VOL XXVII ! 30 S.MAIN.ST. HENRY BIEHL 14 NOJITM'MAIN STREET, BUTLER - F-EJSI JST'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. AJSMFCFLFEJ 'ifeg - Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Buggies, Carts, Wheel Barrows, Brammer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Banges, Stoves, Table and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer of Tinware, Tin Kcofing and Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. J. R. GRIEB. PROF. R. J. LAMB. GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE. NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST, BUTLER, PA. BSole Agents for Butler, Mercer and Clar ion counties for Behr Bros Magnificent Pi anos, Newby & Evans' Pianos, Srnith- Atneriuan and Carpenter Organs, Importers of the Celebrated Steinmeyer Pianos, and Dealers in Violins, Bruno Guitars, and All Kinds of Musical Instruments. —SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY Pianos and Organs sold on installments. Old Instruments taken in exchange. Come and fee us, as we can suvt you money. Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments Promptly attended to. 1H5() Kstabliwhed IHSO E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER, No. Main St., BUTLER,.PA., DE A LE R IN Diamonds,, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, &c., &c. Society Emblems of all Descriptions. Itepairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted. 1850 ESTABLISHED 1850 THIS WEEK, And for the next 30 days we shall con tinue to clear our shelves of Winter Goods to make room for NEW SPRIG COOK. Come early as the prices we have reduc ed them to will move them rapid ly as they are marked very low. You will find some big bargains at TROUT MAN'S. Leading Dry Gooda and Carpet House, Uutler, Pa- THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. MILLER, Architect. Office on s. \\ . Corner of Diasuoiid. I'.aLs abd lor clie&p and expen sive buildings* mad-- on short not ice. A. A. KELTY, M. D. Office u doors south of tb«* Volley House, Main St., Butler. Pa., on second floor of K«-t --' terer's building. Kesldence on \V. Jefferson St. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. mV.SICIiN AM) ECKUBON. office at So. 45. S. Main street, over Prank & Co s linitf Store. Butler, I'a, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Wo. ID V\ eat Cuuuiughaul St., BUTLER, ]P:ELrT:iNr.A. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 3. W. Corner Malu and North Sts. J3TJ TLEB IPIEIM HSPAI. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession e*ecut elaiuo»d. p. w. LOWRY, AITOKNEY AT LAW. ltooin No. 3, Anderson Building, Butler. I'a. j A. E. RUSSELL, ATI'ORNKY AT LAW. omce on second floor of New Anderson Block Main St.,—near Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at l*aw. Office at No. 17, Kast Jeffer son St.. Butler. I'a. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Heal Kstnte Agent. Of f)ce rear of 1.. Mitchell's oßlce on north Hide of Diamond, Butler, r.t. H. H. GOUCHER. AtU)rney-at-law. Office on second floor Of Anderson building, near Court House, Butler, Pa. J. K. BIiITTAIN. Att'y at Law - Olllce at S. E. Cor. Main St, and Diamond, Butler, I'a. NEWTON BLACK. AU'yatl-aw iiffice on South side of hlaiiioiid Butler. Pa. JOHN M. RUSSELL, Attoniey-at Law. Oilleu o.i South side of Dia mond, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, KM.INKhIt AMI Kt'KVKYOIt, OH ICE KBAK DUUO.SU. I't'TlCll. I'A. L a. MCJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 f.AST JEFFEBHON ST. BUTLER, - I»A. £. E ABRAMS&CO Fire and Life IN BURANGE liuurHuc Co. of North America, incor porateil 17tf*, capital $.'{,000,000 and other strong rouuiiuicx represented. New York Life Insurance Co., assets $90,000,000. (lllice New Iluaelloii building near Court House. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. J. c. ROESBING, PBKHfDINT. WM CAMPBELL TKKAHUICKK. 