VOL. XXVII LTEISH®UN). * zfegmfatL k 30 5-MAIN ST. / -zn_. r_ .. "T 1,1 %, 0 \ ,'^ST~: .*t' " . ~z_ . ', ~■ ■ ~ THE VERY PEOPLE WHO) HAVE THE LEAST MONEY j Are your wages small. TO SPEND ARE THE ONES ; Are * ou ,he I,efld "' : \ i family? OUR RELIABLE CLOTHING j ' . ~. .... With marketing talis MEANS HOST TO j , arge? With house rent a<l on you? Low prices for honest, long-wearing Clothing will be a !»o<>:i to yeur |K»i;ket-book and your'back. Get an Iron-clad Cloth Suit at £l2. Strongest All-Wo Suit we know of. Nobody else sells it. Get .J. N. PATTERSON'S Cloth Suit at slt>. For dress and everyday wear combined it's wonderful value. No matter how fine ;i suit you want for dress or business we have that at a low price. Theie is 110 open question about Boys* Clothing. We are not only pioneers, but to-day's leaders in styles and qualities —highest excellence and lowest price?. . Remember the place. J. N. PATTERSON'S, One Price Clothino; House, 29 S. MAIN ST., BUTLEB, PA. HENRY BIEHL BUTLER - ZFE-NIST'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. 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 of Tinware, Tin Roofing 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, if 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. TJND ERWE^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 LAOS CURTAINS In all the new fall patterns and designs. We are showing the grandest line of Ladies, Misses and Children s C=L.=zO —A —KzzS 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 be convinced. TR OUTMAN'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 r and Clocks repaired andfwarranted^at J. H. GRIFCB'S 16 Soutll ]VTf»in St., (Sign of Ei.ectric Reu,), BUTLER, PA. A. J. FRANK * CO. {yfiUTrn WMiNI Kl ll s l'-< l.A v s. Permanent in II Mil I LIS ple:Ls.uit, pfuUtable t>osltioiis DR'tiS, r '!• Ui.' rl'-lit men . (itxxl salaries ami expenses , MEDICINES, !>:iH we .-UK. Liberal Inducements to betfln- AXD CHKMICALS "erx. S<> previous expei-lenee necessary. out - FANCY AXI« TOILKT AIJTICI'.S, m tie-. rite for terms, glvlne age. SPONGES. HUI SIIKS, FfcßFl MEItY. &? ' "AH! KS II < IIA.SU Nuiservman. l;<.rhcsier, . •. jv Pirf.-rtj.Uoas carefully co.n N. Y. Meutkm tUls pater. SS. Main Street, Butler.. Pa. Adttniße ic rh , Citizen. j -■ " < >7*"* THE BUTLER CITIZEN. 10DUCATIONAL. —— I TheoUlesf m l tf t lastltiilton for obtaining I a liusiness Education. Wo have successfully I I.repiretl Hi. us=.nds 01 youug men n>r the acflxe | ilniiesot 111.- For circulars ;uldre«s. I'. 11l IT Jk SUSS, rittxliiireli. fa. lafeh 'J-liiCM. SIXTH STREET, I'ITTSIII I»i. I'A. Is llie creat college of Business Offices, w lien all the branches tit a complete business educa tion are taufflit by Actual Business Practice. The only member from I'enn'o. of the "Inter- State Business Practice Association of Aiueri ea." The student learns liook keeping ani business by engaging in business transactions. Practical office Work and Banking are spoclal ties. Individual Instruction from 9A. AI. to 4 P. M. and from 7toloP. M. The besi advan i iii shorthand and Typewriting—the high est speed in the shortest time. Send for Cata logue. Call and see the student* at work when you visit Ih.- KviioMtion. Visitors alnays welrome. JAXKS CI..VUK WII'I'IANS, A. M.. Pre*. TWO CHOICE SCHOOLS. BROOKE HALL, For Girls and Young Ladies. Shortlidge Media Academy, For Soys and Young Men, SWITHINC. SHORTLIDGE. AM (HARVARD GRADUATE.) MEDIA, PA., (Near Philadelphia.) "BARGAINS IN Wall Paper. For the next sixty DAYS we will ofler bargains in all our gilt and embossed wall papers, in order to reduce stock and make room for Holiday Goods, J. H. Douglass, Near Postoflice, Butler Pa. ,T. E. Kastor, Practical Slate Roofer. Ornamental and Plain Slating Of all kinds done on short notice. Office with W. H. Morris, NO. 7, N. Main St„ Residence North Elm street, Butler, Pa. Wm. F. Miller. Manufacturer of Stair Rails, Balusters and Nswsl-posts. All kinds of wood-turning done to order, also • Decorated and Carved wood-work, such its Casing. Corner blocks. Panels and all kinds of fancy wood-work for Inside decoration of. houses. CALL AND SEE SAMPLES. Something new and attractive. Also FURMITURE at iowest'eash prices. Store at Xo. 4<i, N. Main street. Factory at No. GO, N, Washington street. BUTLER. PENNA. BUY YOUR HOMES United Security Life Insurance and Trust Co., of Pu, Money to liuy 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 cumbrance canceled. Money to Loan. Real estate bought and sold on commission. Wanted houses to rent and rents collected. L. G. LINN, No 38 South Main St., Butler, Pa. Over IJnn's Drug Store. SCHUTTE & O'BRIEN Sanitary Plumbers And tia3 Fitters, of more than so years experi ence, have opened their store In the Geo. Relber block, on Jefferson St. opposite the Lowry House, with a full line of Plumber's Supplies, G AS FIXTt'KKS.ANI) GLOBES, HANGING AND TABI.E LAMPS, NATURAL GAS BURNERS, &C Jobbing promptly~attended to, and your pat onage respectlully solicited. umoi WOOLEN Kill, BUTLEB, PA. 11. FULLERTON, Prop'r, Itlnukcts, Flannel* and Yarn Manufactured ofPnrc Bnt lei Comity Wool. We guarantee our goods to be strictly all wool and noarsenlc or any oilier poisonous material used in dyeing. We sell Wholesale or retail. Samples and prices turnlshcd free to dealers on application by mall. W ANTfcD —Agents to solicit ordets for our '* choice and hardy Nursery Stock. Staily Work For Energcttr Temperate Men. Salary and expenses or commission if drcfer d. Write at once. State Age, Address. R. G. Chase &Co. I,: KK New Livery Stable. New Stock, New Rigs. —OPEN DAY AND NIGHT— Ilorbes fed and boarded. PETER KRAMER, Prop'r 39, W. Jefferson St., Hutler, Pa. