VOL *X V AUGUST 1 AT RITTER & RALSTON'S. HEW FALL PRINTS, NEW FALL TRIMMINGS, NEW FALL GINGHAMS, NEW FALL BUTTONS, NEW FALL DRESS GOODS, NEW FALL COLLARS, NEW FALL GLOVES, NEW FALL CUFFS, MEW FALL HOSIERY, NEW FALL RIBBONS, NEW FAIX CARPETS. New Goods arriving right alon fr and being marked at tin VERY LOWEST PRICES. Our Clearing Out Sale in July was ao great a success that we will continue it during August. EXCURSION. If you want to excurt, combine business with Pleasure and come to Butler and take advantage ot the (TKK-AI BAR GAINS at RITTER & RAXiSTON'S. -* SPECIAL New York Hat that combines , \ all the rood points of sevt ml aco ptable Y\ ones. Designed to suit all faces, It Is becoming to everyone. Comes ID all tbe different Straws and the charming new spring colore. Sage (ireen. tiobe (a, uolden Browns. Boreal Electric. It admits many trimming and earn seems an Improvement cut shows It trimmed In one many It comes from our experienced designers. Thse hats are going so best to come Immediately styles and trimmings. We have a very* large stock Just now but when a th.ng catches tbe eye and fancy ot as It has. It bound to go. Remember our baigalns cannot be in two We've opened, this over a hundred dlf ¥ ferent shapes, with new trimmings, dl met from the largest house In America. Among them are the "K.M.Q." and the • Bunny." Uayw MATCHLESS." There seems to be an Impression that because " we are patronized by the fashionable people,we MiMtoiqikr to care for Utwe whose pocket books are limited. This la a great mistake. While obUgM. by baring ike mw of the fashionable women, to make special efforts to n«sMe tor them, fmt we "»«■»* w* caa suit the taste and means ot anyone, however odd tbe taste, or ihaited the aesai Jml a word about LEUA PITH." To those who have used It we say nothing. Their once wh« it Mm Its «ae always. To those who never tried It we say. '-profit by tbe experience of """""Miss M. H. Gilkey, New Building, No. 62* S. Main St. THE LEADING MILLINER j Give us Your Attention Ye Ami tamw la search of bargains. You are about to invest in some ot the Acrtcaßural Implemen'a. You're found it's cheapest to buy the best. Of eourse you wtß ouv where you get that the cheapest. Confess that ra» seen the a d'« of some dealers and did not like them. Read too much like ciectui Mils. Voa'rs heard of the CHAMPION Mowers. Reapers and Binders ? Then TSM know they're the beat in the world. We've got them so cheap that you wimt hesitate ten minutes U you come around. You know the merits of the Pel ij flprlnf Tooth Harrow and the imitations that are ori the market. We have the genuine, and If you need a good harrow, we recommend It. Suppose you dhlnt know that we sell more Novelty Pumps. Iron force. R aa. than all the hardware firms of Butler put together. We do thawgV Douse arovad and took at our stock. You'll learn something. We have some other thlaga too: De Haven Stoves and Ranges. Eagle Elastic Palate. ready Mixed. OMMI KM twite. Wlie Scree as. Patent churns, etc. Our stock is not wnfcl IB the county and we cannot be undersold. JACKSON GV MITCHELL, Butler, Pa. What You Eat! Is the moat important consideration of ytfUr life, and much of Odr good health ia due to the careful and conscientious grocer. We buy the beat iu the market, select all our goods with the greatest care, and claim to have as good a stock of Grooariea as can be found anywhere. We want your trade and invite you to try our Flours, Sugars, CoAeea, Canned Fruits, Dried Fruit*, Spices, Hams, Canned Meats, Crackers, Confectioneries, Tropical Fruits, Nuts, or anything in our store room. Country Produce a specialty, and all new fruits and veg e tab lea in aeason In our (.'hina Hall, in the second story of our building, we have the Urges- stock of Chinaware, Glas-swaie, Crockery, Lampe and Fancy Goods in the town. Give us a trial, highest market price allowed for produce. C. KOCH & SONS, nam ST.. - - BUTLER, PA. JACOB BOOS, DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED. HAY AND ALL KINDS OF GRAIN. We are now in our new store-room on S. Main St.. and have tlie room to accommodate our large stock of groceries, flour, etc., and have built a large ware-house to accommodate our stock of teed. We pay the highest cash price for potatoes and all kinds ot COUNTRY PUODUCK. Jacob Boos, 106 B B^ier. s p ß a EET 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 J. R. GKRIJCB'S No. 18 South Me St., o, but death-dealing to all wno take it iu quan tity. If your brother had died under such circumstances, you would hate patent medi cines as I do." "I do dislike the name of that miscalled 'blood purifier,' for I have beard first class physicians say it is the cause of Halt the cas es of Bright's disease in the country, and it is strange the proprietors Have uot been prose cuted for selling it. But I was recommend ing Vinegar Bitters and that does uot con tain any mineral, narcotic or other hurttul drng." "Oh, nobody supp'Wes that old woman's remedy will hurt