vol. XXVI TFFIRIMSMTI, * " ?T ' r- /jr} * rjbj 11 30 Our ir*j»rin«r goods which comprises the latest novelties at tainable, in Foreign ami Domestic markets, H ATV K A. R HIV KD. As it is a consideration of all gentlemen who desire to dress well, what to wear lor Spring, and where he shall pur chase, we invite yon to inspect our immense stock, and you can readily select some thing uitablo. S<'<' Our \\ inflow Display. THE VERY PEOPLE WHO; HAV£ THE LEAST MONEY j Are your wages small. TO SPEND ARE THE ONES! Ar " " ,e hw ' " I family? CUR KtUABLE CLOTHING j " Vu|i u|ls REANS MOST TO ; With IIOIIM* rent'a drag on you'.' Low prices f«»r honest, long-wearing C'lotliirg will be a boon to ycur pocket-book and your bacu. (it-t an 11on-clad Cloth iSuit at sl2. Strongest AU-Wo Suit we know of. Nobody 'l-c sells it. (ietJ. N I'ATTKL'SOX'S Cloth Suit at sl<>. For dress atid everyday wear combined it's wonderful value. No ru.atter how fine a suit you want lor dress or business we have tlint at a low price. There is no oi «*u question about I'oys' Clothing. >Ve are not only pioreers, but to day's leaders in styles and qualities highest excellence and lowest pries. hememl»er the place. J. N. PATTERSON'S. One Price Clothing House, 185<> K»tabli«lied 1850 E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER, No 19, North Main St., BTJTLER,IP A., ID K A LE R IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, &c M &c. Society Emblems of all Descriptions. Repairing in all'branches skillfully done and warranted. 1850 ESTABLISHED 1850 1881) SUMMER 1889 We are now ready for SUMMER TRADE, having in stock a splendid assortment ol FINE DRESS GOODS, MEDIUM DRESS GOODS, LOW PRICED DRESS GOODS, consisting of all the new things for summer wear, with the very latest things in trimmings to match. CARP ETB, Oil cloths, mattings, linoleums, rugs, stair rods, curtain poles, lace curtains, blinds and scrims at lower prices than ever l>eforc offered. DOMESTICS, We carry a full line of all the standard domestic goods in twilled and plain sheeting, pillow casing, ginghams, prints, tickings and all kinds of house furnishing goods. hi vi: its will learn by examination that it always p>" them to do their trading at BITTER & RALSTON'S. FASHION EMPORIUM. We must confess ourselves completely Aurprised at the wuy our goods have been selling. On the fitli wo opened tho largest stock wo hud ever brought to Baiter. On the '2oth our shelves were as bare as Mother Hub bard's celebrated cupboard, and necessitated an entire re stocking at once. To-iuoriow we open the fresh lot. and there is nothing of the showman's Ulk about in our warning you to come at once; it is the truth, from tho way our goods ure selling. \\ hether wo sell because of cheapness, or (|tiality of (rood*; whether because of the quantity to select from or tho knowing how to4vit cu.nnitirtii: whether from eny or all of the in, is for your eyes and judgment to decide —that we do Ihr business is not doubted. Jusl a moment for a word or two on our latest novelties. Tho newest thing in dress trimmings is the Surah Sash, very wide, and very handsome. We have a fine stock, at moderate prices. Thoy are beautiful. Dirmoire Hats are beiug worn u great deal, and they are very becom ing to almost any face and figure. Our stock is unsurpassed and would cer tainly suit the tastes of the most fastidious. Our Gimp and Laces for dress trimmings are quite in keeping with the extent of our stock in other lines. Wo have everything worth showing The price, too, is what tell*. While never for a moment sacrificing quality t<* cheapness, (tor our reputation is built on this very thing) we endeavor to f uj.pl j the best in the market at tho moat, reasonable price. Remember that Miss M. H. Gilkey, THK LEADING MILLINER, NO. Ot» is. MAIN IST, BUTLER, PA THE BUTLER CITIZEN. jpACOBSOJI, n It. Ha BALL ottlt Complete J_iv/ \ Vlt&oit It. 5 - W \\ Sprains, Strains © W Bruises, Wounds. Z y o ',i tnj [trucj'tU a'id DtalOl * (JC? ThcChas! A. Vcgeler Co.. Ba!to.,Md. Tor fare oF M pRGHPnYiSD'TERMAJfEinxY >itHQUTKETUM OFP^IFJ. #nl3f\dsClsTs THE CHAS-A-VD stiER CD'BAUD'MD EDUCATIONA L INDIANA NORMAL SCHOOL, ixnuN.v. PA. Indiana is as( hoot abreast of «lie times. No efforts an- Ix-iny spared to mike It the leading proicsblonal training school In the country. The faculty Is composed <»f members who are specialist"as teachers and scholars in tlielr re spective departments. 1 Here are also college preparatory, commercial, and musical depart ments. ' Z \ s>TDKIt Ph.B.. Prlar'pal. 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For catalogue and Information address. E. V. ZOIXARS. President. Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Penn'a. The Kith year begins Sept. 11. Clastcal, Scien tllic and Preparatory Departments. For Infor mation concerning Preparatory Department ap ply to PKOF. .1. AHOI.PII St'IIMITZ, l'rln:. tor Catalogue ur other information to I'KKST MOFFAT. BEAVER COLLEGE young girls and young ladies. Beaver, Pa. Most fully equipped Ladles and Music School In Western Penn'a. Thirty-fifth year and no death, Healthful and beautiful location. Pop ular rates. Only tlftv boarders received. Send for catalogue. B. T. TAYLOR. Pres. TWO CHOICE SCHOOLS. BROOKE HALL, For Gil ia unu • uuny I.UMIWVI | Shortlidge Media Academy, For Boys and Young Men. SWITHIN C. SHORTLIDGE, A M (HARVARD GRADUATE.) MEDIA, PA., (Near Philadelphia.) J. E. Kastor, Practical Slate Roofer. Ornamental and Plain Slating Of all kinds done on short notice. Ollice with W. 11. Morris No. 7, N. Main St,, Residence North Elm street. Butler, Pa. Willard Hotel, VV. ft USIHING, I'rop'r BUTLER, - STAIII.IXi I> COM