VOL. XXV.
SIME NONE FREFER CHUP. SNRDDT
BOOTS i!> SHOES,
While the Great Majority of the People of Butler Co.
Want Solid, Good, Reliable Boots and Shoes
Worth the money they pay. The latter go to
HUSELTON'S
For their Boots and Shoes. They do it because he
has the largest stock to select from; because they can
and do rely on what he tells them about the goods.
No two or three prices—same to all. No tricky ad
vertising done, such as goods at 48 cts, G9 cts, etc.
No auction, or OLD SAMPLE LOTS, put in as would make
believe at 50 cents on the dollar, but fresh new
styles made to order by the best manufacturers in the
country to-day. You always want to keep ah eye
open on the fellow that says he is giving his goods
away at 50 cts on the dollar. Either he or the
goods is considerably off colour.
Our selection is large in Ladies' Shoes of all
kinds at SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and up to $4.50
We don't say they are worth twice the money we ask
for 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,
especially our $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 Kid Button
Boots. They are genuine Kid and Dongola warrant
ed, and very handsome styles in all widths and
shapes, and we intend to try to supply all customers
that want these goods, if we can get them fast
enough 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.
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.) Hence, 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 Oxfords, Opera, very fine at .50 cts and up.
Wigwam, Lawn Tenais in Ladies', Gents', Misses and
Children's.
Our sales are very large in Men's Fine Shoes, in
Button Bals and especially in Congress. We have all
styles, widths and prices from SI.OO and up. You
should stop in and see our new lines in Boys' and
/ouths' Shoes, the finest we have ever shown. They
are sellers. Why, they sell themselves. Don't for
get to look at our immense stocK of Misses' and
Childrens' Spring Heel Shoes, the finest and best fit
ting goods for the least money of any goods in this
'country. 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,
Ho 4N. MAIM ST. BUTLER, PA.
liiiiiiin liiiiiim
MUXONS. 8 VELVETS
B V£T2^ S ,V^ IINGB - DHJEBB GOODS,
NW BLACK DBKSS GOODS,
. N COLORED DKESS GOODS,
.£££? BKTS ' DRESS (JOODS FOR THE MILLION
K ISBT 1 WASH DRESS FABRICB,
INFANTS WEAK. UNDERWEXK.
JACKETS. PARASOLS, HOSIKRY
WRAPS, SHAW LS. KID GLOVES.
A. Troutman & Son.
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet Bouse.
BTrrxjßiß> • ZP:E_N HSPA..
CURTAINS. CARPETS.
WINDOW SHADES. MATTINGS,
CURTAIN POLES AK T SQUARES,
AXD KIXTURBB JAPANESE RUGS,
TABLE COVERS, FLOOR LIN ENS,
SOFA HI US. LINOLEUMS.
U OHN AIIEJTS. A PKINB ' OILCLOTHS.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ORDERS BY MAIL
AUGUST 1
AT
RITTER & RALSTON'S.
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 CAKPETS.
New Goods arriving right along and being marked at tha
VERY LOWEST PRICES. Our Clearing Out Sale in July
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 GREAT BAR
GAINS at
RITTER & RALSTON'S.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN
1 PROFESSIONAL CAKDS.
H. H. GOUCHER
Attorney-at-law. Office on second iioor of
lirady building. Diamond, isutler, Pa.
J, F. Brittain,
Att'y at Law—Office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLA K
Att'y at Law—Office on South side of Diamond,
Butler, Pa.
~TBA MCJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St., Butler, Pa,
C.F. L. Mc aUISTIO.V,
ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
OFFICE ON DIAMOND, BUTLEK, I'A.
Dr. W. M. Hoover,
Office over Boyd's Drug Store,
DIAMOND BLOCK, - - - BCTLEK, PA.
G/HL ZIMMERMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office at No. 45, S. Main street, over Frank &
Co's DtUil Store. Butler, Pa,
W. E. TITZEL7
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
N. E. Corner Main and Wayne Sts.
B'CJTLER PEJM^T'A
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the prolession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties :—Gold Fillings, and Painless Ex
traction ol Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
Office on Jefferson Street, one door East ofLowry
House, I'p Stuirx.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays' and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prom pt attention,
N. U.—Tlie only Dentist In Butler u.sing the
best makes of teeth.
JOHN E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON
Office No. G5 South Main Street,
BUTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS,
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLEB,
J. S. LDSK, M.D.,
Has removed from Harmony to Butler and has
his office at No. 9, Main St.. three doors below
Lowry House. apr-30-tI.
DZEZtsTTISTIR, * .
0 1/ WALDHON, Graduate of the Pliila
• "■ ilelphia Cental College, Is prepared
to do anything i;i the line of his profession in a
satisfactory manner.
office on Main street, Butler, opposite the
Vogeley House.
L. S. McJUNKIiV,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't.
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
Stewart & Patterson.
A. M. STEWART and S. A. PATTERSON, Con
tractors and Builders, are both men of years of
experience in flee house building and framing'.
All persons thinking of building will do well
to see them and look over their designs.
Residence on Fair view Ave., SprlngJalo.
Postoffice, Butler, Pa.
TRY IT YOURSELF.
