■VOL XXV GREAT BARGAINS 0 Fifteen Pair of Bradley's Blankets, at $4. Fi»f Five Plash D»li»»i>", «t *15.00. w.re *3O 00 Tkr*« Plaeh Coat*, at S2O UO. former pric«s f $4.000 Two Ploah CoaU. at sl7 50, former pricee. $35.00 20 Good Newmarkets, at $5. 16 Children:' Wraps from One Dollar to Four Dollars. REMNANTS IN SILK, WOOLEN and COTTON GOODS OF ALL KINDS. k Foil of Spring Buttons and Trimmings New Spring Goods Ai riving; CALL IN AND SEE THE HEAT BARGAINS mnEB» mrc. JUST ARRIVED • large Hoe of Bpring and Summer Goods, NMfetiae of Fine Woolraa and Suitings which I am ready to mak« up in Garments at M reasonable prices as you will find anywhere and SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Ako a foil Hoe of MENS'. BOYS'and CHILDREN'S' ready made Clothing at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. All tbe latest novelties for Sprinsr and Summer in Gents' -Furnishings, Goods, Cape, Trunks, Valines; latent patterns in Shirts and Neckwear. If MERCHANT TAILOMIitt Depertm-e? is Boomioff. Coll and moke your'selection for your Spring Sou from tboee hoodaoae patterns I have just got io. Prices reaoooabif and fit guaranteed Tkukiof mj patrons for past favors, I solicit o continuance of tbe same. I. ROSENBERG. (4 South Moil street, opposite the Postodce, Batler, Pa. A. Troutman Son. Leading Dry Oaodf Houw. BIT IPSJSIISH A.. 1111111111 <-^llllllllll A Troutman 4 SOD. Tho loading Dry Goods and Car pat Hooae. Batler, Pa Now Fall Dross Goods ot prices which will mske thorn mors very Wo bars tho largost stock over stows Io Botlor eoooty. comprislog •U tho BOW goods io Checks, Stripes sod Plato Weovss ia Foreign sod Ikooootk Black and Colored Silks, Special Yaloes IN TRIMMINGS, wo have never hod soeh o nice as aurfuot aad oo maoy of them. BARGAINS Io Flanoels. Blanket*, Tickings, GtogbaflM, White Qoilts, Sbawls Table Lioeno, Loce Cartel ns, to fact everything which can be foaod io o n ft j «i ' co ® D< * 00 examination our Fid-Class Dry Goods Store. AV^rToX the Loweßt A. TROUTMAN & SON'S, Butler,, Fa «I -x. . . u. J - m——; S IMLU New Drug Store JUST OPENED, NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES, AT 120, EMB ST.. Where you will 6nd a full line of Fine Drugs, Chemicals, Per fumes and Toilet Articles. Agents for Hi Alma, Montrose Dealer. Keno, and Scissors Cigars. Best 5 and 10 ceut Cigars in town. Prescriptions carefully compounded by sn experienced Pbarm.ci«t i our patrouage respectfully solicited. DR D. E. WILES, Prop'r. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Cloaks and WraPs, for Children and Ladies. We carry tbe greatest variety of styles, oor stock never was as large, prices never BO low, goods never so nice. If yoo wont to see tbe nice goods, pleono coll sod examine oor stock. Ladies', Gents', and Children's Underwear, every grade, all sixes, best goods. Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, Velvets, Plashes, Yarns, etc. —oca— Carpets and Oil Cloths, never bad so many—never were car pets so cbeap. Oar stock is complete. Don't buy a Carpet until you have seen oor stock. Body Brussels, Velvets, Top enry, 3-Ply Extra Super, Hemp, Cot ton and Kag Rugs. Window Shades, largest assort ment, lowest prices. CURTAIN POLES 3.XIE or.r> C LOSET. It was an old house, j . a very ancient man- ' , #ion. w » ,h its several I, 'ife- facing the j street, showing its j Dutch origin. Per- | nlit,< * d to 8° through § it on a tour of iuapec- V tion, a closet emitted a pecu j li:ir odor and attracted *tten f tion. It *a§ that pungent •I soent which remimU one of the pine wood# auil aromutic ahruba of Uie nK'Uut.uns, and which, otoe smelted, brings to mind the greatest rem edy of the age. It was evidently the family closet, where remedies for minor aciiw ind paioa bad found place for handy use, anl in modern years the greatest of all the«e, known tiy its peculiar odor, had worked it» wonders for the happiness of mankind, as the following examples attest: General G. C. Kuiflen, War De partment, Washington, D. C., February 20, I«W7. states: "For many years my wife suffered excruciating pains, frequent and violent. In 18c?4 she tried St. Jacobs Oil. It cured her,and prevented auy reeurronce. Bhe haa not had any return u! p«U>. I trust it may reach the uttermost pnits of the earth to prove as mncli n blessing in other houses, us mine." Mr. Levi llottel, Corydon, Indiana, under date of June, writes: In April, 18*4, he had bincollar-bone broken, and it was Tery painful. He used two bottle* of St. Jfteobs Oil. It got en tirely well, and the remedy worked like a charm. No return of pain, and used only the one remedy. Mr. Arthur G. Lcwij, edit'ir Southern Society. Xorlolk, Va., June :J7, 1887, writes: "Nothing I can say with regard to St. Jacobs Oil will do it justice; have used it for a number of yen» for all ache* und pains, with effects almost marvelous, nnd for such, ia my opinion, it is unsurpassed." Mr. Chateau B.zon, 209 Spruce stieet, Philadelphia, Fa., under data oi February 4, 1887, says: "Have used St. Jacobs Oil in mv family for ten years; two years ago broke'my leg; pains very severe. It cured the pains and gave strength to my leg. It you desire to publish this, I will be* plex«ed." If the old house should tumble down, like the scent of flowers clinging to a broken vase, the closet would give forth the token of the good this thing frim done for mankind. I"™, BACK *5Ol The itellablo w /\ //- Bop Plaster. Quickest remedy known for hucksche and all tuiMin, »harp or lone ManrtinK pains or !