VOL. XXVI
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE LEAST MONEY A"' ><"»• WI W» sinalL
Are you tlui head ol a
TO SPEND ARF THE ONES
I family".'
OUR RELIABLE CLOTHINfi j un
BEANS HOST TO UIM ..
Willi house rent*# <lra<r on you?
Low prices for honest, long-wearing (Motliinir will l-e t
boon to ycur i«ook»*t-!iook ;m<l your hack.
€an lron-cla<l Cloth Suit at if 12. Strongest All-Wool
we know of. Noltody else sells it.
C.et J. N Cloth Suit at Slti. K..r .iress
fVfrvdny wear combined it's wonderful v ilu<*.
No in after how fine a -nit you want for <lre.>s or business
w<* have that at a low ] ric.
'I hen- ino open rjueHion aboui Ho\' !• tlun We are
not 4 11!\ hut toniayV lender? in fyles and qualities I
hk'hot e\r«'!lenco ami lowest prices.
hentemlier the place.
J. X. PATTERSON'S.
Olio I 'lice ('lothinjf llpusc,
29 8. MAIS ST., BUTLER, PA. ,
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Our Spriu;: goods which comprises the latest novelties at- !
tainahle, in Foreign and Domestic markets,
I I A_V K ARRIV ED. ■
As it is a consideration of all gentlemen who desire to
drew well, what to wear lor Spring, and where he shall pur- t
■haw, we invite you to inspect our immense stock, and you can ■
readily select something uitable. - ,
See Our Window Display. l
N»>. «M», - - w. >lsiin N(. ;
NEW GOODS.
St ITS, PANTS, HATS, SI LI UTS,
I udcrwcjii', Neckwear, ( ollars ill ul ( nils *
in Imoii and water proof, Kul>l>er coats,
iiinl»n>llas,]iaiidkercliiet's,siis] lenders,dress
j»anls, jean pants and clieaj) pants, over
alls, A: c. A lull line of clothing and
<rents tnrnisliiii«»'uoods. Wi % clialleni>(v
r* * < _ _
comparison and dely competition. Our
stock is new and clean and our prices are
LOW Come in and see us.
JOHN T. KKLLY.
POSTOFFICK. NKXT DOOR.
IK*>(> Kstabliwlied I^s<)
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER,
No. 19, North Main St., BTJTI.ER, SPA.,
DEALER IN
Diamonds,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c M &c.
Society Emblems of all Descriptions.
Ilcpamm; in nli;iiranch«. skillfully (I nwl warranted.
1850 ESTABLISHED 185Q
1 ssi)—sriVllVlKK —1SS1)
We are now ready for
SUMMER TRADE,
having in . tin k a splendid assortment of
PINE DRESS GOODS,
MEDIUM DRESS GOODS,
LOW PRICED DRESS GOODS,
consistinjf ef all the new things for summer wear, with the
verv latest things in trimmings to match.
CARPETS,
Oil ch»ths. mattings, linoleums, rugH, ntair e wis, curtain poled,
luce curtain.*, Minds nnd scrims at lower priced
than ever lielore ottered.
I )OMESTICS,
We carrv a full line ol all the standard domestic goods in
twilled ami plain sheeting, pillow casing, ginghams, prints,
tickings and all kinds of house furnishing jjoods.
BUYERS
will learn by examination that it always p"* them to do their
Hading at
HITTER & UALSTON'S.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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L/ J TliH
VETERAN'S FRIEND.
ffl MmW\r Bruises,
WW*W/f' Strains '
Aches and
Pains Rheumatic,
p|P Neuralgic io 0 Sciatic,
PROMPTLY
fr And PERMANENTLY.
fj AX DRtJCUISTS ANI> IIEALER*
THE CHARLES A. VOGELEK CO . MO.
RESORTS.
/'m /. savs: "The white man who ilrives a
< IIH! cart has to resort to soap ami water, just
as doe- a at„'ro who has spent the day in
whitewashing."
Hut the ru<.,t strange tilings of all are us
ually reported to when a man vrets sick.
Of course he doesn't w ant a doctor—at least
not at tir*»t. He u.-ually goes to the so-called
saloon and ueU a drink, which makes hnn
!t-el rather !a/ed, so he takes another and
comes home temporarily elated, supposing?
himself c.urtd.
Whin he wakes next morning, with a
headsi he twice as bad as ever, and feeling
feverish and cro.—. f,c conclude* he will have
to try ..i-iiiething else.
II- t.ii.es a di'.-e 01 whatever he happen* to
h»\> u the house —some liver renovator,
kidney evsporator. or heart eiilarger—and
-el- t.-rth - •> ing it l.e i«u't- better to murrow
lie will send lor the doctor.
Nt xi nil.riling he is sick in bed; the doctor
i- callril. - hakes bis head, presiribts two or
ilnee i. mil* of mulicine, armirding to his
meil en 1 rri-wi, but always insi-ts upou per
lect ijuiei, slid ihiit ihe patient not EO
Ui lii» i.fiice for two weeks, or the result will
be serious.
He does in truih lie in bed for a week or
ten davs, his recovery retarded by a multi
tude of remedies, and the knowledge that his
business is to ruin m hia absence.
When be does dreg out at last, he finds that
that the family ma<t deny themselves every
ihing hot tl common ne> ■ »sities of life for
• iiij' tiiiie to i:oine. in order that the doctor's
bills may ' r I aid, and repairs mailc in the
business.