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. I P. W. LOWKY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ' Itoom No. 3. Anderson Itultdlng. Butler, Pa. J - - A. E. RUSSELL, atioknm AT LAW. ! office on second Hot-Til N.-.v Anderson Block | Main St.. ii. 1 : r IMai'i'tnd. I __ 11\ A McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law. (iffice at No. IT, l-Uisi Jeiler son St... Ilntler, Pa. W. C. FINDLEY^ Attorney at Law and Heal Estate Apent. Of flee rear of L. /. Vltchell's office on north side of Diamond, Duller, Pa. H. IL. GOUCIIER. Aitomey-at-law. ooice on second Qoor ot I Anderson building, near t onrt House, llutler, I Pa. j. 1-. I3RITTA IN. | Att'y lit IJlW— Office at S. L'. IVir. Main St, and I Diamond, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Office on South side of Diamond Butler, Pa. JOHN M. RUSSELL, Attorney-at-IJIW. Office on South side of Dia mond, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUIST.ION, EXUIXEER AND SIIKVEYOK, OFriCE ON DIAMOND, BUTI.BR, PA. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. ruYSICIAN AND SCROEON, Office at No. 45. S. Main street, over Frank & Co'h Dtug Store. Butler, Pa. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. No. 10 West Cunningham St., BUTLERi PBNN'A W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. S. W. Corner Main and Norlh Sts. BUTLER PEJM ZST'.A. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties Gold Killings, and Painless Ex traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. Onire on Jefferson Ktrwt, one iloor l'.a»t of I.owrj House, I'p Slain. Office open daily, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mail receive prompt attention, N. 11.—The only Dentist in llutler using the best makes of teeth. L.-& McJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EaST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - E E. ABRAMS& CO Fire and Life INSURANCE Insurance Co.of North America, incor porated 179*, capital $3,000,000 and other strong companies represented. New York Life Insurance Co., assets $90,000,000. Office New Iluselton building near Court House. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. J. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL TKKASUKKR 11. C. IIEINEMAN, SECRETARY DIRECTORS: •f. L Purvis, Samuel Anderson, William Campbell J. W. iiurkhart, A. Troutman, Henderson Oliver, G. C. Roesslut:, James Stephenson, Dr. W. Irvln, Ilenrv Whltmlre. J. F. Taylor. H. C. Heinemnn, LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. A«'t BUTLER, IP A. Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Y arc! J. L. PURVIS. 1.. O. I'URVIB S.G.Purvis&Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN « Rough and Planed Lumber OF KV CKY UEaCKIFTION, SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD leaTtieriuaii Catholic t'linrcli Hi. C- WICK, HKALEU IX Rough and Worked Lumber OF ALL KIXIIS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME, HAIR AND PLASTER. OlOcc opposite P. & W. Depot, BUTLER, - I'A. Jordan's Restaurant All our readers visiting Uutler will do well to po to Sam Jordan's restaurant for tbeir«ineal3. We serve lunches, soft drinks, tobaceo and cigars. No. 4, S. Main St., under Schneidcman'e clothing store. BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1880 A Juvenile Poel. The following clever little production is from the pen of Snflie FairekiW, of Tates. Pa., who is only 1- years old. It i-« called TUK I.ATKS «F St'SSET, When Autumn has eonW witTi'Tif# splendor And the woods are a mass of light, When the gulden rods gleams iu the hedges | And the birds have taken their flight. O, to sit iu the quiet evenings. When the sun is sinking to rest, I And watch God's beautiful promi -e Shine out from the clouds of the esl. There are streets of golden lire. Hemmed iu by walls of blue; Shadowy hills of purple, . And rivers of amber, 100. There are swaying crimson curtains, Looped back with bands of gold. And beautiful silver meadows Where the twinkling stars unfold. And just beneath, I fancy I see the pearly gates, And, leauiug over to beckon, All the dear loved ones await. And they open the golden portals. And softly whisper, "Come." And they wave their shining pinions In the rays of the setting snn. And my soul seems lifted upward To that bealitiUil hoiio j.l rest. For God hath revealed its beauties Iu the shining clouds of the West. And 1 hope when I enter heaven. Where the loving angels wait, They will carry me home at sunset Through those beautiful petrly gates. HON, MB. SAKVER'.s DE FENSE. Down in the backwoods of Alabama some time ago, as I was traveling along a country road, I noticed that something of unusual importance must have occurred. There seemed to be an undercurrent of ex citement in the air; people whom I met — or, rather, those whom I overtook, for ev ery journey was turned in a certain direc tion—all