VOL XXVII. WALL PAPER! Believing tf-Pt it is bwt to close oot each wfon's H'jies before lie ensuing M*u3on boglii*, even at a great sacrifice, I have marked over two-thirda of my entire stock of pa par hangings, the largest and beet reelected line in Butler, AT HALF PRICE The balance of the paper was mark ed so low before that half price would be giving them awar. These you will get la-lOW co.-t notwithstanding their former cheapness. Juat imagine Browns at 8c a double bolt, Whites at 10 and 12c, Gilts 15 acd upward. Buy now for jour fall papering, you will not get euch bargains then. Jly Wall Paper, Stationery and Art Store is easy to find. W. A. OSBORNE, E. Jefferson St., next to Lowry House, Butler, Pa. Wir Bprechen aoch Deutach. Dry Goods AT LOWEST PRICES AT THE NEW STORE OF D. E. JACKSON. We are new comers, but have come to stay. We buy onr goods at lowest cash prices and as we sell for cash only. We are enabled to sell goods at the smallest possible margins. Wc could quote prices on clean, new goods, no tranJi, from all parts of our store, especially on the following goods. Dress Goods, White Goods, Prints, Ginghams, Shirtings, Mus lins, Lace Curtains and Curtain Poles, Coreeta and Corset Waists, Ladies', Children's and Gents' Under wear, Hosiery, Gloves and Mita, Kid Glove*, Ribbons, Silk and Velvet, Black and Colored Silks, Cloth Capes, Bead Wraps, Jerseys and Jersey Jackets, Table Linens, Napkins. Towels, «fcc., <fec , but as new goods •re arriving hll the time, we would not likely have the goods now quoted, but possible Lave ihcm at still lower prices a* the season ad vances. We are proud to say that io this city and county our goods or.d prices have rott with approval ond commendation, although subject ed to clofe Ecrutiny and comparison with the goods offered yby others. We solicit your patronage, and will do all in our power to make our busi ness transactions pleasant and profit able. D. K. JACKSON, Butler, Pa. Next door to Heineman's. Racket Store. All our summer goods must be closed out to make room for fall stock, and if you want real, genuine bargains come and tee us, for we are offering them on all summer goods, clothing, straw hats, under wear, furnishing goods. Every thing must go. RACKET STORE, H. Mam St., Hutler, Pa. j DOLLARS Saved are as good as dollars earned, and the wise will take' advantage of our closing out sale of SEASONABLE GOODS. | We dont want to carry over; one piece, and if low prices ■ will sell them, we sha'n't. Light Colored Stiff Hats, Summer Underwear, Stra»v Ilats and Light Colored Neck-j wear are all to go. Look alive now and don't' get left. COLBERT & DALE, 70 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. i .1. li. Kasfor, I'radical S)»to Roofer. Ornamental and Plain Slating Ot all kind* (lone on short notice. Office with W. 11. Morris, No. 7, N. Main St„ Hesidence North Mm street, Butler, Pa. —Adyertise in tha CITIZXK. i THE BUTLLtf CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. L BLACK, raT»ca<i *s:> srnr.FOs. ; No. N. llil.i S!..- n-rl.r, P» Dr. A. A. Ke'.tv, i « Dlfr ;>l 1J « ) County, "a. jK.V. I RAK) I. I' I" VANN. M. I>. Si«cialtU?e; Oyu tecol*j&' wul S«jr- Eve, Ear. Now* and S"* r >. Throat. JT' DRS. LEAKE& MANN, Butler, Pa. G M. ZIMMERMAN. PII L'SICI AN AND BI'KU£C'N, offlcf at No. 4.V S. Main street, over Frank 4 Co's Diutf St-oiv. Botler, Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. i j csc. i'i Eatt Jtfferton St., lintler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 8. W. Corner Main and North Sta.. Butler. Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth Inserted tn the latest im proved plan, cold KIIIIIIK a specialty, office— over Schaul's I'lolliiujc Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work iwrtamlnß to the profession execut | ed lti the neatest manner. •Specudtiei :-Wold Filhu». and Painless Ei traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered, i Ulllre on JclTrrsoa Slmt.nr iloor East ofLawrj Hone, L'p stain. | Ofllce open daily, except Wednesdays and I Thursdays. Communications by mail receive j prompt attention, X. B.— The only Dentist In Boiler usingfthe | hesl makes of teeth. J. W. MILLER, Architect, C. E. and Surveyor. Contractor, Carpenter and Builder. Maps, plans, specifications and esti mates; all kinds of architectural and en gineering work. No charge for drawing if I contract the work. Consult your best in terests; plan before you build. Informa tion cheerfully given. A share of public patronage is solicited. i\ O. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court llousd, Butler, I'a. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EKGBnSBB AM) SURVEYOR, OFI IC* NEAR DIAMOND, litrn.Eß, PA. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY - AT LAW. tfIEE EN EH ' iid floor of the Huselton block, Ulaiuciid, Butler. I'a., Koom No. 1. A. T. SCOTT. J. P. WILSON. SCOTT & WILSON, ATTORNEY 8- AT-LAW. Collections a specialty. Office at No. 8. South Diamond. Butler. I'a. JAMES N. MOORE, ATTORNEY- AT- LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OlHcc In ltoom No. l. second floor of lluseltcn Block, entrance ou Diamond. A. E. RUSSELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. omce on second floor of New Anderson Block Main St..—near Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at office at No. 17, East Jeffer son Bt. Boiler. Pa. