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IK- M \< ur |n.«-ket-U»ok and your hack,
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Suit we know of. Xoltody else sells it.
Get .1, N. PATTERSON'S Cloth Suit at £H'». For dress
and everxdav wear eomhim-d it's wonderful value.
No matter how line a suit you want lor dress or business
we have that at i low price.
There is no open <|iiestion alnnit Roys' ('lothing. We are
not only piiirrers. hut to-dn s lenders in styles r.nd qualities
highest excellence and lowest prices,
heiiiemlp r the plaee.
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29 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
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I I NOUTII MAIN STREET,
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New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table
and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps, Man
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BARGANS in WATCHES,
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Jewelry
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I - 1 1:< st :»t<K'k of Sterling Silverware in the county
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ATTORNKY AT LAW.
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A. E. KUSSELL,
ArrOKNKY AT LAW.
ofllce on second floor of New Anderson Block
Main St.. near Diamond.
IRA MeJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law. ofllct* at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St . mult i. I'a,
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Attorney at I.aw and ileal Kstate Anent. Of
lice rear o( L. '/■■ Mitchell's ofllce 011 north side,
of Diamond, liutler. Pa.
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Anderson building, near Court llouse, liutler,
I'a.
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Diamond, Butler, I'a.
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So. 10 vVest Cunningham St.,
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traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
Ofllce on JeflVrhon Street, one door Cut of Lonrj
llou*e, t'p Stairs.
Ofllce open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications hy mall receive
prompt attention,
X. It.—The only Dentist In Ilutlerfusing the
best makes of teeth.
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17 F.AST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
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New lluselton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
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Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
<J. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
VVM. CAMPBELL TREASURER.
H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY.
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Ad'oftiso iu t.he CITIZEN
THE fOLONEI/S TALE.
It win l ite —after midnight—and a- we
j put up from the whist table ami gathered
| around flie lire. Col. Thornton Miid: "If
| vou men are not too tired, and don t mind
I sitting up for another half hoar. I think I
| car tell yon a p««'.l t.uy."
We protest.il I hut we were never less
tired, and could it up till morning it nee
essary. So the Colonel began:
My father, u ■ yon know, wa- a parson,
hut he took orders late in the liar, and the
. events which I am going to tell you he.him
; self, told me as having come directly under
! his eye w hen he was a barrister.
{ "It was at the Monmouth Assizes iu 18 —
j that a case was 'tried which became the
talk of the neighbsrhood and country for
years after. My father was sitting in the
I court of the assistant Judge, when a note
was brought from a friend iu the adjoining
| court, asking him to come and hear a ease
of more than usual interest, the facts of
which were these:
•'Some time before, a farmer's house near
J Monmouth had been broken into and rob
bed by men disguised and masked, the far
mer murdered and his servants shockingly
ill treated. Among other things which
were stolen were two old fashioned silver
brooches, curiously inlaid with malachite
—heirlooms of the family; and, although
unremitting search was made, and the des
cription of the lout articles made widely
known, no trace of the murderers could lie
found.
"A month or two after the murder, how
ever. a police officer, iu going thro' a house
in ltristol,not iced ft dissipated-looking sail
»r lyinir on a pallet anil resting his head on
a small bundle. He was asked what it
contained, and was told it was 'only his
kit.' The officer, not satislied, opened the
bundle, and almost the first thing to fall
out were two brooches made of silver and
malachite. Struck liy their curious beauty,
and wondering how such a wretched look
ing fellow could have become possessed of
them, he suddenly remembered the adver
tisement and description of the stolen arti
. cles.
"How did you come by these?" he in
quired.
"The sailor replied: Hy chauce. —When
1 came ashore some time ago, with plenty
of money iu my pocket, I met an old sea
man who was down on hfs luck, and he of
fered to sell me these things, which had
belonged to his mother. I was pretty flush
and gaye him ft good price for them, al
though they were useless to me. And
that's all there is about it.'
"The police officer, still dissatilied, took
him into custody. He was sent to Mon
mouth Jail, the brooches were identified,
and he was committed for trial at assizes
on the charge of theft and murder. "And"
continued the Colonel, impressively, ''as
my lather entered the court this man was
being placed iu the dock.
"Tall beyond the then average height of
man, and gaunt, with an unkempt beard
and evil, yellow eye. and though evident
ly suffering from imprisonment, he yet
presented a powerful and imposing front.
The trial had begun and he had just been
asked the usual question: 'Are you guilty
or not guilty?' and he answered iu a hollow
voicei 'Not guilty, my Lord,' when the en
trance of one of the court officials with a
gentleman stopped the proceedings for a
while. Anil here I must explain the inter
ruption.
"A few days before a quiet, gentlemanly
man, a Captain Forsyth, of His Majesty's
navy, hail arrived at the chief hotel of the
town on a fishing excursion; hut the weath
er had been so adverse that he Was obliged
to look elsewhere for amusement. Turn
ing to the landlord for information, he was
told of this trial as exciting considerable
interest, and so it came to pass that, as
the prisoner took his place at the bar, Cap
tain Forsyth sent his card to the Judge,who
gladly allowed him, as was then the cus
tom, a scat on the bench.
