V(<L XXIV. deimtisj: z^i,. 0 1/ WAI.DKON. (iKulu.itP nf Hip Phila . R. ilelphla Dental « ollefce. is prepaml t»do«iiyiliin« i;. th« line ol His profesoiou m a *.ilisU<-;or. MiKiitter. . .. . . Olrtoc on Main street, Uutlor. I nioii Block IJT> stairs. J. S, LDSK, IVI.D-, Has n*niove«l from llsnxiooy to Dutler and Uas 1)13 office at No. 9, Mali, St.. tUrcfi- doors below J.owry House. a - r ' 3ol ' Br. 8. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work prrtJiinins t°> tlio profession execut ed m liio iK-atest manner. Siieeiallies «'.o! 1 1-iliiucs. and Painless hx truction of Teeth. Vilallzeil Air administered. OSl'-e on Jefferson Strevt. one ilnor East of I.oivrj House, I'p Stair*. Ofllc ' open daily, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mail receive prompt attention. N. H.— The only Dentist In Cutler using the best makes of teeth. JOIIN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Xo. K South Main Street, BUTLER, - PA. SAMUEL M. BIPPDS. Physician and Surgeon, No. 10 West Cunningham St., BUTLEB, , Bil. E. C. McCUEDY, E*h}-Nlclait niuJ Surgeon, Offlce on A! in St.. over Kemper's store. Butler, - Penn'a. iIIBHUEB HOfil, Ho. 88 and 90, S. Main St., BUTLER* - - Pf y< i\r Now Court Hou^e— formerly Donaldson House—^ r »od accommodations for travelers. /;<K>d Htri*u!iii2 coiinects«l. xT-O-VU Vy i II KITENMUTXKB. Prop r. Flßi FOR SALE la surarcreek township, Armstrong county. . mar Adams P. 0.. one aud oue-tourtti mile east of the Lew oil development in suture reek t«\p. i'arm contains LOO ACRES, with bant itarn. 32*00 feet; BRICK HOUSES, Jt.x.-a; fe».r. 2 s tories, with cellar, frame Kitchen, l lxlo feet: il spring of water, farm well wa i'T< a. j.'-.- :U orchard of milt. i?aria la a -ix-i Bluto of cultivation. Aiwut 75 ACRFS CLEARED, 1 Entire in go t 111 or. Will sell extremely low for cash. Fo: pa . iculai-s Inquire of J. K. >\ 1< I\, . Clarion Co., Pa, IHE ALLEN PATENT WASHER WS>y it is Superior to aSi Giiiers. ;,i its lw jnff enclosed It retains th" hU!i I •CI. tfcciperr.ture so Becessary in removing the dirt from the goods, <•>_.! i liKiij: ix-injr no Friction on tl.c --6B«1. cil.tiiirii,-1 u \.v.tr it. Or'l THE t • -tillar action of the water In the OrU. Maehlue (WlilcUcannot be uader.-.tooil unless oil' .".Hit) forcing a strong current of water tlurc.ujrl! the clothing at every virbratlon of the Agitator, (which is caused by the peculiar cunstruetloa of the top of the .Machine. A*U AM) best of all is that a child of four } ears *rl«l. can'io Ihe work it bflnjf so light that the operator sii.) down while iloii'g it.< .Machines an.l County und Township Itichts throughout the State of Peniisilvanla. Hold Ly SEIITA.S & HAYS, Euller, Fa SRU iiriS f9B M In Franklin twp., half wav between Prosp- et ai;<! Whllestowu. on the Pittsburg and Fiaiiklin road, contains fourteen and a quarter "icres, has (?ood buildings— A New Frame Houss, c;o<w! bam and ail other nec<?6snry OUT building- ; Land ul! level, a?id \u cood fctHte t:f eultivatlon, o( i (| v.«*l! water, l:otfl hard and soft, and t;ood Sn-haid of a!! kinds or fruit. For price and teriiis ap|«to me at my furniture i»tor< 4 in I ros ' C. M. EDMUKDSON. 9 2-sm Wanted. Wo want u few live men to take orders i'cr a full line of choice nursery stock. Our stock is all selected and guar anteed first class. We lur nisli a handsome Outfit FREE. also fruit SAMPLES in SEASON. A WOKKFR never fails with us. Don't delay but write at once for t'.Tins, tfr. to £DW. O. GKAIIAM, • KU^SERYMAN. Rochester, N. Y. CHOICE FRUIT. Having tnkeii the for the ( holce I'ruit . l'rees, Ecauliful Shrubbery, Ornamental Trees, An" eveivthhijc «!-'• ill the Nursery line, or Hie Ni w Knjilai -t Nur ; ries. Chase Bros. & Co., N. Y.. I «iii call upon you It; the near future aud solicit youroideis f> r ii»ss delivery. A. M, FALLER, Agent, IJvitiep, - J. 11. DOUGLASS, —DEALER IN STATIONERY OF ALL KINDS, Books and Periodicals, CHEAP TABLETS, - —AND— Wall Paper, Eagle Building, Main St., BUTLER, - - I?^l, 2-4-87-ly M.F.&M, Marks Invite your inspection ot their stock of FALL and WINTER Millinery Goods. Receiving goods every week their stock is always FRESH AND COMPLETE. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I i t.v.,,,..^«>« ' (,i *-'1 tl • I II Mf /-rjf I . i,is' 'v/ ii 1 oIL. .vl., li l—« - r r e-i I r?:r: ri I Ck iUiuJ /tofoLf/ /.|i\acMX . II T / j . i ' f ul- 1 rj U c?r.v rj **«Wy, 0• ••, j • ,}' K ._ / j J I Ui>- u -v> f t I) ). i i | t. i • Ll/X-. OfJ- .<~c« '. 1 j ; "" ! ~ 0 WJL Oil. 0.. Jet JL> Af.cu*' If- 1 '- 3 j I / r/nt'""' '1 :J f'-c. 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Manufacturing our goods ri?ht at home, employing none but the bes of tailors and overseeing every detail ourselves, makes our clothing st&L( unsurpassed in Gt, workmanship, or durability. Our stock of Men's, Boys' and Children'.-! Suits and Overcoats is a iarg< one, aud our knowledge of the wauts of the people has assisted much in mak ia' !.c assortment so complete. All goods are marked in plain figures, and one price only. Mdl orders will have our best attention, (iipn lonmiTinrii 0 incunn \ H6\\Sll HiPHff m\HPH UI ililOuUlJ iiuijii (X dUuiii ii No 151 Federal Street, ALLEGHENY,FA 111111 TJ*Store-keepsrs and Ta.Sors furnished with samples ci application. "—~~ij Sine fetlcne 3*|m fSSt ammut^ otitfcl- nnb Sd)nl)-f)titis. SCBenn ftc w gait fommen, nergeffen fte um bie grofeen SBargatnS rcir aeben in ©tiefeln unb ju priifen. SDtan nergeffe ben 9?o. 22 Sub 9)iain 6tr. ; Tie flropte 2(u§n>al)l in Stiefeln, unb ©ummuSdjuljen, | fiir ©efdjiiftc miiflTcn gemadjt luerDen biefeS iibertreffen !ann, roenn fie ein genauer slaufer ftnb fur baar fo !auft 3s* ®otfar in ntetnem fiaben al§ in irgenb einem anberen in Sutler Count?, llm biefeS ju beiueifen fefe bie folgeit&e JJrcislifle 2)anten Jtnopf ftrauen fln&yf £d;uße 75, !tO, SI.OO u. $1.25 Jtinber finopf Tnnten Scfiufie mit ©tbnliren 75, !