VOL. -XV
GREAT BARGAINS
o
Fifuea Pair or Bradlsy'3 Blankets, at $4-.
fire Fine Plash Dolmans, at $15.00. were S3O 00
Three Plash Co*U, at S2O 00. termor prices, $4,000
Two Plash CoaU, at sl7 50, former prices. $35.00
20 Good Newmarkets, at $5.
16 ChHdrens' Wraps from One Dollar to Four Dollars.
REMXANTS IN 7 SILK.
WOOLEN and COTTON GOODS
OF ALL KINDS.
A Pull Line of Spring Battons and Trimmings
New Spring Goods AI riving.
CALI IN AND SEE THE BE AT BA B GAINS.
BITTRR | MIS.
JUST ARRIVED
a large line of
Spring and Summer Goods,
eoufetiog Fine Woolens and Sailings which lam ready to make np it
On rnenia at as reasonable prices as 70a will 6od any jehere and
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
▲iao a fud line of MENS'. BOYS'and CHILDRESS' ready made
Clothing at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
All tb«s latest nornlfies for Spring and Summer in
Gents' Furnishings, Goods,
Hats, Capo, Trunks, Valises; latest patterns in
Shirts and Neckwear.
■i MERCHANT TAILOJIN3
Dtpwtaei.' is Booming. Call and mnke your selection for your Spring
Satt from tboae handsome patterns I have jnat got in. Prices
reasonable and fit guaranteed.
That'king my patrons for past favors, I solicit a continuance
of the same.
I. ROSENBERG.
€4 Sooth Main street, opposite the Postoffice, Butler, Pa.
A. Troutman & Son.
Leading Drj Goods Bouso.
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A l:oatman & Son.
Th« Irui'iii Dry G<»ods and Car
pe» House. ! tuiler, Pa
New F«il DIM Goods at prices
* bicb will ruake them mow very
fast
We hav« -be largest stock ever
shown in- Culler countv, comprising
ail ib« new *r-K>da io Checks, Striped
aad Plain ra*e» in Foreign and
Dowitlt
Black and Colored Silks,
Special Values
IN TRIMMINGS,
we bare never had aacb a nice as- '
■on—it and so many of them.
BARGAINS
la Plasm-Is. Blankets, Tickings,
Giaghar. <, Whits Quilts, Shawls
Table Lilians. Lace Curtains,
la fact a* rrtbiag which can ba j
fouad la a
Wm n n J fti You will find on examination our
-Iks Dry Goods Store, g&i.eks,.* *• Lo,OB '
A. TROUTMAN & SON'S,
Butler, Pa-
New Drugstore
JUST OPENED,
KEY*' GOODS, NEW PRICES.
N0.20, E. JEFFERSGN ST..
Where yen will find a full line of Fine Drugs, Chemicals. Per
turned and Toilet Articles. Agents for
Mi Alma.
Montrose Dealer,
Keno, and
Scissors Gigazs.
Beat o and 10 cent Cigars in Wn.
Pivs- ripti ms carefully compounded by an experienced
Pharui«<ci «t
doui oatonige respectfully solicited.
DH. D. E. WILES, Prop'r.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Cloaks au<? Wraps,
for Children and Ladies.
We carry the greatest variety of
stjles, our stock never W«P BB large,
prices never no low, goods never so
nice.
If you want to see the nice poods,
please call and examine <>ur stock.
Ladies', Gents', and Children's
' Underwear, every sjrade, all sizes,
best goods
Gloves, Corsets. H miery, Velvets,
Plushes, Yarns, etc.
—OCR—
Carpets and Oil Cloths,
never had so many—never were car
pets so cheep.
Our stock is complete. Don't buy
a Carpet until you have Been our
stock. Body Brussels, Velvets, Tap
estry, 3 Ply Extra Super, Hemp, Cot
ton aud Rag Rugs.
Window Shades, largest assort
ment, lowest prices.
I CURTAIN POLES
|Loo£l BEAD!
II have enlarged my store-rooin, in ta«'t. made
it almost twice as large as It was tief ire, and
have also Increased my stock. I Have, b> far,
the largest and best selected stock of
I Fine Drugs and Chemicals
: In Butler county, and am now In position to
Hupplv the wants of the people ol 'his county—
even better than tn the past.
You will do well to call on me when in the
nee of :i!iythlnjr in !he line ot
Fine Drugs and Medicines,
' Mv sUjck is v<tv coiupl'.'tr übJ PRICES VEItY
, LOW' In medicine quality Is of the (list Impor
i tance. so vve give particular attention to tilling
Prescriptions.
(>ur bi.sp. nslng Depart ment is complete. \\ e
dispense only Pure of the
Finest Quality,
and our patrons may bring us their prescrip
tions, f.-eliiig' certain that they will he carefully
and accurately filled.
Thanking the public for the very generous
patronage thev have accorded me In the past. I
hope to l>e able to serve them more acceptably
lu the future, at the old stand.
No. 5, North Main St,
BUTLER, PA.
J. 0. HEriCK,
Win. F Miller.
Manufacturer of
Stair Rails,
Balustsrs
and Newel-posts.
All kinds of wood-turning done to order, also
; I>. corat",| and Carved wood-wo'k, such as
I rasing. Corner Mocks. Punt-Is and all kinds of
' fancy wood-work lor inside decoration of
houses.
CALL AND SEE SAMPLES.
Something new and attractive. Also
FURNITURE
! at iowest cash prices.
Store at No. 40. N. Main street.
Factory at No. 59, N. Washington street,
j BUTLF.it, PKNNA.
Paul Cronenwett & Cc.
