VOL. XXIV.
RO DREPORT.
Notice is hereby given that the following road
reports have been nled 111 the offline of the C It rk
ut Quarter Sessions and Have Keen connrint-tl
nisi by the court, and will be presented on W ed
hesday. the Ttli day of Sept,-lux,; If no excep
tions are Hied, they will be confirmed absolute
ly-
R D. No, l, March sessions, IHB7, County
bridge across Buffalo creek In Buffalo tp. where
the Butler and Freeport road crosaes said creek
'between Sarversvllfe and Jacob Fry s farm.
May 31, IHST; viewers report bridge proposed
necessary, and the erection of the same will re
iiulre more expense than the township of Buffa
lo should bear; and did locate the site thereof
urn the site of the old bridge and report no
'chaugre necessaiy In the course or bed of the
public road to be connected with said bridge,
and assess no damages to anyone.
No. 3 March session. 1887. Petition of citi
zens of Concord tp. to view, vacate, change and
supply that that part of the public road known
as the Concord road, between the bridge on the
wpring run and the farm of Allan Jenkins to the
bridge on the farn of Robert A Brown, .mne l;
tie were report the vacating, changing and sup-
Dlylngrroad prayed for Is necessary, and have
thereiore vacated, changed and supplied the
Same for public use, and report the probable
Cost of making the road to be forty dollars, and
the said cost should be born by the tow nslilp.
No damages assessed.
No. B March session 1887. Petition of citizens
<sf t'onnoiiuenesslng tp. for a public road leading
from a point on the Butler and Evansburg road
on a line between Francis lleckart and Thomas
Gray to a point on the Butler and Harmony road
on line between lllram Graham and Zeno Mar
ket. Juno o, 1887; viewers report that the pub
lic road as prayed for Is necessary, and have
therefore laid out the same for public use and
report the probable cost of making said road to
"be about one hundred and fifty dollars,and that
said cost should be born by the township, and
no damages assesed.
. N0.6 March session. I*B7. Petition of citizens
ol Clinton tp. for a County bridge over east
branch of Bull creek In Clinton tp- where the
public highway from Saxonburg to Tarentum
crosses said creek. May li. l»<; viewer# report
the bridge proposed is necessary and that the
erection ot the same will reuulre more expense
than it Is reasonable the township of Clinton
shonld Bear, and did locate the site thereof as a
fountv bridge and also report that a change is
necessary in the course or bed of the public road
to be constructed with said bridge in order to
Its erection thereof at the most suitable Place,
or at the least expense or In the best manner,
and have therefore caused a survey to be made
of anv variation therein as follows: Beginning
at the old road on land of.l. M, Riddle in t lln
tontp. thence N. 70 W. seven perches on land
Of J M Riddle, thence 535 W 10 perches on land
Of U Riddle, thence SlB W on land of same 12
perches to intersect the old road, a distance of
iwenty-ulne and one-half rods. J»o damages
No. < March session. 1687. Petition of cltuens
of Washington tp. for a public road to lead from
a point beginning at the house of John M Hil
llard, in said tp. on the public road leading from
Pleasant Valley Church to the Hickory bur
uacfi road and ending at a point on Kit-tanning
And Mercer road at Stoops' School House, being
public school building No 4 In salu tp. of \\ ash-
Wton. June 6,1857; viewers report the road as ,
jjruyed for necessary, and have therefore laid
out the Ranie for public use and they report the
probable cost of making said road to be one
hundred dollars and that said cost should be
raid by the township and that the damages as
sessed should be borne by the petitioners, and
they assess the following damages and none to
any others: To John M HUUard, ilfteen dollars,
to James Thompson, nve dollars and H. Wasson
96.
Butler county SS. „
Certified from the records Aug. B,lS>«.
liEUBEN Me EI. VAIN. Clerk.
Register's Notices.
The ftegtolef hereby gives notice that the fol
lowing accounts of fcxecutors, Administrators
and Guardians have been nied In this office ac
cording to law, and v.'lll be presented to Court
lor combination and allowance on Wednesday,
the 7th day of Sept., A. P., 1887, at 3 o'clock p.
ni. of said day.
I, Final account of John Blekel, executor of
ionti Rlmpp, dee d, late of Butler, Pa.
ii. Final account of Win McCoy .and George
IVltner, administrators of Abner iWlmer, dee'd,
tate of Worth twp.
3. First and final account of Fleming West,
administrator of Michael Knox, dee d, late of
Forward tp.
4. Final account of Henry Biehl, guardian of
Hattie Doershelmer, dee'd. minor child of Samu
el DoersUUmer, dee'd.
5. Final account of John Bubeck, administra
tor C.T.A. of Carolina Bubeck, dee'd, late of
Harmony. Pa.
C. Final account of Daniel McJlackln, admin
istrator of John McMackln, dee d, late of Clear
field tp.
7. First and final account of Joseph Bestler,
administrator C.T.A. of Peter Über, dee d, late
Centerville. Pa.
8. First and partial account of Samuel Schla
gel. executor of Henry Scblagel, dee'd, late of
Butler tp,
9. Final account of Joseph G, McClymonds,
administrator of John Mcclymonds, dee'd, late
Of Muddyereek.
10. Final account of Ell Henshew, administra
tor of Elizabeth Kreidler, dee'd, late ol Harmony
Pa,
11. Final account of James A Gallagher, guar
dian of Robert E Gallagher, minor child of Wm
Gallagher, dec't, late of worth tp.
12. Flual account of J C Snyder, administrator
of Zephanlah Snyder, dee'd. late of Brady' p.
13. Final account of William Irvine, adinlnls
rator of Thos 1 Wilson, dee'd, late of Jackson
tp,
14. Final and distribution account of Wm
Jrvlne, surviving administrator of Margaret
Wilson, dee'd, late of Adams tp.
js. Final account of Catherine E Rankin, ad
fainlstratrix of Peter ftankln, dee'd, late of But
ler borough. ln
-10, Partial account of Samuel AdaUiS, aijm d
istrator of James G Frazier, dee d, late of Mil
dycreek tp.
17. Final account of Minerva Maxwell, execu
trix of G C Maxwell, dee'd, late of Allegheny tp.
18, Partial account of Elinlra Hlndman,execu
trix of Henry Miller, dee'd, late of Clay tp.
IV, Final account of Daniel Fiedler, guardian
Of Kdwaril Sahll. minor child of C 'S;*ll, dee'd,
late o( hfnamaUl r tp.
20. Final account of Minnie 9tarke, adminis
tratrix of George F Starke, dee'd, late of Saxon
burg,
•ii. First and ilnal account of Amos Seaton
and Ulan Seaton, executors ol Wm seaton,dee'd,
late of Venango tp.
22. Blnal and distribution account of Zelie
Muntz, acting executrix of Henry Muntz, dee'd,
late of Zelienople, Pa.
