\ { 'L XXVII "WBi|AM3mhd. **. 4 90 ST * HENRY BIEHL 14 NOBTHJJMAIN STREET, f - IJTLBR F."E:JM2sI'A ■P> DEALER IN, Hardware and House Furnishing (-roods. Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Buggies, Carts, Wheel Barroivs, Braipmer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Banges, Stoves, Tabic and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer of Tinware, Tin Roofing and' Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. J. R. GRIEB. • PROF. R. J. LAMB. GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE. NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST, BUTLKB. PA. BSole Agents lor Butler, Mercer and Clar ion counties for Behr Bros. Magnificent Pi anos, Newby & 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. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY Pianos and Organs sold on installments. Old Instruments taken in exchange. Come and see us, as we can save you money. Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments Promptly attended to. Established 185 i) E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER, No. 19,'. North Main St.,i BUTLEB,;PA„ DE A LER IN Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, &c., &c. Society Emblems of all Descriptions. . Repairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted. 1850 ESTABLISHED 18SO THIS WEEK, And for the next 30 days we shall con tinue to clear our shelves ot Winter Goods to make room for HEW SHE GOODS. Come early as the prices we have reduc ed them to will move them rapid ly as they are marked verv low. You will find some big bargains at TROUT MAN'S. Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa* THE/BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. MILLER, A rchitect. I r»nit-e on \\. < orner oi ijiamoud j I- aii«l specifications for cheap uu«l expcii .live buildings iiirs MUlli of II"- \ .'K ley House, Main SI., Iluilrr. I'a., ou secdi'l Hour of K»-i • terer's huiltllnir. l.'est.lenee on \V Jefferson .st (*. VI. ZIMMERMAN. TUYBICIAN A Ni> PIKOKON, eat No. 45. 8. Main street, over Kraut & DIUK Slore. Ktitler, L*a, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. So. lit vVeti Cuuuiughmii St., ; B 3?TT3isrisr'^ W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN ANl> SURGEON. S. W.Corner Main and North Sta. B QTLER PE.M ZfcT'A. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. | DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. .Specialties fiold Fillings, and Painless I.x -traetinu ot Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. OBlce OB Jefferson Street, one door East of Lorn > lloD*e, l p Stairs. Ofllce open daily, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by inail receive prompt attention, N. B.—Tlie only Dentist in Iliiller using the beit make* of teeth. j. w. IIUTCIIISON, ATTOKNEY ATI AW. I ftlie en second tioor <.f the Uuselton block, Diamond. Butler, Fa., Kooin No. I. A. T. SCOTT. J. I*. WU£OH. SCOTT & WILSON, ATTORNEYS AT f.AW. < 'ollectlons a specialty. Ofllce at No. H, South Diamond, Butler. Pa. JAMES N. MOORE, ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW AJ.U NOTARY rCBLIC. Office In Kooin No. l. second floor of Husellon | Bloek, entrance on Diamond. P. W. LOWRY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ltootn No. :i, Anderson Bulldhig, Butler, P». j A. E. RUSSELL., A'ITUKNK\ AT LAW . Oftlee on second floor of New Anderuon Block Main St..—near Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at f-aw, imice at No. 11, Ijtst Jeller- j sou St .. Butler. I'a. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law arid lienl Jlslate Agent, in j nee rear of I ./.. Mitchell's ofllce on noith stile of Diamond, Butler, I'.i, H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-lnw. oftlee on second floor oi A uilerson building, near Court House, fiutier, I'a. - J. b. BRITTAIN. A tl'y at Law OOice at S. U. Cm . Main Si, aiel Diamond, Butlei, i'a. NEWTON BLACK. All y at Law—Oftlee on South side of Diamond j But lei . I'a. .JOHN M. RUSSELL, Attorney at Law. OlUce ou South aide of l»ia mood. Butler, I'a. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EftCINKF.K AM) SIItVKYOIt, OFFICE NKAH DIAMO.NU. Bimaot, I'A. L iS. McJUNKIi\ f Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. E. E. ABRAMS & CO Fire and Lite IN S IIITANCE Insurant: » Co. of North America, incor porated 179*, capital $.1,000,000 and other Btrong companies represented. New York Life Insurance Co., asseLs j'JO,OOO,000. Ofliee New Uuselton building near Court House. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Offico Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. •5. C. ROESSING, PIIESIDKNT. WM. CAMPBELL TKKASIHKI. H tIKINEMAN, M-« KKI»K* I il R V C roltf* J. I. Purvis, Samuel Anderson, William (Jamptiell .1. W. liurkliart, A. Trout mini, Henderson (iliver, rori.Ei' AKTICES, SPONGES, Itßiraili-a, PKRFITMEKY, Ac "~l*hjatctans ITehcilpilon3 carefully pounded. 