"It is of no use to argue the question,
lam neither stubborn nor opinionated, I
haye simply had a lesson that will last a life
time."
"Look here, Jack! you are like some old
bachelor who has been jilted by one wo
man, and goes about declaring all women are*
false."
"Not at all ! my brother Charles died of
Bright's disease, brought on by using one of
these so-called 'blood purifiers' the kind
you see attractively advertised in every nook
and corner. It contained iodide of potassum,
a drug useful in extreme cases wheu cau
tiously given under a doctor's supervision,
but death-dealing to all who 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 heard first class
physicians say it is the cause of half tba eas
es of Bright's disease iu the country, and it is
strange the proprietors have not been prose
cuted for selling it. But 1 was recommend
ing Vinegar Bitters and that does not cou
tain any mineral, narcotic or other hurtful
drug."
"Oh, nobody supposes that old woman's
remedy will hurt anybody; the question is
will it cure anything'! I'll as soon thiuk of
taking some of my grandmother's herb 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 night, and perhaps a bottle of
beer the next."
"Is this a temperance lecture, Phil?"
"No, it is a Vinegar Bitters lecture. I've
takeu the medicine more or less tor fifteen
years, and loot the world over, you will not
find a healtber man than I am."
"What is all this nonsense about old style
and new style Vinegar Bitters; are they dif
ferent?"
"Yes, the old style looks like coffee with
milk in it, the new style like coffee without
milk. The tuan who made (lie old style for
twenty years—a practical chemist —made a
milder, plejinuoter, preparation, adding to it
here, aud taking froip it there, until he pro
duced, my wife says, the finest medicine ever
made. It cured her of constipation, and it
cures the children of hives and all the little
ailments they ever have, if my wife thinks
they havu worms, she doses them with old
style. We always bava both kinds in the
house, aud together they keep the doctor
away."
"And you insist that the proof of the pud
ding—"
"Is the eating—precisely. Jack, get a
bottle of the old style Vinegar Bitters—men
1 think, prefer old style usually—try it, aud
you will then be like an old bachelor who,
after railing against women for years, falls
in love with.a good woman at last. You will
say there are good aud bad patent medicines,
but Vinegar Bitters is the best of the lot."
"All right, Phil, to please you, I'll try it
and report results.'"
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The only Temperance Hitters known. It stimu
lates the Jierm, resrulmtes the Bowels and pro
duces a perfert blood circulation, which is sure
to restore perfect health.
GEO. W. DAVIS, of lU9 Itaronne St.. New Or
leans*. 1.a., w rites under date May »;th. ISBB, as
follows i
••1 have been going to the llot Springs, Ark.,
for tlfteen years for an Itching humor lu wy
blood. I have Just used three bottles of Vine
gar Hitters, and It has done ine more good than
the Springs. It is the best medicine made.''
JOSEPH J. EGAN, of No, 75 West St., New
York, says: "Have not been without Vinegar
Bitters for the past, twelve years, and consider
it a whole medicine chest In our family."
A beautiful Eook free.
Address, K. H. McI>OSALI> DBUU CO.,
532 Washington St., New York.
"Blue Juniata."
In tne Youth's Companion is a
reprint of one of the prettiest of Penn
sylvania songs, with some explana
tory notes as follows:
Forty years ago every one knew
the song "Blue Juniata." It was a
simple song, but it took the popular
fancy, and children were named for
"Alfarata," the Indian girl, and so
were boats; but the name was grad
ually changed to Alfaretta or Alfretta.
The words ran:
Wild roved an ludian girl,
Bright Alfarata.
Where sweep the waters
Ot the blue Juniata.
Swift as an antelope,
Through the forest going,
Loose were her jetty locks,
In waving tresses flowing.
Gay was the mountain song,
Of bright Ail'arata,
Where sweep the waters
Of the biue Juniata.
Strong and true my arrows are
In my painted quiver,
Swift goes my light canoe
Adowii the rapid river.
Bold is my warrior good,
The love of Alfarata;
Proud waves his snowy plume
Along the Juniata.
Soft and low he speaks to me,
And then his war cry souuding,
Kings bis voice in thunder loud,
From height to height resounding.
So sang the Indian girl,
Bright Alfarata;
Where sweep the waters
Of the blue Juuiata.
Fleeting years have borne away
The voice of Alfarata;
Still sweeps the river on,
Blue Juniata.
The Juniata is a wild and beauti
ful river formed by the union of three
smaller rivers that rise iD the Alle
gheny Mountains and unite near
Huntingdon, Fa. The main stream
is 150 miles long,and it flows through
the picturesque Juniata Valley until
it loses itself in the broad Susque
hanna River about a mile from Dun
cannon. The Iriquois Indians used
to live in this valley, and Juniata is.
an Iriquois word. It was sometimes
written Choniata. The song was
composed by Mrs. Marion Dix Sulli
van, the wife of John W. Sullivan,
of Boston. Mrs. Sullivan was born
in 1802 in Boscawen, N. H , near the
beautiful Merrimac River. She was
tbe daughter of Colonel Timothy
Dix and tbe sister of General John A.
Dix, of New York. She died in 1860.
Salt Lake and The West.
AS SEEN BY A BUTLER CO., BOY.
