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* ! 30 ■' MAIN TJT. '; :•
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*^s^^^^^"® s=s====£2s^^)
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE LEAST MONEY Are your wages small.
TO SPENO ARE THE ONES 1 Ar ° >° U t,lc hend ° f a
i tarnily?
OUR RELIABLE CLOTHING hi|ls
MEANS MOST TO | la ,
With house r<-nt a drag oil you?
1,0.v price* (or li<>it«- t, long-wearing Clothing will be a
lt< : li t<> \i in jNx'kel-biiok ami your hack.
<t MII Iron-clad Cloth Suit at Strongest All-W o
wt' know of. Nobody el-c sellsit.
(jet N. PATTERSON'S Cintli Suit at $lO. Fer «lrc-8H
s;ii i ever\dav wear combined it's wonderful value.
No mattei how fine a suit you want lor dress or business
we have that at a low price.
"1 hen- i> no o| en question Ikjnt 1.0y.s < lothing. \V e are
not <<nlv pi'H it is. hut to-daj s leadeis in styles and qualities
highest e>.<» Hence and lowest prices.
111 IU»-IIIIK I Ihe nlaee.
J. X. PATTERSON'S.
One Price ('lotliing House,
29 S. MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA.
HENRY BIEHE
I I NORTH MAIN STREET,
13U rLER - IP.~E_N IST'A
DEALER IN
Hardware and llouso Furnishing Goods.
c - - 4 -r Tli ESTANI )A 11D
|hi v "'• —S.M ROTARY
Ifijf-." SHUTTLE
35 SEWING
Jyl .( MACHINES,
AAfr /
i (2000 Stitches Per Minute.)
Agrieul turpi 1 1111 dements,
Kramer Wagons,
Buggies Carts. Wheel liarrotvs, Brammer Washing Machines,
New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table
and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps, Man
ufacturer ol Tinware, Tin
Roofing and Spouting A Specialty.
WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN.
There is no Doubt
As to whore you should buy your new dress, if economy is the
object \on have in view, and you will agree with us, alter you
have examined our line and prices in Silks, Satins, Cashmeres,
Serires, lh'nretta*, Broadcloths, Flannels, English Suitings in
plain and novelty plaids.
UJV 1) HI R w K H
For Ladies, Cents, Misses and Children which we know
can not l>e equaled anywhere for value and price.
Blankets. Flannels, Yarns, Plushes, Velvets, Ribbon, Hos
iery and Notions of all kinds.
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
AND LACE CURTAINS
In all the new fall patterns and designs.
We showing the grandest Hue of Ladies, Misses and
Childrcns
O ■—l , : O —A: li" S
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.
Tli 0 IT MAN'S.
Leading Dry (ioods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa-
BARGAXS 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,^at
J . H. GJ RIJBB'B
N"o. 16 South Main St., <S'K U of ELECTRIC BEI.I.),
BUTLER, PA.
I {>, V c\,
. ' Aii' - • • - ?iiia tCwaj.s prm'Ofc
x B.K«i*.-iul. n. f«wo plodnirany
-,1» N.« si>;ijHT Advertising consul',
LORD & THOMAS,
*" ~',J AUVKMMUM 4UENTS
'-ijtB 1 «« u*D teteM klrart. CHI -ACO.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
1 | IIIIPHV this t«» our salesmen. OUTFII
Allllli KKi: can start you at once. sent
V I U Utor terms to
At Ml> sIIAM Niimrnuujii, Rochester, >.l
—a—n ii ia I in
Ad*bftibe io THE CITIZEN.
K.I > U('ATION AL •
0 "
i.. - i ..,id ! • r in n: tti*-><i Mr oit • turns ;
f,. wo h:i*f «i.-.-H-fiilly |
~|l ,| , I till!! •I \ ••'.HI I • 11 |
, T|. .~f lit.. ■ .r <":ir II n~ Hil'li ■
!• Mil' 1 SONS I'ill I nr-li, 1 J
/Q lj
t r/S/r/s
si\in sntKi:i. niTsiiint. r\.
h Ihoui'. tlcollege Of i'.unluets oiii. es. where
11 the lii-.ui.li. H ..f a «..luplete l.n in.ss .duca- I
ion are taught b;. Actual Business Practice. i
'he only member from P.'nn a. or lUo ** I uter
i Hie business Practice Association ol Amerl
.l ' I'lii* student 1' uric. book l:eeplns and !
nsine-s i'V «*n(tii(flnjr iii Im-iiness transactions |
ra. Mi al • >ll')' Work and Banking- are special- i
Individual Instruction from 9A. M. to I .
M. an-l fii.l.t .in 10 I'. M. I li»- l>e>l adibii
ii'-i s in shorthand and Tj pewrlnnir -tin- hl?h
---i |ii (.1 in tin- shortest time, send Mr Cata
llKUO.
lull .11.1 t«-t I In- ifb.lriiiK al UDiW iili.li Jou
mil the t:\poiitlnn. > i«itnr« altot- nflrcnii-.
1 .IMKs t'l.tltk M'll Mils. A >l. Pres.
v'
IVH .« I • .I. BANKING, Staort-LUD'i,
I vrin. .. »•• • imnsuip, Dr.i ■•.! _, fcn,lii«li Hr-an. »Ie«, «...
' ..I. i' .nt I • :u..iuUi» nearly 10.000 fe«l,
»•> i.-.i'. i g.«-. f i th« hott pcniTitu lu tLi world
i..- f.l with rh«* C 11-'ijc It* icr«.lt..t''- .»r« u-i-te.l in pro
a< .ui « 1 p*" ins Miekiiij « cimmcncv -l
n.t>. Espei.te* i -itly one-half than any MimUr »cb»<i.
