VOL. XXI.
LEOAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Estate of John Rosenberry.
LATE or ALLEOHENT TWF., DEC'D.
Letters of Adti,lni t ration C. T. A. on the en
tile of John Rosenberrv, dec'd., late of Alle
gheny towDsbip, Butler county, Pa., havluz
tKMsn "granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowlne themselves indebted to Slid estate
will plea?e make Immediate payment and any
having claims against said estate win present
them duly authenticated for settlement to
B. p. KAKIN, Adra'r
Parkers Landing P. »>., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Estate ot John Cooper. Dec'd.
LATE or WIN FIELD TWP., BWTI.EB co., pa.,
Letters testamentary on the above eetate
having been granted to the under
pinned, *ll persons knowing themselves in
debted to said estAte will please make iirm-'di.
ate payment aud any having claims again*'
aaid estate will present theui duly authenticated
for settlement.
ROBERT COOPER. Executor.
Decoy P. 0., Butler county, Pa.
Folate ol Win. Park, Hr.
LATE OF SHDDLESBX TOWNSHIP, DECBASSD.
Letter* testamentary in the estate of Win.
Park, dec'd . law of Middles* township. Butler
oountv, Fa.. U»ving b*en it rented to the under*
signed all personskuowing themselves indebted
to said eft»t-j wili plea*« make immediate pay
ment, aud any having claims against said estate
will prtaeut them duly authentictted for set.le
nient. _
HAKKAH PA»«, 1
WILLIAM PARK, Jr. > Kirs.
JAMM PA**- )
Bakers town P. 0., Alleghsuy Co., Pa,
Eitntr «t Nnmnel Y«nng t
LAT« or WASHINGTON TWP.. DBC'D.
Letters ol administration on the estate ol
Samuel Young, dec'd, late ol Washington twp
Butler county, Pa., bavine been grailted to the
undersigned, all persons knowing themselves
indebted to said estate will (-lease mike Imme
diate payment and any having claims against
said estate will present them duly authenti
cated for settlement,
8. C. hDTCiOsoH, Administrator.
North Hope P. <>. Butlor county. PH.
IgxeeutorM' Male.
By vlrtnc ot the provisions of the will of WU
liam Thompson, dec'd, lste ot Middlesex twin,
Butler rouniy, Pa., the undersigned, his Execu
tors, offer for sale part of the farm of said W il
11am Thompson, located In Middlesex twp.,
Butlor county, Pa., one mile west of the Butler
aud Pittsburgh Plank Koxd, and lour miles
east of the P.<* W. Railroad,containing FIFTY
NINE AND ONE-HALF (59>£) ACRES, one
half cleared and in good cultivation, the balance
well timbered and all n der fence, is convenient
to schools and churches, i>nd is well watered.
For further information inquire ot on the farm
or address,
W. 8. THOMPSON, I ET „_, OR(!
W. R. THOMPSON,! EXECQTORB,
Glade Mill P. U., Butler, Co., Pa.
novl4-3m.
Estate of Ebeneifr Christy,
(LATE or WASHINGTON TWP„ BCTLEB 00., PA.)
Letters of administiation having been grant
ed to the undersigned on the estate of Ebenezer
Christy, late of Washington twp., Butler oonn
ty, Pa., notice is hereby given to all parties
knowing themselves indebted to said estate to
make immediate payment and any having claims
against said estate will present them duly
authenticated for payment
MRS. JANE CHBISTT, ( , _l„._
G. W. CHBIKTT, ) ADM "•
North Hope, Butler county, Pa
Wotlee.
The time fixed by the Court for hearing other
business thin trial by Jury; sucli as applica
tions for license to sell Liquors, and objections
thereto by evidence, petition, remonstrance or
Counsel, will be heard Friday. March 7th, 1884.
Objectors desiring snbpoma for witnesses
must file exceptions.
Bottlers'license must be applied for as ia
other cases to the Coart. Bv THE COCBT.
