XXIV. riMS' COIBT SUE. IV. \ f ail order of the OrwlisuisToi-r. 't Hj'. RiuW i iijt the undersigned Executor ft th- B la-si will; Lidu-'juient of Hubert Flemtag. tie rt late ot - ill . ouuSL will olf. r at publl- -wile oa the prcu.S' - In tne \lliiiw PetersvUl", (on ik-is-mi. twp., said toiiiity. on I Tuesday, April 19, A. I), l at 10 o'clock, a.m., the following dcsi-rlb- •! . .estaet of said »!•■- cedent. t i vMt: A lor of grouurt eou t.ilnln- fOiii-i feet, more or less, lu said tlll.i-.-e ■ and i i vnslilp. bounded on the norm by < annul ■ 'Nicholas i»v Si h r.nus Hen-sUew (foriuerl;. _ Knox . soutii i': an alley aud west by astreet. F A FItAAIE and LOG HOUSE ■ ami out-V aUdlngs thereoD erected. I TERM : One-third In l:ai.d on confirmation ■ of sale b liie Court, balance in two equal an ■ Kual ln-t-llraeuto wit it interest. Deferred |M)- I meets to lie secured by bond and morl _'UKOS. ■ KMANIEL UAl'l*. ■ ."-25-3t Executor. | I ESTATE OF JOHN WOLFORD H I.ATK OF DOShfitL TP, W utters of wlmlulstr.itlon having been Kranted I to the umlei>:;;ned in the estate of John I ford dec'o. late of Uonegnl tp. Butler county, I I'a., all persons knowing t leiasel ves ,. e I to said estate v.ill iilea.se make immediate pa>- I mi nt and any having claims agarnst said li will present t liem duly authenticated for settle ■ ment. HAHHIKTT WOLFOUI). I iiaruiiarts Mil.s, P. O. I F. H. MO.VMK, ■ honora, I*. 0. KJ . S.F. Bowser, Att y. Administrators, f Estate of C. A. McKinney. I.ATE OF COSNOQI'EKESSiSO TWl'., lIF.C l>. I Letters testamentary on the estate of C. A. I Mt lvlnnej. Es<|.. dee'd. late of counoquenessln}, I u\i, li ;' 1 rUo., I'a.. having been granted to , If the undfci slgn.Ml, all persons knowing them- , U\ selves li,d. U-d to said estate »illl ma!kt, 111.1- ; I J fllate payiii 'iit, and any ha. n f ctataw B said es'.at - :KKV TWP., DEC'd. . Letters testamentary on the of Dayld I i j, llumell. ti <-< i, late ot < uerry twp., i'a n i-.ln'" been granted to the uuuerslgntd ail ptTHQiis kiTov. 1,« intmselves rstaLe tvin please make p.'jment. i „„,i „ nv I,\ iu" claims agulnst said estate win present th-m auly authenticated for settlement. 1 TiiOS. IJIKOHAM.I K x - r3 . 1.. 1). lU-MEI.I, ) Coalville t'. <>.. Butler Co., Pa. Estate of David Marshall, , I.ATE OF PKOSPECT. DEC'I). Letter-i of administration having bMngTanted to the ui. ■ ; s!?ned 011 the estate of m-.»d Mar ghall, Umi . ■ dee'd, late of Prospect. Butler CO., I'a., all peirons knowing themselves Indebted . to said estate >.'lll please make immediate inent. ai.o a,.v having tUhns agiilns. sal'.ltstaU. ! will present iliem duly authenticated for settle- 1 ► ment. MAKTIIAMAK.SIIALL.Admx, Prospect, liutier co., Pa. | . _ Lev. Mc'iulstlon, Att y. — - —— r Administrators' Notice. E. TATS OF K. M. DAIIBWOH, VFA''l*. Wlicreas lrttc-rs of administration have be<*n granted bv the Keglster of to the i signed on tue eitate ot K. M Ilur t bison, lat: ot jiuH Uo twp., BuUer MUirty. 1 dee'd all oerrfOTiS who know themseho» in { dehte'd to said estate wll! . payment, and those having elaluw «f 1 Bl Jiame wi'l ; waent them properkr^authentlcateU for settlement to the «"" I^:^ e {s[ ABBIgON , JOHN IIAKBISON. FKKEI'ORT. P, P.. I'A. Administrators. ESTATE OK CWKISTOHHEB MrMlt'll VKI„ i cJFameutary the estate i.-.hael. dee'd, late of Clay the indebted to estate, make immediate claims against said duly tor settle -11.11.I 1 . 0., EJiitler sale or exchange: near R. U. utation. 00 acres consniient to Pittsburg; barn luoxoo and cost «450f»—Is gocxl as new—.iK"»d room frame liouv, good orchard. 1 Tieefcwioo. MKlirr I'AV A CASH DIFFKKKaCF. on a trade. We have .suiall and large f arms for saleor trade. Patent and Pension cases prosecuted. Ke.w the new pension laws ami v.rile to us .1 ll Si'K.vKNSos's &Co s Agency. km> Ave., Pittsburg. I'a. HM Clinton Twp. Auditors' Report. MARCH 11. IWT. Am't, of duplicate for the year 1 Wi. James M Kiddle, collector .. .« "' Exoneratlona * * , (ollectors percent....... .7,1 q. Net amount duelownshlp ..... ... 4 - ~, Am't ree'd from J as. M. Kiddle, (ol "" Bal. due from James M. Kiddle. Col t-V 91 Hal. due twp. from J. B. Cunning- _ ham. Collector for * Exonerations 1 1 Reed from J. B. Cunningham 'sol Bal. due Treasurer Ml Bal. in hands of Treasurer u <* Kee'd from Jas. M. itlddle, cohector on Ain't In hands of Treasurer i|»T 0s Vouchers redeemed -' 9 -' Kid. In hand iof Treasurer ■■■■■■■ ■ ■ ~ 15 Am't of iou' iiei'B redeemed by rreas John Harvey, repairing bridge :» 00 Andrew (iraoe. repairing bridge. . l*} John 11. 1) 'Vis. plank • g Kkas liroi lu is, tliuiH-r for bridge.. 1.1 ()•) John til:, igow, timber so Stephen llemphlll ' <■» John M. Cirecr. attorney lee io w Butler cltl/tn. advertising Audl tors' Report 1 w ' It McHvaln. tUlrif Report 1 30 John H. liove, uiniK.'r tor btldge — v no James Kiddle, services l'J no Thomas llay, plank i:» oo E. K. Maui i.oil, sen Ices i"- K. B. < handier 1«> <" Kdward Hay, tlmlier 4 1 cm Henry sefton. services an<> timber. Wi «* Win. Burtnei'. ci vices 12 "•) James M. i< idle, plank 21 a. Newton Morris, plank *1 :»i j ollll u Davis, plank lt> J- r > John JlcKlii'-en, limber I si» Wm. Harvey, service:,andSec'y.... 21 Auditors' vie; 6 00 Treasurer's i - rcent o 47 —*329 n.'l Stationery .' 27 POOR TAX. Arn't of poor tax In hands of Treas f227 61 Am't of vouciim . rede«med John Ilaisti 11 * 2 00 James Wats .si 2 00 Am't In hairis of Treasurer 122.1 (it We, the Auditors'of Clinton township hav*- examhi' dtl- ace-'unts of John S. Love, Treas urer of Clinton tow n ;hlp, road and poor tux and tlnd It as I'll.\e state.l rnd bell«\e It to be cor- I rect, this ith day ' f March. isk7. I JA M l-:s SNIDER, 1 • TiIo.MAS Woon, J Auditory. WILLIAM LOVE. ) I JURY LIST FOR APRIL. ' ' List of Ju .rs drawn to serve In a special com I. coin: aclng the lib Monday of April, being the ir.ih day, 1»*T: BoPon >:•.