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at L«w ar.d Ifeal Estate Agent. Of nee rear of L. /. Mitchell's omce on north side of Diamond, Butler, I'a. H. H. GOUCHER. Attomey-al-law. Office on second Door of Anderson building, near Court llouse, Butler, Pa. J. K. BRITTAIN. Att'y at Law—Office at ». E. Cor. Main Bt. and Olainond, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att y at I^aw—Ofllce ot» South side or DUfouiid Hutler. Pa. L. 8. McJUNKLV, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 last JEFFKRSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. E. E. ABRAMS &CO Fire and Life I N SURANCE t Co, of North America, incor porated 17S#4, capital $3,000,000 and other strong companies represented. New -York Life Insurance Co., asseU $!>0.000,000. Office 1 New Jluseltoo building near Court House. BUTUSR COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. •J. C. ROESSING, PHESIDBNT. H. C. II El Nil" MAW, SKCBKTART. DIRECTORS: (}. 0. Koesslntr, Henderson Oliver^ J. L Purvis, .lames Ktcpheuson, A. Troiitman, H. I'. Heinemiui, Alfred Wick. N. YVeltzel. Dr. W. Irvln, Dr. Itl< kenbacli. J. W. Burkliarf, D. T. Norrls. LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae't j3TPr.H,E!F?,, IP A. mm fit HOBSEBIES. EHIE, PA. All stock K"traiileed to In; in gooil con dition when delivered. Wo replace all trees that fail to grow. KKKKWKNCES IN BUTLER: .1. F. I/owry, W. T. Ueubling, Jauie , Sbanor, Jr., .1. K. Forsythe, Geo. Shaffner d. Walker, lis<i., Ferd Reibor, Kso. and I> i U. Cleeloild. G. F. KING, AGT. # EITKSUILLhIt lIoUSK, 11 UTLfcK, PA. VAMId '"> mr * |ji till Sriu. If,.r,'t ■ i - -t-. r ' ( 'i. iTuwolvcelllf >►' <- • / S." Kras'JCSfc? 1 IffittM JEM,» jjs When in need of F=U=R=N=l=T=U=R=E Don't forget the old stand. CHAMBER SUITS, PARLOR SUITS, BOOK CASES, CHAIRS, BEDS, BEDDING, ETC All first class goods at rock bottom priceo. Cne price and square dealing with all. £C. S. 13 LI E W, Successor to Miller Bro's & Co. 128 E. Jefferson tot., - Butler# _Pa. 510 to 514 Market Street, Cor. Liberty Street. PITTSBURG, WANT YOUR TRADE. If you desire LOW PRICES and HOKEST DEALING. They Show the greatest assortment of Cloaks, Millinery, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, I adies and Gent's Furnishing Goods, BUYING and selling in large quantities, "FOR CASH ONLY," enables us to give you tbo best values for vour money. VVe quote a few of our prices: n PLUSHI JACKETS, salin lined. $7.45, $9. slo, &E. P LVSII S ACQUBS. fine qualities, sls, $16.50, $lB to $25. CLOTII JACKETS, tailor-made. $4, $5, and up MISSES CLOAKS, $3, $4, $5 to $!2 INFANTS CLOAKS, FIO styles, $2 to $lO. FRKNCII KID GLOVES, 50C, GBC, 75C, $lO. FINE COUSETS, 50, 75c, 80c and sl. ' FAST BLACK HOSE. 12-J, 18c, 22c and 35c. BLACK DIAMOND SHIRTS, 50C, 75C and sl. 1200 styles of UMBRELLAS, fine handles, sl, $1.25, $1.50. $1 75, $2 and up OUK MOTTO: —Best Goods at Lowest Prices. l^p§erjbcA/in^(l) J. R. GRIEB. PROF. R. J. LAM 3. GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE. NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA. Agent* for I'utler, Mercer and Clar- B. c °unties for Hehr Bros. & Co's Magnificent Pian'v-', Shoninger, and New by & Evans Pat&ard, Crown, Carpenter and England Organs l ealers in Violins, Urn 10 Guitars, and All Kinds of Musical Instruments. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY Pianos and Organs sold on ir stallments. Old Instruments taken in exchange. C ome and see us, as we can save you money. Tuning and Repairing of nil Kinds of Musical Instruments Promptly utended to. frntr WATERPROOF COLLAR or CUFF -—-—-———L THAT CAN BE RELIED ON D %q P 3>Jcyt to SpUt! THE MARK "tO DiSCOlOl?? BEARS THIS MARK. # TRADE ELLULOID MARK. NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. ££HERE ARE MANY gIB&USES FOR • wPSAPO LI 0" To clean tombstoneu. To renew oil-cloth. To renovate paint- To brighten motols. To polish knives. To icrub floors. To wabh out t-inkiJ. To scour bath-tuba. To clean dishes. To -whiten marble. To remove rust. To scour kettles. EVERYBODY USES IT. D«nUsU to etofcn false tenth. Unß:nmri to ctaan partt ofmacblqra. to scrub marble floor*. Surgeon* to poltah their Inatmmnnti. kllnUtrm to rmiorato <il«J chapois. CborulaU to retoove aotuo atalua. Confertlonnra to acoar their pan*. Hciiom to ekau tbo t Carvers to sharpen tbelr knives. Mechanic* to biigbton tbnlr toole. Uoatlcra on brasses nn.l wbltr horses. Shrewd onea to scour old straw hate Cooka f clean the kitchen alnk. Artists to clean their palattes. Soldlors to brighten their arms. Painters to clean off surfaces. Wheelman to clean bicycles. Renovator* to clean carpets. EVERY ONE FINDS A NEW USE. BUTLER PA., FRIDAY, SEPT- 5. !N9O CEIIKIC, THE WISE. ' In that town of our dear land of England, in which I ivas bom and grew 1 np t» iriiinho<>«l, the folk- are wont to trll many talcs anent the good King Alfred. Albeit those who dwelt at the same tim as tS< it iroi .1 king Lave bud Wins irid daughter . an-.! theM; i". tVeir tur i <•' >!- i dreu, :>na thi-.-i apiin yet other children, and soon tiil the years !