VOL XXIV. Boot and Shoe —O F Fall 1 Winter Footwear .A. T B. C. Huselton's. oooooooo— i— oooooooo Our ftreat fall and winter sale of Boots and Shoes has begun, the people of Butler county never saw such an im mense stock of all kinds, shapes, f-izes and styles in any ore home in Butler county, as we are now showing they can't he matched in Butler county. They are worth com ing 25 miles to see and 50 rules to buy. Our trade in creased largely last season and we intend to sell more Boots and fchoes this season than last. This has war ranted us in placing the largest and greatest variety, the • best values for your careful inspection that has ever Iteen shown in anv house in Butler county. Our Mens , Boys'and Children®' Boots have been speaking for them selves all over the county. Our boot trade is immense, and why? Because we sell the best goods at the least money, we sell to everybody alike, no three or four prices, we don't say like some dealers do that a cheap toot will icist water, or that an Oil Goat Shoe will do r children to go to school, to catch trade. There never was an Oil Goat Shoe made that would resist snow water, it takes the be st of leather to do it—Calf-skin won't do it, hasn t the hodv to resist. AVhat will? Nothing but the very J.< st of K.p and that we have as you all know. We have the cheap g</ods too in Mens' at $1.40 and upwards. BOYS' sl.2*> and upwards. Youths' 7s cts., and Children* :>o"cts . and upwards, will say these ere tl.e Wst thcrp boots in the market —not auction goods either, but straight goods. Our Kip Boots are the choicest makes in the mailcet, have tested their wearing qualities lor years and know what 1 am saying when I tell a customer they are all light, we don't guarantee cheap boots as some dealers do U> C resist water, we think to much of our reputation as a square dealing house and tco much of otr ci«stomeis to knowingly impose on thefli in this way. keep Wool Boots "the best and warmest boot made for extreme cold weather at low prices. Oil mens high top boot« four soles with square box and without. Make a specialty of mens' best Kip and Call Boots in low instep. Our line of Ladies'Misses'and Childrens' Fine Shoes contains the best styles in Prench Kid, Curacoa Kid» Dongolia, Pebble Goat all widths from AA to EE, Waukenphast, Common Sense md Opera lasts. No one should fail to see these goods. Will especially call your .attention to our Ladies' tine Kid and Pebble (xoat button boot, a new thing with us at $1 50, best, style best value you ever saw lor the money, better than is sold else wherd at $2 00, vary stylish and will wear, selling won derfully fast, one large lot sold already this fall and now have a .'arge duplicate order in the factory. fSee our Grain Button at 85 cts, SI.OO and $1.25, our fine Kid or Goat £1 25, our old Ladies' flannel lined Shoes and Slippers, felt shoes with ielt soles, old Ladies' wide grain and goat Shoes, all these styles kept in Misses and Childrens' Shoes at prices in proportion. We make a specialty in Misses and Childrens spring heel shoes, high cut shoes in Calf, (xoat and Grain. MENS' AND BOYS' FINK BIIOES—We Lave thefee (roods pi ode «-xp rehs'iy for our trade, of French Calf, Kangaroo, Calf and Eng lish Grain leather, baud, mar-bine and standard, in wide, plain o> ua»- row toes, with perfect fit, ea?e and cou.fort guaranteed to the wcHrer. See our mens' fine shoes at SI.OO, $1 25, $1 50 and $1 75, cau't b'j duplicated iu Butler. Our Calf Sh »es a'- §2.00, $2 *25, $2.50 $3.00 have no equal*. Ladies' Missea' and Childrens' Calf and Kip Shoe*, owe*/ paii? warranted, Calf, G ove, Grain, Heavy Oil Grain Button, are excellent sellers. Goods made to order. Hepairiog nl! kinds done at reasonable prices Large block all kinds Leather aud Finding*— low prices. A few words about RubberP,* We kwp the largest stock of Rub ber Goods in Butler. Have the following; Candces. Woonsockets, Boston makes. Mens' Hubber Boots ns low an $2.00. Buckle Arctics at 95 cts and will duplicate any price or any make of Kubbers any little dealer may name. Have pleuty of thtra, they are all warranted fresh goods made this year Come and He*; us will feave you big money. B. C'. lII'NKI/rOJV ' AO./I, y. Knln Streei. ~~J. KLEE & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MENS", YOUTHS'. BOYS, AND CHILDREN'S iTnTTITT CLOTHING T TTTITTTTT Of Fine and Medium Grades, at Closest Prices. Also, i. KLEE & CO.'S SUPERIOR WORKING PANTS, Every patr guaranted not to rip. If©*. 02H and «»© Broadway, Mew York. 811 LIBERTY ST.. PITTSBURGH. A. Troutman & Son. Leading Dry Goods Bouse. IB UTHi'-EJIR, PEJSIN'A. 1111111111 <[>llllllllll A Troulman & Son, The leading Dry Goods and Car pet House, Butler, Pa. >'ew Fall Dreua Ooodw at prlcca which will make tbcm move very fast. We buvo tho largeftt stock ever Bbown in Butler county, all the new (joodfl in Checks, BtripeH and Plain Weuvea in Foreign and J)omeHtic Black and Colored Silks, Special Valuee IN TRIMMINGS, we have never had such a nice an sortmcnt arid HO many of them. BARGAINS In Flanuel», Blankets, Tickings, GiDghamp, White guilts, SLawln Table Linens, Lace Curtains, in fact everything which can be found in a FirsS-Ctais Dry Goods Store. Da. B. C. McCUEDY, rhjKk'lau and Kurgeou, Ofllct ou M:iln St., ov< r Kenipot'n store. JBvitlor, - JPerin'a. dvcrtite in the CITIZEN. Cloaks and WraPe, for Children and Ladies. We carry the greatest variety of styles, our stock never was as large, prices never so low, goodß never BO nice. If you want to see the nice goods, please cull and examine our stock. Ladies', Gents', and Children's Underwear, every grade, all sizes, best goods. Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, Velvets, Plushes, Yarns, etc. —oca— Carpets and Oil Cloths, never had so many—never were car pets so cheap. Our stock is complete. Don't buy a Carpet nntil you havo seen our stock. Body Brussels, Velvets, Tup ettry, 3-I'ly Fxtra Super, Hemp, Cot ton and Bag Bugs. Window Shades, largest assort ment, lowest prices. CURTAIN POLES You will find on examination our stock ol goods to bo the Lowest 1 Priced in Butler county. A, TROTJTMAN & SON'S, JButler,, Pa- NixoN'S HOME, No. 35 McKean Street, JPE"N JSI 'J\. uH IIOIIIH, Opwi Nhfltl. brcaklao I fic liiimcr ujc, !sU|i|K!r Sttc, bxliiJDg 'ihi. • [H-4-IWI HIMKON NixOrf. Frppy, THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ESTATE OF MABT A. HATES. LATE OF BFTI-EB BORO. UEC'L). Letters testamentary having been granted to the undersigned on the estate ol Mrs. Mary A i Mules, deed. late of the borough of Butler, . Butter countv. l'a.. all persons knowing them i selves Indebted to said estate will please make : Immediate pavment and any having claims | against said estate wlil present them duly 1 authenticated for settlement. J AS. B. MATES, ) A. W. MATES. \ Kxr's. Butler. Pa. , ESTATE OK ff. W. Irt'Hl, LATE OF CUSTOST TOWNSHIP, DEC'D. Letters testamentary in the estate of W. \V. ! McCall. clec'd. late of Clinton township. Butler 1 count v, Pa.. having been granted to the under- I signed, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate w ill please make immediate pay ; meiit. and ativ having claims against 'aid estate i will present tlie same duly authenticated for settlement. ROBERT McCALL. l, Kx - rs ISAIAH McCALL, ( r> " SAXONBCKG. Butier county, l'a. Notice. Notice Is hereby given that application will l>e made to the Court of Common l'leas. of Butler, Co . on Saturday, the Ist day of October. l**7. at j luo'clock, for a charter of incorporation of the •• Butler Law Library Association," the purposes and objects of which are the establishment and i maintenance of a Law Library to be'used as provided by the By-laws of said Association ; and the place of location oi tlie same will be at or the Court House in the bora, of Butler, Agreeably to an Act of Assembly, Approved the L»)th day of April. 1874. •P. W. I.OWiJY. \V. C. THOMPSON". Solicitors for Applicants. BCTLEK, PA., Sept. 10, ISST. 9-iuat Auditor's Notice. In the matter of the assignment of James I*, Robinson for the benefit or credJUirs. In the Court of Common Pleas of Cutler cour.- ty M's I). No. T. March T. ISBS. And now Sept. 1. inXT. on motion of Hon, CUa.-i, Necandless. Attorney for accountant, •>. M. Cal breath. Esq. appointed to pass upon any exceptions that may be tiled to tuls account, re state the account It found necessary and make distribution of the fund to and among the cred itors. BY THE COCRT. BLTI.KU COTSTY. SS: cert I fled from the Record ihls 9th Sept.. A, D. 18s7. W. M. SHIHA, Fro. All persons interested In the above matter a»u hereby notified that I will attend to the du tlieo of audiejr lu the ;ibove stated case at the offlce of MeiJuiifcin ± (ialbreath. n Butler. Pa.. cm Monday the tlie :M day of October, A H. issT, FTI 111 O'clock A. U., at which time pnd place a|j parties Interested may attend If taey desire so to do. J, M, OALBBKATH. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITCTION proposed to ttie citizens of this Com monwealth for their appioval or re jection by the Ceneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Published by order (if U"" Secretary of the Commonwealth, m pursuance nf Article sV|{{ (if t|ieConstitution. .joint rewjiutioii propoxlna Hit arn<?'|Vdfrtcnt to the constitution of the commonwealth : SUCTION 1. Be It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That the following is proposed as an amend ment of the constitution fcf the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accordance with tlie pro visions of the eighteenth article thereof : AMENDMENT, strike out hum stpjlpij o;ip, ol article eight, the four qualification* f<»r whiffa rca'|s as follows : •'lf twenty-two years of age or upwards, he shall have paid within two years, a state or county tax. which shall have been assessed at least two months, and paid at least one month pe/ore the ejection," s,o tint the section which lends UN follows i "Every male citixen. twemy-oue ytsntn «.t age. possessing tlie following 'lualilicatioiM, shall Is; entitled to vote at all elections : i'list. He shall have been a cltzen of the United States at least one month. Secoud. He shall have resided in the state one year (or if. having previously been a <juah- Iled elector or native horn citizen of the state. !>e ahull have re,ni»vejl t|)erefr'>m »nd returned, then si* months) Immediately p'reccUiiiit t.lit> election. Thitil, He Shall have resided In the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months Immediately preceding the elec tion. Fourth. If twenty-two years of age or up wards, he shall have paid, within two years, a State or County tax, whleli shall have been assessed at least two iniiui)is, and paid at least one month before the election, shall be amended, so as to read as follows : Every male citizen twenty-one years of ag<\ possessing the following oiiallfteatlons, shall he entitled to vote at tlie polling place of the election district of wbicli lie shall at the time be a resident and not elsewhere : Kirs' lie shall have been a citizen of the t ft fled Mates »t lettat thirty lla.X Second. He shall have r.-slued in the state Olie year (or if. having previously been a quail tied elector or native born citizen of th<- state, he shall have removed th'Tefrom and returned, then six mouths) Immediately preceding the election. Third, lie shall have resided In the election district whLve ha sdiajl ojfof to "of: ;;t least thirty days Immediately preceding the i Is'e tiou. The legislature ai the session thireof next alt< r the adopt lon of this section, shall, and from tiui" to time thereafter m iy. enact laws to p'operly enforce this provision. rointn. Every male citl/rn of Die ago of twenty-one years, who shall have been a citl itill {fit Ih'rty dl'js siti'J an Inhabitant of tins slate one year next un ejeetioii, t;«- eept at municipal elections, and for the last thirty days a resident of the el<-etl«u distri. tin whleli lie may offer his vole, shall be entitled to vote at such election ill the election district of which he shall at the lime be a resident and not elsewhere for all oflh'crs that now are or hereafter may be elected by the people : Pro vided. That iu time of war no elector In the