VOL. XXV.
.. sPKCIAL New York H;it that combines
i. / \ all tin- go.*l point-of several act pfable
v (ii.c. 1)' si,'i i*i suit all ruces.lt is
I ** ~ ' 1' J? becoming: to everyone.
", j. K Comes In all the different Straws anil tbe
cham.tngnew spring colors, Ka*re Green. tfotor
<;<•T.!.•!! J
each s«ems an improvement over tiiel.;st, Our
«nt shows It trimmed Hi one of the many ways
it coir.(<s from our experienced designers.
a AjKhMMKT Tlise liats are going ?o fast that It would be
bi'St to come Immediately to see It in Us many
BFIMMMT/M/ styles and trimmings. We have a very large
' .t? stock Just the
bound to go. Kemember our baigalns cannot
We've oper.'-d, this week, over hundred dlf
ferent shapes, with all the new trimmings, dl
reft from the largest house in America. Anions
them are the "K.M.tJ." and the "Itunny."
"THE MATCHLESS." There seems to be an impression that because
*■ we are patronized by the fashionable people.we
4-ißi Hale an> effort; to care for th"*e whose pocket books are limited, This l> a mistake.
»b«e belnrob!iye-l. bj having the custom of tl e fashionable women, to make special efforts to
ir .vid«" f<«r tln ui yet we Ihink we can suit the 'uste and means oi anyone. However odd the taste,
or I ■»>■< 4 tb« meaus.
Jus* a word about • LEU A I'lTII." To tii.se who have used it wc say nothing. Their once
wdng It trsores lis use always. To those who never tried it we say, "prollt by the experience of
many an J try 1L"
Miss M. H.Gilkey,
New Building, No. 62 S. Main St. THE LEADING MILLINER
Give us Your Attention
Ye shr. wd farmer in v-»«v~ ofb-irndus. You are about to invest In some of
He- A,T uimrnl |jr,p:--meii! You've found It's cheapest to buy the best.
«;f ••our- i wl»s .>i,v v.' i" ;.i.« get tliat the clieajieht. < unless that
u'ie -• a 'i ■; i d i son.t- dealers and did not like them. Read too much
lite clri us b.lls.
You ve heard f "- > 11 AM »'IOS Mowers, Reapers and Binders '• Then
ye*i know they're «:.••» -» in Ibe world. We've g.-i them so cheap that you
wont liesl'ab- ten oaltiiitrs if you Come around. You know the merits of
tin tvrrv soring To-it ii Harrow and Die Imitations that are on the market.
• W. havr ihi- genuine. .'Utf li you need a good harrow, Ave recommend it.
suppo*'-vou didnt kt:i-« that we sell more Novelty ramps. Iron force,
p.. IV li.. iliin ail the hardware llrms cf Butler put together. We do
though.
Came ar uii'l and look at onr stock. You'll learn something. We
h.ivi- viUi--otlvT things too: De Haven Stoves and Kanges, Eagle Klastlo
I'a.iit*. ready mixed.
< reset* i Hardware, Wire Screens. Patent Chums, etc. Our stock Is not
excelled In the county and we cannot be undersold.
JACKSON a MITCHELL,
JEsntlei% l 3 a.
1111111111 <;> 11111111 i I
1-A«~ICR. SII.KS.
11l BR' >N*. VKLYKTS
TIV«K'I .".i.iw lil.A«'K DKKSS GOODS.
MiKrlii'iii SBT o COLOKEI) Dliliss (ioons.
vt, «jT ,» l * HRKSS GOODS KOit Till? MILLION,
VSTVTR wftii V" ASI I IHI ICSS I AimiCS,
INFANTS \\ r.AU. I'VI>KU\VI'\IJ
JACKETS. IWKASOIJS, lItWIKHY
WRAPS. SHA\> US. KIDGI.OYIiS.
A. Troutman & Son.
Leading Dry Goods aud Carpet Eouse.
BUTLER - JP.HLNIsPA..
* VmJou SII APBS. { 'l'atogs
r vei '
JAI'ANKSK !<( GS,
v : i . FMK>K IJNKNS,
s*'•**A l»i <«v I.INOf Kl\ls
,J OKXAN®TO. APKINS - OILCLOTHS,
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ORDERS BY MAIL
%
TIIIS SPACE IS RESERVED FOR
E. GRIEB, The Jeweler,
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA..
Whose advertiseine will appear next week.
I
BARGANS in WATCHES,
Clocks,
Jewelry
And Silverware.
Finest st<K-k of Sterling Silverware in the county,
ainJ at prices not to be equalled for cash.
Watches and Clocks repaired and warranted, at
J. R. GmLJKB'S
No. 1(5 Soiitli ]Vl«'un St., (Sign of ELECTRIC BELL),
Hutler, JPa,.
What You Eat!
Is the most important consideration of your life, and much of
our good health is due to the careful and conscientious grocer.
We buy the best in tiie market, select all our goods
with the greatest care, and claim to have as good a stock of
Groceries as can be found anywhere.
We want your trade and invite you to try our Flours,
Sugars, Cotiees, Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits, Spices, J Jams,
Canne 1 M< :Js, Crackers, Confectioneries, Tropical Fruits,
Nuts,--r anything in our store room.
C «intry Produce a specialty, and all new fruits and veg
etable' in season
Iti our China Hall, in the second story of our building,
we 1 av<- th«* laiLrest stock of Chinaware, Glassware, Crockery,
Lamps aud fancy Goods in the town.
Give us a tual, highest market price allowed for produce.
C. KOCH & SONS,
MAIN ST., - - BUTLER, PA.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
I PROFESSIONAL CARDS, j
G, M. ZIMMERMAN,
PHYSICIAN ANI> SUKOKON,
: Office a» No. r>. S. Main street, over Frank t
Oo's Di us: Store. Butler, Pa.