«•««• nferery kind. Vlrtuwcrtfrmh hops, hemlock and pine bsUam combined. It li wonderfully Soothing, Paln.Kllllny and Strengthening. Ko failure t>o«lMe. 25c, 6 for Si. Bold every wliere or malted f..r price by the proprietor*. HOP PI.APTFR CO., Boston. Mass. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. O. M. ZIMMERMAN, PHYSICIAN ANl> SfBOEOK, Office at No. 46, S. Ms In street, over Frank & Co's Diug Store. Butler, l'a. J F. BKITTAIN. Att'y at I.aw—Officii at S. E. Cor. Main St, and Olainonil, Butler, l'a. NEWTON CLACK Att'y at I.aw—Office on South aide of Diamond, liuller, l'a. IHA McJUNMX, Attorney at Law. Office at No. 17, East Jeffer son Hi., liuiler. Pa. Dr. 8. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties (Jold lliltnes. and Painless Ex traction of Teetb, Vitalized Air administered. OBee Jsfferoa Street, one dnor East of Lowrj Home, L'p Ktalr*. Office open dally, except Wednesdays and Thuwlaj*. Communications by mail receive prompt attention. Jj. B.- The only Dentist in Batler using the best makes of teeth. JOHN E. BYERS, PHYSICIAN ANU SURGEON Office No Smith Main Street, BUTLER, - PA. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS, Physician and Surgeon, No. 10 West Cunningham St., BUTLER, PB JTTST; A. DENTISTR X . OU WALDHON. Ordinate of the Phlla . IV. delphla !)enta! College, Is jiropared to do anything l;i the line of Ills profession In a "tatl-rfaetory manner. Office on Main street, Butler, Union Block up stairs. j. s. LusK, iw.nr, Has removed from lliinnony to Butler end has his office at, No. s>, Main St., three doors below Lowry House. apr-30-tf. MR K J. LAMB. Organist and Choir Master, St. Peter's Oermnn church, Butior. 0 Uli AN. PIANOfOKTE, VIOI.IS, SINCIKO AND HAU MIHT. Pianofortes and Organs Tuned and K'jtjulat e i i'ttiplell< h « l | j}Ui« nl*. talance of en cumbrn nee canceled. M »ney to Ix^an. Uesl estate houifhf. and sold on commission. WanU-U houses to rent and tents collected. L. G LINN, No. 38 South Main St., Hutler, Pa. Over Linn's Drug Store. FOR SALE A larue frame hoarding houne. good location and doing taio«i ImsmeiH, Terruseiuy. For fiirthej i.artle'daiN Itniulre of L. 8. Jl. 11M.15, 17 E. JaflVrauM Ht.. ' a>.tf Hatler, Pa. tAli VbM I lOLna thit f,,pm,ot obltm on.mul * on idvwtiii.*K Ml. . whan In Ct"C.go, will find it on Mr it 1 lO&Q&THOIflAS. THE QUIZ CLUB. 1 Th' re »eems to be no limit to the numl>ei I ! of queer qu»*>tions »n>l ritidle< that some peo- I pie lino time 10 propound. Afnouc the Ist- .; est of such is the list of historical conun j drums which follows. Can any of our reaii- i ers furnish a complete list of answers' 1. My first i< a Rcntluian very unique, I'tiparaUeled, A No. 1. so to ppeaK. 2. Two men engaged in a fiendish plot, Theeoml was hanged, the bad was not. 3. Shrewd and miserly, witty and wise, He drew down fame by from the skies. 4. A ripe, red app'e him the clue, His dog a candle overthrew, 5. In Erjtiaud and France three cardinals ! jreat, Who ruled the people, the kin? end the state. 6. He threw an inkstand at Satan and bade him bs quiet, A Diet of Worms was his principal diet. 7. The greatest writer known to fame, But no one knows how to spell his name. \ 8. A knave on the wrolsack good with the j pen, The greatest, the wisest, the meanest of n>en. 9. An old man hanged one Bible day. But his soul eoe.s marching on for aye. 10. Crossing a rivulet madu him great, He smoothod down his mantle and met his fate. 11. A yery remarkable pioneer, Mixed up somehow with an egg. I hear. 12. Amid many a nation and peril he Btayed, Saved once by a compass and once by a maid. 13. A qneen who wa» wiae, witty, learned and bold. Once cruel, once loving, • terrible scold. 14. Amid battle and blood Her white path way led, From a sheepy ard, through fame, to a fiery bed. 15. lie lived and died and left no trace. Is famed—though no one saw his face. IC. Wise, good and brave he nobly resigned, Ilis hostess once of him complained. 1". He won a certain mighty game, His opponent bore his Christian name. 18. He freed the land that holds back the sea. By a little opaniel saved was he. 19. Sprung from a cabin, our choaen guide. Shot by a man in a barn that died. 20. The king of the world at thirty-two. Died since he could not himself subdue. 21. A blind old man that of mighty song, Who did his three daughters a pitiful wrong. 22. He hid in the cellar a powerful thing. That would ruin his rulers and ruiu his king. ' 23. The most glorious modern murderer he, Died on an isle in a lonely sea. 24. A twinkle, a teardrop, a broad hearty grin, That wrote of u cricket, a raven, an itin. 25. Gold, armor and retinue, all could not nave, His mighty discovery was changed to a grave. 20. Ob! fickle then fortune to ruler that cling, He died for a failure to give up a ring. 27. He went to the heart of a continent black, Wait found by a friend, and would not coma hack. 29. He was slain by one of royal line, Whose king waa beaten over a shrine. 29. Ha made what would teparate fiber from seed. His mighty machine caused the aation to bleed. 30. He canned up word*, he far* speech wing*. A glorious arch from his arches swings, 31. He wrote the w >rd* i» a fiery hour That freed the nation from foreign power. 