VOL. XXV.
sum pot mm (UUP,. mm \
1U X Kl>i ,!*JI NIK >IOS,
While the fcrieat Majority «»f tin IVople ol Butler C<>
Waul £n>li«J, (itKxl, Reliable Boots ami felios-s
Worth the money they pay. Ihe latter go to
HUSELTON \S
•
For their Boots ami Shoe.-. They «lo it lieeause lie
has the largest stock to select from; because they can
and do rely on what he tells them about
No two or three prices—same to all. No tiicky ;ul
verti>ing done, Mich as goods at 48 ets, »"» i» ets, etc.
No auction, or old sample lots, put.iu as w.ofild make
l elieve at ; ~>o cents on the dollar, but lresh new
st\k*s made to oidir the best manufacturers in the
country to-day. You always want to keep an e} e j'
open on the fellow that says he is giving his goods
awav at 50 ets <ll the dollar. Either he or the .
goods is considerably oil colour.
Our selection is large in Ladies' Slices of all
kinds at $1.0(1, $1.25, sl.o(>, si! (Ml and uptosi. ; >o
' We don't say thty are worth twice the money we ask
tor them; or to come quick, never get such a chance
again; and, at your own price, and all such nonsense;
but do say that nowhere can you find their equals,
esjtecially our $1 .'Jo, $l o0 and $2.00 Kid - Button
Boots. 'J hey are genuine Kid and Dongola warrant
ed, and very handsome styles in all widths and
sha|>es, and we intend to'try to supply all customers
that want these goods, it we can get them fast j
from the factory. Have had some trouble
"lately on account of our rapidly increasing trade on
these shoes to get them fast enough to meet the de
mand. ' 1
We intend to extend this opportunity to you of
getting these goods at any time, as we intend to keep
a full stock at all times. (They are not shop worn
sample shoes.) Ilence, if it don't suit you to come
this week, come next, as we intend to get them in
quantities to meet the demand. Some say, "Strike
while the iron is hot." You can strike any day or
hour at Huselton's and find the iron hot.
See our Ladies', Misses and Children's Slippers.
Lace Oxlords, Opera, very fine at 50 ets and up.
Wigwam, Lawn Ten.iis in Ladies', Gents', Misses and
Children's.
Our sales arc very large in Men's Fine Shoes, in
Button Bals and especially in Congress. We. have all
styles, widths and prices from SI.OO ami up. You
should stop in and .see* our new lines in Boys' artd
youths' Shoes, the finest we have ever shown. They I
are sellers. Why, they siiil themselves. Don't lot
get to look at our immense stocx of Misses' and
Cliildrcns' Spring Heel Slux-s. the finest and best lil
ting goods lor the least money of any goods in
countiy. We warrant every pair.
Men's, Boys' and Youths' Brogans, Plow Shoes,
Box-toe Kip Shoes for oil country, at low prices,
Please bear in mind that in buying at Huselton's you
are protected in prices, styles and wear. Come and
see us.
B, C. HUSELTON,
No 4N. MAIN ST. BUTLER, PA.
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JAI'KKTS. I'AUASOLS, • lltYsl.-i
WUAFS SH AW LS. KII) (SLOVKS.
A. Troutman & Son.
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet Souse.
BUTLiER - IE 3 Ej ±3 3SP A.-
CtJIITAIVS. CAKI'CTS.
WlSlmtt -IIAI f>. MAT I INIiK
o itT.MN poi.hs Airr S4ii \i:k<
AM.IIXTI Utt .1 AI'ANKSK lii (iS
'1 AHI.RCOV IiIts. Kl.tloK I.IMAS
S..KA Itl «.S 1,1 N <II.KIMS
I.INKNS ASh NAPKINS. Ol I, < ... | IS,
OKNAMKNTS. '
SPKCI.YL ATT ENfTON TO ORDERS BY MAIL
AUGUST 1
AT
RITTER & RALSTON'fr
NEW FALL PRINTS, NEW FALL TRIMMINGS,
NEW FALL GINGHAMS, NEW FALL BUTTONS,
NEW FALL DRESS GOODS, NEW FALL COLLARS,
NEW FALL GLOVES, NEW FALL CUFFS,
NEW FALL HOSIERY, NEW FALL RIBBONS,
NEW FALL CARPETS.
New Goods arriving right along and being marked ;«t ths
VERY LOWEST PRICES. Our Clearing Out Sale in -Jul}
was so 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 of the (» BEAT BAR
GAINS at
RITTER & K ALSTON'S.
SSfctV, ' ... » .nJ ■ * . - - '. , . > ■ ■ . trh ■ -
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
1 l'R< H'KSSIONAL < AIM»S.
H. H. GOUCHER
!Al turtles a< I i Otlli >" "II 'i'" '
liratl- ; ■;11.!;ii. in u.e.nd r- 'H'-r !■' •.
J, F. Brittain,
• Ail's at I ..w Oiii.-.* a> S. K. On' i .in St, and
I'iaiiioml, Hull. * i"...
NEW ION BLACK
vii'j mi Law unite on smith side of Diamond,
r*uii« i . r«i.
IHA MCJUNKIft,
Alloim yat I i . i.ei eat N.». 17, I-u-.i Jeil'er
soii St.. iiuiici I'a.
C.F. L- McQUISTIO N,
F.M.I\K!.U l\ii si lUl.Vtilt,
Ol Kll KON iii S 'JON l>, 1.1 II I ■ I'A.
Dr. ftf. M. Eoovei?,
\■ 11 i«"«• t s T 1»«>. - i'l iltM'C,
lilAMONI) i:i.m K. - - - I II.KIi. I'A.
li. M ZIMMERMAN.
!'in.-: 'IAN AM" FTI.iiI.ON
t i'i'ii'oai N •. l.'i. s. ,\i in sliill, ovi-r i i iiik it
( o:, lilt!.; s: rt'. tJ:ill«?r, i'a
W. It. TIXZEL,
PHYSICIAN -"''SUKUISON.
N. IC.Cornrr M 11:1 alut Wavni" si-
BU TT i*Fr;T?> PiJJM 2SI '.A.
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All woiL (wriaiuiiii; to tli<.- piok' i"ii f;eoul
0 l n. tin ii -.'.ti'-l ii.aiiurr.
