VOL. XXIV. Administrator's Notice. Letters of Administration having been grant ed to the undersigned on the estate of Franklin Fisher, late of Allegheny township, dee'd. notice is hereby given to all parties knowing them selves indebted to said estate to make Immedi ate payment, and those having claims against saldestate to present them duly authenticated for settlement. BARBARA FISHER, I Admr 8 W. A. Fishkk. I Sandy Point. Butler Co.. Pa. A. K. Keiber. A try, Administrators' Notice. ■STATC Ori.lL HARBISON, DEC'D. Whereas letters of administration have been minted by the Register of Butler county, I a., fothe undersigned on the estate of R. M. lUtr blson late of Buffalo twp.. Butler county. Pa., who know thenwelves in debted to said estate will make Immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present.them properly authenticated tor settlement to the underslgned.^^^ JOHN HARBISON. FRKKPOKT. P, 0., PA, Administrators. ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER MeSICHAKL, LATE OF CLAY TOWNSHIP, DEC'D. Letters testamentary on the estate 6f Christopher McMichael, dee'd, late of Clay township, Bntlet county, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned. All persons Knowing themselves indented to said estate, will please make immediate payment, and any having claims against said estate, will present them dnly authenticated for settle ment. „ . JAPHLA. McMICHAEL, Ex'r. EUCLID P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. Executors' Nolice. Letters testamentary having the undersigned on the estate of Robert Hessei gessor deceased, late of Wlnfleld twp., Butler ?Srpa7aH persons knowing _ themselves in debted to said estate will make Immediate pay ment, and those having claims against sald es tate will present the same properly authentlcat edforsetUemeu^HEßgKrGEJSEß DAVID HESSELGESSER, ( Ex rs. April 18, 'B7. LeasurevUle. Butler Co.. Pa. Estate of Zephaniah Snyder, LATB OF BXAOY TOWNSHIP, DEC'D. . Letters of administration C. T. A. on the es tate Zephaniah Snyder, late of Brady twp., But ler Co.. Pa., having been granted to the under signed. all persons knowing themselves Indebt ed to said estate will please make Immediate payment, and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for settlement.. j. c. SNYDER. Adm'r. West Liberty P. 0.. Butler Co.. Pa. Notice. The School Directors of Franklin town ship will receive sealed proposals for the building of a new school house up to the Ist of August, 1887. Bids will be received in cluding stone-work or separate. Plans and specifications can be seen at the house of WM. DICK, Sec y. To Whom it May Concern. TAKE NOTICE-That there will be a final general meeting of the creditors of W. C. Brj; son, bankrupt, according to the provisions of the Bankrupt act of March 2. lßffT. Sections 27 and 28. and for the purposes therein set forth, at the office of Nosh W. Sharer. Esq.. Register in Bank ruptcy at No. 93 Diamond street, Pittsburg, Pa., on the i«th day of July. 1887. at 11 o'clock a. m of said dav. when and where you may attend if you see proper. McJUNKIN Butler, Pa., June 80,1387. Assignee. FARM FOR SALE. I will seell my farm, located in Franklin township, Bntler county, Pa. It contains 320 ACRES of good, well watered land, both ridge and awamp; good grain land and good grass land, •bout 30 acres of good chestnut timber, three orchards, GOOD BANK BARN, 60x60 feet, frame and log dwelling, ood spring and good spring house near honse; well in kitchen, good corn crib, pig pen and all necessary improvements. For terras, etc, inquire of me on the prem ises. GKOBUK C. MCCANDLKSS, Prospect, Pa. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. FARM of 175 acres nearß. R. station. 90 acres Improved land, convenient to Pittsburg ; barn Is 100x60 and cost s4soo—is good as new—a good 6 room frame house, good orchard. Price SBOOO. MIGHT PAY A CASH DIFFERENCE on a trade. We have small and large farms for sale or trade. Patent and Pension cases prosecuted. Read the new pension laws and write to us J. 11. HTKVjtNSON's & Co's Agency. 100 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. FARM FOR "SALE In Bugarcreek township, Armstrong county, near Adams P. 0., one and one-fourth mile east of the new oil development In Sugarcreek twp. Farm contains 100 ACRES, with bank barn, 32xr>0 feet; BRICK HOUSE. 18x30 feet, 2 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen, 14X18 feet; good spring of water, farm well wa tered, good orchard of grafted fruit. Farm In a good stat<' of cultivation. About 75 ACRES CLEARED, balance In good tlmb er. Will sell extremely low for cash. Kor particular Inquire of J. R. WICK, Rlmersburg, Clarion Co., Pa, JERSEY CATTLE FOR SALE, Owin gto tbe death of my wife I offer at private sale my entire herd ot registered Jersey cattle. JAMES K. DAIN, Freeport, Pa. "S? 