BDTI.KB CotuiTT s«: Certified from the Re
cord this 11th dav of January, 1884.
W. 6 DODDS, Clerk.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that au application
will be made by Chas. T. Creswell, Albert B.
Ouilbert, Severo Mallet Provost. Henry Cuinuitu*
and Theo, B. Armstrong on the 14tli day of Febru
ary, ISB4, to the Governor of the state of Pennsyl
vania, under the Act of Assembly ol the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to
provide for the incor|K>ration and regulation of
of certain corporations," approved April 26th I»<4,
aud the supplements thereto, for the charter of an
lutentlcd corporation, to be called the Postal
Telegraph ana Cable Company No. 2 : the charter
aud object thereof is te construct, maintain and
operate line* ol telegraph commencing in MrKean
r-ounty, at the state line, on the highway near
Foster Brook, running thence through the counties
of McKean, Warren, Forest, Clarion, Venango,
Armstrong, Butler. Allegheny and Washington,
to a iMilnt on the State line between Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, in the township of Hanover.
In Washington county, and for these purposes to
have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and
privileges of the «ald Act of Assembly and its
supplements . RIDDLE & WARD, Solicitors.
Jim. 23, 3 llio.
FARM FOR SALE.
The 'indersigned offers for sale his fine farm
situate iu Franklin township, Butler countv. Pa.,
about two miles east of the borough of Prospect,
and containing
SEVENTY-FIVE 4CRES,
more or less, of good tillable ground, having
erected thereon two frame dwellings, and all
necessary out buildings; two springs of never
failing water, two orchards, farm in good repair,
etc. Convenient to schools, churches, postofflce,
etc. WILLIAM McOREW,
nov7-tf. Prospect, Butler Cu.. Pa,
FOR SALE.
18 Acres of land, with large two-story brick
bonne and large barn thereon erected. Good
orchard; situated in Butler twp , Butler oounty.
Pa., adjoining Butler borough on the south, will
b« sold cheap and on easy terms. For particu
lars inquire of Lev McQuistion, Esq.. Butler, Pa.
FOR Sai«Et
116 acres of lind In Borough of Prospect.
HOUSE and BARN,
Good orchard, spring and well. If not sold by
first of February will be for rent. Enquire of
G. D HARVEY,
jan9-4t Butler, Pa.
FOR SALE! FOB SALE!
A valuable farm three miles west of Butler,
on the public road, in a high state ot Improve
ment and cultivation. Eighty-three acres, of
which 23 acres is heavilj timbered with white-
OAIC and chestnut, and 00 acres cleared, richly
improved A stake and rider fence 7 teet ljigh
encloses the entire farm and also the different
fields. Two tine orchards of over 100 fruit
bearing apple trees ol rare and choice varities,
all grafied fruit, 75 poach trees of young growth
and beariug for two years, 25 pear trees also
bearing, one dozen quince trees also ►tearing,
last year, aud a variety of small fruits. A two
story
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containing four large rooms and large kitchen,
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frame bank barn, a Urge and commodious
frame building, first floor used for wagons and
buggies, second floor, w
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Curtis U. S. Rep.); filling important
stations in life, who upon some one
subject are insane. There sre other*
whose minds are such that the conclu
sion of their reason and the result of
their judgment are very far from
right. And others whose passions
are so strong or whose conscience, rea
son and judgment are so weak or per
verted that they may in some sense be
said to be insane. But it is not the
business of the law to inquire into
these peculiarities, but solely whether
the person accused was capable of hav
ing and did have a criminal iut^nt.