( -«i 4 rii. lii « r Ilic •• H'T rt»: " ui-l elrgatit «r*ci-
PenmaMlnp. A'MrtK*, A. W. SMlin, Mwtville, Ta.
nvo < iion r M IIOOLS.
BROOKE HALL,
r or Girls and Young Ladies.
*>horllidge Media
Academy,
For Boys and Young Men.
SWiTHIN C 3HORTLIDGE. A M
(HAnvAisu <;RADI : ATE.)
MKIUA, l'A., (Near Philadelphia.)
riie Cloak Season
IS HERE!
And. as usual, we are prepared for ;
t We hn vc
ORE CLOAKS
totl by far the best assortment o j
my store in Butler. We want to 1
ibow you our cloaks and we want to j
sell them to you, we guarantee you
>Hr pri'-es lo he the loicexl.
We hayeevery style that is made
in cloaks, plush sae<|ues, plush jack
ets, '{ length plush cloaks, plush
Modjeskas, new markets, stockinett,
-loth and cassimcr jackets, misses
und childrens garments, also fancy
trimmed infants cloaks in plush and
broadcloth.
Our stock of dress goods, silks, j
plushes, velvets, trimmings, flannels,
blankets, underwear and hosiery,
linen goods, prints, domestics, A3., is
now complete. We invite you all to
look our stock over.
Now York Bazaar.
Opposite Postoffice, - Bu',ler, Pa. 1
Leading Dry Goods and Millinery
Store.
BARGAINS
IN
Wall Paper.;
For tlio next sixty days wo
will oiler bargains in all our
Lrilt an<l embossed wall papers,
in order to reduce stock and
make room lor Holiday (ioods,
J. H. Douglass,
Near Postoffice, Butler Pa.
.). K. Kastor,
Practical Slate ltoofer.
Ornamental and Plain Slating
Of all kinds done oil short notice.
Ofiiee with W. 11. Morris > No.
7, N. Main St,, Ucsidenee
North Elm street,
Butler, Pa.
Wm. F. Miller.
Manufacturer of
Stair Hails,
Balusters
and Newel-posts.
All kinds of wood-turn Inn done to order, also
Itecorated anil Carved wood-work, such as
Caslngi t'ornur Mocks, Panels and all kinds ol
fancy wood-work fur Inside decoration of
houses.
CAM. AM) SEE SAMPI.KS.
Somotliin;; new and attractive. Also
FURMITURB
at iowestjeash prices.
Store at No. 4», N. Main strci't.
Factor}- at No. .19, N, Washington street.
mjTI.KR. rENNA.
BUY YOUR HOMES
I'ulWil; ».'urltv and Trust <'o.,
of Prt,
Money to Buy Homes.
Monthly dues not more than a fair rent. Pay
ments decrease yearly. In event of death
prior to completion of payments, balance of en
eumbrancc canceled.
Money to Loan.
Real est a tx» bought and sold on commission.
Wanted lious« s 10 rent und rents collect**!.
L. G. LINN,
No 88 South Main St.,
Butler,' Pa.
Over IJnn'B Jirutr store.
Alex. Borland,
BOOT & SHOE MM
SPHIKGIIAI.E, Next Door to Wuller'FL.
bjiecil attention giveu to repairing of al
kiada.
HORSE AILMENTS.
, . Keponstt, 111.,
L/Si*\A May 20.1SSS
mare caught
fold; j■ -ult: swelled
jjCi jjy< llmt« ; lump between
' "ll forelegs and Inflam
! «''y| matiou. Cured her
fc Ml \ with «t. Jacobs Oil.
rHs'\ \ wajr My horsa was hurt
' I cn hind leg; itiffcred
10 months; «as enred by St. Jacob* Oil, cure
has remained permanent W J cLINE.
JOS. CAIR>f SIMPSON*, Esq , Sec. Faeifle
Coast BlcodHorsa Association, sayi; "Being
familiar with tile remarkable efficacy of ct
Jacobs Oil, I cheerfully and heartily indorse
this valuable pecifio for painful ailmcnu."
Hon. OOEN BOWIE, Ex Governor of Mary
la nd. Jockey Club, Frest City Pass. Railway
Co., says: "In my family and my stables I
have uted St. Jacobs Oil with satisfactory
results, and believe it the best remedy for &•
paitflil ailments of man tnd beast."
AT DBCOSfeTS IXtDlllEt!
THE CHARLES A VOGELER CO Baltlmor* Md.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
P. W. LOWRY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Kooni No. ■». Anderson Building, Butler, Pit.
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATIOKNEY AT LAW.
Office on second floor of New Anderson Block
Main St..—near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney :»t Law, Office at No. IT, Ea.it Jeffer
son St., Butler. Pa.
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and lieal Estate Agent. Of
flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's onice on north side
01 Diamond, Butler, Pa.
H. H. GOUCIIER.
Attorney-at-law. Ofilce on second floor ul
Anderson building:, near Court House. Butler,
Pa.
J. t. BR ITT A IN.
All y at Law Oillce at S. li. < or. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler. Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'v at Law—Office on South side of Diamond
Butler. Pa.
JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Attorney-at-l-aw. Office on South Hide of Dia
mond, lnttler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
KVCIVKLK AMI SI KVEVOIL,
OFFICE ON DIAMOND, BITI.ER, PI,
G \l. ZIMMERMAN.
rUVSICIAN ANI> SCKOEON,
office a!. No. 45. s. Main street, over Frank S
Co s Dtiiß Store, ltutler. Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 \Vent Cunningham St.,
BUTLER, UPHJTsTISr'A.
