VOL. XXIV.' Administrators' Notice. |, ■STATE OF B. M. HARBISON, UEC'D. Whereas letters of administration have been | . granted by the Iteetster ot Butler count* . Pa., to the undersigned on the estate of K, M. na r ~ , bison late of Buffalo twp., Butler county. Pa., i dce'd all persons who know themselves In debted to said estate will make immediate payment, and those having claims against the ■ same will present.them properly authenticated lor settlement to the JOHN UAKBISON, I FHK SPORT. P, 0„ PA. Administrators. ESTATE OK CHBISTOPIIEB MRHICTIAEL, LATE OF CLAY TOWNSHIP, DEC'D. Letters testamentary on the estate of Christopher McMichael, deo'd, late of C lay i township, Butler county, Pa., having been ; Kranted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate, will please make immediate payment, and , any having claims against said estate, will i present them duly authenticated for settle- ; i meDt ' JAPIIIA McMICHAEL, Ex'r. | EUCLID P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. j " Executors' Notice. Letters testamentary I thp nnriprsltfiMKl on th 6 estate of Rowft uesspi i eesser deceased. lute of WiQtleld twp., Butlei - | debtedt b will make Immediate pay- , ment and thos« having claims against said es wufprSeiTt the same properly authenticat ed for settlemen^ DAVID HESSELGESSER.( EX rs April 18, 'B7. Leaaarevllle. Butter Co.. Pa. Notice in Insolvency. In the matter of the application of Perry Bricker for the benefit of the insolvent laws MSD No. 1, March T. 1887, of the Court ot Common Pleas of Butler connty, Penn a. Whereas, Perry Bricker, residing near .. ar versville Buffalo township, said county, by occupation a farm laborer, did at the March Sessions of said court, present his I* I'*""* 1 '*""* asking for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this Commonwealth. And whereas, the said court made an order fixing the first Monday of June, A. p. 168/ , at the Court House in Butler as the time and place for hearing said application. Notice is hereby given that said hearing will then and there take place pursuant to said order, wheu all parties interested may attend if they see proper to so do. THOMPSON, MCJI'NKIS & GALBREATH, Attorneys for Perry Bricker. Notice in Divorce. Mar* Battenfelder by her next friend Clias A A Ohl vs. Conrad Battenlelder. In Common Pleas of Butler county, A. D No. 29, Dec. Term 1886. To Conrad Battenfelder Respondent : The eubpeena and alias subp«ena in the above stated case having been regularly is and returned non est hereby notified to appear at a Court of Com mon Pleas to be held at Butler in and for the ZntVoTßutler, state of Pennsylvania on the first Moniay of June next, to answer the J*'"™ " l Mfikd p j? T ' E *k J S£MKE, May 3,1887. Sheriff. TRUSTEE'S SALE Bv virtue of an order of the Court of Butler connty, the undersigned trustee appointed by said court, will expose to public outcry on the premises in Buffalo >0 township, Butler Co., Pa., on TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1887, at one o'clock P. M., the following described real estate, being purparts Nos. 2 and 3 in partition of real estate of Wm. ileming, sec'd,to-wit: puRpARTNO2 Bounded on the north by purpart No. one of said estate, on the east by lands of Chas. Elsenrath, dee'd, and Wra. B. Tucker, south by lands of Jno. Elliott and Jacob Simmers and west bv lands of Geo. and Jacob Sim mers and Jno. Elliott, containing 09 acres. PURPART NO. 3. Bounded north by lands of James Flemings heirs, east by lauds of Samuel H. J" leming, sonth and west by purpart No. one of said estate, containing 4 acres and 120 perches. TIO^JVCS- One-third in hand on confirmation of sale by the court, balance in two equal annual installments with interest. Deferred pay ments to be secured b N LH/V^ 6 Butler Pa., May, 3, 1887! Trustee. Notice. In the matter ot the assignment of Thos, Ma iler to 3. Percy McKea for the benellt of cred ltlnfthe Court of Common Pleas of Butler Co., Pa., M's D. No 2, June Term, 18W. Notice Is hereby given that S. Percy McCrea, the above named assignee will make application to said court for discharge from his trust as as signee aforesaid on Monday the-6th day of June, 1887. at two o'clock P, M. Att y for S. P. McCrea. A RARE CHANCE! FOR SALE. ONE OF Butler County's Best Farms Containing 1-30 Acres. All under a high state of cultivation; no waste land; under good feuces. a large EIGHT-ROOM FRAME HOUSE, almost new, with cellar under the whole house, a large frame bauk barn, 50x52, a three hundred dollar spriog house, and all other necessary outbuild ings. Excellent water. 30 ACRES OAK AND CHESTNUT TIMBER Good orchard. Choice fruit of all kinds. Chnrches acd schools convenient. This farm is located on the llnionville road in Franklin Township, n • : tragical comedy, and cotui 1 tr.i'.r O and never tails to brlnsj down tise house. The netors are all stars. TUe oust umin.'j will it* a strong feature. The following urkfiy outlined Is me PROGRAMME: Soso—Tlie happy man r.o more reflects. Who buys lils clothing at L>. A. licks Acr I, — Scene I—Tliae 9 a.m: Kin r yenu.sr man with ineiid. Youn? man exple.i:ts to uls trlecd that tUc direct cause of his engage ment to the wealthy farmer's daughter was his purchase ot an elegant si;:: at 1). A. UEt'K'S i;reai fiothlng Kinyonam Filend tumbles to the Idea and is made happy with a new suit. Hat, Shirts, < 'otlars Ties. Underwear, Gloves. llos<\ irunJf Valise. Umbrella, etc. Scene closes with ' song, joined In by the audience. So.vo—The day will be intensely cold. When P. A. lleck Is undersold. Ac. ACT II.— SCENE 2—Time 11 a.m. Enter U,r.:i7 ct ueon'e. old men. young men, 1a..1-;.-, chil dren. inaniigtagmatrons w,tli nvtrnarable daig'iters. w'i > with oa-s ac«'>r l fairly Shriek with delight at the wonderful bar gains shov.ti. The beautiful yonng lady, Cinderella finds some Jevve.ery. a j . irof Corsets, a pair of Kid Glove.-;. au pair of liose that set her off so exquisitely that a dudi' lroni X'rilouvllle and a young man from Greece Cltv both propose,as the Greece city man has on one of I>. A. Heck s lrreslstable suits, < Inilcrella decid. s to patronize home Industries and accepts nim. The I'nionville dude tulfc? of duels, suicides, .vc.. but decides not to leave I.its world while he can get clothing so cheap at V. A. llEl'K'S Great Emporium. Song by company, joined by audic-nce: "I Is o'ir experience, one and all. And every oi." who tries i; knows:, l iiat 1). A. liECK has got 1 lie call. And takes the town In selling clothes, ACT III.— SCENE 3.-- Time ten yeiiis later: HECK'S LARGEST EMPORIUM. Ten vcars arc supposed to have elap.