Vol, XXVII
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/' ' 30 S V MAIN ST
HENRY BIEHL
11 NORTH MAIN STREET,
BUTESB t' tL'JNI ' A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishing* (-roods.
Agricultural Implements,
Kramer Wagons,
Buggies, Carl?, Wheel Narrows, Brammer Washing Machine*,
New Sunshine ami Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table
and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man
ufacturer ot Tinware, Tin
Reeling and Spouting A Specialty.
WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN.
There is no Doubt
Am to where you should buy your new dress, il economy is the
object you have in view, and you will agree with us, alter you
have examined our line and prices in Silks, Satins, Cashmeres,
Serges, Ilenrettas, Broadcloths, Flannels, English Suitings in
plain and novelty plaids.
UNJ3E H W E 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.
CARPET,
OIL CLOTHS,
AND LACE CURTAINS
In till the new fall patterns and designs.
• We are showing the grandest line of Ladies, Misses and
Ohildrens
orli=:o—A=K=S
Ever brought to Hutier, tu convince you that the place to do
your trading is with us.all avc ask is that you call and examine
prices and be convinced.
Til 0 UT MAN'S.
■ Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa-
J. K. GRIRB. PHOK. K. J. LAMB.
GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE.
NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
a Sole Agents for Butler, Mercer and Clar
ion counties for Bohr Bros. Magnificent Pi
anos, Newhy & Evans' Pianos, Smith-
American and Carpenter Organs, Importers
of the-Celebrated Steinmeyer Pianos, and
Dealers in Violins, Bruno Guitars, and
All Kinds of Musical Instruments.
SIIEKT MUSIC A SPECIALTY
Pianos and Organs sold on installments. Old instruments
taken in exchange. Come and see us, as we
can savt you money.
Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments
» Promptly attended tu.
1850 Kstablislicd 1850
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELEU,
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA.,
DEALE Ii I IST
\ Diamonds,
Watches,
Clock?,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c., &c.
Society Kmblems of all Descriptions.
Repairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted.
1880 ESTABLISHED 1850
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESS ION A L CA R DS.
A. A. KELTY, M. D.
fjffl.■ 3 doors south of the v.«jc-lc> House,
Mam M , IfuUir. on secon.l ii.Rir ot Hei
| lerer's building. Iti stdefcce on W. Jefferson bu
r, \j. ZIMMERMAN.
Offl.-H ilt No. 4 • - M.l In Mr.tl, ..,.-r hlAl.Cj.t
Cos 111 Ui; .tore lirill.T. I'm
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. in »Ve.t t'unuinghtin St.,
JTLEB, P i!J ISTJNf'JV
W. R. TITZEL.
PII YSICfAN ANr ' SURGEON.
b \V.« 't»riier Main ai««l .Norih bl».
BOTLEB INT-A.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - LtUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining In the profession esecut
co in the neatest manner.
Hpec-ialtle* ; Cold Killings, and Painless Kx
traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
Ofllee OH Jrlfernna Street, one iloor E*»t of Lowrj
lioufte, I p Stain.
Oillre open daily, except Wednesdays anil
Thurslays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
N. H.— The only DenUst in Kuller using the
bevl makes of teeth.
J. W- HUTCHISON,
ATTOBNKY AT LAW.
Otllce on second floor of the Huselton block',
Diamond, Butler, Fa., Itoorn No. i.
A. T. Sl("T. J. I' WIIJBON.
SCOTT & WILSON,
A'l lOItNKYH-AT law.
I olk-cllon* a specialty. Oftiee at No. 8, South
Diamond. Itutler. l'B
JAMES W. MOORE,
AnORNKY-AT-LAW ANU NOTARY I'ITBIJC.
ofllee in UooniXo 1. second floor of lluSCltOii
llloeic, entrance on liiamond.
P. W. LOWRY,
ATIOUNKX AT LAW.
Hooin No. :t, Anderson linildim,', llutler. Pa.
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATTOIINKV A t I.AW.
Office on second fl.M.r of New Auderson UloeL
Main St.. -near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at I .aw, Oitlee at No. 17, Kast .teller
h.iu St.. Ilotler, I'a.
W. C. I INDLF.Y,
Attorney ai I.aw and I .vat lstate \pini of
11. e rear of 1.. /. Mil. hell s office on lioith bide
ol Diamond, Isntler, I'a.
H. H. GOUGHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of
Aiideisoii liuiliiliitj", near ( ourt House, libtler,
I'a.
J. K UKITTAIN.
Att'y at l.aw- Office at H.*K for. Main at, and
Diamond, Ituller, I'a.
NEWTON OLAC.K.
All y iti |.av\ < oil South bWf 1 «»f blatmnnl
IHi I In. )';t.
JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Attorney-at Law. (Hike oil South .stile of l»ia
luoit.l, I:utier, I'a.
C. K. L. McQUISTION,
KNfiIVF.EIt I.M» SI ItVEVOK,
IIFHI K KKAII DUUONU. lIITI-UK. I'A.
L 8. McJUNKLV,
Insurance iiinl Krai Kslale ilji'l
17 KACJT JEFFKUSOfi ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
E E. ABRAMS &CO
Fire and Idle
IN S U IIA NC E
Insurance Co. of North America, incor
porated 17'J 1 , capital 4'.(,tHHi,lioo and other
stroiic companies represented. New York
Life Insurance Co., assets .•ji!iO,iKKi,(Ksi. Office
New Huselton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
>3. C. ROESSINU, I'ftßHiiiKNT.
WM. OAMPBKLIi Trbasukkk.
11. C. IIKINKMAN, SKUUKTAKV.
DIRECTORS:
J, I. Purvis, Samuel Anderson,
William Campbell .1. W. Ilurkhart,
A. Trontniaii, Henderson Oliver,
• i.C. ltoessiui?, .lame* Stephenson,
I>r. W. Irvln. Henry Wlutliilic.
J. I*'. Taylor. 11. C. fleliieiiiau.
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Uon. Ae't.
P.A.
Millinery.