5 S. Main Slreet, Butler, Fa. T The Opportunity To secure bargains is now <»t |< re_\s clipt'l I i:a|Jß liOc, heavy Melton shirts t'onner price until next season. Come andsee 1 COLBERT 6l DALE, 70 S Main street, liutler, Pa. Cliristiua-s Goods for Every body. A pjileuditl line of fancy tout u«e --i ful articles of every description. Match safes—in liress, nickel, eel luloid, oxidized silver and rubber. Toilet cases,manicure s«ts, shaving sets, gloves and tiandkerehiei boxes ia luatLer and plush. Odor caee3 iu leather, plush and celluloid. Smoker's sets, vases, per- ; fiimo stands, anil an endless variety j of fine goods, which must he Petn to he appreciated. All finer, nicer and cheaper than ever before. The pub lic is invited to call at KEHIOK'S Drugstore, next to iiowr.v House. Kxaniinw our goods and get our prices. . Diamond : - : Hotel, fronting J'luiiioiid, liutler, J'a. THOMAS WASSOX, Pro'r. (iooil rooms, {rood meal.s, - tuiiling in con liection, everything first < las.s. NIXON'S MM T \ S., N. Mi MAN: T. IA Tl.lU, I»A Mel , aijall L'-urv Open all night. HrealTTiLsl if* »* inrnn rly JioiialdMii It oust' piod at'ciiiiiiiiiHlallftiiH for Iravclns. GoodstablliiK ctuuifdiM. ly l II KITKNMIH I.KIC, PropV Willard Hotel W. 11. RlillllNli, l'ro[>'r BUTLER, - PA. M'AHI.INU IX eoNNKCTION. KIDI'I.K liADf for C«M!»HtCIAI. TIIA VKLKItS SAMPF.K I.IVEKV IN CON NA TION Hotel Vogeley (Strirtli/ First Chun.) iir:snv i, RECK, I'UOP'U. J. H !•'AUHF.f., Manager. Hntlcr, I'a. Jonl a l i'S K est; in l ai 11 All our readers visiting Butler will do well to go to Sain Jordan's restaurant (or their meals. We serve lunches, soft drinks, tobacco and cigars. No. I, S. Main St., under Schneidenmn's clothing store. I 'I EVERY Housewife EVERY Counting Roofn EVERY Carriage Owqer EVERY Tfinftij Mechanic EVERY Body ablo to hold a brush Bnouix> Qua JOIK*BON ' M \ t* r> r. wiu STAIN OLD a NIW FUHNITUHC farnimt* WILL STAIN Glass AND CnihAMAHk at T J TT . MULL STAIN TINWAHL WILL SIAIN VOUN OLD Baohli* tirnt MILL taiAiN KAST'S COACH AND WOLFF at RANDOLPH, Phlladtlphta As*, in Dri.g, Paint an J Uoiue Furuithi>> iiaaictl i.-YUii Theit lift It' home ! lon I oiuv l>een a happt ninl > coin tor t ahie ! one, hut Ihe great Tin Ping reheltnai, i which hail hecn raging niuce I vl'i, hail de i itroyi'il their home, together irifli many ' thou .ainl.s of olh.-i , ho I hat they were left j with nothing hut :i little hauihoo ne | a large, gawky hoy named Hi, Jon, and I in l.ing, a very pretty and ainialde girl, ;13 years <>hl. 110 .lull worked v.ith his ! tuther in the ri>.e fields of a rich man, and I all they received for tin sr lalmr.wac simidy | the food that kept the iiltle family alive. | The ri- Ii man, however,kept (living small, r tatioiis each week, and at la-f Tszitu he came desperate with hunger, for he always let Ibe others eat belore he touched i morsel He had economized iu every po? siblc way, ami bad even gone so tar as to cut a hole in tin wall in wbicL to sit their little oil lamp. ■>> that the one light would serve for the two small ro,»ins which com prised their home Many and many a time bad Ts-sun s wife asked him with teals in her eyes and the haul lines of hunger and t are on lu-i face, to go to the liiuperor, Ueiu Fung, for as sistance. Hut women l.now nothing ol the courts nf China, . o she did not know what an impossible thing she asked her husband to do, and even if T's uu could have gone lo the Hwang Ti, in tlie lanperor is known to bis people, be would not have been given assistance, as the ruler was a cruel, fiery Tartar, and bail a most turbulent reign. He was tin; grandfather ot the present young Kuiperor, whom we will shortly know something about. Matters became worse and worse iu the j liltle family, and finally, after a hard I niggle, it was decided thai little Yin 1 l.ing bail to lie ,01, l us a slaye in order to l save her parents from starvation. When she was told of her I'ale alio wept for [ many day.» and many nights, but, like a ' dutiful child,made no union trance against I the wishes of her parent for in China | children are taught obedience even before [ lliey are taught to talk; o when the day I linnlly came for her departure il »vna very ' ail day for the liltle poverty stricken family. Viu l.ing looked upon In r coining livery as absolutely in re ary for the sal vatioii and welfare of her parents, and not once did she ask thai she might sta) home. Four long weary days the hunger stricken father and In id eyed child walked the slree! < ol ( anion before he found a purchaser l'«i bis daughter, and then be was bought by a rich Tidoo (ien eral, who eommaiided tin- 1.1 ml i mii ' '''iiiiiln HI fa'hini As lie. »» very heauti lul and hail a wonderful head of long black hair she broiighl many hundred dollars to her father, who bade her a hasty farewell