>;• many that lie betwixt our time and his, \et docs the renown id' King Alfred last among us, and is spoken of even u >vr. lie it was vfco ! fought the wicked Danes and beat them, driving tin m all out of oar country to their own, *ave only those whom he slew go j that they could work no more woe; and this, indeed, is the only sure way to iorcfend against a Dane doing ill, for they are of a truth bad men and given to all manner of knavery and sin. Now my f.ither has ofteu told me IK.W that when King Alfred had driven out the Danes he ruled so wiselj and so well that men could hang chains of gold jewels by the roadside ana tbc-re they would star untouched save by him who owned them And this wa so not because there were no evil men in the land—for they are every where to bo found save in tho kingdom of eur Lord alone—bat because doomsmeu were bated by all w ho did not righteously, according to their faults they were doomed. It followed in its course that among those doom-men some were wiser than others and more even handed; but among them all was none to be found more righteous and more blameless in his findings than Cedric, the son of Htnd. In Heading was hfe dwelling and, over the men of that borongh he sat in the doomsuian's chair every day in the church yard, setting straight that which was crooked and uplifting the small against the great, the feeble folk against the strong. Xow the talk of his righteousness spread, as when a stone drops in a sea the ripples of it spread until they touch the shore, so that even to tho king's ears came the name of Doomsuian Cedrie, the son of llend. And the king "said to himself: "Per chance these be but fond tidings which are told to me, and yet again there may be truth m them; but strange it is that a man should be not only so righteous but so wise that none make plaint touching any of the dooms he gives forth," and he so poudered over this thing that in the cud he habited himself like unto a simple knight at arms, and rode forth front London, taking the 1 high road to Heading to see for himself what manner of man this Cedric might be. Ditton ho passed and Windsor also, and wherever he tarried for the night as folks ate their supper he heard them talk as they quaffed their ale or mead of Cedric the Doomsuian and the wonder of his wisdom and h ; s rightfulness, until the king began to grow hot within him at the end less babble, as it seemed to him, concern ing the worthiness of this one mau. So he rode until he came to Staines, and as he was about to pass over the bridge ho saw, lying in the dust at the wayside, a beggar, habited in rags,, and begging alms from the passers by. "Help me, oh, stranger?" said the beg gar. "With all my heart," answered the king, and took from his ponch three pennies, which he gave to tho beggar. "Help me, oh stranger?" quoth once more the beggar. "Thou ait a greedy varlct!" said the Jtiug; "vvkat more dOwn want.'" "I QUI old and weak," .answered the beg gar. "Wilt thon not set me behind thee on thy borsc and carry me to Heading town?" "With all my heart," replied tho king, and straightway set him foul a.; ho was upon his horse, and in that wise rode over the bridge and along the high road into the town of Heading- As they went down the High street the king said to the beg gar, "Where wilt thon that I set thee down/'' To which made answer the other: "Nay, but rather where wilt thou that 1 set thee down?" "Thou art a saucy varlet," quoth the king: "and it would be using thee not un scurvily were I to pitch thee off my horse into tho runnel there by the side of ns.'' "llast thou the face to call it thy horse?" quoth tho beggarman. "Thou shameless thing! Thou kno west well the horse belongs to mo." "Thy horsef" shouted the king. "Ay! mine," said the beggar. "We will see about that," said the king. "We truely will," said tho beggar, and with that he made a loud out-cry, calling aloud: "thief! thief!" so that they who passed by stopped and. wondering at, the noise, asked who might be tho thief, and in what the beggar, who was a foreigner to them all, had been wronged. Then both the beggar and the king told each his tale. Now the tale of tho beggar was in tiiis wise: That lie, riuing toward tho town of Heading, had met the king, albeit he knew not, nor did tho Heading men that be WHS a king, but thought him a simple wayfarer, and seeing he was afoot and weary, had offer to him to rido before liiui on bin horse, "The which," said the beggar, "does lie now, with foul threats and evil knocks, try to take by force from me, saying it is bis own, though it is plain to be seen that I am old and weak and he is young and lusty." And after the king had told his truthful tale, how that it was he who had been rid ing toward tho town and had in kindness set the beggar behind him and helped him on his way with but scurvy payment for his pains, the men of Heading were sore beset in their minds as to which of the twain might bo the truth teller and which was the liar. After some had talked Ibis way and some that, an elder among them said: "Let us have them both i*nd also tho horse before Cedric, our doomsuian, and he will tell us which we shall believe." Nothing loath was the king, nor did the beggar dare to say them nay, and so it came to pass that in no great while they stood before Cedric, the son of llend, in the cburohyaru where his seat was. Hut they were not the first comers, and so hail to wait until two trials had been held. Tho first was a quarrel between a scrivener and and a hedger concerning a woman. The scrivener said that she was his wife, and had been taken by the hedger, and the hedger, indeed, said no; that