VOL. XXVI
THE VERY PEOPLE WHOj
HAVE THE LEAST MONEY Aw your wap-a small.
_ .._„ Are you the head "1 ft
TO SPEND ARF THE ONES
family V
OUR RELIABLE CLOTHING • . . ....
i Willi marl eling nillr.
MEANS MOST TO Ulg0?
With lioiih* rent "a drag on you'.'
Low prices for honest. long-w« aring v.ill le i
boon t«> hi* |iockel-li.kik :i ii<l your bncK.
I■< lan Iron-clad < loth Suit at £ IStrongest All-Wool
Suit we know of. Nobody else sell? it.
<iet .1 N PATTKRSON'S Cloth Suit at S1 ♦»- For dress
and ••vervday wear eomhiiu-d it's wonderful vilu<*.
No matter how fin*' a suit you iut lor dre.-s or business
we have that at a low j rie< l .
'| here is no open <]ue. fc lion aljout Po\s' ''!• >t)im We are
not Mih (fi'-reers, l<u? to-day's leaders in tyles and qualities 1
liivhot excellence and lowest prices.
I.entemlier the place.
J. X. PATTERSON'S.
One I'i icc Clothinjr lljrtiso,
29 8. MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA.
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Our Spring goods which comprises the latest novelties at
tainable, in Foreign ami Domestic markets,
HAVR ARRIVED.
As it is a consideration of all gentlemen who desire to
dress well, what to wear for Spring, and where he shall pni
•hasi\ we invite you to inspect our immense stork, and you can
readily select something uitable.
See Our Window Display.
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St'ITS, I* A NTS, HATS, SIUUTS,
I luitTWcjir, Neckwear, ( ollnrs and ( nils
in linen and water proof", lilll >1 >< k r coals,;
umbrellas,liaiidker<liicl's,sus])Oiidcrs, dross
pants, jean pants and cheap pants, over
alls A:c. A lull line of clotliino- and
licnts turnisliiiiL»* t>oo<ls. We challenge j
comparison and defy competition. Our
stock is new and clean and our prices are
LOW < 'oinc in and sec ns.
JOHN T. KELLY.
POSTOFFICE. NEXT I>oolt
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THE JEWELER,
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, SPA.,
DE A LER IN
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Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c M &>c.
Society Emblems of all Descriptions.
Repairing in nlljjbranches skillfully done and warranted.
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Wc are now ready lor
. SIMMER TRADK,
bavin** in stock a splendid sissortmeut of
FINE DRESS GOODS,
MEDIUM DRESS GOODS,
LOW PRICED DRESS GOODS,
ronsistinj* of all the new things for summer wear, with llic
verv latest things in trimmings to match.
CARPETS,
Oil cloths, mattings, linoleums, rugs,
lan' curtains, Minds and scrims at lower prices
than ever lielbre oflered.
|>OMEST ICS,
We carrv a full line ol all the standard domestic, goods in
twilled and plain sheeting, pillow casing, ginghams, prints,
tickings and all kinds of house furnishing £oods.
BUYERS
will learn by examination that it always p nv them to do their
11 ading at
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RESORTS.
Pu i .'-Bftjs: "The white man who drives a
ioal c.irt has to resort ti> soap an<i water, just
its doe- a who has spent the day in
whitewashing."
Hut the most strange things of all are us
ually resorted to when a iu*n K«ts sick.
Of course he doesn't want a doctor —at least
not at firs', ife usually goes to the so-called
saloon and yets a drink, which makes him
f<-el rather la/ed, so he takes another and
comes houie temporarily elated, supposing
himself cured.
When he wakes next morning, with a
headx he twice as bad as ever, ar.d leelinjf
feverish and cross, he concludes he will have
to irj something t-lse.
II • t.ikes :i do-e ot whatever he lotppeu* to
h»v>- :n ihe house—some liver renovator,
kidi.ey <-VMpomt«r, or ht.irt enlarger—and
sets t. ith s,v ;r j ir it I.e isn't hotter to niurrow
be will send for ihe doctor.
N't xi iiiorniog he is Kick in bed; the doeUir
i- culled. ■ bales his brad, presentss two or
ilin ■■ k im's of medicine, according to his
i:ied < ,<I cm), but «lwav\ insi-ts upou |>tr-
Secl quiet, ami that the patient must not uo
to his office for two weeks, or the result will
be serious.
He does iu truth lie in bed for a week or
ten days, his recovery retarded by a multi
tude of temedies, and the knowledge that his
business is guing to ruin in his absence.
When he does dreg out at last, be finds that
thai the family must deny themselves every
;Uing l'Ui tie- common tie< .< ssities of life for
m>iu. t:me to come, in order that tin doctor's
bills may f"e raid, and repairs made in the
business.
Now. the proper thing for this niau to have
dote was t.» have Is nght » lxittle of New
Sly le, Pleti»-:i!it Taste Vinegar Hitters, the
moment b. felt the first (adaclie, and to
have ink. ii two table poonluls at once. Twoor
ibt.-c- li ilf 'l.ise»,tw< days iii' irt, after the first
dose had l-ken elbd. woubl have cureil hnn
and |.i< ventid bis 'lines*, and bis consequent
financial h s.
Ihe niiii di.) not V now this, or, as Ueee.her
would I iv aid, bis foresight was not so
gw>d ns hi- hindsight. Another time this
man w ill know just w bat to do to save pain,
time and nomey.
New Style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar Hitters
is a jiiaiid i purifier, cathartic ami tonic.
c.ot.no neither alcohol nor opium, has a
most d. li' inn- llavorini.', and will not barm
an inlunt.
lor by drnv.-i I-. ; - 'bat canon ami
Irtillb- ... ill n'-id Xew Style Pleasant 1 axte.
\\ < I,' ipibi oid dvle in stick for those who
j.u fcr it. \n inlt ri ling book on Itules of
Sociclv, l'oi Innc Tellin", etc., tree to all who
send lot it.