11. C. IIEINEMAN, ISKCKETAIIY. DIRECTORS: J. L i'urvii, Haniuel Andcrsou, William C&uipU:]l j. W. Burkhart, A. Trout man, Henderson Oliver, G.nt quickly. Scotch aps 25 c., li«»yh nchool cai>H 'JOc, heavy Melton hliirLi 50c, former price 75. A big lot of heavy gl<>v«-n and mit tens at greatly reduced prices. It will pay you to buy under wear of us if you don't wear it until next season. Come and see COLBERT & DALE, 70 S Main street, Hutler, I'a. Christmas Goods for Every body. A Hplonditl line of fancy ninl UHC ful articles of every deHcriptiou. Match nafeß—in LraHH, nickel, eel laluid, oxidized silver and rubber. Toilet CUHCM, manicure aelM, aliaving eeta, glovea and hum I kerchief boxen iu leather and pluah. Odor canea in leather, pluHh and celluloid. Sitioker'a acta, vaaea, per fume Htunda, uad uu ondleaa variety of Hue gooda, which inunt be aeen to bo appreciated. All liner, nicer aud cb«*a|Mir than ever before The pub lic ia invited to call at KCDICK'H Drugatore, next to Lowry HOUFV. Examine our gondii and get our priced FOR SALE! I will bell my houke and lot ou \V. l'carl Ht. The lot linn • lrontai " You! Well, I'll ha e il played over,and if it's any good I'll give you something fjr il." "1 beg your pardon, sir, id preler to play il for my lelf "What! you plityf Well, bring hiui up j to tho piano room wheu he gets warm, and | we'll humor hiui.' In a ft-w minutCH th< bundle of rugs seated ut Ibo concert grand piano, and "Ever of Thee" was played for the first tiilie by its composer, James Lawsou. Hi i listeners were electrified wheu they heard this dilapidated looking tramp make the piano almost speak.—His touch was nimply marvelous, and his very soul seem ed to be at his finger tips. When lie had finished, he turned to his lilfle audience aud said: "I'd like to sing for you, but I have a terrible cold. 1 haven t been iu bed for five nights. I'm hungry, sir, aud 1 feel I could not do it justice." Turner was almost dumb with amaze ment. The air would take; he knew it Would be u success, und he decided tliut this man hail a history which, perhaps, might advertise the song. So he deter mined to cultivate him, aud in llattery, (as he thought,) pressed him to sing "jusl one stanza." Law son protested, but hnully agreed, and,if Turner wus uma:ed when lie heard him play; he was positively enrap tured when he heitrd thai hungry voice, hungry with love, huugry physically, pour cd out in the beht of tenors the lirst stanza of Ihe song iu which his .joul lived. It was the story of lost love, but ho cherished it, and us he ..ang, it wus easy to see that he had lived and breathed only for that love "Lvcr of Thee _ha:< never bo so sung since. Lnl that trial verse made ils suc cess, and to the experienced publisher, Mr. Turner, il was decidedly apparent that he bad secured a great, »ong. Addressing Mr. T —, he said "\lr. T- , take thin man along; gel l.iui a bulb, a shave, some decent clothes; iu fact, fix hint up like a gentleman, and bring liiin here, and we shall -ue about ihis song." T— "took him along." Ifo took liiui to a bath, uud while the unclean win being mudu clean lie bought for him u shirt, n pair of ohijiv some jocks, collars,cutfs and underwear Then ho had him shaved. Then lliey hied to a clothier's ami having removed the rags, Law sou v. as quickly clad iu fine raiment. The change was be ginning to tell. Already the tramp seem ed (o bu the guide and treasurer, flu was a splendid.looking fellow, uud hail quite a distinguished appearance. iiul Hie hat v:as still there, uml u mirror like chimney pot was purchased to complete the make up. T * laughed when ail was fiuijhed. He was in his working clelhes, and this unfortunate looked like a duke. 'I iu good clothes filled him, and they suited him uud his appearance much too well lo allow of tho assumption H.ul ,Mi Lawaon was a trump, lie was a gentleman all over, und he looked it. T — uaid to him "Mr. Lawson, 1 wish you would go iuto tho shop before me. They won't know you, and il will lie such a joke "I don't mind that, Mr. T- -, but you lei me haVo u dunk' T refused to stand the drink; lie fold Mr. Law sou thul if he wanted a dinner he could have it, hut drink he could not have. Finally the two went into the Ship and Turlle diuiug rooms, uud, over chocolate and sirloin steak, the author of "Ever of Thee" told the following story: "I was once rich, Mr. T . You know what lam now. Yon wore astonished to hear me pluy so well. That little song has been the only companion from whom I gained any comfort for the past twelve mouths. It brought buck to me Ihe days when I was