BVTLI-B, t'A.,
Breeders and Defers In High-class Poultrj
Liiiigsiians. Uoudans, Light Brahma-t. 3. <
Blown leghorns. It. Ar H. C. White Leghori:'
Plymouth Rocks. Toulouse Geese, Pekin ar.i
• Muaocvy Ducks.
' Cru*hea oyster shells for poultry lor »ale •
j all times.
W. H. & F. MORRIS,
BUTLEK, PA.
•WHITE LEG
HORNS.
Eggs $2 per 13; $3 for 20.
For Sale.
The undersigned Administrator of Ebenezer
Christy, dee'd, late of Parker twp., offers at
private sale a farm of 117 acres, situate In Wash
ington twp., near Hllliard's Station. It Is all
cleared and In (rood stat»' of cultivation, well
watered, und has a two-story frame house, and
log barn, large orchard, and Brood out buildings
ALSO, a 75 acre place in Washington twp.,
near the Allegheny slope coal mine, with rail
road running through It. two-story frame house,
partly cleared and balance good timber.
ALSO, a farm of so acres in Parker twp., be
tween Annlsviiie and Eldorado, ope-half cleared
and other half well timbered with chestnut
tlmiier. g.xid land, but no hulltiliigs.
All the above pieces are underlain with coal,
and will be sold either for cash or on time.
For further particulars enquire of
o. W. CHRISTY.
32--3 m North Hope P. 0., Butler Co., Pa
SALESMEN WANTED.
To sell Nnrsery Stock. Permanent em
ployment and go-id salary to honest, energetic
men. The business is easily learueo. We
grow all the reliable new varieties of Fruit
and Or n A Dental Trees. Writs for terms.
BOOPES, BRO & THOMAS,
Established 185:1. WEST CHESTER, PA
MAPLE AVENUK NUKHKRIES.
Busry HUH
And all the other late and beautiful stvles of
Fancy Writing Paper at
J. H. Douglass'
Largest assortment, in town. From 10c to 75c per
box. Also full line of new
Invitation and Regret Cards,
Wedding Invitations. Visiting Cards, Mourning
Stationery, Tablets, etc.
63 S. MAIN STREET.
M.F.&M, Marks
Invite your inspection ot their
stock of FALL and WINTER
Millinery Goods.
Receiving goods every week
their stock is always
FRESH AND COMPLETE.
Hotel Brady
T. W. TAIT, Prop'r.
New Hotel and Restaurant on the Diamond,
Butler. Pa.
Mr. T. W. Tait ha* refitted and furnished the
Brady House, and is uow prepared to accommo
date 'the public.
His Restaurant. In connection with the hotel
will oe open day and night. The tables will b
furnished with everything the market affords,
I FRESH GAME AND OYSTERS
RECEIVED DAILY.
Your patronage respectfully solicited.
BUY YOUR HOWIES
United Security Life Insurance and Trust Co..
of Pa,
Money to Buy Homes.
Moi tlily dues not more than a fair rent. Pay
ments decrease yearly. In event of death
prior to rcn pletku (.1 la} menu, balance ot eu
cumbrancc canceled.
Money to Loan.
Real estnto bought and sold on commission.
WaJii ed houses to rent and rents collected.
L. Cx. LINN,
No. 38 South Main St.,
Hutler, Pa.
Over Lion's Druj; Store.
FOlt SALE
|
j A 1 ,rze frame boarding house, good location :
I and doing larjr« business, Terius easy. For
further particulars Inquire of
L. S. ikJUMUN. 17 E. Jcffvrson St..
"-•J9,tf Under. P«.
t Advmibe ia the CiTigsn. ]
STTMMT7M BONTJ'M.
i C I'' the public good is np
' hf-ld and the hnppineaa
I "jjkM of tlie people enlarged,
there is so mo superior
fi ®g®ucy ll£ work to ac
; nKTtjj jf complish no much. As a
t rei.tf ot' mist'ry it must
i be a compound of un-
eominou merit w ho s e
specific actio:) must l>e
\ y sure in curative proper
ertica and permanent in
I tmltPi its effects oven with the
worst chronic eases
" of halt a liietiiue. Such
a reputation must be
well founded, s::il its this is assured l>y
dealers aud the press in all climates where
I all phases of bodily ailment* are encoun
j tered, its adaptation to the cure oi pain, its
; prompt and perfect action, bring it nearer
perfection for household use. lis applica
tion is so simple a child can use it, and the
directions for use arc given in every spoken
language. It is adapted all ksuds of
climates, .to all phasis of rheumatic and
nervous pains. A lew salup:es ot a gen
eral nature >vill show its wonderful eJlecis.
air. Wiliet F. Cook, C'anajoharie, N. Y.,
writes February 10, Is 7: "Awoke one
morning with excruciating pains in my
shoulder. Tried various re, id's lor sudden
ptins without eiieet; went to my otlice;
ine pa.n became iuntiil'erablc; went home
at 11 o'clock and used St. Jacobs Oil; effect
pain ceased, aud at 1 o'clock went
to work; cure permanent." Mr Davul
La.vreuce, Lowell. Mass., October "29, lbfcß,
sti.tes: "Had severe attack of rheumatism
in kuee, tried many remedies without re
lief; tried St. Jacobs Oil; was promptly
enred; no return ol pain in several years.' 1
Mr. Otis L. ili-tiiaway, Fail Kiver, Mass.,
October 19, lc-io: "Was troubled with
rheumatism in arm, and could not raise it.
Used Si. Jacobs Oil; lirst application re
lieved and two-tiiirds of a bottle cured:
have li;;d no trouble since, now several
years aj;o." Air. l J eiey A. Folsom, Jiioom
ington, Lis., October IS, ldr>t>: "Hud rheu
matism all my lite, till I£SO. when it wm
cured i>y St. Jacobs Oil. It had settled in
my ankles, nud had to walk with a cane;
used one bottle; in a short time pain was
gone; have not had a touch of it since."
