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Orders for I'iano ami Organ tuning and repairing promptly attended to l>y John 11. Eyth of Pittsburgh, I'a. Nov. 14, 'B.'!, .'lra. Hard Wood Furniture for sale at extremely low figures, A great variety ol Red*, Tables, Choirs, Chlldreos' Chairs, Ladies' Mockers, Kxfra H«;»vy Arm Rockers, Marble and Wood Top Parlor TuUlck Bureau*, Stands, Double and Single Lounges, Spring Mattresses, Ac., Ac., at WM. F. MILLER'S, .>'ortli Main Nfreef, B U T L K R, P KACTOKY ON WAHHINOTON STREET, dlim-tf. JOSEPH B, PIZER, PLASTERER &. CONTRACTOR, liutlei> fa. Having removed to Kutler, from Porten.ville, I hereby inform the public that I am prepared hi execute all orders and take contracts for plastering, stucco and mastic work in all its branches, and I will guarantee satisfaction and give references if necessary. Orders can be sent through the mail or left at my residence in Hpringdale, on Centre avenue, nearly oppo site the grocery store j, b. pizm Salesmen Wanted ON SALARY. ItKLJAKLK MKN, having good natural abilities ami pluck, to soil nuhskhv stock. Huch men are sure to succeed and earn liberal salaries from the start. Situations Permanent. Write for terms. fILEN BItOTBEKS. Nnrseyrnen, Uochester, N. V. Union W<K>lcn Mill, lIUTLKK, PA. 11. FIILLERTO.V, Prop'r. Manufacturer of Ul. ankkts , Ki.a.nnbi.k, Yahns, Ac. Also custom work done to order, such as carding Itolls, making Blankets, Flannels, Knit ting and Weaving Yams, Ac., at very low prices. Wool worked on the shares, if de sired, my7-ly r-r Advertise in tbe Citubn BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2::. 1884 THE TARIFF ISSUE Squarely Before Congress and the Country, But Only Two Votes to Spare. WASHINGTON, April 15.—The tariff question was sprung upon the House and upon the country to-day by a j majority of two votes. On this slender i thread had it hung for days and weeks. Little else had been talked of during this time. Up to the minute of takiug the yeas and nays members represent ing both factions were anxious and doubtful as to the result. The degree of accuracy of calculation on the vote was measured by these dispatches last night, which varied but six votes from the final result on the matter of consid eration. This, in a House of 325 members, shows how finely the figur ing on both sides was conducted. It beats anything of the kind on record. When the house opened this morning it was with a pretty full attendance on both sides. The galleries were not more than half occupied at the begin ning, but rapidly filled up, and by the time the morning hour expired presen ted a sea of faces, broken only by the empty diplomatic gallery. During the morning hour a number of unimpor tant measures got through without objection, owing to the general atten tion being absorbed by what was to come. A great deal of hubbub was created by private discussion, and the Republican and Democratic whips were busy in the seats, aisles, cloak rooms and corridors So great was the confusion that the Speaker's gavel handle was in active play much of the time, and several times business was suspended that order might be restor ed. . MORRISON AND RANDALL were the chief objects of interest from the galleries, an interest which was also shared by other members. Judge Kelly appeared to have suddenly be came the leader on the minority side, and around him Hiscock, Kasson, Heed and other Republican leaders gathered for inspiration. Mr. Randall sat in his seat, the first time for sever al days, and his Democratic adherents seemed to lean upon him heavily for advice and comfort. Mr. Morrison was very nervous. He fidgeted about in his chair and twisted his fingers, and occasionally got up and walked about the aisles. He was not still a minute, and looked quite grave and serious. It was an important occa sion for him. He was followed about by some of his brother reformers like a bell-wether in pasture. Finally the suspense got too great for Morrison to bear, and he rose and cut short Sam Cox, Richard Robinson and Mr Finerty, who had just entered upon a petty wrangle over a proposi tion to permit an ensign of the navy to accept a foreign decoration, by call ing for the regular order. The sound of his voice had a more salutary effect upou the House than the Speaker's gavel, for the babel of sounds immedi ately became hushed into funeral still ness. Every eye in the vast audience above and below was on him. Mr. Morrison followed up his success with a motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider revenue bills. When the Speaker put the question there was a loud "aye" frem the Dem ocratic side to a feeble "no'' from the | opposite forces. Some Republican shouted "division." Hut it