v >LXXVII Why Our Sin '<•( '>S? wo devote our en tire turn- and attention tu hats and Mens and tb<>.-<' needing anytliirc. in rli. ><■ lim - know- it is to their advantage l*» **** lfi *' to ll> W u kfct'|i thorough I j |m>i< t on all mat ti'i.s pertaining k* our busi ness. We gel ave a larsfe ntoek of all kind, of l.uiu , ; U;r, Oil Well Kt<* 1 "all and get our jirh-er and ncc our -lock Mail Orders Promptly At (ended ' - To. ofliry and yard ow ST., Nraii Wr.HT ri.sx I'KHOT, lit Tl,i;u, I'A. Planing Mill —AND— Lumber \ ard i. L. i'U KVih l . O. FUKVIS. | S.6.Purvis&Co. MAM'fAI tI'I'.KII.I AMU HIAI.IH IN Rough and Planed Lumber Of KV <*■/ DKHOKirriON, SHINGLES, LATHj & SEWER PIPE. Butler, Pa. i XL,. C. WICK DMLKii IK Rough and Worked Lumber OF AI.L Kl.Kim Drx>rs, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always In Stock. 1 1 VfK, HAIIt AWD t'LASTEK. lilllee oj>|(onite f*. ,t \\ l>e|iot ( .IM'PIiKK, - - - PA. A. J. FRANK V CO. - Dlil'l.H, M KIMCINKH, AM. rill MUM.-, KANOY AM* 'loll.ll A RTIt.'KS HrONl;i.S, tuasitl..-, I I.KI l mkky, A« tV I'l. )Hlelan 1 I'i*. ■ Il|i! IOIM eareiully 1 <,... pound*"i. ft S. Maif Street, Butler, Pa. Mifflin Street Livery. W. 111 FJIIfi, I'rop r. One Hjiinri' w(*ht (if Mniii St., ori Midlin St. All K»«d, nnlu borwi*; nn w biipKU-H und Luri'laiiH for ninl hiiicruht. O|»CD •lay and Tclephooe No. 21. Hotels und Depots, W. 6. iiri j now u ii* t i. .11 inrriii;'.-- i.iiw.en tin- In.tiU nod d< jiot no! t i •• low •* Charge* rcwnahli*. Tile|i|ioi:o No. 17, or Jen vi* or.h rH nt Hotel Volley. (iood Livery in (omieeiioii. New Livery SUil>le. New Slock, Now Kig^. —OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Homes frd und honrded PETEH l< ItAMKIt, Pn.p'r 30. W. JelTeriwjii St., Hutler, I'u. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I'ROFE.SSH >NAL CARDS. A. A. KELTY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Oftkv i»f. Iflalu ;iii oUtli (if • ourt I louse. I„ \„ . «VI fv: l« *t «»«.. • . t. I si •. * t«AiiU k . iitti J**l ri, SAMUEL M. BIHPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Ha. hbtt JtCtifeon M , hilUr. Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PIIYSICIAN ■" SURGEON. 5. W.O»n*-r Main North Butler, l*a. J. W. MILLER, Architect, C. E. and Surveyor Contractor, Carpenter and liuil.ler, ilipf, plan-. specifi* at ion and esti mate-: all i .<1 architectural ami en gineering .vork. N» charge foi draw ing if 1 contract the work. Consult your best in i terc«l.-; plan before ji.u build. informa tion cheerfully given. A -naic of public patronage is solicited. P. 0. Box 1007. Office S W of Court House, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, K.M.IMXU AM* st i:\ fcliHt, »Ak l/IAHI/M) BCTUV. Ft. J. J. bONALUSON, Dentist, butler, Penn'a. Aftiti-.ial I -f-Ui lii 'it-il tu flu* lut->t Itn ■ |>ruvcd [>|l>ll. i..,1d HUlir. a -j» .laity Office— over x iuul s < lolliiiiK Mole. DK. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLEK, PA. All work pertaining to the profession exwut- | e«l in the neute»t manner. hfKM ialtk-s »»ol«l I ithuig*, ami K&- I ti action ol 'ltrelh, Vitall/.eU Air administered. I Ofllif on 4i-ir»:i*on Mr«et, one door Ky mail receive | piompt attention, X. It. The mil > hen list In Hulhr u-mUtb ItUktuond, Itutler. I'a. JAMES N. MOORE, Ari*OiN*V-AT-f.AW ami NOTAHT I'i lil.IC. OflH« In ltoom No. I. Kecoml flour I tub* I ton liioek. entrance on l;lainorid. A. E. KUSSLLL., ATfOIINKV AT I.AW. <*lii*;-* "it be* oikl door ol New Auiliii .-ju IlloCk Main St.. I.' .ir IH.OIIOIIII. 11: A McJUNK IN. Attorney at l.a« , Kill, e at .No. 17, Ka-t Jelltr s»li HI . Itutler, I'a, W. C. I INLILfcIY, .Mtr>rii* yat l.aw and i:eul I lule A);* nt. *>l fix* rear of I- / Mil* In II - nf" e 011 lixrl.b utile Ol lHitliioU'l, llUlter, I'a, 11. It. GOUCHEIt. Altomey iil ii v. flfll. >• >*ll j <-(.ml n*~.r ol And* building, near Court Hon •. duller, J. h. BHITTAI N. Alt'l alt.:***' < »i:i«*. .1 ii. I < Alain HI, anl loaiiioiKl, liutler, l*4> NEWTON IJL.Af.K. Mlii. e on Hnutti bl.ii?ol l*iamou*i Butler, I'a. JOHN M. KUS SELL, Attorney-lit-Ofll*' 1 : on Bm liiOlMt, liutlcr, I'a LB. Mr JIJ NKI \ # ' Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 KAHI jkfkkkhon MT IIUTLKH, I'A. B E. ABRAMS &CO Fire and I uur. W. Irvln. Or Ul< k<'iiliautt, T. W Murkliart, I). 'l' NorrM LOYAL MM UN KIN, Gen, Air't rrUm « R., h' A UKt SHIRt HUHSEBIES. Kitl i<;« I^a. ; ill *'v<»ck yumutiti*< il t«i In in tftH,tl ( mii • !iiion * lion ilt-liv'«*r»:*! Wo rall iti'f.H (tint lull !•» w*»w. IfKI i;HKN< KS IN fSCTLKH. .1. i 1.0 AIT, \y• T Moo lilinjf, .lame itianoi .1) ..1 B I -.I yHi'-, (» • hnifiiei «*'. \Vulk»*T, I. | , IVnl lCwilio r, 1..»