NKCTION. HAMPI.K BOOH fur COMMKRCIAL TRAVELERS SAM PL H ROOM. LIVERY IN CONNECTION Hotel Vogeley (Strictly First Class.) HENRY L. BECK, Puoh KS. J. 11. FATBF.r,, Manager. ltutler, Pa. Diamond : - : Hotel, Fronting Diamond, liutler, Pa. THOMAS W'ASSON. Pro't. tlood rooms, good meals, stabling in con nection, everything first class. EITENMULLEB lOTEL. No. 88 and 90, S. Main St., BUTLER, - - Near New Court House- formerly Donaldson Mouse—good accommodations tor travelers, liuod Mauling connected. U-9-K6-lyi ii KITKNMUI LKR, Prop'r. NIXON'S HOME, 85 N. McKKAN ST., UUTLEK, PA. Meals at all hours. Open ail night. BrcaUusl 2S cents. Dinner cents. Supper :v. cents, Uidglng jr, cents, SIMEON NIXON - - PIIOP'U. WHEN YOU VISIT PITTSBURGH CALL ON JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH, K Bmit!»n«*lfl street, for Trees. Beeds. Lilies, umjMt vinf% Hard> Kones, Canary liirtlH.oold IHII. etc. Descriptive Fall ratalouico Dialled free. I:n if. wher. Nt Chicago, will find it on fi'cit - LORD & THOMAS. Mrs. Maybrick's Case. Mrs. Maybrick, who was lound guilty of poisoning her husband and sentenced to death at Liverpool, England, last Wednes day, lias broken down under the great strain to which she has b«-eii subjected for days past, and is said to be seriously ill A memorial to the Government in be half of Mrs. Maybrick has been signed by most of the 1 arristers and solicitors of the Liverpool circuit. The memorial asks • that the prisoner lie reprieved on the ground of the conflicting nature of the medical evidence given at her trial A similar petition is beiug circulated among the merchants and brokers end is receiving many signatures. There is a general fcr ment throughout the country against the verdict. Mrs. Florence Maybrick was the daugh ter of Carrie E. nolbrook, of New York, and William S. Chandler, the son of a well known Mobile lawyer. The couple met in Mobile in 1850. and were married soon afterward. They lived in good style in Mobile until shortly afteT the breaking out of the war. when one Capt. Du Harry turned up. and received attentions from Mrs. Chandler that gave rise to some gos sip. Soon afterward Mr. Chandler sud denly sickened and died under circum stances that aroused such unpleasant talk that Mrs. Chandler, although not molest ed by the authorities, left the place and went to Macon, where she married Du Barry. When he started for Europe as an agent of the Confederate Government she accompanied him; two days out, he siek ened and died. The Captain wanted to re turn with the body, but Mrs. Dußarry in sisted that the bodv be buried at sea. A year or two later Mrs. Dußarry appeared in New York and was involved in a scan dal with an actor. Her life after that is uncertain. She married a Baron von Roque, of the German army, who is said to have boaten her, and she is said to have left him to act as wife to an attachee ol the British Legation in Persia. At pres ent. however, she lives in Paris aud keeps the name von Roque. Florence Chandler met James Maybrick, a Liverpool cotton broker, while on her way from this country with her mother. Maybrick was 40 and she 18, but she con sented to marry him after his ardent woo ing. and they- were married in St. James' Church, Pieadilly, London. The bride had some SO,OOO a year in her own right, inherited from her father, and Maybrick owned Battlecrease House, a fine residence in Grassendale a suburb of Liverpool. There they settled down and were soon deeply in the social swim of that city. Mrs. Maybrick was not very pretty, but she was bright and charming and became very popular. Two children were born to the couple, and it is to the fact that one of these drop ped a letter into the mud that Mrs. May brick owes her present position. The child, a baby, was out with its nurse for an airing. The letter was one that Mrs. Maybrick had giveu to the nurse to be mailed. The baby dropped it into the street, and the envelope was so soiled that the nurse took it off, intending to put it in a fresh envelope, re-address it to "A. Brierly, Esq., Iluskisson street. Liver pool," and mail it. Incidentally she read tiie letter, which was'as follows: "DEAREST—Your letter under cover to G. came to hand just after I gave them for j ,a (iv. ■Monday. I did not expect to hear from you so soon, and delay occurred in giving him the necessary instructions. "Since my return I have been musing all day and night. He is sick unto death. The doctors held a consultation yesterday. Now all depends on how long his strength will hold out. Both my brothers-in-law are here, and they are terribly anxious. 1 cannot answer your letter fully to-day, darling, but relieve your mind of all fear of iliscoccry tioir or in the future. He has been delirious since Sunday, anil t know he is iqnorant of everything, even of the name of the street', also that he has not been malcing any inquiries vhaterer. The tale he told me was a mere fabrica tion, and only intended to frighten the truth out of me. In fact, he believes my statement, although he will not admit it. "You need not, therefore, go abroad on this ground, dearest; but in any case please ilon't leave England until 1 hare seen you once again. You must feel that those letters of mine were written under circumstances which must even excuse their injustice in your eyes. Do you sup pose I could act as I am doing, if I mere ly felt what I inferred ? If you wish to write to me about anything do so, as all letters pass through my bauds at present. "Excuse the scrawl, my darling, but 1 dare not leave this room for moment, aud I do not know when I shall able to write to you again. In haste, your own, FLOBKIE." The italics show where the