SAN JOSE, CAL. AUG. 20d, 'BB.
EDS. CITIZEN: ln "doing tbe
town" of Salt Lake we find many
things that are interesting and to
speak of all of them would be too long
for this sketch of our westward trip,
so we content ourself with a reference
to a few of the most interesting points
in and around the city of the Saints.
After a good night's rest, free from
the noise and rolling of tbe train, and
a breakfast on the fruits of the valley,
we are ready for the sights most vis
ited by tourists. We first make a
trip to a spur of the Wasatch mount
ains within atfout one a half miles of
the city as once there you can get a
fine yiew of the city, and the valley
for fifty miles around including the
Salt Lake, some five miles west of
city With the aid of a good field
glass, we can see before us a fine val
ley for grazing, and with the system
of irrigation they now have, it is very
fertile and productive, raising grain
of various kinds and fruits in abund
ance—a desert made to bud and blos
som like a fine farm in the East.
Here it was that the Mormon leaders
in the summer of 1847, when they
emerged from the canon in the moun
tains looked down OH the plain before
them, and upon further exploration
determined to plant their "Zion,"
where they would for all time, as
they supposed, be free to practice
their peculiar religion, without the
interference of the outside world. It
must certainly have tried their faith
to locate in this barren plain where
all was bleak and bare, ns is shown
by localities not jet farmed or irrigat
ed, but the same energy that started
the whole party out on their long
long journey over the "great Ameri
can desert," among hostile Indians,
served their purpose, and enabled
these Morman people through irriga
tion to clothe the former desert land
with fine crops of wheat and bar
ley, fruits and vegetables, in great
variety. They saw the only way
to farm in this locality was by using
the mountain streams, so marshalled
their forces, went to the first hills and
began what is now the largest sys
tem of irrigation in the world, as they
have now over 8000 miles of ditches,
large and small, in the territory
through which the water is distribu
ted over the farms in the valleys
This may seem a little large when
you consider that the length of the
ditches would reach more than twice
across the country from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, but as the ditches are
all owned by the church, a record is
kept and they kuow just what they
have and use it as a lever to keep the
people faithful to the church. If they
ain't faithful they are liable to have
their water shut off and of course
their crops fail, their land is worth
less, and they have to go to other
quarters. For that reason you find
no "Gentiles" farming where the
church owns the ditchs and controls
tbe waters and the reason is obvious.
We visit the tabernacle, the housa
where all the "faithful'Mn and around
the city worship on Sunday. It is
250 feet long by 150 feet wide, is 10
feet high with a seating capacity of
about 12000, including the gallery.
Here is one of the lagest, if not the
largest, and finest organ in the world,
that under manipulation of a fine
performer, sends forth notes, from
that of the softest flute to that of the
roll of distant thunder—a very wide
range of capacity indeed. The "Tem
ple," a large building just eaßt of the
tabernaclo is iu construction,the corner
stone was laid April Gth, 1853 Work
has been going on constantly ever
since, and it is estimated it will re
quire ten years more to finish it.
The building is of fine granite, very
substantially built and if not destroy
ed by earthquake is liable to stand
thousands of years. It is over 100
by 200 feet, the walls are 100 feet
high. Here will be the headquarters
or the offices of the church authori
ties, where all the records are to be
stored away to be sent down the ages
to the "faithful," for their information
thousands of years hence, when all
other churches, es they say, will be
and theirs will be tbe only
BUTLFR, PA.. FRIDAY. 8 KPT KM BKR 7,18*8
one in existence to enlighten the
world; a rather extravagant expecta
tion we would surest Over three
and a half million dollar have been
j spent on the Temple thus far, so by
; the time it is finished, ten years
hence, it will be a very costly build
ing. Tbe nomenclature of the place
is suggestive of the land from whence
I sprung the Christian religion Here
is the river Jordan, Mount Nebo in
the distance looking dowu on the
plain below; the Tabernacle, the
Temple, and many of the rites and
ceremonies are modelled after those
of the Jewish religion, all suggestive
of the aucieut '"tabernacle in the wild
erness". Hut we must hasten on.
We take the train for Garfield Beach,
a resort on Salt Lake about 13 miles
from the city,fitted up bv the Union
Pacific Railroad Co , and one of the
finest bathing places in the country.
We, i:e, about fifty of us, men and
women incuding girls, don bathing
suits and take a plunge into the briny
water and find, when we strike out
for a swim as in fresh water, that
we are soon "kicking in the air,"
with our head wanting to get under
water. Many of tbe less expert
swimmers found themselves, "ends
reversed," and it necessary to
adopt other tactics in
this dense water. Soon however all
find they will not sink and with great
ease can balance themseves and float
around as they please, in this "Dead
Sea" of America, where the water
contains sixteen per cent salt, where
as the ocean water contains but about
three per ceut.
