\o xxv BTE Tiie only braud of Lwmdiy Soap awtrucd a first class medal at the Kcw Orleans Exjwsitioa. Guxunn te«d nlisohitcly pure, and for general household purposes is the very best SOAR . I B GBsn&W ON EVERY Tour attmU..D to culled to tiie atore of W. E. Sabaon. the Jeweler No. M. South Main street, where you will nnd a choice selection of Witchef. riocka and Jewelry of every tton. Watch and Clock repulrhiK a apecUltjr, W. E. RALSTON, No. M. South Mala street, Butler. Pa; B. & B. eiRIKG Ills IUIII OUB GREAT JANUAH7 MABK-DOWN SALS Cotamen'V-H and we purpose it shall be the moet noted an-J Important In churacter of anythin? hitherto offered, as the moat sweeping reduc tions will f>- m.tde ID all department* out our entire estafrltahments, upstair-, and down, BARGAINS Ttl AT WTI.I. BRING CROWDS OF Ut'ygKS. AND AT ONf'E. 19-Inch neat STKIi'KD COLORED SILK VETH, 25 C'-ufa—v.ilue. T.i. 19-lnd) FBIKSK CHEI K SILK VELVETS, me dium brltflit colon, rvs centa—down from si. COUTCME VELVETS, In black ani colors, at soeclal prices. One lot 19-lnch VELVETS, colors, sold at ti usually, and orten sold as Slik Velvets—but ace cotton face, but a (food, time pile—are to be closed out at 35 cents a yard. Black and Colored KKOCADE and Stripe! VELVETEENS of ifood quality w,ll be sacrinccd at 25 cents a yard: value 50 cents an-1 upwar.is. .Bargal n . M !f PL AIN BLACK SILKS. FAILLE FRACSAHU RIIADAMKS. FIWB FRENCH DRESS OtXJDS. PLAIDS. *c„ at prices to make this sale effectual. DOL'BLK WIDTH t.OODS at HO and 75 cents. Never before such rich, choice qualities, partic ttv! 76 c ones,as they are down from $1,25 toa ft iH-r vara. f/0-lnch HI ITINOH, 90c.—t&Iqo Sl—MurDasslfic aWl MIXKD TRICOTS, 85c. —during this atV«?.f|? 3 an«i^? Lll,l ' G8 50 ,nrhefl wM6, g0 01 C "°K" E BROADCLOTHS, $1.75- v«uutf, 10I» Oleco. doftble width SCOTCH CHECKS or r^r ID4 ln styles, medium, brunt but cnoice colorlnipi. we bought at haU the cost of importation-ffo at thi» sale, viz; em. a yard. French ''trlpe i FianneU at Sic., ■» close, into nam.- method applies also to the Cloak Boom. Cloaks never offered at such low prices. IJow to your time to gret bar if alas; space-to lim ited to enumerate—but write our Mall Order Depart mem for mil particulars. BOSK £ IDE, IIS, 117,119,121 Federal SI, - Allegheny* Pa. Planing Mill ■—AN I J—• Lumber Yard I. L. PUB Via. L. O. PURVIh B.6.Purvis&Co. MAXCrACTCKKtSS AXD UEALRHS IN Rough and Planed Lumber or FV* R V I'KIMJtttFTION, SHLNGLES&LATII PLAN IKG MILL AMD YAUU jV«arUeriiißii(iAthMllffJiiiir<;li M.F.&M, Marks Invite your inspection ot their stock of FALL and WINTER Millinery Goods. Receiving goods every week their stock is always FRESH AND COMPLETE. BUY YOUR HOMES United Security Life Insurance and Trust Co.. of Fa. Mo'iey to Buy Homes. Kor thiy du' N not more than a fair rent. Pay ment* decrease yearly, ln event of death prior to completion of p«} ni<-nt«, balance of en eumbrance canceled. M »ney to Loan. Real e«t«te bouglit an-l Hold on commission. Wanted houaea to rent and r< nU coUecteJ. L.G LINN. No. 88 Buuib Main Bt, Butler, Pa. Over Ltun'a Druy Store. nrrfk'" Wo»a«r» e*i«t in tbo-iaamla of IIL L III"! run, but are aurpaaaed by the iuar || 11 [■veto oi Invention, ihone wlio are In n--ed of profitable work that cun l>e dona while living at home Hbould at once send iheir »ddr<aa to Hallett t Co.. Portland. Maine, and receive free, full information how either aex. of nil atrev c/ n earn from Pi to M> pt-r day and upwarda wherever thev live. You are aurted free, capital not required. Home hare ataoe over 100 In a atnyte day at UU« work, THE BUTLER CITIZEN The JPeonie's Great EXPOSITION! 4, GREAT SHOIiS IS ONE. 4, We anr.ollo.-e to the people far and wide that we will exhibit our collossul of starlling wonders, to secure which all parts "I the earth—Europe, A«la, and portions of t'le C" 5. have been sear- hed. and such an aggregation as has never been seen Mnce the d;.y Nouh entrr ed the Ark. The mighty Elephant.the great lOil- Doceros. ti:e Hlppopottomas.tiie < iilmpaozl '.thc Ou-rang-outaug or run-out-and-stlct-out-yo'ir tongue-out. the greatest living wonders of ti," age will excite no wonder waen comparel with the inoltitude of monsfr attractions on exhibi tion at our great moral Circus and Menagerie. The roars and howls of the would-be competi tor who Apes lb'? methods, but cries down the attractions of our own and ouJy Greatest Show on earth will be drowned In the Joyful acclam ations of a delighted populace. Remember thLs great show possesses no objectionable features and Is the delight of the cultured and reiined. We show under one canopy four great shows, the largest Stock—Greatest variety—Best Goods and styles-Lowest I'ri-eB. We have se cured a magnificent Brass Baud which will be a prominent feature of our great show. 3 rlnga with a Bfperale and coutlnuous performance being enacted ln each ring. NEW ANO NOVEL attractions. 3 Jolly Clowns. The greatest liv ing, walking, breathing, talking curiosities 01 the a«-' Hi tinny Plieilow»—.sure to .sell you and all the people'laugli when they .--ee the l>iir gains i hey oiler, other and u"eater atii aclione jtreet the delighted eye on every Mde—the Pro prietor and Managers swinging in the il\ing trapeze attached to the highest pinacle of suc ce#«, give Mich exhibitions of iier- e and daring in sweeping reductions, gorgeous displays ana worid*ri'ul iiargaitis as to cail forth the plai.dlti of tiie must prudent an'! econoinica!. Toe man agement te-g leave u> announee lhat m their un lirlng zeal lu the ---arch for the rare and curious, astonishing results have always followed and we open for voixr Inspection a coilos aal coilnctlon of bright and new i-'all Style* in Mend' Boys' ami Childreas' Clothing, Hals, Caps Cnderwear, Shirts, Collars, ( IIITH. Ties. Hosiery. Uandker chiefs.Mnfilers. Gloves. Milteus. I'm Ore ! Truni■«, Valmes, wateneis. Straps, Brushes, < <iml>s. Jewelry, t or.sets. Ji-r seys. Stockings with a fall line of Notions, &c. Big bargains all tnrough the show. Song by the Clown : - Men and youth and boys and all, Hhort aud Sa'id, lean and tall. Wno need a suit of clolh-is this fall, We do invite you now to call Kor we are rolling on the bail. And you are sur-.