VOL-XXV.
GREAT BARGAINS
0
Fifteen Pair ci Eradlsy's Blankets, at $4.
Five Fine P!u a h Dolmans, at $15.00, were S.'-'O CO
Tnrec Plush Co.kta, at S2O 00, former price?, 54.000
Two Piasb Coal*, at sl7 50, former prices, $J5.00
20 Good Newmarkets, at $5.
16 Childrens' Wraps from One Dollar to> Four Hollars.
REMNANTS
OF ALL KINDS.
A Full T-i'ia of Spring Buttons and Trimmings
New Spring Goods Ai riving.
fiAT.T. in and see the gkeat bargains.
BITTER & BALSTON'S.
JUST ARRIVED
a large line of
Spring and Summer Goods,
consisting of Fine Woolens sod Suitings which I am ready to make up in
Garments at as reasonable prices as you will find auys'Lere and
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Aim a fall Hoe of MENS', BOYS'and CHILDRENS' ready made
Clothing at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
All the bust Doreliies for Spring and Summer in
Gents' Furnishings, Goods,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises; latest patterns in
Shirts and Neckwear.
BY MERCHANT TAEOSIHS
Department is Booming. Call and make your selection for your Spring
Sait from those handsome patterns I have ju?t got in. Priceß
reasonable and fit guaranteed.
Thanking my patrons for past favors, I solicit a continuance
of the name.
1. ROSEN BEIIG.
64 South Main strtet, opposite tie Postoffice, Butler, Pa.
"Nothing Succeeds Like
Success!"
WHY V
BECAUSE LOOK at our SUCCESS in BUTLHH
Then Look Back 3o Years Ago
When We Commenced.
Now Look at the Way We Do
Our Business,
THEN BEA3ON HOW CAN it be OTHERWISE ?
WHEN WE CAKRY THE STOCK WE DO
31 URCEST=
And Most Complete in Kutlor. rim ping in Qwaljty and price
from the Cheapest lo tie Nicest, all Reliable, ell Made
(■cods, In'sideH we Guarantee all we tell
Call and be Convinced.
H. SCHNEIDEMAN,
Ho. 4, Main St. OLD RELIABLE CIO7HIER
i>K\^
Clothing Store
CLOTHING, HATS,
GENTS' FURNISHING
GOODS,
UNDERWEAR, NECK
WEAR.
OVERCOATS, RUBBER
COATS, GLOVES,
SUSPENDERS,
UM BR ELLAS, SIIIRTS,
CAPS , SHOES FOR MEN
AND BOYS, &C.,
All at most reasonable prices.
JOHN T. KELLY,
69 S., Main St., ( oe xt door to p, o.
AFFLICTED .^UNFORTUNATE
WTO ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
DR. LOBB,
329 N. ISthtL, k«lowCatlawklll, Ptilla., Pa.
*>i»')gailHrgnAL'lUmtwi p.rnn*-
*"rrr*>iT—wfak.
y: o»««rwrH\ «4ir!i-rr«)U-l>lrlcil)rciiiiMn
ntt. B.mrs : X.B. m. Ill) 2, Mill Jt > «Ton»JHp.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
CHOICE FRUIT.
Having taken IU/' a,/rii<y for tlii: Choice Fruit
i ll'.l/U,
Beautiful Shrubbery,
Ornamcnlal Trees,
And everything else In the Nursery line. or the
N< w KiikliUml Nurseries. Chase ISron. it Co,,
V.. I v;lll call upon >Oll lii ll.i- near future and
solicit your orders for Knll delivery.
A. H, FALLER, Agent,
Hutlei* - - - Pa.
BESET IIUR
And all the other lale iirul iieaullful styles o
Fancy Writing i'.ipcr at-
J. H. Douglass'
J-arrest assortment In town. Kicm locto 70c per
box. Also full line of new
Invitation nnil Regret Cards,
Wedding InvitatioiiH, Vi.Hltlhk Cauls, Mourning
Stationery, TubletM. etc.
63 S. MAIN STREET.
nrri\ s, » Wonder* exIM in tbousauds of
II L L Ijlorins. but are nurpusscd by the mar
|l| [ | velsof Invention. 'l'hono who are In
l/HI need of profitable work that run In
done while living at home should at once
send ihelr uddresM to ilalleti tc Co.. Portland.
Maine, and receive free, full Information how
cither »ex. of all ngi-s. cm earn from *3 to fx,
pur day and upwards wbercvur they live. You
■re Mailed free. c apital not required. Some
have made over *V> In a .sllinle day at this work
All Succeed.
Advertise iu the Citi/kn.
j LEGAL .ADVERTISEMENTS.
Application for Charter.
, In Hit roust or <-I mmoii l'leas of Uutler ( 0., l'a.
No. —June Term, IJ-J-H.
Noil.v 1* herein stfven that -n application
i will be made to me sal<J court on Monday, the
7i!i da\ ••'. M v. A D . l«w. at o'clock P.M.. UU
. der tlie Ac of .W.ombh or tiic Common, ealth
I of I't !!iiri'. lvanl.i. entlried "An A.-t l<» inovide
lor the laoorjiKiii: on and refill at! oil of e- rt;.ia
! corporations/" approvd April _-. it li. t».T4. ai: i the
. »;itM>lcui. .i'.S t! ■ rcto. for tin 1 ch-rterof'ii :a
--| tended c< 'p<.r»i lui» to he eui'.e.i the A« -•! a
t fr-sbyt'Tliin of I nlty. i,R -hai'-
;:i tpr and ('l.'jfCt hereof h> the yorshlpof 1- "d
■'•.'TdiTi'.r to »'.< ''t|litC~. t lS; Hies. Ac.. oi" tile .V >O
- I'ji-siij-ierl{'lurch or Norili America
an.! for these purposes is. Lave, po? u.n'l eu
n,v ;-:i t!».* ri/lits Wenelirs nid privileges, of tlic
! PaM \er ot Assembly audits supplement-- ■' rat
, ( C. WIT.SON, S. 11. Mi'XKKI..
• 11. Xc.-IXXIS. K . . Wir.S'iN.
> A. M. CORNEI-ir?, JOll'X.i'.l.AllC.
| ;-L-u-.;t Solicitor.