JOIIN E. TITERS,
PHYSICIAN ANn SURGEON
office Mo. til South Main Street,
BUTLER, - PA
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
S. W. Corner Alain and North Sts.
B UTLER PEM IT'A.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties-,- tlold l'illlni;s, and Painless Lx
traction of reeth, Vitalized Air administered.
Ollice on Jefferson Street, one door Kant of Lowry
House, I'p Stair,.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications hy mall receive
prompt attention,
N. ll.—The only Dentist in Hnll. r using Ihe
best makes of teeth.
L S. McJUNKIN,
IH shp ii it iiml Heal Eslalr As t
17 I.AST JEFFERSON ST.
| BUTLER, - PA.
jE E ABRAMS & CO
Fire and Life
1 \ 8 IT R A N C E
Insurance Co.of North America, incor
porated 17!rl, capital $:{,000,000 ami other
strong companies represented. New York
Life Insurance Co., assets $!i0,000,000. Office
New Huselton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Qffico Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
J. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL Tkkasukkr.
11. C. lIKINEMAM, Skckktary.
DIRECTORS:
J. I. Purvis, Samuel Anderson,
j William Campbell .1. W. llurkhart.
I A. Trout man, Henderson Oliver,
(i.e. ltoesslmj, .1 aloes Stephenson,
Dr. W. lrviu. Henry Whitiulre.
.I.l''. Taylor. H. C. lleincmau,
LOYAL MMUNKIN, Gen. Ae't
srrrL'Kiß, T^A.
WHEN YOU
VISIT PITTSBURGH
CALL ON
JOIIN R. & A. MURDOCH,
8 Smith Held slit* I. In liecs. Seeds, Miles,
rape Vines, llntiiv 1 t>»s, < iinnry iflrdH Gold
Glsh. etc,
Descriptive Kali Catiiiouijo mailed free.
WASTtB— Auents to solicit orders for our
choice and hardy Musery Stock,
start) Work i'or Lncrgetk Temperate Dm.
1 Salary aud expenses or commission II drelU'
| d. Write at once. Stale Age, Address.
' B. G. Chase & Cg.^asffine"*
BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1889
Gone.
A neither hand id beckoning us,
Another call is given,
And glows unit- more with angel r-t «*p
The path 'tlitch heaven,
our voting it'ul gentie trietid, who e sinild '
Made bright tLe «nmmer hours,
• Ain ill the bright Mid nnny iTay
Hi.:i left U- with the flower
; No pa I iii;' of the cheek >•! bloom
Forew ailit'.l in nf decay.
>7o shallow fruni the silent land
Fell round onr darling s waj".
The light of her young life went ilown,
As sinks behind the hill
The glory «1" a setting star.
Clear, suddenly and still
As pare antl sweel. her lair brow seemed
Eternal &■> the sky.
And like the brook s low song, her voice
A sound which could not did
j And half we deemed she needed n..t
j The changing of her sphere
To gi\e to heaven a shining one
Who walked an angel here.
I The blessings of her quiet life
| • Fell on us like the dew.
And good thoughts when her footsteps i
pressed]
Like fairy biocsooi# gi<=w.
Sweet promptings unto kindest deeds
Were in her very look;
We read her fare as one who reads
A true and holy book.
W'e miss her in her home to-night.
And by the hearth fire's light;
We pause beside her door to hear
Once more her weet "good night
There seems a shadow on the day.
Her :mile DO longer cheers,
A dimming of the stars at night,
Like eyes that look through tears.
Alone unto our Father's will,
One thought has reconciled;
That He whose love exceedeth ours.
Hath taken home his child.
Fold her, O Father, in thine arm- .
And let her always be
A messenger of love between
Our human heart and Thee.
H'kittur.
TUB WYOMING CAPTIVE.]
(Correspondence of Williamsport, Pa.', |
Gazette Bulletin.)
For rich and well cultivated farms the
part of the Wabash Valley about Peru,
Ind., is hard to excel. Peru is the capital
of Miami County, and it is a very neat and
beautiful little city of ten thousand inhab
itants. The Court llou.se is a commanding
structure of brick with tower and cloek,
and a well kept lawn adds to the attract
iveness of its surroundings. The streets
are wide, the buildings stately and hand
some, and everything bears evidence of
thrift and prosperity. The main line of
the great Wabash Kailroad mils through
the town. Electric lights illuminate the
streets at night and natural gas warms the
houses of the inhabitants. It is brought
brought front Kokomo, which is the centre
of the pas field, and less than thirty miles
away.
Hut it is not my intention to write par
ticularly of this charming agricultural reg
ion ami the prosperous and well-to-do peo
ple. 1 came here for the purpose of visit
iug some of the descendants of Frances
Slocum, the girl captive of Wyoming. The
story of her captivity, wanderings and
death., is the most romantic in the annals
of Indian history. The Slocum family,
readers of our earlv history well remember,
lived at Wyoming in 1777. One day in the
summer of that year a hand of Delaware
Indians snddeuly appeared before the Slo
cum cabin, and after killing and seal mug a
boy, seized little Frances, then ouly about
three years of age, and carried her away.