18. First account of Peter New, Joseph New
and George Trlmbour, executors of John New.
dee'd late of Summit tp.
«24. Final account of Hultena W Trax, adm'x
oi Wm F Trax, as tiled by t Agnes Grossman her
administratrix.
register and Recorder's ofllce, Aug. 8,1887.
M- H- PYpJtLY, Reg. and Hec.
Widows' AppraisemerAs.
The following widows' appraisements have
been tiled tn the office of the Clerk of the Or
phans' Court of Butler county.
Widow of Asa W. Waddell, dee'd, S3OO 00
" A. E. Shook, dee'd, 74 50
" John C. Mai tin, dee'd, 3< JOO
" Franklin Fisher, dee'd, a) oo
The above will be presented to Court on Wed
nesday, Sept. 7,1687. and ft no objections are
made, be COD firmed absolutely.
Buffer Co. SM,
Cer'.lned from the records this sth day of Aug.
18S7.
REUBEN McKLVAIN,
B. & B.
GRAND CLEARANCE SALE.
-OF
SUMMER DRESS GOODS,
SUMMER SILKS, SUITS,
PARASOLS, ETC.
To make rcom for the largest and in oat elegant
stock of
FALL GOODS,
Foreign and Domestic, yet opened In this mar
ket, This Is your opportunity for bargains
HEAL IJVE BARGAINS. Prices put on the
balance of our spring and summer stock are
meant to move the goods, and that quickly.
Many all-wool SI.OO Dress Goods go at 50 cents;
fiO cent Ores* goods go at 25 cents. This sale to
be emphatically a cleajance sale as we must
have the room.
Large line of 52 Inch Tricots, mostly light
fhades. at 50 cents.
;fcj-lnch All-Wool Tricots at 87 1-2 Cents,down
from jo cents.
Very large assortment of Printed Challts—the
Dest goods—wool or mohair filling, at 25 ce.-.ts a
yard. Sold regularly everywhere at 35 cents.
Suits and Parasols.
In these departments, the greatest tuts have
been made in prices, many parasols offered at
one-half their real value and price; the same
may be said of all made up summer Suits, La
dles' and Children's White Suits, Satlnes, Light
Weight Wool Suits, etc, etc.
Black and Colored Silks,
We continue to offer the VERY BEST VALUES
in Black silks from 75 cents to *2-00 and np.to be
obtained anywhere. This Is beyond question,
and we cheerfully stake our reputation upon
comparisons. New lines of Colored silks, es
pecially good one 19 Inches wide at 80 cents.
New Fall Goods.
Early arrivals commencing, a few of which are
3S Inch All-Wool Sorelty Checks, 45 cents, very
stylesh effects.
4i Inch All-Wool Clierfci, 75 Cts., 87 1-2 Cta.
fI.OO, special values and large line of shades.
New lines Kali Dress uoods arriving dally. 38
to 52 Inches wide, at 45 cents to f 1.25 a yard.
Send to our Mall Order Department for sam
ples, and secure some of these bargains before
all bold.
Special values in all lines of Staple House
keeptff Urjr tioods, Sheetings, Linens, Etc. Etc.
HOGGS £ BUHL,
H5,117, IIS, 121 Ftderal St,
Allegheny, Pa.
nns"
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
A DRAMATIC SENSATION, |
The Throbbing, Thrilling Drama. How to
Save Money.
By T>. HECK,
day and evening (luring theconilni;
season at D. A. UECK'S
GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
N"o. 11, North Main St., Duffy's Block,
BDTLGR, - PA,
Cntlllfurther notice. This powerful work is a
wonderful and variegated combination of
tragical comedy, and comical tragedy
and never talis to bring down I lie house.
The actors are all Stars. The costuming
will IMJ a strong feature. The following briefly
outlined Is the
PROGRAMME :
BONO- The happy man no more reflects,
Who buys Ids clothing at D. A. Heck s
ACT I,— SCENE l-Time 9 a.m: Enter young man
with friend. Young man expialna to his
triend that the direct cause of Ids engage
ment to the wealthy farmer's daughter
was his purchase of an elegant suit at
l>. A. Illvc K'S Great Clothing Emporium.
Friend tumbles to the Idea anil is iu;ule
happy with a new suit. Hat, shlri.s. Collars
Ties," Underwear, Gloves. Hose,.trunk
Valise, Umbrella, etc. Scene closes ivlth
song. Joined in by the audience.
SONG—The day w ill be in tensely cold.
When D. A. Heck is undersold, &c.
Acr U. — SCENE 2—Time l: a.m. Enter throng of
people, old men, young men. ladles, chil
dren, managing matrons w,th marriarable
daughters, who with one accord talrly
shriek with delight at the vondeiiul bar
gains shov*n. The beautiful young lady.
Cinderella rinds some Jcweiery, a pair of
Corsets, a pair of Kid moves, un elegant
pair ol llose that set her off so exquisitely
that a dude from Untonville and a young
man from Greece City both propose.as the
Greece city man has on one of D. A. lleck s
irreslstable suits, Cinderella decides to
patronize home industries and accepts
uini. The Ciilonville dude talks of duels,
suicides, 4c., but decides not to leave this
world while in- can get clothing so cheap
at D. A. HECK'S Great Emporium.
Song by company, joined by audience:
Tis our experience, one and all,
And eveiy one who tries it knows.
That D. A. HECK has got the call,
Aud takes the town in selling clothes.
ACT III.— SCENE 3.—Time ten years later:
HECK'S LARGEST EMPORIUM.
Ten years are supposed to have elapsed.
1). A. HECK'S Store quadrupled iu size.
Butler a metropolis. Arrival of several
excursions, electric trains and a number
of balloons, with crowds of people to buy
Clothing, Underwear,
Hats, Caps, Collars,
Neck Ties, Hosier}-,
Suspenders, Handkerchiefs,
Umbrellas, Trunks
Valises, Satchels,
Bill and Pocketboqks,
cloth, llalr and Tooth finishes
and innumerable other articles winch
space forbids to mention. Scores of pros
perous men and plump matrons gather
around the proprietor, all agreeing that
their rise in the world began from the mo
ment they began to buy their goods from
D A. HECK,
Cinderella and her about to de
part for JJt. Chestnut (this fs no chestnut)
The Uidonvllle dude, a dude tip 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 fair dealing aud for the fact D. A.
HECK'S Emporium, Duffy's Block, is the
headquarters for good goods, fair dealing
and low prices.
All will now Join in singing:—
How D. A. Heck Is selling clothes,
Way down at bed rock—
Just watch the crowd that dally goes
To D. A. llock'i in Duff") Block.
Curtain falls to slow but sure music.
Tutt's Pills
REGULATE THE BOWELS.