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New Fell llats and Bonnets. New Tips,
flumes, lslt.li una Wings. New velvets In all
colors. New satins, ribbons, velvet ribbons,
brocade ribbons and striped ilblums. New
tinsel cord, twisted coid, bead coid.
I.adles' and children's furnishing goods.
Ladles' und children's underwear. Ladles' and
children's hosiery. Ladles'and children's Cor
sets and corset waists, ladles and children's
hose supporters. Khl giuvt s. easbuiere gloves,
silk mittens and wtMil mittens.
I.atest novelties hi m-rlcweai.
M. F. k M. Marks.
WUEN voir
VISIT PITTSBURG
CALL ON
JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH,
r.OM Slll i I Mich) SI., for Trees, Seeds, Lilies
(■rape Vines, llarilv I'o-es, Canary Birds,
Hold Fish, etc.
Descriptive Fall t'atalouge mailed free.
MEMORY
Min<l wamifring r nrml. Bonks |»iarn*<l
Wlfl'n «>ni» riming. T.gnmoiiii!» from all
f '' o • C ' o * K »* Pr<«p«ctu4 ion
W |S|? 1 lIH JPPUMtinq to Prof.
W IS! A. laiiKtM., 837 Filth Ayo, K«w York.
THE NOMINATION.
(LVS> R UEKKIKS IN liABPEK'S WEEKLY i
Abner Green ami his good wife Jane
were sitting in their e > . .hair- retiiig
after the Jay work He had c losed his
store at nine o'clock. It was a little cool
for September, ami the window- Were
down The light was turned low. I.ecaic e
A liner and Jane, were economical, even in
the Biatter ot con I oil They seemed s.ui.-,-
tied vit 1. life They haJ the contentment
ilfill W.iitS ..11 ,:.....l up].. lit.- and V«di
employe J energy. Indeed, they ha.l >:•••
ten along unexpected!/ veil since ( i.e
ijuiet marriage ceremony <«f eight } eai l.c
li.re. uoth being pracli. nl -..i1l- no -neh
useless expense of time and money as a
wedding tour had entered their thought
Alter the parson said his prayer, they
marched out of the ehnrcli and went direct
to the small store that Abner hud started
two years before. They gradually extend
e l that store, saving the pennies and in
vesting the dollars, ami putting over their
heads a large financial umbrella for rainy
days.
Abuer was a burn success. I'euple
always .-aid he would get along. On days
when other boys were oil' gunning and
playing, he was contriving and working
and saving, ilis Salntday holidays were
turned to strict account. l>y the time he
was seventeen he bad the business weight
of a mail in the neighborhood. 11 is wisdom
ran ahead of his years.
When he was eighteen he determined to
inaugurate an enterprise. Susses District
(or rather the Second District of Choptauk
County) was probably the only territory id
its .size that did not have a good country
store. The people did their dealing in the
town, eight miles away. At the point near
the aw mill where three roads met, an old
residence stood. It was vacant. Abner
rented it, and surprised the neighbors by
turning it into a store. He got a stock of
goods and began liu inc. At fir t the r. -
turns were .slow , but Abner was content
with small profits, and the customers grad
ually saw that it was fully as cheap to
patronize him as it was to drive to town
over indifferent roads, and a great deal
more convenient. Moreover. Abner quick
lv gained a good reputation. He was look
ed upon as shrewd but just—the strongest
kind of lame in a rural community. So he
Rent along, saying little, offending no one,
and attending strictly to trade. Two
years shoved him what he eonhl do. and
told hiin that he needed a wife. I,il;e a
good business man, he did not postpone a
necessity. lie looked around, and found a
girl ofstrong practical ::en. e and line phy
icial health, not much for beauty or bril
liancy, but a great hand in the house and a
general fa\orite with the people. Inside
of a month they were married, and every
body said il was a good match. The} had
worked and prospered.
Abiier, uh In* . in the l»ig r«»rk».'i\ wan a
man with a good «|ui«t face inula rugged
frame, lie had quick cye.l, which looked
ul tiling" cauti.msly lull: -hreudh , a M>m<:
what didactic tongue that wan used lor
busiuc. s ami operated liy discretion Ilia
best confidence- seemed to IK; his second
tli'.nglitri.
• • Abner," said Jane, "what is this talk
al>out yon ami the sheriff's office.
Ho looked up quickly and .shifted his
position l»efore replying. "Where d;d you
hear thai noineime?" he asked.
"All the folks are talking about it 1
heard some men distil. ; il while Jon
were nut of Ilu store to-day, an.l »ying
that Colonel Short had been to see you
about it. The people seem to think yon II
make a mighty good man for the place
Abner smiled in a sober kind ol way, uud
nursed his knees with bin two hands,
j'lv.seully he looked up, aud .said: • June, a
man of convictions should take an inteie.it
in polities for the good ol the party which
represents his principles, and not for any
ambition which merely represents his own
pride. I have voted the ticket and done
noiiie work for it, not with the hope of an*
office, but because my conscience and my
judgment dictated that course. If people
misconstrue my motives, it in very wrong
"But, Abner, if they should give you
the ofliet—"
"Yes, it they should give me an oflieo,
what thenf lour years ol laziness, ami
utter ward a return home to lind our busi
ness all gone, or taken up by smile one
else. Nn, Jane; you and I ha'.e had 100
hard a time building up this trade to have
it ruined by polities. Let us keep on in
our course, for we know not what a change
might bring forth."
Jaue was silent for a while. The men
tion ol the possible honor had aroused a
quiet but unexpressed ambition tor town
life, had suggested the possibility of some
of that change which every woman from
Jive down bus always secretly longed lor.
lint Aimer's practical words had brought
out her common sense, and shoved the
ambition back into the closet ol her heart.
She closed the door upon it anil sighed
"I gness you're right. You'most always
are. Hut who do you think they'll take in
your place!"
"I am for Major Powilcrdry," suid Ab
ner, with couiiiderablo emphasis
Mrs. (liven was greatly astonished.
"Major Powderdry!" she exclaimed.
•'Why, goodue s gracious, Abner! be
hasn't done a thing in his life except l«>
run for office and run into debt."