The mother, with several other children,
e caped to the forest. The last she saw of
her daughter was was thrown
across the back of a stalwart Indian and
with outstretched arms beckoned hei moth
er for protection. Tears rolled away and
no tidings were ever heard of the captive
cliihl. Many believed her dead, but the
mother always entertained the idea that
she was alive and well, and would finally
return to her. Hut that hope was never
realize 1. The mother died without ever
learning the fate of her child. The broth
ers and sisters attained ripe ages, anil gray
ami venerable were passing down the sha
dy hillside of life, when a rumor came
from the West that a woman was liviyg
with the Miamis on the hanks of the Mis
sissiuewa who evidently had white blood
in her veins. The discovery was made by
(ieorge W. Hwing, Indian agent at Logans
port., in 1832, fifty-five years after the
child had been carried into captivity. He
wan making a visit to some of the Miami
Tillages, and stopping af the cabin of an
Indian noticed that the squaw was evident
ly not of lmliau origin, on account of the
whiteness of her skin. 110 interrogated
her in the dialect of the tribe, when she
admitted to liiiu that she remembered her
uauie was Slocum, that she was carried
away from the Susquehanna when she was
a child, and that she had brothers and si"-
tors. That was all shb knew ol her early
life, and she appeared to be greatly alarm
ed for she had been taught to tear the
whites. Thus was the discovery of herex
isteuce made. Hut I need not stop to tell
how the letter Mr. Ewing wrote concerning
her laid for two years in the Lancaster
postoffice, how it fell iuto the hands of
John W. Forney, was published, and the
facts made known to the world; how ilie
was visited here sixty years afterwards by
her brother and sister; how they tiuallv
proved her ideutity and she told the story
of her life; how they were entertained by
j her, and how they plead with her to re
turn with them to civilized life; how she
resisted all their import unities aud prefer
red to remain with the people who had
reared and tenderly cared for her; how
she was happy anil contented with her
children around her, and wished to spend
her last days on the banks of the lovely
Missis.-inew a.
It was for the purpose of visiting the
place where Frances Slocum spent her
last days that 1 came here. Major Mc
Fadin, on old resident of Logansport, ac
companied me. For fifty years he lias
been a resident of Logan sport, aud is farnil
iar with the ludiau history of the country.
The objective point of our visit wai to the
house of Gabriel (iodfroy. who lived about
three miles north of Pern, on the bauks of
the Mississiuewa River, a short distance
above its junction with the Wabash. His
lather, Francis Oodlroy, was the last great
chief of the Miamis. His mother was a
pure Indian woman, and his father was a
Frenchman. The son, Gabriel, whom we
visted was a half breed, but ha bore the
unmistakable traces and lineaments of an
ludiau When a young man he had mar
ried a grand daughter of Frances Slocum,
aud his children were descendants of the
captive child of Wyoming Mr. (iodfroy,
who is an intelligent and well educated
farmer, owns one the richest and finest
cultivated farms in the valley of the Wa
bash—and there aie many of them, lie is
one of the leading msn of Ul# county and
command, the respect of bis neighbor.'
His house, which -tands on the banki of
the Mi- is 1 lau'e brick building
constructed in the modern -tyle ot archi
tecture, and hi' barn and ontbuilding are
neat and ample I'.n the storagi the pr-i
duct ', of bis ißugnitio ut farm <>l two hun
dnd and fwetit) acre on alighting we
v.c.-e met b\ Mr tlodfroy, warmly wel
comed In and . .inducted through the
grounds to the hou-c and ushered into a
neat and well furui.-.hed parlor Mrs. God
trov, now his second wife, received us cor
dially. lake her husband, she spoke ex
cellent English, and made Us feel at home
She was dark -kinned but presented a fine
appearance, ami her manners an.l couver
sation showed her to be* perfectly familiar
with the customs of civilized lite. The
parlor was handsomely carpeted and filled
with everything which betokened refine
incut aud civilization There were knick
knacks, trinkets, pictures on the wnlU.
bows aud arrows, and a large albnin tilled
with fine photographs of hi? family and
relatives Some weje taken in civilized
dress, whilst others were in fnll Indian
costume.
1 bad a long and interesting converse
turn with Mr Godfrey concerning his peo
pie. the Mianiis, and other Indian tribes),
and be gave me much information Like
all Indiana he spoke slowly, but freely an
swered all questions. He remembered
Frances Sloeum. the grandmother of his
first wife well, (she died in 1847), and
spoke "verently of her. On being asked
if he possessed anything belonging to her
hi- said he did, and immediately ordered
her trinkets and dress to btV brought out.
A large bnndle was brought in and laid
on the floor, which on being opened aud
spread out, he sadly said:
"These trinkets and this dress belonged
to Granny Slocnm. My first wife was her
favorite granddaughter and she left them
for her."
The dre 1, which was a short one, was of
line heavy calico, profusely oruameuted
with -ilver bangles and beads, and was on
ly worn 011 stated occasions.
"These were granny's leggins,' he said
a! he held up two pieces of finely orna
mented red cloth.
"These were worn by Francos .Slocum'f"
"Yes," was his reply, "and all these
other things you see."
From the profuse ornamentation of her
garments it was evident that she was a
person of considerable note, and when ful
ly decked out must have presented a tine
appearance. •
'•Here is lier silver cross," he said as he
held up a beautiful cross fully eight, inches
in length.
"Was this worn on the lneastf"
"No, on the back between the shoulders;
that was the custom."
The cross was evidently of French man
ufacture, and was a neat piece ot work
manship. There were several other arti
cles which lie said belonged to the "White
Woman." They were all in a good state
of preservation, aud as I turned them over
aud examined them carefully I thought of
the sad aud romantic history of her to
whom they ouce belonged—of .the little
fair-haired girl who was borne away a cap
tive from the lovely yale of Wyoming one
hundred aud twelve years ago.
He also .showed me many relics of his
tribe. Among them are several silver med
als. One of them, oval shaped, is six by
five inches. On one side is a portrait of
(ieorge Washington offering a pipe of peace
to an Indian: on the other a coat of arms
of the United States. It bears the inscrip
tion: "George Washington, President,
179:5." It was given to Che-mac-a-wacli
ya, the first chief of the Mianiis to make a
treaty of peace with the whites.