Mr. \i. Niekcuiha), Strassburg, Ohio, Nor.
i, lb'3<3: ii.nl rheumatism in uty shoulder;
cured by one bottle St. Jacobs Oil. First
application gioatiy relieved and was cured
completely. No return in n.eveu years."
These arc simples from hundreds of how
it work- • '■ u«l« rs.
IF YOU^®® B^
II- I W Have a Lama Baok,
do or send straight aa 70a can to the drug
•tore and Insist on ha Ting the Flaws
- Hop Plaster -
It will Cap# | never falls to give Instant
relief. Virtues of fresh hops, hemlock and
pine bt'aao united. The perfection of plas
ters, clean and sweet. 25c . UT« for $ 1 -00,
or mailed for price.
HOP PLASTER CO.. Proprietors, Boston.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
G, M. ZIMMERMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office at No. 4."), S. M.aln street, over Frank &
C'o's Diug Store. Butler, Pa.
J. F. BKITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—Oilicc at 8. E. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK
Att'y at Law—Office on South side of Diamond,
Butler, Fa.
IKA McJUNMN,
Attorney at Law. Offl:e at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St., Butler, Pa.
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed 111 the neatest manner.
Specialties : —<;old Fillings, and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
OHlre on Jefferson Street, one door East of Lowrj
House, I'p Stairs.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
N. B.— The only Dentist in Butler nslng the
best male's of teeth.
JOHN E. HYERS,
PHYSICIAN AN,) SURGEON
omce No. 65 South Main Street,
HIJTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
Physician and Surgeon,
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLER, lEPIEITTIsr'.A.
DENTISTR Y .
0 1/ WALUKON, Graduate of the Pbila
• delphla Dental College, is prepared
todo anything Hi the Hue of bis profession in a
satisfactory manner.
Office oh Alain street, Butler, Union Block
up stairs.
J. S. LXJSK, M.D ,
Has removed from Harmony to Butler and has
his office at No. 9, Main St., three doors below
Lowry ITouse. apr-30-tf.
MR- R. J. LAMB
Organist and Choir Master,
St. Peter's German Church. Butler.
OkOAN. PIANOFOKTE, VIOLIM, SINC-INU AND ILAK
MOKY.
Pianofortes and Organs Tuned and Regulat
ed. Tsrmsou application, 50 West Jefferson
street.
L. 8. McJIJMKI.Y,
Insurance and Seal Estate Ag't.
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
fMMmiom,
No. 88 and 90, S. Main St.,
BUTLER, - - I
Near New Court House—formerly Donaldson
House—good accommodations tor travelers.
Good stabling connected.
[4-y-'»0-lyl H EITENMCJLLEIt, Prop'r.
A J FRANK k CO,
DEALERS IN
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
AND CHEMICALS
FANCY AND TOILET ARTIOES,
SPONGES. BRUSHES. PERFUMERY. &c
tJf-physlclans' Prescriptions carefully cc>...
pounded.
45 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa.
<■ 0% it I |»Brw*rde«l are those who read this
Mil IS I Valid then act; they will tlnd hon
ri f I nl lorable employment that will not
IIE Ull L I take them from their homes and
families. The proilts are large and sure for
every Industrious person, many have made and
are now making several hundred dollars a
month. It Is easy for any one to make f/i and
upwards per (lay, who Is wll iuar to work. Ell her
sex, young or old; capital not needed; we start
you. Everything uew. No gpeclul ability re
quired; you, reader can do it a-, well as any one.
Write to us at once for full particulars,which we
luail irec. Address Stuiaon >■: Co.. Portland, Me.
LABT OPPORTUNITY!
M For CIIKAJP nxcraaioJi TO
IALIFORNIA;
Tloketa arc GOOD for lis month*, 11 mito<L toilxty
for tolnd CUUTA with atop oror prlfUtiM at ploao
aro within limit of west-boand PMW«*. Special O*»
g-OLON train* leav* St. Loula VIA iron Mountain
at*. Fabroary Uth ana Olt* via. Xlaaourt
siflo Hallway. February 17th. or All eoanoo
AMJM In tb* tTnltad at.-iteaaad Canadawtlljall OAK-
BUTLKR. PA FRIDAY, MARCH C. 1888
LINES.
I Lir.es composed by Charles Lepley, of
I Prospect, Pa., a member of Co. E, 103 rd Reg
iment Pa. Vol., while a prisoner at Anderson-
Tille, shortly before he died.
When our country called for men,
We came from forge and store and mill,
From workshop, farm and factory,
Our brokea ranks to fill.
We left our quiet, happy homes,
And ones we loved so well.
To vanquish all our country's foes,
Or fall where others fell.
Now in prison drear we lauguish,
And it is our constant cry,
Oh, ye who yet can save us,
Will ye leave us here to die?
The yoice of slander tells you
That our hearts were weak with fear,
That all, or nearly all of us
Were captured in the rear;
But the wounds upon our bodies,
From musket-ball and shell,
The shatered arms and broken limbs,
A truer tale will tell,
We triad to do our duty,
In bight of God on high;
Oh, ye who yet cau save us,
Will ye leave us here to die?
There are hearts with hope still wait
ing
In our pleasant northeru homes.
Waiting for the footsteps
That will never, never come.
In southern prisons piuiu?,
Merger, pale and gaunt,
Growing weaker, weaker daily,
From pinching cold and want;
The r e brothers, sons and husbands
pine,
And helpless captives lie;
Oh, ye who yet can save us,
Will ye leave us here to die?