Now. the proper ibing for this mau to have
done wa> to have In-light a bottle of New
Style, I'len-ant Taate Vim-gar ltitters, the
momi-nt h. f-lt the first nidache, and to
havi inkni two table poontuls at once. Twoor
llii«*<- I ilf dosi-s,tw< days spirt, after the lirst
dose had t kin ell.« t. would have cured him
and prevenli d illness, and bis eoiiSo(|lieDt
financial I* s*
Ihe man -ii-i not know this, or, us lleee.her
wnlil |. iv« aid, hi* toreiigbi was not so
gii.l a- In- liiinlsigbt. Another time this
man wilt kio.w jiiMt what to do to mve pain,
time arid money.
New Sivle, I'leiisaiil 'l'asli- Vinegar Hitters
is a gland I■ 1 nod purifier, l atbartii and tonic,
i'onl.lin U( ilh< r ab'ohol nor opium, bas a
most dt-lii iou> llavoring, and will not harm
an infant.
I'or l.y dm" iI . ' that • arlon and
liottle :■ maiked -Vi w StyK- I'lensant 1 aste.
W. !.• p liieoli! -tyle in *!i "k for 11 wise who
prefi ril. \ n inli ri ling l»'ok on Rules of
Si cii-tv. l'oduni* T.'-llill", etc., free to all who
M'lid tor it.
TitK oiii; VNS of I lie bo l\ most given Uislilrk-
Inj tlieir regular work an - the stomach, bowels,
liver and kidneys. A medicine that stimulates
I liege organs Into healthy act ion without caus
ing pain, is invaluable.
\>.w Sri i.k ViNK.iiAtt H ITT Kits does tbls.and
it does lis work permanently. It never rotis
I'eter to pay I'aul, as alcoholic and other (so
eailtMl; remedies do. It is a most gratclul. heal
ing medicine to all who are troubled with piles
for it relieves at once, and soon cures this most
painful disorder.
It ahls digestion, cures constipation, head
ache, bilious complaints, fevcrishuess, neural
gia., nervous diseases of every sort, and every
class of skin disease kmwn.
As A I' AMII.V MKDiri.vß, for the use of ladles
children and men of sedentary habits, the New
Style Vinegar Hitters has no ei|Ual In the world.
It is Invaluable for curing the ills that beset
childhood, and gently regulates the diseases to
which women at every period of lite are sub
ject.
I.AHIKS, get a botlle from your druggist and
lr\ it. It your druggist has not the New Style
V inegar Hitters, ask him to send tor It. If you
once try It you will never he without this price
less remedy in the house. Ladles book free
Address, It 11. MfDOXAIiB OBl'U CO.,
t or. Washington and ('harlton Sta., K, V.
Willard Hotel,
W. 11. UEHIING, I'rop'r
BUTLER, -
STAUUIIi 1> CONNKCTIOS.
SANI'I.I: Ktltlll for ('OMMKIIRLIL TBAVELEKK
SAMI'I.K UOOM. I.IVBKY IN ftINNI t TION
I lotel Vogcley
(Strictly First tVIMS.)
IIKM.'Y IJ. ItKt'h". I'Rttp'Rß.
.1. II I-'AI in t.. Manager. Ilutler, I'a.
l)i;inioii(l : - : I lotel,
I'mutin" hi.iiiiiMxl, I'utlrr, I'H.
Tl Io M \S W ASSON. I'ro'r.
(•noil , ( r tKHI lIM ll . Illlilitl," ill 0011-
iHM'timi, i*v«*ry I Inn!' fir 1 < la
(ITENttIIIER Hlim.
No. HS ami 90, S. Main St.,
BTJTiYKII, - -
N»-ar Ni'W (-uurt IIOIIM* foriiuTly Donaldson
• lon-' • >ih| A<<i»iiiMioi)iit lOllM for »ruv«*lrrs.
liiMHl *,l:11• 1 i 11v r . ft'lini^twl
II • .. IN ' ll II I KNMirMJm. rrop'r.
NIXON'S HOME,
35 N. Mt'KKAN S'L'., LL TL.LK, I'A.
Mi uls at all hours. c>|vn all utglit.
Breakfast 2ft rents.
I ilniicr j.i cent*,
I HupjM'r . eents.
t.iKlglng 'JS cents.
' SI MI.ON NIXON l'HOl'B.
WHEN TOD
r VISIT PITTSBURGH
CALL ON
JOHN K. & A. MURDOCH,
sox Mm*lit.< l«l Mp i t. for '1 r' fs, BcwJm. IJlk'S
<;rap« k \ IIH S. Hardy lUn« s, <'auary Klrd»,Oolcl
1 , KMi.
1 DcHcrlnlivc Fail Culaloui:u mailed free.
litlSlNf! HER IIOLH.
' lifißH i \ UARI'INi. I»AVIS IS rim CIISoRK
lurinfAUllT.
i The (boolinaJar aud hi wife, after
niorniiig meetiug wa- over, touk their waj
j a - u-u.il l'r wt'a Lane, and the
I hill homeward The path was narrow; the !
dominie walked iir>t. Ho made a remark j
I at long intervals to bi-> wite behind him.
bnt rvithont looking back.
" Squire wasn't out. Reckon his lum- j
I bago's worsef"
" '6 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, j
broken only by the buzz of the bees in the j
red clover and the ck k-k of the grasshop- I
per.s through the hot gra-3. The old man |
stopped a - he always did on Punday, to see
how much the corn in the lower field had
grown during the week, and to gaze med
itatively at the pip.s in their pen. Hut Mr*.
Holme, had no thought to-day lor the pigs
or corn. She walked with her head bent
on her breast, almost forgetting to hold np
the skirt of her Sunday merino out of the
grass There had been a strange preacher
that day—an old man with a quick, sharp
tone like the call of a horu 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! Yon wrap your
selves iti selfishness and fat content as in
grave-clothes before you are dead. The
world i.- full of your brothers, starving,
cold, ignorant. Go to them! \ou owe
them your services to the la>t breath of
your life."
