VOL XXV. KIRK'S white nussitf T!ic only brand of Laundry Soap award J a liist class medal at thw New Ork-ans Exi>ositio:i. Guaran tcid absolutely pure, and for general Louseiiold purposes is the very best SOAR The t'eonle's Great EXPOSITION! (. ErltJT SHOWS HONE. (, We to Uie people fur and wide that wc will exhibit our collossal aggregation of startllae wonders, to secure which all parts of the earth—Kurope. Asia, and portions of the C - S. have been s.-arched. and such an iggre»uUon as has never been 9een since the day Noah enter ed the Ark. The mighty Elephant .the great Kht nocerc«. the Hlpjx»pottoiiias.th»: Chlmpanzio.the On-rang-outang or run-out-and-stlck-out -your trtng«"-ont. the (freatest living wonders of the age will excite no wonder wnen compared with the multitude of monster attractions on exhibi tion at our great moral Circus and Menagerie. The roars and howls of the would-be competi tor who Apes the methods, but cries down the attractions of our own and ouly Greatest Show ou earth will be drowned In the Joyful acclam ations of a delighted populace. Itemember this great show possesses no objectionable features and Is the delight of the cultured and reflued. We show under one canopy four great shows, the Largest stock—Greatest variety—Best Goods and styles—Lowest Prices. We have se cured a magnificent Brass Band which will be a prominent feature of our great show. 3 rings with a asperate and coutlnuous performance being enacted In each ring. NEW AND NOVEL attractions. Jolly Clowns. The greatest llv ing. walkiui;, brealhlnif. talking curiosities of the iliunnv Phellows—sure to sell you aud all the peo|ile'lau|!li wheu they see the bar gains thev oner, oilier and urealer attractions greet the delighted eye on every side-tile Pro prietor ai:d Managers swinging in the nvuiK trapeze aU whed to the highest pinacle of suc <-e*s, give such exhibitions ot nerve and daring in sweeping reductions, gorgeous displays and wond<riul oaigains as to call forth the plaudits t»l the most prudent ana economical. The man agement beg leave lo announce that in their un tiring zeal in the search lor the rare and curious, asioulslllug results have always followed and we open lor vour inspection a collos sal collection ot bright and new Kail Sivles in Mens' Boys" and Child reus' Clothing, Hats, Caps Underwear. Shirts, Collar*. Cutis. Ties, Hosier}, Handker chiefs. Mufflers. Gloves. Mittens, Umbrel las. Trunks. Valises, Satchels. Straps, Brushes. Combs. Jewelry, Corsets. Jer sevs. Stocking* with a full line of Notions, &c. Big bargains all through the show, Kong by the Clown : - Men and youth and boys and all. Short and So'id.U-ait aud tall. Will, need a suit Of clothes tills fall, do invite jou now to call Fot we aie lolling on the ball. And miu are sure to make a haul, Whatever you purchase, great or small. hone 2'What a*e the wild waves saying." Env vour Clothlug aud Furnishing goods of 1». A. HECK. Song 3 :—"Her bright smile haunts me still," The smile of satisfaction that beamed from the face of the lady who dressed her Utile boy in one ol Heck's lnesistable suits. If you want lo save money and increase your pile droppiu and C HECK, aud he'll make you all smile. He possenses the power to spread happiness around. And his store is the place where bargains arc found. Doors open at 7a. m. Close at s r. St. Ad mittance. Gents Free. Indies and children half price. Itemember the place. D. HECK'S, *•. 11, Xorth Haln St., Dcffjr'i Block, BUTLER, - PA. A Happy Now Year To All. 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 happiness the coining year. Having gained the confi dence uf 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. Go S. MAIN ST. BUTLER. - - s-*-s;-iy Planing Mill —ani»— T inmbftr Yard a. L. FURVIS. L. O. FURVIfr S.G. Purvis & Co. HAXnFAITCKS'.KS AND DEALEKS IX Sough and Planed Lumber tif t.V*RY liKCKimilN, SHINGLES&LATH PLANING MILL AND YAlil> Neortaeruittn (i*thollc('hnr<'t> YOU CAN FIND PAPER « -i •!« in i"muni"it- nd'ln Adrert>«iur Bureau <n REIOUGTON BEOS. -mho will ocoiract for MlrertUing at loweat rates. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. nor.ix * TIIK JAW. J J PUT an .".ngor-l>it iu I { S t' !C head of :i jsra.-i.hop- ' OV per or mosquito (natur - wa alist.i .say tin- latter liss , ' a saw-shaped contriv- j / ance to cut the ilesh j If i With), aud set liim tu j 1 work to bore thron:/t. j ~ the check aud jaw. Let I Jfzv u y him l>e bij* enough and | 55/-—~M~~ I strong enough to bandit , _Z J j a man, get hiiu down i 7 / and begin operations, l! I *■ such savagery could be j realized, it would l>e 110 worse thau 11 j jumping toothache. The old coiuic alma- 1 nac used to have a picture of a man. his j month tilled with water and seated on a j hot stove waiting for it to boil. This was ' called a cure for the toothache. Grim j joke. But it perhaps suited the times, .1- | there was then nothing known to give J instantaneous and permanent relief, and j the joke illustrated the desperation of Uie sufferer as wel!. Hut not so now. At least we are sure from the following that some men have found sure comfort and cure, at once, as they testily: Mr. George W. Harris, llagerstown, Md., writes June 8.1557: "I suffered with neuralgia, caused j by a defective tooth; was advised to 111b | my gum with St. Jaeolis Oil; did so and was relieved thoroughly." Mr. George A. Grimes, !»;»s Lemon street, Baltimore, Md., May 11, lsS7, states: "1 suffered severely on several occasions with jumping tooth ache, lasting once several days, when 1 • was cured immediately by St. Jacobs Oil." Mr. J. S. DePalos, 1026 Opera Building, Chicago, 111., May 5, ISB7, says he was not ouly cured of toothache by St. .Jacolw Oil, hut found great relief iu its use for sore feet aud chilblains. Mr. Val. Stein bach, 1648 2d street, New Vork, writes February 2,1387: "My wife suffered with toothache, and nothing would give her relief. She tried St. Jacobs Oil and was cured at once." Mr. John Gntmon. Sherman, Ky., writes February, 1887: '"Have used St. Jacobs Oil abont ten years. It always cured toothache in about ten minutes." Mrs. Mng.iretho Sehroeiier, West Webster, N. Y., states February 7, ISS7: ''St. Jacobs Oil is excellent for toothache." Col. A. G. Alford. Baltimore, Md., March 9, 1887, says: "I was suffering terribly for several days with an ulcerated tooth, and could get no relief till I tried St. Jacobs Oil, which relieved me instantly." It is a relief, therefore, that not alone kills pain, but takes away all soreness. Sleep comes, and that ends it. fe'.BACK»ffij The Reliable JJ Bop Plaster. Quickest remedy known for backache and all sudden, hharp or lonu standing pain* or weak nesses of every kind. Virtues of fresh hops, hemlock and pine balsam combined. It is wonderfully Soothing, Pain-Killing and Strengthening. j Ko failure possible. 