J. F. CRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—tiilicp at S. Main St, and
; i>iuiiio:t<l, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON RLACK
Att'y at Law—Olliee on .South side of Diamond,
; Butler, l'a.
IK A McJUNKIN.
' Attorney at Law. Office at No. 1", East Jeffer
son St .'Butler, Pa,
Dr. Itf. M. Hoover,
Office over Boyd's Drug Store,
DIAMOND BLOCK. - - - BUTLER, PA.
|
W. E. TITZEL,
| PHYSICIAN SURGEON.
N. E. Comer Main and Wayne Sta.
! JB'U TLBR PEJN HSP A.
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner. ....
Speeialties Cold l- illintri. and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
Ofice on Jefferson Street, one door K»st of I.onrj
House, I |> Stain.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention, j
S. B.— The only Dentist iu Butler using the
best makes of teeth.
JOHN E. BYEKS,
PHYSICIAN ANl> SURGEON
Office No. 65 South Main Street,
BUTLER, - I* A.
SAMUEL M. BIPPDS,
Physician and Surgeon,
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLER, DPZEirTIbr'A
DENTISTR Y .
0 1/ WAI.DHON. Graduate of tin; l'hila
. dclphia Dental College. Is prepared
to do anything In the line of his profession 111 a
satisfactory manlier.
Office on Main street, Butler, opposite the
Vogeley House.
J. S. LCSK, M.O ,
Has removed rrom Harmony to Butler and has
Ills oHlec at No. 9, Main St., three doors below
Lowry House. ap*-30-tf.
" L. 8. MivIL'.XIKIX,
Insurance and Ileal Estate Ag't.
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
C.F. L. McftUISTION,
E.MiINKKU AM) SURVEYOR,
OFFICE ON DIAMOND, BCTLBK. PA.
Stewart & Patterson. .
A. M. STKWAKT and S. A. PATTERSON, Con
tractors and Builders, are hotli inen of years of
exiMTlence in fine house building and framing.
All persons iiiinklng of building will do well
to see llirm and 1 xik over their designs.
Residence on Kalrvlew Ave., Sprlngdaie.
I'ostolllce, Butler, Pa.
James McHTees,
Manufacturer and dealer In stone pumps and
water pipe, wishes the public to remember that
lie continues that business, at Hallstou station,
on the p. s. ,v L. E. if. if.
For particulars address, JAMES MONKES
Pump. P. 0., Butler county Pa.
orders can be left with J.' Niggle & I!ro., But
ler, Pa
FOll SALE
A large frame boarding house, good location
and doing Urge business. Terms easy.
further particulars iiniuire of
L. S. MeJINKIN, 17 K. Jefferson St..
'-29,tf- Butler, l'a.
QA L E S M EAT
WANTED I \
' For the HOOKER NURSEKIRS, es- '
tabllshed ts.v>. Steady emvlojment, and good
pay. Send for terms at once. 11. E. lIOOKKU
CO., Rochester, N. V.
CA GENTS WANTED!
J. OS(T OF TJIE , JA RGKST,
< LDEST ESTABLISH 'D, BEST KNOWN Nl It
s. ,u the coun ry. Most liberal terms,
t'lieipialeo Iu ...i. .... JENEVA NUKSERY. Es
tablished ISI6.
W. & T. SMITH. GENEVA, N. T.
LOOK! READ!
I have enlarged my store-room. In fact, made
it almost twice as large as It was before, and i
have also Increased my stock. I have, by far,
the largest and best selected stock of
Fine Drugs and Chemicals
In Butler county, and am now In position to
supply the wants of Ihe people of this county
even better than In the past,
You will do well to call on me when in the
ncej of anything In the line of
Fine Drugs and Medicines,
My stock is very complete and TRICES VERY
LOW In medicine quality Is of the first lmpor
t. iuce. so we give particular attention to tilling
Prescriptions.
Our Dispensing Department is complete. We
ilLsju-iise only Pure Drugs or the
.Finest Quality,
and our patrons may bring us their prescrip
tion.-,. feeling certain that they will be carefully
and accurately tilled.
Thanking the public for the very generous
patronage they nave accorded me In the past. I
hope to lie able to serve them more acceptably
In the future, at the old stand.
No. 5, North Main St,
BUTLER, PA.
J. C. REDICK,
Planing Mill
—AND—
Lumber Yard
J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PUKVIH,
S.G. Purvis & Co.
MANITI ACTUIIKRS AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Planed Lumber
OF EV S.KY DESCRIPTION,
SHINGLES & LATH
PLANING MILL AND YARD
\e»rl)lt»riiiiiit f'ailtnflc IJmrcb
SURVEYING
LAND,
COAL BANKS,
AND LEVELING.
Particular attention given to the Retracing ol
old lines. Address,
It. P. li 3 3.8.11 !tl>,
(o. Surveyor
North Uope P. 0., Butler Co., Pa.
3,r.,84.1y
GROVER'S SOLILOQUY.
I'm Grover Cleveland front Buffalo,
I lead the leaders, I boss the show;
There's one of me,
There's thousands of thent;
They are the buds,
Aud I atu the stem;
I lop them off
Or I let them stay,
Just as I happeu
To feel that clay!
I'm Grover Cleveland from Buffalo,
The one big Man in the party, you know.
I'm Grover Cleveland front Buffalo,
1 work tny thinker, I never blow;
I've got my grip,
And I'll stay right there,
While the leaders cuss
And the leaders swear:
I take it serenely;
I know ray chance,
I hold up the party
By the seat of its pants,
I'm Grover Cleveland from Buffalo,
I'm the I nit of Value they can't let go.
They'd knife me, of course;
They've got the gail,
, But they'd rather have me
Than nothing at all;
I'm Grover Cleveland from Bttffilo,
If I get left, the party must go.
Wanhiuqton Critic.
