VOL. XXIV. A KBAMATIC SENSATION, Til r 1-)11 ij, Ti-il ling Drama. How Save Money. By D. A. HECK, Author of the 'The Bride Won; or. What a New Suit of Clothes Did." will be enacted e\er> day and evening during the coming season at D, A. IIEC'K'S GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM, So. 11, Scrtli Mala St., Duff) - * Blork, BOTIiSH, - PA. I'ntll further notice. This powerful work Is a wonderful and variegated combination of ira>{i-'ai comedy, and comical trageaj and nftver falls to brlug down the house. The actors are all suns. The costuaiiig will be a strong feature. The roUow tug brieflj outlined Is the ' PEOGKAiIME : SOHC- The happy inao no more reflects. Who buys ills clothing at 1). A. Ileck s A/-i I,—SCENP. 1-Ttme 9 a.m: Enter young man with friend. Young man extfJlMW his friend that the direct cause of Ills engage ment to the wealthy farmers daughter wa.-) his purchase of an elegant suit at 1). A. HW-'KS Great Clothing Emporium. Friend tumbles to the idea and » mad« hanpv with a new suit. Ilat. Shirts, Collars Ties. Underwear, Gloves. Uose.. Trunlr Valise, Umbrella, etc. scene closes with song, joined in by the audience. Bono—The day will be Intensely coid. When D. A. Ileck is undersold, 4c. ACT ll.—ScsxK 2—Time 11 a.m. Enter tlircng of people, oid men. young men. htdles,^n ilren, managing matrons with maiTUrabk. iimi'/hters. who wltti one accord l&irij shriek with delight at the wondei l l wjf?- gains shown. Hie beautlful young lady. Cinderella tiniU some Coiaeia. a pair of Kid iiio\es. ail elegant pair oi Hose that set her off so cx<iuLslDeij Unit aclude lrom I nlonvtlle and a jount man from Greece City both propot*.as the Greece city man has on one ol D. A ; « ec * irreslf,table suits. Cinderella decides to uuiionize home li.austrles ant. accepts Mm. The t nlouville dude tal*B of duels, suicides, tut., but decides not to luave this world while he can get clothing so cheap at i>. A. HECK'S Great Emporium. Song l>y.company, joined by audience: "l Is our experience, one and all. A nil e .erv one who tries It knows. That D." A. HECK has got the call. And takes the to.vn In selling clothes. ACT 111.- HCXSE 3. -Time ten years later: HECK'S LARGEST EMPORIUM. Ten years are supposed to have elapsed. I>. A~. HECK'S Store quadrupled In sue. liutler 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, Hosiery, Susoemlers, Handkerchiefs, t_m Ore lias. Trunks Valises, Satchels, Bill and PtJeketbooks, clotli. Hair and Tooth Brushes and Innumerable otiier articles which space lorbUla to mention. Scores of pros- Tierous men and plump matrons gather around the proprietor, all agreeing that liit-lr rise lu Uie world began from the mo ment ihey began to buy their goods from D A. HECK. Cinderella and her husband about to de part for Mt. Chestnut (this Is no chestnut) The I'IJIOJIV Jle dude, a dude no longer but a rlcn business man In the city of Butler. Population 10.UM), noted ehl-lly for being the roost cnterpilslng city In the county, ami lor fair dealing and for the fact D. A. HKcK's Eropoiium, Huffy's Block, is the lieauquarlerrt lor g<XKI goods, fair dealing and low prices. All will now Join In singing:— How D. A. Ileck Is selling clothes, Way down at bed rock— Just watch the crowd that dally goes To 1). A. Heck's In Hurry Block. Curtain falls to slow but sure music. Tett's Pills BEGULATE THE BOWELS. Habitual Costiveness CUUH derangement of the entire system, and bfr iteU diieasei tbat ore hazardous to life. Pcraonior a coetlre habit aro subject to Headache, Defective Memory, Gloomy Foreboding*. NerroittueM.FeTei*. Urowilneu. Irritable Temj«r and other «ymptom», which unfit* tbe sufferer for buslnesa or agreeable association*. Regular habit of body alone can cor rect these era*, and nothing *tu-c»*d* *o well In achieving thiscondition a* Tott'» Pills. By their use not only lu the »y*tem renovated, but In oonvv Qucnce of the harmonlou* changes thus created, there pervade* a feeling of satisfaction: the men tal faculties perform their functions with vivacity, and there la an exhilaration of mind, freedom of thought, and perfect heart's ewe that bespeaks tha full enjoyment of health. SECRET OF BEAUTY la health. The secret of health Is the uwer to diaest a proper aaantllv ef food. This can never bedone when t'. - Liver doea not act Its pnru It Is the drln.■ i wheel In the mechanism of man, and v ' ca It Is eut •t order, the whole syeter i cronies de raused, and Fever, Dyapep ,i. , Hlclt Heart ache, Cnnatlpatlon, Jaaad UtlloaaCol le and tieaeral Debility enase. To restore the fanrtlops of the iJrer and Impart that beauty which always attends a healthy coaatltatlou. Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills are E comtncpded. They are not a care-all. t are destined solely far the disordered T«r and the diseases which it proaaces* Tutt's Liver Pills STIR UP THE TORPID LIVER BOLD BY ALL ÜBtJCMUSTS, 3Se. SjK^lllWKß. ,s an lnfiamed con nostrils, tcar-dncts a n,| tliroa alleet acrid mucus is seere curninK seiisailon. There are severe pasms of nneezlng. BHw ° lI.H. | frc'iuent attai-ks of ppurmm headache, water)' ".mm V Biff and inflamed eyes. If) Itie cure tlj's Ceam Balm, A particle Is applied Into each nostril and 1* agree aide, lr.ee .Vi cents at DruKKlsts :by mall, registered, on cw. Circulars free, ELY 11KOH, ■£& (ireenwlcli St. New V'ork. —THE— "Bradford Restaurant," South Main Street, 111 flic Bbliop Building. MEALS AND LUNCHES Serv J at all hourn at reasonable rates. OYSTERS, GAME, Arid everything in Reason. The patronage of the oil men and travelling public respectfully ndlclted. Flue Cigars und Tobacco always kept on hand. S. K. Eckelberger, Proprietor. WIDTH) ABEMTS IT nil LU DISCI SSIONS, DIPWIMATIC and It>H I.AU," Including alibis speeches, by .lAMKHC.Iii.Ai.Nn. Apply at once for terms and territory, I'. KI.KMINO & CO., 4-l.Vit 4, Stli Ave., Pittsburg. <m| » AVTTIVT III '"''' easy Mann |I 11 IT IJ % / lactiirlng Kubber HiII \ L llfl ll UP I to J. V. IV. Dornian. ill I | ■■■ I No. 217 Kaatljerinaii 111 ID ■ I I 1 Strffet, I'.iltlmorc ■ ** * Maryland, U. s. A PERMANENT STAMPING For Kensington, Arrasene AND OUTLINE WORK DONE, Also Jlegßons' lu 6ome (ilvej hy AWN IE M tUeet, Bailer, Pa. jne2ol j THE BUTLER CITIZEN. MULLINS, THE AGNOSTIC. AS TOLD BY DEACON STILLWATER. I His name was Wi!li*m Mullins, and He ba<l a sneering way Of turning his proboscis up At