rich, loved, looked up to und happy. Uf course it has its sad side for me. But the memory of what it recalls is the dearest thing in my existence." T interrupted him at this point and indicated that it wus growing laic. "I'leaae hour with me," rejoined his coin paniou. "Let me tell you bow and whv I composed the little song. Two years ago I met a girl in Brighton. If (iod ever allowed one of his angels to come on earth she was that one. I adored her. I escort ed her everywhere, was at her call morn, noon and night, and it was currently be lie veil that Miss lilunk and I were en gaged. I had to return to London on bus in ess, and when 1 wept back ujroiri she w-as gone "Three months after I met hei at a ball. Bho had jnst finished a waltz with a tall, good looking mail uud nan promenading ihe hall ou his arm. She recognized me, but when I suid, 'How do you do Miss Blank?' she quickly replied " 'l'm well, Mr. Lawson, but I am «iir prised to hear you call me Miss lllmik. When yon left Brighton so suddenly I thought I should never see you again. You left no address never cfllcd at;ain, and .well lam married " 'To wlionif I gasped To Mi Prize,' she replied, potutiug ut the same time to the gentleman with '■vbom the had been dancing. "That ended my life My Marie, my | dream, was gone I left the hall, went to a low gambling place and in drink and gambling endeavored to kill my grief, ft lasted but a little while, for in four months 1 w as peuniless. "Then came my trial The men who l played witl» in.* wlinnnpil nie My friends shut their doors, and a few daj s later my last sovereign was gone. 1 was a utterly stranded, homeless and unhupp as it : would lie possible to make a human being. For nights 1 slept in the cabmen's cotfee houses; then 1 was considered a nuisance and some doorstep served ine for a bed I pawned every trinket, decent suit of clothes—everything, and finally 1 spent three months in a work house under an assumed canie It was there the presence of Marie haunted me again. One day—Christmas j iiay—we were at dinner. Several rich people caine to distribute among us snch gifts as tobacco, warm clothing, etc. 1 was hungry and didn't look at the visitors when suddenly a voice 1 knew said to me 'My good man, which would you prefer, some wuirn clothing or pipes ami tobacco?' I looked up. It was Marie. I rushed from the table out into the fields and there 1 was found hours after, insensible. "Iu my bed there iu the wotk-house hobpital, I wrote the words of the soug you heard me sing to day. Wbvu I got well and sick ol the life, 1 left the place and be came night watchmen at some new build ing they were putting up iu Aldcrsgate street While theiu the music of my song came to me. 1 got a scrap of music paper aud jolted it dowu, aud tor a lime 1 was happy. My old friends passed mo at night, jolly and careless, little dreaming that James Lawsou was the poor night watchman who still answered their indolent questions "Often when all was still, 1 pouted out in) soul in this little song and after a w bile the night gamins used to come and listen >o me It pleased them To me it brought ba,:k the memory ol a dead love und a ruined life. Hot you are tiring of uiy story There is little more to tell "1 could not endure the solitary medita tion of the past. I again began to drink, i lost iii) situation aud us a last resort I thought that pel haps iny little song was worth a few shillings, aud brought it to Mr Turner." At tliii the pool fellow burst into teais When he was himself again they went out, ttud a lew minutes attei ward Mi. Tuinor, addressing Lavrar.n, said "Mr. Lawson, here is lea shilling-' It will he enough to get your supper und u decent room to night To-morrow morn ing 1 want you to call Itere and I shall give you a good position in my warehouse. As for your song 1 want you to reiueiuher this It" yon will Keep soher I will pay you a good royalty, but it' >ou spend this ten shillings in drink Hot another penny will you get." Lawson left the shop uud dill not make his appearaucc for five days. Then he was in u condition almost as hud us when he tirst entered it. His vest was gone, his boots were exchanged for old one*, his hut was—well, it was an apology lor u hat. His coat (un old one) was buttoned tight