VOL. XXI.
A. TROUTMAN & SON,
bxjtler,
DEALER IN-
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, TRIMMINGS.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, ETC.
We have just received and placed on 6ale our Spring Stock of Carpets in
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We Especially Invite you to cull and ExamlneS<ock ami Prices.
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EMBROIDERIES
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Hew White Qoods of all Descriptions.
UCE cumins, LICE PlllOW SHIMS.
Lace Bed Spreads, Muslin Underwear, Skirts, Night Dresses,
Chemises, Drawers, Infants' Robes.
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niklff STREET, BUTLER, PA.
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predecessors, Mr. Bissell is the patentee of the Oliver Chilled
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It quiets and composes the patient—not hy tha
introduction of opiate-and drastic cathartk'9, but
by the restoration of activityto the stomach and
nervous system, w hereby the brain is relieved
of morbid fancies, which are created by tha
causes above referred to.
To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary men. Mer
chant", Bankers, Ladies and all those whose sed
entarv employment causes nervous pro-tration,
irregularities" of the blood, stomach, bowels or
kidneys or who require a nerve tonic, appetizer or
f-timulant, SAMARITAN NKRVIVE is invaluable.
Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful invig
orant that ever sustained the sinking system.
£1.50. Sold bv all Druggists. The I>K. A. UK'll-
MONI) MEI). CO.. Proprietors. St. Joseph, Mo.
Chas. V. Crit'.esUs, Agcat. I'm "o:i City. (4)
TUTT'S
PILLS
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA.
From theso sources urise three fourths cA
the diseases of the bum an race. These
symptoms indicate their existence : Loss ol
Appetite, Itowrls costive, (siiek llead
aciic, fullness after tilting, n\ersi<>n to
exertion of body or iniu<], ICiml-atlon
of food, Iri liability of temper, Loir
spirits, A feeling of liuviug neglected
some duty . Illuiiien4, Klut te ring at (be
Heart, Itots be lore t lie e > es, highly col
ored I'rliir, « O.\STII'.tTIO\, anfl <le
miuul the use of a remedy that acts ilircctly
on the Liver. Asa Liver medicine Tf'TT'Bi
1*11.1.S have no equal. Their action on the
Kidneys and Skin is also prompt ; removing
all impurities through these three " scav
engers of tlie system," pioilucinpr appe
tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear
skin anil a vigorous body. TI'TT'M I'll.l.Si
cause no nausea or gi'iping nor interfere
w itli daily work and are a perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
(IK FEEI.S LIKE A SUV MAK.
"I have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa
tion, two years,and nave tried ten different
kinds of pills, und Tl TT'S ure the ili~t
that have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite is
splendid, food digests readily, nnd I now
have natural passages. 1 feel like a new
man." W.D. EDWARDS,FaImjm,O.
Eoldercry where.atic. ()ilii-e,-il Mmrav S'.,N Y.
TUTTS HAIR DYET
GRAT HAIR OU WWISKKHS changed in
stantly to U GLOSSV I!LA< K by a single ap
plication of this i>Vf.. Sold by Druggists,
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Office, t l Murray Street, New York.
TUTT'S MAKUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREL
Oranges and Florida.
Better than Breezes and Blossoms
—Under a New Flag.
Even the baliny air and the orange groves of
Florida fail to keep its people full of happiness
and comfort. Art must help nature everywhere
—in the tropics as amang the pines of the north.
"And, chief among the blessings which are adap
ted to al! zones," writes Dr. J' <». Wallace, of l'"ort
Dade, Flu., "is PA ttk Kits TONIC. IT seems to have
the world for a Held, and most of the current dis
eases yield 'to its action, f have used it m the
case ofja delicate and dyspeptic young lady, with
the most gratifying results. It seemed to accom
plish with ease what the usual prescriptions and
treatment for that miserable malady failed wholly
to bring about. I am also glad to state that the
Tonic has relieved me personally of a troublesome
atonic condition of the stomach of long standing.