- to make a haul, Whatever you purchase, great or small. Song 2:— "What are the wild waves saying." Buy your Clothing and Furnishing goods of 1). A. HECK. Song 3'"ller bright smile haunts me fcttll," The tnule Of satisfaction that lieatn-'l from the face of the lacy who diessed b'-r little boy In one oi Heck s irtesistable suits. If you want to save money and Increase \ our pile droppiu audC HECK, aud he'll make you all smile. He possesses the power to spread happiness around, And his store is me place where bargains are found. Doors o|.en et 7A. SI. Close at 8 V. M. Ad mittance, Gents Tree, sand Children hail price, lt'-meiutier the place. D. A.. HECK'B, Xo. 11, Xorth M«ln St., Doff)'* 810-k, BUTLER, - PA. Organs! Organs! Organs! The Dyer & Hugh's leads, them all, 35,000 in actual use. The following are a few of the many uning thi* organ in Butler county: Win. Sarver, Sarver.-villo; Jas. Dougherty, Donegal; D Lardiu, Baldridge; I. Thorn. Thorn Creek; Jacob £houp, Thorn Creek; Bjiptist Church. Butler; Presbyterian Church, Muddycrcek; Bt. Jolin Church. Hal I s ton Station. Theee all recommend the Dyer & Hugh's Organ highly. I have contracted to sell a hundred of these organs during 1888, and will ofler them at greatly reduced price*, organs from $47 to S3OO. Come to Butler and take one of them home on trial A full line of viol in s. guitars, banjoes, horns and all musical instruments. Don't forget the name and place ALKX WILLIAMS. Next to Berg & Cypher's hard ware store, Butler, Pa, A Happy New Year To All. j I take this means of show ing my appreciation of the liberal support given me dur ing the past year, and extend to all heartfelt wishes for their ha.ppiness the coming year Having gained the confi l dence of my customers by hon est dealing and fair price.-', I shall endeavor to continue to deserve it in the future. Hoping for a continuance of your patronage, I am Very respectfully yours J. H.DOUGLASS, No. 03 MAIX S/r. BUTLER. - - J-*O7-iy Life Saved and Health Re •tnrnrl ' ,y " h '"o Ualter's f»<l Lltrr Oil and oiui cu a certain remedy for ( on sumption, lironchllis. Asthma. Scrofula and all throat and Inn# diseases. Prepared so an to Imi quite p.datalile. Ask for Bsksr't (od Llvi-r Oil and Jf*lt. If not sold by Dru^'ist. write to Hi- Manufacturer)* JOHN C. II th. til A (0.. Hl6 Fllbrrt Mt., I'HIU. QA L E S M EAT ' WANTED 1 \ ' —/ to canvass f<.r the *ile of N-ir-' sery HtocU ( Hte/vly employment guaranteed. • iLART AKU KXrESMkH>AIt>. A,.pi, «r, on'-e, aire. (Ueler to this IHIIST ) Chase Brothers Cc., J in tbo CITIZEN DAGOES | TR- :t MAP.k v RHEUMATISM. The Case Stated.— Jan'ian* 17th, 1833. Jfe-BTb. George C. Ospocjfl «£ Co., dm#- i pMs, Low!!. wrote to the un- "Mr. LewisDßl* I n>, Xo. 13G Mwsfy street. desires to | recommend fst. Jacobs Oil to any , nfrl!:-t- ! with rl><Uii.nt "-m, lie lias obtained benefits by u.«inc it, but be dt :re> tsi<-c:all.v to sav that: "Or. is fioniNsox, of Graiitville. Mass., a l. 'V of 12 year--, enme to bis house in the * j.- >-1' of Ivl walking on crutches, bis left It* l-eiiip lier.t at ibe knee for over two in-•nths, and could uot be bent back. He could not wa'k U|*>n it. Mr. Dennis had tome St Jii 'olis Oil in the hon«e, and Rave it to him to rub on bis knee. In six day? lie liad no we for his crutches, and went home well without then), as he has hten well since. St. Jacobs Oil cured him."' Corroborative and Conclusive Testi- MONY. —Lowell. Mass., Juiy 9. lb" G- i.tlemcn : Mr. Dennis has just called ujx>n me. :.ml informs me that the boy Orin Robinson, who was a poor cripple"' n crutches, ai.'l was cured by ft. .1 ,;t■■ .bs Oil in ImI: the cure has re i-)ui)i( ! }- :niii!.'-nt. The young man has ! en a: «1 i- r.ow at work every day a! inat.ti::! lui-or: a case certainly wbi<;h provi •> the cflicaey of . = t. Jacobs Oil. Xfr. Derstiis tells me also that lie had rhen-nutisiu in his knee; tried many rciiHii*—but of no use. and it cured the rhei'.mati 111 pennanentlv, a> it has not tro; ' !■:<! liini for years. — DR. GEO. C. O«joor> M. D. Summing Up.—l3y this showing St. Ja cobs Oil cures the worst chronic and cri] j.lfd c.v c-s cures proni].tlv; cures permanently; it) this case without re run. not <>. ; ain in .six years interven ing siiii-e mi. ,S<M by Drupgitti and ix'dm Everywhere. The Ctiarlf ■ A. Vogeler Co.. Balto., ltd. - |"°vr.BACK«fb| The Reliable fi Bop Flaster. Quickest remedy known for buttach# ind all eudden, nharp or lonij Man<li>« p«in» or of every kind. Vlrtu«»of freth hop«. heraloc* and pine balMun combined. It la wonderfully Sootklag, Palm-Kllllng sad Streafthenl-R. No failure powtWe. ZSc. 6 for $1 SoM every where or mailed f«.r price by the proprietor*. HOP PIiASTKR CO., Boston, Mass. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. O, M. ZIMMKKMAS, PHYSIC tAN AND SCROEON, Offlt3atNo.4i S.Malu street, over Frank 4 Co s Diug Store. Butler, I'a. J F. IJKITTAIX. Att'y at Law—'>itlce at H. E. Cor. Main St, and Uiaiuoud. Uutler, Fa. NEWTON BI.ACK Att'y at I.a.v—Ofilce on Sou'.a slic of Diamond, Butler, PA. IRA McJINKIN. Attorney at Law . Office at No. 17, East Jetler sou rtt ,'liiiiler, Fa. MR R J. LAMB. Organist and Choir Master, St. Peter's Oerra in Ch-irch, B'ltlcr. OHO AN. PIANOFORTE. VIOLIN. SINOINQ ANO IIAR- M'INV, l'lanofortcs and Organs Tuned an 1 Regulat ed. Tjrmson application, 1W West Jefferson street. L S. McJUNIKIN, Insurance and lira I Estate Ag'l. 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. Dr. S. A, JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All woik pertiiliiinc to the profession execut ed in the ne:itest manner. Sp>-ei!iltles <Jol'l Fillinits. and Painless Ex tntetton 'if Teeth. Vitalized Air administered. Olllr* on Jefferson street, one door Kail nfl.owrj IloiiAe. I'p StnlrN. Office open daily, except Wednesdays and ThurKtlnyK. CoiniiiuulcaUoun by mail receive prompt attention. K. B.—The only DentNt In Butler aslns the beat makes of teeth. JOHN E. STUBS, PHYSICIAN AN " SURGKON omce No. G!1 South Main Street, BUTLER, - SAMUEL M. BIPPUS, Physician and Surgeon, No. 10 Went Cunnin(th#m St., BUTLER, EENTISTR Y . 