around his collarless neck, and his hair watt nnkeuipt and face unshaven—as unclean as it was five days before. Mr. Turner look ed at hi»i. He did not even speak to liirn. The smell of bud rum sufficiently told him all lie wished to know. He took a half crown from his pocket, handed it to Law ton and turned on his heel Addreseeig Mr. T he saiil " If Ihii mail comes here agiui, put him out.' " The composer of "Evei of Thee" at once immediately left Hie shop, and heaven only knows what his late has been. Certain il is that he never called at Turner's again Men, Women ainl children of every color and clime sing tlio song of the tramp, l.aw son. Anil the composer arid his sail life are forgotten and unrecognized in the old song, "Hver of Thee." Tho Virtue in Onions. •me day f wus taken with chills mid headache, jigus thai my old enemy, malaria, wus on hand My quinine box v.us empty, ami 1 wus lookiug forward to u restless, sleepless night, lu desperation I peeled a raw onion aud slowly ate it, uud then went to bed, with warm feet uud an extra comforter, when, presto! 1 was asleep in five iniuutes,and awakened ill the morning free from malatia and ready for the day's duty Our homely but strong friend will bo ap preciated in time as a medicine, ami if agriculturalists would turn their attention to raisiug a model onion, with the strong scent taken ont that taints the breuth so unpleasantly, families will be putting their "pills" in the cellar by the barrel, uud the doctors will take to onion farming. The onion acts au a cathartic and diuretic, aud may help to break up a cold or lessen the hnd symptom < Said a doctor: "f aways store a barrel of onions in my ceilor during the full We have them cooked twice a week, and whoever of the family is threatened with u cold eats Some onion raw. If this vegetable were generally cuteu there would be no diph theria, rlieumaliim, gout, kidney or litoluuch trouble "Hill bless you! the young lueii and women are afraid to eat them One youug uiuo went so far as to nay to me "If my wife ate onions I would get a bill of di yorce." Tlio I'i evailln g Phraso. "Ureal place to study human nature, this?" he queried of the car conductor as he swung himself upon Ihe plulforiu uud almost crushed a boy's toes uuder his big fool. "Yes." "Must see lots of it," he continued as he puffed the smoke from au ill-smelling ci gar into the open door. "Yes." "It's a regular school to you," he said us he persistently stood in the way of u lady trying to alight. "Yes." "See all phases, suppose?" as he crowded two men along to gel his own bulk against tho railing. "Yes." "What phases predominate?" "The hog and the idiot!" briskly replied the conductor us he rung the bell for Pe terboro street.—i'm Vies*. How 110 Told. Muuy things which ut firrt night suems (PCI lect ly simple are found ou more careful reflection to bu full of mystery, und, ou Ihe other baud, things which lu begin with look quite inexplicable sometimes turn out to bo simple us u b ( W hen a certain lawyer lirst opened an office in I'ortlaud, says uu exchange, ho ustoiiished his friends by telling them Ihat. ninety nine times out of a hundred, when he heard footsteps on t hu stairs, tie could t«ll whether or n>>t the person wus couiiug to his office. Un being questioned us to how he did it, he said he ulways made up his niiud tliut they were not coming to his office, and ninety-nine times In u hundred he was right. "Pat" on Ohio. MR EDITOR:—Once upon a time. as the old story-tellers are wont to say in opening their wonderful tales, I prom ised you uu Ohio letter. Time nnd again have 1 resolved to fulfill that pr<>inise, au>l time aiul again has the gooil rosolutiou been derailed ami smashed into smithereens by coutrary cireum itancej. Hut much might he said iuexten nation.more than you perhaps think When a fellow has the vim to write he generally has no suhjeel and u lieu )>e has a subject teu chances to oue lie is dispirited or finds his time mortgaged to such an extent that he feels like going into chronological bank ruptcy, tor you must know thnt college authorities give their wardi enough work !.