«>, SI.OO u. $1.25 ftrawen 2Bafferbid&te ~ „ „ 60,75, 90, u. SI.OO fiinber SlSafferbitfjte „ ~ „ 25, 50, 60, u. 75 ttnb Dtele aitfccrc 2?rtv^rtiit^. 3JJantter feine (Erfjufie SI.OO, $1.25 u. $1.50 | Snaben feine i Planner unb Jlna&en ! banner Mip etiefer $1.50, SI.BB, S2 00 u. $2.50 j . slnabcn ©tiefel SI.OO, $1.20, $1.40 u $1.75 I SiiKfllinge itip ©tiefel 75, 90, SI.OO u. $1.25 j iter 9tautn toirb eS nidjt geftatten bie an alle SDSaaren anjubeulen, ; aber fommt rnir unb roill beroeifen bafj id) nidjtß erfte Mlaffe i 2Baaren oer!aufe unb 3U ooUig 25 ntebriger, al6 irgenb ein sau3 in Mutter Gounti). Dmiptqunrticr fiir Sofloit (summi--Sdjulje. Scanner ©ummisStiefel, 33ofton $2.35 3JJanner 2irttc§, " " 1.00 21Ue anbere gerabe fo bitltg. unb Stiefelu tuerben auf ajeftcllung gemad^t. (Sine gtofse oon felbftoerfertigten Scfjufjen unb £tiefeln immer an sanb. Sleparirung }u mii6igen Seber unb J-inbing^. 3ol)n|J idt 1 1, 22 Str. t IJutlcr, |la. Flailing Mill —AND Yai-cl J. L. PUIiViS. L. O. I'UKVIH, S.Gr. Purvis & Co. MAXL'FACTtUEKS AND DKALKIW IX Rough and Planed Lumber OF JSYJCKY UIMCUIfiIUX. FRAMES, MOULIIN3S, SAMIi, DOORS, FL -OillHG, SIDIUG, BATTENS, Cornice Boards SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD €filholl(<(Jliiirclt i.,awf»fUMi3i ,n t ' Kuaiautei-d EBBSEI33; ; . No operation or business delay. Thousands or cures. At Keystone House, Reading. Pa., 2nd Saturday of each month. Send tor circulars. Advice free. „ ,!, ' s , Catarrh Cream Balm Cleanses the W£nEAM Nasal Passag flammati on so res, res lores the Senses of IEQH£%CH Taste a Smell. HAY-FEVER Iff the cure Ely's Ceam Balm, \ particle is applied Into eacli nostril and is agreeable. Price GO cents at Druggists ;by mail, reentered, on cis. Circulars free, El.\ BJiOS, ■r.i, (ireeiAvich St. New York. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. •3. C. ROESSING, PHKSIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TKEASUREK 11. C. HiiINKMAN, SECRETARY DIRECTORS: ,f. \. Purvis, Samuel Anderson, William Campbell .1. \V. ISnrkhart, A. Ttoutraan, Henderson Oliver, (i.C. Roeftsliiif, .lamen Stephenson, Dr. W. Irvln, N. Weltzel, J. I''. Taylor. H. C. Heinetnan, LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Aec'i- BUTLER, PA. THIS PAPER^*.^ * ..I!£ F of MCHMH. n, 'M. nVEft & SON, uul miltiorizeil atf> HU. ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE. A Startling State Issue. t 11::.' I)Q'T"bs IlErri'.i.ii STATE COMMIITTKE. I ( ONri.NKN : At. Hotel. Phila.. Oct. 1-'. is*7 To the Citizens of Pe.tr,zytpanieL : The Republican State Committee hes no: in recent years felt it neces sary to issue the customary address to the members of the party through out the State. It has preferred, in each campaign, to perfect the organi zation aud to_ rely on that for the direction of r-n army so great of num bers and so fine of discipline that it is by many regarded as invinci ble Now, however, an emergency is presented which if not bravely met, may prove far-reaching in its conse quences, one whicb threatens good government throughout the State, its municipalities, and may lead to a complete revolution in previously ac cepted policies employed in the direc tion of the genera! government. For the first time in the history of Pennsylvania, and so far as we know in the history of any other State, regular political headquarters have been opened by a privileged business interest—by the united li quor interests, comprising in the order of their wealth and power (Jrewers, Distillers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers. With Philadelphia aud Pittsburg before us as examples, those not fuliy informed may ques tion this classification as to wealth and power, and a;k why the six thou sand saloon keepers of Philadelphia aud the two thousand of Allegheny not piore powerful than the smaller number ot brewers and whole sale dealers? The explanation is in the fact that nearly all of tho larger brewing and wholesale houses practi cally own the majority of the &aloous in these cities. Fully four thousand saloon keepers iu Philadelphia and twelve hundred in Allegheny are sim ply agents under contract to sell for employing brewers aud wholesalers. They pay high prices and live upon commissions. How strong then is the motive of these men to seek the repeal of the High License law! A brewer tinder the old law had to pay for tha licenses of all of bis agents and he could sup ply the bonds of all of them A small sum passed into the State treas ury. The same brewer would now have to pay SSOO in each case for like privileges, four-fifths of which amount goes into the local treasuries to relieve local taxation. His agents must now look elsewhere for bonds men, the dealer being forbidden by the law to go upon the bond The first effect i 3 a hazardous outlay to the actual keeper of many saloons. The second effect is to make hereto fore Jd< pendent saloon keepers inde. pendent, for if they can get in §2OOO, they can at least borrow SSOO with which to pay for their own li censes, and when they can do both of these things they cannot be compelled to take any and every quality of li quor thrust upon them at prices dic tated by employers, but can buy at prices suggested by the lew ot sup ply and demand. The brewers, dis tillers and wholesale dealt rs, who are directly responsible for this morbid growth under an