VOL \M
-4 SPrX'IAI. N* w Vnk ll:tl tint < -uiblu"'
.. ' \ . •
<e ; - lv~tgned t 1 SULI all •>. it
T ■ • if t-eeoulng lo eveij one.
# styles and trimmings. Wo, have a very lan:-'
stock Just now but when a th.ng catches th-
We've opeii-<(. this'.-ecj:. over a hur.dred dlf- !
reel from the largest house In Americ? Among j
tl.eia K.M.Q." and the -liunny."
W5 ATOH LESS." Tl-Te seems'O'h'an iii.pi --ioiii it b:-.«ans •
we are patrol bed bv ti. - t;t ni.f.le i» ople.w-- '
Co?.'! ;• J rr to r„re f. r»h \ 1 ; i.k-1 -'1: - .ir •' I' •1. T:-is . :;-•••! iiit-r
v, • r-.\;t Ii ist. .cf file wem- n. to mak. -p-trlal efforts to j
.. r ...» r • >-.-!» - ttiink we ><ui f: tlie tafcte anrl means of anyone, h' ■. \er odd the taste. .
ItMHt 'l t • I ICIH
j W : ir .: tOJ \ MTII." T.i These who have used It we say nothing. Their once
.. .- • - -„ , aluj)!. To Mi vl. j never liW it wi >l;.. -pioii' by tiie experience of J
iu.a> an 1 ....
Miss M. 11. Gilkey,
1
New E :-ng, No. 62 S. M'i-n St. THE LEADING MILLINER
Ciivc us Attention
r- v frirmer Sn - arch of b • .-tins. Von ".re ai.ou? ' e«t In - rn of
, 1-irai Hi <!•.!-. > ou've fo'tnu it s cheap st ' l.uv the best.
• . ii i ,1 : when- you gel 'hat the riienp. St. I . .■• -') , t
-• a • i «f» of --a e-tf'jjers and <iiu no! like them. Read !AJ much
lit CtMDi bills.
. • IK-arl of tl ? CHAMi'IUN Mowers, lie..p»rs and I!iiidei> '• Then
• .i fie • r< t j.e IM-st in ti world. We've .rot tht in So cheap tlia' jotf
i •■•i. ti.ii.-ii- : ■ . omearouo-1. V..u k:iov,- tiie n.eriis of
. - • ; _• r.s.: 1 ii.ii. • .. •:- I : .■ ..I te-ie • •li 'h
\. tii- -line, and It yo« »eed a good harrow, we retcinmend It.
*■ >. II liloa't krew il.ai we *-ll mon: Novelty PHDU. Iron fotee,
i. ;i.jn all the hatduatv t:rui> cf Uutl'-r put togeth'-. We do
. n.. i-.i ■ad .rid 10.- kat ocr fct.«-k. You'll somi thing. We
♦ . -...-.a-01,.e r things UKI: i>- 1 i4.en Moves and ltanges. Eagle Klastlc
;. - - V tu-.-d.
.. n. j 1 iianiv. .r ■ Wir»- S rwns. Patent Chums, ete. Our ;tocl: U not
<■- • ',' liu tbe county and annot be undersold.
JACKSON & MITCHELL,
Builer, Pa.
What You Eat !
.
I.< the itiijmrtant consideration ol your Me, ami much ol
our '_ T fw»<i health is due to the careful and conscientious grocer.
We huv the best in the market, select all our goods
with the zrea? st care, and claim to have its good a stock of
tiroccri* - as can be found anywhere.
\\V want your trade and invite you to try our Flours,
Su.'itr.-. i!eef«, Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits, Spices, Hams.
Cannel '•iei.ts. ('rackers, Confectioneries, Tropic.il Fruits,
Nuts. « r anything in our room.
C'«» iry Produce a s[x*cialty, and all new fruits and veg
etables in a^nn
lis .i. • r f hina Hall, in the second story of our building,
we hav. ■
L.iiiij,h ;r I Fancy (ioods in the town.
(iivj us atrial, highest market price allowed ior produce.
C. KOCH & SONS,
'■? S-a*.,. . - - BUTLEit, PA.
JACOB 8008,
DEALER IN
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
Fl/*IFKKI). HAY AN!) ALL KINDS OF (JRAIN.
• ;>re now in our new store-room on S Main St.. and
liave t v ro .m to accomm xlate our lar.L r c stock of prrreries,
flour. < t !i<l hive built a lar_ r e w'are-house lo accommodate
our st'.clv of feed.
We pty the highest cash price for potati.es and all kinds ol
COUKTKY PRODUCE,
Jaet s Boos, 105 s ß^, s^ EaT '
Barganb in Watch kb,
Clocks,
Jewelry
And Silverware.
Fiin st stock of Sterling Sih erware in the county,
and at prices not to be equalled for cash.
Waiches and Clocks repaired and warranted, at
J. LL GrRLJBGB'S
10 Hontli Mo St., 'Sign of ELECTRIC BKLL),
Sutler, JPa.
GREAT JULY SALE
OF
IY GOODS, CARPETS,
AND ALL KINDS OF FANCY GOODS.
3*"» o nt SaU ens, at - - - 20 cents
2<i cent S ens. at 1-i cts
oO cent llarretl and Plain White (roods, - 2o cents
40 cent iWrctl aud Plain White (roods, - 20 cents
2-"i cent White Lawns, Vic., - - 10 cents
15 cent "A hite Lawns, Vic., - - - 10 cents
SO cent V* rd Wide Cashmere, - - 20 cents
GOODBRUSSELS REMNANTS.
Some l-n.< '-nough f>r large rooms— sjine for mall looms, !•» c
.11. i:\lru Sll|mt < ur|M'«s, - 50 ci'iilH.
tu- A (hlilcoii < - • - as et'iiii'.
Kvei > Mig in the bongo nl way down prices during this July
sa!«*. i.e. .» mil. i ihi'Mi [iiic<-> are only good up t«• August Ist.
W<- Ii i\i sliil st huge lot of Millinery goods and Trimmings.
Come in d buy them sit jour own prices, as we sire going to
quit that j.ait ol the busino.-s, and they must be sold regard
less of coi-t #
BITTER & RALSTON.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
THY IT YOt itoKLF.