THE RIVAL PICNICS.
THURSDAY, JULY 4TU.
GLORIOUS! ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPEN
DABLE. •
The Methodist Congregation of
Middleburg will bold a First Class
picnic at Clapp's hill. Braes band,
ice creatn. poem Orration and fire
works. meet at Mason's 2 P.M. Tick
ets 75 cts ! Children price.
"There!" said Ed. Tully, as he af
fixed this notice to a post in Mason's
store. "I bet that I'll fetch the hull
village." Ed. was a muscular young
wheelright of lively manners and so
cial instincts.
Reuben Applegate, the best car
penter in Midcileburg,stepped back to
survey the placard, and remarked,
with the shy conceit of the true art
ist: "It looks well, if I did do it."
"It's splendid," said Ed, "good as
print. But mum's the word, for if
Holloway's folks know we're expect
in' to make anything for our preacher,
not one of 'cm will buy a ticket,
while, as it is, the young fellers might
find the picnic a good, cheap treat tor
their girls. Hello, Mason!"—as the
store keeper looked out through a lit
tle window and under the legend
l > ostollice-"don't let on to Ilollowav'a
folks that we're raisin' money for Mr.
Dodd. Then the young men went
down the village street.
Presently old Mrs. Crawford and
her pretty niece Abby dropped into
the store.
"Any letters for us, Mr. Mason?
No? Why it seems as though some
body had ought to write* Got any
dark blue paper muslin? Why, sakes
aliye, AHby," (us she spied the plac
ard), "if Dodd's folk's folks ain't go
ing to give a picnic!"
The store keeper's gossipy soul un
derwent a moment's struggle; then
he compounded with conscience by
saying, "Well, Miss Crawford, I'll
tell you, as a secret, we're raisin' mo
ney to buy Mr. Dodd a horse and
buggy."
M iss Crawford, who was a mas
sively built and conscientious old lady,
became at once very thoughtful, and
in walking home she remarked:
"When we need an organ so bad,
it don't seem right to help Dodd's
to get a horse and buggy. Don't you
go to that picnic, Abbv."
"But. aunt," said Abby, "the pic
nic's no harm."
"Abby," Miss Crawford, turning
upon her niece a large, solid counten
ance that seemed to open up the
whole subject of architecture, "ever
since a certain person has come to
Middleburg I've.noticed you don't
take serious views of things."
Abby flung her little head away,
and indulged in that pain and privil
ege of youth called blushiug. The
girl, having soft dark eyes, rich gold
brown hair, and dainty skin, blushed
uncommonly well, the pale rose on
her cheek just deepening to a lovely
carnation. "Oh, aunt!" she stammer
ed, "you know I refused Dr. Worth,
although I did love"—the aunt turn
ed that study in masonry upon her
again—"l did love his little daughter
Mabel dearly."
„ "Abby, said the good woman, pas
sionately dashing a tear from her hon
est eyes, "I'd ratner see you dead
and buried than married to a heathen,
or, what's worse, an—an Armenian
Miss Crawford's stranere use of this
last word was owing to a slight mis
understanding of Mr. Ilolloway, her
pastor, when, in reference to the Me
thodist Church, he remarked mildly:
"Mr. Dodd is rather too Arminian for
mc; rather—too—Arminian."
Some of the congregation, not vest
ed in thelogical terms, heard this with
awe and horror, and easily changing
a vowel, the word "Armenian" had
become a terrible cabalistic synonym
for all heresy and schism. Middle
burg possessed but two churches, and
the villagers were pretty eveuly divi
ded between Mr. Ilolloway, Presby
terian, and Mr. Dodd, Methodist.
The two gentlemen entertaiued res
pect for each othor, and although Mr.
Ilolloway being dignified and scholar
ly and Mr. Dodd being free-spoken
and familiar, there was no intimacy
between them, neither suspected that
their congregations were nourishing
a bitter rivalry.
Miss Crawford, on recovering from
her outburst against heterdoxy, chan
ced to meet the Sparks girls, and she
told them the news.
"Picnic!" cried Mary Sparks, with
proper spirit "Horse and buggy for
Mr. Dodd? Gueas not. Lets have a
picnic ourselves."
"A grand idea," said Miss Craw
ford; "but the horn is engaged, so is
the drum. Why, what's left for us?"
"I'll call my brothers," said Mary
Sparks. She did so promptly, and the
whole party proceeded to the school
house to consult Mr. Godfrey, the
teacher, a rather weak-eyed and weak
kneed young man, but one who had
undoubted erudition.
"We'll turn oat with <sur choir,"
he at once decided, "and we'll have a
barrel of root beer, and I'll make a
speech, and if Dr. Worth will let us
have little Mabel, she can recite 'The
Drummer Boy."
Miss Crawford, forgetting every
thing but her eagerness to further the
glorious project, ordered her niece
sharply, "Now, Abby, (ly to Dr.
Worth's and engage Mabel Ilun,
child, run!"
Dr. Worth's old housekeeper being
away, the lonely widower was dia
: cussing such such a cold meal as her
1 bounty allowed him, whcu he huard a
| little knock at the front door. On op-
HUTLER, PA.. FRIDAY. JULY (i, 188S
j ening it, he said, baif sadly, half jo
: costly, "Well,Abby, have you chang
j ed your mind at last?"
j "Ob!"' auswered Abby, her cheeks
I turning a shade that would bring the
prize at a flower show, "aunt sent
me."
"Well, come in, anyway," said the
doctor.
"Where—where's the housekeeper?"
faltered Abby, dismayed, ns she found
herself alone with her suitor.
"That reliable woman is visiting
her cousiu's step father's grandmother
in the next town," answered the doc
tor, gravely; "and this is my dinner"
—pointing to the table—"cold pie,
cold beans, cold ham, cold tea Oh,
Abby" (aud catching both hands he
held them tight), "don't you think I
need a little wife to look after me?"