Habitual Costiveness
Cannes deran(foment of the entire system, and bo-
Ml diseases that are hazardous to life. Persons of
a costive habit are subject to Headache, Defectlvo
Memory, Gloomy Forebodings, Nervousuess.Kcvers,
Drowsiness, Irritable Temper and other symptoms,
fehlch unfits the sufferer for business or agreeable
asuclatlonS. Regular habit of body alone can cor
rect these evils, and nothing wcweds so well In
achieving this coudj [lon afi Tutt s Pills. BythelrusQ
not only Is the system renovated, but Jn conse-
Sueuce of the harmonious changes thus created,
lere pervades a feeling of satisfaction: the men
tal faculties perform their functions with vivacity,
and there Is an exhilaration of mind, freedom of
thought, and perfact heart's ease that bwpeakg the
full enjoyment of health.
SECRET OF BEAUTY
la health. The secret of herith Is the
Hwer to digest a proper quan'.ity of food.
Tli is en u never be done when t' c liver does
not aof its pni-t. It Utile drlv:.) ; wheel In
the mechanlim of man, and vi en i||«an}
•t order, the whole syster. I eeomes de
ranged, and Fever, Dyspep i>>, Jick Hend-
She, Constipation, Janna -. , llillousCol
a»d General Debility ensae. To restore
e fanctfous of the Liver and Impart that
beauty which always attends a healthy
constitution. Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills are
recommended. They are not a cure-all,
hut are designed solely for the disordered
Liver and the diseases which it produces*
Tutt's Liver Pills
BTIE UP THE TOBPID LIVER.
(SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, 35C.
£jS£&5"M[R.
b an Inflamed na
burning' sensation.
There ate severe
SMMtSTtVispasms of sneezing.
° U.SXT frequent attacks of
headache, watery
|f#VA UufbK and inflamed eyes.
Try the cure, Ely's Ceam Balm,
4 particle is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price oU cants at Druggists :bv mail,
registered, 00 cts. Circulars five, ELY BJJOS,
235 Greenwich St. New York.
—THE
"Bradford Restaurant/'
Spilth Main Street,
In the Bishop Buildiiig.
SEALS AND LUNCHES
bervfed a(, alj hqtjrs at reasonable rates.
OYSTERS, GAME,
And everything' In season.
The patronage of the oil men and travelling
public respectfully solicited.
Fine cigars and Tobacco always kept on
hand,
S. K. Eckelbcrger,
Proprietor.
WIHTM agents »v m w'-b^r e ' s
VI HH I LU "POI.MTICAL DISCUSSIONS,
DIPLOMATIC and POPULAK,''
Including speeches, bv JA.MKS <;, BLAINE.
Apply at once for terms and territory,
P. J. HI,KM 1 N'(! & CO.,
4-|5-4i f. fitji Ave., Pittsburg.
ninwEvi^
■lll II 11 U V Price I,lst of Outflts,
11/1 II 11 I* I to J. F. W. Dorinan,
(■III 111 I No. 217 Kast German
111 II 1 I I 1 Street, Baltimore
w " * Maryland, U. S. A.
PERMANENT STAMPING
For Kensington, Arrases
AND OUTLINE WOBK DONE,
Also JlessonsJ in tame piven by ANNIE M
LOWMAN,;NortIi street, Butler, Pa.
jne£C-ly
The Scientific Housewife.
She was learn'd in all the lore
Of science, and her store
Of attachments was bewildering and grand;
She could tell you what to eat,
From cereals to meat,
And analyze all eatables off-hand.
She loved a learned mail
On the scientific plan,
And the couple formed a partnership for life.
She cooks the family fare
In a way that makes him swear,
And very often leads to vulgar strife.
The meat is burned and tou^'h,
The pastry is vile stuff",
The vegetables are always umterdone:
But in baking wretched bread
That is heavier than lead
This scientific woman takes the bun.
A PATENT HOUSE.
Wonderful Arrangements of
Mr. Dickerson's Home.
One of the most remarkable houses
in this or any other country is that
of Mr. K. N. Dickerson, the million
aire patent lawver of New York, who
is as remarkable a man in h»s u r ay as
his house is among others. Ho is
over six feet tall and is stout and ac
tive, the very picture of health and
intellectuality, with a grave, kind
face and exceedingly gentle manner.
He is profoundly versed jn fljl the
sciences, and in building this bouse
he detei mined to make it as perfect a
dwelling-place as money, brains aud
science and good taste could accom,-
plish.
The houfee is on Thirty-fourth
street, near Fourth avenue, and seen
from the outside is a quiet but large
brownstone building, and it sets
close to the ground, having but one
or two steps to reach the hall door.
On the left side of the ball is a small
recaption-room, furnished elegantly
in every detail, and with several
handsome paintings; among them,
one representing an inventor, poor
and distressed, showing an invention
to a rich man well fed and sleek,tilted
back in his chair and wearing a look
of disdain for the poor inventor who
is trying to explain the merits cf bis
model.
The interior of the hall is finished
iu dark wood and the floor is of inlaid
wood over a floor of solid concrete.
The staircase is wide and of polished
wood; carved and massive bannisters
support a wide hand rail, and each
newel post—and there is one on each
landing—holds a gas lamp, which,
like all the burners in the is
lighted by eleptricity.
On the left side of the lower hail is
a row of little closets, one for each
member of the family, for wraps,hats
apd umbrellas.
The iight for this ball comes from
the roof, the stairs turning in such a
way as to give a square well of light
which is shed through a beautifully
colored window. The ceiling is of
carved wood, the heayy beams sup
porting another floor of concrete, aud
these in turn others,so that the whole
bouse is made absolutely fire-proof.
No wall is hollow, and there is no
possibility of fire,unless a little wood
work in one room might burn, but it
could not communicata to another
one.
fhe billiard and sewing-rooms are
on the ground floor also. The bil
liard-room is beautifully fitted up and
has on two sides a raised divan so
that the ladies can have a full view of
every game. Above the mantel
piece Is a carved oak head of, I think,
Andrew Jackson, wbiph was sawed
off the bow of one of the United
States frigates by a sailor one night
in revenge for some reason of his
own. In this billiard-room are por
traits of several of Mr. Dickerson's
ancestors who were chief justices,
colonial governors and governors of
New Jersey, and who held other
prominent positions.
The parlors are beautifuly furnish
ed in a manner entirely unlike any
others I have seen. There are four
cabinets, each of them representing
the finest lacquered work in the
world, each representative pieces of
French, Japanese, Chinese and Eng
lish handicraft,and each is filled with
priceless pottery and exquisite works
of the carver's art. On the chimney
is a blue and silver candelabra which
once belonged to a famous but unfor
tunate French Queen. The walls
are made of the most delicately carv
ed satin-wood, and upon the little
tables are albums and volumes con
taining the rarest engravings, etch
ings and prints,
The ceiling is painted in cream and
blue, and a large circular ornament in
the centre which sustains the elegant
and graciful chandelier is of open
work iron and is in point of fact a
ventilator. Of the chairs and sofas,
divans and tapestry I can remember
next to nothing; therefore their har
mony with the surroundings must be
perfect and unobtrusive. The wide
hallway is fitted up as a sort of outer
parlor, with magnificent pictures, di
vans, a piano and a large organ, and
beautiful rugs and statues and little
cabinets with rare and fine pottery,
immense vases, and, in short, every
beauty money or taste could suggest,
{ill well chosen and placed with cor
rect judgement, each article exactly
where it seems to belong of right.