she had ul ways been his wife, and that the scrivener had no lawful right to her. The woman said nothing, whereat all marveled. When en h had told his tale ( cdric pondered and said: "Leave the woman here and return, each of you, on the morrow," and they went away leaving the woman. Next came A flasher and a miller, the miller holding in his hand a sum of money. "I went," s.iid he, "at noon to tho flesher to buy meat for my household, ami when the time came for mo to pa\ him I drew from my pouch these coins of silver, the which, when the flesher saw, he made as if to clutch and took me by the wrist, so that both of us are now come before you, I holding my silver and he clutching my wrist. lie says the silver is his. 1 say it is mine. Vet do I make oath that to me and not to him it does belong." Then said the flesher: "Nay, but this mau lies. Ho came to ' my house as be say*, but that is all the truth there is ia his tale. When he had taken his wheat he asked me whether I had silver to give him in p'ace of gold coin. ■Ay,' qnoth I. and laid ont on my fleshing block a handful of silver coin, which, when he saw, he caught np with his hand, and s ; * * a making i(1 when I clntcbi-rt him by t e wri>t and haled him before thee, our d.Him-mau. ro this will I make oa:h and say that he. the miller, is a rogue and a rascal, while I sin an upright man ami the rightful owner of ibe silver." And when the doomsuian asked it ot them, each of the twain, the flesher and the miller, stuck fo his tnle, nor altered it a jot. The quoth tho doomsman. "Leave ye the silver with me and come again on ; tho morrow." And they went their own j way. Then came forward the king and the beggar and the king said: "1 was riding toward this town, and when I came to tho bridge of Staines 1 saw this man seated 'iy the roadside, and ; when he asked me to lift him on my horse I, seeing that he was old and feeble, said yes with good heart and carried him into this town of yours, in the which he was no sooner come than ho claimed my horse to my own face, saying that if was his and not mine. This ou the word of one who tries to be a rjghteons man is the truth, oh. doomsman." i And the beggar: "I was riding toward the town on this my horse when I met this young man, who saying he was nigh dead from hard going, asked me to help him on his way. With a good heart I did so. putting him before me on tbe horse; but wheu wo were come into high street bo roguishly claimed of me my horse, and wheu I would not give it up he had me haled before thee. This on the word of an old righteous man is the truth, oh, doomsman." Said Cedric, "Leave the horse here with me and come on the morrow." So the king and the beggar went their own ways, and on the morrow were in the churchyard, as were the others also, to hear the doom that Cedric would give. The scrivener and the hedger were call ed. "Take thy wife, scrivener," said Cedric, "and let tho ears be cut from off the hedger. So the hedger lost his ears and tbe scrivener gained bis wife, and yet some said tbeir lots were equal. Then were called tho miller and the flesher. "Take thy silver, miller," said Cedric, "and let the right hand be c-nt from off the flesher." So tbe miller got his silver and tho flesh er lost his hand. Then tho king and the beggar were called. "Come with me," said Cedric to the king, and be took him to a stable bard by wfcere were a score of horses. "Pick out thine own horse," said Cedric; and the king did so. Then Cedric sent for tbe beggar and said to him; "Pick out thine own horso from among a score of horses," and fho beggar, whose eyes were keen and whose arts were nimble, picked out the king's horse. "Xow," said Cedric, "come both of you to the doomsman's seat," and when they gathered there once more Cedric said to the king: *"Take thy horse and let tbe old man be hanged." And tho king marveled at the wisdom of tho doomsman, and -aid to him: "Now I know that all I have heard is truth. Thou art as full of wisdom as is an egg of meat. Know then that_l aril King Alfred; and when Cedrie had bowed his knee before him the king said: "Tell mo, I pray thee, how thou gavest such rightful doom, for I dare swear that thon dealt us righteously with tho scrive ner und the miller as with cie." "All three were but small matters, oh, king." said Cedric, "but this was the man ner in which I settled them. Thou sawest how that I kept ul! night tho threo things anent which there was a bickering." "I did," said tbe king. "Well," said Cedric, "in the morning I turned hastily to tho woman and said, 'smooth me down a skin, for I need to write,' and she took a skin and rubbed it after the fashion of a scrivener's helper, and then I knew she belonged to the scrivener and not to the hedger, for how would a hedger's wife know aught of writ ing or of making ready skins whereon to write?'' " 'Tis well," s.iid the king. "The silver," said Cedric, "I put in a pot of water and left it over night. In the morning there floated ou the top of the water a fine w bito du-t. Then I kuew it belonged fo the miller, whose hands and clothes were covered with ground wheat, and not the flesher. whose hands were greasy with his meats. Hud it been his, oil und not dust would have been on the water's top." "'Tis very well," said the king. "And my horse?" "Truly therein 1 hud paius to find the truth. I'or though of couiso thou knewest thy beast, among the score, and doubtless wouldst have known him amid an hundred, yet wheu I called in the beggar so did be, too, and I was puzzled." "Then didst thon but guess the truth?'' said tbe king. "Nay," replied Cedric. "To guess is not true wisdom. I saw that while tbe beggar knew the horse, yet did the horse not know him. Vet thee it knew, nud whin nied when thou earnest anigh to if; and so I saved thee and hanged the beggar." The king pondered awhile, und then spoke. "Truly, Cedric," quoth he, "thou art belter fitted to be king and 1 to bo dooms mao. And yet I know not; for while I make a passing good king I fear mo 1 should make a passing bad doomsman."