VOL. XXV. BARGANS in WATCHES, Clocks, Jewelry And Silverware. Finest stock of Sterling Silverware in the county, and at prices not to be equalled for cash. Watches and Clocks repaired and warranted, at VT. U. GRIEB'S N"o. 16 South Main St., 'Sign of ELECTRIC BELL), Hutler, Fa. GREAT SALE H OUT !ffi BUSINESS All Our Immense Stock of MILLINERY, Consisting of all tbe Dew thing in Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Feathers, Tips, Plumes, Ornaments, Silks, Velvets, Plu&hes, Ribbons, Satins, and everything comprised in a first class MILLINERY STOCK. We intend to close oat all tbe above goods by July 1-t and will sell them at prices that will enable as to do so. Remem ber you have a fall line OF NEW GH3OI3S to select from. Also tue greatest bargains ever offered in Dry Goods and Carpets, .A.T RITTER & RALSTON'S. -* Sl'K' IAL New York Hat t'rt combines /■, \ uU tlx: L"xxl polrith of -> v< nl a/y: bl»* ■ ""* .7 T"\ »ihh I* ! to i.a all tw> it 1- JHp> -"jSsLiSiJr becoming to everyone. for.iM) in ;l]| the different Straws awl the Hp, lln. Golden Browns, Uoreal and Electric. pjggA ll of many styles of trimming anil each seems Improvement overt: 1.->.t, Our m It 'r<">m"d m one or ti" many ways It from our experienced designers. ijfThese hat* are going so fast I* to come Immediately to see In Its many styles and trimmings. large stock a Hi eye and fanry or the public M It to be in We've opened, dir shapes. rcct the largest hoaie In Among them are the "KM <l." and the "Bunny." J! mm m _ _ _ There seeing to be an Impression that bc ause THE MATCHLESS. we are patronized by the fashionable people, we don't ibak>- any effort to care for those whose icr kit l*/ Ok.i are limited, Tula l'+ a great mistake. While M trig obliged, by baring the custom or the faihlonable women, to make Bp' i lal efforts to pro-.hle for tti'.rn, jet we think we can auk the taste and means of anyone, however odd the taite, or llmitec t he means. j ant a • »r<! about "I.EMA PITH." To thane who have used It we say nothing. Their once uKlnr it li ir«-s Its use always. To thov: who never tried It we say. "profit by the experience or many ami try It." Miss M. H. Gilkey, New Building, No. 62 S. Main St. THE LEADING MILLINER The Greatest Spring Stock • IN E3O7S, SHOES and SLIPPERS BUTLER HAS EVER SEEN, HOW OPENING AT HUSELTON'S All fresh clean new spring styles did not buy out any one.* old Stock, neither do we advertise fictitious amounts in goods bought thinking it sounds big, No tricky drives, no deceitful leaders, no tempting baits, no auc tion gfiod.s or old sample lots, but uniformly low prices on every article and same price to all. One element in our spring Stock of Shoes speaks to you w;th sj*ecial force, the beauty of the Styles, the ex cellence of the Stoefc and workmanship, as to prices you can t tell what Shoes are by reading prices you must see the "ooda especially when unscrupulous dealers will ad verti-j for in -tanc: Ladies' fine Kid Button Shoes worth sl.7Shelling for $1.00; Mens' fine Shoes worth 2 00 gelling at > 1 0'), this is an old jew trick in trade that has been diMounted long ago, people don't take any strjek in such trickery. Lad in' fine shoes unusually large selection especially in hau l turns, they are glove fitting, very soft and easy to the toot, our turn J*iench Kid Vamp boot is a beauty can t be matched in the county, cheaper turns we won't use as they are worthless, then the finer prudes at s'i.oo •J.oO to 4.00 in all widths both iu common f-ensu and Opera our Kid Button at 81 20, 1.00, 1.75,2-00 and 0.00, McKay sewed flexible soles are daisies, no sheepskin genuine Kid. the 1.00 boot is selling as fast as we get them iu. warrant every pair, they are stylish, as good as ! other dealers sell at 2.01). See our bright Oongola very j fine stock, is tough, wiil notscufl in wearing like some Kid does. Ladies Grain Button boots the best you ever saw at 1:00 and 1.20. Pebble Goat 1:00, 1:70, and 2:00 Ladies' fine shoes with I'atton leather tip, now verv stylish for street wear $1 up to $3. Old Ladies' wide easy shoes in f{ »U an I(J jog. up to So. 8. Slippers, in Opera f»0 cent*, West in the land for the price I awa Tennis Shoes iu Metis' Womens'and Children*'. Wigwam Slippers, very ea*y and comfortable, cheap, our fall line flue Slippers is not in yet, is a little early, will toll you about tt.em later on. Aliases' and Childrens' fine Shoes in Spring heel and heel, in Kid Goat and St. Goat, hi*h tops, Misses' Kid SI.OO and upwards, 1 J, Childrens 50 cents and up extra fioe Shoes for Ladies that w<ar small sizes Ito 2,Shoes for Baby's 20 cents arid up. Mens' fine shoes very fine -tyle $1 00, 1 25, 1 50 to $2 00, extra fine Calf Shoes %i 00 to -{.75. Kangaroo, one of the most popular Shoes of the day in McKay Day sewed and Hand sewed iu an eudless variety of styles and prices All those in Button Bals. or Conir. all widths tip narrow toe or full plain toe, we show the heat and firnat shoe ut $1 25, 1 50, 200 2 .00 3 00 in Bailer. Boys snd \onthi' in Cslf, \ esl, Calf-grain in regular ui.d extra high tops, n-w pooda, seamless ut $1 r.O to 200 atd 2 2. r <! Plow shoes. Bals, snd C np Boys l,ut'o:i I:> I 25. Mens' Plow Sheep, lace und Bropuns. j Hob Nailed at !»o to 50. Calf Boots $1 90 to s.'i 00. Leather and b ttdii large stock. We do tall kinds repairitipr, we use the host lines in th" market in Boota k Shoes, we have poitive procf of this in their exceihni. wearing -.till better feme of our little competitors have .'at y been makiDg every tfft, t to get et me line of Shoes and have so far fa ed. We c »ntrol all the lines we uie f< r this town Come and see us, wiil sivu jou money. No trouble to show our goods. B. C. HUSELTON THE BUTLER CITIZEN. j PROFESSIONAL CARDS. G. 11. ZIMMERMAN. rHVSICIAS AND SrßutON. Offl e jit No. 4.