and Marled tor home. The General was a man of great wealth, ami being a distant Tartar relative to the Kuiperor. Heir Fung, bad a large amount of influence iu the imperial family. He bail a long talk with )in Ling, and lie | coming impressed with her modesty and I natural grace, presented hui to hi: wile u., her special liiaid. She was ,1 ies..,Tl iu a i beautiful silk robes, adorned with splendid jewels, sii Ibat her appearance would not contrast harshly with the gorgeous siir roundings of bis wife's tea rooms, over which little Yin was given entire charge. Iler sole duty was to pour out and hand little i ups of perfumed lea to her mistress and any of her Irieuds who had the honor of being admitted into the secluded apart nienl. To little in l.ing il was like unto Ib>. transformation from the low crawling worm into the gaudy butterfly. Tin- -ii.l.li n change from :< life of pinch ing pov it I y to oiii: of In Miry mi. l .splendor hud developed in Yin l.ins; her amiable nature mi.l graceful lit-iiHbjfj .11..1 liuil brought ..ill In* r true worth us inj.illly as H Min scorched lily biightem- up midcr the .•oft refic.-hiug dews of night On account nl the extreme [.".e1l y in vvliich he had lived, her feet had never lieeu hound with silk lo prevent Ilii ii naliiial size, and al though tbey were small they were not lie formed and did not can so her I" waddle lihoul like tilt-, I 'hiliene l.ulies do Kii their tiuy little tcel. This plea, ed the old (lull era! very much, tor lie thought Vin Ling was a Tartar like himself, auil lie hud never seen a Tartar -lave quite HO beautiful. .See ing thi.-, Vin Ling decided lo remain .silent in regard to her nationality and kept on amusing and pleasing everyhodj in her own sweet way. In a short, time li, was the pet of the household and all the great Indies loved her, for she was always doing .nine little act of kindness and e .peeling nothing iu return Now listen to the story ami ee how the little plant grows, how it puis forth leaves, sweet flowers and becomes the beautiful tree —the tree which shade:) China. X year had hardly passed when the old General became .-«» iu love with the pretty Vin Ling that he decided to keep her no longer as a lave, lint make her his daugh ter. When the old warrior told her that she was to be his flme no lunger, the burst into tear: and timidly naked to be allowed to stay. Then, when he. told her that she was n >t ti> be bis tdave, hnt his daughter, a bright . mile broke through her team and she ran to where he sat and kiss ed hint. It was like the lir.it soft ray of the '.iin coming from behind the rain clouds and ki- ing the hard gmy rocks of the sea coast. She nestled up in In arms like a timid liti le bird celling -belter, and put ting her in in - uronml l.u ucck wept, again, but this time her tears were tears of joy, they were the lainbow bower. Then the old (ieueral became happier than ever, and lie immediately called for his ecrctary, a little weazened faced old man, who bud been with the family "Ironi boyhood. He was instructed to immediately prepare a copy of the adoption for the public and also see that it was properly entered at the courts. Happy Vin Ling wa- then given llirce .special maids iu waiting and a large ward robe was prepared for her, consisting Of :■ i 11\ dresses of varion colors and ever so many gorgeous robes. Her newly found father had a ma tcr engaged 1., teach his daughter how to read and write, which is an accomplishment among the buninine si-\ only acquired by the daughters of very wealthy people and high officials. Tin l.ing progressed rapid!) in her .studies and her new mother, assisted by the ladies of the household, did not neglect her in any ot the more re lined accomplishments, aueh as playing the "sum yiu, weuviug silken mats and other aits which are necessary to the life of all Tartar ladies of high rank. Bo rapidly had the little maiden devel oped that three years later, at the age of lii years, she was known as one of the most beautiful and accomplished women in the province of Tung, it not iu >ill Southern China. About this time (1^1)3,i ttie venerable owing to his age and great service, wa3 tailed to Pekin lor promotion prepara- | tory to a title proclaiming him as one ol i the "heroes of the suppression of the great Tai Ping' rebellion Now it was always ! i iistoniary for .-itch a distinguished official io present to hi • benefactor, the Emperor, j -.line present as .1 token oi their respect. The nev.s of hn coming promotion bad been ot great joy t.