«j and l» l< < Ireland. G. F. KING, AGT. Kl I'h.V M 11.1.i.1l 111,| KK, lil l I.KK, I'A. H<» Ichi ucji i Wanted ; l"i .iiiv:i firn| <:XIM iiwn from I tin; itin I. r 'VT ' 30 S'MAIN ST. r '■ GREAT REDUCTION A'J' ,J. H. GRIFIB'S, No. 10 South Main St., - utler* Pa. In Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, And Spectacles. Repairing Promptly Attended Vo. SIGN OF ELECTRIC BELL. i ✓ —S. .IKFFERSON ST.*. AiM s I! O R N E, NU£/ 1H JTI ,Kli, PA. "O Spring! <»! ami love and youth and kladne-r — White winged emblem! biighte.st, l#eht and fairfc.it!*' With Spring cotuen new wuutß, new work and new dutifcß, ail centering in the |i!ue<; where the luinily ahiileH, he it cahiu or (.'aetle—'Tlotne, Sweet Ilome"—"Dm; hiiittll f,pot where my tired mind may rest and cull it home." So we fing-ge&t, hex in early Come and get some ol our nice Wall Paper and Window shades, and fit up thut "spot" bright and new. Hang the WUIIH with a ft;w of our ISeuuiiful I'ictureH, and add the necedeary Cue art furniture, which we are offering very cheap. Then place on your table and in your shelves a selection of choice bookn which we now sell at bargain prices, and ur.-ur walls t»e bare and dingy when a little tante aud trifling ex(x*nne will iruiinf jriii the room into a place of cheer and beauty. \nd eyery yard ol Wall Paj»er from our cheapest at «i eenU a roll, tt» haml rnade t Koldtirited, and rain Low Minded HpeeiftU at >1 a roll, every yard an object le».v>n in beauty, tante and culture. With a ntoek of the lai* »t anod judgement and experience, we invite our friends and the the putdie to r ill and examine our feeling eoafident th.it .e cia satiify all r.* tm i hie demand i. HENRY HI El IE II NORTH MAIN STREET, JBU WT-j jZTrts ----- ISI ' A HEALEH 1J Hardware and House Furnisliiiii»* (ioods. O Agl'icilltlllill lliililriiicnls, Ki •ainer Wagons, O 1 Mii V"i« , < -mll-, Win I I'arrows, i'lauuiKr VVaphiup Miu-hines, N« vv Situ.*bine and (lownrd Ranges, Stoves, Tnble and pocket < 'titlery, Ilnriging Lamps, Man ufacturer ol Tinware, Tin Pr iifing and Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN MJY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. * ; I J. It. URIEL. PKOK. H. J. LAMB. IGHIIiII & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE. NO. 10 SOUTH MAIN ST , BUTLER, PA. irt'iji Sole Agents fbr liutler, Mercer and Clar h k* , ,)U "'"'* s ''T Hros. & t 'ci's Magnificent | *j.tnoH, Shoniiiger, ami New by Si Evans I iitnos, Pae.kaid, Crow n, farpeiiter arte] '' w Eugluml Organs I '',alei i iu Violins, 3^pSjg.Stritios. Iw'Uiio < Sjavnfi Sf 4- - ■" - 5 cgaineS'ia-M'SAPOu o If is A. solid c&ke? *o)-scourin^so^p Jry itinyournexbhousft-clea.nlng and be ha.pfjy t,Ook.iii|j out ovo.' tho liooiy lioinoaof t.Um country, we sou tUounand* i uf w OUK II W'JUI luy away tli';ii livt« 111 buiiauliulil » a fooliah wumuu who would huaituto to make tho ezperiuieut, and h« a churlinh huabaud who would trradge the ftw oenU which it co*u. BUTLEK PA., FRIDAY, MAY 1890 Tbe Man Who Can't Allord It. Hi li. C. OOIH.K. Hurrah for the ruan «ho i e able to gay i In a manly, unblushing and sensible way, I cannot afford it,'' when tempted to buy W hat er will .listrue**4jit% when pay-day is j nigh. Hurrah on that u.uu. Though bis way we 1 neglect. He has our prol'oundest. sineerest respect: To him —be he ever a friend or a foe— ! Cncbecked admiration we all have to show. 1 .\nd well he deserves it He teaches the ! way Of boldly ignoring of what people may say Or think it a matter which only concerns The one who, for reasons extravagrance bp urns. "We honor hini truly—though seedy his clothes; We love him—though little of fashion he shows; We trust him unquestioned—though poorer than clay; We pray that our children may grow that way. And isn't he happy! look in his face. Of care or of worry there isn't a trace. His conscience is clear. All tu*" riches on earth t an l give him the joy that right doing is worth. Xo statesman, no ruler, no great soldier brave Is prouder than he—who is nobody's slave. "I cannot afford it." AD praise to the man Who fearlessly says it and lives on that plan. UNFOHGOTTEf WORDS. "Have you examined that bill, James? ' '•Yea, sir." "Anything wrong!" "I find two errors." "Ah! let me see." The lad handed his employer a long bill that had been upon his desk for examina tion. "Here is an error in the calculation of ten dollars which they hare made against themselves, and another ten dollars in the footing." "Also against themselves?" "Yes, sir." The merchant smiled in a way that struck the lad as peculiar. "Twenty dollars against themselves!" he remarked, in a kind of pleasant surprise. "Trusty el. rks they must have, indeed!" "Shall I correct the