2V; 5 for $1 Sold'every •where or malk-d for price by the proprietors. HOP rLASTEK CO., Hon ton, Muss. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. G, M. ZI.MMKKMAX. rnvsiciAS ANI» STKGEON. Office at Xo. t.\ S. Main str.ret, over Fraafc & Co s Dtutf store, liutler. I'a. J. F. BIUTTAIN. Att'y at Law—Office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and biumonU. Butler, Pa. NKWTOX BLACK Att'y at Law— Office on South stile of Diamond. Butler. I'a. 111 A MOJUNK.IN, Attorney at Law. Office at No. IT, East Jeffer sou St.. Bui ler. Pa. Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties (Jolrt Killings, and Painless Ex traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. Office on Jefferson Street. one itnor Kast of Lowrj House. I'ji Stairs. Office oppn daily, except "Wednesdays and Thursdays. Com man 1 cations by mail receive prompt attention. N. B.—The only Dentist in Butler using the best makes of teeth. JOHN B. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON Office No. <r> South Main Street, BXJTLER, - PA. SAMUEL M.BIPPUS, Physician and Surgeon. No. 10 West Cuaningbtim St., BTJTLER/1 ZPEHNTZST'.A. JDEINTTISTH, X. o|/ WALDKOX. Graduate of the Pliila ■ delphia )ental College, ts prepared to do anrthim; l:i the line ot Ills profession ill a satisfactory manner. Office on Main street, Butler, Union Block up stairs. j/s. LUSK, M.D., Bas removed from Harmony to Butler and has his office at No. 9, Main St., tUree doors below Lowry House. apr-80-tf. MR R7 J. LAMB Organist and Choir Master, St. Peter's German Church. Butler. ORG AN, PIANOFORTE. VIOI.IN, SWING AND HAR MONY.. ptonofortes and Orjrans Tuned atvl netrutat ed. Tsrmson application, so West .l.tTerson street. ~ L Sr MrJUNTkiT, Insurance and Real Estate A«'l 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. BUY YOUR HOSES l"nlted security Life Insurance and T«.st Co.. or Pa. Money to Buy Homes, Mot tlil.v dues not more than a fair rem. Pay ments decrease yearly. In event of death prior to completion u payments, Utluitccut on cumbrance. canceled. Money to Loan. Keai estate bought and *old on commls-ion. Wanted houses to rent and rents collected. L. G. LINN, No. 3S South Main St., Butler, Pa. Over Linn's Drug Store. THE ALLEN PATENT WASHER 1 Why It is Suparicr to ali Others. ITS belnr enclosed it retains the liijfU temperature so necessary In removing the diri from the -tooiH. On H TIIKKB tx''.a_' no Friction on the clothing to w.-ar lr. o,.f| THE ju-cnliar action of the water in the U. Machine (which cannot te iinoi'isiood unless olio ,-:ees It) loreing a strong eiirreln of water through iii» clothliig at every vlroraiion of the Agitator, (which !s caused bv ine peculiar construction ot the topoi tue Muciihi 1 . A *|. ANI> best ot all Is that a child of fcur years till, t-au do liiti \»oric ti U' lng so ihat. the operator sirs down while doiug it Machines auil County and Township Ki the state of Pennsylvania. S jld bv SHIKAS & HAYS, Butler, Pa s-l:»-ly THIS 1 iZ!ZZ 2 . .:. tiijr.* Atsericy Sjtant. li. W. AVEft It S9N t cur Guilty Or Not Guilty? She stivoil at hir of j it<;i.:e, A creolure wan and will, In form too *;na!l fir a woman, l:i feature toj oM for a child . For a look so worn and pathetic Was stamped oil her pale voting face, Jt seeme.l loii£ years of sullerinz, Must have lett tlmt silent tries. "Vour name," said tlie judge, as he eyed her With kimlly look, yet keen, "Is—;'" —'"Mary McGuire, if you please, Kir," "And your aaje?"—"l,a!U turne 1 fifteen.' "Well, Mary—" and then from a paper He slnwly anJ <jr:».vely re.td, "Vou are charged herd—l a'ii s irry to siy it— With stealing three loaves of breal. "Vou look not 'ike an offender, Aud I hope th:»t you ean show The charge to bo false. Now, tell me. Are you guilty of this, T:O?" A passionate hurst o! weepiuj Whs at first her sole reply: But she ilrie>l her eyes its e moment, And looked in the judge's eye. "1 will tell you just how it was, sir; My fitlher and mother are denl, Aud my little brothers and sis'.ers Were hungry and asked me for bread, At first 1 earned it for theui iiy working hard all day, But soujt.ho'* the times were hard, sir, And the work all fell a.ray. I could get no more employment; The weather was bitter cold. The young ones ctied and shivered, (Little Johnnie's but four years old,) So what was I to do, sir—, I am guilty, but do not condemn; 1 took,—oh: was it stealing?— The bread to give to them." Every man in the court room- Gray beard and thoughtless youth— Kuew, as he looked upon her, That the prisouer spake the truth, Out from their pockets Cime kerehiefs. Out from iheti eyes sprang tears, And out from old faded wallets Treasures hoarded for years. The judge's face was a study, The strangest yon ever saw, Ashe cleared his throat all murmured Something about the law For one so learned ia suoti matters. So wise iu dealiug with men, He seeniad on a simple question Sorely puzzled just then. But no one b'.ained him, or wondered, When at last these words they heard, "The sentence of this prisoner Is lor the present deferred." And no one blam. j d him, fir wondered, When he went t-> her and sraiied. And tenderly led from the Court room, Himself the "guilty'' child. THE MIND-CURE. How it Worked on New Eng land Maidens. BY HOWARD FIELMNU. The true story of how I became a mind cure physician will he found both instructive and entertaining— entertaining because I had' a lively time and got fired from the profess ion in dynamite *tyle; instructive be cause there are many people working the same racket who are smart enough to make a success of it, as I was not. It was in the early spring that I struck the thriving New England citv of VV —. I was not thriving mv self at that time, and the indications were that if I didn't begin to thrive before long there would be an eorly grave beneath the weeping chestnuts with its head-board marked ( 'H. Fielding." Just as the skinny finger of fate began to point with awful ac curacy toward starvation. 