"v r >L A v VII.
WALL PAPER!
Believing that it is b?st to close
out each season's styles before th<?
ensoiofr reason begin*, even at
n great sacriEto, I have marked over
two-thirds of my entire stock of pa
pT hangings, the largest and) best
si elected line in Butler,
AT HALF PRICE
The balance of .the paper was mark
ed so low before that half price would
be giving them away. These ycu
will pet below cost notwithstanding
their fr>rnßfr cheapness. Just imagine
Browns at 80 a double bolt, Whites
at 10 and 12c, Gilts 15 and upward.
Buy now fur your fall papering, you
will r.ot get such bargains then
My Wuil Paper, Stationery and
Art Store is easy to find.
W. A. OSBORNE,
E. Jt-flVrun St., next to Lowrv
House, Butler, Pa.
Wir Bprteben such Dcutscb.
Dry Goods
AT LOWEST PRICES
AT THE NEW STORE OF
]). E. JACKSON.
We are new comers, but have come
to stay We buy our goods at lowest
cash prices and as we sell for cash
only. We are enubled to sell goods
at the smallest possible margins. We
could quote prices on clean, new
goods, rto trash, from all parts of our
store, especially cu the following
goods. Dress Goods, White Gooda,
Prints, Ginghams, Shirtings, Mus
lins, Lace Curtains and Curtain
Poles, Corsets aDd Corset Waists.
Ladies', Children's and Gents' Under
wear, Hosiery, Gloves and Mits, Kid
Gloves, Ribbons, Silk and Velvet,
Black and Colored Silks, Cloth Capes,
Bead Wraps, Jerseys and Jersey
Jackets, Table Linens, Napkins.
Towels, &c., Ac , but as new goods
are arriving all the time, we would
not likely have the goods now
quoted, but possibly have them at
fttill lower prices as tho season ad
vances We are proud to any that
in this city and county our goods
aud prices bave met with approval
Bud commendation, although subject
ert to close scrutiny and comparison
with the goods offered by others.
We solicit your patronage, and will
Co all in our power to make our busi
ness transactions pleasant and profit
able.
I). E. JACKSON, Butler, Pa.
Next door to lieiuemHn's.
C. & D.
WE
Have the largest stock ol
hats aiyl for men,
boys and children in the
county,
WE
Are especially strong in un
derwear for Fall and Win
ter. Besides many stand
ard makes in all grades; we
are exclusive sellers in this
county of the celebrated
Stoneman handmade under
wear.
WE
Deal directly with the man
ufactures and our goods are
fresh, strictly reliable and
prices the lowest as we save
the consumer the middle
profit.
WE
Mark all goods in plain fig
ures and have one price for
all.
COLBERT & DALE,
242 S. Main street,
Butler, Pa.
Full Again.
We mean our wall paper de
partment,'lull and oversowing
with our immense and choice
f tock of paper hangings. You
nust help us our, we haven't
loom lor ball our goods, until
) ou relieve us of some ol them.
We have the choicest selec
tion of patterns in every grade
from Brown Blanks at 1U cts
to Gilts at from 20 cts to $1
per double bolt.
Examine our Stock.
J. H. Douglass,
Js'ear* Postoffice, lJuiier, I'a.
S ALES M EXT
LOCAL OS TRAVELING.
To v.ll our Nursery stock, salary. expenses and
fct ady eujpltiVMK'ut guaranteed.
CIIASK I'.KOTIIKKS C'OXPAST,
Krocheater, N. V.
70U CAN FIND
cm Gm in 1 HTi»n« r .n it the Ailverti*in? j!ur*'aii of
u . EEidINGTOIT" BEOS.
■mho will contract for advertiaitig »t West tJm.
rWrr Tnv T 1 /^y r T"^Al
THE BIjT. J-/I-/K CO IZEN.
PROFESSIONAL (JARDS.
L. BLACK,
riIYSIC'IAS ASI> si lit IKON,
No. 35J, N. Main St.—Butler. Ha *
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Dr. A. A. Kelty,
Office ut Rose roint. Lawrence county, Pa.
E. N. LKAKK M. I>. E. MANX. M. U.
Special lies: Specialties:
<iyn;vcolo:rv ami Sur- Eye, Kar. Nose and
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE& MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. . ZIMMERMAN.
I
riiVKICIAN AND BUSOKOS,
office at No. s. Main street, over Frank &
Co's Ditifc Store. Butler. Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
iCo. 22 Fast Jfffe/ on St., lit tier. Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AN ® SURGEON.
