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Compounded, as it ii. of the mi'di. inal virtues ot treihHi.ps, Otims, Calsauis and Extracts, it i3indeed the brat pain-killlntr, stimulating, dootliinc and strengthening Porous riast-r ever mamach ;tnd liver di ■ en red )-.v Hwl- rV Srnaiirl. ami MV.T TUTrS ——aai nwi im PILLS A D?sorde;RED LsyER IS THK BANE of the present. Reneration. It is fop tha Cure of this disease and its attendants, SICK-HEADACHE. BILIOTJ SKESS._DYS PKPSIA, COHbTIPATIO*,', PlLES,_et_c., tiiut TtITT'S FILLS have gained a world-wide TJ o ltemedv has ever been dilcovered that acta so gently on the ci'KPftive Riving 'hem vigor to tvs- Eimilate food. Asji natural resnii. tho Mervoa's System is liraceti, tne Muscles are Developed, and tho Body Robust. Cliills and Povor. E. RP7AL, n Planter at Bayou Sara, La., Bays: My plantation is in a malarial district. For eoveral years I could not make half a crop on account of bilious diseases and chill 3. I was nearly discouraged -wh#»n I beptin the ÜBO of TUTT'S PILLS. The result was marvelous" my laborers soon became hearty and robust, s.ud I have had no further trouble. Tlifj reltfre llie cnporjrrd MTW, flranw tlie lflooon willsrnln a healthy f>i«re«t ion, VlfforouM llu ly. Pure lIIfMMI. .Strong Nerves, and a Sound Liver, price, 25CenU. oaicc, a.> Murray St., X. Y. TOTT'S HAIR DYE, OKAY ITAIU or WKI«KFKS changed to a OI.OSSY BLACK by a single application of this DYK. It imparts a natural color, and acts instantaneously. Sold by I)rug«ists, or sent by express on receipt of One Dollar. Office, 33 Murray Street, New York. (j)r. TVTT'S -TJ-4 Vl'.t/, of lnl«oWe\ Information and l'»e/nI ISeceiptn B trill tte mailea 'R£E on application.* If and If. "If you are suffering from poor •health or languishing on a bed of sick 'ness, take cheer, if you are simply uil 'ing, or II you feel weak and dispirited, 'without clearly knowing why, Hop 'Hitters will suiely cure you." "If you are a minister, and liavo overtaxed •yourself with your pastoral duties, or a Mother 'worn out with care and work, or a man of bus ine sor laborer weakened by the strain of your every day duties, or a mau of letters toiling over your midnight work, Hop lii iters will suiely strength* ti you." ' Jl you are stillering 'liom over-eating or 'drinking, any iudes 'erction or dissipation, 'or are youti* and 'growing too fast, as 'is often Hie case." "Or if you are in the workshop, on 'the farm, at the desk, anywhere, and 'feel that your system needs cleansing, 'toulng or t tiinuiatiug, without intoxi 'catiug, il'y. ti are old, blood thin aud 'iuii uri 1 , pulse feeble, ucrves unsteady 'l'icuUit- waning, Hop liilters is what •you need tr. give you new life, health •and vi.'or." If you aro costive or dyspeptic, or sutrering from any other ot the numer ous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it i- your own fault it boa are ill. Il you are wasting away with any form ot Kidney dise.-so, slop templing death this moment, and turn fWr a cure to Bop bitters. If you are sick with that terrible sickness Nervousness, you will lind a 'Halm in ({ilead' in iloji Hitters. If you are a fr< queiilcr, or a resident of a Miasmatic district, barrlca.'e yoer system against the scourge of all coun tries—malaria, epidemic, b lious ami intermittent fevers —by the use of Hop Hitters. If you have roil, li, pimply or sallow skin, bad breath, Hoj Hitters will give you fair skin, rich blood, tin- sweetest breath, and health. SoOO will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, si.ster, mother, or daughter, can lie made the picture of health by a lew bottles of llcip Bitters, cost ing but a trifle. ' f arn to ns with TEH BJUI S " : " S 1 Bl ** SB " g AGatCm OS* Dr GOODS Eg E' ... MORE MOMrr. tn On.. V».-* M.Youms:,l?3GreeuwicUbt.N.Vwrk. BUTLER, l'A., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1884 Blended whisky. '•Three-fourths of |the whisky ns-vJ i in Philadelphia is 'blended whisky,' " | said a well-known dealer yesterday. " 'Blended whisky?' What is that?" "A vile eoncoetion, artificially flavor- I ed and with a fancy name tacked on to make it seli. Don't you know how they do it?" The reporter confessed his ignor ance. "I'll tell you. Vou must remeuiler that very few men are good judges of whisky, no matter how they boast about it. Regular drinkers are the worst judges of all, for they soon burn the keej edge of their palates, and this fact gives the'blended'article a chance. A