In Com. vs. Mosler, 5 Barr 264,
Judge Gibson, in de ivering the opin
ion of the Supreme Conrt, said:
"A person continues to be a legiti
mate subject of punishment, although
be may be laboring under a moral ob
liquity of perception, as much as if he
were laboring under an obliquity of
vision. On this point there has been
a mistake as melancholy as it is popu
lar. It has been announced by learn
ed doctors that if a man has the least
taint of insanity in his mental struc
ture, it discharges him from all ac
countability to the law. The law (he
continues) is, that whether the insani
ty be general or partial, the degree of
it must be so great as to have controll
ed the will of its subject and to have
taken from him the freedom of moral
action."
To tbe same effect is the declaration
of Judge Dillon in State vs. Fetter, 25
lowa R. 67. If the defendant's act
was caus< d by mental disease or dis
order which dethroned his reason and
judgment with respect to that act;
which destroyed his power rationally
to comprehend the nature and conse
quences of that act and which over
powered his will, irresistibly forcing
him to its commission, he is not amen
able to legal punishment. But, if the
jury believefrom alltheevidenceand cir
cumstances that defendant was in pos
session of a rational intellect and sound
mind and allowed his passions to es
cape control, though passion may
for the time being have driven reason
from her seat and usurped it and have
urged the defendant, with a force at
the moment irresistible, to desperate
acts, he cannot claim for such acts the
protection of insanity. And we might
spend hours reading to you other opin
ions of learned Judges in different parts
of the United States which the coun
sel engaged in this case have called
my attention to of similar import, but
we will let the foregoing suffice for the
present.
The conclusion I have arrived at
and which I instruct you is the law, is
this: In order to relieve the prisoner
from legal responsibility for the killing
of Dukes, the jury must bo satisfied
from the evidence that at the time of
the killing his will was so far overmas
tered aud controlled that he was pow
erless to resist the commission of the
act He was bound to use all the
power of resistance ho possessed, and
if he did and was by irresistible im
pulse forced to do it,he is not to be held
accountable to the law. Everv person
who has a capacity to know right from
wrong is bound to exercise his utmost
power to refrain from doing what he
knows to be wrong, especially so ter
rible a wrong as destroying a fellow
creature. And he must not passively
submit to an impulse to do an unlaw
ful act; he must make all the resistance
iu his power.
NOi' MUCH FAITH IN TEMPORARY IN
SANITY.
This doctrine is one, h#wever, which
in its relations and application should
be carefully considered and cautiously
applied by juries on the trial of crimin
al cases. This is especially so where
there is not any, or very little, evidence
of mental disturbance or insanity pre
vious to the commission of the act for
which one is being tried, followed by
apparently perfect sanity afterwards.
For myself, I must say that I have,
to say tbe least of it, very little confi
dence in a suggestion of insanity which
without some evidence of previous ex
istence springs into life for a single
moment aud then dies away instantly,
leaving no trace behind. And Ido
not think any jury should acquit upon
such ground, unless the evidence fairly
shows such preceding mental peculiar
ity and condition as make 3 it reason
ably appas ent that tbe act was the re
sult of an irresistible impulse, actually
brought about or developed at the time
of the commission and from which it
emanated.
The jury have no right to infer in
sanity solely from the act itself, nor
the unusual manner in which it was
perpetrated. But evidence being given
tending to show mental unsoundness
or peculiarity as a condition from which
insanity might suddenly develope, un
der circumstances shown by the evi
dence to have existed at the time of the
act, the jury may then consider the de
tail of the killing in regard to the san
ity or insanity of the killer.
Upon the question of responsibility
of the prisoner he has called a large
number of witnesses who knew him
for years, some of them from childhood,
who told what they knew about him
and his mental peculiarities and defects.
You heard how he acted after the death
of his father and af er the acquittal of
Dukes, even down to the day of the
killing. You have heard read the let
ters which passed between Dukes and
his father, and your attention has been
called to the trial of Dukes, the popu
lar excitement which followed, aud
some of the newspaper publications.