• keep them atroitif.' all the time, and woe lietide the luckless chap whi fall behind 1 am gravely auspicious that they have heard of tl.e old saw which says Satan al ways finds something for idle chaps to do, and are now running iu opposition to him They do this running ou schedule time too, i>r more precisely speaking, they make us do it. At half past five in the in»rning, when one is dreaming of Butler County buckwheat cuke.;, buttei and mud. he is roused out of bjd by the tones uf tho most imperative old bell you ever heard Now, that is literally brazen impudence— nothing uiore uor less And nhat is worse, it keepj up issuing mandates ail day One has hardly said las pray eta and a, ranged his simple toilet when it's uiugle-dangle diug ding dingle danele din* ding. That mean*. Forwaid march, if you want any breakfast. Then there's auother dingle, dingle, dingle, about the time you have struck up an intimate acquaintance with yonr breakfast. This is a more cuphoue ous sound at any rate, for the resident uro fessoi and not the factotum is doing the ringing. It is the call to morning worship— alter that we have a respite—to carry coal and do other manual labor, for things iiiii.it bu kept tidy. Al 3 o'clock that bell liegius again This time to call to class, i And it's diuglt dangle dingle-dangle din- J gle dingle-dee to mathematics, and clang clang to I.aliu, and ding-ding Jing ding to ! liieek and three double claps to Hebrew, and ding ding diug to mental philosophy, aud so on, each "I'iof." hawug hia own • riug" and the bell making announce nunts every forty live minutes, excepting ilie noontide inleniiisdiou, till the odor of rotlee iu the koardiug hull is ivafled to iny room and the t-omhre clock iu the hull points it's lank digit at sp. in About that lime you feel tired in your head and emp ty iu your stomach. After supper you don't feel like picking up a pen and iudit ing a letter. lam all aid you would per form a sort of a miracle, make a goose of yourself with a single leather. No, hix kouirn er aus. After supper you feel like promenading, bantering, kicking at a foot ball, tossing a base ball,'or, what is often prodnctive of a keener pleasure, yon try to make sombody believe the poorer to be Ihe better reason. Perchance one is in clined to linger iu the twilight uealh the dnleet strains ot the college orchestra, or hies himself far beyond tho sound of prac ticing brass baud and embryo orator. These last two are outlandish. So far us 1 can learn they are first cousins to tho Hutler County girl who persists in thnuip ing a piano when she doesn't know how. I wonder if hulher had reference to this kind of music, or better, '"this kiud of "make-sick," when he said music umketh the devil to llee. If so, lam sure I agree with in more than his dogmatics. How ever; we iuust become reconciled. Theso people, ambitious and inconsiderate are but following the usual order ot things in Mamiuu Nature's household. If there were no tad poles bow could, there be nice, big, plump ftogb will green coats on their backs aud sweet songs iu their throats? Hut to get back ou the main track and make my see we have little time lor epistolary expansion especially il we have a mother anil n sister or so to monopolize our leis ure, our affections and our writing paper, i and let me tell you right here iu paren thesis that its a sorry specimen ol a stud ent who hasn't a pretty, entertaining sis ter who can send a letter in a square en velope, so coutagion»ly good humored that it makes him smile from the corners of his mouth to the lobes of his ears). However, things have changed recently; we finished a branch of study and I huve more time at my disposal, anil 1 intend to go halvers on that with tho readers of the CITIZEN—if they agree. You know it takes two to make u barguin Who Mill profit most by this oue remains to be „cen Suvi, iu the Ural place, I want to give juu a glimpse til lhu country, which as in ull ca.jeu, God made uml man spoiled. Then, maybe iu it couple weeks, wu ahull litke up the different institution* of benev olence and learning or Ihu manifold phase es of life in Columbus, thu superb CBpiUil of a Stale prolific in politician!!,presidential i auilidutes and lunatics. During the month just tlowu 1 have been out at the heheet of duty iu almost every directum within a ra dius of 30 miles of the statu house. As u rule 