0 1/ WALI»Rf»N. Uraduato of ttie Phlla • I*. deiphla Jentai Collet;e. 1» prepared to do anything t:. the Hue of liih profeuiton In a MatlKfactory manner. office on Main Btrei-t, P.utler, Union lllock up ntair-i. J, 8. LVBKi M.D , Han removed from Harmony to Uutler and haa his Office at No. 9. Main St.. three door* below Lowry House. apr-so-lf. IITINMUIIEB I Dill, No. 88 and 90, S. Main St., BUTLKTi, - - PA. N«'«tr Vfw '<>ll v t ffon?-.** forrnrrly DonuldHOß IfouH*'- w>*n\ tor tnwtlrrk. [4-u-'w, Sy 1 U KITKNMCI LKK. I'rop'r. A J FRANK & CO. OKALKa* IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, am) CHEMICALS, FANCY AND TOILKT A UTh'EH, SI'ONtJKS BRUSHES, I'ERFI MERY. Ac. f Jr"Plpy«liiaiiH' Freb.:rlj)tlona carefully r0...* pouiiduU. 4 5 S Main Street, Butler, Pa. | NEW Clothing Store CLOTHING, If ATS, G KNTB' FU RNISHLNG GOODS, UNDER WEAK, NECK WKAR. OVERCOATS, RUBBER CO A IS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, UM BR ELLAS. SHIRTS, CAPS, SHOE> FOR MEN AND BOYS, &c., All at must reasonable prices, JOHN T. KELLY, CO S,, Main St., door to r, o.) One Of The Family. Farmer Kimball was in his straw berry patch polling up the weeds when Lucv K»ene came d>»wn the road that beautiful July m"truing and be was just about to throw an arm lul of item over the fcuea as she c nii» eroncd the corner. The son-bonnet she wore was ex actly iike ine ooe he remembered to have seen her mother wear twenty yea s ago ; ard he remembered, too, . as he looked at tbis one, aud the j fresh, rosy face uuder it, bow that one bad made his heart flutter the first time he saw it, how he was so bewitched by it, that he had walk- ' ed home wi'h Hestor Morgan, and ; that be had had hard work to keep j from proposing to fcer. He wondered now as he hid won- j dered many hues in the twenty five ; years that had pone by since then ; why he never did propose to her. He had meaut to marry some time, and ho was sure she bad liked him in the old days; but something had come between them, and she had ! married Robert .Reeoe, and ho h;id married bis cousin Mary As be looked at Hestor's daughter ! this summer moralug, the oid fire j stirred under the dust and ashes of! twenty-five years, and he felt a little j flime spring up in his heart. "Good morning, Lucy," he said leaniut? over the ferice. "Oh!'' exclaimed Lucy, witl! a jump "I didn't see you and you came usar scaring me. Isn't it pleasant ?" '•Yes it, is pleasant," answered the farmer, looking straight at her pretty face " How's your mother?" "Pretty well," auwered Lucy. "Your strawberries are doing splen didly, aren't they? We're provoked about ours. The hens got into the gar den, and mother says shs don't think • we'll have a pailful of berries in all " "I wan't to know!" exclaimed the j farmer. "Now tell yo tr mother ! she's welcome to all she wants out of my patch. She can have 'em just as well as not. There's goiug to be asigbtmor'n we'll want, and I'd rather have them used than wasted " "I will tell ber," answered Lncy. "I know she'll be deiighted at the chance. You know what a hand she is to make strawberry preserves " "Yes. I do," auswered the farmer, thinking of old times "I remember she could beat all the other house keepers at that. Tbev used to say that she had a kuacg for making strawberry jam that nobody else could get bold of." '•She hasn't lost it yet," said Lucy "She'll be pleased to have you come to test some she m »'••• l«st year. She had unusually go d luck." ' I'll (Jo it,' ne saul ' Tell her I'll come over on Saturday, if it'o agree able, and I reckon tbo b-rries Will be j ripe by that time, So I can pick a pailful. If they be, I'll bring BJIID over "Thank you," said Lucy 'lf you do, we'll have shortcake. I'll tell her to expect you to tea on Saturday, then?" "Yes," auswered tbe farmer. "I'll j be 'rouud if nothing happens. Oh, I beard from Charley yesterday He'll tie home in a day or two to stay." "That'll be pleasant for you," re plied Lucy, stooping dowu to pick up a daisy. He could not see bow rosy the lace uuder tbe bewitching sunconnet grew all »t once. If he had it might have set him to thinking. "Yes it will," said the farmer. "Charley's a good boy." ' I think I'll have to be going," said Lucy. "We will expect you at tea, Saturday, remember." "I won't disappoint you " said the farmer; and he weut back to pull ing weeds. ' I think it's foolish to think of such a thing,' he said to himself, 'but Idout see as its anybody's business bui ours. If I see fit to marry Lucy aud she's willing, I'm ifoi'ig to do it " Fr. m which you see that tbe farm er's old fancy to the mother's bad puddenly been transferred to tbe daughter. Charley came the next day. "I suppose I'll bave tell him what I've been thinkiuing about,', thought the farmer. "I'd about as soon take a horse whipping, I declare. But there is'ul any use iu dreading it, aud putting it off as I know of." Accordingly when they were sit ting on a porch after supper; tbe far mer began: "I've been thinking of getting a new bouskeeper," be armouoced. "Won't Aunt Sarah stay?" asked Charley. "I—l mean a housekeeper of an other kind he stammered," he said, wiping his face vigorously. Charley gave a whistle of surprise, staring hard at his father "Who is it to tie, if I may ask such a question?" he said "Down tbe road," said the farmer jerking his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of Widow Kee« e't». He couldn't muster dour age to sav it was Lucy "Aim! That's the way the wind blows, is ii?" laughed Charley I'm glad to hear it. You couldn't do bet ter." "I'm felt sure you would 1-ke Lucy as—a member of* the family " "I buvu't any objections, if she has not " "So that is over, said the farmer, us Charley trolled down the road. "1 wonder why he never took a fancy to her 1 s'pose folks'll say I'm au old fool, tint 1 don't care." While he t-at. there, Charley was tell ing Lucy his father had keener eyes thai he had given him credit for. for he seemed to understand how matters stood perfectly. And what he told her after that is none of your busi ness or mine, though I feel sure that it had something to do with Lucy's becoming one of the family. About 4 o'clock on Saturday after noon, Mr. Kimball, iu his best coat and a pail ot strawberries on his arm, kuocked at Mrs Keene's door. "Good afternoon." said the widow, as she let him in, with a charming suspicion of a bluuh iu her face. "Here's some berries," he said awkwardly presenting the offering. ' Lucv said the hens had played the mischief with yours, and as I have plenty, why you may ju-tt as well as uot bave as many of 'em ns you j need." I "I'm a thousand times obliged to ! you " By that time the farmer had got to I thn sitting room door. Who should jhe sco there but Charly. "You kept ' it very sly but I wnsa't to be cheated l out ot my share of the strawberry 6hort cake " Thou Charley and L-Joy louleed at BUTLER PA . FRIDAY. JANUARY 27. 