VuL. XXIV 1 u< _ Ms Pills EEGULATE THE BOWELS. Habitual Costireness SSaSSSSSSSESaS £I,TSf nnflS« the sufferer tor business or agrttablo Srtkttou luKttof body alone can cor rrrttlirtr eVila, and nothing succeeds so well to Achieving i his condition a-sTutt's Pills. By, r~, . nniy' la the system renovated, but in conse nueiwe of th " harmonious changes thus created, there pervades a feeling of SSS&c^n; them na^^hercft» , M O e:SiVArX£» though?, Md perfect heart's ease that bespeaks the lull enjoyment of health. _ SECRET OP BEATJTY Vliia can never be done when t'.: '.iverdoee not net ils part. It is the drivjr <' "iff®' *he mechanism ol iiinn, uiul / en It Is out it o. dr.? the whole »yster • e.;ome ? de xa used, and Fever, Dynpcii •> nrl><*. C'oii»iipn.tion, Jauuc» • iiilious 1 ui Ic and tienernl Debility en9Ut j* il £° r r e , s ,£J,? the function* of the I.iverandimpnrt »«t beauty which nHvnys attends n healthy constitnlion. l>r- Tutt's Liver Pills are recoinn'cn"led. Tli.-y nre not n cure-all. Tutt's Liver Pills STIR UP THE TORPID LIVER. SOL 9 BY *T.T, DBCCGJSTS, 85C. CatarhH Cream ( cise, Mga'MßMffial Nasal Passag es, Allay sores, restores the Senses of T a ste an ri \ u.&M Smell. haV-fever * Try (lie cure Ely's Ceam Balm, A particle is applied into each nostril and is agreeable. I'rice 50 cent* at Druggists :bv mail, registered. CO cts. Circulars irte, ELV BKOS, Greenwich St. New York. FARM FOR SALE In Sugarcrt** township. Armstrong county, near \dams P. 0., one and one-fourth mile east of the new oU development In sugarereek twp. i'arm contains LOO ACRES, with bank barn, 32xeo feet; BRICK HOUSE. 18.K30 feet. 2 storlee. with cellar, frame kitchen, J4xlt; feet; good spring of water, farm well wa tered, good orchard of grafted fruit. Farm In a jfootl state of cultivation. About 75 ACRES CLEARED, hmanif in gocd timber. Will sell extremely low for cash. For partlcula.-s Inquire of J. K. WICK, lilmcrsburg, Ctarton Co.. Pa. THE ALLTM PATENT WASITER Why it is Superior to all Others. «_j. ITS tx-ing Mielascd It retains the high 151. temperature so necessary In removing the dirt from the gooJrf, o nl i THERE being no Friction on the clothing to wear it. O-rf THE peculiar action of the water In tile OrU, Machine (which cannot be understood unless one sees It) forcing a strong current of water through the clothing at every vlrbratlon tjf the Agitator, (which Is caused by the peculiar construction of the top of the Mueiilne. A ij, AN D best of all U that a child of four years ■ Hi. can do the work It being so light tliit the operator sits down while doing It. Machines and County and Township Rights throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Sold by SHIR AS & HAYS, Butler, Pa 6-io-iy Sim Fill (OR SUE. 11l Franklin twp., half way between Prospect and Whltestnwn, on the I'lttsburg and Franklin road, contain* fourteen and a quarter acres, has .good buildings - A New Frame House, 4;ood barn ami all other necessary outbnlldlnga. I .and all level, and in good state of cultivation, good well water l.pth hard and soft, and good orchard of all kuui* of fruit. For price and terms apply to me at my funiiture store in i ros pect. c. M. EDMUNDSON 3m 1 Wanted We want a few live men to take orders lor a full lino of choice nursery stock. Our stock is all selected and guar anteed first class. We fur nish a handsome Outfit FREE: also fruit SAMPLES in SEASON. A WORKER never fails with us. Don't delay but write at once for terms, e£e. to EDW. O. GRAIIAM, NURSERYMAN, Rochester, N. Y. CHOICE FRUIT. Having taken the agency for the Choice Fruit Trees,* Beautiful Shrubbery, Ornamental Trees, Ane everrtjilng else In the Nursery line of th* New Knkiacwi Nurseries. Chase l.ros. & Co., >. Y.. I will eati upon yon In the near future and solicit your oitlecfi for Spring delivery. A. H, FALLER, Agent, Butlei*. - - M.F.&M, Marks Invite your inspection of their stock of FALL and WINTER Millinery Goods. Receiving goods every week their stock is always FRESH AND COMPLETE. DR. R. C. McCURDY, riiysiclau and Surgeon, Offieeon M»1« Ht.. over Kemper's store. Butler, - Fenn'a. THE BUTLER CITIZEN THE STONE BOOK. Conies one with searching look, To read the great Stone Ikok: With gathered brows perplexed, lie scans the rugged text. The krucklrd rock he taps, And ancient thunders lapse, With deep imagined thud, On beaches of the flood. Old summers bud and bloom. And sink into a tomb; He sees them bloom again, t'pen the hearths of men, Life went with striding pace, He hunts upon its trace; A track —a rib—a tooth— What birds and beasts uncouth! Bends one with baffled look, Above the great Stone Book, The litle-ptge is dim, The Finis not for him. IN OPEN REBELLION. Young Mrs. May field had been married scarcely three months, and already the scarce perceptible shadow of coming trouble was elaikening her life's horizon. Or, et least, so peo ple hinted. "Of course," said Aunt Amanda, "she would die rather than com plain!" "To us, especially," added Aunt Laura, ' 'WLen we eppos?d the match so resolutely," '•She would have her own way," said Anut Amanda, mcurnfully shak ing her head. ' There always was a deal of quiet obstinacy about Hattie," said Aunt Laura. "But pel haps it is our duty to so licit her confidence now?" suggested Aunt Amanda "Poor dear! she has no mother of ber own,"sighed Aunt I.auia, ac quiesiDgly, And so the two, gentle-natured old maids tied on their stone-colored hats and wrapped their fleecy shawls about their wrinkled throats, and trudged over to the Mayfield House, where the bride was in the kitchen, preserving quinces, with a big cali co aprtn tied about her slim neat waist. Hattie was delighted to see her aunts, that was quite a matter of course. But it took a long time to make her understand the especial er race upon which they had come. "Confide in you!" cried Hattie in surprise. "But I have nothing to confide!" "My dear," said Aunt Amanda, impressively, "are you truly hap py?" "Why, of course I am happy!" said Hattie, with wide-open eyes. "Why shouldn't I be happy?" "Yon have not yet tasted the M lowness of life, then?" said Aunt Laura. "Not in the least," said .Hattie. "And I can tell you, Aunt Laura,' I don't mean my life to be hollow!' "They tell me," hazarded Aunt Amanda, "that Mr. Mayfield was very strict and arbitrary with his first wife." "Well, be won't be with me!" said Hattie, a certain light beginning to scintillate under ber dark eyelashes, and a troubled