And above all, you have had a number
of physicians examined as experts be
fore you upon what we call a hypotheti
cal question, which seemed to me to be
founded substantially at least, if not
exactly, upon evidence given by appar
ently reliable witnesses for the defeuse,
v* ho, without exception, said they be
loved the killing of Dukes was an in
o&iiu uud not i» malicious act-
While it was our duty to declare
svhetber or not these so called expert
witnesses showed themselves by their
calling or studies within the line ot
competency, this must not be taken as
a declaration on the part of the Court
that tbey were all or any to be relied
upon by the jury «s to the justness
of their conclusions.
The weijrht to be given to the testi
cnony of these witnesses is a question
solely for the jury There is no rule
of law which requires you to surren
der your judgments implicitly to or
even to give controlling influence t«>
the opinions of scientific witnesses
however learned or accomplished they
may be. Their testimony is to be tried
by the same tests, and receive just so
much weight aud credit as you may
deem it entitled to, when viewed in
connection with all the circumstances
in evidence. It is allowed for
the purpose of enlightening your
minds t>nd not for the purpose
of controlling your judgments
As upon you rests the responsibility of
rendering a correct verdict, if the testi
mony of these experts is opposed to
your own conviction of the truth, it is
your right to disregard their opinions.
In any case you should take into con
sideration the expert's means of knowl
edge and the reasons he assigns for the
opinion he has given, and give or with
hold credence to the testimony as you
may find his qualifications and his rea
sons satisfactory or otherwise. The
value of an opinion does not depend
upon the skill and knowledge which he
may profess, but upon the skill and
knowledge he actually possesses, and
of the accuracy of that knowledge the
jury must judgt. It has been said
with great force and truth, that as a
general rule the evidence of witnesses
who are brought upon the stand to sup
port a theory by their opinions 13 just
ly exposed to a certain degree of sus
picion. They are produced not to
swear to facts observed by them, but
to express their judgment as to the ef
fect of those detailed by others, and
they are selected on account of their
abifity to express a favorable opinion,
which there is reason to believe in
many instances is the result ot employ
ment alone and the bias arising out of
it. Such evidence should be cautious
ly accepted as the foundation of a ver
dict.
BANITY PRESUMED IN ALL CASES.
The law presumes sanity in all cases
and therefore when the defense of in
sanity is set up as an answer to that
which would otherwise be a criminal
offense, the defendant must establish
the fact by competent evidence. We
all know that the worst passions inci
dent to human nature sometimes as
sume to a certain extent the same form
manifested in certain pha.-es of insanity
and that the actual line between pas
sion and insanity is by no means to be
clearly defined. Yet it is the duty of
the Court and jury to determine in each
case as it may arise the tact of the re
sponsibility of the particular person on
trial, dependent upon the fact of insan
ity, as best they can You have al
ready heard and seen enough in this
case to show you that tbis inquiry is a
most serious aud difficult business for
us to engage in, but you and I mu?t
meet it as best we can, using all proper
care under the circumstances to come
to a correct and honest conclusion.
And now, gentlemen, having laid
down the law to you in regard to the
issues involved in this case so far as
the same seems to me necessary to
euable you properly to decide it, the
matter is to be left in your hands.
You must not forget that from first
to last that the law does not under any
circumstances justify a private citizen
in taking it into his owu hands by way
of punishment or revenge. No wrongs,
however great or aggravating, of a
character such as those alleged to hare
been heaped upon the prisoner, bis
father, or the members of his family,
can operate as any legal excuse for the
killing of Dukes. " And you must not
lose sight of the fact that all the evi
dence upon this point has been given
you solely for the purpose of throwing
light upon the condition of the prisoner's
mind in regard to sanity at the time of
the shooting, and not directly nor indi
rectly to establish a legal justification of
the act And the jury must be careful
to discriminate between acta of mere
passion or revenge superinduced by
real or supposed wrongs and acts indi
cating insanity, which they sometimes
so closely resemble.
You must not overlook the fact that
nothing short of a diseased condition of
mind, which places the act of the
prisoner beyond his control, or his
power to resist its unlawful inclination
or impulse, will constitute a defense to
that which would be an unlawful
kill ing.