anybody; the question is will it cure anything? I'd as soon thiuk ot taking some ot mv grandmother's hero tea." "You would be better off, Jack, if you had some of that tea to tone up your system now, instead of taking a glass of brandy to make you sleep one nigtii, and perhaps a bottle ol beer the next." "Is this a temperance lecture, Phil?" "No, it is a Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've takeu the medicine more or less lor fifteen years, and look the world over, you will not find a heailber man than 1 am." "What is ail this nonsense about old style and new style Vinegar Bitters; are they dil fereut?" "Yes, the old style looks like coffee with milk in it, the new style like cottee without milk. Ihe man who made the old style lor twenty years—a practical chemist —made a milder, pleaaanier, preparation, adding to it here, ana taking from it there, until he pro duced, my wile says, the finest medicine ever made, it cured her of constipation, and it cures the children ol hives and all the little ailments they ever have. If my wite thinks they have worms, she doses them with old style. We always have both kinds in the house, and together they keep the docur away." "And you insist that the proof of the pud ding—" "is the eatiug—precisely. Jack, get a bottle of the old style Viuegar Bitters—men 1 thiuk, prefer old style usually—try it, aud you will then be like an old bachelor who, alier railing against women tor years, talis in love with .a good woman at last. You will say there are good aud bad patent medicines, hut Viuegar Bitters is the best of the lot " 'All right, Phil, to please you, I'll try it aud report results.'' mi The only'Txtnprranrc Hitters known. It stimu late the Jterfes, regulates the Bowels »nd pro dares a perfect blood rlrrulatlon, wlilrh Is sure ta restore perfect health. GEO. W. DAVIS, of ir.9 Baron ne sr.. New Or leans. La., writes under date May »tth. ISxK, as follows: ••I have been going to the Hot Springs. Ark., for fifteen years for an Itching humor In my Wood. I have Just used three bottles of Vine gar Bitters, and It has done me more good than the Springs. It Is the best medicine made." JOSEPH J. EOAN, of No, 75 West St., New York, savs: "Have not been without Vinegar Bitters for the past twelve years, and consider It a whole medicine chest In our family." A beautiful Book free. • Address, R H. MrIIOSALII DRUtt CO., SBi Washington St., New York LOOK! BEAD! I have enlarged my ntore-room. In faH, made It altnoHt twice at large as It was before, and have also Increased my stock. I have, by far. the largest aud best selected stock of Fine Drugs and Chemicals In Butler county, and am now In position to supply the wants of the people of this county even better than In the past, You will do well to cafl on me when In the nee . of anything In the line ot fine Drugs and Medicines. Mv stock Is very complete and PRICES VBItY LOW, In medicine quality Is of the first Impor tance. so we give particular attention to tilling Prescriptions. Our Dispensing Department is complete. We dispense only Pure Drugs of the Finest Quality, and our patrons may bring us their prescrip tions, feeling certain that lliey will be carefully and accurately filled. Thanking the public for the very generous patronage they have accordes, through tbe broad bilt of light, Toward the shade of the forest so dreary. Ha^! was it the night wind that rustled the leaves'! Was it moonlight so wondrously liishiug ? It looked like a rifle—Ah ! Mary, good-by I" And the life blood is ebbing and plashiug. All quiet along the Potomac to-night! No sound save the rush of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead The picket's off duty forever! EZEKIEL FOKETOLD IT. The Rev. Watson J. Young, formerly of Butler, Expounds the Hidden Meaning of Dark Sayings.— Gog Stands for Russia and Gomer for Ger many. The Rev W itsou J Young, of Dell Roy, O , writes to the Pittsburg Com-Gazette as follows: For years Europe has been arming. Mightier vessels of war, more power ful cannons aud rifles, more deadly explosives, and vaster armies have succeeded one another with wonder ful rapidity. Tbe invention of man finds its widest field in furnishing means for the destruction of his fellow man. The magazine is fully charged. Will the explosion follow ? Yes, the train has been laid, and the explosion may come at auy time So lony as the old Kaiser William was at the head of affairs there was comparatively little danger, although his {{real aye gave a feeling of inse curity to Europe But his death, fol lowed by that of tbe pacific Frederick 111. places at tbe head of Germauy the fiery and unscrupulous William 11., a prince who so detests England that he hates bis own mother because she is English, and who as cordially bates France, and who will lose no opportunities in humbling those na tious. The triple alliance entered in to between Germany, Austria and Italy has made it easy for him to pur sue his machinations And to tbe student of