VOI< XXV New Drugstore JUST OPENED, NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES. -A.T 150, E. JEFMSN ST., Where you will find a full line of Fine Drugs, Chemicals, Per fumes aud Toilet Articles. Agents for Mi Alma* Montros s Healer. Eeno, and Scissors Cigars. Best 5 and 10 cent Cigars in town. Prescriptions carefully compounded by an experienced Pharmacist. iour patronage respectfully solicited. DR. D. E. WILES, Prop'r. NEW CLOTHING ill HSCIIiI UiIORIKG ISMIiIM. I. ROSENBERG has opened his New Store with a lull line ol Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, HATS and CAPS. TRUNKS and VALISEs I call particular attention to my full and compete line of Foreign and Domestic PIECE GrOODS, For making up suits to order. I employ the best ol work men and all garments made by me are war ranted. and guarante ed to fit. Our terms are strictly cash and ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY. Give me a call before purchasing, In I. J. McCandlet*' New Building, on Main Street, op posite the Post Office, Butler, Pa. I. ROSENBERG. =IBBB= FIRS T Gr U IS". Great 60 Day Clearing Out Sale OF OOR DRY GOODS, ClMffl. FUBHI3HIN2 GOODS, TRIHMINQS, WRAPS, For the next sixty da)s, that is, until March Ist, the time we take our inventory, during all that time we will offer our stock at way-down prices. If you need dre.«s goods, if you need domestic goods, if you neet? carpets, it you need furnishing goods, if you need wraps, call in and we will give you surprising bargains. WE have a very large lfne of Plush Sacques and Dolmans, Ladies' Newmarkets and Jackets. Misses' and Children's Wraps, all in new goods, and no reasonable offer will be refused at BTTH | liLSTI'S. A. Troutman & Son. Leading Dry Goods Bouse, BUTLEU - USI"'A.- 1111111111 <+>llllllllll A Trout man & Son. The kadin* Dry Goods and Car pet Hou*. B a tier, Pa. New Fall Drew Goods at prices which will make them move very 1 fast. We hare the largest stock ever shown in Butler county, comprising: j all the new goods in Checks, Stripes and Plain Weaves in Voreign and Domestic Black and Colored Silks, Special Values IN TRIMMINGS,! we have never bad such a nice as- , sortment and so many of them. BARGAINS la Flannels. Blankets, Tickings, j Ginghams, White Quilta, Shawls j Table Linens, Lace Curtains, ' in fact everything which can be found in a , | fiist-lfe Dry Ms Store, A. TEOI>TMAN & SQN'S, ISutlerj, Fa- TIIE BUTLER CITIZEN. Cloaks and WraPs. for Children and Ladies. We carry the greatest variety of styles, our stock never was as large, prices never so low, goods never so nice. If you want to see the nice goods, please call and examine our stock. Ladies', Gents', and Children' 3 Underwear, every grade, all sizes, best goods. Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, Velvets, Plushes, Yarns, etc. —OCR— Carpets and Oil Cloths, never had so many—never were car pets so cheap. Our stock is complete Don't buy a Carpet until you have seen our stock. Body Brussels, Velvets, Tap- I ei-try, 3-Ply Extra Super, Hemp, Cot ton and Rag Rngs. ! Window Shades, largest as>eort -1 meet, lowest prices. CURTAIN POLES You will find on examination our t-iock ot goods to be the Lowest Priced in Butler county. Tlie ir'eonle's Great EXPOSITION! 4, GREAT SHOVSII ONE. 4, We suicouucc to tite people far nnrt wide that we will exhibit our coilossiU of startling wonders, to secure wiileu all parts of the earth—KuropcJAsia. and portions of the I"* 5. have been searched, and sue'.i an aggregation as has never been teen since the day Noah enter ed t!:-; A: The mighty Elephant.tUe >jreat lilil noccros, the liippopcttomas.ll le Ciilnipanzie,the Ou-racg-outaug or run out-unJ-sUcic-out-your toiume-out. the greatest iiving wonders of the age will excite no wonder wnen compared with the multitude of inoasf -r attractions on exhibi tion at our great moral circus and Menagerie. Tile roars nuil howls oi the would-be eoiupetl torwho Apes the Methods, but,cries down the attractions of our own and only Greatest Show on earth will be drowned la the joyful acclam ations or a delighted populace. Kemnnber this great show possesses no objectionable features and is the delight of the cultured and rellned. We show under one canopy four great shows, the Largest Stock—Greatest, variety—Best i Joods and styles— Lowest prices. We have se cured a magnificent Brass Band which will be a prominent feature of our great show, a rings with a seperate and coutinuous performance being enacted in each ring. NEW AND NOVEL attractions. 3 Jolly Clowns. The greatest, liv ing walking, breathing, talking curiosities of the ■ ■ i'hunny Piieilows—sure to sell you iiiid a!! the peepie laußii when they see the bar tin . dUcr. Other and 1;! eater attractions 1 greet the eye 011 even niiie—the l*r<>- 1 rletor ;i:d swinging :n tile living trape-/,': atl.vehed i-t the highest pinacle ol suc -1 ess, j;ivu such exhibitions of nerve and (Sarin;; in sw, i.-pins reductions, «.>r/eous displays and v i.lKlirfUl l.ar:;aius as i.> eall loilli the p!ai:d:ls ol the >': i.;:»•!;( ana eeuuonite.-il. The iiuh asenseiit i i-t, leavij to sirniouiivr that in their 1111- tirii.-'- zeal i.i the -.