VO).. XXV THE CELEBRATED ALLEN ASIIER. Why it is Superior to All Oilier,s in Hie Market! ' ' ] s t. Peine wily worked, and d-xs the V i-Z ir' r" rrj idly t?u,n ai.r other i. • liir.f 1 ili d. Bt-iEgecelosed p,-evtiitsali-plftshins; . --yv r.f wr.trr r.Rii ii'l-.ali! ■ :•*< am. .•<• ii ;-!ii to heclih, ar.d unavoidable in the «#« < f all B rpfn rr.?'hints or (lit Tin >'■ fsrds r.i wr.mtn f-re yearly broken down i.i | y~ | ». _hf :i!ih lylb 'l' bor r f tfc* vra -'■ ;,r»: pud in fqjtr perron or ni ■. -j- IS' -j RhffiJwßMi PMbIPS i r< reiving the iHrt frria li-e go>,d«: another I mt.teris) print is thrt there is no fricti' n on Bfewl' >;.y 11 • iicrt- li:-" it wiil saw the j>rice of it in less ti.au a «\ year's time. B The peculiar r.ction of tfce water in the ■« ncrehiee . v.bjj.h cannot be understood uule-- : M cce sets it) forci'ig a strong current of water thrcncb the ©'"thing at every vibration of which if caused top of the machine, in W connection v. itli the New Champion Vv ring * er, aieko the Allen Washer a household necessity. MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY— SHIRA, SHiRA & IIAVS Sutler, Pa, lew Drug Store JUST OPENED, NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES, AT 1.50, E. JEFFERSON ST., Where you will find a full line of Fine Drugs, Chemicals, Per fumes and Toilet Articles. Agents for mi lima, Montrose Dealer. Keno. and Best 5 and 10 cent Cigars in town. Prescriptions carefully compounded by an experienced Pharmacist. Your patronage respectfully solicited. DR. D. E. WILES, Prop'r. ~ FALL MILLINERY! Our line of Ladies, Mieses aDd Children's ST.'AW and FELT HATS and BONNETS, in all tho newest fal i;d winter shapes, in now complete at the Leading Millinery House. XX T. PAPE, No. 18 South Main St., - - - - «utlei% P** A. Troutman Son. Leading Drj Goods Bousa. BUTLER - :F:ELN N'/±- 1111111111 <*> 1111111111 A Trcu'man & Sea. | Cloaks and Wraps, Tbe leading Pry Goods and Car- ! f « r Children and Ladies, pet. House,' Butler, Pa. j We carry tbe greatest variety of New Fall Drees Goods' at prices j styles, our stock never WOP. ES large, which will make them move vt ry prices never so low, goods never 80 fast. nice We have the largest stock ever If 7 0U want to see tbe nice goods, ebown in Butler county, comprising please call and examine our stock, all tbe new goods in Checks, Stripes Ladies', Gents', and Children's and Piain Weaves in Foreign and Underwear, every grade, all sizes, Domestic beat goods. Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, Velvets, Slack and Colored Silks, Flushes, Yams, etc. OUR— Special Values ~ T 1 uarpets and Oil Cloths, IN TRIMMING Oj 1 never had so many—never were car we have never bad such a nice as- \ „ FO c * !f - a P* Bortment and so many of them. ° U7 Bt ° ck •? com P' e?e D>n 1 hu * a (Jarput until you have seen our BARGAINS stock. Body Brussels, Velvets, Tap _ __ , . _. ~ er-trv, 3-Plv Extra Super, Hemp, Cot 1V J' ( ' k, ? rr - ton aud Rag Rug*. Girghtrtns, W hue Its, Shawls Window Shades, largest a&sort- Tabie Linens, Laee Curtains, mp „ {j loweat pricea> i tf fact everything which can be ~ r _ _ found in a C U i'» TAI N HOL E S n fl ! Pi u W1 " ol! examination our fifst-u f ass Dry Goods Store, A. TKOIiTMAN & BuOegp Fa-__ J.' KLE'E & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MENS', YOUTHS'. BOYS, AND CHILDREN'S mmm CLOTHING mrnm Of Fine and Medium Grades, at Closest Prices. Also, J. KLEE & CO.'S SUPERIOR WORKING PANTS, Every pair guarantee! not to rip. Hos. 628 and 630 Broadwny. stn Yoi-It. 8U LIBERTY ST.. PITTSBURGH. M.F.&M, Marks! Invite your inspection ot tlieir stock of FALL and WINTER ! I Millinery Goods. .'Receiving goods every week \ their stock is always FKESH AND COMPLETE.! THE BUTLER CITIZEN. CHOICE FRUIT. Having taken the agency for the Cliolce Fruit Preen, Beautiful Shrubbery, Ornamental Trees, An* eveiythinc else in tbP Nursery line, of t!i<> New hnglaiiil Nui.-eries. Chase Bros. & Co., N V.. I v. Hi call upon you In tlienear future and solicit your unlets lor Spi ;ng delivery. A. H, FALLER, Agent, But lei*, - Pa. | HOW TO BtY AXD WHAT TO BIT. WHAT EXTEP.IENCE TEACHES IS BEST. There is something to consider in tbe dailv | expenses for the household necessities, which j in the aggregate of the year amount to a good j deal. The ethics of buying and selling seem I to be for the vendor to get all he can, and for ; the purchaser to see that lie don't get too | much. But what is too much ? It is almost a profound question, and presents the strange ; paradox that the dearc.-t in many tilings is often the cheapest. Certainly this is so in . food where health Ls involved, and in reme dies which restore health after it has been , impaired. It is certainly so in clothing; for a cheap suit that will hardly last one season is ; dearer than the one which" will last two sea _ j sons, the difference in price being reasonable. So in shoes, and the hke. Recurring to the ' ; items of food and health, undoubtedly the most important, it is that villainous | : adulteration is what renders it cheaper, in 1 much that is sold, and men are known who ' have spent thousands to he cured of disease. Lave suffered vears of agony, and have triiica i away their substance 011 worthless remedies. • That which Ls testified to by thousands as be i ing an absolute cure, and permanently effioa • cious, is cheap at any price in comparison ■ j with such as have no virtue, and which pro t long suffering. A case in point is the follow ! ing: "New Bloom field, Pa., April 26. I&H6. , i The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore, Md. ! (rentlenien :—For more than thirty yean I had been afflicted with rheumatism so severe i I had to use morphine to secure rest at night, i Spent hundreds of dollars