"Oh!" ejactulated Abby, "ain't you
awful?"
"Yes, awfully in love, my dear,"
he answered, audaciously.
The doctor was a farmer's son, and
a good natural understanding, with a
few years of the medical school, bad
made him a clever man in his calling,
without much disturbing the standard
of taste that obtained upon the old
farm; so a sweet country girl, without
the repose of the Vere de Veres, was
his ideal of womanhood.
"Abby," be went on, "once for all,
will you marry me?"
"No," answered Abby, struggling
to be firm; "for L can't be—oh, I can't
wicked!"
"Wicked?" repeated Worth.
"You've never been to church but
once since you came to Middleburg,
and then you went to Dodd's and
he's—he's" her voice sunk to a whis
per—"he's an Armenian,"
"Nonseuse! he's a Yankee," said
the doctor, looking puzzled. "But
never mind. I'll sit under Holloway's
to please you, Abby. What's the
difference?"
"That' worst of all," cried the poor
girl, in genuine distress. "Aunt says
everybody must have convictions."
"Then I'm all right," answered
Worth, with the pertinacity of the
rural lover, "for I have the convict
ion that love you.' 1 At the word he
impulsively stepped toward her, and
she, with a sccred look, shrank away
from him.
The doctor then turned a little pale,
and said, coldly: "I shall never trou
ble you again—never." And when
Abby hurriedly explained: "I wauted
to awk if Mabel might come to our pic
uic on the Fourth," he auswered civ
illy ; "Certainly; she's playing ia the
wood shed," aud opening a door, be
called: "Mabel!"
"Yes, father," answereJ a child's
voice, and the sweetest, lightest,
brightest little maid of seven years
old came runuing in, and with a cry
of joy sprang to Abby's arms.
"Oh, Abby!" she said,."have you
come to live with us? Do come and
live with us. We could send away
the house-keeper and have such fun.
I love you so much. Abby, having
easily won the child over to her plans,
timidly asked Worth, "You will come
to the picnic, too?" he refused.
"No; I'm not in the mood for such
things," and he turned away from her.
* * *
Before night Mason's store saw el
aborately lettered in colored inks,
this notice:
The Birthday of our Great Nation.
THURSDAY, JILY 4TH.
UIUXD PICNIC, AT CLAPP'S HILL,
BY MK. HOLLOWAY'S CONGREGATION.
Glees ami Choruses; Root HEAR in plenty.
Strawberries, Cakes, aud Oration, which,
though boasting only one r, will be excellent
Great Attraction!
Little Mabel Wcrth will recite "The Drum
mer Roy."
Object of picnic uo secret— to raise funds to
ward purchasing a Church Orgiu.
Tickets, CO Cents. Children, quarter price.
Tully, the wheelwright, Applegate,
the carpenter, and a sulky young gi
ant known a 8 Dave Brown stood
reading the gorgeous placard in omi
nous silence.
"Say, Rube," asked Tully, with an
expression of wounded confidence,
"ain't there but one r iu oration?"
"Some puts two," answered Apple
gate diplomatically; "but that ain't
the p'iut. The p'int is, are Dodd's
folks to put up with an insult from
Holloway's folks?"
"No," responded Rube. "Naw—
not much," growled Dave Brown.
And just then Godfrey's pallid, nerv
ous face appeared in the doorway,
flanked by the broad, freckled count
enances of "the Sparks fellars "
"Hello!" shouted Brown. "I see a
sneak."
"Some young man must be looking
in the glass," remarked Godfrey,
while his supporters raised a guffaw.
"Say!" demandeded Tully, striding
up to Godfrey, "did you write that
thing?" and he pointed to the offens
ive paper.
"I did; and I spelled it too."
"Can you spell that?" asked Dave
Brown, thrusting a brawny fist right
uuder the schoolmaster's nose.
"Yes, r-o-w-d-y," auswered God
frey; but, thanks to tbe tardiness of
Dave's mental processes, other villa
gers had interfered before the bitter
retort had been fairly felt. The Dodd
faction retired, but only to meditate
vengeance.
Middleburg on the Fourth of July
poured itself out in two streams, one
setting toward the store, the other
toward the school-house.
Tbe processions—well, they were
something to see as by different roads
they started for Clapp's Hill. The
Dodd party led by »he great brass
band, i e , one French horn blowing
off "Yankee Doodle" in style, while
the drum now and then struck in an
Obligato. Behind the music rode
the orator of the day —Slo-
cum, the shoemaker, mounted on far
mer Day's old white mare, which,
although a patient creature at the
plow, was not friendly to a drum; so
Slocum, being a careful man, kept one
band twisted in her mane. Tbe ora
tor wore a cocked hat, which was
viciously inclined to settle upon the
top of his nose; he wore also an Odd-
Fellow's scarf of gorgeous design, and
the oration—an enormous roll —stuck
out of his breast pocket. Next strode
Ed Tully aud Rube Applegate. array
ed iu the blue badges improvised in
paper muslin, but of generous propor
tions. Then came the ice-cream
wagon, and as a guard to it. Dave
Browu's slouching strength, made
conspicuous by a grand sash o! the
national colors. Behind him fell in a
hundred of the village people two by
two, old and young, hallooing boys
and toddling babies, pretty girls aud
stocky, low browed farmers.
At a certain cross-road the Hollo
wiv procession (fame up and struck
in o the turupike. As neither party
w uld give way, the two marched
al >ng side by side, scarcely a furrow's
width between them.
Little .Mabel Worth, carrying u
blue silk bauuer, headed the Holiowaj
party. Sbe wad dressed iu a white
frock, and although the wreath iu her
hair was designed by the village mil
liner, so stubbornly lovely is child
hood that the SIUJ.II creature, wide
eyed and serious with the importance
of the occasion, looked lika some holy
martyr child stepped out from an old
picture. Even the Doddites remark
ed her beauty, aud Ei. Tully, iu pure
jealousy, directed the horn-blovver:
"Toot up now, first class."