S. W. Corner Main and North Sts., liutler, I'a.
-J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Aititleial Teetli Inserted rn tlx- latest im
proved plan. ('.>1.1 FHHne a specialty. Ofllce—
over Schaut a Cloiintin Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed 111 tlie neatest maimer. . , .
Specialties Oold l'll'lligs, and I'atuless hx
tra. i.on of teeth. Yit.ili/ed Air administered.
Oil.re on .|efTeri>on Street, one door L»»t ofLovrrj
Home, t'p Stair*.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications l>y mail receive I
prompt attention,
N. B.— Tlie only Dentist in Butler uslngjthe
best makes of teeth.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
Maps, plans, specihcations and esti
mates; all kinds of architectural and en
gineering work. No charge for drawing if
I contract the work. Consult yonr best in
terests; plan before you build, informa
tion cheerfully given. A share of public 1
patronage is solicited.
i\ O. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court j
House, IJntler, Pa.
_ J
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
RXMNEEII AND SURVEYOR,
Ofpick nkak Diamond, Hitler, Pa.
J. W. HUTCHISON,
attorney at I.AW.
Office on second floor of the Huselton block,
Diamond, Butler, I'a., KoomN'o. 1.
A. T. BCOTT. J. P. WILSON.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Collections a specialty. Office at No. 8, South
Diamond, Hutler. Pa.
JAMES N. MOORE,
AITORNKV- VT-LAW AND XCTAKY PUBLIC.
Office In Boom No. l, second tloor of Huselton
Block, entmnce oil Diamond.
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on second tloor of New Anderson Block
Main St..—near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law. Office at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St., Butler, I'a,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Heal Estate Agent. Of
flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office ou north side
of Diamond, liutler, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second lloor ol
Anderson building, near Court liouse, Butler.
Pa.
J. K. BRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at !*aw—Oflice on South Bide or Diamond
Butler. Pa.
L. S. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Krai Estate Ait
17 LAST JEFFEIISON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
s. E. ABBAMS&CO
Fire and Lite
INSUR A X C E
Insurance Co.of North .America, incor
porated 1794, capital $3,000,000 and other
strong companies represented. New York
Lite Insurance Co., assets £410,000,000. Office
New nuse!ton building near Court House.
UIUIIK misniis.
ERIE,PA.
All stock guaranteed to be in good con
dition when delivered.
We replace all trees that fail to grow.
REFERENCES IS BUTLER:
J. F. I-owry, \V. T. Mecbling, Jame
Shanor, Jr.. J. t). Forsythe, Ueo. Shaffuer
(S. Walker, Esq.. Ferd Keiber, Esq. and D
L. Cleeland.
G. F. KING, AGT.
EITEXMILLI.R HOUSE, RUTLER, PA.
BUTLEK COUNTY
Mutual Fire insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
.J. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT,
H lIKINEMAN, SECRETARY
DIJiECroiIS.
(I.C. Uoeaslntr, Henderson Oliver,
J. L Purvis, James Stephenson,
A. Trout man, 11. ('. Helneinan,
Alfred Wick, N. Weitzcl.
Dr. W. Irvln. !<r. Ktckenhach,
J. W. llurkliart, I). T. Norris.
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ac".
eTTTLHi-R, PA.'
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WHEN IN NERD OF
CALL ON
HENRY BIEHL
122 NORTII MAIN STREET,
±3 U T - HP-HIJM UST' A
W here you can haye your choice ont of the largest assortment of cooking ami
heating stoves in Builcr cot.nty; also dealer in Hardware. Lansing Wagon*, AY heeler
<t Wilson and Standard Sewing Machines. Hat i - and Stand Lamps. Manufacturer
of Tinware; Tin Hoofing and Spouting a Specially.
WHERE A CHILD CAN lit.'Y AH CHEAP AS A MAN
WEST END GROCERY.
F. W. LIMBERG, PROP,
Fresh stock of teas, coffees, canned goods, country produce and
everything usually kept in a first class grocery, tobacco and
cigars; also dry goods, notions, etc. We make a specialty
of tiour and teed.
A Full Line of Fall Dry Goods Just Received.
Goods Delivered Free to any part of Town-
Extraordinary Bargains at
TK OUT MAN'S
Great Removal Sale.
We expect to move into our new
building about October Ist, and in order
to reduce stock we are offering
Extraordinary Bargains all
over the house this month,
A word to the wise is suffi
cient.
TROU TMA N ' S
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House.
No. 200 North Main Street Butler, Pa
V J Pittsburgh, Pa. ——*
This old and reliable Institution has pri |.;ixcJ thousands* of ymuig men and women for the
active duties ol 111-*, Ta those 111 want ol a useful, prac Ileal education, circulars will be sent 011
application. p. in KF A. SONS.
