VOL. XXIV. AN_ACT For the Encouragement of For est Culture and Providing Penalties for the Injury and Destruction or Forests. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, <£e., That, in cocsi'leratiou of the j/iiblic benefit to bo deriveu iVow the plauting ami cultiva tion olforest or timber trees, the owner or owners of any land iu this Commonwealth planted with forest or limber trees, in num ber not lcvs than twelve hundred to the acre, f.haJl OJ; milking' due proof [thereof, be cnt 1-. tied to receive, annually, from the Comuiis 6.ionew of their respective counties, during the i>eri')d that the said trees are maintained in sound condition upon the fcaid land, the following sums of money: For ft period ot" ten years alter the lanu lias Veen so planted, a sum ce,ual to niuety per centum of oil the taxes annually assessed and usiil upon liic Siiid land, or so much oi the T-cid ninety J.er centum AS shall not exceed the sum of forty-live cents per acre. For a kecon'd period of ten years, a sum equal to eighty per centum of the said taxes or NO much of the said eighty per centum as ►hall not exceed the sum of forty cents ]>er acre. . . _ For a third and final period of ten years, a Mini equal U> fifty per centum of the said taxes, or t'O uiuelj of the said dity per centum us shall uot exceed the sum of twenty live cents per acre. , Providid, That it 'Hall be lawful for the owner or owners cf the said laud, after the, same t.is been so planted for at least ten | years, to thin out and reduce the number ot trees growing thereon to cot less than six litiodrti} U> tiie acre, BO ioug as no portion of ihe said ;:icd shall he a!*.n/nte]y cleared of the said tree«■: Andj.rovidalalso, That the , benefits of this eet shall not be extended to I nurserymen or otViers growing tieaa tor ■;&.» lor future planting. SECTION 2. Tlio owner or owners of foreit or timber laud in this Commonwealth, which has teen cleared of merchantable timber, who shall within one year alter the said land has been so cleared, have given notice to the commissioners of their respective counties that the said land is to be maintained iu tim ber, and shall maintain upon the said land voung forest or timber trees in eouud condi tion, in tumber at least twelve hiitdred to the acre, shall on lurking dje proof thereof, ,!>e .entitled to receive, annually, from the r'ouuuissioners of their respective counties, tlie MiiUi; of money mentions.! in the Ist sec tion of this act: Provided, that the first per iod of ten years ehall be counted from the time that the said laud has been cleared of merchantable timber, and, that after the said first period of ten years, the number of trees upon the said land may be reduced as iu ithe iiaid first section is provided. SECTION 3. Any person or persons who sshall wilfully or carelessly cut bark from or .otherwise cut. burn, or injure any tree plant, eh rub or sprout, planted, growing, or being *>d land oi this Coimucnwealth, without the consent of the owner or owuers thereof, first had and obtained, or who, without apnh con ,*ent, shall kindle, or cause to be kimiletj, a fire on any forest or timber land, in this Com- Nionwealth, or who shall carry into or over any forest or tiaibsr iand a-iy lighted candle, lump, torch, or other liie, without having the »ame secured in a lantern or other closed vessel or who shall discharge or set fcli tire works of any kind on said land, or among the trers thereon, cr who sbail_ wil- or c«relessly burn or Are upon his or owu laud, or that of others, any tree, lirusli, stubble or other combustible material where!/* £re Shrll be comn anicated to the jieaves, tmeh, or timber upon any forest or timber laud belonging tooiher parties, shall be subject to a jxwjlty of fifty dollars for each offense committed, with post of suit; one half to go to the party or parties ioj i; red, and the other naif to the school fund of thesis: trict in which eald offense was committed: I'rovided, Jhat if the defendant, or defend r.nts, negloct or refuse to pay at once the pen alty imposed nud ciste, or shall not eater suf ficient bail for the payment of thesan>3 with in ten days, he or they shall be committed to the common jail of said county for a period of not less thau one d«y for each dollar of the penalty imposid: And provide I , When the penalty imposed is above five dollar?, the de tv-i;danf, or defendants, muy enter into a rc- with good security, to answer s?ai£ tomplaint nn a charge of misdemeanor below the comt cf (jnsrlcr of sessions in which rt»€f/fense is committed, which court, •nn conviction of the defendant or defendants of the off use so charged, and failure to pay the jienaity imposed by this act with costs, shall eo.ncnit said defendant or defendants to the common jail of the county lor a period of not less tfcan'ionc day fur each dollar of pen alty imposed. Section 4. Any of the pcacs or alderman, upon informatics or complaint made before him, by the affidavit of one or juore persons, of the violation of this act by s -iy person or peiror.p, shall issue his war wmnt to any tionstabk or police officer, to canse such person or person* to be arrested wad lirocghi before the said ju»tiic of the peace or aideriaaa, who shall hear and deter mine the guilt or iuueeenee of the person or persons so charged, who if convicted of the ' said cCenre, shall be sentenwsri to pay the penalty aforesaid. SUCTION 5. The commissioners of esch tommy t'lail within one month, after the of this act, cansc the same to be pub lishod pac or more times iu one newspajier of , :coejral<e»/,'m!atk>n ia their respective coun ties. ■Appt.ovi.ix 'XI* 1 day of June, A.D., 1837. JAtfES A. BEAVER. Sttlt ftll fi SiLF. In Franklin twp., half way between Prospect sir.fi Whltestown, on the Pittsburg and Franklin roiul, contains fourteen and a quarter acres, has iiood buildings— A New Frame House, flood barn and all other necessary outbuildings. i.:;nd all level, and in good slate of cultivation, good well water, both hard and soft, and good orehaid of all kinds of fruit. For price and ti-inw apply to me at my furniture store in Pros pect . C. M. EDMUNDSON. s 2-3 m EUREKA SPRINGS SAEGBRTOWN, PA. Tilt- 1 already Famous Resort. though but a lit tle over three years old,has met v. ith an unpar alleled "latronage by the Mb'i'lTS OF ITS WATERS— the cures peiformed. There is no other Resort iiii the continent where Rheumatism. Dyspepsia, Kidney Disease, Scrofula. iSlood and Skin Dis eases. Diabetes, Female Troubles, et<-„ are so successfully treated. A complete cure is the rule, where a cure is possible. It is a de lightfully cool and pleasant itesort for Tit K I'LKAStIiE KKKKKU as well as for tiie afflicted. Hotel accommodations first class—rates reason able. Excursions rates on all leading R. K. Il lustrated pamphlets containing full informalon : n regard t» place and treatment sent tree on implication. Address l.uiu'.KA Mlnkjiaj. SI-rinos CO., LIMITKH. w-5-st Sakcichtown, PA, THE ALItN mi WASHER Why it is Superior to all Dthcrs. i-i. ITS being 101.. temperature so c*a2££sary in removing the dirt from the goods. /i„j THERE being no Knctwj, ,on the «.!IU. i ; ]ot blng to wear it. O-ri TH !