Mm', lallii : ' old ! illn.-i-. ..n<l I. I. !• ss I \
trai lioii of t'f.-tli, Vltali... I \ir ai.iiuiii i rtU.
Otlii'i uii J.lT.rsoiiNlroi l.mi.- ilix.r L«sl ol l onrj
110:i.,c, I )■ Stairs.
Ollii'C <ll:ix daily, cKt'opi \\ t'duc-Mlas -J ao.l
'rtiurs lay> ('oiiimuuliiiUoiis o> mail
|iroin|>i aUi iiUoii,
N. B.— The «nl> lli'litist in ii-ing the
best mak<-s of let-lli.
JOHN E. JJYfiRS,
PHVSICIAN AN " SURGEON
Ollioe No. 85 South .Main Street,
BUTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
Physician and Surgeon.
No. lo West t'nuiiiiigltiim St.,
i J 3±l."Nri>r ? A.
J. S. I.I£JSIC, M.D.,
lias renio\» d from liai nniii.v to Hinl'-i and lias
iii.s oilir.' al No. y, Main St., Unci; dooi l.oloW
Umij ii 'tisi-. apr-ai-tl.
DEINI X .
0 1/ \\ \ 1.1»;:I > N. Crai!n:ito of the l'Lila
. I\. ilolpliia :>.-nta: < i> iircpared
lodo apiNllmi'-' i.i tlir hot* ol Ins i'l'ol. .io'i in a
satisfactory iiianii i.
(liiici- on .Main bliot't, lUitler, oti;>iuite the
Vogeli'i Hinl'-i'.
L. S. SkJUNIKIN,
(iisii liince mul liciil EMail! Ag't.
17 KA.- r .IKi'l KBSON ST.
BUTLEIi, - I J A.
Stewait & Patterson.
A. M. S I'KW A li'i' ami s. \.-|»A't'TKUSoN < oii
tiai loi*s and llnlldi'i .. aiif Ixith men 'i ai iof
t-v|m-i t.'ii. i- iii 111 i- house Liiililin ..n;I Irainin^.
All |I-TS(.I. Inlii i. i ii-. Ol I ill i!' Ii ii ■ IMII do will
lo hi-.- I In-11l and loo!; o'si'i' ihcird -i.:os.
liosidoiii'e on t- .i ii s ii• w AM;., Sjn
t'o .t olltri . I -.111 (|-r, I'a.
TUY IT Vol USKI.I".
"It is ol' uo use to arctic tin- question,
1 ain neither stubborn nor opinionated, I
haye simply had a Itb-soii that will last a lile
tiuie."
"I,ouk lit re,-lads! yi-ii are like some old
bachelor who ha* been jilted by one wo
man, and «ota about declaring all women are
false."
"Not at alt ! uiy brother i'liarlua tlie«l of
Bright'* disease, brought ou l»y one ot
tlicac so Oiillctl 'bloo l puiiiieiV the kind
you see attractively a lvi-rii-o«l iu every nook
an id corner. I'. continued io.li'le ol' j*otassutu,
a dm;? n-el'ul in extreme e.i->ea when eau
i ■ u-.:yiveil under a doetor'.s supervision,
l*ut (ieath-ds i > all who take it iii.<|iriu
lity. If tjtui/ brother lui<l tlieil under sat'li I 1
eirtuiiusUuoes, you wuiilil liate jiuunt medi
cines as I ilo." i
"1 do iliMiKe lliu uaiue ol that iui.st:alled
'blood |.urilier,' ti.r I have heard first class
physicians bay it is the cause of hall'the cas- 1
en of ill-.-:tsc ill the country, and it is
strau/e the |>ro|irii t .r-i have not been prose
cuted for selling it. liut / was rccoiiiul 'ii 1-
ing Vinegar Hitters anil th.it (locs not con
tain any mineral, narcotic or other hurtlul
drug."
"Oh, unbuild sii| )tos6s that olil wouitin's
remedy will hurt anybody; the t|ue«lii>u is
will it cure au/thiu£l'd as soon think of
taking M.me of my granduiottier's herli tea.''
''Villi would lie belter oil, Jack, if you liad
some of that le tto tone up your system now,
instead of taking a glass of brandy to make
you sleep one night, and perhaps a hotllc of
beer the next."
"Is tins a temperance lecture, Phil
"No, it is a Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've
tuken ilie medicine more nr less for liitcen
years, autl look the wurld over, you
tiud a lieu It tier mi.ii Hum 1 am."
"What is all i Ins nonsense about old stvle
iind in w style \ iuegar liuters; aie they dif
ferent '
. '-Yes, the old style h ohs like coffee villi
milk in it, the i.ew -;>le lo.ee tl'cewithiut
milk. The uian svt.r. made tin old s.tyle for
twenty years - a practical chemist— made a
milder, pleasant.preparation, adding to it
I.ere, uint taking from ii ther:-, until lie pro
duced, my wife s.'vs, the finest incilii iue ever
made. It cured Iter of -oii-tipali .n, ami it
cures the children ol hives end all the liitle
ailmt.its ihi-y i-rcr have. If my *sife thinks
they have wotms, she di.se-> them with old
style. \V. always bine both kind i:i the
house and together tln.y keep tit .loutcr
away.'
'"Ai.d ii.'i I tiiiti the ii. i.i i.i llie pud
ding—
"ls 11:0 e.diitg prtsisel. la i sta
l .ttli of the old sty Ik Vinegar ilaters -men
1 tliinK, prefer oltl style usually —t y it. and
yuii will ih(lie like au old bachelor who,
after railing against won,en for years, falls
in lo"'' with.a g« od .anian at lasi. You will
say tli. ,i .ir. >oi,il ..nsl bad | atcnt .liciaes,
but \I in ar Kill i is the I.est r.f tie- bit.''
"All inrhl I'i'iil. to please you, I II tiy ii
and leporl results.'
Hit only Tem|n t iai'l' Slitters knonn. It sliuiti
lati's ii.,■ ;ursc. .. . ttfili . Hi.' II , it. is i.ii.l |tro
diii-1 s.l |>t'rl'ft-l l.li. nil i it. iiUtii.il. which ii Mire
to restore pei ln I health.