After the bath, and a grand show
er bath of fresh water in the dressing
room to wash the salt off, we feel
much refreshed, have a good dinner
at the restaurant, and return to the
city, where at 4p. in. we take the
train for Ogden, and at 7 p. m. are on
our way to the Golden Gate. During
the night we cross the mountains and
the morning finds us on the head
waters of the Humboldt river; we
follow its valley all day, and that af
ternoon at Winnemucca, Nevada, we
receive the pleasing (?) intelligence
that a freight traiu, off the track
thirty miles west, will delay us seven
hours, so as the thermometer is at
104, no shade trees within fifty miles
of us, the sun beaming down on the
dry barren plain, we do the best we
can to keep cool and restrain our in
dignation at such an unfortunate
affair that stopping us at this particu
lar place. The ladies of the party
became very restless betimes, and as
one of the mrn under less restraint
than the rest of us gave vent to his
feelings by saying "darn the luck" he
was met by about a dozen ladies re
sponding "those are our sentiments,
but we didn't want to say so." How
ever, at about the time stated, and at
dusk the bell rung out the welcome
sound "all aboard." and soon we are
on our way toward Humboldt Lake,
where we are in the basin of the val
ley and begin the ascent that leads to
the "Sierra Nevadas." If our delay
was a disadvantage to us by broiling
us in the hot sun, it was more than
compensated for by the fact that it
gave us a ride over tbe far famed
"Sierra" in daylight—all regular
trains on time cross them at night—
which was greatly enjoyed by the
whole party. At daylight we find
ourselves at Truckee and wend our
way through gorges, along the moun
tain side, through thirty miles of
snow sheds that shoot the snow,
slidftig down the mountain, over the
trac®,, and finally we gain the summit
'At of over 7000 feet. We
begin the descent and soon are bowl
ing down grade at a lively rate some
parts of the tracks being on a grade
of oyer 25 feet to the mile. When we
reach the famous "Cape Horn" the
trained is slowed up so all can get a
view of the wonderful scenery of this
locality, where, should the train jump
the track it woul 1 be landed 1800 feet
in the valley below, so steep is the
mountain side. Ou we go through
Alta, Dutch Flats, Gold Run—all
once famous mining camps,but whose
glory has departed,—and by noon we
are at Sacramesto for dinner, with the
thermometer at 101 in the shade.
After dinner the train moves on down
the west side of tbe river. At Beuicia
tbe train, fifteen coaches and engine—
is run on a ferry boat and taken
across the river, a mile and a half,
where we are soon on our way down
the east side of the San Francisco
Bay, and in due time run on the
pier two and a half miles out in the
bay, where we are landed, and by
ferry taken across miles further to
tbe wharf at foot ot Market Street,
San Francisco, aud are somewhat
amused to see the change in climate
—that thing California people boast
about. At, Sac a uento but a few
hours before we saw the people swel
teriug in the heat, here on Market
street we see the ladies clad in seal
skin sacques and heavy wraps, and
men witb their overcoats on. In this
busy city we tarry for the night. We
meet among others Alfred P. Black, a
boy from the north end of your coun
ty, engaged here in the practice of
the law. In the morning we visit
some of the important places of the city
—to write about which would make a
letter of itself. At 3:30 p. m we take
train for San Jose, 50 miles south,
and at 5 p. m. arrive safely. Here we
meet amongst other frieods, James
Black and wife, formerly from North
Butler County and known to many
of your readers in that section. We
are pleased to see them looking so
well as they are. As far as we can
see Mr. Black is as well as when he
was last in your county, fourteen
years ago, although he will be 80
years old August 31st. Mrs. Black
has failed somewhat, but still retains
her sprightly disposition, so well
known to all her neighbors. We also
meet J. C. Black, a former Butler
County boy enjoying a very lucrative
law practice in this place and who
declined the appointment of Judge on
the death of the recent incumbent,
Judge Belden, for the reason the sal
ary is only about half what his prac
tice amounts to annually. We also
meet David A. Black, a Butler coun
ty boy, known to the older residents
of Marion and Cherry townships,who
left the home of his childhood in 1855
and who has been in California ever
since, Amongst others we meet the
family ot Dr. Webster, formerly of
Harrisville; also, B P. Patterson, a
son of Norman Patterson, of Centre
ville. Of California, its climate,
fruits, etc.. many things could be said
but we must close this already too
long letter. WANDSHJSH.
—At Manistee, Mich., girls feed
the planers in the hoop mills and do
other light work. They also do the
sacking at the dairy salt works, and
make from $1 to sl.2s*per day.
A Southern Brigadier.
j T. M. J. in Harrisburg Telegraph.
One of the biggest loafers 1 ever
saw was an ex-member of Congress.
He is a high official in the House of
Representatives now, so it reallv
dousu't matter wh it I s»y about him.
I was at Atlantic City several years
ago, and my attention was attracted
at the hotel to a tall, tine looking man
who I learned was an ex mcmb -r of
Congress from a Southern State who
rejoiced in the title of "General," for
: he had "fit in the wab, suh," as a
brigadier in the rebel army. lie was
a haughty, imperious son of-a-gun,
and he stalked about as if he owned
the earth and had pre-empted several
claims on the planets. His wife, a
mild-mannered, gentle lady, I learned
was by birth a Philadelphian. She
was always a secondary consideration
to him, and I don't think I ever saw
him notice her. Poor woman, she
bore his neglect meekly, and seemed
to take his ill-will as a matter of
CDurse. One morning about 9 o'clock
when I was taking a late nap, 1 was
awakened by cries of "Help! Mur
der! Ob, for heaven's sake, don't
kill me!" in the shrill voice of a wo
man. The cries of distress came from
a room on the same floor as mine.