•: peculiar action of the water In the OrU. Machine (which cannot be understood unlats one seea it) forcing a strong current of Water through the clothing at every vlrbrat lon of the Agitator, (which Is caused by the peculiar construction ot the top of the Machine. » it. AN!) litut of ail Is that a child of four years 't'III. can do liio work it being so light that tthe operator siis xlown while doing it. Machines and County and Township Rights (throughout the State of sold by SHIBAS & HAYS, Butler, Pa. 6-19- ly QA LE $ M EAT WANTED i \ * —/ to canvass for the sale ot ■-ei'v Steele! Steady employment guaraii. <!ca * SALARY AM) KXI'KSSKS PA1I». Apply mice. Btall'.iic at'e. (Keler to tills paper.) Chase Brothers Cc., ""Tt"' FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Two farms, one has U2 acres fine, rich, level Willi house, barn, See., also 270 acres of i-ood, rich land adapted to dairy, stoek or urain lias a KOKII house and three bank bams. Both, near aprosperotious Peniisyluania city. Coud mortKagwi wanted on farms. J. 11. STKVJCN«ON'» SCo's Agency, Jjju Hftli Ave., pittotmiK, Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. A DRAMATIC SENSATION, Tie Thitttir.p, TMillirc Citi?i K&w Save Money. By D. HECK, Author of the "Tlio Bride Won; or. hat a New suit of Clothes Did," will be enacted e\eiy day and evening the coming season at D, A. IIEXA. s GREAT CLOTHIhG EMPORIUM, No. 11, North Malu St., Duffy's Blcrk, BOTLER, - Fii. t'ntll turtlier notice. TUls powerful work Is a wonderful ana vurlegateu combtuaUon ot ira comedy, and comical and never iaifc to bring down The actors are all star-. '1 '' e ,7' b^ Ull J i will oc a strong teature. The brieflj outlined Is tha FROG 11A MM E : Sows- the happy man no moreretlcct3, Who ouvs liis eioOiiug at 1). A.IU-eks ACT I,—SCENE L— Time 0a M: Enter young man with tvieml. Voung man explains to uis trteiid ! hat the dlreci cause ol his engage ment to tih' wealthy farmer a eiaugnter was his purchase of all elegant suit at It. A. UliC'K'S Great c lothing Emporium. Friend tumbles lo the Idea and is made happy Willi a new suit, llat, Milrls, I.OIUUT, Ties," Under wear, Gloves. Uosc, .trunk Valise. L'mbrcUa. etc. Scene closes wIUi song, joined In by the audleuee. SONO-The (lay wIU bo Intensely cold. When D. A. lievk is uuu:Jtolu, &.C. , ACT 11.—SCE*B 2—Time 11 a.m. I'.utcv ttvoivg ot I people, Old rncM. .yt'ting hien, laules. cail uieti, managing matrons t>itli manlarah/e Uuwihierx. iviio tviru one ac:o,D JAIRY shriek with delight ut the wonderful b„r T ,VINES sttowu. The beautiful J ouiig iat.J , cLudfietla liuels SOME JEVTEIERS, E. <y»vsets, a paivot Kid Gloves, an clc o v.ni pair ci ljfiv; that set her oil so exqutsitelj that a "dude trom and a youns rnau trom Greece City both propose,us the e.reecc t'ity man has ononeoi V- A. in—fe irrcsistable sulls, Clndeiella decides PJ patronize home Industries and accepts Sim. 'l'ue t nionviiie dude talks ot duels, suicides, ic., but decides not to leave this Voi j.j v. hile he can get clothing so cneap at p. A. ilEt'K'B Great Emporium. Song by company, Joined by aadten.ee; "fls our experience, one an<l ail, And every oae v lio tries it knows, That I>. A. lIIX E has got the call, And takes the town lit selling clothes. ACT III.—SCENH 3. 1 lme ten years latcn IIECK'3 LIAKGEST EMPORIUM. Ten are supposed to have elapsed. I). A- ItiX'Jv'.- S »-orc quadrupled in size. Butler a JUEIROPPTE. Arrival of several excursions, electric TRCF»S'WA N nuiuotr of balloons, with crowds of people 10 ou\ Clothing, Underwear, Jiats, Caps, Cohars, Keck Ties, Hosiery, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, I tiiWelias, 1 runics. Valises, satchels, BILL and Pocketbooks, C'LP' TI. flair and Tooth Brusnes and tnmmierußle O'iier articles which space forbids to mention. SCORES ot pros perous men and plump matrons (RATHER around the proprietor, all agreeing that j their rise In the world began trom tue mo- ■ meat they began lo buy their goods from | P A. HECK. Cinderella and her husband aixiut IO de- J part tor MT. Chestnut (tills Is 1.0 chestnut) The L'liionviile elude, a dude no longer but a rich business man IN the city of Butler. Population 10.000, noted ehieily lor being the most enterprising city iu the county, NML for fair dealing and for the fact 1). A. s Emporium, Duffy's Block, Is the far cood goods, fair dealing I and low prices. L ' All will now Join in singing;— HEW I). A. Heck Is selling clothes, Way dows NT, bed rock- Just watcfi the crowd t hat dally goes To I>. A. Heck's ia Dun y iileck. C'.'.rtaln falls to slow but sure music. Tiitfs Pills itinuUic the forpld liver, utreiistli en the dlge'Mik e reifiilate t he bowels, and are liaeqanlcil »» antl-biiiouM inedlciue. lii Malarial Districts jhelr virtues ore widely recognized, possess peeuliur properties In freciifK ili>' ivitem Trom that |>oi non. Thin popftlair rgm«Uy rarely fall* to erreetiially ciu't -' • Pyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness and all disorders arising from a Jorpid Liver and Bad Digestion. A Proclamation! Br. I. (iuy Laals. Fplton. Ark., ways: "A yevtr »%i> | tiaU iiilittsis Tever; Tutt'H Pllln wero so idfclitj' mended that I nneil them. NeVertltif medicine have u liupplcr effect. Af« ter a practice of a quarter of n cen tury, 1 proclaim them the best ANTI-BILIOUS medicine »«e(l. I always pre- WL ; b« tj: VIM in ihy Sold Everywhere. Oflice, 44 Murray St. New York. Tutt's Miir.uat of Useful Receipts sent Free. "Bradford Restaurant," South Mala Street, In the Bishop Building. MEALS AND LUNCHES Served at all hours at reasonable rates. OYSTERS, GAME, And everything >n suaeoti. Tlie patronage of the oil men ana .travelling public respectfully solicited. Fine Cigars and Toljacco always kept on hand, S. K. Eckcibcrger, Proprietor. FARi FOR SALE In Stigarcreek townrfilp, Armstrong county, near Adams I*. 