prophecy there is a signifi cance in tbe visit of tbe young Kai ser to Russia at tbe present juncture —which visit is to be followed by visits to Austria aud Italy. When these visits are accomplished it will most probably be found that the triple alliance is strengthened by ihe new addition of a member, Rus sia. aud that there is a confederacy formed, offensive and defensive,which can bring into the field three millions of trained soldiers, commanded by the liest officers in Europe, armed with tbe latest weapons of war, aud inteut on a career of conquest, which is un exampled in modern times Kuch an alliance must be effected before all prophecy is fulfilled, aud the sieges of the times point to a speedy fiulfill- DIENI of tbe prophecy found in Ezekiel 38ib and 39th chapters. The .'{Bth chapter, 2 13, r. v gives the actors in the scene EZEKIKL'S PROPHECY. ' Sou ol man. set thv face towurd Go|r, of the land of Magog, the Prince of R<>sh, Meshech, and Tubal, and pmpheny aytiiust him. and wav: Thus saith the Lord God Behold lam against thee, (.), Gojf. I'ritice ol Rosh Meshech. auU Tubal, ami I will truu thee about, and put hook* into thy jnws, and will bring thee f'.irth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed iu full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords, Persian, Cush, aud Pict, with tbem; ail of them with shield aud heliuet; Gomer. and all his hordes. The bouse of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the North, and all his hordes, even many people with thee Be tbou prepare.l; yea, prepare thyself, thou and all thy companies that are assetu bled unto thee, and be thou a guard (or commander) unto them." After many days thou shalt be vis ited In the latter years thou shalt come iuto the land that is brought buck from the sword, that is gather ed out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, arid they shall dwell securely, all of them A nil thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shall he like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all thy hordes and many people with thee. Thus saith the Lord God. It shall come to pass iu that day that things shall come into thy mind and thou shalt deviso an evil device; and thou shalt say: I will go up to the laud uf unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at quiet, that dwell se curely, all of them dwelling with >ut walls, aud having neither bars nor gates, to take the spoil and to take BI'LKH. PA FBIDAY. AI G' ST 17. isss. j the prey, to turn their band against [ tbe waste places that are now inbabit j ed, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten catile and goods that dwell in the middle of the earth Sbeba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish, «vitb all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee: Art thou come to take the spoil? Hast thou assembled the company to take the prey ? to carry away silver and gold? to take away cattle and goods ? to take great spoil ?" THE NATIONS INDICATED. Evidently in the above passage two different confederations of nations are spoken of Of the first, tbe leader is called Gog, Prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, Josephus says, "The i Scythians were called by the Greeks Magog." Then the prophecy is to I Gog, of tbe land of Scythia, Prince of Rosh. Me3beeh and Tubal Bishop Lowth says: "Rosh, taken as a proper name, signifies tbe inhabitants iof Scythia, from which the modern : Russians take their name. The name i Meshech is foand in the modern Mus covy. and in Moscow,the ancient cap i itol of European Russia. Tubal, also j being the word from which Tobolsk, the former chief city of Asiatic Rus sia, is derived It is not necessary to enlarge on'this head at present. The next name is Gomer, with his hordes or lands. Gomer was the son ol Japheth, and bis descendants Grst settled (as we are informed by Jew ish, Greek and Roman historians) iu Asia Minor, The Black sea is some times called the sea of Asbkeng, after one of the sons of Gomer. From the shores of tbe Black sea, the most nat ural route would be up the Danube, and so we find traces of the name of Gomer, not only in Citameria, now called the Crimea, but also in Ger many, and among the Cembri, and evea among the ancient Britons, whose descendents to this day call themselves Cymry. It is evident then that by Gomer and his lands, is meant Germany, with all its various States. "Togad rmafi". Wolf who visited Bokhara an other Tartar cities, says that the Tar tars were in the habit of calling them selves "Togarmah." These Tartars are now available as Russian soldiers and especially as cavalry, as are also the Cossacks, and the prophecy speaks especially of horses and horse men. Persia is the next of the Nations spoken of and it is worthy of remark, that at this very time England is complaiuiug bitterly of Russian influ ence in Persia, and of tbe duplicity of tbe Persiaas The star of Russia is evidently in tbe ascendant in Per sia aud