VOL. XXIV.
KIRKS
WHITE
iHN
The ouly brand of Laundry Soap
awarded ft first class medal at the
New Orleaiu Exposition. Guaran
teed absolutely pure, and for general
household purposes la the very best
SOAR
II! CHUmi GIICERT
STORE io Butler, three doors west
of West Penn Depot.
Having opened a fresh stock of GROCEItfES
Icons sting of Coffee, Teas. Supar. Syrup, hpices.
Canned (Jowls of all kinds. Hams,
Bacon. Lard, &c., &c..
Tobacco and Cigars,
FLOCK of best brands and iow prices ; also,
full line of Kllngler's popular brands of family
flour constantly on hands.
HAY. OATS, COKX and FEKI) of all kinds at
lowest fiKures.
IVo. 1. Malt,lower any other
Heu»e lu Butler,
Country Produce wanted for which the highest
price will be paid. Call and examine our stock
and prices.
Hoods delivered free to all parts of town.
J. J. KEARNS & CO.,
76 East Jefferson St., • - Butler Pa
WSST PENN HOUSE.
This hotel. Just across the street from the de
pot. has been refitted In the new, and I*an
again prepared to accommodate the traveling
public.
BOIRDIIG Blllf NIL
DAY OR WEEK.
Coo 4 Booms, good attention, good stabiiuf
rales moderate.
Vot further Information enquire on tfc
premises of
R. B. GILCHRIST, Proprietor
The I*eonle's Great
EXPOSITION!
4, GREAT SHOWS IN ONE, 4,
We annouueo to the people far and wide that
we will exhibit our COIIOMULI aggregation of
startling wonders, to set lire which all parts of
the earth—Europe, Aula, and portions or the U-
M. have been searched, and such in aggregation
as baa never been seen since the day Noah enter
<-d the Ark. The mighty Elephant.the great Khi
uoceroa, the illppopottoinas.the Chlmpanzic.the
Ov-rang-outaug or run-out-and-stick-out-your
tongue-out, the greatest living wonders of the
Kge will excite no wonder wnen compared with
the multitude of monster attractions on exhibi
tion at our groat moral Circus and Menagerie.
Tfce roars and howls of the would-be competi
tor who Apes the method*, but cries down the
attractions of our own and ouly Greatest Show
on earth will be drowned In the Joyful acclam
ations of a delighted populace. Remember this
great show possesses no objectionable features
and is the delight of the cultured and refined.
We show under one canopy four great shows,
the Largest stock—Greatest variety—Best
■lloods and styles—lowest Prices. We have at.
crard a magnificent Brass Hand which will be
• prMoJoent feature of our great show. 3 rings
spl/h a seperute and coutlnuous performance
Dtrlog exacted In each ring.
NEW AND IKOVEL
attractions. 3 Jolly ci< wns. The greatest liv
ing. walking, breathli g. tilklcg curiosities of
the age. I'liunny 1-ueilows—sure to sell you
and all the people laugh when they see the bar
gains.thiy offer. Other and greater attractions
jtreet the delighted eye on every side—the l'ro
,!«*»tor and Managers swinging In the living
(tra#»ze attached to the highest plnacle of suc
•xeMU<(!'<-'xtich exhibitions of nerve and daring
K> sweefrfi);; reductions, gor/eou* displays and
wopdtrlu 1 bargains as to call forth the plaudits
at the most prudent aim economical. The 111a.11-
>u;etnent beg leaye to announce that in their uu
ilrtng zeal 111 the search for the rare and curious.
;tMiMiixhlng results have always followed and
we open for' your Inspection a collos
sal collection of bright and new Kali
Style., in Mens' Hoys' and Children*'
''milling. Hats, Caps Underwear. Shirts,
Collars, tuffs. Ties. Hosiery. Handker
chiefs. Mufflers. Gloves, Mittens, Cmbrel
las. Trunks. Valises, Satchels, straps,
Brushes. Combs. Jewelry, Corsets, .ler
sevs. Stockings with a full line of Notions, &c.
Big bargains all through (he show,
•Jioag by the Clown : -
Men and youth and boys and all,
.Short and So'ld.lcan and tall.
*7io need a suit of clothes this fall.
We d« Invite you now to call
jKor wc are toning on the ball,
And you are Mire to make a haul,
Whatever you purchase, great or small.
Song 2 :-"Wha.' are the wild waves saying."
Huy your ciou'ilhg and furnishing goods of
I). A. HECK.
Hong 3"Her bright smile haunts me still."
The smile of satisfaction tLlt beamed from
the face of the lady who d.essed her little
boy In one 01 Heck's irresistaule suits.
II you want to save money and Increase your
piledmppiu and C UKCK.'and he'll make you
all smile.
He possesses the power to spread happlueiM
around.
And his store Is (he place where bargains are
found.
puuns <»f>en at TA. M. clute at 8 p. M. Ad
mittance. «ei»ts free, Ladles and Children half
furier. JB«U*iiiber the place.
33. JL. HECK'S,
Jfo. 11, Hortfc S«U M.. Bio'k,
BDTLER, - PA.
A J FRANK & CO.
—-D*AL*KB Ut-~-
MCUOT,
MCMCINES,
AMD CHEMICALB,
T IUCY AX® TOILET ABTICEB,
WROJIOW, BRUSHES FEBFUMEUY, 4C.
EIV VtMiMaßa' carefully «>-»■
pounaM. hh4 orders answered with care ana
dispatch. OVVUKK of medicines la complete
wirruM i :nnfaM>. and of the best quality.
45 & ut'j Main Street,
-BTJTIjEiiR,, • JPA-
Ae proved remedy lor Consumption and til*.
wie« of Throat aud Lungs.
New Life and Vigor follows Its use.
Ask for Baker's Oil and Malt, or write to
JNO 0, BAKER & CO.,
PhiUdeJohis.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
JDZEHSTTISTIR, x .
0 1/ WALDKOX, Graduate of the Fhila
. IV. delphia Dental College. Is prepared
to do anything lu the Hue of his profession in a
satisfactory manner. .
Office on Main street, Butler, Lnion Block
up stairs.