figures?" asked the lad. "No! let them correct their own mis taken: we don't examine billd for other peoples benefit," replied the mer chant. "It will he time to rectify those errors when they find them out. All HO much gain ax it now stands." The boy'» delicate moral sense was shocked at no unexpected a ninark. He was the son of a p&or widow, who had given him to understand that to be just was the duty of man. Mr. Carman, the merchant, in whose cm plovment he had been lor only a few months, *a.H an old friend of his father's, in whom he repotted the highest confi dence. In fact, James had always looked upon him as a Kind of model man, and when Mr. Caruiun agreed to tuko him in hIS .nIOI'C, \it f-»l« *l»»t u fr'r,r:iror," he Mid to himself a great many times, when thinking in n plea-ed way of Mr Carman, and his own good fortune in having been received into his employment "It don't ; look right, but maybe its the way of Irani ! n«?s* " i MUM ilay he went to the bank utid drew the money on a check. In counting it > OVI.I IN: lound that the teller had paid him ' filly dollars too much, and he went bark I to the counter and told him of bis mistake The teller thanked him, and In. returned to the store with the consciousness in his mind of his having done right." "The teller overpaid me fifty dollars," he aid to Mr Carman, a , he banded him j the money. | • Indeed?" replied the latter, a Unlit , breaking over his countenance, as he ; hastily ci'UtitcJ the batik bills, j Ihe light faded as the laH bill left his | fingers. ' Tilde's no mistake, James." A tone ; ol disappointment was in his voice. "Oh, I gave bint buck the fifty dollars. | Wasn't that right?" "You simpleton!" exclaimed Mr. Car | mini, "don't you know that hank mistakes are ll< ver corrected? If the teller had paid you fifty dollars hort he would riot have made it light." The warm blood mantled tli-j cheeks ol 1 James under thin reproof. It is often the ca.-e that more shame 11 felt for a blunder Ulan a crime, in ttiis lustanco the lad felt a sort of mortification at having done what |Mr I allium WII pleased to call a silly thing, and lie made up his niiiid that if they should ever overpay him a thousand dollars at tin bank he should bting the j amount to bin employer ami let hi in do as ; be jdcasfd with Ihe money "l,et people look after their owu min \ taken," said Mr. Cunnuli. lame* L'.'wU pondered these thing- in hts heart. The impression thej made was | too strong ever to he lorgotteu. "It may ! he right," belaid, but he did not feci al 1 together satl hi >1 A month or two alter the occurrence of | the hank mistake, at James counted over his weekly wage-, just received from Mr ! Carman, ho discovered that he was paid . half a dollar too much The first Impulse of hi* mind was to re turn the half-dollar to bis employer, and it j was on his lips to lay, "\ou hiru given tne half a dpllar Voo umtb, sir," w hen the words, "Let people look alter tfteir own mistaken,'' flashed upon his thought.- made him hesitate. T«» hold a I parley with evil is lo be *.\eicoioe "I must think about this ' -tai*l James, a» he put the money iut*. his pocket. "If it is true iu one case, it is true iu another. Mr. Carman don't correct mistakes that | people make iu his favor, aud he cau l complain when the rule works agaiust him ! sell." Ilut the boy was far from being iu a coui- I fori able state- He felt that to keep the i hall dollar would be a dishonest act Still ; he could not make up his mind to return it. at least not then. James did not return the half dollar, but spent it for his own gratification. After he had done this it came suddenly into his bead that Mr. Carman had been trying him. and he was tilled with anxiety and alarm. Not long alter Mr. < 'aruian'repeatcj the same mistake James kept the half dollar with less hesitation. "Let him eorreof his own mistake," said he. resolutely; "that's the doctrine he acts on with other people, and he can't com plain il he gets paid back in the same coin he puts in circulation. I just wanted half a dollar." From this time the line moral sense of James Lewis was blunted. He had taken an evil connaeller into his heart, stimulated a spirit of covetousn. s—latent in almost every miud—which caused him to desire the possession *>i umigs beyond his ability to obtain. James had good business qualifications and so pleased Mr. Carman by his intel ligence, industry and tact with customers, that he advanced him rapidly, aud gave bun, before he was eighteen TWir? old, the most responsible position in the store. But James had learned something more from his employer than how to do business well; he had learned to be dishonest; he had never