It is the Ideal purifier and invigoraut."
Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call especial attention to
the fact that alter April 1«, 1883, the name and
style ol this preparation will hereafter be simply
Parker's Tonicr, the word "(linger" is dropped
for the reason that unprincipled dealers are con
stantly deceiving their patrons by substituting in
ferior preparations under the name of < linger: and
as ginger is an unimportant flavoring ingredient
in our Tonic, we are sure that our friends will
agree with vs as to the propriety of the change.
There w ill lie no chaime, however, in Ilie prepara
tion itself; and all bottles remaining in the hands
of ilic dealers, wrapped under the name of "I'.wt-
Ki-.it > (;i M. i ll Toxic," contain the genuine ineil
ieine if the signature of Hiscox&Co. is at the bot
tom ol outside wrapper.
PSALMS.
j REVISED. ]
Hear this, all ye people, and give
ear all ye invalids of the world, Hop
Bitters will make you well and to re
joice.
2. It shall cure all people and put
sickness and suffering underfoot.
3. Be thou not afraid when your
family is sick, or you have
Bright's disease or Liver Com
plaint, for Hop Bitters will cure you.
4 Both low and hiyh, rich and poor know
the value of Hop Bitters lor bilious, ncrvou
and Rheumatic complaints.
5. Cleanse me with llop Bitters and I shall
hive robust and bloomini; health.
li. Add disease upon disease and let the
worst come, I am safe if 1 use Hop Bitters.
i. For all my life I have been plagued with
sickness and sores, and no until a year ago was
1 cured, by Hop Bitters.
K. He that keepeth bis bones from aching
f:oin Rheuanitisin and Neuralgia, with Hop
Bittern, doeth wisely
Though thou hast sores, pimples, freckles
salt rheum, ervesipelas, blood poisoning, yet
Hop Bitters will remove them all.
10. What womau is there, feeble and sick
from female complaints, who desireth not health
and nselh Hop Hitters and is made well.
11. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitter* bring
on serious Kidney and Liver complaints.
12. Keey thy tongue from being furred, Ihey
blood pure, and they stomach from indigestion
by useing Hop Bitters.
1.1, All my pains and aches and disease go
like ehufl before the wind wheu I use Hop Hit
ters.
14, Mark the man who was nearly dead and
given up by the doctors after useing Hop Bit
ters and bccometh well.
15, Cease from worrying about nervousness
general debility and urinary trouble, for Hop
Bitters will restore you.
Union Woolen >lill,
BUTLER, PA.
11. FDLLKKVOW, Prop'r.
Manufacturer of BI.ANKBTS, FLANNELS, YAKNS,
Ac. Also custom work done to order, such as
carding Rolls, making Blankets, Flannels, Knit
ting and Weaving Yarns, &c., at very low
prices. Wool worked on the shares, it de
aired. iuy7-ly
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10. 1884
License Court.
MESSRS. EDITORS: —Having attended
the license court on several days, we
imagine we learned some things that
might be useful toothers interested in
temperance work throughout the coun
ty. The learned Judge gave us some
interpretations of the law and some
excellent temperance addresses While
we could have wished a different in
terpretation sometimes, had it been
consistent with his oath of office, we
freely accord to him the credit of an
honest, consistent application of the
law as he interprets it to the several
cases before the court.
SOME THINGS I.EARNED.
Ist, The value of remonstrances—
TLe law provides for them and the
Court will patieatly hear them. It
may characterize them as undue pres
ure occasionally, but they are desired
nevertheless. And whether desired
or not they are as legitimate as the
applications for the law express
ly provides for objections by
"evidence, petition, remonstrance
or counsel." But the Court
holds that the remonstrances to
be of value must cover some requir
ment of the law. A general remon
strance on moral grounds does not
meet the case. Remonstrance must
be of the nature of evidence or it will
be of no avail. We will speak of some
points of the law upon which attack may
be made by and by. Next year let re
monstrances come from all points and
be largely signed. Let them be in
various forms, that if an individual
cannot sign one he may be able to
sign another. For example some will
sign against the necessity of restaur
ants who will not sign against hotels.