color mounting to her cheek. "And," funerally added Aunt Laura, ' reports hayc reached us that old Colonel Hopkins—the first Mrs, Ma} field's father —is a great trial!" "Oh, I don't intend that ho shall be a trial to me !" said Hattie, ladling the quinces rapidly into a row of crys tal cleur jars' So the two old aunts went ho«ua. fecliig a little better satisfied about Hat'-ie and lier happiness. But a-Li'C the stone-rolored silk hats had gone bobbing ljown the gar den path, and disappearing behinJ the hedge ol privet, young Airs. May field Aung down tho great silver spoon. "llow do they know ih»t J am not bappj ?" she asked herself. "I bav« rigidly kept my own counsel—and yet people look at me with pitying faces, as it I were a martyr!" Old Colonel Hopkins v. as reading the paper when Mrs. Mayfield came, all dtetttd, into the parlor. He was a tail, rradayerous old gentleman, with layers of wtiiie cravat folded around his skinny throat, and glassy light-blue eyes- an old gentleman who always spoke with a feigb, as if the troublffi [if the world were too much for hitn, "Miss Belleville's card!" stie e*- elaimcd, glancing at a bit of paste board on the parlor table. "Has she isalied hfife? And I not to know it?" The Colonel pushed his tpeui&utes up on bis bumpy forehead, and an* swered, in mournful accents: "Yes; she called. She asked for yop." y&at did you tell her?" Hat tie asked. "I said you were engaged!" the Colonel deliberately answered "Miss Belleville is a worldly, frivolous young woman, whose associations can do nobody any good!" bit her lip. "I particularly desired to sec he?," Bbe. "Sbe was to tell me the date fixed tot fy fcyrpriße-party to the Rectory." Coionel Hopkins folded his paper inside out. "Yes," said be, still iu the sauto lugubrious accents, which grated on Hattie's feelings like a rasping file, "sbe mentioafd some idle merrymak ing of the sort. i told Jier y° u couldn't go!" "But who gave you authority to make any such statement?" cried Hattie, flustiiDg very re.d. "Harriet," said the Colonei, ''you forget yourself! You don't seem to know that you are speaking to yopr husband's firfet wife's father!" "I am gaiag to the surprise-party!" said Hattie, rapidly losing ber tem per. "No, you are not," said the Col onel. "My son-in-law, I am quite sarp would not sanction such fol ly!" ilattie made no verut! rj-joinder, but she walked out of the room witu silent diguity which spoke volumes. "Am I mistress of the bouse?" she said to herself, "0? is Colonel Hop kins?" "Harriet," the old man called after frer, "is tbat your best gown?" Hatti# tprned back "No,"said sbe. "And it isn't my second best gown, either." "It's almost too good to wear around the bouse every day, said ,Colonel Hopkins, scrutinizing tbe folds of blaoj; silk through his eye glass. "My Maria pniy qU£ of a Sunday. I hope you will endeavor to avoid the pitfall of extravagance My son-in law's income will hardly sulßce to keep you iu silk gowns every day," llattic May field scarcely knew whether to laugb or cry, when she had safely escuped lrom the presence of this terribly old Cerberus. Here, theD, was the secret of her troubles. Little petty annoyances, such as she could not relate to the good old aun ties, nor yet to the nearest neighbors, but which, nevertheless, stung her sometimes into absolute madness. Col. Hopkins was prying and dicta torial, Maurice May field was despotic and stern—and Hattie, who bad al ways bed her own way as much as any butterfly which soared through the sunshine, and the chaffiing of these invisible chains something al most unendurable. DicDcr WUB ready when Mr. May field returned from his office in the maiu street of the village, and Hattie. with a rose pinned in her hair, sat at the table, smiling a sweet welcome. M r. Mayfield glanced at the board. '•Poultry, eh?" said he. ' Stuffed duck and olives," said Hattie. "And a dish of scalloped ( oysters. I hope you'll like them, Maurice, for I made themself." "My dear," said Mr. Mayfield, '•isn't this rather elaborate for a fami ly of three?" "Three don't want to be starved anv more than thirteen," said Hattie. "My Moiia never bed poultry ex cept on Sundays." said Col. Hopkins "Our table nowadays is terribly ex travagant! Look at those olives! Aud see the plum tarts! 1 tell you what, Maurice, there has got to be a reform, or we stall be in the poor house." ' Ob, by the bye," said Mrs. May field, ignoring the remarks of her husband's lathc-r-in-law, "have you heard anything about the surprise party at the Rectory ?" "Yes," said Mr. Maypeld coldly. "But I declined to have anything to do with it." "Did you?" said Hattie, with rising color. "I am sorry to hear that, be cause I am going there." "J think not, Hattie!" ("I told you 6o,") said the Colonel, in an audible aside. "But I am," 6aid Hattie, "The rector's wife is my nearest friend. I am the one who proposed the whole affair, and I intend to go." "Not with my permission," said Maurice. "Without it then," said Hattie. "Harriet!" said Colonel Hopkins, sepulchrally "Harriet! recollect yourself!" "Maurice," s&id the young wife, with a quiver in her voice, " may I not go?" "No !" said Mayfield, sternly; "I do not intend that my wife shall be a village gad-about !" "I will go!" cried Hattie, excitedly, "We snail see about that," said May field. "My Maria would never have re belled in this way against her hus band's authority," croaked Col. Hop kips. shaking his head slowly to and fro. " " " Hattie was resolute. Mr. May field, in his way, was equally obstin ate, and, when fehe dressed herself to go to the surprise party and found the door loefced on her, she quietly open ed the window, made ail ladder of the wisteria vine, and trip ped away across the meadows. "There!" said she; "I'll stay in no houss where J an not the mistress! We'll see how Maurice and the old Colonel will get along together—es pecially since they dismissed the hired girl because 'My Maria always did her own house-work!' ' For Ilattie'is spirit was aroused at last: "Since Harriet baa chosen to leave us in this way," said Mr. Mayfield, sternly, "she may remain away until Bhe returiiS iu a prPE er °f u " militv and repentance." ' Very right, very right," said Col. Hopkins, "my Maria would never have dreamed of setting martial authority at ueuan.ee ip this manner." As for Hattie, she went cheerfully to yisit her old aunts. "1 will not go back qntil I can go back on my own