VOL. XXIV.
Administrator's Notice.
tetters of Administration having been grant- .
ed to the undersigned on the estate of Franklin
Fisher, late of Allegheny township, deed, notice l
Is hereby given to all parties knowing them- |
selves Indebted to said estate to make lmmedl- i
ate payment, and those having claims against ,
said estate to present them duly authenticated
for settlement. BARBARA FISHER, I
W. A. FISHER. |
Sandy Point, Butler Co.. Pa.
A. E. Kelber. Att'y,
Administrators' Notice.
ESTATE OF R. M. HARBISON, DEC D.
Whereas letters of administration have been
granted by the Register of Butler county. Pa.,
to the uudersliOiea on the estate of It. M. liar
bison, late of Buffalo twp.. Butler county. Pa.,
dee'd. all persons who know themselves In
debted to said estate will make Immediate
payment, and those having claims against the
same will preaent.them properly authenticated
lor settlement to the under^ Ig I "j jARBISON
JOHN HARBISON.
FREEPORT. P. 0., PA, Administrators.
ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER JFLLCHAEL,
LATE OF CLAY TOWXBHIP, DEC'D.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Christopher McMichael, dee'd, late of Uay
township, ISutler county, Pa., having been
f ranted to the undersigned. All persons
nowing themselves indebted to said estate,
will please make immediate payment, and
any having claims against said estate, will
present them duly authenticated for settle
ment' JAPHIA McMICHAEL, Ex'r.
EUCLID P. 0., Butler Co. Pa.
Executors' Notice.
Letters testamentary having to
tin* anderMlsrned on the estate of Robert Hessei
iresser, deceased, late of Wlnfleld twp., I#utle"
Co., Pa., all persons knowing themselves In -
debted U> iald estate will make
ment. and those having claims
tate will present the same properly autUentlcat
cd for settlement iiBggKLRESSER
DAVID HKSSELCESSER.) / E*
April IS, Leasurevllle, Butler Co.. I a.
Estate of Zephanlah Snyder,
LATE OF BRADV TOWNSHIP. OEC'D.
Letters of administration C. T. A. oni the es
tate Zephanlah Snyder, late of B
ler Co.. Pa., having been granted to the under
si' Tied, all persons knowing themselves I"' l *'' 3
ecf to said estate will please make immediate
payment, and any having claims ajplnst 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, 18S7. Bids will be received in
cluding stone work or separate.
Plans and specification* can be seen at the
house of WM. DICK, Sec y.
To Whom it May Concern.
TAKF. NOTICE-That there will be a final
general meeting of the creditors of W. O. Br>-
HOU, bauKrupt., according to the provisions of
the Bankrupt act of March 2,1807, Sections and
as and for the purposes therein set forth, at the
offlce of Noah W. shafer. Es<j.. lieglster in Bank
ruptcy at No. S« Diamond street, Pittsburg, l a.,
on the list.li day of July, iss7, at 11 ° cl°olca.. in
of said day, when and where you may attend lr
you see proper. J. D. McJUNKIN,
Butler, Pa., June 20,1887. Assignee.
Partition Notice.
In re petition of Henry VV. i
Watson and Sarah J. Watson, | O. No. 48,
for partition of the real es- \ June Term,
tate of Thompson Lewls.dec'd lssi.
late of Muddycreek, twp. )
To the Honorable, the Jwltjex of the Orphan*'
Court of UuUer County, Penn'a.
The petition of Henry W. Watson, of Muddy--
creek township, Butler county. Pa., and Sarah
J. Watson, his wife, in the right of the said Surah
J Watson, a sister of Thompson Lewis, dee'd, of
said township and county, respectfully repre
sents that the said Thompson Lewis, dec d,
died on or about April li»th. iss7, intestate seized
In his demesne as of fee, of and in a certain piece
of land situate In the township of Muddycreek,
county of Butler, and State of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows: On the
north by lands of Samuel Brenneman and J. U.
Ulenn; on the east by lauds of Peter Schelde
mantle and Robert (lienn; on the south by
lands of Win. Bander. Henry Watson and Wm.
S. Duncan; on the west by lands of John fore
man and Wm. McClymonds, containing two
hundred and fifty acres, more or less, with
the appurtenances. Said Thompson U-wls left
no widow or Issue surviving him, but left two
brothers, to wit: Mifflin Lewis, of Tama county.
lowa, aged over seventy years; John P. Lewis,
in the State of Ohio, aged over sixty years:
Mrs. Mary Fry, married to Soloinan Fry, and
living In Perry township. Lawrence county Pa.,
and Mrs. Sarah Y. Watson, married to Henry
W. Watson, living In Muddycreek township,
Butler county, Pa., she being the petitioner.
Also, Kate Stanton married to Stanton,
and Pho be MctJuffln, widow, living In New
Castle, Lawrence county. Pa. Kinma Wallace
married to Wallace, living In Colorado ;
children of 11. J. I-ewls, dee'd, a brother of
Thompson Lewis; Mary Miner, marrrled to 11.
F. Miner, and living In Pittsburgh, Pa.; Wm.
sliarp. living at New Brighton, Beaver county.
Pa.; children of Kllza Sharp, a dee'd sister of
the said Thompson I>ewls; orlanda Young and
Bell Young, children of llettle Young, a dee'd
sinter of the said Thompson Lewis, living In
Tama county, Iowa; C. L. Duncan, Alfred B.
Duncan. Thompson Duncan and Bell Duncan,
living In Perry township, Lawrence county,
Pa.. Wm. Duncan, living In Osage county,
Kansas. All children of Ijimsln Duncan, a de
ceased sister of Thompson I>:wls. that the
above parties are all over twenty-one years of
age, except Thompson and Bell Duncan, who
are minors ; their father, Win. 8. Duncan, Is
living in Perry township, Lawrence county, Pa.
That no partition of said land has been made,
nor can a Jury for that purpose be ugreed U|«jn
for that purpose, owing to the fact that they are
llv lng si/ far apart, and other circumstances sur
rounding the case.
Your petitioners, therefor, prays the Court to
award an Inuuest to make partition of said
estate to and among the aforesaid parties
according to their rights and they will ever
pray.
IIKNRY WATSON,
SARAH J. WATSON,
BLTI.KK COUNTY, SS :
Personally appeared be
fore mo Henry W. Watson, who being duly
sworn, says that the above petition is true and
correct to tin; best of his knowledge and itellef.
HENRY WATSON.
L. P. WAI.KKR, [SEAL.]
BUTI.BR COCKTY, RS :
Certified from the Record
this 28th day of June. A. D. iss7.
KEUBKN MCKLVAIN, Clerk.