everything you'd say. "Wall, now, how do you know?" said he: "Humph, now, how do you know? The way it closed an argument It wasn't by no means slow. You might be talking social like With fellows at the store, On war and politics; and siefc, And you might have the tloor And be a gittin' things down fine Provin' that things was so. When Mullins would stick hislong nose iu With "Humph, new how do you know?" I seen that critter set in church And take a sermon in. And turn bis nose up in a sneer At death and grace and sin, With no regard for time and place Or realms of endless woe, He'd rise and burst the whole thing np With "Humph, now how do you know?" He cut his grass whenever it rained, He shocked his wheat up'green, He cut his corn behind the frost, His was alius lean. He bnilt his stacks with big ends up, His corn cribs big end down; "Crooked as Mullins' roadside fence" Was a proverb iu our town. The older he got the wuts he grew. And crookeder day by day; The squint of his eye would wind a clock. His toes turned out each way, His boots and shots were both ol theai lefts, The rheumatiz twisted so; But ii'you said he didn't look well He'd growl, "Now, how do you know.'" And that darned grit led to his death — lie was on the railroad track Cro«sin' a bridge; I heard the train And yelled "Mullins come back! The train is around the curve iu sigifi Says he, "Humph, how do you know?" I helped to gather him up in a pail The engine scattered him so. I think it's best to have more laith In every day concerns. And not he alius snoopia' round To get behind the returns. A plain statement will do for me, A hint instead of a blow; A coroner's jury may fetch out facts, But it ; s rather late to know. A. T. Warden In Boston Globe. Jim Ponlder's Mistake. A pleasant, balmy day in May. The windows of the railway car were open. There was a breeze stirring, and though a cloud of dnst was blown in,it was also blown out, with the the exception of a tired portion which stopped to rest on the clothes of the passengers or burrowed for its own safety in their ears and nostrils. There were only two vacant seats in the car, and at I'ankeap station two persons csme to All them. One of these was an old man—on a second look he was probably not over fifty— with iron-gray hair, partly covered by a slouched hat and clod in a new suit of that seemed to have been made for somebody else. With him was a youDg and pretty girl, whose dress was of ordinary stuff, but well fitting, und who was well gloved and well shod. The observer would have set down the two for a well-to-do farmer and his daughter who were travelling for business or pleasure. The man look ed around The two vacant seats were on opposite sides of the car- In one ol them sat a young, well-dress ed and apparently self-satisfied gen tleman, and the space by his si.le was occupied by r handbag ol croco dile leather and a spring overcoat lu the other was another young man not quite so extravagently dressed, though neatly tied, and not so hand some as the first, though he had an open and intellgent countenance. The farmer looked around and mo tioning to his daughter,said: "There's a place for yoq, Lucy". Then turning to the young man with the satchel, he atked: "Seat eugag ed?" The young man looked up, curled bis lip Hnpericiliouslv, and said : "Man to fill it will be here presently, I dare say." "Ah," faid the farmer, coolly re moving the tl.e gripsack and over coat and placing them on the ycuDg man's lap ; "then I'll occupy it un til he comes," and he tented himself, accordingly, while the young man glared at him. The one on the other side looked (imaged; and then, rising, said. "You had hotter exclunge peats with me, sir; and then the young lady and yourself will be together." "Thank you?" was the farmer'.* re ply and the exchange was quietly ef fected. The two young men were evident ly acquainted, for the courteous ono paid to the other, in a low voice, "Jim Poulder, you made a 'mistake there." "I never, make mistakes, Frank Boiling." replied the other. "I dare tay, you will nrake your fortune some of these days by bain# polite to the granger population: but my fortune is already made." The first speaker paid nothing more; but, drawing a newspaper from his pocket, opened it, und ran his eye over its columns. Poulder yawned a little, and at last paid, "This is too dull for yours faithfully, James Poulder. I'll gojin to the smoking car and take a whiff. Have a shifter?" he inquired, produc ing n pocket flask. "No, thank you," replied Boiling. "That stuff is rather too iit»ry for me." "Here goeß alone, then. That's as Que brandy as ever crossed the ocean Day-day! Keep an eye on my traps, will you, and don't Rive up my neat to every country yokel who asks it?" The elegant young gentleman shook himself, and made his way for ward to the car especially provided for fumigation. When he bad gone the old man leaned the arm of his seat and ad dressed Boiling. "Excuse me, sir; but didu't your friend who has left say that his name was James Poulder? "That's his name, sir;" replied the young man, "but he is not exactly a friend of mine, though he lives iu the same place and I know him very well." "May I inquire where he is from?" "Yes, sir; Oareysburg." "Son of Peter B. Poulder, the great pork packer there, isn't he?" "Yes, sir." "His father should deal with him; it would be quite in his line." ' Oh, papa!" said a sweet reproach ful voice, as those near who heard the colloquy tittered. | "It's a fact, Lucy," rejoined the farmer. The old gentleman, who evidently was intelligent,entered into a general < onversatiju with the younger and i FOOD showed that he was quite will ! informed. Boiling was glad of a con ference so entertaining, especially when, as his eyes were bent in that direction, he saw the yonng lady was : interested, and, he hoped, a pleased ' listener. There was something very ' sweet in the expression of her coun tenance, an inexpressible impress of modesty and innocence in her fea tures. They chatted away, and the 1 elder, so desirously thut the younger i never perceived it, drew out of the other his position, prospects and in- I tentions. j Boiling was frank by nature, and j the questions of his interlocutor, who wa3 as ingenious as the other was I ingenous, were craftily put. The | sharp granger socn learned that | Frank Boiling had been engaged for j some time in