V- ij XXV BOOTS SHOES and RUBBERS, | Have You Bought Them Y'et, If Not This message It Is To You Individually. Ttt'TI.ER. November, loth. lssT. Why Will You Not Come ?! Wher. .vou haveoffm like tile above b *to°my'li'.Vw" o!Ter»g ; What More Can You Ask The goods arc ot the best, all marked I away<J™*™ alll be■ suited. children and them pioperiy fitted with good servicable shoes that will wear them until Spring. IT WILL DO YOU GOOD Every pair warranted. The Ladies awe not l*eft I have the largest and finest line of Ladies'shoes ever shown in Butler and forked at & Ladles Waukenphattst and Common Sense Shoes and many othc* styles to select frcm. Mens' and Boys' Fine Shoes. law? thls e 6hw F] Thl^e^y'e^uirto'any , S}2 B oi t ?h(X! m Butler. Boys' nne Button or Lace shoe ft .00 to $1.25, AN [LEGAHT LINE.-FINESUPPERS In Mens', L; dies'. Hisses' and t lilldrens'. I took special care in selecting this line, and lam pre pared to SLOW you a \ery large and attractive line of hue Slippers. Specialties! Specia/ties! Lad'es' St)ring Heel Shoes and Slippers. Ladles' Felt Sole Shoes and Slippers. Ladic.V Warm Slices indriUppers? LiiMes liSgh Button Over-shoes, Mens' Low in aep Bojts m hip and Calf, mens telt Boots, Old Mens* Boots and Shoes, etc., etc. BOOTS and SHOES MADE to ORDER I have a larjje stock of Kip Boots of my own m ike on hand.?, lonj leg, heavy sole, box toe, wlilch I will sell cheap. All orders by mail promptly attended to. R(FiIFINB. BON LfITM MO M3sf.fi WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. tyLeather and Findings, Blacksmltlis' Aprons &c., at Rock Bottom prices. The Rubber House of Butler Competition is knocked silly when they try to compete with me In Rubbers, I handle and guaran tee the Boston Rubber < o's good* i)>'lievlng them to he the b ;st. rubber goods ma te. 1 handle me Candee but will recommend the Bouoti above all others. I will sell Hi « 3)513! 31111 33SIS IISUS, without sllpiirs or i?.3> with slippers. C.url >e sim ? price as Boston. I have the best cheap Rub ber It-Mt 'ml! p-lc l S 1.0 >. n )vs, rouths', mic itlirens' itubher BootsSt oe to si.so Ladles'ana Mlss-s' IM >oer Boots 5t.10 to 5t.35. D)a'i sp-il a dollar for Rubbers until you examine my stock and prices. Would be glad to see you when in Butler. Yours, 4c., JOHN BICKEL, 22 South Main Street, - THE CELEBRATED ALLEN WASHER. Why it is Superior to All Others iu the Market! —1 Ft. Being ensily worked, and does the & work more rapidly than any other machine. 2nd. Being enclosed prevents all splashing of water and inhaling of steam, so injurious & |pL ,jrl to health, and unavoidable in the use f>f all B open machines or the washboard. Thou- sands of women are yearly broken down in —I war'i*' , t- T -t-}, bfalth hy the labor of the washboard and in- Wfc} -'' '■ y % baling of the sickening fucies of the wash | " tnh, from clothes worn on the person or bed Br- ,ot both sick and well. This is not tho case pT;"'" ' "■% it' til" Allen washer; being ei.elo.-ed it Yjgjf- ■ y ? '*•* -rt£v •: ■ retains the high tcni pe rat urc so necessary iu ■P? 'C , r< tuovint* the dirt fr> t.i the got d-: another £ \ 'i•* 1 r :i ; t i- th»t tin re i- no frief,i..n en j." ' clothing to dam ge them Persons who have n-< d 110- .Mien «a.-'.:.-r -ay ti.ey Mleve that L ■ f-■ \ it will save the price of it in less than a - 882 The peculiar action of the water in the f '~ »} machine (which cannot be onderatood micas j* * - \ or -e sees it; forcing a strong current of water ra|\ tiirongh the c.lolliiug at every vibration of YJ the agitalor, which caused by 'he peculiar construction ot the top of the machine, in connection with the New Champion Wring er, makes the Allen Washer a household MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY SHIM, SHI & HAYS Butler, P^. New Drugstore JUST OPENED, NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES, AT 1.90,1 JEFFERSON ST., Where you will find a full line of Fine Drugs, Chemicals, Per fumes and Toilet Articles. Agents for IVIi iilmij Moutrose Dealer. Keno, and Scissors Cigars. Best 5 and 10 cent Cigars in town. Prescriptions carefully compounded by an experienced Pharmacist. iour patronage respectfully solicited. DR. D. E. WILES, Prop'r. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ;iu tfiiSFisi iiisocifii! STORE iu Butler, three doors west ot West Penn Depot. ; Having opened a fresh stock of (JROCERIKS eon- sting of coffee. Teas. Sugar. Syrup. Spices, Canned Goods of &li kinds. Hams, Bacon, Lard, &e., &c,. Tobacco and Oigrar's, ' FUH'K of be-t brands and iow prices ; also, i full line of Klingler's popular brands of famil} 1 flour constantly on h mds. HAY. ttATS, CORN and 1' Er'D of all kinds a! | lowest tlgures. I ,\o l.Nall.f ower any oilier House in Itntlrr. Country Produce wanted for which the highest i price will be paid. Call and examine our stock j and prices. .. . lioods delivered free to all parts of town. j J.J. KEARNS & CO., j 74 East Jefferson St., - - Butler Pa I The Grreat EXPOSITION! i, raTswniE. 