Afghanistan.and iu four day's inarch tbe Russians could place their forces in Herat the gateway to the British possessions iu India. Rus siau railways are being rapidly ex tended in the same direction, as a bese of supply Cust and Put, or Ethiopia and Tybia, are also mentioned as joiuing with tbem in the attack, which shall be made from north and south and from east and west simultaneously WHERE ENGLAND COMES IN. Ou the other hand, Sheba and De dan (most probably India is here meant.;, and tbe merchants of Tarshish with all tbe young lions thereof, are represented as withstanding the great confederacy. Tarshish was a West ern Power, most probably England is meant It was uoted for enterprise in maritime affairs, and for a tradiog disposition, and so Napoleon said "England was a Nation of shopkeep ers " All tbe characteristics are sim ilar, and uo other Nation will answ«* tbe description given of Tarshish. It remains to inquire iuto the motive. For inu'-b more than a century the design of Russia has been to force its way towards Constantinople. That design has never been abandoned, aud scarcely concealed. Tbe posses sion of Constantinople would convert the Black Sea into a Russian lake, aud give her the control, almost, of tbe Mediterranean. Tbe possession of Herat would enable her to conquer India and make her tbe domiuaut power in Asia. England has stood in tbe way of Russia for many years aud has incurred her resentment to no ordinary degree. If Russia joins the confederacy already between the other three Powers, there is no Na tion beside Euglaud and France and their dependencies that will have any interest in restraining them. If such an alliance is formed, it will be with a design of extending the dominion of Prussia towards the west, Russia towards tbe east and south, and Aus tria iu Servia. in Montenegro and among the Balkans. Prussia will lose no opportunity in humbling France, aud will be glad to strike a blow at England by the sword of Russia The dark thunderclouds that have been so long visible ou the horizon will break in fury on the Ottoman Empire and on Palestine It will come like a storm. That is the s'mile used by the prophet But God reigns, and He can bring light out of darkness and He can cause the young lions (■he colonies) of Tarshish to accom plish His will. Tru», on tak tig the throne William announced his in en tions as peaceful, but we need u»t at this day forifet tbe injunction: "Put uot your trust in priuces," especially those who are as ambitious aud cruel as is Wilhelm 11. . To Tan and Color Sheepskins with Wool on. Tan in alum dissolved in water. Proportion: 1 pound alum to 1 gallon water Then wash wool clean with plain soap To color, use aniline of any shade you desire. Dissolve 1 pound aniline in 2 gallons water; strain before using; then float skin in a dye box, wool down See that they lie flat, aud let remain till color or shade you desire comes; then take out and run through clear cold water, and hang up in a bot room to dry. For plain white, wash tbe skins well, after tanning as described above If not white enough, hang up in a small room and bleacb with powdered sul phur Set in a p»il in center of ro<>m iiuruiug. Be careful to have no es cape of tbe sulphur fumes, and have the room air tight — Shoe ani Leath er Iteportvr. About six men control the ship ping of oranges from Florida. Oue of them clears $40,000 a year. —The compositors ou the Toronto World have struck because full rates were not paid for a half page "ad" that had only the date to change. Compositors la Toronto average sls per week. A Famous Murder Case. Tbe crime for which Hugh M Brooks, alias W H. L. Maxwell, a young Englishman, was executed at St, Louis, last Friday was one of more than ordinary iuterest. He mur dered his room mate C. A. Prellar, another Euglisbmau, in their room in a St. Louis hotel in April, 1885. and the details of thin tragedy h«ive been almost eradicated from tbe public mind. In these rushing days veater day is forgotten when tomorrow comes. It was a horrible murder, aud the general opinion at tbe time when the sentence of death was piss ed upon him was that it was just The two men accidentally met ia Liverpool. Brooks bad left home and for some reason knowu known to himself had assumed tbe alias with which the public has be come very familiar While on the steamer voyaging America ward they became fast friends When they final ly reached America there was a sepa ration but not a breaking up of friendly ties. Correspondence be tween the two was dilligently pur sued Again the two met, this time at St Louis, where the freindship be came even more intimate than ever before. On a Sunday, not long after their meetiDg at St. Louis, Prelier and Brooks, alias Maxwell, were seeu In Maxwell's room at tbe Southern Hotel. Maxwell called twice upon a druggist for chloroform. The man who occupied tbe room adjoiniDg that of Maxwell testified at the time of the trial that he had heard the water run ning and