vnuXKVli ' Wll:l:lAM AtAN.U. I.IKNRY BIEHL ' ; tk 14 NOJRTiI MAIN STREET, - - " JPIbT-lN I^4'^ ' ■ DEALER IN .• * Hardware and House Funiisliiiig Goods. Agrieukural, Implements, * « T Kramer Wagons, Carts, "Wheel Barrows, Brammer AVasliiii-- Machines, New dnd Howard Ranges, Stovcj, Table . and po&ket.Cutlery, Hanging Lamps, Ma.i --• " miactiirer of Tiriwai'e, Tin -Beofipg and Spouting A Specialty. WIIFRE .VCHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS -l ivIAN. i r. \"--r-•» V -A > r ■ 1850 ' nil >1 ii»l I c-4 i ISSO ' : a GRIEB, til JEWELER, 19, Noith Main at., liDTLEB, PA D» K LK H I N .. ..'Diaffldttds,:. . . Watches,. ' T; Clocks, Jswelry, Silverware, 4 i*V ,*f\ Spectacles, &c M Society Emblems of all Descriptions. Repairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted. 18SO ESTABLISHED 1850 THIS WEEK, And for-ihe~next;3o days wo shall con |iiiie.ta^dteai v our. slielveß ot Winter to* make room for Come early as the prices we have reduc ed them to will move them rapid ly as they are marked very low. Yoti will find some bis: bargains at O cj TIM HTM A .VS. Leading Dry Goods and Carpet lluut.3, Butler, i'a- Gil REDUCTION AT ,J. H. GRIEB'B, !N"o. 10 South Main St., - utler, Pa. In* Washes, Clocks, [ - Jewelry, - - And Spectacles. Repairing -Promptly Attended To. ; ' 3 ' SIGN OF ELECTRIC BELL. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PIIOF ESSIO XA L CARDS. J. \:. IkiiLLEii, A iv Li lev; I. t 1 n . W. .01 i.Of oi niaiiioud. l'Kiiis .mil spe ...cations lor cheap uu4 >'i,i i-- ■ >e buil'linjjs made un short i. .(Ice. A. A. KEI.TY, M. E. oiiite „ d>....■& aouiU ol iUe VORPI. j Main St., Holler. I'a.. on second Hour IM-L --i. rer's builjini;. Itesldeiice on \V. Jeili-rac:. i>:. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. riiVaitiiK- AJiD bUajBON. (.UcoatNo: r. S. Main uicet. over F.ai.o s. . . .i D:u„' fctor.. t_t:er. la. SAML EL M. BIPPLS. Physician a..a Surg6on. So. .. 1-aet Jcder. St., —1.., Pa. ■ W. R. TIT2EL. PHYSICIAN - SURGEON. J. W.CoriAt .\.-.a „u.l Xu»-:1. -"3.. :•« I C. F. i_> UlcQ UISTiOJsi, ENGINEER AND SI IIVEYOR, Omen neaii DIAMOND. BCTLKU, l'l. ' DH. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All wort r.cri;ui.:..g u> the..olt .s:..u execut ed m the neatest manner. . .. , SpecialtiesGc: t Fllli.iamm 1-I.i.ess Ex traction of Teeth. Vitalized A.r adll.llllSl.erea. OOke 00 JitTerss:: Street, ono .tear E».t of Lowrj lljuse, L'p Stairs. Office open dally, except Wednesdays au.l ! Thursdays. Couunuutcatious by m&tl receive: prompt attention. X. U.— Tits or.ly Ikutlot i„ Uniler auug tin? best makes ofteeth. J. W. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OJlce oi. seeonu iluor oi tl.e Unseltou blui.-. > Diamond, Sutler, I'a., 1! JCUI X'O. I. A. T. SCOTT. r. WiLSOS. SCOTT & WILSON, A'i Voli.N'liY j-AT-LAV. ColletUo.is a specially. C.ace a: XJ. 3, oou.U Diamond. Uiitler. r... JAMES N. MOORE, A riOBNKV-AT-Li .7 AND N'OTABY PUCI.IL. j onice in Koo:n No. l, second floor of Haaelton Block, entrance on Diamo.iJ. P. W. 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E- E ABRAMS & CO Fire and Life ; 1 N B U JIANG E' iDsnraric u Co. of Korth America, incor porated 171)4, capital $3,000,000 and other strong couiivinies rt presented. New York Life Insurance Co., assets $!(0,O00,000. Office New lluselton building near Court Hoi.se. BUTLER COUJSTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sis. •J. C. ROESSING, President. I WM. CAMPBELL Treasukkk. H. C. 11EINEMAK, SEcuaTAm DIRECTORS: .1. I- i'urvla, haiiiual Andersen, ! William Campbe.l J. W. llurkliart, A. Trout mau, lleuilejsou Oliver, G. 0. Kof isiui?, lames Stepheiuoa, l)r. W. Irviu. Henry WUltmlre. J. r. Taylor. 11. C. llelnem.ui, LOYAL M-'JUiiKIK, (lea, Ae't. £}Tja j JLjE3"£2. J !P.A. M. H. Gilkey. Artistic Dress Making. Xo. Gu S. MAIS ST., GiLKLV BUILDING - - .d FLOOR. Spring Millinery Iu all the latest stylus. New Hats, New Bibbons, New Trinnulngi;. I All the new things iu lloweis, laces, gloves, veil ), caps, AT M. V.ct M. Marks'. No. 9b. Main St >f Butler, Pa. THE KAI/L'SKAK GIANT. .HE TRUTH OF THIS a."O2V :A TOrcll_D ; Ji; EV lEK E;..roEj W llii. A\Yj ::c wuica it okk>l>ali.v api'Hab -.) I —17,.. Bree.u-A.-aea -ad 1 t.a-orostjd, in the depths of tLo "t .eat i Ssvenly ruilet. of Oii/b ai.J a Luddied tieo cfovrnoJ IslanJ-i. Ovor iu r.>;.li—„ e:tx iaco ..ti.u wUJ luu'aj, ...1.1 d.iA ii io .u v.'olio sauJ sLori-a ea...e tlta uiita.iiod .. a»t» drink of ..i v.aio.a. "iiOiigliul" WHS tlld u aUo ol l~c il.'di i 1 ~mil jo luokci Lpi.zi ti.e laT : ' *' ' " " VfttfiT ... Sfloti®. v iiL ibo lived .1. e - 1 ' Jj c w u 1.i....... ael 01 ... _ . - t, ..i iLw —vitL of tLo viver, ar.d ijllcd ..in of his stores, lie wandered m i„.o i_u forest ........y —, o„ a su._ll inland toar tha north pnd cf tla.