"The case proceeded; witnesses wore
called to identify the brooches, the ser
vants swore to the figure of the prisoner as
resembling that of the murderer; no wit
nesses were called for his defense—no one
defended him; everything pointed to his
guilt, and the jury retired to their room.
In a few minutes they returned, and amid
the breathless expectation of the crowded
court, the foreman announced their opin
ion that the man was 'guilty.'
"Directly the word was uttered, the
prisoner, who had been leaning as if for
support against the side of the dock, raised
himself to his full height,stretched out botli
his arms above his head, and looking up,
exclaimed in a broken voice, 'not guilty,
not guilty.'
"The Judge then asked him, as was us
ual, if he had anything to say before sen
tence should be pronounced, and the pris
oner cried hoarsely: 'Not guilty, my lord,
not guilty; before heaven and man I am
innocent of this crime. I never set eyes
on the murdered man; I did no murder.
Oh! captain, captain'—in his vehemence he
addressed the Judge as if he were his offi
cer—'l am as innocent of this crime as the
babe unborn.' He paused, then suddenly,
in a voice choking with feeling, he ex
claimed: 'Yes, yes, only one man can save
me now; but ho can do it, swear what you
may. The Lord be thauked, that man is
here.'
"A buzz of astonishment ran around the
court; the feeling of awe that had held the
audience changed to one of amazement.
" 'Point him out to me," said the Judge.
'• "The man who can save me,' replied
| the prisoner, 'sits there beside you,' point
ing to the astonished Captain Forsyth.
"The Judge turned to Captain Forsyth
and said: 'This man appears to know yon.
Is it the case?"
"Certainly not,' he replied, much sur
prised. 'I never saw hini before in my
life."
" 'Oh, Captain,' broke out the prisoner,
'you needn't start, T know you, Captain
Forsyth. You are never going to swear
away an innocent man's life like that*'
"It is curious, my man,' the Captain re
plied, 'that you know my name; but I re ■
peat that I never saw yon before in my
life.'
" 'What! Not know John Williams of
the Neptune?' The coxswain of the Cap
tain's cutter?'
"Yes, 1 know John Williams; but you're
not he; John Williams was the smartest
man that ever served under me, and never
likely to stand where you are now.'
" 'Captain,' replied the prisoner, '1 tell
you lam John Williams. A long illness, a
hard bout of drinking, and this cursed im
prisonment have made me what I am. And
I will prove it if j-ou will only listen.'
"The sensation caused by this dialogue
was immense. The Judge and members of
the bar and the spectators were equally as
tonished at the curious turn the affair had
taken, and, though believing the man to
bfe guilty of a desperate deceit to save his
life, were eagerly awaiting what should
come.
" 'Captain,' continued the prisoner, I am
accused of murdering a man here on June
25, more than nine months ago- Now, tell
me, sir, was not John Williams our cox
swain—invalided home from the West
African station on the last day of the
month.
" -What the mau says,' remarked Cap-
BUTLER. L'A- FRIDAY. SEITEMBER 21, MB!m
j tain Forsyth to the .fuil(te. 'is perfectly
| true lli> Majesty's ship, the Invincible.
; sailed with our invaliil men for England on
j June 30.'
• The pri oner w fit on: 'Yea, and lar
| rived iu Kuplaud at the eud of July, weak
| »nd ill. and irettinff my little money went
| and drank it all away. And that i> how it
I was that I was found at Bristol, where 1
i had none for another -hip; and ever inc.-
then I have been iu thi accursed jail
•• The fellow is plan ilde enough,' again
remarked Captain Forsyth lie is certain
ly about the height of Williams. Well, nij
nian, I suppose you can prove what you
sayt'
" 'Ay, av. Captain. Do you remember,
on the 10th of June, pivinp orders for a
nipht raid on the native town oft which we
lay looking out for slavers?'
" 'Yes. I do, to he sure.'
" 'And we were tive boats in all and the
tirsl to the beach was the Captain's cutter.
And the first man to jump out was you.
Captain.'
" 'Well, this is the moat extraordinary
thing I ever heard!' And turning to the
Judge the Captain said: 'Every word of
this poor fellow's story is true, My Lord,
lie may have picked it up somewhere, but
1 can't help beginning to think there's
something behind. My -hip is still in
foreign service, and I have only returned
to take charge of another one.'
" 'Well, go on. my man.'
"One more word, captain, and maybe
you will believe me. As we wore fighting
iu the town, a great nigger came behind
you with his ax aud would have cut you in
half before you saw hint had uot a man
rushed between you and stopped him with
his cutlass; and yet not quite stopped him.
for that infernal nigper's as slipped down
the cutlass and gashed the man's head
open. Who was that man, Captain?'
•' 'John Williams,' was the reply, the
cox*- aiu of my cutter.'
"Ay, ay. Captain, and here is the cut
which the ax made,' and bending down, he
lifted with one hand the long, untidy hair,
and with the other pointed to a huge and
fearful scar running for several inches along
the side of the side of the head.
"Captain Forsyth leaped from his seat.
" 'Good heavens, you are right? But
how you have changed. My Lord, this
poor fellow had not sailed from the African
coast when the murder was committed; it
is impossible that ho could be guilty of it.