forgotten the first lesson he received in this bad science; he had acted not only in two instances, but in a hundred, and always to the injury of Mr. Carman; he hud long since given up wuiting for mistakes to be made in his favor, but originated thcui in the varied and complicated transaction of a large business, in which he was trust ed implicitly, for it never occurred to Mr. Carman that his failure to bo just to the letter might prove a snare to this young man. James grew sharp, cunning und skillful; ulways on the alert, always bright aud ready to meet any approaches towards a discovery of his wrong doing by his em ployer, who held him in the highest re gard. Thus it went on until James was in his twentieth year, when the merchant's sua picions were aroused by a letter which spoke of the >oung man as not keeinug the most respectable company, and us upend ing money too freely for a clerk on a mod erate salary. Itelore this liuic James had removed his mother into a pleasant house, for which he paiil a rent of four hundred dollars; his sal ary was eight hundred, hut he deceived his mother by saying it was fifteen bun dred. Kvery eouifort she needed was fully supplied, and she was beginning to think that after a long and painful struggle with the world, here happier days hud come. James was at his desk when the letter was received by Mr. Carman, lie looked at his employer, and saw htm change countenance suddenly. He read it over twice, and James saw that the contents produced disturbance. Air Carman glan ced toward the desk, and their eyes met; it was only for a moment, but the look that James received made hi > heart stop beating. There was nomcthing about the move ments of Mr. Cartnun for the rest of the day that troubled the young man. It was plain to hiin that suspicion had been aroused by the letter. Oh, how bitterly did he now repent, in dread of discovery and punishment, the cril of lie had been guilty! Kxposnre woulA disgraci and ruin him, and bow the head of his widow cd mother close to the grave. "You are not well this evening." said Mrs. Lewis, as she looked at her sou's changed face across the table, and noticed that he did not eat. "My head aches." "I'orhaps the tea will make you feel hct ter." "I'll la} - down on the sofa in the parlor for a short time." Mrs. Lewis followed him into the parlor in a little while, and, silting down on the sofa on which Ut> wa . lying, placed her hand upon her head Ah, it would take more thau the loviug prcsurc ol a mother's baud to ease the pain from which he yinn suffering. The touch of that pure band in creased the pain to agouy. "l)o you leel better?" asked Mi's. Lewis. •She had remained some time v.ilh her hand on his forehead "Not. much," he replied, and, rising as lie spoke, he added, "I think a walk in the open air will do me good." "Don't go out, James," said Mrs Lewis, a troubled feeling coining into hci heart. "I'll only walk a few squares." Anil James went from the parlor and passed in to the street. "There is something more than head ache the matter with him," thotlght Mr Lewis. For half an hour James walked without any purpose in his mind beyond the escape from tile presence of his mother. At last his walk brought him near Mr. Carman's store, and at passing ho was surprised at seeing a light within. I "What cau this meant" bo asked biin elf, a new l':ar creeping, with il htldifer ing impulse into hi- heai i lie listened by the door and windows, hut he could hear no sound within "There's something wrong," ho said. "What can it bef If this is discovered, what will bo the end of il? Kuin! mint My poor mother!" The wretched young man hastened ou, and walked the street for two hours, when be returned bouie. Ills mother met him when he entered, and with unconcealed anxiety asked him if he was belter. He said yes, but in a manner that pained her, and pa cd up hastily to himwit room. In tho morning the strutigloy altered face of James, as he met his mother at the breakfast table, struck alarm into her heart. He was silent,and evaded all her questions. While they sat al the table Lin- door hell rung loudly. The round startled .lames, and he turned his head to li-.ten, nervous way. "What is Uf" imked Mr■< Lewis "A gentleman who wish' i to a-e Mr. James," replied the gill Jauien rose instantly and wi ul out into the ball, shutting the dinning room door as ho did HI,. Mrs l.ewts at wailing hci son's return. She beard hlin coming hack in n few moments; hut In' did not enter the dining room Thoo In-relumed along the hall to the street door, and lie beard il shut. All win- ilmt Marling up he ran into the passage, but James was not tfieri Hi- bad gone aw , " With the per