-reh f'td, lean and tall. V. l;o need a suit of cloile s this fall, We do invite you now to call For we are rolling on the hall. And >ou are sure to make a haul. V» liatever >ou purchase, great or small. Song 2 "What are the wild waves saying." Buy your Clothing and Furnishing goods of l). a: heck. Song 3"Her bright smile haunts me still," The smile of sa: lsfaetion that beamed from the face of the lariv who dressed her little boy in one ol Heck's irresistable suits. If you-want to save money and increase your pile aroppin aud (' IJLCK, and he'll make you ail smile. He possesses the power to spread happiness around. And his store is tlie place where bargains are found. Doers open at " a. m. Close at s p. at. Ad mittance. dents Free, Ladies and Children half price. Kemeniher the place. 13. A.. HECK'S, Xo. 11, Xorll! Main St., Duirj's Block, BOTLER, - FA. Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Yard J. L. PURVIS. I*. O. POKVIB S.G. Purvis & Co. SfAKUFACTL"REUS AND DEALERS IX Rough and Planed Lumber CF EVJ RY HES'-.KIPTION. SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD >«?■*■> us»tat C!»iIjoIJ«"fl-Sswr<^!< PROFESSIONAL CARDS. O. M. ZIMMERMAN. rnVSICIAN AND KI'KGKON. Offirp at No. S."Mulii street, over Frank & Co s Ding Store. Butler, Pa. J. F. BRITTAIN, Att'y at Law—Office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and Diamond, llutler, I'a. NEWTON BLACK Att'y at Law—Office on South side of Diamond, Butler, I'a. 11l A McJUNKIK, Attorney at I„a w. Office at No. IT, East Jeffer son St., Butler, I'a, Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties :—tJoid Fillings, and Painless Ex traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. Olllce on Jefferson Street, one door Kast of Lowrjr House, l T p Stain. Office open daily, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mail receive prompt attention, N. B.—The on'y Dentist In Butler using the best makes of teeth. JOHN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Ofilce No. cr> South Main Street, BUTLER, - PA. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS, Physician and Surgeon, No. 10 West CunniDgham St., BUTLER, FETnTZST'A. £EIt tle« of Athlophorr.s arid one of Pills, I found that I was entirely well. 1 think the medi cino is positively a sure cure Chauncey B. Rtpdick. Mt. Oarmel. 111.. Doc 26. 1887. I hare Athlophoros in my family and find it to b»» the frr*.ite«fc medicine for neu ralgia in existence and having had it« fangs fastened upor. me for t he past 30 yeai'S I know whereof I speak. Mes. Julja CHILTON. £3-Send t) cent* for :1k- beautiful polorhl pic ture, 14 Moorish Maiden." THEATHLOPHCR6S CO. 112 Wall St. N. Y. f^UMHrb] The Bcliable J Hop Plaster. Quickest remedy lenown for backache and | all sudden, sharp or lone standing pains or weak-SI noises of every kind. Virtues of fresh hops, hemlock § and J inc balsam combined. It is wonderfully Soothing, Pain-Killing and Strengthening. g Ko failure possible. 25c; 5 for $1 Fold every I where or mailed for price by the proprietors. jj HOP PLASTER CO., Bofrtong_Mas«._g Organs! Organs! Organs! The Dyer & Hugh's lends, them all, 35.000 in actual use. The following are a few of the many using thi*> organ in Butler county: Wm. Sarver, Sarversville; Jas. Dougherty, Donegal; D Lardin. Baldridge; I. Thorn. Thorn Creek; Jacob Shoup, 'i horn Creek; Baptist Church. Butler; Presbyterian Church, iduudycreek; bt. John Church. Haliston Station. These all recommend the Dyer & Hugh's Organ highly. I have contracted to sell a hundred ol these organs during 1888, and'will ofler them at greatly reduced prices, organs from $47 to S3OO. Come to Butler and take one of them home on trial. A full line of violins,guitars, banjoes, horns and all musical instruments. Don't forget the name and place ALEX WILLIAMS. Next to Berg & Cypher's hard ware store, Butler, Pa. NKW Clothing Store. CLOTHING, HATS, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, UNDERWEAR, NECK WEAR, OVERCOATS, RUBBER COATS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, UM BR KLL AS, SHI RTS, CAPS, SHOEs FOR MEN # AND BOYS, &C„ All at most reasonable prices. JOHN T. KELLY, 69 S,, Main St., (next, door to P. 0.) Wm.Fr Miller. Manufac'urer of Stair Hails, Balixstsrs and Nswsl-pssts. All kinds of wood-turning done to ordor, also Decorated and carved wood-work, such as Casing, Corner blocks. Pane's and all kinds of fancy wood-work tor inside decoration ol houses. CALL AND SEE SAMPLES. Something new and attractive. Also FURBTITURS3 at io'.vest cash prices. Store at No. to, N. Main street. Factory at No. ."i9, N, Washington street. BCTLER, PKNNA. THE ALLEN PATENT WASHER Why it is Superior to all Others. lot 'TS being enclosed it retains the high 151. temperature so necessary In removing the dirt from the goods, Onri TiIERB being no Friction on tl»e clothing to wear it. q-H THE peculiar action of the water in the OrU. Machine (which cannot be understood unless one sees it) forcing a strong current of water through the clothing at every vlrbratlon of the Agitator, (which Is caused by the peculiar construction of the top of the Machine. Axu AND test of ail Is that a child of four years fill, can do the work It being so light that the operator sits down while doing it. .Machines and Coumy and Township Klghts throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Sold by SHIHA.S & HAYS, Butler, Pa 8-19-ly n] a tit U ltcvvnrrtpcl arc those who read this U f |3 | Band then act; they will tlnd hon (s s ft I lorable employment that will nor II f W tS t- I take them from their homes and families. The profits are large and sure for every Industrious person, many have made and are now making several hundred dollars a mouth. It is easy for any one to make Jr. and upwards per day, who is willing to work. Either sex, young or old; capital cot needed; we start you. Everything new. No speflal ability re onlred; you, reader, ran do it as well as any one. Write to tis at once for full particulars,which we mail free. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Me. L. S. MCJULYIKLY, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't. 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. BUY YOUR HOMES United Security I.lfs insurance and Trust Co.. of Pa, Money to Buy Homes. Mor tbly dues not more than a fair rent. Pay ments decrease yearly. In event of death prior to templet ion oi faj hients, balance of en cuinbrance canceled. Money to Loan. Real est ate bought, and sold on commission. Wanted houses to rent and reuts collected. L. G. LINN, No. 38 Souih Main St., Butler, Pa. Over Linn's Druj Store. fcCgPAdvw-titse in the Citizen. BUTLER. PA., FRIDAY. AK V 24. l»ss. IN SYRIA. An Interesting Description of a Long Journey. Doctor Balph, the writer of the following is a son of Mr. Jose ph Balph of Butler and his letter will be read with inlerest by bis old friends in this county. We take the letter from the New Castle Ntics of Febru ary Sth. LATAKIA, SYRIA, Jan. 1888. ED. NEWS:—Since coming to our Oriental home, tbe News has been a welcome visitor, and feeling that psr- Laps some of your readers might be interest din a few notes of travel tfken by tbe way, or in knowing s mething of our everyday life here, 1 write you briefly of some of the tLings I have seen and heard since Itaving our home iu "Little Law rrnce." Sailing from New York on the steamer Italy, Sept. 7, 1887. we arived at Liverpool Sept. 20, after a pleasant but somewhat tedious voyage. Several days during tbe passage were quite rough; the waves rocking the ship like a cradle. We experienced very littly sea sickness during the voyage; just enough to convince us that the sensation is any thing but pleasant. The city of Liverpool is a very busy place. It is noted for its large shipping accom modations and fine docks, of which it has now over seven miles in length; but there is not much of interest to the sightseer. St George's Hall is one of the finest public halls in the kingdom. The dray horses in use here are splendid animals, the finest I had ever seen. They work single one ahead of the other. They draw immense loads. We remained here three days, then took passage on a Mediterranean steamer for Alexan dria Sept. 25. While on the Bay of Biscay we experienced some very rough weather. It was while pass ing over this route that Dr. Dodds. of Latakia mission, lost bis life in the wreck of the steamer Sidou, Oct. —, 1885, oil' the coast of Spain. When we left Liverpool the weath er was quite cold aud chilly, but it rapidly became warmer as we ad vanced, and by the time we reach ed the Mediterranean we had the most delightful weather. Friday morning, Sept. 30, we arrived in sight ot Gibraltar. As one looks upon this huge rocky fortress he can not tail to be impressed with its strength and commanding position. The fortress is about two miles long, its great guns commanding the en trance to the Mediterranean. The African cost here is very abrupt and mountainous; the Spanish not so much so. We had quite a number of passengers on board. There were several other missionaries besides ourselves; they going to Alexandria. Seven days after leaving Liverpool we arrived at Algiers Although this is largely a French town, yet are many Arabs here, and it is here that we first heart Arabic spoken- This is a very pretty place. It is built on the hillside, tbe houses ris ing in tiers one above the other; but like all Eastern towns it has some very narrow aud dirty streets, Fac ing the city from the harbor there is a town to be seen on three sides of you, which, with its many gardens and groves, forms a very pretty pic ture. Leaving Algiers we did not stop again until we arrived at Alex andria, which we reached on the thirteenth day of our voyage. The entrance to the harbor is dangerous* A pilot came on board to take us in. A large number of Arabs were cm ployed to prevent the ship from ruoy ing into her usual place, but a few of the ship's men with ropes aud axes cut the ropes that had beeu run out, aud the ship moved into her place. But such shouting aud gesticulat ing 1 never heard before. Indeed I think the only thing the Arab throws his whole soul into is talking, aud this he does as if his life depended on how fast aud how loud he could utter hi.v words, throwing in an infiuite ! number of gestures by way of varia tion. As we had but two days to spend at Alexandria, we were not able to see much of this land of the Piiaroahs; but we took a carriage and drove through tbe town to Pompey's Pillar, the Nile, Khedive's palace gardens, etc. A large part of the place was destroyed during the bom bardment a few years ago. Many new buildings have been put up since then, which gives it quite a modern appearauce. Many of the streets are a good width and are well paved. There are many very fine stores Nearly every language is spoken here. The mission of the United