rectifier puts ten gallons of line old Gibson or Trimble or some other good whisky into a barrel with thirty gal lons of neutral spirits. This mixture he flavors with peach syrup or prune juice, adds burnt sugar to give it color, inyents a 'taking' name for it and puts it on the market." "How about the government gauger? Doesn't he detect the cheat when his services are called in?" "Oh, he has nothing to do with that. It's his business to find out how many proof-gallons the barrel contains, and he is guided by the strength of the alcohol. When he's through he puts on his stamp certifying that he gauged the barrel on such a day and that it contains so many gallons, etc. The rectifier now oilers it for sale as 'pure old rye' and the consumers never know the difference." "But you said nothing about the second stamp. I thought whisky always had two stamps." "Good whiskies do—l see you know a little about the business—and I'll ex plain that to you in a few words. A distiller makes his whisky from the grain—rye or corn or wheat or barley, any of them will produce it—in Ire land they make it from potatoes—and stores it in a government warehouse It is gauged and stamped when it's entered and allowed to remain there two years. During that time it ages and evaporates, and, of course, increas es in value. Now, when the owner sells it, it is gauged again to show the loss by evaporation and duty stamped. That's bow it gets the second stamp." "Then single stamp whisky is never pure?" "Never. It's downright fraud; and yet, as I said before, three-fourths of the whisky used in this town is the single-stamped article. Philadelphia is the greatest place for that sort of thing in the country. Why, there are regular old whisky soaks who are so used to the highly flavored mixture that they make a face over pure whisky and complain that it burns the palate." ' You spoke of the rectifiers using peach syrup as flavoring—that sounds rather appetizing." "It does? Well you'll change your mind when I tell you he buys up all the tbrown-aside, unsalable dried peaches, three or four years old, that he can get at the lowest possible prices, and makes his syrup from them. He never gets the clean, freshly dried fruit you 3ee in the groceries; it would cost too much. It's the refuse he's after, because it's cheap." "Is the 'blended whisky' more inju rious than the pure?" "Certainly. That's the whisky that fills our jails. I'm not a drinker, and I wouldn't say a word in favor of the bad habit, but it's a fact that a drink of good, pure, old whisky is sometimes an actual benefit to a man. It sends a warm and. generous glow all over his system. The blended stulT, on the contrary, being three fourths neutral spirits, is full of ether and flies straight to the head. When a man fills up on tkat the first thing he wants to do is to tight, or to kick up a row of some kind. It's a quick and violent stimu lent, whereas pure whisky is more gentle in its action." "If there is so much blended whisky about, how can a man be sure he's getting the pure article?" "The only way is to buy it from an honest dealer—lf you can find him." "What about beer? That's pretty extensively adulterated, isn't it?" "I don't know a single brand that I would drink and I'm familiar with them all—Milwaukee, Rochester, Cin cinnati, Philadelphia—it's all the same —a compound of malt, glucose or grape sugar and picric acid. The glucose does the fermenting and saves malt, the picric acid brightens the color, and gives the pungent taste and saves hops. The sole object is to save money, and human ingenuity is always at work trying to find cheap substi tutes for the proper ingredients in everything. "Your talk is not very encouraging to drinkers." "Ask any reputable dealer and he will tell you I've spoken the simple truth and that's w hat you asked for. Since the row they made about the adulteration of beer in New York two years ago its consumption has fallen off all over the country. You might think that would be a warning to the brewers, but they don't seem to care a rap for it. They go on adulterating the same as before. The picric acid they use to give it a puugent taste, is very injurious to the kidneys and other organs, and I have herd that all the brewers buy it from the same druggist and keep it as quiet as possible. No I don't know who the druggist is—l'd tell you in a minute if I did. A Ger man doctor told me not long ago that nearly all the diseases among the Ger mans here are