BUTLER COUNTY, IW:
To Peter Kramer, High
Sheriff of Butler County, (ireetlng:
We command you, that you make known to
the several heirs of 'lTiompHon Lewis, df!C'd,
named In foregoing petition, the contents of the
same and cite them to be and appear bclore the
Judges of an Orphans' Court, to tie held at ISut
ler. Penn'a, on Monday the sth day of Septem
ber, then and there to show cause. If any they
may have, why the prayer of the Petitioners
should n »t be granted, and a writ of Partition
awarded.
Witness the Honorable Aaron L. 110/ en, Presi
dent Judge of our said Court, at Butler, this
28th day of June, A, D. lss7.
KEVISKN MCELVAIM, Clerk.
FARM FOR SALE.
I will seell my farm, located in Franklin
township, Butler county. Pa. It contains
220 ACRES
of good, well watered land, both ridge and
awamp; good grain land and good grass land,
■boat 30 acres of good chestnut timber, three
orchard*,
GOOD BANK BARN,
60xC0 feet, frame and log dwelling, ood
apring and good *pring house near house;
well in kitchen, good corn crib, pig pen and
all necessary improvement*.
For terras, etc, inquire of me on the prem
iaes. GF.OH'IR C. MCOANDLKHH,
Prospect, Pa.
FARM FOR SALE
In Sugarcreek township. Armstrong county,
near Adams P. 0., one and one-rourth mile east
of the new oil development In Sugarcreek twp.
Farm contains
100 ACRES,
with bank barn, :t2x<W feet;
BRICK HOUSE.
18x90 feet, 1 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen.
14xi«i feet; good spring of water, farm well wa
tered, good orchard of grafted fruit. Farm In a
good state of cultivation. About
75 ACRES CLEARED,
balance In good timber. Will sell extremely
low for cash. For particulars inquire of
J. ft. WICK.
Klmcrsburg,
Clarion Co., Pa,
JERSEY CATTLE FOR SALE,
Owiog to the death of my wife I
offer at private sale my entire herd of
registered Jersey cattle.
J AMIS K. DAIN,
Freeport, Pa.
Advertise in the CITIZIM.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
A DRAMATIC SENSATION, |
The Throbbing, Thrilling Drama. How to (
Save Money.
Hy D. HECK,
Author of th.- "The lirlilc Won; or. What a New
Suit of<'lot hes Did.' will be i-uactetl every
day and evening during t lie coining
season at 1), A. HECK'S
GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
So. 11, North Mnln St.. Duffy's Block.
BUTLS?., -
Cntllifurther notice. This powerful work Is a
wonderful and eoiiibinai lun of
tragical comedy, and comical tragiilj
and never falls to down the lion. i'.
The actors are all Stars, I'he <Mstiiiulii','
will be a strong feature. The following orltfly
outlined Is the
PROGRAMME :
SONG- The happy man no more reilects,
Who tjuys his clothlnsfSit L>. A. Ilecks
Acr I.—SCENE I— Time 9 a.m: Enter young man
with friend. Young man explains to his
friend that the direct cause of Ills engage
ment to the wealthy farmer's daughter
was liis purchase of an elegant suit at
D A. llEi'K's Great clothing Emporium.
Friend tumbles to the Idea and is made
happy with a new suit. Hat, Shirts. Collars
Ties. Underwear, (doves. Hose.. Trunk
Valise, Umbrella. etc. Scene closes with
song. Joined in by the audience.
So\e—The dav v.lll foe intensely cold,
When L». A. Heck Is undersold, ic.
ACT II.—SCENE 2-Tlmo 11 a.m. Enter throng of
people, old men, young men. ladles, chil
dren, managing matrons w.th niarriarable
daughters, who with one accord fairly
shriek with delight at the wonderful bar
gains shown. The beautiful young lady,
Cinderella liuds some Jexveiery. a l>ulr of
Corsets, a iialrof Kid cloves, an elegant
pair or Hose that set her off so exuuLsltely
that ailude from I'nlonvllle and a young
man from Greece City l»oUi propose.as the
Greece City man lias on one of IJ. A. Jlecks
lrrealstable suits, Cinderella decides to
patronize home Industries and accepts
him. The I'nlonvllle dude- talk so! duels,
suicides, &c.. iiut decides not to leave this
world while he can get clothing so cheap
at I). A. HECK'S Great Emporium.
Song by company. Joined by audience:
Tis our experience, one and all.
And every one who tries It knows,
That I). A. HECK lias got the call.
And takes the town in selling clothes.
Acr 111.—SCENE 3. -Time ten years later;
IIKCK'S LARGEST EMPORIUM.
Ten years arc supposed to have elapsed.
J). A. HECK'S store quadrupled In
Butler a metropolis. Arrival of several
excursions, electric trains and a number
of balloons, with crowds ol people to buy
Clothing, Underwear,
Hats, Caps, Collars,
Neck Ties, Hosiery,
Suspenders, Handkerchiefs,
Umbrella*, Trunks
Valises, Satchels,
Bill and Poeketfoooks,
Cloth, Hair and 1 ooth Brushes
and Innumerable other articles which
space forbids to mention. Scores of pros
perous men and plump matrons gather
around the proprietor, all agreeing that
their rise la the world began from the mo
ment they began to buy their goods irom
D A. HECK.
Cinderella and her husband about to de
part for Mt. Chest nut (this Is no chestnut)
The I'nlonvllle 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 the county,
and for lair dealing and for the f u r. I). A.
HECK'S Emporium, Duffy's Block, Is the
headquarters for good goods, fair dealing
and low prices.
All wi'l now Join in singing:—
llow I). A. Heck Is selling clothes.
Way down at bed rock-
Just watch the crowd that daily goes
To l>. A. Heck's In Duffy Block.
Curtain falls to slow but sure music.
Tutt's Pills
■tfmnlate the torpid liver.atrengrtli
en thedlfceMtive orifttiiM, regulate the
bowel*, and are nnequaled an an
antl-billoua medicine, fn
Malarial Districts
tbelr virtne* are widely recognised,
km they poMieoN peculiar properties
ID freeing; the »y«tem from that |M»I
■on. ThiM popular remedy rarely
fall* to effectually cure
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick
Headache, Biliousness
and all disorders arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion.
A Proclamation!
Dr. I. <Juy I.enlM, Fulton. Ark., Nuyws
"A year ago I hud billon* fever;
Tutt'M Pill* were HO hiichly reccom
■nended that I UNedthem. Never did
medicine have a huppler effect. Af
ter a practice of a quarter of u cen
tury, I proclaim thcin tho bent
ANTI-BILIOUS
medicine ever n*ed. I alwayw pre
scribe them In my practice."
Sold Everywhere.
Office, 44 Murray St. New York.
Tutt's Manual of Useful Receipts sent Free.