with physicians and for remedies without benefit. Five years ago I tried St. Jacobs Oil, and it effecte'd an entire and permanent cure. I have not been troubled with it since. Cold or damp weather does not aftect me at all. I desire to give it rnv unqualilied indorsement. J. E. Bonsall. clerk /•i of the several courts of Perry \\ . county, Pa." The point here \y / is not so much what Mr. \l jtr Bonsall paid for the great (vj7 » remedy for pain, for the v§» I price is a mere bagatelle. *3l I but that lie was cured T\ J permanently after thirty \V_/ years'suffering. Of course >}. \ the ixwr must count cost y/J,J in even-thing; but they should" reckon on the * sound basis that that \\ which is bad is worthless. \J \\ and that which is the best 'V_ \l and will cure, and stay \\ cured, is cheap at any V""' " r, , ?7 Catarrh Cream Ba ly^s^H Cleanses the Biwl ; Nasal Passag j « i , S§3 H^ADI es. Allays A pain and In - fiammati on Kp- / Heals th < sores,restore: the Senses o: T a ste an r- U3A-1 Smell. HAY-FEVER | Try llis cuts Ely's Ceam Balm, A particle is applied into eneh nostril and is agree:,!;!?-. Price ry) cent-, at nrugglsts :by mail, refciot>jired, 60 ors. Ciriatlars free, EI.V ltllt)?-, 23j 'ireenwieh St. New York. Br. sT a. JOHHSTON, DETJTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to tiie profession execut ed nit!;,* neatest ni.unier. ap -cnilties :—(loM 1 and Painles? Ex traction of Teetll, \'it !lize(l Air administered. Office on .IciTerson Street, one ,loor Kast of I.onrj iiotiAe, I t, Stairs. Office open daily, except Y\Vdnes<lays and Thuts-iays. Comniuiiicatloiis by mail receive prompt attention, K. B.—The only Dentist in Butler using the bf ht makes o" teeth. JOHN B. BYERS, PHYSICIAN ANO SURGEON Office Xo. C 5 South Main Street, BUTLER, - PA. SAMUEL M. BIPPD S, Physician and Surgeon. Xo. 10 West Cunningham St., BUTLER, DENTISTE, . 0 1/ WAI.DEOX, (iraduate of the Thila • ft- delphla :>entiil College, is prepared to do anything l:i the line of his profession in a satisfactory manner. tlilice oil Main street, P.utler, Union Block up stairs. J. S. LUSK, M.b., nos removed from Harmony to Butler and has liis oltice at No. 3, Main St., three doors below ■ Lowry House. apr-30-tf. DE. R. C. McCTJRDY _ and Surgeon, Office on M in St., over Kemper's store. Butler, - Fenn'a. iIIMBUIB HOTEL, No. 88 and 90, S. Main St., BUTLER, - - PA. Near New Court House —formerly Donaldson (louse—go?,d accommodations for travelers. Mood stabling connected. [4-0- 'MMy] Ji EITKNMUI.LER. Prop'r. SHU 111 Sli. Iti Fra'dillntwp., half way between l'rosnect and Wliltextown. on tli" riltstmrg and franklin road, conliiiiis fourteen and a quarter icres, lias (,:<>od buildings A Hew Frame House, flood barn and all «,tln r ne« esrcrv outbuildings. Land :dl level, and In good state of cultivation. I go, U v,ell v."ater, I'Olb hitrn and soft, and good I orehaid of :.H kinds of Unit. For price and terms apply to me at m> furniture store in Pros pect . c. M. EDMUHDSON. 9-2-3111 LXIkJIINKIA, insurance and Real Estate Ag't. 17 EAST J RFFKUSON ST. I 5u r ri.3:i2, - I'^v. A J FRANK & CO, DEALERS IN DUL'GS, MEDICINES, AND CHEMICALS, FANCY A:.U TOILET AIiTIOES, SPONGES. BRUSHES, PERFUMERY. &e. ' g:?-r!iysi. i..ijs' cvrcruiiy co—• pounded. 4-5 S Main Street, Butler, Pa. : FARI FOB SALE In Sugarcretk towDsbtp, Armstrong county, near Adams P. 0., one and oae-foui th mile east of the new oil development In Sugarcreek twp. Farm contains 1 100 ACRES, with bank barn, 32x0J feet; BEIGE HOU^ , 18x30 feet, 2 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen, Hxiufeet; gcxl lug of water, farm well wa tered. good orchard of graftcil lrii.lt. farm lu a . goo l slate of cultivation. About, ' l 75 ACRES CLEARED, i balance in good timber. Will sell extremely low for cash. For particulars Inquire of I " J. R. WICK. lltlnier«l)urg. Chirlon r*o., I n, Not the Smartest Folks. You n;ay notch it ou the palin's You u-ny mark it oa de wall, Dat de higher up the totd-frog jumps De haider will he fall. And dc crow dat fly de swiites' Am de soonest iu de corn, And de fly dat am de ineanes' tilts un earliest in de morn. ! De brook dat am <le shillo'es' Chatters most upon de way, An ! ile foiLs dat am de siiiie«, Are de ones hab mtV to say. And de rooster dat am youn^es' Am de one djt crow de mot.' And de man who am de coward Always make de l>,"»as' N"r am he de greates' man vViio tutes de bigges' muscle; Nor am fche de Cnei' gal, \Yho war de biggev bustle, You kin not j edge de kin' ob man By de manner ob bis walkiu' And dey are not de smartes' folks Who do de londes' talkin'. liy U e'e Z< kc. First Jenny Lind Ticket in the Conniopoliian Magazine, P. T. Barnum thus tells of the mau who bought the first Jenny Lind ticket in this country: I kuew that tbe fabulous sum of money that I was to pay for her dul cet notes would of itself be a ' big advertisement;" that people would begin to wonder what tbe ptice of tickets would have to be in order to even reimburse me; that many would fear they would not be able to pay the price charged, itc. This was exactly the state of pub lic feeling a week before her arrival, when I announced that, in order to give all desirous to hear Jenny Lind an equal chance, the tickets would be sold at public auction, starting at the nominal price of three dollars per ticket. It was acknowledged that this plan was fair, but the wonder grew as to how many times the "nominal price" the choice Beats would bring in this public competi tion. All over the United States, and Europe, the excited people were waiting for the news on this point, which would reach them as soon as possble &{ter the sale. For ten days preceding the auc tion the newspapers were full ot pre dictions regarding the price of tick