Airs. Holmes had asked the doctor's wife j
anxiously what she thought of the sermon j
as they came out of the churchyard.
Mr*. Perry shook her head contemptu
ously.
"lie's one of these half cracked, sensa
tion preachers. What has Amity township
to do with the starving poor? We keep up
our almshouse well. Let the big towns
see to their own paupers!"
Anu 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
the} - reached their own gate, going up the
spotless board walk with beds of geraniums
and rosi's on either side, to the side door.
She could not resist a complacent glance at
those beds. Not a weed; the brown earth
sifted fine and smooth. There was no such
garden in the village; no kitchen was so
exquisitely neat..no parlor »o speckless and
prim. Surely, her conscience told her. she
was a good Christian woman, fulfilling her
duty, and had no cause for the wrench and
misery of soul which she felt just now.
She went up the stairs to her own cham
ber, laid off 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 was pinned up in
theiu. The underclothing of uowy linen,
the worked flannels, the fine woolen
ihrotiil She had put in every titeli in
them. Could the man ever have known?
Every matrou in Amity had tier '"funeral
suit" provided. It was a matter of pride to
theiii.jii.it as Mrs. 1!. in ltoston would de
light in her old satsuiua or her Oorot. The
Amity people gloried iu their new ecine
tery. The Hotmese ; had their lot like the
re«t; a narrow one, for there were only two
to be buried in it. Ann had her choicest
rose • •••! out there. She had directed iu
her will every detail of the trimming on
her coffin.
She thrust her hand under the shroud
now and pulled out a little bag ot 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 anil
yunt down stairs.
The "piece" was spread as usual on Sun
day noons; flaky bread, clover scented
honey, delicious pies. Ann, us she cut the
pies, was comforted by a sense of spiritual
well being. Xo w#man made such n crust
in Amity. So woman was more faithful
at meeting, at Sunday school, at mission
ary society. In what had she come short?
her starved soul demanded of its maker.
Every duty, great and small, had been well
finished.
Mrs. Holmes was only fifty fiv< 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 was bought. The money
for the monument was a kind of frilling
embroidery 011 this perfected life, the hand
some flourish to thfc signature which closed
the deed.
As she sat pouring out the tea, thinking
i these things over, hei huslmnil "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 and sleeping! Vet thirty years ago
Daniel Holmes was an eager teacher, keep
ing well abreast with the knowledge and
ideas of his time, living in the world of
books, newspapers, music and pictures.
She, too, luul been a live woman then.
Hut they had come out of town into this
village, and set themselves to scrape to
I'cther money to buy this farm. What was
this charge thai had conic to them' Had
i they really been spinning I heir grave
clothes out of selfishness?
Ann went to afternoon service; but she
did not bear a word of Fattier Langlcy's
discourse. She was back in the town; long
forgotten voices sounded iu her ear- There
wa • Dan's brother Jack, poor tellow ' She
saw him plainly iu the crowd. A gav, at
fed innate lad, who might have turned out
well if lie bail been guided! But he hail
1 married a feather-headed girl, and Ann out
of patience, had turned them both adrift.
As tliey walked home that evening she
• said to the schoolmaster, "How long is il
i since we heard from John, Daniel?"
L He did not reply at first, and \TKCII he
did, it was with a strained, annoyed voice.
"Twenty ax year "
"I wish I and Abhy could have bit il off
together. lam 'feard that it wa - not right
to shove them ofl', with neither money nor
i religion 'for a stall
Daniel made no reply, but Ann under
„ aloud his silence as a more bitter reproach
than words.
The next morning she brought to hint a
small canvas bag.
"There is some money, 1 had saved lor
buryin' expenses, Daniel," she said. "I'd
like to take it instead for us to spend a
week in Philadelphia."
"What tomfoolery's that?"
"There is no poor folks in Amity, and
maybe wc might see some there as we
could give—advice to. And you could look
, up the libraries and museums."
d "Nonsense!"
But his eyes paused, attentively.
BUTLEIi, l'A.. FRIDAY. JULY lii. 188! l
"And maybe we might meet John
"Here, put the money :iv iy! 111 bank
it," he growled.
Ilut four day later Aitul., wa- -haken to
its Center b;. the neWi that the schooloias
ter and hi- v ,|V bad ?ouefnr an outing to
' Philadelphia. .
j "There', a queer customer." whispered
j one of the attendants iu the old t'rauklin j
Library to auothera week ' lie
j comes every day. and goe . from -Uelf to j
j helf breathless, as if he had not touched a i
book for years. Been bur.-, d iu the coun- j
try. I suppo-e.
■ And why -hould anybody who could j
live out of doors and dig. want to s me ll j
this must;, leather' grumbled the other I
lad. who was lean, and tooped with an |
ugly cough.
He went up to Daniel, however, and j
I helped him in his exploration
j Our country pilgrim> put up at an old
! fashioned inn iu the lower part of this cily.
Daniel came back to it at night fairly pant
ing with the triumphs of his research?*.
He had visited kindergartens, industrial
schools and museums, where art and
science were tanght without charge to the
poorest.
"As for the libraries, whole continents
of knowledge have been discovered while 1
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 arc working to
warm and feed them," she said. "And I
could find nothing to do but to make line
my shroud and gravestone! Hut have you
got any trace of John or Abbv. Daniel?"
"No; I doubt it's no use. Ann."
But as Ann awoke day by day, and got
her hold upon the world ag.ifti, her search
became more energetic. One day she came
iu at noon red with excitement.