•••> Cn.moipienessing tp N, farmer, cramner James, clay, farmer. I Cochran if •• .Mer- ■r, farmer. Camubell .. i 11. < orieoril, farmer. ; Cramner A 11, claj. l.irmer. I Canipbell s A. \% ashlagton twp S. farmer. CamplK'll J< -l.di. Concord, farmer. Carothei l•! me Graham Ac rf. cranb«-ri-}. laruior. Hemlernon W i'.. Ve rcor. teamster. Hardml'll >m .rge, Forward, farmer. Illndiuan .1 »n.:ord. furiner. Hazeled. I Wis < Id. farmer. Het/.eigessi r J J. Whilield, farmer. Hespenhlte Henry, Adams, farmer. K ¥ l if | | EESTT3KIC. = This medicine, combining Iron with pure i vegetable tonir -, oulckly and cumi Ictely : I'urrs llrspcpiila, ImllfiMtlftii, H i'n!iue«, Impure Blood, ,>lalnria,Chill»iii:d Iners, t and Nenrsilsin. It is an unfailing remedy i" >r Diseases of the ; Kidneys nn.l l.iver. It i c invaluable for Clsea"es pe ulir.r to TVi'inen, and all who lead sedentary lives. It docs not injure the teeth, c.'iu-' !:■ produce constipation— othrr huu tritdicit • - (h>. It enriches and purifies the blorxl. stimulates the appetite, aids the asslmilatif n of f "1. ic lieves Heartburn ar.d Belching, and strci. fc'th ens the muscles and nerves. For liit-.'Tiaitioiii Fevers. Ixri.t. 'le, Laocof Eue'g>-. &c.. ii bus no equal. tsr 'Hie nuiDc iasabove t>rde nnrlt nn 1 j ncssed red Piksoii wrapper. Talcenoollmt. j £b« CUIt St IISO-" ■ IIIMICAII iO . ;.M- ;-.:. iir SCOTT'S i OF PURE CO9 LIfEE GO. : And Hypopfiosp!ii!es sf Liina & ScJa ' Almost as^a!atob!e as toiilk. i The otilv jirefinration of COC I.IVEfI OIL that can bo taken readily and tolerated foi a long tiaie by delicate stoa.aciei. AND AS A IIEIIETir FOR ; SIKOII I'M S X t Fi:t"l'i f >>S» /■ WK'IIA, (lI.V --EKAL btßll.ny. OH'bUS AMI 'JIIBD.if AF f'E'.'l IQ.-'S a'i WAM'IMi DlSOj!.',! i.sT? CM I liDRKX it is yaan-f-!lou» in its rrsultiu btjfc tLysiciaxja in the countries of tho world. For Sale l.y oil f for Pamphlet on Wasting Ad drubd. SCOTT liOW.NE. Sew York. | YOUCAW 'TB EAT THE IHOP PLASTER 9 S?cause pos.=esacd cf fresh and active mr»(! H dual agenta for tno cure of pain and disease. Sj Prepared fro-a tho oompleta virtue# of fresh I Hops, B'arjruady Pitch and Gtn^3. The greatest ■ plaster ever invented. Apply ■ one to Backache, Crick, Hheuinatiani, Kidney JDj Pains, Stitchr-s, Bcfritic:i, C. ro Chci»t, or pain in ra uny part, local or dicn-:;rated. Cures x istantly, 9aoomce and s t K .e tired niuscxes. All g ready 1o apply. 6: Id by dru* and country B stores, 2"> cents, 6 for Mailed tor price. B Propr;c;t..r3, HOI PLASTUa CO., Boston, Hasp. k HXv v>w« * \ Mill** 11 I|T U ifl © y "4j) ill y • TEE BOWELS. Habitnr.l Ccstiveness rinjws deranßcmpct of thccntlro system, nnd twv r-t . tit I '' -. 3 taataro hnz.*ir.!ou«i lollfe. Person' of B. :lvo h.ii iiaro i-übjici to Headache, Delfctlva >l' ■. ■ i"v Gloomy 1 1 >ret*o«iiiit's, Kervoiiftiicfig.Kovfrs, lir-iB slr.ww. lrritablo Te-nix-r u.td other symptomn, w.Mi'h nufltstue Bufferei- for buslueso or agrecaldo t. ..(.(■!:■ : i llegnlar hal.lt of Ixnly aloni!can cur red tl'cxß evil?, and noililns nuecccds so well in a'-i'l«;r:.atl i. condition asTntt's Pills. By thi-Iruso n<.l only is tlio system renovated, but in c<:n« > quciice of the harmonious changes thus created, tnero pervades a fecllnpj witisraetton ; the meix tal faculties perform their functions witn vivacity. an«l there in an exhilaration of mind, freedom of th'»;ig!it, ai. l jicrH'ct heart's ewe that bespeaks tho full enjoyment of health. SECHEr OF BEAUTY la health. Tho necret of henlth !■» tli« pan e;- lo dlicsi a i.roper qunntliy of looil. I'll is CH ii litvi'V bo dour when the liver doen not act itri port. It ix the driving wheel in tho niecliuaUin of .mm, nnd wliou il Uont ot order, >lio whole kyxleni becomes de rniiued.nnd Fever, DyHDeiiHin, sicli lleiid nclie. ('oiiKiipni lon, .1 n nnd ice. Hlllouh 4 r. 'i'titt'x Ijiver Pill* nro recommended. They ore not n cnre-nll, but are designed solely lor the dlnordered I.ivcr uuil tho diKeabea which It produces. Tutt's Pills 6TIR UP THE TORPID LIVER. BUL3 liY ALL mtCUGISTS, S3c. Catarrh ELY '|j Cream Balm Clean,Cß the Hoac!. Allays #£ Infl^mn - a;ion ' cKy tlcals the sores Sine'l .Hearing. U3A. 1 a quick Belief. HAY-FEVER A positive cure K particle is applied into eacli nostril and is afjrce :b|e Price i*> cents at l>mt;j;ls!s :byma il registered. <») ets. Circulars free, ICI.S IlltOS.. UrtlKgHts, tlwego, N. Y. Yours for Health Kr/rrvt. ydia E. p i^ KHAW! ' s & Sk]\ VEGETABLE ' |L cqmpoukd, | j *V/ I» • Positive Cure 1 k r-f those Painful wjfy Dolic-a J and Complicated troubloa and V j Weaknesses co common > L arinon# our Wives, Mothers, ® nd aughtcrs# f * N IfI'LEASiXT TO TIIR fx TAM A l AM) LAST ( . " ' : '- \ . J '! I'lixou FORM, (6 - FOII j EITI/KR OIT THE I.ATTEB I C-C&SCr, fJf/f-.'it.x--*e t*- sasTBY « '.iLrn- Vctbb Kr.ojt oir.tßvi-. i os i.F.< i-irr or riirn. * Mr I. II'KIIAM'a' Gt l'jET .lIKILTII ' A"> COBFIBES TIAI. CTCCDIia KAIIXD lo A:v 1. '.ItY I.}:':1>I.« AIORESH a.vd sT.-.rr l.y: 1. .V :Ui< i this fupcr. ITS KE»IT3 THE RALE. t fTIT 1» A 1.1.,: . 1.»,J TO OVtIiWOKKSO Wo«tK. IT I:& vovrs VAI-.T- i s, na rtuiNcr, AIX < HAVING son utijiu- I.AMH, AND *KIJKV: S \\ " Off THE R.'OK'.CII. CUIt'JI LrUCOREIi'iJ. JIE..Bri:UAI.I- klol.Sl'A Oj without I'A IN. Pbyslclano Uso Itund Proecribo It. tZT IT l;i:viv;:s 11:2 DIIOOPINO !.:-IHITS, IXVIOOKATEH > •::> IL\.. 'MZCS Till: olt'lAMO ITXCTIOHJI, OIVE3 El..'.' V A.SD KJitMNUM TO THE.STEP, BEKTTiEB run NATUIULI.DSTHIC TO THE ETC, ANI, IIANTJON T.IK I'iLK ( UEEZOr WoMAHTii:: 11. a>H BOKCS OF Ua'i *rm .0 ASH 1 At: r 1,1 >,Mi.n tisi:. WEARY WOMEN PRAISE IT. Jtn purjtosc is i."lcli:i.li'ATS AND nr-,ult Dr. LOBE 329 N. 16th St., below Callowhill, Phila., Pa. 20 years experience in all NI*K<'IA 1$ disea 's. Per mancntly iritr.res lliasc weakene«l by early intliftcic iioni,ftc. ('all or write. Advice free and strictly con ( (Hernial Hours ;nn m. till 3, and 7to XQ evenings. APKIL. ! Cov anil uoct-rlaiu in Iter ways, ' She brings to eaith (.ursua-ive days. Alluring by tears anj -miles ' That intermingle 0:1 her f*ce; I is her tender grace The blitlisome maid to full of "ilea. tlo-.reis she "trows beneath hor fe t To make her adv. ut still more sweet; The voices of .lie birds attend Upon her pleasure with their song, While oil frc--h tiii:itr•; to her belong, That she may to ti.e season leu.l. I Give welcome to the early spriog, | O hearts ! ere she lie vanishing; She is a fiiend to mirlh and song; j Her tears ar« bat the ovcril >w i Of generous love, as we may know Who seel: to hold i er treasure- long. Dear April! take this lay as