bad also beard groans That eveniug Maxwell ate his supper alone. He ordered much but ate very little. Why? Because be was alone; Prelier had been killed. Prel lers body was pressed into a trunk and on one of tne ends of the trunk was the inscription: "So perish all traitors to the great cause." Prelier was a man of education, re finement almost to womanliness, aud possessed much means. He was de vote to music and devoted to religion He bad often said that all be ueeded in the world to make him perfectly happv was a quiet home, his Bible and some music. But he did not follow bis inclinations. He was a traveling salesman for a Loudon up holstering firm. Why he traveled no one could tell, because his tastes were all against that kind of life and he had plenty of money. But we often take steps in life which lead us with painful aud irresistible logic to ssuie ill or catastrophe. In Prtller's case this connection with the London firm was the first step that led to his death at tbe bauds ot his friend Max well. Prelier dead, the flight of thn mur derer began, He purchased various uriicles that he thought uiigbt dis guise hitn. Swaggered like a cow Ooy aud told the most absurd stories about bis serving in various capaci 'ties in France aud Turkey aud of the rewards he bad received for such services. Remorse and fear soouer or later takes possession of all crimi nals He hurried to get away He bought a ticket to Sau Francisco hoping that wheu he should leave the Uuiteil States he would also leave his conscience aud bis crime behind him. But conscience sticks to a niuu closer than a brother. And if dead men tell no tales, murder is a specter which sooner later will fasten its vise like grip upon the murderer Brooks, alias Maxwell, took tbe first steamer he could fiud. It was bouud for Australia. Meanwhile the crime bad been dis covered iu St Louis. For some days a horrible emell, coming out of Brooks' former room, had nearly sti fled the chambermaids. The door of bis room was opened and two trunks which were iu tbe room were taken dowu stairs. Tbe strench was over powering. The trunk from which tbe smell emanated was opened, aud iu it was found, compressed, the pu trid remains of a man. The features had changed so that they were no longer recognizable. Tbe question with the authorities was wnether the body was that of Maxwell or that of Prelier—in other words, whether Prelier had been murdered bv Max well or Maxwell by Prelier. A chem ical analysis proved that the body was that of Prelier, and that chloro form had been tbe cause of his death The evidence which was secured by the officers of the law pointed toward Maxwell as the murderer. The nec essary papers were secured from the Department of State. Then the chase began. it was a long, dreary, remarkable chase. But the detectives followed him with the same accuracy as tbe arrow flies from the bow in the hands of a skilled archer. Maxwell's frantic efforts to conceal his identity gave the detectives a clue which they ens iljfr followed. If be had kept his mouth closed there would have been a greater uncertainty about his arrest Bnt be talked so much and so wildly aud acted so unguardedly that all those who traveled with him toward San Francisco,or who saw him while at tbe intermediate stopping places, found no dilß'-ulty in r ctiling him. N-arlv i) 000 miles the detectives fol lowed this *-U'ig man Per-ev»r aliCi* in nlwaye rewarded I» * >-U' - C-''H». The perseverance ol thece pur-u t« brought its reward too. Wnen tie leached San Francisco be had thrown off his alias, W II L Maxwell, and hud assumed bis own name. Htiirti M Brook*. Hut, that availed him nothing When tbe steamer Sidney anchoied at Auckland, New Zealand, the United States Consul and a local officer were at the dock Brooks was asleep in his berth. lie was aroused ai.d placed under arrest. He was held without bail in spite of his pro tests of innocence and a French em phasis, which he assumed, until the arrival of two St. Loiiis officials. He had got from Prelier about SIOOO Isy this time be had twenty eight sover eigns left. This he paid to an Auck land attorney for defending him. Four mouths after his flight he again landed in St. Louis. There was the trial and shrewd lawyers tried to clear him. Tbe defense was that Prelier was suffering from a stricture and had agreed to submit to au operation and to take chloroform. The chloroform was unskilllully ad ministered, the patient died and Brooks was so astonished and crazed by a fear of the consequences that the body was packed into the trunk and he (Brooks) sought to make his escape. The evidence was against him in every direction. The jury found him guilty iu the first degree. Sentence of dea'h was p isved upon blm. A new trial on tbe ground of a technicality was denied him. An appeal to the Supreme Court was j taken, bur without favorable effect. ' The judgment ia the lower c«>ur» ! was affirmed. Tie execution was fixed for August 1887. Ao appli- j cation WHS