1 found the farmer in his .Sunday rait and mood just a.i yonr full Hedged preach - er finds his people in pew and parlor. Bnt during the < vacation I spent two wholu weeks with an Ohio farmer, saw thorn iu then working,clothes and .onred a county—it was I'orry—to my heart's content It is over that ground that 1 wish to take the reader. Over it umuiid buildcr, Indian aud pulu face have liuildcli iu turn, it is a wonderful conutry in many respects, and 1 hope its modern improve merits and its uucieut fortifications, earth works and wounds will prove us interest ing to'you as they did to me. So tur this time. We will stop hero and let you get ready to accouipuny tin to tilcnford, Ohio, over thu country roads. Till thou, patient reuder, uii atfectionutu farewell. 1 remain yours truly. Head, heurt and shoe striugs. FAT. Krotu my Den, Capital Univer sity, Columbus, 0., l'ebru ary 28, 18t>0 The (jiippo and the Doctors. • iive us a rest, says the .l ieitital Ktcortl. Vow that the epidemic of influenza is over, we trust that the poor tired doctors will have a rest. It is really ton hud to learn that "ourdoctor made 110 visits yester day," also "our doctor is very husy, uml bus not slept for fourteen nighti." Too busy by fur. How do our patients liiul out all tln.e it said to their credit, cannot lie." To lie is to de ceive—to create lalse impressions, and it is uot true that brntes cannot lie. They are the greatest liars on earth. When the common pheasant, with feathers resembling dry leaves, crouches close to the ground and remained still m death, it is lying. It is trying to deceive you—to make yon think thul it is only a clump ol dry leaves. The chameleon, whose color changes with the color of tho objects with which >1 comes iu contact, is a natural born liar. The giraffe, which will aland motionless for hours ii: a grove ol paliiH, with its long neck stretched pretending to he a true, and deceiving the oldest hunter.3. is a cuu niug prevaricator. The meadow lark, which limps and stumbles ent it from destroying his wheal crop aud other wise doing great injury to his laud Hut 1 tho water was finally shut ofl', and the gas und water seperated, aud it was considered one of the best producers in this vicinity. Within the past few days, however, the gas has taken an entirely new freak, .nut Is now coming out of the ground all over the farm, uud it is easy to light it iu hundreds of places by simply applying a match. Even Ihe water in the farmer's drive Woll is forced out by tho gas, and the family is contem plating a removal from its residence to avoid beiug blown up. Shenk considers that his farm is entirely ruined, and will doubtless abaudoii it altogether, unless some way can he devised to control the escaping element. Buttons that will Stick. When 1 get a bright idea I always waul to pass it along," said a lady us she sat watching a young girl sewing "I»o your buttons ever coine off, f in, before you lay the button on the cloth, put the thread through so the knot will lie ou the light (tide. That leaves it under the butlou aud prevents it from being iron ed or worn away, and thus beginning the loosening process. Then before you begin sewing, lay a large pill acrnat the butlou HO thai all your threads will go over the piu After you have finished tilling (lie holes with thread draw out the piu and wind your thread round and round beneuth the button. That makes a compact stem to sustain the possible pulling und wear of the buttonhole It i 9 no exaggeration to ttny thai my buttons never rame off, and I'm anre yours won't if you use mv methoJ of sewing Joining the Knights. A woman at Hay City, Michigan, dis guised herself U3 u man, and clerked iu u store for a \ car, and tlieu applied for mem bership iu the knights of Pythias ami was initiated During the work of the third de gree her sex was discovered. It seems that iu thu third degree they have an In dia rubber latund u celluloid snake, which run by clock work inside, uud which were very natural indeed. They let them ruu lit the candidates to see if they will tliucb. When the snake run out ut the girl she held her nerve uli right, but when the rat tried to ruu up her trouser'u leg she grab bled her imaginary ukuts in both hands and jumped upon the refrigerator (which is used iu the fourth degree) und unearned murder. The girl is a member of this highly philanthropic and rafe order, aud there is 110 help for il. The utfair may open the eyes of secret societies ami cause them to investigate. One lodge here, we understan d, takes the precaution uguinst the admission ol women by carefully ex amining thu feet of the applicants. If the feet are cold enough to freeze ice cream the cauilidale is blackballed.