was evi dent he didn't understand the Repub lican programme, for Judge Kelly arose and said he hoped his side would not insist here. So the House went into committee, with Cox in the chair, without opposition. TUB SCENE SHIFTS. The motion, however, which came next, to take up the Morrison bill, pro voked quite a different scene. Mr. Eaton, who had come down to a front seat near the centre aisle, rose at this juncture and objected to a considera tion. Judge Kelly, in almost the same breath, also objected. The first objec tion, as if by design, was made to come from the Democratic side. To save time it was suggested the yeas and nays be called at once. The Speaker, in the usuul formula, put this to the House, which rose as one uiao. The unanimity on going on the Jievvrd provoked a burst of laughter from all sides. Perhaps a roll call WHS never listened to in the House more atten tively. As one of the members sup posed to l»e pledged to Randall voted aye, and then presently another, there was a slight sensation—more seen than heard. When the tally sheets Were figured up, this sensation was apparent among the clerks, who were besieged by pages and members for the result. Journal Clerk Smith wrote the figures 140 to 138 in large characters, and turned them up on the reporters iti the gallery and members on the floor. Mr. Randall smiled. Mr. Morrison sal as grim as the sphinx. If it had been a crushing defeat he could not have looked more serious, for it indicated [ certain defeat for the Morrison bill, if i not, indeed, for the defeat of any tariff , legislation this session. A single vote j more would have been a tie. The Republicans who voted for con- 1 sideration were three Minnesota mem- I bers—Strait, Nelson and Wakefield; I Anderson, of Kansas, and James, of Rrooklyn. The following Democrats voted against the bill: Randall, Wise, Har bour, Shelley, Glasscock, Tulley, Hen ley, Hudd, Eaton, Finerty, Lamb, Hunt, Findlay, Ferrell, Fiedler, Mc-j Adoo, Muiler, Hardy, Van Alstyne, j Wemple, Spriggs, Arnot, Stevens, Converse, Warner, Page, Foran, Elli ott, Ermentrout, Mutchler, Storm, Con nelly, I'ost, Duncan, Curtin, Hoyle, j Hopkins and Fatten. RANDALL'S ROLL OK IS< AKIOTH. Mr. Randall is very much chagrined to-night because of the failure of those who had personally given him assur ances of their support to carry out his programme. The list of delinquents in as follows: Tillman, of South Carolina; Garrison and Cabell, Virginia; Snvder, I West Virginia; Rosecrans, California; Seymour, Connecticut; Love, Dela ware: Hoblitzell and Talbott, of Mary land: O'Neill and Clardy, of Missouri; Beach, New York: Jordan, Murray, Lefevre and Seney, of Ohio, If these 16, who were pledged at the beginning to Mr. Randall's side, had stuck to their colors it would have been the last of tariff legislation this summer. Four more of the 60 claimed—Sumner, of California; Xichols, Georgia; Campbell and llutchins, of New York, were ab j sent. The vote of James, of New York, on the Republican side, was one of the un expected things which happened. As ; soon as the vote was taken Mr. Morri son took the floor in a labored speech, which he read rather dryly from manu script. He was followed by Judge Kelly, who made one of the best off hand efforts of his life. THE MAN WHO 81 RPRISED THEM. Mr. Strait was asked to explain his vote in favor of considering the bill, and replied as follows: "I believe that a reduction of the tariff must come sooner or later. I believe that the tariff is much too high. The reduction made last Congress is a step in the right direction, but tbe tariff will stand a further reduction without doing harm, in my opinion, to the manufac turing interest of the East. While I don't desire to cripple the manufactur ing industries, I do believe they can transact their business under a reduc tion and still be able to compete with foreign markets, and I further think that the people of the West will insist upon a fair and proper reduction. This bill, in respect to many items, is not what I or many others would like to have. 1 would like to place many items on tbe free list, and possibly there are many items in the bill that ought not to receive 20 per cent, reduc tion." "Don't you think that the discussion is unavailing, will amount to nothing and is an unnecessary waste of time ?" "I do not think so, because I believe in reduction, and any discussion on that subject I do not think a waste of time. "Do you think the bill as it now is should pass; in other words, would you vote for it ?" "I am not clear whether the bill in its present shape should pass or not, and shall have to reserve my judgment on that point until after a fair discus sion of it." Ou being asked for an explanation of his