= ' 0— t«J wtsteiii ij i* iieip aiia iia.'- J iu\v i"a..l at. cam oi caaaud, t\a.cli dis* cL... r ioa ,_.v. i.....|jtji .Lo vol;—:i- o*.iti'. oi J'aal.i Ol iaKca Lu ii.o at,, i«. 'iaia outs u..a ii....oV*' i.. 1 * * 1 '• ■ v. i..—.. i... .ns a data, L.i.a the v/uier ar.d raising it mauy feet tlio lower lake, Lunce the roaring rapidity , of tLc vato.j tlc..giiated by the lii'iiau.. • Ki.J..=kak," liich lucaos ''scietcher." f j tko tiorid of tais liiiJiiiktik v.s.i a i great haid-v.ood Llll, iL'l.ig tov.ui'd tLo ~ky l.Le the dou.o tif ediiico, j shadows JuV.'li i.l the ; waur of oa its southeobt, ■ .~|jreading of redectuA ic.re.it ore* the twiiigat su..ace of the silvery lakes to ' the north ai.J west. Ilere for cectuiie. I out of memory the wild men of these rcg- I ions Lai.ou tLeir dead. 'ihe great beeches LaJ oaka had i.evor felt tLe sLi;v --j i ..ag -_.uke of tae- camp lire or echoed the j Lwaug Oi' ha-tev's Low; tho v.'hole hiii i v.-as Saered Crou..J, Larly in tao fi..e..00n ui Li.ia . c..tieia u..y oi September, 1705, tvvo caaues, each • containing a white man aaa two Indians, | cuUie ap La..e laoaignol aad lanAcA ai ti.u faot 1.....a L..., ; ' i„e no:ill La..i: c. tLo 1 E-duak_k. sne wai.e n.e.. Wore x lutely .ioin France. They l.au com 6 to thL place ir a Live.pju. at the mouth of the river, a..A uad ih?io SeL.ired the services cf tho XaJ.aas, wlio were —id anu iipo.- iencod guides,"to ihein up the lakes. The indiaaj ..ere not lung in finding out that the handsome athletic men whom they auvod were nut only practised -uau men, but knj„- more than they t-ld about tho luoality cho.seu for the hunting groauß. Fur tLo strangers LaA taeiusalvos selected tho 4 .laeu to l_nd, directed where tLecamp sLoalA ba Laiit, and designate the rivers and iake- »ud po.at land with the i.anies j by which they were knov/a to the ludiun people. And tLough tLey enjuyed as keeu ly ua tLe.r b u.ul.i tho ounteaia v.'.... the iaoo.:c ~ hieh ...e Indians m ..h tae.. birch» uod cu*iea wuuiA i;p juat ..t daydatvu, they op em must uf their time alone, and often for whole days staid on the great hill, among the graves under the fine old trees, as if in search of some thing. One day one of ine Indians who saw them thus rakiug among the drad leaves, | said; ' Lung ago uhc tiu.o —Indian liud i em nc-oj vei) fine .-.mall gun—maybe you findeui notlier." The men were at uagoi* and lull ui ! naestions about the gun, and learned that ,it had bean picked up Ly au iudian, then j Chief of the Micmacs, named Alexis, and that he lived i.t Liverpool Poahowk, uu.v j called Indian t!aniens. It was a distanjo 1 ol about nine miles, and they at onca set out for the place. Far back as traditiuj ran, this spot had brou a fa/orits dwelling-place lor the rod men oi Ac..d!a. South of it and swarming with fish, r_n tho great river to the ocean. North of it, flecked with wild fowl, was tLo majestic Rosiguol. East and wast wcro vast forests filled with mooso and caiibou and smaller game. Thus surround | ed and supported, Lore lived and loved and died thasa wild forest dwellers, new ntar ly exterminated. The old chief was ouuj found and re ceived his visitors like one who exteuds rather than accepts patronage. At first ha stolidly refused to let the strangers oven see tho small gun. A rich present at length persuaded him, and l;o brought from its place of safety a pistlil of largo caliber, richly inountad in gold and silver and mother-.a-peari, snch r..s was carried about the middle of tho seventeenth century by tho French nobility. The firearm was in good keeping, and | evidently highly prized by it.-Tpresent pos sessor. TLo Frenchmen offered to Lay it, at the Indian's own price. '-_ia no soil 'era," said the chief. "lie tiad 'etn, —no miue. Maybe man wit, l„se come some day. tlien I give 'aiu him —no sell uir., not mine I fiml "em." Seeing .hat no persiu.aon oi' money could chief to part r/iiL the weapon, the Frenchmen said. "Well, 1 till yoa a atory, than perhaps you -ell n.e tho gun." "Maybe," said the Indian, 'I give you otter sl;iu, if, good.story; but not sell you gun." "Ton. know," said one of the men, "for ty y.