a»lna; iiiljijaty service of t he State or of the I'iiitMi Waffs. In' lliil auny i>v i.ut.v |h,,i'!.of, shall be deprived of his vole bv mason hi lil'i absence from sie ii election district, and the legislature shall have power to provide the maimer iu which and the time and place al which such ah st nl electors may vote, and for the return and canvas ol their votes in the election district In which they respectively re side. Fifth. For tin- purpoM: of votlnc. no person iif!»U »•. Jo liitve '.Minril or lo.st ;i rc«l dfiice by reinon' of nit* >y ;iI• rif-<■ while employed in the service of ITm tTrtlted Stab sor tliu Slau*. nor while eiiKageil in the navigation of the waters of the M!:ile or ol the lil|(h neas, nor while a student of any college or seminary of learnliiK. nor while kept at any uljnyjpin'! or pntilte institution, except tin; lii iiiiiten of any" nou.i; lor (JJ;i;;b1<"l anu indigent soldiers and sailors, who. tut 'flie imiiwi. t ,l Voting, fhall he deemed lo reside in tin- eleetloii distrnc where said home Is loealed. I.aws shall he made for ascertulnliiK. I»y proper proofs, i lie citizens who shall lie entitled to llie rlKhtof Hiiflraue hereby imtahiUhed. A true copy of the Joint resolution. CIIAKI.KS W. STONK. Secretary of the Co;i iin>iiw<*nltli. Aiir. ■ r >. f-f-t. AMKNDMKNT TO 'IHK CONSHIt'ItON proposed to fhe citizens of this Com uioi|weal|h for their approval or rejee tloii i IV thfi lii'.r.prM Awljibly « f the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. liiliiialiful liy order of tlie Secretary of the ( oinuioiiweallli, in purHiianee of Artlele XVIII of the Coiisfitutloii. Joint resolution pri.posing an amendment to the Constitution or lids Commonwealth : SKCJION 1- He It resolved by the Xe||a|e apd lloiwc id Hepreientathiek uf the CuilliriiiitWi'aitl, of Pennsylvania Iti lleueral Assembly met. Thai the following amendment is proposed to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of I'euusyl vanla, In accordance with the Kl|(hteentli Article thereof: AMKNDMKNT. There shall Ix; an additional article lo said f 'l""^.r'' e ,u> Art,c '" XIX. M AHTICI.K Xl*. The manufacture, sale, or keeping for sale ot Intoxicating Honors, to be used as a beverage, is hereby prolillnteil, and any violation of this prohibition shall be a misdemeanor, punishable as shall be provided by law, The manufacture, sale, or keeping for sale of hiinxlcXlliK 'hiuor for other purposes than as a ma'y no u|loW("J in s"Ji iiiipip.tr only as may be pres'-rlbed bv law. The tieuerat AA semblv shall, at the tlrst session sueeeedlliK the adoption of this article of the Coiistltutloii, en art law s with adequate penalties for Its enforce ment. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. CIIAKI.KS W. STONIC, K-5-llt Secretary of tlic Commonwealth. rm Arcraatio Goncr/n Gi ri'id' uil . / !,r tho K Itinera and I rlnurjr JAMKH K. MtJultlH, Hole Audit,. 105 cUAitiii-u'j ut„ new yottit FOB HAI.K lIY J. C. REDICIf, Druggist, UI'TI.KIt, pkns'a. L. S. McJUNKIN, Insurance anil Heal Estate Ac'l. l ire, Life and AccirJeut Insurance written at this oSiee. Also, I>e*iral»le Hnilding Lots, Dwelling Houses aud Farms lor sale. 1 7 F.AHT JEFFKHBOK ST. Leadmrf Chemtis* Send , —"m for medicinal f he beaut.'ful | WfITHLOPHOROS color |^®rj«MsT£f?s. ,k ——: —; . Woon&h tW fo jr s £ r *' n j, parn Girl" bac/f,Slrfe orC/?f S t . 1 fcfforwea^ess,coldssc flTHLoPHof{Qs MmThey&re north ftelrWftA s ru 32' * ,a r We™. Tutt's Pills stimulate the torpid liver, wtrength cn thedlpeHtive organs, reicnl»tcthe boHelH. mill arc unequaled as uu •oli-bilious uivdiciue. In Malarial Districts their virtnes are widely ree«Kiilzed, an tlie.v jH»**sess peculiar properties In freeinK the Nystein from tliat poi son. This popular remedy rurely falls to effectually cure Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness and all disorders arising from a joffid Liver and Bad Digestion. A Proclamation! Dr. I. «uy I.ewis, Fulton. Ark., Mym "A year ««<) I had biliotis fever; Tutt's Pills were MO hi«rhly rcicom mended that I used tit em. Xeverdld medleine have u happier effect. Ar ter a practice of a quarter of a cen tury, 1 proclaim them the best ANTI-BILIOUS medicine ever lined. 1 always pre scribe ill,'in in my practice." Sold Everywhere. Office, 44 Murray St. New York. Tuit's Manila of Useful Receipts sent Free. „ , CATARRH Cream Bairr;■P^FLY t S^l Cleanses the Nasal Passag Bl Rog ■ ■ r es, Allay 12 pain and )n-JtM flanirnati on mk- aM sores,restore. 1 - the Senses of Taste a n uu.l Smell. HAY-FEVER Try the pure Elf's Ceam Balm, 4 particle is applied Into eaeli nostril and is agreeable. Price DO cents at imiKKists :by mail, registered, 00 els. Circulars Iree, EI.V liltOS, 105 (Jreenwlch St. New York. —THE ußradford Restaurant/' South Main Street. In the Bishop Building. MEALS AND LUNCHES Served at all iiourK itt I'lEiKOfiatiio raUta. OYBTERH, GAME, And ever> thing In season. Tlie patronage of tlie oil men and travelling public respectfully solicited. i-'le.: ('ii'Hlj uijd W'MW "" hand, S. K. Eckelberger, Proprietor. FARM FOR SALE In Sugarcreek township. Armstrong county, nci.r Adatrm I'. <).. one anil oue-fourllvmlle e»st •it tlie new oil development In Sujfarcreek twp. F'arni contains 100 ACREB, with bank barn. .Tixco feet; BRICK HOUSE, 18*!U; feet. 2 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen. UMiifect; good Hprlie,: of water, tarm well wa tered, good orchard of grafted lrult. Farm In a good Mate of cultivation. About 75 ACRES CLEAR LCD, balance in good timber. Will sell extremely low lor cash. For parlicuht.n Inquire of J It. WICK, ItlmerKburg, Clarion Co., j'a, THE ALLEN PATEKT WASHER Why it is Superior to ail Others. Ittf I,K '"""H •••"I'l*: , v , ;ij retains the hhrli 101. leinpenilure ko nei:();'.aary 111 I'eiuok'illH the dirt from the goods, Orifl TO KitK being no Friction ori tho £IIU. clothing to wear It. q r |l TIIK peeulhir act.ion of the water In the "• Machine (which cunuot be understood unless one sees it) forcing a strong current of water through the clothing at every vlrhrallon Of the Agitator, (which Is rauneil by i lie |w:cullar conslrin