made to Justice Miller of tbe United States Supreme Court for a writ of error, which was granted. Not long ago the full bench of the United States Supreme Court dismiss ed the case on the ground that Brooks had had an impartial trial. The exe cution was again fixed for Julv 13, 1888. Every effort was made to secure a reversal of the sentence, the parents and sisters of the condemned man came on from their home in Hyde, England, ia the hope that their pres ence might cbaoge the result The father is a school master and he spent every penny that he owned in his efforts to save the life of his erring son Tbe Governor respited tbe young man tor a month, and then re fused to further interfere, and he was banged last Friday, in company with a man who had murdered his sweet heart. A Wide-Awake Farmer. "Meet with ao accident?''asked a policeman of a farmer on the mark et yesterday with one of his eyes in deep mourning, "Yes, sorter." ' Fall out of a tree?" "Not exactly." "Stick of wood fly up?" •'Hardly. A couple of days ago two chaps came along in a buggy aud wanted to sell me 100 feet of wire clothes line for seventy cents. 1 bought it and then they wanted me to sign a paper recommending its use. When I got ready to sign I fouud it was a note for SIOO. ■'Aod then?" "You didn't feel the ground trem ble in town that day, did you?" "I don't remember." "It was probably to fur. I waded into 'em. They waded back. In the scirmmage I got this." "And they got off scot free, I sup pose?" "Do you? Well, there's a "town doctor riding out to see 'em every day, and my naybur has drawed up wills for 'em. Mebbe an old farmer with a sled stake hain't of any ac count in a spring riot, and mebbe people nine miles away heard him whoop as be went in fur blood! Want a bag o' taters this morning?" Golden Morsels. Dearth forseen uever came.—ltali an Proverb. A fool is always beginning - French Proverb Oue as* calls auoiber "louif ear* " I Germau Pr«>verO When Iwo quarrel, both are in tbe wrong —Duicb Proverb, Tbe liar is sooner caught than the cripple —Spauisb Proverb. When the head is sick the whole body is sick —Dutch Proverb. A man's own business does not de file his fingers —ltalian Proverb One hair of a woman draws more than a cart rope—-German Proverb. The envious man's face grows sharp and his eyes big.—Spanish Proverb. Cbauge yourself, and fortune will change with you.—Portuguese Pro ver. He who throws himself under tbe bench will be left to lie there. Dan ish Proverb For people to live happy together tbe real secret is that they should uot live too much together.—Eng lish Proverb Of Course It Was the Moonlight. Rev. James E. Wray, well-known in this section as a young minister of exceptional ability, recently gave to tbe public through the medium'of tbe Atlanta Conntitution a poem, entitled "The Raveu's Secret." Not being familiar with tbe subject we are una ble to ju Jge of the merit of the poem However, we excerpt the following lines from it, which we pronounce tip top- Her lissome liuibs iu samite's shade, And breast so warm and white. Where oft my loving lingers played With moonlight through the uight, Aud dumb aud blind with joy so sweet Our raptured hearts in music beat. These lines are lurid but they "get there," aud show tbe author to be a preacher of spirit. There is still doubt, however, owing to the architecftire of tbe lines, as to whether it was the moonlight or the girl he was "mod* keying" with. We trust is was the mooulight.— Leary ((7a.) Courier. Spelling His Name. Here is a story that makes oue Ap old conundrum: -, H »w do you pronWnce b, a, c k, a, c-b, e ?" The late Mr. Ottiwell Wood was once summoned as a witness iu court When he was called aud sworn the judire, not catching his name, asked nun to -pell it. ' (), double t. i double u e double I, d llbl" II d üble o, d " *sid Mr VV ■ >• k >. A more delightful place to Si**nd a summer vacation, it would bedifficul' to find Our party is somewhat larger than it was last year There are seven counties represent ed in our camp, Mercer county send in# the largest delegation; Butler stands second on the list with four representees, viz: Revs Breaden and Weigle from Sunbury and Rev W E. Oiler and your correspondent from Butler. There is one physician in the party, two druggists, one dry goods merchant, three farmers, one saddler and eleven ministers. There are seven Presbyterians and twelve United Presbyterians. Politically speaking, the camp is divided There are seven Republicans, two Demo crats, eight Prohibitionists and two doubtful. While I mention the va rious line along which we are divid ed, it would be difficult to find 19 persons any where thrown together as we are, who are more harmonious and congenial in tastes and pursuits We have our discussions on religious, social and political topics, in which there is a free interchange of opinion, and often an animated debate, but the best of feeling prevails, and we are only sharpened and benefited by mutual contact. We