-nd. I). UKCK'S Store i ; H.tUru;)led 1:; lialier a metropolis. Arrival of several excursion:;, eli-ctric trains and a number of balloons, with crowds ot people to buy CloUilng. Underwear. Ilats, caps. Collars, Neck Vies, Hosiery, Suspenders, llandkei-elilefs. Umbrellas, Trunks Valises, satchels, lilil anil Pock. I'xioks, el'itil. Hair and Tootii llrus;2e:s and lniiumei'.ibl" 1 other articles whlcii space forbids to mention, scores of pros perous men and plump matrons lior around the proprietor, ail that their rise in me world befran from mo mo ment they began to buy their £oods from D. A. HECK, Cinderella and her husband about, to de part lor Mt. chestnut (l his Is no chestnut) The I'nlonvUle dude, a dude no longer but a rich business man In the city of Butler. Population 10.000. noted chiefly for being the most enterprising city In rhe county, and for fair dealing and for the fuet D. A. lIECK'S Emporium. Duffy's liiock. Is the headquarters for good goods, fair dealing and low prices. All will now join in singing:— How D. A. Ileck Is selling clothes, Way down at bed rock— Just watch the crowd that dally goes To I). A. Heck's in Duff y Mock. Curtain falls to slow but sure music. TOE BOWELS. Habitual Costiveness Cansrs derangement of the entire Ditoni, and be gets elf senses tnat are hazardous to life. IY-sons of a costive habit aro subject to Headache, Defective Memorv, Gloomy Forebodings, Nervousm sa.l'evers. Drowsiness, Irritable Temper and other symptoms, which unllta tlio sufferer for business or agreeable associations. Regular habit of body alone can cor rect these evils, and nothing succeeds BO well In achieving this condition as Tutt's Plllß. By their u;o not only Is tho system renovated, but m co;;sc nnence of the harmonious changes thus created, tnere pervades a feeling of satisfaction: the men tal faculties perform their functions with vivacity, and there la an exhilaration of mind, freedom or thought, and perfect heart's case that bespeaks the full enjoyment of health. SECRET OP BEAUTY Is health. Tho Hecret of health Is the power to dieedt n proper an&ntlty of food. Thincnn uoverboaouowhen the liver does not act its part. 11U the driving wheel iu the mechanism of man ( and when it is out ot order, the whole system becomes de ritiiued, mid Fever, Dyspepsia, Sick Head ache, Constipation, Jaundice, HillonsCol* Ic and General Debility ensue. To restore tho functions of the I.lver and Impart t hat beauty which nlwnys attends a healthy coustitntlon, l>r. Tutt's Liver Pills nro recommended. They nro not a cure-nil. but are designed solely for the disordered Liver and the diseases which It produces. Tutt's Liver Fills STIR UP THE TOEPID LIVER. SOX,]> BI ALL DBCUGISTS, 3So. YOU CAN'T BEAT THE HOPPLASTER cinal amenta for the cure of pain and dbeaso. Prepared from the complete virtues of fresh Hope, Burgundy Pitch and Gams. Tho greatest strengthening plaster ever invented. Apply one to Backache, Crick, Rheumatism, Kidney Pains, Stitches, Sciatica, Soro Chest, or pain in •ny part, local or deep-seated. Cures instantly, soothes and strengthens the tired musclee. All ready to apply. Sold by dm* and country stores, 25 cents, 5 for SI.OO. Mailed for price. Proprietors, HOP PLASTER CO., Boston, Mass. S\.vo\wes\. vxwA Catarrh IPI P|| HAY-FEVER ELYS CREAM BALM J» not a liquid, muff or jtoirdcr. Applkd into nostrils is quickly absorbed. It cleu rises the head. Allays inflammation. Heals the sores. Restores the senses of taste and smell. GO sentß at Dmgfjists; by mail, registered , 60 cents. ELY BROTHERS, Prupgists.Owego,NY. A J FRANK & CO." DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND CHEMICALS, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICE3, SPONGES, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, &c. f iwphyßletans' Prescriptions carefully c 0..,' i pounded, and orders answered with care nr.o dispatch. Our stock of medicines is complete, i warranted genuine, and of the best 'lUailty. 45 South Main Street, ' B'CJTLBR, - THE FARMER BOY. ji I O, the fanu.r is a jovial !ad ! < ' So healthy, bright and free, , I In his country home he is over glad, i ( O, that is the home for me. I With a whoop and a bey to his lively teair, With the lark abroad is he, i ; With his bread au Vmi k unrobfceJ of cream, j ( O, that is the h< me lor me. j . In the morning brinht he drives away, Ere the morning sun we see, The lowing herd to the sylvan stream | And the pasture green and free. In the summer time to trie harvest fie'.J, With a cooling drink, we see j i ! Both '.be farmer boy and the liiriner girl . ; j O, that is the home for me. j i ; When t!.e antnmn winds are sweeping wi.d I He is gathering nuls, you see; ! For a winter stock he v. iii lay them by I For his sister,biir.self and me; And theu to the orchard lie hies away For lie knows each favorite tree, j And he saves the fruit for a coming friend; I O, that is the home fur me. j When the winter comes with itj drilling blast | Then the farmer boy's in giee, j For he loves the sn vx that is falling fast And is drilling o'er the lea; And he says to himself, "To-morrow morn With mr sled ar.d sk:-tes I'll be, While the csttle arc munching their hay and I corn;" O, that is the home for me. CHORC3. O, that is the home for ice, O, that is the home for me, . With the farmer, his wife, his boy and girl; O, that is the home for me. THE LANGLEY BURGLARY. The large party assembled as usual at Langley towers to celebrate in ap proved fashion the approaching Ist of September were all collected one night after dinner in the drawing room, v. hen the conversation, hither to rather languid, chanced to turn on a burglary that had lately takeu place in the neighborhood. Every one at once seized on the topic, and proceed ed to relate, more or less irrelevant, but all alike gnstly, stories of famous burglaries and robberies, till sudden ly Miss Cecil Clifford, a cousin of Langley's a very pretty girl and an heiress to boot, who had hitherto ta ken uo part in the talk, looked up suddenly and said: "I do wish you would not all dis cuss such horrors, llow do you ex pect us to sleep quietly in our beds if you will insist on relating such fright ful stories, especially as those wretch es who broke into Coleton Park are still at large? I feel as if I should find a burglar in my room to-night, so if I rouse tho house with a false alarm, don't blame me !" "I thiuk I should die if I were to awake and see one in my room," ex claimed little ladv Langley, shrug ging her pretty white shoulders in not wholly affected fright. "At all events, the man would not trouble you long with tiis company if that tin case of yours, with your Diamonds in it, were lying or your dressing table, as usual," returned her cousin. "I know you'll be mur dered through those diamonds, one day !" "Do you really mean that Lady Langley keeps her