thine From one who would thy gra'~ens'-.r'ne; Nor.e shall forget thee who are led In faithfulness along this way Towards the light of endless d.ty— j Us Ihcu in love hast visiled, . SANTA ANA'S BKIUE. From Fanny I>. IFard's Letters.. Few visitors to tLe Mexican capi tal neglect making a visit to tho sa cred niotiiitttiu, 'iVpeyacac (ibe na tional Mecca), upon whose suniiiiit appeared iu person " Nuesira Scnora d" •jcadal'.ipe," tho Ciele Mother of I Christ aud especial Patroueas < f tho ' Indians, veuernted in Mexico Her shrinesareevtry w here, and her imago adorns the pcores, hut as well as ibe grandest cathedral. TLe height upon which her greatest miracle was wrought and where now stands, her most venerated shrin« is about two miles from the City of Mexico, reached by a tramway run ning over one of those ancient cause ways which Cortex found when he invaded the Aztec Teuochtitlaa. Among many tombs of historic in terest OJI tho"%ummit of Tepevacac is that of Santa Ana, the greatest war ror Mexico e.er produced, who is better remembered by Americans for bis exploits in Texas during the war of ISIO, especially i'i the taking oi the Alamo. Not far from the en trance his grave may be fouud, inclos ed by a row of inverted iron torches linked together with chains. A scrapgy cactus bush is growing upon it, and near the foot a tall and sickly cedar struggles lor existence, being nearly bare of branches from the con stant demands of visitors, who gladly give the sexton a dollar for a bit of living green in which such illustrious dust has found resurrection. At the head a plain granite slab, bung with wreaths of faded immortelles, bears this inscription: • OEXKITAI, . A S"L'< INIO L.T >l*l /- 1)K .-'.\ NT AAN A. : •le.VIO 21, !>K 1878, SI KSEO.sA I,;. DKIMCA. The last line—"erected by his wife"—calls attention to a new made mound beside him, wherein lately has come to rest the wife of his declining years, his last and best lovo, Dolores Tosta de Santa Ana. The romance of her life is so little kuawn, even in Mexico, that when she died, a few weeks ago, at the age of 50, and was burried without pomp or ceremony, the few newspapers which alluded to the event spoke of her as a very aged woman, evidently believing her to bo the former wife of the ruler, who, had she lived until now, would have been pa-t eighty. One day, while riding in his car riage down the calle de Sau Francis co, the main street of the Mexican capital, Santa Ana observed a beau tiful child, barefooted and shabbily dressed, sitting on the ground near the door of a poor shop, playing with a kitten. The little girl—who was then but twelve years old—quite un conscious of the attention she was at tracting, displayed the grace of a fawn and the limbs of au incipient Venus in the frolic with her pel, aud when she chanced to look up and en countered the intense gaze of the fierce old Dictator she blushed ami smiled, showing the most beautiful pearly teeth. But this was no Maud Muller's romance, for, though the great man "rode away," he sent a messenger next day iu the person of a middle-aged Captain of the Palace Guards. When this highly-bedizen ed, belaced and befogged functionary entered the poor little shop the widow Tosta—good soul - believed he had come to pnrehase some of her incom parable cigureloia, and hastened to place the best she had before him; but, what was her surprise and consterna tion when he waved them away with haughty gesture and announced that he came as the bearer ol a message from "Su Alteza," the President of the Republic. Well, the message in reference to the widow's one ewe lamb, accompanied by a liberal oll'er of money—so aroused the worthy woman's ire that before it the Cap tain retired on the double-quick, mut tering to himself, J"Served me 1 ight; it was cowardly for a soldier to un dertake such a mission " Not many days lates a palace fop, who had never sinelled gunpowder, called on Senora Tosta, and said with out circumlocution, "Don't be a fool, my gt/od woman. His Highness de sires you to send your daughter to the palace. Accede to his wishes, and you may shut up this miserable little shop and live in splendor the your days" Choking with wrath, the mother could find no words lor reply, but seizing a jarrito of red beans which were stewing in a brazios, she burled them red-hot at the head of the messenger. Ai he beat an inglorious retreat, his yellow satin vest besmeared with what should have been their dinnpr, little Dolores laughed merrily at his dis comfiture, believing in her simplicity that Su Altc/.a wanted her for a kitchen-maid to wash dishes at the palace. Senora Tosta hoped that now she had routed the enemy, and Lola—the child's pet name--appeared to have forgotten the report that the Presi dent rode past the shop several times every day, and never failed to look in A fortnight bad passed away when one morning the great Dictator him self walked into the bumble room Lola, now thoroughly frightened, ran into a back room and hid herself un der tho bed. Urave as a lioness iu defense of her young, Senora Tosta did not |return the courteous saluta tion of the President, but with flash ing eyes aud arms akimbo began lecturing him in this wise: ' You ! you who ought to bo the father of of the people, to try to rob a widowed mother of her child !" "Listen to me, my good woman," blandly commenced President Santa A n a. "I won't listen to you," she retort ed. "Then I will send my private sec retary to explain that my intention is jo " "I'll scald him if he tyer enters my door," »lirieked the mother, "and 1 will complain to tho Archbishop." "Then, you old vixen," shouted the Dictator, "Teli his Eminence that I intend to marry Dolores." "I cannot tell His Grace a lie," re sponded Senora Tosta. Santa Ana was never renowned for patience, and now his small stock was quite exhausted. Finding that no solicitations could induce Lola to come out from undor the bed, ho turned to tho mother in a lowering rage and cried: •'You idiot, 1 will send my private chaplain to propose for Dolores in due form, for I tell you she shail be my wife " Then mount ing his borse, which all this time an orderly held at the dour, be dashed furiously away. Senora Tos;a sank