2d. The law—lgnorant laymen
may have opinions of their own, but
we are authoritatively informed that
"no lawyer whose opinion is worth
having" will interpret otherwise as
given below.
As to hotels and restaurants, the ap
plication being regularly before the
Court,and no remonstrances appearing,
nor objections from any source, the
Court is compelled to grant under the
law. It matters not how many ap
plications are from a single point, a
prima facie case is made out in each
case and the Court has no discretion.
The private knowledge of the judges
cannot enter in except an applicant
happens to be found drunk upon the
streets of Butler. But objections may
be made upon several grounds. It
may be shown that he has not two j
beds used exclusively for the accommo- J
dation of strangers and travelers. The ,
fitness of the applicant may be attack- !
ed and it may be shown that his moral j
character is not good enough to be en- i
trusted with so important a matter, j
Iu the same way the character of the i
bondsmen and signers of the application
may be assailed, and if the number of
reputable men who are signers can be
reduced below the required number of
12, that will be fatal to the application. I
Next year it is hoped that a Legal !
Intelligencer will bear to every part of
the county the names of those who
sign the applications, that intelligent
action may be taken.
Then the licenses may be further re- |
sisted on the ground that they are not j
necessary for the accommodation of j
the traveling public. If the public j
can be otherwise accommodated by j
temperance hoteb, boarding houses ;
and eating houses, and if this can be
made to appear to the Court, no license '
will be granted. In one or two in- j
stances we were aboutbeginniugtohope '
that a stronger position was to be j
taken, vi 7: that if the applicant had :
sufficient business to justify him in !
keeping his house open without a i
license, it would not be granted. But
that view did not come to the surface
often enough to justify us in promul
gating it as law.
As to wholesale liquor stores they
rest on the same basis as any other'
business, for example a grocery store, j
except that it requires a man of certi- j
lied moral character to keep a liquor
store, while any disreputable character 1
may keep a grocery store. I n other j
words the ouly opposition that can be j
made is on the ground of unfitness, and j
their necessity cannot be questioned.
3d. The necessity for more law. I
Verily, if this be the law, and we are
told no legal mind worth considering
will gainsay it, there is crying need
for more law.
We heartily second the suggestion of
the Judge to turn the pressure on the
Legislature. Until prohibition comes,
let it then be enacted that "tosell drinks
to any but strangers and travellers is j
an indictable offense." By all means j
let us send Legislators who will cham- {
pion the Judge's proposed new law. I
Moreover, if the matter of necessity j
cannot be considered in regard to J
wholesale liquor stores, let a remedy \
be sought here also, otherwise they
will be applied for rather than restaur- j
ants because more easily obtained, and S
unless the experience of Butler is ex- j
ceptional they will be a worse calamity ;
to all our small towns throughout the
county.
When may a man be said to be in
temperate ? I>oe.s the number of drinks
taken have anything to do with it? If
so, how many might be considered a |
moderate number ? Or is it determin
ed by one's ability to stand it ?
It seemed to be confessed that if a
man was a "common drunkard" he was
an intemperate man, others seemed to
think that if a man got drunk occasion
ally he might be included under the
same head; some thought a man was a
temperate man if he could "drink and
go about his business." lie might be
bloated and re.l and be the cause of
anxiety to his friends, or he might be
long to a crowd that tipple and guzzle
ad libitum, or his tongue might run at
rather lively a rate, but as long as he
could attend to business he was a sober
man. It never seemed to dawn upon
them that temperate means "not exces
sive," not too much, and that when a
man has too much he is intemperate.
Not too much to carry, as some
seem to think, but too much for his
good. If a man from the use of drink
is not at his best, has he not used too
much'r And if that is his habit is he
not an intemperate man ?