There are three other silver medals, cir
cular iu shape and about two and a half
inches in diameter. <»n the obverse side
they bear a tomahawk and pipe crossed;
on the reverse two hands clasped with the
motto: "Peace and Friendship." These
medals were aiveu to Francis Godfrey and
two minor chiefs by President Jackson iu
1827. And I shonld have said that oue of
them bears the portrait of "Old Hickory"
in relief. One of the most interesting rel
ics iu the collection is a splendid toma
hawk with the handle beautifully inlaid
with silver. It is of iron with a pipe iu the
poll, and uo doubt was smoked at many
an important council. It belonged to Mr.
Godfrey's father, and iu showing me bow
it was carried, ho said it was only worn on
ceremonial occasions.
On examining these choice relics I
thought if my esteemed friends, Gernerd,
ilcMinu or Martin could have them iu
their Indian museums, how they could
crow over all other antiquarians in Penn
sylvania. Rut they are treasured us sacred
mementoes by their owner, aud he would
not part with them for any price.
on taking leave of Mr. Godfrey he warm
ly invited me to come and see him again.
"I will take you," he said, "to the grave
of my father, show you where 1 was born
—show you the old house, for it is still
stands —and then take yon to the grave of
"Granny Slocum."
Reluctantly I bade him adieu, promising
to return at some future daj . and so ended
my visit among the descendants of Frances
Slocnm.
An Unexpected Bill.
A few days since a well-dressed couple,
in the prime of lite, stopped at a hotel in
the city, and, sending for sending for a Jus
tice of the Peace, informed that function
ary that they wished to be married. The
Justice said, "All right," aud inquired
their names. After being told, it struck
him that he had performed the same ser
vice for the huly some years since. Upon
inquiring if such was not the case, the lady
said she had been married previously.
"Have you a bill from your former hus
band?" asked Mr. Justice. "Yes," be re
plied, "I have a bill. This being satisfac
tory, the cerenioucy was performed and
the couple were declared "man and wife."
As they were about departing, the Justice,
who bad never seen a bill of divorce, aud
having a stroug desire to behold the docu
ment, thought this an'excellent oppor
tunity to satisfy his curiosity; therefore he
said to the lady, "Have you the bill with
you/" "0b! yes," she replied. Have
you any objections to allowing mu to see
the bill?" said our friend. "Jfoue what
ever," she replied, stepping to the door and
calling to a little boy some three or four
years of age, she said, "Here, Rill, come
here quick, here is a geutlemau who wishes
to see you." The gentleman wilted.
—The latest idea iu dress reform has
been suggested at the Palis Exposition.
It is for women zouave trousers, leaving
the foot in bold relief, a straight petticoat,
open at the sides, giving a view of the
breeches, a flowing blouse with a scarf tied
around the waist, and a vest, zouave fash
ion, of a shade different from the rest of
the costume. Such a costume is pictur
esque easy and comparatively inexpensive,
thongh as to dress any costume may be as
expensive as one chooses to have if.
—Fortuue knocks once at every man's
door, but she doesn't go hunting through
beer saloons for him if he happens to be
out.— Pud.
A Strange Reunion.
| From London Telegraph.
An other ilia,'. trillion of the . .-itainl;
trite but till -ionallv useful maxim
that tnitli i tranj*rr than faction i-- itTor.l
id by the r> ali tic y< t thoroughly romantic
story »J*i>h *'!• puhliiditil yesterday Irmn
our \ ictint The file< ■. »u i.
| from I.'hi'h .1 not the cit\ in Sicily, but
; tli«* town which is the opiltl of the t ircle
of £agu.«a, ati administrative division oi
i the province of lialmatia. on th&?.hare« of
1 the Adriatic, between Spulatro and Bo.'
I cbe di Catlur... lu this |»ictnr« -que hut
' poverty-stieken territory, ot which the to
!ny an.l calcareou oil barely produces ut
I tii ient rain to feed the inhabitant, during
! three months out of twelve, there lived
j about twenty years ago & pe&saut on whom
| fortune continue.! t,. frr.wn implacably
| that in -beer desperation be sought to bet
; ter his miserable condition 1.)" emigratiio'
'to America He had a wife, flit l.e did
I not dejert this good woman when he eros
' ed the o.eau iti quest of bread, which Its
; gust. the impecunious, declined to yield
him. lie confided his better half to the
car.- ot a parish priest, promising to remit
money to bini so soon as he na- able to dr.
so: and very shortly after his arrival in the
United States he found himself in suth
ciently easy circumstanced to able to JL
patch a sum of 50 florins—say £6 —a
month to hia ecclesiastical friend at Ra
gus.-a, to be devoted to the maintenance of
his consort. As bis position grew better
j and better be was able to iucrea e the
1 amount of hi= monthly drafts, but the rev
! erend gentleman abused his fiduciary fuue
j tions iti a most melancholy manner, an.l
: only handed the paltry pittance of 5 riorius
j a month to the unfortunate grass widow.
This state of thing-: went on for fifteen
j ears when the pri»st,probably thinking that
behad netted a sufficient uni. and dread
ing. perhaps, that the loug absent husband
might turn up some day and demand an
account of his stewardship from the rever
endo. forged a certificate of the pea-ant'
death and handed it to the wife. Ife then
proceeded to forge auotber document, pur
porting to certify the death of the wife at
Kagussa, and thi lie forwarded to the bus
band in America. Having thus, as he
thought, made matters comfortable all
round, the worthy successor of Tart title
prudently withdrew to Corfu, where he
hoped to spend the remainder of bi s days,
solaced liy the remembrance of the good
deeds which lie had wrought, and soothed
by the prospect of enchanting scenery and
the amenity of a bright and balmy climate.