terms," said she. "Affairs had got to come to a crisis sooner or later, and perhaps it is just as well that I eloped on the nigbt of the surprise party." The garrison held out brayely for three days. At the end of that time Colonel Hopkins fell sick of rheu matic fever. "j wish Harriet was here," he moaned, "M'obouy u&s 3/cr nursed me so well as Harriet did when 1 had that carbuncle on my neck." The intfficient "belp" who had been installed in the kitchen departed with most oi the family silver—two of Mr. May field's college onuma uauie to visit bim without notice—r.nd Maur ice knew not which way to turn. "Go after Harriet," said the poor old Colonel, who was twisting and among his pillows. '•phe wiii not f fear," said Maurice, despondently, f'ljnWsa stipulate to let ber do as bhe pleases for the future." "Stipulate anything!"groaned Col. Hopkins. "Tell her I won't meddle any more! Say you've seeu the folly of yo M r ysys' Oh, dear! why did we persist in tormenting iier, J can see it all now poor child! We were pp.mpletely in the wrong, you and I. We'weie a pair of tyrants'" "I am afraid we were." said Maur ice. "But, in asking her to return, we shall be seriously compromising pyr dignity, shall we not?" "Diguity bs iiange:}'" said the Col onel, as a particularly keen paug searched through his bones, -'Harriet is the sunshine of the house! We can t gat 7/ithout her. We must have her back again." Mr. Mayfield went to bis wife. Hattie ran to meet him with a smile and outstretched hands. "Jlattie," said he, "we want you to come home again.'* "And I want to come," said Hat tie. "If " ' Ob, ' precipitately interrupted Mr. Mayfield, "it will be all right. We !>a; r e made a mistake, the Colonel and I. * But it suail not happen a^ain." "You don't think 1 did" wrong, Maurice?" said Hattie, wistfully. "No," said Maurice, "I think you did perieutJy ?iffht." And this ended Mrs. MayUeld's re bellion. She had won her freedom and that was all she wanted. —physicians say tfjat there is no remedy for consumption. In some cases this may be correct. We know however of many cures made by I)r. Bull's Cough Syrup, aud wo will guarantee relief. ji. ceucibb v/oqap will not fail to keep a bottle of Saivatiou oil on huud for men's cuts and bruises. Pension Points The annual report of the Commis sioner of Pensions for 1887, just is sued, will afford an interesting study to the curious, outside of its recom mendation for the betterment of the service and its details of operations for the year From the great mass of figures presented a great many curious things may be learned con cerning the way in which Uncle Sam's bounty is distributed. There are eighteen pension agencies, and the sums distributed by these aggre gated $74,815,485 85. $3,088,278 29 of this having passed through the bauds of the agent in this city The total number of pensioners of ail classes on the rolls June o0."18S7, was 400,007, a gain ol 40,224 over the rol for the preceding year. There were dropped from the pension list during the year 17.077 persons, by death, re marriage, legal limitation, etc., 2,278 of these being men and women whose claims were based on service in the war of 1812. At the Pittsburg Agency2o,62opersons draw their pensions. The number of claims for pensions tiled during the year was 72,465, of which 55,194 were allowed. The smallest number of claims for pensions allowed in any year since 1802 was 4, in 1875 and 1878, and the largest number 09,404, in ISBO. Since 1871 the amount of pensions growing out of the war of 1812 has been $34,039,991 00. The proportion of pensioners to the number of men furnished for the L'n ion army by each State during the war of 1812 and the rebellion is in teresting. Thus, Alabama furnished 2,556 men, and has 975 on the pen sion list; Arkansas, with 8,289 men in the army, has 2,557 pensioners; California,ls,72s men and 3,552 pen sioners; Colorado, 4,903 men and 1,G93 pensioners; Connecticut, 55,864 men and 5,519 pensioners; Delaware, 12,284 men and 884 pensioners; Georgia did not contribute a single man to the Union service, but 880 of her citizens draw pensions; Florida, 1,290 men end 722 pensioners; Illi nois, 259,092 men and 29,547 pen sipners; Indiana, 196.363 men and 29,691 pensionsrsi lowa, men and 17,379 pensioners; Kansas, 30, 149 men and 17,481 pensioners, or more than 87 per cent, of the entire number in the service; Kentucky, 75- 760 men and 10,452 pensioners; Lou isiana, 5.224 men and 869 pensioners; Maine, 70,107 men and 14,012 pen sioners; Maryland, 46,638 men atd 4,178 pensioners; Massachusetts, 146,730 men and 18,131 pensioners; Michigan, 87,36-} men and 19,903 pensioners; Minnesota, 34,020 men and 7,074 pensioners; Mississippi, 545 men and 648 pensioners; Mis souri, 109,111 men and 16,189 pen sioners; Nebraska, 3.157 men and 672 pensioners; Nevada, 1,080 men and 101 pensioners; New Hampshire, 33,93Y men and 6,303 pensioners; New Jersey, 76,814 men and 8.469 pensioners; New York, 448,850 men and 42.013 pensioners; North Caro lina, 3,156 men and 1,226 pensioners; uhio, rtl3,lßi) ;nen and 33,feOfi pen sioners; Oregon, 1,810 men and 1,- 033 peusiouers; Pennsylvania, 337,- 936 men and 41,016 pensioners; Rhode Island, 23,236 men and 1,841 pensioners; South Carolina, no men furnished, but 40w pensioners} 'fen nessee, 31,092 men and 6,736 pen eioners; Texas, 1,965 men and 2,280 pensioners; Vermont, 33,288 men aud ,G,Q2fJ pensioners: Virginia, no Union soldiers but j£,S63 pensioners. West Virginia, 32,068 men and 5,022 pen sioners; Wisconsin, 91,327 men and 13,379 pensioners; District of Colum bia, 16,354 men and 3,597 pension -273. 7h? entire of ipen fur nished to the Union army by all tbe States and Territories was 2,772,408, and the entire number of pensioners to-day is 406,007. From the great variation t'up nerperjta-e of pen sions to soldiers furnished among the several States, one is led to infer that some troops were more exposed to dangers of all sorts than others. itfew York City, with its immense population, has 0n1y2,V30 pensioners while Philadelphia has and Allegheny county 2,330. Hamilton county, O , the seat of Cincinnati, is credited with only 2,101 drawers of government bounty, while Mont gomery, an interior county ha 53,040, Suffolk coi;nty, \ybieij incites Boston, has 3,248 pensioners, while Middlesex county has 3,337. If the Ohio idea of pensioning every man who served in the late war should be carried out, it would great ly simplify the preparation or such statistical articles as the present.