vote, Mr. Nelson replied : "In the (irst place I am not a free trader, in tbe full sense of the term. I believe in a reduction of the tariff, and I believe a majority of the people of my district are iu favor of a reasonable reduction. The resolutions and addresses of the Farmers' Convention which lately met at St Paul indicate that the sentiment of the farmers is for a reduction of the tariff, and the platform on which I was nominated and elected was also in favor of tariff reform. I voted to take up the Morrison bill because that was the only way of getting the question of tariff reduction before the House. I am not prepared to say it is a perfect bill, nor am I prepared to say at pres ent that I shall vote for it. Rut Ido feel that the people of the West are en titled to a reasonable and equitable re duction of the tariff, and it is a great outrage to have a system of taxation which leaves a surplus of $150,000,000 in the Treasury every year." "But it will be said that the tariff bill cannot pass the Senate, and what is the use to vote to do something that will amount to nothing ?" was suggest ed THE SENATE FOR REFORM. "1 have every reason to believe," Mr. Nelson replied, that our Senators will support a proper reform bill. The bill passed last year came from the Sen ate." "If the Morrison bill, as it is, should be submitted to the House now for a yote, what would you tlo ?" "1 am not now prepared to say. As the court says, I don't wau't to decide the case until it is brought before me to decide. I was very sorry the Re publican side did not decide upon some kind of a tariff bill and had it introduc ed, for I should have preferred to have voted for a measure introduced by the Republicans. But as uo opportunity of that kind was offered, 1 had but one alternative, and that was to vote tako up the Morrison bill or not to have any bill taken up for consideration." "Why did you vote to take up the Morrison bill to-day?" Mr. Wakefield was asked "i yoted that way because I thought it was my duty to my constituency to do so. I voted simply for the consid eration of tbe bill, but it does not fol low that 1 am iu favor of its passage as it is. I was nominated on a platform which commits me to a reduction of tbe tariff. My impression is unless this bill was taken up and considered there would Imj no opportunity of putting my views on record." "Would vou vote for it as it is?" "I certainly should not vote for the bill in its present shape, but 1 shall do so if it is properly amended." Mr. Mormon greeted hia friends cor dially this evening. When asked his opinion as to the prospects of his bill, he said he did not think it good man oeuvering to supply the enemy with ammunition. He refused to discuss the probabilities. When told that certain Randall Democrats expressed an opin ion that some kind of a tarill bill would be passed by the House this session, he remarked, meaningly, that if any tariff bill were passed it would lie one not very different from that which is before the House. The probable length of the debate on the tariff bill is generally discussed to night. Judge Kelly says at the close of the general debate be will move to strike out the enacting clause. When the general debate will close may be imagined, as more than seventy mem bers are already booked in the Speak er's list for speeches. There art' 323 member* of the House, two districts, tbe Second Mississippi and the Seventh Virginia, not being represented. Politically, Congress is divided into 197 Democrats, and 12C Republicans. The total vote to-day was 278. There were 140 votes in favor of taking up the bill. Of these, 135 were Democrats and five were Re publicans. The negative vote consist ed of 40 Democrats, and 98 Republi cans. The absentees were 22 Demo crats and 23 Republicans. The Title "Esq." The word "esquire" or "Esq." is fashionably tacked to the end of a man's name, no matter what may be his trade or profession. Everyone does not know what it means, and therefore it is conceded, as a matter of course, to be a compliment. We are told by writers that it is derived from the I.atin "scutum" and-the Irish "ecu," and means a shield, "a well-known ti tle of nobility;" that this office in times of chivalry, was honorable, and gener ally borne by persons of good family. Hence the term esquire became gener ally appropriated, in England, to a rank above tbe simple gentleman, and below tbe king. * * * Heads of ancient families are considered esquires by prescriptions; and hence has origin ated the use of the word, in tbe present day, as a common addition to the names of all those who live in the rank of gentlemen. The king creates an esquire by placing around his neck aßilver col lar of F. F. to which ceremony was favorably added the putting on of a pair of 6ilver spurs. Our people are great and no mistake with the exception of the "silver col lar" and the "Bilver spurs." The American-German War. Act I. The Lasker resolution. Minister Sargent quoting from his standard fifth reader, for use in high schools and academies. "Hope for a season bade the world farewell When Thomas Ochiltree and Lasker fell" Bismarck—She didn't. Sargent—She did B.