imperfect regulation, proclaim unto each other and the trade, that High License is worse than Prohibition, and in their at tempts to convince others of this fact they have circulated far and wide the impression, and so well circulated as to make it a deep-seated predjudice, that their only battle goes to the re strictions which it imposes upon {per sonal liberty. They declare that under the act the bonds are entered of record, as in no other forms of public eureties. This is not true in fact; the bonds are only entered when there has been a con viction for a violation of the law, aud this has been the rule under all pre vious laws They say further, that the forbidding of one dealer to go up on tha bond of another is an attack upon their persona! Ijbertv. Is this true? Is a public officer, giwen a fran chise or prerogative by the law, mitted to supply the bonds of his fel low officers? And if it were tho rule to do this, what an absence of respon sibility there would be in our public officers. The sellers of liquor are privileged under the la"' to do what other citizens cannot do, *ad they are bound to accept the conditions of the law. Fancy that observance of the law, in letter and spirit, which per mits a single brewer to stand as the bondsman for one hundred saloons in the penal sum of two hundred thou sand dollar.-! If that feature of the High License law which prevents this thing is an interference with per sonal liberty,it is a form of interference made imperative as the best means to check a growing abuse, and a grow ing power whicb, as w;U be shown farther along, seeks the full control of the law. It is claimed that High License in fringes personal liberty by forbidding anyone to give liquor away upon Sunday. This feature applies not to the private person, but to the dealer, and it applies to him solely for the purpose of preventing evasion of the Sunday laws. The Act simply regu lates the sale of liijuora, and applies to dealers. The ttme is true as to minors; dealers may not give or sell to them, but no lav* forbids the father who is a private citizen, fror:) giving beor or wine or brandy to his osvu children—all assertions of the orators of the Personal Liberty Leagues to the contrary notwithstanding. If there are unnecessary and pure ly vexations features in the law, u well-thinking legislature will remove them, without political alliance or agitation. Most of the orators who sedulously misrepresent the law, are employed and paid from funds which conies from the Headquarters of the Brew ers' Association, at 1121 Arch St., Philadelphia, the receptacle for the receipts of assessments from al! of the Liquor Leagues, and the treasury from which is paid the expenses, legitimate and illegitimate, of the most flagrant] and brazen political campaign ever undertaken by a spec ial interest. The leading brewers are boasting of their ability to raise $200,000 for the purposes of this cam paign alone; the wholesalers are con tributing throughout Philadelphia and Allegheny one tenth of one per cent, of their annual sales for the same purpose, while the saloons are to he assessed at sums to be determin ed later on in the battle. To the fund which these Leagues failed to npend at liarrisburg in their efforts to de- RI'TLRR, PA.. FRIDAY, OCI'OBKU 21. 1887 1 feat the passage of the High License I bill —said to be a haudsame nucleus I —these assessments are being added I From this fund liberal and extraord ; inary sums Lave already been ex pended. Canvsssers were employed to find all not jet naturalized —to pay r their taxes, and all expenses of natu ralization. The various Democratic headquarters supplied the machinery — the liquor headquarters supplied the fund?. In this way thirteen hun dred men were made citizens in a sin gle week in Philadelphia On Friday, Oct. 7ch, Robt. S Pat ' terson, the Chairman of the Demo cratic City Committee, after frequent ; consultations with Henry P. Crowell, i the Secretary of the Brewers' Head quarters at 1121 Arch street, made an arranpement with him by which the members of the Democratic City Committee were upon the fol j lowing day each to take a leading j Democratic saloon keeper from each Ward, and to satisfy Croweil that i they were the parties selected for • special work, they were given, to hand to him, the card of Mr. Patter son. They assembled pursuant to programme, and were instructed in dividually how to carry out tha pro gramme of the combination, in behalf of both the Democratic Slate and City tickets, how to organize and secure pledges, how to conduct themselves on Election Day, and were finally guar anteed the necessary means to meet each and every feature of the work. At the inception of the movement employed agents of the Democratic Liquor League combination canvass ed the Singing Societies and other so cial organizations of foreign-born citizens, and through misrepresenta tions of the High License Act aud of the Republican Administrations of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, in duced many of them to aeud a dele gate each to a central city conven tion. These conventions have been meeting every Sunday and preparing for the inauguration of Personal Lib erty Leagues, to be known as allies of the Democratic party, aud in fact to be directed by the various Liquor Leagues. In the early conventions of Philadelphia there appeared a dele gate from e&clj Singing Society will ing to be represented, and in Phila delphia less than one-third of the three hundred and fifty Societies sent a delegate. Societies like tjje Mien norchoir and the Saengerbund, with a membership of nine hundred aud one