32. From a curious blunder arose bis fame. To the biggeat thing ever found he gave a name. 83. He planted t'te aorn from which sprung the tree That bore the fruit that now you see. 34. He dug a ditch between two soaa, Where largest ships could tail with ease. 36. His pathway through the desert led. From salt sea bed to mountain bed, 3(S. A coward, a prattler, an obstinate fool, A pedant, a king, an obedient toil. 37. He read a great poem before a great fight, He climbed up a cliff* and died on the height. 38. The greatest mocker that ever wa* born, Feligion his railing,and virtue bis scorn. 39. He waa, from historical records appear, The greatest of men who lived in hi* years. THE OLD ROOF TRE E. Hello, Jim! Where have you beeo lately?" uhouted a broker the other evening to a portly, finely dreßsed man in the corridor of the St. Jameß. The gentleman stopped, shook bands with his friend, and replied, "I've been home to gee my old father and mother, the first time for mixteen years, and I tell you, old man I wouldn't huve missed that visit for i all my fortune " •'Kinder good to visit yonr boyhood home, eh?" "You t>et. Sit down. I was just thinking about the old folks, and feel talkative. If you have a few mo ments to spare,sit down, light a cigar and listen to a story of a rich man who had almost forgotten bin father and mother." Th« y sat down and the man told hi» story "How I came to visit my home liappc.fjed in a curious way. Six weeks I went down to Erie Is i land fibbing I bad a lunch put up I at Crook *ew York. I had a tiff with my fa»ber and left home I finally turned up iu New Y»rk with : slio my pocket. I got a job run ' ning a freight elevator iu the very bouse in which 1 am now a partner. My haste to got rich drove the thoughts of inj' parents from me and when I did think of them the hard words m v father had spoken to me rankled iu my bosom. Well, I went home. I didn't see much change in Chicago, but tbe ma£uificent new depot in Miiwuukee I thought waa an improvement on the old shed that i , they used to have. It was only thir i ty miles from Milwaukee to my home J' and 1 tell you, Johu, that train Beeiu ed to creep. I waa actually worse tbao a school boy going home for vacation. At last we ueared the • town Familiar sights met my eves, * and darn it all, tbey filled my eyes witb tears There wan Hill Lvmun's I • rtxi Lmrujoai Lb*) saaav, grout *ooU, BUTLER PA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 9.18X8 j what were all the other We ! rode nearly a mile before comina; to the depot, though houses were only occasionally I hbw one that was fa niailiar. The town bad grown to ten times the size than when I kniw it. The trsin stopped and I jumped off. Not a face in sight that I knew and I started down the platform to go home. In the office door stood the station agent. I walked up and said; 'Howdy, Mr Colling?" "He stared at me and replied, 'You've got the best of me, sir.' "I told him who I was aud what I had been doing in New York, and be didn't make any bones in talking to mu. Said he: "It's about time you come home You in New York rich, and your father scratching gravel to pet a bare living." "I tell you John, it knock me all in a heap. I thought my father had enough to live upon com fortably. Then a notion struck me. Before going home I telegraphed to Chicago to one of our correspondents there to send me SI,OOO by first mail. Then I went to Mr. Collins* back office, pot my trunk in thefe and put on an old hand-me-down suit that I used for hunting and fishing. My plug hat I replaced by, a soft hat, took my valise in my hand and went home. Somehow the place didn't look right. "The currant bushes bad been da." up irom the front yard and tbe fenco was gone. All tbe old locust trees bad been cut down and young maples were planted The house looked smaller somehow, too. But I went up to tbe front door and rao< the bell. Mother came to the door and said: "We don't want to buy any thing today, sir." "It didn't take me a minute to sur vey her from head to foot, Neatly dressed, John, but a patch and darn here aud there, her hair streaked witb grey, her face thin drawn and wrink led. Yet over her glasses shone those good, honest, benevolent ejea. I stood stariug at her, and then she be gan to stare at me. I saw the blood rush to her face, and witb a great sob she threw herself upon me aud nerv ously clasped me about the neck, hys terically crying: Its Jimmy, its Jim my " ' Then I cried, too, John. I just broke down aud cried like a baby. She got me into the house, bugging and kissing me, aud then she went to the back door and shouted, "George " "Father came in in a moment and from the kitchen a.