V' >L XXVI THE VERY PEOPLE WHO| i HAVE THE LEAST MONEY \ Am your wages small. TO SPENO ARE THE ONES Are you the hefld a t'amilv? OUR RELIABLE CLOTHING bilu MEANS MOST TO With house rent a drag on you? Low prices for honest, long-wearing Clothing will be a boon to ycur pocket-book and your back. (let an Iron-clad Cloth Suit at sl2. Strongest All-Wo Suit we know of. Nobody else sells it. Get J. N. PATTERSON'S Cloth Suit at $lO. For dress and everyday wear combined it's wonderful value. No matter how fine a suit you want for dress or business we have that at a low price. There is no open question about Boys' Clothing. We are i not only pioreers, hut to-day's leaders in styles and qualities —highest excellence and lowest prices. l\emember the place. J. N. PATTERSON'S. One Price Clothing House, 29 S. MAIN ST., BUTLEE, FA. HENRY BIEHL ; 14 NORTH MAIN STREET, BU" L LBR JP.TU-N 3SPA DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. S* Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Buggies, Carts, Wheel Barrows, Brammer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer ol Tinware, Tin Rooting and Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. There is no Doubt As to where you should buy your new dress, it economy is the object you have in view, and you will agree with us, after you have examined our line and prices in Silks, Satins, Cashmeres, Serges, Henrettas, Broadcloths, Flannels, English Suitings in plain and novelty plaids. UNO K R W K A. R For Ladies, Gents, Misses and Children which we know can not be equaled anywhere for value and price. Blankets, Flannels, Yarns, Plushes, Velvets, Ribbon, Hos iery and Notions of all kinds. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND LACS CURTAINS In all the new fall patterns and designs. We are showing the grandest Hue of Ladies, Misses and Childreos <J 1 O— A "K—SI Ever brought to Butler, to convince you that the place to do your trading is with us.all we ask is that you call and examine prices and lie convinced. TROUTMAN'S. Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa* BARGANS in WATCHES, Clocks, Jewelry And silverware. Finest stock of Sterling Silverware in the county and at prices not to be equalled for cash. Watches and Clocks repaired and warranted, jit J. R. GrRIEB'B No. 16 South Moin St., <Sign of ELECTRIC Bkli.), BUTLEIi, PA. I - „ iCi'iC • i *«o MMiirtii; l> .' •__* AduilUlii hu* •!*»><« prove* iW» sifccwufu). Ih-foro ptadnrranr . tjfil NVw«|Hip< r Advert lataff cuaaiiK JP, LORD * THO»AB, * innttMM ivtrti, .wliafl mum vmm mm. CMI=AOO. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. 1 AI A <l* month and rxix iiWH! Wb mm,-illy IJIIIIIO t»la to our HakKliirn. OUTFIT Jk 111 lltriiKK. Call Ktm t you ill oiire. M ini Itf I U Ufitr U-rniM Id AdtbrtliW lo <.llo CITIZIN. K DUC AT ION A. L. - V/ ; )Vjx Th ' "I-l* "■' iii'i in-: llulron for iii'iiinlnc :i Kiis.ic Ijlticalloii. We have 1.1 .-ii i! cil Ili.iii -nl- ol young men lor the active iliilii sol lire Knr ('lrcilais address. I- 111 II A siINS. PllUliareh. I'* I ifeti j no' SIXTH STKKLT, I'ITTSm K«, I' 4. Is the ereat college of ilusluets OlHces. w here all tbe branches at a complete hu«ine»s educa tion are taught by Actual Business rractlce. The only member from Penn'a. of the "Inter- State Business Practice Association of Ameri ca." The student learns book tceeplni? and business by engaging in business transactions Practical office Work and Ranking tles Individual Instruction from 9A. si to 4 P \| an.l from 7toloP. M. The best advan tages In Short bind and Typewriting -the high est speed in the shortest time. Send for Cata logue. rail and »te «lit- ktudeata at nork wlien jon ilslt tin- E\po«itliin. Vlnltoni alna;« welcome. J4MKS CLARK WILLIAMS, A Pr«. GIVM • tliorourh ronrt* in Hoot: I FPINY, BaoHnr. Hhr>rt-h»B<1, T)pr <vriUii(. |-«nm*n«lilp, K>.(!*■'> Lr»nclit», Me. FU« latg*, rkgaul Lalia <i/iif«;ninj ncail/ lO.OOu annate fbet ».y natural ga*. Fur of lite bmt I'untu In Ui» world luuMrUd l«»* th* ColHc- IU graduates ar« a»>.«el In pro rurlng gtxt<l paying pwHtl-»n». Siud«nti ran r..nnner»i« at any ili.ie Ki|*uM-« nearly 1 M (nan any •miliar •« b««ol. Kudu— * ' l». lu ataHi|M l«-r lh« " Reporter " aud «l«f ant l intnt of PanmantLlp. AidrM, 1 W SMITH, llaaltilla, ra TWO CHOICE SCHOOLS BROOKE HALL, For Girls and Young Ladies. Shortlidge Media Academy, For Boys and Young Men. SWITHINC. SHORTLIDGE, AM <IIAKVAKn (SKADUATE.) MEDIA, PA., (Near Philadelphia.) The Cloak Season IS HERE! Ami, as usual, we are prepared for it. We have MOBE CLOAKS ami by fur the bent anHorlment o any store in Butler. Wc want to KIIOW you our cloaks and we want to eell tbeui to you, we guarantee you our prices to he the lowest. We haye every style that is made in cloaks, plush sacqucs, plush jack ets, ';{ length plush cloaks, plush Modjeskas, newmarkets, stockinett, cloth and cassimer jackets, misses and childrens garments, also fancy trimmed infants cloaks iu plnsh and broadcloth. Our stock of dress goods, bilks, plushes, velvets, trimmings, flannels, blankets, underwear and hosiery, linen goods, prints, domestics, is now complete. We invito you all to look our stock over. New York Bazaar. Opposite I'ostoHico, - Bu'.ler, Pa. Leading Dry Goods and Miliinery Store. BARGAINS, IN Wall Paper. For the next sixty days % we will ofl'er bargains in all our gilt and emlKissed wall papers, in order to reduce stock and make room lor Holiday Goods, J. H. Douglass, Near Poftfoffice, llutler Pft J. E. Kastor, Practical Slate Roofer. Ornamental and Plain Slating Of all kimlH done on short notice. Office with W. 