— //OI'IK'I loirnnnil in Intlrptiuhiit. N1 i re. It isn't generally known that the I'nited States (iovernuient is purchasing nitre from the Province of Turapucu, Peru, at the rate of 1,000,000 pounds a year, paying from to l'J cents a pound for if, but this | is the case. Tho ( overnment is simply and providentially taking advantage of favorable conditions to secure and store such quantities as will render ns indepen dent of any exigency possible for human care fo forestall. We have patriotism, oceans of it. We have men, millions of them. We have foundries, iron, cannon, .-malt arms, commissaries and tr au*porta tiou, numberless und incalculable. Hut all this would not avail if wo had no pow der or nitre for making powder in case of an attempted foreign Invasion. Very few pioplo know to what extreme the Govern ment was put. during the war of the rebel lion to obtain nitre. Tltvso and other con siderations have led Hie Ordnance depart ment to adopt a policy ol gradual storage of powder and liilrc. About 40 miles from | New York, ou the New Jersey coast, in the Pieatinny Valley, the Government made purchuse of 1,900 acres of land, t'ppn Ibis laud have been erected live magazines 200xf>0 feet. In these magazines | are stored 1,250,000 pounds of powder and 9,000,000 pounds of nitre tho accumulation I of nine years. Freaks Tell the Truth. Ope of the census enumerator- enter«<t a dime ttiatwam on the Itowery the other day says the X<• >• York Jonrurt! tie explained t<» the propriet-ir that be Wa* taking the ecu-.is, and that the diu.r museum t .iiiie in bis ili»trii't. Ti emo -.-nin uwnor cuvv bun pcrctis«i»u i« IJUI ,-iion the "llvi'iß enrioj.itiw " lie began witfc tha Cirru4Mi beauty. "•Where were you Imrnf ••I vrv.s born in New York." -aid the Circas-ian l»'.i'itr. "in tLe 'Ate ward." ••Where were \tnir parents bom?" "Mu father uu>l mother were boru iu Ueruiauy." '•What is your nauief" "Mary Ann lliggitis," answered the beautiful Circassian. "Are yoa white, black, mulatto, quad roon, octoroon, Chinese, Japanese or lu dianf" "I'm green." "Single, married, widowed, or di vorced t" "Divorced and married ajrain." "What is your trade or occupation?"* "I'm tbo Circa--ian beauty by trade." "Aro you able to speak Knglishf" "Dat'a the only language I speak. Seer" The enumerator walked over to the "Zulu Prince." "Where were yon boru?" he a»ked. "In ole Yirpinny. sah." said the Zulu Prince, smiling. "Where were your parents boru?" "Dey was bawn in Xorf Carliny." "Where do you live?" "In Thompson ftreet, sah?" "Are you white, black, mulatto, quad roon, Chinese, Japanese or Indiauf" "I duuno. I specs I's Zulu." "What is your uauief" "Pompey Liuknm Fielus." '•What is your profession or occupation?" "I'm a Zulu Prince." "Are you able to speak Knglishf" "I can under.-tund English." The "Australian giant" said he w.i* born in New Jersey. His parents were boru iu Vermont. "Are you single, married or divorced?" "Well, I've been married lour or five times in the uiu»enm to draw a crowd, but I believe ihe marriages were not regular." The double hcuded girl piuzlcd the census enumerator greatly, lie didn't know whether to put her down as one per son or two persons. She gave two sets of answers to most of the questions. One head said she was twenty-four, but the other hend denied it and said she was only eighteed. "Where were you born?'' "In the Congo Republic," said the first head. "In Ireland." said the second head. The Texes cowboy said he was born in Boston and had always lived there. How Deer Act in a Snow Storm. From a gentleman recently down from the mountains, the Marysville, Cal., .If pent learns of the strange experiences of various sorts of wild animals during the winter. "Deer, when caught in a blinding snow storm, huddle together and tramp round and round in a circle, bcatiug down the soft snow, so that when a very heavy fall occurs during say twelve hours, they find themselves in a snow pen, with walls above them; and if they commence to tramp on top of'several feet of snow dur ing a storm, they often find themselves iu a corral of snow, with a wall surrounding them to a height of ten or twelve feet when the storm clears off, being virtually im prisoned in a snowy prison pen,from which escape is impossible until the spring thaw of the season. "There lives an old miner on Canon Creek, in Sierra County, several miles abovo Brandy City, who was taking u stroll near his cabin last winter after one of the heavy snow s, when ho came across one of these deer peus in the snow, and there imprisoned were seventeen deer of various sizes. They were iu a circular pen of snow, with walls fifteen feet high. Upon the man's appcaraucc the deer became