Tiik NIII; x.VS of tiic bd ly most given to slilrk
inj| their regular work arc the stomach, bowels,
liver and kidneys. A modlclne that stimulates
the»' organs mlo lieitllliy action without caus
ing pain, is invaluable.
Nkw i.k VINP.IiAB lIITTKHs does this,and
II does lis Work permanently. It never robs
I'eter (•> pav I'aiil, as alcoholic and other (so
called) remedies do. It Is a most grateiul. heal
ing medicine to all who are troubled with piles
for il relieves at once, and soon cures this most
painful disorder.
It al.ls digestion, cures constipation, head
ache, billons complaints, teverislniess, neural
gia.nervous diseases ot every sort, and every
class of skin disease kniwn.
\s a Kamiia Mkimcivk, for the use of ladles
children and men of sedentary liablis, the New
Sly le Vinegar Hitters has no equal In the wotld.
It is Invaluable for curing the ills that beset
childhood, and gently regulates the diseases to
which women at every period of life are suh
| ' I.ahiks, get a liottle from your druggist and
i In it. If your druggist has not the New Style
\ Inegar Hitters, ask him to send for It. if you
once try It you will never he without this price
less remedy in the house. Ladles book free
Address, U 11. MrDOSAI.D DBl'U CO.,
Cor. Washington hiul t'harlton Sts., N, Y.
Willard Hotel,
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llreakfast cents.
Dinner i"> cents.
Supper cents.
bodging Jh cents,
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VISIT PITTSBURGH
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JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH,
, rsis Mnttlitleld ircci. fur Trees, Seeds, Ulles,
I (irape \ ines, llardy Kom , canary Klrds.Ookl
Klsb. etc.
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LOSING HER HOLD.
limn, a II 4BHI-. Davis is run Co>'-.rk
<IATI<<XALI ST.
The choolmaster aud hi wife, after
morning meeting was r.yer, tLeir waj
a- usual il.nvn Prout'u t.aue, and across the
hill homeward The path was narr >w. the
dominie walked lirst. lie made a remark
at long intervals to his wife behind him.
bnt without looking back.
''Squire wasn't out. Reckon his lum
bago's worse!"
'■ 'S likely."
"The doctor had his little grandchild
with him. I suppose his daughter has
come for the summer?"
' I reckon she ha>."
There was a long silence after that,
broken only by the buzz of the bees in the
red clover and the ck k-k of the grasshop
pers through the hot gra-s. The 01.l man j
stopped a he always did on Sunday, to see
how much the eoru in the lower field had
grown during the week, and to gaze med
itatively at the pigs iu their pen Hut Mr--.
Holmes had no thought to day lor the pigs
or corn. She walked with her head bent
on her breast, almost forgetting to hold up
the skirt of her Sunday merino out of the
grass There hail been a strange preacher
that day—an old mau with a quick, sharp
tone like the call of a horn to wandering
sheep—very different from Father Lang
ley's prolonged, drowsy hum. One or two
of his sentences rang in Ann Holmes' ear.
•'While you live, live! You wrap your
selves in selfishness and fat content as iu
grave-clothes before you are deud. The
world is full of your brothers, starving,
cold, ignorant. Go to them! You owe
them your services to the last breath of
your life."
Mrs. Holmes had asked the doctor s wife
anxiously what she thought of the sermon
as they came out of the churchyard.
Mrs. Perry shook her head contemptu
ously.
"lie's one of these half cracked, sensa
tion preachers. What has Amity tow nship
to do with the starving poor? We keep up
our almshouse well. Let the big towns
see to their own paupers!"
Ann was comforted for the moment, but
she remained uneasy. That hint about the
grave-clothes seemed a personal hit at her
self. Could the man know .'
She hurried past the schoolmaster when
they reached their own gate, going up the
spotless board walk with beds of geraniums
aud roses oil either side, to the side door.
She could not resist a complacent glance at
those beds. Not a weed; the brown earth
sifted tine and smooth. There was no such
garden iu the village; no kitchen was so
exquisitely neat, .llo parlor so speckless aud
prim. Surely, her conscience told her, she
was a good Christian woman, fulfilling her
duty, ami had no cause for the wrench and
misery of mil which she felt just now.
She went up the stairs to her own cham
ber, laid oil' her bonnet carefully, and then
unlocked a drawer in the pre She did
not need to lift the white towels. She
knew perfectly well what wa.- pinned up iu
them. Thi l underclothing of snowy liuen,
tin- worked flannels, the fine woolen
ffiroud. She had put iu every titch in
them. Could the mull ever have known?
Every matron in Amity had her "funeral
-uit" provided. It was a matter of pride to
them, just as Mrs. I!, iu Boston wnuhl de
light in her old satsuma or herCorot. The
Amity people gloried in their new eeine
tcry. The llolmeses had their lot like the
re*t; a narrow one, for there were only two
to be buried iu it. Ann had her choicest
roses set out there. She had directed in
her will every detail of the trimming on
her coffin.
She thrust her hand under the shroud
now and pulled out a little bag of gold
coin. They were the savings of yearsjpen
nie scrimped out of clothes, milk, meat.
They were to pay for the handsome granite
monument. "Erected to the memory of
Daniel Holmes and Ann his wife."
"•'While you live —live!'
She dropped the bag as if some one
spoke at her back, locked the drawer and
j went down stairs.
The "piece" was spread as usual on Sun
day noons; flaky bread, clover scented
honey, delicious pies. Ann, as she cut the
pies, was comforted by a sense of spiritual
well being. No w*inan made such a crust
in Amity. No woman was more faithful
at meeting, at Sunday school, at mission
ary society. In what had she come short?
her starved soul demanded of iAs maker.
Every duty, great and small, had been well
finished.