Before I could dress and get out into
the hall-way the cries had ceased, and
there was a sculflling of hurried feet
as if somebody was getting out of
harm's way. I inquired quietly dur
ing the day as to tbe cause of the
cries, and learned that the Southern
Brigadier, sah, had been indulging in
the playful pastime of beating his
wife, and that when her father had
broken in the door he found the chiv
alric loafer had her bent over a trunk
with his claw about her throat while
he was beating her eyes black with
his right fist. The old man was go
ing to kill him, but friends interfered
aud the "Gen'ral, sah," was hustled
off before he could be properly shot.
A year afterwards I met the lady at
the same hotel, where her father was
chief clerk. She told trie her story.
Her husband had been a member of
Congress and before they were mar
ried had roomed at her boarding
house in Washington. When he fail
ed of re-election be did not leave
Washington but remained at her
house and prevailed on her to marry
him, which she very foolishly did.
Then he billeted his family of three
daughters (he was a widower) on his
wife and lived a life of ease. They
appropriated the best rooms, aud
were so disagreeable that the oth»r
boarders left, and her revenue dwin
dled down to nil. His demands for
money were alway met cheerfully by
his wife, and he loafed and smoked
twenty-five cent cigars, and drank
brandy and had a general good time.
When summer came the whole ca
boodle camped down in the Atlantic
City hotel, at which her father was
manager, aud it didn't cost them a
cent. One day the old man hinted
that they had worn out their wel
come, and the loafer took this as an
insult and beat his wife terribly. It
was on this occasion that I heard her
cries for help. The hu?band and wife
separated on that day forever. The
wife went back to Washington, be
gan life over again and is prosperous.
The husband loafed around Washing
ton until the Southern Brigadiers got
control of the House and they elected
him to a high aud responsible posi
tion. Well, so. it goes. The bad
citizen doesn't get his just deserts in
this world—but there is a hereafter,
brethren, there is a hereafter, and
don't you let that important fact slip
your nimble memories
Novel Constitutional Point.
Oae of the oddest poiats ever rais
ed under the Fourteenth amend
ment to the federal constitution has
been decided by a Pennsylvania
court.
A statute of the State originally en
acted in the last century, and in effect
re enacted as lately as 1867, provides
that licenses to peddle shall be grant
ed only to such persons as may be
"by reason of some physical disabili
ty unable to gaiu a livelihood by la
bor." This bars able bodied mea from
peddling in short, makes good
health and physical soundness a dis
qualification for followiug a specified
calling.
The Court of Quarter Sessions in
Beaver county declares that tbe Leg
islature has no right to pass such an
act*, that the law makes a discrimina
tion in the matter of employment
and business, which is a violation of
the equal lights guaranteed to all per
sons by the Fourteenth amendment.
"If, says Judge Wickham, the Leg
islature can determine that the pos
session of average health and sound
ness of body shall be a bar to exercis
ing the calling of traveling merchant,
it can also make somt* physical defect
the badge of every calling, and may
enact, for instance, that only confirm
ed dyspeptics shall keep dry goods
stores; that a grocer must have chron
ic rheumatism, a blacksmith but one
leg, a milliner no teeth, a physician
no hair; that a lawyer must have the
asthma and a barber must be dumb."
"To concede to the legislature," the
Court concludes, "the power to arbi
trarily exclude from any honest call
ing all men who are in a normal bod
ily condition would be to break down
one of the safeguards thrown around
the citizen by tbe Fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution of the Unit
ed States and by the constitution of
our own State,"
Trespassing Prohibited.
At this season of the year farmers
are greatly annoyed by the depreda
tions of trespassers, some of whom
carry off fruit, let down fences so that
cattle can get iuto fields and destroy
the growing grain, or commit other
unlawful acts either through thought
lessness or maliciousness. The own
ers of lands have a legal remedy
against all who trsspass upon their
property. In March, 18G0, a bill was
passed by the State Legislature, mak
ing it a misdemeanor for any person
to carry off fruit, or to destroy fruit
on another mau's premises. The act
was first passed for Huntingdon couu
ty, but the same year was extended
to four or five other counties. The
next year the law vvas made . general
over the State. It provides that the
person offending shall upon convic
tion be fined not less than $5 nor
more than soo, one half to go to tbe
informer and the other half to the
owner of the land; and in default of
payment the offender shall undergo
imprisonment of oae day for every
dollar of fine imposed.
—Forty tramps in jail at Dover,
Del., relused work paying $1 per day.
A Hypnotized Man Turning
Robber.