Hop Plaster
Without doubt the BEST planter mado. When
Applied to any kind of pain or Borenoaa, instant
relief la felt. Lame Book, Bido or Hip, Soro Mui
oiea. Severe Aohce, Strains, Kidney Diseases,
Rheumatism or any sort of soreness in any i>art
yield Instantly to the pain-killing and strength
ening propertiee of the Hop Plaster. Virtues of
fresh Hops. Burgundy Pitch and foreign Oumi
oombined in a sweet and nevcr-fiailingPorous
Fleeter. Used and recommended by hosts of
people. 25 c., 5 for sl. everywhere. Mailed for
prioe. Prop'sHOPPLABTEHCO.,DoBton, Mans.
mußacfcOtfies!
MILLER'S OIL REFINING WORKS,
A ■■ KJ«r "W
Ofllci; :«x Liberty St.. I'ltt.sbiiri?, I'a.
A. It. MII.I.KK &L SON,
Manufacturers of High Teat Oil*, for export :tn<l
home consumption. Would call public
attention to our brand
WATKIt or TPTTM Ij l ino
WHITE ULUjIIN HI TKST
Warranted None Better.
(lasollnn for stoves and gas machines, 71, Bfi, 87
tot. anil AO gravities. lubricating oils.
tST~. Staves and heading wantnl. [>-!)-'w;-iy]
Mighty Funny - Agents Wanted
OAMANTHA
IJARATOGA.
BRIGHT HITS. COMIC CI TK.
—HOLD lIY SUBSCRIPTION—
Kec tlie Kplvnilid SIICCCNH OT Acpntti
One made a prollt llrst :i weeks of SI3K ; One
llnit odays s!H.r>o ; One llrst to days #1 ir>; One
llrst.'l days {26.5(1, One llrsl :t weeks Slo:!.r>o ;
making a clean tirollt in 7 weeK* works of g vj».
It takes off Saratoga follies, flirtations, low
necks, dudes, pug dons, etc., in the author's In
imitable mirth-provoking style, The (loo> pie
tures by "'Upper" are -just killing," People
crazy to get It. AOKNTS are making i •'» to #?"> a
weeK. Price f.'.'Aj. AMKNTS WANTF.D.
Applv to 111 IIIIARI> IlltOS., ;.>:i Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. JylMt
A J FRANK & CO,
DKAI.EK3 IN
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
AND CHEMICALS,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICES,
SPONGES, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, Ac.
tff Physicians' Prescriptions carefully com
pounded. and orders answered with care ana
dispatch, our stock of medicines Is complete
warranted genuine, and of the best quality.
45 South Main Street,
BFTLEB, . PA.
The Wind and Stars and the
Sea.
The wind and the stars ami the sea,
What song can be sting of these
With words that are writ eJ in lines?
Ah, God of the stars and the sea,
The voice of the song, it should lie
The voice of the wind in the pines.
The voice of the song, it should be
The voice of the coast of the sea,
Stepmother aud wrecker of ships ;
As deep and hotr-e as the tune;
B'eak Labrador sings to the moon,
With rocky and cavernous lips.
The wind and the stars and the sea,
The Arctic nijjht knoweth the three ;
No other sojourner t haih.
Save death and these three from of old,
To whose abode throned in the cold.
No living thing knoweth Ihe path.
There nothing to grieve or rejoice
E'er lifts up the sound of its voica—
A world ere a birth of a soul;
A thousand long ages speed by,
Stiil glimmer the stars in the sky,
Still whistles the gale from the Pole.
Amid the uuharvested plains,
The blossomless land where death reigns,
The wind sings of doom and of graves ;
It sings of the days when the world
Shall crumble to sand, and be whirled
Like dust iu the teeth of the waves.
Where ice-mountains thunder and crash,
Where Irozen waves gurgle and dash,
Where love never came with its tears
Like a lost world's desolate cry,
Shrills sea-wind to sea and to sky,
And only the ear of God hears.
William Prescott Foster, in the Century.
Death in a Swamp.
Correspondence of Pittsburg Dispatch.]
"You may talk of strange things,"
said Mr. Crompton, a gentleman who
has lived in Southern Georgia, near
the Florida line, not far from Okefino
kee Swamp (trembling earth), for a
long time; "but the most horrible
sight that I ever beheld was one
which greeted my eyes ou the occas
ion of an alligator hunt way back in
the 'sos, not long after I had moved
to this part of the country.
"Okefinokee Swamp is a very large
tract, or waste, which extends over a
large part of Southern Georgia and
part of Florida. The swamp is im
passable in a great many places and
is very dangerotig to adventurers, be
ing interspersed hare and there with
treacherous holes, which show noth
ing on the surface except what ap
pears to the inexperienced eye a tract
of mud and water not more than a
foot deep. The unlucky explorer
who tries to wade through such
places finds, however, that they are
often 20 and 30 feet deep and so nar
row that they are more like big wells,
making escape impossible after hav
ing once gotten into one of these fatal
traps. The swamp abounds in alliga
tors, and I was one of a party bent
upon an alligator hunt one day in the
early spring of 1853. From the na
ture of the swamp it is possible to
row a boat a great many places for
several miles without coming upon
any obstructions, but in other places
it is simple impossible to go other
wise than on foot, picking your way
as best you can in tho marshy low
lands. On the occasion referred to
we went as far as we could in our
boat, getting out at a point not far
from the Florida lino, and continuing
on foot.
"There were four in the party, a
negro to row the boat, an English
man named Dutton, and a friend ol
his who bad only arrived a day or
two before. Dutton was a whole
souled fellow, generous to a fault,
and a splendid marksman. We had
been on many bunts together, and in
many tight places, and his perfect
self-possession in cases of emergency
impressed me with a feeling of re
spect for him. In order to kill an al
ligator with a rifle it is necessary to
pierce its eyes, as its scales render
the balance of its body bullet-proof,
and I never saw Dutton miss but
once in our daily hunting.
"When we landed and proceeded
on foot, Dutton, as was usual, went
in front, his friend near him, then
came the old darkey, and I brought
cp the rear We had not gone more
than two miles before the swamp be
came rough and dense, and it was
getting late in the evening, we called
a halt and decided to return to our
boat before the night caugh us in the
swamp. We were all ready to go ex
cept Dutton, who had gone some dis
tance ahead and was not in sight. I
told the old negro to go and tell him
to return, and he had just started in
obedience to my command when the
blood in my veins was chilled by an
awful shriek for help.
"If I live for 100 years I shall
never forget that cry. It seemed to
come from the direction to the right
of us, a direction none of us had
taken, and which Dutton could only
have followed by turning directly
away from the line we had mapped
out on starting. As the last note of
the cry died away. I looked at the
old darkey who had started to do my
bidding, but he seemed paralyzed,
and became so weak that he could
hardly stand. The only words I
could hear from his half open lips, as
I ran past him in the direction
whence the sound can e, were "its no
use ter go after him masser; it's no
use," Dutton's friend followed me
quickly and wo hau not gone more
than 100 yards when such a sight
met my eyes that I would rather un
dergo death than to encounter it again.