4, We annouuee to the people far and wide that we will exhibit our collcssal aggregation of startling' wonders, to secure which all parts of the earth—Europe. Asia, and portions ot the L' 1 S. have beea searched, and such in aggregation as has never been seen since the day Noah enter ed the Ark. The mighty Elephant.the great Rhi noceros, the Hippopottomas.the Chlmpanzle.the Ou-rang-outang or run-out-aad-stlck-out-your tongue-out. the greatest living wondere of the age will excite po wonder wnen compared with the multitude of monster attract! ins on exhibi tion at our great moral Circus ai>d Menagerie. The roars and howls of the would-be competi tor who Apes the methods, but cries down the attractions of our own and ouly Greatest show on eartU will be drowned in the joyful acclam ations of a delighted populace. Remember this great show p <ssesses no objectionable features and Is tue deilght of the cultured aud rerlned. We show under cue canopy four great shows, the Largest Stock—Greatest variety—Best Goods and styies—Lowest Prices. We have se cured a magnificent P.rass Band which will be a prominent feature of our great show, a rings with a seperate and coutlnuous performance being enacted in each ring. NEW AND NOVEL attractions. 3 Jolly Clowns. The greatesi >tv, Ing, walking, breathing, talking curiosities of the and all the people laugh when they ,-ee the bar gains, they otter. Other and greater attractions greet "the delighted eye on every side—the Pro prietor and Managers sw nging in the flMng trap2ze attached to the highest pinacle of suc cess, give such exhibitions of nerve and daring in sweeping reductions, gorgeous di-|rtays and wonderful baigaiiisas to call forth the plaudits oi the most prod- lit alio economical, 'l'l.e man agement beg leave io announce that in their un tiring zeal in the s.-arcl, for the rare and curious astonishing results have always followed and we open lor your inspection a COIIOB saI co.lection ot bright and new Fall Styles ill Mens' Boys' and Chtldrens' Clothing, Hats, Caps Underwear, Shirts, Collars. Cuffs. Ties. Hosiery. Handker chiefs. Mufflers. Gloves, Mllteus, Umbrel las. Trunks. Valises, Satchels Straps, Brushes. Combs, Jewelry. Corsets. Jer seys, Sto-kings with a full line of Notions, &c. Pig bargains all through the show, Song by the Clown s - Men and youth and boys andialt, sin.rt aud So'nl.leau and tall, Wno need a -uit of clothes this fall, We do invite you now to call For we are io'ltintr on the ball. And you are sure to make a haul. Whatever you purchase, great or small. Song 2"What are the wild waves saying." l!uy your Clothing and Furnishing goods of 1). A". HECK. i Song .I:—''Her bright smile haunts me still," The smile of satisfaction that beamed from the face of the laoy who dressed her little boy in one ol ileck s lrresLstable suits. If you want to save money and Increase your pile droppin and (' HECK, and he'll make you all smile. He possesses the power to spread happiness around. And his store Is the place where bargains are found. Doors open at T A.M. Close at 8 P. M. Ad mittance. Gents Free, Ladies and Children half price. Remember Ihe place. D. A.. HECK'S, No. 11, North Main St., Daffy's Blo*k, 3DTLHR, - PA. Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties :—Gold Killings, and Painless Ex traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. Oflicc on JefferM»i Street, one door East of Lonry Holme, I'p Stairs. Office open daily, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mail receive prompt attention, N. B.— The only Dentist in Butler using the best makes of teeth. JOHN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AM) SURGEON Office No. 65 South Main Street, BUTLER, - PA. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS, Physician and Surgeon. No. 10 West Cunningham St., BUTLER. E)S i<T'TISTR Y . 0 1 1 WAMIRON. Graduate of the Pliila ■ ilelphia Dental College, Is prepared to do anything I:, the line of his profession in a satisfactory manner. Olliee on Main street, Butler, Union Block up stairs. J. S LUSK, BfIL.D,, lias removed from Harmony to Butler and has his office at No. 9, Main St., three doors below I.owry House. apr-30-tf. DH. R. C. McCURDY, ~~ Fliyitirlaii and Surgeon, Offlceon M iu St., over Kemper's store. Butler, Penn'a. (ITIIKIUEIIITIL, No. 88 and 90, S. Main St., BUTLER, - - Near New Court House—formerly Donaldson House—good accommodations for travelers, (joodstabling connected. [4-9-'8«-ly 1 11 EITENMULLEIt. Prop'r. mi i M Fflllll fli Franklin twp., half way between Prospect and Whltestowu. 011 the Pittsburg and Franklin road, contains fourteen and a quarter acres, has good buildings— A New Frame House, (Jood barn and all other necessary outbuildings. Land all level, and in good state of cultivation, ! good well water, both liaru and soft, aud good orchard of all k:nds of fruit. For price aud terms apply to me at my furniture store lu Pros pect. C M. EDMUNDSON. 1 o*2-3m I l lSF"Advertise in the CITIZEN. I can cured of your or[jE(?