"That':! JUHI it, Juur. TllC good Lord liu..
laid out for ascertain duties in this world.
A man may sometimes get away from his
path, ami wander over the lield; but In;
always lia a kind ol' an idea what lm i liv
ing for, and lie is pretty apt to hit the road
while he is tramping around. Now Major
Poffdenlry'd busiueiu is running for office.
It don't pa)' ninth, hut lie at irk to il
Mine is running a tore. I'm? got along
all right in tin- tore, because the people
have encouraged inc. Now what the major
want., i more encouragement. >• let him
have it, 1 nay, and let in all elect him.
Tliun, too—hut of cour. e you needn't men
tion it if he get -through, lm may pay u
that little hill he owes ui'
' Well, A I'll*- ■, you ccltaihl) look at
thing* with both eyes," sai<l Jane, with a
decision that hud id it a small undertone ol
admiration.
"Of course I do, June; and when lliey
fail to see what's what, 1 know two other
eyes that are mighty pert about finding
the right side "
Jane smiled, and felt quite happy. It
wasn't often they paid each other such
compliment.'.
•Jane ".aid A liner, after a pause, "if
i the folks talk any luore to )ou about me,
just say thut A liner i too busy attending
to the store to go running across the whole
count) fur au office, and that he voles the
liikct for his convictions and not for re
wards, and that he has aid that Major
Pottdeidry would make a good man lor
the place. l>oii't go oat of your way to
»ay this, but it anybody makes you talk,
ft by, just put il to em tiaight and earnest
like; and if you want to, you might add
(something about your not caring for me to
give up it goii.l business for any ueh fool
ishness, and so lorlh and .10 toi l 11
Jane said .<hc would, ami as Im O'l lock
| had arrived, they look up the lamp, locked
up the houre, and went to l,c«l lint bclort
going to .deep Vliuei added, 'Ami, June,
you might say that the tulk me uud Colonel
BUTLER. PA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 31,1890-
. Short h:nl v.a- oil private blisiues-
It did not require an age for anything to
get over the district. > eWs was so scarce
iu Sussex that it had tl.e volatility of hy
drogen w ilh the . oiuhiui I c j.ai.diug .j.. il
itics of all the kjonn gas. - Somebody
i had uieiitioned Abner (iteen's name for tho
! dirievaliy. Il met with favo. it v.as
j time the di.-tiict wa getting the office,
j Abner was a good party man, a reliable
| conservative citizen, and a neighbor who
| wa.? p..pul.il The people talked tjpiietly
| it lirct. but oiler it wa? known that Abner
I not Colonel Short bad bud long tall: the
j diSCUaSioU look a «idel Tauge. As it tie
I came more public it aroused a iactional i
opposition, led by the voluble uud orator
: ical Major I'owderdry a talkative npholder
I of party principles and an inveterate seeker
for a place on the ticket Abner ilreeti
?aid nothing, and attended to busiueoe
The next day alter their liltle talk Jane
left Abner al the store, and made a few j
visits The matter of the office came up
for discission everywhere she went. She
was not slow iu making prompt and <!•
cidedly emphatic eoinineul...
■ Ye-, -aid .-tie, "I have heard that they
are talking about Abner; but 1 reckon it's
a lot of breath wasted, lie s been a work
ing going on ten years huilding up his
.store, and he ain't such a goose as to throw
away his btiMiiPas for an office. That talk
he had with Colonel Short was about a
private matter. There ain t much money
in politics; ami as for onr part, we'd rather
have what we pot than gn to trying a
change Abner don't vote the ticket ex
peeUng to he paid for it: hi ) not tiiat kind.
A far as I'ui concerned, I'm ghnl of it, for
it's not everywhere that you can tret good
neighbors. What's more, Abmr's looked
upon as a good man now, while if he was
to go into politics, goodness only knows
w hat they d say against him. And Abner
ain't one that take such things easy He
told inc no later than last night that he
was in favor of Major Powderdry. 'lf our
district is to have it,' said he, 'why give it
to Major I'owderdry."
The good wives that (food wife Julie
talked to in the iilteruoon told "t to their
good husbands at supper, and before bed
tl»<- it wis generally I nown that Winer
(ireen was for Major I'owderdry.
The major heard it with incredibility at
fir. t, anil then with joy. He knew that
Abner Green's endorsement would have
great weight with the people "I have al
ways liked Abner," he aid. lleisaniaii
ol'bii-inc , a liiuu of honor, and a great
i redit to this neighborhood. 1 have watch
ed him ' inee tie was a boy, and each year
ban increased my good opinio!, of him.
When till' people talked about his name 1
opposed il, because 1 I in w that it would
onlv hoi her him
The major talked in this strain «> as In
ease his eon science ami ...livimhiuisclt
of what he never believed. That wa.t a
peculiarity of his oratory » v\ <-11 ot his
conver. iitiuii He eonhl talk himself into
any I,diet, while llie cold and li tless
crowd stood by and <lonLtr.il
The next <lay, arrayed in diginity, ho
dropped in at the cri.s.i roads stoic He
found Mr. Green in an unemployed inter
val and took iioKM'Sirii)!) of the opportunity
with voluhle but diplomatic promptness.
He complimented the weather, the store
and A liner, and asked, with solieitions
earnest nest ness, for the health of Mrs
Green, and then ho plunged boldly into
the purpose of his eall
"I hear," said he. iMWiBg Ul
•'that yon have stated that you will en
dorse mo for sheriff.''
Aimer took it in a matter-nf-laet way .
although ho secretly enjoyed the major's
polite circumlocution.
'•Tes, major," he 'aid, with business
blindness. "I'm for you. foil ought to
have it This district ought to have it
And the way for us to get it i» to get It."
This aroused the major's oratory. Well
.'•aid, Ali° Green—nobly said In the dis
tribution of legitimate rewards of the par
ty, the just and equitable deserts of noble
old Sussex have not been recognized It
will be a proud privilege for me to lead in
the demand for this recognition, ami 1 a I.
you, wr, that you will allow your name to
be iised on the delegation to the conven
tion—lol the head ol that delegation, >ir?"
