle, a thrifty, buxom matron, who looks Teu tonic every inch of her, even with her mouth shut, cooks the cats and dogs and superintends the making of the oil. A reporter of The Press spent a por tion of yesterday afternoon with the queer family, whose home life, when victuals are not in question, does not not differ from that of ordinary mor tals. When the visitor reached the place Fritz was leaning on the front gate, mechanically whittling a slip of willow wood. Mrs Merkle was vi brating between the "shed-kitchen" and the cellar, busily bottling dogs' oil. A fut Towser lazily slept near the pump, the picture of innocent con tentment, utterly unconscious of the awful fate in store for him. An at tenuated roan mare had her gaunt head poked wistfully out of a hole in the barn door. A faded sunflower rested against the weather-boarding of the kitchen, apparently tired of life. Near the burn was what proved, upon sub sequent inspection, to be a bleached heap of doirs' and cats' bones. The reporter dismounted from his stylish equipage, and giving the cultivated Jehu ou the box a cigar with which to while away the tedious moments, opened the gate, saluted Fritz and walked into the dining room. Fritz followed with wondering eyes. The newspaper man I:.id a silver half-dollar upon the table and asked for a bottle of dog's oil, as a medium of opening tlx; conversation without exciting suspicion as to his i lentity. "What is this oil good for?" asked he "Say, Annie, for vat goot ish dis oil ?" inquited Fritz of his spouse, who was just descending into the cel lar. "For kunshumpshun," replied she. "How do you kill your dogs?" pur sued the reporter "Say Annie, how haf ve kill 'em ?" again asked Fritz of his spouse. "Shoot him," was the impatient re sponse, from the intermost depth of the eel la r. "They say you eat dogs," said the visitor, prepared to climb up the chim ney. "Say, Annie, no ve eat dog?" called out Friiz to Mrs. Merkle. "Dog ish goot," she remarked, her wrath evidently rising as she began to ascend the cellar stairs Mrs. Merkle vouchsafed the informa tion that the hams were boiled or fried and eaten with an abundance of salt and pepper. She said dog meat was tolerably tender, with a flavor like veal, jet peculiar withal, aud ought to be eaten by cutting it line, like a lobster for salad. The reporter asked Fritz if he ever eat cats, lie turned to his wife and asked, "Say, Annie, we have eat cats ?" "Urn, sometime, yah Cat ish goot, too," replied Mrs. Merkle, as she prepared to again descend into the cel lar. HKIIYINO A I>o<l TO HOAKIHSIIS. Mr. Merkle related how, when he kept a tavern, he had boiled a 'fine, fat' Newfoundland dog and served him to his boarders as veal, and how, when he told them afterward about the de ception, two of them were taken death ly kick Mrs. Merkle says she likes cat meat, although it is not "so goot ash dog," having a llavor more akin to rabbit. The meat of both dog and cat is dark, that of the former being tenderer. The meat of the hindquar ters of the cat is especially firm, and they esteem it the tidbit of the feline nnatoo.y. Not long age a man living in Manayuuk named Metzlcr gave Fritz an old pet-dog called "Spot." Some days afterwards Fritz called and told him that Spot had made "splendid eating." Merkle owns, besides his farm, property in the city, and it is not poverty, but an eccentricity of taste which has led him to prefer the meat of cats aud dogs to that of sheep or lieef. Natural Gas. Natural gas is not confined to the few wells that have hitherto been dis covered accidentally, as one might say sometimes, in our neighborhood. The probabilities are that the gas is even more uniformly distributed than petrol eum. Both are products from a vast body of rocks termed the lluronian Shale, which is from 8,000 to li\ooo feet in thickness, and which underlies the entire western slope of the Allegh enies from the Lakes to Virginia. It is qijite probable that oil is only a con densation of the gas formed fiom the shale. Those who hold this notion point to the siguifieaut fact that gas often is found below the levels, where oil is expected. It has been so found in Butler county, and a trustworthy gentleman, long connected with