words in the letter were underscored. The nurse maid, after rending tho note, decided not to send it after all, but gave it instead to Edwin Maybrick, a brother of James. James Maybrick died soon after this, but his brothers kept the matter quiet until after the funeral. Then they had Mrs. May brick arrested, pending an inquest. She became very sick at once, and it was al leged that she was soon to become a moth er. It was known that she lived apart from her husband for two years. Brierly was a wealthy Liverpool cotton dealer, IIS years old, and very plain look ing. He had been called to Mr. Maybrick's house on business, and had there met Mrs. Maybrick. Their acquaintance lasted for about one year when Mr. Maybrick died. These facts, with others developed on the inquest, led to Mrs. Maybrick being held on a formal charge of murder. At first her arrest was generally denounced as an out rage, but as the evidence upon which the police acted leaked out, public opinion changed, and was much against her at the al, which began on Wednesday of last week. Sir Charles Russell was counsel for Mrs. Maybrick, and public interest in the ca.su exceeded that'iu any trial of recent years in Great Britain. The prosecution presented a mass of ex pert evidence to prove that Mr. Maybrick died of arsenical poisoning. Michael May brick, widely known as Stephen Adams, author of "Nancy Lee" and other popular songs, a brother of the dead man, testified that James Maybrick had complained to him in London of feeling unwell, anil had soon after written that he was much worse. Michael went to Liverpool, and found his brother in bed, attended by a nurse and Mrs. Maybrick. He told Mrs. Maybrick lie believed that his brother was not being properly treated, and employed other doc tors and a new nurse On account of some things tho nurse told him he removed from the room a bottle of brandy and some meat extract for tho patient's use, aud gave them to a doctor. He detected Mrs. May brick changing medicine from one bottle to another, and in other actions that lie believed were suspicious. She was still al lowed to wait on the sick man, however. On Friday tho patient became much worse aud died next day. A nurse gave to Michael some packages of arsenic labeled poison aud some fly-paper that she hud found in the house. Several nurses cor roborated the testimony as to Mrs. May brick's suspicious actions in the sick-room. BUTLER, ['A., FRIDAY, AI G' ST 10, 1880- Testimony was adduced to show that Mr Majbriek anil his wife had lived un happily some time and had frequently (juarreled. One witness had heard Ui - Maybrick say she would "make it hot for him." Mrs. Maybrick retained her composure throughout the presentation of all thi.s ev idence. and until Edward Davis, a famous | analvist and chemist, after testifying as to the results of his examination of Mr. May brick's stomach, produced a dressing gown which had been the property of Mrs. May brick, and swore that he had found on it ' spots .such as arsenic would make, and had also found traces of arsenic in the pockets. Mr>. Maybrick was thrown into a state of great mental excitement by this.and seem ed about to swoon several times while the testimony was beiug taken. Sir Charles Russell made a great plea , for the defense in opening, and this, with ] other things, effected some change in pub ! lie sentiment, so that the witnesses for the prosecution were hissed on their way to court and had to have police protection. Nicholas. Batcson, of Norfolk. Va., and Thomas Stanton, a negro who had been valet to Mr Maybrick in this country, tes tified that he was at that time a confirmed arsenic er.ter. This was corroborated by Liverpool witnesses who had sold him the drug, and to whom he had talked about his nse of them. It was also testified that Mr. Maybrick was l'ond of dosing himself with other drugs for imagined ailments, and that he would sometimes take double doses of medicine given to him by doctors. Medical experts testified that the symp toms in Mr. Maybrick's case were those of gastro enteritis more than of arsenical poi soning. A drnggist testified that it was a common practice for ladies to buy fly-pa per with which to prepare a mixture for complexion. How Sal Disgraced the Family. A traveler in the State of Illinois, some years ago, came to a lone log hnt on the prairie, near Cairo, and there halted, lie went into the house of logs. It was wretched affair, with an empty packing box tor a table, while two or three old chairs and disabled stools graced the recep tion room,the dark walls of which were fur ther ornamented by a display of dirty tin ware and a broken delf article or two. The woman was crying in one corner, and the man with tears in his eyes and a pipe in his month sat on a stool, with dirty arms resting on his knees, and his sorrowful-looking head supported by the palm of his hands. Not a word greet ed the interloper. "Well," ho said, "you seem to be in awful trouble here, what's upf" "Oh, we are most erased, neighbor,'.' said the woman, ani we ain't got no pa tience to see folks now." 