-ked, "What you want, Carl ine?" "Then he came in. He knew me in a moment. He stuck out his hand and grasped mine, and said, sternly, "Well, young man, do you propose to behave yourself now?" He tried to put on a brave front but be broke down. There we three sut, like whipped school children, all whimpering At last supper time came and mother went out to prepare it. I went into the kitchen with her "Where do you live. Jimmy?" she asked, '•ln New York," I replied. "What are you working at now, Jimmy?" "I am working in o dry goods store." "Then I suppose you don't live very for I hear tell o' them city clerks what don't get enough money to keep body and soul together. So I'll just tell you, Jimmy, we got nothin' but roast spare ribs for Bup per. We ain't pot any more now. Jimmy. We're poorer nor Job's tur key " "I told her I would be delighted with tbe spare ribs, and to tell tbe truth, John, I haven't eaten a meal in New York that tasted as well as those crisp roasted spare ribs did. I spent the eveuing playing checkers with father, while mother sat by tell ing me all about their misfortunes, from old white Mooley pettiug drown ed in the pond to father's signing a note for a triend and having to mort gage the place to pay it. Tbe mort gage was due inside of a week and not a cent to meet it with—just SBOO She supposed tbey would be turned out of house aud borne, but in my mind I supposed tbey wouldn't. At last V o'clock came, and lather said: "Jim go out to tbe barn and see if Kit's all right Briug in an armful of old shingles that are just inside the door and till up the water pail Then we will all go off to bed and get up earlv and go a-fishin'. "I didn't say a word, but I went out to the bam, bedded down tbe horse, broke up an armful of shingles, pumped a pail of water, filled the wood box, and then we all went to bed. "Father called me at 4:30 in the morning and while he was getting a cup of coffee, I skipped over to the depot cross lots and got my bass rod Father took nothing but a trolling line aud spoon hook He rowed the boat with bis trolling line in his mouth, while I stood Iu the stern witb a silver Bbiner rigged on. Now, John, I never saw a man catch fish like he did. To make a long story short he caught four bass and five pickerel, and 1 never got a bite. "At noon we went ashore aud father went home, while I went to the postoftice. I got a letter from Chicago with a check for SI,OOO in it. With some trouble I got it cash ed, getting paid in $. r > and $lO bills making quite a roll 1 then got a roast joint of beef and a lot of delica cies nud had tbem sent home After thai I went visiting among my old ncboolmates for two hour# and went home. The joint was in the oven. Mother had put on her only silk dress and father had donned bis Sunday-go to-meeting-clotbes, none too good, ouher. This is where I played a joke on the the old folks. Mother was in the kitchen watching the roast. Fath er was out in the baru, and I bad a clear coast. I dumped the sugar out of the blue bowl, put the thousand dollars in it, and placed the cover on sguin. At last supper was ready Father asked a blessing over it, and he actually trembled when he stuck his knife into the roast. "We haven't had a piece of meat like this in five years, Jim, he said: aud mother put in with, "And we haven't had auy coffee in a year, only when we went visiting." Then she poured out tbe coffee and lilted tbe cover of the sugar bowl. a»kiug as she did so: "How mauy spoons, Jimmy?" Then she struck something that wasn't sugar. ~ She picked up the bowl and peeped into it. 'Aha, Mas ter Jimmy, playin' your old tricks on your mammy, eb? Well, boys Will be boys,' '•Then «be gasped for breatb Sbe s*w it was money. Sbe looked at , tfM, iftqp ot (other, «pd then w»tb | trembling fingers drew tbu great roll I of bills out. "Ha! ha! ba! I can see father now as he stood there on tiptoe, with his knife in one hand, fork iu tbe other and eyes fairly bulging out of his head But it was too much for moth er. She raised ber eyes to heaven and 6aid slowly 'Put your trust in the Lord for he will provide.' " "Then she fainted away. Well, John, there's not much more to tell. We threw water in her face and brought ber too, and we demolished that dinner, mother all the time say ing: 'My boy Jimmy ! My boy Jim my!' " "I stayed home a month. I fixed up the place, paid off all debts, had a good time and came back again to New York lam going to seud SSO home every week I tell you, John, its mighty nice to have a home" John was looking steadily at tbe bead of cane. Wben he spoke he took Jim by the hand and said: "Jim, old friend, what you have told me has affected me greatly. I haven't heard from my home way up in Maine for ten years. lam going home to-morrow." Mated By Accident. Marriages are often the result of accident. It seems strange, but tbe most prudent persons will sometimes conceive an irresistable attachment at the suggestion of a word or look. The few may give the subject the con sideration it deserves, but the many, there is to fear, are guided by im pulse. A skipper of a coasting ves sel called at the village inn aud ask ed the landlady, a youog widow: ' Do you know where I can get a mate? I've lost my mate." "I am sorry for you, Mr. she said. "I want a mate too, and cannot get one. I'll do; if you will be mine, I'll be yours." He closed with the bargaiu, and tbe widow, keeping her word, he is new suppled with two mates, A young man at a church bazaar was buttonhohed by a lady; she would not let him go until be bought something. He looked at ber stall, which contained fancy work of various kiuds. "Why," he said, 'T see nothing here that would be of the least use to me, a bachelor, except yourself. Tbe rest would be dear at any price." "It will be cheap enough, she said coaxingly. "If you could be dear enough, per haps " "Oh, come! You are just the per son I want," taking him by tbe arm She sold him one article after an other, keeping up an agreeable con versation the while, and before all was done he had purchased every thing in stall Then, at settling up. there was something said about