thousand, respectively, were per mitted but two delegates, while new ly created and small societies with but ten or twenty members enjoyed what was practically superior repre sentation. The design was to give the Democratic saloon combination sure and easy control. The early representation of the convention com prised, as shown by our cauvass, 43 Democrats, 44 Socialists, 46 Repub licans. The Socialists and Demo crats, pursuant to the programme of the Leagues, elected an Executive Committee of thirty, the Republicans vainly demanding representation They were in each and every instance out-voted aud denied representation, notwithstanding the Presidents of the Miennorcboir and Sujigerbund. (the membership of which out-runs nearly all others combined) repeatedly de manded representation on the Com mittee, which by the same union of Socialists and Democrats, wa3 given full power to direct the entire mem bership, delegate and comiituent, how to cote. The President of the Steager buud. at two subsequent conventions, vainly offered a resolution declaring in substance that Personal Liberty implies tho right to vote as one pleases, and though he was sus tained by the forty-six Republican delegates present, his resolution was ruled out of order and all appeal de nied. What a travesty is this upon Personal Liberty! Men employed by the Jjiquor leagues create i*ud p in trol a convention, one-third of which was drawn into its membership upon pretenses, and then they constitute a cabal of thirty unanimous Socialists and Democrats who are to direct given uationalitics in Philadelphia how to vote, and who boast that they will extend their power to all the cities and coqnties of tjiij State A precisely similar movement been inaugurated in the cities of New York State by the National and Staie lirewers' Leagues. The recent Slate Convention of the Personal Liberty Leagues at Albany endorsed the Democratic platform upon the liquor question ami thus openly ad vertised their combination with the Democratic party. There the battle is against the Sunday laws and the efforts of the Republican party to pass a High License Act. The ministers of ail denominations in New York, are now exposing and denouncing the movement as a war upon the peace and welfare of society. What have tjje religions influences of Penn sylvania to say of the same move ment here? It is only a little less open; it is as powerful in money, in organisation, and as radical of pur pose as that in 3jew York pity. In Pittsburg and Allegheny the programme and proceedings are prac tically the same as in Philadelphia, and have reached co extensive devel opment, with the simple exception that the Headquarters of the Brew ers' Association, 1121 Arch street, is in fact a State Political Headquarters for all of the Leagues. As though to perpetrate a thin dis guise like that thrown off in New York, a Political Annex has been es tablished at 1015 Arch street. Phila delphia, tbo ostensible Headquarters of the Personal Liberty Leatruea, which draw alike their inspiration and their cash from the rooms a square above, rio roon as the gombination with the Democratic organisation was completed, through the understand ing that the futuro power of the Democratic organizations is to be wielded for the repeal of the High Liceusi; ancj Sunday laws, the Arch street liquor beadquarteiß became busily engaged iu the search for or gauizers of the so called Personal Liberty Leagues. The Democratic local organizations and saloonkeep ers lurnished the bulk of it, and will iug organizers were rapidly fouud in the ranks of the Socialists and An archists. The lirst object of the So cialist or Anarchist is to break down the Sabbath, and the agreement upon a combined effort for the repeal of the Sunday laws between the Demo cratic and Liquor organizations, nat urally brought to the front all who are willing to war upon society. With surprising powers of organiza tion and concentration, Personal Lib erty meetings were held and Leagues organized in Philadelphia and Alio gheny,and these have in one instance been followed bv mass meetings, call ed to rally to the aid of the Democra cy avery agency of the saloon and every form ot Free Thinking and So cialistic sentiment. If these uewly arrived citizens do not know, the political headquarters which is usiDg them for a dangerous purpose can tell them that the laws of Pennsylvania are intended to bear equally upon all citizens .and that the man who demands the right to pur chase his beer on Sunday is not en titled to any better treatment than the man who demands his right to pur chase whiskey, and that both and all to be justly restricted, must be re stricted alike — that proper Sabbath restrictions are a3 old as our govern ment, and their propriety was never seriously questioned until this newly organized force backed, by the power of money and the all-too prevalent motives for disorder, rose in behalf of so-called personal liberty. Let us glance at this auxiliary power to the combined Democratic aud Liquor organizations, It is a mistake to suppose that any national ity in Philadelphia and Allegheny have rushed pell-mell into it. As a rule only the uneducated, socialistic and Anarchic portions of the two great cities remain in it. It would also do injustice to many law-abiding men in the trade to say that all forms of liquor dealers are in this combination. None of those who favor High License have any sympathy with it, nor us a rule do those who own their hotel furniture or property. These constitute more than one-half of the total number in the country, and about one-third in the city districts. Many