ets. Everybody wated to attend the i first concert, and orders from all I parts of the country were seat to I friends in New York to secure tick | ets, if they could be bought at prices that were Dot utterly fabulous. It is everbody's business to exer cise the greatest possible foresight whereby his calling can in an honest way be profitable. I 'clearly saw what eifect this auction sale of Jer;ny Lind tickets would have in the ex isting excited state of the public mind; and that the higher the prices obtained, tbe mure would the frenzy be increased Therefore, three days before tbe auction of concert tickets was to coine off, I went quietly to John N. Genin, a popular hat-maker, arid told him I had a secret business suggestion to impart, which if shrewdly managed, would, as I be lieved, belp him thousauds of dollars as an advertisement. "What is it?" eagerly asked aaked Mr. Genin. "Bid off the first Jenny Lind ticket", I replied; "aud the higher price paid the greater renown will it give you all over the country with in twenty-fonr hours after its pur chase." Genin, who was a good adyertiser, instantly saw his opportunity; and seizing ray hand with an air of de light eagerly exclaimed; "Barnum, you have made my fortune. I will buy the first Jenny Lind ticket, but I will not mention it even to my wi'e till I have secured it " On reflection I feared that this bril liant idea might not strike any body else, and consequently the bidding would not run very high; but as I knew that any busi ness man who bought the first ticket would be a great gainer thereby, I quietly called on Dr. Brandretb, the great pill-maker and a advertiser. I asked for a private in terview. The doctor invited me into his office, and locking tbe door, point ed to au easy-arm-chair, and then said in a low voice: "Friend Barnum, what is up." "A mighty big thing for you," I replied, "replied, "if you will keep it a profound secret for three days." The doctor's eyes shone with delight as he fcqufezed my hand, and said: "My dear Barnum, I pledge my hon or not to divulge it to any living be ing till you say the word." "Buy the first Jenny Lind ticket at auction, even if you pay high for it," I replied, "and let every newspa per in America and Europe announce that Dr: Brandretb, .Jr., the maker of the celebrated Braudreth's Pilis,' se cured the first Jenny Lind ticket, at filly or a hundrod dollars, as the case may be." The doctor smiled and replied: Pretty good, Barnum, especially for you, if you can sell a ticket at that price." I was surprised at the calmness of this remark, and said: "Yes, doc tor, it may be good for me, but that doesn't prevent its being a success ful stroke of policy for you " The doctor gave mo a tly wink, and merely remarked: "Barnum, we all kuow you have a fertile brain and don't tnise any opportunity to feather your nest. Your foresight is remark able, aud generally quite profitable," Nettled at the doctor's temporary obtuseness. I replied: "Dr. Brandretb, I have long admir ed your ingenious methods of adver tising 'Bandreth's Pills;' but if you cau't see the vivlue to your business of ray suggestion, I beg to say you will surely regret it when tbe first Jenny Lind ticket falls into other hands." The doctor was so strongly im pressed that my idea was a purely selfish one that several raiuuteselaps ed belore he began to see that, not withstanding I should be benefited by the proposed plan, it would not prevent him from reaping a harvest at the same time. H« then said: "I thank you for tbe hint, Mr. Bar num. Perhaps twenty or thirty dol lars expended for the first ticket would not be a bad investment; so I will seud my cashier to the auction with instructions to make a liberal bid." Bidding the doctor good-bye, I wulktd down Broadway, feeling that my plan had put two worthy and ambitious gentlemen into a frame of mind that would result in a greater eclat for the Jenny Lind enterprise. BUTLFR, PA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2,18K7 I On Saturday, September 7, 1850, I three thousand anxious gentleman I entered Castle Garden, New York, to attend the sale of the Jenny Lind j tickets, notwithstanding the (act that the lessees of the gaiden made their usual charge of twplve and one half cents for cro?Bln.<r the bridge and thus securing admission to their premises. Dr Brandreth's cashier and Genin's book-keeper were in audience, each unaware cf the presence and purpose of the other. The auctioneer mount ed bis stand, and calling "order," said with great impressivenes?: "Ladies aud gentlemen I am go ing to offer you the first choice of a | teat with the privilege of tea seats at the same price, for the first coccc-rt in America of the worid renowned ! Swedish Nightingale, Mademoiselle i Jenuy Lind." A rustla of c-xpectatioa through- j out the vast edifice was beard for a few moments, and then ensued a pro- j found silence "What am I offered?' i asked the auctioneer. "Twenty-five dollars-!" startled the ; audience, knowing that it was bid by j Dr Brandretb's cashier The vast multidude held its breath for a mo ment, whea "Fifty dollars!" was i beard. The audience could not with hold a rousing cheer. •'Seventy-five dollars!" "One hundred dollars!" followed in a quick succession, and after the lapse of half a minute, as the auctioneer was about to knock it down, "A hun ' dred and fifty dollars" from Genin's agent electtiGed the listeners. "Two hundred dollars!" quickly came like a clap of thunder. "Two hundred and twenty-five dollars!" ezclaimed a voice in a strong and determined tone. "The three thousand ladies and gentlemen present were fairly be wildered. A minute elapsed, when the auctioneer, who had not had a chance to open his mouth since the bidding commenced, said: "Is this the