J a S. LUSKj
Has removed from Harmony to Butler and lias
his office at No. 9, Main St.. three doors below
I.owry Houfee. apr-30-tf.
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties Gold Fillings, and Painless Lx
tr*ction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
OHlre lefTemia Street, one door E«*t of Lowry
Home, I'p Stairs.
Office open dailv, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention.
JL B.— The only Dentist in Butler using the
best makes of teeth.
JOHN E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office No. South Main Street,
BUTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPDS,
Physician and Surgeon,
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLER, IFZETnTHSPA.
DR. R. C. McCURDY,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office on M ill St., over Kemper's store.
Butler, " JPenn'a.
EITINNIUUIR BOTSI,
No. 88 and 90, S. Main St.,
BUTLER, - " PA.
Near New Court House—formerly Donaldson
House accommodations .for travelers.
Oood stabling connected. „ ,
[4-9-'i«-iyl H EITENMLIXEK. Prop'r.
FARM FOR SALE
In Sugarcreek township. Armstrong county.
near Adams P. 0.. one and one-fourth mile east
ot the new oil development in Sugarcieek twp.
Farm contains
100 ACRES,
with bank barn, .'liixoo feet;
BRICK HOUSE.
18X3C feet, 2 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen,
Hxio feet; good spring of water, farm well wa
tered, good orchard of grafted fruit. Farm ill ft
gooi state of cultivation. About
75 ACRES CLEARED,
balance In good timber. Will sell extremely
low for cash. For particular inquire of
J. 11. WICK,
ltlinersburg,
Clarion Co., Pa,
THE ALLENPATENTWASHEB
Why it is Superior to all
Others.
1.1 ITS being enclosed It retains the high
181. temperature so necessary In removing
the dirt from the goods,
InH THEIIE being no Friction on the
Allli. clothing to wear It.
Or A THE j/ecuUar action of the water In the
OIU. Machine {jvhlch cannot be understood
unless one sees it) foiclng a strong current or
water through the clothing at every virbratlon
of the Agitator, (which Is caused by the peculiar
construction of the top ot the Machine.
A4li AND best of all Is that achlld offouryears
tllla can do the work It being so light tii.it
the operator tits down while doing it.
Machines and-county and Towivship lilghts
throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Hold by
SHIHA.S & HAYS,
Eutler, Pa
ft-19-iy
Sllll FIRM FIB SHE.
In Franklin twp., half way between Ppspect
and Whltestown. on the Plttiburß and 1-ranklii,
road, contains fourteen and a quarter acres, has
j;ood buildings—
A New Frame House,
Cood barn and all other necessary outbuildings.
I.and all level, and lu KOO<I stiite of cultivation.
goo<l well water, both nam and soft, mid ituo'l
orchard of all kinds of fruit. For price aud
terms apply to me at my furniture store In Pros
pact.
c. M. EDMUNDSON.
9-2-3 m
Wanted.
We want a few live men
to take orders ior a lull line
of choice nursery stock. Our
stock is all selected and guar
anteed first class. We iur
ninh a handsome Outfit FREE,
also fruit SAMPLES in SEASON.
A WORKER never failn with
us. Don't delay but write at
once for terms, rf*c. to
EDW. O. GRAHAM,
NURSERYMAN,
Rochester, N. Y.
CHOICE FRUIT.
Havlnt? taken the agency for the Choice Fruit
'.tree*,
Beautiful Shrubbery,
Ornamental Trees,
An« eveiytlitnjr else In the Nursery line, of the
New Knxland Nurseries. Phase ltros. & Co., N.
Y.. I will call II|K>II you IN ihenear future aud
solicit your orders for Spring delivery.
A. H, FALLER, Agent,
Butlei% - PH.
J. H. DOUGLASS,
—DEALF.LL IN
STATIONERY
OF ALL KINDS,
Books and Periodicals,
CHEAP TABLETS,
—AMD
Wall Paper,
Eagle Building, Main St.,
BUTLER, - - 3^-A,
i-i-# 7 -iy
ML.F.fiM, Marks
i Invite jour inspection ot their
Btocit of FALL and WINTEK
Millinery Goods.
Receiving gopda every week
theirstock i* always
FEEili AND (JOMPLKT&
11113 I'EAUOUY LETI'EK.
The publication a few days since of the
fac-simile til I'resulont l'cr.body s letter is
still ti:e subject ot luucli ci'inment.
It used to be c.>ii>.ucr>"i a ijuestion uf pro
priety to say a kind word uf the result of a
treatment oilier than that prescribed b\ a
regular practitioner: and the time v as wiitaa j
mail using an advert.sed remedy did so i
more or less surrepliiioitely. However, tins
has happily j-iven away to a briiader ami
more liberal view oi tilings, tyfined in .■lt.
IVab-xiv's franke.\pre>-~.- u that knows ot t
no valid reason why e-.'tmnciidatsoii |
not e C'lltnliy as hearty in one instance a= ■■
in the other. . . .
Certain;v this would un-ear fair m the face !
of the tacts. He was assured that the in* t
jurv would conline hirn to the home for
three weet.s or more, yet m three days
use of the Oil he was out and about bis
d'.iti<?s as if nothing had happened, purely
a remedy that will so practically demonstrate
its etlicacv* and t!:at liao stood lorcmost, as
litis Ht Jacobs Oil, upward of ten years as
unapproachable for the eradication oi [.am,
is justlv entitled to rank as a staiir.atd. .
i'hat many physicians presenile it is as .
true as that many physicians use it, and it is
only those of tJie very old school \\ho : true
to ancient doctrines, can see no {rood in it,
because it is made known to the world. f»ot
long since one ot these dropped acontiden- j
tial note to a friend requesung three bottles |
be sent for his personal u.-e it:.mediately, as j
without it his hands were "simply no hauiis
at all, bat," continued he, ''lor Heavens ,
sake don't say I sniii so. ' Xhis is literally i
true.