11. Morris, No. 7, N. Main St„ Residence North Elm street, Butler, Pa. Wm. F. Miller. Manufacturer of Stair Hails, Balusters and Newel-posts. All klnilH of wood turiiliiK (lone to order, also Decorated and Curveil wood-work, mich us < 'UHIIIK' 1 'orner blocks, Panels iinil till klnils ol laiicy wooil-work for Inside decoration of lIOUHCS. CAM. ANI> KICK SAMPI.KH. Ho»Mi 4 thlnic new .tnd attractive. Also FURNITURE at ioweßt|uanh prices. Store ut No. I", N. Main street. I'iurtory til No. Mi, N, WashlDKUm street. IIUTI.KIC. I'KNNA. BUY YOUR HOMES Hulled Security Mft*'l nsuranc" ami Truat <Jo., of Pa. Money to Buy Homes. Mi HI I lily din-:t not more tlitin u fair rent. Pay iftciilH diiruiisi' yearly. In event, of death prior to I'unipletloii i.f payuientH, balance of en cumtirance canceleil. Money to Loan. Itenl en talc bought and sold on cominlHHlon. Waiilnd bouses lo rent arid rents colloctetl. L. G. LINN, No 38 South Main St., Butler, Pa. over Unit's Dniir Store. Alox. Borland, HOT I SHI Will RPItIKOPAI.K, Next Door to Wuller'«. Hpccil attention K IV,- II to reitairiiiK of tl kind*. STJACOBS on TRADE -• REMEDY"PAINI For Strains! and Sprains. Evidence, Fresh, New, Strong. Ml Fliuill tilil, Snffered 8 Team. Juia JO, nil BolT«r*d • jnri with strain of tec k ecu Id noi walk atralfkt. n»*U tvo bottlt* 8t Jacobs Oil. vat cared No p*ln la 18 mouth! M J WALLACE. On C'ratcliec. Cambridge. Ohio. Jaaa 14. 'II. Two wooka oa cratcbts from itraiaad auhla, aaa4 ft Jacob* OH. curtd. no ratvn of p*la la oaa yaar WM DAT Used Can<». Houtoa. Tiui. Jtai tl. lift Sprained ay back; kad to IN earns; was cared by Bt Jacob* Oil after S month* snflaxlng. Mil B. UOHIfIXLD In Bed. loafhtoa, Mich May tl. lift ▲boat March S. I strained my ankle and was ia bed one w*ek; as«d cane two weeks Ykree apall oatiwu* a day, fi om three bottle* of it Jacobs Oil, cared me Wo ratarn of pala. JOSIPH DANIEL EASTCIDAT. Terrible Tain. Plalnelew, 111 . May It, IMS I sprained my thamh last Spring and a terrible swelling aad pain ensaed Four applications of 81. Jacr.be Oil cared me and there has be«a no ratara ef paia OIL I BHOW* AT DBUGOISTS AND DEALERS THE CHARLES A. VOQELKR CO , BiHlmorg. MS PROFESSIONAL ('ARDS. P. W. LOWRY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Koont No. a. Anderson Ilitliilliit' Butler, IV. A. E. RUSStSLL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on becond floor of New Anderson Block Main Sr.. near Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, Kaat Jeffer son St., Butler, fa. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at I .aw mid lfenl l>lat« Aj;cnt. *>f lice rear of 1.. '/■■ Mitchell's oltlre on north Hide of Diamond, Butler, Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. ont.:i; on second tl«xir ol Anderson building;, near Court House, llutler. Pa. J. K. BRITTAIN. Att'y at Law-oilice at M. K. ('or. Main St, and Diamond, Butler, I'a. NEWTON BLACK. Alt y at. LAW <»lllee ou South hide ol Diaiooii'L But ler. Pa. JOHN M. RUSSELL, Attornev*at-lAw. Olllee on South ol Dia mond, ISutler. i'st. G. F. L. McQUISTION, KM.INKKR AND SURVEYOR, Oft icK ON DIJIVIONII. BUTI.KH. PN. G M. /IMMIiKMAN. l-UYSICIAN AMI HUUOKON, Office at No. 4r>. S. Main street, over Frank .t Co's In UK Store. Butler. I'u, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Pijysician and Surgeon. No. 10 VVest ('linni iii^li uin St., JOHN K. BYKKH, PHYSICIAN ANIJ SURGEON Office No. ft'> South Main Street, BUTLER, - PA W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN ANI) SURGEON. S. W. Corner Main and North Sts. BUTLER TPEXM UST A. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the prolesslon execut ed in the neatest manner. Sjieclaltles Cjold I' llllnes, and Painless Kx traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered. OOlre un Jclfemon Ntreet, one door Eul ofl.onr) Holme, rp Stair,, omce open dally, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mall receive prompt altentlou, II. — The only lleiillst In the lies! makes of teeth. L. S. McJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate AG'L 17 I'.AST JKFFRRSON BT. BUTLER, 1»A. E. E. ABRAMS & CO Fire and Life INSUIi A N C E Insurane u <.'o. of America, incor porated 17'J"*, capital ami otltcr strong ~»uipmnicM rcpreseuleil. New York I.tie It.surance < 'o., assets (110,000,000. Office New lliixclton ImildinK near Court House. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. •J. C. HOESSING, PIIESIDCNT. WM. CAMPBELL TUKABUKKR. 11. (!. II KIN KM AN, SKOIIKTAKT. DIRECTORS: J. I. Purvis, IBainuel Anderson, Wllllaui Campbell .1. W. lturkliart. A. Trout man, llendersou Oliver, (1.0. Itoesslhij, .himea Htenheitson, Or. W. Irvln. Ilenry Whltinlre. j. P. Taylor 11. 0. Ilelnemau, LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Oon. A^'T aTTTJIi"E"R. t PA. WIIKiV voir VISIT PITTSBURGH CALL ON JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH, # Binlthneld Mint, fur Trees. Hreds. Miles, rape Virus, Horny Potica,canary Blrds.tiold (tlsli. etc. Dc'iirrlptlve Kail Catalouge mailed free. WAMTCI) Agents to solicit orders for pur choice mid hardy Nursery Stock. Ittud) Work Kor limrpllr T.W|ieral. *»«. Halnry and expenaea or commission If prefer red. write at once. Mt.itc Age. Address. It. 6. Chaie & C#.'™S , S. I'™*'' 1 '™*'' BUTLER. PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1889 A SOCIAL SUCCESS. The Hon. Mr. .lehn I'lineher hail jnr»t been electe<l to t'onirreas His eriusfitnents already addressed him as Hon. John Clinc her, his Tvlfy, fchn had been for sever al years sit retarr of the Vi.-.nonary Sewing Circle, of Mid vale. \va jin mi |it !