appeared to be anxious. At last I asked an old fellow to tell me the cause of the unusual stir. "Wall, it's jest this," said he, taking off his old straw hat and fanning his heated face. "Old Mat Sarver has been arrested fur stcalin' uv a sheep." "lint why should the fact that a sheep has been stolen create snch an interest?" I asked. He "mended his licks" to keep pace with my horse, and, after giving me a lin gering look of pity, said: "Don't know old Mat, do yon' 1 ' "Xo; is he a prominent man?" "Prominent! He was county road over seer fur three year. Prominent ain't no name fur the place he held in the minds uv the folks about here, but he went an' stole a sheep an' I'll bet a dollar that they put him in the penitentiary slap bang. It has stirred np the neighborhood from top to bottom, an' all these here people are goin' to the trial. How fur air you goin' in this direction?" "To the nearest railway station." ' Then you have to pass through Sweet Home, the place whar the eon't is held." I decided to stop at Sweet Home and see the result of the trial, as so great an interest had been aronsed, and upon arriv ing "in town," I tiecd my horse to a "swinging limb" and went into the old log courthouse. The room was crowded; oc casionally a child would "sqnawl," and then a mule colt, out under the trees, .would bray in response. The jury had just been empannoled; the prisoner sat on a high bench near the twelve men who were to decide his fate. The Hon. Mat Sarver, as he was called, wore, in spite of all efforts to be serious, a decidedly comi cal cast of countenance. He had a sort of a sly hump to his shoulders—sly, for he appeared to bend over trying to slip up on something. His nose was long and thin and of scythe-blade shape, and lie had small pea-green eyes that had been set too close together; his complexion was sallow and his "thin settlement" of whiskers re sembled last year's wheat straw. THE JCDUK lIKIIINII TUB HICKORY. The Judge, an old fat fellow, who sat behind a railing made of an "unbarked'' hickory sapling, was far from being digni fied in appearance. He was fat. bald, red; chewed tobacco and spit on the "revised statutes," but he evidently had an idea of justice, for, turning to the prisoner, he said: "Hon. Mr. Sarver, I believe we can get through with this thing a little better without lawyers thau we can with them; that is, if you will help me to get at the truth." "I'll help you," the prisoner answered, taking out a masticated quid of tobacco, and with a loud "spat" plastering it against the wall. "liood,' ; said the Judge. "Tou just help me and the jnry get at things and we'll make it putty easy on the taxpayers. Hon. Mr. Sarver, you air charged here, sub,with stealin' of a sheep. I am told you are well known in this community, and that you used to be overseer of the e.muty road running from the old Dan Biscomb place, through the Tupelo Cypress Swamp to MeMurry's still house, a distance of eight miles." "Yas, suh, an' I reckon I kept the road in as good fix as anybody ever did. Folks alius had to go rouud the swamp,anyhow." "Ah, hah; well, Hou. Mr. Sarver, as you might have gethered from my re marks jest now air charged here, suh, with stealiu' of a sheep: and suh, to cut matters short, as these people would like to get back to their crops, I wish you would please fell me, suh, whuthcr or not you air guilt}-." "I ain't guilty." "All right, Hon. Mr. Sarver, as you air disposed to prolong the proceedin's by tellin' a lie at the outset, I'll join hands in that little game and examine a few of tbese witnesses." A number of witnesses were examined, proving conclusively that the Hon. Mr. Sarver had stolen a sheep belonging to Widow Fulguin. The judge conducted the cross-examination, and then requested the prisoner to take the stand. ".Vow, Hou. Mr. Sarver, you say that you did not steal the sheep belongiu' to a I widow lady that never done harm, suh." "That's what 1 say." "All right, but we'd like for you to clear up some of the statements made by these witnesses. Mr. Jasper Ilenigan. who was stockin' wheat not far, saw you shoot the sheep." "Yes, Jedge, I shot the sheep, hut Ictnme tell you why. I was walkin' long the road with my gun —like tor toat it j 'case a rabbit or sutthin' might hop up— I an' all at once T seed a little boy. 1 stop- I peil. I did, an' looked, an' then I say, 1 |'Hon. Mr. Sarver, air you goin' to stand J thar, suh, an' see a great big sheep butt ■ i the life outen a little bit uy a hoy?' Then I i says, 'no a thousand times no, as they say . in the legislature an' with that 1 drawed a | bead an' down went the sheep. That's ■ I the reason 1 done il, Jedge. ' (ION. Mil. SABVEIt' -1 EXPLANATION. "Yes, and that's all very well, but yon skinned the sheep." "I done that, suh; y. . Hut it was this way. After 1 had dun killed the she.-p I eed that it belonged to widow Fulgnm. 