"I've found them, Danell! That is to
say, John and Abby are dead; but they've
left three children Tin- oldest boy sup
port them, and he i> that con.-uniptive Iml
in the library you took such 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 iu the. kitchen
leaves lier work and schoolbooks here and
there, aud the baby who tugs after 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?" -lie a*ks, triumphantly.
"Look at Albert! He's another boy. lie's
a born farmer. That library was killing
him."
"I'll have no abuse of libraries," Daniel
says. "I'm going up for study twice a
year. It doesn't do to lo I- your hold on
the world. You've got to keep step while
you live."
"Y cs," Ann replica, absently. She is
looking out a hymn simple enough for
Abby to miderstand. and after that she is
going to make nine flannel petticoats for
baby before the Cold weather comes, fhey
are cut out and folded ueatly in her basket,
and the drawer up lairs which held her
tine shrouds is empty
A Match for lion Butler.
The Boston .ttlrrrtitrt tell the following
story of the late l'eleg Chandler and Ben
Butler:
Butler, or one of hi< client had pur
chased a piece of real estate iu which a
woman claimed a right to a portion of the.
rentals. A tenant paid his rent to her and
Butler could not get possession. The case
was a celebrated one. Choate had been in
it and 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 up again. The defendant's law
yers had given it np, aud as a last resort
she came to young Chandler. He appear
ed in the defense. General Butler's brow
beating methods in court are as well
known as the man himself. He
tried them on the young man,
but for once 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, one after an
other, relentlessly upon Uufln-'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. Af the
close of his anecdotes Mr. Chandler grave
ly, although his talk had not so much as
touched the case, asked for a continuance
aud got it.
The next day the tenant 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.
"What?" ejaculated the astonished
apothecary.
"Shoot linn through the head," insisted
the lawyer.
"Just give me that in 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. Butler appeared with
a posse, prepared to eject the apothecary.
The tatter showed hint his instructions.
"Pooh!" said Mr. Butler, throwing down
the paper; "if yon would : hoot me you
I would liaug."
"That is no affair of mine," returned the
apothecary. "The advice ot 1113" counsel
is to ' hoot you if you molest me. and I
shall do it." lie continued, with blood in
bis eye,as he produced a big seven shooter
• —l] jf I don't believe you would be
fool enough to boot " said Butler, as he
turned and left the hop.
lie at once culled upon Mr. I handler and
I effected a settlement of the long contested
case, granting the woman a share in Ihe
rents which she claimed
Not a Pleasant Outlook.
Little Bobby—Ma. will 1 go to heaven
, when I die?
Mother—lf you are a good boy you will.
' Will you go, too?"
"I hope no, Bobby
I "Aud will pa?"
"Yes; we will all be there some time.'
Bobby uidu't seem altogether satisfied,
but after some thought he said:
, I don't see how I 11111 going to have
much fun."
1 —The potato bug has lost his grip.
Even the pests of life are a passing fash
r .
I ion.
TIIK C'AVSE OF THIS AXUt'IHH.
A couple most loving these used to be,
A couple most loving and tender,
And go to the world's cud with pleasure
I would he
c A service his sweet wife to render.
k To-night in the gloom they are sitting a
part.
She trying her sorrow to smother,
With tears iu her eyes and woe her heart.
For she can't cook as well as bis mother.
Some Startling Facts About Ja
pan.
The treaty with Japan which the Mt-xi- (
■ can goverment ha- ju-t promulgated brings
the Mikado's empire to front once more
The Japanese are a remarkable people, :
not wholly tmkuown to the Occident, but j
, not -ufflcieutly known to be appreciated.
They are our neighbor* on the Pacific -ide
1 of this great domain, and there are moral
! and commercial reasons why the relations
| between them and the United State- should
j become very much tronger than they are
1 now
j There is very little doubt that democrat
| ic idea- will belt the clobe in the not di—
| tint future. The government of the gTeat
to-iuorrow ot history is to be a government
jot the people. Thrones are transient, but
the dynasty of the educated tiias-i-s is pt-i
petual The last discovery of political
economy i« that the crown of the monarch
i - the sentiment, the power of the people a
fact. The Europe of to-day i - not the Eu
rope of Napoleon. Thrones are veiled and
democracy is at the fore. It alone is ma
ter of the situation and kings are becoming
extinct.
Our curiosity aud yinpatliy are there 1
fore excited when we sec a nation like like '
the Japanese full of life, vigor, ambition,
gradually adopting the principles 011 which
our institutions are founded anil absorb
ing the spirit of freedom which has >0 long
been our boast.
Japan covers an area of one hundred and 1
fifty-seven thousand square miles, and i- '
therefore over three times as large as the
Statc-of Penn'a. but not quite a- large
as California.
It has a population of thirty-eight mil
lions, seven times as many people a> this
State holds
The Mikado, not yet forty years of
age. lias ln-en on the throne about half ol
that time. Public opinion has been strong
enough to demand from him a modification
of the unl!mit"d power which bis ance>
tors enjoyed, lie ha.-so far yielded as to
decree that in 18JH) Japan shall turn over a
new page in her history, and become n j
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 civili
zation not unlike that of Germany and 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 an inevitable step in the evolution of na
tional life among the Japanese.
I*rogress in the arts, sciences, education
and commerce of the Empire has been phe
uominal. Prior to the visit of Commodore
Perry, iu 1 for example, Japan had no
vessels, steam or sail, of any account. She
was hardly abreast of China in this regard
and her merchant marine presented a piti
ablo spectacle. To-day she has a well
equipped navy and dock yards. Her re
sources have so devulped that she can de
sign, construct, equip aud officer a fleet of
war ship-.