I
• It is of no ti»e lo the question, 1
lam neither smhhoru nor op i:i,>u.iteit, ! j
haye simply had a It- <on that w ... I a-; a life
tiii.e." !
"I/Kii; here, Jack! y u ire like soni" old
bachelor who ha- been jilted by one wo
iaa», aud axiitt d -elariug all urotiiea tire
false."
"Not at all !my broiher Char'us died of ,
Hri'-'htV i! i •«*».-<*, brought "n by ot !
the.-"? >r.-called 'hlo-.i puitlier,'—thf kiad ;
yi.a s»- at.rae i'.'v'v advertise ! in every uook
aad earner. It C'.siitone-l iodide oi jmu. >a.ii, j
a d:nv useful in «*xtre'ae ease-! when cau- j
ti ttsljr givea under a doctor's sttp.-i visi >u.
b death-d'-a!.ag to nil who take it ia qu ia
tiiy. It your brother hK 1 <lie<i under such i
<.ireuiu.-iuYc->, you would hate patent medi
cine* 81 1 do."
"1 dojiisltse the Dame of that miscalled
"blood pariticr,' fur I have Ilea.'i lir-t cl»s< i
pt.ysictuns Wi> i'. is the eau-J ot Uait ie eas- ,
t of liright's li.-tase ia thecouatrv, aud it is
sU*ug* thepraprieton bant ut bera ;>rise- ;
cuted for selling it. iiui /w « NtMMal' !
;ug Yin gir Uitters ?.ait that dm:.- not cou-,
! it! ii>v mineral, naieotic or other hurtlnl j
drug." ;
' Oh, nobody suj pf srs that old woman's •
ren.edy will hurt ativl.<»!t; the questun i
w i:t cure anything.' I'U >JU tuius 01 i
tu.-ing some ot iuy u"an>:.iioti:er'n hern tea.
You would be belter off, Ja. H, it you had ;
s otneoi th it tea UJ t -.' ie uj> joar -vstetii now, ■
'n-tfad of takit g a of b/andy t> mako
J--U sleep uiu* iiud i>eri.uj -. a bottle 01
tK.-r the next."
"Is lhi> a temperance lecture, l'iiil?" j
"No, it i« a Yinegar Dittcis lecture. I've ;
taKen the mecilc.ue tuuie or leis lor litleei. !
y< ars, aLd look the world over, you will not '
111:0 * l.ettlther tiu.il tii.u 1 tola."
"What isuil tliis nonsense tbuUt old sl> le I
aud new t,e<;e \ intgar liiiu.rs; are tiuy dtl- i
fereut?"
"Ves, the old biyie lookh like cotlee viiih j
mi.a in it, tl . i.ew si\)e like c ftee without j
1111 IK. i lie man v>ho nia ie llie old lor
twenty j.atb—a practical chemist—made a
inilUer, pleasiuter, preparalija, aiiding lo it
neie, a;.u taking Irom it until lie pro
duced, :..y wi:e .si.\s, the line.se medicine ever
nude. It cured her of Constipation, aad it
cures lUe children ot luveH aici ail the li'.lle
a.imeiits they ever have. Ii uiy wife (hitik;
tl. j liavt- Woiius, the ilo.sea tiieai w. h old
style. We always have both kiuds iu the
Louse, and together lliey keep the docter
away."
'"And you insist that the proof of the pud
ding— '
"Ia tl e eating—precisely. Jack, get a
bctlle ot the old style Yi.ie<ar liniers—men
I think, prefer old .style usually -try it, a:id
you win then be like au old bachelor who,
alter railing against women tor years, falls
in love with a good woin'iu at last. "1 "ii will
say there ai~ goo 1 and bad patent medicines,
but Vinegar bitters i-. the b-.-st ol the lot.''
"All right, Phil, to please you, I'll try it
and report result".' -
'I In- Otil} T(-.'!i|ii !;inc<- Kilters known. If stiliin
luli'N tin- Ni-ii.s, i-cviilali-H tin II '.l IK mill PRO
IIIM'CI. a |i rl'. rl iil.xiil <is. 11l.1tinn, l.llii h is sure
tu r< tore pi-r(i-«-l luullli.
CK'i. V. I).\VIS. of toy r.arontic ::t... .'sew Or
leans. \\Ti;< under date Mij 2';tli. 1 sk. its
foUow:s:
• I !ia"' been going to tin- Hot Spring.-;, Ark.,
for lirteei; years for an Celling h iaior in rn}
t : I h i'. J'j-.f it- 'i three hoitlc.s of vine
, ir itii ier«. iinrt !• b is done i f more good titan
tlie Sjiri ilt Utile b'st tneUleia- made."
JOSKI'II .1. E«i.\N. of No, 75 West St.. New
York savH : •• iI - rl■ •: »>—ti wlMioitf Vinegar
Hill- r.s in-tie- ;ns: 1 . Mrs. aiel consider
It a whole medicine eh- -'. In ottr family."
A boautilul Book frco.
tiiilresH, Ii 11. MrllO.NAl.il llltl (J CO.,
•Vli Wnslitiiatini St., New Vork.
LOOK! BEAD!
1 have enlarged tn v Htorc-rooni, hi fa't. made
It almost Iv. !i i-as large ; . Ii wi s before, and
linvi" IIIk'I Inerca.n-d toy - oik. I liiiv> , l»y far,
Hi; lar;'i'H and hi .1. .-..-JceicJ stock of
l iiii; Druirs and Clioiuicals
111 l'.uii- r county. 111111 am now In position to
s'ipt'l the wants of the people of this county—
-- -ii i.i iier t!i.,11 in i|i- •»:• vt.
You .vlll il 1 well to c ilon t'li* when in the
nee . of anything In 1 In- line of
Fine Drugs and Medicines.
•ni : .1. . • o-nplele mid PUK i:s Vl ltY
I, ,v in .11. ii i'i! 1 '1! He- in- .1♦ -i<ir
-IHe .. ;iv ■ p .li.ieular tilenlloii to Illiihg
in crlptions.
O.i lilspeitsiii'. i'l-parlttieut is complete. Wc
ill-1" use only Pare l>rng of the
Finest Quality,
uii'i our patrons may bring us th !r prcs- rlti
tlolis, feeling celt alii tli.it they «i|! lie run-fully
and accurately titled.