the discount. "I cannot return any money," Bhe said biusbingly, "but if you thiuk me dear enough, there's mamma Bbe can give you my baud. The bargain was accordingly concluded. An eminent doctor, who bad saved the life of a lady, a personal friend, was asked bis charge He said be generally allowed his patient friends to remunerate bim as they thought befitting "But don't you often get disap pointed on these term?" Bhe inquired. "I may say, never." "As you are easily pleased—here," and she playfully gave bim ber emp ty band, while io the other was con cealed a check for a handsome sum. "How easily I could have taken you In," she added, producing the check. "But you have only succeeded io drawing me out," he said, declining to relinquish ber hand. "Don't in sult me with a check; I am most gen erously rewarded " Perhaps she understood the doc tor's difficulty and wished to help bim out of it. At auy rate, tbe giviog of her hand led him to offer bis heart. This was how a gentleman got bis wife when in a tobacconist's shop, be asked a girl behind the counter, who happened to have red hair, if she would oblige him with a match "With pleasure, if yoo will have a red beaded one," she promptly repli ed, with Buch a suggestive, demure Bmile, that eventually the red headed match was handed over. A lady with a fine figure having taken a fancy to % valuable ring which she saw ticketed in a shop window went inside to examine. "It is exceedingly lovely. 1 wish it were mine," she said, on satisfying herself. "What smaller figure will tempt you?" "No other figure than the figure before me," he said, giviug her an ad miring look at the same time. "It is exceedingly lovely. I wish I could tempt you with tbe ring " "1 think I'll take it," she said, lay ing down the money amid blushes Of course he accepted the money, but getting her address, he made such good use of tbe him that the next ring which she got from him was given by him in church. as singular was the begin ning of the courtship of the man who went into a shop for a pair ot shoeß. "I want them wide, please," be said to the girl in attendance "ax I have a good broad understanding." She laughed at this refere-ice to the breadth ot bis feet, end said : "A very good thing too, in a man, but not iu a woman." "How do make out that what is good in one sex is bad in the other?" "Ah! it is quite simple. You seo nature intended mun to be supported by u firm soul, but woman by a yield ing husband." Whether he made a yielding hua band or not, report at any rate says that he made her his wife. An Editor With an Appetite. The careless use of the editorial "we" frequently gets newspapers into trouble, aud the use of the word "we" to represent the people of the whole country is sometimes as fatal as "rough on rats"—at least this is the opinion of the editor of the Springfield Union who recently Baid: "We ate 3,100,000 bags of peanuts laßt year." —Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup is the best remedy for all the suffering of little children caused by diarrbisa or summer complaint. Price 2b cents If you suffer with sick headache, take a dose or two of L'tx&dor, and we know vou will find alruoit immu> diate relief. Prlco oply 25 cents. --There were 5,500 mnskrat skins gathered up in Carroll township, Ot tawa oountv, O . by a Sandnsky pur chaser—being part of the catch ia thai towoabip tbe saosoa. I A QUAINT COMMUNITY. Where Nobody Ever Marries and Where Everybody is Wealthy. Cor. Philadelpiiia Pres. In this most singular and absolute ly unique village, built in 1825 by that strange sect of communistic, celi bate mystico-pietists known as the Hamonists or Economites, who, with their great army of hired laborers, still comprise its only inhabitants, I witnessed recently a procession and a ceremony which for novelty aud quaintness it would be impossible to i parallel in all the length and breadth of our great country Tnese observ ances were iu honor of the 83d anni versary of the founding of tbe Har mony Society It was on February 15, 1305, that tbe late Georure R*pp and bis 600 dis ciples, who had fled with him to this country to escape the religious perse cution in their German Faderland, and to enjoy the privilege of worship ping God in their own way, establish ed in Butler county, near Pittuburg, Pa., their socialistic, tboecratic com munity upon the principle of holding all property iu common, and gave it the uame of the Harmony Society. From that time to the present, among all the vicissitudes through which the society has passed—such us the separation of husbands and wives, and the abolition of marriage by the adoption of the rigid practice of celib acy in 1807; the removal tbe com munity to Indiana in 1815, aud the second removal to its present location at Economy,Pa in 1825-the 15of Feb ruary has every year been sacredly kept. The Harmonists' town of Economy is one ot the most beautiful aud picturesque in the world. CEX.IBACY. The scone presented to view on Feb. 15th, in tbe qUaiut old banctu ary where Father Rapp preached and prayed for so many years aud where the whole community first assembled at 9 o'clock to offer thanks to God for having preberved their society in peace and prosperity for nearly a cen tury was a sad one Tbe adoption of celibacy in 1807. two years after tbeir organization, checked, of course,, the natural growth of tbeir commun