->. 8. Mala street, over Frank & t'.i's D:u„- Store. Kutler. Fa. J. F. BUITTAIN, Ait y at I.aw—{):':iee at S. E. <"or. Main St, and Diainoau, lliitler. Fa. NEWTON BLACK j Aify at Law—onice on South side of Diamond, Butler, Fa. IBA McJUNiUN, i Altern y at I sua St.. Butler, Fa. Dr. ?3. m. Hoover, Office over Boyd's store. ! DIAMOND BIJ> x, ... BCTI.ER. FA. W. E. TITZEL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. N. E. Corner Main and Wayne Sts. BUTLER Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. ! All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manlier. Spe'-'.alties Gold Fillings, and Painless Ex raetion of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered. Offlce ou Strtet. one iloor Ea»l ofLowry H»u>e, Fp St»lr». ODle" ojien dallv. except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mail receive prompt attention, X. B.— The only DentLst In Butler using the lajst makes of teeth. JOHN E. BVERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oflice No. G5 South Main Street, BUTLER, - I* A. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS, Physician and Surgeon. No. 10 Weht Cunningham St., BUTLER, IP IE INT DENTISTK; X . C\( WAI.DHON. Graduate of the Pliila « »>■ lielpliia ;>eiital College. Is prepared t/. <i'i anvttiii-g ):■ the Une ol hist j<rofessioa in a ssitisfiwtorv manner. 0:1 .vlain street, Butler, opposite the Vogel' y llo.ise. S. X.USK, M.D., i: r .■' r /HI Harmony to Butler and has 1, (•! : ut No. t. Main St., three l>*iow Lowo' ll'JU.vj. apr-30-tf. L & McJUNIKIN, Insurance and Real Estnte 17 EAST JEFFI.RSON ST. BUTLER, - I'A. C. F. L. McaUISTION, EMjIXEER AM) SI RVEYOR, <>i PIC* ON DIAMOND, BITI.kb, FA. Stewart & Patterson. A. M. STi:\VAI:T and S. A. PATTEKSON. Con tra' !<ir-. ;«nd Builders, are boih men or yi- IM of <• •-I.<-rlei.<-.• iii (li e house building and framing. All p-ison.s i.liliikliitr or hulldla? will do well l'; them n'l linilc over their designs. ):•'.*ld< ce on l":ilr. lew Ave., Hjirlngdale. PoKtoflice. BUII'T, Fa. FOR WALE A and <lo!iig l.irg" liuimess. Terms easy. jFor [urtlier particulars lieiMire ut L. S. M.JI \KIX, UK. JRIRPRSON HT.. ' -JO.tf Botler, P«. UA LE 8M EAT WANTED I \ J Kor the HOOK EK NCKHKHIKH. es ■ " tal>:i-l"-d :».% St ady « invloTnient. and K'xA pav. lor terms at once. 11. K. HOOhKU to., Rochester, N. y. AGENTS WANTED! T<l CA NVASS r-OR O Sr. OK TH K I.AU'.I HT, OI.KBSI KSTAULISHKD. BUST KNOWN NIB SKItIES in the country. Most liberal terms. I lieiiuijled facilities. liENKVA NCItHEBV. K»- t ibllslied ls-16. w. * T. SMITH, ur.nr.yk, s. v. LOOK! READ! I have enlarged my store-room. In fact, made It alrnofet twice as large as It was before, and have also Increased my stock. I have, by lar, the largest and best selected stock or Fine Drugs and Chemicals* In Butler county, and am now in position to supply the wants of the people or this county even better than in the nasi. You will do well to call on me when in the nee J of anything In the line of Fine Drugs and Medicines, My stock Is very complete and FUN KS VKItY Low In medicine iptallty l.s of the first Impor tance, so we give particular attention to lining Pi -w rit,Hons. <mr Dispensing Department Is complete. We dispense only Pure Drugs of the Finest Quality, and our pni rons may bring us their pr'-scrlp tl .ii- r -ell'i: cert On that they will be carefully and ;«•< ur .tely nile.l. I iia ii.iii r tli' p'Hille for the very generous jiali i l.h liitvc i -uri -i| me In the (i.nt. I I"f« be .iUlc lo S'ir-.e them more acceptably In the fui are, at the old stand. No. 5, North Main St, BUTLER, PA. J. C. HEDICK, Planing Mill —AND— Yard J L. FL'ltVia. L. O. PUKVIH, S. 6. Purvis & Co. MAM 1 A'.TI UKIW A Nil DEALKIM IN Rough and Planed Lumber OF EY*KY I»WJ<;KIFTION, SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD ! 'VearCJerinttii (lathollc Church ■f" \l f\ 11 Suffer any Pain, (L Villi Have Any Soranaaa, II 111 M Fmi An r Waaknaaa, ■ ■ ■ V W Have a Lamt Baok, Go or rw»nd ntrnlffht an you can la th* druff Mturo iiud lfjMlnT on having tbe ramutu • _ - nopPlaster - ft will fare | nivirrfallN to gtv« Inaitant relief. VlrtuoM of trmn h hope htmlock aitd pln« baUam unlUd Tb« p«rrttotloti of Dlaa twra, ol«an and uw—t. 26c , Ov« for |1 00, or mailed for price. HOP PLAWTKH CO.. Proprletore, Boetop. or oth«r«,wno //:»h MV f I lObllO tait pofKf.or obUin ettimat * on in Chicago, will find i! on file 1 1 I LORD & THOMAS, HOME AGAIN. Many years ago Alice Armor the only child of a rich merchant, bee »me, in my pra ence and that of two others, the wife of Harry Kimbro, io direct disregard of her father's wishes. She forsook the maay luxuries with which she had btea surrounded from her earliest years, ail the pleas ures which wealth had the power to give, and fled from a happy home and a father's love to follow the fortuues of her lover On beiog informed of the marriage, her father utterly disowned her. Ba ; ing an extremely passionate and self willed man, his love was changed to the bitterest hate; and in his anger, he wrote her a letter, in which he warned her never to call upon him for aid, adding that they might beg, starye, and die in a miserable hovel, ere he would assist them. The young couple were very hope ful, however; they looked only upon the bright side of things Harry was young and strong, and it seemed highly probable that he would in time make bis mark in the wo Id. At this juncture, I who was then a medical student, left lor Germany, and on my return found thut they had left the city. The