ilori of the top of the Machine. Ath AND best of all Is that a child of four years H-111. can do the work It. being so light that the operator sits down while doing It. Machines apd County and Township Mights |h;i Hfatj: (if Pennsylvania, fjold by SHIR AS & HAYS, Butler, Pa B-miy ma FOB In Franklintwp., half way between Prosivct and Whltestowii, on the I'lltihurg and Franklin road, contains fourteen and a quarter acres, has good buildings A New Frame House, flood barn and all other neeessary outbuildings. I.and all level, and In good *t.»li - of cultivation, good well water, both hard and soil, and good orchard of all k:nds of lrult. lor price and terms apply to me at my furniture store in I'ros- C. M. EDMUNDSON 'J2-.HI I Wantsd Wo want a few live men to take orders for a (till line of choice nursery stock. Our stock is all selected and guar anteed first class. We fur nish a hanoHoine Outfit Funk. jvJso fruit Bami'Lkh in Ska son. A Worker never fails with us. Don't delay hut write at once for terms, tf*c. to KDW. O. GRAHAM, NURSERYMAN, Rochester, N. Y. M.F.&M, Marks Invite your inspection ot their stock of Fai-l «fU<l Winter Millinery Goods. Receiving goods every week their stock is always FRESH AND COMPLETE. BLITLEK, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBKK 30.1887. The New "Hail Columbia." The new verses of Hail Columbia, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, were sung in Independence Square, Philadelphia, during the exercises of the Constitutional Coutennial. They are as follows: 1798. Hail, Columbia! Happy land! Home of heroes—heavec-lurii l).ind, Who fcuglst and bled in freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in freedom's cause, And when the storm of war was gone Enjoyed the peace their valor woa. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. Firm—united —let us be, Rallying round our liberty. As a band of brothers joined, Peace.aud safety we shall liad. 1887. Look our ransomed shores around, Peace and safety we have found! Welcome, friends, who once were foes! Welcome, friends, who once were foes! To ail the conquering years have gained A nation's right, a race unchained! Children of the day new-born, Mindful of its glorious morn, Let the pledge cur fathers signed Heart to heart fort ver bind! While the fctars of heaven shall burn, While the ocean tides return, Ever may the circling sun Eind the many still are one. Graven deep with edge of steel. Crowued with victory's crimson seal, All the world their names shall read! All the world their names shall read ! Enrolled with his hosts that led, Whose blood for us-for all—was shed. Pay your sires their children's debt, Love and honor—nor forget Only I'nion's •jolden key Guards the ark of liberty ! While the »-tars of heaven shall burn, While the ocean tides return, Ever may the circling sua Find the many still are one ! Hail. Columbia, strong aud free, Firm enthroned from sea to sea! Thy march triumphant still pursue ! 5 Thy march triumphant still pursue ! With peaceful stride from zone to zone, And make the western land their own ! Blest is ths Union's holy ties, Let our grateful song arise Every voice its tribute lend Iu the loving chorus blend! While the stars in heaven shall burn, While tliß ocean tide.s return, Ever shall the oircliug smi Find that »iany still are one. The Old Mare's Last Race. Every summer of my girlhood was (■pent on Grandpa Adam's farß) i crhaps Heaven wiil be moro beauti ful, and perhaps the eternities will yield a fairer host of delights, but 1 doubt it. The old farm bouse was set behind a row of poplar trees, and even yet J can see, when I close nty eyes, the sway of their stately tops when the harper of the wiuds called time for sudden storms, or when, on breezy summer afternoons, the changeful silver of their reversed leaves gleanied like tho treat of a breaking billow. Leading up to the house was a garden bordered with pink, bachelor buttons and ribbon grasf-es. Tho lower windows were hidden beLiud syt'ing* bushes arid plumy lilacs, and the big time-worn flagstone which formed the doorstep was bordered with scraggy tufts of chickweed. brood-leafed plantain and jolden of that stealthy marau der, the mustard weed; —an uncanny crew which grandma's patient weed ing could never quite eliminate. A round at the side door was a low bench where the milk-pans were al ways sunning, and arj old well s'yeeo ualanoed lightly among tho apple trees A few hollyhocks formed a a pretty barrier to a spot which was set apart for bee-hives, and a long line of currant bushes was tho chosen ambush for troops of amazed hens aud an astouished rooster wbo&e chuckle of dismay proclaimed the ap proach of every \yaudcrjng footstep There wore three girls of us, who reigned supreme in this lovely spot —cousins, all of us, and each tteut down from Boston by our respective parents to be got of the way while the elder sisters took the triumphal rouud of summer watering places. Our turn came later, but nothing that it ever brought equaled the rapture of those perfect summers on the farm Our priveleges wero absolute, and only at the stable-door did dpaf old graudpa dravy the line "You may take tho old raaro, girls, just whenever you like, harness up and drive to Jericho if you want, but | can't have you breaking your necks with tho colts." "But, grandpa, she can't go fast, and she trots like a chicken on a stove-lid,"said Kitty. "She'H homely as sin !" rcmonstra ted Sue. "And she breatheu so hard I'm al ways afraid she's going to lie down and die !" murmured I. But our remonstrances availed us nothing it was tho old mare or stay at home ; HO finally we jrrew rcfonci!