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[ Trip lightly over trouble, Trip lightly over wrong j We only make grief double By dwelling on it long. Why clasp woe's hand so tightly, Why sigh o'er blossoms e'eud, Why cling to forms unsightly, Why not seek joy instead? Trip lightly over sorrow, Though all be dark, The sua may shine to-morrow, And gayly sing the lark; Fair hopes have not departed, Though roses may have li^'J; Then never be down-hearted, But look for joy instead. Trip lightly over shadow, Stand not to rail at doom; We've pearls to string, of gladness, On this side of the tomb; While stars are nightly shining', And heaven is overhead, Encourage not repining, But look for joy instead. LANETTE. CHAPTER I. Captain John Hablette, in whose truthfulness wc ail have implicit con fidence, relates the following story: One uiirht several yeors ago, I was a passenger on a Missouri laihvay train that was mercilessly robbed by a party of young wretches, who not only deprived us of our valuables, but who, daring the outrage, subjected us to their low flung raiilery. I was not burdeusomely encumbered with moaey aud gave up, without a pang, the small amount I had, but when one of the rascals told me to take off my watch, I filed my motion for an appeal. The watch, aside from be ing a gold time-keeper of finest make, had been presented to me by a dear friend. "Look here," said I, "can't you let me keep this watch? I suppose you have often heard such a request—not at all strange in your line of business —but which by granting would ex hibit your remaining dregs of grace, and which I might eay, might in time prove to be the fruitful meats of re pentance." I was a young member at the bar at that time, ratber liked to hear the sound of my own voice, and thought that this little speech, so applicable and delivered with such emphasis, should at once gain my case, but the villaiu, graceful of form as well as graceless ot morals, bowed profound ly and replied;— "My dear sir, I like to hear you talk, and under ordinary circumstan ces would listen to you with only a moderate degree of impatience, but on this occasion I am really pressed for time. While I am accommo dating aud willing to grant a hearing to anyone dissatiffied with the man ner in which iconduct my affairs, yet 1 must insist that you pay more at tention to prompt delivery aud less to oratory. "Ah," taking my watch, "a jeweled checker-off of time's hur rying moments. So long, sir. I wish you a safe journey." CHAPTER II About two years after my experi ence with the robbers. I went on a summer vacation to Wisconsin. One day, while threshing a little trout stream. I met a young gentleman to whom—as he was engaged in the same pastime, and has he had caught nothing—l became attracted. He was a tall, graceful young man, quick-witted, and with a face impres sively handsome. We sat in the mossy shade and ate lunch together. We talked for an hour and then like American citizens, introduced our selves. This is an American charac teristic. An Englishman must know your name before he will exhibit the slightest interest in you, but an American must become acquainted with you before he cares to know your name: "My name is Robert Gosman," said he, when I had delivered my cognomen, "but I am known as Wild Bob. I don't know why, for no one ever sees me in a hurry. llere's some very fine cabbage pickle!" "Call you Wild Bob because you are not wild, probably," I replied. "The members cf a certain bar in Ar kaneaw call me Cold water John, tbouerh I don't now remember that I have ever shown any marked predilec tion for cold water. Pickle is first rate." "Say, Ilablett; I live about three miles from here. You haven't any thing to do particularly, have you!"' "Well, anything I have to do, I do it particularly." "I mean, have you anything par ticularly to do?" "No " "Well, suppose you go homo with me. You will find the folks to be very agreeable. It is no boarding house, understand?" As the boarding-house I had secur ed was hardly up to the standard of appetite, to say nothing of association, I agreed to accompany Mr Gosman CHAPTER 111. The Gosmans lived in a largo brick house, surrounded by tali trees. The cool yard, the spring ncar**"the house and even the barn from which issued the sharp, filing notes of a score of Guinea hens—all to me were inviting. Old man Gosmau—old man through courtesy, for he was not so very old, was quiet and undemon strative, but I could see that I was not an "unwelcome guest, a guest unbid." Mrs. Gosman was one of those women who remind rne of a piece of silk. Smooth, never show ing a ruffle, smiling nearly always, but so quiet of manner, and so soft of voice that sometimes, when hearing an undistinct sound in the room, I would look up, thinking that she had spoken. Miss Lanette Gosman— but how shall I speak of her? The adjective beautiful expresses much, yet how commonplace and incom plete. Did you ever notice that some girls carry eunshine in their voices? It is a fact, whether or not you have noticed it. J know that Lanette's voice was full of sunshine, for everything was brighter when she spoke. Her beauty, when she enter ed the room, bounded upon my vision like a glad surprise. "Oh, yes, you must remain awhile with us," she remarked the next even ing after my arrival, when Bob had renewed his invitation. "It is very lonesome here at times. When father is not at work he walks around with his bands behind him. There's nothing that makes rac more lone some than to 6ee a man walking around that way. It always seems to me that he is in trouble; and moth er, she is so quiet and easy—well, mother reminds me of a piece china, Bob, I'll declare she doer," turning to her brother and growing brighter in the the light of her new found com parison. "No one would ever know that she is on the place, hardly," turning to me. "We cau't say as much for you," replied Bob. "Everybody in the neighborhood knows when you are at home." "Am I such a romp, Mr. lla'j lett?" "No!" I replied. "I—l never saw anyone more lady like." "There now, Mr. Smarty," shaking her head at Bob. "Ob, he say 3 that because he can't get around it," replied Bob. "No you don't; do you?" appealing to me with an air so bewitching that 1 actually felt like getting up and dancing the "Essence of Old Yirgin ia." "I mean it, Miss Lanette. You are lady-like " "There now, cgaiu, Smart Jackety. But, Mr. Ilablett,you haven't told me yet. "Haven't told you?" "No, haveu't told me that ycu can remain with us