Assuming the fact of the killing of
Dukes in this cat-e, as shown by the
evidence, this is the controlling and
sole question, and to it you are bouud
to give your solemn consideration, for
upon its determination depends the
conclusion as to the legal guilt or inno
cence of the prisoner, aud in case you
should acquit him you must state in
your verdict that you do so upon the
ground of insanity.
If James Nutt has not, under the
evidence, shown by the lair weight of
the testimony that at the time he shot
Dukes and thus brought aboat his
death ho was legally irresponsible, by
reason of insanity, he should be con
victed of some degree of criminal homi
cide.
But if you should thiuk, in view of
all the evidence adduced before you,
that it fairly predominates io favor of
insanity; in other words, fairly lea«l9
you to believe that he was uot of sound
inind (id est insane) at the time he did
the killing, be should be acquitted upon
that grouud and it will be your duty in
such case to say so in your verdict
No mere doubt of his s nity raised by
the evidence will suffice ; the fact must
be shown by the fair weight of the
testimony.
In conclusion : The Court, speak
ing in the name of the law and on be
half oi Uw people of I'w»nsjrlY&»ii>r
*sks for your careful and cautious ex
amination of all the facts in evidenc«
teuding to show the guilt or innoceno
of the prisoner at the bar. She doe.-
not demaud a conviction any more than
she demands an acquittal, but she doe.-
demand that you and each of you re
gardless of fear, favor or affectiou
render a verdict in accordance with th<-
evidence in the cause ou trial befor*
yoa and now submitted to your charge
Old and New Time.
About forty years before the advent
of the Messiah, the present division of
the year into twelve months, each with
its existing number of days, was estab
lished by Julius Ctesar. He computed
the period to be 365 days and 6 boon
required by the sun to make the circuit
of the ecliptic and return to the starting
point. Four times six hours constitut
de one day ; consequently, he provided
for every fourth year to be a leap year
containing 366 days. The exact time
occupied by the sun in his annual
course, however, is 365 days, 5 hours,
48 minutes and 47 7-10 seconds
Cuesar, therefore, put into each year 11
minutes and 12 3-10 seconds too much
time. In 1500 years this amounted to
a number of days of an error in time
The edict of Pope Gregory XIII regu
lated the matter. This provided for
retrenching the ten days between
October 4 and 15, 1582. Thereby the
day that would otherwise have been
called the fifth became the fifteenth of
that month. Then he decreed that
each year that divides by four and
leaves no remainder should be a leap
year—containing 366 days. Yet of
the even hundredth year ol each century
ouly such should be leap year as divid
ed evenly by 400, the year 1600 to be
the first of such leap years, and the
year 2000 to be the next. Thereby, as
was shown, some 6000 years would
elapse before one whole day could
again creep into the calendar. Wher
ever Catholicism prevailed the Gre
gorian calendar was adopted. In
Episcopal England and Greek Church
Russia, however, the Pope's bull made
no impression. Consequently, to this
day the Julian Calandar prevails in
Rnssia. As that style deemed the
year 1700 and 1800 leap years, which
were not so regarded by the new 3tyle,
| those two years added to the ten days
retrenched by the Gregorian calendar
make the 12 days' difference between
the Russian time and that of the rest
of Christendom.
A Cruel Joke.
A broad-shouldered man was walking
Catham street. He looked as if he was
io great pain.
"What's the matter?" asked a friend
"Oh, I'm in terrible agony! Got a
boil as big as a watermelon on my calf;
can hardly walk. So-long!" and the
proprietor of Job's comforter moved
off. As he did so, another gentleman
came along and shook hands with his
friend.
"I've got the biggest joke of the sea
son on . There he goes op street.
He was telling me bow he was fright
ened by a dog this morning. Let's
have some fun !"
The new arrival was "in for it."
