VOL. XXI A CARI <„) I take this opportunity to thank my friends and the public for their liberal patronage since I started in the mercantile business in 1860. Having taken my son, J. Henry Troutman, into partnership will continue the DEY GOODS and CAEPETS Business under the firm name of A. TROUTMAN SON, ■AIH STREET, DUTLEB, PA. January Slat, 1884. inTinrT _ ir , A. TROUTMAN. 0 Thanking trieoda and the public lor the liberal patronage extended to the late firm, we feepeetfully solicit a continuance of the same. A. TROUTMAN, J. HENRY TROUTMAN. Butler, January 31st, 1884. HENRY BIEHL § CO, larlte AMeutlea le Their Large A«aorfmeul of I *ll I C4AUM FABMEKH' FAVOBrTE, bum# wood I |AMBQH6ny LOOK oTOVN, or toil, 2* inch wood. *l/' "f '>v»K 22x241 Cooking, Bird C " Haatinff E Fire Setta, PA.Bi.OB Fenderi, « CLUB*'" De Haven SKATES. and \ W Boys'Bkat«w Wt If irtsuj 60c up. Beauty jg -• Sleigh Belli, BA2VOBS. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. REMINGTON CLIPPER PLOW, THE AMERICAN FRUIT EVAPORATOR, IMP'D KELLER GRAIN, SEED un..y arise Uiieefonrtlis of the of TUO I.UIUSU n.ce 1 liese symptoms UKlioate lbe .r existence: L«»» ot Appetite, Buwtl. tu.itvr, Kick llend aeUe, fullness site' eutu.ji, iivtr.tmi In exertion of body or iniutl. Ernttstloii of food, Ir. liability oi temper, Low ■plrita, A iVeliug uf liaviut neglected • nme ilmy, OUii .it>., fluttering at the Heart, Dot* beiore the eye*, highly col ored Urine, io.\?tTll'ATlO.\, and de mand the use of a remedy that ants tliifotly onthni.iver. AanLlvcr mcilicine TCTT'M 1*11.1.8 have no equal. Their action on tbo Kt lney* unilSk a lsulno prompt; reuiovlng all lmpuritlos through tfieso tnree •• memv enger* of tlir Rysfem.'* pro>lucin* uppt*- llte.noond n, rcguhir htoola, a clour akiniuxl a vigorous boey have cleaned me out nicely. My appetiie is xplcndid, f«» d dlaeata readily, und 1 n'>w have liuluinl paf«t,i?es. I fe< 1 lik n new njun." W. 1». EI>\VARDS, Palmyra, O. K>liteverywlirr<',3Ae. oifi c,41 Murray St.,N.T. TUTTS HAIR DYE. GRAY Htm on WmsKTH* eiiangcd In. Btmitly t.» it t.Lo>av lin< R l.y o aiugle ap. plleatlo'i of tins l)ri: Sold by Diuggista, or aont by « xprernggl»t». No. 1. mmmmmmmmmmm l CAIN Health and_Happiness. O DO AS OTHERS i*eaecs after I \Vard,°U.ts Cot CSth Kat. Ouard. N. Y. Is your Back lame and aching? "kidney.Wort, *1 bottle) cured me when I wasso lame 1 haul to roll out of bod.'* C. M. Tollman*, Milwaukee, Win. Have you Kidney Disease? "Klun, y-Wort made mo no and In llvrr au.l kidnev* Utu-T yeam :t nuaneersaful oortorln*. lti wortn tisaijua."--Bam'l Ilodffei, Wdliauisiwwa, \>omt \»- Are you Constipated? "Kidney-Wort caunea eaay eraenaliona and cured m* after 16 rear a usa of other roodi< Ncl*on Kalrc-Ltid, bt. AlboJin, \ t. Have you Malaria? • "Kidney-v.'ort baa dono better taan any other remedy I have over need in niy pra rt, 7r-' t . ~, Dr. It. K. Clark, bvuth Uero. Vt. Are you Bilious? "Kidney-Wort ha* done me more g«*»d than any other remedy I havo ever taken." J Mr*. J. T. Calloway, Elk FUt. Oregon. Are you tormented with Piles? "Kidney Wort i*-rmanr*tlv curr-l r« if Uoodiug tiles, tir V. i'. lO.no wgmnwul'd I'to m<. ' Oeo. H. Iluliit, Cashier 1L U«nk, Mysr.towr., Pa. Are you Rheumatism racked? "L.dn- y-Wort cun a me, uf • r 1 w«- glv» .1 up to ■ die by phJllciflUiM and I li»ul «uCTed thirty year*.' K K1 bridge Malcolm, We .1 Hath, Mamo. | Ladies, are you suffering? I "Kidney Wort cured mi < f i»'r-liar troiw.ie* or n rereral yearaHtanalrrr. Many fru.m'* ue* p't., 1 ral-i |t.'» Mr». H. Lamoieaus, *rt»; La Mutte, > t. If you would Banish Disease 1 and gr.in Health, Take PnOT"OTIPVBOTMHPOTV !^Bia V IB V * Tw bioop CLEANSER. MM&st / \ MA LIBERTY ST. ■ BUTLER, PA.. WEDNESDAY. MAKOII 12. 18-4 Davy Crockett's Electioneering Tour. There was a time when there were few names mi>re familiarv known to the people of this country than that of Davv Crockt tt. Many stories were told characteristic ot his courage, his Ait, his humor, bis honor, his honecty tod his benevolence. I am about to relate one of a somewhat different char acter, but not less honorable to him iban !wer to appro priate this money as an act of charity Every member upon tbis floor knows ic. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our owu money as vie please to cbari y; but as members of Congress we have uo right to appropriate a dol'ar of the public money. Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the ground that it is a debt due tbe deceased. Mr. Speaker, tbe deceased lived long alter the clpse of tbe war; he was iu office to the day of his death, and I have never-heard that tbe Goverment was in arrears to him. This Government cau owe uo debt but for services ren dered, and at-a stipulated price. If it is a debt, b«*w much is it? Ha* it tieen audited uud the amount due as certained? If it is a debt this is not the place to present it for payment or have its merits examined If it is a debi, we owe more tha i we can ever hope to pay, for we < we the widow of every sol 4 ier who fought in the war of ISli precisely the same amount There i-< a woman in my neighbor hood, tbe widow of as gallant a man as ever j shouldered i» rnu-ket. He fell iu bat tle. She is as good in every resjiect s- this lady, and is as poor. She is earning her daily bread by her daily ItOor, and if 1 were to iutroduce a bill to appropriate five or ten thousand dollars for her benefit I should lie j 1 lUghed at, aud my bill would not get five votes in this House. There thous ands of widows in tbe country just such as the one I have spoken of; but : we never hear of any of these debts ( to them. Sir, this is no debt The Government did not owe it to the de ceased when be was alive; it could not contract it after he died. Ido not wibh to »e rude, but I must be plain. . Every man iu this House knows it is j not a debt. We cannot, without the grossest corruption, appropriate this money as the payment of a debt. We bav«* not the semblance ot authority to f appropriate it as a charity. Mr. Speak- j er, I have said we have the right to ; give as much money ot our owu as we please. lam the poorest man on this floor I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week's pay to tbe • •bject, and if every meniln-r of Con- j gress will do the Harne it will amouut to more than the b 11 ask? " He took bis seat Nobody replied. Tbe bill was put upon its pa-sage, and, i instead of passiug uiianiinou.-ly, as was generally supposed, and as, uo ; doubt, but tor that speech, ! it receW**d but tew votes, aud, of j course was lost. Like mauy other young men, and •Id ones, too, for that matter, who had not thought upon the subject, I desired the passage of the bill, and felt outrag ed at its defeat. I determined that I would persuade my friend Crockett to move a reconsideration the next day Pr evious engagements preveutiug me Irom seeing Crockett tbat uignt 1 went early to his room uext morning, and found him engaged iu adressiug aud (ranking letters, a large pile of which lay upon bis table. I broke in upon him rather abruptly by asking him what devil had possess- Ed him to make that speech and de feat that bill yesterday. Without luruiug his head or looking up Irom biSjWork he replied: "You see tbat I am very busy m»w; take a seat and cool yourself. I will be through iu a few niinutes, and then I will tell you all about it " He continued bih employment for ibout ten minutes, and when Le hud aui«ht'd it turned to me nnd ani<': now, «ir, I will anHwer your quention. Hut thereby banif" a tale, and one of eourtidt-raMe length, to whicb you will have to lißten. 1 limened, and tbia in the tale which JLiww* I I Several years airo I was one eveninv s aid ng o'i the steps ol Capit 1 with fome other members of Congress, wbeu our a'tention was attracted over ID G•< r.etown. It was evidently a large fir--. We jumped int »a baek and urove over a- last as we could. Whei we goi ihere i went to w«>rk, and I r ever w> rked as bard in my life as I u eless aud, besides, some ol them had lost all but the clothes they had on. The weather was very cold, and when 1 saw so many women and children suffering I felt that something ought to be done for them, and every body else seeuied to feel the same way The next morninif a hill was intro duced appropriating S2O OJO for their relief. We put aside all other butiners aud ru.-hed it through as fast as it could be done I said everybody fell as I did. That was not quite so; for, though they perhaps sympathized as deeply with the sufferers as 1 did. there were a few of the members who did uot thiuk we bad the right to in dulge our sympathy or excite our char ity at the expense of anybody but our selves. They opposed the bill, and upon its passage demanded the yeas and nays. There were not enouifb of them to sustain the call, but many of us wanted our names to appear in favor of what we considered a praise worthy measure, and we voted with them to sustain it. So the yeas and nays were recorded aud my name ap peared on the journals in favor of the bill The next summer, when it began to be time to think about the election, I