awhile." "Well, lamcn a vacation and I much prefer this place to any other place—" in the world, I came in one of saying—"prefer it to any other place I have found." "Thank ycu," she said. As I sat there contemplating her enchanting beauty, I wondered if she could really be a flirt. Then this crushing thought fell upon rather than arose within me. "Of course she is. A girl so frank, so easily delighted, could be carried off by any ciod-hop per." I had never heard it intimated that I was handsome, and my feet, with a pronounced affinity for No. 9's now seemed to bo incased in 12's. Uh yea, I loved her—loved her until I was actually sick. After supper I went out alone aud told myself I was a fool. I heard Lanette singing.and, addressing myself, I said: "Ilablett, you are the biggest fool I ever saw. Why don't you pick up a few grain 3 of sense as you go ulong? Don't you know the girl is laughing at you?" I returned to the house, and going to my trunk—which had just been brought from my boarding house —1 took out Blackstone and decided to rub up my knowledge of common law, but incorporal hereditaments,freeholds aud the like were powerless to divert my mind from the engulfing channel into which it was determined to flounder. I out dowu the book, and as 1 sat musing, or rather agonizing, I heard a woman in the hall-way ask: "Miss Lanette, whar Wild Bob ketch up wid dat cuis lookiu' white man?" CHAPTER IV. Three weeks had elapsed, aud yet I remained a guest at the Gosman farm-house. Bob and I spent much of our time in fishing, but I didn't want to fish, Fish, the mischief! Talk about fishing to a man who is almost on the verge of dropping on the ground and kicking in the agonies of fatal love! The girl's attentions had not abated, but, hang it, I cotil<i» not see that they had increased. 1 couldn't fool along this way. I was determined to bring the case to a trial. Late one afternoon while "moping" in the woods near the house, I met Lanette, who, with a handful of wild flowers, was returning home from a neighborhood visit, On my part, I don't think the meeting was altogeth er accidental. "I saw some beautiful flowers just over here the other day," said I. "Come with me aud we will get them." Oh, what a liar. I had seen no flowers. She joined me and we pro ceeded along a path so narrow that it seemed impossible for me to get more than one foot in it at a time. "How far are they?" "Not far. Let me see. Just over there, I believe." "Are you quite euro that you saw any?" "Oh, yes " "When?" "Yesterday mor—Lanette, I expect you think that—" "Think what?" she asked, stop P' n K> "Think that I am—well, let's go to the house. No, I'm going to tell you. I love you. #llold OD! Oh, it's a fact." "I didn't dispute it," she said. "Of course not,but—"l had caught her in my arms. I had seen tears in her eyes. "I love you so much," she breathed in my ear. Ah, lightning, it is a wonder you hadn't settled ine right there. Such happines must be a mistake. She would marry me! Great Caeaai! I looked around to see if any one were about to shoot at me, but saw noth ing but a cow quietly grazing I wondered if I were not in duty bound to ruu against a tree and kill myself I was a fool—but I was so deucedly happy. CHAPTER V. Our engagement was not kept sc crect. Tho old gentleman readily gave his consent, declaring that Lanette's choice was his choice. Mrs. Gosman had very little to say but shimmering like a piece of satin, said she had no objection to me. One day, about two weeks from tho time appointed for our marriage, I decided to go over and catch a few trout. Bob was not at home, and a.-; the distance was too great for Lanette to walk, I concluded to go alone. "You must be back by four o'clock," said Lanette. "But how am I to know? I have no watch." "Couldn't you take the clock under your arm." "Hardly." "Wait. Boh has a watch upstairs lie never wears it, but I don't sup pose he would care if you were to take it. Just wait a minute, and I'll wind it up and set it." A few moments later she returned with the watch. I could scarcely re press and exclamation; "J.L.H." en graved on the case. I said nothing, but after leaving the house I examin ed the watch. It was mine, unmis takably. Could it be possible that Bob wa3 one of the train robbers? I was so disturbed that, taking no in terest in fishing, I soon returned to the house. As I neared the gate I saw that Bob had returned. Seeing me,he came forward and said: "Lanette tells me that she let you take my watch." "Yes, here it is." "Of course it is sa r e in vour bands, but—" BUTLER, PA,. FRIDAY, Jt'LY !S, 1887 "But what?" I a.-ktd. "Oh, nothing." "Seems to be an excellent time keeper, Bob. Where did you get it?" "Oh, by the way of a chance," he replied, but I could see that be was | confused. "Ah," thought I, that night as I lay in lied, "that is doubt j less one reason why you deserve the : name of Wild Bub. Marry the sister iof an outlaw? I shuddered. Yes, I 1 would marry her, even though she ! were an outlaw herself. It was my duty though to have Bob arrested, j What a thoughtl It would almost kill his parents. "I will wait until ■ after we are married,"' I mused, "but : I must discharge my duty." The very next morning, upon tak- I ing up a newspaper, I saw that one of the Missouri train robbers had b<:en captured. "He had in his pos session." continued the account, "a number of valuable watches. When asked why he had not disposed of them, he replied he was afraid that such a step might lead to his detec tion, and that it had been his inten tion to leave the country aud sell them. The chief of police of St. Louis, requests that those who lo3t watches during the late