'riiiiliklngthe public for tbe very geneious
patiMiiage tle-y nave accorded me In tie- past, I
nop" t<i !«• able to nerve Ilicni more acceptably
lu the luturc, ut tin- old stand.
No. 5, \orth Main St,
BUTLER, PA.
J. 0. HEDICK,
SCHUTTE K O'BRIEN,
Sanitary Plumbers
And Has Kilters, of more than 'n years experi
ence, have opened their store lu the ic-o. lb Iber
block, on .(eifersoti St. opposite the l/ovry
House, Willi a full line or I'lumh r's Snppll vs,
HAS KIXTCKKS AND tiI.OHKH.
IIANOINU AND TAISLK I.AMI'S,
N ATI 'lt AI. 11 AS 11l 'KNEItS, Ac
.lobbing promptly attended 10, and your pat
yoli ,;e r< - ;iec! fully IJOII'-ll'ml.
Wm.F, Miller.
MaiuilkcSurer of
Stair Hails,
Balusters
snd Newel-posts.
'All kfti.ltor VN'MMI turiilm/ iloii" to or«H*r, iilso
!»«•< .n;ii «l :iml (w*>rk. s i n
( :i n»u'. < ori»«'r blorks, IVtrn ls ;n««| all kiiuin ol
f.'Micv WOCNL-WORK for IMLILE (IITOUILIOU
lioi:.->-4.
( AI.I.ANDSi:i: S,\ ,1 PLr.S.
S'jr*u*tliiriK now an«l attr;ictlv»i. Also
FURTtfITUriK
at iowe.it easli pi
Ktor i '. n, \. M 111 street.
l-'.ieli 1 . .il .• . V'v. hi ,1 111 I f'-e|,
nrri-UK, J'KNNA.
FOR SA \M
A HlnrilJ fiirill or % i:, :u iv I, r.-nr 1'11 ionvlll«•,
« *till*'• iwp,, find alKMif livi? JIIII.-H north of lint -
li*r, IH for .1! («II r«'.. terras.
It 1H all ( !<MI• I JIIKI /(totl tlllnhle ;rrouud; lias
on icird , ;md t!. • I»«. !of \v,j«*r the
door and prints In #• virry tu id.
GuUO HOUSE,
I# by .w. mid i.'.Kul '.lat'le. Ix pari o| the old
I■ .111111.111 place on lie- Mercer road and ud-
Joln:i 1. 1.. Viirniim and .1. ('. Mimhi-, i-; h i|.
Kiniutre on tin- premi.;i sot.
JOHN WALLACE.
Advertise in the CITJ/.KN
Tti AT VICIUU.S Oi-D BUCKET.
IJo a" fr e>h to my luiml are the scenes of my j
childhood,
As fon-1 rtoolltctions present tliem to view, 1
The co^v-stall, the pig pet), (be ten c-jiilsof,
lire-wood.
And :til the tough iilures I li t 1 t«> go
through.
The wectU in the garden, the stone-! in the !
stubble,
Tue eriuuds to run nn l the ivaile b.an to ;
shell; j
And (when I'd already a surplus of trouble) j
The buektsi, that viciously dropped in the
well.
The roitei - cped bucket, the irou-b un.f
bueiit t,
T.ie onioiin isd bu.-lcjt that dropped in
the well.
Aftrr trudging all day in th? wake of a
harrow,
Tue team 1 inusi water ere gettiug my
grub;
t'ro?s, fjui-.-0.-c aud tired clear into the mar-I
r*>w,
I'd Mc/.e ou the wiuiSUua to till up the tub,
j»o Ouwuward that bucket oeinuiely meau- ;
dered,
And then with hard it it ''rose lrom |
tue well;"
liut ere i coul'.t duiup it the reje had dk- I
bonded,
And to the bottom the 'ta/cal thinir
tell!
Then with grapples aud "creepers" and like
botherations,
1 bent ever the well like a capital A,
Autl mingiing ray tears with devout invoca
tion!',
1 sprinkled tiietn down as I ongled away.
How it caught—and slipped oh—and at last
caught sieurely !
I j-ulled with a joy that my words cannot
tell ;
And 1 liuggfd, not ironi love, but to hold it
niore sorely.
The mud-covered bucket that rose from
the well.
The slippery oid bucket, the rotten-roped
bucket,
The mud-covered bucket that rose from
the well!
SUSAN'S DARK HOUSE.
Probably the meanest piece of cold
blooded deception ever practiced on a
wouian occured oat iu tbe Western
Addition of Frisco. It seems that
th? belle of that imporiaut suburb of
out municipality id a Miss Susan
Sti iff' }', aud whom a vigorous ruaior,
kept io circulation by her less favor
ed sisterhood, credited wiih being a
a desperate little flirt—in fact what
Billy Bice, the minstrel, used to call
"a fal?e hearted crokay." At all ev
ents her affections wore of sufficiently
indefinite a quality tv.s to cause her
two most favored visitors to look up
on each other with the most vindic
tive f.-eiings common to h.'itcd rivals.
These gentlemen—who were respect
ively a city hall clerk, with .-ye glass
es aud Ireekies, named Plilf, and a
red be:;3t d <liy goods manipulator
called Diggs—occupied the intervals
devuted to gloomily silting each oth
er out three eveuings a week in fruit
less attempts to discover which of
the two was redly the coming man
iu the matrimonial race, so to speak.
Last Thursday morning Miss Smif
fey, in response to a business-like
ring, admitted a middle-aged party
with a black beard and wearing blue
goggles and a I >ng tailed duster.
"1 am taking the census, mum,"
Le said, opening the II it book on the
piauo and getting out some blauks,
"just look shatp, please, and answer
the neccetv'ary questions.
Miss Smi lie y trembled a little, as '
\v i men aI w ays do fur some reason
when talking to a Government officer,
and said she'd try.
"Lernnie ate—your name's Smiffey,
I believe—lirst u .me?" .
"Susan,"
"Middle name ?"
"Haven't got any, sir."
"Come now, yonng woman, no
prevarication. Are you sure yon
haven't got a middle name some
where, and you are trying to conceal
it?"
"No, sir; indeed I haven't," said
the young lutly, turning very pale.
'1 wouldn t deceive you."
"Von had better not, mum. The
penalty is twenty-five years at hard
labor."
' Gracious me!"
"Fact, mum. Now, then, let's see
what's next. Ah! yes—how often
married?"