- io her, ami her peculiarities gave us little concern. One lovely August morning we harnessed her up for a drive over to tho village to get the tri weekly mail. The sun promised a sultry day, but t|»e morning hours were fresh with undried dew, and the breeze of of the night, like a belated bird, was loiter ing and rustling in the tall poplar brat ehes. "Better drive her along middling smart," said grandma; "the wind'll die down by ten o'd >ck, and | reck on it'll he a powerful hot day." "Grandma," said Sue, "if' you tied 'kingdom come' to Lor tail the old mare couldn't make over u mile In forty minutes." "i don't know about that," said gradpa »H IKS unfastened the gate for us to ride down the lane; "t.he k,Bed to be considerable of a traveller in her day, and once in r, while she lets out even now , and shows that the old go ain't quite dead yet." "Uon't you think we had better take one pi the colts. dear?" said I sweetly ; "perhaps she may "let out" t-uddenly ami njn away with \u»." "(lo 'long wiili you, sauce bos," said the in lie* i tile old fjentleiuan: "I wouldn't &ive live coppers for your necks if you were behind one of them lirinky colls." So away we drove out of the blooming laue and into the dusty, level highway, which marked th« good two-mile distance to the yiV I lagre. I We sat crowded ia one seat, for j there was always a drawu battle as to / who should drive, aad things were ; easier adjusted if we al! sat together so that the reiaa could be easily | shifted. Sue carried a bi:r gingham umbrella, which flipped in the wiud like a yellow sail; Kittie held raliaut ly on to a big earthen crock filled with butter aud bound to the vil lage storekeeper, aud I temporarily bandied the reias We harl no whip, we had loDg ago found it to be a matter of utter indifierence to the mare whether we wished to go slow : or fast, and the sight of the old girl | playing tag on the village green or skipping a rope in the stable-yard i would have given us less surprise j than to behold her break from her hippety-hop gait. We reached the village, deposited the butter, took in exchange a mighty jug of molasses, gathered iu the mail, carefully counting it all over to bs sure of no mistake: the Baptis' Week- I;/, the Advocate und Guardian, the Western lieacon, the Southern Clar ion; yes,all were there; and «ve labor iously turned toe old mare and start ed her for home. The breeze had (iowu away, like a belated bird to join its flock, and the snn was as ardent as grandma had prophesied. "Ob, hurry her up!" said I, finding the ecstasy of holding the molasses jug to my breast palling upon me, "Do for Heaven's sake hit ber with the umbrella, Kit; I'm scorching." "I'm afraid she might kick! Don't you do it," said Sue, whose grasp on the lines was rather languid. "Here,give it to me," said I reach ing over and snatching at the umbrel la; I wish to gracious she would run; it's the only thing to keep us from FUC stroke." But my first whack with the um brella wus met with a geutle flourish of the old mare's tail, as though dreamilv mindful of a settling fly, at the same moment a strange voice said: "Shall I get out and lead her for you? or would you wait long enough for me to get a charga of dtnamite aud tie it to 'he dashboard?" We looked behind us, end there, ia a gossamer sulky drawn by a satin skinned bay, eat a strarge young man. Nothing like hnu had ever met our ejes out of Boston lie was immaculate as to linen and bea ver, and upon his shapely hand glis tened, like a chip of the radiant sun, an undoubted diamond. The girls nudged me, as the ever ready; but for once surprise had seal ed my tongue. "I should hardly have thought," said the mocking voice again, "that such a lovely cargo would have been iutrusted to such a reckless stoed. "We're holding her in," said Sue. "She wants to go, b'jt it'a too warm to give her her head." "Ah," said the unknown, "the um brella then was then used only as a check to her frantic ambition." I shaded my face behind the molas ses jug-; the umbrella descended like a pair above our young heads, and the dust of the tormeuter's Hying whclls blew iu our faces as his l'ght whells fl ished by. Ho went at a rattling pace up the level stretch of road then ti;rne<} aty! a;;pruaoiicd us, tip ping his hat jauntily as he again fell to the rear. As the sound of his horse's rattling pace came up the road once m ire to overtake i}.s learisrjrm ition began iri the old mare. Her ears pricked up like a squirrel's before the wind. Her tuil fluttered out like the spume of an angry sea. Her head went up and a sport lii»o the blast of the trumpet rent the air "Good gracious!" said Kit. "she's mad I can't hold her." With the first shock I had prompt ly dropped the mulassej jug, and its contents were strewing the road with stiffened gore. The umbrella sailed out of Sue's hands and went to join the the heavenly constellations. "She's got the bit between her teeth, ''saug Kit. "She's running away !" "(Jive her head! Let her go! (Jo 'lang my beauty I" shouted I. ••■J can't hold ou. "I'm falling out' shrieked Sue. "Hold on to the seat!' cried I. We'll get in ahead of that nwc or die." Faster and faster flew the mare. The road behind her unrolled like an old-gold ribbon fringed with flame. The sound of her breathing was like the advance of a brass band. One glance oyer my shoulder showed the stranger two lengths behind and breathing heavily. "(let'ep 1 Fly 1 Scatter! (Jo 'long forever ! That's my nica girl! Oil, my beauty !" shouted I to the mare. She made a white streak of herself. She leaped through tho duut like a rubber bail, i looked over my shoul der again,—three lengths behind and losing. In the road before U3 appeared a band of familiar forms waving milk pans and shouting "Whoa I" But tlu> maro, regard less of tho voice to which she hud listened si many years, darted by the restrain ing group that to rc trnin her and bravely pai.ied the sec rid <|uir tcr. A liut giiiitp'ti over my shoulder discovered the tlx; total backdown of of the strange horse, which had turn ed tail and disappearing down tie road. The old mare died that night, but she djed in a hinge of glory, as a victorious warrior ilies on the battle field his prowesi has won She liv ed long enough to accept sugar from our Irinds to a cloying extent and I think her bravo equriine spirit, appreciated our homage and tender mlnstratioiis to the last, "After all," said Kit, "she brought her fate upon herself. I could not hold her in." "And would not have done so if I could," said I I'd rather die as she did than live to