of these are now refusing to pay the current as sessments for political purposes. The State and City Committees find evi dence of the truth of this. We haye thus summarized and given a few running comments upon the facts, as presented in the great cities of Pennsylvania, Whoso doubts, let him with equal care em ployed by the representatives of tne Republican State and City Commit tees inquire for himself, and be will learn their truth, The Republicans of the Nineteenth Ward of Philadel phia early discovered the situation, and prepared to guard themselves by notice to all Republican dealers— whether brewers, wholesalers, or re tailers—that they regarded this com bination as extraordinary, corrupt and in fact a conspiracy, and that they would oppose in the Courts, which now grant or rofuse all classes of li cense, the application of any man who subscribes to a corruption fund. Is it a corruption fund? Tho de mands and assessments made will reach in the two cities to more than a quarter million of dollars, this with out counting the ability of the Demo cratic side of the combination to raise many thousands more from its un usually heavy assessments upon the incomes of all National office-holders. These vast sums of rnouoy are to be directed to a common end — the de feat of the Republican State and City tickets, so that possession may be gained for the buttle cf next year. Then the hopa t3 entertained upon one side that the National power of the Democrats may be again assured and upon the other that With suuh a political alliance tho Hund ty an i the High License la.v.'a n;qy be repeals ed. In the three great cities of Phila delphia, Pitttsburg and Allegheny, comprising a million and a half of people, and said to have in all fifty thousand Salooq and Personal Liber ty voters, organisations are being ef fected iu each and every Ward, and pledges are about to be circulated for signatures authorizing the Conven tion to direct all who sign HOW TO VOTE. In Philadelphia this is known ag the Jiighih Rule of the personal Lib erty Convention. Formal Ward meetings will be organized to assem ble on Sunday preceding the election to receive aud '-pass the word" to the members of all the Liquor and Per sonal Liberty Leagues. Instructions will be given to vote the full Demo cratic State and City tickets. These ipfetructjqns t>rp "noqiiniftet} if) tJte bond," The Republican State Committeo would not trifle with its great con stituency, nor yet with any portion of the citizens of Pennsylvania, by submitting any known misstatement or by submitting known facts like the above, solely far ft partisan pur pose. The importance of the factß ascertained leap the bounds of auy partisan purpose and appeal directly to the fireside. They appeal to all good citizens, to all Christians of whatever denomination, to ali of our people who value the liberty of the law, even to all partisans who can forget their party when the welfare of societv is threatened. To any and ail such we direct at tention to the fact it is the Republi can party which is assailed by this startling State issue—not directly be cause of itß National principle?-, not dirortly bcouise of its administration of State or Mun : eipality; but because it stands for good government, in both State and Municipality. It is charged with preserving the Suniay laws which forbid the sale of liquors upoc that day. In answer, it ac cepts the responsibility. It is charg ed with having passed the High Li cense law. Itjustas freely accepts that responsibility, for nearly all of its members in the House and Sen ate voted for the measure, while but few democrats in the House and half of tbe Democrats in the Senate sus tained it on final passage—most of these being willing to cripple it in advance of fiual passage. The State Committee might, in this connection truthfully say that it wus not a party measure, and that the Republican Representatives aud Senators who voted for it but reflected the views of their immediate constituencet; aud we might deny tbe right of city Lea gues to question and punish men be yond their jurisdiction for having voted in accordance to home senti. ipent. And in facing tbe issue the puramount desire is to brush aside every form of subterfuge which is lacking in strength, and every form of subterfuge which <s lacking in the highest courage. The issue is ac cepted. No responsibility shall be evaded, and come defeat or victory to cur standard we intend to carry with us the reflection that our State flag was maintained throughout this contest as bravely as the National one. The Republican party is charg ed with having in State convention and caucus ordered tho submission to a vote of the people the amendment to prohibit the sale of liquor, and with afilrming a like de- termination this year. Tha charge is true—so llarly true that no Repub lican will evade it. It has become a cardinal principle with the Repub lican party that the people shall have precisely the same right to make their own laws upon liquor, as upon other questions. That sentiment covers every fold of our flag, and op eus the door to our State platform. The Republican party will not lie down iu fear and trembling because of the new issues which have beeu thrust upon it— and this year aad throughout this State thrust by a combination more powerful, and we may with truth say, more unscrupu lous than any ever before known. The combination has been truth fully and plainfully described. It is affirmed upon every street corner—it is discussed in every saloon;—it is boldly proclaimed by blatant Perso nal Liberty Leagues; —it is ordered directly