> the General hut when 1 | be commenced lo think ol what lie could j pre 1 nt to the Kiupcror he t.. tiue badly perpleicd For several davs be went about with a ad. thoughtful look upon In * face, atnl no one but little Yin , l.ing could comfort him I line day bis l'aee grew radiant, and lo- I i burst into a merry laugh. Ilia wife saw j I tho sudden change, ami asked him w hat lia.l turned his huinoi o uddeitly lie j hesitated about replying, but finally aid: "1 wa. only wondering what his Majesty ; i would think if I should give liiui our little 1 Viu Liug "Why, that IJ glc.ri.uis!" eicliiiucd Lis j • wife Where could our little one get a ; better home 01 Avar* mori magnificent » I clothes?' Then she went up t.< her husband, ami, 1 I rent? Ibat no one wa= near, whispered in J ' his eai I think the Empeior would only be too j | glnd t.. have our pretty Tin, am', between ' i you and me he might take her for on. ,1 1 Ins wives. Then they talked over the matter and ; decided that il'Tiu Ling did not vrisli to ; go, why she could stay with them .1 long 1 us she pleased lint under no_ considera- | (ion would they force her to leave Ibeui. \\ ben Viu Ling was told that she could j live at the imperial palace if slie wished, -ho cried soft]} and said that although it would give her great joy to be placed iu •Hi li au exulted position, ill -lie would gladly abide by the judgioeut i.l hei new ! parent s. • "You know what is best for me," aid ; .die. "My lite and welfare are in your j hands entirely, and whatever your decision I nut) be in the matter I will only be too happy to obey, as yon have {riven me so many happy moments that I would now sacrifice everything- if necessary, to do what you desire.'" This obedient answer so pleased the old tloneral and his wife that they immediate I ly gave a great dinner in liouoi of their J daughter, at wliich many great officers and | mandarins were present. The preparations were then commenced for the joiirtic) to | Fekin, which is a three month ' trip over land. Tin l.ing was adorned in her hand somest lobe and 11111.1 co.itly jewel. , and, after a tearful parting with her fo tor mother, cull led her sedan chair, which the swift coolies .oon tarried out of sight. After an uneventful journey the pail) reached IVkiu in safety and engage.l rooms at a small inn. When the day finally came for tin- lien oral's promotion lie went to the palace, ac companied by bis guards and lin Ling with her Iwo maid • After the ceremo nies place the Uencrnl stepped token of his esteem Willi! f'in|n |.it . Tie became very much affected as his ilongli ter kissed him goodbv, and 111 his basic to leave lie merely mentioned that the girl was his adopted daughter. Ilciu Fung was immediately fascinated by the hamdsome featurej of Vin land.and as lie stood before liiin. blushing a deep crimson, she looked more beautiful than ! e.vei lie had fallen head over heels in I love with the pretty maiden, and there de ierniined to make her his wile, as he fully I believed lie was a Tartar girl a the cir j . unistanees have shown although she WHS iin reality .1 full hi led Chinese "ill Now the llfiiperor would have been very angry had he known ot the girl * birth, foi a Tartar ruler was never allowed tn marry any other but Tartar 1 idies, for fear that a Chinese >Oll might become heir to the throne, and this they did not, want as the Tartars hud been 111 possession id the iin - periul palace for over lour hundred year • in Ling was given special apartments in the palace, and the nest day the Em peror called upon her. He told lier in a very lev. words that lie wished to make hei his wile This ud.len proposal greatly abashed Vin Ling, although -he had hoped j that it might bo bo The nest day. they were n.anietl in high stale in the palace, notwithstanding rite tact that even one of ilciu Fung's seventy-two wile wit nessed the ceremony. Hut even this did not disturb tin Liug, tor she s iw the Emperor loved her and -he Wft ; happy. The Euipeor is allowed t«» ha\e three principal wive: . The first one i known a t If Wang Ti (Empress), while the other two arc called l'u Shin (i/iteen ). The law. .dale that the ElllptTol must cliooc his in-cc 1 lor from among the on -of hi.) three wives, but his selection must remain it secret until after his death. The children of any of hi < other vt ives are givcn the I itle of princes and prine< cs and married oil among the nobility. Vin Ling grew daily more lovable to the Emperor, anil he became so infatuated.not only by her beauty but her education and amiable nature, that lie made her tirst among all of his seventy two wive:, lie had even changed her name so that she was ufterward known as "Tue Fay" or "Exalted Lady." \ year later she pre sented the Emperor with a beautiful boy, which happc led to In- the lir-t male child that had been born to any of his wives, lie immediately elected the little fellow as his sin ce 1 nr. and liuim-d him Tung (.'hoe. This birth immediately raised "Tue Pay" to "Wong Tai llo" or • liign I Empre ." Six months after he had named his sue cessor the Emperor died, and a short ti»ie afterward a second young prince was born. In the mean time little one year old Tung ("hoc ascended the throne iu the i arms of his mother, 1 111 Liug, the latter i t.heu easting a.