last bid, gentlemen? Bid quick or you lose it. Going, go ing, £oae. Who is the lucky pur chase! ?" "John X. Genin, the hatter!" cri ed a stentorian voice. The multi tude seemed thunderstruck, but in an instant there went op "Three cueers for Genin, the battel!" which were distinctly heard on the main land and reverberated around the world I saw Mr. Genin soon after the auction was over, congratulated him on his pluck aud success, aud asked him out of curiosity how much he would have paid for that choice seat rather than to have missed its pur chase. He replied: "I told my book-keeper to bid as hitrh as as a thousand dollars, if nec essary; and then, as he knew how my bank account stood, he might use his own discretion, l)r. Brandreth told me the next day that he limited bis cashier to two hundred doliara, not dreaming that ' any one else would bid half that; "but." he added, "I had better have paid five thousand dollars than to have missed securing the first Jenny 1 Liud ticket- Such a splendid chance for notoriety will never again offer " 1 Genin made a fortune out of it. His hats were bought by nearly ev erybody, aud as he was careful to make a stood article, well worth the price paid, he secured thousands of perniauent customers. Almost every man visiting New York, was sure to wear home a "Genin hat," thus caus ing his neighbors to envy him till 1 tbey in secured a similar prize. In Dubuque, lowa, it was told 1 that twenty or thirty men were a waiting at the post office the arrival of the mail containing a newspaper acconut of of the Jenny Lind ticket . Sale. Oue man seized the paper and I read aloud to bis anxious friends: 1 "The first Jenny Lind ticket sold for 1 two hundred and twenty-five dollars 1 to Genin, the hatter." I Every man present involuntarily 1 took off bat to see if it was made by 1 Genin. Sure enough, one who wore 1 an old hat not worth fifty cents found 1 Genin's name ia it. He instantly | became the hero of the hour. All 1 shook hands with him and tendered 1 their congratulations. One gentle man exclaimed: "My dear sir, that hat is invalua ble- Preserve it carefully, and hand it down as an heirloom." 1 Another man called out: "Jim, 1 you are lucky, but don't be mean. Give us all a chance; set up your 1 Genin hat at auction." 1 "Jim," being not overburdened 1 with cash, and caring more for | money than heirlooms, acceded to this proposition. Taking the bat < from his head he cried out: "Here she goes, goes! Give us a bid for the real l Genin hat!" I The first bid was one dollar, and with in the space of five minutes it < was knocked down for seven dollars 1 and fifty cents and paid for. 1 Newspapers and magazines all over the country, aud indeed in all countries, spoke of Genin's achiev- 1 merit. The Loudon Time # devoted < nearly two columns to the Jenny ] Liud excitement iu America, the auc- 1 tion sale of tickets and "Genin, the 1 batter," and said that at the first con cert Mr. Genin ought himself to occu- I py the prize seat, and have a huge 1 hat spread over it that the purchaser 1 might, be recognized by the audience, i Of course all these things brought grist to my mill by helping to in- 1 crease the excitement over what was i undoubtedly the greatest musical tri- I uuiph of any age or country. Some twenty years after this event, my English friend, George < Augustus Sala. visited New York as correspondent of the London Daily 1 Telegraph. I called on him at the Brevoort House. It was winter, and 1 I took him in my sleigh for a drive through Central Park. On my way I called at the home of Mr. Ganin on Fourteenth street, and invited him to join us. As we rode through the park, all joining in pleasant conver sation, Mr. Sala said: "By the way, Mr. Barnum, what became of that man Geuin, the hat tor, who bought the first Jenny Lind ticket at auction?" It is needless to say that Mr. Sala's two companions wore convuls ed with laughter as I pointed to Mr. Genin, and replied: "This is the man." Mr. Sala of course, expressed his astonishment at the remarkable coin cidence, while I "improved the occas ion" by saying: "Friend Genin, this should give you an idea of the immense value of ; that ticket purchase, when a promi- ■ nent editor of a lcadiug London ; newspaper remembers you as its pur- | chaser, simply mi-sing the usual pro-' Duociation of your nam*." | "Oh, I am satisfied," exclaimed I Genin, with his usual hearty laugh I And well he mijrht bo, for it made I his fortune and identified him with the history of a musical enterprise, the unparalleld receipts of which were ' 6even hundred and twelve thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars and thirty-four cents, for ninety-five concerts given in a periol of eight months. Temperance Women. NASHVILLE, NOV. 1(5 —Nearly every state aud U-r.itorv was repre sented at the meeting of the National Women's Christian Temperance Un j ion in Waikin's Hall this morning. The hall is beautifully decorating ! j Upon the plat r orm were seated Mrs ! 