I May one who is free from vicious
j tendencies be made to commit a crime
while hypnotized, which he or she,
! with full command of faculties, would
| regard with abhorrence ? Experi
ments both here arid abroad have
| abundantly illustrated the wonderful
power possessed by the operator over
I his subject; the latter wholly subor
' dinating his will: acting, speaking,
i aud, to all appearance, even thinking
; and seeing as directed A recent iu
! yestigator, M, W. A Croffut, would
| seem to have gone a step further on
| the road to practical accomplishment
by inducing his subject to actually
rob a house; a prc-arrangement, of
course, tbe agent, however, having
uo kaowledge of this. This agent,
whom Mr Croffut described, in a re
cent piper, as of k .own probity, set
out, while iu a hypnotic state, to rob
a neighboring house, which, together
with the means of entrance, was fully
described to him; being told that a
heap of gold was to bo found in a
certain apartment The operator's
assistant accompanying him declares
that, after gathering up tbe imaginary
treasures and putting it in the big
provided him, the subject proceeded
to purloin other articles, so thorough
ly aroused was his cupidity, and get
ting safely out evinced an incliuatiou
to fly with the treasure instead ot re
turning and dividing with the opera
tor, as was agreed. Another subject,
under similar iuflueuce, took a pistol,
supposed tc be but not really loaded,
and, aiming it at his heart, as direct
ed, pulled the trigger.
If from these and similar investiga
tions it should become apparent that
all manner of real crimes may be
committed by inuocent persons while
in this hypnotic or mesmeric condi
tion, and if the vicious, having power
as that evidently possessed by Mr.
Croffut and others, should actually
employ the unsuspecting aud unsus
pected as their agents, how would
society protect itself ? How could
the innocent agents be distinguished
from those not under such influence,
but setting un the claim wheu caught
only to avoid punishment? A really
honest clerk, with tbe keys of bis em
ployer's office and safe in his posses
sion, might be made, should he fall
under such influence, to commit a
burglary; the heir to an estate might
be induced to kill himself; a trust
worthy servant to commit murder or
arson.
These are interesting psychological
questions; questions, it may be said,
which are by no meaus beneath the
dignity of science to inquire into.
Earth Worms Causing Trich
inae.
It is a not uncommon occurence
that a parasite inhabits different ani
mals at different stages of its growth.
This is the case with the small thread
worm, Syngamus traeheaiis, which
infests the windpipe of the pheasant,
peacock, turkey, duck and other
fowls, and often occasions considera
ble damage. Mr. Walker, of Frank
linville, N. Y., has recently made
investigations on this subject. He
finds that the intermediate host of tbe
embryo syngamus is the commou
earth worm, which in places visited
by birds has been found to bo beset
with these parasites. They are swal
lowed by the birds along with the
worms, and perforating the tciopha
gus, find their way into the respira
tory organs. During, or immediate
ly after, this migration the syngamus
attains sexual maturity and attaches
itself to the trachea. This happens
in six or seven days after it has been
swallowed. In seven days its eggs
are produced, which are coughed up
by the bird and reach the ground,
where the embryo emerges in about
three weeks. It is swallowed by a
worm and lemains in its intestinal ca
nal until devoured by a bird. The
best method to check this disease is
to moisten the soil with brine, which
kills both the worms and the embryo
syngami which they contain. Birds
which have died of this disease should
be destroyed by fire.—New York
Star.
Approaching Fall.
Fall is coming on fast. The plain
tive drone of the katydid fills the
twilight with sad suggestions of the
dying season. The birds will soon
be mustering in armies for the south
ern clime. The harvest is gathered,
and the fall will soon be here. The
robin will soon wink you a goodbye,
and the red-wiuged black bird will
flap you an adieu. The cricket will
chirp his song ou the hearth and the
cat will purr beside the first sugges
tion of the early fall fire. The plumes
of the golden rod are lighting the
roadside with splendid color. The
bass fisher gets out his rods and lines
and awaits the frosty mornings. The
The most glorious season is here, full
of the suggestions of completeness.
Watch the seasons, they have the
eloquence of silent work and the in
spiration of immortaliy. All things
change but nothing dies.
A Sand Storm at Sea.
The British steamship Glenshiel,
from the East Indies, recently urrived
at New York, reports a sand storm
which occurred on the evening of
July 10, while the vessel was mak
ing for Suez. When half way up the
Red Sea a most terrific sand storm,
which lasted nearly ten hours, sud
denly swept down. It was impossi
ble to see anything a ship's length
away. The wind blew a gale, and it
was found to be a dangerous experi
ment to stay on deck for any length
of time. The sand was hot, and
when it came into contact with the
body, would sting like the point of a
knife.
Sure Death to Buffalo Moths.
A lady correspondent sends U3 the
following: Take strips of red or blue
flannel (as these colors are particu
larly attractive to them), dip in li
quid arsenic and lay around the edge
of carpets, or wherever the pests are
troublesome. They will soon eat a
desired amount and collapse, to the
entire satisfaction of the housewife,
without the least injury to her car
pets.
—Philadelphia hotel men calculate
they give away $5,000 worth of sta
tionery a year to letter writing friends
who don't pay the hotels a cent.
—Richard Johnson, jailed at Larn
berton, North Carolina, for polygamy,
confesses that "to the best of his
knowledge" he has fifteen wives now
living.
Prospects for Sugar on the Pa
cilic.
Th r ' whole of the Pacific States
and Territories can, no doubt, pro
duce six to seven million tons, enough
to supply fx) percent more than tie
present consumption of ail civilized
countries. That consumption, though,
is increasing very rapidly, and it
doubles in the United Statts in about
twcuty years. Thus in that time it
would absorb all possible production
production of the Stale. The value
of 3,110,000 tous of sugar wouli, ut
5 per pound, be close on three
hundred and fifty million dollars per
annum To obtain it one has to go
abroad. Besides the return to
farmer, the industry gives steady
employ meat at the rate of about oue
man to every 30,000 pounds ot sug*r
The total produce of all the sngar
j hinds in California would, therefore.