From out our prison doors there lieu
A graveyard close at hand.
Where lie ten thousand Union men
Beneath the Georgia sand;
And scores are laid beside them,
As day succeeds to day.
And thus it iihall be ever,
Till all shall pass away,
And the last can say when dying,
With upturned glazing eye,
Both faith and love are dead at heme,
Tbey've left us here to die.
Prospect, Pa. G.P.W.
'ZEKEL AN' ME.
BY ELLA GCE&NBET.
"Take the big rockin' ch*er, mo'm,
»«' feet by the earn winder, where you
••ao see the water in the brook ppark
>u' and the red-birds fUsbin' in an'
>ut of the big cedars an' white lay
»cks I'm proper glad that joo like
our place though 'tis so old-fashioned.
'Zekel warn't overly anxious for me
to take boarders this summer, as last
year I did have a tryin' time be
tween the whims an' notions ot a fin
icky widder an' a tiresome >naiden
lady. They were always warrin'
an' spattio' with each other in a way
that warn't good to see. Nothin'
pleased 'em; the house was too small,
my cookin' old-fashioned an' they
scorned my posies, continually askin'
me why I don't hev begonias, gera
niums an'carnations enstead of clove
pinks, marigools, laylocks an' flowery
almon's. You see, mo'ra. I fretted
an' worked uutil my Bystem was all
run down, an' in October I was taken
with a slow, liugerin' fever, costin'
rae niore'n thribble the money I'd
made—pay in' out for medicine an'
doctor bills.
"But it's an' ill wind that blows
nobody good, au'jest when my skies
were darkest the Lord sent 'Zekel
to me, an' all bitterness an' hardness
between us was healed. Now, mo'm
I know jest what you'er thioken', but
'Zekel an' me aren't the husband tin'
wife of long standin', though in our
early youth we were promised to each
other. We're scarcely over oar hon
eymoon, or f should say the 'lotted
time for it to iast. 'Z :kel au' me,
after long years livin'apart, hev de
termined that no vinegar moons shall
rise, full au' wane in our future.
"I'm all o' fifty, an' 'Zskel'd fifty
seven an'at twenty I tasted the full
bitterness o' bein' jilted au', as I
thought, without just cause on my
part Trouble don't come singly an'
it seemed to me for the next ten
years that they trooped* aroun' me
uutil I felt that life waru't worth liv
io' an' God had forgotteu me,but I've
lived to know 'twas me that had tor
gotten him.
"At thirty I found myself alone in
the world, father, mother.broth"r, an'
sister all lay in the churchyard you
caD see just across the way Bat I
had this farm, an' my own ambition
was to make it the envy of my ueig
bors an'to show 'em that'Zekel hadu't
quite crushed me when he deserted
me for Annie Boun. Father was the
last one to go. For over a year he
set helpless jest where I placed the
cheer, alius lookin' happy, though I
could see that he longed to be free
from his bondage. One consolation
was left him; he could talk, an' his
facilities seemed to be cleared an'
sharper than when be was Btrong au'
active man.
"He never mentioned 'Zekel'a name
to me but once after the weddin', an'
that wan the week before he went to
the better country. A neighbor came
over to order a busbel of my choice
seed potatoes for plantin'.an'told us of
the trouble 'Zekel's folks were heviu'
with sickness au' poverty. When
we were alone father looked pleadin'-
i_v at me an' said softly:
•> 'lf—we forgive not— how—
shall—we—hope—to—be—forgiven ?
"I knew that I was cherisbin'wick
ed feelin's in my heart, but it seemed
to me 'Zekel an' Annie didu't deserve
sympathy or pardon from me. You
see, mo'm, Annie Boon was my
dearest friend. I'd alius shared my
Becrets with her, girl fashion, never
dreamin' she was then planiu' treach
ery, an' was to be the meanß of my
losin' faith in every human bein'.even
feelin' bitter toward my Creator. I
can't tell in words how dearly I lov
ed Annie an' trusted her. She was
the daughter ot' a pauper furriner who
lived in a delapidated cabin upcn the
edge of our farm Father pitied old
Boon au' tried to help him. Annie
was handy at bonnet triiumin' an' at
dress makin', an' everybody liked to
bev h*r around.
"Zekel Harker, my lover, was the
j pride of his family, an' he beiu' the
' only sou, was humored bv bis dotin'
folks more'n was good for him Old
Vlr. au' Mrs. Harker an' the girls
Aouidu'c let him do farm work; an'
he warn't overly fond of piuwiu'
au' it eauie about that the
-rirl« to<.k the heft of" the out-door
work an'scrimped au'sluved to jfit
nion -v to *eud 'Zekel to the 'cade my
in Pilbury. Tho Harker girls wore
coarse homespuu the \< r round savin'
i tiOuuh money to kel in store
ikftfee# which did become hi®. IX#
was a handsome young feller. 'Twas
only nat'ral that I would be proud of
bim when I compared hitn an' bis
easy manners with the awkward
farmer boys.
•"Zekel's oldest sister, 'Tiidy Ann,
made no secret of her rejoioin' tbat
we were promised, callin' me sister
at the singin's, quiltin's an'apple
parin's, an' all the girls courted him
'eept Annie Boon, wbo alius acted as
if she hadn't a second thought for
bim. Everybody supposed we'd be
married by tbe time I was my owe
misstress, but some way 'Zi'kel
didn't get on in business. At twen
ty seven he was still unsettled as to
his future occupation. After study
for a few months—law, medicine and
for the ministry—be changed his
his mind an' imagined he could in
vent some wonderful machine which
would bring him a fortune, an' Tildy
Aun said she shouldn't wonder if he
did; tbat Zekel was smart enough to
do anything be was a mind to. Fath
er once quoted to me, 'Unstable as
water, thou shalt not excel.' I knew
wbat be meant, an' spoke out for Ze
kel, sayin' bis intellect was of a high
er grade than tbe clods around ns.