The parlors and dining-room are on
the second floor, and also a large sit
ting or morning-room. The dining
room has been considered so remarka
ble that an illustrated description of
it was published in Harper's Maga
zine. Ia this room are specimens of
the finest porcelain extant, and other
antiquities, some of which are over
300 years old. The ceiling is in
stamped leather,and there two screens
which are marvels of Chinese and Ja
panese handwork, and in the large
west window, which is some sixteen
feet wide by twelve feet high, is set
the magnificent piece of Japanese
wood-carving that was so much ad
mired at the Centennial, fitting like a
frame oyer two feet deep and repre
senting an arbor with vines, foliage,
trees and fruit, all carved in full re
lief, and as perfect as nature. This
is all open-work, and you can thrust
your arm up to the shoulder in be
tween the leavs and branches. There
is po other such piece of work in
America.
I skip the chambers, the sitting and
music-room and go to the library
above the dining-room. In this room
is a collection of the rarest and most
select and scientific books to be ob
tained by money or research, and
here also are more beautiful aud his
toric pictures and relics, beyond the
value of money. Among them is a
flask, covered with leather, which
came to this country with Christo
pher Columbus. The library is furn
ished in Turkish rugs, great soft arm
chairs, a handsome carved table, and
the bookcases and cabinets for the
relics and pottery ore of carved wal
nut
Directly above the library is the
laboratory, where there is a powerful
dynamo, an immense stereopticon, a
photographic outfit, telescope of great
power, microscopes, chemicals and
models of various kinds, and also the
easel, paint-box and easy cbair and
work box and easy chair and work
box of Mrs. THckerson. It is in thi3
room that Mr. Pickerson passes much
of his time working at his own inven
tions, some thirty or forty of which
he has patented.
In all this house a window is never
opened and no dust falls, and this is
managed by a system of Mr, Dicker
son's own invention, and the air is
always as pure and sweet as if they
lived in a camp by the seashore all
through the house from the cellar to
the roof In every room there is a
system of ventilation, consisting of
open work places in the floors by the
chimneys aud in the ceilings, by
which pure air is brought in and the
foul is carried off constantly night and
day. This is done by an imemnse
opining in the cellar, and the outdoor
air enters it, passes througn first t»
filter of sieves filled with cotton wool,
which catches every particle of du%t,
and then, as if this were not enough,
the air is washed through a spray of
prater, and then finally, through the
pipes, Feaches the different rooms
[ute and free from any extraneous
matter. The dynamo machine also
in some way which I failed to under
stand occasionally fills the house with
ozone.
There is also an automatic system
| of governing the temperature of the
hon.se which is beyond me to explain,
though it looks very simple. There
is a great furnace, and the hot air is
carried through many small pipes to
a little engine-room, where it is sub
divided into sufficient quantities for
each room, and, in sonje indefinable
manner, as soon as the room reaches
certain temperature a little machine
stops the hot air itself aud lets the
cool air Lave a chance, and thus tbe
temperature is kept equable all the
time, by this system you oau have
the climate of Florida with its salt
sea breeze all the year round or you
can have the mountain air.spicy with
balmy resinous odors. The income
of the pure air is so strong that if
you hold a handkerchief by the cor
ners to any of the ventilators it will
be blown out straight or it will be
d;awn closely to the grating by the
counter current of impure air.
Tbe bath-rooms and sinks are all
operated upon a new principle invent
ed by Mr. Dickerson, and they pre
clude the possibility of impure air or
sewer gas. As far as odor is concern
ptj, you mijrht stand blindfold in any
bath-room and imagine yoursf lf in
the parlor.
All over the house is that immacu
late cleanliness, and in no place nor
corner is there an odor in the slightest
degree; not even in the kitchen, which
is a model of convenience on scientific
principles. They might cook cabbage,
onions, garlic or even sour crout, and
every breath of odor goes up the fun
nel which hangs like a gigantic um
brella over the range and seizes every
smell before it has a chance to disperse
itself through the house, and no hos
pitable odor of cooking dinner meets
one there.
There is a hydraulic dumb-waiter
which carries the food from the cellar
to the second story, where the dining
room is. There is a large and very
pleasant servants* parlor, and a laun
dry with the most perfeot possible
arrangements—porcelain-lined tub 3,
with stop-cocks to carry the .water
away, and the hot and cold all arran
ged so that no dampness can remain
and no slopping occur. There is a
steam mangle and a hot-air room to
dry the clothes in. The frames for
drying the clothes on slide in and out
and the heaviest counterpane dries in
ten minutes. This hot air after use
in the drying-room is all caught and
carried to the roof and dispersed. A
funnel also carries off the steam which
arises from the tubs Each room
having its own ventilators, does not
communicate with any other.
All the electric generating appar
atus, the steam engine, hot-air furnace,
air filterings and coolings and hy
draulic works are in the front cellar,
while the kitchen, landing and ser
vants' prarlor are in the back part of
it. There are also bins for different
kinds of vegetables, for wine and fruit
each having its own compartment
and kept at a temperature considered
best adapted, and all the cellar is of
concrete and as clean as a parlor.
There is an immense ice box, which
is a room in reality, in which three
persons could easily stand, and a
round this are shelves for different
articles,
There is also an automatic elevator
which is the most perfect thiug of it 3
kind ever seen—absolutely safe and
very comfortable. When you get in
a spring closes the door aod it cannot
be opened by any means riutil you
reach a floor. Then it opens autom
atically until you are out, when it
closes tightly behind you of its own
volition. In short, it can't fall, you
can't pinch your head off, nor hurt
yourself by accident or design, and
it is so simple that a child could man
age it. This, too, is Mr. Dickerson's
invention, and works by hydraulic
power. These are but a few of the
arrangements for comfort, health, and
convenience based upon striotly scien
tific principles in this elegant and
model home, but they are all that my
unscientific brain could take in.
OLIVE HARPER.
A Lightning Act.
H. liraus, of Harrisburg, is a gen
tleman who has introduced into
America a number of wonderful in
ventions connected with photography.
It was Mr. Kraus who, while resid
ing in Brooklyn, first took photo
graphs by electricity in this country,
and last night at his gallery in this
city he gave an exhibition of the
latest iuvention concerning photo
graphy, a new light for taking instan
taneous pictures. The light is the
invention of Prof. Goedicke, a Berlin
chemist, and while its flash lasts but
one-fortieth of a second it) a dark
room, yet in that brief time the party
in front of the camera is photograph
ed. The light is eight times more
brilliant than a two-thousand candle
electric light, and can discount sun
light. It is used exclusively in taking
pictures in the dark or at night.