0., one ana one-fourth mile east of the new nil development in Sugarcreek tivp. Farm contains 100 ACRES, with bank barn. 32x00 feet; BRICK HOUSE. iKx3t; feet, 2 stories, with cellar, fvatatf UU> chen. 14x10 fCet; good spring of water, farm weii wa tered, good orchard of grafted fruit. Farm In a good state of cultivation. About 75 ACRES CLEARED, balance in good timber. Will sell extremely tow to; cash. For particulars inquire of ' J. U. WICK, Rimersburg, eVsrfon Co., l'a, FARM FOR SALE. I will seell my form, located in Franklin towrnskip, Butler county, l'a. It contains 220 ACRES of good, weil wiUrsd land, both ridge and swamp; good grain lauu aji>» po?d grass land about :i0 acres of good chestnut timber, tli;ee orchards, GOOD BANK BARN, f>oxGo feet, frame and log dwelling, ocd and good s-priug house near house; well in KiC&.cpi good corn crib, pig pen and, a 'l necessary iifcp.'oyernents, for terms, etc, inquire ff:c on the prem ises, GEOHGK C. M<'ca n 1, j Prospect, Pa. UHUTtn AGENTS fl hb I tu Including all hisspeeches, by Jamks Bi.aimk. Apply at once for terms and territory. I*. J. FLEMING & CO., , 4-15-4t 4, "th Ave., Fittsbuig. Ovvo'd to Hibernia. From Indiana Jfesscnyer.] Once, upon a morning e-irly, while I ponder ed cross and surly, Over many a crooked problem in my life s financial lore; While I puzzled, nearly frantic, wishing I couid cross the Atlantic, Or fly away to Canada, with the "boodiers ' gone before, Suddenly there came a feeling, as of some thing gently stealing— Softly creeping through the transom just above my chamber door, And it gfcve mc all the stem:Lg cf some fel low who is dreaming That a nightmare "beats the record" on his tired and aching breast; And a demon 'twas who rode her, and he had a frightful odor Xcver wntted from the gardens of fair Araby the blest." Up I jumped with wild eyes staring, cou^h iug, choking, nearly swearing, And the words I tried to utter came between a cou»h and sneeze; "If I hud a gun I'd load her with this pene trating odor—• On the earth I soon w./uiJ end it, up uut J tlis moon I'd send it. As a wrapper for flu? pian there lo fold up his old green cheese." Rushing cut unto the kitchen of my domicil 1 pitched ia. Here again I smelt a presence something stronger than before. "Tell me, my Hibernian maiden! tell tliLs none with horror laden! What's this strange and awful smelliug that pervades my precious dwelling?" Cried 1 to the kitchen goddess, "tell me', tell me, I implore!" "Oct," eeid she, "as Oi'm a sinner, it's the Uiufci Gi cafikgd for diuaer, Wliiie Oi talked a whoiie io Jsp.Tnty lie be guiled me wid his blarney Till Oi thought no moie about them, and Oi'm feared they're burnt full sore." "Bridget,'' said I, "thing of sv) l ! Bridget still, if not Ihe devil! Get thee back to Castle Garden, or to Eriu's barren shore! Leave no red lock as a token of t'ne crockery thou lias's broken! Take thy form frota cut jny ki'chen, take old Carney from n)y doo;-.; Back into my chamber turning, my olfauto ries discerning That the smoke had filled my sanctum from the ctilii'g to the floor, Choked with wrath and smoke I spluttered, till I scarcely mere than mattered; "On the morrow she will leave me, I will see lie? neyer giore." B. The Centennial of the Constitu tion of the United States. The CorMitution was adopted on the \~th of September, 174*7." From Wide Afftko for £ept. JSB7 ] Upon the third of September, J iB3, the Treaty of Peace which ended the long war of the American Revolu tion was signed at Paris; and the thirteen original States, whose forti tude, and overwhelming love of freedom, had been the admir ation of the civilized world, took breath and looked about them. It did not take much time to dis cover that while they had achieved their nnroose, had driven the British soldiers from their scores., it had been at a frightful cost of biood and j treasure, as well as an enormous debt forty millions ia all—to France, Holland, Spain, and their own gal lant cojintrymcn. And not only were they destitute of money to discharge this burden, but they* had neither manufactures,, trade, credit, nor, what was most se-' riouß of all, any government. To be sure they had thirteen inde pendent governments, each of which as quick as the British clutch was re laxed, appeared determined to do the best it could for itself, regardless of its neighbors. This difficulty, sericu3, peremptory, j grew out of the circurr.stances iu which the colonics were originally placed. Each organised its own lit tle government as it pleased; then j formed a union with its nearest neighbor if it could do so to its ad vantage. fMjpiootb and Massachu setts joined hands as early as fG37. that they might better defend them selves against their enemies—namely, "wild beasts and Indians" Five years later £ojjne"ticut and New Haven came into the ieag,iO then styled ' The United Colonies of New England;" this being the first ap pearance in history of the name now so familiar. A' eentur/ s/tsrward, when to "wild beasts and Indiana' 7 vzero added the French, a wider alliance was formed, and called ''The North African Confederacy." It must t>e reoemViered that these leagues, as well as all following ones up to the lime of the formation of the present Constitution of the United States, s/pr? for mutual assistance simply) that Is, ii' Boston was at tacked by Indians, T ew York uiust hasten to her relief, although neither Boston, nor indeed the entire league, had authority to determine the extent, that being left for New \ork herself to settle in her local legislature, as pembly, or whatever she styled her great council. In ppite o» yrild beasts, Indians, French and the oppressive enaction? ot Mother England, the Colonies throve mightily, and finally with the assistance of a British army drove the French out of Csrada. Great Britain had made an excellent bar gain with them, and heartily rejoiced was she to be rid cf the French, but she objected to paying the piper and declared that aqt only would she tax her colonies to help, but sue tax them in the Parliament of En gland where they had never been al lowed any representation. Qt course this could not be en dured ; and in October, the first American CongieFS assembled in New York, with twenty-eight delegates from nine colonies. This Congress fired the signal gun. which aroused the continent, and in spite ot its short comings was the parent of ail subsequent ponfedera tions, and was the ijrst where men thought of themselves, not as New Yorkers or New Englanders, but as Americans. Great Britain gave up the obnox ious tax, but poor pig-headed old King George never gave up his de tijruiina.tioa to reduce the Americans to obedience, arid deciarea he wo*!d phut up the Port of Boston the first day of June, 1774, and if the people did not submit, they might—starve. In the midst of the tempest of rage which convulsed the country at thi3 the first Continental* Congress met at Gai'pe/iiey.'g Ha!!, Philadelphia. The venerable build ing, still standing on Chestnut street, below Fourth, shook with the tumult uous applause which followed the stirring wordß of Patrick Henry, as |ia tones like a silver trumpet, hd j shouted, "Tiiis Congress, men of j America, is the first iu a never end ing succession of Congresses!" | However ardent the Congress ( might be in spirit, it made no attempt to govern, or even to bring matters ; to a crisis, but contented itself with i drawing up conciliatory addresses to ; King, Parliament, and people, beg ging tbem to be reasonable. Keason was n-itber iu King nor in | Parliament, and the people had no voice iu the matter,=o long before the ' battles of Lexington ar.d Concord put 1 an end to all hopes of uu understand- j icg. Events followed with such cp- ] | palling rapidity, that before King i 'j George was dune declaring that the ! | Americans would not fight, they bad raised an army; appointed Col. Geo. ! I Washington, Commander-in-Chief; j and on the Fourth of July, 1116, the j Declaration of Icpependence, the' , Magna C&arta of American liberty, j ! was read from the steps of the State • lioube ia Philadelphia, amid the huz i zas of thousands, aDd to the boom, i boom, boom, of the Old Liberty Bell. » The Declaration of Independence j is the first state-paper where the Col- j | onies are called "The United States j I oi America. 