—She didn't. S.—She did. B—Didn't. S—Did. B.—Didn't. S._Did. B.—Didn't. S—Did. B.—Din. S.—Did B—Din. S—Did. B.—Nother! S.—Figbtin' one! B.—Fightin' one an' dassent take it up! (They clinch—in their minds.) Act 11. The Emperor's birthday dinner. Minister Sargent—l never said it. Prince Bismarck—l never said you said it. Minister—l never said you said I said it. Prince—l never said you said I said you said it. Tbe Kaiser of Kaiserville—Embrace me my children. (They all feed. While they chew their vittles white-winged Peace comes in and broods over the crowd, like a cochin hen trying to cover six dozen eggs.- -Bur liny ton JJawkeye. A Scene in the Senate. A large and imposing Senator from [ a Western State waH walking op and down the Senate chamber behind the chairs. 11 in hands met at the small of bin back, und one of them held the other. His step was stately and hia head leaned forward a trifle. On hia face waa a fur-away abstracted expres sion which is usually interpreted to mean that the owner of it ia in deep thought. On a sofa in the the corner of the Senate chamber sat a Senator from another Western State talking to a friend. Pointing to the Senator who was pacing back and forth in full view of the galleries, the sitting Senator said to his friend. "There's a man who ia laboring under a very Htrange hallucin ation." "What is it?" inquired the startled friend. "Why, he thinks that he is thinking."— lVaxhinyton Repub lican. Literary Fame in New York. Fame is an unceHtain possesion. A gentleman well-known in the literary world waa presented to a lady the other evening to a fashionable gather ing. "Your name seems very famil iar," remarked the lady. "Perhaps," intimated the friend who had made the presentation, "you have seen it in print." "Perhaps I have," replied the lady, plaintively, "but I thought I might have seen it on a sign, I am so forgetful." Not Much Practice Yet. "Are you having much practice now ?" asked an old .lutlge of a young lawyer. "Yes, sir, a great deal, 1 thank you." "Ah, I'm glad to hear it. In what line is your practice particularly f" "Well, sir, particularly in economy." —An Omaha pastor is trying to put a stop to Sunday night courting. A gentleman by the name of Mahomet once tried to move a mountain, but that same mountain stands right there yet. —"A great ship must have deep water, I'm told, but this vessel needs something stronger," said the old toper, as he lovingly carressed the empty l»eer schooner that was strand ed on the bar before him. —A man who bought a badly fitting suit that was too large for him was constantly taken to task by bin good wife for hia folly. One evening, aa their little daughter wan retiring, they were much aurprised to hear the fol- j lowing conclusion of her evening pray- ! er: "Please, Ood, make pa over again, 1 so his dotheH'll tit him, and then ma won't natf at him no tnor»» v " CHURCH TRIAL. Another Phase of the Tarentum Trouble. ; from Pittsburgh Corn-Gazette.] 1 The pretty town of Tarentum baa another church trial on hand. It grows out of the recent investigation of charges against Rev. O. H. Timmons, and implicates two of the prominent citizens of the town. It appears that ! the dissensions in the Tarentum U. P. 1 Church, of which Rev. Timmons was i pastor, were by no means healed by I the verdict of the Presbytery in the ( trial of the preacher. On the other | hand the breach was widened, if any thing, the lines between the two fac tions of the church being more distinct ly defined by the developments of the investigation. A movement is now on foot among the friends of Rev. Tim mons to secede from the congregation and organize a new church. They claim to have a strength of 70 mem bers. To illustrate how the congrega tion is divided a ballot may be men tioned which was taken at the meeting of the members last week, when the anti-Timmons faction were triumphant in electing officers. The highest vote was on John Dickson (Timmons) and Geo. Watt, (anti-Timmons. The lat ter received 68 votes and the former 53 votes. The same proportion ran all the way through the election. It is said Rev. Timmons' friends are preparing a petition to Presbytery to allow them to form a new church. In the meantime charges were form ally preferred againßt Dr. G. N. Gal braith and Wm. V. Evans, They