Tin; majoi said this with great personal
applause, and Abner seemed very much
itripi'o-o.e.d by it The tucriJifint was doubt
till He rubbed his chin HI a meditative
way, ami took some time to respond
"Now, major, I want to keep out of pol
itics."
■'I)o iiot say that, Mr Green. Retract
it in thought and purpose. It is upon
such men a t you—upon tie yeomanry of
the party, if I may say so—that the selec
t ion of good .tamlard-bearers ami the per
petuity of free institutions must depend.
Vou owe it to your district, sir, to be a
member of that convention
Abner paused again; lie paused HO long
that the major walked back and forth in
great uneasiness.
'•Well, since you put in that way, of
course T guess I'll have to think about it,"
said the dry-goods Sphynx at last ' lint
arrange it as quietly us yon can
A light of joy burst upon tin- soul and il
lumiuufrd the face of Major I'owderdry.
lie grasped Mr. Green's hand and thanked
hint not once, Inn countless time: . I'r«-4-
ently the emotional equilibrium was re
stored, ami Aimer told the major that the
next day lie was going to starl through the
county on a Inline trip. lie had the
agency for a new machine, ami lie had
been directed to place its nale in different
stores of thai territory. "11l see how
things look in politics." he said, ".mil put
in as many good words for you an I can
The major's genero itj sprinkled itself
out again, but the interview wa brought
to an end by the entrance of u family J>UI
I) iu curcli of . Imcs and inolusses Major
I'owderdry went home with a huppy heart,
lie was all* a<ly beginning to enjoy Ilia o!
lice und its perquisites —lb.: perquisites
inuinh .
Mr. (ireen's business t• i|> occupied three
day lie enjoyed it. lining well known
and Well edeemed. it was agreeable to
meet people and lalk T\itli lliem. More
ever, he sold more lnaiAues tlotu In- ex
pected. Ity the time he arrived homo the
delegation had been agreed upon, and lie
hud l.ecn placed at the head o| it by the
miaiiiiiioiirt deslru of hi.4 colleague;-'
He reached the store just before twilight,
and he had scarcely fini shed In < ; u|n><-r lie
tore Major Hamilton Powderdry called
The major wan more than auiions to hear
the iv.-uli of the journey
'I am I'ltnl lo ce )<"U ba« k, Mt lirecu
very gluil, and I hope vou ale the me
sender of good news
"Well, yes, major; I did retaarkabl}
well with ray ui&ebiue*; agreti deal lipt
ter than 1 espeeled
I congratulate you, sir—l congratulute
you moat sincerely. How did you liml the
political complexion? Was it favor aide?'
'•Oh, politics? Oh yea! So I reinernher
Of com e, major, I wan loaiuly on hu.-d
ne.i but in the demands husiue • I did
not forget you. 1 did not toiyet our din
trict."
The major rubbed hi* hmd M and smiled,
in anticipation ot glad tiding*. Thank
you, you, Mr. Green— thfltik yon. What
—what did you heart"
"Weil, I I better give you an
itemized account- a bill of parti, nlais. so
to speak
1 Tile major wa-great I; plea d
••First. I Went to Fork town I i..uiid
ilist thej are going to send a .did deh-ga
' lion down lor Hogg They wcie quite
| earnest about it; *aid thai their diMiict
i oiigbt to have the noiiiilistioii. ao.l that
I they were going in to win. <>i e.our . it
' wasn't much u-c tn talk against sUeh
. feeling a- that although I did <>-11 them
, that in M.ij..r I'oviderdry. :-o-<ei had a
| candidate I hat sho wa.i proud
iLac.k Mr lirceu —thank \i.u.
We'll si .on down Hoggs Theii talk about
| bhort's support is nothing hut a bluft
I llow rthout liethel
• Well, lielhel'.s got the lever too. the}
otkj they hain't had the sherifi f«.r i. .nly j
years, and that they are going to putt tor j
it this time, or break the trace- They're ,
putting up youug Jones, and he a working
like a hearer I clipped in a few words |
for yon major, but they brought up the ar- j
gumenr that Sussex bad it sixteen years
ago. while it's been twenty years sinec it
went to Bethel
The major Ullcro - ed his legs and nod
ded his head ■•That's all right," -aid he. [
', 1 know Jone.- He's active, but that's
all. We'll circumvent him
• From liethel I went on down to Hraw |
bridge and Forks '1 hey are not far apart j
yon l nrrw t tvmnn pttt th~*. h..., i. i |
body iu particular that they wanted, but I
Jones had sent down some missionaries
and captured Draw bridge, and Boggs men j
.-ere at work at Forks. There is where I j
did some talking. I told them of our de- I
mands, of onr candidate, of yon. major, j
and your long service to the party. I said:
'Gentlemen, here i a fine man and an es
teemed citizen, who has sacrificed time
and effort in campaign work, who has
fought in the front rank), who has never
flagged or proven recreant to his duty.
He i the man we offer yon, and we u>k
yon that you help us to nominate him."'
'■Thank you —thank you! Bill you con
viucc them of the wi -loin ol that eour-et
"Not quite. So, to keep them from go
ing t<> Boggs or Jones, 1 persuaded them to
put up their own candidate. 'lf it's to he
a grab game,' I mid. 'why don t you lake
a hand?' Then I left, and went on down
to the lower districts, where tliey don't
care who gets the nomination, for the good
uuil sufficient rea-on that Ihey have had il
for the last three time However. 1 came
hack by Brawbridge and Forks to-day. and
I found that they had put up their men-
Hanson for Drawbridge and illier' for j
Fork."
The major' blight face . eemed clouded.
•l)o you think." lie ask Oil, that it was
wi e to bring two more men into I lie lield"
Won't it complicate maters?
"Well, major, I'm a business man and
I look al it in a bnsine..- way 1 argued
that if those two districts were disposed to
go against us, the best wav would be to
make them tight each other as well a.i our
.-1 vt It'take them awm from Boggs
and Jones. Now We have cielit distru ts,
and no noinination can be made until one
of the live breaks to . ..me olhei candidate.