Williams, you saved my life; I thank God
that I have been able to save yours!"
"At those words everybody in the court
stood up aud cheered the prisoner with the
wildest enthusiasm; the Judge said that in
discharging him he must at the sauie time
compliment him on his gaUantry; and the
foreman of the jury then aud there started
a subscription for him which came up to
something near £3O. Captain Forsyth or
dered a chaise to take him post haste to
London for the purpose of removing
Williams from a place with such horrible
associations,aud of getting him au appoint
ment from the admiralty. The people in
sisted on dragging the chaise out of town
with their own hands, the horses were then
put to and amid deafening cheers they
drove off—and were never hoard of again.
"Why was that?" someone asked as the
Colonel paused.
"Because it was a hoax!"
"What!" we all exclaimed. "A hoax?"
We had listened breathlessly to the tale,
which the Colonel certainly told admirabl}-,
the perspiration standiug on his forehead
as with horrible reality he personated the
desperate sailor.
"Yes," he said, "a hoax. It was all a
preconcerted arrangement; the Captain was
merely a clever accomplice, who played
such parts for those of his associates in
crime who came near receiving their re
ward. This was probably his biggest per
formance; but although it answered well
enongh then, in these days of telegraphic
communication and multiplied navy lists it
would simply be impossible.—Ktii/lish
Magazine.
Silk Without Worms.
New York Sun.
M. de Carbonnet, a French savant, has
discovered how to make silk without
worms. He began his experiments some
time ago, with the guiding idea that the
peculiar appearance of silk was the result
of the spiuing of a liquid. After many
months of repeated and unsuccessful trials
he produced several yards of silk in this
wise : He poured a collodion solution into
a copper receiver which emptied into a
system of small glass tubes. These tubes
terminated in capillaries, which carried off
the solution in fine thread-like streams.
In a second system of glass tubes, filled
with water, the fine streams became fine
threads, which, before leaving the water,
were caught mechanically aud wound
around tiny rollers. After being heated
and cooled iu au acid of special gravity
and temperature the threads were made
less combustible than cotton being satur
ated iu a simple chemical preparation.
The quality of the silk goods manufactured
from these threads is line. The thread#
are cylindrical aud are from one to forty
micromillimeters in diameter. They sus
tain a weight of 25-35 kilograms per square
millimeter. Ordinary silk bears a weight
of 30-45 kilograms per square millimeter;
cooked silk, 15-20. l)c Carbonuet's silk is
much more brilliant than ordinary silk and
absorbs and holds coloring matter more
satisfactorily. As yet only a few pieces
liavo been produced by the new process.
Several of theui are shown in the Paris
Exposition. Dc Carbonnet is confident,
however, that further experiments will cn
able him to manufacture silk cheaply aud
iu large qualities. Iu fact, he thinks that
a few years hence the silk worms may as
well go and die, as machinery will then be
doing their work much better than they
can do it themselves.
—One hundred years ago last Wednesday
week the United Sta'.es Treasury Depart
went entered npou its existence, the first
Secretary of the Department, Alexander
Hamilton, having assumed otlico on Sep
tember 11th, 1789. The history of the De
partment in its hundred years of existence
has keen a checkered one. The worst
part of that history was made while the
Democratic party was in power—when
Uncle Sam's credit was utterly ruined,
and he was a beggar for money, at ruinous
rates of interest, in the markets of the
world. A better day dawned on the de
partment and the country, however, when
the Republican party came into power,
and established a financial system which
is now the wonder and admiration ol the
world. But for the wise and skillful
management of the Treasury during the
war the overthrow of the rebellion would
have been impossible; and in estimating
the forces which accomplished that result
historians should not overlook the men
who managed the public purse during
those dark days and furnished the "sinews
of war." Theirs was a difficult task, and
they deserve all honor for the able man
ner in which they pcrfored it.
—Under the school laws of Pennsylvania
the authority of a teacher in directing the
conduct of the pupil in his or her charge
begins wlieii the child departs from its
home for school and ends only when it
returns again to that abode.
A Dear in a Fix.
July 9Jared W. Bidgood, of Covington.
' ('it., caught a twenty -pound snapping
I turtle at Lake Henry. It was a fine -peci
men, ami Bid good lugged it home and put
, it in a will barrel, intending to fatten it
there for three or tour week and tln-u take
it to Seranton and offer it for sale. Tlie
! i urile thrived in the barrel of loppered
: milk aud refu from the lalde. i-.nd it
| eemed to be perfectly contented in its new
! home.
Between 2 and \\ oYloek on the morning
1 of .Inly 2ft Ridgood was aroused from a
! sound sleep by a groat racket near bit
milk-house, and he pulled on his trousers
' and boots and ran out to see what was up.
The moon bad arisen at about midnight,
and as the sky was clear the moon's
mellow light enabled liidgood to take in
the situation at a glance. What Bidgood
saw both surprisetl and amused liiin. he
, said, for he had never witnessed anything
i at all like it in his life.