>• cbosen president of that organization at the aiiiiual election of officer*, which oc curred fin.n after the aniliiliuu of Mr John Clincher Lad been gratitied Miss Clinch er and Mi-s Valeria Clincher, the daugh ters and only children of the Clincher fina lly family,were both elected to positions in the literary society of Mid vale, and thus ou account of the success of the father Hie whole family suddenly lonnd themselves in otbee. Mr* Clincher and the Misses Clincher at once began to lay plans for a brilliant campaign at the national capital. Born apparently to a life of poverty on a barren farm Mr Clincher, by the sheerest vagaries of luck, vrhile yet in the vigor of his life, had become a millionaire several times multiplied, without auy special ei ercise of cunning or judgment on his purt, though he was possessed of what his neigh bors called "good horso sense." But his richer made him mighty anil elected him to Congress, and his wife and daughters, having already knocked üboui the world a bit and acquired something of the veneering and assurance of "good society," determin ed to cut a broad swath iu the highest so ciety circles of the capital, il auy way could be devised to gain admission to the charmed set. Mrs. Clincher and the girls managed to put in their lime very agree ably shopping in New York and Philadel phia, buying elegant gowns and bonnets, and such like female toggery, as Midvale hatl never dreamed of before. But it was all changed now. There must be a MIOW of grandeur consistent with the dignity of a Congressman and a million aire, to begin with. More important than that was Ihe determination of Mrs. Clinch er that her daughters should be quite as conspicuous iu Washiugtoc as in Midvale society, and so there mu.it be costumes from the best American modistes at the very least, and possibly the richest re sources of the French Capital would have to bo drawn upon to satisfy the newly created demands of the little villagu of Midvale, so far reaching is the dominion of modern society. Of course the larger portion of these purchases never saw the light of day in Midvale. The orthodox population of that secluded berg would have been shocked beyond recovery had it been revealed to them that the ladies of the Cliucher family had gone to the very extreme of the fashion in ordering their evening gowns, with a wealth of longitude at the southerly end, and a paucity of Ihe same at the northerly limits, in the snowy regions of the neck and bosom. It was on ly in Ihe seclusion of the Clincher mansion, in the late hours of the night, when there was no'danger of interruption, that the la dies guiltily put on these gowns, repulsive to the morality of Ihe place, and it requir ed route practice even when none but they were present to accustom themselves to the baldness of the fashion. "Mainma, I do believe 1 shall faint the first time I go into company iu these aw lul gowns," said Miss Clincher one day. "It's all well enough to learn to look at myself in the glass, and to have you aud Valeria gaxc at me and tulk about me without my having a fit, but it will quite another thing when strange men stare at me aud make remarks in their minds about the shape of my neck aud anus anil the quality of my skiu. 1 kuow they'll do it anil 1 don't believe I etui stand it. I'd like to know the name of the inventor of this horrible way of appearing to be dressed when you are not." "Well, 1 suppose it will take nerve," said Mrs. Clincher, "but we always go through with what we undertake you know, and we'll struggle with the situa tion as best we can when we come to it." "Oh, I'm not bothered half so much about that as I urn about what I shall say," bemoaned Miss Vuleria. "I just know I shall make a fool of myself among all those smart people, who have been used to society and di—di— what is it?" "Diplomacy, I suppose you mean," said Miss Clincher with a superior air. "Yes, diplomacy; that's what I'm afraid of more than anything else. I've read iu the papers that those foreign ministers and the other foreigners who are with them, are awfully smooth and deceitful and that you never could know whether they rneau what they say, and all the time they are just overwhelming you with stuff that, leads you into nil sorts of traps, and you don't know what to do. I like people who say iu a plain way, just what they meair" "But we mayn't meet these fellows at all," said Miss Clincher, at which Mrs. Clincher looked up quickly with a sly k<uiilc at Ihe corners of her mouth. "You know," continued Miss Clincher, "that Mr. Struthers, who preceded papa in Congress, tried his level best to get his family iuto the touiest society,and onlygot laughed ut for the manoeuvres he and Mrs. Struthcrs made and the money they spent. And 1 think Mr. Struthcrs is just as smart as papa, because he is a lawyer and papa is just a poor farmer who made money by luck in getting hold of a lot of laud which had coal and oil and natural gas." "If your pupa is Mrs. Struthers I am not Mrs. Struthers," said Mrs. Clincher quietly. The Clinchers had tukeu the lines! avail able mansion in the city, for which they paid a rental of a SIOOO a mouth. They had not gone into society beeuuse there was no society iu the fashionable sense,'as Mrs. Clincher explained to the few com mon-place acquaintances she had made. She and her daughters expected to enjoy a very gay season. But iu the privacy of their own rooms the Misses Clincher were iu despair. "Why, Mamma, wo have not been notic ed at. all," said Miss Cliucher one day iu early January, "and here is the beginning of the