jewelry on her dressipg-table?" asked Captaiu Le- Marchant.an impecunous young man, who was puspected, on very good grounds, of being au mieux with the prettv heiress, and who was, in con sequence, rather out of favor with her guardians. "To be sure she does," laughed his host; "and, as Cecil says, I know we shall wake up some fine morning to find ourselves corpses because of that whim of hers." "What is the use of having jewelry if it is always to be at the bankers?" retorted Lady Langley. "I wish to goodness you'd be sen sible, Flo,"' remonstrated her cousin, "and have it kept in the plate room, at all events. I know that I shall do nothing but dream of your dia monds !" Lady Langley laughed gayly, aud seemed to take u malicious pleasure in keeping the conversation on the same subject, despite her cousin's very evident dislike of it, in wLich she was assisted by Captain Le Mar chant, who chaffed Miss Clifford a great deal about her nerves, until the party separated for the night. Next morning the house was in confusion, for the diamonds were gone! Lady Langley missed them the moment she arose, for, her maid be ing far from well at the time, she had bidden the girl not to sit up fur her, leaving her diamonds, which she had been wearing, loose on her dressing table where Cecil Clifford found them when she came to her cousin's room to bid her good-night as usual, aud she put them in their case Of course every hole and corner was searched but in vain. Tho police came, but were equally unsuccessful. Not a trace of either the thieves or the jew elry were to be found. The police, : including the detective hastily sum moned from London, were positive that the robbery had been committed by some one in the house—conviction that did not add to the comfort of the inmates of Langley Towers. Sus picion ran riot; the household ser vants, one aud all, belonged to well known aiid respectable families iu the neighborhood, and had mostly been for considerable periods in the Lang leys' service; while the visitors' ser vants, it happened, seemed equally above suspicion. The only person who ventured to differ from the offi cials was Captaia Le Marchant, who openly pooh-poohed the wbolo thing as simply invented by the police to screen their own incompetence. Whether from conviction or oppo sition, Miss Clifford embraced the po lice theory, and before long her sus picion full on the maid of one of the visitors, whom she felt convinced was at last an accomplice. Unfortunate ly for this poor girl, Cecil Clifford confided her doubts to her cousin, who in her turn unconsciously be trayed them to the detective, so the unlucky maid was immediately plac ed under a surveillance that rendered her life a burden to her, aud ultimate ly cost her her situation. Captain Lo Marchant remonstrated several times on the subject with his fiance —for such she really was,though the engagement was not officially ac '* knowledged—but without affect. She somehow seemed to distrust him, as of late, for some cause or other, bis usually sunny temper had quite de a serted him; his tongue had acquired a B> bitterness now to his friends; while his handsome, merry face had grown to look wcrn aud haggard. Miss Clifford, though still persist- ing in her opinion, bore his strictures i 1 with gentle patience, laying the very i i evideut temper he showed to the sc- [ count of some money troubles that she well knew were worrying him; but at last he went too far, and ere their interview on this occasion ter minated the engagement between tbem was summarily broken off by the lady. Captain Le Marchant nevar took anv steps to bring about a reconcila tion, which, on her side, Cecil Clifford was fur too proud torflream of, though what the estrangement cost her she could only have told. All she knew ; about him was that he had exchang ed into a regiment stationed iu India, and beyond one other fact she heaid no more of him till tbfee or four years later the newspaper| told her that he had joined the army in Egypt, , and formed one of the" band sent to j the relief of Gordon and Khartoum, j Strangely enough, the one fact that : she did bear privately—namely, his having before leaving England pro- . vided for the future of the -poor girl , who hud suffered so severely from j the suspicions cast upon her about ' the lost diamonds—only seemed to j render her more incensed against her j erstwhile betrothed. Six or seven years had passed since! the burglary of Langley, when one night toward the end of the season, Miss Clifford—Miss Clifford still, in i spite of her wealth and beuuty—at a dinner found herself being introduced to 'Colonel Le Marchant" by her) host, who, ignorant of their previous j acquaintance, hart been actuated by a benevolent desire "to do dear old Denis a good turn" by making him acqainted with the heiress. The old lovers stood for a moment face to face, scrutinizing one another, the lady secretly, though not a trace of the hard work he bad undergone escaped berj the gentleman openly. He was the first to speak. "It is long since we met, Mis 3 Clif ford." "Not long since we were together at Langley," she replied softly. "Yes, when tie diamonds were stolen. I wonder if that busiuess will be ever cleared up?" Just then dinner was announced, and the guests filed dowu iu solemn procession. Although Colonel Le Marchant escorted Miss Clifford, her attention was at first claimed by her other neighbors. But when the con vcrsatiou had become sufficiently ani mated to allow of private conversa tion, Colonel Le Marchant turned to ward her and their eyes met. "What a wretched time that was," he said softly. "At Langley, do you mean? Yes, indeed, it was. But was it not curious how they found these dia monds !" "Found them! you don't say so!" he exclaimed eagerly. "When? Do tell me, please, Miss Clifford. You see, I only came home a few days ago, and have heard nothing." , "Oh! it is nearly a year since. Sir James was out fishing with one of the boya, wheu his line got entangled iu the branches of an old tree which had fallen into the river at some time. In disentangling it they saw some thing wedged in agaiast the trunk of the tree, which after a little trouble, they fished out. It proved to be the identical case in which Lady Langley kept her diamonds, and when forced open there they were safe enough, and reports which appeared later de clared that the box must have lain there ever since the night of the rob bery. The theory is that whoever stole it must have hidden it in the river bank, meaning to fetch it when the fuss had blown over, but the cur rent swept it away till the tree stop ped it." "Curious!" said Colonel Le Mar chant, slowly. "Yes, is it not?" she forced herself to answer quietly, for the strange ex pression on her companion's face troubled her, she scarcely knew why. 