Presbyterian Church, under the care of Rev. Ewing, which is lo cated here, is in a very flourishing condition. We took pissage on a Russian steamer from Alexandria to Latakia. Our first stop was at Port Said, at the entrance to the Suez Ca nal. Many vessels pass through this canal. While here we saw an ele gant new steamer, which was said to be the largest that had ever passed through Night came on, aud our vessel having taken on her cargo, is again on her way. Next morniug we awoke just as we arrived at JafFa— the ancient Jaffa. As we looked out upon the town, the hill beyond, the mountains in the far distance, we ex perienced a peculiar feeliner of awe at this, our first sight of the Holy Land. We thought of Peter residing "in the house of one Simon, a tanner;" of Jonah as he sets forth from here on that perilous voyage, aud we feel like asking ourselves, can all this be real, or are we only dreaming? Another day finds us at Beyrout, the principal commercial town ou the Syrian coast. Here are banks, stores aud business houses equal to many found throughout Europe Almost everything can be purchased here that, is to be bad in European towns. We also found many narrow, crooked streets so common ia the Arab portions of all these Eastern towns. Next day wo called at Tripoli and took on a large quantity of lemons, to be shipped to Ilussia We left here in the evening, feeling thank ful that our journey is so nearly end ed. About three o'clock next morn ing we were awakened by the stew ard just as our ship was about to cast anchor at Latakia. Almost as soon as our ship had stopped our friends were on board bidding us a cordial welcome to their midst. We soon went on shore, and our journey which bad occupied thirty-seven days I all but five of which had been spent jon the sea, was now over. Wo were i so kindly welcomed to our new home i that in spite of having left friends I and native land far behind, we soon j felt quite contented. I J3ut the whole scene is widely dif . I ferent from that to which wo have | I been accustomed. ()o the 15th of I | October the heat wan intense and I the summer so dry tLat everything was parched and about tbe only green thing to be seen was the leaves on the trees. The sand and stones re- i fleet the heat, making it very unpleas ant; but we are uot in quest of pleas ure, so we will try and make the best : of th'ngs that are uot desirable. This place has a papulation of j ! 15,000; two-thirds Moslems, the re- j mainder Greeks, Americaus, etc. A j number of the streets are of a reason able width, but not many of them are ! well paved. J The greater part are, however, | very narrow: perhaps tea to twelve | feet wide. There are no carriages or j wagons in us 9 here, merchandise of ; all kinds is transported on the backs j camels or donkeys. Tbe donkey is a i very patient animal, and is often very ' much abused. Horses are principal- I ly used for riding, but many prefer : donkeys as being surer footed, especially for use iu the mountains. There is much less business done here now than there was some years ago. The principal reason being that the cultivation and sale of tobacco, which was a source of much revenue to this portion of the country, has been in terfered with by excessive taxation. The only articles that are no.v ex ported are wheat, barley, pease, poultry, &c. A reasonable assort ment of dry goods is to be found ia the stores; but groceries cannot be obtained, except of the more commoa articles, such as coffee, sugar, rice, &c. The stores here are odd looking affairs, mostly small rooms 8 to 10 feet square, with goods piled up on three sides, the front opening on to the pavement, Many of them the purchaser cannot enter at all, but stauds on the outside aud makes his purchases; others have barely room for two or three persons inside. One unaccustjmed to the ways of these peoplo does uot stand much chauce, as they have two prices, their asking price and their taking price, aGd, un fortunately, they have little regard for the truth. There are representa tives of all the different trades here, but most of them are very clumsy workmen, especially tbe workers in wood. They do very nice stone work, however, and also weave very nice cloth. The stone of which the bouses are built is a soft sandstone which is easily worked. All the houses and yards are enclosed with walls ten to fifteen feet high These are necessary to keep out robbers and others who are not wanted The tops of the walls are frequently cov ered with broken pieces of glass, set in the mortar in euih a way as to make it impossible for any one to cross them. Sometimes the house is built in one corner of this enclosure, the wall forming two sides of the house. Most of the houses have flat roofs composed of a kind of cement made of ashes, lime and sand, but quite a number are built in modern style with tile roofs. The floors are nearly all made o? cement, marble or stone. Rugs are used instead of car pets for covering the floors. Soaie of them are very fine indeed. The bet ter ones are very expensive. can be had of all sizes. Straw mats are also much used. The houses of the wealthier classes are furnished in good style. They are a polite and friendly people. When calling upon them in their houses you are ushered into the best apartment, seated upon a divan, aud arr/ilah, the