-ar.i ago my people, tho French, were very many in this country— thirty thous and. In September ol ihat year British men from Massachusetts, nol soldiers, bat vol bnteers, commanded by Colonel Winslow, came here, and by toilh.g lies in the king's nan.a took most of the people prisoners and put them onboard vessels and landed them in atrauge eountrie-., without food or mon ey, so many of them perished from want. '"At firand Pre the people were lirat tak | en, then at Chignecto, aad then at Port | Royal, home of the people at Port Royal knew what had been done at Grand | Pre they held councils. Some wanted to . g.. ta France iu a ship then in the turbo.-, others wished to go to the woods and re main concealed until tho soldier.i had left and then return. '•Among thuao who wanted Lo go iu t..e ship was a young man from Paris, m.nied Pierre Alanooi:, the youngest son of Count Albul ..a of France. This young man was au artist, lie had been in this touutry three years tnaing sketches and making pictures of the scenery. "Alter two years he was ready to return to France; hat at Graad Pre he made aa quaiutunce with a young girl whom ho met at .lie of the village cure. This girl's name was Pauline. She was tho child of „ French girl who aad been t ikon eaptl . a by the Iroquois Indians at a battle with the ilicma..., uad forced to marry a j oung tua\ 00. t *—.. tuoe. hen ..ua wao ten years old her mother died, atd soon after her father wa* killed in battle. She hud no home, ..ud wandered back to hei mother's peoplo, liviog sometimes with them and with the Micmae In dians. "r&uliitt was Joautiful, like tha wild BUTLKIt PA Fill DAY. AI'KII. SiTISW ha loved Ler, L_t knew La could tcver ' marry I\..ili3c d;A not understand „Lc L-. nubility, i—d iuv.A tho aius. [ v. iihoa£ l..aao;ance o* ;hu«^_at. "A year of talj acqaaintcnauea passed j l)^.i;. t : the am r Pauline l&J been at: i\ ;i . ..yal «..Ii bi-r mother's people; ....A tLi., after&utju ot St ptcinbdr, 175J, v. Ai tac Ac-diu.;. a.. Alii&Cult V.'u.i i-Lc glii to ii" | vl:h Lia* in iLe A j tu i uUtt. Li> Wuv Hid. filiu wuuid £O, I it.3 air tu> t««..ii r oi »i I AhJkii arrov.' p t . through i Lu body and ioll to tLo ground a tow yards | u.. Umt Tin ~..n - w &l tree, between this landing place aud tho camp, about as high as a man's knee from the ground. Ia and out, in every direction these wood ropes wore woven, like a net, always across the way from the treo to tho camp, but open at the ends so the Indians could run in between them and strike a man who would be tripped by going against them. They were the color of the trees among which they twined, and could not Lo anon in the night. "This done, Pauline,under the directions of the artist, who had in the ansioty of the work rallied considerably, drew from tho pistol the load, picked the liin:, and carefully leloadcd it with two balls and as heavy a charge of powder as it wouid safe ly carry. Then they watched aud waited ! the attach. It came that night. 1 "As tho Indians espeoted, Plasquit ebosa T : • ' ■■ L-o ... ..OSS tLi i- ad ing La n.en. uad waiting on the shore till ill were at h.s • ile, with a whoop like the bL.o.e- i-aii Li 'prang.l.utth. t in L.".::J. ai-loto tho tree., only to fiu unhurt. The Indian buried his companion, and secured the guns of the soldiers, aud their ammunition. Then taking the largest Canoe, be aud Pauline placed the French man <>u the bo^u, jo, and taking their positions, each with a paddle, at either cud, they .. tailed oil' down the great lake. 1 toward tbe river that ran to the sea. "At that time there was no settlement at thi> place, but thev found there a vessel 1 nearly ready to sail for France, loaded j With lish, aud valuable skins purchased! from the Indians. "From the night of the fight at Kadus kak, the young artist had been constantly growing stronger,and had by this time near ly got back bis usual strength. Among those who were to take passage in the ship was a missionary priest who had been out for some years with the Micmacs aud was now about to return to France. Pierre Alen eon's proud family had now 110 weight when pat in the balance against the giri's love and bravery in risking life and honor f..r hi sake, lie asked her to marry him. and tho situie day the missionary priest mado them man and wife. "When they the u.