When is a man rightly spoken of as
a man of kuown intemperate habits?
Is it necessary that the witress be able
to tell how many people he has heard
sav so ? Are not the things we know
best, the things we do not talk about ?
We are more apt to express opinions
about things that are under discussion.
If, for example, I should say "W. D.
Brandon is known to be a temperance
man," that would be true, yet I cannot
now recall more than a single instance
l in which I was told so. The evidence
j is before the public and the public know
I the truth. So a man may be a man of
known intemperate habits when bis
i acts make him known to the commun
ity he lives iu. Should then the fact
that a man cannot give names weaken
his testimony ? Whether he can or can
not give them should not his word
stand for all it is worth when he delib
erately says that such a man is a man
■ of "known intemperate habits?''
Temperance friends, there is ground
for encouragement, public sentiment is
growing in our favor and is affecting
| courts and attorneys. Men no longer
I need to apologize for presenting remon
strances. The apology is more likely
| to be forthcoming if an earnest p'ea is
made for license. Let us keep on
striving for better laws and especially
for the entire prohibition of the traffic
and in the meantime seek to enforce
the law we have and confine the traffic
within the narrowest limits possible.
YOURS FOR TUE WAR,
An Exemplary Citizen
NEW YORK, March 27. —The move
ment on the pert of friends of Carl
Schurz to raise him a testimonial of
SIOO,OOO has been abandoned at the
earnest request of Mr. Schurz. A con
siderable portion of the sum named
had already been paid into the fund,
and without doubt the full amount
would have been raised. The matter
coming to Mr Schurz's knowledge, he
requested that the money be returned
to the subscribers, and out of regard
for his feelings this has been done.
The following personal letter from the
ex-Secretary expresses his views:
45 EAST SIXTY-EIGHTH STREET, )
FRIDAY, March 21, 1884. )
To Mi/ Dear Mr. Schwab.
I saw the Tribune only late this
afterijoon, and found in it a statement
that some of my friends were engaged
in raising a fund of SIOO,OOO to be
presented to me. Upon further in
quiry I learned that you are the treas
urer of the committee organized for
that purpose, and that a very consid
erable part of the sum is already avail
able. Let me confess to you that this
matter is very embarrassing to me.
Not as though I were in doubt as to a
general line of conduct to follow, but
because I should be exceedingly sorry
in obeying my impulse to do anything
that might in the least be liable to be
interpreted as want of appreciation on
my part of the generous motives of my
friends who prepared this valuable sur
prise for me. Let me assure you that
I esteem it a great honor to have such
friends, and that I am proud of being
thought of by them deserving of such
rewards. Nobody can appreciate this
more than I do. At the same time I
could not accept such sums of money
without giving proper equivalent for
them. This may be a matter of feel
ing; but, as such, it is of great impor
tance to the person concerned. To
this feeling I should have given decid
ed expression had I been consulted
when the enterprise was begun. I
consider it, therefore, proper, before
any formal presentation is made to me,
to ask, through you, my friends to for
give me if, with the highest possible
appreciation of their generous senti
ments, 1 feel obliged to decline in ad
vance this valuable sign of their friend
ship and esteem, so that no further
steps be taken; and I wish to say
further that I shall be indebted to
you, dear Mr, Schwab, if you will
kindly return to the respective con
tributors the various sums paid into
this fund.
I am cordially and gratefully your
friend C. SCHIRZ.
To Gustave Schwab, Esq.
Going for the Mail.
For years the children of Col. Mott,
of Westbury, Conn., were in the habit
of harnessing the family horse and
driving to the post office for the daily
mail. Last fall the old horse, with
others, was turned out to pasture, but
it seems that he remembered his duty.
