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 <iui g* kmljj ilireet
Irom the luanulacturies «Ml
ahling us to sell at lower prices
than many dealers pay for
them.
We sell only the heat brands
of goods in all grain#, brands
known the world over as re
liable.
This Hpring we are in bet
ter shape to serve our patrons
than ever In-fore, and adding
t«. our large stock daily.
Remember we have hut one
price and that i.» I lie lowest.
COLBERT & DALE,
70 S Main street,
liutler, Pa.
M. H. (iilkey,
Artistic
Dress
Making.
\o. to S. M IIS ST.,
(dI.KKY lil 11,1»I.M* - - ri.Ooß.
I
Spring Millinery
In all the latest styles.
New Hats,
New ribbons,
New Trimmings.
All the new things in flowers,
laces, gloves, veils, caps,
M. F. k iM. Markn'.
No. 'J S. linSt,, liuth r, I'a.
U. H. .M< 111 »I.Lh, L. U. IIKVVITT
NEW LUMBER YARD
H S. NICHOLLS & CO.,
liculerx in all kind * of
Rough and Worked Lumber.
DOOKS,
SASH,
BLINDS,
SHINGLES,
LATH, ETC.,
Hard and Soft Coal
We l>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« <Vt A.N.
r»*v/ii • n \*i> *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 K<ml of Lowrj i
lluuu, I p Shim.
Of! k*<i open daily, except Wednesdays ami ]
Thursdays < oiu in on Icivtioie* t>y mail receive |
piompt attention,
X. It. The mil > hen list In Hulhr u-m<rfihe
Ih~-I nwkti* of teeth.
- I
J. W HUTCHISON,
A'l l<»|tNK* A'J I AW.
oflice on hecond iioor "I tlf fluhelton block,
iilaiiK ikl, liutiir, i'it., llouui No. 1.
A. i. nu/rr. J. h. wiufciN.
Si.Ol I ot WILSON,
AWIIIM«!vAT-!.A\V.
Coll*** lions a k|" lulty. onit.e ,*l No. *, H*>Utb
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 B<Hit.h Hlilo of J>m
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<ilo
I N S II It A X C E
ln»ur*iu.: v < (i. ol Norili Aim rica, im or
| | al + \ 4 .» ( O'mi,OOl> uu<l oilier
' strong corni'iiiit'H of««l. New » «»rk
Lil»* liifuranc < 0., «»•«■ «-t i j Office
! New Ifuitelloii near i onrt Ifowm.
HI TLKIt COUNTY
tfuUi.il Firj! Insurance Ca.
)i i« Cor. Main Cunningham .Sis
« I' ItOKKSINd, I'lifctuKENv.
(I <!. 11 KIN EM AN, Kkoiiktahv.
WKKCTOKS;
i<. < H'-ud'-r.mi Oliver,
. .1, I. I'urvW, l.iiiM-x
! \ 'I riniliii/Ui, 11. C lli'liii'iiiiiii,
! Alf rt;«I Wt.-K, N. \\ . ii/.-l.
, I>r. 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 fi<rilin *Hlr of Inii uTy itm'k. Hit
! tuillnflft Ik Iliiiiln iil, M.tlnry />rn| <:XIM iiwn from
I tin; itin I. <jiil<-l» vlllnsr f.'' I illlci, Nil r
'•'il" IK-I'iary. iiiiini |r.Wilt. (..ilium
Hl.'illliK
U K IHHII.II: CO . SUM,
11111 11. .I.r, Vt.
' niillM Jk/t4G EKTS ,^'f
1 < IIHIiniIuKU.A.HiOIT.N * KukUll
"V/fILIAM STAND. * *
~ > 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.-<urediy in that 'Vpot" you will lind a home indeed.
Why should yi>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 an<l Left in every liu«: and
department, and *ale*men of tj«>od 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 < <ui tuis, and
All Kinds ol Musical Instruments.
AILEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY
I'ianos and Organs sold on iiislallineiits. ' *LI luslruuicntH
taken in exchange. Come ami see us, as we
can save you money.
I Tuning and Repairing ol'all kinds ol Musical Instt uineiits
Promptly attended to.
"Thrift is a. Aood revenue!
Q te^> 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 <liud({oiy Ihut nugtit bo
materially leMSonodl by the uau of a few 'iikue of HAPOLIO. II an liour
j» euvod oacli tiino u cuko la used, if on*; loan wrinkle guthors upou tlio
la<;o bucauoo tbo toil i» ligbtoued, »Vio muut 1>» 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<l f
in his way.
"Let them correct their own mistakes.''
These words made a strong impression on
the utiitd of James Lewis. When first
spoken by Mr. Cm-man,and with the mean
ing then involved he felt, as we have *aid,
shocked; but as he turned them over again
in his thought.-, and connected their utter
ance with a person who stood so high in
! his mother's estimation, he begin to think
j that perhaps the thing was lair enough in
business Mr Carman v.as hardly the mun
to do wrong. Af. days alter James bad
iumincd the hill, a clerk from the house
by which it bad been rendered, called for
settlement. The lad, who was present,
waited with interest to see whether Mi
Carman wo .Id speak of the error. Hut he
made no marl;. A cheek for the amount of
the bill rendered w.is filled up, and a re
i ceipt taken.
"Is that rightf"
James asked himself this question. His
1 moral sense said no; hut the fact that Mr.
Carman had so acted bewildered his mind.
"fi may be the way In business" —so he
to himself—"but it. don't look
honest I wouldn't have believed it of
him." •
Mr Carman had a kind of way with him
that won the boy's heart, and naturally
tended to make liiin jndga whatever he
might do in u most, favorable manner.
• I wish lie bad corrected thai >: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<! Jury in
lutiuiu In In* awanltid to tin: bunband lur
tcuriiiK lii'i limn lil • IK'IIII mill In HUD IT
»ti'iki-4 ii" lli.it ii tvilu wlhi-i! .illwdi I lino
b« |n| uitrny in not worth mm r>-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<entatives with the death of Sunset Cox,
tell* a good story on himself of how he
came t.> 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 [ol<l this one:
'i want to tell you of the greatest legal
victory of my lile," said Alleu, as he
lighted a cigar and propped his fed against
the wall in true Southern style. "It was
down in Tupelo during the trying period
jnst after the war. 1 was at that time a
practicing lawyer— that is, 1 practised
whenever I had any cases to practice with.
One day "I'ncle" Pompey. one of the old
negroes ol the settlement, came into n,y
office aud haid:
"Mars John, I wants you to cl'ar ino.
lse gwine to be 'rested for de stealin' of
two hams out en de cross road store,"
"W4II, I'ompey,' 1 a»ked. 'did you steal
the hams?"
" 'Mars John I took 'em.'
"f>id 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 +*"»,<KK» annually;
vice president, #11!,(MM); treasurer, & r >,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