the study of law; but that faia father, having met with reverses and hav ing two younger daughters to edu cate, the young man determined to make his burden less, and had set out to support himself, abandoning bis law studies and taking a situation as salesman at a country store in Griffion, a thriving towu about five miles from the main line. "I get but beggarly pay of course," said Frank, gaylv; "I'm only a raw hand; but I have a promise that whan I am qualified my wcge3 will be increased." "You arc rather a singular person," said the farmer buffi v. "Most young men would talked of their salary." "I rather prefer the old style of English," sa'd Boiling, "I am to be a hireling, and the compensation of a hireling is called wages But wages or salary—the terms are indifferent to me." "Mv p'ace is within a mile of Griff ton," said the old man. -I've a no tion that I knew your father once. Wasn't he at Harvard in his time?. "Yes, sir; and so was I. We are alumni of the same school." "I wonder if he remembers his old chum there—,one George Carter— George St. Leger Carter as they bave it on the rolls " "Yes, sir; I've haard bim speak of of him often, Judge Carter, you mean? He lives at GrifTton. Do you know him?" "Um! ye-s! After a fashion " • Papa," whispered the young girl, but Boiling's quick ear caught her words, "I know the judge better than you do," "Bo qniet, Puss, will you?" repli ed her father in same tone. "I um told that he left tbe bench, and though quite wealthy, has gone back to the bar. I have a letter from him which my father, recalling their youthful friendship, insisted on giv ing me; but I shall not present it." "Why. not? He might be of use to you." "Scarcely, sir. You .see if lam to be a salesmau in a country store, I had better apcornadate myself to my position.* The judge, if he re membered old college frienships, would n't bo likely to consider me a wel come addition to bis family circle as a visitor. He is rich, and then he ia said to have a very handsome and ac complished daughter, who would no doubt look down on rae. I have my bread and butter to earn, and had better confine myself to it, "Possibly you are right. But how came your father to lose his money? I thought ho inherited a line fortune?" "Yes, sir; but he was drawn iuto incurring responsibility for a rela tive. He is not ruined, by any means, but is merely hampered, and thinks he will pull through in time with a little economy and prudence; and I have no doubt ho will But I am only in his way, or I would have remained " "Have you ever thought of trying farming?" "No, sir : I have no capital, and know nothing of it." "Do YOU know any more of selling groceries and dry goods?" "Not a bit more; but you see I am paid something there while I learn." "Your friend, or your acquaint ance, as yon call him, goes to Clrffion, too—does her" "Yes, sir; but he goes there in a different capacity. I believes he re presents his father in some transac tions about Bume property with the judge, and is to remain there some days as a guest, until ttie affair is closed. Possibly, as his father wants him to marry, he may be on a tour of observation, and take in the judge's daughter. Though that is very im pertinent of me, for be has said noth ing on the subject." "Do you think be is so irresistible as to be able to pick and chooso at his pleasure?" inquired tbe girl, look ing quizzically over her father's shoulder. "He can be very fascinating when he chooßcs, I am told," replied Boil ing; "and as he is handsome, aaonly son, and his father worth millions, he is what elderly ladies call 'a good catch.' » "He puts up his fascination along with his courtesy, I suppose, and leaves both at homo when he travels," said the girl. "Lucy! Lucj!" cried her father, "some thoughts had better bo left uuspoken " The conversation turned into other channels. But the old farmer still purbued his queries iu the most art ful way. There is a stroug thirst for information in the rural mind, but in this instance it seemed to be personal. At last the elegant Jim Poulder came back from the smoking car. with a strong nicotine aroma shedding it self from his person. His voice had that thickness which told of the draining of his pocket flask. He was jolly and confidential. "Sorry, old fellow," he said, "to have left you so long. Been bored to death for want of company, haven't you?" "Oh, no! I have enjoyed a very pleasant conversation with our genial neighbor over the way." Genial! Well, of all the queer chaps for picking up low acquaint ance, you beat 'em and give 'em six in the game." "Ssb, they'll hear you." "Let 'em. who cares? Going to stop at the Junction?" "No; there is a one-horse sort of connecting train, I learn, and I shall push on to Griffion at once." "I shan't. I shall lay over a day. I'm sort of worn out, and I'll come over to-morrow as fresh as a daisy. Hope you'll havo a good time among tbe cheese and candies* I intend to look in on you before I leave and Bee 'how doth the little busy bee improve I each shiniag hour ''' I "Thank you: you're very kind." The brake man craned his neck in the door and uttered some sounds, apparently "Grittin Juxsh'n, which j the experienced ear understood to he Griffton Junction, and the travelers for that point left the cars. I'oulder made his way, with his luggage, to the litt'e hotel there, while the farmer | and daughter, followed by Boiling, made their way to the single car, with 1 a little superannuated engine at tached, which stood waiting. There were no other passengers, and the ! three had the car to themselves "Come over here, Mr. BcHing," said the old man, after the cor had been in motion a while, "I want to taik to you a bit. Turn down that seat. That will do. You said you had a letter forjudge Carter, but didn't intend to deliver it?" "Yes, sir." "Did it never occur to you, young mau, that it was your duty to obey a father's orders?" "I trust, sir, I'm usually obedient. It was not a positive order. I shall write to bim and explain." "I tell you that you should deliver that letter to its proper owner. You arr only a trustee in this case. lam Judge Carter, and this is my daughter Lucy. Hand over the paper to the court." "I beg pardon, sir; but I—" "You want identification. Here, conductor ! Tell this young man who I am." "Judge Carter," responded tbe functionary, a little curious to know what it was all