; give work to not less than 230 000
men, representing a popuiatiou of I,
r>oo,ooo, including traders, manufac
turers, wives, children, etc. It wou d
besides, give support to a great nnd
varied industry. It would need 21,
000,000 barrels to contain the sugar,
and thus give support to a vast coop
erage industry and lumber interest.
The engines would consume 1!) bar
rels of oil to each ton, or 53 000.000
barrels to the total possible product
ion of the Slate. This would, no
doubt, exhaust all the crude oil that
California can produce. The use of two
per cent slake lime would call for over
400,000 barrels of lime a year. The
machinery needed, too, in these mills
would cost S4B 000.000, aud would
require renewing say every fifteen
years, thus creating a foundry busi
ness of over $3,000,000 a year. An
immense quantity of coal would be
consuuiad, so that it would give ;up
port to a great mining interest. Aud
we have not yet nigh exhausted the
the list of ail the new industries that
this great one would support. We
have delineated its possibilities
It would, of course, take a long
series of years to arrive at the results
here presented. That it is possible
under any circumstances may be
known from the fact that the last
sugar made cost 4.84 cents per
pound, and that it is stated on good
authority it can be laid down in San
Francisco for 3i cents per pound, so j
that California can easily hold her
own in beet sugar producti on.—San
Francisco Journal.
Clouds of Moths.
The city of Reading, Pa., had a re
markable visitation of moths on the
evening of August 1 Myriads of
them infested the air, resembling at
a distance a snow storm They were
first noticed dying around the elec
tric lights about 8 o'clock, and gradu
ally increased t<. such uunsbers as to
obscure the brilliancy of the lights.
Passengers on the street cars, as they
passed under the lamps, were cover
ed with the insects, and handker
chiefs, hats, and fans were plied vig
orously to keep them olf Fires
were built under the lights and heaps
of the moths were burned. Pen aSt
saloon men were c impelled to close
their front doors to keep out. the pests
which were attracted to the bir
rooms by the bright lights. Tbe
doors a• 1 windows of dwelling
houses had also to bo closed to keep
th"m out. Local savauts pronounc
ed them cotton moths, and they evi
dently came from the South. They
are said to precede a hot wave, and a
decided rise in the temperature is
predicted.
At Easton, Pa. butterflies by the
thousands flew around the sixty-four
electric lights, lit on the carbons aud
then dropped dead in the globes.
When the men who reuew the carbon
visited the lights, they found on an
average two quarts of dead butterflies
on each globe, a total of four bushels,
besides the lot that had fallen on the
ground during the night.
Through the Rift.
A young man had made himslf a
home ou a new farm, situated away
from neighbors. At the bend in the
wood road he had cut a little opening,
visible from the house, that wife and
baby might see him, on his way, be
fore he quite reached them. This
clearing was called by them "the open
place." The little one often rau to
the door, during papa's absence, to
see "if papa was tumin' by de opja
place."
One day the husband and father
was stricken down with fever. Toe
little one was carried to auntie's
house, out ol danger's way, and did
not return until after the dear, brave
papa was carried to the "R33t th.it
remaineth for the people of God."
When the child returned to the sor
rowing mother, he was
told that papa had gone to
heaven, but would come for his
little boy some day. He often looked
and longed for his father. The fatal
fever attacked the boy. Just as the
setting sun tinged all the sky, the
darling, who had lain for days uncon
scious, suddenly opened bis eyes and
said: ' Mamma, papa is tumin' by the
open place." He reached his anus
up towards the bright apparition,
which unquickened eyes could not
see. and sank back lifeless.— Detroit
Free Press.
Noah's Ark Wood.
Within a radious of sixty miles of
Xasnville, Tenn.. there is said to be
foand a tree that is said to be the
shittim wood of ark fame. Celebrat
ed botauists from all over the country
have examined the trees and agree
that they grow nowhere else on the
globe. They have decided that it is
the shittim wood of which Noah's
ark was constructed, mention of
which is made several times in the
Bible. The tree is medium sized,
with very dark, smooth bark, and the
wood is of a bright gold color. In
early spring the tress are laden with
long, white blossoms, closely resem
bling great ostrich plumes. There
seems to be no doubt about the iden
tity of these trees, and it is remarka
ble that they are found only ia this
small area and so few at that,
Population of Russia.
Government statistics recently pub
lished place the population of the
Russian empire at 108,787, 235, of
which 81,7*25,185 are iu Russia pro
per, 10,136,725 are in the other pro
vinces of Russia in Europe, and 16,-
925,325 in Asiatic Russia. St. Pe
tersburg is the most populous city,
with a total of 861,303. The popu
lation of Moscow is 753,469, of War
saw 454,293, and of Odessa 240,000. ■
He Is Strong in England.
j Pitt-bnrg Chron. Telegraph.]
County Recorder W. 11. Graham
arrive:! in the city this morning from
un ex en led toiir of Europe looking
hale and heury aud in tbe best of
health aod spirits lie was accompa
nied by Thomas Ward, of Pittsburg.