But the Ilolloway merry-makers
had a surprise in reserve. A dozen
gaily-dressed goods, and a
young fellows with knots of ribbon
in their hats, struck up the "lied,
White, and Blue " Schoolmaster
Godfrey whipped out a flute, a boy
wielded an accordion powerfully, aad
a stalwart youth beat a large tin ket
tle with superb effect.
Dave Brown, of the opposition,
turned purple with rage, and yelled
down the line of his command: "Sing,
yer fools ! why don't yer sing ?" But
as this had not been laid dowu iu the
program, people only looked at each
other sheepishly, and nobody liked
to begin. The whole Ilolloway line
was now one great choir. Everybody
sang at the top of his lungs. Godfrey
mounted astride the barrel of root beer
which was made fast upon a buck
board wagon, led off the tunes with
his shrill flute, while the colors ol
freedom streamed from his hat, and
his heart rose high in triumph and
pride.
On went the rival armies, exactly
abreast until, just before reaching
Clapp's River, that white mare took
a notion to show her mettle. So the
Dodd procession was delayed, and
fully a dozen yards ahead of its van
little Mabel put ber foot upon the first
plauk of Clapp's Bridge. Over this
bridge was the only way of reachiug
Clapp's Hill, and the structure was
hardly wide enough to take in the
rival columns abreast. Finding his
party so far in advance, Godfrey,
from his perch on the beer barrel,
yelled: "We've got the right of way.
Hurrah 1"
"No, yer haint," answered Dave
Brown, urging his frieud forward.
"Say !" shouted Godfrey, as the
excited enemy neared him, "keep
back, won't you ? I don't believe in
this bridge much."
"Yah!" howled Brown in a fury.
"Yah! No you dou't! and encour
aged his army with: "Don't let Hol
loway's folks beat us." "Don't give
in, boys," and other battle-cries.
"Keep back !" cried Godfrey again.
"The old bridgo is rotten."
"Think we're green, don't yer?"
Dave flung the defiant answer, and
with a spurt the lagging company
came alongside. The white mare
kicked aud trampled bravely, the
horn blared, the young meu of the
opposing factions elbowed each other,
the girls exchanged, "Oil you horrid
thing!" aud such feminine small
shot. The buck-hoard and the barrel
had reached the centre of the bridge;
the ice-cream cart struggled along to
the same point, and desperately tried
to pass; the wheels of the two vehi
cles became locked. Godfrey shout
ed, Brown jeered, the people pressed
madly forward, and suddenly—hark!
a strange, cracking sound, then a
sickening, swaying motion, a crash,
aud—Clappe's Bridge with its burden
of humanity has given way.
There are wild crie3, vain strug
gles, selfish graspiugs that dragged
those at the edges into the pit which
had opened; another and another
support fell in, until both gallant
companies lay in the shallow river
bed. Except in the channel, which
had a swift current, but was at this
season only a few feet wide, the wa
ter was hardly kaee-deep. Theu the
bridge was luckily a very low oue;
so, though bedraggled, scarred and
bruised, the people soon stood up in
great unmbers, and begau runnning
about aud calling for their friends aud
relations. The cheery answers,
"Here we are!" and "All right 1"
came faster aud faster, and no one
was so efficient in helping as big
Dave Brown, who had done most
toward causing the disaster. At last
he climbed out of the water with
Abby, and her first cry was : "Mabel!
—where's Mabel?"
Somebody had seen the child go
down in the crash, carrying with her
the banner; but though men and
boys did wauder among the timbers,
and though every one else was ac
counted for, there was no trace of lit
tle Mabel.*
The distracted father came ru3hing
to the spot, aud plunged into the
narrow chaunel. He risked his life
madly; he raised every fallen beam
in the search; and after hours of
vaiu labor he crawled up the bank,
so white, so despairingly, that peo
ple, in very awe of such grief fell
back. Abby alone came to him, say
ing, between bitter sobs:
"You trusted her to me, Oh! can
you ever forgive me ?"
"My poor Abby !" said the doctor,
tender and kind eveu iu all his great
sorrow. And as the mournful train
moved away from the fatai spot, Ab
by clung to his arm.
The two ministers coming to meet
their congregatious, Mr Diidd
wruug Mr. Holloway's hand
aud said, "My poor people
have not understood me; I uever
dreamed of this wicked rivalry."
Mr. Holloway returned, earnestly,
"Over this iunocent child's body:
when that cruel river gives it up, we
must join hands, and teach plainly
that brotherly iove stands as the first
article in our belief."
But, oh! what was to heal the
father's broken heart? W T ith a poor
weeping girl clinging to him, the
stricken man bent his steps toward
the desolate home. With vacant,
unseeing eyes he slowly passed by
each familiar landmark—the mill, the
brook, the apple orchard, the wicker
gate that leads to Browus farm-house,
then—
But just here a cry was heard of
"Doctor! doctor!"
Mrs. Brown came tearing down the
garden walk, and dragged him with
her to the house, aud iato the dark
ened best parlor. From the sofa
c.nne a faint voice: "Father!" and
lying there, pale but safe aad warm,
was the small Mabel.
Abby, with one great outburst of
joy, clapped the child, and the perse
vering little maid asked at once:
"Won't you come aud live at our
house, Abby?"
"Dave saved her," Mrs. Browu
explained voluably. "He spied a bit
of the blue silk banner floatfi;' a'utost
out of sight away down the river
channel. He made for it, got a holt
of the child, just cut across lots aud
brought here in here. Dear sus! she
oniv just come to. I couldn't leave
her alone to come and tell you, an 1
Dave he wouldn't show himself uo
how, and
' Where is Dave?" interrupted tiie
doctor.