4;|:<. \\. i>.\\ |s. oi inn liariii.i.t si New <>r
lenus l.a. w . it/' iinil 'r date May Will, I v s-, as
follow ;
"I lias li-t ii ;i a tig to I it-.- ii'.t Si ji.'in i_Ark.
I r liftceu years for an Itching humor iit uij
t.|o.id. I have in i used three ln.llies.il \ inc
gar Itii lerv and it Int.- tloln lie' more♦T'mhl ihiili
tiic S; i lug- He. Hie i ".l medicine made.''
losr.ril.l I. \N Ot Nil. '."i V>e.sl. si Ni v
> ii k ■ i\ 11. i.- not. ln-tMi with an Vinegar
Itltie:, lor t in' p • i iv. i'i tars, and consider
It a whole iiiedletnc ••liesl in mir iamil ■
A be.tutilul Uucl; free.
Address, It. 11. i|c!h».NA i.ll IlltOtl t 0.,
G';.' \t u.liingtoii >l., .V'U \ork.
l ihlijn Spe.i ters.
N. A, Hml i il'S.
On the |iii:lure;-i"|ini St. 1.-4 s lence River
Stands the iii" bin • • ily Montreal,
Willi ils bridge 'si ...lit, mid its lui.noiniu,
An t it.> many i buiclns i.. |• li_.l la)!.
iS In te this u'rtat i.. Iro|.oli< : . staudioj,
In tor ;>.tti n liiui 1 b.nu i-a-i-'d asvay,
\\ .i - aii Indian ll.dt lo:lu_ J,
Where tiro -a-iifins joiut-vl in |>ca.-itai
svrav.
But reieiitle---s i...ir.-.l siiimlier-: I i!i .a^li
liivai'f uni'ryi-ii 4, hfit'i;
tm y combtce '.heir brav -i t
battle.
I bey in i>■ 'uKI "lily lo . ap.iit.
Si llie iriendly -at.as and llurons
i Were Hi;aiu involveil in mortal
And Irem h<-te to battleground atnl grave
yard
Soon w.ts changed il.i haiulets lovely
t-ile
All iu turn t i be forgolteu by the
I'ionter while men. iu lli.-ir haste
To build a).on thy nallirc-lavubu I,
Indian ilma ratctl, bi.i 'd-staiue 1 wm.'.".
Hut, diiiani; the eity attraetious,
Due abov* tb. re. l. me:
Specters ol" the Indians dead ami
llurietl, liiiit in t'aucy 1 can see,
luters|.erbiiit; vsitli svlnte uien ■ nouses
Their old-taahi ne I wigwattH on tli2 suor.-;
And all unmolested as tney elimb the
Mountain, sv. iui the river as of yore.
Though these Indians
ed,
And their am ient glory long has
I.el us not forgetihe'warriors vani lied,
l.et us not i'trget the herot-i dead.
We must al.!. parish, autl our .lu-:l may
with the bones of burie 1 nrave-:
Anil, |.erlia|is, uiay neglect us,
Just as we neglect the Ituli in graves.
Aud when we have erossfii lliat other river,
And life's wari ami worry all are o'er,
Who will -ay but that souie Indian wig-vanis
May lie scattered on the farther shore .'
Anil that heaven will be a place where all
our
i ivil and domestic feuds will eeu.e,
And, according to our various tastes, we'll
Live in an sternal, happy peace?
Nr.w C.vsrt.K, p i.
LOVE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
IIY M QCAI).
The next day alter the affair at
Burton's in Tennessee I went over to
Andrew's Folk, seven or eight nnlc3
away, and was made heartily wel
come at the largest of the three
cabins. Andrews had a daughter
about 20 years old, ami 1 soon under
stood that she was to be married next
day. Indeed, the lucky young man
was on the ground aud waiting, lie
was a six footer, slim as a toothpick,
awkward as a calf, and dead in love.
The girl was more shy, but not to be
bluffed by my presence. When I en
tered the front door, the young man,
who answ'ered to the mime of Davy,
rau out of the back He felt confus
ed and embarrassed, aud, taking his
seat on a log about thirty feet from
the house, he hid his face as much as
possible behind a sapling. Andrews
called to him, then Mrs. Andrews
called, but h > put his finger in his
mouth and would nut come, 'then
his Supan went out and said:
"Now, Davy, what's the scrim
magelle'un haan't come y ere to
hurt we'una "
•'1 ain't scart "
"Then come along in. All of us
will be ashamed of ye."
"(Jot a headache," suid Davy, as
he hung back.
"Holiest ?"
"Yes, orful honest. Feels like it
'ud split."
"Shacks! \ ou's bashful! Yom's
afraid he'll poke fun at wc'uas! But
he won't, Davy. L'op's dun told him
we're to jine, and ho aays it's right.
He'tiu w6n t lull, Davy."
"Fur shore?"
' Fur snake shore. Come in,
Davy."
She came leading him by the hand,
aud I did my best to, put him at his
ease." Iu this I succeeded so well
that utter dinner he took me into his
coLlideuce. We were lying under a
tree, and 1 had given him the first
cigar he ever saw, wheu he suddenly
said:
" VV.ftild yon— you — run away ?"
"What! From getting married?"
"Yes."
"No, sir e e ! You are a lm-ky man
to get such a 14i rI as Sue."
"Hut folks'l lalT "
"Let 'em laugh."
"And wink aud titter and make
fun."
"Pooh ! What of it ?"
"It's jist orful, but mebbe I kin do
it. I've killed b'ars and rattlers and
wildcats, and I've had lights and
rows, hut this skeers me."
I got him braced up after au hour's
talk, and then we took a cut through
the woods to -ee the new cabin which
had beeu erected for the bridal couple.
It was au humble structure made of
poles, with no door to the doorway
and no sash iu the window. The
ground was beateu down hard for a
lloor, there was a rude fireplace at one
end. and a bedstead bad been made of
poles laid in crotches. Davy's mother
hail given him a bear skin, a kettle, a
(skillet aiisl a jug, at.d these were
pi a red in a corner. Susau's parents
hnd given her a pan, a kettle, three
tin plates, two spoons, two knives and
forks and a bottle of vinegar, and
these were placed iu another corner.
That was the whole outfit.
The mountaineers were my frieuds.