on who hail called. Ah. that was a sad going iwi) Mr < .ir tliiiu bad spent hall ibo night in i wimuiing the ai count < of J ami and discovered frauds of over six thousand dollars lllind ly iudigu ant, lie sent an officer to arrest him early tu the morning, and il was with this officer that lie went away from bis mother never to return ' The yoiiuir villian shall lie in the bed he his made for hiuiM-lf!" exclaimed Mr Cur man, iu bitter iudignalion. And be made complete exposure. On the trial he showed an eager desire to have him convicted, and presented such »n array uf ewdence that the jury could not fender any other verdict than guilty. The poor mother #a< iu court, aud aud ible iu the silence that followed came her convulsed sobs upou the air. The presid pre-sidinp Judge addressed the pris oner, and asked if he had any thing to t-ay wby the sentence of the law* should not be pronounced against him. All eyes were turned upon the pale, agitated young man who arose with an effort and gleaned against the railing by which he stood, as if needing the suport. "Will it please your Honor," he said, "to direct my prosecutor to come a little nearer, so that I can look at him and your Ilouor at the same time.'' Mr. Carman was directed to come for ward to where the boy stood. James looked at hnu steadily for a few moments and then turned to the judges. •'What have 1 to say to your Honors is this— and it niay in a degree extenuate, though I cannot excuse my crime. I went into that man's store an innocent boy, and il he bad been an honest uiau 1 would not have stood b«.1'..r.. «*..*• •• » Mr. Carman appealed to the court for protection against an allegation of such an outrageous character, but he was peremp torily ordered to be silent. James went on in a tirni voice. "Only a few weeks after I went into his employment I examined a bill under his direction, and discovered an error of twenty dollars." The face of Mr. Carman crimsoned. "You remember it, I see." said James, "and I shall have cause to remember it while I live The error was in favor of Mr. Carman. 1 a«ked if I should correct the tiguers and he answered. No; let them correct their own mistakes, we don't ex amine bills for other people's benefit.' It was my first lesson in dishonesty. 1 saw the bill settled, and Mr. Carman take twenty dollars that was not his own. I felt shocked at first; it seea.ed such a wroug thing, lint soon after he called me a simpleton for handing back a fifty' dollar bill to the teller of a bank, which he had overpaid me ou a check and ." May I ask the protection of the court?" said Mr. Carman. "Is it true what ilie lad says?" asked the jngde. Mr. Cameron hesitated aud looked con fused; all eyes were on bis face, and judges and jury, lawyers and spectators, felt cer tain that he was guilty of leading the un happy young man astruy. "Xot long afterwards," resumed Lewis, "in receiving my wages I found that Mr. Carman had paid me fifty cents to much. I was about to give it back to him, when 1 remembered his remark about letting peo ple correct their own mistakes, and said to myself 'let him correct his own errors,' and dishonestly kept the money. Again the thing happened, and again I kept the money that did not right belong to me. This was the beginning of evil, and here 1 am. If he had shown uny mercy I might have kept silent and made no de fense.'' The young man covered his fat o with his hands and sat down, overpowered with bis feelings. His mother, who was near him sobbed aloud, uinl bending over, laid iicr hand upou his head, saying: "My poor boy I my poor boy!" There were few eyes iu the court room uudimmcd. In the silence that followed Mr. Carman spoke out. "Is my character to be thus blasted on the words of a criminal, your Honors? Is this right." "Your solemn oath that this charge is untrue will set you in the right," .sail tbe judge It was tin* unhappy boy's only op portunity, and the court felt bound in hu manity to hear him. James Lew is stood up aguiu instantly, and turned his pale face aud dark, piercing eyes upon Mr. < ainian. "Let hi in take his oath, if he dare!" he exclaimed. Mr. Carman consulted with his counsel aud withdrew A fler a brief conference with his asaoci atea, the presiding judge said, addressing tbe criminal. "In consideration of your youth, aud the temptations to which in tender years you were unhappily subjected (he court gives you the lighest sentence, one year's impns oninent. Hut let me solemnly waru you against any further steps in tho way yu have taken Crime can have im valid ex i.'ilno. Ilittcvil in the eight of (iod and man, aud leads only l*. suffering When you come forth again after a brief incurccr