Only give him time, an' be would
excel.
"About this time 'Tildv Ann and
Mandy Harker died with pneumony
fever, brought, on beiu' caught in a
drenchin' ruin on their way to the
woolen-mill where they'd been to sell
their wool. Mandv'a last words
were;' You'll—find—the money—'Z^-
kel wanted—ia—my chest.' He
explained to me tbat he was on the
ere of sucoeedin' with his invention
an' needed a little money to fiuish it,
an' Mandy bad undertaken to get it
for him.
"I had ray feelin's hart more'n
once durin' the next few weeks bav
in' Zekel called selfish au' never do
well. 'Zekel heerd their talk, too,
an' one old farmer advised him to
quit dreamin' an' pnt his band to the
plow, or his other sist«r would foller
'Tildy Ann an' Mandy. 'Z»k<d said
nobody 'ceptin me understood his
hopes an' aims; an' then I spoke oat,
tellin' I'd allers stand by him no mat
ter what happened. I'd never forget
we were promised. An' ttoi- seemed
to obner him wonderfully.
"His folk* began to be anxious tor
as settle io a ol our own.
"Our farms j lined, and Mr. Flirker
said we coaid c >unton 40)«cres apiece
of good mellow land, au' it wouldn't
take long to put us up a hewed log
bouse good enough for anybody's
home. I was willin' to this arraoge
men ; but wanted to start io
better style, an' pictured a city life so
nice that I came to think as he did,
but I never stopped spinnia' an' wea
vin' articles for my wedding outfiit.
"In those days I was happy. An
nie helped me with my weddin' prep
arations, an' every day 'Zekel came
to look on. One June afternoon An
nie an'me were in our orchard spriuk
lin' linen that was bleachin' on the
grass. I ft-lt so light-hearted, the
world seemed so full of joy and the
birds sang so sweetly!
"Oh, Annie, why don't a lover
come a-wooin' you? It is so sweet to
be loved, an' you are so much pret
tier than rue, aod its so strange that
a lover doesn't find you out,' said I
not hearin' 'Zekel's step, an' entirely
unaware of his presence until Annie's
blushes caused me to turn about to
find my loyer listenin' to my silly
words.
"To hide my blushes, I ran down
the bill into tbe garden an' gathered
a handful of damask au' cinnamon
roses; then hurried back, in my vani
ty thinkin' 'Z.-kel would count tbe
time long uatil I was with qim. As
I walked slowly up tbe hill I saw in
Annie's blue eyes a new light. It
was like the expression of one who
had gained her heart's desire
Though all of thirty, she looked so
girlish in her white dress, the yellow
braids of hair shone like gold, an' ev
ery movement she made was graceful,
I felt keenly the contrast between us
I took little pains with my own at
tire, thinkin' more of my work. I
was homely and I knew it.
saw the contrast, an' I think then an'
there yielded to Annie's fascination,
as noyer came to our house afterward
an' in oue week, withoat a word of
of warnin', I heerd 'Zekel an' Annie
wer« married.
"The llarkers came to see me, and
in my bitterness I rejoiced when I
»aw thet 'Zekel was not forgiven by
them. Neither he nor his furrin.
painted wife shall enter that door
Bhe, tbe jezebel, has caused him to
act the villian; now let her bear with
his weakness,' were his father's
words
"A few weeks after the weddin',
after the Sunday service, 'Z«kel an'
Annie attempted to make friends with
me, but I scorned to touch their out
stretched hand. After that J grew
cynical, rejoicing as the years wore
on that 'Zekel's home was a cheerless
one and that Annie's prettiness was
gone. One by one the Harker girls
married, movin' westward with their
husbands. The mother went to sleep
one afternoon an' waked in another
world, the mortgage on the home
stead was forclosed, an' I brought
home father Harker, givin' him my
own father's vacant place beside the
old hearthstone.
"The pa9t fifteen years' had not
used 'Zekel au' Annie kindly, and
folks said it was a punishment sent
on Annie an' him for their treachery.
The poor creature had no time to
prosper, bavin' nothin' to commence
bousekeepin' with, an' good looks
doesn't butter bread or put a roof
over on's head. Their home was a
cabin in a swamp 'Z«kel was a poor
manager, an' Annie was sickly, an'
their children ran wild for lack of
proper care an' attention.
"One mornin' after Mr. Harker had
been with me a fortnight he came into
the kitchen after an hour's weedin' in
the garden savin', 'Penelopy, I've
seen 'Zekel, an' he's goin' to leave the
State.'
"I kept on toastin' bread, unconcern
ed outwardly though inwardly burn
in' with the old anger aud pain.
" 'He doesnt know just where he's
goin', but says be must go some
where 'Zekel's repentin' bitterly of
his mistake. Annie's lost all the am
bition she ever had; she hadn't the
endurin' qualities which makes
womeu a stay an' comfort to their
tiusbauds, an' 'Z'kel's found that
tbeir wrong doin' hasu't brought 'em
trust in each other. He couldn't go
without my blessin' au' pardon,
which are his I can't forget that he
is my son, Penelopy '
" 'Breakfast's ready,' says I, sett'n'
on the table a beapin' dish of toast
an' ejrjrs, never heedin' the pleadiu'
look in father Harkor'a eyes attkiu' uio
, to forpivt)
"But I hardened my heart an' car
ried my head higher, tbankin' tbe
Lord tbat I warn't such an incapable,
whinin' creetur a3 Annie. Father
Harker said no more abont 'Zekel, an'
we Bpent a pleasant five years to
gether and I was loth to give him up
when Herrit Harker, who hrd mar
ried a real forehanded man, came af
ter him to take him to her Nebraskv
home. Then I adopted a panper
boy, who proved to be a real blessin'
belpiu' an' corufortin' me in every
way.