train robbery in this State, will please furnish him with description ot proper." Although I was satisfied that Bob had my watch, yet 1 wrote to the St,. Louis chief of police, and to my in finite surprise, received a few days later my watch. Now I could see a difference, though very slight between my watch and Bob's, but I could not account for the same initials. This thought puzzled me: Why should he have shown such embarrassment when I asktd him where he got the watch? I was determined to find out, so, accompanying Bob to his room, I related the circumstances of the train robbery and then showed him my watch. "Why, it is just like mine!" he ex claimed. "Same initials, too. Well, it is strange, surely," "So strange, Bob, that I don't un derstand it. Tell me where you got your watch. Of course it is no busi ness of mine, but I would like to know." "I got it from a friend." "Yes, Bob, but why were you em barrassed when I asked you concern ing it?" For a few moments he remained silent. A cloud crossed his face. Passing his hand over his face, as though he would rub the cloud away, he said:— "Oue of tbe best friends I ever had was James L Harmon. This watch once belonged to him. One night he took it arid gave it to me in payment of a gambling debt I took it.jokingly, intending to return it, but the first thing I saw upon taking up a morn ing paper, next day, was that James had been killed while in a saloon The horrible affair occurred a short time after he left me." "Bob, you will never know what relief you give me." "How, BO?" I related my suspicions. He laughed in genuine appreciation and said: "You don't mo, John. I have not the courage to rob a bee-hive, much less a railway train, but really I am glad that that you no longer re gard me a robber and that you do not necessarily believe your property to be in danger of stealthy removal while I am around." "I know one thing, Bob." "What's that?" "You are the best fellow I ever met." ***** Lanette and I were married by a good old parson who talked through his nose. Everybody seemed to be happy, although the old gentleman walked with his hands behind him. The old lady wept smoothly and without a w, but still looked like a piece of china. Bleeding His Country. From Youth's Companion.] Lord Chesterfield is better known by the "Letters to His Son," in which he shines as a master of deport ment, than by his diplomacy and ora tory. Yet in his day, he was called the "British Cicero," and was trusted with such fine diplomatic work as that illustrated by this anecdote: A certain nobleman had talents, learning and influence; but he had one vanity—the desire to be thought skillful in physic and an expert in bleeding. It was cnce thought necessary to have this noblemau's vote for a cer tain bill before tho House of Lords, and the task of securing it was assign ed to Chesterfield, lie knowing the noble lord's foible, called on him one morning. After a brief conversation upon tho weather and other trivial topics, Chesterfield complained of a headache, and asked the nobleman to feel his pulse. The noble lord instantly laid his fingers on his visitor's wrist, said his pulse was too high, aud suggested that the loss of a little blood would give relief. "I have no objection, my lord," answered Chesterfield; "and, as I hear your lordship has a masterly hand, will you favor mo by trying your lancet on me?" The visitor, having boon bled, a*k ed: "I)o you go to the House, to-day, my lord?" "1 did not intend to go," answered the nobleman, "as I am not informed as to the merits of the question which is to be debated. You doubtless have considered it; which side do you favor?" Chesterfield, having gained the nobleman's confidence by humoring his vanity, easily influenced his judg ment He then carried him to the House and secured his vote for the bill. "None of my friends," said the wit, "have done as much for the country as I have, for I have literally bled for it." He cxibited devotion to his party, but tho act was unscrupulous, aud an honest man would not have done it. Not Anxious to See It. A Chicago man visiting Cincinnati was being shown around by a citizen who said: "Now, let's go and and see the widows' home." The Chicago man put his finger to tho side of his nose and wiuked, and then said:"Not much, Mary Ann; I saw a widow home <aace, and she sued me for a breach of promise and proved it on me, and it cost ma SIO,OOO. No, sir; send the widows home in a hack." —Ex-Secretary Manning is at bis desk in his b inking oflho in New York. EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY. j The First Sun Picture Ever i Taken in it Was Done. There are some interesting memoirs connected with early photography in this country. Photography dawned on the world at about the same time as telegraphy and at about the same date as steam railroading. And Morse, tbe leading man in the tele graph, and I)aguerre,the leading man in the photograph (at first called the daguerreotype), became personal friends, and each got interested in tho other's lines—a thing which very seldom happens to that class of people. Morse, when he was in Paris try ing to push his lightning messages, was introduced by Robert Walsh, of Philadelphia, the American consul at Paris, to Mons. Daguerre, who was tryiog to push his sun pictures The two men took a great fancy to each other, just like two brothers; showed each other their inventions and told each other their plans. Each prom ised to help the other after he had first helped himself, and each knpt his promise. Diiguerre Lever got a chance to be of much real aid to Morse in Paris, but, he did what he could all the same—talked enthusiastically about