ity, but for a few years their number was maintained and even increased by the reception of new members who at frequent intervals came from Ger many to join them. Many ot" these accessions were descendants are rela tives of the original founders. In the fall of 1817 130 such were received into membership at one time. But these additions gradually diminished, and finally ceased all together. For many decades no now members were received, though the society has at all times been willing and anxious, as it still is, to accept as members any de sirable person who will subscribe to tbeir doctrines aud conform to their mode of life. For years past they have had iouentured to them by pa rents many young German people of both sexes whom they would have been very glad to receive into full communion, but young Germany has became young America, aud is not disposed to submit to the want of personal property, personal liberty and o wife or husband, even though compensated by all the advantages secured by membership in an enor mously wealthy communistic associa tion. Six uew members were receiv ed last year. They were all men ranging in age from 35 to 60 But even witb their addition the commu nity now number only some twelve or thirteen men and about fifteen wo men, several of whom are bedridden from sickness and old age, and it was a melaucholy sight to see gathered in the church only those few remaiuing aged members out of the l,0l»0 who ohm acknowledged the firm but gen tle sway of dead and gone Father Rapp. To cultivate the Harmonists' 35W0 acres of farming land, to develop their rich oil aud natural gas territory and to carry on the various handi crafts necessary to make good the wear and tear of sheets, clothing, wag ons , harness, etc., in their community a small army of working people is re quired, and 400 of them are employed by tbe Harmonists and live with them in Economy. Formerly the opposition of the so ciety to marriage was so strong that they would not have any married per sons in their employ, but experience has taught them that married men with tbeir wives and children are the steadiest aud most industrious class of working people. Accordingly tbey now hire families in preference to auy other kind of "help." To each one of these families a house aud garden, have been assigned. Every habitable house is occupied and the pavements are overrun with children Besides a Deal hou*e to live in, rent free, all these hired people are "'found" by tho society is everything but their clothes while the meat, milk, bread, vegeta bles and everything else supplied to them are of the best quality. Tbe society's wagons go through the streets and supply these things to each family according to their needs without) money aud without prico. Save in the matter of celibacy all per sons in the employ of tbe Harmonists are required to observe all tbe rules of the society quite as rigidly as if they were members of it. THE CHIEF OF THE COMMUNITY The government of this little king dom is still, as it always has been, strictly patriarchal. Jacob Henrici, an active, able man despite bis 84 winters, has filled Father Rapp's place, as head of tbe community, for many years. He is its prophet,priest aud king- In all matters bis word is law. It is enough for any one in Economy to know that "Fathor Hen rici says it" to satisfy him or ber on any subject whatever. He iB the absolute dictator of tbe place and its people, but ho is as fatherly in his l kindness as in his severity. To out i siders the rules and regulations to which every inhabitant is compelled to rigidly conform may seem some what primitive and exacting. Every one is required to attend church twice every Suuday and hear two sermons from Father Henrici. Anyone found out of bed after 9 o'clock on any night is immediately banished from tbe town, and all are required to rise at that poetic and lyric hour, "5 o'clock in the morning " In addition to 3of ; the equarcst possible square meals dailv, a free luncheon Is served to the whole oommuuity at 9 o'clock every morning and at 8 every afternoon,and at each of those hourß a pint of wino is meted out to every m»o. woman and child. Order is maintained by one day Iwd oo» {tight wotcfeupii. Ths hrttoi I while going hi" round* contiuues the I old time practice of calling the hours, and to each of his announcements adds the following or similar words: "Another hour is past nod a step made nearer our end Our time runs awav and the joys of heaven are our reward." Though the Harmonists have come to tolerate married people they are bitterly opposed to baring any courting done upon their land They require all the fathers and mothers iu their employ to keep strict watch and ward over their sons and daughters that the sexes may coostaotly be kept as far apart as possible. A young man and young woman seen out walking together, or jointly engaged in any other harmless pastime, would be immediately re quired to leave Economy. To rea der it impossible for young men and women to walk upon the streets to gether in the eveniug without obser vation, a lantern was placed in every family, and an inviolable rule was made by Father Henrici that every young girl who had occasion to go upon the street after nightfall should light it and carry it with her. T&e introduction of natural gas his now rendered this unnecessary,for it burns in great jets from lamp