1 got the inspiration which brought/ me to W—. My simple, but elegant plan was to become a mind-cure doctor. Why not? I knew nothing about medicine except that a whisky cock tail was a good to take in the morning, but the cure by faith needs no drugs Certainly I had faith enough; I had been living on it ever since my credit gave out. The ouly other requisites, as I had been told, were cheek, good clothes, aud a soul ful eye. Nature had provided me with the fu st and last, and with their aid I got the second out of a confid ing tailor. Thus equipped I arrived ir. W— and hired au office in which I deposited a trunk full of bricks as se curity for the rent. The experiment started off with a boom One uf the local papers allud ed to me as "a handsome young fraud," and in two days I had sever al wealthy patients. They were mostly elderly married ladies who had been genteel invalids for years. Ordinary common sense told me that there was nothing the matter with them; and as I told them so in the delightful vacuous language of the profession, my conscience assured me that I was pluving the game on the dead level. Fees of a satisfactory size were forthcoming, and I ate three square meals a day with joy in my soul About twice a week on the average 1 was "exposed" by the papers, aud as they charged me noth ing for the advertisement 1 began to regard the editors as jolly good fel lows I obtained a number of first class genuine testimonials from ladies who preferred the novel charm of being miraculously cured to the worn out pleasure of being incurable. Mrs J, Blank Dash allowed her pale, but attractive countenance to be pic tured in the papers with the signed statement that she had been a vic tim to melancholia and indigestion for five years, and had eaieu her first hearty meal since taking my treat ment aud had been in good health ever since. This was not only true —it wasn't half the truth. In the first place, it was ten years since she became an invalid—only she dida't want to give her age away—and sec ondiy after being persuaded that there was more fun in a wonderful j rejuvenating through mental sci«nce she went out and had a champagne .supper with Ler husband, and wanted to try kicking the globes off thechan j lelicr afterwards because I had said | 'he must take "judicious exercise " dr J Blank Dash was a jolly l'el l»w who appreciated the great bless itg of health in his family; and he came around the next day after the chtmpagne supper with a b'g head anl a big check He didn't mind the heal a bit, aud I was very glad to get !thecheck. "Vou're the most palpable delusion I ev«r saw," said h«, "but I'm much oblig,d to you just the same. I'm a bumper frt>m HummerHviile, myself, and Ilike a wife that cau share my innoc«ut amusements. We're going to keej open house three nights a week ii the future with a poker game ia the parlor, and a tree loach ia the ! dining-room. Come up and see us." j This was very kind, but my joy j became full when Miss Winnie Whit man Wheeler beeame my patient. Winnie was a youthful poetess, but she differed from the rest of tbem in ! that she was pretty aud well dressed i She came iuto my office accompanied by aii auut of comfortable proportions who went to sleep in my lurge arm chair, as soon as 1 began to talk j about "beliefs of diseases," and the ! unreality of consumption, croup, whooping cough, and other uicom fortahle but wide spread delusions. It appeared that tho poetess had a : "belief of gentle melancholy." It at tacked her in the evening as shn gaz ed upon the mellow hues of the suu | set, and other natural phonomena. I j asked if it had ever broken out oa • her anywhere, and she replied that it j Lada : t, but that, iu the early spring ] she had suffered from a cough which annoyed her for fully two days and greatly frightened her aunt. Sha feared that she must be goiug into a decliue. 1 mentally observed that she was the healthest creature on tue face of the foot stool, but my newly awakened professional instinct told me that she would make a good pa tient. I stole a glance at the aunt, who continued to sleep at the rate of forty miles an hour; and then sug gested that we b»gin treatment at once. "You fear a belief of consumption," said I "Now you must sit right down by me until you are convinced that there is no such thing as con sumption in the world." So we cuddled up into a nice broad window seat, and proceeded to put our minds on the subject before us. "The best way to do it," said I "is to think of something wholly differ ent There is also a good deal in personal influence of an occult uature which I will explain another time. Suppose you give me your haud— that way; thanksl Now we will talk of social matters. What is the sea son going to be like iu W this year?" A conversation followed which would have been auimated but for the dauger of waking the chaperone. Certaiuly both of us succeeded in re moving from our minds all thought of sickuess or sorrow As for uie, my mind was getting very much concentrated on the soulful creature by my side, wheu, suddenly her aunt woke up, and I was obliged to dis continue the occult influences which had previously been growing rather material in places "Oh, aunty, I feel better already," she said, sweetly; while I nearly had hysterics for joy. "You had better come again day after tomorrow," said I, in the calm est tone I could muster. They came on the day appointed aud many times afterward I was greatly interested in the patient, but the somnolence of her auut was a "belief" which I took care not. to eradicate. Everythiug worked well until one evening when some raaligu individual saw us sitting in the wiu dow iu the gloaming, hand in hand as usual. She was pointing to a fluecy crimson cloudlet, with a yellow bor der, scolloped aud her poetic fancy ltd her to wonder whether a blonde aDgel of good taste would dare to float on such highly colored material, I was making believe that I couldn't determine just which cloud sha was looking at, and was leaniDg very ciose to her that I might get the di rection ot her pointing finger (its an old trick; all the bovs know it) We were observed thus, and the secret was out. I am almost too modest to relate the sequel but the solemn fact is that the next day my office was crowded with all the old maids of the neigh borhood who were able to get out of the house, aud the others sent deli cate notes requesting me to call as soon as convenient as they were much iu need of my treatmeut. In the presence of tbia venerable collec tion of fashion plates from the back numbers of forgotten ladies' maga zines, I stood agast. Their manner left uo doubt that the sudden boom iu business was due to the injudicious advertisement tf the previous even ing, How in the name ot all the martyrs was Ito stand au hour in the gloamiug with each of tbem ? Was 1 expected to