1888 each other and laughed, and the far mer felt his face jrrow red. "Just see what he's brought us " said tbe widitw displaying the ber ries. "If you'll help to pick 'em, Lucv, we'il have a short cuke for tea. I nmf mber how fond you used to be of short cake years ago." and the widow smiled at the farmer until th'-re was a dimple in each cheek. Her words brought vividly back to him tbe happiest experiences of a quarter of a century previous. ' I remember, too," he responded. Then Lucy and her mother went out. "I've spoken to her about being one of the family and she is willing," said Charley. "I I don't understand," said the farmer in great bewilderment,growing hot then cold. •'Why, you know the other night you thought of getting her mother for a housekeeper," explained Charley. "I supposed from what you said you kuew Lucy and I iutended to get married. It's settled" Mr. Kimball sat speechless What he thought in the next five minuies could not be described. His brain worked with a speed and intensity to which it was quite unaccustomed "I—l hope you will be happy," he stammered at last, feeling that some thing was expected of him, and amia bly desirlous of maintauing, as far as he could, tbo geuial, happy spirit of the occasion. '.l'm sure we will," said Charley. "I hope you will too." Pretty soon the widow came in. "The shortcake is baking," she said" "Lucy said she'd pick the berries aud set thn table, and sent me in to play lady and eutertaiu the com pany." Charley watched his opportunity and slipped into the kitchen. Tbe two more than middle-aged people were left to entertain each other The sly boy Cupid neve- had an op portunity given him like this The farmer bad made up his miud again. If he couldn't have Lucy he'd have her mother if he could get her. "Come to think it all over," be told himself, "it was the best plan by all odds." He wondered he could have been foolish enough to think ot marrying a girl of twenty-one or two. The idea was ridiculous. "vVhat's the use of waiting?" thought ho. ''lt might as well be setrld now as any other time." "Hestor," he began, getting red again, ' Charley and Lucy are going to get married Why shouldn't we?" Mr Kimball blurted out the ques tion with startling emphasis "Why. Mr Kimball," cried the widow, blushing so rosily that he thought her prettfer than her daugh ter. "I came over on purpose to ask you." hn said, telling a most outra geous lib "I hope you haven't any objections" Whon Lucv came in a half an hour later to sav tea was ready, the far mer rose up, blushing like a girl, and jerked his thumb toward the widow; then said in a voice that shook a lit tle: "That'll jour mother. Lucy. j mean she's Mrs Kimball. or going to be. II'B all Bellied ' I s'poso I may kiss my father." said Lucy, and she plumped a kiss 00 the Farmer's lips, who said she might give bim another for her fath er-in law while hbe was about,it if she had oo objections. "One will an swer for both," said Lucy. Then ibe farmer gave bis arm to the woman he had meant to marry five and-twenty years airo and led her out to tea. He has never regretted that matter* turned out as they did "Lucy can't be beat (or a dangb te,." be tells himself; "bat I don't want any better wife than her mother makes " The Use of Spectacles. A father and four children, all wear ing spectacles, entered a Fourth Ave car recently. A gentleman, turning to a reporter, paid: "Spectacles are the last new remedy, aud between i,hem and the mind cure it is now nip and tuck Oculists are just now cut ting a wide swath, and that branch of specialists is especially prosperous aud rapidly increasing. I know a prominent oculist who is getting a wide practice merely in nervous dis eases. Rickets and St. Vitus' dance be featß with spectacles. For head aches and earaches glasses are pre scribed. Few people have a normal focus. The rays of vision ueeded to make a perfect image CTOBS either at one side or the other. The struggle of the unaided eyes to read causes nervousness "The remarkable feature of it all," contiuued ibe gentleman, "is thai while gla*aes are an unceasing nuis ance aud generally so unbecoming, people accept thwn readily, particu 1 irly young women. A case in poiut is a very presentable young womau who went to an oculist lor some sen sitiveness iu the ear. He prescribed I soectacles—for the oculist does not approve of eye glasses She immedi ately put ibern on, although she bad never bad eny trouble with her eyes, and sees as w»-ll without them. The oculist tells her she must wear them all her life. "N >w, old fahbioued oculists," con cluded the gentleman, "are more con servative. One of them, 'Don't put on spectacles until it becomes neces sary for the sake of better vision Strengthen your sight by use as you strengthen your muscles, but don't abuse it. Wash your eyes in warm water, always rubbing toward the nose That preserves convexity and prolongs the sight'"—New York Evening Sun How to Treat Frost Bite. Doctor i'l Kanna* City .Star.] During the past few days I have treated several people for frozeu hands and feets, Iu one or two cases I have found it very ditQ :ult to treat tbem on account of tbeir pluugiug their frozen members in hot water or holding them in close proximity to a red-hot stove. The best possibly way to draw out the cold from frozen parts is to plunge tbem into ice or