season, when all the fashionable la dies are making up their lists, ami we're not as much made of as though we were in Midvale. I'd rather be at the top of things there, l'ui sure, than a perfect no body here, and with all our line gowns, too," "Why, I haven't so much as set eyes ou a foreign diplomat, even in the street," ex claimed Miss Valeria ill great heat "That in, if I have they must just appear like other people ; aud I'm sure if they do, 1 shall be awfully disappointed, for I want a count or a lord to look distinguished, and not like common Americans." "Wait," said Mrs. Clincher. Within a few duys there was an in formal reception at the magnificent resi dence of Secretary Simpson. Mrs. .Sec retary Simpson had been acknowledged for two years as the leader, Unopposed, as the very creaui of the cream of fashiouahlc society. That afternoon Mrs. Clincher drove out alone, not informing the Misses Cliucher w here she was going. She rode in state iu a magnificent coupe, lined with purple satin, and drawn by a blooded team, such sh the Hon. Jehu Clincher said could could not be bought anywhere but on Ihe stock farms of Western Pennsylvania. On the box were a coachman ami footman, Ihe handsomest that could be «iig#(jed in Washington, and they were arrayed in ihe finest of livery, new and clean With an assurance ol victory that proved her a veritable Napoleon of women Mrs. Clincher alighted from her carriage and en tered the great mansion where Mr- Sec-re tary Simpson reigned ami i - ned there from commands to hwr subject When Mi Clincher was announced an ill-concealed . mile rippled over the face, of many of ihe ladie. who heard the name, but willi a coolness and ease which ug ge led a life spent only iu elegant drawing rooms, this former patron ol the washtub and kitchen passed up to the hostess and reached out lier hand, saying : "Mrs. Simpson. I could not resist pleas nre of—" and there the sentence was cut j cnl off by the murmur of voices in the the room Mrs. Secretary Simpson blushed rosy red and seemed to be painfully embar rassed for a moment, an.l the amused wit nesses of the eucouuter expected the proud wife of the great secretary wonld freeze Ihe presumptuous Clincher out of the house in short order; but a moment later they were astounded to see the sup posed intrniler receive a warm greeting from the hostess, who then led Mr Clincher to a sofa and paid her the most distinguished attention. When Mrs. Clinch...- -ft..- c —*x - few minutes, as though she were pre ied for lime, and could give but a moment even to so distinguished a lady, Mrs. Secretary Simpson, in a lone that was un necessarily loud, invited her to call the following morning and breakfast with her, when they could have a pleasant visit alone and arrance matters relating to the opening season That was enough. The card basket of the Clinchers was no longer empty. The ladies were flooded with invitations, bit under the general-hip of Mrs. Clincher they held themselves aloof from everyone for a grand entrance at the first magnifi cent and exclusive card reception of Mrs. Secretary Simpson. If there was any doubt in regaul to the position the Clinchers would take in Wash ington society, this eventful evening set it at rest. The favor of their hostess, the ac knowledged autocrat of the Ultra-fashion ables, at once placed them among the most distinguished of her set. The buxom fig ures and fine complexions of the Misses Clincher made them really the most at tractive of the young women present, though they were 100 robustly healthful in appearance and too natural iu their man ner.; to escape criticism from lifelong Ire qucnters of the fashionable drawing room. However,the assurance given by the wealth of the father, and the aggression and self conlidenee inherited from the mother, weut far to cover up the crudity of mere country experience. As for Mrs. Clincher she was equal to every occasion,and met all coiners, even some who would have indulged in sly sarcasm at her expense, with easy kindness, while the Hon. Jehu, well fed, crammed full of pride of property, said little, looked wise, anil so made no great blunder. Miss Clincher bad the honor of a lirst dance with Lord Lockham, while Miss Valeria Clincher was mated with Count Liston, and so they were literally whirled into the in nermost circle, llnring Ihe whole of this wild first night the girls were surrounded by diplomats, army and navy young men, and others who assume to be lite cream of Washington male society; and other young ladies who had been accustomed to attract the best of the beaux were furious with jealousy. The Hon. Jehu Clincher accepted all the apparant homuge of the ntob simply as his due. He had no other idea than that money made the man. Vears before, when he had employed a private tutor for his elder daughter, whose early education hail been nothing more than that ol a little hoyden running about in rags anil dirt, he had made a yet famous reply to Ihe teach er when the latter informed the iudnlgent father that the girl hail "no capacity." "Well, confound it. man, can't you buy her one?" was the reply that has passed iuto history. The assurance given by the conscious power of riches, which had developed the girl without, capacity into a strongly self reliant 3'oung woman, had also transform ed the shrinking farmer into a complacent and almost dictatorial citizen, who owned so much of the land and humanity of his county as to enable hiin to do as he pleased. Filled with this spirit the Hon. Jehu made no question of the means by which the sudden and brilliant entrance into