concluded I would take a scout around am<>nd the boys of my district I had uo opposition there, but, as the election was some time off, I did not know what might turn up, aud I thought it was best to let the bojs know that I nad not forgotten them and that going to Congress had not maoe me too proud to go to see them So 1 put a couple of shirts and a few twists of tobacco iuto my saddle bags and put out. I had been out übout about a week and had found things going very smoothly when, riding one day in a part of my district in which 1 was more ot a strauger thau any other, I saw a man in a field plowing and coming toward the road. 1 guaged inv gait so that we should meet as he crnie to the fence. As he came up I -poke to tbe man. He re plied p ditely, but, as I thought, rather coldly, Bnd was about turning bis hof.-e for another furrow »beu I asked him if he could give me a chew ot to bacco. "Ves " said be, "such as we make and use iu this part of the country; but it may uot suit your taste, as you are probably in the habit ot using bet ter." Wiih that he pulled out of his pock et part of a twist in its natural state and hauded it to me. I took a chew aud handed it back to him. He turned to. his plow and was about to Btart off. I said to him: -Dou't be in sucb a hurry, my iriend; I want to have a little talk with you aud get. better ac quaiuted." He replied: "I am very busy and have but little time to talk, but i it ' oes u< t take too long I will li te i to wba . \ou have to say." I ••egan: "vtell, friend, I am one of i those unfortunate beings called candi dates, aud—" "Yes, 1 know you; you are Colonel Crockett. 1 Lave seeu you once before, j and voted for you tbe last time you . w»-ie elected. I suppose you are out j electioneering uow, but you bad better not waste your time or mine. 1 shall not vote for you again." Thia was a sockdologer. 1 bad been making up my nnud that he was one of tuose cmrlisb fellows who care for nobody but themselves aud take bluut ness lor independence. 1 had seen em ugh of them to kuow there is a way to reach them, aud was satisfied that it 1 could get him to talk to me 1 would soon have him straight. But this was eutirely a different bundle of st.cks. He knew me, bad voted for tbe before aud did not intend touo it Something must be the matter; 1 could uot imagine what it was. I had beard of no complaints against me, except ttiat some ot the dandies about the village ridiculed some ot tbe wild and foolish things that 1 too often say aud do, and said 1 was not enough of a geutlemau to go to Congress. I begged him to tell me what was tbe matter. "Well, Colonol, it is hardly worth while to waste time or words upon it. 1 do uot see how it can be meuded, but you gave a vote last winter which shown ibat either you have not tbe capacity to understand the Constitu tion or that you are wautiug iu the houenty and firmness to be guided by it. iu either case you are uot the man to represent me. But 1 beg your par don for expressing it in that way. 1 did uot intend to avail myrelf of the privilege of the constituent to speak plainly to a caud date for the purpose i f iusu ing or wounding you 1 iu te-.u i»y u only to say that your un derstanding of the Coustiiution is very different from mine; aud 1 will say to you what, but for my rudeness, 1 should uot have said, that I believe jou to be honest." "Thank you for that, but you fiud lault with only one vote. You know the story of Heny Clay, the old hunts mau aud the rifle; you wouldn't break your gun for one snap " | "No, nor for a doz-m. As the story ' goes, that tack served Mr. Clay's pur pose admirably, though it really bad nothing to do with the case. 1 would not break the guu, nor would I discard an honest representative tor a mistake 1 iu judgment as a mere matter of policy. But an understanding of the Constitu tion different from mine 1 cannot over look, lK;cau-e the Constitution, to bo worth anything, must be held sacred and rigidly observed iu all its provis ions. The man who wields power aud interprets it is tbe more dangerous tbe more honest be is " J »1 niuiit tb«» tiutfc of all you say, bat there must be some mistake about t, for I do not remember that I gave any vote last winter upon aiiy cons'i. 