an oil company which has prosecuted the business, thinks that it ten years all our manufactures in this neighborhood will be run by natural gas. This gas contains a caloric in tensity, higher than almost any known fuel. The heat'was not only intense, but what is of greater importance, is absolutely pure, uniform aud capable of complete control. The pressure at which gas issues forth is often as high as 300 pounds to the square inch, and amount of energy quite sufficient to furnish motive power itself, just so soon as proper mechanical devices for conveyance are arranged. The first drawback to the carrying out of the idea, as well as the utilization of gas for fuel purposes, has beeu the un certainty of the "life" of the wells, ami the destructive influence of other wells being bored adjoining. This drawback may yet be overcome and doubtless will be,considering the immense value, and from merely an economical adjuuct, the gas will become our chief reliance. A very curious calculation was, a few years ago, made by I'rof. Otto VVuth, of Pittsburgh, as to the value for fuel purposes of the Burns gas well in But ler county lie found the velocity at which the gas at a pressure of 200 pounds rushes into the air to be about 1,700 feet per second, giving one mil liou of cubic feet per hour, equal to about 1,200 tons of coal per day. Not all gas wells furnish such large quanti ties as the Burns, but those capable of doing the service of 100,000 bushels of coal per week are by no means rare. —"Mrs. Partington, what do you use for a bad cold?" asked Mrs. Dull. "Handkerchiefs, ma'am," answered the aged dame, looking over her spec tacles. Handkerchiefs are a desidera tum in the event of a cold, but a bottlo of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is a neces sity, because it uot only relieves, but cures the worst cold or cough. —Always too broad —the road to ruin. —Dr. Benson's Skin Cure is without a peer. It consists of both external and internal treatment aud costs only sl. per package. —A pair that lost the game—Adam and Eve. —Why is it so ruany sudor from rheumatism, aches, pains, kidney dis eases, liver complaints, heart affections, etc.? It ia simply because they will not come and be healed. All diseases begin from a want of iron in the blood. The want of iron makes the blood thin, watery and impure. Impure bloo.l carries weakness and distress to every part of tbo body. Supply tbis lack of iron by using Brown's Iron Hitters and you will soon find yourself enjoying perfect freedom from aches, pains und general ill health. —«<Jo<id weather to increase the death rate. It Seems to Satisfy. A family want, and 1 wonder how wo ever got along without Parker's CJiri ger Tonic. It cured me of nervous prostration, and I have used it sinco for all sorts of complaints in our fam ily. Mrs. Jines, Albauy. —An over-the-garden weal—the cat's mew-sick. —Mrs. Burk, 1528 Elmers Street, Cbambcrsb'irg, I'a., says she has been entirely cured of dyspepsia by using Brown's Iron Bitters. —lf you are passionate and irritable you must get a #ood grip on yourself or you will pretty soon run away with yourself and break something. My Wife's Nervous AlTcction. ".YVe had ceased to hope that my wife's nervous affection could be cured." writes Rev. .1. A. Kdie, of Beaver, Pa. "Many physicians failed to do her good, but Samaritan Nervine has cur ed her." At druggists. At L. Stein & Son's. New Flannels, new Blankets, Bed Comforts, etc., at lowest prices. At L. Siein & Son's, New stock of Black and Colored Cash meres, extra value. At L. Stein & Sun's, New Black and Colored Velvets and Velveteens, very low. The Reunion, Oct. 9th. Ladies who are judges of Cashniero are invited to call and examine our line in Black and Colors. Wo have the Black in Blue Black and .let Black for mourning, at RITTKII Si. RALSTON'S. Do not Forget the Reunion. We have a lino of Silk Luster Pui ('heck and- Brocade Combination Suit ings at .'JO cents per yard; a decided Bargain, at Hitter & Ramton's. Al L. Stein A: Son's, White and Colored Canton Planr.ef, at lowest prices. At L. Siein & Son's, New Dress (Joods, New I're.s Hoods, all shades, all prices. NO. 4(3
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