"You walk up behind him, grab him
by the leg and bark like a dog. His
nerves are all unstrung, and we'll have
a big joke on him to see him jump."
"I'll do it," said the other, "and you
walk on the other side and see me scare
him to death."
The two parted to carry out their
programme. The latest arrival pro
ceeded after their mutual friend. Just
as he got close up behind him he grab
bed him by the boil and playfully bark
ed : "Bow, wow, wow," just as natur
ally as a dog show.
The broad-shouldered man went up
in the air, while his face looked as if
he had swallowed a tree full of persim
mons. When he came down he recited
the alphabet backwards, aad then point
ed his toe thirteen distinct times at his
playful friend, slammed him up against
a telegraph pole, mashed bis hat over
his eyes, ana then walked away looking
as if he'd like to put the leg with the
watermelon boil on over his shoulder
and carry it home.
After the "dog" had pulled himself
out of his hat he hunted up and down
Chatham street for the man who had
put the job up OD him, but he could not
find him, for be was looking over the
cornice of a neighboring house and was
bursting with grins.
THANKS.
'Twasa cheerfel resolution,
Made by Lancaster congregation
That they should wend their way.
On that bitter cold day.
The first Saturday in Eighty-four,
They drove up to their Pastor's door,
A pleasant surprise,
Meeting eyes to eyes,
Something better in store
Than meeting at the door,
Full baskets were brought in,
But as they went out they were thin.
Not only the present did they have in mind,
But some for the future all seemed to find.
Lion, too, was cared for as well;
He can do his work better, but his tongue
can't "ell;
For kindness of these people dt^r,
Be bountiful greetings this new year.
—N. N. |
MIDDLE LANCASTER, BCTLEB CO., PA.
The mail rider who carries letters
to and from the Cour d'Alene mines
charges fifty cents each, and often has
from forty to fifty. lie takes the risk
of being either scalped or frozen.
The recent heavy loss by Gre, all
over the country, has made a boom
for the insurance agents, who are
placing many new risks and adding
to old ones.
—According to a recent ruling of the
postmaster general, any person who
writes for tickets or corresponds with
a lottery company, relating to such
business, violates the law and becomes
liable to a fine of from one hundred to
five hundred dollars.
An exchange remarks that, "tfebest
teachers are those that learn something
new themselves every day," so we an
nounce this day that several thousand
important cureß have been made by
tbe use of i>r. Bull's Oougb Syrup.
What do Your Boys Head ?
The arrest of four boys in Milwaukee
upon numerous charges of iucvndiarism
reveals the fact that they had a "pirate' 3
ien," kept on band o large supply of
cigarettes, chewing tobacco, etc.. "and
swore in members with a cast-iron
•ath." The boys were mostly members
of respectable families, bi:t wore in
structed in such depravitv by vicious
literature. One of the boys said de
fiantly : "Ob, I'm one of the Peck's
bad boys, I am, and don't vou forget
it " Another boy of most respectable
parentage declared he "wanted to look
like a tough," and when arrested ho
had on his person a knife, a cowboy
story, a plug of tobacco, and four
cigars.
They were Dot gamins of the street,
but boys who regularly attended the
public school, and stood w»ll in their
classes. The parents are cmong the
best people in Milwaukee, and one is
the son of a major general. :be lesson
of all this is not for Milwfukee more
Chicago, but for every city and village
in the land. Fathers and mothers who
laugh at the witticisms of "Peck's Bad
Boy," and like literature, may sooner
or later have to shed bitters tears arid
endure the moßt intense mortification.
The power and influence of a bad book
or a vicious story OD the minds of the
young is not easily over-estimated.
It is the devil's own method of en
tering the homes of innocence and hon
esty and leading the boys and girls to
vice and ruiD. The father and mother
in these days who, when there are
floods of good books and magazines tor
the young of the mo9t beautiful and in
teresting character, allow these vicious
and pernicious publications in the
home, incur a fearful responsibility.