This was all very well for the shameless
rogue in the cossack and shovel hat; but
things assumed a far less pleasant aspect
for the poor wife of the expatriated peas
ant. Five florins a month is not much;
but it will buy a little oil and a few figs,
aud a modicum of cheese and sardines,
which form the staple food of tin- poorer
class of Ragusaus.
Lodgings are exceedingly cheap at the
decayed Adriatic port, seeing that the
town is big enough to house 40,000 people
ami that its present population does not
exceed 10,000. When, however, the al
lowance of the 5 florins a month wholly
ceased, the unfortunate woman was natur
ally at her wit's end to discover means for
keeping body and soul together. For want
of a better calling she turned beggar, a
profession which, at the first blush, might
seem to be a very unpromising one in a
town where insolvency is hereditary and
pauperism chronic. It happens, however,
that the Austrian I.loyd steamers call at
Ragusa 011 their way to the Levant, so the
peasant's wife may have been able to pick
up a few kreutzers every week by assidions
solicit al ions from the steamboat passen
gers whom the found strolling along the
Corso, and gazing at the quaint old man
sions which recall the former importance
of Ragn.a. She might have gone on beg
ging until now. and have continued her
career of mendicancy uutil she died, ami
found a pauper's sepulture in the Potter's
Field, outside of the Porta l'iocee, but for
the strangest of recontre. aud the most
unlooked-for of surprises which fate had in
store for her.
Everything, says the philosopher, comes
to him who knows how to wajt, but the
poor beggar woman of Ragusa had lost
eveu the consolation of expectancy, the
twin brother of hope. Her husband she
implicitly believed bad long been cold in
his grave in the far West. On the contra
ry he wns very much alive; but, believing
on the strength of the forged certificate
sent to liiui by his reveren 1 friend, that his
wife was dead, he bad remarried with a
wealthy American lady, and the union had
been blessed by two children. After twen
ty years of absence it'occurred to him that
he would like to revisit Europe, and he
determined to make, accompanied by hi
wife and family, an extended tour of the
Old World He journeyed to Paris, Vicu
na aud Trieste, aud ou his way down the
Adriatic he touched at Ragusa. On the
quay a beggar woman asked him for alms,
and a', once he recognized his wife of twen
ty years ago. The recognition was mutual.
Tableti; but not a- the play-book < have it.
"Curtain," "Eud." The deuoueuieut of
this most romantic drama is yet to conic.
The knavish priest courteously extradit
ed, it may be assumed by the Greek Gov
ernment, is safe aud sound in goal in the
Austrian dominions, and his trial will take
place in the course of the present mouth,
while it is anticipated that ulterior judicial
proceeding will be taken to .muni Ibe sec
ond marriage.
She Was All Business.
There is iu Washington a young type
writer whose good looks and charming
manners justify the sentiments which her
employer feels toward her. He is iu the
habit of dictating his correspondence while
her expert fingers transfix the words as he
utters them. The other morning he con
cluded to cu«l the uncertainty which had
come into existence by asking her
to marry him. She was engaged
011 some copying when he approached
her and poured out, his sentiments,
aud notwithstanding the warmth of
bis pleadings, kept right ahead with the
clickety, click click of the instrument. In
fact, she paid . 0 little attention to him that
he became discouraged and left the room,
intending to speak to her when her mind
was free from her duties. He weut to his
lunch, aud ou his return sat down to sign
a lot of letters that lay on his desk. There
was a large pile, aud lie went through it
mechanically until be struck a licet near
the bottom Jumping tolas feet he imply
exclaimed: Well I'll be blowed'" Tin
cold, glaring typewritten leitei reud
"Miss Susie: Maybe you'll think I m au
old jackass, but 1 ain't, I mean business.
I kuow I don't happen to be very pretty,
but I'd be good to a family. 1 was think
Ing that maybe you'd barn to like me it
you'd go to church with mo—aud give the
minister a few minutes employment. And
this aiu't to save any salary, either It's
because T want you for your Say, you
ain't listening' are yout Well I'll come
iu later when yon are not -o busy
Washington Capitol.
—Coru cats a pretty figure this year.
The crop is estimated at 2.268 '•Jtfc.'.
trashels.
Tho Two Workingmen.
Two workers iu diu 1 field
Toiled ..n from .lay to day.
Both had the Mtnif hard lal<or.
Both bad the same t>m;ill pay.
AV ifh the- ttti' blue I. \ .-tlh«v» i ,
Till' iru>- green gras; below
< »n.- s-.nl w.l • lull .if love.
The other lull of no.
•'tu.- lenped u ( » >*ith the ligh'
With thr *oanug ot the lark,
«»ne I. It it fiver eight,
For his s >ul ever darl.
one heart was bar J a? stone.
< 'U' heart is- ever ga\.
One worked with muj a p>uu
One whistled all the da>
One had a fioscer-clad cot
Bc-ide a uierry ikill
Wife and ctnldreu near the spot.
Made it sweeter still.
One a wretched hovel ba.l
l ull of discord, dirt an.) dm,
No wonder he seemed mad.
Wife uud children starved within.
Still they worked in the ..anie held.
Tailed on from day to day.
T?.ith had the same hard labor.
13-'t 1. had the fame small pay.
But they worked not with one will.
ILe ica-»n let me tell—
Lo! the one drank at the still.
And the other at the wall
—Catholic titiiin.
The Sympathy of Widowhood.
The g'.ui snapped hi. juw> and fini hed
his meal of untumu flowers in the back
yard, as Mr: O'Flaherty, rolling pin in
hand, and dashing after the William goat
goat yelled:
'■Fail an' it's a devil av u ba.te ye arc to
roide over my flowers in nic-h shtoile—ye
dirty blackguard— an' 1 wanted 'era for
(•'Flaherty's funeral.''