'utional question." "No, Colonel, there's no mistake. TnoUiih I live h« re ia the b>ckwoods ind seldom go from home, I take the papers from Washington aud read very earefully all the proceedings of Con gress. My paperi say that last win er you voted for a bill to appropriate {20,000 to some sufferers by a fire in Georgetown Is that true?" "Certainly it is, and I thought that was the last vote for which anybody in the world would have found fault with " '•Well. Colonel, where do you find in the Constitution any authority to irive away the public rnouey in char ity ?" Here was another sockdol 'ger; for wbeu I began to think about it. I could uot remember a thing in the Constitu tion that authorized it I found that 1 must take another tack, so I said : "»\ ell, my friend, I may as well own up. You have got me there. But certainly nobody will complain that a great and rich country like ours should give the insignificant sum of $20,000 to relieve its suffering women and children, particularly with a full aiid overflowing Treasury, and I am sure, if you had been there, you would have done just as I did." "It is not the amount, Colonel, that I am complaining ol; it is the princi ple. In the first place, the Govern ment ought to have in the Treasury no more than enough for its legitimate purposes. But that has nothing to do with the question. The power of col lecting and disbursing money at pleas ure is the most dangerous power that can be entrusted to man, particularly under our system of collecting revenue by tariff, which reaches every man in the country, no matter bow poor he may be, and the poorer be is the more be pavs in proportion to his means What is worse it presses upon him without bis knowing where the weight comes, for there is not a man in the Uuited States who can ever guess what he pays to the Goverment So you see that wbHe you are contrib uting to relieve one you are drawing it from thousands who are even worse off thau be. If you bad the right to give anything the amount was simply a matter of discretion with yon, and y< mpathy for the sufferers by contributing each one week's pay it would have made over sl3 000 There are plenty ot wealthy m.-n in and arouud Washington who could have given $20,000 without depriving themselves of even a luxury ot life. The Congress men trhose to keep their own money, which if reports be true, some of them spent not very creditably; and tbe peo ple about Washington, uo doubt, ap plauded you for relieving them from tbe necessity of giving by giving what was not yours to give. The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these it is authorized to collect and pay money, and for notb ing else Everything beyond is usur pation and a violation of tbe Constitu tion." I have given you. continued Crock ett, an imperfect account of what he said Long liefore be was through I was convinced that I had done wrong He wound up by saying: "So you see. Colonel, you have vio lated the Constitution in what I con sider a vital point. It is a precedent fraught with danger to tbe country, for when Congress once begins to stretch its power beyond tne limits of tbe Constitution there ia nc liru't to it and no security for the people. I have no doubt you acted honestly, but that does not uiakt it any better, except as far as you were personally concerned, and you Bee that I caunot vote for you." I tell you I felt streaked. I saw if I should have opposition and this man shouldgo to talking be would set others to talking, aud in that district I was a gone, fawn-skin. I could not answer him, and the fact is I was so fully con vinced that be was right I did not want to. But I must satisfy bim, and 1 said to him : "Well, my Iriend you hit the nail on tbe head when you said I had not sense enough to understanl the Con stitution. I intended to be guided by it, aud thought 1 bad studied it fully. 1 hive heard mauy speeches in Con gress about the powers of CMtigress, but what you have said here at your plow has got more bard,sound sense in it than all the fine speeches I ever heard. If 1 had ever taken the view of it that you have I would have .put my bead iuto the fire before I would have given that vote, and if you will forgive me and vote for nie again if 1 ever yote tor an other unconstitutional law 1 wish 1 mav b« shot." Ho laughingly replied: "YeH, Col onel, y«>u have swurn to that once be fore, but I will truHt you again upon one condition. Yon nay that your are conviuced that your voto waa wroug. Your acknowledgment of it will do more jjood than beating you for It. If, at* you go rouud tbi* district, you will toll tb« people about tbia tmd that you t are satisfied it was wrong, I will not e only vote for you bat will do what I i- can to keep down opposition, and, per haps. I may exert some little influence i. iu that way •' s j '"lt I don't," said I, "I wish I