'T suppose there can be no doubt that it was some of the servants, though, after such a lapse of time it would be hopeless to try aud bring it home to anyone." Le Marchant looked at her sharply, and was just going to speak, when their host interrupted him with some questions about the Soudan, and the conversation became general till the ladies retired. Miss Clifford had sheltered herself iu the drawing-room behind a large portfolio of rare prints to think undis turbed over her unexpected meeting with her old lover, when the subject of her thoughts quietly came up and took a seat beside her. "I cannot tell you how glad I am that those diamonds have been recov ered," he said. "So am I," she answered. "Do you know, I feel as if I were a clair voyante or something of the sort, for ever since the robbery whenever 1 have been unwell, my nightmare has been about those diamonds aud the liver. I hear the rushing of the water quite plainly," she went on dreamily, unconsciously dropping into the old tone her companion remem bered so well. "I wondtr why it is." "I suppose it is because you really hid the diamonds under the banks of Langley water," was the startling answer. "I hid ihe diamonds! What on earth do you mean? You must be mad, Colonel Le Marchant!" "No, lam not. I saw you do it," he replied quietly. "You saw me do itl Then why to goodness did you not say so at the time?" "Because I teas mad then, Cecil, and made a horrible mistake. "You thought I stole the dia monds?" He was silent. "Then that was why you were so keen about that poor little lady's i maid?" i He nodded. "You believed—oh!—and were try- I ing to screen me all the time!" "Forgive me, Cecil." "But do you mean that you actual ! ly saw me take the .diamonds?" she • asked iu wonder. "Please tell me!" I Colonel Lo Marchant stooped over - over the books of prints Miss Clifford was ostensibly examining and answer l ed, in a low voice: "I had sat up late i in the smoking room, worrying over I some money trouble, when, startled - to find bow late it was, I was retreat -5 ing silently as I could to my quarters. } As I was passing along the bed room 5 passage I suddenly saw you iu your - dressing gown come out of Lady i Langley's room carrying a tin box. s Instinctively I drew behind the cur i j tain of the stair case wiudow, and I you walked by without noticing me. -I I followed you softly. You went to BUTLER, PA.. FRIDAY, MAY' 27, 1887 that little side door in the garden by the drawing-room, about which Lovat had chaffed Langley so much, unfastaaed it, and went out, rlffht across the lawn towards the river. Then to my horror you bent over the bank tiil I felt certain you would slip in, and I was just rushing up to catch vou when you scrambled back— without the box! You returned as you cauie by the little door through which I followed you, and regained your room. I was too taken aback to speak to you, for the idea that you were a sleep walker never struck me tintil just now. Next morning, when the robbery was dis covered, I remembered the box you had carued; and then the recollection of that tin case you and Lady Lang ley had spoken of on the previous night flashed across my mind." "But did you never go to look at that place?" "Yes, that rery day; but though I felt certain that I was on the exact spot, I could find nothing. This con firmed my suspicious that you had an accomplice, for I watched you closely enough to know that you had not again visited the river. So you can imagine my feelings when I found you trying, as I thought, to fix the crime on Mrs Couipton's maid." "Goo 4 heavens!" Then that wa9 what you meant that last day when you made me so angry! Well, con fusion for confusion, Colonel Le Mar chant. You saw me, as yon thought, steal the diamonds For my part, judging from your agitation at t,he time, and your energy in defending that poor girl, I grew convinced that you knew more of the robbery than you should have done, and actually believed that your subsequent kind ness to her was simply remorse for having let her be suspected of what you had only too good reason to know her innocent of." "What a chapter of accidents]" said Colonel Le Marchant, slowly. •'lf only we had spoken out at the time! I can hardly complain of your doubt; but yet I think you should have known me better." "You doubted me, Denit!" "But I saw you!" Miss Clifford smilod Still sheltered by the portfolio which they were both apparently so interest in, Colonel Le Marchant caught his companion's hand, and whispered: "Let by-gones be by-gones, Cecil, and set one mistake againt the othor. They have lo3t us years of happiness already!" Though their tete-a-tete was inter rupted by their hostess, Mis 3 Clifford must have found means of answering this appeal, for before the week was ont all the world and his wife were discussing the impending marriage of Colonel L Marchant and the hitherto unapproachable heiress. The Editor ana His Son. I have an acquaintance who assists iu editing a morning paper,but he does not believe in allowing his children to uttlerly forget him. He does not want his boys to think they are or phans just because he is not alway at home. He i 8 a man of very strong will and a strict disciplinarian. So he gets a holiday every two weeks in order to go home and do up his pun ishing. One time he found that his eldest or oldest son—l do not know which, because I am away from home with out my library—had violated the rules of the house in a sad manner. As near as l am able to come at the facts, the boy had taken a quart of corn and sewed a long thread through each kernel, showing great patience and perseverance in so doing. He had then tied the ends of the threads all together in one kuot and scattered the corn where a large flock of geese had been in the habit of asso ciating and pooling for mutual profit improvement. A man who came along that way about dusk said he saw about thirty geese standing around in a circle looking reproachfully at each other and trying to agree on some method by which they could all go home to gether without turning a part of their crowd wrong side out, while behind a high board fence there was a boy who seemed to be enjoying himself in a small way. The incident was reported to the boy's father, who came homo and placed his son under a large dry j goods box in the cellar, after which he piled three or four hundred pounds of coal on top of the inverted box. He then made a few remarks for the boy's good, which were followed by the smothered remarks: "Rats!" from the inside of the box. After ordering that the box should not be disturbed until his return, my friend put on his coat