native pipe, or cigarettes are brought in for those who smoke, as most of the natives do. Then they pass sweetmeats of some kind, followed by small cups of Turk ish coffee, which is very strong and very sweet. The Arabic language abounds in extravagant expressions, and one is compelled to listen to many high sounding phrases, that after all meau but very little. The mass of the people are very indolent, and many of tbein live iu a very filthy condition. It is really wonderful that there is not more sickness among them than there is, as there is an en tire absence of any sanitary regula tions whatever, eveiyone being al lowed to live pretty much as he pleases. They do not seem, however, to be much more liable to disease than those who live under moro fav cable circumstances. Medical prac tice among this people is not tbe most pleahant thing, in many respects, as their ignorance and poverty is an un surmountable barrier to having your directions carriad out, but like many more intelligent people, they expect a physician to accomplish almost everything except to actually perform miranles Rut. however, the Ha- cheem, or "wise roan," as they call the physician, is held in great esteem by them, and accorded the highest honors. The principal diseases here are those of the eye, skin diseases and fevers. As yet I have been working through an interpreter, which I will have to do for some time to como, as my Arabic vocabulary is yet verv limited As this has gone be yond my first intentions, I will close hoping at some time in the future to giye an account of a trip to the mountains, and also one to Constanti nople, the Capitol of the Turkish Em pire. J M. BALPU. At the Wrong Window. A good utory is told at the expense of the Amherst College Glee Club About ten years ago the club made a trip through New York State, and sung in Rochester at the same time that Kate Pennoyer, a pretty stage singer, was there After the concert it was proposed to serenade tho lady, and the club proceeded to her home and struck up the familiar college hymn, "Dear Evelina," paraphrasing the chorus: Dear Kate Pennoyer, Sweet Kate Pennoyer, Our love for thee Shall never.never die. After singing the entire song the boys waited a moment for a recogni tion of their serenade. Slowly a win dow in the third story was raised, later a man clothed in robes of white and with whiskers a foot long was seen, and then a bass solo was wafted down to the collegians: Dear boys below there, , Sweet boys below there, Your Kate Pennoyer Lives four doors below here. j* As the last words of his song died j on the frosty air, the Amherst College r Glee Club gathered themselves up ~ like Arabs and as silently stole away. t —Several syndicates are now lay e ing their plans in Eastern cities to 3 stimulate immigration of a most de s | eirable sort, none being wanted bat □ ; thosi having money to buy and pay I for land, and who will liye on it un f-1 til it shall be productive. Petroleum V. Nasby. David Ross Lncke.better known to | the American public under the nom deplume of "Petroleum Y. Nasby," died at his home in Toledo. Ohio,last Wednesday, in the fifty fifth of his age. The immediate cause of his death was consumption of the For a period of over thirty years Mr. I ocke had been prominen'lv beforo the public as a writer, an editor and a lecturer, and during all that t ma there were but few journalists in this country more widelv or favorab y kuown. At tbe tim-3 of b s death Mr, Locke was the editor and pro prietor of the Toledo Blade, one of the mo9t widely circulated and in;in ential journals in the West Mr. Locke was born in Vestal, Broome county, New Yor*, on the 20th of September, 1833. Hi father Nathaniel Reed Locke, yet livinur near Toledo at the advanced of 94, ' was a soldier in the War of 1812.and ' among the very first in the whole country to embrace anti-slaverv sen- j timents, which he was always ready I everywhere to maintain boldly. From j him came naturally to the son his strong love of liberty and his deter mined opposition and hatred of the institution of slavery, wh>ch made him such a pow> r with his pea and voice during the war. From his father, too, came that decision of character that rendered the son so ex tremely steadfast iu all his eater prises, no matter what the difficulties might be iu the way Young Locke was given only the advantages of a village common school education, which was the best bis native town could furnish in those days, and at the early age of tea years he was apprenticed for seven years to learn the trade of a printer in the office of the Cortland Demo crat. There he learned the trade of printer, and he learned it, as he did everything else, with complete thor oughness. To those who knew him only in later years his extensive fa miliarity with books and the readi ness with which he used his pea up on all subjects seems wonderful, iu view of the fact that all ol'tbe regular schooling which he over had was ob tained during the first tender years of boyhood. In this case the preco cious child became the man of intel lectual power. After be had mastered the art of setting type he for several years led a vagabondish life, at one tiuie as a compositor and at, another time as a reporter During all this time he was in reality finishing his education. His wanderings for a time took him