Mrs. Holmes was only fifty live years of
age, but she used to speak of herself as
near her grave. She twisted up her hair
in a wisp, and wore the scuttle bonnets
proper to old age. The work of life, she
said, was finished for her and Daniel. They
had paid for the farm, so that when one
died the other was sure of a maintenance;
the farm and house were in perfect order,
the cemetery lot wus bought. The money
for the monument was u kind of frilling
embroidery on this perfected life, the hand
some flourish to thfc signature which closed
the deed.
As she sat pouring out the tea, thinking
these things over, hei husband "reckoned"
again that the squire's lumbago was bad.
and that the doctor's daughter was at
home. Then he yawned drearily, and fell
asleep in his chair in the sun.
How much of his time he spent iu yawn
ing aud sleeping! Yet thirty years ago
Hauifl Holmes wa- an eager teacher, keep
ing well abreast with the knowledge and
ideas of his time, living in the world of
I looks, newspapers, music aud pictures.
Sin-, too. had been a live woman then.
Hut they had conic out of town into this
village, and set themselves to scrape to
getlicr money to buy this farm. What was
this charge that had come to them' Had
they really been spinning their grave
clothes out of selfishness?
Ann went to afternoon service; bill she
iliit not hear a word of Father Langley's
discourse. She was back iu tin- town; long
forgotten voices sounded iu her ears There
was Dan's brother Jack, poor fellow! She
saw him plainly iu the crowd. A gay, af
fectionatc lad, who might have turned out
well if lie bad been guided! Hut he had
married a feather-headed girl, aud Ann out
of patience, had turned them both adrift.
As they walked home that evening she
said to the school master, "How long is it
since we heard from John, Daniel?"
He did not reply at first, and wUcn lie
did, it was with a strained, annoyed voice.
"Twenty six year."
••I wish I and Abby could have hit il off
together. I aui 'feard that il was not. right
to shove theiu off, with neither money nor
religion 'for a stall'.'
lianiel made no reply, but Ann under
stood his silence as a more bitter reproach
than words.
The next morning she brought to him a
small canvas bag.
"There is some money, I had saved tor
burvin' expenses, Daniel, she said. "I <1
like to take it instead for us to spend a
week in Philadelphia."
"What tomfoolery's that?"
•Therein no poor folks in Amity, aud
maybe we might see some there as wc
could give—advice to. And you could look
up the libraries and museums."
"Nonsense!"
But his eyes paused, attentively.
BUTLEH, I'A., FIUDAY, JULY 12, ISBH
"And maybe we might meet John
"Here, pul the money iway! I'll bank
it," he growled.
IC.it foiu .lav later Amity was haken to
its center I the new the schoolmas
ter and his v ife had gone for .n (.uting to
Philadelphia. -
"Thcrt a queer customer." whispered
one of the attendants iu the old Franklin
Library to auothera week afterwards, " lie
comes every day. aud goe. troiu ; lie If to
hell' breathless, as if hi: had not t< uuhed n
book for years. Been buried iu the coun
try. I suppose."
• And why should anybody who could j
live out of doors anJ dig. want to -'uiell |
this musty leather" grumbled the other i
lad. who was lean, ami .tooped with an
ugly cough.
He went up to Daniel however, and
helped him iu his exploration-
Our country pilgrims put up at au old
fashioned inn iu the lower part of this city.
Daniel came hack to it at night fairly pant
ing with the triumphs of his researches
He had visited kindergarten -. industrial
scho.d.- and museums, where art aud
science were taught without charge to the
poorest.
"As for the libraries, whole continents
of knowledge have been discovered while I
dozing and snoring in Amity," he exclaim
ed.
Ann had made her rounds among the
asylums, the hospitals for children, the
free classes, the creches. Her cold gray
eyes were dim and wet.
"Half the world seems to be cold and
hungry, and the other half are working to
warm and feed them," she said. "Aud I
could tind nothing to do but to make tine
my shroud ami gravestone! But have you
got any trace of John or Abbv. Daniel?"
"No; I doubt it's no use. Ana."
llut us Ann awoke day by day, aud got
her bold upon the world ag.tTli, her search
became more energetic. One day she came
in at noon red with excitement.
"I've found them, Danell! That is to
say, Johu and Abby are dead: but they've
left three children The oldest boy sup
port them, and he i- that consumptive lad
in the library you took Mich a'fancy to.
Come right along! Don't stop for dinner!
Come! Three children! And the Lord
never before gave us one!"
Mrs. Ann Holmes' house is no longer the
neatest in Amity. The chubby little girl
of fourteen who helps her in the kitchen
leaves her work and schoolbooks here and
thare. aud thp baby who tugs alter Ann
from morning until night drops her greasy
bread and butter even in the sacred parlor,
unrebuked.
"What's a clean floor compared coming
on to their bones?" he asks, triumphantly.
"Look at Albert! lie's another boy. He's
a born farmer. That library was killing
liiin."
"I'll have no abuse of libraries," Daniel
says. "I'm going up for study twice a
year. It doesn't do to lose your bold oil
the World. You've Ifot to keep step while
you live."
"Yes," Ann rcplie:-., absently. She i
looking out a hymn .simple enough for
Abby to mid erst and. and after that she is
going to make ouie flannel petticoat > for
baby before the cold weather comes. They
are cut out and folded neatly in tier basket,
and the drawer up tairs which held her
tine shrouds is empty
A Match for Beu Butler.
The Huston .1 ilrt rtirrt tell the followiug
story of tl.e late Felcg i'handler and Hen
Rutier:
Fuller, or one of his client had pur
cha ed a piece of real estate in which a
woman claimed a right to a portion of the
rentals. A tenant paid his rent to her and
liutlcr could not get possession. The case
was a celebrated one. Choatc had been in
it aud several of the distinguished lawyers
of the day. Yet still Butler had the best
of it, and the utmost that the opposing
lawyers had been able to do was to obtain
postponements from time to time, upon
various pretexts. At length the case was
to come tip again. The defendant's law
yers hud given it up, and as a last resort
she came to young Chandler. He appeal
ed in the defense. General Hutler's brow
beating methods in court are as well
known as the mau himself. He
tried them on the youug man,
but for ouce he met his . match.
