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
e<l in the neatest manner. ...
SiK'Cialtl'ti: —<*old Killing*. and Painless fc*-
tractlonof Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
Olllr. on Jcffer.oß Street, onr dour K*«t of l.owrj
Dunne, t p Stair*.
Office open dally, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mall receive
prompt attention,
S. B.— The only Deatist In Hutler using the
bent makes of teeth.
J. W HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Glßce cn second of the Husclton Moclr. j
Diamond BuUcr, i'a., llooiii No. 1.
A. T. SCOTT. J. p. *IL6QV. j
SCOTT & WILSON,
A'l TO if N UYS-AT-1. AW.
Collections & specialty, onice at No. ts. South
Diamond, Butler. I'a.
JAMES N. MOORE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AMU NOTARY PUfil.iC.
office In Room No. I. second flo«/r of ifuselUai I
Biocftr, entnnro on J>laiuo»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.<!. Buexsini;, .lame* Stephenson,
Dr. VV. Irvln. ilenry WhlUulre.
J. I'. Taylor 11. C. flelnemiui,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, (lon. Ae'b
BITTLBR, !F»A.
BARGAINS
IN
Wall Paper.
For Hie next sixty days w<;
will oiler bargains in all our
gilt and embossed wall palters,
in order to reduco stock and
make room for Holiday Goods,
J. H. Douglass,
Near I'ostollice, 13utler, I'a
▲tlTeruM in the CITIVKN.
THE PEOPLE
WANT THEM!
IHUSELTON
HAS GOT THEM!
The Good Qualities of Our
Boots and Shoes Bring Ex
pressions ot Delight iroin the
i Thousands ol Homes Where
Their Merits Are Known !!!
i Tbe father is delighted over the
lessened bills for Boots and Shoes.
The children wen: activn and wore
out their shoes BO rapidly until
Huselton's Shoes Were Tried
! The mother is glad to add her word
j of praise. fur the children and all the
I family are so much better pleased
i since they use Hnselton's boots and
i shoes that now
Nothing Else will Fill the Bill-
We are having a ffteat ruu uu our
Women's Genuine Itougola Flexible
Button Hoots at £1.25, J 1.50 and $2.
These are beauties and cannot be
matched for style aud wear in other
houses at 50 cents a pair advance on
our price.
our Women's SI.OO But
ton Boots. Nothing iu the town to
jequal thorn
The Ladies' Hand-Turned Button
j Boots—we have the stock to select
from, and the ladies know it. They
all go to Huselton's for fine, good
i fitting shoes. Stock larger this spring
! than ever. Trade demands it. So
we have it at all prices and in all
j shapes, widths, etc , from A A to EE,
tipped or plain.
Our line of Ladies' and Children's
| Oxfords and Slippers ore simply
; grand. The combinations in fancy
! colors in trimmings are immense, and
at very low prices. Stock exceeding
ily large. Look them over.
Ladies', Misses' aud Children's
Spring-lleel Shoes in great variety ,
in black and fancy colors. They are j
beauties!
Men's Broganu and l'low Shoes at
75e. toll and $1.25. All solid, fine
Shoes at sl—not shoddy, seamless
tip bals. Elegant—sl.2s, $1.50 and |
$2 get you tbe finest in the land for
tbe price. You can buy Men's
Genuine Calf Shoes at $1.25 and a
dandy at $2. Come and see!
Our Infanta' and Children's Shoes
arc lower in price than ever. New
lines added. See our new Dongolas
at 50c., patent tip and very line; 5-8,
8-11 solid at 75c ; these are very fine.
Infants' 1-6 25 cents and up. Chil
dren's School Shoes, heavy, 50c. to
SI.OO.
Woriien'rf Heavy Shoes at 75c. to
sl, all nolid. Boys' and Youtbis'
Shoes, high-cut, epring-beol, or heel,
$1 to $2 in button or bals. WK
PLEASE ALL THE HOYS!
Wo Don't Sell Any Old, Kusty
Job Lots, Auction Goods, or
Sample Lots, hut All
Straight, Regular
Goods at Same
Price to All I
Now, Kreeb Spring Stock now
coining. Coine ami fee UH. It will
pay you.
B. (J. HUSKLTON.
No. 4, N. Main St., Jtutler, l'u
The Opportunity
To secure bargains in now of
fered yuu. We are closing out
all witMinalile good.-j and want
to close tliein «>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<e of ilO loci on W
l'earl, ami the hou»e contain* four roounj,
with a j(0»d eellar.
For particular* inquire of tu* at LLO W.
Pparl St.. Hutler, J'n.
MRS. E. J. IFFT.
BUTLER. PA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1890
"EVER OF THEE."
j Perhaps the uiort popular song ever
J written says a writer in an English paper,
was -"'Ever of Thee."