1 ' But the great ditVmlty which this Congress, as well as those whose followed it, had to overcome, was thai it no power to com pel States cr individuals to ijo its bidding, and if General Washington, ! recognizing its hopelessness, had not i in December, lllti, asked it to be- I stow upon him extraordinary powers, ■make him, ia fact, a military dictator for the emergency, there would have I t>f*en no army wherewith to beat f the British. Warned by this experience, tlie States granted enlarged powers to Subsequent Congreseaf; and iu 1781 really bestowed considerable author ity upon the General Government; so in one one way and another, by hook or crook, the storm was weath ered, and the far more intricate con cerns of peace stared the Con federa tion ia tbp face. It soon became cer tain that if its Congress Lad bten poorly fitted to equip and pay armies it was as illy qualified to raise a reve nue, lf-gulate commerce, or eyen set tie foreign relations. D, might make treaties, but if the States refused to ratify them, it became the laughing stock of Europe, and although it had incurred its crushing debt solely to secure the liberty of the States,s-> jeal ous were they, that they would not hear even of a tax to pay the inter est loDg long since overdue. In vain, Alexauder Hamilton, George Washington, and Robert Mortis, irieu to piO;»e onii-rg ing the powers of the Confederation would not weaken the States, nor en danger the bardly-won personal free dom; the fear was so potent that if a powerful rebellion had not broken out iu Western ilqssacbt; setts in Decem ber, 178(5, it is doubtful if any atten tion would have been paid to the ree ommmendation of a Convention which bad been sittiug at Annapolis in September of that year—that an as sembly of delegates from all the States should consider the situation of the United States'. The Annapo lis Convention whose main purpose was to regulate commerce between the States, was pro*sed by Genera! Washington; but to Al-xmder Ham ilton belongs tbc honor of suggesting the national assembly which produc ed oiir prsesnt jjopstitfitjor). The Congress olthe Confederation, after long delay and many express ions of disapprobation, at last resolv ed, it was desirable that a Conven tion should be held, in Independence Chamber, on the second Monday of May, to revise the Articles of Confederation. So bitter was the opposition, that as soon a3 the date was decided Washington was persuaded to prom ise he wopjd as its President, and for fear accident might prevent his presence, Benjamin Franklin, over eighty years old, and covered with honors from every European nation, was elected delegate from Pennsyl vania (although at that time he was its Governor ), for it was certain that af ter Washington there was no other man in the country upon whom all could none. It was Dot until the twenty-fifth day of May that enough delegates arrived to attempt organization; then in a pouring rain, the members marched through the streets, into the vestibule, pel took their seats in the east room on the ground tfoor of the Old State House in Philadelphia. In the same room the Declaration of Independence had been signed eleven year 3 before: and tberc Wash ington had been made Commander of the American Army in June, 1775. It locks today just as it looked to Washiuglon, Frank lin and Hamilton a centu ry ago. Yon ssep ths same broad wainscoting, Uuted pilasters, and slender Doric pillars; the chair Wash ington occupied as President; the ta bic where the Constitution was laid, and the inkstand iuto which each delegate dippad his pen as he signed the document which h is made of the United States a rich and powerful nation, intead of a straggling cluster of shifting governments, like the South American Republics. The Convention sat for four months with elosd doors, bouad to secrecy, and never "to publish a for i mal record of its proceedings. The ! little we can gather comes from jour nols kept by the delegates, and from a detailed written by Mr. Madison each night before he went to bed. As the vote was always ta ken by States, we do not know how individuals stood upon any of the more important nuestions: but we do know the delegates divided into two great parties; one favoring a strong central government which could com pel the obedience of all, and the other a weak general government which would be forced to depend up on tue States tQ carry out its behests. Franklin was perhaps the leader of the latter, Hamilton certainly waa of the former party. May and June were spent in de bating how little States like Ilhode j Island and Delaware could safely en ter a union with great one 3 like Yir i giqia and Pennsylvania. In prev ! ious confederations pmy fctate ha£ I an equal voice, but the plan waa un ■ just and had caused serious trouble; ! Still the smaller states would not yield; and so heated and bitter be , came the debates tbat the wisest del egates, Washington among them, ! feared the p'onyenticn v/cUd dissolve without accomplishing anything. ! Upon the twenty-eighth of June Franklin moved that hejeeforth pray* ) era be held every morning, adding: BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.1887. "I have live d a long time, and the longer 1 live the more certain I am j that God rules the alliirs of men." , But the Convention would not agree to hdve prayers, although to this day no reason w kaown for their objection. In his next motion a few day 3 later, Dr. Franklin was fortunate. lie moved that in the Senate every State should have an equal representation, but in the j House representation should be ac cording to population. It is reported i that Washington said this plan saved the Constitution. ! We cannot follow the convention I through its arduous labors, which ex ! tended into September; but when we remember that the great civil change j which transformed the Union, and ! established for it a national existence, took place in a single summer, in a i convention of fifty-five delegates, re ! presenting but twelve States, for Rhode Island would not send a dele gate, \yc are filled with auia^emeat. When the dratt was submitted to the Convention, it was not satisfac tory, was not even in accordance with the hopes of its most strenous advocates; was, indeed, as it is often called,"a system of compromises." But without doubt it was the best that could be effected. Its lunda meuiai idea, that it was not merely a onion of States, of individuals j composing the States, that directly from tbc people did it obtain the power necessary io the highest development of the people—this idea j has never been question •, and only i its accidental;*, capable of change at aay time, bare seea>cd to some in ev ery succeeding generation, as to j in that, which formulated it, of doubt ful wisdom. it vy&jj at last accepted by the Con vention (September 17th, 1787), on ly because the crisis was imperative, an 4 all felt the importq-nco of ijoan mlty, as Washington, rising from his massive chair behind the table, said . "Should the States reject this ex cellent Constitution after it has receiv ed the sanctiou of their delegates, the probability is that an opportunity will uc?er ocyi+r to oaqeei another in peace; the next will be drawn ia blood " The order signing was according to the geographical position of States. Mr. Madison records that while the last members were signing, Dr. Franklin, looking toward the Presi dent's phair. 