'An'.' savs I. talk in' right sqnar' to niy-<-'f, 'Hon. Mr. Sarver. that old woman ain't got none too much meat, so the best thing you can do is to -kin this sheep an' take it right over to her house.' so I -kiuned the sheep and—" "But hold on," interposed the Judge. "It is true that you skinned the lieep with promptness—" "Fearin' that it would pile." the pris oiler broke in. "Yes, fearing that it would spoil, but instead of taking it to the widow, you took it to your own home." "1 know that, Jedge. Jest as soon as 1 got through skfamiu' the sheep, thar come up a pmttj- heavy shower uv rain, an' as 1 didn't want to git wet an' fetch back the rhenmatiz on me I gathered np the sheep an' run home with him." "Ah hah! but two nights later the offi cers found the sheep under yonr bed. Why hadn't yon taken it to the widow's or why hadn't you hung it in the smoke-house." '•I would have tuck it over to her house, but the rhcumatiz hit me 'bout the time I got home, an' I would have hung it up but some niggers that don't live lur away have got iu the habit uv slippin' into our s.nokc- Inmsc nil' stealin' ever'thing they can git their hands on." "That's prifty good, lion. Mr. Sarver, but so soon as the officers pulled the sheep out from under your bed. yon made, a break for the woods. Where was your rheumatism then?" "All at once, about supper time, my rheiiuiatu left me, an' I lowed to myself that as soon as I got up from the table I'd take the .sheep home, but just about the time I was done eaten', the inen come." '• Tint why did yon run away?" '• Wall. Jedge. jest as they pulled out the sheep, luy old dog Jeff treed down in the swamp. Ounk! ounk! onnk! he yelp ed, an' I knowed he had a possum, an' 1 kuowed that ef I didn't git thar he'd leave putty soon, fur lie don't like to stay long lessen somebody comes. But I've a pup. though, that's goin' to make the snatchinest possum dog in this country, an' " "Hold on," demanded the Judge. "Have yon made arrangements for the next year?" "No, suh." "Well, 1 want you. I'm going to be a candidate for rc-eleetion and 1 don't be lieve that anybody but a good liar can tide mo over. Now, if I pay for that sheep and turn you loose, will you leg for met" "I'll do the best I ken, Jedge, fur I sor ter like you anyhow; but 1 wish I'd a kuowed you wanted a liar befor' brother Hill went to Texas, lie could have lielpptl you right smart." "Gentlemen of the jury," said llie Judge, "shake hands with the Hon. Mr. Sarver." Ol'lK P. 111-All. Vacant Farms in Vermont. A rather sad story is told by Mr. Valen tine, a Vermont official, about the desertion of that beautiful State by its former inhab itants. Standing with other officials on a hill in Bennington County, and looking over the valley of the West River, a trib utary of the Connecticut, they counted fif teen contiguous farms, of perhaps a linn dreil acres each, all fenced, and with dwelling houses and barns iu at least tolerable condition, without a single inhab itant. lieyond, toward the Connecticut, but hidden by the maple groves in the valley, were, as they knew, fifteen more, also deserted, yet all well situated and still showing signs of their former fertility. Statistics show that a similar condition prevails nil over the State. In Windham County alone are more than forty thousaud acres of land, once cultivated, but now de serted, and in the whole State the number of abandoned farms, complete with houses, fences, barns, and outbuildings, must be several thousand. Yet Vermont is one of the pleasautest. healthiest, most fertile, and most civilized States in the Union. In its river valleys is no malaria, while its hills are covered to the summit with veg etation. The agriculture which luis made made portions of the South nearly barren has never been favored in Vermont, where a century or more of stock farming has rather enriched than exhausted the soil; yet the people who once tonnd happy homes there have crowded into the towns, or have left the State altogether. In thirty years, from IS">u to 1 sso, the increase of population iu Vermont was five per cent, while the population of the whole country inoro thau doubled, and that of the adjoin ing Siate of Massachusetts increased by nearly eighty per cent. Not pretending to any ideas ou political economy, we will not try to account for this strange condi tion of things, but it is certainly curious that a region so favored iu climate and po sition should be retrograding so rapidly.— Amerimn .-I rchilcct. Why The Leaves Change Color. "Probably not one person in a thousand knows why the leaves change color in the fall," remarked an eminent botanist the other day. The common and old-fashion cil idea is that all this red anil golden glory we see now is caused by frost. A trne and scientific explanation of the coloring of leaves would necessitate a long and intricate discussion. Stated bricfly and iu proper language, these causes are these: The green matter in the tissue of a leaf is composed of two colors, red and blue. When the sap ceases to How in the au tumn, and the natural growth of the tree ceases, oxidation of the tissuo takes place. Under certain conditions the green of the leaf changes to red; under different condi tions it takes f,o a yellow or brown tint. This difference in color is duo the differ ence in combination of the original con stituents ol the green tissue, and to the varying conditions of climate, exposure and soil. A dry, cold climate produces more brilliant f iliage than one that is ilUinp and-warm. This is the reason that American autumns are so much more gor geons than those of Scotland and Kng land. There are several things about leaves that even science cannot explain. For in stance, why one of two trees growing side by side, of the same age and having the same exposure, should take on brilliant red iu the fall,and the other should turn yellow, or why one branch of a tree should be highly colored and the rest of the tree have only a yellow tint, are questions that are as impossible to answer as why one member of a family should be perfectly healthy and another sickly. Maples and oaks have brightest colors. o ne lap (its mother's) for the well baby iu daytime. About TOO laps of the bed room floor at night for the happy father(f) unless he has a bottle of Dr. Hull's I!aby Syrup to ease the little snfl'erer. •—A constipated habit of the body and all its pernicious effects are quickly re moved by Laxailor, the great regulator. Price only U."