' Dear sus! he's in the barn a-cry
in', be leels himself such a villua,
said the es ited mother.
With great rejoicing the company
went to hunt up the hero of the
hour, lie lay ii an empty stall, fac3
down, upon a pile of bay, and could
just manage to jerk out, "I won't
—never put—the fellers up to no
more mischief, if—if—tbem as hurt
—can forgive me." Then the vil
lage bully shed tears copiously on
the barn floor, and bellowed nloud,
until by main force ha was picked up
and comforted; SJ there hare baeo
known to history villians of much
deeper dve than Dave Brown.
Though thore were several broken
bones p.nd a great mmy bruises, on
the whole the experience of tue rival
picnics was worth a library of ser
mons, and it led to a famous wed
ding, at which little Mabel went
about proclaiming, "Abby's coming
to live at our h )uso.'"— Fanny Foster
C'lar/.-, in Hvrper'a Bazar.
How He Fixed the Divorce.
A well known lawyer told me a
few days ago the following story of a
late experience:
I've had a funny case, and I was
counsel for the lady. I never heard
two people abuse each other so. I
uever knew two people to make such
a bitter, hard fight as those two. The
property was considerable, aud I had
it tied up with an injunction. All
efforts to compromise were no good.
At last 1 thought the man was try
ing to cheat the woman, so 1 stopped
negotiations for a compromise and
prepured to put the into court.
The lady came to see me.
"It'.4*uo use, madam. I'm going
to put the case straight through the
court."
"I wish you would; iVs what 1
want. I never will compromise with
that man—fiover, never, never !"
"All right. You will call hero at
10 o'clock tomorrow, and we will see
about the witnesses "
Next morning at 10 o'clock she was
there. She was nattily dressed in
great style, and sho sat down with a
pleased assurance.
"Well, rnadatriplet us proceed "
"I want the case dismissed."
"Dismissed ! How is that ?"
"Well, we'ye fixod it."
"You have ?"
"Yes. It's all settled."
"May I ask how you settled it !"
"Well, last night he came up to
my room. The door was locked, and
when he knocked I said: 'Who's
that?' 'lt's me.' 'You cant come
ia ' He kept knocking. I told him
he couldn't co:uo iu, and he knocked
harder, and 1 to!J him louder he
couldn't come in, and he kicked the
door down and catno in, aad we sat
down aatl fixed it all up."
Cases of Absent-Mindedness.
At this very moment a gentleman
looking over my shoulder tells rue
that a few days ago he came to towu
for the particular purpose of mailing
a letter. He did not like to run the
risk of having it lie for a day in the
post-office ia the suburban borough
where he resides. He came to Pitts
burgh, about fifteen miles, went
straight to the post-office, bought six
two-cent st tnip3 which ho remember
ed he was in need of. and returned to
his home with the important letter
resting securely in his breast
pocket.
A story used to be told many years
ago of a merchant who was peculiar
ly subject to fits of absent-minded
ness. One day he was writing a let
ter and thought, absent-mindedly,
that he had forgotten his correspond
ent's first name Turning to one of
his clerks he said, "What is John
Jackson's first name?"
The clerk, accustomed to his em
ployer's peculiarity, replied, John,
sir:"
The merchant wrote his letter, put
it in an envelope, and was again at a
loss, To the same clerk he said :
"Excuse me, Charles; I've forgotten
John Jackson's last name."
But a better story than the above
is told of a gentlemen ia this city
who was met by a friend one morn
ing recently, hurrying back from the
depot towards his home.
"What's the matter?" the friend
asked.
"Oh, I've left my watch under my
pillow, aad 1 am going to get it."
"You'll miss your train."
"Oh, no," was tbe absent-minded
man's reply. "See, I've got four
minutes yet," and he pulled out his
watch to enforce the statement.
Aud he did not realize for several
seconds what it was that made his
friend laugh so heartily.— Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A Bothered Barber.
The drummers bring ia a good sto
ry occasionally. Mr. Alexander
Subers was in Grilfia a few days ago,
and while there vveut into a barber
shop to be shaved. Tne barber wore
a worried look, aad whea ha h id Mr.
Subers lathered he became loqua
cious.
"Boss, I see ia the papers about a
deadmau's body beiug takeu up, aad
he was clean shaved when he w.;s
buried, bat whea they took bini up
he had a full beard. Is there any
truth iu it?"
"Oh, yes," replied the drummer
"1 read the account myself."
"Cleau shaved whea he died?"
"Clean as a baby."
"And when they took him up had
a full beosd on his face?"
"Certaiuiy."
"Must be so; that other gentleman
what I shaved just now said so, too;
but it worries me mightily."
"Why should it worry you?"
"Well, they t«U me he was a good
man, and the only way I can make it
out is that he went to heaven, aud
there ain't no barbers there. I'm go
ing to get out of this business aud go
into something that I'll stand some
chance of getting to heaveu iu.
Next!"
Seventeen hundred bales of buf
falo robes arrived ia X :«v York last
Thursday from the West. These are
said to be the last robes that will
ever be seut East, such being tbe
scarcity of the buffalo at present. At
one time skins were sold at $1 a
piece. Now they bring few be
ing obtainable eveu at that price,
The man who lisps has no faith
in girls, lie calls every Miss a nijr th.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
A Sketch oftlie Life >fthe?Jooi
inee—His Record in the
Army and the Senate.
General Harrison c fr -m a his
toric family. M. or G'-ut r..: 11
son. an English ancestor, bore -rn:s
wiiu Oiiwr Cronisveil, and r « .. ith
liiiii to prominence in tl.» revolution.