Rule to Show Cause
i In the matter of Hit* petition ol W. If. f'.ionip
• son. Kxecutor of Win. Thompson. late of M d
uit.-o. tu p., ihuler county, dee d, lor discharge
ironi satd irti*f.
<>. ( . No. 11 arch Term. ls*S.
Ano now. Aptil t, 1-v, tlie Court jrrants a rule
on the de\ wees, legatees and auditors of
said decedent to show Cuuse wuj the petitioner
should not be discharged as prayed for. return
aide 10 May 7. U-XB.
Uutler County, : Celt died from :!ie 1«. "ord
April I, It-'fcS. KKITISK.V MC I.I.VAIK, Clerk.
Estate of Frederick Siebert,
LATE Oi- I:L'TLXJt BOROUGH, HEC'D.
Whereas letters of Administration on the es
tate ol Kredi rick. bieb'-rt. late of the H'.roti?li of
butler, i:uler Co., I'r... dec d. have been t'' anted
to the nuderf !j.'ne.t. then-fore all person- know
lag tlicn.silves Indebted to anid estate wll
please make immediate payment, and those
hating claims uiralnst the s.-.me \.ill present
tliem properly authenticated for paymetit.
\VUXIAM SITEKBT Administrator,
Uutler, Pa.
Mc.lunkln & Calbreatji, Attorneys.
Executor's Sale of Real Estate.
In re petltlcuof Zenxs McMich-t Orpnans'Court
::el, Lxecntor of Margaret) of Butler Co.,
Tin. biin, dte'd. toM-11 real «■»-■> l'a. No. 71,
tatv lor the pa j mentor debts, I Dec. T., 18*7.
AC. )
Whereas Zen as M< Micliael. Kx'r.. aforesaid
did I'ieseiit Ids petition to said Orphans' Court
Keb. at. is-.s. playing the Ci urt to authorize him
to fell tl.e heieii.alter described real ( state of
sjild deccueut lor the payment of di Us. A;C.,
v. hereupon the -aid Coutt did refer the appllca
ti< ii ol r aid Kxecutor lo A. T. Block, hsq.. as an
atuilior to ij,M Jlijr.itc and make report thereon,
who pursuant to said reterent etlld report recoui
i:n i:dlng that the j raver of the petitioners
-liould i e ','iaiiled, \vhlcli said repott the Court
did on the 2lst ii Ihuch, is-s confirm übso
luiely and decree tlieieon as lollcws:
DKCKKG OK COFUT.
And ti' W. Match _l.-t isss the Ilepott of the
Auditor upj'O'.nied by tlie Court to investl;rale
the [acts :ct loitli .11 the peiltlou Cl Zenas Me-
Mlih; 11. !■- 'r or .Margaret Timblln. dt-e'd. for
I ii aii- in m ;1 the real < sla'e ol -aid Uecedeiit for
the paj'D '-iit oi dehts and lor the maintenance
ol :-a!ah \\. '1 inihlin Mid niitde reper! thereon,
having bet i. Hied and • on.'ii niet! recouur.euding
that ti.e prayer or tin- petitioner he granted,
npoi: <:t:e toii-'nt' ration, the sale of the .".Nacres
liioie or I* .-s of land. <lescrlt;ed in said petition
In iiull;ori/ed as prayed lor. Terms ot sale, to lie
oue-tliird In hand and the
balance in two equal payments in one and
two wars from -i id (late r.-:-iieciively with lliter
est finaii :-;'td date to In- secured bv bond and
in. itg; i{e i,n tlie !T mines, said petitioner to tile
a bond 111 double the amount ot said sale condl
t loi.ed aci onling to law, and with a surety to lie
approved by the court, before confirmation or
sale recallable to next Term.
BVTHK Cot KT
Notice Is hereby given that pursuant to said
decree or Court the under lined executor wlil
offer at public sal. or vendue, on the premises
in ( lay Twp.. lfutlcr Co. l'a.. on TI.'ESDAY
'l'llK kTH i'.'-.V <•! MA» . ;s:«s. at 1 o'clock. I', u.
the follow ins dt-si ril ed tract -r message or land
to wit: Kifty lour neres of land more or less
t:<n«te In Clay lp . Uutler Co.. l'a.. bounded and
described a-, llill'n-.s: Adjoining lands of John
Webb on the noitli. laiids uf .Mrs. Smith on the
east, lands uf (ieoige Tlmblin ou the south and
lands or T..1. and William Thompson on the
west, mostly clear d, with small board house
and log bam and orchard thereon. a
ZKNASMCMIOHABL,
Kxecutor ot Margaret Tlmblin. dee'd.
Kuclld I". O. Butler Co. l'a.
S F. liowKH. Att'y.
Estate of George Beam,
LATE OF IIAILJIONV BORO, HEC'D.
letters: of administration ou the estate of
C(.i rge Beam, deed' late of Ilarmonv boro. But
l'-r county, l'a. having been 'Tanted to the un
dersigned, ;li persons knowing themselves
indebted to scale taie al'e re-|lie 'ed to make
imii.eiiiHtc pnviiient. and an;, having chums
agiinsi s:;!d esla'e will lln iu duly au
thcnticalcd lor settlement.
I-NSI.KN I'.EAM I ..
KAMI'I-.1. !:i A.\! ) r
Harmony, Butler county. l'a.
LEV MCQCISTION. A try.
Estate of William Gallagher,
(f.ATK OK KKAMCI.IX TWP.. JIKO'TL).
I.ettera or administration <;>» the estate of Win
Gallagher, dee'd, late of Kranklln t\vp., liutler
county. I'u., hsivln:,' neen (froi'l'-n to ihe uji«l«;r-
HifTiieil. ull pcrsi !i« iriiowin;; 1 hene-elves indebt
ed to said i-sUiti' v.ul i.I.'UM! make Immediate
paviiu ill and any liavlnx claims against said
estate v. 11l jh umM, Mil:in ihilj iilitli otlcaled for
Bi'tikmeut.
\\ II.,MAM IIAISTTIN. Adui'r,
Prospect, liutler Co.. l'a.
Notice in Divorce.
In the matter of the application of IJennny
P;U'i''ge ' f>r divorce from the bonds of mat
rimony with Frances Delight I'atridge.
In the Court of Common Pleas of liutler
county, A. I). No. 02, Dec. tfrin, IKB7.