"Not once yet."
"Ahem! Going to be, I s'pose."
Been asked, oh?"
"Oh, yes, sir; several times."
"(Jail it six times," said the ceusus
man, mnking an entry. What's next?
Ah, yes—is your back hair false?"
"M—m—must I answer that?"
"Of course you must. Don't trifle
with the United States Government,
mum. Come now "
'•Well it's sorter, that kiDer "
"That'll do; we'll call it mixed.
Teeth sound?"
"Yes, sir!" with much emphasis.
"Don't get excited Lot's see
I'il put your aifedown as twenty-five.
The United States never allows us
to take a woman's age on oath They
will lie; can't help it, i guess "
"I'm just eighteen, i don't care
whether the (» >vernment likes it or
not," said the citizeness, snappishly.
"Of course, of course, they all say
that. Pay attention, please. What
size corsets?"
"Eh?"
"A!ust answer, mum. Remember
the penalty. I low many inches
around the waist?"
•'Well' if you must know, 10. Hut
I think its just a shame—
"No remarks, if you please. Ahem!
We'll call it ID. They generally
throw oil'about three inches, 1 find
Si/.e of shoe?"
'Two—but I can wear one and a
"I'll return you as a >o. 4 That's
about what a 'theer' always says.
Any beaux?"
"W-w vvhat?"
"i ay, any Ii t IX?—an* 1 verv
refill about your auswe. in'ini.
! ,/ashiii -ton authorities are very
j rti'ti: ">u tiiif poiu',. 0./ how 1
"VVell—of course—there are some
gentlemen coming—and "
"Of course there are- w l've got you
down iu the 'good looks' space as'A.
A. 1 I handsome.' .So, of course,
you have plenty of admirers. All the
Government requires, is the principal
ones."
' Well, said tiie young lady, some
what mollified, • there is Jimmy Plilf,
and Tom Diggs, aud "
"Hold up, right there." Which of
Vrn do you intend to marry?" said the
enumerator of population, -irnestly.
I "Oh, neither of them. There's
—ahem!—there's a splendid gentle
man named Scudberry Charlie
Scudberry—perhaps you know him?
BUTLER, PA.. FRIDAY, AUGUS. 10. inns
tie Las browu whiskerd uud buttuiilul
curly huir, aud
"And do thfteie other gentlemen—
Pliff and know of the existence
—of this—thin fellow, Scudberry!"
' Ob, uo! I'm too smart lor that,
1 jUdt tug them aloDg to buy ice
crt-aiii and caramels, aud take me to
the the atre. It's the higgeot fuL!
Charley knows all about it, you see,
aad calls Lim.-eif the—the—oh yes,
the d irk hor»e! '
"Oh, he does, docs b»!" ronrt4 the
census man, jerking off bis wig nnd
"ovaries '.nd revealina: the enraged
features of Mr. Thomas Oiggs. "I
wish him joy of his bargain, and I'U
f?ive Lim jurt six months to get a di
vorce from the most two-faced little
cat o'i the I'icifia eoist! And he
br.nged tbe door like a jiilo-drirer
behind him as he stalked out.
An Oil-Lease Trust.
From Pittsburg Corn-Gazette of July 31.
Fur the past three months various
well known oil land leasing agents
have been actively engaged in tecur
ing territory in various parts of Alle
gheny county. Thousands upon
tht Brands o{ acres have bren leat-ed
in various townships between Aile
ghtLy City and tLe liutier county
line. The gentlemen who have been
engaged at this work aie consideretl
the shrewdest iu the business, and
n:any surmises were made as to
whether they were securing the terri
tory for the purpose of ultimately
working it themselves or if they
were not the agents of some power
fill syndicate which wanted to secure
control of all the supposed oil lauds
in this county.
Many producers here abouts who
ere outside of the great oil monopjly
ring suspected that the Standard was
I back of the move, but they could not
I cjLlirm their suspicions, as the corpo
rations which from time to time leas
ed the territory claimed to be entirely
independent of the Standard; in fact
they declared themselves the ene
mies of that big corporation. Ia the
meantime the territory in McCand
less, Stowe, West Deer, Richland,
Marshall, Franklin and East Deer
township was fast being gobbled up
piece- by piece.
A PECULIAR FEATURE
Oae ppculiar feature about the
records was that while the different
farms wute leased by a number of
persons, that all the leases were
ovtutuaily transferred to one or two
persons as the representatives of two
oil companies. The names of the lat
ter are tbe Anchor and Forest Com
panies. The active representatives
ot these companies are J. J. Vander
grift, I'. E Calhoun, T. .1. Vender
grift aud VV. E. Patrick.
Nearly all tiie territory leased by
such well known agents as Messrs
Peony packer, Buchanan, Webber and
kiluiilion were iu the end transferred
to tho representatives of the compa
nies named above. When an oil
producer of prominence was asked
last uight übout these very signilicaut
transfers, he said:
"The Anchor and Forest Oil Com
panies aro what is known as the
Allegheny County Oil Trust. It
was formed for the purpose of secur
ing the entire control of all territory
iu the couut.y that is suspected to be
oil producing This trust has been
in existence for some time, and lias
been remarkably successful. It vir
tually has control of all the good
farms in this county aud will hold
them until such time as the Standard
Company orders that the drillers be
put to work."
"How cm the Standard give such
au o«'der?"
"For the reason that the Trust
Company H controlled by that big
concern in this way. The Oil Trust
is a separate organization from the
Standard, but the Directors of the
l itter company are also Directors in
the trust company J.J. Vauder
grift, T J. Vantlergrift, Penny packer,
Calhoun aud all the other active
i'gent.i who secured this vast territo
ry are a'l associated with the Stand
ard in many ways."
"Why did the last named company
wish to conceal its connection with
the gigantic leasing scheme?"
FARMERS A Nil TIIE STANDARD.
"For various reasons, In the
first place if the owners of tbe farms
knew that the Staudard was after the
leases tliey would hold the prices up
high and expect to get them. Then
there is a prejudice exists among
farmers against so called monopolies,
and they do uot like to do business
with concerns of that kind. They
think there is a scheme on loot to de
prive them of their rights. The
companies who composed the trust,a-i
well as the agents; told the owners of
tbe land that they were the bitter
opponeuts of the the great monopoly,
aud that by leasing the territory to
them they would keep the Standard
people out.