and went back to bis work. This was just as the returns began to return in the autumn of 'B4. Sly friend did not go home for two weeks aud forgot all about the boy until he came to do up his punishment for the fortnight. Wheu the truth flashed over him he was filled with the keenest re morse, and went home as soon as he bad sent in the last proof, but when he went down to the cellar he found the box empty aud the following note written on it with a pencil: "Deer Paw do not weap for me i have went away from my bapv home whare i was onct so gay an free do Not assassinate maw becus she Pride up the box with a stick Of cord wood yisterday and fed Me she left the box So i could bust 4th i am gone Far Far Away do not weap for me it is better for me and you to be Apart, ennyhow it is better for Me to be apart i like being Apart a Good deal better i think i will take a ham and gar of Preserves of which i am pash ionately fond but i will Itenumerate you some Day as heaven is my jug so No moar at Preseut from your proddiglc Son Ileury,"— Bill Nye. Dutch Etiquette. From the Chicago Times la Holland an unmarried lady al ways takes the right arm of her es cort, while the married oce selects the left side of her husband. So deeply bas the custom cutered into the life of the Hollanders that at a church wedding the bride enters the edifice on the right side of the groom aud wife returning on the left sido of her husband after the ceremo ny has been performed. No unmar ried lady in that country can dream of going to church, concert or any other place of public assemblage with out the escort of her parents or male members ol the family. She cannot take a walk, pay a visit or go shopping unaccompanied by her mother or some married lady friend. THE HIGH LICENSE LAW Full Text of the Restrictive Measure that Became a Law on May 13th. An act to restrain and regulate the j sale of vinous and spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admix- , ture thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted, etc , That' it shall be unlawful to keep or main tain any bouse, room, or place, hotel, j inn, or tavern where any vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or ■ any admixture thereof, are sold by re- j tail, except a license therefor shall shall have been previously obtained, ; as is hereinafter provided. Section 2 Licenses for the sale of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed j liquors at retail, in quantities not ex ceeding one quart shall only be grant- | ed to citizens of the United States of temperate habits and good moral character. Section 3. Such licenses may be granted only by the Court of Quarter sessions of the proper County, and shall be for one from a date fixed by by rule or standing orderof said Court The said Court shall fix by rule or standing order at a time at which ap plication for said license shall be heard, at which time all persons ap plying or making objections to appli cations for license may be heard by evidence, remonstrance, or counsel: provided that licenses under previous laws 'shall not be granted later than June 30th of this year. Section 4. Every person intending to apply for license as aforesaid in any city or County of this Common wealth, from and after the passage of this act, shall file with the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper County his, her or their peti tion at least three weeks before the first day of the sessions ot the Court at which the same is to be heard, and shall, at the same time, pay said clerk $5 for expenses connected there with, and said clerk shall cause to be published three times in two news papers designated by the said Court a list containing the names of all such applicants, their respective residences aud the place for which application is made. The first publication shall not be less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five days before the time fix ed by the Court, provided that no li cense shall be granted under the pro visions of this act to any person to sell in any room where groceries are sold at wholesale or retail. Provided also that in cities of the first class, in the month of January, iu each and every year, it shall be the duty of the Mercantile Appraisers to return un der oath, together with the list of mercantile taxes, all licensed and un licensed hotels, taverns, inns, restaur ants or saloons engaged in selling in toxicating liquors, and they shall also return a duplicate list of said licersed and unlicensed hotels, taverns, inns, restaurants or saloons to the Clerk of the JCourt of Quarter Sessions, and the said list of licensed and unlicens ed hotels, taverns, inns, restaurants, or saloons, shall be published in the manner now prescribed for the publi cation of Mercantile Appraisers' list, and said list to contain the name and amount paid by each licensee, and unlicensed hotel, tavern, inn, restaur ant or saloon, and it shall be their further duty to return to the District Attorney in said cities of the first class the name and residence of every proprietor or keeper of any unlicensed hotel, tavern, inn, restaurant or sa loon, together with the location there of. And it shall be the duty of the duty of the District Attorney to forth with proceed to .'prosecute each and every offender according to law. And for each and every license granted by the Court for any hotel, tavern, inn, restaurant or saloon the Mercantile Appraisers shall receive the sum of $2.50, the said sum to be paid by the applicant or applicants for said li cense. Section 5. Said petition shall con tain First. The name and present resi dence of applicant and how long bo has there resided. Second. The particular place for which a liceuse is desired. Third. The place of birth of said applicant and, if a naturalized citizen, where and wheu naturalized. ' Fourth. The name of owner of premises. Fifth. That the place to be licens ed is necessary for the accommoda tion of the public. Sixth. That none of the applicants arc in any manner pecuniarily inter ested in the profits of the business conducted at any other place ;in said County where any of said liquors are sold or kept for sale. Seventh. That the applicant is the only person in any manner pecunia rily interested in the business so ask ed to be licensed, and that no other person shall be in any manner pecu niarily interested therein during the continuance of the license. Eighth. Whether applicant or any of them has had a license for the sale of liquors in this Commonwealth dur ing any portion of the year preceding this application revoked. Ninth. The names of no less than two reputable freeholders of the ward or township where the liquor is to be sold who will be his, her or their