into a chair, overcome with terror. She had no idea that the ruler meant to marry her daughter' but was certain he would seize poor little Lola; and as to her own fate, to be cast into a dun geon for life or to be raked to death in one of those torture chambers of the Inquisition, of which she had heard such terrible stories, wa-? the mildest punishment her imagination could conceive. The terrified child crept, to her mother's side, sobbing bitterly, and expecting every moment that a squad of soldiers would come to hoot her ouly protec'or and to drag bc-rtelf awa}'. After hours of agonizing su-pense a priest arrived. At first Lola supposed he had come to prepare the Dictator's victims for execution, but when the padre smiled and patted her on tne head she con cluded that perhaps they were only to be imprisoned; aud what was her profound astonishment when, stand ing beside her mother, she learned that the ruler of Mexico really desir ed her to become bis wife! Six months were allowed her in which to prepare for the great change, when a regal trousseau was prepared by the impatient lover, and on her thirteenth birthday Dolores became the Dictator's bride. A Spanish la dy, through whose veins coursed the bluest blood of Castile, bat who had been impoverished by Mexican revo lutions, was appointed "lady ot hon or" in attendance upon the young wife, to teach her etiquette, etc. Six high born maidens formed her suite, and a military guard was organized for her especial protection, called "LO3 Mosquetoras de Su Alteza." These musketeers wore a peculiar uniform of light-blue cloth embroider ed with silver thread, their sombre ros beiug pale gray, garnished with silver cord, and their whole duty was to escort "Su Altezi's carriage when ever she rode on the Paseo or attend ed the theatre. The dictator requir ed ell persons to treat little Lola with the difference due to a Queen and to address her only as "Su Altezi"— your Highness, It is said that at first the child was dazed by the change, regarding the palace as a sort of wonderland and her august husband as a good natured gnome, to be feared as much as re spected. Her regal state was not less perplexing to this Mexican Cin derella than the mysteries of reading, wrrting and music, iu which she wis instructed by various professors, who were at once appointed to form part of her household. Difficult, indeed, to the unsophisti cated little maid must have been the role of "first lady of the land," even though supported by the Castilian dame and directed by her wise moth er, whom Santa Ana now respected for the course she had pursued. In haif a year how great a change for the barefooted girl ! Now so great was her husband's power that Spanish hidalgos and Mexicans of highest so cial standing bowed humbly bafore her when she condescended to attend the opera. Her musketers surround ed her carriage on splendidly capari soned horses, daco mau bearing in his left hand a flaming torch; and when her coach arrived at the en trance lackeys sprang to spread a velvet carpet for her feet to walk Up on, while pages bore her train and maids of honor carried her fm, cloak and opera-classes. During the per formance her guards waited in the portico or corridors of the theatre aud then escorted ber back to the palaces When she attended mass priests left the altar to receive ber at the door of the cathedral and conduct her to a seat, and when the services ended the clergy and acolytes, bearing a cross and lighted tapers, accompanied her to tho pavement and stood in re spectful attitude till her coach drove away. This is not exaggeration, for iu those days the ambitious Dictator was dreaming of making himself Kui pcror, and was paving the way there to by adopting the regal style. To her credit be it said that when Santa Ana lost power and prestige and was banished from Mexico bis young wife proved a true and devot ed woman. In 1874 the exiled hero —old, broken in health and bowed in spirit—received permission from the Mexican Government to return to his native land, and then Dolores Tosta was his only solace, doing everything in her power to alleviate his mental and physical sufferings. All his once colossal fortune having taken wings iu the West Indies, they now lived very plainly, sometimes l icking even the comman necessaries of life. Those who had fawned most in other days now utterly ignored them, nnd the fallen Dictator was not only forgotten by those upou whom he had once conferred immense favors, hut his favorite Generals and military chief tains assumed airs of virtuous patri otism and disclaimed intercourse with the man whom it was theu the fash ion to call a traitor. After Santa Ana's death his family recovered some of their former pos sessions, and his widow found her sedf again in affluence. She owned a handsome residence in the City of Mexico and a pretty villa in the sub urban pueblo of Tacubaya Her wardrobes were crowded with silk, satin and velvet gowns, relics of re gal days. Her laces alone constitut ed no mean fortune, and she still re tained costly sets of diamonds, pearls and emeralds. But when the stimu lus ol the Old General's overweening ambition was g;>ue Mrs. Santa Ana became too careless and inane to sus tain the social position she might have enjoyed. Her apathy was not due to regret for past splendor—she was simply lazy, as aro most Mexican BUTLER. I'A.. FRIDAY, APRIL 15. 