through a good portiou of the South ern States, and what he saw confirm ed tbe stroug anti-slavery sentiments which he had received from his father. He iearned then aud there to hate everything connected with the pecu liar institution and his political bias was determined for the., future Finally he reached Pittsburg and became there first a reporter and then assistant editor of the Chronicle. Grown weary at last with uot • being bis own man, he joined fortunes with a friend, James G. Robinson, and the two, in 1852, went to Plymouth, 0., and started the Advertiser , which paper is still in existence. For two years these young men, rich in notbiug but their brains and a capacity for hard work, beginning with but $42 between them, labored night and day at an enterprise that seemed about as hopeless as anything that could be undertaken. They bough* a second hand outfit; they ed ited the paper; they set the type, did the presswork and everything else, and it is needless to say they gained the confidence of the public and won the success whieb they deserved. When they sold out, at the end of two years, they had SI,OOO to be divided between them; a small sum it seems now, but a mine of wealth in those days. Afterward Mr. Locke became connected with several West ern papers and was successively edi tor and publisher of the Mans Geld Herald. Bucyrus Journal and Find ley Jeffersonian.' He was editing the last named paper when the war broke ont, and in its columns appear ed the famous "Nasby" letters, the first one bearing the date of March 21, 18G1. These letters were political satires on tbe "Secession Movement," and they sprang: at once into great popu larity. They were copied into news papers everywhere, quoted iD speech es, read around earnp fires of Union armies and excercised enormous influ ence in moulding public opinion North in favor of a vigorous prosecu tion of the war. The first letter was dated at Wigert's Corners, a small settlement in Crawford county, full of Southern sympathizers, and the the Corners resolved to secede from fre quent violation of its rights by the tyrannical State A second letter soon followed in the same vein, and then others. They at once gained wide popularity, were copied far and wide and made for the author a high reputation as a political humorist. They have been written regularly for twenty-five years and continued to find eager readers. He obtained con trol of the Bellefontaine Republican about 1865. wherein he published many of his cleverest articles, notably the series about Andrew Johnson's "swinging 'rouud the circle." Being a practical printer he often went to his case and set the articles up. President Lincoln took a keen de light in these satires, and, it was said, always kept them in bis table drawer, and when he was especially weary would rest mind acd body by their perusal It is also said that be read one of these aloud to his Cabi net just before discussing with them his draft of the emancipation procla mation. George S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Tretsury under President Lin coln, declared in a speech at Cooper Union, New York, at the close of the war, that the success of the Union army was due to three causes—"the army, the uavy and the Nasby let ters." Charles Sumaer declared:—"Un questionably they were among the influences and agencies by which disloyalty in all its forms was expos ed and public opinion assured upon the right side. It is impossible to measure their value. Against the devices of slavery and its supporters each letter was like a speech, or one of those songs which stir the people." It was said of 'Petroleum V. Nasby' that "lie spells very badly—in jeet,. but he thinks rightly in earnest ." To thoroughly understand his un paralleled success as humorist during j the gloomy days of the Civil War one needs only to remember that he was always hte cher .it i .yaitv and honor, wbicb he never failed to in culcate ia his grot«- qm inan ier oce time early in th- war.rnUed a company of volunteers and)applied to Governor Broogh of Ohio, for a c ai i do more good for th*> Uli on cnns with his p->n than in the fle d. The immense popularity of the Nasbv letters led to the demand for Mr Locke to eater the iecture G Id, and he appeared ia a:l the priosij.il cities of the North. Tt>ou *h. as he himself acknowledged. n >t master of oratory, he alwave hal crowded and delighted audiences. Official posi tions were otferel to him bv Presi dent Lincoln, and also bv President Grant, but Mr Locke steadily doclin ed. as his only ambition was in the editorial field. In 1865 he assumed charge of the Toledo Blade, first on a sa'ury, after ward purchasing an interest, and rin allv entire control. In 1871 Mr Locke removed to New York and became toe managing editor of the Evening Mail in that city, but still maintained his connec tion with tbe Blade.. He was a com plete failure aua returned to Toledo, where he continued to reside up to the time of his death. Mr. Locke, io addition to his regu lar journalistic duties, did a vast amount of work of a purely literary character. He published during his life many humorous books, among which may be mentioned:—."Divers Views, Opinions and Prophecies of Yours Truly;" "Swinging 'Round the Oircle;""Ekkoes from Kentucky," "The Moral History of America's Life Struggle," "The