may e be shot; and to convince you that I am 7 in earnest in what I say I will come -; back this way in a week or ten days. - j and if you will get up a gathering of 9 the people I will make a speech to them, l Get up a barbecue and I will pay for it" t "No, ColoDel, we are not rich peo i pie in this section, but we hare plenty i of provisions to contribute for a barbe- i ! cue and some to spare for those who j I have none. The push of crops will be 1 > ' over in a few days, and we can then af- ' ■, ford a day for a barbecue. This is ! j Thursday; I will see to getting it up | on Saturday week. Come to my house 1 on Friday and we will go together, aud I promises you a very respectable crowd to see and hear yon." "Well, I will be here. But one I thing more before I say good-bye, I must know your name.", i "My name is Bunce." i "Not Horatio Bunce ?" f "Yes." "Well, Mr. Bunce, I never saw you before, though yoo say you have seen me. but I know you very well. I am glad that I have met you. and very proud that I may hope to have you for my f:iend. Yon most let me' shake your hand before I go " We shook hands and parted. It was one of the luckiest hits of my life that I net bim. He mingled but little with the public, bat was widely known for bis remakarble intelligence and incorruptible integrity and for a heart brimful aud running over with kindness and benevolence, which show ed themselves not only in words but in acta. He was the oracle of the whole country around bim, and his fame had extended far beyond tbe circle of bis immediate acquaintance, Though I bad never met bim before I had heard much of him, and but for this meeting it is very likely I should have had op position and been beaten. At the appointed time I was at his house having told our conversation to ever crowd I had met and to every man I stayed all night with, and I found that it gave tbe people an interest and a confidence in me stronger than I had ever seen manifested before. Though 1 was considerably fatigued when I reached his house, and under ordinary circumstances, should have gone early to bed, 1 kept him up until midnight, talking about tbe principles aud affairs of goverment, and I got more real, true knowledge of them than I had got all my life before. He was not at the house when I ar rived, bat nis wife received and wel comed nie with all tbe ease and cordi ality of an old friend. She told me that her husband was engaged in some oat-dour business, bat would be in shortly She is a woman of fiao per son; her face is not what the world would at first sight esteem beautiful In a state of rest there was too much strength and character in it for that, but when she engaged in conversation, and especially when she smiled, it soft ened into an expression of mingled kindness, goodness and strength that was beautiful beyond anything I hare ever ueen. Pretty soon her husband came in, and she left us and went about her household affairs. Toward night the children—be bad about seven of them —began to drop in; some from work, some from school, and the little ones from play. They were introduced to me, aud met me with the same ease and grace that marked the manner of their mother. Supper came on, and then was exhibited the loveliness of the family circle in all its glow. The father turned the conversation to the mutters in which the children had been inter ested during the day, and all, from the oldest to the youngest, took part in it They spoke to their parents with a< much familiarity aud confidence as il they had been friends of their own age yet every word aud every look maui tested as much respect as the humbles courtier could manifest for a king; aye, more, for it was all sincere aud strengthened by lo w; hut be has wrought up my mind a conviction of he truth Christian ty, and upon r> y feelings a revere n-e for its purifvi g and elevating power such as I uev«.r felt before. I have known a id seen much of bio since, for I resptct bim— n<>, that is not the word—l reverence and lovo him more than auy living tu'in, and I go to see him two or three tiaies every year; and I tell you, sir. if every oa« | who professes to be a Christian lived and acted and enjoyed it as be does Uie religion of Christ would tako the i world by storm. ! But to return to my story. The ; next morning we went to the barbecue, . and, to my surprise, I found about a j thousand men there. I met a good I many whom I had not known before, and they and ny friend introduced um around until I bad got pretty well ac quainted, at least they all kuew me. In due time notice was given thut I would speak to them. They gathered up arouod a stand tbat had been erec ted. I opened my speech by saying: "Fellow-citizens, I present myself be fore you to-day feeling like a new man. my eyes have lately been opened to truths which ignorance or prejudice, or both, had heretofore hidden from my view. I feel that I can to-day offer you the ability to renderyou more valuablo services than I have been able to render before. 