They had gone to every trouble to
oblige uic.and L re wis an opportunity
torequite their kindness. There was a
genuine country store about a mile
away,and I got rid of Davy and went
down there. I had a little talk with
the store-keeper, and wrote ofR a list
of things and tendered the pay, ami
his voice actu lly trembled as belaid:
•'Twelve hull dollars! Stranger,
ye can't mean it !"
"Oh, but 1 do." .
"And all a free gift to Have aud
Sue ?"
"Yea."
"Wall, it beats sarpints ! 'Deed, it
beats b'ars and wildcats! Put it
thar', stranger ! I've seed strange
things iu my time, but this clutters
me!"
That evening Andrews anil his
wile hail to go over and set up with
a sick neighbor, leaving me alone
ivilh the lovers. After the ' putter"
hud beeu lighted Sue said to -me:
"You won't kei-r, will you
"About what?"
"Aud pop said you wouldn't laff
nor titter."
"What at?"
' Dave and me ate g-»iiv to omit."
"(jo light ahead, n.y dear girl. 1
am very near and hard ol
ln-ariug, aud you ncedu l be afraid of
I inc."'
liUTLFIi, I'A.. FlilDA V. Al'<M ST v'l.ISS^
They sat tlnvin on the door sill,atid
alter a minute I'ave queried:
•II lint ift.lii.ily 1... kii.', he thai ."
' • iuess not "
"Then I in ir»iu' to !"
".N i>, you liitin t!"
1 lini I iitiisl, cause I orler !
lie |in r his aim around her waist,
and there was another long sjler.ee.
Thrfii he said:
'•fviu 1 queeze yer han.l !
' Noap.''-
"But 1 oris r.
"Well, mebbe.
''Aud yOil hain't kissed me Ur au
hour."
"David ! '
"But i orler be kissed. And you
orter be kissed ''
"I can't consider."
' But you orter. Nobody'll see."
"Well, mebbe you kuow best "
' Course 1 know best Haven't I
killed b'ars aud wildcats!"
".Sirtin, fur i seed their hides."
"Don't sot way oil thar, Susan.
Sot eltisser.
"Noap."
"But you orter. er pap w r c;uld
say yer orter. Hain't we most mar
ried."
"Well, mebbe 1 orter."
"We'd gwine Lo be crackiogly Lap
!'}'• '
"Yes."
"Xcvtr git mad."
"Noap."
1 wout off to bed and left them
there, and I shouldn't wonder if they
put in most of the night at it. At
about tea o'clock next morning the
people began to drop in, and at eleveu
the marriage took place. The groom
hud a weak spell, bat I braced him
up, and when the fatal aooae was ad
justed aud the trap spruag his con*
duct vvL as to medium. After din
ner we formed in procession aud es
corted them to their new home. Al
most everybody had come laden with
a preseut of some sort Iu the center
of the cabin was my surprise, and no
crowd of people were ever so dumb
founded. Mrs. Andrews drew the
articles out and it took every one's
breath away as she shouted:
' Ileal tea aud coffee and salarutus!
And here's cotton cloth and pins and
thread! And here's sugar and mo
lasses and soap ! And here's crock
ery—real crockery — and kuives and
forks aud spoons and "
llut all the ivomeu were crying by
that time, and all the men were trem
bling with excitement. They laid it
outo me, and I had to own up, and
then Andrews called out:
"Yore— Dave, Sue — git right down
yerc on yer knees and sw'ar to the
stranger that you'll pot-luck with him
an' his'n as long as grass grows and
water runs, and may the Lord never
desert him !"
And who could ask for a greater
reward ?
The farmer who tills Pennsylvania
soil can at least console himself with
the fact that he is digging tho best
dtrt of the country. Of nineteen
counties in the United States whose
farm values exceed twenty-eight mil
lion dollars each, this State has nine,
while the first three on the list, also
the fifth, sixth and seventh are in the
Keystone Suite. Lancaster leads
w ith a farm valuation of $7'),000,000.
Allegheny is seeoad, with over forty,
at.d Chester third, with over thirty
iiiilliun. The other three are Berks,
.Montgomery aud Bucks, each valued
at over thirty-six uiilion. Truly, this
i* a great State and its political re
sults ou national elections are seldofti
in doubt. Another notable feature
in the list of nineteen counties of tho
lirst rank according to value of au
ntial farm products, Pennsylvania
furnishes nine, aud Lancaster leads,
with all annual product valued at
over $0,000,000, while Montgomery
is fourth in the list ami ranks with
Monroe and Oneida, N. Y., w ith over
six million dollars' worth of annual
product. To all inquires regarding
Pennsylvania it is proper to say,
"she's all right " — Oil City Bit nrd
Swallowed An Angle-worm.
A case that has balTF'd the skill of
the best physicians in Western New
York for the past three years has just
reached its elima?:, aud is a large
siz"d surprise party to the physicians.
Four years ago this summer, Nina,
the two years old daughter of Dr. S.
G. Lewis, of Olefin, while playing
with other children swallowed a piece
of dirt. The other children thought
it coutaiuod a small angle-worm, but
the child's pareuts thought not, aud
paid no attention to the matter and
soon forgot if.
Nearly 11 year later the child began
♦,o complain of its stomach feelingly
badly, and said that something was
alive aud wiggling about therein She
i?rew worse and became so nervous
that it was impossible for her to keep
quiet more than a moment at a time.
The little girl, now six years of age.
was taken with a violent fit of vomit
ing Wednesday, and in her struggles
threw forth the little angle-worm
which bad reposed iu her stomach
for four years. The worm had grown
to an enormous it measuring
nearly ten inches long and being as
i.irtre aroond ns one's linger. The
child is rapidly recovering.
Killed by a Rattlesnake.
VS hih: two boys, Jackson Moore ai.d
lohu Harvey, aged about seventeen
years, were hunting Hpriels across
the river from Memphis, Tenuessee,
they discuvered a rattlesnake
coiled upon a rock apparently asleep,
Moore said he would capture the
snake alive, lie crept up to the dead
ly rattler, and, l.y a quiet movement,
caught it firmly behind the head and
held it at arms length in triumph.