"I lived on in the old house. Few
people sought my company or paid
me attention so dear to tbe heart of
most wimmen. In lookin' back, I
can see that folks let me alone because
I was so stern and unlovable. My
one desire was revenge an' to humble
'Zekel to tbe very dust, though often
my father's words would run in my
head, causin' me to tremble lest I
shut myself out of heaven. 'lf ye
forgive not, how can ye expect to bo
forgiven?' Folks called me a Chris
tian because I gave to every good
cause so liberally an' never missed
goin' to meetiu', but I knew my heart
wasn't right, an' dared not pray the
Lord's prayer any farther than the
words, 'forgi.e its our debts as we
forgive our debtors,' I bring upon
my own head a curss, instid of a
blessin'.
John, my adopted son, grew up,
married an' left Pilbury. Again I
was alone an' made up mind I'd allers
live so, arguiu' with a neighbor there
was no use try in' to keep any one
with dip, tin' the partin' with th»m
aliers saddened me. an' the next five
years 1 had no compacy 'cspt f» >se
an' the cat, toilin' early an' late lay
ing up stores of fruit, grain an' goods
that 1 didn't need, an' takin' summer
boarders jest for company, when one
October morniu' found me not able to
leave my bed; completely worn out,
arr no one to hand me a drink of
water, though the neighbors were
kiud, aft«i they fouud out my need.
"Durin' my seventh week o' suffer
ing I was lyiu' helpless an'cryin'; the
future seemed so dark to me, when
Bomebody rapped at my door.
' Comi iu, says I, thinking 'twas
Mis' Whipple with a cup ot" soup, au'
'Z j kel. grav an 1 pale, an' dressed like
a tramo. came ia
"Straight up to my bedside h<j
walked, h »ldiu' out his tbiu tretnblui'
hand savin' in a timid way
" Penelopv!'
"Just then the strangest feelin'
csme over me, ali the bitter, bad past
of me was chaagad into peace aa'
happiness Says be: 'Annie's been
gone years, my children are all goue,
'cept two, au' I've come a home
tramp to ask your pardon fer—fer—
but its no use tryin' to tell jest bow
it came about, in lesa'n halt an hour
'Z j kel 'an me were agin lovers
"Mis' Whipple was so shocked to
find, as she thought, a highway rob
ber or an escaped lunatic sett in' by
me, holdin' my hand, tbat she let the
bowl of soup fall on the stone hearth
an' screamed for Josiab, her husband,
who was on his way to town an' had
brought ber to my gate. .Josiab
came runnin' in an'recognized 'Zekel,
an' had a good laugh at Mis' Whip
pte's mistake
"In a week I was aa strong as ever
an' busy makin' : Zekel a new suit of
blue jean, an' we meant to be married
before Thauksgivin'. Folks said that
I was a silly thing to take him he'd
jilted me, au' that he'd come back
after a home, but we were too happy
to mind Pilbury gossip.
"Our bridal tour was a walk over
to the Harker place. 'Zekpl's tears
fell fast as we went over the old home.
'They're all gone, an' I've no chaoce
to tell 'em of my sorrow over a mis
spent life, an' now they'll never
know,' said he, an' I, tryin' to com
fort him, whispered: "One day they'll
know—when the mists are cleared
away, an' we shall know as we are
known.'
"I dou't think the world holds any
happier couple thau aa' me.
I've taken him for better 'an worse,
his weakness with his better qualities
jest because I have alius loved him.
An' 'Zekel's daughter, a
yonng girl with a look of Annie
about her, is comin' to brighten up
the old place. Please God,she'll find
in me a tender, lovin' mother.
"I can't say mo'm, how 'twonld
hov ended if had come back
rich, an' wearin' purple an' fine linen,
carrying his head high »s most suc
cessful men do, an' he'd found ma
strong an' well. Wimmen's hearts
are strauge vessels, beyoud the un
derstandio' of the wisest of our sex.
I only know that my heart is filled
with a love an' content it neyer knew
before
" 'Zekel's callin' me, mo'm, him an'
me hev beeu lottin'on takin' the early
apples to the Pilbury market, an'
here I've spent the mornin' in tain
instid o' belpin'gather them spice ap
ples, an' I can't hev him workin' in
the bri'lin, sun without a lunch
'Zekel's not strong an' needs good
care, which he shall hev, if Penelopy
Upson Harker knows her own
mind."
A Novel Elopement.
When John Bennett entered his
residence at 516 Croghan street, De
troit, last Thursday morning, he
found the house empty and a woman
and two children, who have been
known as Mm Bennett and the little
Beunetta, gone. At the same mo
ment a furniture van was going on
board the Windsor ferry attended by
a blonde man of 35, a h mdsome wo
man of 32 and two children. A few
minutes after the boat left Beunett
appeared on the wharf, and learning
what was on the boat said, wearily,
"Let 'em go."
The story goes back a dozen years.
Brownstown and Oloversville are
two adjoining villages in New York.
Near Brownstown lived a well-to-do
person named John Beunett He bad
thirteen children. In Oloversville
lived a blonde German named Alfred
Miller. His wife was the daughter
of a rich farmer in the neighborhood
Five years ago Bennett sold out and
with Mrs. Miller and her one child
eloped to Detroit. Two ago
Miller for the first time learned the
whereabouts of bis wife and child
He came to Detroit and found the
bouse one cold bitter niifht. He
kuoeked at th** door,*his wife opened
it, aud with a "How are you. Sarah?"
he walked in
A little 2 year-old toddler entered
while they were taklini? and explana
tions followed. The woman realized
that Bennett had not rewarded her
with the luxury he promised, and
that Miller was her husband after all.