precise locality of their new home was not definitely known, or at least I could never discover it, and people seemed to have almost forgotten Alice Armor, the prospect ive heiress, who married poor Harry Kimbro. After receiving my diploma, I be gan the practice of medicine, living quietly at home with my mother and sister I often wondered what had become of Harry, and why he did not write and inform me of his whereabouts, as we had always been the best of friends. Ten years, with all their numerous changes, rolled away, but they brought me no tidings of Harry. In the course of time, I had occasion to visit New York One day, after I had left my hotel for a stroll, and was walking slowly along the street, my attention was arrested by the sight of a little girl, apparently eight or nine years of age, who carried upon her arm a small basket half filled with boxes of matches. She wore a ragged frock, and about her shoulders was wrapped a faded | fragment of a shawl; while hanging ,to the back of her neck by a string I was a torn sun bonnet. Iler face and hands were very dirty, but the former was beautiful molded and actually pretty, in spite of the want of soap and water. Our eyes met,and stepping toward me, she asked, as with one hand she offered the basket and with the other pushed back her tangled locks from her face: "Matches, sir ?'' I had scarcely time to note that the voice was a very musical one, or to mt-ke any reply, when unfortunate ly stepping up n a piece of orange peel upon the pavement, she slipped and fell, emptying the contents of her bas ket at my feet "Are you hurt?" I asked, assisting her to rise. • Oh, my foot, my foot !" she sob bed; "I have hurt my foot; how shall I ever get home ? Oh, dear !" "Confound the orange peel ?" I ejaculated, as I wip"d away the tears with my handkerchief, thereby remov ing the dirt in spots- "Now don't cry, sis. I fear you've sprained your ankle. Tell me where you live, and I'll carry you there, basket and all " "Will you ?" and the little face brightened; "you are so kind, kinder than any person I've seen for a long time. I live in Roosevelt street, near Madison." "What is your name?" was my next question, after I had picked up the scattered matches. "Nelly—oh, my foot!—Kim—" "Kimbro! Is your name Kimbro?" "Why, in course; but how did you come to know that ?" My thoughts were too busy to al low of my giviug an answer to Miss Nelly's question just then, and while sLe was expecting it, I called a car riage. and placed her safely inside. The driver was well acquainted with the locality mentioned, and we soon arrived at the bouse. "There it is!" exclaimed little Nell, pointing to a squalid tenement house, which formed one of a group of five, all equally uninviting. •'There's where I live sir'" Giving the driver instructions to await my return, I once more lifted my charge iu my arms, and following her directions carried her up three flights of dirty stairs. "This door," said little Nell, and I gave a loud rap with my knuckle up on the the shrunken panel My summons for admission was answered by an old woman, whose red and bleary eyeß proved beyond all doubt, her love for stimulants. Was this, I asked myself, the mother of Nelly ? " Well," she inquired, "what's the matter with the brat ?—what are ye a carryin' the little plague fur ?" "She has unfortunately sprained her ankle," I replied, "and I have brought her home to you." "Yea, she's allers a doin' some thin'," sneered the woman; "always agettiu' up some yarn or other to pre vent her from arnin' her livin', and no matches sold to-day, young uu," she added, glancing at her basket. "Oh, I'll teach you, my beauty ! Yer not worth yer salt, ye little vag abond ! Now, just pack yerself off, d'ye hear ? and don't corne back un til that basket's empty. If you do, I'll break every single bone in yer buddy. Off, I—" "The child is totally unfit for walk ing," I interrupted "It will bo two or three days, at the very least, be fore she san go out a,-ain." "Encouragin' her laziness, are you? I tell yer I won't have her aloafin' around here, so pack off," she said, threatening to give the terrified child in my arms a slap in the face with her skinny, claw like hand. "Are you her mother?" I asked in amazement at her brutality, as I re treated a few steps. "No, I ain't." •'Where is her mother ?'' "Bhe waH the only cbild of a poor woman who died here, in the room above ibid one—died in the night, all alone " "What wan her name?" "Kirobro." "Alice ?" "I dunno. I heerd Rome of the foiku nayin' a H how f»he wan well to do once, and runned away from borne." "And bcr hut-band--WUH bin name Harry Kimbro ?" BUTLRR, PA . FRIDAY. JI NK 8.1888. "Yes Did you know him ?" "I did. Wha« became of him ?" "Oh, he was allers and. one night, he fell backward off the i steps as he was comiu' Dp, and frac tured his skull. I took the little gai in out of kiudness." •'You don't seem to want her much. Give her to me." "You'll pay me somethin' for the brat, won't you?" asked tbe woman, advancing with a disagreeable leer; I "she's of use to me, you know, and I'll lose by lettin' you have her for | nothiD'; what'll yer give?" "What do you say, Nell?" I asked; "will vou tro home with me and be my little sister?" "Will I be happy there?" "You will, if it is in my power to 1 make you so." j "And sell no more matches?" ' No, indeed " "Then I'll go " I thrust a bank-note into the wo man's extended hand, and with my i protegee hurriedly left the house "I am your brother now, Nell," I said, as I again deposited ber in the carriage, and directed the drifer to proceed to my hotel; "you must call me brother Charley." "Brother Charley," she