caused by drinking beer, j There's nothing of that kind iu Ger ; many, where the beer is pure and kept ' for oue year after it is made. Here it j is not only adulterated, but is 'jerked ; out' to tipplers when it is only a month old. Now that isn't lager beer at all, for 'lager' means 'kept,' and our beer j is not entitled to that name." "But there seems to be a demand ! for malt liquors that must be satisfied. ! What would you suggest as a substi tute for beer?" "Pale ale. They can't use the acid in miikinpr that. They must use hops ami 1 believe it is pure ami whole. "There is a good deal ot'talk about the impurity of the vviues imported into litis country. Is it really true that thev aro nearlv all 'doctored?' " "So far that it's almost impossible to g..l a pure imported wine of any kind. In fact, they carried adulteration so far, especially in France, that tne peo ple of thjs country are fast dropping imported wines and using the native vintage instead. Our native wines are so cheap that it wouldn't pay to adul terate them. Flat? Not a bit of it. They have the pure flavor of the grape and that may be an unusual flavor to palates that are used to the 'doctored' imported stuff. Why, nearly all the wines imported from France are Amer ican wines manipulated by French houses and sent back here to be sold at enormous prices. The French are most expert wine doctors iu the world. Hon. E. Joy Morris once told me that when he was United States Minister to Turkey he was invited on a certain occasion to inspect a large wine recti fying establishment, at Cette, France. Cette is a little seaport town, miles away from the vine-growing districts, and yet it is famous for its large wine making houses. The manager asked Mr. Morris what braud of wine he would like, his object being to show how speedily aud successfully tbey could produce it. Mr. Morris asked lor Veuve Clicquot and in ten minutes a bottle was placed before him contain ing so perfect an imitation of the fa mous champagne that he confessed his inability to tell the difference. It had been manufactured under his very eyes and grape juice had a very small part in the operation. ' That's the sort of stuff the people of this country pay big prices for, when they could buy absolutely pure native wines for less than one-half the money. The day isn't far off when imported wines will be entirely sup planted with native makes—and when that is done it is likely somebody over here will find a way to adulterate our own wines profitably. They havn't found it yet, but it will come of course, for it's an age of adulteration, and wines can hardly escape." Last in Bed Blows out the Light. Old Uncle Ploughgit and his wife were holding a sort of love feast the other night; recounting old times. As the worthy couple slowly prepared to retire they went over the days gone by in a highly entertaining manner. 'Do you know, 'Riah, I feel just as young as I ever did?' said Uncle Ploughgit, exuberantly. 'So do I, Enoch,' sprily responded Aunt 'Riah. Then a thought suddenly occurred to Uncle Ploughgit, and wheeling on his heel he cried out: 'Last in bed blows out the light!' ana made a plunge for the side of the couch. His wife, though taken by surprise, was nothing behind him in sprightliness, and their aged heads met about the middle of the bed with a startling thump. Aunt 'Riah dou bled upon the floor, and old Uncle Ploughgit, rubbing the top of his head, muttered, 'what two durued old fools we be, anyhow.' —Two years ago the people of Lower Merion twp., Montgomery county, elected as road supervisor Hon. A. J. Cassatt, Vice President of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Co., whose summer residence is in its borders. It was done partly as a joke, as supervisor was considered about the least possible account, and some of his neighbors thought it a playful way to give Cas satt an office. To the surprise of all he "took out his papers" and presented himself for tho oath. Then began such a tearing down and digging up as that old country district never witnessed be fore. Tax collections were rigidly en forced, and those who bad been in the habit of working out their tax found that they had a business man to deal with. He exacted full work, permit ting no slouching, and every man who came to "work" had to put in ten solid hours at a dollar a day. He found himself without men, as farmers pre ferred to pay tax rather than be "work ed" that way. With this money in hand, he