And now to-wit. March 7, IMS, on motion
of J. I). MeJuriUio, Efq. Walter L. Graham
wan uppointed l>y tnn Court a ConimiimLoner
to take testimony in the above ease nnd re
port to Court, Puis Ci'IHAM.
In pursuance of Ihe dhove appointment I
will take the testimony of wituefnes at (he
office of J, P. Me.Juekin, Esq. in Butler, l'a.
on the Ist day of May, IKBB, between the
hours of 10 a in. and "> o'clock p m of said
day. WAI.TEK L. GBAHAM,
March 1!», 18M5. Commissioner.
NOTICE.
To Francis /hi itjh t J'alridyo
V ou are hereby required to appear on the
Ist Monday of June, IW.K, at the •Court of
Common I'lins, then and there to he holflen
in and for the county of Butler to make an
swer to the petition of said complainant in
the above case, if any you have, according to
law. O. C. JtKDlf, Sheriff.
March TO. 1883.
Estate of Henry Goohring,rJec'd.
I.ATIC OK HITOI.iI TtVl'.
»f administration. (T. A. having
lieen umill' d to the UWtri'i-ilHlied Oil tin- folate
orili iir, tii clirlii*, deed. l.itcol Jiutfelo Ttvp..
r.illler Co.. 1'11... all |>ithin,'i kiiowlllif I llcinselves
Indebted to Bald est.'tie will please lunkn Imme
diate payment. and any having claims against
•,al(l (~ilj»lf will present them duly a'lt lent leal -
ed lor pu\ merit.
JOHN T. MAHTIN, Artm'r,
Sarvcrallle, I'. 0.. limit r('o., l'a.
Mr.lt/NKis iv (Uumic vni, Att.'y.
Estate of Wm. Crookshanks,
LATE OK WINFIFU) TWl\, DEr'l).
Letters testamentary on the estate of Wrn.
Oook»haukM, dec'ii, late of Winiield twp.,
Butler cimrity, l'a., having been granted to
the undersiKued, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and aav having
claim* against said estate will preterit them
duly authenticated lor settlement.
JOSEPH VV. TODD, Kx'r,
L.'flsureville, Butler Co. l'a.
M< Jt'NKIN & GAI.I!I!KAT1I,
Attorneys.
Planing Mill
—AND—
Lumber Yar<l
J. L. FURVIB. L.'o. PURVIh,
S. 6. Purvis & Co.
JIASI'IRMITI"IT Kits ANI> DEAI.KRS IN
Rough and Planed Lumber
Vlf BV «iKY DKtfCKIiTION.
SHINGLES & L ATI I
FLANINO MILL ANI) YARD
HV.i>rU«rsunu (JAllinllcChurcli
I UlirilTt nll l>as revolutionized the
IyULhS i t CI 11 world during the last half
I tfi w I JA f 111 II century. Not least among
I »» I LIS I I U llthe wonders of Inventive
progress l« a tiiothod ami system or work that
can be performed all over the country without
separating the worker* from their liometi. l'a;,
liberal; any oue can do the work; either sex,
youm,' or old; no special ability require, capi
tal not needed;you are started free, something
of great value and Importance to you. that wlfi
start >ou hi business, which will bring J"'l in
more money right away than anything elro in
the world. <;l and out lit free. Audresn 'l'KLi; Si
Co., Augusta. Maine.
ITU2C UflllEaisunJ'lelnrhllß.lrtptu*
I Sis r4£sHti.iJiU :
N. W. AVER A BON, our ••/fhoiiud 'kgenta.
LOOK! BEAD!
1 tiaTf t nlarccd my stcre-room, !:i f:u't. made
It almost twice a.s l.irjfp as It was Iwtore. .«nd
have also inenpased my st<x-k. I haw. by tar.
tl.e largest ami
Fine Drills and Chemicals
la Butler oottnty, anil am imr in -posit i- n to
KUp|:l. the ants ot the (leoplc ««t this c;umy—
even better than in the past.
You will ilo ..ell U; eiili on sue when ia the
n e. ot aiiythiufflQ Hi'' Ho*? ot
Fine Drugs and Msdicia
;.iv st'iM-l; is \i*ry < r mplete and I'HH VEISY
I.(.\n 111 ; (livii..- (J>i:iltiy
tani-i'. so we ; ai tlrt:lar .it!»-ntlon to
rrescrtptlons.
t'tir Oispenslhg- R:-;;arti:ieht is compute. We
dispense only Pure Drugs ot the
Finest Quality,
and our pa'rons may "orlr.pr us their prrserlp
tlons. Jeelln;: ei-rtain that tliei wlil be iart-I'illy
and a.-curntely t.11e.1.
Thancliiff the putillc fur the very penerous
patronage tliey nave ;;eeorrted m>' in tlie past. I
hope lo l-e t'hle to serve tiieui inore aeeeptably
Intlie tuture. at the old s r and.
No. 5, Xorth Main St,
BUTLEII, PA.
J. C. BEEICK,
Wm, Miller.
Manufacturer of
Stair Rails,
Balustsrs
and Newsl-pcsts.
All kinds of wood- turning done to order, also
Deeoiateil and Carved wood-wo.k. such as
Corner bloekK, J'anels and all kinds of
fancy wood-work lor inside decoration of
houses.
CAI.L AM>SIiK SAMW.KS.
and attractive. Al-o
FURNITURE
at lowest cash prices.
Store at No. 40, N. Main street.
Factory at No. .Vi, X. Washington street.
B I'TI.Klt. I'I'NXA.
Handrake fiiss
PURELY VECETA2LE
AND STRICTLY RSLIAELE.
Theyact DißF.cri.Yand PUOMPT
LY on the Liver and Stomach,
restoring the constipated organs
to healthy activity, and are a
positive and perfectly safe cure
for Constipation, Liver Com
plaint, Sick ! leadache, iSiliutis
ness, and all other diseases ari
sing from a disordered condi
tion of the Liver and Stomach.
They are the only reliable vege
table Liver Pill sold.
They are Poricttiy HARMLESS.
They aro
TRY TMESti.
For Sulo by all DrugpriMts. Price 25 ctß. f»or \x)x;
3 hoxefj for f>. r > rta.; or Hent by mail, fro»*, on
mcipt of i>rice. Dr. J. li. Scheuck & Son. FhilaU'tt.