snow-water containing a liberal sup ply of Baltpetre or common salt, and then submitting tbem to a rigorous rubbing with a coarse towel or slap piug with the bands to restore circu lation. In many cases amputation has l>een found necessary where tbo patieut hats foolishly uved hot water. —Alabama has 150 saw inllla and has 15,000,000,000 foet of Btaadiog phie The Man In The Moon—A Myth known to be of great Antiquity. A well knowu German atory tells about the man who cot sticks on tbe Sabbath, and was caught up in tbe mooa, fagots and all,and tbere stands to tbis day Another tale told in Swabia relates about a manikin who stole wood, aud is still to be seen in the moon. A Dutch household myth accused the man iu tbe moon of steal ing cabbage on CnrHtmas eve; the neighbors caught him just as he was walking off with a good supply, aud they "wished" him up in the moon ! He stands there to this day, bearing his load of cabbages It is said that he turns round once every Christmas ; ere, but astronomy does not support the idea In Sylt, the man in the moon was a sheep stealer, and it was his custom to autice tbe sneep with a ; bundle of cabbages. He was placed in the moon as an everlasting warn ing to other*. In Shaumburg-Lippe it is said that a man and woman were sent to the moon; the man because he prevented people from goini; church on Sunday by strewing brambles and thorn bushes in the way, and the wo man because she made butter on a Sunday. Northern mythology tells about a giant who inhabits the moon, and is supposed to cause the ebb and flow of the tide. When he stoops the water flows, and when he stands erect the water subsides again. This some what resembles the Scandinavian myth about Bil and iljuki, who were taken up to htaven by Mani They were on their wav to the well Byrgir bearing on their shoulders the bucket Soeg aDd the pole Simul. They were placed in the moon, aud are supposed to regulate ber waxing aud waning. Evidently -'Jack and Jill" of our nur sery rhymes this legeud. Grimm trays that the water polo of the heathen story ha* be;n trans formed into the axid shaft and the pole ibto the thorn bush. THE HINDOO'S STORY In Hindoo mythology the moon— Chandra or Some—is a male deity, represented in one mvth as tne son of tbe patriarch Atri, and in another as arising from the milk sea, when it was churned by the gods BO as to ob tain the water of life. The moon is generally represented as wearing a white garment, holding a mace in one band, and riding a chariot drawu by ten horses and antelopes. Tbe hare is sacred to him, and the Hindoos fancy that thev see tbe outline of a hare on tbe face of tbe moon. In Africa tbe man in tbo moon is supposed to have incurred the wrath of the enn, and is in punishment car ved by the knife, this is, by the rays oi' tbe latter. This continues until tbe wbole of tbe moon is cut away and only a little piece left. The moon implores tbe sun to have pity on him and leave tbis morsel for bis children The t-on grants bis request, and the moon grows from tbis little piece un til at last it is full moon. Then tbe aun begins carving again. In China the old man of the moon is known as Yua-lao, and holds then reins bf marriages of mortals in his bands Tbe future husband and wife are tied together by au invisible silk en cord which is only severed at death Harley remarks in his funny way that this must be tbe man of tbe bonevmoon A Slavo tic legend says that the moon, king of night and hus band of the sun,falls in love with th-) morning star,wherefore hewasclove'i through in puuishment, as we see him in the sky A Russian story is told about a man who sought for the isle iu which there was no death. He took up his abode in the moon, but after a hun dred years or so bad elapsed death came after him A 'urious struggle ensued with the moon, aud the latter proving victorious, the man was caught up iu the sky, and now shines "as a star near the moon." It was not an unusual belief that the moon was inhabited; some thought her the place where human spirits either came or went. Others faucied it was a prison cage, in which, behiud bars of light, miserable sinners were to be exposed to a 1 eternity as a warning to others. VARIOUS SUPKRSTIT'ONS. Some sav the roan in the moon is Isaac, bearing a burden of wood for the sacrifice ot himself on Mount Moriab. Others that he is Cain, carrying a bundle of thorns on his shoulders in punishment for offering to God the cheapest gift from bis field Dante refers to tbis iu tbe "In ferno," canto xx, line 123, where he speaks of "Cain with fork of thorns," and again in canto ii of the "Para dise" be montions "the gloomy spots upon tbis body" fthe moon's) ' which below on earth give rise to talk of Cain." Tbe Jews have a story that Jacob'.* face is visible in tbo moon Accoid>ng to a French superstition it is Judas Iscariot, who was transport ed there lor his treason. Grimm tells us that a religious superstition is handed down by Berthold, 145, that the moon is Mary Magdalene, aud the spots are her tears of repeu tauco, In Greenland the gun and the moon were said to be brother and sister. Malina was teased by her brother Auniuga, and she ran awav from him. He followed her, but she flew up in the air a.id became tbe sun, and her brother, who could not fly so high, became the moon. He is still pursuing his sister, hoping some day to surprise and capture her. "When he is tired and hungry in his last quarter be leaves bis house, ou a sledge harnessed to four dons, aud hunts for several days. Ou his re turn he eats so much that he again grows into a full moon " The Australians believe the moon to be a mischievons being, who went about the world doing evil. One day ho swallowed the eagle god. The wives of the eagle came up. and the moon asked them where he could Dud a well. They nhowed him one, aud as ho stooped over to drink they hit him on the head (an idea manifestly plagiarized by Miss Bruddon in "Lady Audley's Secret")with a tom ahawk,and out flow the eagle.