society was accomplished. With the gay ladies iL was different. They were aware of the small esteem in which ordi nary Congressmen are usually held by the people who make up the "court circle, and were astonished at their reception. "How did you do it, mammat" exclaim eil both the girls when they and Mrs. Clincher entered their chambers in the small hours. "Why, my dears, it is but a deserved recognition of worth and beauty," said Mrs. Tabitha Clincher. "Well," said the girls doubtfully, "that may be true, hot—well, no matter. It was glorious anyway." At each succeeding reception the hold ol the Clinchers on "society" appeared to strengthen. If they exhibited rawness at times the young ladies were always so frank and natural and so uuiailiugly cheer ful that they seemed '.» bring health and good feeling in their train. They kept themselves exclusively for the most exclu sive circlo. They wasted no energy on any who were not of the very upper crust of the social pastry. Through the con nivance of Mrs. Secretary Simpson they even dined i/t futntUc with the President, au incident which was reported at great length in all the home papers, which re suited iu a worship of the Hon. Jehu al most to the point of deification among his intelligent constituents. However, nobody paid such assiduous court to Miss Clincher and Miss Valcriu as Lord Lockham and Count Liston, both of whom hud inherited impoverished estates at home and were forced to accept posts in the diplomatic service of their government to cam an honest livelihood. Not only were, they attracted by the millions of the father, but in nearly as great a degree by the fresh beauty and genial natures of the daughters, whose simple minds, suspicious of foreigners and especially of foreign dip loiuats, kept the suitors well ut bay, deter mined they should not be made a mere means of amusements for these adepts in the art of flattery aud flirtation. While the youug ladies were mueli attracted to wards these really fascinating fa f ; ends of a imall nobility, all protestations of regard were so cautiously received that it is not improbable the youthful lord auil count would have bail all impulses towards more serious relations frozen on Iheir lips had not accident brought matters to a crisis It was near the close of » brilliant season in which the Clincher* merely marched from one victory to another. The frost was out of the ground, the soil was firm and the spring atmosphere of Washington was full of that mysterious vitality which induces a 'loving languor that is not re pom," even iu the organisation of tin- most fagged statesman. A great "paper haul" was ou. Tins was till! fashionable tuhtlitule for lux chasing and hud been lhat -ea-ou introduced by Lord Lockham. Representative Clincher had bought for the use of his daughters two of the finest thoroughbred hunters to be had for money, and the yi.nng la.liei, who bepnn their equestrian -hip when they were wont Io bestride the farm bair-e- of their childhood with bare feet and b-ri, were perfectly at home in the saddle They at their hunters magnificently If I hey had rival- in the drawing room Ihey certainly were peerless in the -addle and as i.ord Lorkham and Count Li-ton were admitted lo be the most grai ehil and dar ini' of the gentlemen riders, the Misses Clincher and Ihe two diplomats were I.H! urally attracted lo each other iu the cross country canter" On this day Lord Lockham was the ■fox." Ho was riding a new hunter which was restive and from whose eyes a rather too vicious lire flashed A gayly decorated bag swung at my lord's side, in which were Ihe bright-colored bits of papers which were to be strewed along the war to mark the trail of the "fox.'' At every movement of lbi-« bag the hunter would rear and suort and when Lockham gave him the word he jhot away like an arrow from its bow. After a lapse of a few minutes the "hounds," which were com prised of ihe very elect of the seatou's ,»o _». v T .-err- pr, ™ttr, hot pursuit. More than a score of elegant ly costumed, splendidly mounted ladies and gentlemen put spurs to theii thorough breds. The ground trembled and the noise of their feet was like thunder. They kept well together up to a little beyond Ihe place where ihe "fox' had disappeared from view, and then the scent was mo mentarily lost. Then there was scurrying to and fro until one of the "hounds" was heard lo "give tongue" that the trail was discovered, and the scattered riders again thundered on, riding close, until again the trail disappeared. Whether it be true, as has been whispered at times, lhat Lord Lockham had given Miss Clincher a "tip" in regard to his course, does not appear in the annals of that social year, but certain it is that after keeping well with "the pack" for a while, this young lady gave reiu to her horse and soon leil all the others far behind. Ou she rode, np hill and down dale, jumping ditches auil fences, plunging through Kock Creek regardless ofits depth, and never loosening her rein until she caught sight of the "fox" galloping through a bye road within a niilo of the honse of the Racket Clnb, where it was agreed the huut should tud. Giving her horse a moment of relaxation while crossing a freshly-plowed tield. Miss Clincher emerged iuto the road. Then giv ing the hunter the word she bore down up on his lordship with the speed of the wind. Knowing he would bo overtaken, and doubtless wishing to be, the "fox" made no attempt to escape the lovely "hound," but cantered along easily. As Miss Clincher came within a few rods of him at a tremendous stride, his lordship turned his