contracted at lower rates, and at this time of the year, the township roads look like they never did before. Supervisor Cassett made it hot for them, and showed what could be done in a year with real enterprise grit and determination. He put Pennsylvania Railroad methods into the job, and as tonished those who had been sleeping over the idea that shoveling the dirt into the middle of the road once a year was all that could be done. Last year he was re-elected and accepted the of fice and soon that township will have the best roads in thecountyand the ex pense no greater than usual. This county need the services of several men like Mr. Cassatt, —Boys and young men sometimes start out in life with the idea that one's success depends on sharpness and chicanery. They imagine if a man is able always "to get the best of a bargain," no matter by what deceit and meanness he carries his point, that his prosperity is assured. This is a great mistake. Enduring prosperity cannot be founded on cunning and dis honesty. This tricky and deceitful man is sure to fall a victim, soon or later,to the influence which are forever working against him. His house is built upon the sand, and its founda tion will be certain to give away. Young people cannot give these truths too much weight. The future of that young man is safe who eschews every phrase of double dealing and dishon esty, and lays the foundation of his career in the enduring principles of eyerlasting truth. —A little'girl of three years explains the Golden Rule to her sister: "It means that you must do everything I want you to, and you musn't do any thing I don't want you to do." COMMUNICATED. Proceedings of Convention of the W. C. T. U. The Semi-Annual Convention of the Butler County Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in the Metho dist Episcopal Church of Ilarrisvilie, at 2 o'clock p. M., May Sth 1884. After devotional services, conducted by Mrs. Spencer, of Allegheny City, the President, Mrs E. R. l)ain, took the chair, and proceeded with the bus iness of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary, Mrs. Geo. A Black of Butler was chosen Secretary, pro tern. The following committee on Resolutions and I'lans of work was on motion ap pointed by the president: Miss M. E Sulivan, of Butler; Mrs. 11. A. Ayers of Harrisville; Mrs. H. McCandless of Unionville; Mrs. A Q. Brown, of Brownsdale and Mrs. Walker of Har risville. At this point Mrs. Rev. Samuel Kerr, behalf the local Union, delivered a very neat and appropriate address of welcome which wasrespond ed to by Mrs. M. B. Reese,of Steuben ville, Ohio. The President then read her Semi- Annual Address, with Mrs. Reese in the Chair, alter reading it was referred to the Committee on Resolutions and Plan of Work. The report of the Cor responding Secretary was read next, followed by the Treasurer's report, both of which were accepted. Delegates Irom local unions at Butler, Evans City, Brownsdale, Centreville, Unionville and Harrisville were pres ent. The report from Union Church Union Jwas presented by Miss Mira Boggs, of Evans City. Rev. H. J. Smith, D. P., pastor of the M. E. Church, of Butler; Rev, Samuel Kerr, D. D., pastor of U. P. Church, of Har risville; and Rev. J. B. Espy, pastor of M. E. Church, of Harrisville, were pres ent. A very kind and interesting let ter of greeting from Rev. T. F. Stauf fer, pastor of the German Reformed Church of Butler, was read. One of the prominent features of the Conven tion was Mrs. Reese's lecture delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Thursday eveniug, which was highly appreciated by the large audience present. At the close of ,the lecture Rev. Kerr gave some yery interesting reminiscenses of temperance work in Harrisville thirty years ago; referring to the trials and even persecutions, some who then dar ed to stand up boldly for the temper ance cause bad to pass through; such as one man having a barn burned, others valuable animals maimed and other means of intimidation used. It was hard for us to realize when told that we were in the very house where the question was hotly discussed and a vote taken -with just two or three in the majority for temperance. Now the la dies can call a convention there not only without fear of molestation but with the ministers and people vieing with each other to make it a success. A vote of thanks was tendered the citizens of Harrisville for their kind hospitality in so pleasantly entertain ing the convention. Friday