A 30ft-pound bear with the turtle cling
j ing to his nose was prancing around the
j yard and snorting as though be was in
' great pain. The bear ran up to the fence
and tried t > climb over the moment it saw
Bidgood. but the turtle got between its
forelegs, and tlie bear bellowed, turned its
j back toward the fence, sat up ou its hind
j quarters, and tried to break the turtle's
hold by pAwiug vigorously at the turtle's
j thick shell with both paws. But the turtle's
sharp teeth were so liruily set in the bear's
nose that getting them loose in that way
was out of the question, and then the bear
ran over to the other side yard and made
an effort to mount the fence. The turtle's
shell got between the boards anil pulled
the bear's head down and the enraged brute
gave a yell and rolled over on the grass,
throwing the turtle this way and that as it
tumbled and bellowed. The grip of the
turtle got tighter aud tighter all the time,
and the harder the bear worked to loosen
its grip the more pain it hail to endure.
By this time Bidgood had got his rifle
aud was ready to give the bear a bullet of
42-calibre in the head, but the rage of the
brute manifested in its failure to releasi its
wonderful nose was such an unique sort of
entertainment that Bidgood concluded to
let the bear work his tactics for a few
minutes more.
The next thing the bear did was to turn
its head as far toward its rear as it could
and scratch at the turtle with its hind foot,
but that didn't work any better, and then
it stepped on the turtle and undertook to
throw it over its bead, bellowing loudly
aud butting against the fence when the
turtle wouldn't let go. After that. Bidgood
said, he rushed at the bear with his gun
uplifted and yelled at the top of his voice,
and the frightened beast made a furious
dash at the fence aud succeeded in climb
ing over, the turtle still clinging to its
nose, liidgood said that be thought the
fun had gone far enough aud he leaped the
fence and tired a bullet into the bear's head
at the butt of bis left ear. The bear keel
ed over and died, and Bidgood cut a piece
of the bear's snout off aud let the turtle
keep it as long as it wanted to. It kept
the piece of snont between its jaws for 12
hours, when it got hungry and ejected it.
Bidgood fattened the turtle and then took
it to Serantnn and sold it for $6.
Catholic Opinion on Temper
ance.
The following is significant as showing
the drift of Roman Catholic opinion on the
subject of temperance. It is from the
Catholic Universe, published in Cleveland.
Ohio, and is the most radical opinion on
the subject we have seen in print for a long
while:—
The saloon at night is the panderer of
niuety-nine-hundredths of the crime and
vice of a large city.
Close the saloon at night!
l.et the city of Mexico plan be followed
in our large cities —six a.m. to six p.m.—
and give the father and husband an oppor
tunity to make the acquaintance of his
family. The saloonist ought to himself work
for that opportunity and make his calling
more respectable and less odious.
Draft a bill closing saloons from six p.m.
to six a.m., with imprisonment aud penal
ty that will dismay offenders; closing sa
loons on Sunday; making the license no
less than $1,000; punishing with imprison
ment aud fine the adulteration of liquor
or sale of adulterated liquor.
Then, organize your cominitte; go to
Columbus and push this legislation. Let
bishops, priests and ministers throw their
open influence into the scale of this moral
movement.
A Foolish Factional Fight.
The tidings come from Boston that Con
gressman-expectant John 1,. Sullivan has
begun his campaign with something in the
nature of a joint debate with a distillery.
In the course of the discussion, which
seems to have been quite animated and
enthusiastic, Mr. Sullivan is said to have
utterly cleaned out two saloons. This will
never do. It may be good morals, but it
is bad politics. Viewed with a philosophic
eye, a fight with Sullivan on the one side
and any number of saloons on the other,
while it may be a beautifully even thing,
is mere factional lighting within the ranks
of the party to which both must look for
their support. Whichsoever wius, the
other suffers. What would the Boston
saloons do without Sullivan f And with
out its saloons the populous district of
South Boston would be to Sullivan uo bet
ter than a howling wilderness. It would
be worse. It would be a wilderness too
dry to howl.
Live and let live, ye foolish! righting
between you is like either sawing oil' the
limb between himself and the tree.—Pitts
burg Times.
A Hint on the Fly Question.
An exchange says: A fly always walks
upward. But a fly on a window and up he
goes to the top; he can't be made to walk
downward. My friend made a window
screen divided in half. The upper part
lapped over the lower with an inch space
between. Well, as soon as a fly wonld
light ou the screen he would proceed to
work up, and would thus walk out doors.
On reachiug the top of the lower half he
would go outside. Not bciug able to walk
down he had no way to return to the
room. By this means a room can be
quickly cleared of flies, which always seek
the light.
A Trifling Matter.
Wife—"Did you find out what ailed the
clock last night after I told you it wouldn't
runf"
Husband—"Xo; I sat up till nearly mid
night aud took it to pieces, and saw noth
ing wrong with it."
Wife—"Well. I've thought what was the
matter with it. I forgot to wind it.
—The ways of Providence are past find
ing out. A Sunday schoo I picnic excursion
train in Scotland is run into by a belated
section aud many people ki lied and wound
ed. A train loaded With Mormons, includ
ing seven elders, bound for that city of ;
abominations. Salt Lake City.goes through
a bridge near Lynchburg, aud nobody was
killed or seriously hurt.
Making a Hog Happy.