/Ous}|EAD/?CHE byusirt3 I j for 9il /THLOP/ioKo?co L iii Wall ST. Sen York. 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If lean the body, light the wings; His laccy hath more verge and room, Who least upon the wind that brings The flowers of hops to blcoui. So, if no smoking turkey grace This day my clean but humble board, I'll think what might have been my case If rich, and thank the Lord. No gout awaits my coming age, No bulbous nose like lobster red. To vex my temper iuto rage, Or liil my days with dread. Leare to the rich his roast and wine; Death waits on him who waits for all; Tbe doctor will be there by nine, By twelve the priest will call. Lord, in all wholesome, moderate ways Keep me, lest it should hap me worse; Teach one to fill his mouth with prai»e Who never filled his purse. An Ideal Thanksgiving. As there are abuses the law can not reach, go thera are people no holi day includes. Thei'e is a time of the year when vagrants—criminals, in a word, tbe destitute as a body—are feasted with good things and made to share tbe comforts of the rich. But as comprehensive as this charity may be, as minute in its search after recipients, as thoughtful in the choice of creature comforts, it is pitifql to think bow many yet remain in the "highways and hedges out of reach. Can you imagine a gathering ot such as these? We see much of the other side of the picture,but it is startling to think that those who come to the sur face are only the minority. Beueath etery success, however modest and obecure, there is a superstructure of accumulated failare»»j and for one or ten whom we see in moderate cotn« fort and unassuming ease, there are 100 or 1,000 who have boen to weak too swim. I had been to many fully spread boards, public and private, on this day of typical tbanksgiviug tor all the blessings and good gifts ot the year; but one to which 1 was acci dentally introduced late in the even ing proved of greater iuterest aud rarity than any of the other. The host was a gray beaded man, wifeless aud childless,rich, odd, disap pointed and generally supposed to be misanthropic. He had no aim in life;uo interest strong enough to absorb him, no will stable enough to bold the reius. He gave to every oue who ask «.d, but no work of charity interested There was no pursuit, physical or mental, which could so sustain him as to turn bim from vain regiets and impartial longings. He bad never louud his place iu lit?; had never known necessity, and therefor# never lasted the excitement of the race for existence, which some time or other gives at least a dash of interest to tbe most uacucccßßful career. He was not irreligious, but he belonged to no religious body, and when aoy one told bim that he had much to thank Providence for he would shrug his shoulders in wonder. As the years went on this man brooded more and more over disap pointed hopes, aud took a morbid pleasure in Guding out cases of fail ure in all the various callings of life He dwelt on the subject until it be came a monomania One or two ac quaintances—he had no heart friend out of compassion advised him to turn the brooding to practical use by benefiting men in situations like his own. Such was tbe singular host. As for the guests, they were as various in class, education, birth and appear l ance as they could be, evea in a city where everything under the sun is more or less represented. All who are bankrupt and ruined in reputation and position, or in their own estima tion, had a representation at that strange feast of morul equality. Every degree of shabbiness, ot dilapidation, iu face or garment, was present; for no rule was mude as to dreßS, and those whom shame or idleness made remiss were as freely admitted as they who had made little pitiful attempts at decency. The talk was mild and characteristic, chiefly occupied with the past or tbe future as it might have been. On the host's right hand sat a man iu rusty black, with nervous baud that clutched at thiugs aud trembled as they held glass or fork or napkin He bad never been a criminal, never willingly harmed any oue, never en tertained a deliberately uukind thought, and yet to all intents aud purpot-es be was a murderer and a suicide. His spirit, was dead, or in its last agonies, aud ot this he was dim ly conscious in a dispairiug sort of way. On tbe host's left, the other place of tionor—aud what a significant dis linction to occupy those prom'neut 8a 8— <at the jauu'iest iui i i ;ual ot the wbole patty. At tir»t signt it would have been difficult to say why ue had bis share at this banquet of ibe ruiued, disappoiuted, bereaved and afflicted, it was uot his look nor bis dress that told the secret, but his words He was better dressed than any of his fellows, and a self satisfied expression was upon bis face But you soou saw a blank iu the midst of that self satisfaction—the lack of something, which mysterious some thing would have just put him be yond tbe pale of our frieud's circle. He talked louder than the rest and neld out the comfort of