Those who remember the occasion still
roar with laughter at the remembrance of
Chandler's thirteen "stories of the cross
eyed man." which he poured, ouu after an
other, relentlessly upon Butler's devoted
head. and. as the slang phrase of the pres
ent day is, fairly wiped the floor with him.
Judge, bar. jury and spectators fell iuto a
tumultuous uproar of laughter, which no
officers even attempted to quell. At the
close of his anecdotes Mr. Chandler grave
ly, although his talk had not so much as
touched the case, asked lor a continuance
aud got it.
The next day the teuaut of Mr. Chand
ler's client, an apothecary by profession,
called upon the lawyer and asked what he
should do iu case Mr. Butler came to eject
him by force.
"Kill him," said Mr Chandler.
"Whatf" ejaculated the astonished
apothecary.
"Shoot liim through the head," insisted
the lawyer.
"Just give me that iu writing."
Mr. Chandler reached for a pen and
wrote:
"If Benjamin F. Butler attempts to eject
you from the premises occupied by you,my
advice is to shoot him through the head."
The next day Mr. Itutler appeared with
a posse, prepared to eject the apothecary.
The latter showed him his instructions.
"Pooh!" said Mr. liutlcr. throwing down
the paper; "if you would (boot me you
would hang."
"That is no affair of mine," returned the
apothecary. "Tin 1 advice ot my counsel
is to shoot you if you molest me, aud I
shall do it," lie continued, with blood in
his eye.as he produced a big seven shooter
D - d if I don't believe you would bo
fool enough to .hoot " said Ituller, as he
turned and left the hop.
lie al ouce called upon Mr. < handler and
effected a settlement of the long contested
case, granting the woman a share in the
rents which she claimed.
Not a Pleasant Outlook.
Little Hobby—Ma, will I go to heaven
when I die?
Mother —Ifyou are a good boy you will
"Will you go, too!"
"I hope no, Bobby."
"Aud will pa'"
"Yes; we will all be there some time."
Bobby didn't seem altogether satisfied,
but after some thought he said:
T don't see how I am going to have
much fun."
—The potato bug has lost his grip.
Even the pests of life are a passing fash
ion.
THK t'AI'SK OF THIS AKtil'tSH.
A couple most loving these used to be,
A couple most loving and tender,
And go to the world's end with pleasure
would he
A service his sweet wife to render.
To-night in the gloom they are sitting a
part,
She trying her sorrow to smother,
With tears in her eves »ud woe her heart,
For she can't cook as well as his mother.
Some Startling Facts About Ja
pan.
The treaty with Japan which the Mexi
can goverment has just promulgated briug
the Mikado's empire to front once more.
The Japanese are a remarkable people,
not wholly nnkuowu to the Occident, but
not sufficiently known to be appreciated.
They are our neighbors on the Pacific Mde
of this great domain, and there are moral
and commercial reason : why the relations
between them and the Cnited States should
become very much tronger than they are
now
There is very little doubt that democrat
ic ideas will beit the globe in the not dis
tant future. The government of the great
to- morrow ot history is to be a government
ot the people. Thrones are transient, but
the dynasty of the educated inas.es is pei
petuil The last discovery of political
economy i« that the crown of the monarch
i- the entimeut. the power of the people a
fact. The Europe of to-day is not the Eu
rope of Napoleon. Thrones are veiled and
democracy is at the fore. It alone is ma
ter of the situation and king - are becomiug
extinct.
Our curiosity and sympathy are there
fore excited w hen wc see a nation like like
the Japanese full ot life, vigor, ambition,
gradually adopting the principles oil which
our institutions arc founded aud absorb
ing the spirit of freedom which has so long
been our boast.
Japan covers an ur- a of one hundred and
fifty-seven thousand square miles, and i
therefore over three times as large as the
State-of Fenn'a. but not quite as large
as California.
It has a population of thirty-eight mil
lions, seven times as many people as this
State holds
The Mikado, not yet forty years of
age. has been 011 the throne about half ol
that time. I'ublic opinion has been i-troti;:
enough to demand from him a modification
ot the unlimited power which his ance.-
tors enjoyed, lie has so far yielded as to
decree that in IStHi Japan shall turn over a
new page in her history, and become a
constitutional monarchy, with an upper
House like the Lords of England and a
lower House to represent the interests of
the people. This will create a new era,
all the more conspicuous because the tem
per and traditions of the Orient are wholly
despotic. It separates Japan from China,
and gives her a position in modern eivili- j
/ation not unlike that of Germany und far
in advance of Russia.
You will scarcely be surprised at this
quiet and bloodless revolution when you
come to observe the condition of the peo
pie. On the contrary, you will see that it
is au inevitable step in the evolution of na
tionu! life among the Japanese.
l*rogress in the arts, sciences, education
ami commerce of the Empire has been phe
nominal. Prior to tin- visit of C'ounnodorc
I'erry, iu 1853, for example. Japan had no
vessels, steam or sail, of any account. She
was hardly abreast of China in this regard
aud her merchant marine presented a piti
able spectacle. To day she lias a well
equipped navy and dock yards. Her re
sources have so devulpcd that she can de
..igu, construct, equip aud officer a fleet of
war ships.
She has one hundred and thirty eight
national banks, with a capital of forty four
million dollars; forty five hundred postal
tations; telegraph stations in one hundred
and twelve town and cities; eight lines of
telegraph communication and five thou
and miles of wire.
All this shows pi ogres . Hut by her
educational system Japan excites our a
touishinent. Her kindergarten schools arc
far ahead of those in this country, as is
amply proved by the exhibit at Paris. In
the matter of elementary education she
leads the world. Scattered throughout the
Empire are thirty thousand schools of dif
ferent grades, in which sixty thousand
teachers give instruction to well nigh three
million pupils. She supports one hundred
and seventy-three colleges, six schools for
the higher education of women, seventy
eight normal school - and two universities.