—llome Journal. A Cincinnati wire-nail company has just completed a factory that will i turn out 150,000 kegs of oails per j year. | —All anxious fathers of crying | babies should at once procure the cel ebrated remedy,l)r Bull's Baby Syr ' up. Price 25 cents a bottle, j No dyspepsia or headaches In the I house where Laxatlor is kept. This valuable remedy drives off all diseases . arising from impure blood. Price 25 i copra THE CANARY BIRD. The Clray, the Yellow, the Wbite, Blackish and Chestnut. Among tbe different tribes of song birds the canary has long been estab lished as the favorite, its melodious song, beautiful plumage and domes tic habits having won tor it a place in every household, and gained for it the name of tbe "universal parlor bird." Tbe Canary Islands are the most frequented haunts of the species. According to the observations of Adamson.Labillarde and others. The prevailing color of the bird iu its wild state is gray or brown, mingled | with other colors, but neyer reaching the brilliancy of plumage exhibited by the bird in captivity. The introduc tion of the cauary of Europe is stited by some to have taken place in the Fourteenth century, but Becksteiu j sets it down as the beginning of the Sixteenth. The principal varieties are the gray, tbe yellow, the white, the blackish and the chestnut, and it is from their combination that we derive the num erous varieties known to bleeders. Those canaries that have tbe upper part of the body of dusky green or linnet brown aud tbe uuder part the yellowish green of the green bird, with dark browa eyes,are the strong est, and most nearly resemble the primitive bird. The yellow and white often have red eyes aud are the most tender. Tne chestnuts are the moat common, and hold a middle rank tor strength and length of time between tbe two extremes. As the plumage of the intermediate varieties is a mix ture of the principal colors enumerat ed, thair valu'-i depends on the pretty and regular manner in which they are marked It seemsto be almitted by competent authorities that the canary most ndmired among fanciers is tue one with the body *hite or yel low; the head—oirtieularly if crested —wings and tail yellowish dun. The second in degree is of a golden yel low, with the head, wings and tail black, or at least dusky g*av. Nex'. follow the gray or blockish, with a yellow bead and collar, aud the yel low, with a blackish or green tuft, which is very much valued. Those that are irregularly spotted, speckled or variegated are much less sought after than the others, and are used to pair with those of one color, such as white, yellow gray or gray brown. The canary breeds freely with al lied species of birds, and many hy brids are recognized by breeders among them being the following: Mules bred from the hen canary and a goldfinch; male siskin green bird or citrilfiuch, as well as those bred from a hen canary and a linnet or bullfinch Besides those chaffinches, yellow hammerß and other birds have been tried, but have not proved successful. Iu recorded instances where mules have been tired the ca nary has always been the mother, the reason being that a female of the other species could not be induced to lay her eggs in an artificial nest as the canarv does. In order to obtaiu bright and good plumage, those birds whose spots are well defined should be placed together. A brownish gray or greenish bird paired with ona of a lively yellow color often produ ces young of a dim white and other admired colors. An eminent authority, ia apeiking of the choice of a bird, aays: ' Sacri fice color to accomplishments; 70a will never repeat it. Nature seldom gives us ra r o beauty and great accom plishments united." Canaries stddom show a sulkiness of disp Htioa an l experience goes to show that this amiability of disposition is quite characteristic of this bird of the For tunate Isles, whose uature appears to be as barmy aud genial as the clime from which it originally came Al though the canary, aa a domesticated bird, is toe easiest of all others to lake care of aud his treatment the most simple, there are inmy person* whose ideas on this subject are very limited Aa to their food, the more simple and natural has been always found to be the most productive of (food health and cheerfulness; while oti the other band, mixtures, iutroduced by many, such aa hemp, out meal, oats, HUgar, sweet cake, biscuit and such like, so far from being wholesome are injudicious. The main point is to obtain pure and fresh seed for them. Rape seed, when old or kept too long in a damp place, becoraos musty, gets a bitter taste aud won't agree at all with birds. The canary seed must be clean and of a glossy hue, feel heavy, to be free from musty smell aud have a sweet t»»ste. Persons keeping cauaries for thoir sinking should k«ep them in cages of about a foot in diameter, either round or square, aa in a largo cage they will not sing so well, having too much room to fly about aud amuse them selves, which, in a great degree, takes away their att«ution from singing. It is not necessary to keep these birds iu a very warm room iu the winter season. aa they can endure a great, deal of old without injury but they should be kept in as equal a temper ature as possible, A short time before the birds are put to breed they should be fed with higher food, such as hard boiled egg, chopped up fine, white and yolk to gether, exclusive of their general seed. Wood birds, when put together will generally mate within a week, which is easily known by their attention to each other. After mating they com mence building the uest, aud in about a week the hen begins to lay from two to six eggs, or.e each day in suc cession, on which she will sit thirteen days, when the young ones will come out, one after the other. It is wrong to take the eggs from under her while she is laying, for the purpose of hatching them at one tiiir<; it is best to let nature have its way in this case As soon as thi little ones are hatched they may fie fad, besides tbeir general need, with egi» boiled hard, chopped up fine and an equal am >ll nt of grated cracker, mixed to gether with the egg and boiled milk into a paste. This food must be given to them fresh three or four times a day, for the old birds will be more in clined to feed the young