beaten." "Yea," interpolates Isaac at thiH late day, "and don't you know the on ly reason 1 turned back and gave you the race was because you looked so scared each time von glanced over your shoulder at me. 1 did not want to uee you die." A young farmer in Ueorgia hires a negro to plow, and in order to see that UQ time ii fooled away, he rides tlie mule so as to face the plowman, carrying an umbrella over his own head in order to keep cool. —A Massachusetts newspaper compositor tried to set up "A llig Fire in Hull " When it appeared ><» the paper it had an e where thou Was meant to be. I Sketches of the Doomed An archists. j August Spies came here front Ger many six years n<jo and settled iu Chicago. In 1879 he became manag ing editor of the Arbsiter Zcilan<j and used it as a vehicle for his Ari ! archistie views. His brother, Wil liam, having been killed by a police -1 man for resisting arrest he vowed vengeance and began to teach his did ! ciples bow to manufacture dynamite He is gentlemanly iu appearance, 33 j ears of age, of an exceedingly ner vous temperament ana grows faint at the sight of blood. Michael Schwab is by trade a book | binder, and was some time associatt) editor of the Arbeiter Zeitung He is a follower of Most and joiued Spies |in ISB3 He is of a ferocious appear ance and is not cleanly iu his habits. , He has often said that he would like to be hanged for his devotion to An archy. He knows bow to handle a musket and build a barricade, Samuel Fielden is an American by I birth and a mere tyro in the doctrines jof Anarchy. His practice has been ito repeat in English what Spies and j Schwab have said in German. He j says he helped to create several | "groups" of English Anarchists He | is 40 years of age and a carpenter by trade. A. B. Parsons is a native of Mas sachusetts and about 45 years of age. He edited ih e Alarm two winters ago and taught iu it to throw bombs and manufacture dynamite. For some time he was a scout in Texas, and was reputed to be a dead shot. He has seldom done hard work of any kind. His wife is as strong an An archist as he. Louis Lingg is 23 years of age, ex ci ptioually well educated and one of the most trusted agents of the An archists. lie is intensely devoted to the and has frequently ex pressed his willingness to die for it. M Fischer is fairly well educated, and has been an Anarchist for many years. lie is married and has child ren, but is charged with seldom hav ing done auything to provide for them, It was generally suspected that he threw the bomb at the Hay market meeting. M. Eugle is a German and a well known Anarchist. He has never, however, attained as much promi nence as Spies and his colleuguea. Hiiilory uf iho Constitution in Brief. From dates it will be seen that the patriotically inclined will have sever al more opportunities for celebrating Centennials of the Con titution, which has four distinct dates fixing its adoption and ratifica tion, Us going Into effect, aud organ ization of government under it, which are all worth remembering. September 17, 1787, the constitu tion was "done in Convention by the unanimous oonsent of the stc,tes | present," George Washington sign ing first for Virginia as president of the Convention. This step is cele brated this week, it needed to be fol lowed by the ratification ol nine States before a government could be \ organise 'd. June 21, 1788, the last of these nine States needed to put the "new roof" over the Constitution over the hint], (\s tlia pill-ape then ran, ratified the Constitution and it be came the law of the land as far these Slates were concerned. This is the event whose celebration jri I'hi'.a.. July 4, IfBB, waa desoribed in the &u/iday I'rens March 4, 178J), the first Wednes day of March, the Constitution be came "practically operative." The Supreme Court was called upon to pass on this question (Owing vs. Speed, 5 Wheaton, 420), aud it de cided that while the Consti'.uion was adopted September 17, 1787, und was ratified June 21, 1788, yet these acts were only preliminary and prepara tory to the creation of a government whose effective operation under the Constitution be-all oulv with the date set for its organization. April IJOth, 17H!>, General Wash ington was inaugurated as tho first President ami the government, which wont into effect March 4. or nearly two months before, was set in motion with two of itn departments, execu tive legislative, complete. The judi ciary was not organized until after the approval of the act of September, 24, 17811, creating the Supreme Court. Of Interest to Doctors. The Supreme Court has just hand ed down its first decision under the act of 18SI, which provides that no physician ean practice in a county without first registering therein. This decision is of great importance to medical men, an the act was pass ed owing to the efforts of the recog nized schools of medicine to prevent the growing evil of traveling quacks. In tho caae passed upon by the Su preme Court, however, thero is no charge that the defendant is other than a reputable physician, the only allegation being that he practiced in a county where he was not registered. The ease passed upon is that of Dr. John Kge, who was found guilty of practicing in Lebanon county without being registered tin rein. I>r. Ego resided in Heading, Berks c unity, where he was registered, but wouid occasionally g > to Ij'lianou county, where he was not registered, where ho would rent an office for a short period and receive patients. The court held that a physician duly registered, residing and practic ing in one county, but having also an office iu another county, of which he made advertisement, and where ho received anil prescribed for patients without being there registered, is a sojourner within the meaning of the act of IHKI, and is therefore guilty of a violation of the act. The language of the act applies to all physicians, Whether resldiug out of tho State or within it l>r. lOge carried the case to the Su preme Court, who, however, affirmed the decision of the lower court. —An ignorant old man listening to the eulogy of uri American states man, was moved to enthusiasm in his description of it to his wife. "Malviny 1" he exeluimed, "It was grand. It was the most glowin' par egoric 1 have ever hail 'casion to lis ten to. !" —ln feeding pumpkins first remove the seed. To store them place tkciu under the hay. or coy«r in any man ner that will keep off the frost. If they become fronted they will not be injured unless thawed out too sud denly. Division Of Townships The Supreme Coart has recently rendered a decision iu regard to the division of township.