In the law school at Tokio are more than a
thousand students, nearly half of whom
study in English. She lias also thirty-one
medical schools, iu one of which are nine
hundred students, and six hundred and
sixty-five hospitals where patients arc
sheltered.
The exports and imports id' Japan
amount to about ninety million dollars.
The United States buys seventeen million
dollars' worth of products and sells her
something less than three million dollars'
worth iu return.
All of which show s that we have a neigh
bor iu the West whose acquaitauce is well
worth cultivating. Japan is more closely
allied to us commercially aud politically
than to any other nation, aud it should be
the policy of onr government to establish
between the two countries the closest aud
most amicable relations.
State Encampment at Mt. Gret
na.
Several uew features will vary the usual
order of things iu relation to the Slate Eu
campmcnt of the N. G. I*. this year- The
troops will meet in brigade-camps instead
of at a single camp. A new and import
ant feature is that the cavalry and artillery
will meet at a common catnpiug ground,
where they will be joined by a force of
regulars. Of this the Inquirer says:
The cavalry apd artillery commands of
the Fenn'a National Guard will encamp
at Mount Gretna together this year. On
Monday last Major Wallace Randolph, ol
Geu. Howard's stall', C S. A., and Major
Barton D. Evaus, of Gen. Hartranft's stall,
visited the grounds to decide upon the ad
visaliility of having a detachment of tin
regular cavalry and artillery sent there
during the encampment. As the result of
the visit Major Randolph, who is an old
Philadelphia!!, has decided to recommend
the sending of three batteries—one from
Fort Hamilton, one from Newport and one
from Washington—and also ot two couipa
nies of cavalry from the national capital.
The regulars will march to aud from the
camp, and while there will drill with the
National Guard.
I 'util you're able to say no and stick to
it, you can never be -lire the Devil hasn't
got you.
John Swift, a Connecticut man, lived
to the age of without being sick one
hour in his whole life. He never had
mumps, measles, headache nor toothache,
and when he died it was more because a
tree fell on him than from any fault of his.
—The tinfoil so commonly used to wrap
Nenfchatel cheese, chewing gum, various
kinds of candy, and all kinds of chewing
tobacco, is said to be dangerous on account
of the lead ill it. Its use for wrapping ur
tides of food has been forbidden in France.
—The latest clever hit aud sell played by
Marshal 1' Wilder, the society expert i*
d.icicedly taking, lie calls it the "electric
Touch." This is how lie performed it at a
club in London: lie got the two freshest
young men at the table to grasp a stick,
oue at either end. Then, after making
two or three magic passes in the air. lie
said: "Now the man who lets go first treats
the company."
Method in Work.
S.uiie uieu daily perforin a woudcrlul
aniiiuiit <d~ work and still ha"c time for
leisure. otlicr< do little and are
apparently nearly »lv. a. ,s pressed
for time for nectmuy work. Iu
i-OUic Inc.i.ll re the .Inference is oriUi' to
natural iptilmles, one uiati being quick to
gr isp a -ituation aud prompt to act upon
it while another niu-t turn il over and
over in his mind before he fullr com pre ;
hends it, and frequently follows this hesita
tion by slowue s of execution wheu hi*
work is Hually mapped out. It makes no
difference what his wark is. whether it is
manual or ineutal, the.-e characteristic- in |
men w;ll app, tr. Some are in sti. ii a nur
ry that they make costly mistakes, but
other-, without wastiup time in ascertain
ing the right thing to do. take care, never- !
thele that it i the right tning. and then i
do il without delft} The latter t.vompli-h ,
a great deal. There are many who, when i
they get fairly -tarted. work like . team en
gines. but they do not on the whole make
progress which is ati factory to them
cl\. This i.s often because they w.irk
without method. They are outstripped by
men who seemingly take it ea.-ier and who
have no greater capacity than themselves.
Their weakness is that tlu-y do not do
things in order. It is too much pitch and
toss with them. They do not keep their i
work in such shape that they can dispatch
it with regularity and precision. The time j
consumed in continually straightening tip j
constitutes a good .hare of the whole.
There are some occupations which com
pel those who follow them t > be order!X I
aud methodical. There is none in which
these qualities, where they have been neg- |
lei led. cannot be cultivated to good ad\au '
tage. Deficiency iu them is far from being
a token of genius, it signifies something
of indolence aud much that is slip shod '
Every man kuow.s whether or not he i- or
derly anil methodical a - lie should be. Ii i
he is not, unless lie is too old to attempt
the task. In- should endeavor to improve !
in these respects. There is i.n danger of i
his carrying it to that excess which marks
persons who have a passionate love of or I
der. but there is a likelihood that be will |
materially lighten hi- work or tind that
without greater expenditure of effort he
can do much more than he has been in the
habit of doing.
Not Bad Ad vine.
Mr. Mechanic, if your mind runs to the
invention of "small things," as they are
often called in unwise contempt, yon may
hit upon a "big bonanza " Westinghonsc
has made $20,»KIO.O«HI onl of the air brake.