E " s CATARRH
Cream Baltr
Cleanses theKffigMßj^
Nasal Passag H^nJ
es, Allay; J
pain and In
flammati on fife- ,
Heals th j^||i
sores, restore
the Senses ol
Taste Tl n f|||| A u.*A.t
Smell. HAY-FEVER
Try tlie cure tlj's Cesm Balm,
\ particle is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable l'rice ."■(» cents at nrupgists ;by inali,
registered, w cts. Circulars free, EIA HKOS,
23.") (iteenwich St. New York.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire insurance Co.
Office Cor. Pfiairi & Cunningham Sts.
-3. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL, TBEABURKB
£l. C. IIEINEMAN, SKCRETAIJY
DIRECTORS:
J. L Purvis, Samuel Anderson,
William Campbell .1. W. Bnrkhart.
A. Ttoutman, Henderson Oliver,
G. C. Itoesslng, James Stephenson,
Dr. W. Irvin, N. Weitzel,
J. F. Taylor. H, C. Heineman,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae'i-
PA.
Planing Mill
AND-
Lumber Yard
J. L. PURVIB. L. O. I'UKVIS,
S.Gr. Purvis & Co.
MAN I'FACTFHERS AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Planed Lumber
Oif EVKUY DiSSCKIPTION,
FRANKS,
MOULDIIsGS,
BAsn,
DOOlto
FL-. ORIHQ,
SIDING
BATTENS,
Cornice Boards,
SHINGLES & LATH
PLANING MILL AND YARD
K^rUeriiiao(!Nllioli('4!bn/eli
Country Gentelman
Tin: HKST OF THf:
AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES.
RIF.VOTKI) TO
FA KM CROPS AMI PKOCESHEH.
MtipiTOll «nVR6MVIM.
LIVE STOCK and DAIKVINd.
While It. also Includes all minor departments ot
Rural Interest, sif-h ai the Poultry Yard, linlo
/i;ology, Ilec-Kcplng (ireenhouKe and drapery,
V'fctaroarv Replies, l-'urin (Questions and An
swers. lnr<- slilij Reading, Domes tic Economy,
and a summary o( the News c'.f the V'/uek. Its
MARKKT KKI'OXTS are unusually complete, ami
much attention Is paid to the Prospects ot the
( Tops, as throwing light upon one or the most
Important or all questions—When to Ituy and
When to Sell. It Is liberally Illustrated, and by
RECENT ENLARGEMENT, contains more
reading matter t ban ever bclore. The Sub.scrlp-
IJo.'i Price Is I'j.so per .var, but we now oner
a SPECIAL KKUCCTION iu our
NEW CLUB KATES FOR 1888 !
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Wit] PAPEHI W*
ti. AViW*^ r ouf
Getting Cold.
Put away the ice-cream freezer,
Clcset now the gowns of tulle;
Shelve the straw and lemon-squeezer
For the weather's getting cool.
Soda fountains are deserted,
Tennis now gives place to pool;
And the iceman's disconcerted
Since the weather got so cool.
From the seashore hies the plumber,
Sad converse the oysters hold,
Steiu.g siyns of shiinking summer,
Now the weather's growing cold,
Adieu, dog days* (water spaniels),
Lucky he whose bin is coaled':
Welcome now, back-number flannels,
Hang it ain't the weather cold?
Seth's Elepkaat
How He Found it —A Sketch
With a Moral.
Seth Applebee was one of the
smartest young men in Pumpton.
At the affc of eight-and-twenty he
bad established himself in business.
Before that he had been clerk and
salesman in the principal store of tbe
town a common country store keep
ing for sale abont everything the
housekeeper or farmer can ceed to
purchase; and tbe store which he
bad opened, on his own hook, was of
the same character. An aged aunt
bad done much toward helping him
in ihe outset so tbat be might b.'gin
business with hia head above board.
"There, Seth; take tbat, and make
tbe very best use of it you can," the
good old lady said, at tbe same time
giving to her nephew a eheek for a
large amount—large for her; aud
large for him—a check for him—a
cbtck of four figures, and tha first fig
urn was not a one. "You are going
to New York to purchase goods?"
"Yes, aunt, I wish to make my
own selection. Aud, further, to tell
the truih. I want to see tbe elephant.
Dou't be alarmed He's a very inno
cent animal, I assure you. I use tbe
term figuratively, simply meaning
tbat I will see a few of the sights as
my own master, with nobody at my
elbow to tell me what I must do, or
where I must go. I fancy it will be
rather pleasant "
"Selh, you will take care of your
self. You will Dot allow your feet
to stray into any of tbe snares and
pitfalls which evil-iuinded men are
ever reudy to dig for tbe unwary
You will be careful."
"You bel? Aunt Patience, you're
a trump; and I know you mean well.
You would do anything for me, I do
believe; and I can't wonder that you
should feci a bit anxious; but don't
you worry-not one bit. Dear aun
ty, let me tell you I have cut my
eye-teeth. The man that can raise
a raise a hand on me isn't up and
about, not quite yet.
"What d'ye meun, Seth, by 'raisin'
a band' on von?"
tbat is a technical term, aunt,
signifying to take one in—to pull
wool over one's eyes; but do be per
fectly easy"
From this it will be seen that Seth
had traveled somewhat outside the
boundiiry of his Sabbath-scbool; and,
whether he had t ssoeiuted with sport
ing characters, or not, their language
hud become fainilar to him. Oue
other thing will be seen; If Seth
was emart, nobody bad a firmer fuith
in the fact tban he had himself.
On a Monday morning, bright and
early, Seth looked to be sure that
his check was safe in bis pocket-book;
then be took out the bank-notes that
lay in another pocket and ran them
over, to make sure tbat all was right.
Eight huudred dollars That was
the sum be bud put in there on Sat
urday, and he found it intact. The
book was put away iu a deep breast
pocket of his vest, and buttoned
snugly up. His money for current
expenses he carried iu a small wallet,
in a pocket of his pants. He was too
old a bird—had cut too much eye
tooth—to espo&o a large amouut of
money in public or on the road.
Seth Applebee landed in New
York, ou the North river side, just at
close of day, aud taking his light
grip-sack iu his baud, ho shouldered
and elbowed the swarming Jehus
out of bis path, und made bis way on
foot to tbe hotel vvhere he had stop
ped two vcars before, while on a
visit to the city with his employer.