111 Ml lI—TIMIIin'H
ftp • # All Suffer any Pain,
i | L WIRES Have Any Soreness,
IP I 1111 Feel Any Weakness,
II I Ww Have a Lame Bock,
Go or send straight as you can to the drug
atore and malst ou buviug tUc l^atuous
- Kop Plaster -
It will C'urc; never fniln to giv* inntnnt
rollcf. Virtues of fr€**h hopci, liumlock and
pine balsam united. The perfection of pias
ters. clean and fweot. 25c., livu for Si.OO,
or mailed for price.
RUN FESSI ON AR, cA R DS.
M. ZIMMEIIMAN,
rii vf.ici AN AMI st'nai:oN,
tifllcc at No. Ift, S. Main .street, over Frank tc
Co t Urujr Store, liutler, l'a.
J. K. BKITTAIN*.
Att.'y at l.riw ottli-e at S. K. Cor. Main st, and
Diamond, liutler, l'a.
NKWTOS III.A' K
AU'vati.aw (.mice on South sniooC Diamond,
liutler, l'a.
Il(A Mc.ll NKIN,
Attorney at l.aw. Office at No. I", Ka«t Jeller
sou (St., liutler, Pit,
W. R. TITZEL,
PHYSICIAN ANN SURGEON.
.N. K.Corner Main anil Wayne Sts.
BUTLER
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession exeeut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties: Cold I'lllinKs, and Painless Kx
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
Otitic on ,lc(Verso 11 Street, one iloor Kust of'l.onry
House, l'|i Stairs.
OlUen open dally, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. ComuinulcatUiiis tij mail receive
prompt attention,
N. 11.-The only llenllst 111 ilutler the
best makes of teeth.
JOHN B. BYE !IS,
.PHYSICIAN ANI> SIJRGKON
Olllce No. c."> South Main Street,
BUTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPDS,
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 West Cunnint'hftm St.,
DENTISTS X .
0 1/ WAI.H'MN. Craduate of the I'hila
• delphla .lenta! College, Is prepared
tiidn anything l:i the Hue tilhls jirofcsnioli in a
sallsfaet'ory manner,
Olllec on Main street, liutler, opposite the
VpKeley House.
J.S.LUSE, M.n.,
Has r.imo'.ed trore Harmony t.o Butler end ha.i
hi;: nfSee at »o.'J, Main »♦„, tliM O doors helo/.
iAiwry House. apr-tio-tf.
L. SL McJUJfIKIN,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't.
17 KAST JRFFKUSON ST.
BUTLER, - I*A.
A I FfiANK k CO,
DBUGS,
MI; i iic iNi.s,
W'li niKMICALH
i FANCY AMI T0M.1.1 AUI h'KS,
| SPONGK.S, HkUNIIISS, I'KKFf .\li:iiY. Ac
I i»Thyslcian.t' I'lci . ti|,itoiia careiully co..i
I pounded.
|45 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa.
BUTLKR. PA... FRIDAY, APRIL Ti . 1888.
Make Your Own Way.
1 David Speers was taking his after
' noou smoke Perhaps the long clay
pipe locked a little incongru
ous with a handsomely
furnished room and the massive
, stiver plate on the mahogany aide
i board. But, for that mat'er, be was
an incongruity—a little,common look
umn, not very well dressed Ccr
j tainly a very wide contract to the
i hattd-ouie styiiih looking young fel
-1 lew who interrupted his reverie by a
j very frank and noisy:
' Good evening, uncle. Can I talk
a while with you,"
"That depend?, Robin, on what
i jcu're giitin to talk aboot."
"You know, uncle, that Aleck
Lang and I have lotsir been friends."
"I have heard no; I don't know it."
"Well, we have. Today Aleck
came to tell me that he is going into
j the carpet weaving business in Kil-
I marnock. He intends to buy Thorn
i as Blackie out."
"He'll need some bawbees for that."
"llis father will help, and he asked
me to join him. What do you think
about it?"
"How long have you been wi, Has
tie?"
"Five years."
"And how much have you saved?"
"Well, to tell the truth, uncle,
nothing at all. What with Sussie
marrying last year and Rosa this, and
the presents I had to give, and other
expenses, my savings all went away."
"Humph!"
"I thought, perhaps, that as the
business was such au old, sure one,
and as both Langs would be interest
ed in it, you would lend me .£2,000
for such a wonderful good chance."
"I have made it a ruie never to
lend money to young men."
"A very unkind rule wheu it
touches me, uncle. You were never
unkind to me before."
"I am not unkind to you now
either, liobiu."
"Only two thousaud, uncle! And
such a chance!"
"Guid heavens, hear the lad! 'Only
two thousand!' Did you ever earn
£2,000? When you have, Robin come
to me and I'll talk with you about
lending you the sum."
"But. uncle, the thing is not a new
venture: it is sure to pay.''
"it is gaun to ha'e new masters,
an' meu at CO are not so sure about
things paying'as five an'-twecty are."
So the young man went away much
disuppointed and not a little angry,
but other friends looked more favora
bly on the plan
The £2OOO were borrowed, and
Robert Rae and Aleck Lang bought
the old re-established carpet weaving
house.
The first year the concern, in spite
of falling prices, did very well Ro
bert's share of good profits not only
gave him a good living, but paid all
his interest and allowed hiiu to lay
by nearly £IOO toward clearing off
his borrowed capital, and the next
yenr things were still brighter.
In his iourlh year of the enterprise
Robert Rao called again on his uncle.
"Good evening, uncle."
"Good evening, Robin* How's bus
iness?"
"First rate, I don't come to-night
about business!"
"What for, then?"
"I am going to be married, I want
ed to tell you about it."
"There's rnair kittle risk than
Blackie'g business, Robin."
"I think not, uncle.''
"Who's the lassie?"
"Jessie Lorrimer."
"What fortune has she?"
"Just her beauty aud her noble na
ture; she is of good family, too, and
has had the best of educations. Why,
uncle, she can do most anything
paints, draws, plays the harp, sings
like an angel and "
"I'm feared she'll be a kind o' ma
trimonial luxury, Robin. But she's
a bounie lassie: I have seen her. Yet
1 doubt if she's lit for puir man's
wife."