"The scheme worked like a charm,
and the trust, alias the Standard, has
succeeded iri controlling nearly all
the good oil laud iu this county
The leases aro g adually being ex
tended towards Pittsburg, and in
fact there is considerable territory
been gobbled up by the trust which
bus not yet been placed on record
These leases will bo recorded iu time
but the lessees are iu no hurry about
doing it. tf'mie day you will see a
big bat'jh placed on record that will
surprise the natives of this vicinity.
Some of the territory may prove un
productive but there is plenty that
will pay. The trust will control both
and thereby shut out all others. Tho
members of that combination are t ik
ing no chances."
A Littlu Joke of the Year 'l9.
Our baiters linen their joke as Well
'as anybody. The Franklin Aitn:n
at contains the following notice uii'l
epigram :
In I'uMweil county, N. l»y the IN'v.
Mr. (ir.ivtH, ('.•fit. William (.raven I" im
i. -y '.rave:-, daughter of <ii:ii«ral A/. i all
Ori'.v «.
The graven, 'tin Nfti'J,
Will y it.hi their <leaJ,
When tin- !.i*t trumpet nhtikr* llie skies.
I!ilt if <jio«l pleue,
From (.rave* like these,
A ilo/.eil living folk* may rise.
The oM Uoniau may wave h IN li.ui'l.ina on
high,
Ami talk lo the erovvils all .lay,
Hut he won't lie elected when wint -r draws
ni?h,
j.'or he inu't built that way.
—Rumor snys that our poultry
raisers contemplate the formation of a
Cochin club.
—Nobody can paint pictures
equal to the artist whose norn de
plume is Jim Jams.
ll* A 1 S tOK v'. OKK i ivliiVl -.ii! ,
j How an Eng.. - i Wo: i.ir.jman
Lives and What : t Costs.
! The Providence (11 1 ) Dispatch
says - Last October the Chase Last
ing Machine company seut O E.
Lewis abroad to iutr.jduce its nia
i chine, and A E Strickier, who is
well known in shoe manufacturing
j circles, both iu thn city and Worees
; ter, accompanied him as mechanic.
Tho right to m k • and tell the ma-
I chine was fold to a a E..gi!.th com pa
! Ny, and Air. Striikier was eng.ig. d to
jmu and help introduce it. He is an
American and a strong l>ernocia',
j and when he vveiit abroad was also a
j rabid free trader. But soon after get
! ting hi 3 family over there he gi»ve in
timations of waver;: g on tiie tariff
I . D
! question.
j C. N Prouty, of Spencer, suggest
-1 c-d to Mr. Lewis that be write to
; Mr. StricKler and a.-k him for an tin-
I biased, honest opinion on the couui
! lion of the wcrkiugmeu there aud
here. This was at the time Con
j gressman Russell inaiie his assuuit
lon Worcester's btce industry. The
; reply to Mr. Lewis' letter is so good
| we give the whole of it:
LETTER Crt' AN AMERICAN MECHANIC
FROM ENGLAND.
When I left Boston 1 was a radical
free trader, but 1 now see how easy
it is to be misled by dis-cussing a
I question that we ie.illy know nothing
about, simply receiving our impress
ions from newspapers that represent
our political party.
1 can now see how easily the
American workingman can be misled
into voting for » me a .-a re that simply
means ruin to his employer unci con
scvuently to himself. I know he
votes thus nine times out of ten, be
cause he lets political feelings over
come his reasoning power, lie does
not listen to both sides and calmly
consider what is best for him and
those dependent upon him.
DANGER MENACING THE AMERICAN
WORKINGMEN.
The great struggle now going on
in America between free trade and
protection is ot the most vital impor
tance to the American wo'kingmau,
and as lam one ot them who must
earn a living and support my family,
am deeply interested. I am having
my eyes opened to tiie dingers we
workingmen have before us. 1 can
conceive of uo greatti calamity hap
pening to ns thau tbe adoption of free
trade in Auierici In means ibut the
workingman in America has got to
come to the level of the European
workingman and lose the many com
forts which he now et oys. Tho
American is tho best dr.. best fed
and best educated, tho k'ug of ail
workingmen at present. Ail these
benefits he would lose under free
trude
HE IS A DEMOCRAT HUT WILL VOTE
FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
I wish 1 could meet every work
ingmau in America and tell tiiot all
that 1 know, and have seen, and let
hit., choose between the mode o* Hy
ing here under free trade and the
way be lives in protected America. 1
have no hesitation in s.iying that
could I do this not one of them would
vote for free trade.
This must sound very strange to
you, especially as it comet from one
•vbom you have known as a most
radical Democrat aud free trader. I
am a Democrat still, but not a tariff
reformer or a free trader. Were it
necessary I would vote for the most
radical and rabid Republican, as long
as he was uo free trader. There is
no measure which would injure me or
my fellow workingmen as mach as
free trade. Any other could be re
pealed without loss of iiitlejiendeuce,
but in my opinion it would take fifty
years to recover lost ground if free
trade were voted.
WHAT TIIE ENG I.IKII WORKINGMAN
EARN* EACH WEEK
I will now give you au idea of how
the average workiugmuu lives here
A skilled man receives about 2.'< shill
iugs a week in ail the that 1 have
been in, namely: Manchester, Old
ham, Leicester. Warriugton, liir
tiiiugham and Stafford. These are all
large manufacturing places of from
75,000 to 400,000 inhabitants. Ma
sons, bricklayers, carpenters, cabinet
makers aud upholsterers average
from 30 to ">2 shillings a week, but it
must be borne in mind that as ap
prentices they have to pay a premium
of from i'2o to i'3B to learn the trade
and this takes from five to seven
years. Thoy frequently receive no
pay for the first year, and only fiye
shillings a week for the second, with
au increasw of from one to two shill
ings a week each year thereafter.
lIOW THE ENGLISHMAN Ll\ Eb
Now, as to the manner of living,
they live alike in all tho places 1 have
been in. Their houses have from four
to six, perhaps seven rooms, and in
many cases there are two families to
a house, each family having from l!
to 7 children. There is no parlor
such as tbe American workingman
has. Only a few have a room here,
which may contain a piece of oilcloth
or a home-made rag-mat, wil.li a few
wooden bottom chairs, and a small,
cheap looking glass, which is their
best room. The greater numbm* have
no loom to spate, all the children
sleeping in one room, while the
youngest sleeps with the parents.