sur eties on the bond which is required, and a statement that each of said sur eties is a bonafide owner of real estate in the said County worth over and above all incumbrances the sum of $2,000 and that it would sell for that much at public sale, and that he is not engaged in the manufacture of spirjtuous, malt, or brewed liquors. Tenth. This petition must be veri fied by affidavit of applicant, made before the Clerk of the Court, a Mag istrate, Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace, and if any false statement is made in any part of said petition, the applicant or applicants shall be deemed guilty of the crime of perjury and upon indictment and conviction shall be subject to its penalties. Section (». There shall be annex ed to such petition a certificate, sign ed by at least twelve qualified elec tors of the ward, borough or town ship in which such liquors are to be sold, setting forth that they have beeu acquainted with the applicant or applicants, that they have good reason to believe that each and all the statements contained in the petition are true, and they therefore pray that the prayer of the petitioner be granted and that the liceuse prayed for issue. Section 7. The said Court of Quar ter sessions shall hear the petitions from residents of the ward, borough or township, iu addition to that of the applicant, in fayor of and remon strance against the application for such license, and in all cases shall re- fuse the same whenever, in the opin- ; ion of the said Court, having due re- ' gard for the number and character j of the petitioners for and against such application, such license is not necessarr for the accommodation of the public and entertainment ot strangers or travellers, or that the applicant or applicants is or are not fit persons to whom such license should be granted; and upon sufficient cause being shown, or proof being made, to the said Court that the party ' holding n license has violated any law of this Commonwealth relating to the sale of liquors, the Court of Quarter Sessions shall, upon notice being given to the person so licensed, revoke the said license, Provided that all the additional petitions and remonstrances allowed by this sec- | tion shall be based on the necessity of the license to sell liquors, ( or the fit- j ness of the applicant, or the necessity j of the hotel, ina or tavern, house, i or place wherein vinous, spirituous, | malt or brewed liquors or any admix- j ture thereof are sold, in the locality ' where the applicant proposes to sell i the liquors. Section 8. That all persons licens ed to sell at retail any vinous, spirit uous, r. alt or brewed liquors or any admixture thereof in auy house,room cr place shall be classified and requir ed to pay annually for such privileges as follows: Persons licensed to sell by retail residents in cities of the fist.sec- j ond and third class shall pay the sum of $500; those residents in all other cities sh all pay S3OO, and those resi dents in boroughs shall pay the sum of 150; those residents in townships shall pay the sum of $75, which sum shall be divided in portions as follows: In cities of the first class four-fifths shall be paid for the use of the city and county, and one-fifth for the use of the Commonwealth; in cities of the second and third class two-fifths shall be paid for the use of the city, two fifths for the ose of the proper county and one-fifth for the use of the Commonwealth;in all other cities and boroughs three-fifths shall be paid for the use of such city or borough, one-fifth for the use of the proper county and one-fifth for the use of the Commonwealth; in town ships one-half shall be paid for the use of the township, one-fourth for the use of the proper county and one fourth for the use of the Common wealth. The sum so paid for the use of the townships to be applied to keeping the roads of such townsh ip in good repair. Provided that coun ties, cities, boroughs and townships receiving part of said shall bear their proportionate share of the expenses attending the collection of the same; and provided further, that the treasurers of the several counties shall appropriate for their own use the same commission on the amounts retained for the use of their reac tive counties as they are now au thorized to retain by law out of the moneys they returned to the State. Section 9. If any person or per sons shall neglect or refuse to pay to the City or County Treasury the sum of money directed iu Section B,within fifteen days after bis, her or their ap plication for license has been granted by said Court, then and in that case the said grant shall be deemed and held revoked and no license issued It shall be the duty of the person or persons whose application has been granted by the said Court to pay the said surti of money to the said Treas urer within the said fifteen days, and forthwith produce to and file with the Clerk of Court the receipt of the said Treasurer therefor, and upon any default the said Clerk shall forthwith mark said application and grant "revoked." Section 10. That the license shall not be issued to any person or per sons until he, she or they shall have executed a bond to the Common wealth and a warrant of attorney to confess judgement in the penal sum of s2,ooo,with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Court grant ing such license, conditioned for the faithful abservance of all the laws of this Commonwealth relating to the selling or furnishing vinoug, spiritu ous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admixture thereof, and to pay all damages which may be recovered in aay action which may be instituted against him, her or them under the provisions of any act of the Assem bly, and all costs, fines and penalties which may be imposed upon him, her or them under indictment for violat ing this act or any other act of -As sembly relating to selling or furnish ing liquors as aforesaid, and the said bond shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court, for the use and benefit of all persons interested there in. Section 11. The Constable of the respective wards, boroughs or town ships in each county shall, in the first week in each term of the Court of Quarter Sessions, make returns, un der oath, of all places in his bailiwick where vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admix ture thereof, are kept for sale or sold, except stores kept by druggists and apothecaries, stating which of said places are licensed under this act and which are unlicensed; and it shall be the especial duty of the Judge of Court to see that this return is faith fully made; and on failure of any Con stable to comply with this provision, or, if it be found upon examination or