— fx. "Why need it bet" we say, uud sigti W lieu loviug mothers lode and die, Aud leave the little ones who-ie feel They hoped to guide in pathways sweet. It need not be iu many cases. All about us women are dying daily whose lives might huve been saved. It aeeuis to be a wide itpreud opinion tliut when a woman is slowly fudiiiK away with the diseases which grow out of female weaknesses aud irregularities that there is no help for her. She is doomed to death. Hut this is not true. l»r Pierce's Favorite Prescription is constantly restoring women nlßicted with disease* <>f this >ln 1 to health and bappiuesu It it th>- only medicine for their ailineut i, sold by driiggiuts, under a )>o)itnr guarantee from the manufacturers of its giving suti (faction iu cvmy case, or money puid fur il Will be iclunded Mr Pierce's Pellet*, the origiual and ouly genuine l.lttle Liver I'ilU 'JS emits u vial one a done '1 lie three cent piece and the twenty cent piece are to be abandoned, und 110 more will thu lighluuiK ticket Heller ut the 1 ileus palm oil the former foi a dime and the Utter for a quailer on the uususpect iii)f l.'eubens who aie *0 uuliou . to get iu to Ihu big lent that they d» not examine their 4 hange closely. Lo\a may be blind, but it always >uc cewdj in striking the heart. ' AGRICULTURAL. ll is the lute froel—tLi froot that i comes at a tiuiu when spring appears like j >utuiner —that damages tl»« crop*. I»o not be iu too great a burr) to plant oveJs. • W ait until the ground ia warmed ami all j dancer of t'ro&t is over. Peas and omou>, ! as well a* others that can endure a slight I frost, may be risked, but it ia safer DO) to | take the chance j of loss with tender plants. if any young fruit trees are received that j have but few roots. It is bettor not to plant such trees ut all. lint if they are nsed the tops should be cut back severely, in order to give the roots as little work in the beginning as possible The larger the top tbe leas growth, as the roots cannot uonr- • ish but a proportion of the bud. j . Tf a fanner takes all the advice tliat is offered him by agricultural papers be will be kept lin ay farmer iu a neighboring btate 13 reported to have read iu a paper of this kind that a side window in a stable make? a horse's eyes weak on that side; a window in front hurts his eyes by the clare: a window behind makes makes him sqnint-eyei; a window on a diagonal lice makes him shy when he travels; and a sta ble withont windows make him blind. The farmer is said to have written to the editor of the agricultural paper asking what ef fect a window without a stable would have on the horse's eye 3, and awaits a reply with considerable interest. How many farmers who read this paper ate violating the provisions of their insur ance policy by smoking in aronnd the barns? We fear there are many. When some one thus violating the agreement be mean himself and the company who is carrying his risk, has a tire and the com pauy rt fuses payment on account of vio lating ihe Contract, the necessity for stop ping this bad practice will be evident, if too late to the 100 ;er. The practice H cer tuiuly bud. Before the men and horses are busy iiom morning uutil night on the tarin have the screens for windows und doors renew ed or repaired. The ruin that tliea briug into a house is worth serious forethought to prevent. In room;, bnt little used or II sid only as bed-rooms, very few flies en ter, bnt the few will ruiu any (am y arti cles about the rooui, and destroy all com fort of the morning hour for a sleeper or would-be sleeper occupying the room. Stiaight, fall curtains of seriui, ol a finely woyen pattern, are Very good substitutes tor screen* iu juch a room, and at the »ame time, they are very pretty turlaius. Vretty scrim ranges in price from St cents to rents a yard or more, aud washes when soiled. Uany of the best cows are now bred to drop their calves iu the fall, and there is a general belief among farmers that fall calves are hard to rear. If a warm stable ia provided, one wholly or partly under ground is tbe best, this need uot be the case. With plenty of the light kind ol feed, and rare in giving it at milk warmth, a fall calf cau be got through its first winter more easily than one dropped last :>prins\ aud which i 3 eipectc-d to live on coarse feed. The fall calf can usually he bred at an earlier age, and this will increase its value for dairy purposes. 