"You'll come to the wedding, un
cle?"
"Surely, surely."
It was a very grand wedding, and
David Speors made quite a sensation
bv giving the bride a check for £SOO.
Indeed, Jessie seemed to have quite
captivated the old bachelor, and he
soon began to spend a great many of
his evenings in her pretty home.
Three years had passed happily
away.
In Robert'.* home there had been
some pleasant changes, and his uncle
danced a pretty baby occasion
ally on his knee or looked admiring
and wonderfully at his own name
Bake in the cradle. Down at the
mill things were apparently equally
us prosperous. All the looms were
at work, and the yery welfare of Kil
marnock as a community was sensi
bly connected witn "Lang it Kae's
carpet, mill." But a great deal of
this success was only apparent, for
it hung upon chances entirely beyond
the control of the young partners in it.
They had been compelled to bor
row lurgely aud had big interest ac
counts to meet, and a great deal of
their paper being from houses un
known to local bankers had to be
cashed at very heavy discounts. All
these things were much against them,
yet so great was their industry and
energy that they would have turned
them into "happy circumstances" and
won in spite of the odds against them,
if yarns had not taken a sudden and
unlooked for fall.
This of course, was followed by a
number of laiiurcs, in most of which
they suffered.
Not ail their efforts could now
gather together their numerous lines
ol enterprise, and they found it equal
ly impossible to curtail thom, aud so,
after a few months of desperate, anx
ious struggle the linn bourne bank
rupt.
Old David had long foreseen, and
resolutely refused to meddle in the
matter. A coolness bad, therefore,
grown up between uncle and nephew,
and when the end came David was
not among those who offered Robert
aud Aleck advice and sympathy.
The young men behaved well They
surrendered everything, but creditors
ditl not fail to stigmatize as dishon
orable and unbusiness like and spec
ulative and risky u..ture of the trade
done by the broken firm. Aleck at
once sailed and Robert took his wife
and children to her father's, while he
endeavored to find a situation. But
week after week passed, another win
ter wan approaching,and uothing had
been done.
Once again David was interrupted.
This time it was her pretty niece,
Jessie. His face softened wonder
fully when he met her larjje, tearful
| eyes.
"Oh, uncle,'' she said, we hare sore
| need of you."
i "My puir little woman, sit down
| and tell Davie what he can do for
l you.'
Jessie's tale was soon told—her
I tears told it beet.
Robert's heart had quite failed him; :
they were almost peouiless, and they
had worn their welcome out at her
J father's.
'Then you'll come here, you and
I Robert, and Jessie aud wee Divie, 1
; an' we'll see what your man is fit for. I
If he eaana find his feet wi' a wife j
like you, I'm sorry for him."
So the next, day the family moved, j
with their small belongings, to Dav- !
id's house, very much to the aiiuoy- j
ance of Mistress Janet, David's house- |
keeper. This lady, indeed, soon j
made things so unpleasant that it
was evident to all parties there could
be uo delay in a decision, and Robert,
almost in desperation, resolved on try
ing his fortune in the new world.
David, pressed by his housekeeper's
grumbling and uy his affection for
his nephew, knew only one other
way—he could advance Robert mon
ey for a new effort.
"But it would be the ruin o' the
lad," ho said thoughtfully. "I'm
doubtiug is he's learned his lesson
yet; he e'en going to school again."
"So he praised Robert's suggestion,
and offered to pay the passage of the
whole family and give him £IOO to
start life with. The offer was accept
ed, and in a few days they were on
the ocean, not one of them aware of
the real interest and affection which
followed them.
"But they'll write to me," said Da
vid to himself. "They'll write, for
they ken I ha'e pleuty o' siller."
Once on a new track,all of Robert's
energy returned. Provided with a
letter to the proprietors of the Matta
took Carpet mills, he found bis way
there, and readily obtained work. A
part of his i.IOO was used iu furnish
ing a little cottage, and Robert enjoy
ed a degree ®f peace and comfort to
which he had long been a stranger.
The next spring a lucky event gave
him a special prominence. A large
mill iu the neighborhood imported
some machinery for weaving a pecu
liar kind of rug, and no one could be
found iu the locality able to make it
run smoothly.
Robert heard of the dilemma and
offered his help. The loom was fa
miliar to him, his success easy. He
had found his place, and he knew it
Day by day he made his skill and
energy felt. He rose to be overseer
—business manager—partner. Still
he varied very iittle the quiet sim
plicity of his home. Jessie and he
had found how iittle they really
needed for happiness, and so, year by
year, whatever they saved was in
vested iu laud, which grew iu value
while they slept and worked at other
thiuirs, aud 10 years after ho fouud
himself, by the simple growth of the
village, a very rich mau. Just about
this time David sent them a very
urgent request to come and see him,
and as he offered to pay expenses it
was accepted. The old man wasnow
nearing 80, yet he was wonderfully
bale and bright, aud met them at the
Bleamer, apparently little older for
the 10 years that had elasped since
he had bid tbem "good-by" on the
very same spot, lie liked Robert's
way at the lirst glance.
"He has the look of a man wi' sil
ler, an' lie bears himsel' well."
Another thing made a still more
favorable impressiou on David, ito
bert was not anxious to speak on bus
iness.
Indeed David had at la3t to ask
bluntly:
"You'll ha'e done weel, I sup
pose?"
"Very well."
"You'll bo no needing ony help
onw? 1 have money lying idle."
"Thank you, uncle, but I have
£IO,OOO lyiug idle myself. I thought
of investing here, if I can lind just
the machinery 1 want."
"You are going to manufacturing
again?"
"Yes; I know all the ins and outs
of the trade—there is a good opening
in our town. Yes, lam thinking
about it."
"You'll not be wanting a partner,
eh?"
"If 1 can get the right kind."
"Would I do?"
"You, uncle?"
"Well, yes, laddie, an'you need na
scorn at me. I'll put a hundred
thousand to your fifty, an' we'll ca'
the firm llae At Speers."
"You could uot leave Scotland, un
cle."
"Was I thinking o' eich a daft
thing? I'll trust my interest t' your
hands. I'll ha'e my full rights,mind;
and you shall ha'e a • fair allowance
for doing my work as well as your
aiu. We'll put everything on pa
per, and I'll hold you strictly to the
bargain."