It was called a! tir-t a ' mall thing." us
ing air iu that way, but it hn- panned out
well Other "small things" have reward
ed mechanics well. The lead pencil rubber
tip cleared its inventor tloo.ooO; the met
al rivet or eyelet for miners' coat and troti
ser.s pockets brought ils inventor a fortune;
boot and shoe heel and sole plates of metal
cleared $1,250,1)00; ihe Hass bell inverted
over lamps and gas jet cleared a fortune;
the simple plan of fastening powdered em
ery on cloth made a fortune; the roller
kate cleared sl.<mK).lnmi before the craze
died out; the gimlet screw realized mil
lioiis; copper tips for shoes netted million
the simple needle threader netted ifIO.ILOO
a year; toys and play things have cleared
thousands; the ball with the lubber string
brought an income of $50,000 a year; the
''Dancing Jim Crow" netted #7s.uuo a year;
l'haraoh'.s serpeuts cleared #SO.tKIO; the
'•wheel of life" cleared $50,000; the cha
meleon top cleared a fortune; the "Figs in
("lover" puzzle has within one year made
its inventor a fortune; the pencil -harpen
er cleared a fortune. Hundreds of ".mall
things" have turned out well. If you have
an idea, bring it out and let the busy aud
inquisitive world see it. The mechanics
who have been enriched by little iuveil
tions far exceed iu number tbuse who have
reaped fame and fortune by great inven
tions. Fnt on your thinking cap, Mr Me
chanie, and dive into the world of possi
bilities. The fortune is there if you only
know how to tind it.— The Iron hiiliistry
ilazcttt.
Alexis in Disgrace.
Information of the disgrace that lias be
fallen the Russian Grand Duke Alexis,
brother of the Czar, whose visit to Ameri
ca several years ago is thereby recalled, is
given in a letter from St. l'eters
btirg under date ot June 5. The account
says that Alexis has been deprived of his
office of Lord High Admiral of the l-'leet
anil shorn of most of hi* honors, and cxil
ed to Sibei* Tie Duke Eugene of Lcuch
tenberg i.s likewise banished from the Rus
sian court and capital, and thp Countess
Xcuuide de Iteanharuais, the morgautic
wife of the Duke of Leuchlctibci'g.ha.s been
given "permission" to reside abroad for an
indefinite period.
The cause of the imperial shake up is
said to be due Alexis' flagrant indiscretions
with the lovely Countess, who is the sister
of the late General Skohelotl' and one of
the most ambitions women in Russia. Her
ducal husband Eugene is known as the
handsomest fool in Europe, and at no time
seemed inclined to object to the attentions
his cousin Alexis showered upon bis beau
tiful wife.
About two mouths ago the Grand Ihike
Alexis and the Countess were supping in a
leading St. IVtersburg restaurant, and by
some means they were brought into con
tact with a party of two French actors aud
two actresses. Finally all sat down to the
same table together. Au immense amount
of wine was consumed, and finally one of
the French actors threw himself on his
knees and attempted to kisi the Countess
Zenaide's small fool With one masterly
kick Ihe Grand Duke Alexis cut the actor
(lying to the other end of the room, where
upon a rough and tumble fight ensued. It
was not until the police appeared upon the
scene that peace was restored and the
combatants were separated. The Czar was
furious when he heard of the ultair, and hi .
nummary action is the direct result of thi
crowning act of his imperial brother's fol
ly.
Painting Floors.
A French writer observes that painting
floors with any color containing white lead
is injuriout. as it renders the wood soil and
less capable of wear Other paints with
out white lead, such as ocher, raw umber,
or sienna, are uo( injurious, aud call be
used with advantage Varnish niado of
drying lead alts i al o aid to he destruc
tive, snd it is recommended that ihe borate
of manganese should lie used to dispo e
the varnish to dry. A recipe for a good
floor varnish is given as follows: Take two
pounds of pure white borate of manganese.
finely powdered, and add it little by little
to ii saucepan containing ten pounds of lin
seed oil, which is to be well stirred and
raised to a temperature of 300 Fahr. Heat
100 pounds of linseed oil in a boiler till
ebullition takes place, then add to it the
tirst liquid, increase the heat and allow it
to boil for twenty niiuuU*. Then remove
ftoiu the lire aud filter the solution through
cotton cloth. The varnish is then ready
for use, two coats of which niuy be used,
with a final coat of shellac, il a line polish
is required.
The World's Dams.
Th.- dam thai caused tin- Ji.iin«town di
!« U'r. originally <•<• t l-Mo.noo it covered
I in area of ftUiut iuii wrrs iii.p....u<hug the
water from iilty or :xt) jiiare miles of
v ater h<il Tr ■ 7J fett hmh aad !*»J
leet long. Ui>t loruit-,1 a ..iki I hit held
OOS.Omi i ulik teet i>l alef. i>r ab"Ht W
uthj.uuo gallons. It iias oe. i. spuktt nf »* j
thi- 1.-iig. I uti&i4j kkr iu the I oiled
Slati - hut it wa* oitwiliil in .i. by Ik.
reservoirs mrmed by the lollowiug tlun-
Crutoii dam in Xe* York—4l4ft'M long. ■
2M feet being o! luasonr;. i ..l Ihe remain
der earth. The bi ifilil iitlwal K feet
The fnuu.Utiou <•! the <Um . > Ita
line- ill stnui liile.l cr.t-. witn 10 feet of
concrete ln>i i «?u them. The down rtr.au:
faco is i arred snl *-ith granite. A \
small oi ih dim KNi feet below form x titui
which serves a a en.-liiou In t'rcik the fall
hi ibe water '1 he bark of Ibe ilam is hlleo i
mill earth linpound »,<Ho oWII.UUO gal I
lons.
Swei l W.w-r dam, iu Nati -u ii. Cal '
Rubble m.i v in IVrtlni <1 tent: 9h|
leel hiifh, 4o tret th;i * at In ti.'lil and 1- j
feel at top Ofcurved type. with radius i.,
213 feet; feet long nil er. -t i lii)MUllil - '
li.INhI.INHI IMMI gallon
Dam at Oakland, Cal.—Karlh, hO feet
high, it' ll feet Inrii:. .iuJ 111) Iwl w ulc al !
IKIM', Impounds ."i.000.000.i100 gallons. J
i >4lll at Hear Valley lUn; j
liranite masonry 111 cement: til leet high. j
300 feet lone. 20 feet thick at base, ami li \
feet at top Curved type, with rikliM of j
335 feet Impo amis lO.UUtI.O'W.OtW gallon*.