are all here with aco ram on purpose in view—to obtain rest and recuperation for the labors of the coming year, and if wbetted appetites, and sunburnt faces, buoyant spirits, and developing muscles are an evidence, it is certain that the end in view is being attain ed. Our camp-life is by no means as monotonous and uninteresting as might be imagined. An early breakfast having been enjoyed as only can be by those who have good appetites, a number of expeditions are set on foot —some by water to catch black bass aud blue or gray pickerel, or a row over the lake, some by land to visit neighboring lakes or explore the dense forests. The afternoon is usu allv spent in reading, or some light recreation. After supper nearly every one goes out to fish, returning just as the long twilight is darkening into night. Then there is the gath ering around the camp fire to recount the adventures, the gaius and perhaps the loses of the day, there are the discussions on a variety of topics, the singing of songs, aud ere we lie down to rest the bowing together in prayer to God with the starry heavens above us and tbe waters of the lake rippling at our feet. And then such refresh init sleep. Our beds are not the softest and man \ ut th** c >iuf irts toil Coil Veljlenees tit null* t" • Wil I I bll' there Ih so in-Itllilg in ih-* Mir rounding* mat bits |Mi#>-r t-» s>»"i the nerves, and woo to qui *t i-.* i i y ■_r orailng rent. The fishing has qui .- r<>u<>il and thus far over 600 pounds bnvn been taken by the members of tie club There is no doubt that if we pursued it diligently as an occupation this catch could be more than dnub led But recognizing the fact that to destroy the fish simply tor sport wold be wrong, we only care to catch sufficient to supply our table and leave some for our neighbors The settlers are glad to get the s«h for while livios: so close to tbe lake, they are so busily engaged wrvstliug a hard-earned living from the soil, that tbey have little time to spend in fishing. The natives, so far as we have become acquainted with them are a thrifty, bard-workiug, intelli gent set of people. Their life is by no means an easy one, and we won der that more of them do not seek homes in tbe far west under the starry flag. This region is becoming every year more popular as a summer resort, many cottages are seen on the islands and along the shore, and here and there the white tents of the campers. The most of these people are from Canada, but our country is pretty well represented. Beaumaris is well known as tbe site of the Solid Com fort Camp; to which Butler annually sends a delegation. There are a number of cottages and several tents on Shaw's island about milee south of our camp. These are occupi ed by citizens of Toronto, who spend the summer months on this beautiful spot. We have joined with them for two Sabbaths in our preaching serv ice It is anew experience for most of us to go to church by water, and, probably on that account all the more enjoyable. Dr McClelland of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary preached the first Sabbath, and Rev. J Q A. McDowell of New Castle, last Sabbath. It has fallen to our lot then to furnish the preachers while the other camp provides the larger part of the hearers. Tbe cottagers invited the members of our party to remain and take tea with them ou last Sabbath evening, and then con eluded the day's service with a some what novel feature—a service of son if on the lake There were 18 or 20 boats and canoes The«e werejiined |.. t ell.. »t)>I.I i, fid i h»* fl < 111« k- uo I' »•»- a b--.il 11 ii l niKfii m- ti ..■» rn• • v 0 >(i' 'r iii ii«* Ci ll't-r 111 all illrec i.IIIH •> tlfir re»i»i-i-: Ive c imp- nnl nin •« vVO'l- i'i~re Wnr* wlll. l fll itf 111 I lie .nrVI v. i| il.h ol the ilitv ami ev iln* >IIII il I h»* u-ii'tl order vft i tn- de |» . il- v . i .iv spirit inafiiteHied, and c >r-lI il •"I feeling made it a 3 >'»'».i'b d»v lo'itf be remembered Tomorrow some of our pun.v leave us. and the following Tuesdav we will strike our tents and return to our homes better fitted, we trust, for our work. JOHN S MOKEE. TarilT Argument. The Canaan Reporter puts the case neatly when it says in rrply to the Democratic assertion that after the passage of the Mills bill tbe aver age duty will be 42 per cent: (Jive us a tariff of 42 percent on sugar instead of 68; of 42 percent on rice instead of 100; of 42 per cent on potatoes and wool instead of making them free and you will have some show of argument. --The bootblacks of 8t Joseph, Mo, have a union The members wear a badge, and charge ten cents a shine. The dues are ten cents per I week, I The Ball in 1888. The celebrated ball of 1840 has been rehnilt for this campaign, at Cum'»erland. Marvland. jvhere tbe original one of 1840 was constructed. It WHS rak>*n to N'l-W York and ap pear»d in the ifrand proi*»s*ion there last week in honor of James G Bliine, C'l the Uaioo over, With dauntless heart he did bit part. But