atlon, uniy it be with the resolution to die rather than commit a crime." And the curtain fell on the sad scene in the boy's life When it was lifted again, and lie came forth from prison a year after ward, his mother was dead. From the day her pale face faded Iroiu Ins vision as lie passed from the court room he never looked upou her again. Ten years afterward a man was reading a newspapci iu a far western town. Ho hail a calm, serious face, anil looketl like one who hml kiiowu hulfering aud trial. "Hrought Iu justice at last," bo said to himself as the blood came to hi* face; "con vit ted *>n the charge of open insolvency, and sent to State prison. So much for the man who gave me in tender years tho first lesson iu ill doing. Hut thank lioil, Ilie other lessons have been remembered "When you route forth again,' -.itn tne judge, 'may it be with the resolution todie rather than commit a crime,' uud I ha\o kept this injunction iu my heart when there seemed noway of escaping except through crime. And (.oil helping me, I will keep it to the end." A Wile's Value. ■\ striking and novel situation was wit nessed down in Virginia the other day when a judgo instructed a jury to place a money value ou a wife. The dispatches tell us that a person was charged wilh alien iting the affections of another man's wife and damages wuro claimed. The judge, in his charge to the jury, made I bis decimal ion. "If ihu wilii in ti>vll)K> trinlrr and dutiful In ber hunliatiil, tlmlty, iiiduatriouN, eeo iiotniriil ami |irud«nl :< 1 tin; isvidunco in •,i r prove Mr- Mi • mincll to In:—then lui |«i it rii I.ii above I'll I'll mill llm lo** ill IK-II U wilt;, nf tiiicli iiilliiuncti, "I KUCII a 1111 -IHI II mill |i<>ti-tit in inn try and compan iiiri«lii|>, i' a |irn|»!r ili im-iit of ilumiiK''" to IN mil iiiti:iril liy ili-d rent to miy man. A local ciiiirort program lant weak contained tin inti ri -ling nuuiliitr, lluxb i Ihm* My Itaby," Ily l(ri|in I \ii If u Imliy wit iliil hindi li> ri i|U«'«l ■Tbc bund tliut rock* tbr cradle Itulcn tbc world, HI |ioctH Huy, llut it canuot point » pencil, For it Imi't built tliut way. LAWYER ALLEN S FIRST VICTORY. '•Private John Allen."' of Mississippi, who became the wit of the nou«e of Rep re be a profound lawyer. A paity of memb«rs were telling yarns in the cloak room of the House, and when Allen's turn cam,- he [olid any one see yout' 1 asked. " 'Yas, boss,' said the old negro discon solately, -two ole white buckra's.' " "Well, Pompey,' I replied, 'I can't do auything for yon under the circumstances.' Uww. Mar* Join* ' Miil nIA here'a ten dollars. I jist want you to try.' "Well. I consented to try," said Alleu. "The ca.-e vas to be heard before an old magistrate named Johnson. He totally mi educated, and was. moreover, a perfect dictator, aud no negro ever came before him who was not fined the maximum pen alty and sent to his field to expiate the crime in the sweat of his brow "The magistrate beard the case, livery possible proof was brought to show that Pompey stole tbe hams. There could be no doubt of it from the testimony. I did not put a single question to any of the witnesses, but when the testimony was all in 1 arose, and in my most dignified man ner'addroased the magistrate: " 'May it please you honor, it would be useless for me to argue before ono |who would adorn the superior if not the supreme court bench of this grand old Common wealth. And 1 may say that those who know you best say that you would grace even the supreuiecourt ofthe United States, the highest tribunal in the land. It is use less to dwell upon the testimony. You have heard it. and kuow the case as well as I do. However, it may not be out of order for me to call your honor's attention | to u short passage in the old English law, ' which clearly decides this case, and which, for the moment your honor may have for gotten.' '•Then 1 fished down in my pocket and drew forth, with grcut Iloarish. an old copy of 'Julius Cu-anr.' I opened it with great dignity to the first page and read the line which is fatuiliur to every school boy, Omnia (iallia in partes tress divisa est.' "That decides the case." said I, throw ing the book upon the 'able. "That clearly acquits the defendant.' "With great dignity and solemnity I then took 1113' scat. The old magistrate was completely nonpulsed. Ho looked at me a moment quizziciully and scratched his bead. Then turning to Pompey, he rai.