-ulc all loruicr titles and be j coming empress agent, and in fact the real j power behind the throne. For three year. | :tbo reigned iu h.-i son's name, and then | Tung Cltce died without ever occupying the throne of the great nation. Luring this time Viu Line had grown handsomer than ever and was a great, favorite with nil lier people Her reign had been a prosperous and a peaceful one, and. with the assistance of her private advisers and public boards, the nation had been kept in splendid order. During all these years «he ha.r As this was the first time China had ever been iu lUI h a pre.lt. anient they di.l not know which way to proceed. They loved the baud -tone Empress very i.it.. h. and would have bceu catistied to let mattcis go on as before, but their constant cry was that China wouid be under the rule of a real • • hiunman. in. Ling, as.-,-toil l.y the old t.en.ial, ' fought the qnestion and at the expiration of two years ascended the thrnue amid much jubilation, and having with her the 1, spe. t and honor of nil the people, l><>th Chinese and Tartar, f..r In-r wonderful ■ mind and powei Now ibat alt Was LnoWII 11,' I.eaUl.lnl Liupii- . lookt'd back up.ai the lino* wUcn she w:u. once simplv Vin Liug, the poor little 1 bine <• girl w iih no ln.es t.< her feet • .«nil hardly enough to eat, «nd mih these recollection, eame many sad thought . \\ eic h.-r pareir t .dive ..r dead ami wheie : ivade.ir broiler K<> Jon. who had suffer ed alike with hei' llasltly wiping away her leai lie coiiiuialided that a parly of penal envoys be sent to her native : province ..I t,riaii;r 'fill.' two thousand miles away, and a thorough 1 ion. i. instituted tor her wretched rela j tivu * 1 lie put; 1...i10) thai the parent- bad I died a few years after :Le was old. and | Ibat her brother then a grown inau. waj .-nil alive ., to Keep him in the stvle becoming u liiau ot his connei lion. Able litlofi Were placed iu charge of him, and Jo day ho is ouT?-»*i^China's brightest men. _ The Empress continued her reign until lasi year, when her sou, Kwuiig Swey.be cuine of age un.l ascended the throue tor himself. She is now 43 years of ago. is t ill handsome us ever anil commands the respect c.f her entire people from one end 01 the empire to the other Thus ends the history of the present great Kwo Tai' or "Empress Kegent over two successive Emperors,"who during the past twenty-three years has been con sulted upon .ill matters concerning the welfare ol the nation alld.. as her sou is Vet young, la Iu V be consulted lor luali) years to couie. "Pal ' on Ohio. it. :.ow the reader will please jump into the buggy, in his mind. That is the beat way of taking a buggy ride when its mud dy In a jiffy we'll he off to the lilliputa | tiaii village of Glcnlord. We tart from Newark, a pretty little city, because we missed mil road connections last liigbt and have an appointment to fill at 10:30 this morning The air is fresh and the b.ng tivuks ol gold autl silver 011 Hie eastern •ky are Hod's bull, tin oi a new-born Sab hath The driver.cracks his whip, for IS miles of bad road lie before us. The horses bound forward and the mini split: be t backward until we took like leopards from the jungle ,of A ia. We notice thai the topography t grow ing more bill) a we proceed southed t wnrd. Perry county, Ohio, i. about its billy as ltutler county, Pennsylvania. As yon travel from Columbus towards the Ohio river the territory grows more broken und hilly. In other directions the land is even, ami in ::onie places, almo d us level as a table. As one skims over this prairie in a ear, the long line of level farms, rich in barns and sheds and orchards and corn dhicks and hay stat ks is onl) interesting as long as it i - novel and that ii not long. There is a palling samcne < in the scene. One's eyes yearn for the luxury of a hill, and lie grows so weary of the scene that lie is ready to bur) himself in l.elliimv s ''Looking Backward" anil wonders if the most up proved socialism will not superin duce a samcne s in social life as tiresome as this sauielic liu the landscape. On these prairies I miss many of the upstairs und downstairs neighbors of my home. I mean the birds and tlowers of sylvan Penu f ylvaitia. V 011 wouldn't catch such a bright, hardy and independent tlower us the iirluitus bio.