18*7 ; woman Instead of opening her ' house to the friends who would have i crowded around her, she absolutely refused to see any one but ber near est kindred, and—degenerating more and more duriug the later years of her life—she lay about the house in attire that would have shamed her lowest servant, eternally smoking or sleeping, The last time I saw her— more than a year ago, having gone with a friend to make a ceremonious call—she appeared in a ragged and dirty calico wrapper, with an old cot ; ton re'ooso drawn tightly over her un combed hair and the usual cigarette between her discolored fingers. Some Statistics. : Froia Washington, Pa., Observer. The statistics submitted iu the last annual report of the Western Peni i tentiary, if accurate, present some | rather curious facts aud also some ; that are instructive. For instance, of j the prisoners received during the past two years, 532 or eighty per cent, were never apprenticed to, or ; learned a trade; 100, alleviate her suffer ings. Miss Pickering, the young lady who was so severely burned a few weeks ago at the same town, is getting better und will recover. Her mother is taking the best care of her. The little Tate girl hai no mother to minister to her, the mother it is said was an excellent woman, but died of a broken heart." A Slight Compensation. Mrs. Bolster lost two husbands within a year; tbe first died a natural death, and the other was killed in a railroad accident six months later, a groom of two weeks. Very naturally the doubly-bereaved woman was pros trated by grief, aud her pastor went to see her. "This is a sad, sad blow, Sister Bolster." he said, tenderly, as he took her hand. "I t's—it's—almost too —too—too much to bear," she sobbed. "Yes, ye.->, sinter; but the Lord tempers the Wind to the shorn lamb, and lie sends no allliction for which He does not in some way compensate the sufferer." "I know, I know," she said bright ening a little, " aud iu my case I find that tho morning I bought to wear for George will dj for Henry; but I cant help weeping while my sorrow is fresh, for Henry did give promise of being such a comfort," and the stricken woman broke dovvn again. —lt matters not the age of suffer ers from colds, coughs, or croup, "Dr. Seller's Cough Syrup" is good for all alike.- Price 25 cents. —A stranger in Wheeling was hunting for a man named Adams. When asked what Adams he wanted he answered : "The one that keeps an express ollico." Ho found him. The Sportsman's Paradise. [Lieutenant McGiflin, formerly of Washington, Pa , writes from Japan to the Observer ol that town, an in teresting letter about Cores, from which we make the following ex tracts] : Corea is a paradise for sportsmen. Almost in the village streets one may 1 shoot pheasant, quad, etc., for the na tives as a rule let them alone, the only hunting they do being of the "still hunt" order, in each others i heads. Tbis is a'most common sight ' to witness and I have even seen a i whole line of coolies squatting down, | one behind the other, tne front man ! being the only one idle, and the rear j one the only unharvested one! I ; once suggested to the brethren at one I of these battues that it would increase i the efficiency of the combination if i they would make "both end 3 meet." | so that Alpha might employ himself ; upon Omega, but they seemed to re j sent bar'oariaa interference and only • looked at me suspiciously, as if doubt i ing whether i had ever really had ! any practical experience at all in the I matter. A PARADISE OK GAME : But for the other game. The most | magnificently plumed, plump and lu : cious pheasants, quail, woodcock, tur ! key bustard, wild swan, etc.. abound. I The marshes and waters teeni with ; geese and duck, the waters with fish | and oysters, the grass with ugly aud venomous snakes—f but wear boots] —and hare, wild boar, antelope, etc , ; >re plenty within three hours' walk or | so from any of the ports, within the lianae distance bear and leopards are frequently met with. I once saw in Gensane a leopard that had been kill ed that morning two miles off. They skinned hiin and ate the llesb Leop ard, bear and tiger skins, with count j less wolf and smaller animals' bides ; are commonly exposed for sale iu the ! shops. Then there are tigers iu ! plenty, if you wish to go for a three |or four days' trip. The Corean tiger I is larger than his Indian brother, aud, as his hair is some four or five inches long (to suit the cold weather), which bristles 'up and out straight when aroused, his appearance is not sooth ing to the nerves as may be imagin ed. He is very fierce, and, like his Tammany relative, ufllietcd with chronic hunger, which leads him often into villages when least expected. About half the year the Coreau hunts the tiger, and the other half the tiger bunts the Corean. I was anxious to take part in a tiger hunt, or at least to get a fresh tiger skin, but this sea son of year seemed to bo right in the midst of the tiger's half, so that al though I might get a Corean's skin cheap, a tiger's would come rather high so 1 waited. Ido not delight in killing dumb auituals, anyhow, and it seemed to me more humane to wait until the tiger, like the water snake, sheds his skin, and then, when he had gone to the niouutains for the air, I could annex it quietly. I had also a vivid recollection of an adven ture I had a year ago in Formosa with a buffalo, in which the tables were turned and I was most energeti cally and almost successfully hunted into a dense and prickly jungle of screw pines—and they dou't have any screw pines here—l don't relish screw pine jungles as au abiding place, an Osage orange hedge is pleasantc.', but then "any port iu a storm." "Well concerning this large game, as I say, it can usually be had within a few miles of any port, and there are always chauces of meeting it even within guashot of the houses, so it is best to be prepared. TUB COREAN HUNTERS. As for the other game, to use a broad word, but one happily applica ble to anythiug Corean, the country is fairly lousy with it. I said that the Coreaus bunt little, so they do, but the few Corean hunters are splen did shots and stalkers. I saw one old shikoree come in one day, he looked for all the world like some un civilized old Bedouin of Sahara, arm jed with a great long iron gun of Moorish pattern with a lot of curious characters carved on both wood and metal, a match or fuse lock, for pow der a coarse and fine home made mix ture, and for shot a handful of small pebbles aud bits of iron, I laughed at him and his gun in derision, to "rile" him, and succeeded. Then I flung up a small bottle and he "pot ted" it without an effort. The gun hung fire a little, bnt he kept it bear ing oil the mark—he was used to it— aud waited. They always shoot ' from the hip." These men go out after all tforts of game with their oid blunderbusses, Ipaded with bad powder and gravel and a coil of slow match on their arm. Up starts the game. Man gives a puff to bis match, and, holding the gun at the hip, jabs the match into the pan! Then there is a fizz or a sputter, but our man is calm. He keeps his eye on the mark and guides the gun by his hand until the "fizz" ends iu a sluggish "bang," when al most invariably, down co ttes the tar get. I asked this particular Nimrod would he sell bis gun He said: Yes, 1,800 cash (about 75 cents.) I carefully examined the weapon, a "curio" it certainly was, but to buy it as a gun at 75 cents was a reckless waste. But I bought a brace of fat woodcock from him for 7 cents. During the spring in this port we could buy spleudid pheasant or wild geese at 70 cents a dozen; swan, tur key bustard or antelope ot 30 cents each, aud wild duck, quail, ployer, snipe, woodcock and such game at about 55 or 60 cents a dozen, whilst other varieties and fish were almost nothing. 