„ve aUa faithful Uicmac good-by, and gathered up the few things they wished to take with them, they then for the first' time missed the pistol with which Pauline shot the giant. The loss of it was a great grief to the artist, for the weapon was of great vale. It had beeu made by a _..de....i gunsmith aud the stock was inlaid with gold and silver." "Cough!" repeated the Indian. "Noithor of them had seeu it after tbe shooting. There was no tiu.o t;> make search, uu.i they sailed for Franco without it aud ueyer came back. But two of their sous eulllc. Ve are the children of Pauline and Pioric Alencon. We will give you great piice for lh:s pistol. It is the one uur mother killed tbe giaut l'lasquit with." "Your father alivet'' ...deed the old In diau. "Our lathe" u;ed three yea. "Your mother a.i ,d" "She was when we left Franco.' The old chief h.iuiiad t_j _,i.itul to the rr.an who to.d tbu. >U..y. "Y._ U'ue ii to France," he said, ' give it your mother — tell hw-.- I keep it-fo. owner—owner ..e..d, nc.v her-—good-by." No persuasions could biu, i..ke anything in ...id the strangers were obliged to leave without regarding this old kin;; cf the forest for hlj _iolld ad herence to do right. About ten years ago there went from Milton in Q.CVjnty, up the iiu. to Indian Gardens,^.party 01 gentlemen on a huntiug tramp. Among tho party was a pitiless . ol'r. Weati i College, who wisli ed to get a skeleton of a male Ai.emaC In dian. He and two others of tho party con cluded to rob t'uo barying-ground at Ka duskak. They opened a very long mound, and found complete a ma-.iva s.roleton, with the boats o:' both arms broken. An old Miomae named Cobleale Glode (who has siueo died) was asked about this giant skeleton. ".lTough r " said he, "Plas quit"' and told the story substantially as told here; hu aaii.be w.._ told it by the old Chief Alexis. Nearly a century has Lapsed since the old Sagomo heard the story from the Frenchmen, and the lumberman's axo ..rid tho scathing fires have denuded tho islands and forests along tho shores of Posignol. liut the breeze still dimples it. snj-f;u'e,.afd tho little waves stiii fret its sandy shores; tho hills still mirror themselves in its deep, quiet bays, and tho wild fowl still dip over it's moonlit breast. . s GRACE BE ax McLeod. StaUstics Soured Him. Head of Family—l'm discouraged and tired of life. Friend—Why so despondent; "Statistics." "Statistic*?'! - ' "Yes; they say that five hours a day. is enough to supply each member, tho com munity with a living, provided the work be "equally shared by all." "Weir."' . 1 "Well, I'm the only one iu l.vc in my family that labors. So, if the statistics are true, to support the crowd I've got to wuik du;. lifct. Qualified Io Judgo. A t use came-np: in the court over whieli Judge'Erill presides ln'St. Paul, in v.fileli a big was a witness Shu testified that she had whipi>ed her little boy very, severely, and as she wt ut on with the storyj)f the exceedingly still' beat ing she had administered, the Judge's clear brow grew a little darker, and he in terrupted her to a >U if it had been necessa ry to chastiso the boy so severely. The* colored lady looked astonished at the que.itiou. Gazing intently at the Court, sho inquiredi--H . "Jedgo, was you de. father of .. wuthlosß mulatter boy?" "No, n£>," said the hastily. • Then, Jo^ge t you don't know.nutlin bout Je case.'. , dog has Lis day. TLo u. b lib, however, are still re.erved for cat*. (Ine.»r UaLies. Fannie 11. Wsrd writing from Bogota, the capital the United Stote. -ft ..Ken- Uia, South Ann rica, saye; The more superstitious of tho people have a horror of all religions >ave their own. A furmer missionary in Colombia relates how a poor woman came to him one day. weeping and evidently driven to desperation by the pan ft* of hunger, bring ing her baby in her arms, which she oiler ed to s*U to hiin "for the service of the devil," she fully believing that the mission of the Presbyterians was to gather in souls to his Satanic Majesty. The maternal instinct is by no mean - wanting; but among the more degraded the women have so many children and are so habitually hungry ai.d hopeless that it is no wonder human instincts nearly die ont of them. In same cases infants are utterly neglected and left to shift for them- j selves soon as able to walk, to live or die, •'assi I>ios qnerie" (as God wills), as their parents would piously remark if question ed on the subject. An American gentle man tells me that he was riding one day in tl.e suburbs when his horse accidentally j ran over and killed a child that was lying asleep iu the road, its dirty and naked ! brown body completely hidden in the j sand, of course he was stricken with hor ror and remorse, and hunting up the moth er, gave her all the money he happened to ; have with him (amounting to aOuui S4O). j to a-suagc her grief. A few days later. , riding along the same road, he saw ahead j of him another child squatted in the .and in precisely the spot where the other was | killed. Dismounting to investigate, he ; discovered