irresponsibili ty in the present and annihilation hereafter —no God to restrain us now, aud none to judge us latter; but tbe lack ot that "something" made bis face grow ugly aud hard aB he ex pounded bis theories, aud bis own ap pearance wus but a poor argument iu lavor of bis theories. A curious rivalry between many of tbe guests attracted my attention Each thought his own misfortune tbe beaviest, and was jealous of tbe con sideration which another won. Some even fluug it into the faces of certain others that when they were enjoying prosperity they had been ap pealed to in yain. Any cant about equality in epite of loss of money waa promptly resented by those who had been in the attitude of solicitors This feast was no good place at which to air One talk not supported by Sue character. Tbe restric'ions which obtain in society less nonest of speech though mrcnV pofh>bea,wvre laid &sido aud each oue spoke bid miud. All told tbeir worldly circumstances quite plainly. Oue said that he lived with his wife, three children and muther-in law in two rooms in an unwhole some tenement house, and earned $5 a wet-k in a slop shop selling rotten clothing to greenhorns. Another said: "I started out in life with the notion of being a great au thor. lam over 40 now, aud glad to get $6 a week in a book store I have covered reams of paper aud made about SIOOO altogether in little sums, but no one knows my name. I car ried a novel and an epic from one pub lishing huur-.e to another for 10 years, and never could get any editor even to read them. lam tryiLg to save a little money now to get the poem pub lished after my death, with a little autobiography which may teach the world what it has lost,and make peo ple sorry that they let such a man die a miserable death after S3 disappoint ing: a lite." "They say some people bave forced themselves on the public by the man ner of their death," said a wild, mel ancholy looking man by the author's side, ''and I think it would be worth while to try uuch a scene to make my Romeo and Juliet sell." "You talk of* death like a child," said a croaking voice across the table. "Here am I,an old woman, ouce Miu nie St Angel, the famous actress, but none the less a starving,brokend own drudge now. Never despair while you are young; it is only the old who know what trouble is, To have been 'some one' aud theu fall to being no body, that is the hardest thing ot all, much harder than to bave been un known ail your life." "Well.! thinlj it is harder for those who have never had a brief hour of success at all," s&id a thin woman. "1 was the daughter ot a theater hack and was on the stage from a child But as 1 grew up plain and not clever 1 was used in all the common parts aud never knew what it was to have an individuality. I have never had a home, aud since my falher died have neve: had a friend Now I atq ward robe woman In a low theater, and glad— yes, thankful—to have the place, too " "It is hard to work for no pay," said a rough voice opposite. "I was a soldier ot Napoleon's as a lad,fougt;t in Algeria and iu Russiajand because I touk part in home plot—they called it revolutionary I lost my little pen sion, aud starved in cousequence. I ran away, and ouce here could 6ud nothing to do, and I am tryiug to beg money enough to buy a hand organ aud camp stool." sear him sat a prim old body in a shiny black silk gown She seemed rather shocked by tbe mention of tbe organ aud stool, aid remarked that as be was a man he could surely find som« work to do Sbe went on to say: "Although lam only a woman 1 set to work at ouce us soon as ou<~ fortune was goue I got a teacher's place in a school, aud ever giqcq I bave taught and supported myself But it i» very hard for a lady teuder ly brought up, and not ht very thoroughly—as people were not in my day—to mix with common folks and be knocked about in tbe world. My father was a rich man and a gen tleman, and we have good blood in our veins for mauy generations back, long before our family ever crossed tbe ocean. Our name is known in the history of tbe country, and there was never one beariug it who dis graced it." "A good pedigree is a fine thing if it be genuine," said a crippled man uear the old lady. "Bi)t if I bad it, aud could exchange It for a straight back ftnd sound limbs, I would gladly give it up Yet I believe lam hap pier than most of you here- I set out to get one thing and got it,though it brought little else with it. I was a poor man's son and had no family to boast of. and the one thinir I want ed was learning, As I was a crip, pie and good for nothing to work, I got books from kind neighbors and taught myself sitting by the kitchen fire in winter and on the doorstep in summer. Sometimes I got to school, when I bad clothes good enough to wear, aud at last, through tbe com passion of neighbors, to college. But I grew more inform as I reached man hood, and, indeed, but for this I should bave no right to be here among you. I have earned my live lihood teaching other young men; and so I jog