It fell to his lot to sign the deatb
warrani of Charles 1, aad after res
t >ratioa be paid tba penalty for bis
act. being hang d October 14, 18 :
Bei.jamln Harrison, the Scat deaeead*
ant of Cromwell's Ger.er >1 woo ap
pears in Arneri an h'story, was a
member of the Virginia ii as-of b ir
gesses, later a delegate to the
Colonial Congress, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, tare •
times elected Govern rof Virgini-i.
and a member of th? convention tha - .
ratified the constitution. Hij s»a
was (ieneral William Henry 11 irri
son, whose h< n >rable career as a sol
dier and statesman culminated in iiis
election to tbe presidency in 181 », to
be followed by his death i.n the White
House one month at':., - iiis io-i/iira
tion. John Scott Harrison, tb» soa
of President Harrison, was the father
of tbe subject of this sketch.
Benjamin Harrison was born at
North Bend, Ohio, in bis graod
father's house, August 20, l-vi>.
Physically and mentally vigorous, he
early manifested a desire to begin an
active and independent on re-. At
sixteen he entered Miama Uni7<r-i*v
at Oxford, O . aad two years later he
graduated. Oo leaving colli g»e he
began in Cincinnati, with the II ,n.
li. Storer as his preceptor, the study
of law, and in 1854 be cuter-. 1 upon
the practice of his profession in In
dianapolis. He was twenty-one,
square-shouldered, fair-haired, rather
st rious, reserved in manner, with no
inheritance except his education and a
good name, without noqjaintmee,
but with a wife to provide for. A
legislative investigation, i'i wbieb he
secured employment through the
Democratic Governor, Joseph A.
Wright, brought him into notice.
The ability that hi displayed won for
him the highest praise of lawyers and
lay men. From that time his abilities
were fully occupied.
It was inevitable that ho should
drift, into politic*. With many young
men of generous impulses l>" joine 1 tho
Republican party; and wiui suprior
oratorical ability ho soon became
known ns qui- yt the best and most
fearless lit publican speakers In 1860
ho was candidate for reporter of the
Supreme Court aid in the Lincoln
campaign of that year he was elected.
The outbreak o! the Rebellion soon
dragged him from the life of a citizen
to that of a soldier. Governor Mor
ton in July, 1802, asked him to assist
in recruiting a regiment under the
President's call for 300,000 three
year troop.}. He received the com
mission lor the Seveuth regiment,
and as second lieutenant inspired
such enthusiasm wherever he wont
that he soon raised company A, and
was made captain, helped to fill up
the other companies of the regiment,
aud ia Kss than a* month had com
pleted it and was at its head as col
onel, ready to go to the front. Gov
ernor Morton signified a willingness
to accept his resignation if he chose
to remain at home and hold his civil
cilice.- One j chosen he devoted him
self to that career with all his ability,
lie served through Kentucky and
Tennessee up to January, 18(14. when
his regiment was assigned to the
First Brigade of the the Third divis
ion of the Twentieth Army Corps.
His services had been highly honor
able to him up to this tim •, but ho
had uot yet reached hi' highest hon
ors. Ho was ordered to lead the as
sault at It jsaca on May 15, 18G4.
The ducy was gallantly performed,
his command rushing irresi stably over
the enemy's terrible lines and captur
ing both liues and guns. At t'each
tree creek, while commanding his
brigade, his soldierly qualities drew
from his commanding oificer, General
"Joe" Hooker, the most enthusiastic
praise. ():i the battlefield he declared
that he would make Colorv-l Harri-j
son brigadier-general for his part in
the fii»ht. In 187(1 ho was made the
candidate for Governor, after hi! h i 1
declined to run, and after another
candidate had been nominated and
had declined. He accepted the nomi
nation as a public duty. After he
had accepted it he devoted himself to
work of the campaign with en
ergy. But there was great activity
in both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties in 1876 General Har
rison was defeated, but ii canid out
of the fight with extended acquaint
ances with th.! people of the State,
and with increased national popular
ity. He was a popular speaker in
the campaign of ISBO in the east and
west. His friends ia Indiana had
little difficulty in electing him to the
pi ice ia the Senate oi the United
States, about to he vacated by Joseph
E. McDonald, aud he took his seat in
that body on March 4, 1881.
Senator Harrison took his seat in
the senate on the day up >n which
General Garfield was inaugurated.
The session was au extra one for ex
ecutive business only, and he simply
attended and voted when occasion
required. When the senate reassem
bled ia the following December, at
toe beginning of the forty-seventh
congress, and opportunity offered, he
assumed his share of the duties oi' the
body. He did not force himself af
terward as a speaker. Wheu he did
speak he com man led attention. He
was the warm friend of the soldier,
and he spoke cordially ia his behalf
Upon Chinese immigration he argued
for a faithful regard of treaty obligat
ions iu enforcing exclusion. Service on
the Mississippi river commission pre
pared him to discuss familiarly all
propositions brought forward for the
improvement of navigation on that
stream.
After tin' inauguration of President
Clevelaui, and wtrm th • li -public'ins
of the senate took issui with the exe
cutive about appointment*. S'u Ltor
Harrison was ht-aril 011 «ev< ral occa
sions in spe ches of a critical ciiarae
tor. lie wis hoard very frequently
during the closing m inths o his
term. In 1887 an effort was made
!jy the Republic.ius of Indiana to con
trol the legislature} in order th»t be
might be cho-ti-n to succeed himself.
Senator ll..rri'o:j was confident that
the state and legislature could b t car
ried. The Republicans won the
state, but th 3 Democrats carried the
legislature by a sm:t 1 uiajoiity, elect
ing David Torpie us senutor. (Jen.
Harrison resumed the practice of his
1 profession a' ludi napo'is.
• Personally, <« n rai Ha-r'ssn is
! somewhat u-vkr th • uyer. go height,
! but Lis straight,»trong fizurp.soldierly
| bearin* aad easy dignity of manner
m .kc bini a not,.- •aV • j> -*>n xmoDK
men. His hair u very fair, and bid
fi(* is clothed with a blond»» beard is
j wuich there are no streaks of irray.