—£lay fever victims are beginning
to quake as the time approaches for
the aanual development of the dis
ease.
BIJTLER, PA., FRIDAY, AUG! ST 26, 1887.
A Prince of Villainy.
[Bancroft's Popular Tribunals.]
A remarkable career of successful
crime was led by a man named Rob
inson. lie was a native of New
' York, and while attending school in
; his thirteenth year he forged the
name of a cashier of a bank at the
j suggestion of a boy a few years older,
ivho had forged tbe president's name.
[He was successful in this and drew
$7,500 on the check. Soon after he
attempted a robtory of $7,000 with
! the same companion, Granstine, and
another accomplice ; in carrying out
j the project Granstine murdered a
i young woman, but was apprehended
and hanged for the crime.
When 16 years old Robinson, with
the aid of an accomplice, robbed his
own father of $2,500. lie then went
to Pittsburg, and obtained a place as
cabin boy on board a steamboat. At
the instigation of the steward he stole
$3,000 frorji a sleeping passenger.
He met the steward again in Cincin
nati, and together they traveled to
Xew Orleans, where they engaged in
new crimes. Obtaining a responsible
position in a hotel, he remained there
several months, and then, with the
aid oi others, succeeded in lobbing
the safe of $5,000. Suspicion was
fastened upon him, and he wa3 ar
rested for the crime, but managed to
establish his apparent innocence.
On one occasion he met two men
in Albany, Hunt and Edwards, by
whom he was known to be a skillful
penman and a sharp rascal. They
made him their partner and expended
S3OO on him for for dress and jewelry,
that he might passed for a gentleman
After due prepartion he presented at
L bank a forged check for $2,500 and
obtained the money without difficulty,
"i'hey theu went immediately to
Philadelphia, where he practiced ou
oue name for several days. At
length he was able to counterfeit it
so well that he prepared a check and
drew §2O,QOQ from a hank. The
iarger part of his share, which was
SO,OOO, he sent to his mother, telling
her that he had drawn it in a lottery.
By the same means the scoundrels
secured *15,000 iq Baltimore, in
Cincinnati another check for $20,000
was passed, ftnd on going to Louis
ville a like amount was obtained in
the same way, but Robinson became
dissatisfied vyitb the division, quar
reled with his companions and sep
arated from them.
From Louisville Robinson went to
New Orleans, where he robbed the
custom house safe. His accomplice,
a negro, was arrested on suspicion
and whipped, but refused tp divulge
anything. Securing employment on
a plantation, he opened a safe and
abstracted $4,000. His next victim
was a United States officer, whom he
robbed of $4,000 belonging to the
government. Another man was con
demned for this deed, and Robinson
stood cooly by and saw him executed.
In traveling from point to point he
was constantly robbing his fellow
passengers. For knocking down a
man with sling-shot and taking
$1,300 Robinson was arrested, but
escaped by paying his lawyers lib
erally. In Cincinnati he and his ac
complice broke open a jewelry es
tablishment, and his partner in
crime was imprisoned for seven
years. Memphis, Yicksburg and
in turn weiie successfully
visited by this prince of villains. He
again sent his mother money, $5,000
this time, leaving in his own pos
session SSOO in altered bills. One of
his accomplices in many crimes was
hanged for murder in Cincinnati.
In St. Louis Robinson obtained
money by forgery, and achieved
great success as a pickpocket. For
six mouths he was in the county jail
at New Orleans, and at various times
he was arrested, but false swearing,
bribery and the skill of his lawyerg
cleared him,
After becoming notorious in the
south andi east, with detectives on
his tracks, the country became too
warm for him until he came to Cali
fornia. At Marysville he attempted
to kill his wife on account of her un
faithfulness. He escaped his pursu
ers and went to Nevada, He follow
ed his profession successfully where
ever he went, but at last his rare luck
deserted him. After perpetrating
many successful felonies in Sacra
mento, he was at one time drinking
and gambling in a certain place with
a lew companions. With two or
three others they started for a saloon;
one of them was an acquaintance of
but a few hours, and was thought to
have money. As they readied some
bushes in the road Robinson and his
accomplices threw the man to the
ground and robbed him.
Robinson was soon arrested,
brought to trial and sentenced to
death, and was to be executed on the
same day with two highwaymen,
Robinson, however, was respited by
the governor. But this did not
please the vigilance committee. They
demanded that this rascal should be
hanged with the others. When the
hour for execution arrived the sheriff
brought the three men from the sta
tion house, and, after reading the re
prieve of Robinson, ordered the two
men who were condemned, to the
place of execution and Robinson back
to prison. But as the guards were
taking him there they were over
powered, and their prisoner taken to
the grove where the other prisoners
were meeting their deserts. After
the sheriff had discharged his duty
with the two condemned, and had
washed his hands of what was to fol
low, Robinson was mounted on the
same scaffold by the vigilance com
mittee and speedily sent to follow his
comrades.
Unfortunate Punctuation.
A young man wrote thus to th
object of his affections: "I love you
not for your fortune—it is a consider
ation that never influenced me in
choosing a wife." Being unfamiliar
with the rules of punctuation, he
awkwardly inserted a full stop after
the words "I love you not," and the
young lady, in her grief, despair, and
outraged feeling, entered a convent,
while her lover, aftjr waiting in vain
for a reply to his lett.*r, became the
drivpr of a soda-pop wagon- This i 3
a romance of the period, as it were,
and shows, my dears, how necessary
education in general and the study
of punctuation in particular is to the
happiness of mankind.
—A man ought to eat onions
once a week says a do^tof.
—The death of a child in Middle
town, 2s'. Y., was caused by eating
peanuts the other day A piece lod
ged in her throat resulting in the
swelling of the bronchial tubes.
The Word's Largest Cities.