head anil lifted his cap. Momentarily of his guard, his treacherous horse reared straight in the air, balancing exactly on the tips of his hoofs and striking wickedly with his forefeet. Caught uappiug, his lordship involuntarily grasped the rein with both hands and the wrench decided the horse to fall backwards instead of set tling down naturally. At the vital moment when it appeared the auimal was about to fall upon and crush Ihe rider. Miss Clincher swept alongside. Dazed with fright, she unconsciously reached forth her right arm, which was unengaged. She felt it close tight about the waist of the falling lord. She gathered him close to her. His weight, resting partly upon her arm and partly up on her horse, was easily sustained until with a word she calmed the impetuous speed of the auimal, and then she set his lordship safely down upon his feet. "By Jove, you have the strength and bravery of an Amazon," cried Lord Lock ham, his voice trembling and his legs shak ing so that he could hardly stand. "Oh, 1 did not think what I was doing," faltered Miss Cliucher, blushing rosy red. "It seemed to me you- were about to be killed, and I caught hold of you without stopping to reason. Maybe you would not have been hurt all." "No, I wouldn't have been hurt. I would merely have broken my neck. Miss Cliucher, it's no use to miuce matters. I have been thinking of it for a long time, I would have said it anyway, if 1 could have ever gathered enough courage. You have saved my life. It therefore belongs to yon. It is hardly worth having, but will you take it?" There was silence for a moment, and then Miss Clincher said: "Please don't say anything to the others about it—l mean my dragging you from your saddle. They would think you offered yourself to me simply because of a fortunate accident;and, moreover, I'd rather they wouldu't kuow 1 ant so stmug as lo swiug you about like that," she concluded, blushing anew With a gay laugh, his lordship caught Miss Cliuchcr's huud ami covered il with kisses. The other riders began to come up. and Ihe accident was explained,but the blushes which yet suffused the cheeks of Miss Cliucher were cause lor many roguish and suspicious glances. Il wus clear lhat all would not accept the assertion that Lord Lockham had been violently unhorsed, and lo this day it is quietly whispered in the "best people" lhat liis lonlship's horse ran away while he wus standing by Miss Clincher aud proposing to her. However this may be, the season ended willi a double marriage at the mansion of the Clinchers. Couut Lislon could wait no longer when he heard of Lockhaui's en gagement, and Miss Vuleria, though she was some what disappointed that his Kx cellcncy's estate did not include u meditcvul castle, accepted with charming grace. Mrs. Tubilliu Cliucher treated the marriage of the two raw country girls,her daughters, to members of noble families, as the most natural thing iu the world, aud the Hon. Jehu Clincher, having learned the condi tion of the estates of his sons in law, vow ed lie would abandon statesman ship, go abroad and redeem these heritages of tin ciciit families from mortgages and barren ness, re tore Lord Lockhaiu's ruined manor house aud Count Linton's chateau, aud make the abaudoueil laud blossom like the rose. It was after the honeymoon. Lady Lock ham and the Countess Lislon hud returned with their husbands lor a few days to the rural uiuusloii of the Clinchers previous lo the departure of the Uonorahlcs Jehu and Tabitha, with their distinguished sous in law aud their wives, for the foreign estate which wore lo be restored. The young wives sul late at night iu their mother's chambers, whose windows looked out over the dcepinp village of Midvale There was a period ol silence as all thought of the wonderoas change in their ives that had been wrought since they were last, together iu lhat chamber. "Mamma," said Lady Lockham, at lat breaking iu upon their musing, "you have never told us how you did it " "llid what. Lady Irfickhamf" said Mrs Tabitha Clincher, with merriment shining from tier eyes. "Why, you know, I mean how you got us all iuto tht swsll *ocioty and married us all to lord' and ronnt j It's like a fairv tale." •-To*, yon mnst tell us, mamma I'm sure thereV secret about it " chinn-d in the Counten Litton Will <ind Mr Tabitha i tinchrr UnghinjM), I suppose I may tell you now You know ilr< Secretary Simpson She and I were really good acquaintance.* Though -he h:ul forgotten mo I had follow ed her through all the _WiUs »iuco w* were little ifirl When she ira-i Id hor father wfc* as poor as your father s»a- * beu jou were children •■'he ami I t«< drop corn and pnuipkin seeds and hoe )M>tatoes together in bare feet, and bare legs, with our skirts necor reaching below the knees even when we thought we were big girl' Her father lii? furm, made one tnckr i speculation after another, came to lie im mensely rich, lived in the big cities, «*ve irallie Hrownlee. now Mrs. Secretary Simp son, the bent-tit of the best master*, while I remained ignorant and poor ever so long after 1 married your father It was 1 who induced your father to run for Cougresj, for I kuew if he conld ever get to Washing ton with some official position to sort of give ns a send-otf. I could manage Sallie Rrownlee for the rent, kfv gracious' yon ought to have seen her start and blush when I rei ailed our acquaintauue in the -n nr* nan y teii ■mntrrr r <(IU tuiat iu kiit? first words 1 spoke to her, aud she would have got dowu on her knees to prevent my saying anythiug about it iu her circle I am quite certain you will not Uieutioii