'That's all right,' said the visitor, not much taken aback by this polite rebnfl"; "but can I be of any service to you in all this trouble?" "Well, we've lost our gal; our Sal's gone off and left us," .said the man in tones of despair. "Ah, do you know what induced her to leave yon?" remarked the new arrival. "We can't say, stranger, as how's she's so far lost as to be induced; but then she's gone and disgraced us," remarked the af fected father. "Yes, neighbor, and not as I should say it as her mother, but there warn't a pootier gal in the west than our Sal; she's gone and brought ruin on us and on her own head now," followed the strick en mother. "Who has she gone with?" ask ed the visitor. ' Who has she gone with?' "Well, there's the trouble. The gal could have done well, and might have married Martin Kehoe, a capital shoemaker, who although he's got but one eye, plays the flute in a lively manner, and earns a good living. Then look what a life she has des erted! She was here surrounded by all the luxury in the country," says the father. "Yes, who knows what poor Sal has to eat, drink or wear, now?" groaned the old woman. "And who is the fellow that has taken her from you and led her into such misery?" quothed the stranger. "Why, she's gone off ai.d got married to a critter called an editor, as lived in the village, and the deuce knows how they arc to aim a living!" Removing Pai.it. The ordinary process of scraping old paint, or burning it off, is hardly expedi tious enough for general purposes, and is also laborious. Soda and quicklime are far more thorough, and the paint is more quickly removed. The solution of half soda and half quicklime is thus made. The soda*is dissolved in water, the lime is then added, and the solution can be applied with a brush to the old paint. A few min utes is sufficient to remove the coats of paint, which may be washed off with hot water. Many preparations are sold for the removal of paint, all of them having some basis of alkali. A paste of potash and strong lime is far more effectual in opera tion, and the oldest paint can be removed by it. Afterward a coating of vinegar or acid should be used to cleanse the surface before repainting. One authority on the subject recommends the gasoline lamp, a quart of oil being sufficient to last hours. The method is considered superior to gas, as the flame is stronger and the cost less, besides which the lamp can be carried to any part, which cannot be done conveniently with a gas jet. But the use of flame of cither is dangerous and 13 be avoided when possible. Many a house has been burnt to the ground from using jets of flame. For removing varnish, spirits of ammonia is used, but it is a slow process, and several applications are neces sary. Scraping and sandpapering can be employed; but it must be done carefully by experienced hands, or the surface of wood will be injured. The chemical pro cess of removal has the advantage of leav ing the surface in a better condition than burning off or scraping, and for large stir faces of paintwork is to be preferred. Peanuts. According to a correspondent of the New York k'rt niiiif Post, 11,200,000 bushels of peanuts are consumed in this country every year. They come chiefly from Vir ginia and North Corolina, although Ten nessee also produces a small crop. "Pea nuts are planted at corn-planting time. Each kernal produces a running vine, like crab grass, aud each root produces about twenty pods. When ripe, the plow is run through the loamy soil, on a dry day, just before frost. The nuts are dried and shocked up like corn to keep dry be fore housing. When marketed, they go to a cleaner, where they are put through steam power machines and polished, after I which they are graded according to size I and variety. This year there i.s but two | thirds of a crop, and they tire higher in | price than since 18K4. The crop begins to come into the market about the first of t September. The Virginia nut i.s the lar gest and finest. The Wilmington is a smaller sort, aud the Spanish nut, a still smaller variety, i.s one whose kernels peel perfectly clean, thn* making it valuable for oonfecti >nery." —A little girl joyfully assured her moth er the other day that she dad found out where they make horses. She had seen a man finishing one. He was nailing on his last foot. A Delayed Permission. Detroit Free Press.] F came upon the sod hou e about Jink one evening as 1 was traveling "cross ruuutry" through Western Kansas. It was rough, low. mean anil dirty, but nev ertheless was the abode of a live family, the Doildsworths. as 1 found out later. I could go no farther and so stopped, asked for lodgings, put out my horse and sat down to talk with my host. "You may haf'ter sleep out ter the barn part o' the night." he volunteered. ••Why?" I asked. "Wa'al, young Bonus is comin' over hyar pretty reg'lar to spark Mary, an'—" "Oh, pa! how can you talk so!" chimed in the buxom daughter of the family, im mediately flouncing out of the kitchen into the best room. "So he is stuck on Mary?" I suggested. "You bet he is. He's over here reg'lar. He's a nice fellow. Bemis is.' "What does he do?" "Oh. he farms 'Squire Lewis' land on shares. He ain't got much money, that's the only thing; but I don't care. I say they're big enough to marry when they're old enough an.' old enough when they're big enough, money or no money. "Does Mary like him?" "Yes. tolerable. She says he's kinder bashful —not near so peart as the MJIOOI master that's shiuin' up to Tilly Marks; but I say she shall have Bemis as sure as my name's Doddsworth." "Well," I put in, "you had better let'em go and marry." That's what 1 say; but. you see. Sally, mv wife, is dead agin it. She's awful opinionated, Sally is, and don't use good sense. Xow.fer me, when 1 see I'm wrong 1 always admit it and let it go; but she won't. She just sticks and hangs and won't gin' up. You want to be careful ol getting in an argument with her." 1 said 1 would aud remembered the can tiou when, after Doddsworth had gone out to milk the cows, she approached me and began to talk about Mary and Beniis. I remembered what he had said. . "I ain't got nothing against Bemis," she admitted. "lie's a good enough boy; rather bashful, of course, but Mary likes him." "Is your husband opposed to the match?" 