We were itting in front id" Taylor'
, eery on a summer day, wheu a hi; black
| hog came no ing along the putter and
started a new train oi thought. In the
crowd of louiii'ei wu a man from M Lom-
I and. alter Watching the porker for awhile
; he remarked:
• I wonder if that hog ever had a real
| good time in nil his life.'
"Uog alius have a good tiiue. I g»ie
reuiarked the village cooper, who had
knocked oil work aud come over to hear
some politics.
"I doubt it," said the other. "He mu-t
leel his degraded position in life, aud so he
can not lie happy. 1 wish 1 could do «ome
thing to make him feel that life is worth
the living.
"Fust man I ever saw who pitied a
hog!" grunted the blacksmith, who ought
to have been tacking a shoe on a waiting
mule.
"Yes, 12" 1 o pity I.an. I have been down
myself and know how it is. Taylor have
you got any cherry whiskyt"
"Mighty little, if any. More cherries
than whisky, 1 guess."
"If you've got two quarts of cherries
which have been in liquor, bring 'em out.
and I'll give you hall a dollar. I'm going
to make that hog happy tor two hours.
The grocer got the cherries, which had
been lying in liquor for a couple of year.--,
and the St. Louis man poured theui out
into the gutter for the hog.—They were
devoured with a toni>hing avidity, aud the
porker stood a»d looked at us and h inger
ed for more. It was doubted by some if
the liquor would affect him, but after a
few minutes he began to frisk and plav.
and was evidently under the influence.
"That does me good," said the donor of
the cherries. "He is becoming lighthcart
ed, and life will now take on new charms
to him. Hang a man who won't give a
hog a show!"
Just then the animal uttered a hoarse
"woof," and charged for the crowd.—We
scattered, and lie entered the grocery. took
two or three turns, and shot out and down
the street. Ksquire Smith was coming up.
and the hog charged and upset hiin. He
then headed for a horse and buggy in front
of Snidcr's, crashed against the horse's
hind legs, and in auother moment there
was a runaway. The widow Wat kins was
sailing along with a can of kerosene in her
liaud, and the hog rolled her oil' the walk
as if she hail been struck by a locomotive,
lie then charged a double team and start
them off, ilrovo into (iaylor's dry goods
store aud out, aud the old man Sabin turn
ed in from Kim street just in time to be
lifted three feet high and rolled into a pud
dle.
Fifty men were out and after the porker
by this time, but lie started another runa
way, upset a baby carriage, and knocked
the register of deeds over his pins before
we cornered him and got a rope around a
hind leg. Then everybody was mad and
wanted vengeance, but when they came to
look for the St. Louis man he had skipped.
He, however, left a message for the public,
saying to a boy who had shinned up an
nwningpost to be out of danger:
"My son. if you haven't adopted a motto
yet, let me throw out one for your diges
tion. It is this: -(Jive everything a fair
show.—New York Sim.
Chinese Rush Goods.
The city of N ingpo is the center of the
large internal and foreign trade in rush
goods, such as hats,matting,etc. The mag
nitude of the trade may be estimated from
the fact that last year 14imillion hats, one
aud a quarter million mats, and about 8.
00ft rolls of matting were exported. The
commissioner of customs in his last report
from Ningpo describes the method of culti
vatiou. The roots of the plants are pulled
up from last year's field, divided into small
portions, and replanted in a flooded field,
at intervals of about a foot. This is done
in September anil October. The fields
must be plentifully manured, and abund
ant water supply is necessary, and weeds
must be cleared away. The rushes are har
vested in June and July; it is essential that
this should be done in fine weather, MI that
they may dry within three days of cutting.
If they dry too slowly they are apt to change
color, while if they lemain too long in
the sun they get scorched and bent. Uain,
when they are only partially dry, spoils
them altogether. An average worker can
make four hats of good quality, 12 in., :t
braid, a day; working carelessly and weav
ing loosely, the quantity can lie doubled.
But iu the rush trade, as in the straw
braid trade of Northern China, fraudulent
practices have crept in and have greatly
injured it. The work is hastily and loose
ly done, and the home market is flooded
with inferior and in some cases unsaleable
goods. At present every hat in every bale
has to be examined, and every yard iu
every roll of matting, greatly to the in
jury of the trade.
Touched on The RaTv.
"Just met with an incident up the street
that touched mo to tlie heart," said a man
as he leaned up against a newly painted
window-frame on Lamed street without
care for damages.
"What was it?"
"I was standing near a saloon door when
a man passed in. 1 saw hiin look sharply
at me, but he did not speak. A moment
after, however, he returned and said there
was something about me to remind him of
his dead brother. He asked my name, re:
idence, what I was doing, etc., and seem
ed to have much interest in me."
"Didn't he ask yon to drink?"
"He did. After talking a few minutes
lie asked me if I wasn't dry. 1 said I was.
We entered the saloon and stepped up to
the bar, and he said:
" Mix me a mint julip. and give thi
man a glass of good water —the very best j
you have in the place!"
"Hum my hide, but I was touched! I |
haven't had anything go to my heart as that
did for the last twenty years."
He Was Married.