His memory was good, and be had
no trouble. The houee was just as bo
had la»t seen it, aud the genial land
lord received him most kindly. In
fact, Seth fancied the man was spec
ially glad to see him. He evidently
ly remembered him, and was proud
of his patronage. If he was not,
then his every word aud act belied
him.
Seth took the key of his room, and
went up with a porter to tbe fifth
floor. It was very high up; but
what a view he would havo iu tho
morning!
After supper Seth sat down and
took up au evening paper. He
thought he would look for tho places
of amusemeut withiu easy reach-
He was thus engaged wLen he be
came aware that somebody had
come up and stopped directly'in front
of him. He looked up. and saw a
neatly dressed, business-looking man,
of middle uge, with a face wiasome
and baudsome. The two eyes, from
behind a pair of gold rimmed glasses,
looked at him sweetly, with a warm,
kindly smile playing arouud them.
"Am I addressing Mr Applebee,
of Pumpton?"
Seth did not intend to be imposed
upon. Not he. He would have no
sharpers picking bim up.
"That's my name, sir," he replied ,
crisply, giving tho man a cool, almost
a contemptuous look.
"I was sure of it," tho gentlemen
went on, taking no notice of the in
tended repulse. "And lam sure of
another thing: I saw you hero two
years ago. Ami not right?
Seth was really surprised. Ho did
not know tim Riau jiad been near
enough to overhear him when he
mentioned to tbe host tho circum
stance of his former visit.
"Certainly, sir. I was here two
years ago "
"So was I. At that 1 was living
in Albany; but a year ago 1 removed
to this city, where I have establish
ed a good business I' you are
thinking of purchasing goods, you
might find it to your advantage to
give mo a call. At all i vents, you
can look in und see me. Will you
take my card}"
Huth took tbe bit of pasteboard,
aud read thereon:
CIIHTIH, HAMILTON A CO.,
IM PGR TICKS.
DEALERS IN FORKIUN AND DOMESTIC
Ditv GOODS.
"My name is Hamilton, sir-Georire
Mr. Custis. I know you would like.
y»y you will call."
BDTLFR. PA., FRIDAY, OCIOBKH 2S, IBs7
When our hero bad promised that
he would call if he could make it in
his way, the gentleman started as
though to turn away; but bethought
better of it, and sat down. He com
menced coversation by asking Mr.
Aj ip'ebee how business was in his
section; and, gradually, be led the
young countryman on to talk of him
self, of his business at home, his so
cial opportunities, his friends, and,
finally, of the business that h?d bro't
bim to the great city.
Then Mr. Hamilton opened his
budget. He told of his own busi
ness. What a business it wa?! Mil
lions of dollars a vear.
"Ah! but it reqires labor, my dear
Applebee. I promise myself this
summer a trip to Enropo. Thus far
Mr Custis has doue our foreign pur
chasing; but I tell him he must let
ine take my turn.
"But bless me! I bad thought of
the opera this evening. W r hat wiil
you do with yourself?"
Seth safd he had thought of soms
place of amusement.
Good! Ln's go together. We'll
decide where it shall be on the way."
By this time our youna: contryman
bad fallen in love with his new-found
friend. He not only gave him his
confidence entirely, but he had taken
him to his heart. He embraced
Hamilton's proposition eagerly. It
was just the thing. And pretty soon
they were in the street, walking up
Broadway.
"By tbe way, Applebee, I'll tell
you tbe truth. It is very seldom
that I drink anything stronger than
tea in the evening; but I am at this
moment just in the mood for one -of
Slovinski's punches. What say you?
Now, mark me. Oil no account let
me—"
But Seth stopped him in full ca
reer.
"Hamilton, not another word. I'm
for a punch. 1 never felt more like it
in my life."
And he spoke truly. He was al
ready exhiliraiing. He was in just
the mood for fun. He felt like enjoy
ing himself. They went into the sa
loon—a place which reminded Seth
at once of Aladdin's palace—a scene
of splendor, of which be had never
seen tbe like before—where they sat
down at a marble table and drank a
punch. Then they chatted a while.
By and by said Hamilton :
"I declare—before we go—"
"Another punch !" filled out Seth
with flushed face and sparkling eyes.
He was not used to mixed drinks,
nor, for that matter, to much alcohol
ic drink of any kind- and the large
goblet of punch already had produced
a decided effect.
They had just drank the second
punch, and Seth was smacking his
lips, when a fine lookiug gentleman,
of about his own age, approached
them, whom Hamilton hailed with
' Ho, Walter! This is a surprise.
Where did you drop from?"
"I'm just from Uncle Tom's "
"Mr Curtis, let me present to you
Mr. Seth Applebee. of Pumpton.
Applebee, this is a nephew of the
senior partner, and the junior—the
Co.—of our Grm "
After a little pleasant chat, the jun
ior partner believed he'd have one of
Slovinski's incomparable punches,
and, of course, be could not drink
alone.
"We'll keep you company, Walter,
but it must be very lightly. My
head won't bear much more of that
stuff," said Hamilton.
Seth could not refuse. While they
sipped tbe third punch Hamilton
ed Custis if the old man had secured
certain cargoes, aud invoices of silks
and velvets, and so on, just arrived.
Custis replied that they had been se
cured to the last bale.
"Who, d'vou suppose, the old man
got to do it for him ?"
"Who was it?"
"Alec Abtor. Stowart was there,
but when he saw Alec, bidding for
the goods—supposing, of course, he
was doing it for himself—he wouldn't
go against him Aba ! pretty neatly
done. By the way, he promised to
meet us here this evening."
"Who?— Alec ?"
"Yes. And i'faitb ! here he is !"
As Custis thus spoke a second man
approached them—a splendid-looking
young fellow —"Au Astor &}l
through !" Seth said to himself.
More eflusive greeting, aud the new
comer was introduced.
"Mr. Applebee—Alexander Astor.