morning an informal meeting was held for the purpose of organizing a youngjladies' W. C. T. U. After re marks both instructive and interesting, by Mrs.Reese, MissM.E. Sullivan and Miss Spencer, a union consisting of twelve young ladies was formed. Af ter a brief address to the young ladies by Rev. Espy, the Convention adjourn ed to meet at the call of the Executive Committee. Mrs. Reese is one of the leading workers in the W. C. T. U., of Ohio. We expect to have her in Butler coun ty again that some of our people may have the benefit of her lecture. Nannie D. Black, Rec. Sec'y., pro tem. Executive Committee—Mrs. E. 11. Dain, President; Miss M. E. Sulli van, Cor. Sec'y.; Miss Anna Glenn, Rec. Sec'y.; Miss Maggie Shaw, Treas. A Pleasant Surprise. FOR THE CITIZEN: The twelfth of May being the tenth anniversary of the marriage of Rev. Jno. C. McElree and wife, the people of East Unity Church resolved to cel ebrate the occasion by a congregation al dinner and presents. The U. P. denomination is very much opposed to secret societies, and yet this congrega tion showed a great capacity for man aging affairs in a quiet way, keeping its pastor and family in ignorance of its movements until he and his wife came in sight of their home, on their way home from Mr. Joseph Rosen berry's, where, with Rev. Barr and wife, of Grove City, they had gone, by invitation, from the church after the usual Monday services of a commun ion occasion. The preparing of dinner at Mr. Rosenberry's had not proceeded farther than the grinding of the coffee, when a messenger came announcing that Mr. McElree was needed at home as a couple desired very much to see him. He found a good many couples in and about his house, when he and his wife arrived. After dinner was over there was drawn into the yard a handsome new top buggy, in which Rev. Mr. Barr was seated, and who in a becoming little speech, presented the buggy to Mr. McElree, as from the gentlemen of tne congregation. The ladies then, through the writer, presented to Mrs, McElree a small tin bucket, more precious than, "the old oaken bucket, the moss-covered bucket that hung in the well," because it con tained almost one hundred dollars. Mr. McElree expressed the thanks of himself and wife for the presents, not so much because of their money value, but as tokens of the friendship of the givers, and spoke iu touching terms of the relations that had existed for fif teen years between himself and this congregation. The meeting was a pleasant one and calculated to strength en the bonds already strong, which unite the pastor and people. J. R. COULTER Crawford's Corners, Pa. Quarter-Centennial. FOR THE CITIZEN : We announce that there will be a Convention held in Prospect U. P. Church on the 10th of June, when the Presbytery of Butler will meet to cele brate in a suitable manner the Quarter- Centennial of our pastor's settlement- After a basket dinner at 12 o'clock, the presbytery will carry out the follow ing programme at o'clock P. M : Historical sketch of the congregation and his pastorate by the Rev James A. Clark. The advantage of a long pastorate, by Rev. R. Q, Ferguson. The progress of the U. P. Church during the past twenty-five years by Rev. N. F. Brown. The Missions of the U. P. Church during that period, by Rev. J. B Dales, D. D., of Philadelphia. Reminiscences and charges by Rev. S. Kerr, D. D. Two minutes speeches by other mem bers of the presbytery and the friends of the cause, etc. The undersigned have been appoint ed by the congregation as a committee of ways and means to promote and car ry out the good will of the congrega tion We, therefore, cordially invite all the former members who haye re moved from oar bounds and all who have kindly regards for oar pastor and good wishes for the congregation to join the people in making the season a happy occasion. We kindly ask and shall be happy to receive letters containing testimonials of appreciated worth or kindly wishes, gifts or tokensof es teem for long faithful service or person al regard. Monies for the silver wed ding presented by the congregation. Address by Mr.W.Riddle or Mrs.David Marshall, Prospect, Batler Co. Pa. Committee—Wm. Riddle, Jos. Graham F. Gallagher,J. Dick, Mrs. David Mar shall, Mrs. Wm. Scott, and Mrß. Da vid English. Sugar-Making at the North. We are a nation of sugar-eaters. The national "sweet-tooth" is fully develop ed—possibly more so than is altogether good us. But whether wholesome or not, the American