> cents. It is *,l'tj'U more difficult to obliterate traces of ink than drops of pilled blood. Rill Nyc on Fashions. SKtV "UK. Oft 'J.Y Dozens of letter- liuveeome to hand late ly askinif alioiit the f.i Atuns Naturally, with the approach of Winter, everyone turn* l.t lii.<l id all llie <|otv.tiou W what wc shall wear, and while 1 am jastly proud tn know that so many look to thi.* column for Ihe la<t ami best verdict in the matter of dre<s. it is after all a irreat re sponsihility. One that at time* I am tempted to evade, preferring the ob>' urity and ronifort which protect irresponsibility, rather than the cark :uid aire, the anxiety and unrest, which conic to those who have attained the proud eminence trout which they are expected to announce from time to time the ruliuirs of remorseless fashion. It is needless to say that yachting suits, tenuis tops and crabbing costumes are now laid aside for the. season. Some young people do up these llaunels in camphor for the Winter, while others recklessly turn them over to their parents to lie worn underneath other clothing durinjr the cold weather. The old blue army overcoat will slill be worn by small wood brokers and venders of straw during Hie Winter mouths, al>o for street wear among the working clashes. The buffalo overcoat with no hair onto it will also be de rigor in the extreme north. For l'all tilling, the usual oil kin will be worn plain. The tisheruian will also use the customary bated breath. He will bait j il with the -niie bait used on previous occasion-. With single ladies the tight coat sleeve i 1 entirely played out. Some married j ladies will .-till continue to wear them and expect thei- husbands to extricate them from the same at eventide,but bow a young lady with plump arms, traveling alone through life, ever succeeded in emancipa ting lier elf inside a sleeping car berth is and has been to many thinking minds a dark and pleasing mystery. The great progress in the female dress in the matter of sense and beauty, noticeable in the past half century, is a good sign of better days in the future. Fifty years ago bodices, for instance, were cut horizontally instead of on the bias and PO. at evening parlies, it was no uncommon thing to see a growing girl tryiug by means of pass words, grips and signals, to work her way hack into her costume. Skirt and bodice, we are told, were made of one piece, and art could only assert itself by putting a large number of flounces on the dress, whereas nowadays skirts are draped, ao corileouplaited, and made to look lirst rale even if the material be plain. A favorite waist has a short, square jacket front, opening over a full waist-coat and folded belt with half open, short, angel sleeves over leg of mutton or bishop sleeves with deep cuffs to the elbow. l'.e care I ill to have the angel sleeves over the bishop sleeves or you will be criticised. Asparagus may lie mulched about .si\ inches deep with debris from the barn and thus it will be ready with its coat off, in early Spring, to grow at a rapid rate. Girls should not marry before they are from twenty-lour to twenty-six years old unless requested to do so by some in whom they have confidence. No Fight, No Prayer. A group of naval officers were indulging the ojher day in re.miniscenses of the war, when one of them told the following yarn: "Early on the morning of December 24, I*o4.'' he said, "Admiral Porter signalled to the fleet before Fort Fisher, 'Oct under way and follow me.' The ship to which I belonged was assigned, in the programme, to a position between two ironclads close under the fort. TVe anticipated hot and terrible work. The flagship led the way and was approaching within range, when Lieutenant Commander B , of my ship, ordered all hands called to muster. The brawny tars gathered all on the quarter deck, with the officers in their usual places, and our commander began to read from the 'Prayer Before IJattle." "It was a solemn moment. None knew who or how many among us might suddenly be ushered into the presence of the (Sod of battles. Our commander read as though he felt it; the whole ship's company were awed and hushed, and the throbbing of the engines and wash of waters along the side seemed preternatural!