85 the bacj; o£ whiph ft rising sun was painted, observed that painters found it difficult to make a distinction between a rising and a setting sun ; "I have," said he, often and often in the course of the session, and in the vicissitudes of my hopes and as ttf ita issue, iobjtod 'at that picture behind tho President's chair without being able to tell if it was a rising or a sotting sun. but now at last, 1 have the happiness to know that it is a rising sun." f>uly thirty-nine delegates signed the Constitution, of whom five, Ben jamiu Eranklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Morris, James Wilson, and George Reed, had likewise signed the Declaration of Independence. Nine States having accepted the Constitution, it become the law of the land, and when the tenth ratined it a great celebration was held at Philadelphia, There was a grand procession, a banquet, an address iu the open air to twenty thousand peo ple, and the Liberty Bell, which raug iu the birth of the nation in 1776, announced its freedom year, while To prcct'ihn Liberty throughout the Land and to all the inhabitanta thereof was repeated on silver ban ners spanniug the crowded streets, and upon snow-white flags which floated from the mast-heads of the stately vessels which paraded the Delaware. The one hundredth anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution will be appropriately observed in Phila delphia this year. The full text of tho Constitution is given in most histories of the United States, and no doubt is familar 'to all American young people. The original draft of the Constitu tion was engrossed upon four sheets of parchment (the resolutions adopt ing it upon a liftb); it is now care fully preserved in the State Depart ment at Washington, snd is as well worthy the reverential examina tion of every lover of human freedom as is the old parchment where is set foath the act of Habeas Corpus or tho still older roll of Magna Charta. A Manic* For Child Stealing. A rare case of emotional klepto mania is exciting the scientists of Boston. The culprit, patient or vic tim, which ever she deserves to be called, is Minnie Nelson, whose age is put down in the police records as 22. She is a fine-looking woman, whose strange mental condition re sults entirely from excessive use of liquor. She was arrested recently for kidnapping the 4-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Donovan, of No, 409 Charles St. The singular part of her mania is that she uever thinks of stealing a child when she is sober. At such times any mother is perfect ly safe in letting her children run around where Miss is with out the slightest' fear. At such mo ments she could even be trusted in an orphan asylum without an attend ant being present, But when she is in her cups a qlose watch is necessary over stray children. Flagged or rich ly dressed, pretty or homely, tidy or soiled, all children are alike to her under these circumstances. The cause of thin remarkable mania is a puzzle to the physicians, and she will doubtless be placed ia custody soon and closely watched to see if it is possible to solve the mystery. No Use Trying a Hanged Man. Citizen —"Read about the murder yesterday?" Visitor—"No. Somebody kill ed?" Citizen—"Ves. Farmer out I,ere sold a few dollars' worth of hogs and was slaughtered for the money. But they got the assassin." Visitor—"That's good. I hope he will be tried right off. Justice is too slow." Citizen—' Oh, he won't be tried at ail. Fact i?, in the West we don't think His ueceysary try a i&aij after he has hanged from a railroad bridge five or six hours." Visitor—"l guess it was Eastern justice I had in my mind." —A recently discharged employe cf the Ward's Island l unatic Asylum, rS'ew York, is out vith the atavtling statement, tbat of 1,750 inmates sup posed to be insane, 300 are not affect ed. A Strange Case. "She can go if she wants to, but she'll lo9in' her eternal soul for the sake of her daughter, an' besides if she wants to stay at Brighton she can for I guess I can get a fresh wife where I'm goiu'." Isaac Barnes, a tall, gaunt, un washed Englishman, scowled at a pleasant-faced little-man who had a look of anxiety on his face as he peer ed through gold-rimmed glasses at a buxom woman standing beside the man in the rotunda of Castle Garden, New York, last Thursday afternoon. The gray-haired gentleman was Rev. Dr. John W. Kramer, Secretary of ihe Immigrant Port Chaplaincy, and i a clergyman of the Church of Eug land. He was at Castle Garden in response to a telegram which read as j follows: NEW BRIGHTON, PA., Sept. C. j The liev. Thos. I). Dram, Chaplain Castle Garden; Mrs. liarnes Is due to-morrow ou the Wis consin. She ib in the hands of the Mormous. | Her daughter wishes to prevent her going to Salt Lake. Can you detain her so that she can be brought here? Telegraph answer and expenses. RET. J. T. DANXKU. Dr. Kramer, in the absence of Dr. Drum, undertook the mission set forth in the telegram. There were 800 steerage passengers on the Wis consin, and half of thepi were ?4°r* uIOQ QOUVevU. It was no Bmall work to find Mrs. JjarotßiD tbi. J human herd, but when she did put in an appearance, she riid: "I've got a daughter in New Bright- I on, and I would like to see her. I have not been kidnapped by the Mor mons, but I am going to Salt Lake City of my own free will. My hus-j band and two daughters are going along. 