from the common Political Headquarters of the various Liquor Leagues on Arch street; it is repeat ed from their Annex, and accepted with the tenders of money at each and every Democratic Headquarters. And now, theßspublicans of Penn sylvania, and all of the good citizens thereof, should at once prepare for this greet battle. Tho allies arc well organized, with an abundance of the munitions not uncommon to political warfare. The Republican party of Pennsylvania has a magnificent or ganization, which reaches and perme ates and has kuowledge of each and every voting district iu the State. Aid it with your means in modest ways and for legitimate purposes; aid it with your personal activities — with your counsels, and enter into its dis cipline to the end that what may prove the ino3t momentous battla in the history of the State may bo won, and won so gloriously that tho va rious elements which threaten the integrity of the law and the welfare of society, will be careful how in fu ture they comtemplate and proclaim purposes formed for no higher object than the promotion of disorder and anarchy. Though the Republican candidates are unexceptionable, it should be borne in mind by all that candidates are simply the representatives of a policy in a battle like this. The Democratic SalooD combination will ask no questions as to men, but will vote for objects which have been plainly stated. If they succeed every effort will be qjado to roach these ob jects, and they may reach them, If the Republican tickets succeed, it is the success of a policy which stands for the rights of property, for the lib erty of the law, for good government, and for that form of personal freedom in which each individual sacrifices something for the good of all. Ry order of the Republican State Committee. THOMAS V. COOPER. CHAIRMAN. Danger of Electric Light Wires. At Lincoln, Neb., on September 21, a named Smith was horribly mutilated in a remarkable manner. On 0 street, at the corner of Ninth, hanging from a telegraph pole and lying along the ground for a distance was a broken telephone wire, which had ia some manucr be come crossed, or in connection with one of the electric light wires. As Smith was passing along the street he saw the wire burning, and, attract ed by the strange appearance, and not realising what it was, evidently took hold of it to ascertain what it meant. The shock he roceived was terrific, and his shrieks brought hun dreds to the street. He could not loosen his hold on the wire, and it burned his hands to the bone. In his writhings and contortions tho Charged wiro came in oontact with his head, burning out one of his eyes aud laying the side ot his face opon, Wherever it struck his body it cut like a knife. A bystander, realizing the peril of the man, ran to him, grabbing him to pull him from the wire, but by the shock he received when he came in contact with the body of the man he was knocked ten feet into the streot aud utterly pros trated, so that it was feared he was also killed. By this time the electric ity had either burned the man Smith loose from the wire or he had succeed ed in hi 9 struggles in breaking away. He was picked up and carried into adjoining restaqraqt and a half dozen physioians summoned. The man presented a horrible appearance, and despite the physicians' efforts to put him under tho influence of nurphine he shrieked and writhed in tea a#ony be suffered until taken to the hospi tal. The doctors express tho opinion that he may survive his injuries, al though it appears impossible.—Kan sas City Journal. Driving a Spike under Water. In mill work, especially making repairs, it is often necessary to drive large spikes in water to the depth of two, three, and even four feet Starting a spike by hand, and then attempting to drive it by means of a crowbar, is au unmechanical proceed ing, to sav the least. Tho Manufac turers' Qazette says one of tho neat est and also the best ways of effecting tho desired object is to get a piece of steam pipe of sufficient size to permit the spike to drop easily through it Place one end of this pipe upon the spot where the spike is to be driven, drop the spike into the pipe, point first, and then follow it with aa iron rod just large enough to slide easily iu the pipe. By using the iron rod as a battering ram, or like a churn drill, the spike can be easily and quickly driveu hom.e without spat tering tho person with mud and wa ter. An improvement on this spike driving rig may be made be made by getting a cast iron ball of two, four, or, six pouuds weights, drilling a hole through tlio ball sufoeient to receive the receive the iron rod, also drilling another hole to receive ti set screw. By aorewiag the set screw down up on the rod, the ball can be held in any desired position This ball gives extra weight to the driving rod, and in fact forms a kind of hammer where by the spike can bo more quickly drivon home. It will not work well if you try to drive the spike by means of the rod aud sledge hammer. It is better, by all means, to rig up the ball above mentioned, which will do the work well and quickly. — Sci- American. —There are in New York City something like 160 women physicians. Half a dozen or so muke incomes of about SIO,OOO a year. Two Speeches. Harrisburjj Telegraph.] The old attorney was in a talking mood the other day when I asked him what was the mr*-!, impressive speech he ever heard in the court room. "There were two of them,'" he said, "and I can't teil you which im pressed me most, but from aiuoug all the speeches I have heard in a court these two stand out ns most impress ive. The first was that