the telegraph and shrugged bis shoulders enthusiastically, as only a Frenchman can. But Morse, wheu he got back to New Y'ork, took hold of his chum Daguerre's hobby and introduced it into the metropolis. The first telegrapher may thus be said to have been the first photo grapher. There was as this time in New York a fine instrument maker, almost a genius in his way, called Prosch, who had a shop in a basement on Nassau street, a very curious sort of a place; a den of scientific odds and ends, haunted by odd and scientific men. Morse saw Prosch and gave him a full idea of Daguerre's inven tions, and showed him a plan of the apparatus needed to carry out Da guerre's ideas. He also gave Prosch an order to make this apparatus. Prosch set to work and made a rude affair, which was the first picture taking apparatus e7er made in this country, and turned it over to Morse. Aud then one morning, a really mem orable morning, in its way, Morse, with the aid of this rude instrument, took tho first sun picture or Da guerreotype ever taken in America. He tcok it off of the steps leading to Prosch's den, He placed the camera on the steps and got a pretty good picture of the old brick church (the Itev. Dr. Spring's church) oppo site the city hall—on the spot now occupied by the Times newspapor and the Potter building. In the foreground of this picture was a hack and its sleepy horse, with its more sleepy driver This first daguerreotype or photo graph was, of course, a primitive af fair, worse than a tiutpye now, but it waa, nevertheless, a great, wonder ful thing under the circumstances. It demonstrated that pictures ot the earth and things and people on it, could be taken by the aid of the sun, just as certainly and truthfully as ideas could be transmitted by elec tricity ,aud really one fact was almost as important as the other. It was a truly memorable morniug in New York when Morse took the first da guerreotype off of Prosch's basement steps, although it then took him nearly an hour, all in all, to complete the operation. Professor Draper was a great friend of Morse and he got interested in this new thing. He and Morse experimented together. Draper was great on chemistry. He soon im proved on the original daguerreotype, and one day he astonished Morse by taking his (Morse's) picture with his eyes open, giving the natural express ion of the eyes. This was a big step onward; for at first all the picture taken of human beings had to bo taken with the eyes olosed, on account of the glare. Im agine a pretty woman sitting for her picture and having not only to hold her tongue but close her eyes—shut her eyes as well as shut up. It would be as hard that way to have your picture taken as your tooth taken. Draper and Morso used to take their early pietureg from a window of the old university building, where Morso lived. One of their successful pictures was the tower of the Church of Messiah, about the size of a play ing card. The first pictures were all of them pictures of building 3, streets and so on. But at last Morse took a portrait—put the human face and fig ure into a sun picture This was a a step onward and upward; for as Morse took his first object picture ou the steps leading to Prosch's cellar, so he took hia first face and figure picture on top of the university build ing, in a sort ot a studio he had erect ed there on the roof, and which was the first protographic "studio" ever started in America The first lady whose picture was ever taken by the sunlight in this city was the young daughter of Prof. Morse. The next lady taken was his daughter's bosom friend, and the pic tures taken of these two are still in existence among the choicest curiosi ties and treasures of Vassar college. The first man in New York who made a regular business of taking pictures or photographs was the in strument maker Prosch, whom I have already mentioned. Prosch saw a big thing in it, and opened what he called a "daguerring gallery" on the corner of Liberty street and Broad way. His first sitter and customer was Professor West, of the old Rut gers female institute, who was thus the very first man who ever paid to have his photograph taken, all the other pictures up to this time having been taken as an experiment, free. But the Professor paid for his pic tures like a man, and from that time on the busiuess of taking pictures has flourished in New York. It would make a photographer sick nowadays to think how Prosch had to get his sun light for this first picture. He had to hang a big mirror right outside his shop, on Broadway, so as to reflect the sunlight full on the professor's face.— New York Mercury Interview. —A Texas contemporary is respon sible for the assertion that VV. J. Bernard, of Hillsborough, is deaf and dumb, but talks iu his sleep. —Reports from Otter Tail county, Minn., say that gras.shopperd are dev astating grain fields, and farmers are threatened with entire destruction of their crops. Men in Their Bones. The doctor be.'an to talk about skeletons. He drew a trado circular, ! issued by a wholesale dealer iu surgi- I cil instruments and supplies,from his | pocket. The circular contained an ' annual review of tbe surgical instru i ments and supplies market. Part ! way down the neatly printed page ap ! peared this paragraph, which the doc tor read: "Skeletons have ruled firm and active throughout the year, with prices unchanged. We have been able to supply the demand for the common varieties promptly, but the finer grades were scarce, and orders for deformities could not always be filled at once. In this regard the market is still uuchanged, although our broker in Paris has orders to buy everything offered at