The Recorder had about twenty canes
with him which he secured in differ
ent parts of Europe, and which be
will i resent to friends. In speaking
of Europe as he found it, Mr. Grah
am said: "I think if Mr. Cleveland
was ruauiug for President in England
he would surely be elected. Had 1
not been u Republican before I left
here I would surely bo one now. A
person does not ueed to investi
gate to find out how the sentiment
in England is ruining. Why, actu
ally. you could n.jt go into a hotel, a
resta r »n\ or even a store, bat yoa
wouid find evervbnJy for Cleveland.
I bid a taik with a uuiuber of Eng
lishmen. and th**y told uio they were
hoping tor his re election, so that be
could carry out his free trade doc
trines They said that they hoped
then to have England restored to her
original pUce, as the largest mson
factuti'ig country in the world. I ask
ed them if t'lev really thought free
trade in the United States would
benefit, them, at which they were
greatly amused and said that after
free trade was adopted in the United
States it would only be a few months
until every workshop and mill in
England would be running full biaat.
"1 hope, however, that the day will
never come when the United States
will be like England. I spent some
time ia ascertaining the wages paid
workingnv u in Europe, and it seta
ally astounded me i got on s street
cur in Louuou oue day, and in a con
versa tie n with the conductor, I asked
him what wages were paid him. He
told me twenty-four cents a day,
that be worked from six o'clock ia the
morning uutil ten, eleven and twelve
o'clock at uU'bt. This is only oae
example There are thousands just
like.it that "I could enumerate. I
found tbut all through England, and,
iu lact, the most of Europe, the wa
ges paid men were 50 to «»0 per ceat
lower than those paid Americas
workmen."
A Cure for Laziness.
A late reverend gentleman, who
resided in Yorkshire, aid was is well
known for his eccentricity ss his tal
ents, one day seat his son, a laay lad
about twelve years, to catch the
horse. Tbe lad went sanntering
along wirh a grain of corn ia oae
baud and a bridle in tbe other, drag
ging the rtius along the groaod.
"Thorn**," said the father, calling
after bim iu a very solemn tone of
voice, "corns here, Thomas, I wsat
to say a word to you before yon go."
The lad returned, and tbe person
proceeded:
"You know, Tb<>m»s. that I gave
you n great deal of counsel. Yoa
know that I have taught yoa, before
closing your eyes, to say,'Xow I
lay me down to sleep,' etc, beside* a
good many other things in tbe way
of explanation and advice. Bat this
is the lust opp »rtuuity 1 may ever
have of speaking to you, I couldn't
let it pass without giving you my
parting charge. R- a good boy and
always say that pretty prayer before
going to sleep."
As he said this ia a very sad and
solemn manner tbe poor boy began to
be frightened, an" burst into tears
with this exclamation:
"You will never see me Again, pa?"
"Xo, for I will probably die be'ore
you get back witb the horae."
This quickened Thomas's ideas,and
gathering up the reins, he no and
caught the horse in less time that he
had ever doue before.
The Fastest Railroad Train in
the World.
Competition between two of the
great English lines of railroad has re
cently taken the form of catting down
the running time. The London end
North-Western and the Great North
ern, striving against each other for
the traffic between London and Edin
burg, have reduced the rnaning time
betweea these points to eight hoars.
Bv the first named road the distance is
401 miles, by the other it is 391. For
the entire distance the schedule ia
slightly exceeded by the short B.AO.
between Baltimore and Washington,
40 milt sin 45 minute*. Bat the
length of the trip removes it from the
comparison On the Xorth-Wertern
road one rue without, a halt of
1.33 miles in three hours is a part of
the trip This exceeds the ran from
Fort Wayne to Chicago by 12 miles.
To realize what this speed means, it
may be compared with the trip from
Xe ff York to Chicago by the Penn
sylvania Railroad. The same speed
would reduce the time between these
points lo a little over eighteen and
one half hours. It has been suggest
ed that an afternoon train shoald
leave New York and should roach
Chicago in time for business the next
day. The above proves the practica
bility of such a project.
Journalistic Profits.
This is the way a country editor
keeps his subscription book—he never
has but one.
Tom Brown, settled.
Jack Smith, eggs.
Jim Jones, fish.
Pat Boke, butter.
John Flinch, whisky,
11. Gray, whisky.
Jeff Pink, meat.
Bob Rud, on house rent.
Tom Paine, CASH!!!!
SLOO CABINS can hard
ly be considered hand
some or elegant, bat
they were fit habitation*
for the rugged pioneer*
of America. Oar aneee
tors were ragged speci
mens of noble manhood, complete ia
health, strength and endurance. Their
wholesome remedies are reproduced
in this later age, in Werner's Log
Cabin Sarsiparilla and Warner'*
"Tippecinoe."
Three of a Kind.
Since Belva Lock wood ifot into
The Prr-siiltntiil tussle
The paralyzing I* -t is learned:
She dotan't wear a bustle.
This not to hurt her name;
The simple trath is, neither
Of the other candidates
Wears a bustle either.
—They sa? the light of the moon
is equal to 134,000,000,000,000,009
candles.
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