1 Judge Thompson, of Hillsboro, O , ! mother of the crusade iu 1883; Pun- : | dita Ilamabai, vice-president of the ! ! Wo.id's Women's Christian Temper ance Union for Indiu, and the officers jof the National Union. Mrs. Han | nah Whitehall Smith, lately returned ! from England, opened the convention with a Bible reading on "Love" At its close Miss Wiilard gave the motto for tho days to come. " There is Noth ing luexorable but Love," Mrs. Lide Meriwether, president of tha Tennessee Union, occupied tho chair, while Miss Frances Wiilard, president of the National Union, de livered the annual address, which was frequently interrupted with ap plause. MISS WILLARD'S ADDRESS. Among other things, Miss Wiilard said: That there are not enough anti saloon Rep üblicans at the North to carry prohibition in a single state that is now struggling to secure it, nor enough anti-saloon Democrats at the South, has been proved in this memorable year of our constitutioual defeats, but there are enouirh temper anco people in both to take possession of the Government and giye us na tional prohibition in the party of the near future, which is to be the party of God. Women should use their ut most influence, and where-ever they have the school ballot, they should use that to engraft the kindergarten upon the public school. Where this can not bo done, let the Women's Christian Temperance Union estab lish one, but above all, let every mother study the system ond employ it in her own home. We must work out the manifest ballot for women as a means of en forcing prohibitory law and empha size more strongly than before the National amendment which shall re move all legal disabilities from the daughters of the Republic I believe also that the prohibition party should strongly state as its ultimate aim two amendments to the National Consti tution. The first calling for univer sal prohibition; the second,enfranchis ing all the woman; and that it should carefully study the platform of the La bor reformers,both Knights of Labor and Grangers, that it may incorporate the principles of arbitration and co operation into its own with nny others that seem to be based upon Christian ethics and Christian brotherhood. Among these is most assuredly in volved equal wages as well as equal moreal standards for women and men; heavier penalties for crime against women and the raising of the age of protection to 18 years. The largest of our enterprises, the World's Women's Christian Temper ance Union, continues to hold on its way rejoicing, Mrs. Levitt does not think of coming home as yet. She will thoroughly exploro India, plant ing our stations at all eligible points; will go thence to Madagascar, Africa, Asia Minor and I know not where besides, We must devise liberal things for this work We must at this Convention arrange a definita fi nancial basis, as our British sisters have done, so that our National Wo men's Christian Temperance Union may be related to the World's Wom en's Christian Temperance Union as our state auxiliaries are to us by the golden link which alone can attach us to the puffing cngiue that has started on its regular world-around trips. We ought to rejoice in the develop ment of athletic sports for women as well as men, since whatever conduces to the catural tonic and stimulus of outdoor life leads away from all nar cotic drugs As temperance people we must no longer leave our inter ests undefended in Washington. I suggest that this convention invite the sons of temperance, Good Tem plars aud Prohibition party to com bine with us in the effort to engage a Christian temperance lawyer at Washington, who shall watch our in terests as carefully as their agents do those of the brewers and distillers. I have always been opposed to se cret societies, and uever more so than to-day. They are a relic of mediaeval times and destined to become extinct. But the Good Templars and the Knights of Labor have so much in them that is praiseworthy; their se cretism is so nominal and their pur poses so helpful that it has always seemed to me they formed exceptions to the general rule. I believe they will not always be secretive in name, but that this useless feature will fade away and merge into the light of common day. It is a satisfaction to note the triumph of the batter element iu the Knights of Labor over the An archists and Socialists, the growing . influence of Mr. Powderly and the fearlessness of his utterances and Mr. Litchman's concerning temperance. But in these day 3 we feed and clothe the poor to wisest purpose when we show them how to feed and clothe themselves. Temperance does that, industrial training,better wages, shorter hours of work, co-operation, arbitration, all these modern modes of blessing will claim for those who work to bring them the holy declara tion from the lips of the carpenter's son, "Ye did it unto me." —lf Dr. Parker had waited until after Thanksgiving Day to bo "ap palled, amazed, oppressed," he would have made himself better under stood. —Jake Pettijobn, of Alauta, Ga,, who was sentenced to be bung 30 years ago for killing Clayton Yaught, but escaped by flight, has just been arrested in Indian territory, and will be brought back for execution. Courtships average three toas of coal each,aud scores of bad coughs and colda;but then every prudent gal i lant is provined with a bottle of Dr. 1 Bull's Cough Syrup, which costs j only 25 cents. i All our city father say "use Sal-, 1 vation Oil, the greatest, cure on earth | for pain." Price 25 ceots. , I A Man Fined For Irreverence-- Unable to Kneel on Both I Knees, and Sues the Roman Catholic Church. OTTAWA, CAN., NOV., 23.—One of ! the most extraordinary cases that has ever come up before the Supreme Court of the Dominion was recently argued here, end it is likely to be car ried to the Imperial Privy Council of | Great Britain, the highest tribunal in j the realm, before it is finally dispos ed of. It involves the question of right of ! the lioman Catholic church to exact or collect floes from members of the I congregation who have failed to con j form to the rules of the church. The case at issue is that of Poitras j against Lebeau The suit grew out I of the refusal of the appellant to kneel on both knees during high mass in ! the Church of St Aune du Bout de I'lsle, near Montreal The action for $2,000 was bought against tbc re spondent for having iustigated a pro ceeding charging the appellant with having committed iu said church an irreverent act. for which he (the ap pellant) had to pay the sum