ou—l and my books; and though my meals o'ten consist of bread and milk.l am not uuhappy. I said I would give noble blood in exchange for good health and strong, sound limbs; but I would not give my books for health or good blood, nor even health alone for a long pedi gree." Tbe host smiled at us and said: "There is the man who is really mon arch of all he surveys " It was saddening to turn from the cripple to the others Maoy of them were equally gifted intellectually, yet they had never attained his coutent ment with bis lot. A man iu a rough jicket, with a careless air, which was contradicted by bis lace, said: "Well, I fancy I have had a wider experieucn than any of you. if change of employment gives experience. There are few things 1 have not tri ed, but, I never succeeded in any. I bave been an erraud boy, a plo«v boy, a peddler, a miner, an engineer and an expressm m. I have written dis mal trash to se.l to the vilely cheap uud mean papers. I have taught grown men to read iu exchange for a crust of bread, I have distributed advertisements at street corners; and now lam just where I started. I bave no home. I left my last board ing place without pfyitig, but left my only good coat behind iustead. I slept last night iu a car dopot aud picked up a few ciuar ends to keep the hunger off thin morning I would take any job; but people don't seem to want jobs done just now. Tbey look at me suspiciously and say: 'There's lots of work if you only bestir yourself aud look for it.' " "You and I are much alike " said a mau opposite. "I have looked for work both iu aud out of my profes sion. lam a musician, young and unknown I have beard you all talk of being poor, but when a man loses many a possible good cbauce in his business through the want of a pos tage stamp at the right time, I tell you he knows something of poverty, though he may have a good coat on his back In our profession poverty iB a matter of course. We may be even famous and strive. Meanwhile I am obliged to keep up appearances aud live in a drceut house," "Yeb," fc»i'd o wotowu tfe'arr him, "and I dare say not your own bouse. Well, if poor boarders have their | troubles, don't think that the board ing house keeper sleeps on a bed of roses. There is a hopeless side to poverty, and a contented side, and an expectaut side. But I know of an other. It is the ludicrous side. My husbaud died io debt. There was j only the weary old way to support myself. I opened a boarding house I Tisb ladies could go lower down to make money. I had not the strength of miud to do differently from others '• of my set, and I think with us women ! that is one of the great causes of our j troubles We dou't dare to face the world's talk, even when there is noth- } ing to be ashamed of. I bad a bard time with inetficieut servants, for I did not thrive and could not pay high enough prices to secure good ones, i But I sent for two of my neices, as poor as myself, and together we did the work and shared the profits. Let me say to you that it you are poor aud have tolerable health, do your own work By that means we got on and bad order and cleanliness, and though life is not exactly delightul to us, it is tolerable. "As to the ludi crous side of poverty. We see enough of it. So mauy little shifts and pretenses,though they are pathetic enough sometimes. I began by ask ing rather high prices, and if they were refused, let the rooms stay emp ty too, and I was obliged to com promise. Sometimes I did not like a man's manner or a woman's costume, aud I was stiff, which lost me consid erable money. Then again, some men's business was not to my taste, though they were yery silent aud uu obsiructive themselves. I lost many a good boarder tbe first year by stand ing too much on my dignity. If a dancing master generally teaches, de portment' to his pupils, I think some one should teach a bauker's daughter, in view of certain possibilities, how to attract and deal pleasantly with board ers. If it were not a good thing to be merry under the worst circumstances, I should not detain you so long with tny experiences; but if we presently ignore the humor that is coucealed in almost every stage of poverty, we are making ourselves more miserable than God intended us to be " Then she weut on to enumerate the ludicrous incidents which her poor hoarders treated heF to day by day. "If money troubles were every thing," said a moody man, "you would all be quarreling wbo was the worsi off among you. You might be rich in money, and yet broken and worth less " My ho at whispered to me that this man had c's faita in woman. Then he pointed out a palo woman ia good but not showy clothing, who was yet more wretched than the poor est at the feast. Hir husband cared nothing for her. She was dying of a broken heat Just opposite her were a man and woman whom no recital seemed to affect Their only chi'd had been suddenly killed a few weeks before, My friend pointed out a man at tbe bottom of the table. He had an un easy eye and a restless conscience. I