When City Attorney Jim Butler was
first admitted to practice the first case he
got was in a Justice's Court and" unexpect
edly the young attorney found his father,
the Hon. Edward Butler, summoned as a
witness by the other side. The case pro
ceeded and the humorously solemn black
smith and statesman was called to the
stand. His palpitating son took him for
examination.
"What's your name?"
"Edward Butler."
"Live in St. Louis?"
"Yes." (with a sidelong look.)
"Are you married?"
"Well, if I wasn't, you'd be in a hell of
a fix."
That lost the boy's case, but it made
him careful ever after about what lawyers
call "laying the foundation" for an exam
ination.
—Don't think so meanly of yourself as
to act meanly.
"I gave my love a rose.
A sweet rose and new bom.
But ere it reached his hands
1 gave my love myself.
Oh, were it iu my power
To take away the thorns
And give him just the flower."
The Scrippx League in F.r.gl nj.
Anion? the Ainer a! 1 work ?i • .
i p>'ilili<>u i itt l > thi< Country In a , ndi
I cat* «tf AißMfciM n« * -paper-. i .iIW IW
! Seripp- I/fitm, u*« fitwrr than sixteen «f i
Ihe deputation repr <lll varum- brato-h*
ufthr irnu awl ludal trade . and one coal
|mi nine. in tin* I'nited Stat*-- Tin
dit ion 1 ai-rnmptnit'd by a t »tf of in- . -j».»
|»*i eorn [Mimli'tit . anion*' whom one i ■
■ tin .<ou of Nathai.iel Ha» Ihttru* tin tluM
nan author, an arti.-!, a (iholo/f apln <. a
! courier ami interpret**, ami an nlviiit r
'■ agent. There are also amout.'the deputation
I four American lade I*|IIL'S>IILIUR W*HII
en's work til varion* kind Tin l tit< 1
Iters of thi- •!•-)> ti tt J* >t> are vi-iting th. va
riou* industrial rmtft* of Knjtlaml ami are
inspecting tin* mure import mt work Ml
branches of engincerin-r establishment
ami iron anil lira.-* art* being in
<(Ms t«d, ami the men take 1 w to make
themselves acquainted with tin- >» Id con
dition of tin- in tin- town* they vi -it.
It appear*. from a casual ob -ervationdrop
ped at the dinner at Hit- Tavistock Hotel,
that tin- Amcrifiin* think that their nut
put per man i* greater than in thi* country.
' centrally speaking. Tin* female portion t»f
the expedition w.i ninth In* V.• I t! •
vi-tit to the cliainuiukiug districts of Stat
lord-hire. The) ii.iti mi cuncfptimi nl tin
kind of work performed by the women in
thai part of Rnghmd. The olB« IT* of tin*
various trade nnions have been devoting
some time t<> the member* of the depntl
tion. — l.omlou &>n/iut 1 rim/.
The Joy of Quarreling.
Somebody once praised a husband nod 1
wife on the grnand that they never hail a
quarrel. Wbesenpon a wise by -lander ex
claimed, 'What a 111111 life they mint lead"
In that com men t is enntaineil a profound
truth, and one which it i- to he lenred i
too often ignored by those well meainnir
but ill-advised being* whim' only ntiject
seeni-i to lie to shed peace and qnietne*s
arouuil in every place they \ i-it. I'eaec !
ami quietne- ar hy 110 means the highest '
pood; they do not constitute the 'deal of
most enlightened philosophers. A painful
illustration ot this fait is to he found in the
futile attempt of two monks to institute it
quarrel. I!nth agreed that a qnnm-1 won Id
afford a t heerftll rest from the dull mount
ony of their ordinarily pca< eful life, and
was therefore eminently to In- desired
A subject of dispute wax proposed and
found agreeable to both, and then the two
monk*, having settled all the necessary
preliminaries, attempted to h. tin' Ira
Alas! they discovered all too late that, ow
ing to prolonged drain of their conten
t'ous faculties, they had positively lost the
art of quarreling; the power was gone; it
had vanished as completely and for
same reason as theVyesight of fish which
are accustomed to swim only in under
ground streams. IHillness had heen allon
ed to assert her leaden sway in the momi
tery, and the power of shaking it oil" had
gone forever.
Checks lo the Hessian Fly.
It is everywhere concluded that the
Hessian fly is not -.1 gn-at a pest to wheat
growers as it was years ago. It- habits
are belter understood, and with greater
knowledge the means of checking it- *rav
ages are within reach of farmers. Besides,
tin; parasite which in liuropo ha- always
kept this pest in cheek is now pretty thor
oughly distributed. Nowhere now can a
wheat crop be seriously injured more than
one or two years by lle-.-ian II .. without
multiplying the enemies of this jicst so
that they can keep it in check. The im
proved harvesting machinery, which
now insures the wheat crop against all but
the most trifling percentage of waste, isal
so a great help toward keeping the Hessian
fly in cheek. The fly is ready to lay her
egg- on young w heat plants immediately
after harvest. Hut the winter wheat is not
sown until September, or .-everal week
after. In the mean time, the fly can only
lay her eggs on plants grown from wheat
scattered at harvesting. If there were ah
solutely no waste the eggs must come to
nothing, for link of suitable place for
hatching. In the old days, when MICCCS
ive crtips of winter wheat followed each
other on the same land, the plants from
scattered seeding and from that regularly
sown often grew up together.—American
' iiltico t<>>.