-soui on these huge flat - | Piaius are good enough for the soil, sal | low-faced buttercup and the amphibious | cat tail, but not for de-ir arbutus, sweet | emblem of innocence and inilepeli deuce. Perhaps the paucity of wild flowers is due !to the scarcity ol wooded land The grand old fore ts of Ohio are fad going the way of the mound builders. Some farms arc so denuded of timber that they cannot maintain their own fences. Once many walnut trees dotted the forests; now only decaying tumps murk the spot- 1 where they stood Along tho streams and in moist places stately sycamores raise their huge smooth trunks and stretch out their mottled and ashy arm to unshine and breeze and winged life. I tilt even these old druids are banished by iho orthodox av The road over which we are traveling i . looked uud muddy and in both respects, an exception to most ol the roads over which I lately rode. Iu the level pails id' the state the highway J ruu due north uud south, c.ist and west Sometimes a stream, which bad obtained quattcrs ughi long bcloie a highway was thought of iu Ohio. Compelled the surveyor to depart with the line of his iiev. load lioin the cardinal points ol the compass. However, the peo ple along such a road build their bouses, to use 1 heir own words, square with the world anyhow." It a road trends -ay to the southeast your farmer will set his house with the compass and not with th.- road. Oh! these Buckeyes have an eye to the eternal litneits ot things. They ate just as fastidious and precise iu dealing out names. For instance, Flcatown is on Hog Pun! What could be a more appro pnatc natnc for a town.' The delicacy of i. • liii;: iloi-di plm t d manifest* itself in everything the*.-ohioaus do. Willi them n road i< a load and not a mud rreek At lea-t that is the rase in most of the distiuis whit h I have visited In some places there are several feet of gravel on the highways aud tbry are .11 tilled to li.e name 01 pile - Iu thi- taie every roter not . ■ empted It,- lan i- t-tpetled lo work out hi-ioud ta. Tin- only voters releas t-d are lh.. e who hart- eeu their llAr-wr titth birthday" and tho •• v.-l. ran : uhn are It t ililij? ap. n. lou 11! Coin SIII. lithle-i may he hin dto do the iv.trk lint Ihe lai uit-i t-i.i . nt. mbstilute He works on the road him-elf. and fait a pardon able pride in Ice. pine il in ordei I tell yt-u what, the i- nit it «ill put the a\erape IV-nnsylvaiiia larmc-r lo :hame They kn.tw lh.it the_\ an- a part t-i Ihe Coiniu>>u * faith. aiol they are llot so foolish as t.. try to cheat themselves in working on thcil own load; Il seems to me that this is a more serious i|Uestion than th.- aver *?>■ huMiau duoiit seems 1.1 think The man who shirks his duly in working toil his road tax injui. - the morals of his com innnity I h.u e noticed that when the loatlr- are real ha.l Ihe churches are ijliile fUiptl and ii<\ Impassible l't'iads tlso .at oil'the initich.iDge ot intelligence, -lop traffic, and -omctiuies keep children Iroiu st hti.,l, Con-equcntly they interfere (villi the exercises of religious duties and promote ignorance. The lanes aud hiph tilt veins aud arteries ».f iho c ommunity and when they are -topped up with innd ii vitiate ; the whole system, si..l it i. jure to break out in moral sored or throw the community into a statu of i orpur. Va we drive ulong ve notice thai the farms and their buildings are better than those of our native country. It seems odd to ce the stubble of corn stalks standing tu the greeii lields of winter wheat. After tutting this coin they siuiply harrow tho tield and sow" their wheat. So far as 1 tail tc this i» the rule and not the exception. The herds, barring soine big Hocks of Ueep, art nothing extra. We have seen much filler stock at home. However, wo see no worthless scrubs he-re. Yon know there is ol building in this slate. Those to which I jo-it alluded cost apiece. \ll the schools of the same township are built on the same plan. 1 fcavr been in a few of these country schools anil found thrtu well lighted, heated and ventilated. The ceilings and wall were tastefully papcreu. To tell truth, 1 felt tin an when I thought of uiy wealthy but frugal houie county Such a perforat cd cheese-hot with u i himiiey as is hung to the side of a hill, within a niile and a half of Butler's temple of Jut ice, would never ■ here for a school house. As 1 sec it, had road.-, poor schools and indiffer ent morals are members of the -ame house hold "Slid, unlike tiie tippler'; wine, they i/row worse with age. - In wandering through th? country one occasionally strikes a little one-story ' building at oi near the intersection of two road* This is called the township house ' and it i- located in the centre of its little ' province. At it the citizens of the pre cinct vote in it the officers of the town ship transact their business, and on it no mortal dare post bills The result is ' that it is as nice and piiui as a country woman telling dinner for a strangei on Suuday. J -peak now of the exterior of the house. 1 only got two views of an interior and they were had on election days when the house was put to its highest use. I found that it was partioned off into two rooms of unequal dimensions. The smaller apartment was oc< upied by the election officer.