Struggles of P. Y. Nasby," "The Morals of Abou ben Adhem. or Eastern Fruit in Western Dishes," "A Paper City," "Hannah Jane." a poem,and"Nasby in Exile." Besides these he was also the author of two or three plays* one of the most successful of which was "Widow Be dott," in which Neil Burgess scored a hit a few yecrs ago. Mr. Locke was also a poet of no mean order, and several of his devotional poems can be found in various church hymnals. Mr. Locke, was possessed of a rug ged constitution, wnich enabled him Jto withstand the wear and tear of a rather irregular life and at the same time permitted him to do a vast amotlnt o' work. By his letters aud books alone Mr. Locke made over $200,000. He was rather robust in size, bri gandish in appearance, free and easy in social intercourse and constitution ally opposed to corporeal exertion. Mr. Locke leaves a wife and three sons. The Brakeman at Church. The following article appeared in the Burlington Hawkeye some years ago, and was reproduced by many of the papers of the country, but as many of oar readers may not have seen it, we reprint it. Ou the road once more, with Leba non fading away in the distance,the fat passenger drumming idly ou the win dow pane, the cross passenger sound asleep, and the tall, thiu passenger reading' Gen. Grant's Tour Around the World" and wondering why '• Green's August Flower" should be printed a bove the doors of "A Buddhis' Temple at Benares " To me comes the brake man, and seating himself, on the arm of the seat,says: "I went to church yesterday." "Yes?" I said, with that interested inflection thats asks for more. "And what church did you attend?" "Which do you guess?" he asked. "Some uuiou mission church?" I hazarded. "No," he said, "I don't like to run on these branch roads very much. I don't often go to church, and when I do, I want to run on the main line, where your run is regular and you go on schedule time, and don't have to wait on connections. I don't like to run on a branch. Good enough, but I doo't like it " •"Episcopal?" I guessed. "Limited express," he said, "all palace cars, and two dollars extra for a seat, fast time, and only stop at the big statious. Nice line, but too exhaustive for a brakeman, AH train men in uniform, conductor's punch and lantern silyer plated, and no train boys allowed. Then the pass engers are allowed to talk back to the conductor, and it makes them too frea and easy. No, I couldn't stand the palace cars. Rich road, though. Dont often hear of a receiver being appointed for that line. Some mighty nice people travel on it, too." "Universalist?" I suggested. "Broad gunge," said the brakeman, "does too much complimentary busi ness. Everybody travels on a pass Conductor doesn't get a fare once in fifty miles. Stops at all flag stations, and wou't run into anythiug but a uuion depot No smoking car on the train Train orders are rather vague, though, and the trainmen don't get along well with the passengers. No, I don't go to the Universalist, though I know some awfully good men who run on that road." "Presbyterian?" I asked. "Narrow guage, eh?" said the brakeman, "pretty track, straight as a rule; tunnel right through a moun tain rather than go around it; spirit level grade; passengers have to show their tickets before they get on the train. Mighty strict road, but the cars are a little narrow; h ve to sit oue in a seat and no room in the aisle to dance. Then there is no stop-over tickets allowed; got to go siraght through to the station you're ticketed for, or you can't get on at all. When the car's full, no extra coaches; cars are built at the shops to hold just so many, and nobody else allowed on But you don't often hear of an acci dent on that road. It's run right up to the rules." "May be you joined the Free- Thinkers?" I said. "Scrub road," said the brakeman, "dirt road bed and no balllast, no time-card and DO train dispatcher. All trains run wild, and every engi neer makes his own time, just as he pleases. Smoke if you want to; kind of ago as you please road. Too many side-tracks, and every switch I wide open all the time, with the switchman sound asleep and the tar | get lump dead out. Got ou as you | please and off when you want to. | Don't have to show your tickets, and t the conductor isn't expected to do | anything but amuse the passengers, i .No, sir. I was offered a pass, but I j don't like the line. I dont like to travel on a road that .has no termi nus. Do you b«ow, sir, I asked a division superintendent where that I road runs to, apd he said he hoped t" die if he kuew. I asked him if the superintendent conld tell me, d.'id he said he d'du't believe thev hud a general -uperinteodent, and if they bud, he di in't know anything more about the road than the passengers. 