asked what this man had done. "Set traps for the feet ot others," said my host. "In old times, legends say, men sold their own souls. He has Bold those of others. Auciently, to trample ou tho Cross was the worst sacrilege a man could commit; but he has trampled beneath his feet the very image of God. Such as he are called 'men about town.' I need not tell you more." Near him sat a woman with a fad ed shawl, a soiled and rakish bon net, hraseu face and dirty hands. No teaching, no help, no good example, no chance of good had ever come to her. Aud there was a womaa in a Parisian dinner dress who sat between two men of the homeless kind iu up per life—the lay figures of society. She was more hopeless looking than her neighbors. She had no work No object save pleasure ever stirred her. Then my host told me in low tones, while the others were talkiog among themselves, how he had gathered these people together for this extraor dinary Thanksgiving feast. Some he had met by accident Others he hunt ed up, going into dismal places to find them The most despairing were the ones he choso He said: "To some I Bent formal invitations by post. I knew it would please them Tho invitation itself, put in language they had not kuown for years, would be more of a blessing than the mere feast to which they were bidden. The moral pleasure given, or the self respect induced by these invitations, is more than half tbe boon of my Thanksgiving feast. To a few tbe mere food is much, but then to those far sunk in the mud, animal comfort must precede a moral impression When people are com fortable tbeyjike to listen to good talk, and when you have laid tho founda tion in corporeal works of mercy you may safely begin the superstructure of the Bpirtual. Indeed, tbe physical parts of their trials are rea'.ly tbe least, and the physical reward of a good feast also comparatively small. Some of them dine well every day of their lives, and yet have no pleasure iu it or anything else. They who do not find more pleasure in the comfort, tbe security, tbe absence of anxiety to-night than in the mere abundance of food Those who are poor do not mind hard word and scanty fare, but tbey do mind the uncertainty of tbeir lives, the lack of a home, the want of appreciation of themselves, the want ot sympathy and understanding, the divided attention, the fair words and no deeds, the barren good wishes —in short, the whole repellent attitude of the world." "Do you see," he said, old man at the foot of the table? He has peace enough to bathe us all in it, pa tienceenough and joy enough to share with us all. He does not kiow how to read, but he knows the things that St. Paul counted a higher knowledge than all his Hebrew learning aud Greek subtlety. He had a great mis fortune in bis youth —no matter what it was—and if ever there was a child of God, fashioned by God's own hands and chastened in his own way, it is be." Here tbe host stepped forward, and raising his voice said: "There is one among you, my friends, who has no word to speak of his troubles aud dis appointments, yet tbey have been harder to bear than all yours, save those miseries born of guilt. I did not invite bim here because he was un fortunate, but because I needed some thing you could all join in being thankful for He has that treasure; he has the secret which would turn all your misery into jov. Instead of Bbowfag yYra only a full board, I htfye brought you the most bt-autiful toing [ on earth to see and to imitate —for it id in the power of each of you to imi tate him—a happy man "He is old, poor, silent, and as the I world wou'd would add, ignorant, sad and lonely. But listen to what j he once told me: 'There is one who breathes, moves, converses constantly with me. I feel him, I bear him, i sometimes I even answer him in my heart. But it is a speech without words, which we understand without having been at school, and read with out having learned to read in books.' That is oae of the pillars that up- j hold the world for him—his trust iu j God. The other is his trust iu con- : science. If you can imitate that the first will come as its natural conse- ; queuce. To live by the rule of my friend needs two things—grace and a j real resolve. The first is never want- | iug. You can count on it whenever and as long as you make up your ! miud to furnish the other thing, a fix ed resolve." This aod much more said our host, and when he cased we noted there was one guest less at the taole. He had gum*; but no one spoke. Th*n, here and there one from out this strange company came forward to thauk the host with tears of genu ine gratitude in their eye 3. Some went away without a word. Sjonall were gone The loaded table disap peared, but I heard my host say with joyous decision: "Tnat is what we propose to do next year." It was ou ly then I realized that I had not as sisted at ft yeritable banquet. We had talked ourselves into the belief that our longings and imaginings were facts. Could we not do something like this* To restore