1 suggested, to see what she would say. '■ol course, I don't like to talk much about it, but he is kinder offish about it. He's awful set, Doddsworth is. Sometimes I think he don't use good sense. Xow, when I see I'm wrong I'm willing to admit it and drop the matter; but he won't. He jest sticks and hangs aud won't give up. He don't exactly like Bemis and he won't give up that Mary can marry him." Here, thought I, is a grand chance to bring two clashing natures together and make them work for Mary's happiness. Mary w as already entertaining her lover in the "best room," which was the only other room in the house but the kitchen,in which we sat. aud I concluded I'd please the pair as well as surprise them, so when the hus band came in, T addressed him; "I was just talking to y >ur wife, Mr. Doddsworth, and she seems perfectly will ing to have young Bemis for a son-in-law. Xow, you expressed the same opinion to me a while ago, and as you are both very liberal iu your views, win* not unite on this questson?" "Is that so, Sally?" exclaimed the hus band. "Be you willin'f" "Well, 1—" she bi gau, when she caught my eye and fraukly admitted. "Yes. 1 ain't got nothin' against him, but you was always so obstinate that —" "X'o, Sally, it was you that was set in your—" "See here," I put in, "no quarreling now. You are agreed in this matter. Let's break the news to the young folks." They had no opportunity of demurring before I opened the door leading to the "best room." There was a sudden shuf fling of chairs and feet as we entered, as though the lass and lover had moved rapid ly apart. "Mar}'," said I, for I rather enjoyed the theatrical aspect of the case, "yonr folks are willing that you should marry this young man if you want to. I hope you will be happy aud prosperous." "Say, you city dude," drawled the young man in question, "whose funeral is this, anyhow? Do you run this household now? Mary and 1 don't care l'er yer blessing. We was married by Squire Quinn last night when the folks thought we was at the dance." "The folks," who had been standing in the background, somewhat awed by my officionsness, aud myself, beat a precipi tate retreat. Our kindness had come too late. I rode on the next morning and have not seen Bemis or the Doildsworths since. To Restore the Freshness of Worn Clothing. The mystery to many people how the scourers of old clothes can make them al most as good as new is explained in the American Aixihj.it as follows: Take, for in stance, a shiny old coat, vest, or pair of pants of broadcloth, cassimere,or diagonal. The scourer makes a strong, warm soapsuds, aud plunges the garment into it, souses it up and down, rubs the dirty places, if nec essary puts it through a second suds, then rinses it through several waters, anil hangs it to dry on the line. When nearly dry, he takes it iu, rolls it up for an hour or two, aud then presses it. -An old cotton cloth is laid on the outside of the coat, and the iron passed over that until the wrinkles are out; but the iron is removed before the steam ceases to rise from the goods, elso they would be shiny. Wrinkles that are obstinate are removed by laying a wet cloth over them, anil passing the iron over that. If any shiny places are seen, they are to be treated as the wrinkles arc; the iron is lilted, while the full cloud of steam rises, and brings the nap up with it. Cloth should always have a sucls made specially for it, as if that which has been used for white cotton or woolen clothes, lint will be left in the water, aud cling to the cloth. Iu this manner we have known the same coat and pantaloons to bo renewed time and again, anil have all the look anil feel of new garments. Good broadcloth and its fellow cloths will bear many washings, and look better every time because of them. She Came Down. "Laura," said the old man, "will you have some tutors?" "If you refer to the farinaceous tubers which pertain to the solatium tuberosum, and which are commonly known as pota toes," replied the sweet girl graduate, "I would bo pleased to bo helped to a modi cum of the same. But taters? tatcrs. I'm quite sure, papa, they are something of which I never before bad the pleasure of hearing." The old man pounded on the table un til the pepper castor laj r down to rest, and then remarked in a voice of icy calm ness: ' Laura, will you have some of the ta ters?" "Yes, papa." Is our boasted high school system a fail- I ure or not," The Retsof Salt Mines. The Retsof-alt mines are situated in the southern part of th« town of York. Living ston County, N. Y. The name under which the work; are conducted are is the lletsof Mining Co This company was formed in New York City, under 'he able management of Mr. J. W. Foster, after whom it was named, the name of the mine being the word "Fos ter" spelled backward. The great undertaking of channeling for >alt was commenced in the fall of ISM \ whole million was expended to aceoni j plish the work, which occupied alKHit a j year and a half. Now, however, these mines yield bountiful returns, being one of i the best paying industries in the country. ' Five hundred tons are taken out daily and sent to all parts of our Union; to the West, for salting cattle; to the East. for. making soda ash: to New York, for .