Interstate Divorce Laws.
The other day a man in Syracu-e who,
having been divorced from bis wife, was
disqualified from remarying in New York
State, went on board a yacht 011 the St.
Lawrence liiver in company with a lady
whom he desired to marry,a clergyman and
some personal friends. When the boat
load got into Canadian waters the man.the
woman and clergyman SIOIMI up for a mar
riage ceremony that was quickly perform
ed. Then a ail among the island- was
taken, the company steamed back to a
New York port, and the bride and groom
started for the Adirondack* for a "tour."
Iti this incident the promoters of inter
state divorce legislation may find disconr
agemeut It makes it clear that interstate
regulations are not comprehensive enongb,
and that, to lie effective, marriage and di
vorce laws should lie international.
The ("tire That Kills.
MarUia Olsen's death in Brooklyn from
typhoid fever might have been prevented
but for the fanatical refusal of her relatives
of faith-cure faith. They refused to nse
drugs or medicines, and Coroner Rootiev
did a righteous act when he held Carl <»1-
seu for trial on the charge of manslaugli
ter.
All intelligent faith iu divine or -ujier
natural aid recognizes the use of ordinary
and material mean*. The Hible distincth
inculcates such use, and science and na
litre also indicate it by making the lower
j law tin- primary, the higher law tin- appel- j
late, resort in the application of cau-es to
produce effects. 11 is high time t hat peu '
pic who interfere with the rights of others ]
to life and the pursuit of happine s l>y en
forcing their own crank; notion felt tin- '
hand of the law. and were restrained, like
other nmral lun.itir-.
Some Amusing Newspaper Mis
takes.
John Jones was hnrt in the middle vein !
last week.— Ex.
He was shot in the übnrb- Chicago I
Daily Xetcs.
He kissed her passionately upon her re
appearance.—Jefferson NOHC mr.
She whipped him on bis return. //•■ ' I
rift.
Mr. Jones walked in upon the invitation
Electric J.itjht.
She seated her e|f upon h; ciiteiing. — |
Albia Democrat.
We thought she sat down oil her being '
asked.— Sxtirrtut) i>.
She fainted upon bis departure. /~ .
I'xioH. I
—Some l,oiti>ville • lergymen re. om i
mended, some y ears ago,that slates should I
be hung in the vestibnle. to enable the
young Indies to register their names on
entering for evening services. Tin would'
avoid the disturbances created by the t
young men who come to see whether tlicix i
charmers are present, '
NO. 46
Agricultural.
Ki |. the «*;.*!, . t t.» K*m M «r *.««
rtther dry pi v r H the rrup let
th. ut dry well. >»we lK* ..t ( rrr f r . m f-.-m
dirt ami 1- -IT. a- they h .*1 n.4 b*
: piled, bat 1 altered. t*> tilml tlf mt.
Brett it"f trrot.it on th* larm taken
•ontetbtatg frt»m Ibe tan>l. MMt if Hntl »« t*
If retiMtted IB f.-rUlil> it MMt t U. M «;th
aui'jure or f-rtili/.-r in order that it mat W
rain that which is !•• t throuirt* , rej- •
No plum tr»e >• free front th# attarkt pf
; the cn rent to. t*m ph»< i-u be <rr»wu wm
j eei fnlly if Wfll rultiraletl ami the tree*
kept «i(«rim«. In the -prjii- a few weeks
work will pTeatly nvtwl tnjner 'mm th#
ureabo.
Turkey* MU fce able to them
••■lre- with all the food U*. tie ire at th
<ea-ou, but it i* Ite -t to give them a krtrr
ration xt iiisbt. not only t>> kr-ep then m a
•militi*>n reatly for m*rk*-t at »nr lime.but
«|so t«» induce them t« eome np reiftilarly
at KNNDTTWN
Food riven to a yoiir* aural i- produc
tive of greater rain, as gniwth atld-t t» the
weight and increa ** of «ize. The niaittred
animal do*- - not -o readily njtpiw
priate the elemi-nt- of growth, a- it* want*
are |i-*ii. The ytwinrrr an animal the great
-1 er it* increase in proportion to fml rna
' numed.
Hanking the earl a aro-ntd p*-.n h trees is
■ no pro'ection agaiU"t the Ittirer. a* mas V
-upptwed. The tmly way to prevent the
ravage* of the intruder is to . trcli around
(he trunk* of th** trees ami kill the borer.
This is an excellent titue for «teh work,
and the tree- should lw l*»>kcd over weekly
until I*l lober.
A Ti nne*«ee farmer -old the proeeetl* of
twenty - -beep for of n* arly ♦!» |«er
i»hi'fp. lit thi* -nm only |S& w.*s from
1 wind, the mutton and lamb bringing *l7."*.
' Tlii* shows »l,at sheep will pay without
I producing a single pound of wool, and that
the farmer* should turn their aUention to
the innttoi, hreinl rattier than to merinos
The mistake made by une larmer* i« that
ot raiding -heep for wt»o| principally, in
stead of for mutton, lamb an l wool.