The result of the meeting was the
eloprment of hosbaod and wife as de
' eotilwd.
A Beaver County Case.
, j The full story of the Cheese Fac
tory swindle in Beaver couuty came
' out in Court in Beaver last week in
• the trial of the case of Mjrgel vs
1 Hoffman for false pretense. Mergel
• said that he met Hoffman last sum
• mer on board the steamer Wesel
when both were tjoing to Europe,
' Hoffman revealed the fact that he was
a cheese manufacturer and gave Mer
gel a piece of cheese which he great
jly relished. Tnea Merge), learning
that cheese-making was a paying
business, talked of investing SI,OOO
in it He aud Hoffman returned oa
the same steamer and became ac
quainted with a man named liolaud.
; Cheese manufacture was talked of,
i j and wbeu the trio parted at Cumber-
I laud. Md , Mergel went to his home
! in Cincinnati, O , while Hoffman and
Boland came to Unionviile, B'aver
i county, to look around for a suitable
site on which to erect a cheese fao
■ torv. This was fiua>ly found and
Mergel was induced to come on and
put SI,OOO into the concern, Hoffmau
j representing to him that his father's
i j estate in Germany had just been di
i I vided and that his (Hoffman's) share
i amounted to $40,000 aud would be
brought over by the father in a few
. weeks. Mergel worked f>r Hoffman
building the cLeese factory, but al
leges that the father failed to put in
an appearance, and that he (.Mergel)
and some of Hoffmau's other creditors
i began to grow uneasy. Hoffmau
then went to Pittsburg and returned
a few days in company with a mia
whom he represented to be bis father
and the two made promises about
paying which they failed to meet:
They were then arrested. It was af
terwards ascertained that the "lather"
was Wm. Sbultz, of Pittsburg, and
i was paid $5 a day and expenses for
personating Hoffman's father. Sbultz
" was afterwards released, hut Hoffman
i has been in jaii.
The defense claims that the money
was obtained with the understanding
that Mergel was to have au interest
ia the business, and on no other rep
resentation As to the "father's"
i transaction, the defendant makes no
explanation, but offers letters, etc , in
proof of his first assertion
Hoffman seems to nave captured
the residents of Unionviile by storm,
as his creditors are very numerous.
He claims ihat he brought $4 300 to
the place aud speut it all there, while
the geueral impression is that all he
spent was what he not from Mergel
and other men by sliek talk. Toe
jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The Greatest Monied Power in
the World.
The report of the special committee
of the New York Legislature into
trusts leaves little to be sought for as
to the character of the Standard Oil
Company. It is defined as a "type
of a system which has spread like a
disease through the commercial sys
tem of the country " that it has en
riched the holders out of all propor-
lion, by controlling production, price
and tbe operati on of tbe market. It
was shown the "actual value of the
property in the Trust control at the
present time as not less than $148,-
I<OO,OOJ. This sum. in the hands of
energetic, intelligent, and aggressive
(and the trustees themselves, as has
been said, own a majority of the stock
of tbe Trust, which absolutely con
trols the $148,000 000), is one of the
most active aud possibly the most
formidable moueved poorer on this
continent. When it is remembered
that all this is the growth of 20 years
that tbe property has more than doub
led in six years, and that with this
increase tbe Trust has made aggre
gate dividends during that period of
of over $50,003,000, the people rniy
well look with apprehensions on such
a rapid development and centraliza
tion of wealth wholly independent of
legal control, and anxiously seek out
means to modify if Dot prevent the
natural consequences of the device
producing it."
Care of a Sweaty Horse.
If the horse has been sweating on the
way home, doa'c slow up to let it
dry, Bring it home sweating, as it
is very hard to clean the dried sweat
out of the skiu, and it will take sev
eral days to obtain a nice polish on
the coat again. On reaching home
unhitch, take the harness off, throw a
blanket on the horse, and let it stand
a few minutes; rub it dry, or nearly
so —always have some dry rubbiug
cloths on baud Give the horse a
mouthful of wa*er aud sponge its
face, then walk it around for awhile
and it will soon be dry. Bring it in
to the stable, and give some more
water Don't put no more in tbe
bucket than the horse is to drink
Pick out its feet, and examine those
and the legs to see that they h ve
not been injured during the day
Wash the horse well all over, also
mane and tail. In a short time feed,
water and fix for the night. In put
ting on blankets never have them so
heavy that they will make the horse
sweat under them In winter always
keep the horse blauketed in the sta
ble. When out driving and you
stop, throw on a blanket to keep the
same temperature, it possible, that
the horse would have when traveling
Some persons say a horse with a long
coat dou't need to be blanketed; but
this iB wrong. As well say a man
does not n«ed an overcoat in winter.
The more care taken of a horse the
more work it will do.
Watering Horses.
The water given a horse should be
pure. Do not have the well in the barn
yard, for the wash will soak into it,
and pollute the water. II a running
brook of clean water be convenient,
lead the horse to driak from it. A
large good cistern can be made of a
large hogshead sunk half way into
the ground, and the water from the
barn roofs led into it will be prefer
able for the horse to very cold well
water. A horse needs at least two
pails of water a day, aDd it tjiven half
a pailful before meals, or four times a
day, it will be sufficient, unless wbeu
bard at work in sultry weather. Do
■ not give warm water at any time of
the year, but the chill may be
off in winter, BO that it will Dot be
icy Do not water or feed directly
i after coming in very warm, and do
not work hard immediately after eat
ing heartily.— American Agricultur
ist. >.