The following information is often J
inquired for, says the Pall Mall Ga
zette, aud as it may be useful in many
cases for reference we have compiled
a table of the largest cities of the
world, with their populations as stat
ed by the latest authorities. In the
absence of any official cansus the Chi
nese cities have simply to be estimat
ed, aud, of course, must be accepted
as an approximation only. We have
not given any city whose population
is below 500,U00, although there are
I mauy we could enumerate which
! closely approach that figure. It will
be seen that in the 35 cities tabulated
j below there are 32,510,319 souls, or
nearly the population of the British
isles, a fact which cannot be grasped j
in a moment by any ordinary intel
lect:
Aitchi 1,332,050
Bankok , 500,000
Brooklyn, N. Y fi 1,000
Berlin, Prussia 1,122,330
Calcutta, India 760,298
Canton, China 1,500,000
Chang Choofoo, China.... 1,000,000
Chicago, 111 715,000
Constantinople, Turkey.,,, 700,000
Foo-choo, China 630,000
Glasgow, Scotland 514,048
Chow-foo, China.... 600,000
Ilang-Tcheon, China 800,000
Han-Kow, China 600,000
King-te-Chiang, China.... 500,000
Liverpool, Eng....,,..., 5?3,000
London, Eug., 3,955,819
Madrid, Spain 500,900
Moscow, Russia 611,974
New York, X. Y 1,400,000
Paris, France 2,269,023
Pekalonga, Java 505,204
Pekin, China 80O,00Q
Philadelphia, Pa .! 850,000
St. Petersburg, Russia, 766,964
Sartama, Japan 962,717
Sian, China 1,000,000
St. Louis, Mo 5.QQ.00Q
Tat-S.een-Loo, China 500,000
Ticn-Tsin,China 950,000
Tokio, Japaa 987,887
TVchautcaufu, China 1,000,000
Tsiu-Tchoo, China BQO QOQ
Vienna, 4ustria 726.105
Woo-chang, China 800,000
Where the Old Maids Come In.
"Do yoq know, sir,, 1 inquired an
American tourist of his comDanion,
while doing England, "the reason for
the fresh, healthy appearance of the
English people ? Their complexion is
far superior to ours, or our country
men over the pond."
"Well. I know what Prof. 'Vsley
says." "
"And what reason does he ad
vance?"
"Well, 'Uxley says it is all bow
ing to the h'old maids!
Yon surprise me."
"Pact. 'Uxley figures it out in
this way; Now you know the H'in
glish are very tond of rosst beei?"
"But what has that got to do with
old maids?"
"Go slow. This genuine H'inglish
beef is the best and most nutritious
beef in the world, and it h'imparts a
beautiful complexion."
"Well, about the old maids?
"Yes; you see the h'excellence of
this ll'inglish beef is due h'exclusive
ly to red clover. Do you see tjip
point?"
"All but the old maids. They are
not in sight as far as I can see," re
plied the American with a sigh.
"Why, don't you see? This red
clover is h'enriched, sweetened and
fructified by bumble bees."
"But where do the old maids came
in?" said the inquisitive American,
wiping his brow wearily.
"Why it is as plain as the nose on
your face. The h'only enemy of the
bumble bee is the field mouse, which
h'ondermines and robs their nest "
"But vyhat have roast beef, red clo
ver, bumble bees and field mice got
do with old mAids?"
"Why. you must be very h'obtuse,
Don't you perceive that the bumble
bees would soon bo h'exterminated
by the field mice if were qqt for -"
"Qld maids j"
"No, if it were not for cats; and
h'old maids of h'old H'ingland keep
the country thoroughly stocked up
with cats, and so we can directly
trace the h'effect of the rosy H'inglish
complexion to the benign cause of
H'inglish h'old maids; at least that's
what 'Uxley says, and that's just
where the h'old maids come h'in.
Science makes cjear mysteri
ous things ray H'american friend."
Remedy for Diphtheria.
The following, which is pronounc
ed a "never-failing recipe for the cure
of diphtheria," is copied from a Dub
lin paper. The remedy has bean
many times reprinted as follows;
Put a tablespoonful of sulphur in
to a wine glass of water and stir it
with the finger instead of a spoon, as
the sulphnr does, not readily amalga
mate with water. When the sulphur
is well mixed, then it is to be given
to the patient to gargle, and after
gargling, to swallow it, and the pa
tient will be out of danger in ten
minutes. When the fungus is too
nearly closing to allow the gargling,
the sulphur in that case should be
blown through a quill into the throat,
and after the fungus has shrunk to al
low of it, then the gargling. If a pa
tient cannot gargle, take a live coal,
put it on a shovel, and sprinkle a
spoonful of flour of brimstone upon it,
Let the sufferer inhale it by holding
his head over it, and the fungus will
die. Brimstone kills every species of
fungus in man, beast and plant in a
few minutes.
The Irishman too Much for him
At a certain debating society an
English dootor recently argued that
the Irish were naturally a depraved
and dishonest race, and in support of
his position he adduced his own ex
perience. He remarked that he had
at Manchester BQQ Irish patients on
his books, and out of this number
only 30 paid him his fees.
An Irishman arose when the doc
tor sat down, and said:
"Sor, there is never an eiiect with
out a cause; there is never a phe
nomenon which does not admit of an
explanation. How, sor, cau we ex
plain the extraordinary phenomenon
to which the doctor has called our at
tion?. He finds an explanation in the
natural depravity of the Irish nature.
I, sor, have another explanation to
offer, and it is this: That the thirty
patients who paid him were the only
ones that recovered.
—A little girl who wanted to de
scribe the absent-mindedness of her
uncle said: "His remember is uo
tired that he has tp, use his torget all
the time, 1 '
He Makes His Own Money
| From Philadelphia Press.]
I A little bit of a man, not five feet
high, stood on tiptoe in front of the
cashier's window at the West End
Hotel, Long Branch, and timidly
asked him for a pair of scissors.
When they were handed to him he
pulled a roll of national bank bills
1 from his coat pocket, They were in
sheet form, just as postage stamps
come, and he clipped ofT a SIOO bill
He wrote his name across its face in
the space reserved for the President's
autograph, and then coolly asked
Cashier Keeley to change it for him.
Mr. Keely accomodated this maker of
i currency after carefully inspecting it
and seeing that it was a bona fide
note of a national bank in Michigan
The little man with this enviable
power as n money maker was Mr.
Jacob Seligman, who is known
through all Michigan as "Jake," He
was the leading clothing merchant of
the State until he became a banker
aud railroad financier, as well as one
of the biggest lumber merchants in
that region. He is now a millionare,
a director in nine banks and the own
er of considerable real estate in Sault
St. Marie region. Some people say
he will be the richest mun in the
State if he lives to realize on his in
vestments. Yet he went out to
Michigan twenty-one years ago with
only SIOO iq his pookets* He made
bis fortune in a strange way. In or
der to start in the clothing business
he obtained credit for S2OO worth of
goods. He spent the SIOO cash he
had in hiring a wagon, a brass band,
and four horses, and investing in cir
culars and advertising. He made it
known that Little Jake would reach
town at a certain hour and distribute
socks and oyerallsfree from his wagon
iu the public square. He told me to
day that he emptied his wugon load
to a tkroug of people, scattering over
their heads at the same time a per
fect cloud of dodgers stating that he
was going to sell them all sorts of
clothing for the next month. For fif
teen years Little Jake followed this
quaint scheme for making himself
known, travelling from town to town
until he had a store established in ev
ery important city in the State. He
was not only the biggest clothing
dealer but the biggest newspaper ad
vertiser as well. Since then he has
made rapid strides to become the big
gest banker, but he is still the small
est man in the State in size.
Horrible F.ecklesaiiesss.
iPoughkeepsie Eagle.]