pose in the usual window before wLicb I realized that a crowd would now regularly assem ble? These and a hundred other har rowing questions rushed through my mind. Then with a sudden resolu tion I made appointments with them all, and prepared to escape from the town, uuder the shadow of the com ing night But it was decreed otherwise. My numerous rivals for the affections of Miss Winuie had consulted with the physicians whom my success had al most driven out of the business, and together they bad "put up a job" on me. The belated sißtershad no sooner tiled out of the office than a youug man entered with a wild look in his eye. "I am a very sick man," said he. "You are mistaken," said I, all disease is fallacy. It is merely a be lief You are really well " "On the contrary," he broke in, leaning mysteriously toward me, "1 have the smallpox in its most violent form. While that was all, I conceal ed from the authorities, but yester day I was attacked by the cholera and I feel—', "Mother of Moses, you don't say so!" I yelled, spriugiug away from him. "Get out of here This is no place for you. Do you take this for a pest-bouse? Go sell yourself for a medical curiosity. I've got no use for you." "Be calm," said he, "I have just tukec two tablespoonfuls of prussic acid and am likely to die any minute uuless your miud-cure can save me. At least let rnv last hours be peaca ful. "Peaceful be banged! Mind-cure be bio wed!'' 1 yelled, grasping l a patent, tire extinguisher. "Do vou thimli I'm going to let such a corpse as vuu are be found on these premis es? No. sir; I've got business out ot town, and it I wait tor your inquest one of ttio.-e old maids will catch me, and then the coroner will sit on me too. Open your mouth while I pump that prussic acid out of you!" x spraag upon tiiui, hurled him to the tloo.*, jammed the h\g syrinpe into his month, grasped the handle, and ia another moment would have turned the unfortunate man inside out, but the door was burst in and his friends who were in the joke ru hed upon me, and rescued the victim. 1 saw thin I had been dup ed, and my rage was boundless. BUTLVR. PA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 188 S. ' Dashing off a hasty oote to Winnie I j fled the town, and thus ended my professional experience. * I am told that the old maids were incousolable at my loss, but the poet ess married an allopath in good and regular standing within a year. Alaska Nuggets. The tree Pres.*, published at : Juneau, in Alaska territory, is a live ; ly sheet that manages to make up a i lot of local uews. The mail service I iu that direction is rather slow, and the issue of Oct 8, IBS 7. has just found its way to the Com-Gazette's exchange table, although the paper | states that "Jimmy Stitt since his arrival has made a big improvement jin the postoffica department " It is ! reported that civilization is booming ! at Juneau, and in attestation of this • interesting fact, the program of the ' performance at the Juneau Opera ! house is printed. The entertainment I includes a walking match, and one I Snow does his famous song and dance ' arc entitled 'vßats " Then there ;a i the Franklin Music Hall, %vhere "the finest orchestra this side of the North ! Pole readers the dulcet strains to the | terpsiehorean feast." There is a good deal of news from the mining camps, and it is stated that about 150 prospectors will win ter on the Yukon river. The story of one big find is related as fol lows; "On Friday last Jack McLaughlin, who had just arrived from Berner Bay, strolled into our sanctum and we immediately began pumping him on the past season's development in the above named district. It will be remembered that some time ago wo made mention of 'Lucky Tom Smith' and bis find. Jack verifies our former as-tertions, aud says Tom Smith has indeed struck it. It happened thusly: 'Lucky Tom,' as he is now more commouly termed, had bent forward to quench his thirst from a small stream of water, which at that point flowed over a bench or tall about waist highv Tne water was as clear as a crystal, and but a few inches d ep over the bedrock, and upon stooping close over it, Tom was not a little surprised to see a streak of quartz ruuning through the rock that was fairly yellow with gold. In fact it was so rich with the yellow metal that it held the quartz together when cracked open. He immediately locat ed bis find, and has since stripped off considerable surface earth aud expos ed a good sized vein. Assay returns from the pav streak have yielded as high as §162,000 to the ton." The arrival iu turu is chronicled of Dr. Geo M. Dawson, of the Canadian Geological Survey. The editor says: "The Doctor informed us that on every stream he -lanued he found gold in more or less quantities, and also float quartz was quite abundaut, and some of it he presumed was rich in both gold aud silver In his opinion the Yukon river was the greatest mining country in the world For miles aloug the Peia and Yukon rivers he noticed indications of minerals, and wherever he panned gold was also visible. Throughout were expensive forests and vast meadows from which hav could be cut. The climate was wftrm aud dry in the summer, but he supposed it was cold iu the winter. Game was quite plentiful, especially moofe and c.arribou, and the streams teemed with tish of several varieties, of which he named mountain trout, pike, white fish and suckers, and in season the salmon were very thick He had found the couutry much easier of access and much richer in minerals than he had at first supposed, but in bis opinion the main bodies of min eral lay iu Alaska, although a great portion of British America was quite rich, especially iu auriferous gravel deposits. THE DEVILS BACKBONE. One of the display heads of the pa per set in startling big black typi is the following: "The Devil Unearth ed"—Dick Willoughby Finds His Skeleton, and Brings to Town a Por tion of His Backbone." The bit of uews thus heralded is as follows: Last week Dick Willoughby and Phil. Corcoran returned from a pros pecting trip a short distance up the coast. They brought back with them what to all appearance seems to be a portion of the backbone of some mam moth land animal. In conversation with Dick we learned the following particulars of the fiud: As he was coming down over an immense snow slide about three miles inlaud, when near the bottom he espied partly pro jecting from the debris of the side, a portion of the skeleton of a mammoth animal. Upon making the discovery he then returned to camp, and then in company with