repeated; ' "how funny it sounds!" and she fixed her great brown eyes upon my face, with that searching look so common among children when they are trying to ascertain the true characters of those around them. "Brother Char ley," she repeated; "it's so strange I never bad a brother before!" On arriving at the hotel, I gave the little match vender in charge of the housekeeper, with instructions to pro cure for her-everything she needed in the way of attire, and requested her to effect a genera! renovatiou as speed ily as possible. A few days afterward we left for home. My little charge was instaut ly tt.ken possession of by my mother who gaye it, as her opinion, that Ntl ly was a perfect beauty; "though we mu3t not tell her so, Charley," she added. "It would make her vain." Without loss of time I dispatched a letter to the father of Alice,request ing him to call at my house, as I had something of the greatest importance to tell him. He soon came. "Mr. Armor," I began, "your daughter Alice—" "My daughter!" he fiercely inter rupted. "I have no daughter. I had one once, but—she left me." "Listen," I said, and I repeated to him the story of the match vender. His iron will melted in the fire of affliction; the strong man wept. ' Shall I bring in the child?" I asked. He assented, and iu a moment I presented her to him. "This ia your grandpa, Nelly," I said. "Come !" he exclaimed, extending his arms, while his countenance ex pressed the bitterest remorse, "let me by my treatment of you make some slight atonement for my harshness to Alice. You must go home with me, Nell," tenderly caressing her lux uriant iresses. "Couldn't do it," was the reply; "brother Charley found me. I be long to him—Don't I. Char—" 1 stopped her mouth with a kiss,as aa I answered: "I have no right to keep you here, darling, in opposition to your grand pa's wishes." "Then I'll go with him,although I don't like to leave you all." Mr. Armor had the remains of his daughter removed from their resting place among the paupers' graves and deposited in the family buryiug ground,marking the spot with a plain white marble slab. I was sitting before the fire, one December morning, in one of the front parlors which I had taken pos session of for office purposes, and was awaiting my regular hour for com mencing jny rounds among my pa tients. I held the poker in my hand, and carelessly drummed upon the grate, keeping time to a verse of an old song I was humming: "Ob, don't you remember mveet Alice, Ben Bolt ? Sweet Alice, no kin«l an<l no true—" when I was aroused from my roverie by the sounds of a carriage as it drove up and stopped before the bouse The moment after, the door bell was rung loudly. I arose and sauntered to the window, just in time to see a footman in gray livery close tbe door of a handsome carriage drawn by a pair of splendid black horses. My visi tors were already at the door. "Two friends!" announced the ser vant; and Harry Kimbro, accompani ed by Alice, about whom I had just been Biuging, presented themselves to my astonished gaze. "How are you, old boy," exclaim ed the former, as he grasped ray hand and shook it warmly. "1 hope it is not too late to resume an old acquain tanceship?" Alice extended her hand, and i took it mechanically, all the wbilo staring iu open-mouthed amazement. Had the skeleton which hung behind the closet door quietly unhooked him self from the nail and danced a jig, I could not haye been more surpris ed. "Harry Kimbro," I said, at last finding my tongue, "I heard that you had gone home late one night, stupe fied with liquor, and had killed your self by falling down stairs!" "What a ridiculous story ! Upon my word, Charley, I was not aware than you had bcioine insane during my absence!" "And you," I said, turning to Alice. "1 was informed that you had died, all alone, in a tenement-house in New York." "1 declare," she laughed, "I am almost willing to agree with Harry in considering you demented." "Who sleeps, then, in the church yard, if you are alive and well? Does the stone that bears the name of Alice Armor lie ?" ' Come, old fellow, this is rather a poor way to treat friends whom you have not seen for years, asking them questions about tenement-houses and graveyards," said Harry; "what do you mean by it?" In explanation, I gave him the story of little Nell. In return he ex plained that he had fallen heir to a valuable estate in England, a short time alter be left ihe itv in which I resided. He and his wife went to look after their possessions, and now had just returned from Europe, hav ing made it a point to call upon me lirst of all their acquaintances. They had written me repeatedly, but, Btrangely enough, I bad never receiv ed their letters. The Harry Kimbro who fell down stairs and killed him self was not my Harry and the Alice Armor of old w»s not so unfortunate 1 as to be the ill-treated wife of a dissi- I pited man. A reconciliation be ' tween tbe father and daughter was easily effected. Little Nell was left in ignorance of tbe fact that Mr. Kimbro was not her grandfather, and the grave in the church-yard was never disturbed. Thore, in peace and quietness, little Nelly's mother rests. The Prohibition Platform. Tbe Prohibition party, ia National Convention assembled, acknowleding Almighty God as the source of all power in government, do hereby de clare - Ist—That the manufacture, impor tation, exportation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages shall be made public crimes, and puuished as such. 2d—That such prohibition must be secured through amendments of our National and State Constitutions, enforced by adequate laws adequately supported by administrative author ity, and to this end the organization of the Prohibition party is impera tively demanded in State and Nation. 