She has one hundred aud thirty-eight
natioual banks, with a capital of forty-four
million dollars; fort} five hundred po.-tal
tations; telegraph stations in one hundred
and twelve towns and cities; eight lines of
telegraph communication and five thou
aud miles of wire.
All this shows progress. But by her
educational system Japan excites our a.
touishuient. iter kindergarten schools are
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, iu which sixty thousand
teachers give instruction to well nigh three
million pupils. She .-upports 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, in one of which are nine
hundred students, and six hundred and
sixty-five hospitals where patients un
sheltered.
The exports and imports of Japan
amount to uhout ninety million dollars.
The United States buys seventeen million
I dollars' worth of products and sells her
something less than three million dollars'
worth in return.
All of which shows that we have a neigh
bor in the West whose acquaitancc is well
worth cultivating. Japan is more closely
allied to us commercially and politically
. than to tiny other nation, and it should be
, the policy of our government to establish
between the two countries the closest and
most amicable relations.
State Encampment at Mt. Gret
na.
Several new features will vary the usual
I order of things in relation to the State En
cumpmcnt of the N. (i. P. this year- The
I troops will meet in brigade-camps instead
of at a single cump. Anew and import
ant feature is that the cavalry and artillery
I will meet ut a common camping ground,
where they will be joined by a force of
regulars. Of this the Inquirer sa3's:
The cavalry apd artillery commands of
, the Penu'a National (iuard will encamp
at Mounttiretua together this year On
' Monday last Major Wallace Randolph, ol
fien. Howard's staff, S. A., and Major
Bartou D. Evans, of (Sen. Hartranft's staff,
visited the grounds to decide upon the ad
visabilily of having a detachment of the
regular cavalry and artillery sent there
I during the encampment. As the result of
I 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 coiupa
nics of cavalry from the national capital.
I The regulars will march to and from the
I camp, and while then* will drill with the
National Guard.
—Until you're able to say no aud stick to
it, you can never be sure the Devil basil t
got you.
i ' J
—John Swift, a Connecticut man. lived
to the age of 88 without being sick one
hour in his whole life. He never had
mumps, measles, headache nor toothache,
and when be died it was more because a
tree fell on him than from any fault of hi
The tinfoil so commonly used to wrap
Xciifchutcl cheese, chewing gum, various
' kinds of candy, and all kinds of chewing
tobacco, is said to be dangerous on account
of the lead in it. Its use for wrapping ar
tides of food lias been forbidden in France.
—The latest clever hit and sell played by
Marshal I*. Wilder, the society expert is
decieedly taking, lie calls it the "electric
Touch." This is how be performed il al a
club in London: Be got the two freshest
young men at the table to gras;i a stick,
one at either cud. Then, after making
two or three magic passes iu the air, he
1 said: "Now the IIIHU who lets go first treat'-
r. the company."
Methorl in Work.
1 Some meu daily perform a wonderful
amount of work and -till ha"«- time for
| leisure. other- do little and arc
apparently nearly alv.a. pre—.ed
| for time for necessary work. Iu ;
•ouie measure the difference is omuir to
natural aptitudes, one man being quick to '
gr i-p a -ifaatiou and prompt to act upou j
it. while another inu-l turn it over aud ,
over in his mind before he fully oompre- ;
bends it, aud frequently follows this hesita- ,
tion by slowue s of execution »heu his
work is finally mapped out. It makes no
difference what his wark ir-. whether it is
manual or mental, the.-e characteristics in
men will appear. Some are in such a hur
ry that they make 1:0 -Ily mistakes, but
others, without wasting time in ascertain
ing the right thing to do. take care, never- j
thele -. that it i the right thing, aud then 1
do it without delay. The tatter accomplish 1
a jrreat deal. There are many who, w hen
they get fairly started, work like .-team en
giues. but they do not 011 the whole make
progress which is ati.-factory to them
civ c This is often because they work
without method. They are out.-tripped by
men who seemingly take it easier anil who
have 110 greater capacity than themselves.
Their weakness i- that tliey do not do
things in order. It is too much pitch and
toss wfch theui. They do not keep their
work in i-uch shape that they can dispatch
it with regularity and precision. The time
consumed in continually straightening up
constitutes a good share of the Whole.
There are some occupations which com- j
pel those who follow them t 1 lie orderly i
and methodical. There is none iu which
these qualities, where they have been neg
lected. cannot be cultivated to good advan
tage. Deficiency in them i< far from being
a token of genius. It -ignifie- something i
of indolence and much that is slip-shod. '
Every man kuow- whether or not he i- or- ;
dcrly aud methodical as he should be. If
he is not, unless lie is too old to attempt
the task, he .-hould endeavor to improve
iu these respect.-. There is 110 danger oft
his carrying it to that excess which marks
persons who have a passionate love of or
dcr, but there i- a likelihood that he w ill
materially lighten hi.- work or find that
without greater expenditure of effort he I
can do much more than lie ha - been in the j
habit of doing.
Not Bad Advice.
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 " Westinghonse
has made fJo.ooO.lHNi out of the nir brake.