Alec., this is Seth Applebee, of Pump
ton—and one of Ours "
Naturally, another punch—very
light for the three who had already
drunk Then a few minutes of spark
ling, witty chat, without an oath or a
vulgar word of any kind. Seth could
not have found three clergymen more
free from vulgarity and profanity.
By and by said Cu3tis, regretfully;
"Hamilton, I'm sorry to leave you,
but Alec and I have agreed to enjoy
a game of whist this evening, and it
is time we were at it."
Hamilton allowed tho two friends
to arise and start away, when, sudden
ly, he called them back, ant| then
turned to his companion.
"Applebee, I want you to do in
this just as you wish, it you say
tbe theater, why, the theater it is.
Though, I confesd, it's rather late."
"Perhaps," suggested Seth, with a
yearning look toward Custis, "the
gentlemen might not like the com
pany of a stranger."
"Look here, my dear boy!" cried
Custis, indignantly, "dou't you po to
calling yourself a stranger Why,
bless you! you and George will just
fill the bill—make a square gamo of
it. Will you go with us?
He went gladly. He went with
all his heart never felt so large, nor
so full of eager desire for enjoyment,
as it felt at that moment. They went
out—the four of them—and ere long
thereafter were in a moderate-sized,
very tastefully aud artistically furn
ished clubrooui. with a large, elegant
side-board at one end, on which were
bottles, decanters, and glasses,innum
erable; with two waiters iu atten
dance,
There were a dozen gentlemen iu
the room when our party entered, sit
ting at different tables, engaged at
cardplaying; and Seth saw gold and
silver, and bauk uotes on the tables
j Custis led the way to a far corner,
where the glare of the innumerable
gas-jets was somewhat subdued, and
| where there was an empty table.
"Ben!" to one of the waiters, who
bad answered the cull of an electric
bell—"a pack of cards, and—Gentle-
I men, you'll leava this to me—and four
j rum-aud brandy punches.
The cards and the punches were
I brought Tho punches were drank,
with sparkling wit aud sentiment;
uud then Alee. Astor took the cards.
| Say! Upou my word, I'd like, juat
for tbe fun of it, to try a few rounds
' of poker."
"No, no,"said Hamilton promptly.
"I should be agreeable—in fact I
should enjoy it—but Mr. Applebee is
is under my friendly guidance, and I
feel I hat I have no —
"Hoi' on, ole fellow!" interrupted
Seth. almost indignantly. D'you
s'pose I can't play poker? Ho! shove
along the buck (hick), an' 111 show
you!"
"Good! That's glorious!" said Cus
tis, happily. "We'll have a nice
little time all to ourselves. And,say,
Applebee,old fellow, don't go to play
ing any of your Pumpton tricks on
us." .
"Ob! I'll play square, don't you
fear."
And they went at it. Seth bad
found the elephant, but he did not
know it. He knew it not then,
though he had a reminder of the fact
latter.
He had fallen in with three confed
erates, whose business it was to en
trap and fleece whomsoever they
could—three blaok-legs of the mo3t
unscrupulous yet accomplished char
acter, Perhaps a sharp eyed news
paper man, or a keen poltecemau of
experience, might have detected
somethiug of their character in their
faces aud general appearance, but the
casual observer could not have seen
it.
The man called Hamilton had
spotted the victim when he landed on
the pier, aud had not again lost sight
of him. In his conversation with
him in the office of the hotel he had
learned that he—Seth—had come to
the city to purchase a large quantity
of goods; nod, furthermore, that he
would pay cash for them. That was
enough. The man who had the cash
for such goods as the Pumpton mer
chant contemplated purchasing was
the man wanted.
The man called Custis had been on
the sidewalk, and Hamilton had
brushed against him, as they left
the public house. Then Custis had
gone aud notified tbe man called
Alec Astor. And so, iu the end,
the elephant had beeu brought
forth.
At Grst Seth won small sums. Then
he drank another rum and brandy
pncch. By and by the stakes in
creased; aud at length came the grand
turning point.
A hand—five cards—had been
dealt to Seth which was wonderful.
Four jacks He couldn't let it pass
He bet the last dollar he had. Custis
"saw him," and "raised him" a hun
dred dollars, that is—bet a hundred
more. Seth must cover it, or lose all
he had put on the board, and give up
that magnificent hand It was by
far the best haDd that had appeared
during tbe evening.
'.What do you do, Applebee?"
"Say—l've got a check—l'll put
th.it down for a hundred dollars, and
call"
"Then you won't go a hundred
better?"
"Yes, by th under! I will! I see
that hundred, and I'll—go—l'll—go
—you five hundred better!"
"What's the amount of tbe
check?"
"Three thousand dollars! I rather
—(bic) —think that's good."
"All right. Suppose 1 cash it."
"That'll do "
The check was cashed.
The five hundred dollars which
Seth had bet was covered by an equal
amount, and Custis raised it a thou
sand more Seth looked at hi& band.
Could he let it go? No. He "saw"
the thousand—covered it with a
thousand dollars of his own, and
called.
" What you got?"
Custis tnrew down four queens.
Alasl for Seth's poor jacks But he
would not give it up so. His friend
Hamilton, who sympathized with
him deeply, and promised to see him
safe through it, advised him to have
bis revenge—to go at Custis and As
tor \yhb all the pluck bo could mus
ter. And he took the advice.
He drank more rum and-brandy
punch, and played on—played until
his friend Hamilton took him by tho
arm and led biin to bed, promising to
call in the morning aud "fix matters.'
The morning came, finding Setb
about aa miserable aud unhappy as
it is posssible for a man to be. He
soaked his head in cold water, and
isat down and thought. After a
time he remembered the scene—re
membered enough to tell him what
tho whole bad been. It was ten
o'clock before be gave up tho friend
ship of Hamilton entirely. By that
time tho truth was known to him
He possessed of his three thousand
hundred dollars, just a fifty
dollar bank noto, which Hamilton
had put into his band the last thing
before leaving him
Ha! thought, at length, of the
check. Could he stop its payment?
Alas! he was too late. It had been
cashed not ten minutes before his ar
rival the bauk.