3d—That any form of license, tax ation or regulation of the liquor traffic is contrary to good government; that any party which supports regu lation license or tax enters into an al liance with such traffic and becomes the actual foe of the State's welfare, and that we arraign the Republican and Democratic parties for their per sistent attitude in favor of the licensed iniquity, whereby they oppose the de mand of the people for prohibition, and, through open complicity with the liquor cause, defeat the enforce ment of law. 4th—We demand the immediate abolition of the internal revenue sys tem, whereby our National Govern ment is deriving support from our greatest national vice. sth—That an adequate public rev enue being necessary, it may properly be raised by impost duties and bv an equitable assessment upon the prop erty and tbe legitimate business of the country, but import duties should be so reduced that no surplus shall be accumulated in the Treasury, and that the burdens of taxation shall be removed from food, clothing and other comforts and necessaries of life. fith—That civil service appoint ments for all civil offices, chiefly cleri cal in their duties, should be based upon moral, intellectual and physical qualifications, and ntft upon party service or party necessity. 7th—That the right ot Bufirage rests on no mere circumstance of race, color, sex or nationality, and that where, from any cause, it has been held from citizens who are of suitable age and mentally and morally quali fied for the exercise of an intelligent ballot, it should be restored by the people through the legislatures of the several States, on such educational basis they deem best. MARRIAOK ANI) DIVORCE. Bth Abolition of polygamy and the establisment of uniform laws gov erning marriage and divorce. IHh—For prohibiting all combina tions of capital to control and increase the cost of produce for popular con sumption. l(Jth—For the preservation aud de fense of the Sabbath as a civil insti tution. without oppressing any who religiously observe the same on any other day than the first day of the week. That arbitration is the Chris tian, wise aud economic method of settling natioual differences, and the same method should by judicious leg islation bo applied to the settlement of disputes between large bodies of employes and employers; that the abolition of the saloon would rempve the burdens, moral, physical, pecuni ary and social, which now oppress labor, and rob it of its earnings, and would prove to lie the wise and suc cessful way of promoting labor reform, and we invite labor and capital to unite with us for the accomplishment thereof; that monopoly in land is a wrong to the people, and the public land should be reserved to actnal set tlers, and that men aud women should receive equal wages for equal work. 11th—That our immigration laws should bo so enforced as to prevent the introduction into our country of all convicts, inmates of dependent in stitutions, and of others physically incapacitated for gelf support, and that no person should have the ballot in any State who is uot a citizen of the United Stales. Recognizing and declaring that the prohibition of the liquor traffic has become the dominant issue in national politics, we invite to full party fellow ship all those who, on this one dom inant issue, are with us, in the full belief that this party can and will re move sectional difference, promote national unity and insure the bent welfare of our nalivo land. Salt for Animals. There is considerable discussion going on regariling the necessity for the use of salt for animals It is be lieved by many to be a necessity, a belief that has existed from the earlier times Even Virgil attribut ed an increased flow of milk to a use of salt, and I'lenius, that sail produc ed more milk and liner cheese. Among the recent writers, Prof, .lames M Johnston believes that salt assists digestion and the restoring of bodily waste; I'rof Voit, that it quickens circulation; I)r. Lehman, that it aids digestion and circulation; I)r. I'lever, that it provokes an in crease of muscular strength, and t-> some extent counterbalances the want of sufficient nutrition; Dr. ho celles, that it is as indispensable to man and animals as the air they breathe, be cause it assists digestion, aids in the oxidation of blood and the assimilation of food, and is.in reality, an auxiliary to digestion. There is a ymall percentage of salt in the food consumed, but I'rof. Arnold states that it is less than in milk, and hence must be supplied. Dr Dalton, I'rof. Arnold and Dr. Smith, an English authority,all agree in the necessity for giving salt.which supplies the chlorine and sodium, which are not supplied by the foods consumed, and then animals arc kept in much better condition than when not fed with it.—(«ermautown Tr.lv.