1 am 21 and I guess 1 can take oare of myself." All this was s»id Myitii a pert, self satisfied air. When, however, Dr. Kramer led he? to one side and spoke feelingly of her own daughter's love (for the two girls accompanying her were her second husband's children), and bow she bad slept, a little baby in her arms years ego beyond the sea, Mrs. Barnes {jo\rp. Jibe wept freely for a lew minutes, while her husband and bis daughters aod the Mormon elders in charge of the party stood by with looks of mingled surprise and displeasure. Mrs. Barnes told Dr. Kramer that her daughter in New Brighton had left Eagland some years ago. Since then had tna?ned a widower, Who, becom ing a Mormon convert, was now ou his way to a home and prospective heaven in Utah. "If I go to my daughter in New Brighton will my fare be paid?" sjjp asketj of \4r. I^raine?.' Vhe ulorgyman assured her that he would provide for her here and see that she reached Pittsburg safely, where her friends could meet her. Tne Castle Gaiden authorities also assured Mrs. Barnes that vjciet to Salt Jjake Oiiy would be extended for an indefinite period. Dr. Kramer was anxious to get her separated from the Mormon party, hoping that the influence of her daughter in the Beaver valley would cause her to re linquish Mormonism, and with that end ip yip-y £e eloquently a 10 days 1 visit to New Brighton. The woman had to all appearances decided, when her cadaverous spouse, with the smoke from a ratk pipe curl-i ing about his uncombed head, broke in with the threat quoted at the head of this article. In uu instant her pur pose was cttauged. and dryiag'h'er eyes she turned to the clergyman and said: "I love my daughter in New- Brighton dearly, but I love the Mor mon religion more," After that all efforts of Jlr Kramer to alter her decision were unavailing. Seeing this, Barnes, who is an uncul tured man, but with more than or dinary intelligence for a man in his position in life, turned to Dr. Kramer and said. "|f you want to save your soul, my friend, you must come with us. Outside of the Mormon Church you will be eternally lost. If you fcaye any hope of heaven yovi must em brace the true faith, and journey with us to the New Jerusalem in Utah." This ettempt at proselyting was not resented by Dr. Kramer, who statsd that Barnes was f 'au honest fanatic." The former then turned his attention to President John Isaac Hart, of Salt Lake City, a beetle browed missionary, and conductor of these miserable people, who apparent ly had more gall than grace. "By what route are you taking these people?" asked Dr. Kramer. "To Salt Lake City,'*" responded Hart evasively, with a scowl. "But by what railroad lines?" "By way of Chattanooga." "Ob, your are going by way of the Dominion Line and Norfolk?" said the clergyman. 'I s'pose so," replied the other, and he turned avyay to avoid further questions. "I have donfi all I could," said Dr. Kramer, as he turned away. Shortly after the barge, which was to convey the party to their boat,drew up and, with a glare at the minister, Barnes grabbed his wife by the arm and, followed by his two daughters, comely'girls,'of 17 and 10 years, ho hustled them aboard. They were subsequently placed on one of the old Dominion steamers. At Norfolk, Ya., they will take a train lor their long ride across the continent. Mrs. Barnes, just before leaving, asked earnestly if their train passed through the place where her daughter lived. When told tjiat she would not pass within hundreds of iniled of it sbe seemed cast dowu. Sh« said that she and her husband, who is a shoemaker by trade, are natives of Manchester, England. If she had beeq left to her self there is no doubt that by to-mor row night Mrs. Barnes would have been in her daughter's home in New Brtghton. Influenced by fear of her husband, however, she decided to cast her lot with him and his 4lrs. £ampa is years of and her present busbaad G? or more. —The managers of the Venango county fair have offered a reward of SSO for evidence that will lead to the conviction of any person who may be found selling or giving away intoxi cating liquors on the grounds during the (aji. —lsrael Everett, of Reagantown, Westmoreland county, an orphan lad, while playing with a pistol Sunday afternoon, sent a paper wad through his hand, tearing it so tbat it had to be amputated at the wri3t, yestyjffjay aftpvnoqt}. —That new worm which eats pig iron must be a sort of trichina, of course. The Learned Boston Man. A cnlkge-mau from Bostou town, Oue sunny day of summer's leisure, ' Was introduced to Hetty Brown, Ami thought tbat he would try to plea&e her. For Betty taught a village school, And doubtless in her life had never Heard much of ologies and isms, In language dignified and clever. The college-man from Boston town, Of cosmos and of protoplasm, Talked like a book to Betty Brown, And of the late seismic spasm Explained the reasons, using words I'uheard before in country places, And spoke of ancient Greece spots, wtieie Explorers seek for antique traces. Of übtruse questions uew and old, Ot art, invention, progress, science, With volubility he told, While Betty listeued with defiance; At said he, "I understand That you're a teacher on vacation." "You're misinformed," said Betty Brown. "I am a Bored of Education!" THE MORAL LAW. A.s Expounded in ihe License Court of Allegheny County— One Day's Proceedings. PITTSBIuq, September ftb. Seated in a row facing the Judges iu Common Pleas Court No. 2, this morning, were seven women. The whole seven were nicely dressed, showing about the same order of intelligence in their counte- I nances, and the same languid inter est in the proceedings They might ail have been mem bers of one church, judglug from out ward appearance, ans pn v\siUug tprqjs each other's houses. Four of them were applicants for license to sell liquor, and the other three were members of the W. C. T. U. The crowd both inside and outside the bar was larger than yesterday, and there was a general air of antici pation of fun to be noted every where. Judges Ewing and \Yh;t* itiil pre «r/e4 tueir sphinx-like demeanor as they bombarded each petitioner with unexpected questions, and raked him fore and aft with a fusilade of cruel posers. There were but few oi .he applicants who stepped away from the place of inquiry without feeling that their chances of gpttipj o license forever in the terrible books in which the judges had been writing. The questions asked were about the same that were projected at the pe titioners yesterday. Judge bitterness toward toe 'working of the "growler," and made the same searching inquiry into the respo tsibility of bondsmen. Altogether it was a trying time for the women and men anxious to £o,q -tinue in the fcnsiftp**! or Belling and lunohes. In the majority of eases—nearly all in fact—the women who appeared to ask for licenses were widows and had con tinued in businesses established by their late husbands. The Braddock contingent occupied the attention c.I court nearly 4ameß Mcsnde had a peck of trou ble when his case was called. In spite of bis protestations that he kept an orderly house and never vio lated the law, Mr. AI. J. Bennett came forward and testified that Mr Mcßride served beer in bucket? *3 women on Sunday ao«i to children during the week. THE TRIALS OF A WIDOW OF BRADDOCK Eleanor Zimmerman, the inevitable widow, who said she "was married, but isn't now, because my old rr.au is dead," admitted pimply that she kept a saloon. She sold beer on Sunday to men going homo from work in the mills, and had been de r endant in a suit for Sunday selling, brought against her on the 17th of last. Sh? had tie line and costs amounting to §23G on that occasion. A long-drawn "whew!" sighed through the court room as Mrs. Zim merman carelesslv stated the of (;er fine, &ad