quite excited, and huddled together aud dodged from one eidu of the pen to the other, however, as hunger came upon them they became more docile, and the frequent visitH of the miner, with boughs and buds Irom adjoining trees, which he threw into the pen as food, caused the deer to become regular pets, and to watch for the visits of their protector. After a while the man placed a ladder iu the pit, und spent a great deal of time in handling his pets. Occasionally ho would take one out for food, as meat becan.e scarce, and in this way used several of the deer, but he had most of the deer yet in a state of domestication. It is said ho has a deer ranjh in his mountain home, much alter the fashion of a cattle ranch on a small scale." The Actual is also informed tluit a sim ilar band of deer was found in one of those deadly nno\v pits near 'Washington,Nevada County, and wan likewise rescued. The streets of Downieville were enlivened lust winter by the appearance ol deer which were driven from the mountain* down to the river towns by starvation,and domestic ated by kindness and food. As the snow has been disappearing, many carcaaaes of deer have been found where they have perished in the deadly snow corral. The heavy and sudden snows of the past winter have caused fearful mortality among the deer which did not to escape the lower altitude. Ati Invaluable Medicine. A correspondont says: Henry Iloyt, Esq., contributes to the Boston Journal the following prescription lor what lie says is an unfailing remedy for cholera morbus, diarrhtea. 4c.: Mr. 11. says that during the terrible epidemic of Cholera in that city, a few years since, in no case did the remedy fail where the patient could be reached in season. It is no less effective in cholera morbus and ordinary diarrhcoa. A remedy so easily procured and so vitally etlicacious should bo always at hand. An ordinary vial of St con bo had for '.55 ets. or so, and no family should be without it over night. I can attest to its magical influence in affording relief from excruciating pains, having used it myself in a severe attack of cholera morbus. Its prompt application will relieve pain and presumptively save life. Take- One part laudanum; One part camphorated spirits; > Two parts tincture ol' ginger; Two parts capsicum. Dosu— 1 teaspnoiiful in a wine glass of water. If the ease be obstinate repeat the dose iu :i or 4 hours. Wonderful Yield of One Mine. TlmCalumunt A llecla mine, of the l.uke Superior district, within the last twenty four years, has paid #34,000,000 iu cash dividends and it is believed that there is at least forty years more of life in the mine at double the present ruto of production, which is now (i0,0«H>,00o pounds of copper per aiiiiuui. It is doubled whether the j history of mines ever recorded the parallel I of this. Bill Nye and the Prince ot Wales. The Prince of W ur> in looking more thoughtful, I think. th*u lormerly. Wtira I ran upon bitn last summer 1 found him reading a long table of statistics regarding the longevity of stout people. ll* we* looking it liUle li*gg.»rd I thought. and tu i tried t<> chirp him np •To be frank with you.' -aid be. "1 think mother is holding out pretty well, Hill, don't j»»af 1 said: " Wt »!•« seemed real rugged lor a perw.u that hired ill her work done " ••Well,"' said he. with <4 sigh, "it seent» a little tough, 1 thiuk. for thai young German rooster to be run mug it whole empire at bin age, I'm likely to become a grandfather soon, and don't know even wbat a throne feel* like. I thiuk,"' said he thoughtfully, he disengaged a golden hair (evidently off the tunny head of his chieftypewritcr) off the fringe of hisepauiet, where it had become eutangled, "that the chief charm about a successful reign is to know when to quit. I've seen monarch* that meant well and did well enough, but who hekl on to the throne like a pup to a root, as you go chastely put it in one of yonr letter* which I waa reading to Alick at the breakfast table." '•Alick," Mid I. "Who the royal highness it Alickf" "Alick is tho Princess. But don't you think yourself, as between man and man. thit uiouarching, like everything els*. can be overdoue?" I Mid it could, and if 1 could have my way there wouldn't be any of it. "A nice little nincompoop can al ways be found ready to rule over a na tion." nay* I, "and it's just ax well for the people to choose him and theu change him when they get tired of him. l'eople like to have their nincompoop changed once iu a while." The Question That Canada Faces. Canada is facing a question. It is that of the future and how to act. It grow* not of an actual debt too great to carry and obstacle#, little less than insurmountable, to efforts to stimulate emigration and enter terprise. The population ot" the Dominion i.- about 6.000.000. against 64.000.00t> in the United S .ate*. The Dominion debt is about #SO per capita, while that of the United States is about sl6. Population show* a continued tendency after a trial to leave Canada and come to the Unite.! States. Dissatisfaction is stimulated by this contrast and home facts. There is little in the present or prospective condi tion to satisfy the old resident or new wrnier. This being so, the Toronto lilttie is forced to say: ' - Oor true coarse is to face the facts as they stand and so reform and adjust oar policy of government as to diminish the danger to which we are ex posed." Iu other words, the Canadian problem is: "What can we do to be saved."