-tatu ary; and to many other places, for miscel laneous uses. The supply seems to be inexhaustible. It is claimed that it will la*t for a thousand : years. In the vicinity of the mines a whole vil lage of wooden huts and houses have been : constructed, also boarding houses, stores, . and offices have turned the once desolate place into busy bustle. In the midst of all j rises a huge towvr, which i* the head house or entrance to the mines, and also serves ! as an elevator by which the salt is con ducted into great chutes and store houses. At the east of this tower are the boiler and engine rooms, where twelve boilers, with a capacity of nine hundred and sixty horse power, furnish the force to run the power fill machinery. To run the twenty foot drum on which the cable is wouml requires three hundred horse power. To run the blower, crusher, air compressor, and elec tro dynamo also requires powerful engine power. Two hundred men are employed about these mines. Most of these are Italians. At present the mines are reached only by one shaft, although the second shaft is down about two hundred feet. This en trance is a vertical shaft. 1G by 20 feet and 1,1 So feet deep. It is provided with two cages, drawn up aud down by cables, and these are so arranged thai when one is as cending. the other is descending. The sensation of descending into the mines is somewhat peculiar. For the first five hundred feet the descent is natural, but for the remaining distance one seems to lie ascending. The descent to the mines, which are about 1,055 feet deep, occupies about half a minute. At present the mines are located in the upper stratum. There are two strata of salt, the first about 9 l'ect thick, the sec ond, separated by 12 feet of rock, is about 00 feet thick. Excavation is commenced on top. Then, of course, when the second stratum is being worked, supports will be left at different points, so that there will be no danger. The process of loosening the rock salt from its firm bed is accomplished by blast ing. Holes made into the salt with air drills are filled with dynamite, which fs ex ploded by electricity. Then the loose salt, on curs holding about four tons, is drawn to the shaft over a railroad by mules. At present eight mules arc employed in haul ing the salt. They are kept in tho mine all the time, either in the stables or in the barnyard. Nearly one hundred men are employed in thu nuuv, cither a.-> foremen, mule drivers, miicrs, or their assistants. In the mine-Lfle'alr is quite pure. This cond; f! on is tiilained by drawing out tho foul air and forcing fresh air in. The air is dry as well as the mine, and has a chloric smell anil a saline taste. The temperature is about 60° Fahr. The most noticeable feature to a novice is its darkness and ab solute stillness. It has a peculiar silence of its own. All disturbances, elemental and otherwise, which prevail in the open air are unknown and unfelt. The nervous person can there feel secure from the feel ing of alarm which a thunder storm excites. The miners use tallow candles to dispel the depressing darkness, the foremen, drivers, and shovelcrs use kerosene lamps, while the poor mules have to stumble around in the dark. One of the strangest sight to a visitor is the blacksmith's shop under ground. It is a very convenient and important feature of the niiue, however, aud Vulcan has a busy time indeed shoeing mules and sharp ening the miner's drills. The mine seems to be supplied with all modern conveniences. Among them is a telephone where one can converse with the superintendent above, an air whistle used as a signal for commencing and quitting work. There is also a system of pipes run ning to the different chambers which sup plies the drills with compressed air. The largest part of the salt is of a dark gray color, and is claimed to be purer than that of a lighter color, being free of mag nesia. Good Things to Know. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth; also from the hands. That a tahlespoonful of turpentine boiled with white clothes will aid in the whiten ing process. That fresh meat, after beginning to sour, will sweeten if plaeed out of doors in the cool of night. That boiled starch i.s much improved by the addition of a little sperm salt or gum arabic dissolved. That milk which is turned or changed may be sweetened and rendered fit for use again by stirring in a little soda. That beeswax and salt will make rusty flat-irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax-rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with suit. That blue ointment and kerosene mixed in equal proportions and applied to the bedsteads is an nufailing bedbug remedy, as a coat of whitewash is for the walls of a log house. Sparks and Flashes. The riding school is a inountin' resort. Phastt'sius says his best girl reminds liini of a silver fork. In other words, she is a tin(e)y thing and frequently accom panied by a "spoon." Nay, Reuben! When lunch is to be serv ed in a guest's apartment, at the hotel, custom does not require that a horse car conductor shall be engaged to take up the fare. If the grass about a rural residence at tains a considerable height and remains un cut, it would seem tolerably safe to assume that the owner of the premises is no mow er. "Wiu-chester! Win-chester!" shouted the brakeuian. "Thanks, but you are too late sir," the youug lady, who with her escort, occupied a rear seat, smilingly vouchsafed. "Chester is alread won." FOR LUCRE. Said a maid, "I will lnarrv for lucre," And her scandalized ma almost shucrc; When the chance came. Aud she told the good dame. 1 noticed she did not rebucre. F loating Islands. A dispatch from a pla>in Minnisota. announcing a- a remarkable fact the dis covery of a flouting islitml in a mall lake iu that State, incline- tne resident* of Pile Co.. I'a.. to the belief that if one floating in .. for natural curiosifU - a- Minnesota i> considered a wonder. tb.y have been living all their lives with a -till greater wonder clo« i by