-. The other was thickly stnddeJ with freemen who were 1 smoking, winking, and at regular intervals, squirting a copious jet of tobacco spittle on I the door. This spitting may have been typical ol the low regard in which they r held their opponents and the smoke, as it L was wafted up in columns aud . loud 3, per haps typified the high regard in which they held their own party and its candi date.-. To me the whole thing va3 em f bb-tnatic of the < orntpt state of party pol itic and offensively odoriferous to boot, liut the township lion e is a thing of utili ty and ought to be adopted everywhere. Lty ibis time wo spy our little town from afar, look at our wteli, tee that, we can reach our destination on time, crack the whip and make a last, desperate attempt to get there. Soon we meet people re turning from church, ask if members are lill there, and learn with a pang that the congregation has dispersed. Our inform ant learns who we are and why we are late, passes ; omc pleasant remarks, laughs and asks lis to "fall in behind and get something to cat.'' That is welcome, lor we hu bad no breakfast and we do as he Inil. . We soon li in I ourselves at rest in a little white house with a bir hearted Luth ' erau iarmei The wood tire crackles, the : dog snores, the dishes clftttcraud the odor jot dinner deep; in under the kitchen ; door and steals through the key-hole. We i deem our.-elve • very forluuato aud are eon-- | tent to make tbi our headquarters ill l'er ry county. In a trice dinner is announc I'd. And now, having reached our desti nation ami our dinner. I think this the proper place to my stop. And slop it shall In- More anon. Till then, Yours with emphasis, HAT. ! «'Ol.l >1 tit s, 01110, M lltfli 8, IMRI. Windows in an Kgg. A French cieutist who removed the shell on either side ol an egg, without in juring the membrane, in patches about the •size of the diameter of a pea, and snugly fitted the opening, with bits ot glass, gives the following report of the wonderful ex pcrimeut I placed tin, egg with the glass bull's eyes iu an iucubator run by clockwork uud revolving once each hour, so that 1 had tho pleasure of looking through uml watching the change upon the inside at the end of each sixty minutes N"o i hange was noticeable until after the end ot the twelfth hour, when onie ol the lineaments of the head aud body ol the chiik made their appearance The bean appeared to beat at the end <■! the twenty fourth hour, aud ,in forty-eight hour two vessels ot blood were distinguished, the pulsations being quite vi able. When 4f>l hours had elapsed we heard thehrst cry ol the little imprison jed biped. From that time forward he j grew rapidly, and came out a lull iledeed | chick at the proper time -■ Aid mnnot wither it nor custom ] slate its infinite variety Flesh la hardly | heir to an ache oi paiu which cannot be I cured by u ing Salvation Oil It is painfully annoying to bo disturbed liu puldit as -i mblies by .umo one coughing, v. bcu you know Dr. Bull i Cough Syrup is only 25 cents. ' The Mississippi Floods. 1.1.h > ear at the close of the * inlet I >on the residents ol the lo* lands of the Mississippi Villey are in a state of agna tion there is pc-nerallv a tiood on hand, or i.ne ij daily expected, and the people ate larely deprived .f their annuel Tiaitation Fur Miuif vears bt a time there are, how ever. intly l> general oterrtow sine* lse4 The present flood is the greatest one for sixteen >ears and at places along the nver, uota l-lv at X«* oilcans, the vcaterhas pa-sed Uir ibmuiiuiii do.HJuiark, aud Woa reported on Thursday, 13th, to he nine and a half ii>< lies higher than the great flood ol 1874. Above the conflueuee of the Ohio and Mis* -i-sippi rivers at Cairo, Illinois, there ha* been no particular damage done, a* the watei lias not attained any extraordinary height hat bclww Cairo, all the way to the Gulf, there has heen a genual use in the waters. At Cano the rivets "Were one hundred wiled in width, covering fifty miles oi the low land* in Missouri and ex tending io the hillj iu Kentucky, while iLo «:il> itself, being situated on the low" ground, hao heen halt'flooded. The rail loads iu that section stopped running, and Unuc-s La u too great to admit of any stop page after having worn a crevasse This year the people received sultuieut warn ing ol the flood, and no loss of life has heen reported from any of the districts, hut there u a general feeling til alarm tor the safely uf some of the people tu the Mississippi bottoms who have not aban ■toned their farms A break in the levied would he extremely disastrous iu those reg ions. Raits of all kinds have been impro vised to bear away the goods and chattels of the residents, while the cattle have been obliged to swim or drown In the towns along the river-bauk boats have been used to navigate the streets, and the second ■ • stories of the hoases have been resorted to for living. AVhere the house has been a small room, the roof has had