jfeiwing said to Attorney Yost, representing the Law and Order Society: "This is one of your special cases, Mr. Yost." Then looking down the petition, the Judge continued: "I think lam thorough ly informed with regara to the case of Mrs. Zimmerman. lam surprised to see on this petition the names of men who claim to be respectable, whereby they testify that this woman, who was indicted at the March term of court, and whose boqse is notorious {or the sins *bat have occurred there, keeps an orderly and law-respecting establishment. It is scandalous that men pretending to be respectable will certify to a falsehood to the court. It has been proved that this woman has repeatedly violated the law, that her house has been the scene of drunken ness and general bad conduct, and that, when with, snd yarned that she would be sued if she did not manage her house better, she had declared that she didn't care, that she made enough on Sunday to pay the fines." Mrs. Zimmerman, who had been controlling herself with while his Honor was speaking, now shook her finger at the Court, as she exclaimed, with much asperity: "Dot ish not so. I can pring witness mans to broye dot dat ish a lie. I J:af no disturbance yy yiein house. I buts dem 'owet before they makes noise—" ' "That will do," interrupted the Court, and Mrs. Zimmerman, with a complacent smile, suffered herself t* be led away She evidently felt that she had vindicated Herself in a fine bHrst of oratory. Several names were called, but tho owners did not answer at once, and they were passed over The declared that there was no time to wasted and that people must be prompt if they desired a hearing. HE SOLI) SWILL HITTERS. Charles T. Biers ( a man v/it'a (V mustache, a perpetual smile and a flippant style of address, had lived on the property in Brad dock—where he now kept a "saloon, billiard room and pool house"—for twenty-three years. He had been in the business about four years; he de scribed the arrangement, said he had a SIOO license for bis ho'isp, and ia aps\y3f to Jadge White's ijuestion whether ha' eoid whisky, replied: "Some call it whisky and some call it swill-bittere." Jndge White—"You sell whisky then? Have you ever been prosecut ed?" "Yes, §ir.M ''What for)" 4 "Selling whisky. I paid fines and costs amounting to $67.88." "Cheaper than taking out a li cense?" interjected Judge Ewing. Mr. Vest here sail] i'. ~r~' t-a loon was one of five ia one row. I'rofessor Hamilton, Cou .ty Su perintendent of schools, v, ho lives in the neighborhood, explained the ex act situation of the saloon. He *;: id that he had always heard that Bierj kept a pretty bad house. Among other things there was a story nfljut to the effect that it was a ' feneo." Mr. Biers was in the midst of n vigorous denial of all Mr. Hamilton's allegations when the Court bhut down upon him. H. F. Sims, of Brad dock, keep 3 a hotel and saloou. Mr. Yobt called one or two wituesscs to prove that Sims sold liquor on Sunday, and the latter met this with the declara tion that he would bring the Burgess and Constable of the borough, both of whom were Prohibitionists, to speak in his favor. 'Squire Holtzman was called as a witness on behalf of Mr. Sims, and gave him and his house an excellent character. Mr. Yost said aomethiug implying doubt of Mr. Holtzman's veracity, when that gentleman turned savagely upon him and screamed: "Yes, this man Yost is down 011 me because I defeated him twice for borough solicitor. He has threatened to put mc in the penitentiary, and at the present tima has a suit against me for playing base ball 011 Sund-.iv, on behalt of the Law and Order So ciety." Tbere was a great deal of excite merit, and it looked for a moment as it Mc. Holtzman would strike Mr. Yost, who stood by his side, but Judge White interposed with the ivoraft: "Mr. tbo spirit in w joy give jour les'Aoaony b'uOws tlitti it must be taken with a great deal of allowance," and Ilollz man retired with a threatening shake of the head at the rather nervous rep resentative of the Law and Order So ciety. THE BROTHERS COtftT. Two Ijrotfcers aamed Court, whole and retail liquor dealers of Brad dock, who were so much alike in fea tures and dress as to suggest irresisti bly a double song and dance team, were supported by an attorney, and were getting along very comfortaUly wheu Judge White orodpecd a letter which had VJHQ hand'ed in and which vyas not very favorable to the Messrs. Court. It was a letter signed by Mrs. John Blunt, in which she spoke pathetically of a once happy jiorne being wrecked by the dviaking habits of her hysUaai, und told of the strug jitio sae and her boys had had to get along, her husband's addiction to liquor having destroyed his busine33 ind brought them to want. The let let says that she went to the Court establishment, .old the proprietors facia, and Implored the n not to •ell her Lusband any more drink. They promised, and in less than an hour afterward she found her husband drinking at the bar. Messrs. Court's attorney agreed that there was no Relation ot the law, because thay bad not been noti ced. in vrHiiig not to sell liquor to Blunt. Judge Ewing (severely)—l think the less you say about the law the better. As I have said repeatedly, in written charges to jury, the man who sells liquor to a known habitual drunkard is generally a pretty bad mail. your clients get a license, you had better instruct them that there is a moral law at the back of the legal requirements in the matter. She Found a at Last. World.j Burglar: ' I tell you it's awful the way things are in New England. Twenty or thirty women to every man. I had a narrow esoj[»e once. I noticed a !o ; * iuc linest diamond* you ever saw on a Boston girl just going out of the house to lecture or something and I watched mv ohanoe and got in and hid under her bed. You see. I vrau thinkia' she would Ue so interested in the lecture she went to that she wouldn't think to look around for burglars, you know." •'Yes." "But when she caqjc ia the lirat thing she did was to iook undor ber bed, and there she saw me " "Did she scream or faint?" ' She just grubbed me with both hands and held on like grim death." "Oh! How did you get away?" "I explained to her th,at I was already married and she let me go." The Day of One's Birlh. How to tell ou what day of th» week you were born; the num ber representing your ago at the next birthday add one-fourth for leap year; this amount divide by seven, and tho remainder count back from th 3 d a y <*f the week on which your birthday falls. Fo,r instance, on your next birthday you will be sixteen. Di vide this by four and the quotient will be four; and this added to six teen makes twenty. Divide twenty by seven, the number o.f days In the week; then y;.u heve two weeks and n«d six days-. Now if this year your birthday comes on Monday, count back six days and yoti will find yoa were born on Tuesday; if it eomes on Wednesday, tLen you were born on Tbuesaay. —Apropos of the red headed girl and white horse idiocy, whut