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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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