of $8 20 penalty. The case was tried by a jury and a verdict was rendered in favor af the respondent. This ver dict was moyed agaiust before the court of review,when a new trial was grauted on the ground that the evi dence was contradictory and that the plaintiff had suffered damage. The court of appeal reversed this judg ment and confirmed the verdict. Ap peal was then made to the Supreme Court here. In laying his case before the six Judges of the Supreme Court,Poitras stated thai on Sunday, August 9, 1885, he was rowed across the river to St. Anne to church,being too weak after a recent illness to drive, Find ing no vacant seat when he entered the church.he remained near the door and when kittling time came at tempted to fall ou both knees, but ou account of the pain which the effort caused him could only kneel on one kaee. The respondent,who was con stable of the church, ordered him to kueel to which Poitras replied thp.l he was too ill. After service the re spondent called him a blackguard,and said he would fix him. Duriug the afternoon of the same day Poitras was arrested on a warrant charging him with having committed in the church of St. Anne aa act of irrever ence in kneeling on one knee only,the other being slightly bent. At the so licitation of his friends, to avoid scan dal. he paid the umount demanded, $8 20 under protest. In bis defence the respondent ar gues that a by-law which is explain ed from the pulpit every year insists on the church ordering people to kneel on both knees, and notifying sick persons to attend mass in the sa cristy. The case is being made a test of the right of the church to exact the penalty imposed, and there is no lack of money on both sides to carry it to the highest tribunal. The judges of the Supreme Court, two of whom are Roman Catholics and four Protest aots, have reserved judgment, which is awaited with great interest. The Smiling Landlord. "MOB" BURDETTE. How you do get into hotels and hotels and Some people even get into the landlords, but I never had that luck. There was one hotel that we struck last winter, down ia New Hampshire—the Smiler House. I don't remember the real name of it but we always speak of it as the Smiler House. Of all the pleasant lands that ever welcomed coming or reluctantly relinquished his grip on parting guest, miue host of the Smiler House was the pleasantest. His face wrinkled from chin to brow as he helped us from the stage; he beamed over the party as we registered; he lighted our way to our rooms with smiles; ha tsbouk hands every five minutes; he welcomed us again, ex pressed bis joy at seeing us, the great honor he felt it to ba to entertain us, and besought us to consider the house and all that was in it our own; and so he disappeared in a beaming lace work of smiles, like a great, good-ua tured bumble bee diviug into a tangle of morning-glories. We fell in love with him at once; we couldn't help it. I am pained to be obliged to say that the ardor of our love abated, when after sruiling us into the dining room and tenderly commiting us to the care of a much-banged young lady, he left us to realize that "ab sence makes the heart grow fonder"of something to eat. Hope faded when the bread came on. No love could Btand the alligator steak laid out for love to fatten. Our hearts grew colder than an Alpine river when the despairing buckwheat cake, frozen to death on its journey from the distant kitchen, where it had been fighting starvation, laid down before us and died. But ob, that beefsteak! lam not a man at all given to the pleasure of the table. It isn't often that I know what I am eating, and I hate banquets. The long tables lined with gorging men, always make me think of the feeding troughs iu the stock yards. But that steak at the Smiler House! You could taste the horn that had been cut off with it, aud while I am no epicure, I do know that good, juicy porterhouse steak is not cut from between the horns. We stayed at the Smiler House two days. We did not starve, because the Prince had a pair of rubber boots that be had outgrown. We ate them, and that night 1 got a piece of cheese out of a rat-trap in the hall, upon which I feasted alone, the other members of the family being prejudiced. When we tottered out to the stage Mr. Suiiler smiled us down the mountain side in a uerfect gleam of rosy epen dor. —A locomotive smokea and chu chus. —A man of grate schemes—the coal dealer. —-'Green goods" are sold only to people of the same color. —lt is suspected that James G. Blame is lingering in Paris waiting lor a crack at the French Presidency —The cheerful idiot who sees any fun in a bogus bomb should be wait ed on by the Fool Killer. —The Government of New South Wales offers a reward of $125,000 to the American who shall invest a pro- ; cess to exterminate the rabbits, which j have become pests in Australia. I | The A merican iuyentor who wius this reward will then direct his attention 1 I to the English sparrows. j • I Sympathy. !j O little fe t ! that Mich ye.tr* Must wandtr 011 ihr.>u;'ti hopes aa l feirs, Must icbe ami bM bene-it'i your loal; f 1, nearvr to the wayside iau 5 Where toil >hall cc.se and rust , Am wearv, of y<"jr r>;».l I ' -LOMJJCI, INK f The Profits in Beef.--Same Irt ( teresting Facts and Figures. I We gather a numtar of f<;ets and f figures from the Slock Grower oa ; the profits made in slaughtering and , felling beef that will not f:;ii to be of; . 1 special interest to all readers of the ; Ploughman, as well ..ato ail oo.i-u n , ' ers It states that a steer weighing , j 1,000 pounds can he bought in Kan sas City for $2 50 per huudred ; pounds. A 1 200 pouud steer can be bought for 3\ cents per pound, or ; sl2 per head The c>st of buying. .slaughtering, refrigerating and ship | ping varies of course with the | amount of business done, but runs from fifty cents to $2 per head This . | calculation is ba.