It is not untrue to slate that no coiig
i ever had such a .- ile, aud certainly am oth
er publisher ever reaped so much protit
from a song as did Mr. Turner from the
publication of'-Ever of Thee." Hut there
is a romance attached to it which until
now has has not been written.
It happened in this way. On a cold
i day in Junuary, lSou, the door of Mr. 'fur
uer's music shop iu the Poultry, London,
was nervously opened, aud a most unclean
and ragged specimen of humanity dragged
himself in lie looked as though he hadn't
been washed for months. His beard was
unkempt, aud dirty, and matted For
boots he wore some folds of filthy rags,and
iu all he was a specimen of the most do
graded class of that community
One of the clerks said to hiin 'Girt ont
of here.'
The two ladies who happened to he in
the shop noticed his woe begone look, aud
were about to oiler liim some money when
a Mr. T— t.a clerk iu the establishment)
I seeing the poot fellow shivering with cold
and apparently hungry, pitied hiui and
brought him into tbe workshop so that he
n-igbt have a 'warm up' by the stove. A
few minutes after Mr Turner, the proptie
tor, came in, aud seeing tbe ragged indi
vidual asked him what he wanted and
"Who allowed him in.'
"1 did, said Mr. T—, "the poor fellow
looked so cobl and miserable 1 couldu't
send him out in this piercing wind without
giving him :l warm, and, besides, he says,
he has souie business with yo»i '
"Husiucss with me!"
Yes, sir, I have a soug 1 should like
you to listeu to."
Turner eyed him from head to fool unj
then laughed outright
The miserable looking object at Ihe stove
began to.fcrort uueaoy, and begged U. tie
allowed to play lite ail ol bis song, which
he then unearthed from his rags and hand
cd to the music publisher, Turner looked
lit it and said.
"Who wrote this?"
' I did, air," came troni the raji >
" 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.<f Hut seriously, if the grip had
lasted much longer, it might have killed
oil ull our best men Wu hopu I his good
uiauwho owe i hiuiiiclf foillteeli nijrhtn'
nb ep will soon catch up, that the poor
man who "liau not bad his clothes oil tor a
a week" has had a bath, und tbut the one
hundred uud forty dully patients of the
other unfortunate overworked man are
titlll ulivu to appreciate bis hctculean la
hot* Take care, doctor! Lithei a pillsr of
suit in uu obituary is iu wuitin^t
The cbirl o| police 111 I'lltsbmg a.I
mitH that tliertt ure 800 "npeak easlua," or
illegal liquor selling places, in that city,
but he points proudly to Ihe fail that
there ure uo gambling house* Some men
are proud cl'almost anything.
Men Not the Only Liars.
Iu hid speech to the jury iu the Leeooey
murder trial lately Judge Pancoaat laid it
down as a self-evident troth tbut brutes
could not lie. • ilen and women lie." he
Miid, "lint the brute creation, l>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 <elong, pieteuding to
he lame, and thus induces yon to pursue it
nntil yon get away from the vicinity of its
nest, aiid then flies swiftly off, is simply
lying to you. When the opossum gels
into dangerous quarters it fains death; so
does the potato bug. In the frozen North
—the regious of perpetual snow—the birds
and beasts are all white, and in the flowery
regions of the tropics they take ou all the
hues of the rainbow. There are hundreds
ol ammols und insects whofO ouly means
of protection is their ability to deceive
their enemies iu some way or other Na
ture is a great liar, aud we must ever be
on the alert or she will deceive us. Even
the sun—the glorious orb of day—seems to
rise in the cast and set in the west, and to
be circling aiouud this little earth, and for
thousauds ot years imposed this falsehood
upon the human race Hut we finally
learned that the earth was turning around,
and that Sol was an old deceiver Thus
we see lhat there is deceptiou in every
thing, and that it is uot sufe to judge by
Appearances.—Punisntawney Spirit
Natural Gas Freaks In Indiana.
A Eokonio (lud ) note says:
-A singular misfortune has overtaken the
family of William Shenk, a fanner living
live miles east of this place, iu consequence
of the finding of natural gas. About two
| months ago the Diamond Plate Class Com
I pany leased Sbenk's lariu lor gu.- aud put
down a well. On reacliiug a depth of
about SOU feet a big flow of the elastic fluid
was secured, which shot out the tools with
tremendous force, followed by a stream ol
water that reached the height of at least
125 fed, and continued without cessation
for more than a week, despite all efforts by
tho owners of the well to get ii utopped.
Slieuk's I arm wtu flooded so that he was
compelled to dig trenches to pre>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<euuf" "Ever'
They're always doing it. They are ironed
off, washed off, and pulled off nutil 1 de
spair. 1 sueiu to shed buttons u( every
cU)p." "Make use of these two hints when
you ur«s sewing them on, then, and see if
they make any difl'ereuce. When you be
> 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.
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