The proposal, made half in banter,
finally assumed a very real shape aud
in America he should start a new
manufacturing firm under very differ
ent auspices to his first venture.
But the past was only once allud
ed to, aud then David introduced the
subject.
"You'll be thinking, Robin, very
likely, o' the day when I wouldn't
lend you the £2,000 "
"You were quite right, uncle no
man ought to borrow money until he
knows the difficultly of making it—
and of saving it; young men can't
know these things; they belong to
experience."
"You had that lesson to learn then
Robin, an' I thought ve might as well
learn it o' ither folks as o' me. One
100 l whiles teaches anither fool, an'
both fools grow wise togither. San
dy McClure let ye that two thous
and, aud he was uuue the waur of the
lesson ye gave him. There would
be fewer young fools if there were
mair wise elders."
So Robert's visit was a great suc
cess, anil the old man shed the last
tears he ever shed on earth when ho
bid 'iie children good-bye.
"You take care of wee Davie for
my sake, Robbie," he said tenderly,
holding the lad proudly by the hand,
"for when I'm no longer to the fore,
you'll let my name stand i' the firm
till he's ready to take my place; so
then the hundred thousand will aye
be in David Sjieer's name,"
And to day the house grows aud
prospers, though old David has long
been gathered to his fathers. Roberts
early ( failure has brought forth a late
and splendid success.
—We bavo breweries, wineries and
creameries, and why cau't we have
stovcries, painteries, oysteries aud
lots of other good things as well ?
THE LAWYERS.
Roscoe Corikling's Illness and
Death Furnish a Theme for
Talmage.
BROOKLYN, April 20 The Friday
night talk of the Rev. T. I>ewitt Tal
mage. I) I), at the Tabernacle, was
on "Roscoe Coukliog and What I
Know About Lawyers." He said:
About Roscoe Conkling as a poli
tician I have nothing to say. Thore
is no need that I opeu that field of
enrajred controversy, About Roseoe
Conkling as a lawyer there is only
one opinion. Armed at every point,
brilliant, severely logical when he
chose, and uproarious with mirth if
he thought that the most effective,
all the armories of invective and sa
tire at his command, the only mau
who could afford to turn his back
upon the. Chief Justiceship ot the
United States, and nothing could stop
him except a blizzard that stopped
everything, and the reason he did not
get that "set aside," or "overruled,"
or "dismissed," or "non-suited," was
because it was already decided by a
Court from which there was no ap
peal.
What a beautiful and sublime thing
to be set down to the credit of human
nature, that all political auimosities
have been silenced by the story of his
sickbed, and that though neither Mr.
Blaine nor Mr. Conkling could hardly
be President while they both lived,
people of all parties hoped for Mr.
Conkling's recovery.
Rvhold a nation standing anxious
at a great lawyer's bedside! Are you
sufficiently acquainted with the former
unjust prejudice against that profes
sion to realize the way it was once
and the way it is now? So long ago
as in the lime of Oliver Cromwell it
was decided that lawyers might not
enter the Parliament House as mem
bers. The learned Dr. Johnson
wrote au epitaph for oue of them in
these words:
"{lod work* wom'ent now and iben.
Here lies a lawyer, an honest man!"
Two hundred years ago a treatise
was issaed with the title: "Dooms
day Approaching with Thunder and
Lightning for Lawyers." A promin
ent clergyman of the lant century
wrote in regard to that profession,
these words: "There is a society of
men among us bred up from their
youth in the art of proving, according
as they are paid, by words multiplied
for the pnrpose, that white is black
and black is white. For example: if
my neighbor has a mind to my cow,
he hires a lawyer to prove that be
ought to have my cow from me. I
must hire another lawyer to defend
my right, it being against all rules of
law that a man should speak for him
self. In pleading they do not dwell
upon the merits of the cause, but upon
circumstances foreign thereto. For
instance, they do not take tbe short
est method to know what title my ad
versary has to my cow, but whether
the cow be red or black, her horns
long or short, or the like. After that
they adjourn the cause from time to
time, and in 20 years they come to an
issue. This society likewise has a
peculiar cant or jargon of their own,
iu which all their laws are written,
and these they take especial care to
multiply, whereby they haye so con
founded truth and falsehood that it
will take 12 years to decide whether
the field left to me by my ancestors
for six generations belongs to me, or
to one 300 mileß off "
So there wan an outrageous preju
dice going on down against tbat pro
fession from generation to generation.
I account for it on the Biugle fact that
they compel meu to pay debts that
they don't want to pay. and that they
arraign criminala who want to escape
the consequence of their crime; and
as long as that is so, and it always
will be so, just so long there will be
classes of men who will affect, at any
rate, to despise the legal profession.
I know not how it is in other coun
tries, but I have had long aud wide
acquaintance with men of that pro
fession—l have found them in all my
parishes—l tarried in one of their
ollices for three years, where there
came real estate lawyers, insurance
lawyers, criminal lawyers, marine
lawyers, and I huve yet to fiud a class ,
of den more genial or more straight
forward. There are in that occupa
tion, as in all other occupations, men
utterly obnoxious to God and man;
aud so it is in all our professions; but
if I were on trial for my integrity or
my life, and 1 wanted even-handed
justice administered to me, I would
rather have my case submitted to a
jury o( 12 lawyers than to a jury of
12 clergymen.
I cannot forget the mighty service
which the legal profession has render
ed the cause of religion. Among the
mightiest pleas that ever have been
made by tongue of barrister, have
been pleas in behalf of the Bible and
Christianity—as when Daniel Web
ster Rtood in the Supreme Court at
Washington, pleading in the famous
Girard will case, denouncing any at
tempt to educate the people without
giving them at the same time moral
sentiment, as "low, ribald aud vulgar
deism and infidelity;" as when Sam
uel L. Southard, of New Jersey, the
leader of the forum in his day, stood
on the platform at Princeton College
commencement, advocating the liter
ary excellency of the Scriptures; as
when Edmund Burke, in the famous
trial of Warren Hastings, not only in
behalf of the English Government,
but in behalf of elevated morals,
closed his speech in the midst of the
most august assemblage ever gather
ed in Westminster Hall, by saying:
"I impeach Warren Hastings in the
name of the House of Commons, whose
national character he has dishonored;
I impeach him in the name of thr
people of India, whose rights and lib
erties he has subverted; I impeach
him in the nnme of human nature,
which he has disgraced; in the Dame
of both sexes, and of every rank., and
of every station, arid of every situa
tion in the world, I impeach T ,Varren
JlaHtiiigß.''