}- loud. When about half through a signal was reported from the 11 agstaff. " 'Come to anchor iu your position.' " 'When it was read to our commander a sudden revulsion of feeling came over him. Throwing down the prayer book upon the hatch, he exclaimed: '•Well, I'll be hanged if I'm going to pray if we ain't going to fight! Pipe down!" The Force of Habit. Speaking of force of habit reminds me of a story that might bear repeating, says a writer. In most colleges it is the custom for one member of the faculty, usually the president, to have the supervision of all absent and dilatory students, and to him every such one must go to explain the cause of his absence or tardiness. In one of these was a very kind and indulgent guardian of the college discipline. Kverv student knew well his stereotyped way of saying, "Well, I'll excuse you this time, but don't let it happen again." Although not in accordance with the a mar ried man had been admitted to pursue the studies of the regular course. One day he was absent; on the next, appearing with his class ill the doctor's room, he exlilaiu ed with great embarrassment that the ar rival of an heir hud been the cause of his detention. Without looking up from his table, and apparently without a thought as to the nature of the excuse, so long a t here was one, the doctor graciously re marked: "Well, I'll excuse you this time but don't let it happen again." "Old Hickory" Was Tough. Chicago Tribune.] Traveler in a sparsely settled region in Tennesseefeoming down red eyed to break fast) —You say, madam, General Jackson once slept in the bed I occupied last, night? Aged lady of country tavern —he did, I'er a fack. Traveler—was it—er—the same bed in all respects as it is now? Aged landlady—.les' the same. Traveler—And he actually slept in it' •Sire he slept? Aged landlady—Sartiu. That's what I wuz sayiu'. He slep iu it. Traveler (wonderingly)—What a hide he must have had! —Those who arc honest and eanu -i in their honestvhave no 1 to proclaim the fact. [ —lt is said that no one has died while under the influeuee of chloroform in France for a long time. Several years ago a patient in a Paris hospital was uudergoin;,' I an operation, when the chloroform seemed to be having too great an influence over his heart. An old nurso from the country I who w.i pre-, ut raised his feet and lower -1 . d his head. Iu a few seconds the pui a : lion became normal, anil this simple n ns ' eilv of precaution lias been adopted in bun , ilreds of . ,i ince, ;,nd ul\':r. with -u. - | lniprisonmenl, Bui Not Death. 1 The -cittern ing of n young t.» death I in Mnrth Carolina for an alleged assault on 1 i girl of 17 seem Boat severe and unjust. 1 The fact - uid circumstances of this extra ! ordinary ca.M' show Iwyond doubt that the girl in question had on previous occasions freqnentrd the priest'.* room and permitted familiarities which. to say the least, would have been repugnant to a rirtnons jrirl not willing to accept his advance* I'pon the day when the alleged rrime was eommitted the complainant stayed one hour in the priest's room without screaming for help. | arranged her toilet. brushed her hair, coolly left the house and went shopping | Some time elapsed before anything was said of the crime, and then it leaked ont gradually. The punishment of any crime, save innr- I der. by death is not in accord with ad vanced and humane treatment of criminals, lit is to be regretted that sncb crime* a* < burglary and rape are still punishable in North Carolina by death. In the present instance the charge was not proved, and the jury exhibited want of intelligence in not giving the benefit of the grave doubt which mnst have existed to the prisoner. That the man was a thoroughly bad and worthh- ? fellow, who disgraced his iinpor tint calling, we have no doubt. Thai he should be hanged by the neck until dead ; for any crime except murder in a civilized country like the Tnited States is very wrong. That lie should lie hanged for n crime, the other parly to which acted a the print's victim i> .-aid to have acted, i nothing short of judicial murder. AVc have no particular sympathy for the priest, and the Chureh to which he belongs probably has much less. At tho same time a man has been sentenced to death for a crime which he probably never in tended to commit, and which, as a matter of fact, he did not commit. It is a harsh and brutal sentence, and if carried out will hurt the State of North Carolina. Every effort should be made to secure a change of the sentence of death to one of imprison ment for a term of years. The man de serves severe punishment, but not death. Kvery fair-minded man who has read the testimony knows this to be true. —New York Pre-*. A Bear Trees a Clerk. A party of sportsmen from Belvidere, N. J.. had an existing adventure in the woods of i'ike county recently. The party con sisted of Councilman MeMnrtie. County Clerk Theodore I'. Ilopler aud Matt, Pais ley and Stephen Douglass, two old hunt ers. They left on Monday foi Porter's Lake, intending to spend tho time in fish ing. on Thursday, when all the parly ex cept Comity Clerk Ilopler were on the lake,a large deer came to the water's edge. Ilopler had nothing but a shotgun, but fir ed. wounding the deer, lie gave chase, aud after tramping a mile louml the deer badly wounded. He fired both barrels, and the deer fell; but just as he was abont to capture his prize, lie heard a growl, and looking around, saw a large black bear, lie was unarmed, aud, according to his story, scared, and so at once broke for the eamp. The whole