when fresh food is handed theiu. Au extra cup should b« handed them coataiaiog soaked rape seed. It is sometimes necessary to bring ap young canaries by hand, and tbea a paste should be made of stale bread or biscuit, pounded very fine, rape seed well bruised, a little of the boiled yolk of au egg aud soma water. They should be fed with a 1 ifuill col Into rbo Khjpo of a #pJ /u, aud should not Lave less thau tea or I twelve meals a i!av, four beakfulls ' constituting a meal. "Oa the thirteenth day." nays Bdchstein, a great, Uremia authority, "they will b;>gin t> feed themselves, and in four weeks they may be re moved to other cages. Care fchould be taken, however, to supply ibem for some time with tho paste di?scri b- j ed, together with thy food of full ;:rowu birds, as a sudden sioppcge ia the supply of tte former has been frujueu'lv known to occasion death, especially if the nestling is c.e;»riv<-d of it when molting—New York News. The Sparrow Nuisance. Ia thf* rep)rtof the C >m nT | of Agriculture, just published, find j a m.ip showing the distritrJii m of the j English Sparrow in the Uuitt-.d States at the close of the year 1886. From the articid which aeo mipauies the map we leara ih« tha first sparrov imp>rted into this couairy cnu? in ISSO Ei/ut pairs were hrcugni, set free iu Brooklyn, but, did uot uirive. A larger colony was brought over in 1852. au 1 lio.ir.ited on lslaud. Ckuer importations loiio»ved, but it was not uut.il about 187') that these birds wereff m'y established through out the X<w Englaud and Middle States. Since then the marvelous rapidity with which they have over spread a large portion ol the country is without a parallel in tho annals of ornithology. lis fecuudry is simply amsziug, and this (act has much to do with its rapid appearance all over the couutry. In the laii'.n'Je of Pennsylvania as rnauy as tf/e aad .six broods are rais ed in a single year, with from four to six youug iu each brood. Assumiug the annual product of a pair to be twenty-four youug, halt males and half females, and supposing lor the sake of computation that all will live for a period of ten years, the progeny of a 275.616,983.693. It seems to take most to the cities and larger tovvas, but. as these be come overcrowded tho overfl >w moves i.ito the country and is equally at home there. At the present time these sparrows have established themselves in thirty-five Sates and five territories. They now cover every State oast of tho Missis sippi river entirely, and in part of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Toey are also in part in Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas and in considerable territory arouud Salt Lake City aud Sau Francisco. They have also ma le tb'Mr appearance in numerous isolated localities iu the Southwest. Briefly told, they now occupy an a*ea of 885,000 square miles in the United States alone and 148.000 square miles in Canada. During the past ten years they have spread on an average over a territory every year equal to Pennsylvania I aud New Jersey united. | The array of charges hid against the sparrows in the report is wonder ful iti it* number and enormity. Every charge is clearly proven by numcous examples It is the enemy of our native birds and wages contiu ual warfare against them. It is the euemv of the gardener aud the fruit grower. It attacks almost every crop they grow. Th-> germs are ex tracted from tho fruit buds of trees and vines, from the pear,peach,plum, cherry, apple, apricot, curraut aud grape, from peas, cabbage,raspberries aud blackberries; eveu the wheut crop is not safe from their ravages. Great fears of its depredations are appre hended in California, which is now the great fruit growing State of the country. They delile buildings and have been known to kill viues by their ordure, As insect destroyers they are failures Tney allow tho caterpillars to spin thuir webs over their nests ami breeding boxes They keep away birds that would destroy caterpillars The loss they do to crops in England is estimated at $3,850,000 yearly; 1u Australia it is more still. Concerted action for iheir destruction is rocoin n Mid < I Trie gun aud poison urc most <Hi sacious. The soouer these remedies are em ployed tho better, as it will prevent the depletion of public treasuries through the payment of bounties Lancaster New Era A Laugh lhal Came Late. Mr. Chauncey I)epew was talking a while a/o with some New York friends, arid tbo conversation turned upon the density of Englishmen in tho mutter of bumor Slid Mr De pew, laughing over some anecdote that had just been related: "Some vfars ago I bud to make an after din ner speech at tho country home of a genial and wealthy Englishman who lived 100 miles or bo from London. I bogau by apologizing for my lack of preparation on the ground that tho man wb-j usually wrote my extem poraneous speeches had failed to put in an appearance. Nobody smiled. I tried again, ami the attempt WAS no more successful than the first. In fact, every effort made to interest and convulse the gentlemen gathered about that, banquet table seemed to pluuge them into deeper and more profound gloom, and 1 finally set down, convinced that I was a ghast ly and gruesome failure. I went over to Paris and traveled ah >ut tho con tinent for several wot-ks. Then I re turned to London and wi-.s walking up Kegeut St, when I met the liuy lishman who had been my entertainer in tho country. He came up to me with a burst of laughter. As ho grasped my bands in bis the tears al most ran down bis cheeks ho was laughing so hard. He excl timed : "My boy, that wa-< a capital extem poraneous speech lit'mv banquet. Ha, ha, in! I came all the way up to town to have a laugh, with you about it.' Anil be did laugh. Finally I said to him: ' That, was very kind of you. You must have come by tho slow express.' lie looked at me with an expression of deep amaze ment and I didn't see him for ft week. At tho end of that time he came to me again laughing all over and roar ed: "By jove, Depew, that was a wit ty thing you said to me the other day. The slow express! Ha, ha, hi:!' "And that," continued Mr I).