Mr. Corcoran, re turned to exhume their prize. When dug out, tbey found they had only e portion of a skeleton, but what por tion they were uuable from its mass ive aod strange appearance to deter mine. Altogether they thought it would weigh about three tons, and as they wanted to bring a specimen home with them, they found they would have to chop off a piece, as any portion of it was too heavy to be transported. A projection from the mai'i truuk, supposed to be a portion of the backbone ruuning from the hip, was chopped off. When free from the trunk it separated into several parts, as though a number of three cornered troughs had been placed oue within the other. The smallest por tiou was selected and broaght to town. It is about seven feet in length. Dr. Geo. M. Dawson, As sistant Director of the Dominion Geo logical Survey, examined the bone, and pronounced it as that belonging to some extinct laud animal of mam moth proportions, Willoughby will return and endeavor to briug down the remainder of the skeleton Mrs. Grundy and the Cburch. Many a despairing and over-criti cized clergyman will heartily echo these words by George William Cur tis: "It is in the church that Mrs. Grundy nods supreme, and holds highest her virtuous bauds of horror. She does not permit the ciergymau to do what he thinks right aud best, but insist upon what she thinks he ought to think right and best. Tbe very persou she has invited to take charge of her is the very one sbe will not suffer to do this, that or the other. Why don't the ministers break Mrs. Grundy's bead?" —The average consumption of wheat in Europe is 105,000,000 bush els per month. —This is the year when the girls leap and th* men tly. The Crazy Srout. Bragg's army was at Stevenson, Ala., for several days before falliug back to Chattanooga aud Lookout mountain. Army of the Tennes see was pressing the Confederates closely, and it was necessary t J pre serve strong picket lines at all times, and keep the scouts constantly on the lookout to avoid surprises. North of Stevenson was a range of monntains known as Waldeu's ridge, which was covered with a deuse growth of oak aud hickory. The country was sparsely settled, there were few roads, or even pathways, and the heavily wooded ravines aud hillsides were wild and rugged iu the extreme. There were caves, water falls, wild game in abundance, und everythiug pertaining to a country remote from civilization. To staad all night on picket duty in some lonely ravines, where there was no sound save babbling of moun tain rivulets or the weird sighing of the winds among the trees, was any thing but pleasant. My company wa3 among those de tailed for this duty.and the first night we were stationed in a dark, gloomy ravine at the foot of Walden's ridge. One of the picket posts was under a large oak tree at the very darkest, most uninteresting spot on the entire line. VVe went on duty at 8 o'clock at night, and there would be no relief until 6 o'clock the next moruing. A youug man, brave aud watchful and a general favorite in the company,was assigned to the post under the giunt oak. The night passed without incident, but when we were relieved the next morning Private Thompson,the youug man stationed nnder the tree, was missing. His guu was brokeu and lying near the tree, and there were indications that a brief struggle had taken place, but nothing more to tell his fate. There were uo blood stains, and his disappearance was a mystery. Nothing else was talked of during the day by the members of the company, and there was great anxiety to learn the fate of the brave young soldier. The second night Private Baugh was assigned to the post under the tree. He laughed at the mystery when left alone, but his voice trem bled slightly,and it was apparent that he would have preferred some other place iu the line. Again the night passed without any demonstration in onr front, but when we were relieved, the face of every man in the company turned a shade paler when it was known that Baugb had also disap peared, leaving bis guu behind Here was a geuuine mystery,aud it attract ed the attention of tbo regiment. A squad was detailed to examine the locality by daylight, but a careful search revealed nothing The ofli'iers decided the mystery would not occur again, aud the picket line was formed fur the third When the relief came on the third morning the man under the oak was again missiug, and his gun lying broken on the ground What was to be done ? The mys tery must be solved in soma way. Sergt Brown yolunteered to take the dreadful post on the fourth night aud promised to solve the mystery. He was a tall,well-formed man,a giant iu strength and a stranger to fear Promptly at 8 o'clock that night he took his position under the old oak. whose branches seemed to hang low er, as though they would envelop the the spot in still deeper mystery Thu men and officers of the company felt confident of Sergt. Brown's ability to penetrate the mystery,which had cost, us three good men, and were eager for morning to down. At last the re lief came, and every tnaa's face blanched when it was learned that Sergt. Brown bad disappeared. His gun was there, bent and broken, and there were signs of a desperate strug gle between two or more men. but nothing to tell the story of his fate Bushwhackers, Federal scouts,wild animals, everything was suggested which was believed possible to ac count for tho disappearance of the four men. The matter soon became the one topic of conversation in tho army and by tho officers of our regi ment it was reported to Geu. Bragg. He ordered that five or more men be stationed at this post with instruction* to remain perfectly quiet, keep a care ful lookout and discover if possible the fate of the absent men. I was one of the five detailed by our Captain for the duty. We sta tioned ourselves in a small circle within the shadow of the oak, and stood like so many statues during the long night. Ouce wa heard a noise like some man or beast creeping through the dense undergrowth to ward us. The noise stopped sudden ly, a moment later it was heard re ceding, and that was all. When we were relieved the next morniug the mystery was as great as ever. The Captaia ordered us ou duty again th«* following uight, and we then agreed upon a different plan. One man was stationed ou tbo post, three of us climbed up among the lower branch es of the big oak tree, while the fifth man was stationed behind a clump ol bushes twenty yards away. It was a bright starlight night and moving objects could be discerned at a dis tance of