- <jra/jh. —The largest marble works in the world are in (Jeorgia. — A land-owner at Elko, Ner., is needing his ranch to tea Tin and mica mines are being developed at King's Mountain, N. C. —A co-operativo shoe factory at Toronto, Can , has begun operations. I THEGKEAT INDUSTRY. Why Wool Growing Should Be Protected in the U. S. A careful estimate places the num ber of wool growers ia the Uuited States at about seven hundred thous and, and fully fire hundred thousand men are employed by them to assist in caring for their Hocks and doing other farm labor. A majority of these flock-masters, as well as their employed help, ar-3 beads of families, therefore, if you add to their number their wives, children and other de pendents, you will have a population of at least four million persons more or less interested in the growing of wool; or about one-fifteenth of the en tire population of the United States. There are no doubt fully one hun dred and fifty thousand other farmers who keep a email number of sheep, but these could not be fairly classed as growers of wool. These seven hundred thousand farmers will average to own or pos sesa at least one hundred and sixty acres of land each; making a total of one hundred and twelve million acres; devoting the more desirable parts of their farms to tbe raisiag of grain, hay, etc , (a good share of which is required fur the feeding of their horses, cattle, hogs and sheep during the winter season) and selecting tbe poor, rough and hilly portions for the pasturing of their sheep; thus putting to profitable use their entire farms. The number of sheep in the United States is now estimated at fifty million Lead, and the crop of wool at about three hundred and fitly million pounds, and worth on aa average of last year's prices about twenty-two cenU; making the total value of the wool crop of the country seventy million dollars. There are sold annually for export and home consumption from thirteen to fifteen miiiion sheep for iheir mut ton, bringing on the average of three dollars per head; making the total value of wool and mutton Bold each season about one hundred and twenty-two million dollars. If you pemove the duty from wool, and so make the growing of it an un profitable business, it would render almost valueless the portions ofjthese farms devoted to sheep raisinir, and thereby would decrease the average price of the whole farm at least two dollars and a halt an acre, making a loss from this source alone of two hundred and eighty million dollars Sheep would also decrease in value fully fifty c«;nls per head, miking au other shrinkage of twenty-live million dollars. A Strange Prison Orchestra. At the western penitentiary ia Allegheny Co. there is a nightly con cert given by what is probably tbe largest orchestrarin the world. It is composed of at least 300 players, who never see one another. The music begins precisely at 0 o'clonk every evening, and ends at the stroke of 7. Within that hour the convicts are permitted to make, each independent ly, as much music or discord as he pleases. This prison is. perhaps, the only one in the United States where the inmatea *ere allowed to cultivate the art of music, and the privilege is deeply appreciated by them. Just before (i o'clock they may bo seen by the officials, sitting with their instru ments in readiness. As the hour strikes, they begin to play, and rattle off tune after tune during the appoint ed time. As may be imagined, with severul hundred instruments playing at once, it is impossible to distiuguisfi any one of them from the rest, or to tell one tuHO from another. As the waves of sound rise and mingle, the listener can only be reminded of a wind howling in the distance. "They look forward to this hour with great pleasure," said one of the keepers to a reporter. "Music is the only thing that varies the monotony of their lives, and taking an instrument away from a prisoner is about the severest punishment we can infliet." As they were talking, there was a moment's silence. It was a few minutes before 7, and a man began playing "Home Sweet Home" on a violin. His neigh bor accompanied him on a guitar, and in a short time they were joined bv a flute, cornet and mandolin. The prisoners in the upper tiers of cells seemed to be waiting for the begin ning of the favorite melody, and one by one caught it up, until all were playing the tune. The sounds ceased at the stroke of 7, and quiet reigned supreme. How to Grow Tomatoes to Per fection. Because the generous nature of the tomato yields bountifully with seem ingly little care and attention, the general impression prevails that the plant requires but little attention This is a sad mistake, for there is not a vegetable in tbe garden that is so gross a feeder, nor one that so readi ly pays for all the food and care given as the tomato. To grow it to its greatest perfection, the hills should be dug out to the depth of two ami a half feet; the bottom there should be u half bushel of well rotted manure; above this let the Hoil b«* an equal mixture of loarn and manure thor oughly mixed. The Itillh should be at least nix feet apart. Let the situa tion be open, warm, airy. When the fruit begins to net mulch with clean Htraw or very small brush. Under these conditions nix plants will furn ish sufficient tomatoes for a family of twelve persons. Whatever variety may be planted in this manner, the result will show specimens fur size, smoothness, and esculent properties, unknown to the variety when grown in the ordinary manner.