Cooking is but little trouble, as no
baking is dom. A'l buv baker's
bread, Tiiey i >ul■' lot bane al hm <
if they wanted to, as their aro
not idapted to 1 1. Resides, eoa. eosts
money, They use about 1 Ipounds
a week on an avu.i r e, .i id litis c ..its
then about 30 cents. I assure you
' i.i i - dou't swe:*t i'i their houses in
wi t r, an over Co ppr cent IL»<•
hewt goei' v the. chimney.
THEY "FARM <»• t" HE CHILDREN.
A "reat many children en irmed
of t . mti' i piece, the mother
Le.viug to v.- . k vit '. i help »o make
both ends m'-ct. It to .'<''s ,tc f>« 1
',ad to see th.. p > >r, ragged children
and wives of the workingmen, but
then they can dt better, us they
have all th"y can :;et enough to
oat.
For breakfa-' *' have ' ■ oh
either ! f 1 ,>pi ; r Inn., iu
I fortunate few La e"e i. ■ butter'
I(buiterino or oleoma .ai. •), •Mb tea
or coff. ii. ~li il o hotels a;! tfie
i wcaMiiei' idass of pe"|ile seM their
oeef drippings to dealers, Wi.« u torn
sell it to the work folks to cat it will,
their bread. It costs from lf> to IH
cents a pound, while gootl lard costs
IS to 20 cents. Bulterinc costs about
the same as the dripping. T..is is a
standard breakfast.
They take what they call a lunch
• it) Vt> hhop i Lis I'UboltU uf iwi
i .-lice.- 01 t>reaU with oue of the al oya
j mix'ures between them.
OK WHAT THE ENGLISH WORKMAN'S
"BOAST BEEF" IS COMPOSED
I'erhaps twice a week for dinner
they have "roast beef." This sounds
well, bat the meat is siuipiy the rib
end of the flank, which cr>3ts from 5
t7 cents a pound ai home, but 12 to
18 cents here. A pouud or two of
this will make a "roast" for half a
d>z ,'u or more people. They take
i four pounds of flour and soma skim
; milk —and ou holidays or Sundays
, can afford it add an egg—
mix them in a bakiDg pan, put the
piece of meat ii the center of this
dough, then take it to the bake shop
ito have it baked Oa other days they
| have liver pudding, sheep's head,
cow's head or lights of the pig or
! sheep. Yen I costs high. But whai
i ever kind of meat is used the dough
is u.- td. whether boiled or baked. The
; neck of the beef is used for steak
Jby the bones being removed, Sorne
: times it is used for pudding meat. A
i pound and a quarter of this, costing
from 10 to Hi cents, is euough ior a
large family. To make beef pudding
I the meat is cut iu email pieces, 2
; ci-nts' worth of suet edded (and suet
i costs from 12 to 16 cents a pound);
I then 5 cents' worth of flour is mixcil
, with water, and the whole boiled.
With these dinners they have pota
toes or greens. Such a thing aa pie
|or pudding is only had once a year,
; when the plum pudding is made for
! Christmas.
For supper they have bread, a little
eheese and beer.
Every man who keeps house has
to pay sls "rates," as taxes nre call
ed, and 4 cents a week (or each child
that goes to school.
If a man gets oat of work and loafs
for a week he either has to stajrve or
bog or go the workhouse, as the
wages he gets are so small and the
cost of living too high for him to lay
anything by.
now HIS EXPENSES COMPARE WITH
TIIOSE AT HOME
New Itt me tell you in regard to
my own expenses. It costs me fully
40 per cent, more to live here thau it
did iu Boston. I pay $l5O rent and
• SSO ir.jome tax. The education of
my three children costs me $250 a
year, not couuting books. Foods of
all kinds *s much higher than in
America. The only thiugs that I find
cheaper here are woolen goods and
clothes.
I um no longer a free trader, for
any one can tee that should America
adopt free trade, workingmen there
will have to compete with working
i men who live as 1 have been describ
icg to you.
They make a better and cheaper
shoe here, on tho average, than iu
America, and thouli the English
manufacturers wake up and introduce
tho improved iabor saving machinery,
American workingmen would find it
hard work to compete eveu with
their present protective tariff.
AM !■ IMCAN \\ 01' KM EN SHOOLU \ O:'E
FOR TIIJCIK HOME INTERESTS.
I think I have giveu you sufficient
reasons for IPJ change of opinion ou
the taritl question, and 1 trust that
you will do all in your power to
avoid such a calamity as free trade,
in America. I hope every man who
works for a living will recognize tho
fact that his employer will not vote
for his ruin, and every time a work
ingman votes against his employer,
his own bread and butter are at stake.
When a workingman hears a
public speech, let him ask what does
tho speaker do for a living, or is he a
broken down lawyer or politician '( If
he wauts to hear a speech lot hiui
hear some manufacturer who knows
what he is talking about, aud lie will
hear something that is for his own
interests. •
Hoping that the American work-'
ingman will vote as is best for his
own interest and those dependent
upon him, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
A. E. STRICKI.ER,
It Didn't Work.
He marched tnto an insurance of
fice on (J ris wold street, poiuted to
his empty sleeve and said :
"Lost it at Antietam."
"Your arm ?" queried the clerk.
"Certainly. 1 was at what is now
known as Burnsides Ridge. McCiol
lan rode up to me and told me to
hold that bridge at all ha/zards. I
■„old him I'd do it or perish. Lee
sent down a whole brigade against
me."
"But you held it ?"
"No, sir; I was wounded and
forced back."
•'You were! You didn't perish
after promising McClellan you
woulil ?"
"No, sir."
•'Then 1 can do nothing for you.
Yerry sorry for the loss of your arm,
but when a man makes a square
promise he should keep it. You
might call next door. They always
give thirty days' credit there."
Enough to Vox Him.
"Adolplius, d'ye know that I'm a
little vexed at Miss Simmons?"
"What happened, Arthur, old
hoy ?"
"Well, you know I pride myself
on my singing. We were ut tho pi
ano. I 'II sing one more song and go
home, I said."
"Was it late '{"
"Ab« v ut midnight."
"And what did she nay ?"