without attaching any great importance to it. There i a lake about a mile from 17one* dale which is filjed wilh floating inlands. This lake is known locally a- Cajoh Pond It is LltO feet above the village, and is dot ted with a dozen or more islands. Th< se are covered with trees, -otne of them feet hijrli. and a dense growth of thick fo liage bushes. The island bottom* are marshy, but the soil is stiff enough to sustain easily the weight of the fishermen who cast their lines from the islands in the fishing season. In the summer these little islands are a pleasing vitiation iu the beauty ot the scene the lake presents to the spectator .1- he gazes upon it from the hill* that eneir cle it. If the wind happens to be strong ' and variable,as it generally i-.a visitor who looks upon the lake for the first time can not help being startled to m>c these islands moving about from one point of the com puss to another «c< the wind pot. and on another day perhaps they will be scattered widely apart. An island from which the fisher man casts his line at one end of the lake to-day will in all probably invito him from the other extremity to morrow. The largest of these islands was some years ago stationed at the lower end of the lake, and hugged the shore there with oi.- ly slight changes in position day in and day out. During a stiff wind one day this island tacked first to one side and then to the other, moving slowly the while to the upper end, until it was floated against the shore at that end. It remained there fer two or three years through some of the hardest winds that blow off that shore. One day while three pickerel fishermen were fishing from the island's outer edge it suddenly was seized with a whim induced cd or prompted only by the gentle wind, and before the fi.-heruicu knew they found themselves .10 feet from the shore. The island floated slowly ocross the lake until it had almost reached the opposite shore, when a counter breeze struck it and sent it down the lake. It finally landed near the spot where it started from and has been there cvei since, making a trip now and then to and fro across the lake, but always returning to or near its old moor ings* Although these islands are constantly shifting their places in the lake, they an nually add perceptibly to their area. There are six or eight of them, and the scientific theory is that in time the roots of the trees "that cover theni will extend down in to the water so far that they will anchor the islands in the lake, and that by the slow but certain processes of nature they will be increased in size until the surface of th" lake will become >olid land. A Millionaire's Phonetic Spell ing. Hundreds of people stopped Sunday in front of an immense 12-story, .-fcsoo, Oo you?" "I do. I have been figuring on it. You are probably aware that there is a certain amount of electricity in food?" "Yes." "Especially in pancakes,scrambled eggs, bacon and coffee. lam willing to experi ment." "How?" '•I'll sit down and cat until the shock amounts to 1.500 bolts. If it kills me, all right. If not, I'll try again." "1 know of an easier way than that,"said tin- caterer as he limbered up his right leg. "The shock from this boot is exactly 1,500 bolts, (iet yonrself in position!" "Sir, you are a greedy, grasping monop olist, and no friend of science, and I scorn your experiment!" exclaimed the stranger in great indignation, and off he went to find another victim. Fugitive Fancies. An aching void—A dude's headache. The affection which an aunt lavishes upon a niece or nephew is a kind of anti dote. "Woe is me!" the student cried, While a frown his visage marred; "I cannot woo the muse of thought For the mews in our back yard!'' A young lady named Key offered a look of her hair to a gentleman whose offer of marriage she had declined. lie replied, with great bittterncss, that the lock would lie useless to him without the Key. Treatment of Patients Under Chloroform. In France, when a patient is under chloroform, ou the slightest symptom ap pearing of failure of the heart, they turn him nearly upside dowu, that is, with his head downward and his heels in the air. | This, they say, always restores him: and \ such is their faith in the efficacy of this I method, that the operating tables in the Paris hospitals are made so that in an in stant they can be elevated with one end in the air, so as to bring the patient into a position resembling that of standing ou his bead. A Prize Essay on Shoomaking. Joliet, 111., has a happy sou of Saint Crispin in John ltyan, who recently won the international prize of SSOO offered by a boot and -hue journal of Boston for the the best essay ou boot and shoe making in all its liranchcs. Every State in the Fnion eontestcd for the prize, together with Can ada, New Druu wick and Suva Scotia. Queer Questions. Centuries ago Sam-on proposed a rid dle— the eatlie I of which history treats— to the Philistines, allowing them a vreelc in which to answer it. a length of time that wonld bar. been insufficient but for the as - lance of Sam son's wife. Hiram, king of Tyre, hail a mania for cobstructing riddles, as a!so had Solomon, and the wager of an immense -uui of money between the two as to which con Id coo -tmct the most perplexing one wa- won by the latter Archimedes, the famous mathematician • •I'Syracuse, passed nm-tofhis leisun—to the surprise of many of his friend* —in the production and solving of puzzles, and his di-'covery of how mnch alloy its maker had mixed with the gokl in King Uiero's crown was nothing but the solution of a puzzle. The Greeks had a curious puzzle. "If Achillea, racing with a turtle, gives the reptile 100 