— American Aijriculturixt. Too Big a Job. Some practical jokers came near making a scnation at the Mcadville | Centennial celebration, a few days | since. The great event of the cele ' bration was the unveiling of the pio i neer monument. The plan of the | jokers was, to Bteal the monument j and hide it away, placing in its stead I a large Indian tobacco sit;n that stood j in front of one of Meadville's tobacco i stores. The conspirators fully in j tended to load the stone on a wagon and cart it away, believing they could ' veil the Indian tobacco sign HO that \ the exchange would not be discovered 1 until the final ceremony of uuveiling, but when they made an investigation ! as they actually did, they concluded it was too heavy a job and gave it up Had it succeeded, it would have been very funny—to everybody but the ! folks of Meadviile. A Ba'd Fact. There has been a good deal of fun poked at the bald-headed man In numerable jokes have cracked at his expense, all of which he h ts borne with a good nature that seems to be a part of his character. Conundrums have bpen asked regarding him. "Why is heaven l'ke a bald-headed man?" "What i 3 it that no man wants and yet end when he has be wouldn't part with ?" and all that sort of thing. Worse than all it has beeu alleged in the papers tha* the bald-beaded man is always anxious to hate a front seat in the variety show. This slan der and others the bald-bead'-d men have treated with the silent contompt that the charges deserred. This reticence—this calm disregard for calumny has at kist been reward ed. The law has stepped forward in the person of one of the most ener getic aad deserving ol its members and pays a high tribute to the maa whose brow reaches to the nape of his neck A constable ia New Eaglaad has declared that be never yet saw a tramp who was bald headed. This testimony has been corroberated by constables in other parts of the coun try. It will only be a short time be fore the public will unanimously ad mit that whnteverelse the bald-headed man is guilty of he does not join the ignoble army of tramps. ' When constabulary duty is to be done" it will not be a bald head that the police truueheon falls upon. This constabulary tribute to the bald headed man, whea a person comes to ponder it, means a great deal. It shows that the bald-headed man is thrifty and industrious and a g*od citizen He wants no man's charity If he goes to the variety show he rams the coin that he pays at the door. So hurrah for the bald-headed man and here's more power—not to his elbow—but to the particular brand of hair restorer he uses. Morbus Sabbaticus. Morbus Sabbaticus, or Sabbath sickness a disease peculiar to church members. The attack comes on sud denly every Sabbath; no symptoms are felt on Saturday night; the patient sleeps well and awakes feeling well; eats a hearty breakfast, but about church time the attacks comes on and continues until services are over for the morning. Then the patient feels easy and eats a hearty dinner. In the afternoon he leels much better, and is able to take a walk, talk about politics and read the Sunday papers; he eats a hearty supper, but about church time he has another attack and stays at homo, He retires oarly, sleeps well and wakes up Monday morning refreshed and able to go to work, and does not have any symp toms of tho disease uutil the follow ing Sabbath. The peculiar features are as follows: 1. It always attrcks members of the church. 2 It never makes its appearance except on the Sabbath. The symptoms vary, but it nev er interferes with the sleep or appe tite. 4. It never lasts more than twenty four hours, 5. It generally attacks the head of the family. (!. No physician is ever called. 7. It always proves fatal in ihe end—to the soul. H No remedy is known for it ex cept prayer. !) Religion is the only antidote. 10. It is bdesming fearfully preva lent, and is sweeping thousands every year prematurely to dustrueUuu.— Selected. Another Temperance Lesson. A woman was shot dead in Hick ory township, near "Sharon, Mercer county, on Wednesday evening be tween uiuo and ten o'clock, and tin only reason that has been assigned is that her murderer was drunk The victim was Mrs. James Clark, a wo man about 45 years of age, and the man who is in jail for takiug her life is her brother-in-law, Samuel Clark. The criminal is married and lived but a short distance from his brothers' It seems, from what little we can learn, that he was at home in bed drunk. His wife left him sleeping as she supposed, and went to her sister in-law V, Mrs. Clark's where she found Mrs. Clark and a Mrs. Davis, James Clark being down town. Soon after ward, Sam Clark came into the house in his night clothes, drew a revolver end fired. The ball struck his sister in-law near the center of the breast, passed near, or perhaps touched the heart and lodged just under the skin. His wife then took him home and be again went to bed. He claims to have known nothing whatever of the occurrence until told by his wife. He is about 48 years of ago ami was in the army during the war. He was not noted as a quarrelsome man and his terrible crime may bo clearly attributed to the influence of Sharon whisky. Ho was brought to jail yes terday morning by officer Stambaugh •rcer J'renn. Curious Case of Deafness. Some time ago, says tho Columbus Journal . an engine driver on the Lit tle Minimi Railroad was suspended because, after huviug been examined by Dr. Clark, lie was fouud lo bo quite deaf The engineer claimed at the time that he could hear every thing while running his engine; but the doctor found that in a still room he could not hear ordinary conversa tion a foot away. The engineer lives at, Cincinnati, and received treatment in that city for his disease, but with out any special benefit. After being floapended eight inootliH tho engineer again came to I)r. ('lurk and inmated that he could hear fVetly while on a moving engine. The doctor thought ho would tent the owe, aud accom |iaiiving the mail to Cincinnati, made u number of experimcntH with hirn on th<» enginoH The result wa» that the doctor found tbu engineer wan not only telling the truth in regard to the matter, lint, M I .