Suddenly the snake coiled itself
around the boy s arm. He became
frightened and attempted to throw it
oli, when the reptile struck him ou
the neck. Its tangs became fastened
in tne flesh. The unfortunate victim
screamed with horror, and, grasping
the snake with both hands, tore it
loose and flung it to the ground. He
fell to the earth in a swoon, while his
terrified friend fled for assistance.
The nearest house was two miles
distant, ami when help arrived the
poor lad wan past help and died in
agonv. The snake was found coiled
, iose by. aud when killed measured
four leet uine inches, ami had eigh
teen rattles.
Dyspepsia and indigestion are
.-speedily cured liy Hood's Sar.sapa
iilia, too Hoses One IWIIar.
I'rceitu.ntiitl campaign. What a long
way that sum would go in pork aud
beans or some other useful article.
She's All Right.
I I l '.l .P 1 I I E < .t l(in \V< IKK.
pi'i i* mi tiiiil it I if. mil Slan.l
rircl ut I i ving Vcihiis lii itis.li
t reu 1 r.uie
[l atiicU I-old ii. llirlrf.-li W .oi'l
1 *i>>t»•.;l iou L.i A iiiei i aa mi diib
gooii w ages' iiiiil u liifiLi i standard of
livitiir l')i* tin: .4nitfric-Ati wurkiiiaii.
'I iit* luilleutiiuui i.-. not ultaiaaUo iu
tLis w'.rid, but of all couutries tli«
ono that ntlers the liest opj.nrtinit it «
to tin? jiDor mail is Anuiica, and the
must prosperous and e
tiu.ts ilit: uaiiun has kuowu havo
hi'.'ii uuder tin? Protective p 1 ify
Tue adoption of liiitish l're« Trade,
on tbs other baud, would mean redti -
ed wages aud a lower standard of
living. Conimon sense, history and
experience teach these things.
Noiv. the s> ,-ieni under which we
have advanced hik! thrived as no peo
ple ever before advanced ami thrived
is to-duj' seriou.-iy mtaoced Kug
land senks the overti row of the Pro
tcLlis't Tariff, atid she hopes for, aud
doubtless woikd for, the success of
Urover Clevclaud, who, if re-elected,
will elieet ttiis aud inaugurate a fluli
<•)- that will antagonize the; American
system aud snbscrve the scifish inter
ests ot our ancient enemy. It is not
necessary to inijttire into motives;
the facts arc all that practical men
will care to know.
Sophistry will be tried on tho
workingman. Able pens that cau
"make the worst ajtpear the batter
reason" will be enlisted on the ad
verse side A hundred aud odd
years ago, when Washington and
his compatriots were lighting for in
dependence, England's pamphleteers
endeavored to persuade the American
people that they would enjoy greater
freedom uuder her government than
they would under their own: Ameri
cans are now informed that they
would bo better off under the British
policy of Free Trade than they now
are uuder the operations of the Amer
ican system, It is the old impudent
lie under a new form.
One of the false notions they have
given currency to is this: If on the
adoption of Free Trade wages fall
what matter if things are cheap? But
the cost of iiving does not go down
with wages. Thirty years ago
wages fell, but (lour ran op from $5
per barrel to sls per barrel At that
time calico was selling at IS cents a
yard— imported from England; to-day
when the workingman is iu position
to pay a better price, he gets his cali
co for 7 cents a yard—American man
ufacture. The times referred to were
the time 3 of Free Trada and low
wages Today in lands where
labor is paid 20 cents to 10 cents, the
cost of living, on the American stand
ard, is fully as high as it is in this
country.
In no country can the people be
well-to-do where the accepted econom
ic policy is to reduce wages to tha
minimum. And wages ia every
country must inevitably bo brought
dov. n to the" lowest w hen the labor of
that couutry is forced to compete
with the illpaid wages of other lands.
Now. the maxim of the Free Traders
is, "buy in the cheapest market."
The result, of course, is obvious.
Wheu labor is diversified and homo
industries are protected work is plen
tiful aud workers are well paid.
Then Cwo jabs run after one work
man. But if foregeiners in foreign
lands arc given to do our work, be
cause they offer to do it cheaper, to
that extent workmen iu our own land
are reduced to enforced idleness.
Then the spectacle is presented of
two men tanning alter one job, at
lower wages than bofore. Tin two
workmen now r compete not only with
each other but with the foreigner
over the sea also, w hose miserable
wages under Free Trade must regu
late theirs; an 1 the workman who
geW> the job at tlia cut throat price
must not only support himself and
his family ou that wage but (since
labor pays all expenses) he must like
wise sustain the enforced idler — in
the poorhouse or somewhere eise.
Now, a situation of affairs is
brought about when every American
citizen must be practical on the ques
tion raised. The man who believes
in Protection to American labor
cannot consistently vote for Cle\ eland
and Thurman, and the man who fav
ors Free Trade cannot logically sup
port the platform on which Harrison
and Morton stand. There arc sur
prisingly foolish things at times done
in this world; but Lo tne it does seem
impossible for the American people,
011 1111 issue so sharply deli nod as this
Tariff question is, to dL*lib2rjftely vote
for their own ruiu. "Were it possi
ble," write 3 Mr. .lames U. Blaine from
abroad, "for every voter of tho lie
public to see for himself the condition
and recompense of lahor in Furope
the party of F'reo Trade in the* Unit
ed .States would not receive the sup
port of one wage-worker between the
two oceaiis, It may not be directly
iti oar power to elevate the European
laborer, but it will be a lasting stigma
upon our statesmanship if we permit
the A niericau laborer to bo forced
down to the European level."
School Children's Food.
A teacher iu one ot our uptown
1 schools advised her pupils., the other
morning, uot to hurry over their
breuktast because, said she, "a good
nourishing breaktast, eaten eheeifui
ly, and no; to fast, is the best prepar
ation a studeut can have fur a suc
cessful morning's work in school"
She said, also, that wheu one of her
guod scholars made a bail failure in
her lessons, she always felt inclined
to ask: "What did you have for
breakfast, my dear, and how was
your appetite? ' There is no doubt
much truth in this lady's remark. It
was discovered years ago that poor
children in the ragged schools got 110
mental benefit from the instruction
rriveu them unless they were first fed
with something substantial.