party at om-e started in pursuit of the larger game, armed with shotguns loaded with buckshot. They found the deer partly eaten, and after a short time came up to the bear in a clump of swampy laud. This they .surrounded aud walking toward Ihe center, expecting to pour a concentrated tire into old bruin. Ilopler was the first man to sight the game, and at once fired, lirnin was struck and immediately made for County Clerk, who. calling for help, took refuge iu a tree. The whole party then approached, when another big bear came on the scene. This so startled tho sportsmen Ihat they at once beat a hasty retreat, but not until they poured a Volley into the bear having the clerk up (lie tree. This animal they killed, and, after recovering from fright, came and took Ihe carcass away. The party returned with the bear and 101 pickerel, weighing 325 pounds, ."is pheasants and 24 brace of woodcock. Ah Important Experience. The intelligent reader need not be told that practically capital punishment is fall ing into disuse, because it is repugnaut to modern Christian sentiment and the better civilization of the world and it is to be noted that as it decreases there is no cor responding increase in capital crime. There is truth in the remark of John Bright, that if you do in the slightest de gree deter from crime by the shocking nature of the punishment, you so much, nay, much more, weaken that other and greater security which arises from the rev erence with which human life is regarded." Capital punishment was abolished iu Holland in IS7O. Between lSfil and lS»j9 there were 10 murders; between IH7I and 1879 the number was only 17, despite an increase of population. In Finland there has been no execution since 1524, and yet murders arc extremely rare; iu Belgium none since 18G.'». and yet the crime of mur der has decreased. The majority of the Swiss Canton, dispense with the death pen alty, though no efficient substitute has been provided. Between 18U9 and 1878 out of 484 persons sentenced to death in Prussia only one was executed. Portugal and Boumania have abolished capital pun ishment without evil results. There lias been no execution in Tuscany for .">0 years. In Austria, Sweden and Norway it has been discontinued to a great extent, the number of executions proportionately to the death .sentences being small. A Queer Family Mix-Up. Henry Miller, a shoemaker who died re cently in Cincinnati, had a remarkable matrimonial career. His first wife died iu giving birth to a girl baby. He after wards married his wife's sister, who also died in the course of a year just after hav ing born to her a girl baby. Miller was an industrious fellow and his father-in-law, a close-fistt-d dairyman, brought about a marriage between Miller and a third daughter. In three years a girl baby was born and the third wife and sister died. The father in-law had died a year before, and the mother, who was a treble mother : ill law to Miller, and he mourned the loss of their dead together. A mutual liking struck up, the re-ult being that mother-in law and son in law Miller became Inn | baud aud wife. Their marriage was a happy one for al -1 mo t three years. Then Mrs. Miller No. 4 gave birth to a girl baby, dying within less than 10 days. After the little one was born Miller lived but two month-. lli> four daughters, born under such peculiar circumstances, are still living. The first three are not only step-sisters, but are | eonsins. The fourth, the daughter of the mother in law, is not only a cousiu aud step-sister, but likewise an aunt, while the ■ grand mother was step mother to her own i grand children. I In courtship's days 1 used to think Her wee test of all misses, ' And thai her darling little mouth I .Tpre dy framed for kisses. Hut after marriage 1 soon found When couvcr at ion holding, 11. r mouth \ia> toruied for .-'UU'.-lhiuj? cl-i: ' To wit, for vigorous scolding. Agricultural. Dr. Kedsie, the vell-kuomn chemist, thinks a mistake ha» l>.-en nude by farmers in not using screening* for food. In pro portion to cost be considers KC4.11 food cheaper Utaft wheat, and recommend* that screening's and firan lie fed to all closure of stock. Put the garden seeds away in tin Ixtxes carefully labeled, or the' mice and ant* may destroy them. All seeds should lie thoroughly dry. well looked over, the im perfect seeds of beets, melons, .qnash (and other coarse seeds) removed, and the boxes kept in a dry place. The h irse is blanketed to prevent cold*, v.hile the cow Is turned out" to face the storms. The cow cannot oudnre cold any better than other animals, and though it may not be necessary to blanket her. yet •he -hould have a shed, or some other pro tection in the barnyard. II the food is diminished and animal.