So he went home, and after spend
ing a week in bed, really and truly
sick, he told to his old aunt the
whole terrible story. Perhaps the
old lady did wrong, but she felt in
her heart that her dear boy had been
punished sufficiently, and she did not
believe that he could ever ugain lie
led into error through tho sin of gam
bling After a time she gavo him
another check, of which he made such
good and profitable use tbat, at tbe
end of three years, he was able to pay
back to her the full amount of tbat
which be had expended in Soeiug the
Elephant..
We trust this simple sketch may
be of use to some who read it May
it lead the stranger iu the great city
to be on his guard continually, aud
never accept tbe guidauce of a man
whom he does not thoroughly under,
stand — Si/lvanua ,Jr., in New
York Ledyer
The Use of a Pig's Tail.
From the Gmuha World.)
Philosopher—Yes, there are many
useless things in nature. A pig's
tail, for instance, is of no use at all.
Patrick—\o use is it, you say. Did
yez iver say a pig?
"Oh, yes."
"Did yez ever thry to drive a pig
into a new pen?"
"No."
"Yez thry it some day. The tail
was made to take hold of an' pull.
Thin the baste thinks yes is tbryiug
to puli him out ov the pen an' in he
lapes."
—Maochester-by- tho-Sea has a
handsome new library building, but
we doubt if it is any more serviceable
than the oue which we have here in
Somer-ville - about- three- and-a-balf
miles-fro m-1 ho- water.
Vacation Is Over.
"Vacation i? over," the small boy cried,
And the teitrs from his eyes did wipe;
"The hateful old school begins," he sighed,
''Just as apples and pears are ripe,
And a fellow must lose all tbe fruit and fun,
'Cause vacation's over, and school's begun,
"Vacation is over," the farmer said,
As he rubbed his hands in glee,
'And a nisn can enjoy his own fruit, instead
Of having boys skin each tree;
And the dog will have something better to
eat
Than a thievish urchiu's trouser seat."
A StOry of Fortune in the Oil
Regions—lt is Recalled by
the Death of a Horse Which
was 28 Years Old.
BRADFORD, PA., Oct. 18.—There
died on a farm near Bear Lake,
Crawford county, a few days, a horse
that in January, 1865, figured promi
nently in one of the most important
operations in the history of oil devel
opment in Venango county—an op
eration by which tbe owDer of the
borse and his two brothers, without
a dollar of capital, made a million
dollars apiece. The horse was
known as "the Pratber horse," and
was formerly the property of the lite
George Prather, of Meadville. It
was nearly 28 years old.
George Prather was one of three
brothers—John, George and Abra
ham—who started a country store in
the village of Plainer, Venango coun
ty, in 18C4. John Prather was
married to the daughter of an old
former named Holmden, who lived on
Pithole creek, seveu miles beyond
petroleum developments in 18G4. In
the fall of that year representatives ot
a new corporation, known as thft Un
ited States Oil Company, leased a
part of old Inan Holmden's farm and
began putting down a well on it.
The era of bogus oil companies,
which subsequently swindled the
public out of millions of dollars in a
few months' time, was then begin
ning. No one in the neighborhood
of Holmden's had any faith in tbe
existence of oil thereabouts, but the
Pratlot brothers thought that on the
strength of the United States Com
pany's having begun actual operati
ons on the farm, they might utilize
the fact in a little speculation of their
own. They had no money, but John
Prather, the son-in-law of the owner
of the farm, made the latter an offer
of $25,000 for the refusal of the re
mainder of his farm for| sixty days.
As $25,000 was more than ten times
the value of hi-j property, Holmden
took the chances of the boys being
able to raise the money, and readily
signed the papers.
By tbe middle of November the
drill on tbe United States lease bad
reached third sand, tbe sand in which
oil had invariably been found along
Oil creek, but no oil was found. The
drill was continued, however, to de
lay the day of failure and to give op
portunity for tbe placinu: of more of
the company's stock with credulous
speculators. Cold weather came on
and compelled operations to cease
for the time, just as the drill reached
a fourth sand, something till then un
known.
The Prather boys had not done
anything with tbe Holmden farm as
late as January, 1865. Then they
concluded to push it in tbe market,
as they believed a few weeks more
would see the failure of tho United
States Company's scheme. George
Prather was sent East to find a cus
tomer for the farm. At Pittsburgh
ho interested C. B. Duncan, of the
firm of Duncan & Kent, in the mat
ter, and the two went on to Phila
delphia to disposo of the property.
Toward tbe middle of January the
weather grew mild, and there came a
break-up. The superintendent of
the United States Company paid a
visit tho well, with the intention of
drawing tbe tools aud abandoning tbe
work. His curiosity prevailed upon
him to BEE what the character of the
fourth sand was, and he fired up and
started the drill. It had takeu but a
few turns when it dropped eight feet
iu the rock and tapped the oil vein.
The well was tubed, and it suddenly
began flowing, spouting oil at q 300-
barrel rate.
That was before tho days ot oil
well "mysteries," and the news of
the strike on tbe Holmden farm
soon spread through the region. The
farm at once jumped among the mil
lions in value. John and Abraham
Prather were wild. Their brother
George was in the East trying to
sell the farm, and, ignorant of the oil
strike, might even thoq buvo dispos
ed of jt for a song. Telegrams were
sent to bim at Pittsburgh and Phila
delphia, but he could not be found.
There was as yet no railroad commu
nication between Oil City and Pitts
burgh. Ueorge Pratber owned a
very fleet and stroug young horse,
and John mounted that horse, and
started for Pittsburgh He did not
leave the saddle until ho had madt)
tbe entire distance, nearly 100 miles,
over tbe crooked aud billy roads alon?
the Allegheny river. At Pittsburgh
he took the cars for Philadelphia. If
tho train had been one minute late
tho Prather boys would have lost
§5,000,000, for John met his brother
(ieorge and Duucan on the (jirard
House steps, au they were on their
way to cloHe out the sale of the farm
for $1,000,000. Tbe three took the
next train for Pittsburgh, aud reach
ed the lloltnden farm tho day before
the sixty days' refusal expired. Pit
hole creek was then overrun with ex
cited oil-specqlators, aqd almost any
price was offered for land. The riso
of Pithole city had begun. Mrs.