where, oh. where *M Grover! Our laboring men hare naught to rain, But much to luse, And ought complain When European merchandise Throttles American enterprise. Old Allegany in 1840 Started the ball for Harrison; In 'BB, as they did then, We roll it on for gallant Ben, O Cleveland, 70a mast face defeat, Put up your old bandana! You canuot beat a candidate Who hails from Indiana. Roll aliing, roll away. Keep the ball in motion. The spirit of our men is ap From rocky hills to ocean. Cleveland with his free-trade notion. Has set the country in commotion, The people will at next election] Vote for Harrison and protection With heart and soul This ball we roll. May times improve As on we move. Only 14 Per Cent. Tbe Democratic argument for free wool and free woolens proceeds upon the assumption that the tariff com pels purchasers of woolens here to pay the foreign price plus tbe da*y. To illustrate, they say tbe daty on • suit of clothes which costs tea dollar* in this country is four dollars.tbere fore the suit coald be bought for six dollars if tbeoe were no duty. Tbe falsity of this statement has been clearly shown bj tbe Cleveland ad ministration in the famoas blanket purchase referred to by Major Mo- Kinlev in his speech upon ike Mills bill The government pays no duty . on what it imports, and is at liberty to patronize foreigners just as indi viduals would if we bad free trade. On the 27th of last March the admin istration advertised for proposals for 2,000 pairs of blankets of a certain weight and quality, and instead of following the Republicans and accept ingthe lowest American bid, thus turui-hing employment to American operatives and capitalists, it went abroad ud bought of a foreigner, be raus- it could hue cheaper there, m- American «iff-r $2.56 each tor 2 000 pairs ot f-u 1 pound blank et- Tn- f ir.-itf i bid 1 utile by au E 11 11 - am-. $2 25 «cn and ibis *ll- trie price ,» 1»i cb a p-tir of tour p u I huiik- -in fi-e trade E igland ami b r«- i* 31 ••eiit- or 14 p«r cent N • A Hie duit Oil blauketn is eigb teen iv• 1 1s a icund and thirty-five per ; cent ad valorem, or $1 50 a pair ou ' blank-i- weiifbiu* four pounds and worth $2 25. In other word- tbe tariff, lustead ot enhancing the price |by the amount of duty, or 51.50, in • creases it only 31 ceuts, or about one fifth of the duty, aud the question is | not whether we can afford to sacrifice , our wool growing aud wool manufac turing interests to save $1.50 on every $2.25 worth of woolens we boy, but whether ft will pay to do this aud send abroad for what we want in order to get a discount of 14 per cent on our purchases. Destruction Wrought by Insects in America. The annual loss to productive in dustries in the United States caused by insects is estimated it $150,000, 000. Here is a tair battle between man and another sort of earth occupi ers. They are smaller, but if they can whip us, have undoubtedly as good a right to the world as we have As ciyilization advances, new insects make their appear ance, marching sometimes eastward, but generally westward. There are 'few, if any, forms of vegetation that have no parasites that devour either foliage or fruit. The loss to tbe eot -1 ton crop is estimated at $15,000,000 a year, while that to tbe apple crop is not much less, and that to the po tato crop at least one-half as much. I But the estimate is not a fair one nn : til into the loss is counted the time spent in fighting to secure the proper -1 ! tkn that is saved. Large Peach Crop. There is said to be some fear in peach growing circles that the peach crop this year will be so large that i there will not be enough people to . eat them. It is stated that the crop this year will be at least 10,000,000 baskets, which is double the crop ot 1875, the biggest on record. Oae cause for the unprecedented crop of 1888 is that large numbers of yoang orchards are maturing and will bear th» ir first crop this season, and the other is ha h»* vear is a re in .■ k ihu j • d .'i»* f1- tbe develop in>-iit o ti vari '"s /patches. A'loinr 1 •,». 'i c -in- » th*t Uv >r* I ■ <1 ■ • 'll 11-.M-IIIOQ of tie elir 10 1 "• .» - Iti . ||i"XimltV .1 ie j-i - . t . • • • I » i.b« I iV" 111 I*- . 'if \V:nrrt > tl » "r x icuon IV I) II •«?*■••• ul*#-* Ifreat kti-» ii iIN ii- fn-1 1 b»- Millh Mil »tT >f«l« A ii'-riritu luiiiwrint a prote ;in»n <>t 42 per cent We can't dispute it; h»*rn are the Rico, 100 per CMUI; mif ir, «8; ■»«•»', 0; p> taiiMM, 0: i<>tiil lfiS. Divide by four and wk huve 42 per cent an an aver age Hut. by the way. wbere does the N«*w Kngiaud farmer come in for the 42 per ceui protection?— Canaan Reporter. I ~~ Let go Villian. "Now, Henry, if you don't let me igo I'll Hcream I'm going ic the bouse You bare no business put ting your arm arouud my waist." "What will you scream!" "I'll scream 'unhand me rillian.'" "No, you don't want to do any thing like that. It wouldn't be pro- I per." "1 think it would be eminently pro per." "No, you bhould scream 'disarm ma ▼illiaa " NO. 41