Among the most ardent supporters
of Christ aud the gospel have been
Blackstone, the great comiv.entator on
English law; and Wilberforcc. the
emancipator; and the lat j lJenjamiu
F. Butler, Attorney C»en.iral of New
York, and the late Char'ies Chauncey,
the leader of the Philadelphia bar;
aud Chief Justice Man?nail, aud Ten
terdon, and Campbell, and Sir Thom
as More, who died for the truth on
the scaffold, saying to his aghast ex
ecutioner: "Pluck up courage, man,
and do your duty; my neck is very
short; be careful, therefore, and do
not strike awry."
And we ure intereateil in the wel
fare of tbo legal profenuioo. Tbeir
perplexities are inoumeruble, 1 hurt;
been behind thecu-ti n and know of
| what I speak. I would be a lawyer
if I were aot a clergyman. A young
man starts in the legal profession and
what shall be his theory regarding
his clients? On one extreme, Lord
Brougham will appear, .->avirjg: "The
innocent or guilt of your client is
nothing to you. You are to save '
your client regardle-s o: ths torment,
the suffering, the de-tra 'to i of nil
others. You are to know but one
man in the world—your client. You
are to save him though you should
bring you'- country into contusion. !
At all hazards you must save your
client." So says Lord Brougham.
But no righr-miuded lawyer ejuld
adopt that sentiment.
On the other extreme. Cicero will
come and say; "You must never'
plead the cans- of a bad man." lor- j
getful of the tact that tho greatest j
villain on earth ought to have u (j.ir j
trial, and that on attorney can not be i
judge and advocate at the same
time. It was grand when Lord Ers
kine sacrificed his Attorney-General
ship for the sake of defending Thomas
Paine in his publication or bis bo >k
called "The Rights of Man," while
at the same time, he, the advocate,
abhorred Thomas Paint's religious
sentiments,
Between these two opposite theor
ies of what is right, what shall the
attorney do? God alone cau direct
him. To that chancery he must be
appellant, and he will get an answer
in an hour. Blessed is that attor
ney, between whose office and the
throne of God there is perpetual, rever
ential, and orayerful communication.
That attorney will never make an ir
reparable mistake. Truo to the hab
its of your profession, you say: "Cite
us some authority on the subject:"
Well. I«qu cte to you t.he decision of
the Supreme Court of Heaven: "If
any lack wisdom, let him ask ot God,
who giveth to all men liberully, and
upbraideth. not, and it shall be given
huu."
Licenstd Liquor Bars in Butler.
To a laymen (a layman as to law
courts) it Miems strange that liquor
biTs have b«ien licensed in Batler
borough.
1. I say liquor bars ; for it id they,
not honses of entertainment, that
need and seek' license. The liijnor,
bar Wat* once indeed a mere incident
ot the house of entertainment, and
and was then so recognized in law.
But it has long since censed to bo
j such. In most city centres it it to
day chiefly & mere drink-den; that,
anil nothiug more. Wber«> an eating
house is connected with it, to Batisfy
what is now bur a fiction of law, it is
the eating houne, not the drink den,
that is the mere incident. This is
the widely-known fact to-day, though
the fact is not w thout its exceptions.
The eating-house, as such, don't nead
and don't seek License for its own
work; the saloon does. The house
of entertainment, as such, neither
needs nor seeks a license for its legiti
mate work; its drinkin.tr bar does
Why will juris 1 .3, who ought to keep
court action as pore as possible, try
to keep life in a. bad thing—the drink
ing bar—by staking its license under
the cover of a good name, that of
"house of entertainment." To do so
is to falsify fact and history, and to
pre vert law. I drop a lejjal fiction,
and i speak p!l tin common sense when
I say that it was simply drinking
bars—nothing- more, nothing less—
that were liUeJy liceLsed by our coun
ty court.
2. The Co'.'irt had discretion in
granting refusing applications for
license. Discretion is not to grant or
refuse license arbitrarily, but accord
ing to the prescriptions of law. It
patiently hears an application; hours
testimojj for ui d against; heirs spe
cifically petition 4 for and remonstran
ces a&air st; gives to each kind of evi
dence tbe weighr, that the law re
quires. and then wisely decideß the
case. To decide a license application
arbivrarily is not according to law—
is oot to use discretion. The license
court is invested by law with discre
tion, bsfit is a discretion that re
bpectbjiestimony, nnd especially the
wishes of the peope directly affect
ed.
3. The liquor l»ws of 1867 and
1887 mean to give tbe people a chance
as ttfraiost the licenced liquor bars.
They provide that tbe popular seuti
ment nhall be a factor in the make
up of tbe Court's discretiouary judg
ment. The law of 1867 says, "It
shall "bo lawful for auad Court to hear
petitions, Ac." And the law of 1887
Hays. "The Court n/ial'l hoar petitions
«fcc." Now, in couutit B where popu
lar sentiment predomin otea in favor
of the licensed liquor bar, that fact,
with other things presen ted by law,
is to be a factor in the make-up of the
discreet judgment of the Court, It
is BO used. And in such counties all
that the law aims to do is not to prohi
bit but simply put restraint upon
drinking barw. All houor to Judges
White and lowing, who. in a stroug
liquor county, have reduced the law
less driuking bar to something hav
ing at least the show of law and or
der. In counties where the popular
sentimoLt is strougly agannst tbe
licensed liquor bar, that /act, if
brought, to the attention ot the Court,
is al»o t<j he a factor, and a clnei fac
tor, in the make-up cf its discreet
judgment. I say it is to be tt chief
factor. The act of Assembly HO pre-
Bcribds. It directs thnt the necessity
sha'.l bo ascertained "by tbe number
character of those petitioning for
ard against such application." I
o uote its words: "The said Court of
Quarter Sessions shall beur petition
' from residents of the ward, borough
or township, in addition to that of
the applicant, in fuvor of, and remon
strances against the application tor
such license, and in all cases shall
refuse the same, whenever, in tLe
opinion of said Court, having due re
gard to the number and character of
the petitioners tor and against such
application, such license in not neces
sary for the accommodation of the
public und the entertainment ot stran
gers aud travelers," This language
is plain. It can't well be misunder
stood. It prescribes to tho Court the
method of ascertaining the necessity
for a licensed liquor bar; and that, is,
by the number and character of those
petitioning for and against «uch li
cense." Tbe law of 1887 bios the li
cense court pay great attention to the
wishes ot the people in the locality.