It was called at fir-t a " mall thing," us
ing air iu that way, Imt it has panned out
well Other "small things" have reward
ed mechanic well. Toe lead pencil rubber
tip cleared its inventor sloo.fNto; the met
al rivet or eyelet for miners' coat and trou
sers pockets brought its inventor a fortune;
boot and shoe heel and side plates of metal
cleared f l.'iaO.fMKt; the glass bell inverted
over lamps and gas jet cleared a fortune;
the simple plan of fastening powdered em
erv on cloth made a fortune; the roller
-kate cleared sl.oi)o,<NMt before the craze
died out; the gimlet screw realized mil
lions; copper tips for shoes netted million
the simple needle threader netted #10,t)0<)
a year; toys and playthings have cleared
thou-anils; the ball with the rubber string
brought an income of $50,000 a year; the
"Dancing Jim Crow" netted #75,000 a year;
Pharaoh's serpent- cleared $.10,000: the
j "wheel of life" cleared toO.iMKi; the clia
: meleon top cleared a fortune; the "I'igs in
Clover" puzzle has within one year made
its inveutor a fortune; the pencil sharpen
er cleared a fortune. Hundreds of "small
thing.-" 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 inven
tious far exceed iu number those who have
reaped fame and fortune by great inven
tions. Put 011 your thinking cap. Mr. Me
chanic, and dive into the world of possi
bilities. The fortune is there if you only
know how to find it — The Iron I tutus try
ti/uctti.
Alexis in Disgrace.
Information of the disgrace that has be
fallen the Russian (Srand Duke Alexis,
brother of the Czar, whose visit to Ameri
ca several years ago is thereby recalled, is
given in a letter from St. Peters
burg under date of June The account
says that \lexis has been deprived of his
office of Lord High Admiral of the Fleet
and shorn of most of his honors, and exil
ed to Kibe:'* tie Duke Eugene of Lcuch
tenberg is likewise banished from the Rus
sian court uml capital, and thv Countess
Zcuaide de Beanharuais, the morguntic
wife of the Duke of Leuchtenberg,has 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
Willi the lovely Countess, who is the sister
of the late General Skobeloff and one of
the most ambitions women in Russia. Her
ducal husband Eugene is known as the
handsomest find iu Europe, and at no time
seemed inclined to object to the attentions
his cousin Alexis showered upon bis beau
tiftll wife.
About two mouths ago the 11 rand Duke
Alexis and the Countess were supping iu a
leading St. Petersburg 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. An immense amount
of wine was consumed, and finally one of
the French actors threw himself on his
knees ami attempted to lii-. the Countess
Zeuaide'i mall foot. With one masterly
kick the Uraud Duke A lex i. cut Ihe actor
flying to the other end of the room, where
upon a rough and tumble fight ensued. It
was iiot until the police appeared upon the
scene that peace was restored and the
combatants were cparatcil. The Czar was
furious when lie heard of the affair, and bit
iuuimary uction is the direct result ol thi
crowning act of his imperial brother's fol
iy-
Painting Floors.
A French w riler observes that painting
floors with any color containing white lead
is injurious, as it renders the wood soft and
less capable of wear. Other paints with
out white lead, such as oeher, raw limber,
or sienna, are not injurious, aud can be
used with advantage. Varnish made of
drying lead alls 1 al o -aid lo be destruc
live, nnd il is recommended 'hat the borate
of manganese should be used to di-po e
the varnish to dry. A recipe lor a good
floor varnish is given a- follow- Take two
pound- of pure white borate of manganese,
finely powdered, and add it little by little
to a saucepan containing ten pounds of tin
seed oil, which is to be well stirred and
raised to a temperature of 'Mt Fahr Heat
100 pounds of linseed oil iu a boiler till
ebullition takes jdace, then add to it the
first liquid, increase the heat and allow it
to boil for twenty niiuutd*. Theu remove
fioin the fire and filter the solution through
cotton cloth. The varnish i- then ready
lor use, two coats ol which may be used,
with a final cjiat ol shellac, il a fine polish
is required.
The World's Dams.
Tin- dam that i au-t d tin- Johnstown «t»-
a ter, originally c«.'t f.UO.iuu It covered
in area of about <•«) ,urf\ impounding the
water frntu litty or -ivty square miles of
v.aterihotl It *.va» TJ f.-*t liit'h ind i*»U
leer long, and iiirMit a lake ibnl held 4ss'.
1 OWl.Atit) i ul.i. bet >.) ■ aier, or itlxxit 5 tiflO.
! iWo.ihiO gallon ■ Ii ii.is been spoken of a«
; tin largest artificial lake in the l oitnl
Stati -. lint it was exceeded in . li.r *U»-
reservoir- lormtHl by the follow tug duns:
Croton Jam. in Now York—434 tid ion*, i
i>4 feet b»-:.i_ <>:'iua»mr\ and Mie remain
der ol earth. The height is aU»ui 4<* frtt.
The foundation of the dam n i.- >i- it Ino :
lines of atone tilled crib?, witn 10 feet of
concrete between tlieui. The down . trcuir.
fa.-.* is i urred anil f.i.-ed jrith granite. A j
small crih dam ,>4M» feet below form i a hasin
which nerve* a a cushion t« break the f.ali
of the water. 'I he hark of the dam is tilled i
with earth, impound "t.tXio tsVm.oou pal I
Im,
Sweet U .u-r dam, in Nat ion:J. Cal.-
Hubble masonry in Portland ■ iient: ftij I
feet high, 4o leet th:> i> al bottom and 12 ,
feet at top Of furred type, with radius of j
213 feet; MO leet long on crest. lln]»ouud> '
C.tJoo,(K*> IMMI gallon-
Dam at Oakland, Cal.—Karth, *0 feet
high. 3do leet long, and -.lb leet wide at i
base, Impounds "i,im«).ik>o.oi«i gallon-
Oaui at Kcilland.l'.il. Hear \'alley dan: :
tiranite ma-onry hi cement «>l leet high. i
30<» feet long. 20 feet thiek a? I>a.-e, aud It j
j feet at toji. Curved type, with ra<liu* of ;
| 335 feet. Impounds Bi.twO.Ooo.OOii gallon-.