About the usual time of the day he es
caped from the lot ami trotted to the
post office, where he was observed to
wait patiently. The postmaster sur
mised the animal's mission, and he se
lected Mr. Mott's mail, tied it up iu a
package, and adjusted it to the horse's
head The mail arrived at its destina
tion safely. The animal ever since
has appeared daily at the regular hour
at the post office for Lis master's mail.
—The lioston Pout tell of some col
lege boys who after dark took an entire
load of wood from a farmer's sled, left
in the street over night, and with great
labor piled it up in a citizen's wood
shed, under the impression that he'd be
charged with stealing it. They found
the next morning that the citizens had
bought that wood the night before.
—Neighbors are very considerate in
Norway. When a baby is born a
placard is nailed upon the door inform
ing the community of the fact. Those
who wish to move out of the vicinity
are thus enabled to do so in good sea
son.
American Art.
Photographs, Engravings, etc., can
be exquisitely colored with Liquid Art
Colors made front Piamond Dyes. Full
directions for this beautiful art wot k,
with a handsome colored cabinet photo
sent to any address for 10 cents.
Wells it Richardson Co., Burlington,
Vt.
Blaine's Strength at Chicago
There is'no reason to doubt that
Blaine will exhibit greater strength in
the next National Convention, on first
ballot, than he did in Cincinnati in
1876, or in Chicago in 1880. The pop
ular sentiment will be more fully and
freely expressed, and the delegates will
not be hampered by instructions or so
easily stayed by the [party leaders.
There will be a larger and more liberal
exercise of individual judgment than
ever before, because there is a wider
and more general demand for the se
lection of a candidate who will best
meet the exigencies of the party and
give the surest promises of success.
In 187G Blaine received 285 votes on
the first ballot, the whole number be
ing 754, and lacked but 93 votes of a
nomination. He gained 11 votes on
the second ballot, and when the seventh
ballot was cast he had 345. or 33 less
thaik a majority. He was by all odds
the most popular candidate and was
fairly entitled to the nomination, but
his defeat was compassed by influences
which it is not uecessary to dwell upon
now. On this last ballot he received
140 votes from the Southern States,
and he should have had at least an
equal strength from that section in the
next convention.
In 1880 Blaine received 284 votes
on first ballot, or 20 leis than were cast
for UraDt. He maintained his strength
with remarkable steadfastness all
through the subsequent balloting, up
until the thirty-fifth ballot, when the
break was made in favor of Garfield.
At no time during that wonderful con
test did Blaine's vote fall below 240,
and for the most part it vibrated be
tween 280 and 284. When the last
ballot but one had been reached, Oar
field jumped from 17 to 50, and on the
last ballot he received 399, Blaine hav
ing but 42. Orant still held his 306,
so that it was the friends of Blaine
who nominated Garfield.
At Chicago, the States from which
Blaine received his chief support were
California, Illinois, Indiana, lowa,
Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl
vania. He had no support four years
ago in Massachusetts, where he will
now have a number of delegates. In
Pennsylvania he had but 23 delegates,
but now he will come pretty near
sweeping the State, In Ohio, where
he had but 9 votes in 1880, he ought
to have more than double that number
now, and the same is true of other sec
tions. In a word, he has lost none of
his old-time prestige and power, and
will undoubtedly lead all other candi
dates at the opening of the balloting. If
the South comes up as fully to his sup
port as it did in 1876 he will be the
winniug mau.—Pittsburgh Commer
cial-Gazette.
Why Apprentices are Scarce,
A contemporary writer says it is
principally beciuse of the conceit of
foolish parents, who could not think of
allowing their boys to soil their hands
with manual labor, or tarnish their
pedigree by associating with common
workmen. Many and many a young
man have I known whose aptitudes
called to him with all the imperious de
mands of instinct to learn a trade, but
he was prevented from doing so by his
parents, who preferred to see him filling
the more important and dignified posi
tion of clerk, often working fifteen
hours a day for sls per month, and
sometimes yielding to the small temp
tation to leave unpaid his tailor's and
washerwoman's bills, Or if he es
caped the clerkship, he was almost
surejto be found among the luckless nine
ty and nine professional men who stand
off and eye with green envy the one in
the round hundred who has made a suc
cess Itis notlackof attention to the new
workman that is lowering the standard
in mechanical trades, but the folly of
parents in closing the doors .of trades
in the face of their sons, and in the
absence of good material we get bad.