are anti-Timmons men. It wa? to investi gate these charges that the Allegheny Presbytery convened in the church building at Tarentum yesterday. They took up Dr. Galbraith'scase first. The charges against him are three in num ber, with almost a dozen specifications, viz : First, violation of his ordination vows as ruling elder by failing to visit the sick and afflicted, neglecting to pray with them, not striving to instruct the ignorant nor reclaim the erring; second, derisive conduct, such as speaking dis respectfully of the pastor, endeavoring to defeat a Sabbath school election, and actions at a meeting of sessions; third, falsehood, in saying that Rev. Tim mons had driven several families out of the church, and that he had induced persons to sign a petition for the adop tion of the new version of the Psalms. The charges against Mr. Evans are of the same nature. THE EVIDENCE. The Presbytery met at 11 o'clock A. M. and organized by electing Rev. Mr. Reed, Moderator, and Rev. Dr. With erspoon Clerk. Adjournment was then had for dinner. In the afternoon the trial of Dr. Galbraith was com menced. Something of a tilt occurred at the outstart. Rev. Mr. Calvert, of Sbarpsburg, who acted as counsel for the prosecution opened the case by i reading the bill of charges and propos ing his line of action. His idea was to save all the time possible by allow ing the witnesses to tell their own stories without being bothered by cross-examination. Rev. Mr. Gal braith, brother of the defendant, ob jected emphatically to such haste where the reputation of a gentleman is at stake. He wanted the privilege as counsel for his brother to cross-ex amine witnesses. At this juncture Dr. Findley got the floor and declared thut the charges were foundationless, and would not stand. He was going on at length to forestall the case when the Moderator called him to order. Things were somewhat confused, but finally the Moderator decided that the gentleman was out of order and that cross-examination should be allowed. The audience of lay members, both men and women, who bad gathered in anticipation of something lively, were disappointed. Testimony was given quietly and the case proceeded smooth ly for the most part. Mr. Evans was the first witness sworn. He knew little or nothing against Dr. Galbraitb although he admitted that he had never lead in prayer when visiting his family. He said I)r. Galbraith had invited him into bis office to sign a pe tition for the new version of the Psalms which be said would be adopt ed. John McDowell never knew him to refuse to visit the sick where he was anked to, and he would pray if aHked to do so. DUTY OJ' KLOKKtt. Rev. Timmons read from the book of rules to show that elders should vis it and pray with the sick at all times without waiting to be asked. Mr. Galbraith asked tbe witness if be did not consider it imprudent for one physician to visit a sick patient who was in the charge of another phy sician. The witness further testified that he had heard Dr. Galbraith say that Rev. Timmons was injuring the church by staying, and that he bad driven fami lies out of it. Robert Little testified that as far as he knew Dr. Galbraith bad done no more to defeat the Sunday School election than ijuestion its authority for actious at the meeting in point. He had only said it was doing what was the duty of the sessions. Robert Baily stated that in four families of his connection there had been four deaths within four years ,and that in all that affliction Dr. (Jalbraitb never visited them as an elder of the church. •Samuel Black, Mr. Houston, Joseph A ten and Mr. Gibson testified subse quently, but their evidence was simply a rcpetlon of the above with Dr. Gal braith slightly leading in favor. A short session was held in the evening again, arid the case will he continued to-day. —lf there is anything that convinces a young husband that it would be cheaper after all to engage a hired girl it is to find that the dear young creat ure has gone and starched his night shirt so that it makes him dreatu all night of mustard plaster* and scalping knives FARM NOTES. —Kentucky has the reputation of pro ducing the best saddle-horses in Ameri ca. —At a metting at Pittsburgh, March 2»>, an association was formed under the name of "The Devon Cattle Breed ers' Club of America." —The Agricultural preßS is begin ning to oppose the free use of arsenical preparations—Paris green, London purple, etc.—for destroying insects. Arsenic ia dangerous stuff to have around, and its general employment is much to be deprecated. —Farms should be so laid out as to dispense a 9 far as possible with fences. They are expensive to build, and costly to keep in repair. They take up room and shelter weeds and briers. The fewer there are of them, the better from every point of view. But whatever fences there are it pays to keep in good repair. —lt is a good plan for farmers to know how to graft their own trees. There is a no deep mystery about. 