"She said, 'can't you go home
first ?' "
".A nd did you V }
"Yes. Adolphitß. I tell you I'm a
little vexed abont it."
John Hull Doesn t Li'"o It.
I'rora lie- St. ./nines <> /.ette ,
Thh m U •" >i « business these
vehemcn* | ■>>. eians ive been en
gaged in in the Republican "plat
j form;" and the more an Kaglish
■ reader looks at that document the less
Ihe lil. -s it. Evidently Englishmen
| have no reason to hope for the sue
j ee«H of the 'tcinibliean.s at tho I'robi
' dentli! election; .d _/et it is not at
' i Kilikeiy that they will carry the
| day-
Tit for Tit.
|
I in am—"The mistress says,
mum, that sheV not at h<«.:io Who
.di ll ! j i»y culled ?"
< idler —"You may say a iady call*
| ed who didn't bring her name"
[ —|>on't ti"' man who dies by coiu
• milting suicido die of his own free
[will iud a cord ?
Kumovai of Kilaria From a
Horse's Eye.
A Baltimore letter to ibe Atlanta
Constitution says:
Recently l>r. Thomas W. Sprank
liu, assisted by Veterinary Surgeon
John S. Col ton, successfully rcmoy
cd a living worm or "siiaku" iroui
tbe eye of an old mare belonging to
Mr. Stausberrv, of Patapsco Xeck,
Mil The aniuial, a dark bay, ab >ut
fifteen and a balf bauds higb, has
been in the stables of Rice it Mar
shall, on North Frederick street, for
several day.-?, and has attracted a
good deal of atteuiion from the cu
rious. The parasite is technically
known as filaria ocuii equinus, was
three inches long and had the gener
al appearance of a piece of gray silk
thread. It had its abiding place in
the aqueous humor of the mare's left
eye, and was in a state of incessant
motion, wriggling about after the
manner of the animalcules seen in a
drop of water under a microscope.
It was first noticed in the mare's
eye about six months ago, when it
was so small as to be barely discerni
ble. It grew steadily until it attain
ed present size. It was never still a
moment, but kept up its activity
without pause day or night. The
poor old mare was kept in a state
of perpetual nervous excitement by it
and wasted away till her ribs pro
truded through her rusty coat, and
her flanks were as th*n as it was pos
sible for anything cf flesh to be.
Mauy showmen visited her and offer
ed to.buy her for exhibiting purposes,
but her owner would not aeli.
Dr. Spranklin began his operation
by securely binding the oid mare so
that she could not move, aud then
laid her down on her right side. Then
her left eye waa treated with a solu
tion made of Dinety-three parts of
rosewattr and seven parts of cocaine,
Small quantities of this solution were
dropped into the eye, at intervals of
five minutes, seven or eight times,
until partial au.eatfcesia was obtained
and it could be touched by the fiuger
without pain to the animal.
Then an incision was made in the
eye from the eanthns or comer, be
tween the eoruea or eyeball and tho
sclerotic coat or white of the eye
The incision was made at about
right angles with the eyelid, aud so
that it would be almost wholly cov
ered by it wheo in its normal posi
tion The instrument was kept in
the wound uutii the aqueous humof
had exuded. Then it was still re
tained iu position, aud used as a
guide for a pa : r of very delicate
forceps, whose blades wero inserted
into the opening.
The lance was then removed, and
F*v Spraukliu, placing the index fin
gu- of his left Land upon the oppo
site side of the cornea, geuiiy but
fi.mly put-hed the parasite towards
the blades of the forceps. It was so
very active that four or five times it
wiggled away from their At
last lie was able to get a tight hold
upon it and draw it out. It was
very lively and lived for several min
utes, in fact, until it was placed for
preservation in a siuall vial of aleo
hoi. Tim lips of the iueisiou wero
drawu together and closed in a flap,
the aqueous humor again flowed into
and tilled tho cornea, and in less tLan
three quarters of au hour tho old
mare was back in her stall eating as
calmly as though such a thiug as a
delicate surgical operation was beyond
her ken.
Dr. Spranklin is firmly of the opin
ioa that uiili'.-a infl-immatiou should
oDhiio from want of proper nursing of
tho eye, it will soon be as well as it
ever was, both in oppearance and
strength of sight. As to how the
worm got into the animal's eye, he
inclines to tho idea that its germ was
taken into the mare's system through
water which she drank.
A Beaver County Snake Story.
The lJeavcr Falls Journal gets off
tho following:
On his large farm near Wurtem
burg, Herman Dolby, a well to-do
but rather eccentric farmer, has about
;5U acres of land out in blackberries
and raspberries, and for several sea
sons past has been not only greatly
annoyed generally, but has sutlered
serious loss from the depredations ol
thieving berry pickers. This season,
however, ho has adopted a measure
that so fur has effectually put a stop
to the marauding. On part of his
farm is a deep and rocky ravine, in
fested by hordes of the most venom
ous snakes. So this season Mr. Dol
by hit upon a plan by which he could
utilize the reptiles, to keep thieves
out of his berries. After tho first
thunder storm this spring, and when
the warm rays ol the sun begau to
bring forth the serpents from their
wiuter lair, he procured a large num
ber of shallow pans, tilled them with
rich, warm milk, and placed them
through tho ravines. The snakes
swarmed to the pans in thousands,
and eagerly lapped up tho, lacteal
Huid. This practice he kept up for
several mornings, uutil tho snakes
began to look every day, at a certain
hour, for tho kiud farmer and his
milk pans, and grew so tame that
thev would follow after him like sheep
after a farmer's boy with a salt can,
many ol them emitting querulous
cries like a sick kitten. It was then
Farmer Dolby begau to got his work
in. He began to place his milk pans
day by day nearer his berry patch,
and the snakes lollowed him up until
the patch was reached, then the pans
were placed around tho edge ol the
liold, and his task was accomplished,
for now every morning, bright and
early, the snakes, big and little, can
be seen making from tho ravine to
the berry patch, where, after satisfy
ing their liuuger, they take their slu
ton on the f-'jee, and remain until
eveir.'jg, wh. hey art) giveu auoth *r
nieai,alter which they seek the ravine
only to appear ..guiu i.i the moiuing.
Thus it is that a gua dof horrid liv-1
iug sinakes is placed around Mr. Doi
bv's berries, and he picks and markets
them without loss or annoyance.