-* iut-j vothir pre cincts which will greatly siiuulsfv the proceedings iu such cases. The case was briefly as follow.*: Pet al , certain of the resident vo ters of Berks county, petitioned the court of quarter sessions to divide Bern township into two election dis tricts. Subsequently 1) et al , other resident voters, filed a remonstrance alleging, infur alia , that such method of procedure wtis contrary to the Act of May 18, IST6, dirtciiiig the divis ion of townships into precincts to be made by commissioners, and the pro ceeding to be by view, review, and exceptions. The court below grant ed the petition ot Pet al , and order ed the division as prayed The Supreme Court on 1887, in affirming this decision said: "Article VIII, § 11, of the Constitu tion declares tha; townships shall be divided in such manner as the court of quarter sessions shall direct, it lies not within legislative discretion to take that power from the court The Act of May 18, 187(i, by its terms, commands the quarter sessions to confirm the report ot commission ers, unless exceptions be filed within a given time The court correctly held that the power still rests with the quarter sessions, where tbe Cou stituuon placed it." Art VII! § 11 of the Constitution is as follow.-: "Townships aad svarJs of cities or boroughs, shall lorm or be divided in to election ditsirc;s of compact and cjntiguous territory, in *-ucb manner as the court o! quarter sessions of the city or county iu which the Kiooe are located may direct; but districts in cities of over one hundred thousaud inhabitants shall be divided by the courts of quarter sessions, having ju risdictioa therein, vvheuever at the next preceding election more than two hundred aad fifty votes shill have been pulled therein; ami other el etion districts whenever the court of th?. proper county shall hi', of op inion that the convenience of the elec tors and the public interents will be promoted thereby." Under this provision of the consti tution therefore the Court of (Quarter Sessions can decree a division of a township into election precincts whenever satisfied that "the conven ience of the electors and the public in terests will bo promoted thereby." It is not necessary to hold a view. The court may proceed in whatever manner it choose to ascertain wheth er the division should be made. Pro ceedings under this decision will not be so tedious or expensive as hereto fore.— Washington, Co., I'a. Obser ver. Bees In September. Successful wintering of bees de pends, to a great extent, on their man agement this month. Late, unsealed honey is poor food for winter, and f-hould never be Ufwd for feeding pur poses. If extracting be continued late, there Is more or less danger, un less lull sealed combs have been set aside for that purpose: otherwise the late unsealed honey may bo extract ed, and good sugar syrup bo substi tuted. Thi're are many localities where fall flowers abound, and where the principal surplus of the year is gathered this month In harvesting fall huney, the extractor M invalua ble, for the bees will not store the honey in boxes when the combs must be built, nearly so fast as in the brood chamber, where instinct teaches them it must be filled for winter. This is alao a good month to introduce new blood into the apiary Keep no qtieenless storks after this month, un less it is intended to introduce queens In which case, 1 or 2 combs of hatch ing brood, from stocks that can best spare them, should ba inserted, i>i or der to secure younff bees for winter If there are still mrp'us boxes on, it is quite necessary to keep the cap of the hive warm at night hy artificial means, as the bees aro very apt to leuvo boxes when the nights are cool, and thus retard their work to such an extent that we have many unfinished boxes, where, with the necessary warmth, they would have been com pleted. Whore the honey harvest ceased last month, the bees may now be di vided, giving them young queens. The honey flow of this month will en able them to get in good couditiou by the time they go into winter quarters. When any stocks have old queens, these should be destroyed, and younpj queens introduced. With a little care, the supply of queens can be kept on hand- At this time of the year, should feeding bo necessary for this purpose; feed as fast as possible, unless it is desired to stimulate brood rearing, when the entrance feeder may be used with good effect. Keep the queens laying as long as possible, to have a populous stock.— American A<jricul(urint. Shot In II IK Own Doorway. Wayne township, Lawrence Co., was the scene of a sensational shoot ing Sunday, the I lib inst., which came near being a murder. An Ital ian namedSofl* becoming incensed at. William Ritchie loaded a double bar reled shot gun with birdshot, slugs, etc., and went to Mr. Kitchen's resi dence Sunday morning. Ho called Mr. Ritchie to the door, when a wordy altercation took place. The ungovernable temper of the Italian finally put him in u state of frenzy, and he discharged one of the barrels oftho gun point blank at Mr. Kitchie's head. The latter fell buck in his own doorway, and th.