-pew, "goes to show that Kuglishmeu real ly appreciate humor, though they are apt to b« in th« rear of the pro cession."— N. World. —Silva Porto,a famous Portuguese traveler and slave-trader, who died at the Elibo, in Africa, recently, was tlio first white man to cross the Hark Continent. He accomplished that great fttat in 1853. NO. 12 Population of the World. Professor Levasseur, the eminent statistician, estimates the population of the world at 1,483,000 000. lis has faith in the substantial accuracy of the recent estimates of the popula tion of China and Japan, based upon the latest official reports. There hag been considerable controversy with regard to the population of these countries, and the opiniou qf Sir R. A'cock, Sir Rawson Rawson and other statisMtians that China contains about 400,000,000 people will derive considerable weight* from the fact that Professor Levasseur has reacbod tbe same conclusion. The statisti cians who do not think the Chinese estimates are far from correct, base their opinions upon a comparison of the Chinese census returns of the last ar;d the present centuries aud upon tbe ratio of population to area in other countries, Those persons who imagine that the conditions of savage life are on favorable to density of population may be surprised to learn that ttie latest estimates give Africa a popu lation of 16 and North America only 8.8 to the square mile. While our continent is known to have 80.000,- 000 people, the population of Africa, according to Professor Levasweur, approximates 197,000.000. The re sults of this comparison aro not very surprising when the fact is borne in mind that Africa is nearly one-third larger than this continent, and that while about a third part of North America is almost uninhabitable, no considerable part of Africa lacks pop ulation. Even tbe Sahara has many thousands of inhabitants, and the density of population in the large ar«as of equatorial Africa surpasses anything known until quite recently among savage peoples One reason why Africa has absorb ed so much of the exploratory zeal of civilized nations while South Ameri ca has been comparatively neglected, may doubtless be found it the fact that Africa far surpasses our south ern sister in population, and in her great undeveloped districts offers far larger inducements to commerce than similar regions in South America. While Africa contributes over 13 per cent of the population of tbe world. South America supplies only a little over 2 per cent., and the density of population in the dark continent is over three times that in South Amer ica. « While the contribution of Europe to the land surface of the globe is less than one-half as great as that of North America, her population is over four times as numerous.—New York Sun, A. Model Report. When it was first arranged for postmasters to send in quarterly re ports, many queer documents were furnished* One of the funniest came from Waterford,Fulton|connty,lll,and is a model of comprehensiveness, it not of grammatical precision. It is still on file at the Postofiice Depart ment, and reads as follows; waterlord, fulton co iis July the 9 1857. muster james bnckanin, president of Uuited States Dear Sur Boon requir ed by the instructions of the postofiice to report quarterly, I now foolfil that pleasin duty by reportin as follows. The Harvistin has been goto on perty well aud most of the nabors hare got thur cnttin about dun wheat is an av erage crop, on rollin lanß corn is yel lowish and wont cut more than ten or fiften booshils to the aker the helth of the communitie is only Tol erably meesils and colery have broke outin abought 2 and a half miles from hour, their c,re a powerful awaken on the pubjec of religun in the potts na borhood and meny souls are bein made to know there sins forgivin miss nancy Smitn a neer nabor had twins day before vistirday one of them is supposed to be a seventh monther is a poar scraggy thing, and wout live half its days this is about awi i know and have to report the present quarter giv my respects to Mrs Buekanin and eubsorib misolf yours trooly, Abigal jenkins, p m at fulton Co ills. —Dayton News. To Save Doctors' Bills. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. Nover lean with the back upon anything that is cold. Never begin a journey until break fast has been eaten. Never take warm drinks and then immediately go out in the cold. After an exercise of any kind never rido in an open carriage or near the window of a car for a moment; it is dangerous to hoalth, or oven life. Never omit regular bathing, for, unless the skin is in regular condi tion, the cold will close the pores and favor congestion or other diseases. When hoarse, speak as little an possible until the hoarseness is re covered from, else the voice may bo permanently lost or difficulties of the throat may be produced. Merely warm the back by the fire and never continue keeping the bock exposed to the beat after it has corae comfortable warm. To do other wise is debilitating, Never stand still in cold weather, especially after having taken a Blight degree of exercise, and always avoid' Btauding on the Ice or snow where a a person is exposed to the cold wind. When going from a warm atmos phere into a cooler one, keep the mouth almost closed, so that the air may be warmed by its passage through the nose ere It reaches the lungs. Keep the back, especially between tho tdionldjr blades, well covered; also, the chest well protected. In sleeping in a cold room establish the habit of breathing through tho nose, and uever with the open mouth. Burning Chimneys. If it be desired to extinguish the lire in a chimney which has been lighted by a fire in the fire place, shut all tho doors of the apartment, so as to prevent any current of air up the chimney, and throw a few handfuls of common salt upon the fire, which will immediately extinguish the same. The philosophy of this is that in the process of burning the salt muriatic acid gas laevolred, which is a prompt extinguisher of fire. —A metallurgical engineer ha» succeeded in making pig iron with nature)
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