would be the effect of going ioto a gallery of portraits of ladies by Titian? —The ancient Germans, we are told, swore by their swords. Since the sword has gone out of style for every-day use, the mouth is largely used (cr awear purposes. —Yon I'hon Lee, the Chinaman who recently married a New Haven girl, has become a reporter for a pa-* per in that city. We have got him on the list—journalist. —History tells us that "Caius Rosi, during the reign of Tiberius, would sit for two days and nights drinking, almost without intermis sion." From this we learn that painting tho town a Rosi red is not a modern invention. —Mr. Sam Jones earns &150 a night te|ling bis hearers either that their uiorals are bad or their intellect defective. —Within one year 22 men in this country have shot and killed their wives at night under the impression that they wer? burglars. The wife \y<io out of bed to go through her husband's pockets must do so at the peril of her life. —A Xew York woman has sold her husband to another \?cuxiau for $50,000. That wa3 probably $49,099 more thau ite was worthy i Pike's Peak--Curious Electrical i Phenomena Observed There I by a Signal Service Man. Sergeant Luther M. Day, now in the signal service in Philadelphia, spent a year for the government at Pike's l'eak. His experiences there niu<t be as interesting to scientists as I to the general public, for they are un like any ever published about that monarch of American mountain-?. "1 was in the signal service hrmse on the Hummi; when lightning tele araphtd itself up the mountain and struck the building," he said reccnt ; lv. 1 "The wire was grounded five feet : from ihe west wall. The b)lt blow • cd a furrow from the end of the wire i to the stone wall, two feet thick, and j torcout of it a hole eighteen inches square. Then it flashed around the j room, melted and ruined some of our : instruments and went through one of | the east windows. The air seemed I full of electricity at the time but not j one of us was injured. 1 "Sot long afterwards I saw the most wonderful electrical stor m I , have ever beard of. The atmospbnro j had appeared loaded with electricity all one afternoon. There was a singing sound in the air, as if the whole universe was a great hive of b:;es. When tha sun went down I saw a thousand jets of electrical flume rising from the wires down th.) mountain. 1 wcat outdoors. My hair rose up. my mustache poked into my nose. 1 took my hands from my | pockets and electric flames two inches long started from each finger tip. Wbea I held them dowa the fhana disappeared. I wa\ked up aud down with my hands in the air, as excited as a child. Wbea I came nuder the telegraph wire the flames went out where I was and disappeared before and behind me. This storm lasted half an hour. But irom Sergt. Day's talk there are real dangers on the mountain, Once in winter time he descended the gnat crater, for Pike's Peak is an extinct volcano. Half way down the side of the crater he slipped, and in a moment shot several hundred faet along the slippery surface of loose snow, saving himself by catch ing on a bowlder. The snow was very deep, and far down the moan tain he saw tracks of mountain lion?. After hours of awful suffering aud struggling in snow banks he reached the trail and got back to the station. "The house haa walls two feet thick," continued Sergeant Day. "There are several rooms—one for Instruments, one for sleeping and two used as store-room and kitchen re spectively. The roof is anchored by groat cables, to brace it against the wind, which is terrible, sometimes blowing 100 miles an hour. Six mouths' provisions and six months' supply of wood are taken up every fall from the timber line. The peak is ten miles from Manitou, and sev enteen from Colorado Springs. "But," said the sergeant, lighting his pipe again, "the view from the statiou was magnificent. We could see the smoke of Denver, the city of Pueblo, and the trains on plains twenty miles away very clearly. We vould see in Old Mexico the Spanish peak?, capped with snow.and glistening like knights in|nrmor, 150 miles away. More than a dozen limes we have looked far, far down below us at thunder storms raging ia a yea of black clouds. '•Let me tell you a word of poor Capt. Crevin. He was a friend of Gen. Hazen, and camo west for bis health. He was a Manxman, and on the peak in the government service. The dootors say he died of boil ia the lungs, a very rare disease. Life on the peak ia lonely. Theroare few birds and Animals. Bears are seen Qooadoca I/,a d vultures and the mis erable, ghastlv-looking Rocky Moun tain magpies and thrushes. It snows every month in the year. Once in awhile a royal eagle soars over the range. The atmosphere is so rare up there that the men of the signal office have ta spend one month on the summit. 1-1,150 feet above the sea,, and then one mouth 7,000 feet lower, at Colorado Springs. Pike's Peak is the highest moun tain in the world on which civilised men live all the year round. —The oyster has 11-rired. —And they all came borne singing:. "Scotts' wa' ha' wi Randall bled ." —Mr. Blaine has been hobnobbing with the Prince of Wales at Hom burg, Germany. —Will the President march under his own picture at the St. Louis G-. A.R. re-union? Probably not. —ln the case of John I>. Carlisle, of Kentucky, the title of "Speaker" seem to be synonmous with "talker."' —A Mormon elder wants to know if there is any place on earth where ihe Saints would not be persecuted. Try the North Pole. —lf Mr. Cleveland owns the Penn sylvania Democracy he must have bad the papers made out in the name of Samuel J. Randall. —Straw hata are 1e33 obtrusive than they were. They are gradually retiring into innocuous desuetude. —The Czar of Russia has a daugh ter Darned Xenia. She was named after that town in Ohio. N. B.—A good while after. —The new law against the adul teration of wine went into effect iu the State of New York on the first. It forbids the manufacture or sale of wine treated with deleterious sub stances. A dozen firms in the State engaged in the manufacture of the "new process" wine at a conference last week concluded to conduct busi ness as usual and contest the law. —The Scotch yacht Thistle, built at the expense of a number of Clyde yachtsmen who thought a boat could be invented which would carry off America's cup, t is entirely of steel, and her build bears no resemblance to . any other British vessels ever sent into American waters for racing pur poses, and indeed has no counterpart among American vessels. But after taxing European wit for all that is best in shipbuilding of that kind ia hope of carrying off the prized trophy, the Scotchmen had to obtain her masts in thß forests of Oregon. If the cup is taken, America will be like the eagle brought down by a shaft; feathered from his wing. —The corn crop amounts to 1,800- 000,000 bushels this year. That don't look as if tlaere was a "short" crop. NO. 4a
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