> would-be murderer thinking that he had finished his vic tim fled to the brush and rocks, where by the aid of some of his Italian countrymen, he was enabled to elude those who wore endeavoring to cap ture him. Mr. Ritchie's head and lace WHS perforated iu many places by the contents of the gun, but it is not thought that his wounds will prove fatal uulcss Mood poisoning should set in. Sofia, who has been employed at the ore banks iu Wayne township, hits, so far, with the aid of his eoun'.rvmen been able to uvoid being arrested by the officers who are searching for him. Guardian. (living hitu no show. ' No, Bobby," wttid bin mother, "DUO piece of pie i«quite enough for you." "It'* funny," responded Bobby, with un injured uir: "you way you ureanxiouß tlnil I should to eat properly oud yet you won't tfivu me a chance to prac tice !" I How he Reads an Advertise ment. The first time a man looks at aa advertisement he does not see it. The second time he does not notice it. The third time he is dimly con. scious of it. The fourth time he faintly remem* bers seeing something of the kind be fore The fifth time he half reads it. The bixth time be turns up his nose at it. The seventh time he throws the paper dowu impatiently. The eighth rime be ejaculates, I "There's the confounded thing airain!" The ninth time be wonders if ' there's anything in it. The tenth time he thinks it might : possibly suit somebody else's case The eleventh time he thinks he , will ask his neighbor if he tried it or kt-ows anything about it. The twelfth time he wonders if the advertiser can make it pay. Tne thirteenth time he rather thinks it must be a good thing. Toe fourteenth time he happens to think it is just what be wanted. The fii'teeut h time be for a long time resoiven to try it as soou as he can afford it. 'i he sixteenth time he examinee tbe address carefully end makes a memorandum of it. The ?eventt<uth time he is tanta lized to t Link be is hardly able to af> ford it. T L< <i{.htt<nih tince he ccnnts bis mcKj ic see lew mm b be w» old have left if he bought it. The twentieth time te rushes fran tically forth and buys it. How Men Drink Farms. The Plowman, in a characteristic way, tells how men "drink farms:" My homeless friend with the chro matic nose, while you are stirring up the sugar in that ten-cent glass of gia let me give you a fact to wash it down with- You say you bare for years longed lor the free, indepen dent Mte of a farmer, but yon have never been able to get enongb money to buy a farm. But that is just where you are mistaken. For sever al years you have been drinking a good improved farm at the rate of one hundred square feet a gulp. If you doubt this statement, figure it out yourself. An acre of land con tains forty-three thousand five hun dred and sixty square feet. Estima ting, for convenience sake, at $48.56 per acre, you will see that brings the laud to just one mill per eqnare foot, one cent for ten square feet. Now pour the fiery dose aDd imagine you aro swallowing a strawborry patch. Call in five of your friends and have them help you to gulp down that fire hundred foot garden. Qet on a pro longed spree some day, and see how long a time it requires to swallow a pasture large enough to feed a cow. Put down that glass of gin; there's dirt in it— one hundred square feet of good, rich dirt, worth $43.56 per acre. Doing Injustice to the Hen. This little story Major Ben Butter worth bad from a worthy 8cot: "I visited our agricultural fair," said be "and I was disappointed to find that tho premiums offered for the best horses were so large as compared with the poultry premiums, Well, I was called on for a speech, you know, and I took advantage of it to call at tention to ' the matter, I said: 'Gen tlemen, it seems to me that your com mittee has made a mistake and done an act of injustice to the ben. Tbe horse is a noble animal and is worthy of auy encouragement you feel able to give him in the way of a premium. Hut, gentlemen, you ought not to forget that our exports of the products of the hen—eggs—exceed in value the exports of horses. Besides, gen tlemen, your horses, once exported, are gone. Not so with the ben. Sbe remains at home and keeps right on doing business at the old stand.' Well, you know, that speech made such an impression that tbe commit* tee determined to give the hen a bet ter show hereafter."— N, Y. Tribune Gunning Accidents. This is the time of year for gun ning accidents and below we give a pair of them as a sort of warning : "The other morning a young man named Harvey Qensler went bunting at Curwensville, Clearfield county, with an old fashioned gun. The iron ramrod Btuck fast in tho muzzle, and he attempted to shoot it out, when tho weapon burst and fractured tbe young man's scull. He was taken to his homo and is not expected to live. James Morris, of Uniontown, while out hunting Wednesday, sat down on a fence to rest, with right arm care lessly hanging over the muzzle of bis gun. His dog struck the hammer of the gun was discharged, the load shattering his arm all the way up to tho shoulder joint, making it neces sary to amputate the arm. Part of the contents of the gun also lodged in his chest. He will hardly recover. A Huge Document. CuioAuo, Sept. 14—The decision of the Illinois Supreme Court in tbe Anarchist case is said to be the moat voluminous document ever banded down hy the Supreme Bench in tbe history of the State. The local pa pers made extraordinary effort* to capture the prize (the full text of tbs decision) and in doing so tbe Timet and Daily News each secured special engines of the ilock Island to convey their messengers bearing tbe bulky document from Ottawa to Chicago, a distance of eighty-two miles. In addition to this many thousand words of special despatches wore transmitted to the various papers. The Associated Press alone, carried about 20,000 words, employing six Western Union wires between Otta wa and Chicago. ile Was insane. He was being examined as to bis Kanity lwforo a jury, and a great dsal of evidence had been introduced with out proving that his mind was out of repair. Finally bis bister was called upon for her testimony and was ask* cd: "Do you believe your brother to be insane?" "Yes, I know he is insane " "What proof do you offer?" "Best in the world." "Let us hear it." "Why. just yesterday I beard him tell his wife that she must really get u couple of new dresses and bonnets aud not thiuk of the expense." An application for his sdmittaace to the asylum wan made oat at once. NO. 45
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