yards -tart, and run- ten yards while the reptile runs one. when will he overtake it?" Theoretically, never: as a matter of fact, he must in course of time. \ very perplexing question, one well calculated to catch the wise as well as the unwary, was that proposed to the lioman senate: ••Why does a pail of water, with a fish | swimming in it, weigh no more than the : same pail of water withont the fish?" It called forth much discussion from the members of that augu>t Ihklv, who explain ed the singular circumstance in different ways to their entire satisfaction, but found by experiment that the pail of water lid weigh more w hen there was a live fish in it. A precisely similar story is related in connection with the Koyal society ol Lon don. In this case one of the Georges, when Prince of "Wales, proposed the puzzling i question: How can a window having a height equal to it- width be made twice as large with i out increasing its height or width? Impossible? Oh. no. In the first in stance it is shaped like a diamond, then it is changed to a square. Itachet. a French writer, furnishes the following: Half of ship's crew, consisting of 30 per sons—Christians and Turks in equal num bers—were to be throw n overl>oard during a gale. They consented to being placed in a row. and every ninth persou was to be sacrificed, counting from the tirst in the row, round nnd round agaiu. It was de sired to so place them that no Christian should be a victim, and this result was ob tained by arranging them thus: 4C.,5T.,2C., 1T..3C., IT., 1 C., 2 T., 2 C., .1 T., 1 V., 2T„ 2 C., 1 T.-N*ew York World. Regularity of Habit. tine of the most difficult of all minor habits to, acquire, says an able writer, is that of regularity. It ranks with that of 1 order. The natural inclination of rnimt persons is to defer until the last possible moment, or to put off to another time, where this can possibly lie done. Yet : habits of regularity contribute largely to ] the ease and comfort of life. A person can multiply his efficiency by it. We know 1 persons who have a multitude of dnties, and who perform a vast deal of work daily, ' who set apart certain hours for given dnties ! and are there at the moment and attend I rigidly to what is in hand. This done, and other engagements are met, each in order, and n vast deal accomplished,not by strain- - i ed exertion, but by regularity. The mi-d f can be so traiucd to this that at certain hours in the day it will turn to a particular line of duty, and at other hours to other and different labors. The very diversity is restful, when attended to in regular order, lint let these run together, nnd the dnties mixed, and what before was easy is now aunoying and oppressive, nnd the exact difference between many is at this point. There are those who confuse and rn-h. and attempt to do several things at once and accomplish little, while another will quiet ly proceed from one dnty to another, and easily accomplish a vast amount of work. The difference is not in the capacity of the two. but iu the regular methods of the one, as compared with the irregular and con fused habits of the other. Pekin and the Pacific. The proposeil Siberian railway is to ex tend from St. Petersburg to Vladivostoek on the Pacific Ocean, which is located nearly opposite San Francisco, and distant therefrom about 4.000 miles. Ilranch lines of the proposed road would extend to Pekin. The new road would be al>out 4,500 miles in length. General Annenkoff, who acquired so much renown for the vigorous and success ful manner in which he built the great transcaspian railway, is strongly in favor of this Siberian project, and is reported as saying that when constructed, railway communication between London d Pe kin can be had iu 18 days, whereas now it takes Ho from London ria Canadian Pacific and 48 days ria Sues. A Shipload of School Teachers. The steamer Suevia recently carried away more than 400 school teachers and their friends from the port of New York. Many of them were Ohio teachers, and more than half of the number were women who had been laying aside money for a year to spend it iu a pleasure trip abroad. The excursion was organized by the Cin cinnati Teachers' Associatisn. and the Snevia was chartered for the trip. This is the eighth season iu which a teachers' ex; cursion has been sent out. Improve the Roads. The people of this section of Pennsylva nia would save annually many thousands of dollars if the roads w ere put in the per fect condition of those in some parts of Kurope—especially iu England nnd Ger many—uud a little judgment would make our roads as good in a few years, without spending scarcely any more money than is now wasted ou them. That Was All. '■ls there anything more you wish me to write about, sir?" asked the editorializer of an opposition daily. "Have you finished the usual article on Blaine'a resignation?" "Yes, nir." "Then write one about the ar rogance of Kaby McKce. and we'll go to press."—Pittsburg i hronirlr. —.\t this time of the j ear it is prudent for every head of a family to provide aud keep on hand the following Sun Cholera mixture. Jt is "good medicine" for bowel complaints, etc. Take equal parts of tine turo of cayenne, tincture of opium, tinc ture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and spirits of camphor, and mix well. Done, fifteen to thirty drops iu u wine glass of water, according to age and violence of attack. Repeat every fifteen or tweuty minutes until relief is obtained. There was a little boy Whoso name was "Quick." lie knocked off some apples With a stick. The apples were so good That be ate '-'7, Ami now (if be was good enough) He's iu heaven. NO. 40