il, my dears. Good night." The Cutting of Spectacle Lenses. The work of cutting is all performed with a tiny fragment of diamond, known in the trade as a -<park It i* not every spark, however, that will cut a leus. Tho sparks are mounted in the following man ner. A piece of bras.i wire i» selected, say 3-115 of an inch in diameter, a bole is drill ed in the end large enough to admit the ..park, and it ii set in the hole with the poiut up. The outer edge or shell oi the wire is bcateti inward mid hold* the spark tirmly in place. The wire is then placed in the lut lit: and cut oil' just back of the spark, turning the end hemispherical, us ing the poiul of the spark that slick* through the brass as a center. A piece of steel wire in next delected, of the name di ameter as tlie brass wire, aud the end is turned in, forming a cup. The mounted Kpnrk is then soft-noldered into this tup and is ready for the machine,which works auto matically from a pattern, and can be net to cut larger or smallcj than the pattern. Be fore the mounted spark ia placed iu the machine, however, it ia tested by holding the hanJle upright. If it does not cut iu an upright position, the point is unsoldered by means of the blowpipe anil the handle reßoldfred, leaving the cutting point at the required augle, while the handle itself is npright. When the spark is found to cut well iu an upright position, it is then plac ed in the machine for trial. The glass is placed upon a pad under the spark, the glass varying in form according to tbc kind of lens being cut. If the lens is flat, the pad is also, aud il" the lens is couvex the pad is coucavc. and must be a perfect fit; for the better the tit, the more accurate will be the work. Tho pattern and glajs travel around while the diamond remains stationary. The life of a spark if* ihort, some boing orly one day, while once ia a while they ran lie worked for a year. The workmen average fifty dozen pair of lenses per day. A good diamond will eut on an average of 1.500 dozen pairs. The average lens nieaa nres four inches around, and a dozen pair* would lie eight fuel. In cutting 1,500 doz en pairs the spark wonld over a surface equal to a pieee of glass 12,000 feet long. There are exceptional sparks that cut tor months. 1 now have one which has been in operation for fifteen months and has cut for months and has cut 7,200 dozen pairs, traveling about 57,000 feet, We use two kinds of sparks, tho Brazilian and the Af rican, and they cost from $3 to $5 each.— The Jmfrti.au Jt u eter. Ho Had Reasons. "I've had uiy horse and wagon stole," shouted an excited former as be rushed into police headquarters yesterday. '•Where froinf" "Right out here on the square." An officer was detailed to go with him and investigate, and as tbey reached the market the farmer said • I left 'cm right over there about fifteen minutes ago," "There's a team around the corner there," replied tbo officer ''Did you have a woman with yout" "Yes—my wife. Say, by golly, that's my rig as sure as yon live." "What's the matter, Sam'" asked the wife as they approached "Thought the rig was stole " "I just drove around to be in the shade." "You go off the handle pretty easily, I should say," observed tbo officer to the man. "Why didn't yon look around a lit tlet" "Say!" said the man as be moved a few steps away "I was a little hasty, but I have reasons for it. That woman sitting right there, humble anil demure as she looks, has run away from me three tiuies, and I'm expecting the fourth calamity every minit in the day. tio kinder light on me. She may skip me yet before I git ont of town." "it" Can't Lovo Anything. A little girl was recitiug ber lesion in conjugation. "Verb, to love, indicative mood, present tense," called the teacher. "I love, thou lovest, he or she love*," said the little girl. "He, she or it loves," prompted the pre ceptor. "//can't love anything," pleaded the little girl. And the teat her, suddenly struck Kith a new idea, only replied "Go oil." And this idea, new to the teacher, but not to some others, was that as taught by book is a humbug Only very lately, to quote oue iastauce front a myr iad, did the gram mar not recoguize that "you" is a eingular pronoun, though it has been so used for three centuries, and "you are" and all similar phrases were parsed by their rules as necoud person plural Woman's Serenity. "So," be said in a broken Voice, "you refuse to marry me " "I do," she said, calmly and tirmly. "And I may not even hope*" "Yes," she responded thoughtfully, "you may hope." "And why," he a*ked, with renewed fervor, "do you soy I may hopet" "Because," she rejoiued softly, "this i* a tree country. poverty (**iunot In- fa tidion*, but, by thunder, it can tie proud And in pride there is virtue Ninety nine per cent ol ambition to try, and one |»-r cent ol talent, is all that is ueeesxary to success In whatever we un detlakc Letter from Deputy State Sup't Stewart on Physiology and Hygiene. » from the Hirnibit| of An gaft 3 we clip tha following Ituti *hi«h cannot fail TO to of UM ILTIPM IMMMI ioJ of so much valor to *ll who ar* in tar till in 'rt unnf a faithful i-afor»-*»M«Bt the li« It U understood that a number of the llarri'burg teachen favored tracking tUI l.jauch of the > oinmon achool «tudiu« ocnl ly. and dispensing with *i»» use of book*. Their drain created considerable went and i« opposed by many pares ta By th* following letter. which is * reply In a com manication addressed to tbc school depart - meut »n the subject, it will b« aaao that such a -ouree would couhK-t, sot only with public opiiu.m, but with th* act of A**«a bly on the *ubj«ct Biumcta, Pi , Ao«a*t 1,1809 C. ffrttbrook, Ji T»AB SIB —ID jour communication of July 31 a.i<lic«*ed to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, tha q nation statod below is auhiaitted fur reply: "Would tha Uw iu reference to phyriology and hygiene be c >m plied wim if a text book war* plac e«l iu the hand* of each teacher, below tha ,h « h £&slupft Jteijaafc *> rta The inquiry addressed by yoai Commit tee t.