several paces. Not a sound broke the stillness un til near midnight, wheu myself and companions in the tree distinctly heard the sounds of something mov ing stealthily toward the man stand ing beneath us Once we caught a glimpse of a giant form moving slow ly forward witn almost noiseless tread. Tho decoy picket evidently had not beard the noise, as he remained mo tionless When within ten feet of the man under the tree, the mysterious being suddenly sprang forward with the agility of a cat, and our comrade was borne to the ground in an in stant. Our first thought, was to leap to the ground and rescue him, but we determined to await develop ments in the hope of learning the fate of the three missing men. The mysterious being was a man, or rather a giant, roughly cad and wearing long unkempt beard and hair. He seemed to be unarued.save his enormous strength, but with a cord our comrade was bound and gagged before he could make un out cry. The giant, who bad ut.tered no word,theu gave a grunt of satisfac tion and lifting the helpless soldier to his shoulder started away at a rapid pace. Dropping to tbe ground, we were joined by tbe other member of our squad, and the four of us started in pursuit of the mysterious stranger. Half a mile up the side of tbe moun tain the giant stopped, pushing aside a small clump of bushes and er».u»red a cave. We soon followed i*autions ly, for es yet he bad not discovered that we were following him. Along a narrow passageway a distance of 100 feet we walked iu complete dark ness, when, turning suddenly to *.he left, we found ourselves at the door of a large rock chamber lighted by a single candle. On the floor bound hand and foot and gairged, lay our missing companions, while t neir cap tor stood near the light, rubbing his hands, his face distorted with a hor- rible grin of satisfaction. He discov ered us at tho same moment that we covered him with our muskets, and for several moments we stood with out uttering a word. Or,e look at the wild, bloodshot eyes of our cap tive told us that he was a maniac, aud .ve determined not to harm hiiu. He made no move, and while three of us kept him covered with our guns, the other cut the cords which bound our companions. Then we approach ed the wild eved being, and, after a long and desperate struggle, five of us were able to bind him securely. Our late captive comrades had all been captured in the same manner,Uv this mountain giant, and had been lying bound :u his cave without food or drink We reached camp with our prisoner shortly before daylight, and the mys tery which had awed the entire army was solved. Xext day some of the people living in the neighborhood came to camp and identified our eaptive. His name was John Hope,and he was born and reared in the mountains of East Ten nessee. When the war brok« out he bad a family and lived in a rude log cabin near the summit of Walclen's ridge. Being loyal to the Union he left home to become a scout in the Federal army After one year's ab sence he returned to find that several members of nis family had been murdered, the others driven from home, and his cabin burned to the ground by bushwhackers. He be came a raving luauiac and took up his abode in tlit cave ou the moun tain. We fell back toward Chattanooga next day and l-»f" our captive behind in charge of nom* ot his former friends. A month later we learned thai he soon returned to his caye aod was shortly afterwards killed iu a figlit with his oid enemy, the bushwnack ers.—W. L. Hawlev, io Atlanta <Jon stilution. A Tragedy of the Sea. The secoud officer of the bark Liz zie Perry, which was wrecks J three w» eks ago on the Barb&does coast, arrived in New Yoru last Friday. He brought a thrilling story of the rescue of the two survivors of the ve<sel Al fred Watts. They are the only sur vivors of 28 persons who had sailed on the Watts from New York for Ja pan, with a cargo ot gas oil. Oa October 17, during a sudden gale, h gigantic wave broke over the vessel, sweepiug her decks from stem to stern. Ali the persons on the ship were on deck at tho time. Boats, gear houses, etc., were torn and hurl ed into the ocean. With them went sailors and passengers. Twdnty-two of the shrieking, drowning men were tar from the ship, but six man aged to cling to one of the forward deck-houses which, shattered as it was, floated near. The suddenness of the thing was appalling Then came hours ot misery. The wind went down, uight came on aod the survivors, reusing themselves from the stunning blow of their mis fortune. began to realize the awful horror of their position in mid oceau ou a piece of wreckage that scarcely floated beneath their weight,aud with uo water or food. They were the captain. C. Johnston; a young man from Philadelphia named Burgess;the two men rescued, Magnus and Linn, both Swedes, aud two others who are unknown. Then they saw floating, by one of the boats and the Captain and young Burgess plunged into the sea, aud swam a few yards, when the former suddenly gave a fearful shriek, strug gled for an instant and sank, and sinking left a streak of dark blood be hind him. The sharks had secured their first victim. Burgess swam back aod the attempt to secure the boat was abandoned. Pieces of boards were torn from the bouse on which they floated and used as paddles, trying to reach the ship from which they had been swept, which was discerned a mile away. Hour after kour the men toiled, burnt with the hot sun overhead, famished and parched, and yet uo apparent progress was made. Night fell aud the relatives positions of the hull and wreck were maintained, Again the sun rose, and once more tired muscles were straiued in the endeavor to reach the ark of safety, but four days elap sed before the ship was rer.ched aud then only two men crawled up on its deck Young Burgess had become deliri ous and shrieking that he saw land close by, plunged overboard The following day the reason of two others failed aud they, too, leaped in to the waiting ocean Oue ot these last was an Irishman from Liverpool. Magnus and Linn found on the ship a water cask that had escaped the uuiversal destruction aud a quan tity of salt bacon and lived on these till rescued. But it was 31 davs from the time of the wreck till succor reached them and they were in a ter rible condition. Theu the Lizzie Perry went ashore on a reef and the unhappy men agaiu had an experience of shipwreck. The crew of the Lizzie Perry were res cued by a passing English vessel, which landed some at Barbadoes and took others to England. The Amer ican Consul at Barbadoes has notified the New York authorities that the two men in question have been sent to that port on board the Marv Bar tillon, which is due in New York. —I have used your Salvation Oil for cracked heels, mange, and sand cracks with horses, aid it giveK per satisfactiou. C has. W. Lk.k. 414 W. Baltimore St. Ba!to.,Md. The cost of Dr. Bull's Cougb Syr up is only 2f> cents. A bottle will convince all of its excellence. Rome has 1835 telephones in use; Loudon 1200; Glasgow 1472, and Liverpool 1399. The price ranges from $1(50 to SSO. There arc as maav telephones iu New York as in all Italy, and twice as many in New York a3 iu London. "How is that feud between Col- Biood and Major Blueirrass getting on ?" Are they as bitter as ever ?" "Oh, no; the whole thing is happily ended." "I am giad to hear that." "Yes, they killed each other." ! IN China.