"Indade, Mr- O'Flaherty," shouted a
voice from the next yard as Mrs. Mickey's
florid face shone over the paling; 'it's very
jillous ye are av a poor billy goat that ye
begndge it th' flowers a\ creation."
••To the divil with th' flowers av crea
tioii," retorted Mrs. O'Flaherty. "It would
make a prayeber himself swear, .-*> it wud.
Haven't I l.iu tryin ter raise them flowers
in the fear o' (rod fnr O'Flaherty'a
funeral?"
"An ci ycr sick hu.-bund dead, Mrs
O'Flaherty?"
"Dead ez a tiiack'rel, Mr-*. Mickey. I'm
a widdy loike yerself."
"Indade that makes a j;.rate difference,
Mrs. O'Flaherty, a grate difference. I'll
climb over th' palin' myself an' uud help
yer ter beat the baste."
And the peach bloom in the two widows'
checks gained a more beautiful luster as
they scampered off to wreak their ven
geance on the William goat.—St. lionis
Critic.
Sawdust.
There is evidently great need for a liew
iuyeution for tbe cheap and easy utiliza
tion of sawdust, and if iuventive people
would study the subject doubtless some
thing practical might be realized In Can
ada the depositing of -.iwdust in tbe rivers
i.+forbidden by law. Recently there was
a conviction and fining of a prominent
mill owner, at Peterboro, for depositing
sawdu-it aud mill refuse iu tbe Otouabee
River, in contravention lo the regulations
of the department. Mr. Irvine, Ibe de
fendant in the case, was lined SSO and
costs or twenty day's imprisonment. In
rendering judgment, the magi trate said
that the evidence showed that large quau
titie. ol sawdust escaped from the defend
ant's mill into the Otonabee River, which
river contained valuable fill and was nav
gable for teamers. It was well kui.wn,
be said, that the mill refuse from the Pet
erboro mill - for the past forty years had
been freely emptied into the river, and
that for twenty miles below the town the
banks of the river wt-r« lined with accu
mulations of sawdust, aud that at the de
trenchment into Ric'e Lake tbe mouth was
almost entirely closed. It is understood
that the government has instructed its in
spe. tors to rigidly enforce the sawdust
J regulations.
How His Boys Turned Out.
Visitor at the photograph al j
butn) —You have a fine looking family of
boys, Mr. Kilkerson. Aud they all so-in
to have turned out remarkably well. This
is Hiram, isn't it'
Mr. Bilkerson (proudly)— Yes, that's
Hiram. He's in the theatrical line, tiets
$l5O a week for merely doiug a little
specialty business aud singing what they
call a topical song. Hiram's a go.ul deal
of a genius. That next one is Christopher
He's the Vice Pr«- ideut and manager of a
base ball club. Made $4,600 oat of it last
year, aud didn't turn his hand over. The
one on the nes.t page is Oliver. He own -
the fastest pacer in any fourteen counties
around here. Buill a line brick bouse out
of w hat he Uiudc with the animal last } car
aud the year before. Yes, my boys are do
ing pretty well. Come out with me to tbe
barn. I
Visitor —But yon have another son,
lmven't youf
Mr. Bilkerson (reluctantly) Ye-e-.s.
His name's Gabriel. He's a professor of
Greek, or theology, or something of that
sort iu a college, tiabe is a good enongli
fellow iu his way, bnt lie doesn't seem to
get ahead. Come out to the baru, Mr.
Swackbauimer, I want lo show you my
new span of grays.
What She Said.
He was a San Franciscan iu the played
out city of London, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. He came from the West.where
he had developed that independence and
self-reliance Jwbich, combined with good
looks and twenty-dollar gold pieces, made
a made superior to all Europe. He .stroll
ed with graceful dignity into a gilded bar.
over which presided a divinity of superb
physical form, but id ill a woman, with
that air which only an Engli- h barmaid
can put on —an air of miugled conceit,
pride, coquetry «ud humility She await
ed his order.
He wa., dreaaod iu the latest fashion. He
threw the lapel of bis coat back with a
proud gesture, and tiling bi< fascinating
eye on the bar beauty he said
"Tell me, my pretty maid, what can you
sugge. t lor a man who ate u Welsh rabbit
last night and does not leel well thi" morn
ing?"
She did not smile; she did not appear to
be affected by the appearance of his swell
iug cbe J t or bis wicked eye; he simply
said:
• Why didn't you heal two Welsh rsb
bits, and let 'em chase beach hother*
—A celebrated artist iu town has ju.-t
finished a new --igu, it read:. ' I Laia
dor, the gulden remed.v for all liver di.
eases. Price only cenf -
An infallible ..lgn of physical decay is
sleeplessness, if this is .laugerou* iu au
adult, it is deadly iu early childhood. Dr.
Bull's Baby Syrup will always a -ist iu
comforting the baby. Pace cent.-.
—Advertising in the CITIZEN pays 2wo
cts. oa tbe dollar.
Agricultural.
I'ile of old lumber five the farm a diUp
idat.-d appearance It i.< better to aw
-u. h material into ktudlin* wood than to
have tl on ibe larni a* iu unsightly »b
■traction
I'laut trees along the mtiinjH now. and
do m>t delay it until bpriti? Oraius along
• th. r0,t.l should be kept open, the road*
; leveled and put in the best condition for
winter. "•
SaMly , . ailed oy «ter plant i is very hardy
•iud may r. main in the ground in tbe row*
through the winter with..at injnry. It is
j i.ot i tiltirated as extensively as it should
be although it is one the best and
bardie-l vegetables known
It will pay to take up the leave* that
v ill tall and store (Lcin ;u some con
venient place for Use in bedding during
the winter Dry leaves are a warm bed.
are ea.-tly handled when being removed,
and also absorb the liquid -
It i; well to remind turkey raisers that
( it is not the large turkey- that bnug the
, highest prices, but those of medium sua
aud in good condition. Tbe large tnrkevs
I will excel in v.eight, lint the smaller.