tho usual rates." The doctor read tbe paragraph much as boys on the street eat ice cream out of the penny goblets they buy of Italian venders, that is,slowly and with evident relish. When he had finished it and folded the circular he said: "There is no branch of the enor mous import trade of the American people so interesting as the trade in skeletons, although its magnitude and importance are not known to but few. Not that its magnitude or value make it interesting; it attracts atten tion solely because the article is in itself fascinating. But there are fea tures of the trade that may not escape the eye of the political economist. For instance, this great nation of 60,000,000 of people is wholly de pendent on foreign countries for its skeletons. Not but what a physician here and there may have a specimen which has been untimely snatched from the country graveyard, but the stock skeletons of the country are all imported, and that, too, simply be cause the pauper labor of the old world is able to string bones together for less money than an American laborer could live and pay taxe3 on. ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE. "The man who can put tho bones of the human frame together must be an anatomist; he must know, for in stance, where tho collar bone is locat ed and what its functions are. No anatomist, not even a pauper anato mist in the morgue in Paris, would be so foolish as to rest the butt of a gun containing four drams of powder and an ounce and a quarter of shot on his collar bone, and in that position fire it Collar bones were not made for that use Now,although possess ed of so much more knowledge than some sportsmen, the Paris anatomist is willing to work for a franc a day, and the capitalist who employs him is thus enabled to soli skeletons at such a low rate that even new fledg ed doctors in America cannot com pete. "Incredible as it may seem, a skeleton well mounted and neatly packed in a white pine box can be bad for the small sum of S3OO. The box can be stood on end, with the skele ton hanging from the top by a , screw running down through the skull. If the box is covered with red plush and lined blue satin the simple packing case becomes a neat, attractive and economical anatomical closet. Of course, most physicians prefer a black walnut cabinet, with glass doors cov ered with a red curtain, but that is a matter of ta3te, not that I would rec ommend any one to purchase a S3O skeleton unless for temporary use. They are not over substantial; they cannot be polished up very nicely, and they are apt to crumble. You see,the S3O corpses are of people well advanc ed in life, where the calcerou3 matter predominates in the bones. Besides, some people have bones that are nat urally more brittle than other peo ple's. The anatomist in the Paris skeleton factory is able to tell by the looks of the subject just how far he may go in whitening the bone for mounting, for the whitening process tends to make the bones more brittle than they are naturally. The skele ton of a young person whose bones are of the right quality will stand a gread deal of work, and a great deal of work, even at at a franc a day, means an enhanced price. A first class skeleton will bring $125, and at that figure it would bo a delight to the profession, having silver plated wire articulations, and everything in stylo. Now and then some man with an artistic taste in such matters will have a skeleton mounted with solid silver, Although not quite so sub stantial or well able to stand the rough usage to which students sub ject such specimens, this love of tho beautiful ought by all means to be en couraged. AT MODERATE PRICES. "The ordinary demand for skele tons is like the demand in most branches of trade. Good, substantial goods at moderate prices are what are wanted. Well whitened bones articulated with polished steel and packed in good cases at from SOO to S7O are in such demand that you couldn't find half a dozen—no, nor a quarter dozen—in the city at any one time, except shortly after the arrival of a French line steamer, when a fresh importation might increase the stock temporarily. Not leps than 300 of these skeletons are sold every year right here in this city, where all the important houses are located. I want to emphasize the fact that the importing houses are located right here, because a Chicago House and a concern in Boston both udvertise skeletons of their own importation, when the custom house returns do not show any consignments of such goods to either house. This attempt to take away part of New York's prestige as a trade centre ought to be discouraged. "In addition to this staple trade in medium grade skeletons there is an increasing demand for deformities. Your skeleton with two fractures of the collar bone, if perfectly healed, would bring $5 extra, but if accom panied by the certificate of a reput able physician like myself, stating how the bone was broken, would bring $lO extra, The added price would be for the certificate as much as for any intrinsic value of your skeleton. If, now, you were afflicted with curvature of the spine, or if you were a woman and the pelvis were of a novel and unusual shape, your skele ton might, when well mounted, bring as much as $175 or S2OO. There are cases of deformities and abnormal growths that are so remarkable as to make the skeleton of tbe subject of even still greater value. I could im agine a case very easily where a man's skedeton would be of much greater value to bis family than he ever was in his life time. "Talking of skeletons reminds me I that veterinary surgeons are getting ' to be a remarkably well educated lot of men, and require