A correspondent who has ««ed stable
manure freely t>a ytmag peaeh, pear and
apple tree* (which made four feet rrowth
this teas*in) complain- of no fruit, and de
sire- to know the kind of uuni'ral fertiliser
to n-e. The fact that the trees hare made
smh excellent growth imli*-ates th.-ir
thrift. They neetl only a-.'i-to bring thetn
into be.iring. A pound of hoar dast. with
half a jteck of w 1 HIII ashes, applied next
spring o\ er the ground around each tree.
T"*W b*iUtliciellt. Cease the U-** of table
manure untTt ttl«* U«*i. lit ifin to liear well.
Aim l*t supply the market with some
thins; that i - n*>t usually provided in
cieney. It is not economical to grow the
crops that ib-maml the least labor. It
is the labor that gives valne to all crops,
and the best profits are made on tho«e
crops that require constant atteutitm and
frequent cultivation. An acre of aspar
agus or celery will pay a larger profit than
ten acres of corn; but !••-* labor may be re
quired on the run. I* matters uot what
the expense of making a crop may be if the
crop sells at a price correspondingly'- It
happens sometime- that an easily cnltiva
ti-d erop docs not give any profit at all.
t'TTWS ANO SuKKf. —'The hardest work t*n
the :.*rin .- Ibat'of dairy ing. for sUeh work
never ends, there being no kotidat s or Sun
day* to alforil rest, as the cows most lie
milked regularly. To conduct a dairy
means to ri-e very early iu the morning,
fe-'il the cow-, milk, cool the milk, haul it
to the railroad tin all kind* of wfather!.
and if converted into butter there is the
setting of the milk for cream, churning,
working the butter and cleaning the cans
and other uten-ils. Then the stable- are
to be cleaned. I tedding arranged, the cows
sent to pasture, all iu the forenoon. I.ate
in the aftarnoon is more milking, eooliug,
feeding ami fastening the cows for the
night, a late hour appearing !>efore the
work is finished.
The amount ol labor uece-- iry in eon
din ting the dairy qusines.s demaud- an out
lay of eapital which i* very larre. for it
means shelter for the milkers, and other
accommodation*. Huiklings ami fences,
horse* and wagons for hauling, and other
adjunct*, drain the purne.and yet the farm
er may ant make any profit at all if the
season is unfavorable, the grass scanty and
the bay crop short. Vet dairying pays de
spite all these drawbm k>. iw a large por
tion of the profit is iu th# manure, which
enriches the land and adds to the v alue of
the farm.
As the sheep is an active forager, and
can subsist oti ne,.rly all kinds of ft-td. the
outlay of capital required to uiakc sheep
pay is comparatively -mall compared with
that for dairy ing: but with more I !b»*r de
voted to sheep they can be kept to better
advantage and made a special branch of
industry. It i claimed that ' *-*-p cannot
be profitably kept iu large f! k - tiale -
they have an extern!- J area of ground but
this has been shown by the method prac
ticed iu Knglaud Ui U- a tlelnsion. Trne.
sheep iu Knglaml are not kepi in targe
flock-, but large numbers of sheep, divided
into suitable flocks, are hurdled upon lim
ited spaces, the hurdles removed a- occa
sions demand.-, and on {arm- that are rent
••d at sums much higher than some farni
catt be purcha-sed iu this coiuilry th* 4 -!ieep
pay well. Tin- mutton breed- alone are
kept, as wind i- given no attention in Kn
glaud. being da- -ed a by product, the
same as bides. Americans object to the
hurdling system a- bt-ing to® lalmrioo- and
r<>i|Hiring extra help V • •<1 •»« of" the
lalior ret|uired in the nianageiueut «f dairy
-tock with that v.bich i.i nece--ary for
sheep under the hurdling system will *h»w
a great advantage in favor ot **«-p. while
the profit- will l>e much larger in pro|»tr
tion to capital invested and expenses in
eurred. W it.li the us* -, ot improved breed*
and the hurdling -tem -beep in Kugbuitl
attain the live weight 01 >*» j.-*uu*' - tn
twelve mouth-. With the demand for
chttice mutton which always evicts in our
markets there is nothing to prevent the
American farmer from rivaling hi- broth*, r
iu tin gland.
The Forbidden Fruit.
"•What was it." a*kcd the Sunday <*h<»*l
teacher, "that fir-t caased th*> downfall of
mant"
-The forbidden froit." replietl the elasn
in concert.
• -That's risbL "
And what kind ol truit was ii
There w.i a Jcnt pau-*-. and Uicu the
offspring of a new pap. r funny man -poke
up:
"1 don't know what it wan then, kmt it *
a chestnnt now."
—An esteemed contemporary announces
another -tory of "woman's b>ve and man *
pertidity." The«e thinir* be chestnut*, in
the language of the ungrnerate. bat after
all not more so than the ancient t*ne wkere
in it i- rt-lati-tl liy tlie gentb-iuan tn th* •
ca-e, "The w oman tempted me and I did
eat." And sti it will n bv.btedly continue
until the great day when Habriil "lull
play hi* trumpet 010 to an appaHct! irn.-
verse.