--Curious Sghls Seen by Chicago's ox-Mayor. Ex-Mayor Carter Harrison, who is traveling in China, has written h xne an entertaining letter describing what be has seen in that country. He says: In Hankow, Kieikiang and Swa tow hogs abound iu the a reefs. Tbev are the scavengers. I have seen men iu shops, gathered around their little tables, taking their noon day tubals, while a sow and pigs were walking? amoos them to pick up anything they might throw away In one of these places, under the counte - of a sort of uotioc storo. I saw a sow with a litter of 2 day-old pi<rs. I'igs, dog- 1 aud chickens are thick iu the streets, an l hive free ingress into the shops, and seem to cause no annoy ance so loag as they do aoc actually get in the way. Travelers all sp-afc and write of »h p tilm a-id horrible smell of Chinese cities. We did not fiud sweet odors very abuudaur, ex cept when passing a shop where wood was being worked into coffins or pails and tubs; uor did we liud anything so offensive as ta m&k* otjr walks disagreeable—nothing half as disagreeable as oue finds in many a hotel in Continental Europe or on the old narrow streets of Loudon. We found narrow streets, from six to twelve feet wide—eight abom the average. Most of these uarrow streets are covered with bamboo mat ting, and ali are densely filled with people The shops are »!1 wide open to the street— DO doors—but each shop rather a recess running luck from the street with a counter cover ing say a third of the store front. Ali kinds of work is done in open view— shops ot embroidery and silks; shops with fish of every size and kiud; shops of all sorts of groceries in baskets on the flr>or and counters and hanging to the wallt-; blacksmith shops, iu which half naked men sat hammering before their furnaces; shops in which coffins are made; crowds buying and eating in and before the cook-shops; masses goiug to and fro, some iu chairs, the carriers yelling for room; ruea with heavy loads swinging from the ends of a strong biosboo balanced on the shoulder; carriers of water iu pails, now and then a splash dropping near cmw's feet; carriers of garden veget ables: pigs demur*} us saiuts grunting along, often the streets so packed that all had keep step with all others; ped dlers crying their wares, carriers cry ing for pedestrians to make way and ail making way good humoredly; now a pig porker squaling as he swung from a pole carried between two men; dogs barking at u-s foreigners, and then yelping as a native would give them a kick for th<jir lack of hospital ity. Cook-shops abound in all Chinese, and hanging in and betore them were many delicacies tempting to the Chi nese palate. Whole roasted pigs, fowl, hares, games, etc. The pig's head is cleaved from under the jowl and then spread so as to exhibit the porker in his entirety—that, too, when weighing a hundred and more pounds. Ducks and game have the head and feet, and sometimes the tail, feathers or hair is stuck in or pulled over the tail bone. In the cat aud d<>g cook shops the claws aud feet are all left on. By the way, a fat young puppy makes a beautiful roast. The cat looks like a huge squirrel, These are only eaten in Canton as far as I could learn, and I am led to believe it true, for in every other city the dogs were a nuisance and have a mortal hatred of a foreigner. They would discover by sceut before wo could be seen, and would commence barking furiously and seemed desir ous of testing our tlavor. But, like all wolf dogs, they are great cowards, and nearly all Chinese dogs have the Siberian or covote characteristics. Ia Can tun we were barked at by only oae dog, and he got a furious kick from a native. I bare a suspic ion that the curs know tLey are good for the dish as well as for iheir bark, and are very well behaved. I could meet no Chinamen who confessed to eating cats and dogs. All said they were only coc'.ey food, but I found that they cost more than a like quan tity of pork. I therefore have u sus picion that others eat them, but on the sly, and why not? It is not the mangy cur and starveling cat that is eaten. They are fattened before kill ing, and all we saw roasted were fat. They are only offered at special markets and prepared at special cook shops. At one of these shops I saw a number of coolies eating from a large bowl of stew I suspected the leaner curs and purrcrs were stewed and not roasted, and were cheap. Wo visited the place of execution. There was ODe head in a] basket, cut off some weeks before, and around were many copper pots nearly three feet in diameter tilled with heads and cemented dawn. The body is buried, but the State holds on to the bead. For ten cents the executioner showed the sword and solemnly went throuarh the motions of taking off a caput, lie said he had cut off a good many hun dred, but admitted that, he would have to strike hard to sever my neck with a single blow; the Chinese necs was small and he ;arely had to strike twice. The sword was about two feet long in blade and not over two or two and one-half inches wide. Dy the way, these people have very small necks. It is a little siugular that the execution ground is used i'or drying earthen wave for the kiln—a veritable Potter's field. The temples of China are far from interesting, aud greatly inferior to those of Japan. Two guild hails, one at Haukhovv and one at Canton, are deserving of close attention as exam ples of rich, florid Chioeso architec ture. The tiling of the roof, the elab orate wood earring, the rich shrines, and gold carved gods at Hankow are very tine. Indeed, it would seem the design was to see how much gilc aud carving could be gotten into given spaces. The one at Canton, though very fine, is much less