1 am here to-day more for tbe purpose of acknowledging my crr.>r than to seek your votes. That I should make this acknowledgment is due to myself as well as to you. Whether you will vote for me is a matter for your consideration only." I went on to tell about tbe fire and my vote for tbe appropriation as I have told it to you, and then told them why I was satisfied it was wrong. I closed by saying : "And now, fellow-citizens, it re mains only for me to tell you that the most of tbe speech you have listened to with so much interest was simply a repetion of the arguments by which your neighbor, Mr. Bunce, conviuced me of my error. "It is tbe best speech I ever made in my life, but he is entitled to the credit of it. And now I hope he is sat isfied with his convert and tbat be will get up here and tell you so." He came upon tbe stand aod said : "Fellow-citizens, it affords me great pleasure to comply with the lequest of Colonel Crockett. I have always con sidered bim a thoroughly honest man, and I am satisfied that he will faithful ly perform all tbat be has promised yon to-day." He went down, and there went up from tbat crowd such a snout for Davy Crockett as his name never called forth before. lam oot much given to tear.4, but £ wad takea with a choking the j and felt some big drops rolling down my cheeks And toll you now that the remembrance ot those tew words spoken by such a man and the houest, hearty shouts tbey produced is worth more to nu than all the honors I have received arid all the reputation 1 ever made, or ever shall make, as a member of Congress. Now, sir, concluded Crockett, yoa know why I made that speech yesier* day. 1 have had several thousand copies of it printed, and was directing them to my constituents when you came in There is one thing now to which I will cull your attention You remem ber that I proposed to give a week's pay. There are in that House many very wealthy meu—niea who think nothing of Spending a week'* pay or a dozen of them, for a dinner or a wine party when they have something to accomplish by it. Some ot these sam« men made beautiful speeches upon the great debt of gratitude which the coun try owed the deceased—a d.'bt which could not be paid by money—and tho insiguilicance and worthlessness of money, particularly BO insijrni (leant a sum as SIO,OOO, when weighed against the honor of tie nation Yet not one of them responded to my proposition. Money with them is nothing but when it comes out of the people. But it is the one great thiug for w bich most of them are striving, and many of thorn sacrifice honor, integrity and justice to obtain it. The hour for the meeting of the House had by this time arrived. We walked up to the Capitol tormber, but 1 said not a word to him about moving a reconsideration I would assoonbave asked a sincere Chrirfbion to abjure his religion. 1 bad listened to bis story with an intere-t which was greatly increased by his maner of telling it' for, no mat ter what we may say of the merits o!'a story, a speech or sermon, it is a very rare production which does not derive its interests more from the manner then the matter, as some of my readers have doubtless, like the writer, proved to their cost. By Crockett's aid I succeeded in having my busiuess settled in three or four days afterward and left for Wash ington. 1 never saw him agiin. LINES Suggested by the death of Maud, daughter <>f W. O. and Clara W. Russell. Dear Maud is gone, no more weo'U see Her oace sweet smiling face; We miM her in the family, We miss her every place. The busy prattle of her tongue Death's icy haud hath stilled; It now baa joined the blood wn.-boU throng Where songs of love are trill<*l. The patter of her little feet By UN no more is heard; They're walking now the golden street Belore the throne of God. But while for her who weep* no more, Our heart* with grief are wrung, We'll look beyond ihi- banefnl shore To Ood, whose will be done. And may w* live that whea ve're frw From thin liV* piercing blavi-s We'll aoar to realms of eu'iletm day To join our luVed at last. tor tb« UnWHN' i\ T o. ,7