that the little thing could not get out of the way, being securely fastened in a dat basket. He did not run over any j more babies. Throughout all Spanish-America the . death of a child seems to be a matter of re j joicing rather than of sorrow—the idea be j ing that the little one, not having arrived at years of discretion, must be without sin. and therefore in no danger of the torments i of purgatory; whereas, had it been permit- i tpd to live longer '-quion ~abu" (who knows) what might have beeu its eternal laturef The small corpse is spoken of by all as otra angelita. "another ...Lie angel." It is decorated gaily with birds' wings, flowers and bits of gaudy paper, kept in the house as long as possible, ofieu a great deal too long; and its interment is celebrat ed by lively music, followed by a feast by all concern-.d. Why Farms Run Down. The farm is the foundation of all other callings which trace their roots back to the soil, and the farmer is the basis of all na tional strength. The dweller in the city may in the hour of danger take worldly wealth and flee, or, if his wealth is in buildings, may have them destroyed in an hour. Not so with tho farmer. If he leaves his farm ho leaves all. The build ings are the minor part of his wealth. National instinct compels him to light for his home and country, although men in all other callings may run away. Ilis call ing is the base of all progress and prosper ity, anil he should, from the fact of his position, stand at the head intellectually, socially and politically under a free gov ernment like ours. It i« the man that honors the calling, and not the calling that honors the man. The farmer must occupy the position .which be qualilices himself to fill, and he cannot reasonably expect to occupy any higher one. All depends upon himself. In a recent lecture Professor Brewer, of Yale College, well illustrated this idea by a case which came under his own observation. A man bought a farm for S2O an acre. He so improved it that in a few years he was offered !f3OO an acre for it. At his death it sold for $250 an acre. Iu a few years the purchaser sold it for flu.. ..ii acre to a man who finally disposed of it for sl2 an acre. Here it was plainly the men aud not the farm that determined the value. It is so in all cases. Although there is a difference in farms owing to location and tho nature of the soil, yet there is a wider difference in the men who run them, and the laggards must ere long j drop out in accordance with the law of the I survival of the fittest. She Cared Him of Chewing. "Alj- husband doesn't chew any more tobacco," said a newly married lady to a party of friends, "or at least, doesn't where I can see him." "How did you stop him?'" they all ask ed. "The morning att.. we were ...amud," began the iady, ''and he and I woro sit ting on the frai.i poroh, I noticed he was ill at ease, and finally I asked him what was the nutter with him. " 'My darling,' he said, taking my hands, 'there is something I should have told you before we were married.' " 'What is it I gasped, as the vision of another woman swept over me?' " 'Love,' he answered, 'l'm an inveter ate tobacco chcwer. Can you—will you— forgive me?" "As he liiiinhed, I slipped my hands from his, mid. drawing out a box of snuff and a brush, I said: " 'Oh, John, I'm so glad you spoke of it, far I'm nearly crazy for a dip.' ",iL ii.cc waa a picture, I can tell you, and in less than three minutes we had en tered into a solemn compact to forever ab stain' from the weed. " 'And did you really use snuff before .you were married.' asked one of the la dies. " 'No,' answered the wife; 'bat I was fixed for John.'" Astor Searches for a Dime. The following story illustrating the As tor philosophy in money matters is told of the late John Jacob Astor by the man who was the other actor in the scene. "1 went to Mr. Ant or," he said, "with a busi nesa proposition which demanded an in vestment of SIOO,OOO on his part. "While listening to the plan he kept groping and feeling about on the floor for something he seemed so have dropped. When 1 had finished he said readily: "All right; go on with the affair; I'll furnish tho money." At that iustant a man entered to tell him that one ol his buildings had just burned down. " 'That happens nearly every day.' he said, with the utmost unconcern, and went on feeling about with great caro for that something on the carpet. "I finally asked him what he had drop ped. " 'Why,' he said, raising bis head and looking as woebegone as a small boy, 'I dropped ten cents here a few