— Pittsburgh Times. A Monster Piece of Granite. Vinalhaven. Main-*, claims to hare pro dnced the largest stone ever brought to light. The Bodwell Granite Company reccutly quarried a shaft of granite which is the largest piece of stone ever qnarried anywhere, and. if erected, will be the highest, largest, and heaviest single piece of solid stone standing, or that ever stood, so far as any record can be found. In height it considerably exceeds any of the Egyptian obelisks. The tallest of these, which was brought from Heliopolis to Alexandria by Einpeior Cuut-lautine, and afterward taken to Rome, where it it still standing, is 105 feet 7 inches high, while the Vinalhavcn shaft is 113 feet long. 10 feet square at the base, and weighs fC>O tons. It is understood, says .Stone, that the company quarried this immense mono lith of their own account, not having aa order for anything of the kind, and they suggest that it would be a fitting contribu tion from Maine for the monument to be erected in honor of General Grant. Death of Victor Ptollet. In the death of Victor Piollet the Statij loses one of its best known citisens. No man in the State was more widely known or more highly thought of among farmer*, with whom hn was long identified. His ability was unquestioned, and if he ha I been on the other side of politics in early life lie would have bad many political honors. Though a lifelong Democrat, he could not follow that party in 1888. and sup ported the Republican ticket because of ins position on the tariff. No oue doubts that he was honest in his convictions, for he had no persoual reason for chaugiug his politics so late in life. But he gave the very best reasons for so doing and #otn umnded wide attention for the able man ner iu which he demonstrated tho uecessi Tv <>f a protective tariff to the farmer. lie will long be remembered an a leader in Northeast Pennsylvania, and one of the beat informed men ou agricultural topic in the nation.—Philadelphia Ingminr. A Man's Diary of His Wile's Temper. Monday—A thick fog. no seeing through it. Tuesday—Ciloomy anl very chilly un reasonable weather. Wednesday—Frosty. at time* sharp. Thursday—Bitter cold in the morning, red .--unset, with flying colon, portending hard weather. Friday—Storm in the morning, with peals of thnnder, air clear afterwards. Saturday—Gleams of sumihine, with partial thaw, frost again at night. Sunday—A light wmthwester in the morning, cnliu and pleusaut at dinner-time, hurricane and earthquake at night. iilrshkind's Business Reasoning Ilirsbkind-<r«l vat may be the price of this vatchf Jeweler—Ten dollars. Hirshkind (sotto voce)— He a«k» ten; he means eight; he'll dake *l*; it'* vorth fonr: I'll oiler two.—Jeweler*' Circular. An exchange remark* that the dec olette dree* is being cut no low In Uoston that the collar in often mistaken for a garter. —The most preposterous and yet the best authenticated lie that ha* l>een sprung on the public for many year* appeared in the daily papers last week. It w*« stated that n peculiar green-looking cloud passed over a certain section of Claiborne county. Tennessee—that the temperature fell to the frming point, and that hail (tone* as big as hen'* eggs fell plentifully, ae companied by balls ol tire. This peculiar storm passed over the farm of a man named Jacob Warren, and after the storm cleared away ho went to hi* cornfield to see what damage had been done, when he found every stalk of corn In the tleld petrified—turned to stone. Iwo hogs were also petrified. The remarkablo thing about it Is that a great number of witness** testify to the truth of the »tory .v.—"Where ar e yon goingt" ||.—"To the deutist." • What are you going to do there!" • tiet uiy little fill." NO 43- AGRICULTURAL. Whenever a tree is injured Apple ft tNJTar lg of rutin and tallow st v wu«nd. Insects* : vet «urU injure* do tuore damage than a wraktj- |j_ vistain. If an application be mad. after the injury tje wound will —»>), heal It p«> s !» feed C!.-«l to fn« ( firing Bulk, and if a row insists on having it evury time »he does a (w«l tarn by forcing as to bn re«n!ar. Of all losses incurred by Aasri- au larmers scare el jr any tttit is grenler than that which Comes from allowing CW« to 'ail in their milk for want o t nftlnsnt ttsnl **t a kind ":at answers th#ir lucntH. One benefit of improved »ioek is » t *> it is an educating force in f*ra Bf, om*orr wf iti)prt*red «t«»ck will But tM& ffctii fied to see it depreciate. ami ha -»tlhs into stock breeding and '.".-ediag, to a* to avoid the reproach. It teachee him %» think more than in the past, and tM-n-g farmer are usually .