— Pittsburg Telegraph. —One of the strange things of this world is tbat u i«au vuo in abic to reach down into his breeches pocket and fish out a thousand dollars to pay over to lightning rod swindlers is the very man who says he is not able to pay the paltry sum of $1.50 for his coi'nty paper, which will serve him ag W OU »ihpr?irig efaftrt in peeping jpty from foundering on swindling break ers of every description. The follo w ing paragraph from the Wellsboro Oazette shows what the lightning rod swindlers aro up to over in Tio ga county. "Lightning rod agents ha f r e been swindling the farmers of this county outrageously during past two weeks. Their method was for advance agents to get a farmer to sign a couti-aet stipulating that a certain number of feet of rod should be put up gratis, and that the balance of the rod should be paid for at the rate of 75 cents per foot. There was no limit i.o the of fset to bp placed ou the buildings. Tlie result was in each case that when the men with the wßgons aud rods appeared they proeeedeu to put rods aii over barns, houses, sheds and every availa ble structure. Protests availed noth ing and in some cases the men were paid handsomely to desist from their japors .4 gentleman of Charleston paid SI,OOO and others paid ail tho way from SIOO to SSOO to get out of the trap It seems that these swind lers worked the county quite general ly before their operations were ex nosed, aud that a large number of farmers were neeced.;;— McHeaa Joi ner. —A Sunday school teacher asked a l}tt|o gir! of her class if she bud been baptised. "Yes," said the littio girl, "two times?" Why how could tbat be?" "It" didu't take the first time," said the littb girl —Seth Greene says that fishermen shonld drop their hooks within tbree feet of the bottom to catch big fish. With all due respect to Seth Greene, we should advise fishermen to drop atound to the market after ai»y siue of fish. BUTLER, l'A., FRIDAY, OCTOBER T, ISbT The Republican Campaign. j It is no longer to be doubted that i the organized liquor element in Pa. !is this year going into politics with | a unity of purpose neverbefore under j taken. Its purpose, if possibla, is to j defeat the Republican State ticket and to make a fight on Republican i local tickets wherever it may be i thought that anything can be accom ; plished. The State Convention of i brewers at Harrisburg recently resol j ved to subscribe a large suai of rnon j ey for this purpose, and the President j of the State Liquor League is pledg led to aid it. There is every proba j bility that a considerable proportion of the Democratic campaign fund will come from this source. These men do not contribute large sums of mouey to help one political party and aid in the defeat of another without a direct and personal motive. In this case the motive is undisguised. If the Republican party can be de feated this year by the alliance of the organized liquor men with the Dem ocrats it will give that combination a prestige with which they will enter next year's campaign in the hope of securing the Legislature then to be elected. They will then support can didates pledged to the repeal of the Sunday liquor laws, the High License act, and to yote against the submis sion of the prohibitory amendment to the Constitution to the decision of the people. That is the openly de clared purpose for which large sums of money will be put into the hands of the Democrats this year by the liquor people —save the few who ia- Vv>r high license —to help in the fight agaiust the Republican party. The reliauce of the liquor organi zations that a Democratic Legislature would repeal the High License act, together with the Suaday liquor laws, and prevent the submission of the Prohibition amendment, is a safe one. The attitude of the Democratic party in last year's campaign was wholly agreeable to the liquor interest. It then accepted aid from that interest to carry on its campaign, and it sought in every way to harmonize itself with the desires and interest of the liquor men. The combination then more strongly indicated than ever before has now been made prac tically complete. The liquor organi zations look to the Democratic party for help to repeal those laws to re strict their traffic which were passed by a Republican Legislature, and the battle of the Republican party is against this alliance, with its control of national power and its almost un limited money resources, drawn from the liquor busineab. It is. therefore, very evident that the Republicans must this year fight a battle against the field, and it is a battle that is not to be won without the best effort. With the Demo cratic party etrqggling rq retain itp hold on the national Government, with the great money resources of the liquor organizations and the aid of the Third Party Prohibitionists it will not be an off-year contest. £very Republican rnay as veil look the situation in the face, for every one will need to do his full duty if suc cess is to be made certain PhiVa Press s]r r tq Pencils,- r Where They Come From and How Made. The ordinary slate pencil, says the Pittsburg Telegraph, used in the spools is perhaps, the cheapest article which goes to make up the outfit of a vouugster attending school. The soapstone variety, in addition to being used for writing and cypher ing, has not infreouently been used by penaiv-e maideiib as an article ol diet, aud has also sometimes been used as a weapon, offensive and de fensive. But of t!ie vast army of children and others who use siate pencils how many know where and how they are made? The only manufactory of slate pencils in the United States is located in the northwestern part of the town of Castleton, Rutland coun ty, Vermont. Ti»e stone as it couiea from the quarry is first sawed into blocks from four to seven inches wide, according to the length desired for the pencils. These are split quite easily with a chisel into slaba a little thicker than the finished pencils;— aay alb of an inch. These are pass ed through a planing machine and over an emery belt to make them flat, smooth and of a uniform thickness of about 316 of an inch. Next day a.e pushed iutc tbo jaws of a "crocodile," which consists of a pair of steel plates, in the under one of which are six rows of curved knives, each set so as to cut a little deeper than the one that went before it. These plow out parallel