self respect is even better than to fill with bread. But, understand, that although in many instances the latter can be done without the former, in most cases the former must re-t on the basis of the latter. Thanksgiving is a good day to begin things. Still every day may btcome a thanksgiving tor those who seek out the hungry, both iu body and iu spirit, to feed,and the naked to clothe. B. M. After the Cows. The New Castle Courant tells the following joke on County Superin tendent ot Schools J. R. Sherrard. He has a pleasant, comfortable home and is properly proud of it. His or chard yields the choicest fruits, and bis garden is carefully watched over and cultivated. The worthy professor has had some trouble with cows breaking iuto the orchard and g>ardc;n at different times, and all the family listen intentlv to hear these nocturnal visitors. Friday night Mr. Sherrard beard a noise at the gate, and thinking the pesky bovines were coming with malicious intent, got up and carefully crept down stairs and weut out, attired onlv in bis robe de chan\hre. There were two cows in the orchard, and be started to put them out. In his absence Mrs Sher rard woke up and, fiuding her husbaud had gone, started out to see what had become of him. She saw the digni fied professor chasing cows in the or chard, and attired iu about the same dress as her husband, went to his as sistance. About the time Mrs Sher rard reached the orchard, her son, a young man, having heArd the noise, emerged from the house, having on a little more clothes than either his fath er or mother. He didn't know they were already in the orchard, and had crept stealthily down stairs so as not to awaken them He saw the cows coming up from the orchard, and drove them out. After fastening the gate he looked in the direction of the or chard and saw two white robed, spirit looking objects coming up along the fence. The young man is no coward, but is considerable of a base-ball play er. Picking up a heavy stone, he threw it at the apparitions. The mis sile whizzed between the heads of his parents, and the rapidity with which they sought the protection of a con venient fence corner was highly amusing to the son. The young man saw some fun ahead, and be rained stones into that fence corner until the fond parents were compelled to beat a hasty, ignominious, and un dignified retreat. The son was sur prised and alarmed when he discover ed that he had kept bis parents half an hour in a fence corner while bo amus ed himself stoning them. Nobody took cold. • Jenny Lind's Funeral. LONDON, NOV. 3. —Jenny Lind's funeral will occur next Saturday af ternoon at Malvern -and her burial place will be in its churchyard, ac cording to her desire expra3Bed long ago. I called this morning at Mr. Otto Goldschmidt'B town house, 1 Moreton Gardens, South Kensington, for particulars, and was received by the old house-keeper who had been in Jenny Lind's service forty years and was her uaaid in America aod Lon don. Her sadness was touching, and j she plaintively dwelt upon her old J mistress, not as a celebrity, but sim ply as a benefactress. She had just received a letter from Mr Gold schmidt directing her to show hospi tality to several German friends, en route to Malvern. Th« letter asked her to send thither the myrtle tree, which, according to German custom, Mrs. Goldschmidt received and plant ed in a large box on her wedding day, which she in t ended to have woven into a funeral wreath and buried with her. It was shown me, a shrub four feet high, thickly and delicately leav ed, and had evidently been carefully I nurtured. The German superstition is that when the marriage is a happy the wedding-day myrtle thrives The salver in the hallway already contained a heap of cards of condo lence, All a Humbug. "It's all humbug to talk to me of the beni fits of advertising," said the sour-looking man. "I 6pent $175 last year in advertising, and I was closed out by the Sheriff in January, i The money was wasted, sir; every cent of it. Advertising is no good." "What papers did you advertise in?" "What papers? Thunder ! I didn't use any papers. I had my advertise ments painted on fence boards." "Ob! I see." —See to it that Laxador the "gold en" remedy for all stomachic disor ders is always in the house. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents a package. There is uotbiug in the world mora beautiful than a fine healthy baby. Keep it so by uj-ing Dr. Bull's Baby ( Syrup. Pritfe 25 L'euttf 9 bottle. j j Millionaire And Barefoot Boy | Tit eveuiug, aod the round, rod ma sinks slowly in the west, I The doweis fold their petals ap, the birds fly to their oest, ; The crickets chirrup in the grass, the bat* flit to aod fro, \ And tinkle taakle up the laie the lowering cattle go. I And the rich man from his carriage looks cm tht*m as they cow— , Looks on them and the Barefoot Boy who drives the cattle home. |"I wish," the boy says to himself—"l wish that I wtre he !" I And yet, upou m ifnrer thought, "I do not— no sirree ! Not for all the gold his coffers hold would I be thut old duffer there, With a liver pad and a gouty toe, and scarce a single hair; i To have a wife with a Roman nose, and tear lest a panic come— Fsr better be the Barefoot Boy that drives the cattle home." And the rich man mariners to himself: "Would I give all my pelf To change my lot with yonder boy ? Not if I know myself! Over the field that's lull of ants and chill with dew to go, With a stone bruise upon either heel and a splinter in my toe ! o'n, I'd rather sail my yacht a year across the ocean's foam Than be oue day the Barefoot Boy that drivea the cattle home." The Drummer's Best Girl. Detroit Free Press.] He hurried up to the office as soon as ho entered the hotel, and without waiting to register, inquired eagerly: "Any letter for me ?" The clerk sorted over a package with the negligent attention that comes of practice, then flipped one— a very email one—on the counter. The traveling man took it with a curious smile that twisted his pleas ant looking face into a mask of expec tancy. He smiled more as be read it. Then, oblivious of other travelers who jostled him, he laid it tenderly against his lips and actually kissed it. A loud guffaw startled him. "Now, look here, old fellow," said a loud voice, "that won't do, yoa know Too spiony for anything. Confess, now, your wife didn't write that letter." "No, she didn't," said the travel ing man with an amazed look, as if be would like to chaugo the subject. "That letter is from my best girl." The admission was so unexpected that the trio of friends who had caught bim said no more until after they had eaten a good dinner and were seated together in a chum's room. Then they began to badger him. "It's no use, you've got to read it to us, Dick." said one of them; "we want to know all about your best girl." "So you shall," said Dick, with great coolness; I will give you the letter and you can read it yourselves. There it is," and he laid it open on the table. "I guess not," said the one who had been loudest in demanding it; "we like to chaff a little, but I hope we are gentlemen, The young lady would hardly care to have her letter read by this crowd," and he looked reproachfully at his friend." "But I insist upon.it," was the an swer. "There is nothing in it to be ashamed ot—except the spelling; that 1 is a little shaky, I'll admit, but she won't care in the least. Read it, Hardy, and judge for yourself." Thus urged, Hardy took up the letter sbame-facedly enough and read ' it. There were only a tew words. First he laughed, then swallowed auspiciously, and as he finished it ' threw it on the table again and rub bed the back of bis hand across his ' eyes as if troubled with dimness of vision. "Pshaw," ke said, "if I had a love letter like that " and then he was silent. "Fair play !"cried one of the others with an uneasy laugh. "I'll read it to you, boys," said their friend, seeing; tbey made no move to take it, "and I think you'll agree with me that it is a model love letter." And this was what he read: Mi OWEN DEER PA PA —I sa mi PRairs every nite and Wen 1 kisyure Picture I ASK god to bless yoo gOOd bi PaPa yure best gurl. DOLLY. For a moment or two the company remained silent, while the little letter passed from hand to band, and you would have Baid that every ene had hay fever by the sniffling that was heard. Then Hardy jumped to his feet, "Three cheers for Dolly, and three cheers more for Dick's best girl," They were given with a will. —The American Express Company at Bradford, recently handled over seven thousand bushels of chestnuts. —A Georgia debating society dis cussed the question: "Did Zeke Slade's tobacco barn burn up or down ?" It was decided that it did. —Kalamazoo is shipping about five freight cars full of celery every week, besides about 50 tons daily by express. —John Canfield went from Wis consin into the woods of Michigan in 1850 and began business as a lumber man. He is now worth $5,000,000. Two thousand dollars were found in a belt left behind by a tramp who had been given a night's lodging lately by a S*co (Me ) family. He returned and claimed the money. —Judge Paxson, of the Bupreme Coort, in rendering a recent decision, suid, "That a man who cannot or does not read a newspaper is not properly qualified to serve as a juror. —The best tracing paper in the world comes from Japan. There is notbiug equal to it in the American market It is close and solid in tex ture, and is extremely thin and fine. Lithographers are taking bold of it. There is a grapevine growing in the hammocks of Sawbatcbee Creek, near Blakely, Ga., measuring twelve inches in diameter and thirty-six in circumference Those who have seen the vine say it is the largest known. Eastern capitalists, with a aapi tal of $5,000,000 are lookiog for a site to build immense steel tubular car works and railroad supply manofac tory a few miles southeast of Pitts burg Fifteen taiodttdnwi will be j tfroplcfyWdf. NO. 3
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