of a wousao, frail, delicate and intellectual, with that sweet, charming tbiug iu wo man, a low, sweet voice,, who was trying to get her children from a cruel husband, who had taken them from her, aud was at the tiai<>, living with another woman. The case came up before Judge Pearson and the husband was represented by distinguished couusel. She was placed in the witness stand and one of the attorneys, no longer a resident of Ilarrisburg, but at present Presi dent of a big university, put a ques tion to her that brought up a flood of bitter things to the poor woman's memory. Turning to the attorney she said, mentioning his naun : "Mr. , you have children aud you love them. They are \our pride, and your heart would break to lo3e them. Listen. This man de serted me and left me iu poverty with my two children. I toiled for them, starved for them—that they might live and grow up virtuous and lovable, that they might love and honor me. Time and again I appli ed to that man fpointing to her hus band] for assistance, but as often was 1 refused. I fallowed him to Ilarrisburg, aud my uJv,iuee3 were rejected with sneers and taunts. One day he secured possession of the of the children, promising to returu them when evening came. But night came and the children did not re turn." Aud then she told how she weut to the house, and was refused admittance and denied the privilege of seeing her children, and she begged and prayed that she might kiss them good-iiiuht. How, kneeling on the steps in the cold night, she had pray ed to God for her babies, and that He would help her to get them, aud then how she wa3 rudely driven away; and about the horror of that awful night when she separated from them. When she ceased talking there was a silence that was painful. There were tears on the face of the venerable judge, tears in the eyes of the attor neys and on cheeks of the spectators. She had won her case and walked out of the court house leading her babies by their hands. This ended the at tempts of the husband to get the chil dren. "And the second speech?' I asked. "It was that of a colored man. He had served a term in the peniten tiary upon conviction of murder in the second degree for killiug a man near Highspire, and came home to settle dowu. He meant to do right, and he was doing well, when in aa evil hour he joiued in a game of cards, there was a dispute, aud a knife lying on a table, used to cut to bacco with, was eeized by him aod plunged into toe breast of his oppo nent. Then he arose and walked away, aud the wounded man died in five minutes. Ho was tried and found guilty of murder in the second degree, aud in this State the offense of this character is punished with im prisonmeut for life. When aaked if he had anything to say why sentence should uot be pronounced upon him ho made a plea that I shall never for get Of course I can't give it to you verbatim, but it was tho most pa thetic plea that I ever listened to. He begau by referring to tho time ho was a slave when he gr< w up ignor n&nt and untutored until the war set him free. Then be told of his strug gles to get knowledge, and his suc cess, meanwhile the court room grew hushed and the low tones of the pris oner's voice could be heard at the door of the room. He referred to his first crime, f»r which had served so long, and depleted his life in the penitentiary, his hopes, his fears, his longings for freedom, and how he had determined to be a good man when he got out, nnd show the manhood in him. Then he told of tho joy he felt on crossing the threshold of the penitentary to liberty, and the cry he raised to heaven as he again aaw tho bluo sky and felt that he was a free man. He spoke of his ef forts to get work, how ho succeeded aud attended to business; how he put away evil things and shunned evil companions With hushed voice he told of his fall, how the man he killed had been his enemy all through life, had houuded him with out mercy and sought to drag him rjown, and yet he did not mean to kill him 'And now,' he said, 'you can put me in prison for life, but oh, don't do it, kill me at once for to go back again to a prison cell for me means a slow, lingering death.' When he had ceased there was a sigh from every breast in the court room. Poor fellow, the judge had to do his duty, and sontenced him to the penitentiary for life. He died there iu a few years. And these are the two most impressive speeches 1 ever heard in a court room." Another Boom. '•The horrid brute !" ejaculated Mrs. Stifl'neck as she threw the paper to the floor. "What'd the matter, my dear ?" asked the wondering husband. ' The matter ? YVhy I see by that paper that an Ohio man Hold liis wife for $<;oo." "Well, I swan," replied the hus band with great surprise, "they must be having a pretty wild boom in Ohi—" But before he could finished his sentence the battle had commenced and he was right in the thick of the fight. —Brick works are to be establish ed this fall and winter in forty cities in the West and South. —lt is stPted that there are 40 He brews in New York each of whom is possessed of the if 1,000,000 in cash. —Postmasters say that more let ters are mailed iti the month of Sep tember than in any other month of the year. —Never defer until tomorrow what r-hould be attended to to day. A slight cough shouldn't bo neglected when Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure it. The readers of our publication are requested to use Salvation Oil for any and all puins. It is a sure cure and costs only 2. r > cents. Fro r . Tyndall on Ligblning Rods. In the course of a recent letter oa protection from lightning by the use