grooves half way through the slab, which a man then turns and lays on a steel plate, having ridges which just fit these grooves. This slides back under the six rows of teeth of a second croco dile laying in wait alongside, wbjch tfcen ?uts tpp gf-00/es 6n the otter side, and leaves the pencils side by side. Lastly, they are broken off for au instant to point them upon an emery belt. A man can give this last touch to about 8,000 in a day. The average daily output is about 30,000, and the mill gives employ ment tq ttyenty-flye a ndy- The old plan was to oqt square pencils from the slab one by oue. These were boxed and distributed among poor families, who whittled round by hand at from a quarter to half a dollar per thousand. —frip[ii| calls oj]t attentjon 9 disreputable iooking picture in an old classic dictionary.entitled' Caesar After an Ancient Bqst." oqr mind, this settles the question whether the ancients indulged in anytbiug strong er than beer. • —lf man and wife are one flesh, no wonder it is euch a nainfnj opera tion for theiii to get divorocu. Aud, by the way, that reminds ua that di vorces should only be granted on Twos day. —According to the decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the vaog of Cessn# ei ai- ys- JJvereti Glass Company's Estate, a mechanics' lien, although duly docketed, does not, unless indexed, affect a bona fido purchaser o»- tpojtgageo without no tice. —The gatue laws are very rigidly enforced at the vest. If a 01*11 is caught cheating at poker be is shot across the table. —The Pope receives $540,000 in terest from the capital left by Pius IX , $2,000,000 from rents, aud $3,- OaO.QOQ frot* Peter's ponce, total SU,- 540,000. | "The Pennsylvania Reserves." i RESPONSE OF COL. THOMPSON TO Till ABOVE TOAST AT THE HE L'NJOti BANQUET, SEPT. 21, 1887. To write the history of Penusyl I vania soldiers in the war would be tc write the history of the war itself There was not a weary march tc : reach the foe, a charge of a brigade, a battle, scarce a camp-fire shown in the enemy's front, in which Pennsyl yania soldiers were not present From Bull Run to Richmond, in the swamps beneath the cypress, on Look out Mountain with Sherman, above the clouds, on the rivers and the seas, the sons of Pennsylvania bore au honorable part. And so nobly fought, so gloriously died as Pennsylvania soldiers upou ber soil at Cemetery Ridge aud Little Round Top. Upou her crimson bosom, her sons f»ll at Gettysburg, and there the richest blood of her children was poured like water, and there Lee and his army found their Waterloo, and the Con federacy its grave, and the Nation was saved and a race redeemed. Of our grand army, the bravest and truest that ever stood beneath the sun, the Reserves and other Penns sylvania troops constituted an im portant part, and upon the soil of the Keystone State covered themselves and their State with unfading glory. To Pennsylvania soldiers, ;their laurels yet fresh upon them, we do homage to night, and iu honoring them, we none the less honor our selves. They left home, wife, chil dren, all that bouud them to life, to endure the toil of weary marches, the dangers of the battle field, nay more to bear without a murmer, that cli max of human agony—the horrors of Libby, Andersonville and Belle Isle. Open the volume that records the triumphs of human bravery in all ages, that sings in stately verse, the praises of heroes and demi-gods in all times, and Gettysburg, Belle Isle, Fredericksburg and Petersburg, and a score of other bloody but sacred spots rise like gleaming stars in the ray less vault of night. Thermopohe. Came and Flodden field have lost their prestige, and our battle fields have beoome the synonyms of bravery —the Mecca of the world. The crimson garlands, gathered on a hundred battle fields, have been borne in triumph, with songs and re joicing, and laid upon the world's a'- tar, the most precious heritage of un born millions—they fought in every battle and died on every field—died for man, to save that flag of liberty, nay liberty's self for all coming time. "As Christ dieJ to raake men better, They died to make uien free." As you marched to-day I noted with pride your martial bearing—that even, regular, swinging step—the same that took you to Antietam and victory, in days gone by. But I saw, too, the step of age, the bait, the soars of battlo, the empty sleeve, gray hairs and the marks of time and suf fering, and I wept that in a few m ire years all would be over and you for gotten. No! Not forgotten. That flag you saved still floats in the bright skies and while its starry folds kiss the brpfZi you will n'»t be for gotten. You live iu every star and speak in every 'old, aud in th« hearts of the people, where-ver a heart throbs for litie-rtv, you live and speak in the childreo who will survive. V<>u will thus live and speak, warn and cheer, march and conquer, till the Augel pounds the assembly of the world That flag will still float, its stars are there, the emblem of all that dies, the symbol of all that lives. Although time and scars of battle dim your sight and rob you of the aUengtta of youth, all is not lost, that indomitable courage that caused you to smile at danger, that overcame all opposition on the field, that carried your standards in triuepphg to aud iVo,u Appomato* survives. Should danger again threaten our land, or dis honor that flag, we would hear the scarred veterans a3 the rally once again shout as of old : "Sound the trumpet—let oi',r bloody solars .Wfi- And either victory or a graye. Glorious men! Immortal heroes! Men who "count it death to falter not to die." After tired marches, bloody battles, after unknown horrors of pris ons, triumph and victory-.-.- Peace, tk.& toils or battle are over, the cannon's dumb, the drum silent, your bloody flag, folded and laid away to rest. "Perchance to dream."