-.ed himself to his full height.aud said: "Pompey, 1 know you stole them bams, but by the ingenuity of your lawyer I've got to let you go flit out,' said he as he planted his No. 10 in the scat of Pompey's pan Is, 'and don't over come hero again, lawyer or no lawyer, you will git six months." A Spectre Ox Team. 1* C. Gillespie, Esq., of Hig Kuu, had u curious experience not long ago, and one for which ho is scarcely able to account. He was driving along a county road iu a buggy early in the morning, when he caught up to and passed an ox team. \lter driving on some distance further he looked up un.l saw in front of him the same, identical ox team. He looked close ly at it and observed many details that had previously escaped his notice. His lirst impression wus that it was another ox team, but as it kept precisely the same dis tance ahead of him no matter how fast he drove he began to suspect that it was u phantom. It kept on in that wuy for fully half a mile before it filially dissolved from bis view, and so real was the vision that Mr. (iilleupiu got out of his buggy and ex ainiucd the road critically to sue if it had lett any track It bad rained the uight be fore, and his was Ihe first vehicle on that paif t.f (he fowl, so that he had uo tilth cully 111 talisfying himself that If was only a vision This was plainly the result of the impre.'.uou made upon the retina of the eye by lookiug at the real ox team. Every one has hail somewhat similar experiences, only, perhaps of a more transitory nature. l>o wo not often see, with our eyes tightly closed, perfect photographs of objects and scenes that were probably witnessed days, perhaps years, before? Buch a duraliou of impressions on the retina an the oue above related proves that the effect of external influences on nerve vescicles is not neces sarily transitory This is the explanation of Memory. In the silent gallories of the brain innumerable micrographs of the liv ing aud the dead are hung—pictures of scenes that wo liavo visited aud of incidents iu which wo may have borne u part— image inconci ivably smaller than those made lor us by artists, iu which, by the aid of a microscope, we can see, in u space no bigger than a piu hole, a whole family group at a glance, I'uriug the hours of "the never sleeping mind, that veiled enchantress, in her mysterious retirement, looks over the ambrotypes sho has collect ed and constructs from thcui the panorama of u dreaml'linxsutawney Spirit. Progress of theChlcaKO World's Fair. The officers' salaries have been llxed. The president is to receive +*"»,,000; and auditor, tK>,OOO. Vice President Bryan receives a larger salary because it is ex peeled that he will relievo President liago of most of the work* Second Vice I'resi dent Potter Palmer declined any com pensation The lion. A l'\ Zeberger, ex i olloctors of customs, bus been made treas urcr, and W K Aciurman, formerly Pros idcut of the Illinois t'enlral Railroad, auditor '1 lie members ol the tell sUiudtug com until e i met and elected the following chairman finance, IVid W I'eck,ground aud building", l>e Witt C. Crcgier; legis latlon, Edwin Walker, loreigu exhibits, W. 'l' Maker, catalogues aud printing. Itolllu A Kl'y'fc. transportation, Steyveanlit Klsb, fine art- «' I. Hutchinson; machinery and electric appliances, l>e Witt C. Crcgier. ways and means, Otto 1 oui»g The president, first and second vice pre* jdeuts, and chairmen of the standing com mittees constitute the executive com mittee A meeting of >tock holders | l( ts been > all ill tn vote an a •e-isment of IN percent on I in- link, payable the first Monday iu June, 1 sf HI, and on the proposition to change tho name of the fair to "The World's Columbian Exposition." Quaint Records. This collection of marriage announce inents has been copied from old news papers published within tbe last 100 years, of which the compiler hat examined be tween 200 and 300 volumes, selecting snob us he thought worth repeating to tho j present generutiou. The old wits were | famous lor punning upon the uames which they could utilize fur such purpose, and many of these announcements will prove amusing. In Concord. X. H , February 3, 1814, l>t>ac liill.oue of the editors of the Patriot, to Miss Susan Ayer. daughter of Capt. Richard Ayer As 1 walked out the other day. Through Concord street 1 took my way; I saw a sight I thought quite rare— -1 Hill walked out to take the Ayer, And now since earth and air have met to gether, I think there'll be a change of weather. In Haverhill. Mass.. August 2, 1829. Cot ton K Simpson to .Miss Sarah R. Marble. An old calculation of gain and loss Proves "A stone that is rolling will gather no moss." A happy expedient has lately been thought on. By which a Marble may gather and culti vate Cotton. Umppim) «t WmMwMii -W*m> 1814, Samuel January to Miss Pamelia January. A cool match. Wedded, at Black Lake, S. 1., Febiuan 9, 1&28, James Anderson to Anna Bread. While toasts the lovely graces spread. And fops around them flutter. I'll be contented with Anna Bread And won't have any but her. At Bozuah, Ct., August 24, 1810, John Bate, of Williainston. Mans., to Miss Man Ann Bass, of the former place, after ;. courtship ol' one hour. Is this uot angling well, I ask, Such tender bait to takeT lie caught in one short hour a Bass! The Bass, though, caught the Bate! • Married, at Winniesburg, on Friday April 15, 1603, by the Rev. Mr. Malone, a. St. Peter's Church, Mr. Will Moon to Mi.