about. "Thank you, Phillips. That will do. Now, sir." Boiling, not a little astonished, took the letter from his pocketbook. "If you'll permit me," said the Judge, as he opened the letter and glanced over the pontents. "He gives you a good character, and wants me to look after you a little. Ah, how time flies! Lucy, this young fellow's father and I had such good times in the old days. How long did you read law, Boiling?" "A lit'le over two years, sir." "Like it?" "Very much indeed, sir." "Whom did you read with?" "Spence & Sullivan." "Good men. Sullivan put you through the office business, I fancy. That's his way. Now, I have been putting you through an exhaustive examination, which is my way, and I think you will do. Let old Bragg find another salesman. He's not dying for you, and I can get bim a substitute. I have two studenta iu my office. What they are there for is their own business, but they will never muke a great success at the bar unless they change their ways. I want a cleik to manage my ofiice a.nd to boss around while I am off on a circuit. I'll give you a living salary, not too much, and yoi} can read law meanwhile. You ought to be able to pass iu a year. If you turn out like I hope you will, why, when you get your sheepskin, we'll see what can be done. What do you say to this? "Say to it, sir! What can I say tut yes, and thank you for yotjr offer?" "Yery well, that's settled. IJere we are, and there is our carriage. Jump in; I'll drive." The next da;, James Poulder, Esq , made his appearance at the Carters in a state of elegance only matched by that of Captain Cuttle's famous watch—never equalled and rarely ex celled. He was ushered into the drawing-room and received by a young lady whose style suited even his fastidious taste, and whose fea tures had a dim familiarity. When the judge came in the young man's recognition of the farmer in the car was complete. He stammered out an apology, but the old mau relieved him. "it could hardly have been ex pected that you should have known us," said the Judge. "Let all that pass. You are quite welcome. As wo have two hours before dinner, we'll go to the office and look over tho papers together. Miss Carter will excuse you meanwhile." In tbe office Poulder found Boiling, who was busy at work on a declara tion. "Why, Frank, I thought you were going into the grocery business?" ' I've changed my mind," said Frank, resuming his work. Jnmcs Poulder stajed bis week out and then took the cars for Careys burg. Frank Boiling did not make the same trip until two years later. Then he went to visit his father, who had got over his pecuniary troubles, and te see his sisters. He had been ad mitted to the bar meanwhile, and Judge Carter, whose favorable im pressions time had confirmed/ hud taken bim into partnership just be fore ho left. He was ia high spiriU on that trip. Miss Lucy Carter that had been, Mrs. Francis Boiling then, was his traveling companion. Persons of Note. Mr. Gladstone has agreed to drive the first pile of a bridge across tho Dee. Frederick Douglass, the noted col ored orator, arrived recently in this country from Europe. Tho Sultan of Turkey gets along on the modest income of §10,000,000 a year. He is 33 years old. Mrs. Perry, the wife of Commo dore Perry, the hero of Lake Erie, is living quietly at Stratford, Conn. Although beyond four ecoro, she is still active and her faculties are not groatlv impaired. Mrs. Henry Ward Bceclier has made a contract by which she is to write an exteuded series of articles for newspapers and magazines, in tended especially for women, and dis cussing dress, society, education and marriage. Joseph Francis, the famous invent or of life saving apparatus, who has long been a resident of New Jersey, baa gone to San Diego, California, to live permanently. Mr. Francis is now 80 years old. He is accom panied by bis son, who is past fifty years old. Colorow, the Ute Chief, who has been making the disturbance iu Colo rado, is an enormous old savage weighing 300 pounds. He has never been satisfied with the government and has been more or less rebellious all his life. He used to 7isit Denver often, aud on one occasion went to Governor McCook's ofiice and became rather insolent. Governor McCook kicked Colorow out of his office and down a flight of stairs into the street. BUTLER. PA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER i», liteT. j THE SONG OF THE BEE. Buzz, buzz, buzz, ' This is the soug of the bee. ' His legs are of yellow, A jolly good fellow, And yet a good worker is he. Jn days that are sunny, He's getting his honey; I n days that are cloudy, lie's hoarding his wai; On pinks and on lillies, And gay daffodillies, And columbine blossoms He levies a tax. Buzz, buzz, buzz! The sweet smelling clover He humming hangs over; The scent of the roses Makes fragrant his wings; He never gets lazy, From thistle and daisy And weeds of tne meadow Some treasure he brings. Buzz, buzz, buss ! From morning's first gray light Till lading of daylight, He's singing and toiling The summer day through, Oh ! we may get weary, And thing work is dreary; 'Tis harder by far To have nothing to do. —Uiincy X, Pendleton in St. JficftoUib* Wives by the Shipload. It Is one of the almost forgotten curiosities of early Canadian history about tbe year 1668 France actually undertook to supply its discharged soldiers and other citzens who had settled iu Canada with wives to or der and on a scale befitting its own magnificence. Ships were chartered and a consignment made of several of denioisselles were ship ped from the mother land for the choice and delectation of the sturdy adventurers who having at length n peace from the fierce Iro quis, were now in a position to culti vate their own assigned acres and sit down by their own peaceful firesides. Imagination falters in the attempt to depict the curiosity and anxiety with the arrival of the ves sel bearing the precious freight would be awaited by the expectant and ea ger bachelors, if indeed they were permitted to know beforehand of the beneficient designs of the govern ment or the peculiar form it was about to assume. What a thrill must have Hashed along the banks of the St. Lawrence when the advertise ment was actualy published that a large number of candidates for the matrimonial market had reached the Canadian shores, and that "such as had had means of supporting a wife should