In an open space in front of me was
what appeared to be a marshy stretch
of perhaps 10 yards square. It look
ed as though its bottom was right on
the surface of the earth, and I would
have attempted to wade across it
without any hesitation except for
what greeted my frightened gaze. In
the midst of this sink was Dutton,
struggling as if with some invisible
power that was dragging him down
ward. It was only an instant until I
discerned what was dragging my
friend beneath tho surface of this hole
of slum and filth Around his body,
coiled in sickening masses, were rep
tiles of eyery description with which
Okefinokee Swamp abounds, and his
cries for help were piteous. When
we first snw him he was at the edge
of the hole, but by the time wo had
reached the scene the reptiles had
pulled him, struggling as ho was, into
the centre, and to reach him without
the assistance of a pole was impossi
ble. I looked around me, but could
not see anything that 1 could possi
bly reach out to the drowning man.
The space for 100 yards was as clear
as could be. It was growing dark
and every moment Dutton was being
drawn lower into the bottemless pit.
'•I hallooed to him, aid implored
him to make a desperate effort to
come nearer to the edge so that I
could reach him. He had sunk tip to
his shoulders by this tima, and when
I received no answer to my entreaties
I looked to discover the reason. A
large snake h«i coiled itself around
his shoulders and neck, and drew
tighter and tighter, until Dutton was
black in the face and unable to speak.
In another instant he went down,
taking the mass of squirming reptiles
with him, leaving nothing but a bub
ble on the surface to denote the terri
ble struggle that had taken place. I
turned to Dutton's friend, who had
not said a ivord up to this time, aad
motioned him to lead the way to our
boat. I wa3 so sick from the sight I
was hardly able to stand.
"We managed to get back to where
the old darkey was. lie had not
moved a step, but stiil had that scar
ed look in his face. 'Did they choke
him ter death'/' he asked. And upon
receiving a reply in. the affirmative,
he piloted us to tho boat without an
other word. Dutton's friend left for
England a few days after, and I have
never seen him piDce. The next day
I asked the old darkey why he acted
so strangely and seemed to know that
the reptiles had choked my unfortun
ate friend, when he was not there.
He said:—
" 'Maseer, 20 years ago this spring
I said I'd never go into that swamp
again. Twenty years ago my boy
Bnd I—he was a smart boy, too, just
about 17 then—were down in the
swamp bunting alligators, when 1
heard that same cry. I hurried where
my boy was but couldn't help him.
Right before my eyes, masscr, the
snakes choked him to death and drag
ged him down in that awful hole. I
hadn't seen that place in the swamp
till yesterday, nor heard that cry, and
it made the cold chilli ruu all over
me, for I knew it wa3 all over with
your friend,'
"Since that time," said Mr, Cromp
ton, "though I have lived within two
hours' ride of the swamp, I have
never gone near it. The very thougt
sickens me, and causes a shudder to
pass over me."
A Secret Discovered.
A new iron mill is soon to be built
at Freeport, Pa., which Russia iron
is to made.
From tho Pittsburg Covi-Gazelte
we take the following interesting ar
ticle with reference to the manufac
ture of Russia iron:—
"This will be the first Russia iron
mill ever built outside of Siberia. An
imitation of Russia iron has been made
in this country for someyeirj bu: it
is not impervious to rust. Imper
viousness to rust is the crucial test of
genuine Russia iron. There is a lit
tle history connected with the intro
duction of this industry into America
Few persons imagine what a risk
was run in learning the secret of the
treatment by which Russia iron is
made. There are but three people
out of Russia to-day who know this
secret. They are Mr. Wm. Rogers,
W. 11. Rogers, his son, and Mr.
Nichol, a nephew of Mr. Wm. Rogers.
ROMANTIC ADVENTURES IN RUSSIA.
"Wm. Rogers came into possession
of the secret in this way: About 18
years ago he was sent out as Penn
sylvania State Geologist to Russia.
He had credentials addressed to cx
(jovernor Curtin, the Minister at St.
Petersburg at that time, and was re
ceived with great pomp and ceremony
by Princess Demidoff, in whose Siber
ian mines ho was ostensibly to carry
on his geological investigations.
"As long as Mr. Rogers confined
his explorations to the mines he at
tracted little or no suspicion, but as
soon as he set foot inside the iron
mills of Princess Demidoff he was
subjected to tho most vigilant espion
age. It must be remembered that all
the men in these mills who know th 3
secret of making Prussia iron are
never allowed to quit the mines. It
is difficult for Americans to under
stand how this is, but to any one
who has seen tho inside wokings of
such a despotitical government as
Russia's, the matter is perfectly plain.
All who pass to and from Siberia are
vised aud vised again at a thousand
different points, and the slightest
ground of suspicion is enough to war
rant a traveler's detention.
"One day Mr. Rogers was making
an inspection of the iron-mills, when
he overheard one of foremen s.a}':
'That's a queer kind of a geologist; I
have my suspicions about him.'
'Why?' queried bis companion 'Be
cause he is the only visitor in these
mills who keeps out of the road of the
men, and interferes in no way with
their work I fancy he knows more
about iron mills than he does about
geology.'
"The foreman then began to ask
Mr. Rogers a series of questions in
tended to draw out his knowledge of
iron matters. To all of those he gave
such absurd answers that the fore
man's suspicions were quickly allay
ed and Mr. Rogers was not long in
making his arrangements for bidding
the delectable land of Siberia a filial
farewell. With the special study he
hud made of iron-making before going
to Russia ho was not long in discern
ing the much coveted secret and came
home delighted with his experience
as a State Geologist.
The Scoundrel Did Not Show
Up.
For some months Frank Hubbard
has been paying his attentions to
Miss Phoebe Perkins, a lady employ
ed as a domestic in the family of J.
A. Crawford, and had won her heart
and hand, and they were to have
been married last Thursday night by
Rev. Bran field at the M E. Church,
but tho groom did not show up.
Every preparation had been made
for the wedding. The grooin was to
call at the home of tho brido and es
cort her and several invited guests to
tho church at nine o'clock, when the
marriage was to have been consum
mated. The hour came and so did
twelve o'clock, but no groom showed
up and the party went homo. It is a
good thing for tho lady, no doubt,
that it was so, for a man who would
do such a mean, contemptible, dastar
dly trick is not worthy the name of
man and not worthy the affection of a
lady. Had he been in town that
night or that following there is no
doubt he would have been treated to
a coat of tar and feathers and rode
out of town on a rail. Threats of
that kind were freely mado. From
all appearances it was a clear case of
deception. The lady is greatly mor
tified over the affair, but she can feel
happy that she ia clear of the scoun
drel, aye, brut e. — Emlenton News.