of rods, Dr. Tyndall says: • The aba litiou of resistance is absolutely nec essary in connecting a lightning con ductor with the earth, and this is done by closely imbedding in the earth a plate of good conducting ma terial and of large area. The large ness of area makes atonement for the imperfect conductivity of earth. The plate, in fact, constitutes a wide door through which the electricity passes lree y into the earth. Its disruptive and damaging effects being thereby avoided. The truths are elementary, but they are often neglected. I watched with interest,some time ago, the operation of setting up a light ing conductor on the house of a neigbor of mine in the country. The wire rope, which formed part ot the conductor,was carried down tbe wall, and comfortably laid in the earth be low, without any terminal plate whatever. I expostulated with tbe man who did the work, but he obvi ously thought be knew more about the matter than I did. lam credibly informed that this is a common way of dealing with lightning conductors by ignorant practitioners, and the Bishop of Winchester's palace at Farnham has been mentioned to me as an edifice 'protected* in this fash ion. If my informant be correct, the 'protection' is a mockery, a delusion aud a snare."— Ex. A Dialogue Reprinted. "Returning from a council the other day, I overhead a discussion between my delegate, Deacon Grum bole, and Deacon Webfut, of the Hap tist Church at Riverside. Of course the topic was immersion, and it was introduced by Deacon Webfut re marking that bis pastor, Dr. Jordan, had baptised five persons the previous Sunday. Deacon Qrumbole, who will never be outdone if he can help it, quietly replied that Cyril baptized on that day nine persons." '•Well, 1 hope he did it in the spir itual method." "Certainly; our pastor always does according to Scripture." "Well, now, Brother Grumbole, what is your idea of the Spiritual method ?" "O, I got my notiou of it from the first case of baptism on record." "What was that ? Not Philip aud the eunuch ? "O, no; it was centuries before that. I mean the Israelites when they were baptized in the Red Sea." 'Well, brother that was a clear case ot immersion. They were, as Paul says, all baptized in the cloud and in the sea." "You were satisfied, brother Web fut, thatthey were really baptized?" 4 Certainly; the Apostle says they were, and tells how it was done." "Well, then, 1 have just one ques tion to ask ? Did they get their feet wet ? "They were immersed, that is plain enough. As Paul says, they were under the cloud and passed through the sea, and were all baptiz ed iu the cloud and in the sea; if that wasn't immersion what was it ?" "Well, brother Webfut, did they get their feet wet ?" "Why, that's nothing to do with it; they had water on all sides of them, and water above them; they were completely surrounded by water " Well, Brother Webfut, as I under stand, they went 'on dry ground thro' the midst of the seas; and if you can immerse me on dry ground, I am will ing to be immersed. I believe in dry ground baptizm, where you won't get your feet wet." The First Cook. If you go to the Cafe Royal, in Re gent Street, between twelve and one. you may almost every day see, seated at oua of the tables, a tall, thin, gen tlemanly Frenchman of about fifty, enjoying the excellent cookery of that etabliahmeut. This is no less a per sonage than the first cook in London. It is said that he makes an income of over 112000 a year. Ho is attached to no house. In his own brougham he sets out toward evening for the house ot some rich man who is going to give a dinner at which every dißh must be above criticism. Here he alights, and making for the kitchen, goes through the process of tasting all the soups, sances, and made dish es, advising, when bis palate sug gests, a little more salt here, a pinch of herbs there, a dash of sugar in this entree, a suspicion of onion in that nahnis, etc. This done, be pockets hie fee of two guineas, aud drives on to the next dinner-giving patron who has bidden bim to his feast in this strange fash ion. His nightly list comprises many bouses all through the London sea- SOD. Thoroughly Characteristic. "What's all this racket?" asked a traveling man, as begot off the train in Philadelphia. They're celebrating the signing of the I'nited States constitution." Why, that happened a hundred years ago !" "Yes." "And they are just getting on to it? Well, if that ain't Philadelphia all over. —The attorneys of the Blair Co. Liquor League are quoted as saying that "it would be about as safe for a man to undertake to peddlo powder through sheol as to engage in the liquor business under the existing laws." This somewhat remarkable utterance was made after contenplat ing the work of the last court and the "irrepressible conflict between the home and the saloon." If the attorneys are correct, the enforcement of the present license in JJlair county amounts to the practical pro hibition. The Altoona . Tribune thinks that "the friends of temperance sbouid be greatly encouraged and their diligenee redoubled, as under the new law, with an upright judici ary and intelligent jarors, it has been demonstrated that the man who vio lates that r& w does so at hie peril." Many of the principal streets in the central part of Paris are having their former stone pavements changed to wv>oden ones. —An Illinois farmer has attached a i.'hurn to bis wagon in such a way that the movement of the wagon churns his milk. —Congressman S. S. Cox. obliges societies in New York by locturing before tbern on Bnndays. • NO. 4*
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