have their choice." We can fancy the excitement as the avant couriers charged with tbe weighty news went from village to village anc from house to house th spread the novel announcement. We can see in the mind's eye the liv ing streams of pilgrims taking their rise iu the remote hut 3 of the forests and pouring forth in ever-swelling volume toward the place of rendez vous, as the ancestors of tbe inhabi tants hastened forward eager to try their lortunea, or exulting by antici pation in the enjoyment of the proffer ed boom. So far as appears the hundreds of imported ladies must have stood forth with uuveiled faces and with that outward semblance of calm which on ly women can put on with marvelous success in the most trying circum stances, open to the inspection of the crowding and excited suitors. What pen can do justice to the contending emotions that must have rent their bosoms as each waited miuute after minute, or hour after hour, for her turn to come, or perhaps as she found herself forced to decide, in very brief order, between the conflicting claims of half a dozen eager competitors, neither of whom she ever saw before, and in regard to whose previous his tory and present character she was wholly in the dark, save so far as her keen woman's instincts might give her light? The matches were all arranged within the short apace of leas than 15 days from the publication of the ad vertisements. The marriage cere mony was in each case duly perform ed, and the wedding gifts were in order. The governor general him self undertook the beneficent task, iu the absence of a circle of personal friends and acquaintances, to be put under contribution. His gifts were admirably practical and useful. They consisted of "oxen, cows, fowls, salted beef and some money." With these goodly stores the wedded cou ples set out ou their homeward jour neys, and though regard for histori cal truth, or at least verisimilitude, forbids us to declare of them by wholesale that they were all "happy ever after," we may reasonably hope that a goodly proportion of them at least were reasonably so, especially since we must believe that the per sonal and social virtues of many an honest habitant of the present day may have come down in direct line of heridity from a pair of ancestors thu3 strangely brought together and sum marily wedded. How Canada Obtained Its Name. The origin of the word Canada is curious enough. The Spaniards vis ited that country previous to the French, and made partial searches for gold and silver, and finding none, they often said among themselves, "A can nada" (there is nothing here) The Indians who watched closely, learned the sentence and its meaning. After the departuro of tho Spaniards the French arrived, and the Indians, who wanted none of their company, and supposing they were also Span iards come on the same errand, were anxious to inform them that their la bor was lost in tarrying in that coun try and frequently repeated to them the Spanish sentence "A can nada." The French, who knew as little of Spanish as the Indians, supposed this incessantly recurring sound was the name of the country and gave it the name of Canada, which it has borne ever since. —Two peach-basket factories in Smyrna, Del., made 700,000 this season, half enough to supply tbe entire demands of Deleware and Maryland. The prices average five and a half cents, —Scientific men have led us to be lieve that color blindness is a very comiiion defect in this country, but the recent examination of the train men of tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad does not seem to sustain , this idea. Out of 400 men examin ed the firßt day, only three wore j found who were color blind. An Economical Advertiser. From the Columbus Dispatch.] The principal of an academy in New Jersey advertises in the city papers that he prepares "boys for bus. or col. Backwark boys taught pri. If you bave a boy who is a lit tle slow in his gram, or diiitor. in his ritb. or weak in his Lat. that you want to rush for a bus. posish. or a profesh., you should write a let. to the princ. of this acad. for a circ. and a cat. containing terms and curric. The prof's head is lev. How He Received the News. A man covered with dust rushed into a Chicago business house, and, approaching the proprietor, said: "My dear sir, do not be excited, but prepare yourself to hear bad news." "What's the matter?" "Your wife went out to see the ball game." "Yes." "I am just from the ball grounds. A frightful accident happened and—" "And what?" "My dear sir, your wife was kill ed." "Yes," said the business man, "but how does the score stand?" "My gracious alive, man, I tell you that—" "Yes, I know all about that, but I have a hundred dollars up on the Chicago and am very anxious to hear —Ah, here's tbe evening paper. Here, bub."— Arlcansaw Traveler. Seven Reasons Against Swear ing. 1. It is mean. A boy of high moral standing would almost as soon Kteal sheep as swear. 2. It is vulgar—altogether to low for a decent boy. 3. It is cowardly—implying a fear of not being believed or obeyed. 4 It is ungentlemanly—a gentle man, according to Webster, is a gen teel man, well-bred, refined. Such a ono will no more swear than go into the street and throw mud with a chimney-sweep. 5. It is indecent—offensiye to deli cacy, and extremely unfit for human ears. 6. It is venomous—showing a boy's heart to be a treat of vipers and every time he swears one of them sticks out his head. 7. It is wicked—violating the di vine laws, and provoking the dis pleasure of Him who will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. The Manufacture of Butter. In order to secure satisfactory re sults in the manufacture of butter, tbe cream should become what is termed refined; it should have acquired a de gree of acidity. To churn fresh cream as it is first collected, requires longer time, yields less satisfactory character. To pioduce a result sim ilar to that effected by the natural re forming or souring of the cream the Danish have adopted an artificial means which is quite satisfactory and and perhaps productive of more uni form results. There they sour the an addition of sour butter milk at the time of churning or a lit tlw time before, but not long enough before to allow the crcain to sour of itself and become stale. Introduced in this way acidity does good and no harm, producing more butter and giv ing it improved keeping qualities. This idea can be applied, perhaps with profit to the manufacture of but ter at creameries left stand in vats to become a frothy masa, resembling, as a Western man expressed it, a tub of soap-suds. Plain Truth About Smoking. Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, to a re porter, made some remarks on smok ing by boys, that deserve the atten tion of all young people—and other ones: "If children smoke cigard, they destroy their ncrvoua system before they are fully formed, and ren der themselves liable to neuralgia and various functional diseases of the brain which aro certainly meant to destroy their mental force. There is also some good evidence to show that tobacco in young persons actually in terferes with the development of the body in regard to size—that it stunts their physical system. It certainly impairs digestion, for they cannot use tobacco without spitting inordinately. The saliva expelled from their bodies is one of tbe most important of the digestive fluids, and the proper diges tion of the food in the stomach is materially interfered with when their is not enough left to mix with their food before it is swallowed. Again, it certainly impairs the hearing and eyesight. I have 6een several in stances of young children having their eyesight injured seriously, if not irreparably, by the use of tobacco. The excessive use of tobacco is in jurious to everybody, adults as well as infants, male as well as female." Sparrows for Food. Sparrows are being properly ap preciated. Hundreds of them are now caught bp enterprising people for sale to certain restaurants where reed birds are in demand. A German woman on Third avenue has three traps set every day, and she catches probable seventy-five a week. They are cooked and served to her boarders the same as reed birds, and are de clared quite as great a delicacy. This German woman bastes them, leaving the little wooden skewer in the bird when served. They are cooked with a bit of bacon. She tempts them with oats, and after the catch, they arc fed awhile with boiled oaten meal. She sprinkles oaten meal in tbe back yard also, and thereby fattens the free birds. The females are tho choice meat. The males can be told by the circle of feathers at the neck. Tho females are as plain as Quakeresses. So soon as it becomes generally known that tbe sparrow is a table bird their number will rapidly gtow less. People don't like to experi ment, but wheu it is discovered that tho sparrow has been declared good by those upon whom they have been tried, no boarding house meal will be deemed in good form unless a dish of fat sparrows adorns it. Sparrow pie is a delicacy fit to set before a king.— New York Times. —Si< hundred thousand dollars is the amounts experts say the Toledo and Peoria taihvay will be financial ly liable for. That would have paid j for hourly track-walkers over the eu tre line for many a day, and saved all the lives besides. Household Hints. Do not box a child's ears, perma n n dia r uess has resulted from it. A piece of zinc put on the live coals iu the stove will clean out the stovepipe. Cleanliness and order are among the first and best methods of happi ness in every household. Don't put salt into soup until you are done skimming it, as salt will stop the rising of the scum. In using cloves for pickles and pre serves, the blossom end should be re moved, as this darkens the liquid with which it is cooked. A little bag of mustard laid on the top of the pickle jar will prevent tbe vinegar from becoming mouldy, if the pickle 3 have been put up in vin egar that has not been boiled. When washing glass, slip it into the water so that tbe inside and out side touch the water at once. The reason glasses break is because the side which is first put in expands more quickly than the other. Drinks for the Sick. ORANGE WIIEY —The juice of one orange to one pint of sweet milk. Heat slowly until it curds.tben strain, and cool. EGO LEMONADE —White of one egg, one tablespoon ot pulverized sugar, juice of one lemon, one goblet of water. Beat together. SAGO MILK Three tablespoons sago soaked in a cup of cold water one hour; add three cups of boiling milk; sweeten and flavor to taste. Simmer slowly a half hour. Eat warm. BAKED MILK —Put a half gallon of milk in ajar, and tie it down with writing paper. Let it stand in a moderate oven eight or ten hours. It will be like cream, and is yery nutritious. •PuNcn WITHOUT LIQUOR Take the juice of six oranges and six lem ons, adding sugar to suit the taste. Put to this a quantity of pounded ice and some sliced pine apple, pouring over it two quarts of water. This is an agreeable summer beverage for anybody, sick or well Useful Hints. New milk, boiling hot, will take out most lruit stains. Dip the arti cles five or six times iu hot milk. Ammonia and whiting will clean nickel plating nicely. Make into a paste and apply; then rub until bright with another cloth. Butter should not be added to soups and sauces until they are taken from the fire, as boiling makes it taste strong and oily. Much of the ordinary bother of washing lamp chimneys on the inside can be saved by usiug a stick with a sponge tied to the end. After having your hands in soapy water, wet them iu vinegar and spir its of camphor; it kills the alkali and keeps your hands soft. Saturate the edges of carpets with a strong solution of alum water to de stroy moths: if an unpainted floor, wash the floor with it before putting down the carpet. Do the same to shelves where black ants appear. Oil stains on carpets, if action is taken at onco upon tbe oil being spill ed, may be removed by scattering corn meal upon them. Also the ap plication of a hot iron through a heavy sheet of blotting paper will have a like effect. Grass stains are troublesome to re move, but soft soap and soda is usual ly effectual. After having wet the stained parts, rub in the soap and as much baking soda as will adhere; let this stand half an hour and wash in the usual manner. Whiting is also used with soft soap for the same pur pose. To keep hinges in order, big or little, and prevent the disagreeable creaking, don't oil them. The oil is apt to soil the hands, the garments and the carpet, and the remedy is sometimes "worse than the disease." Hub tho hinge that creaks or the latch that will not slide with a soft lead pencil. The application