BUTLER, PA. FRIDAY, JULY 1887
THE FIAT HAS GONE FORTH.
Dr. McGlynn's Formal Ex-
Communication Published.
NEW YORK, July 10 —The eccle
siastical sword so long uplifted over
the head of the Rev. Dr Edward
McGlynn has at last descended. The
ftat has gone forth, and yesterday
morning he was excommunicated
within the full meaning of the word
He is deprived of the rights and sac
raments of the Catholic Church, for
bidden to take in the services or pray
er of that religion, in which he has
ministered for nearly 30 years, and
it is ordered that should he persevere
in the same course as heretofore, he
will suffer the dread penalty of being
deprived of Christian burial when he
dies.
Tho excommunication is in the
form of an official letter written by
Archbishop Corrigan pursuant to the
power vested in him, directed to "the
faithful clergy and laity of the arch
diocese," It is a short document and
speaks for itself. As the letter from
the pope, recently published, ordered
the excommunication to be published
iu the journals, it was accordingly
sent to the Catholic News, which, iu
its edition of this morning, gives the
letter as follows:
To the Very Reverend, Clergy and
Faithful Lath/of the Archdio
cese of New York :
Be it known that on the 4th day of
May, 1887, the sacred congregation
of the Propoganda admonished Rev.
Dr. Edward McGlynn, late rector of
St. Stephen's Church, this city, that
he had already rendered himself lia
ble to ecclesiastical censure by diso
beying the positive command of the
sovereign pontiff, given January 17.
Wishing, however, to deal leniently
with him, the sacred congregation,re
fraining from inflicting censure, and
offering him further opportunity to
be heard in his own behalf, gave him
final peremptory orders to present
himself at Rome within 10 days from
receipt of letters containing such or
der, under pain of excommunication
to be incurred ipso facto el nomina
tim.
This letter was duly delivered to
Rev. Dr- McGlynn, and as he allowed
the days of grace to pass unheeded it
has become our sad duty to notify
him he has incurred by tils own act
this penalty of excommunication by
name, whereby he is cut off from the
communion of the church, from its
sacrameuts and participation in its
prayers, aud, should he persevere in
his contumacy, deprived of the right
after death to Christian burial. It
has become also our duty to declare
to the clergy and laity of our charge,
which we do by these letters, that
Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn is excom
municated norninatim with all the
penalties attached to this censure by
the canons of the church.
MiciiAEii AUGUSTINE,
Archbishop of New York.
C. E MCDONALD, Secretary.
NEW YORK, July 8, 1887.
Dr. McGlynn was found last night
in Henry George's office iu close con
sultation with that gentleman, "Have
ycu received any communication or
letter from tho archbishop on tho sub
ject since your return to the city?
was asked. Dr. McGlynn evaded
the question by saying that the mail
that had accumulated at Cooper In
stitute and at the Astor House, had
been fullv* scanned by him. and such
a letter was not iu either lot.
"Did you receive any letter what
ever from the archbishop on the sub
ject?" i
"I prefer not to answer any more
questions," he replied wearily. I
prefer to remain silent. All the gos
sip about this matter has invariably
come from the Archiepiscopal palace.
I have had absolutely nothing to say
concerning it. As I understand it,
the press has learned from some
source that 1 had not read or obeyed
either the letter of suspension or the
letter directing my attendance at
Rome. The fact is that I did read
the order of suspension, aud that I
obeyed it immediately. I have not
been officially informed of my excom
munication. 1 can attend church,
and it will be the duty of a priest
who knows that I am excommunicat
ed to deny me the sacraments of the
church. But 1 cannot see how my
social position will be interfered
with."
"Is there any similarity between
your case and that of Pere Hya
cinthe?"
"No, sir, none in the least. That
is, the simile should not be carried to
the extent made out and stated so
freely. I have no intention of marry
ing, as he did. Nothing is further
from my mind. I have too distinct
a recollection of my vows as a priest.
I took them with a full recollection of
all they intended, and I propose to
continue their observance so far as I
am permitted to do so by the super
iors in the church."
"Have you ever known tho Pope,
aB the head of the church, to make
any retraction or to fail in doing any
thing it had determined on?"
A quiet smile stole over tho depos
ed pastor's face, as he replied that he
knew of several such cases. "Take
that of the Archbishop of Dublin,"
he replied. "When the Irish church
aroso as one man and protested
against the appointment of Archbish
op Moran to tho position, when he
reached Rome, practically to receive
the appointment, they did not give it
to him, but repaid him with a cardin
al's hat. Dr. Walsh was the arch
bishop that the Irish peoplo wanted,
and they got him."
In spite of the fact that tho excom
munication was long expected, the
news fell like a thunderbolt on some
of tho leaders of the labor movement.
When tho headquarters at Cooper's
Institute was visited, half a dozen
strong lights present could scarcely
believe it. Mr- Guy hurt Barns, the
secretary, said: "Had the principle
for which Dr. McGlynn has been per
secuted been an article of faith with
either tho Republican or Democratic
party, the secular press of tho country
would have supported him iu his
stand for his rights as a citizen. Yet
American citizenship is as much
menaced in the present case as it
would be in the one supposed."
It was expected that the excommu
nication of Rev. Dr. McGlynn would
bo announced to-day from tho pulpit
of tho several Catholic Churches but
no such announcement was make. A
number of parißhoners at St, Steph
en's Church said if the announcement
of his excommunication was make
they would arise and leave the
church.
TLe anti-poverty meeting to night
was the largest yet held. The
Academy of Misc wis crammed,
and the management found it neces
sary to hire Irving Hall, directly op
posite, for an overflow meeting. This
was also packed, and hundreds turn
ed away unable to find admission.
James II Gahan, of the Catholic
Herald, presided over the Academy
and John Herring over Irving Hall.
The burst of applause from 4,000
throats was carried to crowds in the
street and thence to the Irving Hall
meeting as Dr. McGlynn entered.
Chairman Gahan said in his intro
ductory speech :
'•We are here to-night to let Rome
know that in matters political not
one jot of our allegiance is rendered
to any power or potentate, but in its
entirety is given to the laws and con
stitution of the United States.
[Cheers.] All of you went to your
several churches this morning. In
not one church did any one dare to
stand up and read the decree of
Michael Augustine Corrigan. [Hisses
and cat calls.] When the church
authorities attack and depose a holy
ly man whose very shoe latchet they
they are unworthy to unite they go
to the daily press to promulgate their
edicts. They do not publish them
from ther holy pulpits."