Unlit «t S;i,i Mateo, Cll. —This is to be
170 feet high, Tl*i teet long. 170 feet thick
at ba-e and 'Ji> feet thick ou top. It is to
»e in Portland cement concrete masonry,
anil is t« have a capacity of 3_'.OOO.W>M.t"UV
gallons. It life-only recently been begun.
The l/uaker Bridge dam will, of course,
dwarf all these. It \\ ill lie J«V> leak high
from l«'«l roc! . with it b.i• i• Jlt> feet wide.
Xincly nine feet of il» base w ,i! be bt-nealh
the lake lmttom. >o that the visible niasou- j
ry will ri.-ie hiti feet. It »ill iiiipoaud about j
37,0U0.UU0.tm0 uail.m ol ual.r. toruiiilK a
lake >i\ieen miles I<ni|t.
\Jipreln ,i inn- have been exprwued
to the clie. t - of iu bn akinir down. Should
such an incident occur, the present I'roton
dam, which w ill undoubtedly remain intact
and submerged, will lessen, to MIUIC ex
tent, the llood. The valley between the
Quaker Kridpi - -itt> and the II ml-on Kiver
is only two miles and has no «ettle
■nent of any iuiptirtanre in it.
A Dozen Hints to Gentlemen.
I. \ gentleman w ili never speak ill of
one lady to another
-- If a pentleuian hii- been attentive toa
younir lady aud ha- grown tireil of her he
should not peak unkindly of her.
3. Uentlemeu will never mention ladies'
names iu public pla. es
4. \ j'eiitbmm shouM always raise hi*
hat, not merely bow when pa--nip a lady
on the ilrpet.
5. A fenflenian lioulil be polite and
courteous lit houie as well as abroad.
(i. (ieutleiuen will never congregate on
the treet corner.-, chew tobacco nor use
profane language.
■7. If at an evening company, party or
bftll. a gentleman -hould not monopolize
one ladv'a nciety all evening, nor -how to
the a-.sembl.t that he cares for this or that
particular one He-houbl •how the same
amount of attention to each and every
one.
H. If a gentleman deems it necc-wiry to
a k permission to mhiAo when m i lady's
presence, he will not add to the otlense by
inviting her to join liini.
H. \ gentleman will not keep In- seat in
a car or any other place while ladies arc
standing.
10. ,\ gentleman should always be cour
teous enough to raise his hat w lieu hiscoiu
pauion speaks to a lady on the street, even
though he is not acquainted with her.
11. A gentleman should never encourage
a lady in vulgar talk or manners. Kather
teach her to be pure and innocent, thus
making her an honor to her sex.
lL'. Abide by this advice and you will all
be thorough gentlemen.
Germany Claims Indemnity.
Referring to the Samoau muddle, there
are -otue curious riimnf»in the nir.
(iernianv ha- -urrendered tu Aruerti iin
demands MI far us the rentoration "ol Ma
taata is couccrned. and done it very gra
ciously.
She expects us, however, to concede to
her the right to claim indemnity. That is
simply regarded as fair play, and the State
Depattiuciit is seriously considering the
matter.
An indemnity claim works queerly some
times, l'racticelly it is a gilt edged tir>t
mortgage on Sauioan territory Jf Mataa
fa is restored he will hardly be in a cou
ditiou to raise a large .-uiu of money.
That will not trouble the holder of the
claim in the lca-t., for he will -imply
allow the interest to pile up, us the estates
are good for a very considerable amount.
Then when (i.innao patience lias liecn
exhausted and it is thought best to demand
a settlement the poor Samoaii government,
having no spare cash, will have to part
with its lands. It is not diflu-ult to become
a large real estate owner under such pro
pitious cirehmstunce*.
Mr Blaine may think it best on the
whole to allow liermauy her mdemuity
claim, hot it is rc.i onaldy clear, if he does,
that Von I'ismarck will take a good slice
of lanil when the day of accounting ar
rives.
I'erhap ■ that i what the Iron Chancel
lor i dreaming about.
Some Quaint Hymns.
Some of the ijHiunt old hymnea. remarks
the Yniith' are not cab ulateil
to arouse religious feeling--in the present
generation, at any rate.
Take this:
Ye mounter, of the bubbling deep,
Your Maker':: praises shmit,
t'p from the aauds.ye codlinps, peep,
Aml wag y our tails about''
It would IM* difficnlt for a congregation
of to dav to iiitr this withont smiling; and
the one that follows is almost a- amusing
"The race is not forever itol
liy him who la test runs.
Nor the battle by the people
Wlio liool the longe t iron
,\ Northern clergyman, duriug the Civil
War Unrd to au) that uevcr uutil then had
he found occasion or justification for hi*
personal employment of liavitl - iinpreea
lory psalms, a sentiment which was no
doubt reciprocated on the other nle. The
fathers, however, sang without demur : I
'•Why dost Th"u bold Thine b mil aback,
And hide it in Thy lapf
plu< k it out and l>e not »]ow
To give Thy fix- a rap
—lta-e ball ppears to bitve lost its
standing in thi- community.
—Trot out your painkiller—young cu
cumbers are in market.
—Freight tluflic i> heavy ou all the rail
road - entering thi- place
Taxes make us all stand and deliver.
Plurals Which are Singular.
The l .ruier uk<-ji a u.-biv MS.
\nd driree a r<A# of own.
And nflrntiiue-i kr akixiU a fox
That go«« with "th»r f.ixrn
In pnng be kls hw kirnl nau
Make -u<ar wita i h* of n
Sareet maple sugar in a pan
I ud fill a lot of pen
When in the frr&M he *ct« his fool
Wkere oiikei aiaj uing tu- feet.
He kn>iw> they can't bile thtougb a boot
And wears a pair of beet
On eggs be often tel* a ro.iw
To in# i flock of gerM.
And when be learns to tie a n»0«e
lie make- a lot of nee*e
Ib'i irr t<> hare an aching tooth
11 he neglects his teeth.