Vod stand well, major, and youi genius
must make a successful combination ami
win. Fou can do it, can't you? ' ,
When the major saw it in that light ho
was radiant. ' Why, Abner." be exclaim
ed, growing more familiar, "you arc a Na
poleon of politics. It's a great arrange
ment. I know Hanson and I know With
ers. I'll see them; I'll deal with tbeinjand
when the convention op. us we'll give
Boggs and Jones the biggest surprise party
they ever saw "
This was Saturday. The convention
met on the following Tuesday. The inter
val was fully employed. Everybody tnlk
politics The major led Ho was exhaust
lev . Hope beamed on his smiling conn
tenance like sunshine on a morning glory
"Well, I never saw such a sight in all
my boru days," said Mrs. Green •The
major &( ts as n he'd been elected and got
all the offices iu the State
"Yes. 1 said Aimer, ' the major is en
thusiastic He has a se.nguine tempera
ment."
"lie used to talk against you so Now
he's praising yon to the -kie There
ain't any word too high or too big for you
It s a strange thing, this politics."
"Very strange —very .itrange," replied
Abner, nodding his head It shows the
changeablent -of huuiaii nature, Jane;
the instability of character. If I had run
for this office in an open way, as the folks
wanted me to, the major would have been
going around abasing me and getting up
his movement ; against me, and 1 gues -
he'd come near downing inc. Hut now I
am one ol hid delegate.:, and lie is as sweet
us a hogshead of molasses. Ilow much
better it is, Jano, to have the friendship of
everybody, even though we have lo put
ambition aside!"
The del cgalCK from Sussex met al the
crossroads and started to town bright und
early Abner accepted his importance us
the head member of the delegation mod
cstly. Major I'owderdry was gorgeous in
a new high hat and an enlarged vocabula
ry.
'•Now, Vluier," he said with confidential
earnestness, "you hold the delegate.: lolid.
I'm an old hand ut this bu .'HICKS, you know
and if you stick together while I do the
work and pull the wires, we'll win in fmru
us the him will shiue."
"That's it, major," lo- an-Wered "Well
depend 011 you. I wa.i never iu a coin en
tion but twice before, you know, and both
times they bad the ticket made out, and
all we lmd to do was to vote if through.
This bnsines :is a little new to us, and I
guess it'll be a heap more exciting lust
let ine MI/ one word dou't let'em bully
you. Slii k light up to if ml slay in the
field a long a : you lan
This warning aroused tbe niujoi latent
pugnacity. "Abner, he said, ''l'm 111
tills light lo win, ami I 11 stay al the fiont
till the battle i over and the cows coine
llOliie."
with ili.-it ii it'll «n*l warning <Ull '
vice and suggestion, the delegates pro
eeeded. The temperature of Ihcii iletei
lniuatiou rose steadily, and by the lime
they reached town they were ready to
march into the convention and demand the
nomination for Sheriff as the right of Sus
sex District.
But they ran into other determined
bands With the other four candidates in
the field the situation was lively The ad
vocates of each man were importunate and
vociferou Into the arena the statesmen
from Sussex, led by the intrepid Powdei
dry, advanced with argument and inqui
ry
The < hoptauk count) court house,where
the convention met, was a sombre build
iug ol brick, fronted b> a large square
Out-door 1 and in-door: the groups were
discussing and canvassing Opposite llie
..quure Was the law office •»! * oloncl ; hurl
To and from that |da< .• flowed a »M»udy
.treaui of delegate < Colonel Short was
the county leader—the "boss." Some
came from thai office iu -miles, some in
frowns, and some so much in doubt llnil
their expressions were untranslatable
Abner was button holing a man from a
I lower district, and wa putting in a word
1 I'm- I'owderdry and a word for hi machines,
j when some one touched hiin 011 the sboul-
I der. It wa) the major.
lie been lo bee Shoi i whispered he.
1 talked plainly to hill!, a a loan V ilh
tie-ugth should I told bioi 1 had thu
united support ol the r-u --ei l'i -inct and
j that our district was entitled to the nomi
nation *Vou'ie probably right, major,'
' .-an! he -but Iher.- ire- four othci gentle
, lUell tlolll lour other ill lliils ft ho the
. aiue thiug and 1 lion I ■ e hoft We rc go
ing t.i settle it eicepl by tiglitins- il (nil.
Whoever wins -veil get a t ood sherilt' ami
j I wish you luck!' Now, Abner. what is
I here iu that? K looks stormy Do y..u
il.iuk we v. ill get through'
* W I'll, Ui lj..| iv e- te doing all We tall,
and tiustiug to vs.it t . uphold the r> ht ~ ol
our district
the major s backbone ctnteucd ami lie
proceeded » Second time to Work. Be saw
every body, made a hundred indefinite prom
i-i and attempted every coalition that a
iiiaii of twenty live year-of polui. al fail
ore could invent
lie wa- till .it it when the hour for the
a-sembliug of the couventton ariired the
delegates were in their .-eats, too much
in,pre -e,I by their importance to my
mueh The crowds struggled iu and filled
the benches of the court room. A buz* of
speculation and expectation aro.-.- i . the
ceiling and resouuded between the wall
ticeasionully u laugh iuteriupied the m<>
uotouous hum, or a pouipous citizen came
sell heard above the noise.
A clapping ol hands and a few Ihtld* ol
heavy boots on the floor announce the ap
proach of tin- chuirinan of the County
Committee, lie mounts the ro.drum,bows,
calls the body to order, and saj ; a few
words v. hi. h result in more dapping ot
hand.- aud more boot thud W lib onu ol
two soaring exploits in oratory, the elec
tioii of the officer of the convention, the
appointment of the committees, and the
neci sary preliminaries are arranged
There is a recess for dinner The iutcr
\al is a time of heroic effort on the part
of M ijor I'owderdry and hi competitors
bnl the more they have worked the great
er has theii doubt grown.
"Abner," whispers the major again,
rather more agitated than before, "I'm
afraid its aca !• of even man standing
pat, and .-laying iu till the light goes out.''