-to that the deaf man could hoar low remarks and whispera lon a in >ving engine that even Dr. (Jiark'ri k< en ear failed to catch. The engineer wan reinstated in | place. —A St. LOUIH E >mpauy ban made ' 200,000 pairrf of nhoen «inco January I —A cutlery factory the lirnt in , KannaH, will noon foe in operation at [ Now ton NO. 31 Egg Culture. The London Society of Art* re cently listened to a special lecture on eggs and the duty of the English peo ple to raise their own eggs, and not depend upon foreign fowls. The im p ;rt of eggs into England amounts to no annual value of sls,ooo,ooo, which meant*, at an average of a cent apiece 1'25,000,000 dozen of eggs. The im port of eggs to the United States ia about 17,000,000 dozen a year. The capital required in the production of ! eges, and the keeping of poultry, is , small, the sale is regular and constant, and 28 an article of food the egg is unrivalled. While there are large raisers of poultry, with considerable investments in birds and buildings, the vast majority of the eggs market ed are picked up in small quantities from the farmers and from villagers. There is no reason why the United Stata-i should depend upon any out side people for a single egg. To pro duce all they consume would put money in their pockets. The boys and girls on the farms could find a source of profit in paying a little more attention to fowls, *'in tb« rough," as it were, and if they reached ont to tb« incubator and the brooder they would materially enlarge their profits, while they also greatly enhance their pleas ure. "Too Muchee By and By." "What is your complaint against this young man, John?" said tne magistrate to the Chinese laundry man, who had summoned a young gentleman whose laundry bill was in arrears. "He too mnchee by and by," was tbe answer of the aggrieved Celestial who evidently knew what ailed the young man, even if heconld not ex press his views in the most classical English. There are other youngsters who are troubled with the same complaiut —"too muchee by and by." The boy has to be called fonr times in tbo morning, and then is late to break fast; the boy who aaya'ln a minute" when his mother calls him to do chores or run errands; the young gen tleman who forgets his promise to bring wood or draw water; the yo»ng lady who always "meant to" do things and have them in order, bnt who never, never carried ont her in tentions; the legions of folks who al ways have to be waited for—all these have "too mocbee by and by." People are likely to sing them selves into perdition with "the sweet by aud by." What they need ii the sweet now, which is the accepted time and, the day of salvation Lit tle Christian. The Carnegie Savings Bank. The firm of Carnegie, Pbipps k Co. of Pittsburg, issued during laat month a circular to their employes, offering to take deposits from them not to ex ceed $2,000 for each individual, and to allow six per cent interest on the money. This offer was conpled With a statement that the firm, aa hitherto, would continue to lend money at bond and mortgage to intending builders of homes. At the end of the circular the men were exhorted to adopt the practice of saving and investing some part of their earnings as a pro vision against old age. This offer represents what may be termed an advanced form of profit shaiing. The rate of interest and the conditions are such that there Is little probability of tho banking account giving any profit to the fir in Too much praise can ma be awarded to the members of the partnership for showing go great and t-o judiciously conceived an inter est ia the affairs of their workmjn, —There are :iA7 worn *n black smiths in England and 913H nail makers of the same sex. —(leneral has been elected Commissioner of Public Works in New Orleans. —There is every indication that the Hudson Iliver gnpo crop will be tho largest ever known. —A project to cot a $17,000,000 canal across the Crimean Isthmus in leftists people ou thj Black Sea. —Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, is Raid to bare 27 car riages for her own use. —Tho ice companies of Washing ton, I>. C., have raised the price of Ice from 40 to 50 cents per 100. —The yarn exportation from B >ra bav, India, to China and Japan amounts to 99,000,000 per year, —New Yo k is now discussing uieaus of usiug tho thousands of m-ree of housetops in the city for summer recreation. —Non nnion men of Hamilton, Ont., hare formed the Independent Workingmens' Association, with fi ty members. —A planing and lath mill with a daily capacity of 50,000 feel is to be removed from Michigan to Armistead, Miss. —Tho Saloon-Keepers' Progressive Union of Baltimore has been admit ted to membership into Federa tion of Labor. —The Coopers' Union of New Yerk is to establish a co-operative cooper shop in connectioa with the co-operative brewery. A new definition of America i* given by M. Kenan. It is. America is a wonderful country, an immense cauldron open to all." —The largest wood alcjhil works in the world are at Calera, Ala. The weekly output is 20,000 bushels of charcoal and 700 gallons of alcohol. —lt is estimated that to collect a pound of honey from clover 62,000 heads of clover must be deprived of nectar an d 3,750,000 visits from bee* must I*.' made. —At Cincinnati the "Labor" men have made arrangements to run a Congressional candidate against Speaker Carlisle in the Covingtoe district next fall. —The Olympia (W. T) lumber output this season will reach 1 ISO,000,• 000 feet, worth $1,148,000. The camps employ HSO men, 700 oxen and uiules and 7 locomotives. —Some Pittsburg glass workers will establish a co-operative plant at Tiflin, O. Five acres of ground, free gas and SIO,OOO were flvea as,a bo nus by the people of TiAa. —Our Consul at Qslaga, Spain, ordered a stove froiu America, which at first was not looked on with favor , by the natives, but now they like it, and there is a great crjr for stoves.
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