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.
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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
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