Abner did not exactly grasp the iinile,
but he tells the major lo remain firm.
The ■ .ion opens. There are more
speeches anil more enthusiasm. anil
then the real work begin . There i. not
much hitch over the tir. l nouMnations,
but when the lieriil is reached a general
movement seiz. the delegates and the
on looker-. They expect something worth
.• -inßut jut a ; they jot fixed for the
excitement, a delegate arises and moves
that the nomination for sheriff be pi.. I
poneil until the rest of the liiket i.> agreed
upon This causes a little fight, but it
ends in the desired postponement
In an hour's time the tieket i complete
with the exception of the sheritl The
contest opens with great earnestness For
the purpose of saving time the notnina
tii.u speeches are brief and formal.
The voting begins. Five districts have
then candidates The three other dis
tricts distribnte'lheir voles with impartial
favor. Ballot after ballot ii fast with
out an approach to a result. The feeling
becomes intensified. Two hours go by,
and still there is no nomination. The dis
tricts are sticking to their men, and a
nomination is impossible unless one of
them break . Supper-time draws near.
Some delegates begin to get hungry All
want to go home. Cut their earnestness
i tmqners over appetite. ,\ new ballot
dioi loses no change. Major k'owdrrdry's
hopefulness ii oodng ..ut, but he -t'eks
like glim death Suddenly s.'iiic one
whispers in hi* ear, "Major Colonel Short
wants to see you in the jury room. '
A great hope surges through the major's
~oii 1, and be tiptoes to the door, and in a
minute be is in the presence oi the party
dictator.
•Major," siyt the. colonel, "what uro
you going to do?"
"Stick! he answers.
"Listen to llie a minute We've got a
good ticket, ami we've got a tough light
ahead. You five men in there are getting
so hot against one another that not one
of you can possibly win. You can't They
can't Now why not name the mail."
•• Whot"
"Who is your choice?"
"Abner Green would be a good man,
but —
"Well?"
"He won't l ake it
"Get him out ol the room, and give us
time to uomiuate hiln, and he'll have to
take it."
The major sees the situation. He pauses.
He considers. He could not be nomina
ted; why not nominate! He could not be
Edmund, why not Warwick? Colonel
Short argues. The major decides. Ho
will do it. Hushing to the court room lie
gets Abner Green, and brings liim to
Short. Then telling liim to stay there
till called, be rushes back. Everybody
leaves the jury-room to watch the conven
tion, except ShoiL and Green. Al the
furthest window they whisper earnestly.
A new ballot is about to begin, when,
at the request of Major I'owderdrv, one of
Colonel Short's i.inarte.t lieutenants—
young Car, from ft lower district—arise
and ask i pcrini : <iou to ay a word. There
is some grumbling, but a vociferous ayo
yields him the privilege, lie mount the
idatform
■■ \h ' htiu'tiHin ttml t*call* hi< it t —We
are goiug lo win. [Appluuc. | We have
got a good ticket. | Applause.] liar
money ii thick arouud here. | Smiles-]
'l'lic oul> discordant note is a little differ
ence ot opinion about the sheriff. | Laugh
ter. | We are burdeued with five good
men. eiubarrus.-ed with riclic My fellow
delegates from this district a:.d mj, sell
have Voted loi in CIV one t lie in ail the Na
tion ballots, ami lo save our live.-t* we
can't nay which is thu best man |Ap
pluii. e anil laughter. | \\ e'd like to noni
inate you all (More laughter) I'ut it
would he like pulling 100 much auce on
the apph dumpling; it would make the
ticket too liili. [More laughter an.l up
plause] Now I waul to get home .>OlllO
time to night, no do you. We want to
leave with the knowledge that we have
done our woik. We don't want to carry
away any hard feelings II is for that
purpose that 1 an<u hereon behalf ot ey
eral district ■, including our own to :up
ge 1 i uame that will be indor-eil bv every
mail iu thi < convention, by tins whole
country. that will add (length to the
li.l el and give euthu ia in lo the party.
I can pay tin - name no higher tribute
than to ay tliat it is the peer ot i!o; gen
tlemen who arc now before this convon
tion [Applause | In the interest of
harmony, in the assurance ol victory, and
111 the hope of getting my .-upper before
breakfast, 1 nominal* Alitor Green, of
Si I - -e \ I'l II il l
The surprise is complete The applause
begins plowly, then it takes a jump; and
tinally il weeps through the room ami
carries everything before it It goui) mo
mcutiim when it i whispered uroiiml that
Abner ha< been purposely gotten onl ol
the room Major I'owderdry lead in the
enthusiasm. The nomination i-i «juii kly
tecunded. A ballot begins, liclore H it
half taken tin noiniualiou i- ii,.tile. A
great hi.VI I glßd lip
ia liit* jui) -likiui (.'"loud Short 1.-. L.i at.
Ablier. uuil remarks. "it -celliS to l>i' all
right
As AUiii'i siuito* lu reply, tbc door is
hurt open an.l in raAu 'J.ij'.r Powder
dry, hi.' face Uilitted with nuauimons joy,
hi* arms pnlaUJ in ecstatic gedute, l.ij
coat tail- flying with IK-rTuos enthusiasm,
au.l Liy ftlu'lij being fall nt the l.li ~> of vic
tory —fur hu district
It i' take Ahliei, tli Ig tlllil I'i Ihic the
c..mention. and shorn.- flunah f..r Su = -
and oar next oheritf'
Is the . heei • go u|>, Abner a-k > what it
.U1 ui> uii • ile i the idealization of inno
i.elit Ustttui?hlliellt Tin* Serin
til CUJoJ* It.
Ainl s i due • Culoiiel Short i\ bo is stand
iug iii the "jur > room do«t and looking
SMltlng on ll.' j, thinking lit tin: possible
iuturo for a in in of A liner tireeu's tact au.l
scheming
ii was late lute wbeu Mr. Greeu reached
home, hut Jane was patiently waitiug for
him. The I left's .lai.nl her and lie did the
talking.