Lawrenc" Duudham, of Ninth aven
ue, who d.ove past the place y eater
dav, sa»'3 he counted 130 snakes fori-
TE iried --long the I; rice, SJUIO of theut
being of enormous si/.e, and among
which he distinguished throe hoop
snakes, several rattlesnakes, and a
large number of copper-boads, biiud
with poison.
Physiciaus ire disputing wheth
er it is possible fir a man to commit
some who think that porhap-t a m an
suicide i>y holding his breath. There
are could do it, but
thoy are all unanimously
agreed that a woman could not.
Improving Country Roads
A writer in the Watjon Maker, on
the above subject, concludes that it
is a work too little thought of, too
negligently done, and so often misap
plied us to make roads worse rather
than better. To see the black, mucky
soil on the sides of roadways plowed
up and scraped into the ceuter, there
to remain an impassible ridge during
the summer, finally degenerating into
an unfathomable slough of mud the
next winter or spring, is enough to
discourage the man who knows how
reads should be made, and eveu force
him to regard laziness in working oat
the road tax one of the excusable
sins, if not actually a positive virtue.
In our climate, deep freezing com
bined with too much water is the
bane of roadways. We cannot alto
gether prevent deep freezing, but if
there be ample underground drainage,
it will not effeot great damage. The
object, then, of the road maker should
be to fit cure good draiuage. Without
this ridging the road only makes the
mud deeper, and even stone and gra
vel do little good. It is often forgot
ten that the chief advantage from us
iug an abundance of stone and grav
el in ro&d making is the incidental
drainage whiah these afford, even
when piled in the roads with no idea
of this use. If the center of the road
underlaid with stone, and then ridged
up with earth or gravel, it does for
years form a good drain to keep the
roadroad dry. But sooner or later frost
will penetrate to these stones and
upheave thpm- Then the last condi
tion of the improved roadway will be
worse than the first.
The fact is often forgotten that in
a dry, compacted road, well ridged
up, the soil freezes deeper than it
does in the fields. This is especially
so whero the road is exposed to
winds and swept bare of snow. Tbe
drain under the roadbed should be
not less than three feet, and if possi
ble, four feet would be still better.
Whether made with tile or stone, it
should be laid as carefully and the
covered as closely as if it were
laid in the fields. Then, with good
outlets and side drains to conduct the
water from the center in all the low
plucos, ind with comparatively little
ridging up with stone or gravel, tbe
roadbed will be kept in good condi
tion for years.
It is uot the amount or sharpoes9
of the ridge in the center that makes
a roadway good, but the character of
the surface and its unitorn slope to
either side.
Ruts spoil roads quicker than any
thing else. They are the reservoirs
for water, which, mixed by heavily
loaded wheels, grinding it into the
soil and making mud, renders it im
possible for water to break its way
through. Over the drain should be a
foot or more of subsoil to keep tbe
frost out, then followed by stone to
the depth of six or eight inches,
pounded tine on top and covered with
gravel. There will always be an out
let under the stone to the drain be
low, and if its outlet is kept open in
low places, the surfaco of tue roadbed
will always be dry. Such a road
cannot become muddy except for aa
inch or so on the surface.
It costs something to thoroughly
underdrain a roadway and improve it
after this manner, but, once done, it
will last practically forever if the
drain outlets are k»pt open. Doing a
little piece' each year, the people in
any road district may in time hare
good roads, that will coed only tri
lling attention to keep in repairs. It
is far better than the wasteful way of
tr\ ing to improve long seCtioua of
roadway every year, and doing gen
erally <|>iito as much harm as good.
Tbe difference between having good
and bad roads to market does practi
cally affect the value of their land
more than most farmers think. If
they appreciated this as they should,
thousands of them would take a great
er interest in the way their road tax
is worked out than they have ever
dtfne before.
Tomatoes.
Tomatoes are u healthful vegetable
says Mrs. Parker in the Courier
Journal, acceptable to almost every
one,and can be prepared iu such a
variety of ways that they may be
placed on the table throughout tbe
season without the appearance of
sameness, which might cause the ap
petite to tire of them. The following
recipes are all excelleut:
I >UI BP TOMATOES —SeIect large,
smooth tomatoes; peel and cut in thin
slices; set on tbe ice or iu a cold place
for an hour or two; season with pep
per, salt aud a little oil. Surve with
vinegar,
BROILED TOMATOES —PeeI large
tomatoes and cut them in two; butter
the bars of the grid-iroo, aud lay tbe
tomatoes on; broil over a clear fire un
til done and well browned, season
with pepper, salt, bits of butter and
sugar, serve very hot.
BOILED TOMATOES —SeIect a dozen
tomatoes as near the same size aa
possible, wipe and put them on to
cook in soft boiling water, when done
they will be soft. Remove from wa
ter, place in a warm dish, aud sead
to the table for each person to skin
and season to wish.
CURRIED TOMATOES —Wash one
ctip of rice. To one quart of stewed
tomatoes add a tablespoonful of curry
powder. I'uta layer of tomatoes in
the bottom of a baking dish, then a
layer of rice, and a layer of tomatoes,
sprinkle the top with bread crumbs,
put over a low bits of butter, aud bake
in a moderate oven.
STEWED TOMATOES —Pour boiling
water over the tomatoes and remove
the skin; cut them in small pieces.
Stew in a porcelain kettle for half aa
hour, then add to every quart of to
mate ■<« » tablespoonful of butter, a
tablespoonful of sugar, with a little
salt and pepper, aud a teacup of
ted bread crumbs. Stew fifteen or
twenty minutes longer.
FRIE » TOMATOES. —Cut smooth,
solid tomatoes into slices, dry each
slice and dust with salt and pepper.
Beat an egg until very iight, add a tea
spoonful of boiling water. I>ip each
slice first in tbe egg,then in the bread
r urnbs. Put !ard in tbe frying pan,
set on tac fire, when very hot drop In
the slices of tomatoes, fry brown and
turn, take up carefully and serve
hot.
lfthe human race was evolved
from the apes, it at La <t has the sat
isfaction of knowing that its ances
tors were intelligent—they wer * edu
cated iu tbe higher branches,
—"You can live at home aud
make money," declares an advertis
er. Keyrect. A good many young
men have found that oat long ago.
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