posts at every corner, and makes the streets as light at midnigntas at noonday. EDUCATING THE YOUNG I'OLK.3 Various methods have been devis ed to keep the young folks ou. of mis chief. A commodious school house has been built after the most approv ed models Excellent gratuitous in struction in German aud English branches is given bv competent teach ers engaged by Father Henrici at good salaries. All young people not otherwise employed are required to attead regularly. There is an excel lent military baud, composed of twonty-one of the young men. There is a singing school ot eighty young pupils taught by Father Henrici in person every evening. Every possi ble variety of labor-saviug machinery is used here Steam is made to do everything that it can do One of the most interesting features of the place is an immeusts laundry, tilled with patent wushing machines run by a powerful steam where all the women aud girls assemble on certain days of the week aud do the washing for the entire couruuQity The church service of the Harmon ists differs iii no material respect from that of other Protestants sects. Two prayers and a sermon by Elder Hen rici and the singing of two or three hymns by tho congregation comprise their simple riturl The singing is the principal feature, occupying more time tbau it usually doea iu the gen erality of religious services On feast days the military band, already men tioned, occupies a small gallery at the west eud of the church aud discourses s»veet music at frequeut intervals. In bis sermon Wedcesday morning Elder Henrici spoke of how tor nearly a century past be and bis co religionists have been daily expecting, as they still continue to do, the second visible personal coming of Christ, and he reiterated their firm belietlhat His glorious second advent will take place before the death of their last surviv ing member shall have forever dis solved their society. It does not seem probable that this singular community will care to hold many more annual celebrations. The great age of nearly all of its few sur viving members and the uulikelihood of any important additions to their number must almost inevitably cause the dissolution of the society in a very few years. It is Elder Henrici's vast will power and immense executive force, more than anything else, that still holds it together. From very small beginnings in 1805, the posses- sioQB of tbe Harmony Society bave | come to include, besides tbe town of j Economy and its surrounding lands, fourteen large farms, many oil and natural gas wells. vast tracts of lum ber lands, many saw mills and coal mines, a controlling interest in tbree railroads, aud great sums of money invested in Government bonds and other gilt-edged securities, G.W.C, He Never Drank.. On a sleeper on a Texas train re cently, a traveler noticed an old whitebearded gentleman trying to get on a linen duster. Tbe youug and spry traveler rushed to his as sistance, and in helping him with tbe garment he noticed a good sized bot tle ol whisky protruding from one of tbe inside pockets of his coat. Being of a waggish nature be appropriated the bottle, got tbe coat on tbe stran ger, aud then pulliug out tbe flask, said: "Will vou take a drink, sir? The old man did not recognize tbe buttle, and drawing himself up, re marked rather severely: "No. sir; 1 never drink." "It won't hurt you," insisted the wag "Its tbe best" "Young man," said the old gentle man, in a tone intended for tbe whole car,"if you insist on drinking whisky you will bean old man at forty. It is tbe curse of tbe land. Wben I was a buy my mother died, aud the last tiling that sainted mother said was to call me to her dying bedside and say: 'John, swear to me that you will never touch a drop of liquor ' " Here the old mau clapped his hand to his side pocket and found it empty aud recognizing the bottle in the bands of tbe other he contiuued: "Except, my boy, an occasional ■port while traveling," and reaching for the flask he pressed it to bis lips amid a howl of laughter which shook tbe car. A Shrewd Farm Hand. The New York Tribune, tells of a laborer who agreed to dig a farmer's potatoes for one potato a hiil. The contract did not confiue the laborer to a selection from each bill, so bo took the largest wherever found These averaged about halt a pound in weight, and as there were 4000 bills to the acre, his share was just one ton, or 33 1 3 bushel At sixty cents a bushel tbey amounted to S2O. lie dug at the rate of one fourth of an acre per day, making his daily wages s.'i. It took one-fourth ot tha crop to pay him. —A young man named Hartlctt, who is widely known for his polite* ness and wit, never calls his father ! the "old man" or "governor," but al j ways speaks of bim as liartlett pore. I —The colored sexton of a Louis ville church has been discharged for ' running a poker room in the church tower while the congregation was at { wonOty iff tbe cUurffli hvfaw. THE FARMER'S WIFE. i l*p witli th? birds io the early morning, The d. wdrofi glow* like a precious ge in, Br-autif'ui tin's in the skies are dawning, She lias njvera moment to look at the in. The men ire waiiine their breakfast early, She must not linger, she mast not wait, For word* that are sharp and looks that arc snrly Are what men give when meals are late. <">h! a glorion* color the clouds are tarning, If she conld but just look over the