Dam at Sail Mutco, Cal.—This u to be
170 feet high, 7u<» feet long. 17C feet thiek
at bar and 'Jt> feet thiek on toj». It i- to I
be iu I'ortland cement concrete iua.-<>nry.
and is to have a capacity of 3*J.OOO.IHiW,tiW
gallons. Itliu*oiily recently I wen began.
Tbu (Quaker Bridge dam will, of course,
dwarf all these. It will IK- '2S3 leet high
from bed rock, with a ba-e Jld feet wide.
Ninety nine feet of its la.-e will be beneath
the lake bottom, so that the visible mason- |
| ry will ri.se ltsi leet. It will impound about
37,;il>0.lK>ti.wii gallon- ofuatir. formuig a
lake sixteen miles long.
Appreheu.-n.ju- have Wen expressed a*
to the effects of its breaking down. Should
such an accident oectir. the present Croton
| dam, which will undoubtedly remain intact
| and submerged, will lessen, to .-.ouie ex
; tent, the Hood. The valley between the
Quaker Bridge ~ite and the Hudson l!iver
is only two miles loug. aud has no settle
ment of any importance in it.
A Dozen Hints to Gentlemen.
1. A gentleman w ili never speak ill of
one lady to another.
2. If a gentleman has been attentive to a
young lady and ha- grown tired of her he
should not peak unkindly of her.
3. (ientleiuen will never mention ladies'
names in public pla. es
4. A gentleman should always raise his
hat, not merely bow when pas-ting a lady
on the street.
5. A gentleman tmuld In- polite and
courteous at home a - well a- abroad.
ti. (ientleiuen w ill ue\ t-r congregate on
the .street corner.-, chew tobacco nor use
profane language.
•7. If at an evening company, party or
ball, a gentleman should not monopolize
one lady's iK-iety all evening, nor -how to
the a-viciubh that he cares for this or that
particular one. He should »hnw the same
amount of attention to each and every
one.
■ M. If a gentleman deems it necessary to
a k pcrmi-ion to . unite when in a lady's
presence, he will not add to the otlen.-e by
inviting her to join luni.
U. \ gentleman will not keep Ins seat in
a car or any other place while ladies are
standing.
1<». A gentleman should always be conr
teoii- enough to raise his hat when his com
paniou -peaks to a lady on the street, even
though lie is not acquainted with her.
11. A geutlcuian should never encourage
a lady iu vulgar talk or manners. Kather
teach licr to be pure and innocent, thus
making her an honor to her sex.
12. Abide by this advice ami you will all
be thorough gcutleineu.
Germany Claims Indemnity.
Referring to the Siunoau muddle, there
are some curious rumflf»jii the air. >
(iemnuiy has surrendered ti>._ Anient an
demands so far a- the rot oration "of Ma
taala is com erned. anil done it very gra
ciously
She expects us, however, to cnucede to
her the right to claim indemnity. That is
simply regarded as fair play, and the State
Department is seriously considering the
matter.
An indemnity claim work queerly some
times. I'racticelly it is a gilt edged tir-t
mortgage on S.inioan territory. II Mataa
fa is restored he will hardly be iu a con
dition to raise a large sum of money.
That will not trouble the holder of the
' claim in the least., for he will simply
allow the interest to pile up. as the estates
are good for a very considerable amount.
Then when Caruiau patience has been
exhausted and it is thought best to demand
' a settlement the poor Sainoan government,
i having no spare cash, will have to part
with its lands. It is not difficult to become
a large real estate owner under such pro
pitious circhmstances.
Mr IDaiue may think it best on the
- whole t<> allow Germany her indemnity
f claim, but it is reasonably clear, if he does.
• that Von Bismarck will take a pood slice
> of land when the day ol accounting ar
rive<
Perhaps that is what the Iron Chancel
lor i : dreaming about.
Some Uualnl Hymns.
i Some of the 1111111111 old hymnes. remarks
I lie »'<.<«/•<(> io.», are not calculated
to arou.-e religiou feeling—in the present
generation, at any rate.
Take this:
'Ye monster of the bubbling deep,
Your Maker' praises shout,
I'p from the sands,ye codlings, peep,
And wag your tail - alwiiit''
' It would be difficult for a congregation
' of to day t<> -ing this without smiling; and
' the one that follows is almo t as amusing
"The race is not forever got
By hitu who fa. teat runs,
. Nor the battle the people
! Who hoot the longc t gun
A Northern clergyman, during the Civil
War Used to saj that never until then had
he found occasion or justification for his
I personal employment of Bawd s impreca
ton psalms, a sentiment which was no
doubt reciprocated on the other side. The
fathers, however. >aug without demur ;
"Wh\ dost Thou hold Thine hind aback, 1
And hide it in Thv lap?
' <>. pluck it out and be not slow
t To give Thy foes a rap
I
, —Ba i- ball appears to hav> lost its
! standing in thi community.
' —Trot out your painkiller young cu
' cumbers are iu market.
—Freight trafln is heavy ou all the rail
! roads entering this place.
—Taxes make us all «tand and deliver.
Plurals Which are Singular.
The t truier uki.» a iioble ox.
And drive* a yok» of oxen.
And <>ft*ntimei he «iu»>t* a fox
That goe« with other foxrn
lu -pnng he b Is hi« hire.l nau
Make sugar witn a lot nf u.ea—
S.'-eet maple- sagar in a pan
Aud fill a lot of pen
When iu the grass he seU his foot.
Where snakes may »ung hi- ieet.
He know* they can't bite through a boot.
And wears a pair of beet
On eggs he often «et» a gooae
To i.-u-e a fl-.k of get-se.
Ati.l vhen he learns to tie a nnO.se
He make a lot of ueese.
He's -arc to hare an aching tooth
It he neglects his teeth.