taste for sugar in its various forms is somewhat prodigious. About two thousand million pounds, costing the consumers $200,000,000, is estimated to be our annual allowance. It is therefore, an economic question of no small importance where and on what termß we are to procure our year ly quantum of saccharine matter when the present sources of supply are no longer sufficient for our needs. The Louisiana cane-planters would only too gladly supply the demand; but notwithstanding a national tax on sugar for their especial benefit, they are not equal to the task, and we are com pelled to turn to our neighbors of Cuba and even to the far-off Sandwich Islands to make up the deficiency. In fact, the great bulk of the annual supply comes to us from the Antilles; and millions of dollars yearly pass from our hands into the pockets of the Cuban planters in payment for this necessary product. How long is this helpless depend ence upon foreign sugar fields to con tinue ? A few years ago France was in like case with ourselves. But her states men and political economists concluded that it was not good policy to trust ex clusively or even largely to foreign sources for so important an article of foop. They fixed upon the beet as the most promising sugar plant for the soil and climate of France, and with far seeing Bagacity proceeded to promote the "infant industry." The results at first were disappointing. Many experi ments were made, ending one after an other in comparative failure. Sugar could be made, and good sugar too. But it was only after some twenty years of persevering effort that it could be so cheaply produced as to make it a profitable industry. An improved va riety of beet was at length developed, yielding a high percentage of saccharine matter, and better methods of cultiva tion and manufacture were devised, so that now but a small faction of the sugar used in France is imported. The same is true of Germany, and largely of other European countries. It is stated, indeed, that while in 1853 the total production of beet-root sugar in Europe was only 200,000 tons, last year it was 2,240,000 tons. In fact, the product is so cheap on the Continent that not only is the home demand fully met, but England is supplied at so low a rate as to almost drive the British colonial sugar out of the market. Beet-sugar making on a large scale has not yet proved a success in this country. There seems, however, to be nothing in the condition of the soil or climate to prevent it. Ia some instan ces, on c, moderate scale, it has succeed ed admirably. It caonot be doubted that in skillful hands, with sufficient capital at command, sugai may be made from beets in some parts of the country as profitably as in France or Germany. Bat the main dependence for our fu ture sugar supply will undoubtedly be upon the sorghum cane. The "promise and potency" of the domestic sugar in terest lies in the development of this valuable plant, which flourishes wher ever corn grows, and can be grown as easily as com. The disappointments thus far have been numerous. Not a few enthusiastic cultivators have lost taith in the plant as a source of profit. But careful experiment has shown that these failures are simply the result of defective methods. The proper varie ties have not beea grown, or a wroag process of manufacture has been em ployed. Under favorable conditions throughout every stage of cultivation, harvesting and manufacture, a quality of sugar has been produced equal to the best, at a price not above that paid for the foreign product. These things being so, it only re mains for A merican skill, enterprise and capital to join forces and work out the problem with steady per severance. —A regular poser—The photo grapher. On the Next Block. After walking up and down several times past a Gratiot avenue clothing dealer's yesterday a stranger halted ar.d said to the man at the door: "Do you remember me, sir?" "Not shust exactly, my frient WL > vas you ? "I'm the man who paid you s2* for a suit of bottle-green clothes last Octo ber, and inside of a week the moth ate 'em up!" "You doan' say so !" "You bet I do, and I'm here to get satisfaction." "My frendt, you make adreadful mis take. All der moth in dis store vas in der sky-blue suits for sl4. If dot man on der next block keeps his in der pot tle-green suits at #2B dot vhas all right. No two men do peesiness alike. Only if you go up dere I vish you to tell him for me before you punch his head dot if he keeps his moths in der pottle green suits he vhill soon haf to shut up shop. Der shade makes eafry in sect color-blind in ten days."