In many homes both in city ami
country, there is apt to be a w ild hur
ry-skurry to "get the children off lo
school," in. l he course ol which the
breakfast receives but slight and hasty
attention. Then, about i 1 o'clock,
when a recess is given, the young
scholars, faint from hunger and ex
haustion, are ready to devour any in
digestible thing which they can lind.
Parents who wish their children to
do well at school should the
efforts of teachers by seeing that
their children have proper food. The
best instruction in the world may be
neutralized by innutritions and hur
ried meals. —N. .1. L ijcr.
I I'ltiftaell Lowell compares the
iiiin; of l.ondon to the nui.se ol tin!
loom of Time. l.OMrdl alv\a}« was
celebrated lor its looms aud spindles.
D?;itii al r.ainp On I.
dispatch ft .Mil t'aiitji 'trd, t'lij
iHant Lake, ilated laal Friday said.—
\t i ii'i lock this afierii'ion «. iiarles
Lncey, a prii ato in Cnmp:»r:y <J. of
iiic t* ouri'.uiith it l giiuoii t, as shot
and iiistintlj killed while act
ing iis marker iu a pit at the rille
rauge.
Several of the regiments had men
rtiit in the lie Id qualifying theiu for
matkiueu's rating. Among them
were the Sixteenth. Their oun pit
was engaged whea they arrived iu
the field and they took the itttj yard
range ol the Fifth Itegiment 1 aeev
was sent iuto iho pit, which was t<> •
i-bullow" to admit oi his -tanuiug
straight. Two or three shots were
lired and no marker was put up. One
of the men w hittled for Lacey, but
he did not appear. The detail ran
over to the pit iu alarm and to their
horror found Lacy lying there dead
with a bullet wound through his
head.
llr had evidently beeu
with his face t > ward the target, ai
the ball entered on the left side of
the ueek, passed through the carotid
artery and came out of the mouth.
The bleeding was profu-.e nn.l deuth
was instantaneous. Lieut. Foster,
Assistant Surgeon, was immediately
notified, and he with Maj. MeCaad
less rode out to the range, one-quar
tcr of a mile from camp, but too late
to be of service. The body was then
placed cu a stretcher uud in solemn
procession borne across the field to
the Fourteenth's quarters
Lieut IJrowu, Inspector of ltifle
Practice, feels the accident very keen
ly, as it happened to one of his men:
but he is free from blame, as the men
were not their own range. Tho
pits which licut. Drown had dug
were of sufficient depth to cover a
man entirely when standing erect,
while that of the Fifth was shal
low.
Coroner T 11. llannen, of Craw
ford county, held an inquest at 7
o'clock. The yerdict was accidental
death. Lacy was 21 years of age aud
had enlisted in Company C about
six weeks ago. 11 is residence is at
Beach Cliff, near Mansfield, Pa.,
where his icmaina will be taken to
morrow when the regiment arrives
homo. He was single, a coal miner
by trade, and lived with his father,
It is not certain who fired the fatal
shot, as several men had tried their
skill before it was discovered that
Lacy had been killed.
Another Version.
The New Castle correspondent of
the Pittsburg J'Uxjtalch, sent the fol
lowing version of the Ceutrcville
afftiL* to that paper: A young drug
gist named Marion Hay, of Princeton
this county, was arrested by a newly
appointed constable, Abe Sechler, up
on the charge of selling whisky with
out license. While dining at Centrc
ville, on their way to jail, Hay has
tily seized a horse standing at the
door of the hotel and made a dash
for liberty. The horse had just suHi
cicnt "git" in him to make the race
between the fugitive and the consta
ble exciting. It was nip aud tiTck
until Hays turned suddenly aud threw
his horse The constable immediate
ly took advantage of this and drew
his revolver, aud demanded his pris
oner to halt, which he was about to
do when a Centreville coustabie saw
the lieeiug man and his pursuer with
a drawn weapon. lie immediately
grabbed Constable Sechler, and both
officers fought to establish their au
thority. Tho Ceutrcville protector
refused to listen to anything, and
compelled Sechler to go with liim to
tho magistrate's ollico, and, as a CJ:i
seqaence, Hays is at liberty, and the
Centreville official is bound over to
answer in court the charge of inter
fering with an officer.
I3ee Sting Extraordinary.
Mr. (leorge Carson, or (iiliiiore,
while pumping the wells 011 his iea=e
in the Foster brook district, last Sun
day week, was stung by a bee just
below his right eye. Shortly after
wards a sensation of faintness and
dizziness came over him, and believ
ing he was about to be sick, he hast
ened to shut down his "well?. In a
few moments he lost all conscious
ness, and two hours later, when he
ngaiu regained his senses, he found
himself bruised and bleeding crawl
ing around his boiler house on al!
fours. His clothes were torn to tat
ters, and everything about the boiler
house was in a state of contusion He
has no knowledgo of w hat hatl occur
red during the interval, but tho indi
cations showed that the sting had
produced a kind of frenzy in him that
rendered him temporarily out of his
head. No owelling resulted from the
sting until Monday morning, when
his face began to puff out and his
lips rapidly increased in size. Mr.
Carson is a stroug and healthy man,
and he believes that if the bee had
lighted upon a man of loss vigorous
constitution tho result would have
proved l'atal.— brr rich-.
Various Kinds of Girls,
tin this interesting subject we give
the following to our young men read
ers:
A disagreeable girl — Annie Mosi
ty.
A sweet —Caiiio Mel
A very pleasant girl — Jeuuiu llos
d i ly.
A sick girl — Sally \ ate.
A smooth girl — Amelia Ration.
A seedy girl — Cora Ander
A luminous girl —E. Lucy Date,
A geometrical girl — Polly Uou.
Not a christian girl — llettie Bo
doxy.
One of the best girls — Ella ijant
A flower girl—Btioda Dendron.
A musical girl — Sara Nade
A profound girl — Mettie Physics.
A star girl Mela Orie.
A clinging girl —.lessie Mine.
A muscular girl — Callie Sthenic.
A lively girl — Annie Mation.
Ah uncertain girl — Eva Nosceut.
A sad gill— Eva («.
A serene girl Mollie Fy.
A great big girl — Eitic Phaul.
A warlike girl — Millie Tary.
An uncertain girl Pollio Tic.
Sec King His Reputation.
A mau was seen earnestly looking
into the bung-hole of a whisky barrel
as if in search of something he could
not find.