Ahtl he with boards can buiM a booth
A* g.hxl as other beeth
Whene'er he -w a little mouse
!Te s<;t.. a trap for mice:
He als.. i;ke« to paint hi-- house
A fine as other hire
Aud he remembers, unen a child
He went with other children
To help hi* father clear a wild
Among some other * ildren
He saw bis litther kill a welt.
And chase a pack of wolves.
And once he sailed itram a gall
To see Mime other gulve
He owns a chenry-eolored cat.
Which has a lot of kittraa.
And almost. aught a uK>n-trous rat.
Which has a lot of rittena.
He will amuse his tired wife.
Who works like other wire*.
By plaring music on a fife
That sounds like other fires
A Remarkable Chanfe.
There is iiothiuc mitre remarkable show a
by the vote on Constitutional prohibition
than the changed habiti which tcmpxiaocf
reform ha« wrough*, among a Urge aeetion
of the populatuto of thia State daring the
last seventy-five year*. Fifty years ago
the drinking habit was more general
among our citizens of Scotsk-Iriah stock
| than any other * lenient of tbe population
and not only drinking. It r» not tboagbt
in Hie least strange to tind pruwiiMt aMMn
hers aud officers of the cLarch who were
the worse for liquor at fairs and markets,
and even the ministers were not always
models of sobriety. But it was jut among
this element that the temperance reform
took the firmest hold, and it was the
Scotch Irish districts of the State which
gave the Amendment nearly all its m%or
ities. There are thirty -one countiM which
lie west nf the centre of the State, and
these form the region in which the Scotch
Irish element for the most part is gathered
Of these twenty three gave majorities rang
ing from 3.A36 in Mercer to 312 in Greene
Allegheny. Elk, Erie. Armstrong, Cambria
Somerset, Iletlford. and Fulton Voted the
other way, and of these the two last now
arc more iiennan than anything else. To
replace these we might count Miffbn and
I'uion. which lie just east of tbe dividing
line, are mainly Scotch Irish, aad voted
for the Amendment.
It is noted that all the northern tier of
counties, with the exception of Erie on the
extreme nest and Wayne on the extreme
east, voted for tbe Amendment, aa did
Wyoming, which might be placed 'ia the
same category. Here, pnwibly, the old
Connecticut element co-operated with the
Scotch Irish of the west. South of this.
Clie ter, which is intensely trucker. Pre
byterian. and Baptist, is the only eastern
county which broke the line of negation
- Wa.-biugton, Pa., Otmrrrrr.
' Bicycles.
The Supreme Court of Indiana was re
cently called upon to review a nonsuit ia
an action brought to recover damages for
being struck down ou sidewalk by a bicy
clc rider. The trial court had held that
bicycling was a form of pedestrinatiag, and
that the bicyclers had as much right on
the sidewalk as any pedestrian. The ap
peal from the non suit was argued ia the
forenoon When the court adjfmmed for
dinner. Judges Coffey and Berkshire start
ed to walk to their hotel, and aa the/ ware
passing out of the eapttol grounds a dam
sy bicycle rider rau into them, knocking
both down, and badly bruisin^.tha4Wr* MW<
This practical arguiar at trtCf suuh a eon
viiicingeFpet on the minds ot the Isaraaid
fiTTpwiSMrt they immediately overraM the
uurendered decision and filed aa offafou
setting forth that a person who "radely
and recklessly" rides a bicycle against a
man stnudiug on a sidewalk ia reefoMMe
for damages for assault and battery.
After quoting an Indiana law forbidding
persons trom riding or driving on tbe ride
walks, the court says; If sidewalks are
exclusively for the use of footman, then hi
cycles, if they are vehicles, mast aat be
ridden along them, since to a&rm that
sidewalks are exclusively for the use of
footmen necessarily implies that they can
not be traveled by bicycles. It voaid ba
a palpable coutradiction to atdna that
footmen have the exclusive right to asa
the sidewalks and yet concede that per
sons not traveling as pedestrians May also
rightfully use them. We think, however,
that a bicycle must be regarded aa a vehi
cle within the meaning of th« lav." —**•
/.<lie Journal.
The Pet Louse of Cerea.
The spec ulators for a rise ia the bread
market are making the meet of the new
wheat parasite that has made its appear
anee in the W est, and of the large ship
nieuts of gold to Europe since the begin
ntng of the year. This wheat loose, they
iay. is destroying the Western while
the drain of gold will seriously interfere
with the movement of the crop whea har
vested As for the wheat loose, diligent
inquiry generally finds that its ravagae era
committed in "the next county." The
jeremiad over the drain gold ia aa oM
song which the prophets of evil Mfaat
whenever a few millions are sent abroad.
Like any other product, gold oooya the
lam-of supply and demand. As this eoan
try is one of the largest producers «' geld
in the world its surplus goes where it Is
nio it needed, as is the case with "the surplus
silver of Mexico aud the surplus wool of
Australia Russia and soine other govera
ments have at present need of much gold
in their refunding operation*, an 1 they are
willing to ]»y more for its u><> thaa it eoso
mantis in the money . eutres ol the I'uled
•States. There is. l>esides just now aa ex
traordinary demand for the precious metal
by the hmiker* of l'aris to meet the drafts
of American visitor* to the ExpoaiUaa
When the Exposition shall have cloned and
these refunding transactions ia Xarepe
shall have ended the gold will flow back,
provided, of course, there should ba a
greater demand for it here thaa ahcaad.
and provided further that the poefle of
Europe may have nothing better to sead ia
exchange for their supplies of new wheat
aud other products of the United State*
Philadelphia Record.
—lJou't act the hoe when yea'M invited
out.
When dispute enters the door lov*
crawls under the bed.
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