—to dream of the battles storm, of the bugle blast of pharge, shout, yfiotoi-y. The trophies of flags, won on many a field and stained with comrade's blood, rest also iu peace amid the honors of those who bore them from the field of battle—let them rest p,nd slpep, aa£ dra&u beneatn Our stars forever. Let no hand unbaptized with a soldiers' blood toncb the hal lowed graves. Folded in peace, em balmed in the tears of a ransomed Nation, no power, thank God, will ever transport them to qlleq lancJ ß . no.f sunrentjer tLem to unfriendly hands. And with peace came recon ciliation, forgivenosa, none can for give like the brave. Your foes are now your friends, and you are theirs. You honor them for the bravery dis played in the wickedest war that ever scourged the world. They honor you for the brayery yot} displayed iq the kolipsit in which man ever bled or died- Your laurels are green and undying, and yet the brightest leaf in this chapter is, mercy and forgiveness —the brightest jewel in the crown of God and men. "What is diviner than the peace of foes; He conouers not wU<> |?an n*>t tjouuuerefl (Yr thjoKH th'ff \vfceuls Qf lieuven wait Uu bis forgiving, dimmer llie laurel kbows On bro\ys that darken— aud war-wou repose, Is bat a truce, wb<m heroes abdicate To iiun*. knt'abling these of elder date, Wbeli from each corse, a fiercer warrior rose. Ah, yea, that saved the laod—ah, yes, And yea that bless its saving neither can for get The price our destiny did ol both demand. Toil, want, wounds, prisqiiij tfcp lonely apt; ' ' Of ie&n at ho»i.e—Ah look ou these, aud y«t Before the human fail you—quick your hand " Only cowards are cruel, the truly brave are magnanimous, generous and forgiving. The graves of your comrades are f]ower strewn every spring and watered with the tears of widows and orphans. We cannot forget that there are desolato Bre- Git}es, and wounded hearts There is the lonely widow, yonder the bowed mother and everywhere orphans. Whilo our streets are a Hutt"r \yith apd every doorway tilled with joyous friends to welcome and cheer, while strains of music fill the air, and songs gladdeu the heart there are tears uuseeD, weeping unheard, save by Him whose ear is always open to misfortune's crj. There are vacant at the feast to-night, as there were yacant files in ' | your ranks to day. Farewell dead comrades ; with smiles aud tears we E j remember how you lived and died s We still feel the friendly touch of the 1 shoulder and the warm grasp of your [. band—sleep in the words of Pennsyl -0 vania's poet. F, | "Sleep comrades still in hornred rest, 0 i " Yi.ur truth and valor wearing, j "The bravest are the teuer.lest, ! » j "The loving are the daring." n . |. j The Election of the Future. g When the right of suffrage is final .. !ly given women and they both vote e and hold office, we may expect to , | hear candidates for office size up wo -0 men at the polls. "Who are you going to vofe for, Bessie ?" p j "I really don't know. But don't a ! you think it's perfectly lovely for us t i to have the right to vote at all ?" - ! "Ob, its too awfully jolly for any- B I thing. But, do you know I was just j j worried to death for fear Madame . ! Fitte>m wouldn't have my dress done j ! in time for election day." fj But she did, I see. and it's just j | lovely. 1 was worried awfully over 3 my election bonnet, but it came at the last moment or I wouldn't have . come near the pools. Are you going e to vote for Mamie Berkeley for city s treasurer?" "No, I'm not ; we've been 'out' a r long time, and 1 think she is justhor „ rid-" "I think so too ; she dresses away beyond her means now, and there'd be . no living in the same town with her 3 if she was city treasurer. What do B you think of Mrs. St. John for B Mayor." "Oh, I think she'd be lovely. She f has such a queenly manner and dresses in such perfect taste; 'but 3 most of the girls are voting for How -1 ard Percy for Mayor." B "Oh, yes; but then he's so con- I ceited, and such such a dreadful flirt He's engaged himself to half the girls [ in town just to secure their votes." j "The mean, horrid thing!"' "What do you think of Mrs. Ran ter for Congress ?" "I think she'd better stay at home and look after her children, There's six or seven of them running around here now, peddling out her tickets. Do tell me, Jane, are my frizzles all coming out ?" "Lovely! your hair does frizz so beautifully. Look at Mr. Meeks el ectioneering for bis wife for represen tative." They say if she's elected she's going to leave her six-weeks' old baby at home with him wbile she goe.s to the capitol for the legislative session." "Think of it ! and won't she dress, j though ! I,d vote for Hugh Mande l ville, but they say he's engaged to » Helen Smythe, and I can't endure I her. She's around bore some place [ trying to get the other girls to vote 5 for Hugh." "1 call that cheeky. But I shan't . vote for him. Margie Montague is . my candidate. She's going to invite . me to Washington if she's elected," ; "How lovely that will be!" I'ye , half a mind to vote for Margie my . self. Do know Belle Fielding and . Libbie Lavelle have had an awful [ quarrel over the oflL-e of city council i man ?" j " No 1 How perfectly dreadful!" . "Isn't it ? Libbie accused Belle of ; buying up the votes with French bon-bons and boxes of kid gloves ; and Belle told right out before every body that pigbt of Libbie's upper , teeth were false and that her lovely , waves are not her own hair." "How mean of Bell! If I was Lib . bie. I'd never forgive her, { iptend , ed yotiug for Belle, but I shan't now. I cannot consciously vote for a girl , who deliberately gives another girl [ away in that shameful manner. It's a mercy she didn't know all I do about L'bbie, cr the poor girl might have been mortified clear out of the cam paign. I shall scratch Belle. "I've scratched about everybody , on my ticket." "So have I. Most of the girls run , for office aro uo horrid." "So they are." Macadam Roads. McAdam's plan was to thorough ly drain the road bed , properly shape it, sloping it each way from the een , tre, so as to discharge water, and not crowning it by a greater thickness of stone in the middle. On this bed is placed, oa a dry day, q pqating or three inches of clean broken stone. A rooler is then used, or traffic allowed upon it, until well packed. If traffic is admitted, men must be on band to rake in all ruts as soon as formed. The second coatiqg qf thrae inches is added at a wet time, as moisture helps tbu consolidation. This coating is treat ed as before, and a third coating is then added, and finally a fourth, if necessary. Tlje stQpo Id to be clean, nothing being laid on for so-called "building." Clean, broken stone will oombine by its own angle into a solid surface. A heavy roller will help the con solidation. One made of a hollow cylinder, with several chambers, which can be filled with sand, and so increase its weight as the road be comes packed, ig most excellent,. A roatt just completed requires careful attention for some