From other near friends of the late
pastor it was learned that this is only
the beginning of a long and bitter
struggle, and that he will fight the
case to the utmost of his power. All
hopes of a reconciliation have now
been abandoned. Dr. McGlynn is a
firm believer in all its dogmas, and
claims that he is as good a Catholic
as anyone. In St. Stephen's parish
the excitement was most intense, but
so far from dampening the spirits of
his supporters it had the very reverse
effect. After the first surprise was
over, several meetings were held,
where their ex-pastor was highly
eulogized Chairman Dr. Carey said
that no amount of excommunications
would stir them from their position.
It will have no weight whatever
with them, as they do not regard it at
all binding on their conscience.
Dr. McGlynn was received with
vociferous applause. During the
course of his speech he said: "Our
God is a merciful as well as a wise
one. He will never condemn any
being who follows the dictates of his
conscience, even be that conscience
an erring one. In obeying it he
obeys the will of God. As a dogma
of the Catholic faith, and according
to all Christian philosophy and teach
ing, the man who goes against his
conscience sins against the Holy
Ghost, and despite the power of any
authority, even the pope, if a man
says or does anything in obedience
to that power, if in so doing he goes
against his conscience, he sins.
"As long as the Catholic people
continue to let the pope do as ho
pleases in politics as well as in relig
ion, allowing cardinals to be elected
to the assemblies and daring to forbid
American priest 3 from making any
political speeches or attending any
political meetings in the future with
out the permission! of the propagan
da, which thinks that Flo rida is a
suburb or New York and Mobile a
street in San Francisco—so long as
such is allowed,so long will the Irish,
German aud American poor be sold
out for any price that Home can get
iu return.
Invaded by Bugs.
ST. PAUL, MINN., July 14. —St.
Paul was last night treated to a
phenomenon in the form of clouds of
what are variously called Green Hay,
Sunday and Day Bugs. About 10
o'clock a breeze sprang up from the
south aud with it came countless mil
lions of bugs, which swarmed
light, often becoming so thick around
many street lamps as to almost ob
ecuro the light. Around the electric
light masts they seemed to congre
gate in greater numbers than else
where, and in tho vicinity of Bridge
Square, Seven corners and at the
park at head of Third street, the
streets were literally covered with
the pests. Along the Wabash street
side of the Second National Bank the
sidewalk was covered to a depth of
over a foot; around tho market house,
at whatever point an electric light
was located the sidewalk was cover
ed with them. The Merchants' Ho
tel received a liberal share of tho
bugs, the steps leading to the veranda
beiug completely hid from sight, aud
it is estimated that more than a wag
on load of the bugs could have been
taken from in front of the building.
Rick park was a witness to a curi
ous sight. The trees near the elec
tric lights were covered with bugs,
giving the trees the appearance of be
ing moving masses of life, while the
electric wires were strung with the
insects. It is probable that after
stricking the wire they were unable
to get away on account of tho heavy
current. At 2 o'clock this morning
the streets iu tho vicinity of Bridge
square, which had been cleaned, were
again covered with them and they
still continue to come.
A Runaway.
On the evening of July 4th, says
the Parker Phoenix, July 15, Wm.
H. Orton and wife, together with a
dozen other persons, embarked in a
wugon drawn by a team of frisky
mules, for the purpose of attending
some kind of a social gathering at
Bruin. The company was composed
ofyoung people who reside in the vi
cinity of Gibson's Mill. As they
were about to start on their journey,
some small boys, who had more pa
triotism than they had of the Grace
of God in their hearts, threw lighted
firecrackers beneath tho 'mules, when
they took fright aud ran precipitately
down a steep declivity and into the
woods, scattering the fair occupants
of the wagon around in a promiscu
ous manner. Several of the young
ladies fainted, whilst the young men
delivered impromptu addresses, ap
propriate to the occasion. It is said,
however, that Mr. Orton had no re
marks to offer.
All were more or less bruised aud
badly shaken up. Mrs. Lida Phil
lips, daughter of Peter Disel, receiv
ed injuries from which it was
thought she could not recover. For
two days thereafter she remained in
a comatose condition. We are glad
to learn that she is now in a fair way
to recovery.
—A twelve-year-old lad of Sag
Harbor, Mo., daily sits down to the
tabla with his father and mother,
grandfather and grandmother, and
great-grandfather and two great
grandmothers. The little fellow has
a hunted look and dodges at every
word that is spoken.
Work on the Panama Canal
Likely to Stop.
From Scientific American.]
Recent reports from Panama indi
i cate that the work will shortly cease
| on the line of the proposed canal, and
unless the difficulties in the way have
been greatly exaggerated, a further
loan asked of the deluded investors,
for the most part poor people, would
be a cruel wrong, because only serv
ing to postpone impending disaster
and raise hopes that cannot be realiz
ed. All the work done for a twelve
month, and even longer, has consist
ed of the dredging of soft material by
contractors paid by the cubic yard;
men not in anywise identified with
tho project, and having no interest in
either its success or failure. Mean
time the projectors have been consid
ering the really formidable problems
on the solution of which depends the
final accomplishment of the work.
Foremost of these is the control of
the torrents that at various periods
pour down the sides of the moun
tains, and which, if unchecked, make
all hope of mantaining a canal vain,
aud still another is the obstacle inter
posed by a mountain which has been
found to be moving slowly into the
very path of the canal. Add to these
the deadliness of the climate and the
important difference between the
mean level of the two oceans which
the canal is designed to connect, and
it is not surprising that the engineers
in charge of the enterprise, skilled en
gineers as they are, have not been
able to discover a practical means of
accomplishing their purpose. Now,
when it is too late, the French inves
tors will reallize that the unfavorable
reports from the United States which
have followed the work from its very
inception have not been animated by
ungenerous motives. At the Inter
national Canal Congress, which met
in Paris, May 15, 1879, Admiral Am
nion and Captain Selfridge, of our
navy, and the acredited representa
tives of the United States, declared
that the route by way of Panama was
impracticable. Both theso officers
are identified with a series of careful
surveys made across various parts of
the isthmus, including Panama, and
their opinion was supported by that
of many other engineers who preceed
ed them on the isthmus. But the
French v ere inexorable. Lieut. Lu
cien N. B. Wyse, of the French re
publican navy, had made a reconnais
sance across the isthmus, and the
French engineers led by De Lnsseps,
who, it may be said without prejudice
to his fame, has won more victories
in the line of diplomacy than in that
of engineering, showed a hasty will
ingness to accept Wyse's conclusions,
though they were opposed by the ex
perience of older and more experienc
ed men than he.
Bad management was apparent at
tho very start of tho enterprise, and
if the two officers of the company
who recently came hither from Pana
ma on their way homeward are to be
believed, thia bad management has
continued up to the present. Large
quantities of material, as unnecessary
as it was costly, have been constant
ly sent out, only to rot or rust in the
swamps or on the sides of tho hill.