inquiry by said Court that any Constable has either wilfully or neg ligently omitted to return all such houses and the names of the proprie tors thereof, in bis bailiwick,he shall be guilty of wilfully or negligently making false returns, and the Court shall suspend him from office aud di rect the District Attorney to indict aud try said officer, and, if found guilty, he shall be fined in the sum not exceeding SSOO and undergo an imprisonment, either simple or solita ry, not exceeding two years, both or either, in the discretion of the Court. Section 12. It shall be the duty of every Constable in the county to visit at least once in each month all places withiu their respective juris dictions where any of said liquors are sold or kept, to ascertain if any of the provisions of this or any act of Assembly relating to the sale or fur nishing of such liquors have been or are being violated; and whenever any of the officers above mentioned shall learn of any such violation it shall be his duty to forthwith make written returns ot the same to the Court of Quarter Sessions with the names of the witnesses, and do whatever shall be in his power to to bring the , offender to justice; and upon any neglect or refusal of auy of said offi cers to perform the aforcseid duty the , Court shall impose the same penal ties provided in Section 11 of this act. Section 13. Every person receiv i | iug such license to sell spirituous, { vinous, malt or brewed liquors, or j ' any admixture thereof, shall frame his license under a glass aud place the same -o that it phail at a!l times be conspicuous end easily reul in his chief place of making sale, and no such license shall authorize sales by any persou who shall neglect this re quirement. Section 14 No licensee who shall sell liquors by less measure than one ; quart shall trust or give credit there- i for under penalty of losing and fore- j ! feiting such debt, and no action sbail be maintained or recovery had in any , case for the value of liquors sold ia ! violation of the provisions of this stc- J tion, and defense may be taken in said ! casc3 against such reovery without | , special plea or notice, j Sectiou 15. Auv person who shail j hereafter be convicted of selling or , offering for sale any vinous, spiritu- . ous, malt or browed liquors, or any J ' admixture thereof, without a liceuse ; i shall be sentenced to pay a tine of j not less than SSOO nor more than \ $5,000 and undergo imprisonment in ! the county jail of not less than three months nor more than twelve months Any person having liceuse who shall hereafter be convicted of violating any of the provisions of tbc Licence laws shall be subjected to a fine of uot less than SIOO nor more than SSOO, ' and for any second offense whereof he shall be convicted not less than S3OO nor more than SI,OOO, and for any third offense whereof he shall be con victed a fine of not less than SSOO nor more than $5,000 and undergo im prisonment in the county jail for not lesa t-an three months nor more thau twelve, or both or eithir, at the dis cretion of the Court. Any person convicted of more than one ollcnse shall not again be licensed in any city or county of the Commonwealth, and the license of any persoa permitting the customary visitation of disreput able persons, or keeping a disorderly place, may upon proof be at any time revoked by the Court, and when thus revoked the same party sbali uut again be licensed iu any city or coun ty of the Commonwealth. Sectiou IG. That druggists nnd apothecaries shall uot be required to obtain license under the provisions of this act, but they shall not sell intoxi cating liquors except upon the writ ten prescription of a regularly regis tered physician; alcohol, however, or any preparation containing the same, may be sold for scientific, mechanical or medicinal purposes. Anyone vio lating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall ho subject to the same penalties as are provided iu the fifteenth section of this act. Pro vided, that no spirituous, viuuous, malt or brewed liquors shall be sold or furnished to any person more than once on any one prescription of a physician; and provided further, that any physician who shall willfully pre scribe any intoxicating liquors as a beverage to persons of known intem perate habits shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the same penalties and fines as are prescribed in Section 15. Section 17. That it shall not be lawful for any person, with or with out license, to furnish, by sale, gift or otherwise, to any person any spiritu ous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors on any day upon which elections are now or hereafter may be required to be held, nor on Sunday, nor at any time to a minor or a person of known intemperate habits or a person visibly affected by intoxicating driuk, either for "bis or her use cr for the use of any other "person, or to sell or furnish liquor on a passbook or- order ou a store, or to receiv'jvftomjtfriy person any goods, wares, merctiandHe— ©£_ provisions in exchange for liquor, shall be held and deemed a misde meanor and, upon conviction thereof, tho offender shall be fined not less than SSO nor more ihau SSOO, and undergo an imprisonment of not less than twenty nor more than ninety days. Section 18. Any house, room or place, hotel, iun or tavern, where vinou3, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors are sold, offered for sale, drank or given away in vioiatiou of any law of thi3 Commonwealth, shall be held and declared a nuisance, and shall be abated by proceedings at law or equity. All expenses connected with such proceedings, including a counsel fee of S2O for the couusel of complainant, shall be p:iid by defend ant or defendants. Section 19. All local laws fixing a license rate or fee less than is pro vided for in this act be and the same are hereby repealed; provided, how ever, that none of the provisions! of this act shall be held to authorize the sale of any spirituous, viuous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admixture thereof, iu any city, county, borough or township having special prohibi tory laws. Poisoning by Locust Tree Bark. The iuuer bark of the fragrant flowered locust (Robinia pseudaca cia), commonly cultivated as an or namental tree and for its invaluable timber, has long been known to have a sweetish taste resembling that of licorice, and to have emetic and ca thartic properties. In the New York Medical Jour nal Dr. Z T. Emery repjrt3 a case of poisoning of thirty-two boys at the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, from chewing some of this bark, which they had obtaiued from tho 3'ard, where fence posts had been strip ped. Iu the mild