1 lived almost entirely on wild game, as you may imagine. All canned and dried provisions are very dear and poor iu quality. WHAT TIIE I'EOL'I.E EAT. Plenty of cattle are raised, chiefly for beasts of burden. Cows are ueyer milked and beef is not much consum ed. Arouud Chemulpo, strange to say, there are no sheep. T l ie graziug is excellent for stock in general, but sheep invariably die when imported. They say that this is due to a pecu liar weed or plant that abounds. It i.i harmless to all animals but sheep —goats do very well. The moun tain goat has a pelt that makes a fine rug. The cattle are undersized, as aro the ponies; the latter are used chiefly for carrying burdens, They never require to bo broken From the time of their birth the colts are accustomed to man and kind treat ment. Iu a few weeks a wisp of 1 straw or something is tied over his < j hick and thus he grows up with a ' thorough acquaintance with burdens and pack-saddles. As to the other beast of burden, the colie, bis wages are from 4to 10 cents a day. Car penters, masons and skilled labor sometimes receive as high as thirty cents a day. In this country there are no Goulds, Vanderbilts or bloated monopolists, but I fail to see the benefits derived from their absence. ! It is a)country where the laws agaicst accumulating property and building finely—laws that would delight tbe Anarchists—aud tbe presence of the to-be supported nobility, have taken I away every incentive to labor or to better their condition. With such an abundance of fish, flesh and fowl, and with such a rich soil, it may be wondered at that the people should so largely depend on the imported food of China aud Ja ■ pan. But the game in general is lit | tie used for food. Dried fish, cuttle fish, shrimps, sea weed and cockle are | eaten, and also domestic fowls, but jin general little benefit is derived from the many natural resources-of ! the country. A peculiar gauzy web j like silk is made, but in small quanti | ties. Cotton is grown and cotton cloth manufactured. Formerly all 'cotton came from Chrtia, chiefly brought by traders, who came to the northern barrier. The Chinese jeal ously guarded against all attempts to obtain seed cotton, but finally, it is said, that one of the annual tribute bearing messeugers to Pekin, carried back with him three seed—one con cealed in the hollow of his staff, one in bis ink pen aud oue bandaged up iu a cut in hi 3 flesh. From these seeds were born the present growth of coua, so they say. THE WONDERS OF GENSINO. To tbe Core u,os thus far the most important product of tbe soil is gin seng. The root attains here a de , gree of richness and excellence equal 'ed nowhere else in the world. It is used by the natives as tea boiled in water, aud in other ways consumed. It is a marvelous tcnic and stimulant to failing nervous vitality. There is no doubt about this, it really does seem to freshen and invigorate the ner vous forces wonderfully. There is an old Manchuriau story of a plant grow ing in an unexplored, mysterious neighboring land, which has tbe , power of renewing the youth and im parting a new life to the person who will eat of it, yarn somewhat similar to that which led old Ponce de Leon into Florida. It is supposed by many that the wonderful plant of the Mancbu legend was the Corean gin seng. For some physiological rea son the Coreans are a deteriorative race, and their vitality enfeebled ear ly in life, but for the free use of gin seng. Thus it becomes a plaut of much national benefit, and its export from the country is prohibited entire ly, under the severest penalties but owing to its high appreciation in China there aro large profits to be made in smuggling it—larger than even in tbe Canton opium trade. Consequently there are numbers of smugglers, and the government keeps a strict watch on the trade. To fur ther increase their profits, the pro gressive Corean smuggler or ginseng merchant has learned to import tbe greatly inferior ginseng of America to adulterate the Corean article with. The missionaries are at work ! Electrical Phenomena. At one time it was very hard for me to believe, indeed, that any person living possessed such power as being able to shullle across the carpet of a room, and light the gas as it issued from the jet of tbe burner, by simply touching it with the tip of the finger. I have at present, however, two friends, among my acquaintances, who seem to be capable of performing this feat at all times, and uuder any circumstances. Now, I find singular phenomena exhibited to a very high degree in my own person, at Fort Wingate, New Mexico This point is oyer fi,ooo feet above sea level; the only water in the neighborhood is a small pond—a puddle, really—and a few insignificant springs. The air is usually clear, aud highly rarilied; in deed all the conditions seem to be favorable to the exhibition of electri cal appearances. Only tho other day, while pacing my room, passing, as I did so, each time, over a large woolen najavo blanket that lay spread out on tho floor, a circumstance arose which call ed upon me to touch that cast iron urn that ornamented the top of a small wood-stove in the apartment and which had a fire in it at the timo Before the tip of my index finger touched it, by a distance of fully a centimetre, there was a brilliant dis play in the intervening space.a brill iant electric flash, accompanied by a report of that could be distinctly heard in the adjoining room above ordinary conversation The experi ment repeated three or four times, but tbe display became more and more feeble with each trial; it regain ed its original force, however, after I paced across tho blanket on tho floor a few times. Additional experimen tation went to show that tho electri cal discharge was considerably great er from the tip of the index finger than from any of tho others of the hand, gradually diminished in regu lar order as we proceeded to the little finger; and further, it seemed in my case more evident in the left index rather than in the right one. When all ten fingers tips were drawn to gether and brought up to within a centimetre's distance of tbis stove-urn, the flash and report appeared no greater than it did from the index finger alone.