elaborate thau the other. They are both a species of merchant boards of trade, where heavy native transactions are completed. Each has several halls— several small temples iu honor of dif ferent trods, theaters, banqueting bails, aud gardens, aud cover vary large areas of ground. One of the peculiar things which strikes the traveler at Cauton is its vast floating population and its boats, manned by women—another bull. It is said there ar;s not far from 8(1,000 of the 1,600,000 Cantonese who live aud die m little boats on the river. The larjest or regular maFice boat is 25 lo 40 feet long, with a beam of 10 to 15 feet. Some of them have a sort of second story. The traffic, carrying ■reight and passengers Their own ers never go off them. At niarht these lin hide bv Hide 10 or :>i) feet with another row meeting their hows, a'id si) for hundred of Tarda Some «»f tbem are beautifully decorated within, tiot outside—no Chiuose i»oat over is, cr even painted—aud are call ed flower boats Opposite them sire the room boits Here the revelry of Canton is carried on. A gentleman wishes to entertain some friends. Ha hires a timer boat lor the evening, ile hirus scenery, the supper aud wines. He thea hiresoue, tw«», three or more singing and daucing girls—a s >rt of odalisque— .guest csn brim* a girl it he wishes. Here they meet aud make a night of it, eating and drinking and gambling, the girls singiug. playiujf, or dancing for their amusement. The boats are opau in the froat, like the stores, and hun dreds of idlers pass to and fro to see the revelers. This they teem to relish. This is kept up from sin the afternoon to 1, 20r3 at night. Al there are hundreds of these pleasure bjats, and perhaps thousands of the singiug girls, yet the population of the city is so great that this thing goes on night after night throughout the year, and from year to year. The water makes the air coo!, and these flower boats take the plac« of beer gardens in Germany, cafes in Franca, and tea bouses in Japan and in other cities of China. War To The Knife. The Pittsburg Com-Gazelle of a recent date says: "Such a pest has the English spar row become that the Cotummissioner of Agriculture has seen fit to study out a method for its extermination. Poison is the route he would have the feathered fighter take to the land of the hereafter. Here is how to pre pare aud administer it: Dissolve an ouuee of arseniate of soda in a nint of warm water; ponr this upon as much wheat as it will cover (in a vessel which can be closed so as to prevent evaporation) and allow it to soak for at ieast twenty-four hours. Dry the wheat so prepared, and it is ready for use. If the people of our towns aud villages make a liberal use of this receipt during the winter the song and insectivorous birds indigenus to the couutry will take up their resi dence once more amon<r us in the spring as they used to before this im ported rowdy made bis appearance. No mercy should be shown it, be cause it shows no mercy to other birds." The experiment should be tried in this city and neighborhood, for the "rowdy" of the air has beconle al most an intolerable nuisance. The song birds which used to be numer ous hereabouts have disappeared aud in place we have "clouds" of quarrel ing, slovenly birdj fluttering about our windows, lining our cornices and bedaubing and befouling every prom inent building in the city offering the slightest advantage as a roosting or parade ground for this avaricious, leathered cover hog, knowa to natur alists as the English sparrrow. War should be declared by the city author ities and he should be exterminated. —Mcadville Tribune. Abolishing the Barber Pole. "Shall the barber's pole be abolish ed?" This questiou evoked no little discussion at the recent convention of the gentlemen of the tonsorial pro fassion. Says Gossip: "This ques tion in the abstract has little interest, perhaps, to the general public, other than that we are apt to associate with all time worn trademarks which contribute more or less of a home out look to the landscape, but it is espec ially interesting in enforcing the the ory that reforms travel in defined channels. It is not so very long ago that some humanitarian, influenced no doubt by a perusal of a iist of the lives lost in Arctic researches, pro posed the abolition of the north pole; this was supplemented by a prayer from the night rounder who comes in over the back fence, for a banishment ol the clothes pole; then followed a concerted movement for the disposi tion of the telegraph pole, and" now we are confronted with the advisabil ity of gettiog rid of the barber's pole. Jf the abolition of the pole will bring about an abolition of the barber's gar rulity, we say, by all means, Away with the pole." Scandal. Tne story is told of a woman who freely used her tongue to the scandal of others, and made confession to the priest of what she had done. He gave her a ripe thistle top, and told her to go out in various directions and scatter the need, one by one. Wondering at the penance, she obey ed, and then returned and told her confessor. To her amazement, he bade her go buck and gather thn scat tered seeds; and when sho objected that it would be impossible, he r«- pied that it would be still more diffi cult to gather up and destroy all evil reports which she had circulated about others. Any thoughtless, careless child can scatter a haudiul of thistle seed before the wind in a moment, but the strougest and wisest man can not gather them again. "Upsettin' Sins." Dr. McCosh (now President of Princeton College;, tells the story of negro who prayed earnestly that he and bis colored brethren might be pre served from what he called their "up settin' sins." "Brudder," said one ol his friends at the close of the meeting, "you ain't got de hang of dat ar word. It's fiesettin', not i/psettin'." "Brudder," replied the other, "if dat's so, it's so. But I was prayin'* de Lord to save us from de sin ob in ' toxicashun, an' if dat ain't a upsettin sin, I dunno what am." —European farmers have rot grown as much wheat during the past year as they did in 188(5. —lce cutting Las been begun on the Kennebec. Tho ice is frtm twelve to fourteen inches thick. —At this time 34G7 paddling fur naces are at work iu Great Brit.in, and IJ>3G are standing idle. —A Vew York engine-builder has just received an order for 750 horse power of machinery for Glasgow. —Congressman Fisher, o; Michi gan, centributed 200 sacks of flour to the poor of West Bay City last week. KO. 13
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