Holmden, the old farmer's wife, re
fused to sign tbe deed to tbe farm un
less the price was put at $125,000
and a present $. r > 000 in gold was
given her. The $ 1'25,000 was quick
ly raised by selling a very small in
terest in the farm, but tbe whole
property name near being forfeited iu
the search for tbe $5,000 in gold. It
was obtained through the banker
Culver, of Itouseville, just iu time to
sav« the property. Tbe Prather
boys and Duucan made $4,000,000 on
tho property, and all left Pithole be
fore the bottom dropped out. All
three of tbe boys lost their fortunes
afterward in speculation. George di
ed in Meadville The horse tbat
had carried bis brother to Pitts
burgh on that eventful January day
with tbe news ot the oil strike ut Pit
bole was qsed by bim for several
years, and after his death was sold to
the farmer who owned it until its
death last week.
Long before tbe crash came at Pit
hole it was known tbat tbe capital of
tbe United States Oil Company was
fictitious, aud tbat its venture on tbe
Holmden farm was eutiroly of tbe
wiklcat order, pi ado for the purpoeQ
of gelling its stock. Tbat it became
suddenly one of the wealthiest com
panies ever organized in the oil re
gions and was enabled to par enor
mous dividends was to none so much
of a surprise as to its projectors them
selves. It made the fortune of every
one connected with it, and is referred
to still as the most successful wildcat
venture in the history of any specu
lation.
A Growl at the Postal Card.
The postal card is a device concoct
ed by very small men to save a
few cents ol postage per annum at
the expense of hundreds of dollars
lost through unbusinesslike methods.
It is the instrument of the coward
and the refuge of dead-beats. Good
men use it while they despise it, and
mean men naturally take to it and
perpetuate it. For two cents any
ordinary business matter, intelligent
ly elaborated and concealed, from the
impertinent gaze of post-officials and
office subordinates, can be carried
from one side of the continent to the
other: yet to save one small copper
cent, alleged business men contiuue
to write cramped and unintclligable
messages on postal cards that either
contains requests lor which, in all
good conscience, a postal stamp
should be enclosed, or are so unsatis
factory or unfilable that they inevit
ably find their way to that convenient
receptacle of all nuisances, the office
waste basket.
A , B. & Co. advertise a specialty
in a trade paper. The next mail that
sweeps from the north, east, south or
west brings them a flood of postal
cards, asking prices, discounts, etc.
Not a word or indication on the pos
tal card as to the business standing
of the inquirer. Not a postage stamp
attached or enclosed for a reply. No
room for a courteous or business-like
request. Simply a dirty little postal
card and a thoughtless or impertinent
demand.
The postal card in business is a
tattling interloper. It is a traveling
nuisance, It has a seedy and sneak
ing appearance. It has the look of
the man that asks the loan of ten
cents uutil to morrow. Its brea'.h is
bad Kick it out.— lron Trade Re
view.
When a Congressman Dies.
When a congressman dies his as
sociates always set apart a few hours
of the session to deliver eulogies upon
the greatness and goodness of their
departed associate. In the majority
of instances the proceedings are a
mere farce. Unless it be some na
tional character like the late General
Logan, the members outside of the
delegation from the State of the de
ceased do not pay the slightest at
tention to what is going on. They
either leave the hall or occupy the
time in answering their correspond
ence.
Address after address is delivered
and then comes the customary reso
lution to print them in book form
No less than 12,000 volumes are issu
ed in each case, all neatly bound, and
containing a handsome steel engrav
ing of the deceased statesman. Each
of these engravings cost the neat little
sum of SSOO. Lately it has been a
very difficult matter to get the work
done at even that figure. The num
ber of portrait engravers competent
to do the work is limited, and in
several instances it has been neces
sary to send It out of the country.
Of this number it is customary to al
low the widow aud family 500 copies.
Sometimes there is considerable diffi
culty experienced in making up the
book— Boston Traveller.
Wanted Their Money Back.
Charles C. Cooley, a former hotel
proprietor in a small town in Adams
Co., O . was in Cleveland last week
seeking the aid of the police to bring
to justice a gang of alleged swindlers
who have brought sorrow on his
gray head and depleted hid purse.
Last May he was induced by one J.
P. Brown of Kentucky, to purchase a
royalty for a newly invented churn.
Brown operated extensively in
Adams, and so impressed the good
people of that section of the country
that were were millions in his scheme,
that he had no trouble in disposing
of royalties right and left. His
method was to sell the exclusive
royalty for any county in the State
for S2OO. The Sheriff of the county
purchased five of these, and Cooley,
a hotel keeper, paid Brown $,'500 for
three countioe iu Northern Ohio.
lie came up here and started out
to sell the patent churn. lie met
with poor success, and upon taking
the churn to an expert the latter pro
nounced it worthless aud a fraud
Cooley then started to square things
with young Brown, lie found him
at Jackson, W. Va., and there would
have been a sanguinary meeting be
tween the pair had not spectators in
terfered. Cooley then came back to
Cleveland to secure a warrant for
Brown's arrest The prosecutor in
formed him that he had no jurisdic
tion iu the matter aud that an affi
davit would have to be secured in
Adams. This Cooley will do. This
same Brown has operated extensive
ly in Indiana, Ohio and West Vir
ginia.
A Woman's Nerve.
The Albuquerque (N. M ) Citizen
records the courage and presence of
mind of a lady of that place. Wliile
iu her garden picking berries she fell
something bite her on the neck just
below the ear. She quickly put her
hand to the place when a centipede
curled itself around her forefinger.
Sho immediately brushed it off with
her other hand, and, strange to relate,
did not faint or scream, but ran int
the house, and finding the ammoui
bottle empty, took a big knife and
stuck tho blade into the tiro in the
stove until it got hot, when she ap
plied it to tho wound. Next Bhe took
some soda and applied that, fastening
it by wrapping a cloth around &<*u
neck. By this time her neck be ua
to swell, and she says sho felt om
though the top of her head was ab
to secede, and closed her teeth tightly
to make sure that her bead was not
gone. Iu a short time she felt reliev
ed, and then informed her daughter.