about tie same appliauees for study that physicians like us do. There is a growing de mand for horse and dog skeletons. Horse skeletons are kept iu stock aud I sell for from $135 to $l5O There Jis no regular trade iu dog skeletons, but wl»en a call comes tbe dealer has one made to order, and charges ac cording to the trouble. If you want one, you can probably get it for $50." —New York Sun. What lo Teach Our Daughters. At a social gathering some one pro posed this question: "What shall I teach my daughter?" Tbe following replies were handed her:— Teach her that 100 cents make a dollar. Teach her to arrange the parlor aud the library. Teach her to say "No," and mean it, or "Yes," and stick to it. Teach her bow to wear a calico dress, and wear it like a queen. Teach her how to sew oa buttons, darn stockings and mend gloves. Teach her to dress for health and comfort as well as for appearance. Teach her to cultivate flowers aud to keep the kitchen garden. Teach har to make the neatest room iu the house. Teach her to have nothing to do with intemperate or dissolute young men. Teach her that tight lacing is un comely as well as injurious to health. Teach her to regard the morals and habits, and not money, iu select ing her associates. Teach her to observe the old rule: "A place for everything and every thing in its place." Teach her that music, drawing and painting are real accomplishments iu the home and are not to bo neglected if there bo timo and money for their use. Teach her the important truism: That tho more she lives within her income the more she will save, and the further she will get away from the poor house. Teach her that a good, steady, church-going mechanic, farmer, clerk, or teacher without a cent is worth more than forty loafers or non-pro ducers in broadcloth. Teach her to embrace every op portunity for reading, and to select such books as will give her the most useful and practical information in order to make tho best progress in earlier as well as later home and school life. Things Well to Know and Do. Good llousekeeeping. Hot sunshine will remove scorch. The best liquid for cleaning old brass is a solution of oxalic acid. Kerosene applied to unused stoves will keep them from rusting. A damp cloth dipped iu common soda will brighten tin ware easi 'y- To clean knives: Cut a small potato, dip it in brick dust aud rub them. Grease may be removed from silk by applying magnesia to the wrong side. New iron should be gradually heat ed at first, it will not be so likely to crack. Paint splashes may be removed from window pane 3by a very hot solution of soda, using a soft flannel ra S- . i , Mildewed linen may be restored by soaping the spots, aud while wet covering them with powdered chalk. To extract paint from clothing: Saturate the spots with spirits of turpentine; let it remain several hours, then rub it and it wil drop off. Jayalle water is indispensable in laundry work; dip any stain 3 in it for a moment, then in boiling water, and they will disappear, If any yellow ness remains, bleach. Boiling water made strong with ammonia and applied with a whisk broom, cleans willow chairs admira bly. Soap should never be used, as it turns them yellow. Ammonia greatly lessens the work of cleaning kitchen utensils, and of washing windows. Rubbing a Brus sels carpet with strong ammonia will brighten it and remove stains. Lamp burners that have become dim and sticky, can bo renovated by boiling them in strong soda water, using a tin tomato can for this pur pose: then scour the burners with sa polio aud they will be as good as new. I Copperas dissolved iu boiling water, will instantly cleanse iron sinks and drains. A few drop 3 of spirits of turpentine mixed with stove-blacking, lessens labor, and adds polish. Kerosene in cooked starch (a tcaspoonful to a quart) will prevent clothes sticking to the irons, and gives a gloss, tho scent evapor ates in the drying. Powdered borax is good, if ono decidedly objects to the smell of kerosene, Not Drunk at the Top. Tho other evening, on ono of the suburban trains going out of Boston, there was a well known vocalist, who appropiated to his sole use and com fort two seats. While this luxurious wayfarer was enjoyiug so much room there entered the car a man consider ably under the influence of liquor. Tho inebriate could find no available seat save that which the first men tioned passenger had appropiated, and going up to the latter the bibulous traveler said: "Move o-ver, please (hie), I want a s-eat." The other glanced up with a look of in tense scorn, but did not deign further notice just then of his interlocutor. The intoxicated individual returned again to the charge with, "Can't you move o-ver (hie) aud give u fellow a seat?" "Xo, I can't and wou't; you are druuk," was the curt re sponse. "Well," stammered the other "I know I'm druuk (hie), but I'll get over that. You're a hog, and will never get over it." —l)an Lamont s-iys tho Adiron dacks is the greatest place iu tho world, and that it didn't cost tho Presidential party but $2 a day per capita while they were up there. —There are 22,287 people in Bos ton over 10 years old wh) ciunot read or writ®. —Ostrich feathers sold during March at Port Elizabeth, South Afri ca, realized £20,245. ( The Bloody Ground. i,ast week the final tragedy, it is ; hoped, in the Rowan county, Ken tucky, war was enacted, and the gang of cut throats who.have ruled the af fairs of the county by assassination aud bull dozing was exterminated. Craig Tolliver, the leading Democrat ic "statesman" of Rowan county, was defeated three years ago for Sheriff by a Republican named Martin, who ran as on independent candidate. Tolliver