- be come poor, the amount of food required to get them iu good condition will be gTcatcr than the amount of food saved iu an at tempt to economize. Keep the stock al ways in the best condition, and the eot of maintenance will lie le - >ned. A mixture of eusilage and finely lut clover hav~is claimed to be to hi or ensilage alone, as the two kinds of food serve to partially balance the ration, the ensilage being carbonaceous and the clover nitrogenous. It is always cheaper and better to feed a mixed ration to all classes of stock. In Ohio the walking gait of horses is en con raged. At the State Fair a walking match was arranged, the time for four ninths of a mile varying from 4.10 to ;>.4T». Each horse drew half a lon of coal. It is worthy of being made a part of the pro grain at all fairs, as the walking gait de serves more attention than it has received. There i.s no reason for rctaiuiug an un profitable cow, yet in all dairy stables may be found cows that do not pay for their food. The profit derived from the licst cows is made to cover the loss from others. It is easier anJ cheaper to keep only a few good cows than to retain a large number of animals of different degrees of quality. A temperature of from G4 to flt> is neces sary in ehuruiug. and as the weather l»c --couies cold the churn and cream must be warmed. The temperature can bo easily regulated by the aid of cold and warm water to reduce or raise {is is required. The cliuru itself may be very cold, and some dairymen pour warm water iuto it, and then renew it before putting the cream in. Warm quarters are in order now. and all winter preparations should be mado as soon as possible. The less wind and cohl that comes into the stable the less food is required. Every dollar expended iu slid ter lessens the expense of feeding. The animal heat must be provided by feeding the stock liberally, but the greater the ex posure the greater Ihe loss of animal heat. Shelter is indispensable to economical management. Instead of exposing the corn fodder in the fields it should be stored iiudcr cover as soon as dry enough, and it would be an advantage to have it in the barn before it gets wet. which, however, is not always possible, but the less exposure to tho rain the better. Iu the South the slalks are stripped of the blades, which are cured iu bundles, and put in the barn immediately, which renders the todder very acceptable to stock of all kiuds, it largely supplying the place of hay. Henry Stewart reminds readers of the New York Times that a mistake is often made in the use of hot water iu cleaning dairy utensils. Hot water makes milk curd insoluble and hard and tough, so that when ntensils are scalded before they are thoroughly cleaned from the remains of sour milk the curd is solidified in tho pores of the wood and becomes a permanent agent of mischief. Any alkali dissolves curd of milk, and after first well rinsiug the utensils, and especially the churn,with cold water, a solution of common soda or saloratus (carbonate of potash) may be very usefully employed to complete the re moval of all traces of sour milk. Improvements in Cookery. —Tho cus tom of cooking quickly is in part a matter of choice, and in part due to the nccesssity to which a great many working people are subject to cook their meals quickly or else to go without hot breakfasts and dinners. Another great obstruction to improve ment iu the art of cooking is the almost universally misconception that tho finer cuts of meat are more nutritious than the coarser portions, coupled with the almost universal prejudice among working people against stewed food. This prejudice is doubtless due to the tasteless quality of boiled meat; boiling toughens each of the fine fibers, and deprives the meat almost wholly of its distinctive flavor. All these blunders and misconceptions rnu-l evidently be removed before any truo art in cooking can become common prac tice. The more necessary, however, does it be come to invent apparatus in which meat can only be simmered and cannot boil, as in the Aladdin cooker, and also to invent a stove or oveu in which neither meat or bread can not be overcooked, dried up, or render indigestible by too much heat, as ir. the Aladdin oveu. Next, people must be persuaded that a better and more nutritious breakfast can Tie made ready to eat, as soon as the family are oat of bed, by putting meat stews, oat meal, brown bread, and uiauy kinds of puddings into the cooker, aud simmering all night by the use of a single .safe lamp, than in any other way.— Edward At kinson, I.E. I)., iu l'o/nilar Sritucc Month h- How to Tell Good Oals. liood oats are clean, hard, dry, sweet, heavy, plump, full of flour and rattle like shot. They have a clean and almost me tallic luster. Each oat iu a well-grown sample is m arly of the same size. There arc but few small or imperfect grains. The hard presure of the nail on an oat should leave little or no mark. The keruel when pressed between tile teeth should clip rather than tear. The skin should lie thin. The size of the keruel will be less iu proportion than the skin i~ thick. The color of the oat is not very material, but white oats are generally thinner iu the skin than black. Again, black oats will grow 011 inferior soils. Short, plump oats are preferable to large, long grain... Beard ed oats unit have an excess of husk. Oats are not not necessarily bad because tlicy arc thick skinned or bearded; but they must contain a less amount of flour per bushel than thin-skinned oats' without beards. —The fairest flowers fade the soonest. Knowl. d;'e leave- no room for chance?:. Pride is never -o offensive *1 w hen Tit chains. When men fire lonely tlicy stoop to any companion hip. —The darkest cloud often contains tho uio • fruitful shower*. NO 1
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