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.
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