"Su* •lout say a word about it, my
.tin. lt 3 the be.it paying office iu the
county The people think it's beeu shov
eil nil liie Let tlirlu think nil. Colonel
1 ' ■ '
ue ..king • 11\ 1 iliJu t tell yon all about j
it. \\ ell my dear, ruuniiig a store anil
running politics are two ilitfere.it thing*. j
tf you want anything in the tore, the beat. <
way to get it i to ask for it If vou want i
anything in politics, the best way to gel it
is to get it \vitliout asking lor it. And. j
moreover, my dear, a t rut hi ill woman like :
you l- never safe in politics, unless .she i
dou't know what .lie i i talking about."
No Reformation In Degradation.
The following are the closing sentences
ol ('..1 1 iiger.-uilt's remarkable address to
tiie ltar A ociation of New York, at its
late Hireling in Albany.
"There is no reformation in degradation.
'l'o mutilate a criminal is to gay to all the
w..rlil that he i; a criminal and to render
his reformation substantially impossible.
Whoever ii degraded by society becomes
its enemy. The seeds of malice are sown
in bis heart and to the day of his death lie
w ill hate the baud that sowed the seeds.
Tin iv i : also another sido to this tjnes- I
tion. A puiii.-buu-nt that degrades the
punished w ill degrade tl»«> man who in
llu-l Ili«* !• ilkii hmcut, mill Will degrade
the government tlllll procure;' till- itlflic
t ion Till' w)iii<jiill-r jiu.it pollutes not on
1, tin- whipped, I. HI thewhipper, and nut
only tin- whippcr, hut the community at
large Wht-rwci' ilo shadow falls it de
grades.
I then hti\ remedyf tun anything he
dou>-loi the re formation of the criminal?
lie should he treated with kindness. Ev
ery rielit should be given him. consistent
villi the rifely id -ociety. lie should
neither he degraded nor robbed The
State should the hij;h»->t aud noblest
example. The powerful >-hould never he
<no I and in the breast of the supreme
tin re luiiild he no dc»ire for revenge
Every execution tend * In harden the
public heart tend to lessen the sacred
in - of human life. In many States of this
Uuinu Ihe nrob is sapreme. For certain
offeuce.; the mob is expected to lynch the
supposed criminal It is the duty of every
citizen—and us it seems to me. especially
of every lawyer—to do what ha cm to de-
I toy the ninb pint. One would think
that men would be airraid to commit any
crime in a community where the mob is in
the ascendancy, aud yet such are the con
tradictious and übieties of huiuau nature,
that it i exactly the opposite. And there
i• another thing in this connection, the
men who constitute the mob arc, as a rule,
uiitong the worst, the lowest and the most
depraved
As long a ■ children are T.iised in the
tenement and gutter the prisons \wll be
toll. The gulf between the rioli uml poor
will grow wider and wider one will
depend ou • mining, the other on force. It
i- a great tjucsliou whether those who live
in luxury can alloid lo alloti others to ex
ist in waul The \ultie ol properly de
pends, not on the prosperity of the few,
but on the prosperity of a very large ma
jority. I.itc and property must he secure,
or that subtle thing called ' Value" takes
its leave The poverty of the inauy is a
perpetual menace. If we expect a pros
pcrous aud peaceful country the citizens
must have homes. The more homes the
inure patriots, the more virtue the more
•ecurily tor all thut gives worlh to life.
The more real education the less crime,
and the more homes the fewer prisons.
We do not know where the wild storms
are bom that wreck uad rend. Neither do
Vi know in what strange realm the mists
aud clouds are formed that dim and darken
all the heafen of the mind, nor whence
cuines the tempest of the brain in which
the will to do, sudden m the lightning's
flash, seizes andTiolds the loan until the
dreadful deed is done that leaves a curse
upon the soul. We do not know. Our ig
norance liould make us hesitate. Our
weakness should make us merciful.
I i annot more fittingly close thij address
than by ((noting the prayer of the liudd
hi-l: "I pray thee to have pity ou the vic
ious; thou liast already had pity on the
virtuous by inukiii> r them so."
A Novel Modo of Warfare.
A New Jcrey inventor thinks ho has hit
upon a method of establishing peace per
inani nt ly upon the earth by meatis of
electricity. lie does not propose lo re
model human nature, bnt experts to make
warfare in deadly that it will be sheer
madne s for one nation to attack another.
According to his plan, warfare would re
wilt in tlic lib-talitial extermination of all
who ventured to engage in it. The inven
lor de tribes his idea thu "lu a word,
my -eherne i to produce artilicial light
ninj'. Thu i far the experiments have been
ctinliiKd within narrow limits,bat with the
II •• of a . in.ill dynamo attached to my in
vention a slight shock <an bo produced,
t llci live enough to kill the dies in a 20x20
room I claim, with the use of powertul
dynamos, under my plan, a flash of light
ning can be directed again t an army a
mile or more away and without injury to
the party operating the gun, scattering
death and consternation among the troop-
Willi powerful dynamos thousands of sol
dier can be killed ut a flash, and a number
ot liable t ale cnoilftli to destroy an army.
Ii can used at on} time except on rainy
or damp day It the ettect of giving tin
discovery would be, at i hope, to put au
cud to wai I should feel repaid, but I
dread to think of electricity being Used in
war under my plan The consetjneiii es
would be enormou It means nothing
I,- than extermination to the opposing
army Hefore going any further with it,
I would a-l; your opinion a lo the effect
upon war of uii instrument such n-> 1 have
hinted at. Would it retard or facilitate
war,' fl r ti i>i f'lt ctrii'Uin
A our .-ami has lev. points ovet the
jolly rogue.
\ double play Marrrying to prevent
a lawsuit.
- Alotto oi the ginmblci. •• Whatever is,
L wiong."
Our Poultry Yard.
BY A KARMKK.
Jt H popular to have I.i P'tyyc just now.