People who have been watching
the erection of the false work at the
east shore anchorage pier at the
bridge and out in the river between
Pier 2 and 3 have been wonderfully
interested in tbe agility and what
seemed to them dare-devil reckless
ness of the trained men on the job.
They have seen them crawling along
the girders and braces nearly 100 feet
high, leaping from timber to timber
or running along the narrow plank,
ing, now stooping over to aid in the
hoisting of timber or iron, now stand
ing on the extreme edge of the river
front of work peering down upon the
rocks and river below, or going along
hand over hand among the braces ap
parently with as much ease and com
fort as though moving along on terra
firma.
"They are all used to that kind of
work," said General Field, of the
Union Bridge Com pany, "and have
no fear whatever. When we were
building the cantaliver over the
whirlpool rapids of Niagara, 240 feet
above the rushing waters, they were
just as daring as they were here. I
remember when we had the job most
completed I was up there one day.
The cautaluer arms were then with
in fifty feet of each other, and it was
decided to connect them temporarily
with a plank. This plank was fifty
five feet in length, about two and a
half feet of each end resting on the
cantaliver arms. The foreman had
issued a strict order prohibiting any
of the men from crossing the plank
until it was firmly fastened at each
end, the penalty being immediate dis
missal. There had been a great deal
of talk among the men as to who
would be the first one to cross. I
was standing on the American side
looking at the structure when I saw
one of the men walk out on the plank,
look at it a minute, then look down
into the whirlpool below. I felt that
he was going to cross the plank, but I
was too far from him to make him
bear. He waited a second or two,
and then deliberately walked out on
the plank, and when he reached the
middle of it he stooped over, seizing
the edges of the plank with both
hands, and, throwing his feet up, he
stood on bis head and kicked bis heels
and shouted to the terrified onlooHera.
He must have been a|sninute doing it,
but I felt as though it were half an
hour. After satisfying himself that
he had kicked enough he regained hia
equilibrium and then trotted along
the plank to the opposite side from
where he started, seised hold of one
of the iron braces of the cantaliver
and went down it head first, hand
over hand, to the bottom. Of course,
the foreman discharged him and he
laid off two or three days, when I
sent for him. He was one of the
best men on the job, and I talked tQ
him like a Dutch uncle and put him
to work again. These men have no
fear; they are brought up to the bus
iness and feel just as safe 150 feet in
the air as they do on the ground. Of
course, I can see how the people won
der at such things, but we have got
used to it. The best time to see them
travel is at the dinner hour, qr when
the day's work is completed."
An Impious Wretch.
From Burnet (Tex.) Hero.]
A feature of the oolored campmeet
ing west of town has been the trance
act. One woman has been in more
or less of a trance for three days up
to Monday night last. That night
the meeting was in progress and the
tranca was doing its duty in keeping
the subject in an apparently oblivi
ous condition, when somo impious
white man in the audience yelled at
the top of his voice: "Fire! fire! who
set the arbor on fire?" The colored
woman, in spite of the trance, quick
ly raised with her eyes bulged out
and evidently prepared tQ looomote
hence, but seeing BO tire, and sus
pecting that a racket had been play
ed, she fell over again and was im
mediatly lost to all earthly things in
the blackest brand of dark oblivion.
The preachers at last accounts were
searching ia the adjacent timber for
the nend who cried "Fire!" and well
nigh ruined a good article of trance,
but the villain had tied.
j Original Draft of an Ancient
Chestnut.
O Mary had a Utile lamb, regardiu whose
| cuticular,
, The fluff exterior was white and kinked iu
eacli particular,
i On each occasion when the lass was seen per
ambulating,
This little quadruped likewise was there a
I gallivanting.
; (»ne day it did accompany her to the knowl
edge dispensary,
Which to every rule and precedent was reck
lessly contrary.
Immediately whereupon the pedigog suj>ericr
Exasperated did eject the lamb from the in
terior.
Then Mary on beholding such performance
arbitrary
Suffused her eyes with saline drops from
glands called lachrymary,
And all the pupils grew thereat tumultous
ly hilarious
And speculated on the case with wild conjec
tures various.
"What makes the lamb love Mary so?" the
scholars asked the teacher.
He paused a moment, then he tried to diag
nose the creature,
"O pecus amor em Mary habit omnia tern
porn in."
"Thanks, teacher dear," the scholars cried,
and awe crept darkly o'er 'em.
NEW PHARMACY LAW.
Important Code for Governing
Druggists.
A bill was passed by the Legisla
ture at its late session designed to
regulate the practice of pharmacy and
the sale of poisons, and to prevent
adulteration in drugs and medicinal
preparations in this State. This bill
provided for the establishment of a
State Pharmaceutical Board, similar
in its province to the Pharmaceutical
Examining Board of Philadelphia.
It is the duty of this Board to
grant certificates of competency and
qualification to persons who shall
open, or carry on as manager, any re
tail drug or chemical store or engage
in the "business of compounding or
dispensing medicines or the prescrip
tions of physicians, or of selling at
retail any drugs, chemicals, poisons
or medicines. Without such certifi
cate from the Pharmaceutical Board
the transaction of such business is
forbidden. The bill provides that the
Board shall "consist of five persons,
three of whom shall constitute a
quorum, who shall be appointed by
the Governor from among the most
skillful retail apothecaries actually
engaged in said business in the State
of Pennsylvania and who must have
had ten years practical experience in
the same, one to serve five years, one
four years, one three years, one two
years, and one one year in the first
instance, and thereafter annually the
Governor shall appoint one person to
serve as a member of said Board for
the term of five years. The said per
sons so appointed shall be and consti
tute the said State Pharmaceutical
Examining Board, and shall hold the
office for the term for which they
were appointed or until their succes
sors are duly appointed and qualified,
and shall receive as a compensation
for their services $5 for each day actu
ally engaged in this service and all
legitimate and necessary expenses in
curred in attending the meetings of
said Board under the provisions of
this act, and no part of the salary of
said Board or expenses thereof shall
be paid out of the State Treasury."
The Board is to keep a book of reg
istration open at some convenient
place, in which shall be entered the
name and address of each person
qualified under this act to conduct and
cajrv on the retail drug or apothecary
business, or to hold the position of
qualified assistant therein. And it
shall be the duty of all persons now
conducting cr who shall hereafter
conduct the business of retail apothe
caries, or those acting in the capacity
of qualified assistants therein, to ap
ply to the Board and be registered as
such within ninety days after notice
given by advertisement, and thereaf
ter every three years application for
registration only may be sent by mail
to the Secretary of the Examining
Board after being properly attested
before a notary public or any other
person authorised to administer an
oath iq the county in which the ap
plicant resides. The fee for examin
ation and registration and for the cer
tificates shall not exceed $2, and for
registration only not more than sl.