trees, Bnt here is the dishes and there is the churning; Those things must alwavs yield to these. For the world is filled with the wine of beauty, It she conld but pause and drink it in; But pleasure, she says, mast wait tor doty, Xegletted work la committed sin. The rtar gr ws hot, her hand growa weary, Oh ! for an hoar to cool her head Out with the birds in the wind so cheery, But she must get dinner and bake the bread; The busy men in the hay-field working, Should they see her aitting with folded hauda, They would call her lazy and say she was shirking, She never oould make them understand. They do not know that the heart within her Is filled with hunger for things sublime; They only know they want their dinner, Plenty of it and just on time, Then at ter the sweeping and chnrning and baking, And dinner and dishea are all pat by She sits and sews,though her head is achlrg Till time for supper and chores draw nigh, Her boys at school mast look like otl era. She says.as she patches their frocks ai d hose, For the world is quiok to eenaure mothers For the least neglect of children's clothes. Her husband comes from the field of labor, He gives no praise to his weary wife: She has done no more than her busy neighbor, 'Tis the lot of all in country life. But after the strife and weary tnasle, When life is done and she lies at rest, The nation's brain and heart and mnscle, Her sons and daughters, shall call her blest, And I think the sweetest joys of Heaven, The rarest bliss of eternal life, The fairest crown of all will be given Unto the way-worn farmer's wife. Farm and Garden Notes. If you would get the most oat of your feed, grind the grain and cat the (odder. Plant acorns in the fall and where trees will be wanted to stand perma nently A yearling that will weigh 700 pounds is worth more than two weighing 400 pounds each. A crossed fowl will always sit, and if nou-sitters be desired for next sea sou they mast be bred from pare breeds only. "A worm about two feet long, sap posed at first to be a linen thread," was found in a head of cabbage at Mowequa, Illinois. A Michigan gardener has bought 1000 acres of bog land near Chatta nooga, Tenn , wbich he drains for the purpose of raising cplery. American chessemakers hare a good markets right under their noses it they will suit the quality of their product to the market's requirements. Save the feathers from all the fowls. Scald them thoroughly and dry them as quickly as possible, keeping them well aired until disposed of. Mr. Hoard is convinced that there are ten good judges of horses among the farmers where there is one who is a good judge of a dairy cow or bull. The importance of the dairying in terest may be somewhat appreciated when it is remembered thats2oo,3so, 000 is invested in this braach of in* dustry. Leaf mold, rotten cow manure and good garden ■ loam in equal parts, wfth a small addition of sand, all well mixed together, make suitable soil for nearly all house plants. Ooe egg a week will pay for the support ot a hen. As the first egg must be deducted for expenses, conse quently the hen that lays three eggs a week produces twice as much profit as the ben that lays two eggs. A Michigan boy rented two acres of laud of a farmer last summer and planted onions. He raised 800 bush els, paid for the land in half the pro duct, and S3OO worth for his share. As regards the summer the summer as profitable. When the farmer begins to esti mate the value of sheep from the standpoint of meat, fertility and gen eral advantage to the ?arm, he will not allow the market price of wool to determine whether or not he will raise them. As an evidence of the profitable ness of small fruit-culture, the Platte Witne.au states that George H. Rob bins, of that place, sold $86.25 worth of blackberries from one-sixth of an acre Ho sold the yield 0f575 quarts at 15 cents a quart. Roots should not be fed with straw or poor hay, as they are too much alike in composition Feed the roots with clover or good bay, aDd give the more concentrated food with tho straw. It requires more skill to be successful iu feeding poor kinds of food. Empty all troughs and drinking vessels every uight in order to pre vent accumulations of ice in them. It is much easier to do this than to chop out the ice in the morning in or der to water stock. Ics water is not conducive to the thrift of the animals in winter, and the troughs should therefore be kept as free from ice as possible. Many swine-breeders regard a solid earth floor the best for a pig pen. It is also customary with some breeders to remove from six to eight inches of these earth floors every spring, draw iug the manure-soaked earth on to fields and renewing the floors with fresh earth. A Kentucky farmer says that last year be invested $5,000 in cattle and ' S3OO in sheep, and that the not pro fits from the sheep were greater than trom the cattle. He got $4.50 apiece for the lambs and raised mora lambs than be had ewes. The wool from 1 the sheep averaged him $1.50 per bead, and the sheep afterwards brought him an average of $4 20 on grass feed alone. —A shabby coat is 00 disgrace, but it is a great impediment to 'the successful negotiation of a small loan. Bobby —Ma, wasn't there any body loft in the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were turned oat? I Mother —No, Bobby. Bobby (after tb.OQgbt>—-Well who 1 fed Ux coiiftetof NO. 18