-ed oa sending off i nine car loads a day, at an expense k of $2 50 ptr bead; where as twelve , cars will reduce it to §1.25 per head, . and fifteen cars to sl, and so on in a , diminishing ratio of expense Beef , slaughtered in Kansas Citv can be de livered in New York for $2lO per 20,- 000 pounds, or $1 05 p*»r 100 pounds , Armour is allowed mileage for the use of bis ovvu cars, bringing the freight down for Ij'm TO cents per 100 pounds. And it costs at the rate of one cent per pound, net weight, to retail beef in the eastern markets A g;ood 1,000 pound steer will weigh, after being dressed and refrig erated, ready for market, 650 pounds, or 55 per cent, of the gross weight; and a steer of 1,200 pounds weight will dress 696 pounds or 58 per cen». of the live weight. The hide, bead, fat, blood, etc., are termed "the fifth quarter," and fiud a ready sale and a market value at the slaughter-house This fifth quarter of a 1,000 pound steer may bo safely estimated to be woi th SS, and of a 1,200-pound steer $lO, The tongue, liver and heart are shipped with the beef and sell readily iu the eastern matkets. A 1000 pound steer that weighs 550 net, will bring all told $45 79; add the fifth quarter SB. and the tongue, liver and heart, To cents; and there is a total of $54 52 received. The same steer costs $25; the killing, re frigerating and shipping $1.50; freight to New York seventy cents, and cost of retailing $5.50; making a total of $35.85. And this leaves a clear profit of 18 69 per head. A steer weighing 1.200 pounds dresses 696 pounds net. Sold at re tail in the New York market it brings to the forwarder S7O 30; the fifth quarter brings slo' the tongue, liver and heart brings $2; making a total of $Bl 31 received. The same steer costs $42; the killing, refrigerating and shipping, $1 50; freight to New York at seveu ceuts, $4.87; expense of retailing, $6 96; making a total ex pense of $55 35, and leaving a clear profit of $25 98. A car load of beef, minimum is 20,000 pounds; therefore a car load averagiug 550 pounds net to the steer, represents about forty beeve3. A car load of forty beeves, at an averago profit $lB 69 to the steer sold iu New York will realize a total net profit of $747 60; and a car load of thirty 1 beeves weighing each 696 pounds net, 1 will realize a total net profit of : $779.40. Is it any such wonder, then, that the cattle kings are the dealers in dead beef instead of those who raise, ' fatten and market them from the far 1 western ranches. It is notorious that the raising of cattle on such an en ormously increased scale has brought down the price in proportional figures to the forwarders at Kansas City and Chicago. Yet the cousumers at the east are compelled to pay not only the ( same price for beef as before, but even ( more than the former price at times. And the packers stand between the breeders and consumers, cutting it fat from both sides and getting rich , and powerful at their expense,—Mas- ( sachusetts Ploughman. I Things Financiers Should be 1 Thankful for. Financiers have a good many things to give thanks for. In the 1 first place, the country was never > more prosperous thau it is now, giv- I ing, very profitable employment to ' all the available money at the com- [ maud of the banks. This prosperity is not confined to a few lines of busi ness, but is general and characterizes ' nearly every section of the conutry. They should give thanks also that 1 we have escaped anything serious in ' the line of pauics and revulsions, al- 1 though a number of incidents have occurred which, under ordinary cir cumstances, would each have caused something a good deal more serious than a mere temporary unsettling of coufidence and curtailment of credits, j These affairs were not due in any sense to anything unfavorable in le- , gitimate business, but wholly to over speculation and attempts to corner ( this, that or the other staple com- modity. The list of failures among the classes who attend strictly to j their own immediate business has been comparativelysmall,andthe aggre ! gate liabilities and consequent losses ( to creditors smaller than in recent years. Business generally is on a more solid basis financially thau ever | before in the history of the country. ( Money is abundant and cheap for those of established credit. Our money was never more stable and never more nearly equal to the com mercial and industrial requirements than at present. Our population and j wealth are increasing with wonderful ( rapidity, and new sections are being ( opened up and peopled at a rate that promises a profitable market for our manufactures for many years to come. Our agricultural interests as well as our industries are increasingly pros perous. These are by no means all the reasons lor thankfulness on the part of the men who control the finances of the country, but, like Mer cutio's wound will suffice. "You chokiu' my fingers," com plained a little Pittsburgh to to its , mother, who was holding its hand too ; j tightly. —A recent investigation into the j price of wheat shows that the Amer- j ican fanner has superior advantages 1 for competition in the wheat markets ' of the world Charges from Chicago , to Liverpool have been reduced with in seventeen years 30 ceuts per sixty i pounds, whiie the freight rates from i India to Liverpool have not decreas* j ed iu that proportion, if at all. [ Reads Like a Novel. About 20 years ago theie came to this country from Ireland an indus trious, honest fellow named Shea, who, shortly after his arrival, found work L*s a farm hand on a plantation ia West Virginia, and for several years worked faithfully, which