It is often the case that we get hold of
a boy who has but few or no qualifica
tions, natural or acquired, for a trade,
but he can probably make more money
at that than at common labor, and as
we can get no better, we have to do the
best we can. There is no doubt but
we are getting poorer subjects every
year for apprentices for this very rea
son. But we can reach a point so low
that is impossible to go any lower, and
and I believe we have reached that
point in some lines of business. Some
parents, and boys too, are getting their
eyes opened. They are learning that
they cannot plant dudes and raise men.
Many bubbles have been pricked, and
gilding has worn through. Labor is
becoming more dignified, because more
than ever before is it wedded to thought.
The manual training schools which are
springing up in nearly all of our large
cities are giving instructions to boys
whose parents, perhaps, would not at
the start consent to them entering the
shops These schools are doing a good
work in teaching the principles of
trades, in fostering a genuine love for
mechanics, and in pointing out the
special field where the yonng man can
labor with the assurance of receiving
his highest reward. With such bright
ening prospects as the work of the man
ual trainig school warrants, we see no
reason for fearing that the race of
good workmen in any trade will soon
die out. Ou the contrary, we believe
we will see mechanics increasing in
numbers and skill fro m year to year.
If all the treos in all the woods were men,
And each and every blade of grass a pen;
If every leaf on every shrub and tree
Turned to a sheet of foolscap, every sea
\Ver« changed to ink, nnd ail earth's living
tribes
Had nothing else to do but act as scribes,
And for ten tho'isand ages, day and night,
The human race should write, and write, and
write,
Till all the pens and paper were used up,
And each great inkstand was an empty cup.
Still would the scribblers cluster round its
brink
Call for more pens, more paper, and more ink.
illanlic Month.u.
Running for a Train
ia tbe course of some rather ill-na
tured comments on tbe manners of
Americans, Oscar Wilde recently ob
served that tbe citizens of tbe great
Republic "are always running to catch
a train." Like moat foreign generali
zations on tbe customs of a country,
tbe statement is broader than tbe facts
warrant; but the sarcasm conveys a
bint which many of oar people may
well ponder with profit.
Mr. Wilde, looking at the subject
frnm the "aesthetic" point of view, sees
in this headlong American habit simply
a proof of tbe lack of that dignified re
pose of manner which be regards as a
mark of true gentility. So far, it ia
only a question of taste, as to which
opinions may fairly differ. But there
is also a practical side to it. Running"
for a train" ia more than undignified—
it is attended with risk to health and
life which few suspect. On this point
the Medical and Surgical Reporter
makes some important statements which
we commend to those who travel daily
on the cars.
These daily travelers form a numer
ous growing class. We bare not the
statistics at hand ; bat the number who
ride on the steam-cars every day counts
far up among the thousands, and the
great traveling public all oyer the land,
forms a populous State constantly on
the move. And it may be safely said
that a majority at least of the diurnal
travelers are accustomed to delay in
starting for the train until they are
obliged to hurry, even to ihe point of
running, to catch it.
But, according to the re
ferred to, this dangerous business.
The combined haste and anxiety exert
a most pernicious influence upon the
action of the heart. Even if the heart
is perfectly sound, running when not
practiced as a regular exercise, is not
beneficial to the delicate cords and
valves of that sensitive organ. In
case it is weak by disease, such violent
movement must prove very injurious.
As a matter of "fact, it is aways peril
ous, and sometimes immediately fatal.