1 he only secret in grafting is to cut the cleft smoothly so that it will heal readily. Bind the graft in the sap wood so that the cut surfaces shall ad here in all parts, and exclude the air with grafting wax. Nature will do the rest. —At this season, if not done before, according to the American Cultivator, potatoes intended for seed should be got out of barrels and deep bins, and placed where they will be kept cool and exposed to the light. The object is to have the eyes put out green. Then, if cut and planted carefully, the crop will be several days earlier than from seed not so prepared. —An exchange say: "Hew milk weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces per gallon, skimmed milk 8 pounds 9 ounces, cream 8 pounds 4 ounces, buttermilk 8 pounds ounces, and water 8 pounds 5 ounces. Those who believe in testing milk by the lactometer, or any specific gravity test, will observe that 3 gallons of skimmed milk and 1 gallon of water will have the same specific gravity as a gallon of milk." —Apple worms, says an exchange, frequently go through their transforma tion in the cellar, and the moths escape when the windows are opened in the spring Screens should be kept over the windows, and the moths caught as they are attracted towards the light. The codling moth is nearly half an inch long, of an ashen gray color, hav ing a copper-colored spot on the ends of the wing 9. In common with some nearly related insects, they hare the peculiarity of flying with their body perpendicular. —The use of tobacco dust in place of an infusion is recommended by The Country Gentleman for sheep ticks. While one man holds the sheep, laid on low box for convenience in handling, let the other open the wool with one hand and sprinkle four rows of dust the entire length of the animal, from head to tail, Two rows should be on each side, one six inches from the backbone, the other near where the legs leave the body. This will destroy the ticks in a few days, The dust can be had of wholesale manufacturers for the asking. Ten pounds will suffice 100 sheep. —The phenomenally low price of wheat is upsetting a great many calcu lations on the part of both producers and speculators. The stock on hand is far beyond the estimates, and the pros pect for higher rates is not a flattering one. But the price of wheat continues high, and the demand is]practically un limited. AB beef, mutton and pork are concentrated vegetable food, proba blv the beßt thing our American jfarm ers can do is to market less crude grain and put more into animal food. —A correspondent of the New-Eng land farmer has had a few months' experience with a herd of polled cattle, and comes to the conclusion that he doea not want anything more to do with the horned variety. He finds the cattle much more manageable, and thinks his cows will do aboot one-fifth better than if they had horns," % being BO much more quiet and kindly in their dispositions. He sometimes uses a large, fine polled bull in a tread-mill with a horse, and the two animals work side by side in perfect peace and good will. In fact the horse seems to have formed quite an affection tor the bull, and when the machine stops will rest his head against the bull's head, without a sign of resentment on part of the latter. American Art. Photographs, Engravings, etc., can be exquisitely colored with Liquid Art Colors made from Diamond Dyes. Full directions for this beautiful art work, with a handsome colored cabinet photo sent to any address for 10 cents. Wells & Richardson Co., Burlington, Vt, —An Indiana jailbird recently scrap ed off the back of a mirror and swal lowed it. It was a very cold day for him when the mercury went down. —"l'm bent on having it out with the old lady," remarked the small boy when his grandmother laid him across her lap. —Kissing, according to Dr. Deems, is purely an American habit. This is, to say the leaßt, highly complimentry to the good tuste af all of ÜB. —This is a presidential and leap year, and us fellows who are neither presidents nor women will have to re main seated uutil invited to dance. —lt is Haid that Mr. Ilowells' first poem was rejected. But he needn't let that worry him. Our first poem was also rejected. And so, by the way, was our last. —"lsn't it awful?" cried Julia, as a dog, in an agony of fright went scurry ing past with a tin kettle tied to his tail. "Yes, indeed," replied Jones. "I guess there won't be much left of that kattl* " NO. 23
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