works like magic. He Had to wait. On a Michigan Central train tho other day as tho "butcher" came into the car with a basket of oranges, an old mau, whose wife sat beside him, waa very anxious to buy half a dozen, but she waved the boy on with: "He cau't have 'em. He never eats one without the juice runs down on his shirt bosom " "Shoo! but I want two or three, Ilanuer," ho protested. "You behave yonrself! You want to get cramps and raise a great row, don't you?" The boy soon returned with boxed figs, and the old man beckoned to him, and began to lick his chops. "Pass right on!" said the woman to the boy. "He ain't eat a fig for thirty years, and 1 guess he can go thirty more." Tbe boy passed on and returned with peanuts. The old man was ready for hint, hut the wife protested: "He can't eat 'em. It's been ten years since he had a tooth in his head, and he'd have to swallow 'em whole. No, Reuben, you let peanutß alone." Twenty minutes more the boy was back with candy packages, in which there were prizes, and the old mau exclaimed : "I'll have one o' theiq or—bu3t!" "Then you'll bust," she replied, as she motioned the boy to pass on. "It's agin the Lord and the law to take chances, and you wouldu't get nothing nohow." "But I'm going to buy suthin', Hanner " "Well, you wait. You can't have ice cream nor lemonade, and if he conies with popcorn or buttermilk don't you dare to raise a fuss. Just you wait. We'll be in Detroit at six o'clock, and then if there happens to be a grocery near by, you can buy six herrings for five cents. Herrings is something to stand by you, Reuben, and the heads and tails will keep moths away and are good for warts. We've got to old for gewgaws, Reu ben. What we want is the worth of our money. —lt is estimated that the amount of money expended ou new buildings this year throughout the Union will be more than $700,000,000. But for the labor troubles in the spring much more could have been invested in building operations. • Mamma, is the sky a curtain hiding Heaven from our si-<ht? are the moon A sun but wi . •• ws u;ade to e the angels ligi.'■'! are tie star? bright flashing diamonds shining from (joti's hand afar. aud the clouds but veils of vapor droppr-d from heaven iloatir.g then? If the sun's a win dow, mamma, dont the angels through it ftt-p, ere it ki«es earth at evfn watching o'er us while we s'eep? Is the rain bow just a rib- ben, girdling hea veu aud earth about, or a rait ing made of rose sso the angels won't fall out? Is the sighing in the treetops so ng9 of praise some angel sin gs and the S iowy Hakes of winter feathers falling from their v. in-'.' Are the dewdmpg brightly shining in the early mor ning iiour«,kiss spots left by el ves and fairies, where they slept among the flo r ers? Is the light ning, rockets living when the i'riuee of Glory cornea, and the thun der bat the rattle of the baby angels' drums. •> •> •> —C. K. Lucku?, i;i fioc'icfier Limocrat and Chronicle. The Doom of the Carpet. From the New Mail and Express.] "The carpat must go." "It seems to have already gene from your house," suggested the re porter. "Yes," replied the physician, as he glanced over the polished floors of his handsomely-furnished office. "I have not had a carpet on my floor for five years. My floors are polished and I use rugs instead of carpets." "That is only in your office? "No, sir, throughout my entire bouse. My floors are of double thick ness and are consequently warmer than most carpet ed floors, and during the winter we never suffer with cold feet. The floors are warmed by my furnace." "What is tho object of this?" "I conbider carpets unhealthy in the first place, ugly in the second place, and uncleanly in the third place." "How so? Aren't the rugs as un healthy as carpets?" "They might be if we left them in the sick room. But that I never do. The carpet holds the poisons of all diseases, such as scarlet fever, diph thejia and the like, long after the rest of the room is disinfected I always remove the rug, even from a sick room, where I can find a rug to re move. The carpet retains dust and dirt, and the most careful housewife cannot kei it clean. It is impossi ble. Now the rug may be taken up and thoroughly swept on both sides whenever the housekeeper wants to do so. Then there is nothing iu the way of house furnishing so hand some as a painted and highly polish ed floor, decorated with Persian or Turkish rugs. No carpet ever made is so pleasing to the eye. Yes, the carpet must go, and 1 only wonder that the crusade against it has beea delayed as long as it has." Texts for the Thoughtful. When sorrow is asleep wake it not. Where law ends tyranny begins. Do what you cught, come what will, The human brain needs rest and change. Domestic training cannot begin too early. Man is caught by bis tongue, an ox by his horns. Charity begins at home, but should not end there. Those who can command them selves command others. Poverty is the want of much, but avarice of everything. None preaches better than the ant, aud she says nothing. To a gentlemen every woman is a lady in tho right of her Hex. The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune. Learn to hold your tongue. Five words cost Zacharias forty weeks' si lence. There is nothing so valuable, and yet so cheap, as civility; you can al most buy land with it. A man may transgress as truly by holding his tongue as by speaking un advisably with his lips. Great possessions may bring great misfortunes, Some men are punished by prosperity. It is the easiest thing in tho world to discover all the defects in a man when we do not like him. Dying by Thousands. It is said that tho reports of the loss of cattle in the upper Panhandle, of Texas, by tho capital syndicate, havo not been in the least exaggerated. The company has thousands more cattle than it has water to supply, and they are dying by the thousands. One employee of the syndicate said that the losses for the previous 22 days would average 500 head per day, and at ono large well a herd of cattle, crazed by thirst, crowded on tho covering of the well, which gave way, actually filling the well full of struggling cattle. Seventy-three bead were afterward dragged out of the hole. The almost entire absence of winds tor some weeks past has kept the wiud mills from pumping water, thus cutting off almost the entire supply. The syndicate has shipped a large