—Detroit Free Prees. The High License Law, In New York it is now proposed to charge a license of $250 a year for ev ery seller of beer, and SSOO a year for the privelege of of dispensing spiritu ous liquors. In this the New York legislators are imitating what has been done in Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. Public opinion is not yet ripe in all the Btates for prohibiting the sale of liquor, hence this determination to make the liquor selling interest pay more taxes and if possible restrict the number of saloons and hotels. Washington Territory Described. A gentleman who had just returned from Washington Territory was asked how he liked the country. "Well, sir," he replied, "every bunch of willows is a mighty forest, every frog pond a syl van lake, every waterfall a second Niag ara, every ridge of rocks a gold mine, every town a county seat, and every man a liar." —"Before Marriage," she pouted, "you used to speak of my beautiful au burn locks, but now you call me red. headed." "My dear," replied the heartless man,-'marriage opens the eyes. Before that event I was color-blind." —lt is said that the wives of all American humorists are invalids. We believe it All writers uave a way of taking home anything that they deem especially funny and reading it to their wives first. Poor things ; no wonder they suffer. —The bang has fallen into disfavor among the fashionable young ladies. They never new the real hideousness of the thing until it was adopted by the giddy young men who sharpen their teeth with cane heads and uubrella han dles. —Within the past two weeks three young girls, residing near Ashland, in this State, have died from excessive rope jumping. This should be a warn ing that this sort of exercise should be indulged in with considerable modera tion. —A Dakota lawyer was recently arrested for stealing wood, but such was the power of his eloquence that he made the jury believe tdat be was only walking in his sleep, and thought that he was placing flowers on the grave of his first wif6. —A reporter of one of the Cincin nati morning papers during the riot saw what he called in print "a sight so terrible that he turned from it with a shudder," and nobody can imagine what it could have been, unless it was a loaded free-lunch counter kicked over on the floor in the excitement of the hour. —Now that emotional insanity is so prevalent, especially in persons charged with crime, the following is very apro pos : A man had met a girl in a lonely place and forcibly kissed her. She was terible indignant, and had him arrested. She gave an account on the witness stand of how he gazed at her intently, and then, suddenly throwing his arms around her, imprinted a kiss upon her lips. The prisoner made no defense, and the jury was expected to promptly convict him of assault. They returned to the court-room. "The jn ju- jury w-w-would like to ask the lady two questions," the foreman said. The judge consented, and she went on the stand. "D-d-did you wear that j-j-jer sey that you've g-g-got on now ?" "Yes, sir." "And was your ha-ha-bair b-b --baoged like that?" "Yes, sir." "Then, your honor, we acquit the p-p prisoner on the grounds of emo-mo-tional insan ity." —Nothing presents a sadder com mentary upon the present condition of society than the large number of fami lies, both in town and in the country, but more especially in the latter, that subscribe for no paper of any kind. Hundreds and thousands of families are thus growing up utterly ignorant of the mighty events of the day. But who can tell the vast amount of injury that is being inflicted on the rising genera tion—those who are to take our place in the world at no distant day—grow ing up without knowledge of the'pres ent or any study of the past, this ignor ance, too, being imbued into them by the sanction of those who should, and doubtless do, know better did they only think of the injurious effects of their in sane course. Let the head of every family think of this and place in the hands of those for whom he is respon sible the means of acquiring some knowledge of the moving panorama in which we act our different parts. Match that Bonnet! Feath ers, ribbons,, velvet can be colored to match that new hat by using the Dia mond Dyes. 10c. for any color at the druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. NO. 28