— Science.' He Read the Papers. Ho was a very sleek stranger, and he addressed old Farmer llornypalm in the very smoothest of accents. "Yes sir, I'm selling this patent right but only to the best of men aud I can let you have it on the very easiest of terms." "What air they?" "Why, all you have to do is sign tbis paper, agreeing to pay us 75 per ! cant, of the price received for the ma ' chines—you reserve the remainder as commission." "Do you seo that gate?" queried the farmer, pointing to his front yard gate. "Oh, yes, sir !" "Wal, I'm gwine in fer the old muskit, but ef you kin make that gate agiust I git back to the door, you'll be purty well out o'range." He made it, and several seconds to spare. —Word has been passed along the line that there is to bo a big peach crop this year. GREAT DEEDS. | Men who Have Accomplished Wonders in Their Old A ; 'e. [J'nmi the New VDrk Ileme ■! unial Suppose we agree to cill no m n | old tili be is past C 3. Let us eel down the nan ei of the some of illus trious people of the world who Lave prolonged thtir days of usefulness after that ago. We shall make a j table of them, aud begin it with those who bare died at 70--that is to ear, ! with those in whom the springs of | life Lave not stood still till they have | had at least seven years of old oge. j It will be found, however, to be lar i from exhausted, and ercry reader may find pleasure in adding to it j from his own stock of information:— j Age at Death 70—Columbus; Lird Chatham; Petrarch ; Copernicus ; Spal lanzani ; Boerhaave; Gall. 71—Linnaeus. 72 —Charlemagne ; Samuel Rich ardson, Aiian Ramsay ; John Locke; Necker. 73 —Charles Darwin ; Thorwa'.d sen. 74—Handel; Frederick the Great ; Dr. Jenuer. 7.7 —llaydu ; Dugald Stewart. 7 <»—Bousset. 77—Thomas Telford; Sir Joseph Banks; Lord Beaconsficld. 78—Galileo ; Corneilie. 70—Wm. llarvey ; Robert Steven son ; Henry Cavendish. 80—Piato ; Wordsworth ; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Kant;Tbie:s; Wm. Cullen. 81—BulTon ; Edward Young ; Sir Edward Coke ; Lord Palmer ston. B*2—Arnauld. 83—Wellington; Goethe; Victor Hugo. 84—Voltaire; Talleyrand; Sir Wm. Herschel. 85—Cuto the Wise; Newton; Benj. Franklin ; Jeremy Ben tha in. 86—Earl Russell; Edmund Ilalley; Carlisle 88—-John Wesley. 89—Michael Angelo. 90—Sophocles. 99—Titian. 100—Fontenelle. The wisest men and the best have been conspicuous for working to the end. Mrs. Tilton's Pension. WASHINGTON, Mar. 30, 1887.—The sole surviving representative of the Revolutionary War, as recognized by the government is Abigail S. Tilton, of North Woodbridge, Rockingham county, N. H. Out of the armv of persons who are entitled to pensions she is the only oue who receives such as the wife of a soldier of the Revolu tion. Mrs. Tilton is the widow of Benjamin Stevens, who, according to the musty records of the oSlice, pir ticipated in the battle of Benniugton as a member of Captain MoConnell's company, under the command of General Stark. Mrs. Tilton is now a trifle more than one hundred years old. She was married a second time in 1831, but was divorced and re turned her maiden name. Her second marriage invalidated her right to a pensiou as the widow of Benjamin Stevens, but the State of New Hampshire subsequently grant ed her an allowance of $2 a week for the remainder of her natural li e. About eight years ago Congress fur ther increased this by the addition of $lO a month, to be paid to her n< a special revolutionary pe sion, it hav ing been alleged that she was "house less, homeless and childless" The old lady is represented as enjoying excellent health and in the full pos session of all her mental aud physical faculties. Until a year ago three other relicts of Rovoltionary heirs drew similar pensions through the Knoxville agency. But they have all died within the past twelve months and Mrs. Tilton is now the only link that is left connecting the government of to-day with the stormy scenes of 1776. —Gov. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, now and then teaches a Sunday school class at Harrisburg. —The late Christian Ax, of Bilti more was an earnest Republican in politics, but would never accept pub lic office. —(Jueen Victoria will not accept any jubilee present from private iu dividuals with whom she is not per sonally acquainted. —lt is strongly believed that Bishop Keane, of Richmond, Va, will become president of the new Roman Catholic University at Wash ington. —The Rev. Dr. George Dana Boardman in 1884 began a series of Wednesday evening lectures on the Bible. Up to date he has delivered 816 of them. —The memorial statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston will be un veiled in New Orleans on April 6, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death at Shiloh. —The eldest son of the German Crown Prince is as strong a partisan as Bismarck himself. He refuses even as to drink champagne, and will drink only German wines. —The Duke of Westminster has promised to give, during the remain der of his life, $5,000 a year for the building of new churches. He is now sixty years old —Dr. Edmund J. Janes, Professor of Finance in the University of Penn sylvania, has declined the presidency of the lowa state University, with double his present salary. —The people of Chicago arc very much worked up over the information that they packed 700,000 less hogs last year than the year before, and they are determined to find out who packed those hogs —The Socialirt ticket in Chicago was completely snowed under, j Roche, the Republican candidate for Mayor, has a majority of nearly thirty thous and. In the interest of law and order ' this is a glorious victory. —The Board of Pardons rccoiu- i mended the commutation of the death i sentence to imprisonment for life in I i the case of Wm. G. Busch of Elk j ! county, convicted of murdering his 1 | brother. As an instance of the ig- ; i norance of the Busch family they all ] < went to Ridgway on the 24tli of i March to see William hanged, not! t knowing he had obtained a Respite. J i BEECHER ON "SUFFERING" Its Universality, Its use and How to Meet it. Henry Ward Beecher, preached on , "Suffenug; Its Universality, Its Use and how to Meet It." "Why wasn't . the world created just about rn:bt?"