immediately organized a gang consisting largely of his relatives for the purpose of exterminating the Martin faction. Quarrels were fre quent and every opportunity was ta ken by Tolliver to assassinate any of his opponents and the went on, often assuming the proportions of a skirmish, until twenty-one persons had been killed and over twice that number maimed for life. Tolliver and his crowd had the people com pletely cowed and the life of every man seemed in his hands. He had himself elected Judge of the county and all efforts to bring the murderers to justice were blocked. Last week the Sheriff of an adjoin ing county and a posse of two hun dred men were armed by Gov. Knott, aud sent with a warrant to arrest the Tollivera, at Moorhead, Rowan coun ty. They found Tolliver and friends entrenched in a log hotel, and after a siege of several hours they were fin ally driven out by setting the hotel on fire. As they rushed from the building they were shot down by the posse. Craig Tolliver, Bud, Tolli ver, Joy Tolliver and a man named Cooper were shot to death and one ov two others wounded. One of the posse was slightly hurt. Peace seems to be once more established. Under all the circumstances, the State government of Kentucky doubt less adopted the most effective meth od available for restoring peace to Rowan county. Tolliver had terror ized the neighborhood for years and the hope of any lasting tranquility so loDg as he lived was futile. He had gathered around him a gang of des perate characters who reveled in blood and murder. They cared noth ing for plunder, their only object be ing to gratify their lust for revenge on the few who dared to question their right to do as they chose- It is not probable that the manner of their death was any surprise to the gang. They doubtless knew that their lives were in peril every moment, and the fate they finally met was certainly preferable to them to any punishment they might have received at the hands of the law. Kentucky is one of tne most illit erate States in the Union. Accord ing to the cenc us of 1880 it stood second in this respect, having 208,- 796 native whites over ten years of age who could not write. Tennessee exceeded it then by a few thousands, but a3 the former State has made much progress since, it is probable that Kentucky to-day heads the list of illiterate States. In all of Rowan county, where Craig Tolliver and his gang held their high carnival of blood and murder, there is said not to be a single school house. There are other counties In Kentucky the criminal record of which is only a shade less dark, and it is probable that the cloud of ignorance covering them is nearly as heavy as that which dis graces Rowan county. And yet it is this State, with its history of crime and ignorance, from which comes the most persistent opposition to the Blair Educational bill, and from which Free Trade receives its most noisy support. Peculiar Freaks of Lightning. A heavy thunder storm came up while Charles Kinzleman was cutting grass for his cow on Col. J. H. Dick's farm, near Fredericksburg, Dauphin county, Pa. The cow was standing 20 feet away, tethered by a rope. Kinzleman started for the house with his scythe on his shoulder. He had taken but a step or two when there came a flash of lightning, and he felt his scythe jerked violently from his hand. On looking around he saw his cow lying on the ground with the scythe blade buried in her side. Kinzleman felt no shock. The cow was dead, but whether killed by the lightning or by the scythe, which had evidently been struck by the electric fluid and hurled against her, is not known, as no marks were found upon her except the wound made by the scythe blade. Jarues Smyth, of Maryann, Indiana county, during the same storm took refuge in his barn. He sat down near two horses, and in a shed ad joining were three pigs. A blinding flash of lightning came and the horses and three pigs fell dead. Smyth was not harmed. The strange part of the occurrence was that no marks could be found on the animals, and no ev idence was apparent anywhere that lightning had struck the barn or shed. The Great Curse. These words of wisdom are from a recent address of Grand Master Workman Powderly. We would that every workingman in the coun try would read and heed them:— "Now, a word about the great curse of the laboring man—strong drink. Had I 10,000,000 tongues and a throat for each tongue, I would say to each man, woman and child here to-night: 'Throw strong drink aside as you would an ounce of liquid hell. It sears the conscience, it destroys everything it touches, it reaches into the family circle and takes the wife you have eworn to protect, and drags her down from her pinnacle of purity, into that house from which no decent woman ever goes aliye. It induces the father to take the furniture from the house, exchange it for money at the pawn Bhop, and spend the pro ceeds in rum. It damus everything it touches. I have seen it in every city west of the Mississippi, and I know that the most damning curse to the laborer is that which gurgles from the neck of a bottle. I had rather be at the head of an organization having 100,000 ten perate, honest earnest men, than at the head of an organiza tion of 12,000,000 drinkers, whether moderate or any other kind. —An act forbidding the sale of to bacco to minors under the age of six teen has just passed the Illinois Leg islature. —Aid for all. The Hop Plaster gives comfort to rheumatic pains, tired muscles, lame back. 25c. —Get the turnip seed in the ground now, and use plenty of seed, so aB to allow for the ravages of the fly. NO. H4
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