The writer of the article says he has
known of several instances, within his
own experience, where men who had
supposed themselyes sound have run
for trains, and getting on board have
fallen exhausted into seats from which
they never arose. But if not at once
the cause of death, the constant wear
and tear upon the heart, when "run
ning for the train" is a common prac
tice, induces a disordered condition
which will ultimately give serious
trouble. "Better miss a train," the
Reporter wisely says, "than run the
risk of running into the jaws of death ;
for this strain on the heart cannot
prove bene&cial to one that is sound,
while it is likely to prove disastrous to
one that is weak.
The habit has its ridiculous as well
as its serious side One can scarcely
pass a railway station without seeing
some ope running as if his life depend
ed on his speed, and dashing furiously
up the stairway to "catch a train,"
when another one will come along in
a short time. An ordinary train
hardly ever leaves a station bat the
spectacle may be witnessed of a belat
ed passenger harrying toward the
moving cars, out of wind and ready to
drop with unwanted exertion, and get
ting on at the peril of his life—and all
to save perhaps twenty or thirty min
utes' time in reaching the city.
This is very foolish, and our daily
travelers would do well to think it over
with proper seriousness. The impulse
is a strong one to hurry when one is
late; but the gain is so small compared
with the risk incurred, that wise men,
when they know the peril, will try to
avoid it, either by starting earlier or
philosophically waiting for the next
train.
Have Juries too Much Power?
In discussing the jury system in the
light of the Cincinnati riots, it is well
to distinguish between the system it
self and the abuses to which it is sub
jected. The laws will generally be
found less objectionable than the man
ner of their enforcement, hence the best
way to reform the jury system would
be to correct the abuses which inhere
in it by reason of the lax administra
tion of the laws under which it was
organized.
There is a strong disposition, how
ever, to question the soundness of the
laws in relation to jurors. The pro
visions under which intelligence is ex
cluded and ignorance invited into the
jury-box; the fact that juries are made
judges of the law as well as of the facts;
the requirement that they must be
unanimous in order to find a verdict;
that they are permitted to acquit if
they enterU-in a reasonable doubt as to
guilt, they themselves being the judges
as to what constitutes such a doubt—
these, and kindred provisions are re
garded by many writers as conferring
too much power upon juries, especially
when so little care is exercised in get
ting the right kind of men to serve as
jurors.
In some States, notably Illinois,
vigorous efforts have been made to
have the criminal code and practice BO
amended as to compel juries to take
the law from the courts, but as yet they
have proved unavailing. The same
law prevails in this State, in New
York, and throughout the country gen
erally. It is of little avail for judges
to instruct juries in the law, when the
law has already vested them with
power to determine the law for them
selves so far as the particular case be
fore them is concerned. It is under
this authority that they are able to
find murder of the first degree man
slaughter, or to acquit a defendant
when there is indubitable proof of his
guilt. This power is all the more dan
gerous since there is no remedy against
those who abuse it, and no power in
the court to set aside verdicts which are
palpable perversions of both law aud
justice.—Pittsburgh Com-Gazette.
—Though "hope"' contains only
four letters it has a bigger stretch than
"anticipation."
FARM NOTES.
A successful Illinois dairyman as
serts that he keeps 100 cows and never
raises a pound of hay. He feeds his
cattle on corn fodder, cut when in
blossom, bound aud set np until cured,
or until winter, when it is removed to
the barn. He gets seven tons of this
dry fodder to tbe acre, and affirms that
it is worth as much as the best of hay.
The most satisfactory grass for gen
eral lawns, says an exchange, is June
grass. It makes a quick, stiff sod, and
holds its own against weeds and other
grasses for a long time. It is cheap
and easily procured. The famous
Kentucky blu«i grass is nothiog but
our ordinary June grass, varied by
being grown on the limestone soils of
Kentucky.
A farmer at Dedham, Mass., gets,
in good seasons, four tons of hay per
acre. He does it by top dressing the
grass land with five cords per acre of
good barnyard manure, applied with a
Kemp manure-spreader. All the
manure from 150 head of neat
stock and 1,000 hogs is used this
way, while fertilizers are applied to
the corn grown for ensilage.
