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!