to serve for a place of refuge until some means of escape has been found. Iu some places the houses have been built upon an elevation, aud the families have ntaid therein, while the wa ter has washed the_ door-steps and un rounded them for miles ou all sides. The wild game of the Arkansas bottoms have been obliged to seek refuge ou these tuglr lauds, aud have supplied the people with food, l-normous herds of cattle have been drowned, uud the damage to the farmers has been very great thousands of acres of acres of rich land lieing submerged A general view of the method of protect iug tho lands is very interesting State, government, aud private aid has gone to do all possible to confine the river to its natural course, and over $25,000,000 has been expended since the war with this oh ject in view The Mississippi River Com mission, under guidance of the Depaitmenr of War, was organized in 1879 "for the purpose of making plans, specifications, and recommendations for the navigation of the Mississippi River " but incidentally much has been done by that body in the way trf-protection. On a convex shore, where the water is shoal, the levee ha. been carried* "ffmttg- Jhe river edge at near as posssible, as danger iiudei such conditions of a caving bsst — \V hen the bank is liable to break the levees are placed further back and where a break iu the levee itaelf has occurred from the caving of the bank loops aTe made, join ing the two broken parts. it mutt be borne iu mind that the banks proper along the river are about forty feet high above low water, and as the river rises live to seven feel over these hanks, the levees are constructed ot sufficient height to restrain the waters within their proper limits. The material is louud on the spot, either clay or sand ai the case might be. A so-called "muck" ditch a few feet wide is dug along the centre line of the projected levee,down to wlieri) the earth is comparatively free of fill organic malter, such as grass and routs of trees. By this method some adhesion to the ground is gamed, and the artificial construction is not easily swepl away. The earth is taken from the front of the Isvee line as near the water as circumstance will permit Standard levees Lave a "crown," or width at the top of eight feet, except iu the case of a very low levee, when the "crown is not less than ltd height. The side ?lopM arc one vertical to three or three and one half horizontal. Present levees are carried up from two to three feet above the high-water uiurk of their po-i tion. The whole alluvial front of the river is leveed «-n the left bank, the principal line extending from Horn Lake, just below Memphis, to Vieksbnrg, covering the great Vazoo Basin. Ou the right bank of the river there arc four principal sections which are liable to be overflowed The lir.it is known as the St Francis front, which ruu3 from Commerce, Missouri, to the St. Francis Bivcr. The White River front ii the second,extending from Helena, Arkansas, to the mouth of the White and Arkansas rivers. Tho third and fourth, kuowu as tho Tensas and the Atchafalaya fronts, run respectively from the Arkansas River to the Bed River iu Louisiana. And from the Bed Biver to New Orleans. At the time of writing the levees below Helena are in a precarious state, and all along the levee line of the Tensas district patrols keep watch day and night The water in places has swept over the levees without breaking throngh them. All pos sible precautions at the. top any break have paned up and down the stream to render any assistance. The whole country is in ;i state of alarm,and the reports from the inundated districts give no promise of ati early abatement. A rathc-r sombre view of the situation is tak en by tin- officials, but if the levees witli stami the present straiu thai is ptil upon them, the people will be assured of mfety in the future, us the preseut conditiou? of the weather aud season are not likely to be duplicated for years to come Don't Fool away precious time aud money and trilje with your health experimenting with un certain medicines, when Or Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is BO positively certain in its cnralive action aa to warrant its manufacturers in guaranteeing it cttre diseases of the blood, akin and scalp, and all scrofulous afflictions, or money paid tor it will be refunded SSOO Reward ottered for an incuraldu . ase of Catarrh by the proprietors of Dr. Cage's Remedy. 50 cents, by druggists filled Her Nantes, Why did you leave four last placfcf The missus called mc names'' "What did sho call youi" - She said I were a domestic, mute, uud me ai hard-work-in' and honest a woman as ever lived." —He(CaUtioUsly,>—What would yott i»y, darling, it 1 should ask you plutnply to b* my wife* liuiiing (even more cftitioufly)—Ask iao and find out. 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