1 at-ked him who he reported to. and he said, 'Nobody ' 1 asked him who he trot his orders from, and ho said he 'did't tike orders from any living mau or detd ghost*' And when I asked the engineer who he got his oraers from, he said, 'he'd like to anybody give him orders; he'd run that train to suit himself, or he'd run ber in the ditch.' Now you see, sir, I'm a railroad man, and I don't care to run on a road that has no time, or makes no connections, runs nowhere, and has no superintendent. It m,iy be all right, but I've railroaded too long to understand it." ' May be you went to the Congre gational church?" I said. "Popular the brakeman, "an old load, too; one of the very oldest in this country. Good road bed and comfortable cars. Well man aged road, too; directors don't inter fere with division superintendents and train orders. Road's mighty popular, but it's pretty independent, too. Yes, didn't one of the division superintendents down East discontin ue one of the oldest stations on this road two or three years ago? But its a mighty pleasant road to travel on. Always has such a splendid class of passeugers." "Did you try the Methodist?" I said. "Now you're shouting." he said with some enthusiasm. "Nice road, eh? Fast time and plenty of pasaen ! gers. Engines carry a power of j steam, and don't you forget it; steam I guage shows a hundred and enough all the time. Lively road; when the conductor shouts 'all aboard,' you can hear him to the next station. Every train-light shines like a head light. Stopover checks are given on all through tickets; passengers can drop off the train as often as he likes, do the station two or three times and bop on the revival train that comes thundering along. Good, whole-souled, companionable conduc tors; ain't a road in the country where tbe passengers feel more -at home. No passes; every passenger pays full traffic rates for his ticket. Wesleyan air-brakes on all trains, too; pretty safe road, but I didn't ride it yesterday." "Pernap3 you tried the Baptist?" I guessed once more. "Ah, ah!" said tbe brakeman, she's a daisy, ain't she? River road, beau tiful curves; sweeps around anything to keep close to the river, but it's all steel rail and rock ballast, single track all the way and not a side track from tbe roundhouse to the terminus. It takes a heap of water to ran it through; double tanks at every sta tion, and there isn't an engine in the shops that can pull a pound or run a mile with less than two guages. But it runs through a lovely country; these river roads always do; river on one side rand hills on the other, and it's a steady climb up the grade all the way till the run ends where the fountaiahead of the river begins. Yes, sir, I'll take the river road ev ery time for a lovely trip, sure con nfctions and good time, and no prai rie dust blowing in at the windows. And yesterday, when the conductor came around for the tickets with a little basket pnnch, I didn't ask him to pass me, but I paid my fare like a little man; twenty-five cents for an hour's run and a little concert by the passengers assembled. I tell you Pilgrim, you take the river and when you want—" But just here the loud whistle from the engine announced a station and the brakeman hurried to the door shouting: "Zionsville! This train makes no stops between here and Indianapolis!' ROBERT T. BURDETTE The Deadly Car Stove. A gentleman, who has just return ed from an Eastern trip embracing all the New England States, wiih New York and New Jersey, reports that upon only one of the trains in which he found himself daring a week's journeying was the heat sup plied by steam from the boiler of the locomotive. In every other instance the heat was supplied by the deadly car stove, in one case red hot. This statement will go far to neutral ize a prevailing impression that the deadly car stove has gone. It has not gone. Here and there its place has been supplied by steam heat, but the traveller on any one of the through lines stands five chances of being wrecked in a stove-heated car to one of finding himself, when his train is ditched or teloscoped, in a car warm ed by steam. The truth is the railroad companies were 'let up on' too soon. While the popular clamor against the stoves was hot last winter a few of the com panies discarded them. Bat as soon as the alamor subsided railroad inter est in the subject of steam heat fell off, and today there is very little left of it. The roasting of a few more passen gers by an overturned stove will pro bably revive the interest as it certain ly will the outcry; and the chances are that the very next railroad acci dent will furnish all the elements necessary for such a revival. It is a pity, however, that it should be nec essary to offer any more burnt sacri fices at the altar of this railroad ' Mo loch. There should be no let up on tha railroads, even though there is a temporary lull in the roasting until the deadly stove has been abolished from every train that carries passen gers. *_ —Do not waik the floor all night to the ceaseless music of a colic-suffer ing baby. Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup will relieve the little sufferer at once. Every one who has expressed his opinion, praises the virtues of Laxa- Uor, the golden specific for all livor aud stomach disorders. Price 2f» cents. —Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, in spite of her advanced age, is fond of outdoor exercise and walks from Gye to seven miles daily. —Some British steel-rail makers closed a contract the other day for 20,000 tons for the Argentine Repub lic at & little under S2O. - —A restricted corn crop of 227,000- 000 bushels has caused an advance in corn from cents to 66-i. This has checked the export movement. —An Illinois manufacturer recent ly shipped nine carloads of corn-shell j ers to Sonth America, and several ! to South Africa, New Zealand aud the ! Sandwich Isfoqfds. * No. 16