As many as fourteen locomotives,
too heavy for use on the temporary
lines constructed along the soft dump
mounds, are at the present time rust
ing and corroding in tho various sec
tions, and apparatus and tools in vast
quantities, whose design or weight
precludes its use, is strewn along
the highways or remains unpacked
upon the shores of the port.
Reports say that both tho French
and United States Governments will
Ira asked in turn to tako up and carry
out the project of a canal at Panama,
but it is not likely that either will do
so. No doubt strenous efforts will be
mado to reorganize tho present com
pany, if theso negotiations fail, and to
secure more capital. There is little
probability, however, that much more
monoy will be expended on this un
fortunate scheme, where already
several thousand human lives have
been sacrificed and over $275,000,000
expended, and all for nothing !
A Clever Ruse to Catch a Thief.
A story, describing the unique plan
by which a rogue was discovered
among tho native troops of British
India, is told by a veteran English
officer. A complaint was brought to
him of a theft which had just been
committed in the barracks, to the per
petrator of which there was not the
slightest clve.
The next morning, on parade, the
colonel passed along the lino, giving
to each man in turn a thin slip of
bamboo, and when all were supplied,
he said, with solemn emphasis: "My
men, there is a thief among you, and
Brahma has revealed to me a way of
detecting him. Come forward, one
by one, and give me your bamboo
chips, and tho guilty man,do what he
may, will have the longest.
The soldiers, not a little startled at
this mysterious threat, obeyed with
out a word; but, before the first doz
en had filed past, the colonel sudden
ly seized one of them by tho throat,
and shouted:
"You are the man!"
The Hindoo fell upon his knees aud
whined out a confession of tho theft,
while his terrified comrades salaamed
to tho grouud before the dread Sahib
to whom Brahma had given such a
terrible power.
When they had dispersed, another
officer, who had been looking on in
silent amazement exclaimed: "I wish
you would teach me that trick, col
onel?"
"it is a very simple one,"answered
the colonel, with a smilo, "You see
theso bits of bamboo were all of the
same length, but the thief, fearing to
get the longest piece, bit off the end
of his, just as I expected ho would,
and that is tho way I know him."
Your House on Fire.
Not tho house of wood, or brick, or
Btono, in which you live, but your
bodily tenement may bo in terrible
danger from smouldering fire which
you make no effort to quench. The
great danger from impure blood is
that it debilitates tho system, and tho
digestive organs grow weak and in
active. Hood's Sarsaparilla com
bines the best kidney and liver invig
orators, with tho best alternatives
and tonics, all from the vegetable
kingdom, carefully and understand-
prepared in a concentrated
form. It purifies, vitalizes, and en
riches the blood, and toneß up the
system, giving tho whole body vital
ity, and effectually guarding it
against the attacks of disease.
—Warren is agitating the question
of a free bridgo across the Allegheny
at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.
I would not have the world pi t
I the impression that Mr. Bowser is
not a kind hearted and loving hus
band. True, there are times when
he is blunt-spoken and inconsistent,
but there are other times when be is
an angel. For instance, he came
home the other day with very tender
smile on his face, kissed me in an
unexpected and vigorous manner,
; tickled the baby in the ribs, and then
| exclaimed :
"Guess what it is, Mrs. Bowser ?"
j "What ?"
i "What's in this parcel,"
I couldn't guess, and after teasing
me for a few minutes he put his arm
around me chuckled:
"It is for my popsy-wopsv-wifey,
and I had 'em send to New York for
it! Give me a kiss right on the
chin ?"
It was a lace collar, and the price
mark of $22 had been carefully left
on it. I tried hard to keep a smiling
face and not let him see my disap
pointment, and I succeeded pretty
well. He had gone to some estab
lishment where they had put up a job
on him. 1 could have bought that
same collar for five dollars when it
was in style, and now the style was
two years old. They simply pre
tended to send away for it, and they
charged him twenty-two dollars un
der the idea that he was some coun
try widower. I felt like crying, but
managed to say :
"Now, dear, how good and thought
ful you are! You are the beet of
husbands !"
"Of course I am, pet. Didn't I
marry you lor pure love ? And isn't
a loving husband one of the best of
husbauds ? We are to go over to
Sykoff's to-night to a progressive
euchre party, and I got the collar
just in good time. You'll be the envy
of all the ladies. Hip-la! Nicest
little wife and prettiest baby in the
world!"
I wanted to get out of wearing that
collar without injuring his feelings,
and so I sent mother down to ex
change it. She could find nobody to
take it, but brought homo one for
four dollars, which would do very
well, considering that I am a plain
woman and never attempt any style.
Poor, dear Bowser, couldn't tell the
difference, but when he saw me with
it on he patted me on the head and
observed :
"Ah !ah ! little sweetness, but
may be I haven't got taste and don't
know what becomes you ! Now you
look like a lady ! Now you have
some style about you ! Audjust re
member that I selected that pattern !"
I praised him and called him my
dear Bowser, and he went about the
cook finally came to mo and whisper
ingly inquired :
"Have you telephoned yet ?"
"To whom—for what?"
"To the police !"
"What for ?"
"To be on hand in case he becomes
dangerous. I'm expecting every min
ute when he'll give a grand yell and
rush for the axe and c£op us to
pieces!"
"Why, Sarah, nothing ails Mr.
Bowser."
"Well, I hope not—l hope not,
but I shall leave the back door open
and be prepared to run. When some
folks are on the point of going crazy
they smile and grin and act up just
as he is doing to-day."
Stoves in Railroad Cars.
Governor Hill has signed the bill
passed by the last Legislature of this
State, forbidding the use of stoves
for the heating of passenger enrs on
railroads. The law reads as follows :
"It shall not bo lawful for any steam
railway doing business in this State
after May Ist, 1888, to heat its pas
senger cars on other than mixed
trains by any stove or furnace kept
inside the car; provided that iu cars
which have been equipped with ap
paratus heated by Hteatn, hot water
or hot air from the locomotive or from
a spocial car, the present stove may
be retained, to be used only when the
car is standing still, and providing
also that this act shall not apply to
railroads less than fifty miles in length,
nor to the use of stoves of a pattern
and kind to be approved by the Itail
road Commissioners for cooking pur
poses in dining-room cars. Any per
son or corporation guilty of violating
any of the provisions of this act shall
bo liable to a penalty of SI,OOO, and
to the further penalty of SIOO for
each and every day during which
such violation shall continue. Upon
the application of any railroad cov
ered by the provisions of this act,
the Hoard of Railroad Commissioners
may approve of any proposed safe
guard or device to be used under the
provisions of this act, and thereafter
the railroad using such safeguard or
device so approved shall not bo lia
ble to any of the penalties attached to
this act for a violation thereof in re
gard to any safeguard or cievico.
The violation of any oftho provisions
of this act shall be deemed a misde
meanor."