"What are you doing? n Lai a by
' ;■ talidel".
"Why, I'm -ci king u.j ii.|iiitatiou
1 in the place I lost it, 'v.a:; the nioum
! fill reply.
An Ocean Disaster.
A sioty of death «ii* 1 .li iioter rame
in the sea last Thursday night,
npprr-~iu,T the country with its s;ig
gc-tioos > r mortal a.- . v and .iflfright
Sister .ships, the Thingvalla ami
the (Jt iat-r, of the Thingvalla Liue of
Scandinavian steamers, crashed io
g< liui in the tiarlness and mist of
Tuesday's early t»...rt.ing, and the
h;*j»l« ,-»a (itiser wus s- iii ivi tho boit)iu
of Ibe ocean.
was at iiuud, Lot the
wus illusory. The Thiogvatla ex
hausted liei lorecs t.i rescue, hut the
sinking of the Ueiser w.is -» rapid
that comparatively few .if the |*ople
who thronget' ber decks could IK;
.snatched from thejaw.-. ol tlie waves.
Thirty-oue persons ». ere saved
Tue dead number at least one huu
dreil ami five.
Tbe shapely vessel aud her rich
cargo are iost iu the watery deeps.
The (ieis'ir was ou her way from
New York to Copenhagen. Toe
Thingvalla was sailing hither from
Sea jdiu.iv ian ports Tbe disaster
occurred at four A M 'i he sceac was
ab<jiit thirty mihs .south of Sulde b
lattd, o3" the const ot Newfoundland.
There was a comparatively smooth
sea Accounts vary as to the dense
ness of the atmosphere.
The Thingvelhi struck the (Jeise;
amidships on the starboard side aud
cut her half iu twain. The Ueiser
sank in less than six minutes. There
were about eighty-three adult passen
gers on the steamer aud a number of
children.
The Thiogvulla's bows were
smashed in as far back as the forward
collision bulkhead. The bulkhead
was not injured, and to this fact the
steamer's passengers owe their lives
for hud the bulk bead given away
she, too, would have gone down with
all on board.
As soon as possible lb J Thiugval
la's bouts were lowered, but ouly 14
of the Weiser's passengers and seven
teen of her crew were picked up.
The Thingvalla hoisted signals of
distress, and at eleven o'clock the
same day (Tuesday) the Hamburg-
American packet steamer Wielaud,
from Hamburg, hove in sight and
took off all tho passengers of the
Thingvalla and the survivors of the
(Juiser. Tho Thingvalla then steered
for Halifax as the nearest port of ref
uge.
Smart Editors.
Il.irrisburg Telegraph.l "
I was reading the other evening
the very seductive circular of a livery
firm in Niagara Falls, which sought
to impress ou the public tbe idea tuat
teams can be secured at that extor
tionate place at reasonable rates. Do
not be deceived, oh. guileless man.
You can't strike a cab at Niagara
without being overcharged. It's a
wav they have. They swindle the
face 'll you, and laugh at you when
you kick. You either have to pay
their extortionate charges or get into
trouble. No fellow wants to get
into trouble iu a strange town, and a
gentleman will hesitate a long while
before he will dispute a bill, but I
don't blame a mau for kiekiug at tbe
awlul charges of the Niagara hack
man. My experience has been that
it is better to put the bargain in black
aud white than pay $lO iu hard
American coin to a rapacious hack
man for a two hours ride, with side
trimmings of pirates who want lilty
cents iit every turn and corner, and
make it unpleasant lor you if you
don't fchfcll out. Tho only people 1
ever knew who got away with a Ni
agara hacknian were a party of Penn
sylvania editors who held the hack
man tlow*ii to a contract in white and
black, and they worked him lor all he
was worth. When they left him be
wearily wanted to know "Where
them d d pirates came from.
That reminds me of a funny thing
that happened at Niagara during the
last Pennsylvania St ite editorial ex
cursion. Among tbe party was a
dry wit who asked tbe awfulcst ques
tions without cbainging countenance.
The guide ranged him in front of the
grandest view of the f ills and point
ed to it proudly. The man of wit
gazed with curiosity on the scene,
and then drawled out in a rasping
voice:
"Say, yon, does this dtitn get much
higher s*. hen it raius?''
The silence that followed tins re
mark was only equalled by tbe mel
ancholy look ou tho lace of tbe
guide.
Constables Must be Paid.
Judge Albert, at Allentown, be
i.igu county, has passed upon a ques
tion on which there has heretofore
been no decision. Tbe high license
law of ISB7 compels constables to
visit all hotels and saloons in their
respective districts utid report auy
violation of the law I't oin the fact
that no compensation was allowed
for this work the constables of Lehigh
some lime ago decided to make a test
in the case of Rheubeu Sentinel, con
stable North White Hull township,
against the eouuty of Lehigh to re
cover mileage and fees The ea.-e
up f it argument, the constable being
represented by M C. L Cline Mid
the county by»iatne< L. S. ha.lt i'he
court deci.hd that t >r the service im
posed uuder the act the constables are
entitled to twenty cents for each visit
to a restaurant or bold aud mileage
the taiue as is allowed for burviug
summons.—Meail villo Tribune.
The Banana as Food.
According to one authority, one
pound ol bananas contains more tiu
ttillicit! than three pounds of meal or
as many pounds of potatoes, while as
food it is in every .--ense superior to
the wbeaten bread. Although it
yrrows spontaneously throughout the
tropics, when cultivated its yield is
prodigious, for an acre of ground
planted with bananas will return as
much food material as acres id
wheat or ovi r 100 aires of potatoes.
It is not. generally understood that
Italian is—fried, baked or roasted—
are v-*ry sippeti/.ing, aud that sliced
ait.l pla id in a dish with alternate
slices of orange they make most de
licious dessert,
They want Gladstone to become
the Earl of Flint, but he refuses to
bear a hard name iu his old age.
The mau who goes i<i for mass
age it eat tueiit, like the man in poli
tics, 'is iu hands uf his liieud». '
- 11.. It are the tau.-i of un>ny
bankruptcies. The old motto "No
Trust, No Bust" holds good to-day.
What Shall Tbe Tariff Be.
i ultiu ; the tax froiu the i»h«ep ? white wool,
< lilting the Ui trom the silken »pi»l,
• uluug fie tax troui the cottou bote.