led to his appointment as manager of the estate at the death of his employer. This brought him in close business i rclatSns with the widow, whom, ia j a short time, he married, and as a r. -tilt of the union the couple wera j blessed with a daughter, who, for | r-a-on* us yet unknown, was placed | in a convent at St. Louis. In a short, time thereafter, a Mrs. Mitchell, bound for New Castle, while passing through St. Louis visited the con vent and was so taken with the child that she adopted it. Aft- r lapse of years the child's true parents, who were independent ly rich, became desirous of again pos sessing their offspring, and started to trace its whereabouts, but the con vent authorities had lost track ot the child and had it registered as dead The irrave was properly marked and it was pointed out to the parents The mother fell prostrate upon the little mound, but the father had a conviction that his child still liyed, He made several journeys to St, Louis, all of which proved fruitless, and he died without ever seeing his child. Previous to his death, the family removed to Sharpsburg, Al legheny connty, and a few days ago. Miss Julia Mitchell—by which name the girl was known—heard of them through a mutual friend to whom she had confided her childish recollec tions, and who bad heard Mrs. Shea's story, and was struck by the similari ty of the tales, and persuaded Miss Mitchell to accompany her to Sharps burg. The interview seems to have estab lished, beyond doubt, that Miss Mitchell is no other than Julia Shea, who, a week ago, as Julia Mitchell, depended upon the needle and ma chine for a livelihood, and to-day is an heiress to $50,000, which amount was left her by her father in his will. Letting Shesp on Shares. • Letting out sheep on shares is one phase of an important industry that is rarely discussed in stock journals, and which has not received nearly as much attention as it deserves, writes a western farmer, and be adds: Tak ing it for granted that the business is legitimate, here is a common method of letting steep in Michigan at pres ent. The old method was for each of the contracting parties to have half of the receipts, i. e„ half the wool and half the lambs. Some took sheep to return double the number in three years. The objection to the former method is that all the profit goes to the man who lets the sheep; the lat ter method is objectionable bscanse, in order to return the proper number, the farmer is obliged to do with fewer sheep than he can handily keep, or have more on hand the third year than he ought. By allowing the man who takes the sheep to keep two thirds of the wool and two-thirds of the lamb 3, both of the above objec tions are avoided. These are the terms upon which I have let sheep for several years. I agree to furnish ewes that are satisfactory and a ram of any kind or quality. I require in return that the number of sheep be kept good, which insures constant and careful attention. When a loss occurs—and it often does in the best of flocks under the best of circum stances—if the flockmaster has dooe his duty I settle at his own terms. Always a Gentleman. A young fellow of my acquaint ance tells me that a friend of his al ways practices, however trying the circumstances or whatever his physi cal condition, that unselfish civility which distinguishes the true gentle man. And he related the following incident: "Last September we took a cauoe trip together, and on going down some rapids we were upset and found ourselves floating about in a sort of bay where the river widened, As the weather was cold, we were pretty thickly dressed, and our boots were heavy, so that the situation was rather precarious. We were strag gling towards shore, and he had his paddle but I bad lost mine. Seeing that I was in difficulties, although he was just as badly off himself, he said: "Take my paddle, old fellow, I don't want it; do oblige me." "I believe I should haye laughed, if I had not been afraid of drowning, at the con trast between bis statement that he was all right and the gasping voice in which it was spoken However we got ashore safely.— Boston Post. No Late Hours in Vienna. There is a peculiarity which Vienua shares iu common with all the Aus trian towns. At 10 o'clock the streets are deserted. Scarcely will you meet one solitary soul. A law authorizes the portier, or concierge, to levy a tax of ten kreutzers (about four cents), called the spergeld, on any person leaving or entering the house after that hour. This spergeld gives rise to some curious fashion Thus the theatre and opera beg early, and the performance is tim to end at 9:45. If it lasts longe nearly the whole audience rises and hastens away, to be home in time to save the spergeld. Cafes are emptied at that hour, the trains are crowded as the last momeut of grace arrives, and even the rubbers of whist at the clubs are interrupted. It grows into such a force of habit, and is such an excepted fact, that, except under ex ceptional circumstances, you do not think of incurring the debt. , The Eternal Hope. No iron BO hard, but rust will fret it; No perch so high, but climbing will get It; Nothing so lost, but seelciug will fiad it; No night so dark, but there's daylight be hind it, —Sullivan's first pound party -in England has not yet occurred. —ln the Volpauk language the word dollar is "doad." But it will be just as hard as ever to borrow one. —The London Times treated Showman Barnum editorially the other day- As P. T. is a temper ance man, this is the only kind of a treat be takeß. > —James S. - Winter, Attorney-Gen eral of Newfoundland, has been ap pointed representative of tba colony in the Fisheries Commission whico is to meet in NO. 4
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