time, and all ruts and ridges must bo removed as 8 3on as formed, until the materials become thoroughly consolidatad. Ail the stone used must be small enough to pass through a ring inches in dia^ete^ plan difttered somewhat from McAdam's, and \*as as follows : He prepared a level bed, aud set in 1 a layer of medium-sized stones. ' These rested on their broadest edges, and lay length wise across the road. | They were seven inches high iu tjic centre, and sloped oft* to three ( inches at tfce aide 3. The interstices Vverc to packed by a light, hammer by hand with stone chips. Four inches of small broken stone, ' like McAdam's, were then to put on, and worked iu by traffic, care being ' taken to keep men rptpovinj ruts, an<4 to beep surface smooth. Then, a linal coating of two inches of the same stout was to bo put on and ' treated In the same way. Care, | however, to be excercised not to make these last coatings as thick at ' the edges as in the centra, go tisat the final convexity oi't'ue foad would ( i.e su iiiches. The whole was to be ( covered with an inch and half of t clean gravel. I Neither one of these systems is lit erally followed in this country, the principal features of Telford nre » Wcvrea- •" ' j —Chestnuts are ripe and hal- i lowe'en is almost here. (l Under Guard of 11 is Honor. The old local history of Pennsyl vania, contains the f jiloi-> < anv dot", which gives us a tie v incident iu Washington's !iie : During the "whiskey insurrection" in Western Pennsylvania in 17D2, the leader, Bradford acquired a pow erful influence over a wealthy fanner, named Mitchel, and drew him deeply into the cjnspiracy. Mi'che! wa-> a young, enthusiastic man, with a beautiful home, a wife and one child. The conspirators believed that in formation ot their plans had been sent from the little village of Wash ington, in Pennsylvania, to the Pres ident. Bradford persuaded Micchel that the letters containing this infor mation was in the mails, and must be seized as an act of military neces sity. Robbery of the mails was then an offense punishable with death, but Mitchel, convinced that he was risk ing his life to serve his country, join ed by two other men, stopped the wagon on a lonely road between Washington and Pittsburgh, and carried the mail bag to Bradford's house. It was opened, the dama ging lettters taken out, and the rest were returned to p m-oftL-j at Pittsburgh. W r hen the insurrection was qu-li ed, all the leaders; escapad excepting Johu Mitchel, who rode into camp, and finding General Morgan, gave himself up ''l have been a fool." be said. "I see ihat plaiuiy. lam readv to bear the punishment of my folly." General Morgan, who knew that ho had been deceived bv Bradford, was annoyed that he had not made his escape with him. He believed Mit ehel to be at heart an honest man, and, with the rest of the county lik ed liiid respected him ; but knowing that if he was brought to trial, the punishment would be death, he de termined to give him a chance to es cape "You cannot be tried here," he said. "I will give you a pass to Philadelphia. Report yourself there.' "I am to have a guard ?" "No, none." The General turned on his heel and walked away. lie intended and expected Mitchei to fly as soon as he had reached the wilderness, but the the yonng farmer's honor was a stricter guard than soldiers would have been, and drove him unflinch ing to his death. He bade farewell to his wife and child, and started alone on horseback, to Philadelphia It was a three week's journey, at any part of he which could havo tseaped. He reported as aprisoner, was tried, con victed, and sentenced to be hanged When the news reached General Morgan, he sent a special messenger to the President, with an account of the facts in the case. Washington it was said, was deeply touched, and at once sent a full pardon to Mitchei, with a messa<re to return to his wife and child, and to keep clear of conspi rators fop the rest of his life. The Latest Departure. The little city of Parker was start led from center to circumference on Thursday last when it became known that W S, Gephart had left for parts unknown to prevent being re arrested for embezzlement. Inquiries were made and it proved too true ; he bad quietly left his wife aud five little lit tle children and hied himself from the clutches of the officers. Mr. Gepbart was arrested several mouths ago at the instance of Mes srs. Leonard and Graham, adminis trators of the late John Laonard es tate. The friends of Mr. Gepbart were assured by him that he was in nocent of wrong and could show a clear record. It apppcars that some years back James Leonard placed in the haads of Mr. W, S. Gephart certi ficates representing about 8,000 bar rels of oil and when it was called for, to settle up the estate, only 3.000 barrels were obtainable which were delivered. The balance wa3 promis ed from tiiao to time, but not being forthcoming he was arrested on a charge of embezzlement and held to bail for his appearance at Court. The case was postponed to the Sep tember term. During the interim Mr. Gephart attended to his duties fegilarly and his friends believed him innocent of all guilt. At the trial his attorneys perceived that the indictment was faulty, the time not being stated when the accused had embezzled the said funds, and asked on that ground a discontinuance of the case which was granted, thereby releasing Gephart and also his bonds men. The parties returned to this city Friday, S.eptoui'oer 9, and the following day Gephart left for Rrook ville, since which time he has not re turned, thereby preventing the ofti cers serving now papers and rear resting him. Mr. Gephart resided in this city for about eleven years, during which time he has been engaged as clerk for the pipe-line, and of lata with the Keystone Natural Gas Co., He has held several important offices, for years acted as Treasurer for the City and School, also for several secret so cieties, and his accounts were accury ately kept and the funds promptlv paid over to his successors. He liv ed within his means and his accounts with home merchants wore promptly lie attended to the duties of ihe ohqrch and Sunday to which he seemed particularly attached, and to whatever position he was appointed gave universal satisfaction as an effi cient officer. But this last act of which he is accused and his escape from the town for of being re-arrested darkens a heretofore spotless record. No doubt he