Oae t'Tiu o f -••rvif*e in the Senate did
nut er.crust biin wiib the veneering of
senatorial reserve. He wa» and is
one of the in >st approachable of men,
ready t» talk upon all public suhjecta,
, freely, aad having s>methia.? to «iy
'oa most . adjects th it it is worth
while to h ar. As an orator bs was
■me of th* best f the senate,sp>akiag
.rif. wit'. >at fitigue, aad with no
in rely perfunctory zal. with a
.-OH o pi very re.-onaaco aa k greit
j 5 'aetratioa.
THE VICE I'ilEsl I»EN T,
I. vi Parsons Moron, nominated
for Vice President, id a native of
Vermont. He was born in the to vu
!of Sh«rehaiu. Mar !♦>, 1824 la
: e.iriy life be became a clerk in a
j country Ftce, and the aptitude for
li s-int-s which be developed caused
; him to rise rapidly in busiuess la
be a mem'ier of
the mercantile firm of Beeb«»,
Morton <t Co.. of Boston. Four
i years later he removed to New York,
where be established the firm of Mor
i ton and Griaaell. la 18»'>3 he f>und
ed the banking house of Morton,
i Bliss & Co , of New York, and that
of Morton, li me & Co., ia I. >a>lon.
The iatter acted as the fiscal agents
of the United States Government
from 1 S7-i to ISB4. The two firms
were active in the syndicates that
negotiated United States bonds and
in the payment of toe Geneva award
of $15,500,U00 r.nd tbe Halifax fish
«ry award of #5,500,001).
In 187S Mr. Morton was appointed
honorary Commissioner to the I'aria
Exposition. The same year be was
elected to Congress, ami in 1880 be
was re-elected. In the latter year he
declined the nomination fx Yics
President, President Harfield offered
to make him either Secretary of tbe
Navy or Minister to Frauce. Mr.
Mortoa accepted the appointment to
tbe latter position, which he filled
from ISSI to 1885. Ho was instru
mental in securing the removal of tbe
restrictions upon the importation of
American pork aad American cor
porations st-carred a legal status in
France through his intercessions.
He was American Commissioner
General to the Klectrical Kxposition
hold in Paris, represented the Uuited
States at tb.j Submarine Cable Con
vention, aad in tbe name of tbe Unit
ed States publicly received tbe statue
of Liberty Enlightening the World
from tie representatives of the
French Government. His home is
at Ellerslie, at llbiaebeck on tbe
Hudson, where be has resided sioco
1*»87. He received the degree of
Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth Col
lege i a 1881, aad Middlebury Col
lege awarded hits a similar hoaor in
18*2 He was »i candidate for Unit
ed States Senator from New York
State in 1887, but was not elected.
To Guess the Speod of Trains.
There is not one person in 100 of
tho millions who travel on railroads
in tho course of a year who has any
idea of tho speed of a train. A large
per cent ot even the regular trainmen
of the country cannot toll with any
degree of accuracy how fast a train ia
running - Frequently engineers aro
dispatched on a trip over a line of
railroad with instructions to run at a
speed ot a certain number of miles an
hour. The engineers do not carry a
speed indicator, but have learned by
various methods to gauge their eng
ines so as to make oulv tho slightest
variation from their orders.
Tbe majority of engineers use their
driving wheel as a guage. They
know its circumference, and by count
in tf its revolutions within a certain
110 very accurately tho
s.i. (Ml at which they are running.
Another method is to time the run
but ween mile posts phased in a certain
tinr*. These pules, in a level country,
and where four or five wires ere used,
a-e spaced so tint tliey are thiity t J tho
mile. If only a single wire is used
tiioy aro spaced from twenty-five to
to t vventy-cight to the mile.
Tho most accurate method, and the
one most in use by experienced rail
road men, is to count the number of
rail j >iats the train passes over in
twenty seconds. Tho rails ia nearly
nil cases ire thirty feet in length, and
the number passed over in
twenty seconds is the spcod per hour
train is running. For instance, if
a passenger sitting in a sleeper can
count thirty clicks ol the wheels on a
rail joint in twenty seconds the train
is running at the speed of thirty miles
an hour.— Kansas City Times.
The Red Bandanna Flirtation.
From tho Oil City Blizzard.]
Folding the handkerchief; lend me
a quarter,
Tving a loose knot in it; come over
and have something.
Drawing it through the right hand;
Nothing new from Indiana.
Waving it to a friend on the next
corner; got an extra toby in your
pocket/
Wrapping it arouud the wrist;
what did your wife say when you got
home last night.
Drawing it slowly through tbe left
baud; will meet you arouud the cor
ner in live minutes.
Giving it a quick, jerky snap with
the right band; can you lot me have
a "V" till Saturday?
Missing the pocket and letting it
tail unnoticed on the ground; no,(hie)
tLanks. no more to day.
R• n iving it hurriedly from the
pocket and mopping ii. across tho
brow in the presence of two Iriends;
three beers.
Letting it dangle from a coat tail
pocket; we are watched—the police
are onto us. Tell the boys to come
up the other street.
Letting it drop upon the sidewalk,
falling upon it and lying in that po
sition until pi eked up and carried
home; favorable reports from doubt
ful districts/'
People who have relatives to be
executed after January next should
send them to New York to have tho
operation performed. It will ba
much pleasanter for those remaining
»o speak of the culprit as having been
struck by lightning than to say that
he was hanged.
The New York Mail says that the
women of New York appear to bo
stronger than the men. "Appear,"
is a good way t<> pat it. If tho edi
it >r could hear tbeir groans and sighs
at home and visit about a hundred
households as a doctor be would win
der if there wis a singl r healthy
woman in New York.
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