number of horse-power mills and as soon as they can be put in there will bo plenty or water. Heavy rains are reported in Lubbock, Hale and Borden counties, filling all tho surface water holes, but no word has been received from as far north as the syndicate ranch. —A certain kind of women at Sar atoga change the colored ribbons about their pug dog's ntck twice a day. — A St. Louis company with S4OO - capital has been formed to make paving blocks out of blast furnace alag. —The people of this country spend $82,000,000 a yeur fur silks. Less than half of this is woven in this country. The rest comes from abroad. —Prof. E. S. Morse, of Selem, Mass., has a collection of oyer 4,000 pieces of Japanese pottery. C o\v Conventions. In th'i northern port of Scotland and in th*> Faroe Islands, extraordi n ry meetings of crows are occasion- known to occur. They collect in ri at numbers, as if they bad been all summoned for tbe occasion ; a few of the flock sit with drooping beads, and otl e;s teem as grave as judges, while others cgaiu are exceedingly active and noisy; in the course of about an hour they disperse, and it is not un common, after they have flown awav, to find one or two left dead on the spot. These meetings will some times continue for a day or two be fore the object, whatever it may be, is completed. Crows continue to ar rive from all quarters during the ses sion. As soon as they have all ar rived a very general noise ensues, and bhortly atter the whole fail upon one or two individvals and put them to death; when this execution has been performed they quietly disperse. An English Candidate's Wit. An amusing incident took place recently in England at a meeting to support the candidature of Lord Car marthen for tbe representation of Brixn. Lord Carmarthen's very youthful appearance had prompted a good many personal allusions during the campaign, and at the meetinjr he was interrupted in the middle of a speech by a costc-rmonger, who shout ed, "Does your motber know y're out'/'' "Yes," retorted the boyish candidate, "my mother does know I'm cut," and then screamiDg at the' top of b:3 voice, "and on Tuesday she will know I'm in." Whether thin was 'a carefully prepared impromptu" or not, it took the hearts of the crowd by storm. —Joseph Watson, of Huntingdon, Pa., has a hickory rocking chair that has been in use for 118 years. —A Cincinnati woman was so affected by the heat that she refused to eat for a week and died of starva tion. —Wilson Waddingham, who lives in Connecticut, is the largest land owner in the world. lie owns 2,- 000,000 acres. —A barber who can speak in six different languages has been arrested at Madisonville charged with setting fire to many buildings in the town. —lt is said that a lady who leads the fashion at Saratoga this year, de lights not only by the brilliancy of her diamouds, but by her primitive grammar. —There are at this time 385 silk factories in the United States, with 30.000 employees and upwards of $2"). 000,000 of capital, using annual ly §20,000,000 worth of raw material of foreign production. —A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says a rise in the river threatens the almost complete destruction of 10,000 acres of rice in the Savannah bottoms. The loss wiil probable reach $150,- 00' J. —July was a hot month in more senses thau one. Fire burnt up sl4- 000,000 worth of property from the Ist to theSlst —'a distressing increase of about $4,000,000 over tho loss in the corresponding period last year. —Annie Mercer, of Missaukee Co., Michigan, promises to become a giantess. She is only in her twelith year, and yet sho is a trifle over six feet in statura. —A Chicago lad a few days Bgo found a packago containing $2,800. The honest boy returned it to the owner, who rewarded the honest lit tle fellow by giving him ten cents. —A lady in Lexington, Ga., has a ball ol yarn that was spun and woven duriug the Revolutionary War, over 100 years ego, aud yet the thread is seemingly sound aud whole. —Jacob Seligmau, of Michigan, is a millionaire and a director in nine banks and fourteen railroads. He is less than 5 feet high and went to Michigan 25 years ago without a cent in his pocket. —A young man in Jackson, Mis 3., is eating peaches off a tree that grew from a sprout with which his mother '•corrected" him years ago. He stuck the twig in the ground and it grew right along. —A young married man from Bir mingham. Ala., is crazed at a hotel in Spaitansburg, S. C. He is said to bo a raving maniac, and the doctors attribute the cause solely to his ex cessive indulgence in the cigarette. —Jasper Caler, near Fabyan s, has one of the rarest animals ever seen in the White Mountains. It is a white porcupine, a big one, too, weighing 25 pounds, and already so tame that it eats from its owner's bauds. —Clark Smith, of Fort Supply, and Miss Oussey Nason, of Fort Sill, 20 miles apart, were married by tel egraph on Monday. The report says that "everything went lovely, and a full ceremony was given by means of lightning." —Mackay, the millionare, is said to have lost six of bis millions in a recent wheat speculation in San Fran cisco. It is always a satisfaction when speculators in tbe necasariea of life come out at tbe little end of the horn. —The conductors of the Philadel phia Heading Railroad Company have received checks lor tho several amounts of bonus money withheld from them years ago. Some of the checks are for four figures, and the recipients experience a pleasing glow of wealth. Some conductors on the North Penn. will receive $1,200 aud over. —Some of the efforts that have been made iu various parts of tho country to obtain a continous water supply from driven wellshavebsen successful. The • supply in measurably dependent up on the geological formation of the lo cality where the experiments are made, but there have been very few failurea in any part of the country. ileavy machinery is now run by urte>iun well power in many parts ot Fruuee, and the experience of the French shows that the deeper the well, the greater the pressure and the higher the temperature. At Cren elle a well suuk to the d«pth of 1,802 feet, and flowing daily 500,000 gal lone, has a pressure of sixty pound* to the square inch, and the water from this WL-il is so hot Chat it is us ed for beating the hospitals in the vi cinity. NO. 42
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