It is estimated that each inhabitant
of the United States consumes, on an
average, a pint and a half of milk a
day, in the form of food and drink, and
as much more in the shape of butter
and cheese. To furnish in the form
of beef the equivalent of the milk con
sumed would require the slaughtering
of 24,000,000 fat steers weighing on
an average, 1,500 pounds each.
The sanitary importance of tile
draining deserves to be considered,
as well as its agricultural value. This
point was emphasized by Hon. Mr.
Cumback, of Indiana, in a recent
speech. "In this flat State of Indiana,"
he said, "the thousands of miles of tile
ditches that lie buried in our swamp
lands have carried off not only the sur
face and stagnant water, but ague
j enough to shake the world if it wer
all let loose at once upon the earth."
It is fortunate that ague didn't get
loose.
In making the butter known as
"butterine," leaf lard is run through a
hasbing-machine and rendered at a
temperature of about 140° Next it is
deodorized and cooled for several days,
then drained off, melted, churned and
mixed with cream butter, the propor
tion of the latter varying from 20 to
50 per cent. Various substances are
used for coloring, which mav or may
not be injurious. Raw fat rendered at
a low temperature, says the American
Cultivator, cannot be regarded as a
healthful food.
Spiders.
From Good Woods.]
Spiders are not insects, as most peo
ple think. There is precisely the same
relationship between a spider and an
insect that there is between a cow and
a codfish. Tbe cow and the fish are
both vertebrates, and the spider and
the insect are both annulates, but there
i the resemblance ceases. In every
other point of structure they differ
widely from each other. The spider
has eight legs, whereas an insect can
not have more than six. The nervous
system is constructed on a totally dif
ferent principle, and so are the circula
tion and respiration. The eyes are
different, tbe insects having many com
pound eyes, and the spider never hav
ing more than eight and all of them
simplo.
Then, a spider has no separate bead,
as is the case with the insects, the
head and thorax being fused together.
Neither does the spider pass through
the series of developments which we
call "transformations." When the
young spider is hatched it is a spider,
and retains the same shape through its
whole life. Again, no insect that is at
present known can spin silken threads.
Take the silkworm as a familiar exam
ple. The silk is spun by the caterpil
lar and not by the moth. Now, the
spider can produce threads throughout
the whole of its life. It possesses,
moreover, the faculty of producing dif
ferent kinds of silk, according to tbe
object for which it is needed. If we
watch the first of these creatures we
may see all three silks produced. The
web of the diadem spider is made of
radiating cables, like the spokes of a
wheel, and having a slight thread
wound spirally over the spokes. The
whole web is suspended by cables like
those Which form the spokes, and guy
ropes of similar structure support it on
every side.
A bluebottle fly now comes buzzing
along and blunders against one of the
supporting cables. It is not arrested
by the cable, but falls upon the net,
where it is at once caught. If we ex
amine the web with a tolerably power
ful magnifying glass we nhall see that
the cables and spokes are quite smooth,
while the spiral thread is covered with
little globules of a gummy character.
There are about 1,400 of these globules
in each inch of thread, and on an aver
age a complete web contains 87,000 of
them. These globules act just like
bird lime, and the moment that an in
sect touches one of them with it leg or
wing it is held tightly by the gum.
In fattening sheep for market, Day's
Horse and Cattle powder is the thing
to give them. Stock raisers knowing
this buy it. Price twenty-five cents
per package of one pound, full weight.
la the Spring th« maiden's fancy
Lightly turns to Summer silk,
While the dude thinks of his Nancy
And her mouth for froren milk
The canceled mortgage is devoid
of interest.
Cincinnati's motto—Be sure your
riot, then go ahead.
The early bird sometimes catches
a body full of shot.
I think I had rather trust mi faith
than mi judgment.
—The uncertaintys ov life are ju&t
what makes it endurable
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