11..a main of \ oar chickens l.afo it,
{ leaderf
j weathei tine, far has been high
I* propitious to it.- development
j Old vou note last week tt.it the Citizen
ii- h.-i. lining right aiou* Thar make:- the
editor smile. and we are helping to do it
; out our way. \
Ui\ e i r.ii iiciu.) this ing before*
The old gentleman who spent a fortune
iu eiidcavoniig ti. hatch colts from horsiN,
• In -unit.- is now cultivating the egg-plant
with i . iew of raising chickens from it "
li..up ia gcuerally infections among
ti wl. 11 appears from an apparent in
i:ji.ito atit cause— dampness draft from
broken panes ui e\en a knothole. or stauJ
mi; under insecure shelter tJive as much
coiuf.»rt He? itoasible
l.'cui.dir- for roup: Tincture aconite a
tea spoonful iii a .ptait ot water, two drop
do.-es ot coal oil daily onions chopped
very tine and mixed in feed; and in the
very nr-t stages nothing is better tbau a
granule of raw i auiphor a little smaller
il r i I iri - I 1
Francis A. Mortimer says, ' Com is the
best evening food during winter mouths,
especially when the weather is very co'd.
It keeps up a comfortable heat. Cive
steamed clover the liiti thing iu the nioru
nig. t lia\ e mentioned this before, but 1
give it from so good authority to make it
all the more observant.
Here is , irnther pertinent advice
from the same same man: '"Don't forget
that clover hay is the best food you can
give your poultry. t'ut it up fine and put
in a lack on the wall of the house and let
them help themselves. It is not necessary
to scald, although when scalded and mixed
with a bran and fed rrarm, it makes the
best breakfast you can give tho hens."
Fanners, make a note of this, this is cheap
feed for yon
Is it right to caponuef There is no
doubt that a capon is a more desirable
table fowl than a rooster; that the tlesh is
possibly more tender, palatable, and the
bird more plump Prices, too, ol capons
is always iu advance of other fowls, and
the dainty epicure don't <|itcation the differ
eiicc. Hut in justification of all these
reasons, is il right, is it liuinaue to take u
live bird aud mercilessly scalp and dig the
live, quivering flesh with instruments often
iu the hands of bunglers, aud tear opeu the
healthy body of a male chicken aud rip out
the undesirable parts* I cannot pronounce
utheiwise lmt it is highly nnjnstifinble.
Nature has not placed these parts in a fowl
with the intention of removal. It is simply
u matter of taste, and that only of the
aristocrat, and this consideration along
with tho difference of a few cents in price,
is certainly not enough to justify the
wanton cruelty exercised in caponizing.
TO START fOFLTRV.
.1 Ft'ic Seasonable H<nts to Oite Desiri*q
to Start Out with Poultry.
1 have frequently produced evidence that
poultry is profitable, even the ino3t so of
any occupation that can be followed on the
farm it is profitable on and off the farm,
au.l tiny one, man, woman, or child, who
is in a position to utilize a .'mall patch of
laud from a lot ten feet square to one hun
died acres can make it pay a high rate of
interest by properly managiug a suitable
uuml.cr of fowls on it.
The first thing you want with which to
. tart iii tlio poultry business is good,
healthy enthusiasm. Without this there is
failure before you begin. But I say it
uuu>t he healthy, and this comes only by a
careful study of the subject from reliable
authority. Then select the site for the
house. Let this be ou the most protected
spot at command, and facing toward the
ban. Thai is, locale the hoiikj so that th»
sun shines inside of it from as mauy sides
uud as bmg IU the day as possible. 1 shall
nut describe v\hal plan of a bouse is uiost
desirable. This is a matter of taste, eoon
omy and means, and according to how ex
tensively the business is to be carried on;
but however built, it must be spacious
enough, convenient indide, uud go adapted
us to give the fowls the best comfort circum
stances allow. Much of the profit is to be
derived from a comfortable house Supply
all the necessities belonging to it —water
troughs, roo3ts, uests, dust-baths, <lc.
Now select the breed or breeds. I havo
said before each breed liai its good qusl
ilioe, and that this part is but a matter of
choice. 1 will give a lew points. If you
want layers, the Legliorna are first, the
Brown preferable for various reasons,
lloweter,these waut a high fence or plenty
of room—more room less feed. Then there
ure the Black Spanish, Hamburg*, and
Hoiulana, the last named a very desirable
breed.
The most popular breed is the stable and
reliable Light Brahma. They are easy to
rear, make no trouble and can be kept in
an enclosure four feet high. They have
substance, beauty, and quality combined,
and. if properly managed are equal with all
others.
The Wyandot i:i preferable to the Ply
mouth l'ock for various reasons. Is a bet
trr layer, not so persistent sitter, more
beautiful, not harder to rear, aud kills
uicer, all reports to the contrary notwilh
standing. 1 know whereof I speak and
defy proof; but, of course, the Wyaudot
uiunt be. understood to roar.
There arc numerous other varieties, but
ito start with get an old, reliable one. Get
a pure breed, and buy troin a breeder whom
you know to bo honest Let prieo bo no
eon idcration to .tart with though the
high-priced breeder don't always give bet
ter stock than a lower ouu. Be cautious,
and be sure you I now what you want and
what you buy, and cut u square bargain.
Hi ILhlNo AN li t IloisE.— It is a good
time to think about building un ice house
now If yon are running a dairy you
should have un ice house, if you have to
build it alone. Select a shady spot, for
shade saves the house better than sawdust
Gel a northern exposure, uud do not put
any fancy tiiiugs in the ice house, such as
a milk cellar or meat room. Such roomi
are prolific ot waste in the ice
Mot her-", if your baby sutfers paiu an.l
i re tie ■ , do not stupefy it by adniini: -
i terinf* opium, but soothe it with a relia
Ide remedy, uch us Dr. Bulls Baby Syr
up Hrice only 25 cents a bottle.
Think twice before you swallow on. e—
in medicine. But remember that Laia
dor i.t .pre-eminently tht liver regulator of
I the dai Price 26 cents.
- That which is in the rich is
lu.'ihfd iu Iho jiour
The day* are taking on t little more
daylight at both ends
A man with a diamond shirt stud
laughs at pneumonia.
"t'ouie here my love lies' 1 sneering •
sneezing th' unhappy hours away.
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when it i-; hoi everybody wants tcr giro it
up
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