is alone to blame in the matter, but being a man of very few words and one who seemed to have no confidants nothing could he learn ed, further thau ftia avowed state ment that he oould prove himself in uoiient,—Parker Phcenix. —Eila Grimes, an Owego, N. Y., girl left a comfortable Lotue iu that citv to become a domestic because of the alleged cruelty of her step moth er. Her father is well-to-do. —la the vicinity of Grey's Court, Orange county, X Y., 500,000 bu.sh els of onions ere raised annually and the land is valued ia the neighbor hood of SGOQ per aoro. —The divorce business in Cass county, Ind ,is looking up. One hundred and lifty-three women have been freed from the bonds of matri mony within the past eighteen months. Joe Grimaldi, The Clown. j It was well kaown that Grimaldi. the celebrated clown, was in the hab it of receiving his salary every Sat urday night from the Sadler's-Wella threatre, and driving home with it ia a to Finchley, about midnight. One night he saw, as he rode al.ing. -i:ting on a mile stone, on the L<ondon side of the Finchley side of the turnpike, an old woman' with a basket. She seemed to be so fatigued that Grimaldi pulled up and said: "What's the matter, mother?" "Oh !', said the old woman, in a feeble voice, "I am ill, and I am afraid I cannot walk to Finchley." ' Jump ia," said the good-natured Joe. c Actors have sharp eyes, and it struck Grimaldi that the manner in which she got into the gig was not i the way in which a woman does that t j "kind of thing." - j When she was in she put the bas ket which had a cover to it, down at j | her feet. Grimaldi having his sua picions aroused, resolved to draw her 1 out in conversation. "Hello!" i , thought Grimaldi, "I am doomed to | bn robbed, and perhaps murdered; ; this it a pretty go. I cannot attack i this man or woman on mere suspic ion, while he can choose his own time to overpower me." In this un • comfortable state he drove for a few , miuutes, when an expedient pre ; .-ented itself, which he resolved to put in practice. In appearing to whip his his horse he flourished his ■ whip over his head, and managed to kuock his hat off. Pulling up his horse, be cried : "Mother, lam sorry to troable an old lady, but my horse is restive and I dare not trust the reins out of my own bauds. Just get out, and pick up my hat for me." The woman, after some little hesi tation, complied, but the very min ute she had got out Grimaldi whip ped his horse, and flashed off at full speed. A volley of oaths in a most unmistakable manly voice, convinced Grimaldi that his conjectures were right, and that he Lad just had a very narrow escape. Upon examining the basket, a pair of pistols, ready loaded and primed, was found. Grimaldi thus exchanged his hat for the pistols. A Circular That Recalls the Horrors of Andersonville Prison. CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—The annual j convention of the National Associa . tion of Union ex-prisoners of war was commenced here to-day. Gen. Pavey in his address read the circular order, issued at Andersonville: "Headquarters Confederates States - Military Prison, Andersonville, Ga., July 27, 1864.—The officers on duty and in charge of the battery of Flor ida Artillery at the time will, upon receiving notice that the enemy have appeared within seven miles of the post, open fire upon the stockade with grape shot without reference to the situation beyond that line of de fense. It is better that the last Fed eral be exterminated than be permit ted to burn and pillage the property of loyal citizens, as they will do if allowed to make their escape from prison. "By order of John H. Winder, Brigadier General. "W, S. Winder, Adjutant General." A Dangerous Gun. Lieut. Zalinski of our Navy, has invented a dynamite gun whieh pro misps to revolutionize coast defenses. It was tried the other day at New York with much satisfaction. The gun used by Lieut. Zalinski was a comparatively small one, and yet two shells at long range were suffi cient to knock an old vessel to pieees at a distance of one and a half miles. A more powerful gun with dynamite shells containing 600 instead of 100 pounds of explosive compound would have imperilled the mightiest of the turret-ships of the English Navy; and no engineer can yet conjecture the limit which is set to the size and destructiveness of projectiles of this class. —The killing of squirrels, prairie dogs, bears, mountain lions, wolves and coyotes is quite an expensive item in the yearly budget of Montana. From January to August, 1887. that Territory paid in bounties $96,025.- 10. —lt is a pity to spoil so good a gustatory tid bit as the grape, but they say that it "has worms." If the skin shall show a brown spot the pulp will contain a small white worm; so don't eat a grape with a brown spot on it. —Farmer David L. Dickinson, of Chatham, N. J., makes a specialty of raising owls. lie is a skilled taxi dermist, and makes a good deal of money by the sale of the stuffed spec imens. This year be has 11 broods of young owls. —|tn old fellow who died over at Berrien Springs, in the Michigan fruit belt, the other day, said, just before he breathed his last, that he wished the Lord he could life 10 years longer, just to see how mean they would get on peach baskets. —Mrs. Eagles, an elderly woman of Campbell county, Va., expressed the wish shortly before her death that her gold watch be buried with her. The wish was carried out, and within a week the grave was opened iu the night and the watch stolen. Give Them A Chance ! That is to say, your lungs. Also all your breathing machinery. Very wonderful machinery it is. Not only the larger air-passages, but the thou sands of little tubes and cavities lead ing from them. When these are clogged and choked with matter which ought not to be there, your lungs cannot half do their work. Aud what they do, they cannot do woll. Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, catarrh, consumption or any of the family of throat and nose and head and lung obstructions, all are bad. All ought to be got rid of. There is just one sure way to get rid of them. That is to take Boschee's German Syrup, which any druggist will sell you at 75 cents a bottle. Even if every-thing else has failed you, you may depend upon this for certain. ple not to build bouses on sand, but bow can a man build a house at all unless he has vbe "sand?"' NO.
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