The Board shall meet at least once
every three months at such places as
may be deemed expedient to conduct
examinations. All persons applying
for examination for certificate to en
title them to conduct and carry on the
retail drug or apotheoary business
must produce satisfactory evidence of
having had not less than four years
practical experience in the business.
And those applying for examination
for certificates as qualified assistants
therein must produce evidence of hav
ing not less than four years practical
experience in the business. And
those applying for examination for
certificates as qualified assistants
therein must produce evidence of hav
ing not less than two years experi
ence in said business.
Any person who shall violate or
fail to comply with the provisions of
this section of the act shall be pun
ished on conviction by a fine not ex
ceeding SIOO or be imprisoned in the
connty jail of the proper county for a
term not exceeding one year, or both,
at the discretion of the Court. A
qualified assistant engaged in the
business at the passage of this act is
one who has not less than two years
practical experience in the retail drug
and apothecary business. All other
assisantants actually engaged in the
business at the passage of this act
shall, upon the completion of a like
term of two years experience, be enti
tled to registration as qualified assist
ants without examination.
An important section of the bill re
fers to adulterations. It provides:
That no person shall knowingly,
wilfully or fraudulently falsify or ad
ulterate or cause to be fasified adul
terated any drug or medical substance
or any preparation or authorized or
recopni/ed by the pharmacopoeia of
the United States, or used or intend
ed to be used in medicinal practice;
nor cause to be mixed with any such
drug or medicinal substance any for
eign or inert substance whatever for
the purpose of destroying or weaken
igg its medical power and effect, and
and wilfully,knowingly orfraudulently
sell or oause to be sold for medical pur
poses.
Violation of this section is punish
able by fine not exceeding SSOO and
the forfeiture of the adulterated arti
cles.
Section 10 refers to the sale of poi-
son?, and reads as follows :
A poison in the meaning of the act
shall be any drug, chemical or prep
aration which according to the stand
ard works on medicine or materia
medica is liable to be destructive to
adult human life in quantities of six
ty grains or less.
2So person shall sell at retail any
any poisons except as herein provided
without affixing to the bottle, box, la
bel, printed or plainly written, con
taining the name of the article, the
word "poison," and the name aud
place of business of the seller, nor
shall he deliver poison to any per
son without satisfying himself that
such poison is to be used for legitimate
purposes.
It shall be the farther duty of any
one selling or dispensing poisons
which are known to be destructive to
adult human life in quantities of five
grains or less before delivering them
to enter in a book kept for this pur
the name of the seller and the name
aud residence of the buyer, the name
of the article, quantity sold or dispos
ed of and the purpose for which it is
said to be intended, which book of
registry shall be preserved for at
least two years, and shall at all times
be open to the inspection of the Cor
oner or Courts of the county in
which the same be kept.
The provisions of this section shall
not apply to the dispensing of physi
cians' prescrptions specifying poison
ous articles as are commonly nsed by
them as insecticides. Any person
failing to comply with the provisions
of this section shall be deemed gnilty
of a misdemeanor, and npon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not
less than $5 nor more than SSO for
each and every offense.
Graduates of accredited medical col
leges who have not less than three
years continous practice, and who are
registered as practioners of medicine
aud surgery, may be registared under
this act without examination.
Governor Beaver has appointed the
Board as follows; Alonzo Robins and
A. J. Tafel, of Philadelphia; Freder
ick A. Eggers, of Allegheny; H. B.
Cochran, of Lancaster, and A. V.
Burns, of Susquehanna.
To Make Labels Adhere to Tin.
Take of flour six ounces, of molas
ses one-half a pint, and of water one
pint and a half, and boil as usaal for
flour paste.
Or, dissolve two ounces of resin in
one pint of alcohol. After the tin
has been coated with the solution,
allow nearly all of the alcohol to eva
porate before applying the label.
—Dog days ended August 22d.
—The nights are getting cooler.
—Watermelons are larger than
usnal this season.
—A picnic and a thunder storm
don't agree together.
—Peaches are becoming more plen
tiful at the stores, but they are still
high in price.
—Tne battle with the bumblebees
has commenced, and all the boys are
in fighting trim.
—lf a fly smites you on the cheek,
"lay for him," and see that he don'*
repeat the dose.
—Some one has started the silly
story that ice creum induces freckles.
Don't believe it girls.
—lf you want to vote next eleetion
you should see that your name is
placed on the registry list.
—The legal season for slaughter
ing squirrels begins September Ist,
and continues until January Ist.
—While the summer girl is breast
ing the wave, her good old mother
stays at home and stems tho currant.
—But for the house fly, says Prof.
Procter, epidemics would carry off
1,000,000 people per year.
—The oldest lawsuit in Illinois
has been on the docket for forty-two
years. It began about as 2 hog and
has cost the principals about S7OOO
- St. John asserts
that theProhition party will polll,ooo,
000 votes in 1888, and will a majori
ty party by 1892. St. John is mod
est, which is a new aspect of his com
position.
—Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is
rapidly failing. She takes short
walks about her Connecticut home,
but her strength is gone and she is
no longer able to enjoy life with her
old zest. She is cheered with the
thought that she has done great good
in the world and that there is only
one "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
—A farm hand pitching hay in Al
len county, Ohio, was scared until
his face shone white through tan and
and sunburn, by seeing a wrigling
snake in mid air impaled on the tines
of his pitchfork. It was a rattler
with nine rattles to its tail.
—The Chicago Tribune breaks
out in poetry over the President's
trip to tho west. With the language
of Minnehaha, of Hiawatha,it gushes
listen:—
He is coming west in autumn,
In September or October,
Coming to see the prairies,
Coming to enjoy the fishing,
Coming out to have a picnic,
Where no gang of office-seekers,.
With their tiresome petitions,
Lie in wait and dog his foo'«tepff,
lie will bring his Donna Frances,
lie will bring his priceles Dn'l,
And will swing around the circle,
As of old did Andy Johnson.
—"Wish I could wear a Coney Is
land bathing suit," said a young man
to his cousin last evening, as he sat
on the piazza and perspired. "What
does a Coney Island bathing suit con
sist of, George?" demurely asked the
maiden. "Oh," he replied' "a little
cotton to put in your ears." Then
they looked at the black cloud until
it was time to change the subject.
—lt is said that the P. &W. Co.
will begin the erection of a grand ho
lel at Rock Point, Lawrence country
this fall, and make the resort one of
the most attractive in the country.
The object is to make a second Cres
son of it, so far as natural and artifi
cial adornments go, tho only differ
ence being that one is on the moun
tain summit while the other is in one
of the most beautiful and picturesque
valleys in the country.
—Two visitors at Marshfield, Wis,
live to tell a wonderful story of light
ning. One of them was struck upon
the shoulder, the current passing
down his leg and through the sole of
his shoe, making a clean cut ronnd
hole in the leather and entering the
floor. The other was likewise struck
on the shoulder and the fluid passed
through his slippers, making six clear
cut holes through the hole of eachj
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