1 —As a result of the scarcity of coal
i in California thirty-four wheat ships
' have been engaged to tfo to Newels*
: tl», N. S. W., aud to Manilla in bal
} »pd retvru with rural.
Strange Phenomenon.
j A citizen of thia county, who is not
only prominent locally, but is well
politically throughout the state, saya
; the Punxsutawuy (Pa-) correspond
ent of the New York Sun, was pres
ent recently where a number of per
sona were ridiculing super-natural or
pyschological phenomena, and finallv
said:
| "There is no person who is more
skeptical on such matters than I, but
I had an experience once that was
more than enough to make me a more
ardent and sincere believer in the su
pernatural. I could never bring my
i self to think, however, that it was
anything more than the result of some
natural law beyond the cognizance or
' explanation ot any human being.
"It occurred several years ago.
; One cold, but clear, winter's night I
was on my way to Reynoldsville on
horseback The Reynoldsville road,
as you all know, leads for some dis
tance through the woods, and I was
passing over that stretch of the road
when suddenly, appeared iu the road,
probably a rod ahead of me, the figure
of a man and he seemed to be sur
rounded by a fierce fall of snow,
which was apparently hurled against
; him by a terrific gale of wind. The
man straggled along feebly against
the storm I had DO need to draw
my horse up. for he seemed to see the
strange apparition too, and stopped
I suddenly, pricked up his ears and
| pawed the snow impatiently. All
around, except in the Bmall space sur
| rounding the figure of the man, every
; thing was calm and clear. I rubbed
my eyes and made up my mind the
man was some drunken fellow on his
way home from the village, and that
the storm was an optical illusion. I
called out to him, but no answer
came back. I shouted again and a
gain, londer each time, but the strug
gling figure gave no response. At
last the man fell as if exhausted, and
the snow continued to fall upon him,
and the fierce gale whirled it around
him. Knowing that if the fallen man
was druuk he would freeze to death
if I left him lying there, I jumped
from my horse and ran to help him
up, intending to take him to the near
est place of shelter. It was starlight,
but iu that light alone the features of
no person could have been recognized
under the closest scrutiny, I hnrried
to the prostrate figure, and as I reach
ed it I saw the face was turned up
ward The faoe was revealed in the
darkness as plainly as if it was broad
daylight, and it was the face of my
brother, who lived iu Dakota, and it
was bis face as a corpse. When I re
covered from the shock the sight had
given me and turned again to
the body it was gone.
There was not even an impres
sion in the snow where it had lain.
Bewildered and much unstrung by
this singular vision, I finally mounted
my horse and rode on. I gradually
recovered my composure, and at last
convinced myself that I had been the
victim of a strange and unaccounta
ble halluciaation. But I slept but lit
tle that night, and a strange forebod
ing of evil haunted me for several
days; in fact, until I received a letter
from the station in Dakota where my
brother was, and which informed me
that he had been canght in a blizzard
while on bis way to bis cabin,
and was overpowered by it and froz
en to death. The letter gave the
time and date of his sad death It
bad occured the very hour and
that the apparition of the man strug
gling against the storm appeared to
me on the Reynoldsville road, and I
recognized my brother's face as he %
lay in the snow."
Rub The Other Eye.
R. W St. Clair writes the Medi
cal Summary as follows:
".Nine persons out of every ten
with a cinder or any foreign sub
stance HI the eye. will instantly be
gin to rub the eye with one band,
while hunting for their handkerchief
with the other. They may,and some
times do,remove the offending cinder;
but more frequently they rub until
the eyes became inflamed, bind a
handkerchief around the head, and go
to bed. Thia is all wrong. The
better way is, not to rub the eye
with the cinder in it at all, but rub
the other eye as vigorously as you
like.
"A few years siuce, I was riding
on an engine. The engineer threw
open the front window, and I caught
a cinder that gave me the most ex
cruciating pain. I began to rob the
eye with both hands, 'Let your eye
alone, and rub the other eye (this
trom the engineer). I know you
doctors think you know it all; but if
you will let that eye alone, and rub
the other one the cinder will be out
in two minutes,' persisted the engi
neer. I began to rob the other eye;
and soon I felt the cinder down near
the inner canthus, and made ready to
take it out 'Let it alone, and* keep
at the well eye,' shouted the doctor
pro tem. 1 did so for a minute long
er, and, looking in a small glass he
gave me, I fonnd the offeader on my
cheek Since then I have tried it
many times, and have advised many
others, and I have never known it to
fail in one instance (unless it was as
sharp as a piece of steel,or something,
that cut into the ball, and required an
operation to remove it) Why it is
I do not know; but that it is so, I do
know, and that one may be saved
much suffering, if they will let the
injured eye alone, and rub the well
eye."
—The City Engineer of Minneap
olis, Minn., last week made a report
to Councils on the cost of contract
and day labor in 1887 iu that city,
iu which be showed that the former
was cheaper by $20,000.
—The 1203 inmates of tho Boston
House of Correction gained 7580
pounds in weight last year.
—The "Anti-Saloon Republicans"
are to hold a seven-day conventiuu in
New York, beginning on April 18.
—To be able to wear all his deco
rations Prince Bismarck would ru
quire a breast thirty feet in breadth.
—J. Newton Reed says that it will
take 50.250,134, 862,000 years to ex
haust the earth's supply of natural
gas.
—For Bkin diseases,liver complaint,
etc., use Laxador; this wonderful
remedy cleanses and purifies tie
blood and thereby remove auca dis
orders.
The time for the elixir,aad cordia'g,
for tbebaby has passed,and Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup is tba established reliable
i reipedy. Prtee ft root*
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