-accessM formers. Ore i : the advancer, made in the ot destroying insects is that of propagating the parasites that destroy certain iasai l i Parasites are sometimes the best friend of the frail-grower, and do better service for him in the destruction of insects than he can |>erform himself. Study of the para sites is adding more light, and there is n I rospect that before another decade many destructive iusv* la * ill he met by parasites propagated by the farmer himseit A few year* ago farmers in grain grav ing localities n*ed straw iarishly for bed ding, for the purpose of malting 'lf largest manure piles. Now the tendency is to nee as little straw for beddiug as is eoosiatent with cleanliness. Cat straw ""-ri with ground grain makes a valuable feed, the straw furnishing c&rbonaeeoqs matter, and the meal giving the elements that make muscle and growth. If corn men! is aaed it should be mixed with ground oats or wheat brau to make a good feeding ration. At Kluabeth, N. J.. Everett Gordon, an engineer on the Jersey Central, hie wifo and son lately were poisoned by tat in t some food which h-yt been eooked in a new tin pail. They were attacked with severe cramps and vomiting. Prompt Mad ical attendance saved their lives. An in vestigation showed that they were victims of lead poisoning. It will interest fanners to leam that a tablespoonful of pulverised alum and ehint ncy or pipe soot will instantly relieve a cow bloated from eating green clover. StaaaKtixt; IIOKSCS. —So far as ve know the question remains unsettled ae t» the distinct canse that makes homes stabbwr It takes place nsoaUy in the feU. when horses are fed on second-crop elovsr hny or allowed to ran out to pastnw in August or September. Some veterinary surgeons attribute it to a fall weed, but hare net designated what weed it is. We think, however, that it is the grase itself, the second crop of which contains n certain peculiar bitterness, from want, perhaps, ef succulence or from its advanced state of maturity. It may possibly be a lake weed, which the horse may take a liking to. bet if so it has not yet bees discovered. The best remedy of cottrse is to stop pasturing and feeding tor the time second-crop hay A few years ago we had two sersve cases in the beginning of September, bat the effect passed off in a few days by removing the cause of it—cut grass. In the cases we speak of it wai a flow of water only from the mouth. OaU«as most bare come from each animal, preventing them for two days from taking any food except nibbling a little hay—A/ A Wat TO TUKIVC —As Mr. Kasaetl H. Conwell informs as. there are acre* of diamonds all around us. if we only knew enough to pick them ap. Do net under stand. now. that we look span mo»Sy get ting as the most important thing la hfe. but you will admit yourself that it is a very convenient thing to hare at times Veil, then, here is the point If some enter prising gardener would bay ire or tea acres of ground near town and plant it in small fruits, it would suon become a regu lar little mint to him. For instance, take black raspberries. There is nothing easier to raise, nothing surer to yield annually, nothing more marketable, and nothing more delicious. Sidney Smith, the great Knglish divine and wit remarked that. "Possibly tiod might have made a better berry than the strawberry, hut possibly God never did." We wonld amend this by substituting raspberry for strawberry. Au acre of domesticated raspberries, properly cultivated, will yield. »ay a haadrad bush .'I s of the fruit. Now it is easy enough to sell them at ten cents a quart, and a hundred bnshels at ten cents a quart would be Do you want anything better than that! A few acres of land in small fruits of various kinds would yield a man a good income. You might also cultivate some marketable truck and keep a hennery in connection with it to supply people with spring chickens, of which then is alwnys a great scarcity. As Colonel Sellers would say, ''There's millions in if' How TO COOL a CRILAR. —A great mis take is sometime! made in ventilating cellers and milk houses. The object ef ventilation is to keep the cellars cool and dry; but this object often fails of being accomplished by a common mistake, and iustead the cellar is made both warm aad damp. A cool place should never be ven tilated uuless the air admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as that, or a very little warmer. The warmer the air the more moisture it holds in «*- l>ension. Necessarily, the cooler the air the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When a cool cellar it aired on a warm day, the rntering air being in motion appears cool, but at U cellar the cooler air with which il becomes mixed chills it, the moisture it condensed, and dew is deposited ou the cold » slls, and may often lie seen running down them in streams. Then the cellar it damp and soou become moldy- To avoid this, the window should only «*' ***** •* and late, the l»*t r®tfrin*. There is no ueed «» f-ar that the night air is unheal Ui (Ul. il i« as pure as the air of mid iliiv. and it really drier. Th« cool air enters the apartment during the night and circulates through it. The windows should b» dosed before sunrise iu the morning, and kept closed and shaded through the dsr. If the air ot the cellar is damp, i* may be thoroughly dried by placing in it a peck of fresh lime iu an open bo*. A peck of lime will absorb about seven pounds, or more than three quarts at water, and n this way a cellar or milk room mny teon be dried, even in the hottest weather —None of all the older Stnlee hat done better iu the matter of increasing her population during the paat dt«*d« w»a Pennsylvania Our gam it rather more than I'IWWO. a gain of about 35 per cent One of the curiosities of our eensut U the fact that the State ha. actually grown more rspid'y than her largest city. Phil add phi a Perhaps no other State wilt j ,how such a record. And Pennsylvania it I not "grown out,"yet, by any meant!
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