She did not even call for a doctor,
but she has procured another supply
of ammonia.
—Tho weary and woe-begono ex
pression of the dyspeptic is soon
changed into one of health and hilar
ity by using Laxador. It only costs
25 cents.
When your child iB suffering, giva
it Dr. Hull's Baby Syrup, which will
at one? rQlipre and permanently cure
by isoothing aotion. Price 25 cts.
Grace and The Moon.
Dear little Grace at the window stood,
Watching, that winter night.
The great rennd moon in the far blue sky,
Where it shone so big and bright.
Till a cloud swept over its shining face,
Then she turned with a little pout;
"1 wanted to look at the moon," she said
"But somebody's blowed it out!"
Agricultural.
The corn tbat will keep best for
seed is that which has cured weil on
the stalk and been hung in a dry
place.
Where the dry weather has injur
ed the pastures keep the sheep off, as
they graze very close, the effect of
which would be felt by the pasture
crop next season.
Toe turkeys should be given full
range HOW, as there are no crops
they can harm. They will find a
large portion of thfcir food, and a
large flock can be raised at a very
small cost if given plenty of room.
After gathering the uuts, in a week
or ten days alter, pick them over, us
ing only the sound ones, and destroy
all wormy one by burning tbem, as
the destruction of the nuts will be
the mean.-* of destroying insects that
may do damage another season.
If the steers be poor and refuse to
eat, or do not thrive, look for lice.
If lice bo present sponge them with a
solution of insect powder, and give
each steer half a pint of linseed meal
daily in the food Many of the ills
of cattle may be attributed to lice.
A Kentucky farmer recommends
that the best way to kill out willows
is to peel them three or feet feet from
the ground down to the earth, sever
iug the bark front the tree, which
should be done the latter part of
spring, leaving the trees to stand,
which die and make excellent stove
wood,
A correspondent of the Farmer#'
Review thus gives a method for keep
ing cabbage: "Take firm heads, cut
oft the corner leaves and the stem to
about one inch of the head, then wrap
two thicknesses of paper snugly
around the heads and hang them in a
cool well-ventilated cellar. Only a
few leaves near the paper will become
dry. Put them away in the fall
before the snow comes."
How Cleveland Gets Up His
Speeches.
From the New York Sun (Dem.)]
What sort of preparation has been
bestowed by Mr. Cleveland npon his
series of Western speeches ? The
question leads to a matter of some
delicacy, which it is not altogether
pleasant to discuss
Respect for the office of the Chief
Magistrate deters us from subjecting
Mr. Cleveland to the indignity of the
parallel column; nevertheless, literary
conscience requires that the source of
his eloquence should be plainly indi
cated. We print below one continu
ous passage from the Indianapolis
speech, broken at intervals by the
fragments of another continuous pas
sage from the article on Indianapolis
in a certain well-known repository of
general information:
"Indianapolis was first settled in 1819."
"Indianapolis was first settled by John
Po«ue in March, 1819." —The American
Cyclopedia.
"One year thereafter its population nnm
bered fifteen families."
"In about a year from that time it number
ed fifteen families." —Tlie American Cyclo
pedic. f
"Ohosen as the seat of the State Govern
ment in 1821.
"It was chosen as the scat oI the State
Government in January, 1821."—The Am
erican Cyclopedia.
"It was about that time laid out as a town
auil given its present name."
"At the same time the Legislature gave it
its present name and appointed commis
sioners tr> lay it oft'as a town." —The Am
erican, Cyclopedia.
"It had no corporation nntll 183(5."
"It was incorporated in 183(5." —The Am
erican Cyclopedia.
"And did not receive a city charter till
1847."
"And received a city charter in 1847." —
The American Cyclopedia.
This passage in Mr. Cleveland's
speech is lifted bodily from the Am
erican Cyclopedia. The slight
changes in language—changes of the
verb's mood, or of the construction
from the affirmative to the negative
expression of the same idea —are such
as iu the ordinary cases of plagiarism
servo to establish the intent of the
literary pilferer.
We shall not attempt to character
ise Mr. Cleveland's appropriation of
the Cyclopedia's facts and phrases.
We are quite sure Mrs. Cleveland is
not a party to the proceeding. Up
to the present time she has undoubt
edly listened to the well-rounded pe
riods of the President's speeches
without a suspicion that the language
was not original with him, or that
the facts aud ideas were drawn from
any other source than his own pri
vate stock of geographical and histor
ical knowledge.
Blaine's Happy Retort.
John O. A Leißhman, "of Pitts
burg, who was in Loudon at the same
time that James Q. Blaine was there,
tells the following story as one which
particularly delighted the American
colouy:. ..
At a dinner party Blaine was mild
ly accused by an English politician
of discourtesy in changing one of the
customary forms of address in diplo
matic documents when he was Secre
tary of State. ,Up to that time it bad
always been customary* for English
diplomats in making proposal's to use
the p'bra*9e "Her Majesty expects,"
while'tbe corresponding .term in Am
erican documents was '-'The President
begs to. hope,!' VVben Blaine took
office ho changed .this, and wrote,
"The. President expects,'" ahd there
by offended English ideas Of diploma
tic' etiquette. Mr. Blaine did not
avoid the point when called in ques
tion on the occasion named, lie
said: It may have been-quite right
for us to only "beg to hope" when we
were only a little nation o£li-ve or six
millions. But now that we are 50
millions to your 35 millions, I think
we have as much right to 'expect' as
you havo."
• The Euglishmat mournful y ac
knowledged the corn !
A violiu mado for Louis XIV by
Arnati has just been sold.for $3,500
at Buda Pestli.
—The railway companies in Rus
sia.are obliged by edict to use elec
tric lights.
—Thirty-three thousand gas wells
havo been drilled in Pennsylvania
and New York.
—.A 10,000-pound plate was re
cently rolled near Pittsburg for a
Goveruiheutcruiser. It was 10 feet
long, f5 feet wide and 'J inches thick t
and ih'j heaviest ever rolled.
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