cases, vomiting of ropy mucus was observed, together with (lushed face, dryness of throat, and dilated pupils. In the severest cases, large quantities of ropy mucus mix ed with blood was vomited. The other symptoms were retching, p.iiu in tho epigastrium, debility, stupor, cold aud pulseless extremities, a fee ble and intermittent action of the heart, dilated pupils, aud face of a dusky pallor. The patients were given subear bonate of bismuth and braudy by the mouth, and morphine hypoderinical- Iv; sinapisms were applied over the stomach, and bottles of hot water along the extremities. The patients were discharged from the hospital in two days. —Have the grass cut if you want your lawu a la moioed. —There is a booiu in fruit jirs. Prices have from from GO to 70 cents a gross. —The bark-peelers are at work. , Comical Avowals. Chicago Herald.] It is probable that before proposals many have felt like the bashfai boy who consulted his father ia his diffi culties. "Why, you ninny," answer ed the old gentleman, testily, "what do you suppose I did when I married your mother?" This was a poser to the would-be swain, but after a mo ment of anxious reflection he slowly rejoined: "Oh you married mother, but I've got to marry a strange girl!" Had he been as religious as Dea con Reynold Marvin, of Pleasant Valley, Conn., he might have follow ed his example. The Deacon, having met a blithe lass who pleased his fancy, rode to her home, and, seeing her washing dishes at an open win dow, remarked: "Becky, the Lord hath sent me to marry you." Becky, wiping her hands, returned simply: "The Lord's will be done," and they at once journeyed to the church. Becky's parents, however, were hard ly pleased with that style of arrang ing matters, and therefore'the daunt less deacon posted this notice on tho church door:— Reynold Marvin aud Becky Lee % Do intend to marry; And, though her dad opposed be, They can no longer tarry. An enterprising groom in lowa, not able to secure the consent of his love's farmer father, turned a herd of cattle into his largest field of grain, and while the family were driving them out, made his way to the nearest Justice of the Peace, where he was joined in wedlock to his fair pr.ze. In England, a handsome young of ficer, dancing with a lady, mourned his celibacy; being assured by her that no one in the room would reject him, "Will you take me?" he asked. "With pleasure" she answered. Does anyone wish to imitate this style of proposal in writing? It was from Lord Strangford to Miss Beau fort: "1 was thinking the other day about a communication from the Em peror Akbar to the King of Portugal, which contained a request tor copies of the holy books of the Christians, and in which the following sentence occurs: 'ln the world of humanity, which is the mirror and reflection of the world of God, there is nothing equal to love or comparable to human affection.' For meny years I have felt and known this, though I never said it till to-day to-any one. When you next write please give give me the possessive pronoun of the first per son." A Scotchman, pointing to the kirk yard, remarked with true poetical feeling to the lass of his choice: "My folk lie there, Mary; would ye like to He there ?" while an Irishman asked his fair one if she were willing to lay her bones beside his bones. A girl informed her bashful lover of her wonderful improvement in cookery, saying she could make a splendid cake now, and upon his ask ing her favorite she replied: "One made of flour and sugar, with lots of raisins, currants aud citron; all beat, fully frosted." "That's a wedding cake," he said. "I meant wedding," she replied, and bliss and babies were the result. "I'll have thee if thou wilt." And he wilted and she wilted. Some Wise Women. From Youth's Companion. A poor clergyman died and left a widow and two daughters.one was an- " invalid and the other became the main stay of the little family. Like too many girls, she had received a gener al but superficial education, which did not qualify her to teach anything. She bad no taste or skill as a milliner or dressmaker. What could she do ?.- Accidentally, she heardnumber of housekeepers, regretting the impossi bility of having hot, fresh cakes for Sunday's breakfast. She had a re ceipe for making English muffins, which, if baked on Saturday, can be heated the next morning. She called on her friends and took orders for these muffins: The cakes were delicious and promptly served. Iter customers increased. She has now a large establishment and a com fortable income. Another woman, in the samo posi tion, "took stock of herself" to discov er what she could do. "I know," she said, "that it is tho thing which we can do better than any one else, however trivial it may be, which commands success. I had but one little craft; I could dress hair aud understood its management. I ?et out upon a tour of the inland towns and villages of the Middle States, advertising that Mrs. P would teach ladies how to dress hair becomingly, and to care for it on sci entific principles. "In these small towns coiffures are unknown. I was the first to en ter a new field and I reaped a rich harvest. Since then I have visited and found business in a great many of the larger towns of the United States." Another woman, a half-starved dressmaker in a great city where there were hundreds of dressmakers, overheard a gentleman in a street car say that there was no place in the city where a man could have his socks or underwear mended. She took » room hear a college and open ad a mending shop. She, too, was the only person in possession of a new business, and therefore succeed ed. He Showed the Wrong Card. Peoria l 111.) Transcript.] A story is told in regard to a chris tening in the lower end of the city. Mother, father and infant were on hand. Also the godfather. The good old priest proceeded with the ceremony until it was necessary to name the child. The godfather, a3 usual in such cases, had written the name on a card, and when the cere mony had reached this point he dived into bis vest pocket and handed out one. The priest took it, glanced over it. and a look of horror came over his face. The godfather turned as red as the gills of a turkey gob bler, went down into his pocket again reached out another card, handed it to the priest, and received in return the one he had given the good man, and the ceremony proceeded without further interruption. The one he had first handed to the priest read: ''l am somewhat of a liar myself." It Wasn't a Clean One. Mistress (horrified) —"Good graci ous, Bridget, have you been using one of my stockings to strain the coffee through?" Bridget ( apologetically ) —"Yes, mum; but sure I didn't take a clane one," ... , NO. 28