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.