moments ago and 1 can't find it. If a man's buildings hurt; down, they are gone and ho can't help it and he is bound to let them go. Cut a man who deliberately throws away ten ocuts because he won't take the trou ble to find ihcu» is not to be forgiven. —A Wisconsin man bought a pickerel hat weighed la pounds the other day. jThe pickerel had swallow ed a bass that would weigh two or three pounds, and when he dressed the has* ho was rewarded by finding two good sized perch in him that he bad * wallowed, so hi- actually bought four fish instead of one as ho sup posed. The Appointment of Post masters. \V, Lave in the t'nited States i<..stoliice<> against .".STO for last year, anil the n mber is evpry year steadily increas ing. It is suggested that, with the exception of the incumbent.-of the tirst-class offices, all these postmasters be appointed by the people of the district- in which the post offices are located. Let there b« a day on which no other matter shall be considered or voted on, when all voters, irrespective of party, shall l>y vote designate someone as their postmaster, and then let the com mission of each person be issued by the government—the government, as now. fix ing the bonds to be given, and having the full right of inspection and of dismissing the postmaster for competent reason. Some of the reasons for snch a change are as follows: 1. It is democratic. * 2. It will restrict and diminish the im mense and steadily increasing patronage of of the general government, which is grow ing to be dangerous. " It will be likely to give us the best postmasters, for the people of each district w ill best know who are the nios' capable and reliable men. 4. It will give our public officials—Pre i dents. Senators and Kepresentatives— time to attend to 'heir proper busines , where now two-thirds of their time is taken up by the calls and solicitations of men and their friends seeking for office. Other reasons might be given for the pro posed change. Cut these are enough to commend it to the consideration of the public, for in the end public sentiment is likely to control such matters and lead to wise conclusions. As Talleyrand once said: "There is one body that is wiser than any body, and that is everybody." To every body the subject is suggested for thought and consideration.—five /•<■«.«•*. .The Usual Victc ry. • Now I know exactly what I want for my new dr ss." said Miss Shopper, a.-* she went into one of Detroit's great dry goods ••emporiums" the oth.-r day. "I've looked around for three or four days and I've fully decided on a combination suit of gray and maroon, and I shall get it and I shall not pay more than forty dollars for it." "Something in gray and maroon, did you say?" said the salesduchess in attendance. "Gray and maroon. Is it for yourself, may I ask? Yes. Well, now, let me see; you would want—oh, let me show you this tan and pal tern. lu quite new, and I really think it would be more becoming to you than gray and maroon. Those shades arc not being worn at all now, while alt shad. , of tan and green are worn a great deal, and you've no i.K a how stylinhly they make up. They're just lovely. A friend of mine has one that's beautiful. There, now, notice how nicely the two shades blend as I hold them np. Kver and ever so much prettier than the gray and maroon. I shouldn't want .hi. u'-jlkulus at all if I were getting a new dress. And this pat tern is only #*>->. We've never sold such goods under $75 befure. These arc all im ported patterns, you know. If I were yon, now. I'd—" This goes on for a quarter of nil hour and results in a complete victory for the sales lady, poor Mi s Shopper coming away with a kind of shame faced feeling for ever hav ing thought of wearing such a thing as a gray and maroon gown. An Indian Fights With a Be a. One day last week an Indian made an excursion to a mountain near Chevantzie urm. S'ato of Miehoacan. in Mexico, to look after some fuel for hid hut. While cutting up a dry oak he suddenly felt a bite on the calf of his leg, given in the fraction of a second. A moment later he felt coiling around his body the terrible fold of a boa constrictor. Instinctively he leaned his head over toward the wounded leg aud was almost fascinated by the glare of two bright basilisk eyes, that gleamed like fiery coals in the head of the serpent. Quicker than a tlash the Indian ducked his head and caught the neck of the reptile between his jaws, sinking his teeth in the quivering flesh and clinging to it with the desperation of the dying. The huge ser pent lashed his tail