Ahd he with can bnild a booth
A* g.iml as other beeth
Whene'er he see < a littia mouse
Hr . a trap for mice:
IT- a!'.- likes t.i paint bi hoos*
I fine as other tiff
Aud be when a child
He went aitL other children
To help hii father deaf a wild
Among some other wildren.
He saa hi- father kill a wolf.
And cha<e a pack of wolves.
Anil once be saibnk ww a rail
To <w some other gulve >.
He own* a cherry-colored cat.
Which has a lot of krtteaa.
And almoct. aught a monstrou.s rat.
Which has a lot of ritten*
He will amnse his tired wife.
Who works like other wirea.
By playing music on a fife
That sounds like other fire*.
A Remarkable Change.
There is nothing uiore remarkable showa
by the vote on Constitutional prohibition
than the changed habits which teßip«raa< r
, iefonn has w rough- among a large eection
of the population of thi* Slate dnring the
last seventy five year*. Fifty years ago
the dnuking habit was more genual
among our eitueni of Scotflk-lrkdi stock
than any other element of the poytilatino
and not only drinking. It wa* not tboaght
in Hie least strange to tind pruiuineat an
Iters and officers of the cbmeh who were
the worse for liquor at lairs and market*:
and even the ministers were not always
models of sobriety. But it was jut among
this element that the temperaac* reform
took the firmest hold, and it was the
Scotch Irish districts of the State which
gave the Amendment nearly all ite major
ilies. There are thirty-one countiae which
lie west of the centre of the State, and
these form the region in which the Scotch
Irish element for the moat part is gathered
Of these twenty three gave majorities rang
ing from 3.A56 in Mercer to 312 in Greenr
Allegheny. Elk, Kric. Armstrong, Cambria.
Somerset, Bedford, and Pulton Toted Iks
other way, and of these the two last now
arc more (icrman than anything else. To
replace these we might count Mil&in and
Pnioii. which lie ju-t east of the dividisg
line, are mainly Scotch Irish, aad voted
tor the Amendment.
It is noted that all the northern tier of
countiei, with the exception of Eric <« the
extreme west and Wayne on the extreme
east, voted for the Amendment, a* did
Wyoming, which might be placed 'in the
'Jitic i ategory. Here, ixxudbly, the old
Connecticut element co-operated with th#
Scotch Irish of the west. South of this.
Clie ter, which is intensely Quaker, Pras
byterian, and 12apti*t. is the only eastern
county which broke the line of negation
- Washington. Pa. Obncrrer.
Bicycles.
The Supreme Court of Indiana was re
cently called upon to review a noa-sait in
an action brought to recover damages lor
lieing struck down ou sidewalk by a bicy
cle rider. The (rial court had held that
bicycling was a form of pedestnnatiag, aad
that the bicyclers hail as mnch right on
the sidewalk as any pedestnaa. The ap
peal from the non suit was argued ia the
forenoon When the court adjourned for
dinner, Judges Coffey and Berkshire start
ed to walk to their hotel, and as the/ were
passing out of the capital gronnde a dn
sy bicycle rider ran into them, knocking
both down, aud badly bruisin^l)ia4^Wr >Mav
This practical arguio; afcttiT »uuh * con
vim iiigeg,, t ou the mind* oi the lini
they immediately ovemM the
mi rendered decision and filed an opinion
-citing forth that a person who "rudely
aud recklessly" rides a bicycle agaiaet a
man standing ou a sidewalk is reryoaeible
for damages for assault and battery.
After quoting an Indiana law forbiddiag
persons trom ridiug or driving on the aide
walks, the court says; "If -Mewalks are
exclusively for the use of footmen, thea bi
cycles, if they are vehicles, hi Bat sat be
ridden along them, since to aAm that
sidewalks are exclusively for tha IN of
footmen necessarily implies that they out
not be traveled by bicycle*. It wwH be
a palpable contradiction to aAm that
footmen have the exclusive right to use
the sidewalks and yet concede that per
sons not traveling aa pedestrian* Bay also
rightfully use them. We think, however,
that a bicycle must be regarded aa a tahi
cle within the meaning of thfl !»*."—>• ''
Law Journal.
The Pet Louse of Ceres.
The speculators for a rise ia tha bread
market are making the most of the new
wheat parasite that has made it* appear
auoe in the West, aud of the large ship
incuts of gold to Europe since the begin
ning of the year. This wheat loose, they
i ay. is destroying the We'tern crops, white
the dram of gold will seriously interfere
with the movement of the crop whew bar
vested. As for the wheat louse, diilgeo)
inquiry generally finds that its ravagee are
committed in "the next county." The
jeremiad over the drain of gold ia aw oM
song which the prophet* of evil npeat
whenever a few millions are sent abroad.
Like any other product, gold ooeya the
law i>f supply aud demand. Ai thi* roan
try is one of the largest producers o« geld
in the world it* surplus goes where it is
most needed.as i* the case with the nrplas
silver of Mexico and the surplus wool of
An-itralia and soine other goeecw
iiu-ut - have at present need of much gold
in their refunding operations, an 1 they are
willinir to |Wi more for its a-e than it earn
iii.uid- in the mouey • vntres of the Carted
.State*. There is. besides, juat now aa ex
traoriltuary demand for the precious isetal
by the bankers of Paris to meet tha draft*
of Amencan visitors to the Eipeektina
When the Exposition -hall have closed aad
these refunding transaction* ia Saiape
shall have ended the g<dd wiU flow back,
provided, of course, there should be a
greater demand for it here than * bread
and provided farther that the peefte of
Europe may have nothing better to sead ia
exchauge fur their supplies of new wheat
and other products of the Cuited State*
Philadelphia fieronf.
-iK.u't act the hoc when yoa'r# invited
out.
Whcu I'jspnte enter* th# deor lore
crawl* under the bed.
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