- Annie Cooke. Be is not mad. though lunar light His troth did overlook, For he has gained to his delight, A wife that is a Cooke. "His goose is cooked,'' and other maid May envy her tVe boon, Whose tall ambition wished and got The bright man in the moon. New York, March 10, 1832, Tonia i Secord to Miss Cordelia Ketcham: "Ketcbam. Cordelia, if you can:" "I have," says she, "Secord'a the inaii' February 5, 1825, by Rev. McFarlar ' Solomon Payne to Miss Rnth Baker. Some females fall in love with wealth, Some with a lovely swain: But Sarah, in the bloom oi health, Takes to herself a Payne. December 9, 1823, Stephen Bnmpr. r aged 76, a revolutionary pensionor, to V - - Sarah Dewey, aged 38. "In '7O he fought and bled; At 76 he woed and wed." Washingrou, D. C., May 17, 1834 Josltuu Peck to Miss Amelia Bushel. Allzookers, robes and wedding cakes— What changes of measures marriage ma' Quick as a thought at Hymen's beck, A bushel changed into a peck. Married, at Herculaneum, Mo., May 23. 1821, John W. Honey, Esq., to Msry Austin. From sweet flower* the busy bee Can scarce a drop of honey gatbn: Hut, oh, how sweot a flower is she "Who turns to Honey altogether! Cupt. Will Graves to Miss Nancy Grave*, Corroll, Co., N. C., Juno 15, Hls Tbe graves, 'tis said, Will yield their dead When Gabriel's trumpet shakes tbe sl>ie»; Hut if God please, From Graves like these A doieu living folks might rise. Thwarting the Moths. If one has no codar chest to store woolens in, a very good substitute i-< a trunk or flour barrel. Tbe barrel should bu well washed iu cold water, dried and lined with newspapers. These ere putted in, using thick flour paste with a large spoonful of uluni added to a quart of pu.te Cover every place on the inside of tbe barrel, lettiug tbe paper come up to tbe outside of tbe barrel. Cleat tbe covins together and paste paper on the iu«iile. The woolens should be thoroughly lirushed and sunned, carefully folded and laid in. When the barrel is full, tbe nt should be pressed down, a stout nmuilla paper put over the top, coming down well around the barrel, tied down with t -viue and pased so as to lit close. Hang mil lurs when tbo sun shines hot; let them Lsug several hours, combing them with a coarse dressing couib. Put iato its box tbi muff uud a strip of paper pased around where tba cover joins the box. The Air cape the same. Gen. Harry White Rediscovered What a picturesque Prohibitionist candi date for Governor of Pennsylvania General Harry White will bet What is wore appio priate than that he should be the cold water candidate for Governor of a Hate for which he chivalrously tried, while in Cougrcss, 'way back iu tbe seventies, to secure liberal appropriations for mountain urcctn iu mi Uifirrci, in tfttr ivivtrr utitt Harbor billl How well, doubtle**. tbe now white bearded aud venerable general and judge remembers the stirring liues. There are rivers in West Pennsylvmiy Which are wet only when it is rainy. Its a matter of doubt, Whether paved or dug ont, They better suit West Penusylvany —N. T. Preto. Why Thunder Sours Milk. You have often asked or been asked: "Why does thunder sour sweet milk?'' Milk is peculiar, iu as much as it i> very sensitive to atmospheric change*. Elec tricity, the cause of thunder, produces, or If it docs not produce, follows great uud rapid changes in atmospheric cou luious, Lightniug is the discharge which comes of electrical inequalities, producing chemical changes in tbe air. Thunder storms repre sent tho greatest aetivity of electrical phenomenon, and the best authcrltiej give it as their opinion that tbo electricity iu the atmosphere is the prime cause of milk souring during tbe prevalence of such storms. —The wife of Yan Pbon Lee. who is an American lady with a fortune U *IOO,OOO iu her own right, has sued her Celestial cousort for divorce, alleging tbm be has uot been faithful to bis marriage vows. Yan l'hon Lee is a graduate of Yale Col lego and has acquired some lauie as a writer, but the glare which caught tho American girl was tbe allegation on tbe part other almond-eyed lover that bo was tbe son of a Chinese noblwnou. —Tbe thaler is a silver coin, bnt cvt Gorman silver. NOBO