; pluuip, fut turkeys sell at higher rates per
p»nnd The quality and condition are the
j prime factors Begin feeding the turkeys
\ in the barnyard, and give them all the
grain they will eat
Halls are dangerous animals, aud a
majority of the injuries received occur Irom
placing too much confidence in gentlr
bulls, which suddenly aud unexpectedly
attack the attendant A bull will usua%
prove obedient w hen youug. but it is I-/1
dom that a fully matured bnll is .-afe. No
bull should be kept on a farm that has not
been "ringed" in the nose, and should be
made to work if training is possible.
It is an easy matter to farm profitably
on rich oil. ample capital and with all tbe
necessary appliance.-. but tbe farmer who
experts to succeed with but limited facil
ities, will find it unprofitable to adhere too
rigidly to customs of the past It is
esential that the farmer advance care
fully, but no farmer cau expect to obtaiu
the full benefit of his laltor unless he is
willing to accept tbe results of experi
j ments, and to endeavor to improve lif* on
! portunities
The vices of cows are often the result of
bad inauagi-ment. A heifer may be train
ed to become a gentle cow or she may l>e
refractory. Milking is a relief and a plea
uru to cows that (ill their udders quickly,
and they will not offer resistance to the
milker, but if the milking is done in a
rough manner, or the cow is kept iu a con
dition of excitement, tbe work is retarded
The proper milking of a cow is as impor
tnnt a? any other work iu dairying.
Butter takes l>ss from the soil than any
thing else produced on the farm. Milk
carries from the farm, when sold, tbe ni
trogen and mineral elements of its cornpo
sit ion, bnt butter, being carbonaceous prin
eipally, does not coutain the fertilizing
elements of the soil. Following the growth
of plants, and their conversion into milk
and butter; it may truly be said that but
ter. through the many agencies, is derived
from the air, as the leaves of plants appro
priatc the carbonic acid of the air*' food,
retaining the carbon.
The n .e of earth as a covering is partial
ly due to lack of proper facilities for stor
age, aud the failure to provide some kind
of storage for roots has been at a loss of
roots by attempting to economize by
mounds. One or two wiuters experience
with cellars, barn bius or properly con
structed pits will give the farmer an oppor
tnnity for testing the modes most advan
tageous for the purpose, as the ciimate
mu t be considered, and when the proper
facilities lor storing large crops of bulky
roots have been provided it will be found
profitable to grow them as necessary ad
jnncts to the winter supply of food for
stock.
THE STUBAOS «.»F BOOT • Bi'PS.
The difficulty ot conveniently storing
large crops of roots has assisted in deter
ling farmers from growing roots extensive
ly for winter. The methods of stonug
root- at preseut differ but little from those
in use for many years in the past. As the
farmer cauuot anticipate the mildness or
severity of the winter he is liable to make
a mistake in storing, as both heat and cold
must be guarded against, as the tempera
ture cannot well be regulated. One ad
\ autage of silage is tbe ease with which it
can be stored and kept during winter, as
compared with roots, but tbe nse of silage
aud roots have their appropriate places iu
the list of foods. They in no manner con
flict, but on the contrary add to the variety
of food, aud better promote tbe thrift of
stock at a season of tbe year when green
food cauuot easily be obtained.
When beets, carrots, parsuips, potatoes
or turnips arc stored in bins the farmer can
use them with convenience, but tbe cellar
or barn that permits of the keeping of beets
or carrots may not be well adapted for po
tatoes, as the former can endure more or
less freezing, but any sudden change of
temperature, which permits of a higher de
gree is sometimes injurious. To avoid this
it ha* been found of advantage, in some
portions of the West, to pack the roots in
layers, iu bins. Using sand, or clean dry
dirt for tilling the spaces between tbe
roots. This prevents sudden changes in
the bin; and permits the use of the crop as
required by removing the earth as the roots
are token out, but even this method de
pends on tbe dryness of the cellar or barn.
To store roots in the ground for winter by
covering with earth is to seal theiu up by
, the frost at a time when they may be re
quired, yet farmers store roots in that man
ner, and successfully. This should be no
reason, however, for refraining from the
use of some plan by which roots can be
taken from the general store for use with
out danger of lo Q s from frost of those that
, remain.
The Best Remedy for Venomous
Snake Biles.
L. G. Lincecum, M. D., writing from
Texas to the Souther* Practitioner, says;
j Permanganate of potash is a successful
, remedy. 1 have treated more than oue
hundred ca -es in Texas, and have used
j wiu-ky. soda bicarb , spt ammonia, tur
. pentiue. . bloroform aud other remedies,
but have found that potas. peruwogauas in
one <-r two gr doses bypodennically and
, chloroform locally and by inhalation are
undoubtedly the most certain aud sneces
I til irmedie ■ iu bites of venoui&ai reptiles
l ever ued I have uem *
treated with the->e two remedies result
fatally.
-It tj believed that the greatest knows
depth of the sea is in the South Atlaatic
ocean midway between the island of Trii
d'Acnnha aud the mouth of the Bio de la
Plata The bottom tru there reached at »
1 depth of '.'l6 fert. or eight ami three
quarter mile-* exceeding by nwre thsa
17,000 feet the heigkt uf Mt. Everest ttw
loftie't mountain in the world
' —Job woifc ueallr done at th* CiTUfli
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