It is a demonstrated fact that the
passonger cars on railroads tnay bo
comfortably heated by steam taken
from the boiler of the locomotive.
This being so, then tho car stove
ought to bo disponsed with. Tho
terrible cases of roasting men alive,
in consequence of tho use of tho car
stove, leave no doubt on this point.
Our only objection to tho law passed
by tho Legislature of this State con
sists in tho fact that it is qualified by
too many exceptions to its its appli
cation.—lndependent.
An Alligator's Throat.
An obsorver down South Hays an
alligutor's throat is an animated sow
er. Everything which lodges in his
oped mouth goes down. Ho is a
lazy dog, and instead of hunting for
something to cat, he lots his victuals
hunt for him. That is, ho lies with
his great mouth open, apparently
dead, like the 'possum. Soon a bug
crawls into it, then a Hy, then several
gnats, and a colony of mosquitoes.
The alligator dosn't close his mouth
yet. Ho is waiting for u wholo drove
of things. He does his oatiug by
wholesale. A little later a lizard
will cool himself under the shade of
upper jaw. Thou a few frogs will
hop up to catch the mosquitoes. Thon
more moßquitoes and gnats will light
on tho frogs. Finally a wholo vil
lage of insects and reptiles settle
down for an afternoon picnic. Thon
all at once thero is an earthquake.
Tho big jaw falls, tho alligator blinks
one eyo, gulps down the entire men
agerie, and opens his great front door
again for more visitors.
Lincoln's Leg Case.
"Some of my generate," said Presi
dent Lincoln, "complain that my
frequent pardons impair discipline;
but it rests me after a day's work
to find some excuse for saving a poor
fellow's life.
I-ivcry case in which a court mar
tial pronounces the penalty of death
is sent to the President for his appro
val. One day Judge Holt, the Judge
Advocate General, laid a case before
President Lincoln. "Well, I'll keep
keep this until I have more time to
read the testimony," remarked the
President.
The Judge laid another case before
him and explained it.
"1 must put this case by, said the
President, "until I can settle in my
mind whether this soldier will better
serve the country dead or living."
A third was presented.
"Well, the General Commanding,"
answered the President, "is to be
here in a few days to consult with
Stanton and myself about military
matters. I will wait and talk the
matter over with him." At last
Judge Holt presented a most flagrant
ca?e. A soldier, in crisis of the bat
tle, had thrown away his gun and
liddcu behind a stump. When tried
be hail confessed his guilt. More
over it Was proved that he bad no
parents, wife or child, and the court
martini seemed a just one.
"There, Mr. President," said Judge
Holt, "is a case which comes exactly
within your requirements. He has
DO relatives, does not deny his guilt,
is unfit to wear the uniform, and
would better serve the country dead
than living.
'Well, Judge" answered the
President, running bis long fingers
through his hair, "I guess I must
put this with my leg cases."
"Leg cases, Mr. President?" said
the .1 udge, frowning at the levity.
"What do you mean by leg cases ?"
"Why, do you see those papers
crowded into those pigeon holes ?
They are eases that you call by that
long title, 'Cowardice in the face of
the enemy.' I call them my'leg cases.'
1 put it to you Judge. If the Al
mighty gives a man a pair of cowar
dice legs, how can ho help their rim
ning away with him ?"
An Inquisitive Elephant.
In the pageant of victory ia the
,: Fall of liabylon," at St. George, are
several huge elephants and other pon
derous beasts. The tallest and heav
iest elephant is called Chief. Along
and about the stage are laid over 100
electric wires, which are used to con
vey the electric current to the 500
lights focused on the scenery to pro
duce the necessary effects. As it Is
dangerous to come in contact with
these wires signs are placed in con
spicuous positions warning the per
formers of the danger. Recently the
entire company was suddenly startl
ed by a rour from the big elephant
Chief. While awaiting his cue to
take his place in the procession he
hud leisurely proceeded with his
trunk to investigate his immediate
surroundings. Before he could scent
his peril he had insinuated his pro
boscis between two of the heaviest
electric wires used. The roars that
followed were terriffic, and each suc
ceeding oue was louder than the
other. The keepers rushed to the
spot and saw the ponderous beast fall
to the ground, writhing in pain. A
panic ensued among the supers and
coryphees, who imagined Chief was
going on a rampage and would tear
up things generally. Pails of water
were thrown over the quivering
trunk, while the poor beast tossed
himself from side to side in agony.
It was 15 minuties before the unfor
tunate animal became sufficiently re
lieved to nssumo a standing position
and shako himself into form for his
part. The scientific veterinarian
who was called in found the end of
the elephant's trunk sevorely burned.
Alihoug the animal's sufferings must
have been intense at the time he was
not seriously injured.
A Very Particular Customer.
From the Washington Post.
I witnessed an impressive scene
yesterday near Centre Market. An
old man had improvised a stand on
the rear sidewalk, two barrels and a
board. On this were half a dozen
bunches of cresses, a few smoked her
ring, dozen heads of cabbage and a bas
ket of eggs.
"Are these eggs fresh ?" asked a
buyer.
"Them's as good egga as oyer
you—"
"Aro they fresh ?"
"Now sco hero. Some folks think
they cau f t eat an egg unless it's jest
out of the nest. Them eggs is as
good eggs—"
"Are thov fresh?"
"I)o you want hens laying for you
every minute ? Do you think an egg
no good after it gits cool ? Yon don't
expect eggs by lightning express
from the nest to tho table, do you ?"
"Aro they fresh ?"
"I s'poso you want to have mo go
round and git the lien's affidavy that
they was laid yist'day, don't you ?
I told you they was good eggs. I
ain't a politician, and wheu I toll you
them eggs is good eggs you can bo
liovo mo, can't you ? Igo for
the poor man a show and doin' rfaat
I agree to do. I—"
"Are those eggs fresh ?"
"I hain't got nothing to make
about my goods, I ain't a
book agent nor a lifo insurance man,
and I'm willing to stand up for my
property and—"
"Arc thoso eggs fresh ?"
"Yos."
"I'll take one."
"One?"
"One."
"Ono ogg ?"
"One egg ?"
Saved From a Snake Bite.
Lay ton, O. .July 13.—While Dr.
James S. Carson and Loyd Culler, a
lad about 12 years old, wore out
hunting yesterday tho lad, who was
in his bare feet, stepped down over
some rocks and wus bitten on the
ankle by a largo copperhead snake.
Tho doctor immediately took his
knifo and made an incision and then
sucked tho blood and poison from the
wound. Ho then put some powder
upon the wound and touched it off,
seoring tho flesh. Tho boy was hur
riedly taken to a drug store and the
wound bathod in ammonia, all the
whißkey he could drink being given
to him. The leg was then bandaged
above the wound, and, although it
[>ained the lad and the foot was awol
en, he is now doing well.
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