Cutting the lax from Ls-lish ilothe*.
What shall the tariff be,
Oh, « hat shall the tariff I**.
I i: I>y rieve'a-td, aod out fc/ MilU,
Cut in plat form, aod eat in bills,
SU->tied from cye.y thing rou see,
Froe, oh tree, shall the tariff be.
I»l>|.iug it oil iVota thtr farmer's Aaz,
I. >wiug it oil trora th- cutler s ax.
Lopping it otl irunt the weaver 1 * web,
L.'ppin£ ii off Train the spinner's thread,
What sba'l the tariff be?
Oh, what shall the tariff bs?
Payiuir for boots and .hoes,
l'uy .1,4 for ail that we u*e,
.-na »iu/ our labor fid shnttics; our an'**,
Killing our iiunieree with Free Trade bills,
WUat shall the t iriff l.s ?
Oh, what shall the tariff be?
—Spnithtl»l ('ID'S*.
Why He Came Out.
BRADFORD PA , —The political iei*
satiou of this part of the State is th*
Hop of U. B. McCaltnout, long a
Democratic leader. Last night be
addressed a large public meeting of
Republican clubs which was attended
by many interested Democrats. Mr.
McCalmont said:
' I commenced to hedge away back
on the day that Cleveland signed his
lirst pension veto message. I thought
that when a worthy widow of a wor*
lhy soldier by special act was grant
ed a pension, and when the Chief
Magistrate of this great Nation stoop*
ed to veto that bill, becau«o under tbe
old rules of tbe Pension Department
she was not entrtled to a pension, it
was time for me to hedge. Whea
Cleveland wrote that school boy es
say on wool and sent it to Congress,
1 mado a break for the fence. I
straddled the fence and looked to ths
St. Louis convention to rascne ths
party, but it came not to tbe rescae,
and when tbe party in convention
swallowed free trade, and Cleveland
swailowed the party, and it bocame a
Cleveland party instead of a Demo
cratic party, I got down off the .'enee,
aud found myself standing where I
stand now, and where I never stood
before — on a Republican platform.
"The Democratic party asks me to
vote for free wool, and paralyse ths
wool growing industry of this eoaa
try. I won't do it, and thsl is tho
reason I sm not a Democrat.
I am asked as a Democrat
Democrat to rote for a reduction of 37
per cent, on woolen goods and des
troy the woolen manufactories of this
country. I won't do it; sod that Is
the reason I am not a Democrat.
"I am asked, as a Democrat to yoto
for free lumber, and not only that,
but for free wooden manufactures,
such as sash, windows, doors, cars,
carriages, boats. *fec, aod send tho
lumbermen now working aroand
through our hills and valleys and ia
our saw mills to Canada to hnnt
work and destroy the wooden manu
factories of the country. I wont do
it; and that is tbe rerson I am not a
Democrat.
"1 am asked, as a Democrat, to
vote for free palt and destroy the salt
industry of the country. I won't do
itf and that is the reason I am not a
Democrat.
"I am asked, as a Democrat, to
vote for a 0 pee cent, reduction on
iron and cripple the iron industry of
the country. I won't do it; snd that
is the reason, I am not s Democrat."
A Japanese Volcano Bursts
Forth With Awful EfTect.
The steamer City of Sydney, Hong
Kong and Yokohoma, brings Japan
ese journals with particulars of a vol
. anic eruption of Bandai San of Jnly:
The details of tbe catastrophe oome
in a somewhat disjointed form. Tbe
i;/<«./(/ Shimluu dispatched a special
reporter to the scene. According to
his account the villages around Bea
dai San beard strange rambling
sounds and felt shocks of esrthqnske 4
from tbe 13th. These phenomena
continued in'jrmittedly for two days
and nights, but not being attended by
any serious result, no greater disquie
tude was felt. On tbe morning of tbe
loth, at about 3 o'clock, the smaller
Bar. dai San trembled and roared vio
lently. Almost immediately after
ward ashes lieguu to fall, tbe sky
F '.dd'-nly grew dark and tbe rumbling
sounds continued accompanied by a
violent earthquake and flare of dax
zltutr llame. The crust of the smaller
Banditi San appeared to be lifted bod
ily upward, and then 'to fall again
with a tremendous noise; then follow
ed showers of red mud, mingled with
large atones, spreading bavoc around.
Such, indeed, was tbe nature of near
ly all tbe matter erupted—red mod
without small stones, but accompani*
ed oee asionally by heavy rocks.
Abo7e tbe mud fell a few inches of
ashes.
In the five villages of Twase, Yos
un, Wakamiya, Misato and Hisars,
the greater |>art of tbe bouses were
bnried to a depth of from 1 to 20 feet.
The stat? of the bodies ;ecovered is
terrible. Some arc literally <yt to
pieces, others are parboiled so that
it is scarcely possible to distinguish
between meu and women, A few
corpses were found suspended in tbe
branches of trees which caught them
as they fell. Up to tbe 17th tbe
number of bodies recovered was 478.
It is believed that Cl are still entomb
ed. Tbe wounded uumi<er 41. Eigh
ty-sevtu houses have been destroyed.
Hydrophobia.
A year ago Augustus I<ewis. of
a young farmer near Erie,
was seized with rallies while at a
prayer meeting. Ravisg, susrling,
and biting he rushed around tbe
room snapping at ereryone. Men
seized and bound him. Tbe occur
ence was the sequel of a severe bite
Lewis received froi.i a mad dog four
veurs previous. Eminent physicians
w ere rtummoned and Lewis, to their
surprise, recovered after a few weeks
of a terrible agony.
A tiny or two ago the paroxysms
seized him again aud Le ran
out barking and snarling,
an 1 attempted to get
into a carriage in which his sister
and her intended were driving off.
They escaped, aud he then turned
aud attacked the housedog with great
ferocitv, biting, emitting noises liken
dog. His father aud the neighbors
secured l.im and bound him
for a day. tie asked for a drink of
water, and weut into a terrible eon
vulrdou as soou the liquid touched his
| lips The froth flowed from his
1 mouth Seeing himself in a looking
> glass he begins to bark. He raves
i and seems past recovery.
NO. 4?