The trouble seems to be that too many
fathers enjoy the reading themselves,
and are forestalled in making a protest
to the children.
Petroleum Chewing Gum.
"Did you know that marly three
quarters of the chewing gum that
tire the jaws of the rising generation
in the United States is now made from
petroleum?" said a manufacturing con
fectioner to a Sun reporter the other
day.
The reporter didnot know it.
"Oh, yes," said the confectioner.
"Petroleum first knocked the spots off
of the whale oil business of New Kng
land, and now it is clipping into its
spruce and tamarack gutn industry at
a fearful rate. Here's a lump of petro
leum we have just received." The
confectioner slapped his hands on a
large oblong block that resembled a
piece ol marble. "A few days ago,"
said he, "that came out of the ground
in Pennsylvania, a dirty, greenish
brown fluid, with a smell that could
knock an ox down. The oil refiners
took it and put it through a lot of
chemical processes that I don't know
anything about, and after taking out a
large percentage of kerosene, a good
share of naphtha, considersole beuzine,
a cart load or so of tar, and a number
of other things with names longer than
the alphabet, left us this mass of ni.o
clean wax. There isn't any taste to
it, aad no more smell than there id to a
china plate.
"We will take this lump, cut it up,
and melt it in boilers. Th.j piece wiil
weigh 200 pounds. We add thirty
pounds of cheap sugar to it, and flavor
it with vauillia, winter-green, pepper
mint, or any other essential oil. Then
we turn it out on a marble table and
cut it into all sorts of shapes with dies.
After it is wrapj>ed in oil tissue paper
and packed in boxes it is ready for the
market. You can imagine that some
body is chewing gum in this country
when I tell you that a lump like this
one will make 10,000 penny cakes, and
we use one up every week. There are
dozens of manufacturers using almost
as much of the wax as we do.
"I believe this petroleum chewing
gum, if honestly made, is perfectly
harmless, and that is more than can l»e
said of some of tbe gums made from
the juices of trees, especially the im
ported articles."
—Spicer says that "The buzz saw
does business with curious people in an
off hand way."
Mr. M. Elkin, WRIOHTSVILLE, Pa.
says: I used Brown's iron Bitters for
loss of appetite and found them excel
lent, invigorating and refreshing."
"Catching on bobs," which is in
dulged by many of the litt!.-» folks, is a
dangerous practice and one of these
days will result in a serious accident.
—Tbe traveling showmen are exhib
iting three skeletons of CJj'teau—his
skeleton when he was a boy. bin skele
ton before he shot GarfifoitJ, aad his
skeleton after he was hanged.
—Harry Erskine' who succeeded
Henry Dundas, afterward Lord Mel
ville, as lord advocate of Seotlauil,
happening to have a femal« client of
the name of Tickle, defendent in an
action, commenced his spt-ech in the
following humorous straiu ; "Tickle,
my clTent, the defendent, my lord."
The auditors, amused with the oddity
of the speech, were almost driven into
hysterics by the-judge replying:,' Tickle
her yourself, Harry. You are as able
to (io it as I."
'Twas past twelve at midnight when
he rolled home and prepared 10 concoct
some story tor the latenes-? of his re
turn. She, however' was awake, and
with a sharp scented nose detected tin
odor of gin "What smell is that, my
dear ?" she remarked. "Cloves, my
love." "But the other odor, sir."'
"Allspice, ray sweet." "But I smell
something else." "Oh, that's cinna
mon." "But I am certain that inn't
spice at all " "Oh, that's an applo 1
ate before I came in." "Will I
should think," she replied, "that if
you'd just taken a good drink of brandy
before you came in and esti-n a ham
sandwich you would have had all the
ingredients necessary for a good mince
pie " He sighed as he dropped to
sleep and murmured that h«,d done it
if fce ta.dd't. bcoo »£r»iii of l-'»U dream?.
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