4 horseshoe in sections, with elastic cushions between the rivets connecting the sections, making a shoo which will yield to the jar of a horse while traveling over rough roads, is tho new patent of two Wis cousin men. There's one advantage about utroug hut ter; you know distinctly which side ofyour bread is buttered. I low to See the Wind. Take u polished metal surface 2 feet or more, with a straight edge, it large hand MW will answer the purpose. Take a windy ilay for the experiment, whether hot or cold, clear or cloudy, only let it not be in murky, ruiny weather. Hold yonr me tallie surface al right angles to tho direr tion of the wind—i. e , if tho wind is liorlh hold your surfure eubt, hut instead of hold ing it vertical, incline it abotU 1J degree* to the horizon, so that the wind, striking, glances aud Hows over the edge a* the water flows over a dam. Now sight care fully along the edge uome minutes at a bhurpl> defined object and yon will see the wind pouring over the edge iu graceful curves. Make your observations carefully and you will hardly ever fail iu the exper irnent The results are even better if the sun is obscured A Centenarian Hanker. In l.ausingbur. V], resides Mis. Deborah Powers in her hundredth year, as 1 mint as a cricket. Since the death of her hu.*bund i.he has beon the managing head of the Powers Hank,one of the oldest bank iug institutions in this section. She also attends to household atfuira. Au afghau. just completed by her busy lingers, is on exhibition at a chnrch fair. Mrs Powers chuWn but few marks of her creat «iw. —"The jnoou of Mahomet arose, uud it nlnill set," says Shelley; but it you will ttt u buttle of i»r. Bull's Cough Syrup iu some bandy place yon will have a quick care for croup, coughs and colds The eighth wonder of the world.—A be nigbted man limping with rheumatism who had never heard of Salvation (Ml. Price 25 cents u bottle Tho persona who gather up the con.'>u 1 statistics next June are to be jiaid for do ing the work as follows: for every living person 1' cents, each firm 15 cents, factory 20 cenlu, veteran or vetorftu's widow 5 cents. In special cases an enumerator muy be paid by the day, not to ex ceed six dollars. The cost of taking the census of IbSU was over $3,000,000, and the next one is estimutcd to cost over $4,000- 000, the population being estimated at 10, 000,000 larger than of ISBO. The work of enumerating has to be done duiing the uiouth of June next The Territory of Oklahoma is at pies, cut the nearest approach to the ideal gov eminent advocated by the Anarchistic philosophers ol any civilized cumin unity tbul bun ever cxiutcd. They have no terri tori al laws whatsoever, and conscience and public sentiment are tho ouly moral re struints. L'uptaiu Prank T. tireen, chair mail of the committe from Oklahoma who il iu Washington expediting the hntinc of securing a territorial government for that uiagic country, was usked how they run thing without any law "Merely by the couuent of tho gorernod," bo replied. "Municipal officers hare no other author ity than public nentiinent. We have ihu nearest ujiprouch to a pure democracy that the (.•nntry affords. - Some one ha* aanl JL man is liappi* est when he cun forget all the meau thinga h<-knows about himself And there are leih.n who, when they have forgotten thi* much would have little else to remem ber v latfjei in a neighboring county wau badgering a Woman during the croiiS-czaai illation ulieu she chargeJ him with hat ing .-nit liH, father to tho poor house, rob bed his mother mid desorted Lis first Wife, uud the law\ er grew ju quiet J"01t COtlld have keard u gamdrop. NO 20