and tried to twist its head in order to bury its fangs in the In dian. but the latter Jung on and began to chew away at the neck of the boa, which is the thinntwt aud most delicate part of the snake's anatomy. After chewing for a lons time the Indian succeeded in behead ing his antagonist, the folds dropped from around his body and the Indian was free. —New Mexico Xcics. The Spring Robin. "Seen any robins around yet?" he in quired as they met in the corridor of the postoffice. The other looked at him with injured dignity for half a minute, and then beckon ed him out of the crowd and said: "What about robins?" "Why, robins —birds?" "Yes, I know that there is a bird called a robin. What of it?" "I asked if you had seen any this spring." "Suppose I had?" "Why, nothing, only robins come in the spring " "Yes, I bfclieTe they do. Hid you want tLuui to wiyt and come in the fall?" "Well, I—I—" here, my friond," said the other a? he Ud a Laud on his shoulder, "let all birds alone, robins included. They are all right. Let spring alone. It is all right. Just keep right on attending to your bus iness and let other things attend to theirs. Good day, sir! A Tip for Tooth Doctors - Here id a obauce for dentists. I)r. Chester, a medical missionary and a broth er-in-law of Bishop Whittaker of Philadel phia, says: "T.:are ia a Lii, chance in Madras and Bombay for a number of bright, skilled American dentists. Madras is a city of 300,(Kit) population and has not a single American dentist there. I know people who travel from there to Bombay nearly 1,000 miles, in order to have a tooth filled. Tbero is oi.lv one good dentist in Bombay, and he refuses to fill teeth with gold, us ing a sort of cement that is not lasting. He charges j7.00 for pulling a tooth. A few good American dentists could go over there now and at once step into a good business. An Elephant's Venerable Age. The journals of Ceylon have recently mentioned the death of an elephant that was well known on the island, aud has beou seen by several generations of Eng lishmen. lie was called Sello, and has belonged to the of the kings of Kaudv. lie was one of the hundred elephants tak en by the LnglM) C.overnuient iu 1813, when the Kandyan dynast; was over thrown. At this epoch the elephant was said to b* 15 years old. If this is correct, he died a natural death at the age of years.— Boston Budget. Tailors say tuat the last man is gen erally pretty slow about paying up. AGRICULTURAL. OYF.RTAXKD FARII- Senator Brown made a significant -aij meni beiore the Revenue lon.inis . .1 ia -i "ion at llarrisburg when hp doi'.ar(.d , that '-ill thf last fifteen years fari„ laud had in this State depreciated 50 pes If tin- farmers iu his section were 1 .1 to settle up on the l>t of April full/ our fourth would be bankru, t. Cn icr raos; favorable circumstances the lai J will have no money to spare re ceipt* .ml outlay." The farmers are just ir clamorous for a bill that will equalize taxation and therein restit the relief they • 'k. Colonel Piollet told the Commission : it the fanning interest iu Pennsylvania - the verge of ruin ard his plea was f. r .1 constitutional method of taxation. He | 111 de this point: "The whole expense of the State Gov ernment is $41,000,000. Of this $32,000.- * is derived from tax on real estate. The average tax on real estate is 18 mills. The j best paying property among the farmers is j not more than 3 mills. The majority ol' I farmers are unable to pay for their labor : and subsistence of their families." Colonel Piollet said lie was willing to be taxed for everything be owued, an! h.- wanted every other man to stand his .- .ad just th.- same. At the same time if Lch;. 1 a mortgage on bis property he wanted ;iti abatement for that mortgage, becau. t .e •lid nor own the property mortgaged. K 'irged that the Auditor General bo ai < : i..: d t. pat a rate on all corporations suit | cie-.it to raise a sum equal to the c> : •<.' supporting the public schools,public ch..,i ties, pity the public debt and the expente ot the Judiciary, Legislative, ami I. v. 1 tive Departments of the StatJ. T!., . would equalize taxation, In his opiui.. the corporations would then pay abou. 11 > same rate that the owners of real cs'.a . pay now. lie did not think there was ai.j reason why manufacturing inatituti: should be exempt from taxation. "I think that is unconstitutional, m.> self," ro marked. Auditor General lit Ca i.aut. "I'll bring a suit if you'll swear to ' said Colonel Piollet. • I'll testify to that in court." replied th Auditor General. Continuing, Colonel Piollet said he k: of a manufacturing company paying a lii idend of 12 per cent, and it was not In . while the farmers nre unable to pay t way.