4. A recent decision of the Su
preme Court, ou liquor cases carried
up beforn it, also give tbe people a
chance as against the licensed liquor
bar. In the lleed Appeal the
Supreme Court Hays: "In this we see
1 that the petitions and remonstrances
[ are for the sole purpose of detcrmin-
ing, without regard to the character
of the applicant., whether such license
is, or is not, a matter of public uccea*
sity. Furthermore, the Legislature
has prescribad the method by which
the necessity shall be ascertained,
that is, by tba number and character
of those petitioning for or against
such application." Lauguage cannot
more plainly say that preponderating
public sentiment, when properly
brought to the attention of the Court,
f-hJill determine the necessity for the
license The Supreme Court says
that the law so prescribes. Its decis
ion in the Huntingdon county appeal
liquor cases has the same bearing. It
declares that the associate judges,
unlearned in the law, "properly exer
cised" their power when, after having
admitted that Henry Leister had mat
all the requirements of law, they yet
denied him license, because bis 14
petitioners encouutered 207 remon
strants, and because he bad been re
fused license a year before for violat
ing the license law. Whatever else
be said of this decision, it certainly
places new emphasis on popnlar sen
timent before the license court.
5 The licenses granted to Butler
bars are not in accordance with pub
lic sentiment. In their granting,
public sentiment, properly brought
before the Court, was discarded and
trampled down. Take a single case
as a sample of all. Wm. H. Reihing
had on his application 24 original
and 53 supplemental petitioners, 77
in all. The remonstrances against
him. properly brought to the atten
tion of the Court, had 390 signatures.
Now, the law prescribes that this
should have determined the necessity
for the house. It says so in plain
words. The Supreme Court says so.
The act of Assembly, evidently mean
ing something, invites the citizens in
the neighborhood to appear in the li
cense court, and stand up and be
counted; 390 to 77; and 77 won with
the Court. The Court treated this
feature of the law as a farce. It
downed the American idea of govern
ment by majorities. Tho licensed
bars in Butler are not the wish of the
people. They are not the necessary
creations of law, though now existing
by its authority. They are the crea
tions of the license conrt The ruin
they work in homes— in drinking
men— in their haplesß wives and
children—will be ruin wrought, not
by necessity of law, bat by the li
cense court. Qod help and pity the
weak ones. I end as I began. To a lay
man it seems strange that liquor bars
have been licensed in Butler borough.
S. H. Ntsßix.
Remarkable Double Tragedy.
A terrible double tragedy took
place lately, at Portland, Maine, upon
the most public thoroughfare in the
city, before the eyes of hundreds of
people. The affair grew out of the
guilty love of two unhappily-mated
ones. Mrs. Ida Stevens, wife of
Hugh Stevens, anvell-to-do merchant
of Gardiner, a daughter of Hon. H.
E. Ladd and niece of Rev. Q. S.
Laud, I>, I)., the eminent Methodist
divine, is one victim, and Edward
Chase, a son of Dr. E. P. Chase, of
New York, the other.
Unkuown to all, even her kusbaud,
Mrs. Stevens and Chase bad met in
Gardiner and formed a strong attach
ment, which their situation rendered
impossible for them to realize. Not
being strong enough to bear the
odium an elopement would bring
upon them, they agreed to die to
gether. Mrs. " Stevens came from
Gardiner this morning and spent the
day with some friends, leaving them
at 4 o'clock ostensibly to go home.
She went down to the Central depot,
where she met Chase, who was wait
ing by appointment, and the two
walked out on St. John street, at
that hour crowded with pedestrians.
While walkiug the woman suddenly
stopped, clapped her hands in front of
her and bowed her head. Chase,draw
ing arevolver,placed it against her tem
pie and fired. She fell dead without
a groan, the ball going clear through
her brain. There was at once a panic
in the street, but before Chase could
be secured ho had put a bullet in his
own head and bad fallen near bis
victim. He was able to give his
name before he became unconscious.
Ho was removed to the hospital,
where the wound was pronounced
fatal, and he will die before morning.
The unfortunate woman was remov
ed to the Coroner's.
Ou the body of Chase were found
two letters to bis father and wife,
which go to show the crime was pre
meditated by both ho and Mrs.
Stevens. The first directed to Dr. E.
P. Chase, New York, reads:
MY DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER.—
I know you will be heart-broken at
awful news you hear of me, but I
cannot, oh! I cannot live in this way
any longer. The woman who dies
with me is the only woman I ever
loved on this eartb. I bad planned
to oome here and see her, and then to
leave her forever; but I could not
My will is not strong enough. We
prefer death to a life of separation.
Good bye. Try and forget that I ever
liyed. Prom NED.
Another, to his wife at South
Livermore, reads as follows:
Mv WIFE; I say good-bye to you
forever. I cannot live any longer.
I am discouraged and heart-broken,
and before this reaches you I shall be
dead. Good-bye.
Try and forget me and my awful
end. You and the children (heaven
pity them!) will be better off without
me. Kiss them all for me aud teach
them to forget even my name.
l-'rom N El>.
In his diary written just before the
end, he wrote: "We are all discour
aged. What is the use of living in
this way? Good-bye to all. Try
and forget us." The affair creates
the greatest excitement.
Mr. Stevens is beside himself with
ehauie and grief.
—A Paris paper speaks of "Mr.
Powderhorn, President of the Ameri
can Knights of Labor."
—What is meant by an inch of
rain-fall is that 14,500,000 gallons of
water have fallen upon a square mile
of ground and started the pigweeds
and Canada thistles into new growth.
—Pennsylvania has a law prohib
iting tho sale of oleomargarine in that
State, and that's the reason the East
and West ship iu about 100 tons per
day, all of which fiudsaroady sale.
—lf Bismarck should resign, it in
probable that Germany would go
right along without a jar or shake,
and it wouldn't take two weeks to
find just as smart a man, and one
who liked the taste of American pork.
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