£the Superintendent ofPublic tnartm tiou, i* tubdtasiialy answer *d by a refer ence to tba ftrit aaction of the act of Aa seuibly relating to tha *tndy of physiology and hygiene in the public acbools of tha Commonwealth, approved April 2, IMb, (P. L., page 7,) which read* as follow*: SicriOM I—K< H raocfed bf tk* 4e»«/e umi Bimte of Keprrt*matire» of tk» Com *■«*■ talth of PemuplrnHia in Gtnrral i< at mil y mit, nmH it u km by enacttd by tk» authority of tht mm*. That phy rtology aad hygiene which shall, in each division of the subject so pursued, include special re feretice to the effect* of alcoholic drinka, stimulants and narcotic* upon tha - human system, shall be included in the branches of iitudy now required by law to be taught in the common school*, and shall be lafcro duced ami ttmbrJ aa a regular branch by * all pupils, in all deyartmtnti of tha public schools of the Commonwealth, aad in all educational institutions supported in whole or in part, by money from the Common wealth. Hegular daily instructions must be given iu physiology and hygiene the same as in other legal branches of study, otherwise the law authorising aad requiring the in troduction and study of this branch will not be fairly complied with. Oral instruction, from tha necessity of the case, way be given by tba teachers in charge of the primary grades of the acboola in which the children are too young to make profitable use of text books on the subjert. Suitable books, properly adapted to the age and comprehension of the pupil mast be studied by all scholar* who are capable of learning in this way. The subjects must be systematically studied as well as taught, which cannot t*B done successfully without taxt book* in tha hands of the scholars. Tha propar pre paratiou of the lessons assigned to the pu pils in the daily exarcises of the school* makes the use of text book* absolutely nec essary, even if the law did not perempton ly require their general introduction, as it does in this instance The law will not be complied with in letter or spirit by such limitation.* a* are included in the foregoing queetiou Tha act of Assembly is clear and explicit on the point submitted. It is the duty of directors and controllers to see that the provisions of the law are fully complied with in all department* of the schools under their official jurisdiction, and in the performance of thi* duty they ought to bava the hearty co-operation of the patrons of the schools. Very respectfully, Joan Q. SnwakT, Deputy Snpt Public We feel under peraonal obligations to Mr. Stewart for the clear and etralghtfor ward manner -iu which he has mat this question, that ha* ao often come up to trouble u*. What be says in thi* matter ie official and we hope our Superintendent* will make use of it personally, and have it reprinted in a* many peper* aa peaible. Bear iu mind also the coming Institute!, and utilise thaiu in the circulation of literature, and if poMibla, have a apeakar to (pacially present the subject of teaching physiology and hygiene. lite. Jos V Wilts, suit HoperinlthdtMt In Reference to lfen. A man, hearing that a raven would live 200 years, bought one to try it. Many a man considers himself a great gun when in fact he i» nothing bat a smooth bore. A man i* famous when ha i* listened tc in both hemispheres and not believed in either It is when a nun has to take a hammer to pound down the nails in hi* old shoe* that the iron enters his *onl The man who "i"" the right to think for himself ahould be tolerant toward thoee who disagree with him. When a man is corned he fancies that the community ha* one great ear for his especial accommodation It ia hard work to be good. Aftor the ayerige man ha* put in abont half a day trying at it he feels like laying off indefi nitely. Too Fresh. Jones was sitting on the front Ma pa of an Austin mansion one night, waiting for his sweetheart to come out. bhe knew what time to come, and Jones didn't wiah to ring the bell for fear of alarming the old folks Presently be heard the door open, aad the old man m ottered something about somebody's being "too fresh "Did you address yoanelf to met" asked Jones, springing up With a Hashing eye. "No," replied the old gentleman, mikl ly "I was speaking to the paint i« the steps. It was put there only thi* after noon." Jones lound with dismay that the state ment was true, and it only required aboal two minutes for him to reach his room and soap aud water Molflatahe. Poet (invading the sanctum)—Toar compositor mad* aa swftU mistake in my poem Instead of "1 kneed her aadei the rose," ha set it up "under tha nana." "Editor—"! doii t aaa tha mirtake * Poet—You don'lt" Editor—"No, Ton kiaeed her nndev tha nose when yon kissed her under the ro-e didn't yout Think it over, my Mend —lmportant to seven ont of every ten people The moment constipation begins, that moment th* blood begin* to be impare and poor, and the system to demand the use of Laiador If you want to hare your baby healthy and l.rautiinl, fo«r ihinge are neeae*arj t'rasb air good food, bright «aaahia* aad In Hull * baby tffiup N0.48
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