—Williamsport Gazette. TnE COW DOCTOR. Of ail the calamities to the cow _;a . that to be most strenuously avoided is tli quack cow doctor. Almost every 1«v. bus ( lie. and the amount of damage tli they aggregate during tho year won!! alarming if footed up in round numb.. We eau look back to our youthful days 1 the farm and recount numerous cvideui of the stupidity and unpardonable i:: : ranee of these self-constituted practitio;, on the brute animals in the neighboring Boring the horn and inserting turpciii.::. splitting the tail to the bone, and tyim, up in salt and ashes; choking down >a. partly decayed fish and soft soap vri amoug tlji? universal treatments. And, most cases, not being sure what treatiiu would apply to the particular case, all t:.- butchering and dosing would be admin.' •tered to make sure of using the proper 01 If the original trouble didn't kill the u mai the treatment usually did. aud tin that survived the treatment were bet: dead-their usefulness was a thing of t'. past. Less harmful, if no more sensii i was the practice of charming aw. stomach cramps lrom young calves, standing over them and making t "worm knot'' nine times, with aCL each time striking the calf nine times « the string. It will sound incredibb > many, but the men are yet living v ' practiced these cruelties aud milder surdities on the brute animals before • somewhat skeptical faith in their virti when yet but a youthful bare-footed boy. If there be any use for a shotgun or cross dog on the farm it should be ntili: ■ to keep the' quack cow doctor off 1 . premises—the lightning rod man i calamity second to him. — Oranyr Cot Fanner. The Orange in Pennsylvania lias fur a number of years been trying to the farmer to see that they are unjustly burdened with taxation. The total van:, tion of real estate in this State is in n.. numbers about $2,000,000,000, which j'.ij .-i a tax of about $34.000.0(H), or about 1" mills on the dollar. The total Taluati . of other property than real estate is ; . in round numbers about $2,500,000,000. ou which a tax is collected of $7,500,000, 3 mills on the dollar. Under this systi n of unequal burdens real estate is depreciat ing in value, while corporate properly '.i not only holding its own but is increasing in value. It is little wonder that num bers of farmers are unoccupied. The day is not far distant, unless there is soine thing done to relieve the farmers, w hen farms will be abandoned as they are in the Xew Kngland States. Due of the crying evils of the day ii our present system of taxation. Two men have farms side by side of equal value The one owns his farm free and clear, '.li • other lias his mortgaged for three-four lis of its value. In other words the one is worth just three times that of the tu!:< \ w'.iile they are equally taxed. Such a tern is nothing but legalized robbery ' y add to the injustice in most cases the i :iu who owns the mortgage, a third ] . .ty, pay ano tasos at all. Such a law utd not be allowed to remain on the ..;!e books another year. I?ut it will r. a: there unless farmers make a deter..rut". elf.»rt to send men to the next State i..-p. ■ lature who are interested in agriei :i;;a. pursuits and who will make a special CIIK.L to have a just, fair and equitablo tax law enacted. —Fanners' Friend. Don't neglect to make a hot-b< aid start the cabbage, tomatoes, celev. p. ;■ pers, cauliflower and flowers early, seedsmen catalogues and the farm tell how to make the hot bed; the sash on the house windows will splendid hot bed sash, and coniuiov. will teach you the rest. Figures Will Lie. George "Williams was bookkeepi i :■ a Wisconsin lumber linn emptying ninety men the year round. On pay da\ ».u.h man's name was put down with the amount of his w ages set opposite, and one of tlie tirm added up the figures, or assumed to do so. For seven years the bookkeeper added SIOO extra to the footing. ;.:.d Ilia game might not have been discovi r d yet but fir a school boy 10 years old, v ;.c --cidentally run over the figures om Jar. Public squares arc a great Ucscng to the i-i».!iinuntty. We can say the '.tno 1W I>r. Hull's Baby Syrup; it is the b. -t rerao dy for the cure of all diseases bab.. hood has to encounter. Price only 25 c. If your bowels are costive take FI CIJ;C UI Laxador, we know of no better ir "li. .ie. Price 23 e. —lf putting a duty on windmills is gains i . oncourage the cyclone industry wo "agin it." NO 25