« Le asked. "If created at all, why uot so as to bring most happiness to all ? Man is born in iguorance and trained . in uncertainty. There is a capacity for jov in every element that is in his composition. The world outside of h is beautiful and offers him pleas ure for eye, ear, palate—for all the senses. Why should he use his high intellectual endowment to find out un happiness? "The animal has no to-morrow. II has no conscience and consequent ly no remorse. Every hour with him is comparatively tranquil. Hap ! piness is lower but more constant, more uucbecked in animals. In m:vn chile hood is the paradise, but st ill imperfect As the child grows older doubt and uncertainty come. This is a Wjrld created for happiness and a race endowed with the capacity for h'tppi'iesis. Least advanced it is most r. ; least happy when most ad• vi-.etd Why is this? Well, if any of von ev-r find out, why please come J and til me. (rod has created the ; world as He pleased, j "Suffering comes from broken laws j you s iy. Here is a man so built 1 that he drinks for forty years unin sured. His ueighbor doing the saw 9 j thing, is put in an insane asylum in two years. One man chews the 1 i devil's own cud and grows fat. An» . other becomes leau, nervous and su > i jtct to spasms. Now don't neglect your duty in order to escape Buffer ing. Since it is universal no man . to escape it. Now, its effects: With some it is discontent, uneasi ness aud when strong, bewilderment and even rage are the result. There ;is the prosperous man, who, after | j forty years of honest, virtuous toil, he .=ays, is struck by a whirlwind. Hec iu'f understand it. 'Mine i* a peculiar case,' he says. Everybody's case i.- peculiar. This is the way of nature under suffering. Now, the way of grace is to stand still. Hav ing done all, stand; be found standing. Take your grief aud bear it like a sol dier. Rejoice that 3 T ou are counted worthy to suffer. God moulds our moral tissue as a sculptor does clay, Begin to help others. Every act for another is your own relief." Scare Him Away. ' Mary suppose you sing some thing." "Oh,it's so late Charlie; I'm afraid ■ it'll waken every one." > "That's too bad," exclaimed Char lie with every appearance of dis tress. "But why do you want me to sing, dear?" she tenderly inquir ed. "Why, you see," he replied, "a fellow I owe five dollars has been waiting outside all evening for mo, and I thought maybe if you'd sing a ; little he'd go away." —Governor Thayer of Nebraska has made "Buffalo Bill" an aid-de camp on his staff with the rank of Colonel Myriads of American boys, small and large, will rejoice to hear of the honor doue to Colonel Cody. —Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar writes that on a hunting party given in his honor by the Rajah of Bebore, there were bagged nine tigers, three bears, six rhinoceroses, fourteen buffaloes, twenty-two stags, and liye wild hogs —A bit of Chicago land that cost Benjamin Shurtleff SBOO in 1859 was sold by him the other dav for $135,- 000. —Daniel Miller, of Donegal, Pa., bought a pair of common white rab bits a year ago. He now as seventy rabbits, the offspring of the original pair. —During a recent shower at Rock port, Ind , 210 live catfish, from 3 to 8 inches long, fell to the ground. They were gathered, and many ' them eaten. —Some of the railroad companies think of sending the inter-State com merce bill to Robert Browning and asking him to put it into pootry in order to make it more lucid. —Ex-Senator Wallace, of Pcnnsvl vania, is said to have made $1,500, 000 since he left Washington. —Thousands of ladies cherish grateful remembrances of the help do rived from the use of Lydia E Pink hams Vegetable Compound. —A ghost which recently fright ened people at Nyack, N. Y., was knocked down by a stone in the hands of a skeptic the other night, aud thereupon promised to give up the spook business. —Boston Landlord (to porter) —"Sen if the gentlemen in Parloc F have finished discussing their dinner." Porter (returned)—"Doy is fru eatlu,' boss, but dey niu't done cussiu' it yet." —lt is said that a man could easily carry $10,000,000 if the money was in ton-thousand-dollar bills. It is worth while for every man to know this, so as to be prepared for an emergency. —"I vo just found out why light ning never strikes in the same place," said a farmer to Mr. Fry, the light niug rod man, as they talked one day. "Why is it?" asked Mr. Fry. "Because the same place is naff there after the lightning once hits it," replied the farmer. —The capital punishment law of Maine bus been revoked and a life imprisonment, from which there can be no pardon, substituted for hang ing. —Tho following from the State school authorities is sound: "There can be no question whatever as to the I authority of the teachers to prohibit their pupils from the use of tobacco in the school room. The habit is too *} offensive to be tolerated and the re strieti >n is reasonable and proper so far as it applies to tho use of tobacco J in tho "School room. Tho persistent m and willful disobedience of tho pupil may be deemed by the Board to sufficient cause to warrant his sus- j pension from school, until such time ji as the offending pupil is willing to ■ obey and comply with all proper rules V and regulations governing the 1 bchool." Chewing pupils and chew- 1 ing teachers must be expectorated, ■ NO.&-