EVERY WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF
THAT CAN BE RELIED ON
B^ P ! ISTot "to gfe-gpll-fc!
the mark to Discolor!
' BEARS THIS MARK.
# TRADE
mark. j
NEEDS NO LAUNDERINC. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
"Thrift is 6. v-—• 600 d revenue!
cleanliness SAPOLIO'
It*is&solid ca.Ke scouring so&p (
Try ibinyournexl'house-cleaning &nd be happy.
Looking- out ovor the many homes of this country, we see thousands
of women wearing away their lives in household drudgery that might be
materially lessened by the use of a few cakes of SAPOLIO. If an hour
is saved each time a cake is used, if one less wrinkle gathers upon the
face because the toil is lightened, she must be a foolish woman who i
would hesitate to mako the experiment, and he a churlish husband who
would grudge the few cents which it costs.
BUTLRE i?A.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10,18'.0-
A PIRATICAL I'KEW.
i<V SYLVAXrS COBB, Jtt.
For the following I am indebted to my
old fil ml Hall—good old Captain Hen, of
blessed memory. I read the account in
hi* well-kept Log; and I also heard the
narrative in all its uiinutite, from his own
lips. -
Late in tho autumn of '4l I sailed
from Boston in the ship I had com mail ded
for four years and more —the "Clark Whit
ney." She was a heavy ship for her day
and generation, and heavily sparred and
rigged; and I believed in having a good
crew. I had four-and-twenty hands be
sides myself and officers; but they were
not such hauds as I would have selected !
had I been at liberty to select.
The trnth was, while the ship was being 1
loaded and the crew shipped, I was ou my
back, sick with the measles. It was the
second time I'd had them, for I am very
sure that I took them in 20ur.se with the
family in my childhood. However, my :
wife explained it. She said only very j
handsome people hau the measles twice, j
And I was very glad she thought so.
Jack Braekett, my first mate, had taken
the new men—sixteen of them—and a
tough, hard sot they were. Never a better
man, nor a,better sai'or trod a ship's deck
than was Jack Brackeit; bjt he was an
easy going body, very apt to be imposed
upon and altogether too ready to believe
what others told him without botheriug
himscli to think and consider. He hated
a wrangle; and vet. for all that, let him bo
fully aroused—let somebody tramp'e on
him, and reach the magazine of his temper
—and I think he could bo the most savage,
the most terrible man. iu his wrath, that
I ever saw.
But never mind that. Tho men had
signed the ship's books, and were a part of
the erew; and when I saw that they really
wished to sail with me, I tried to bo re
conciled. The} had come from two of the
very worst boarding-houses iu Boston, and
Brackett had taken them on the recom
mendation of a certain shipping agent ou
Commercial street, who, for his own and
family's sake shall be nameless here.
We made the run form Boston to Can
ton, China, direct, stopping only at con
venient ports—C'ape-Towu, Batavia, and
so on —for supplies. So far as I was con
cerned, I had but little trouble; but
Brackett had a great deal. He was easy
and good naturfcd, and the rascals put up
on him. They didn't know what they
were doing. By-aud-by—it was after wo
had left Cape-Town—they aroused the tiger
in him, and he turned on them with a
vengeance. His first es.-ay in the new
character was during the mid-watch ou the
second night after passing Good Hope. He
knocked down lour of the men oif-hand
and two of them he knocked down a second
time.
Still, his berth wasn't an easy one. He
was obliged to go armed continually, and
it fretted him, and made him morose and
unjust. But it isn't my purpose to tell of
poor Jack's trials, further thau this: By
the time we bad let go our anchors in the
Canton river, the majority of the crew
were in a state of rank insubordination.
They never refused to obey me; but they
would obey nobody else. The result wjs,
the sixteen men who had shipped while I
was sick, deserted—every man of them —
and Brackett begged me not to try to find
them.
From Hong Kong I was to proceed to
the Philippines—the port of Manila, 'nut I
couldn't sail without a crew. At length,
however, with the assistance of a ;>iendly
agent on shore—an English gentleman
whom 1 had known mauy years—l succeed
ed in engaged fourteen Colics. They were
the best I could get, and. I was really
glad to take them. I made the run to
Manila in two weeks, and there iny Coolies
ran away—even* mother's son of them:
and I afterwards learned that they bad
shipped for the sole purpose of reaching
the Island of Luzon.
Thus my ship was left with myself, three
mates, a supercargo, and eight men, who
had beerwwith me several yeais and upon
whom I could depend; bat I could not go
to sea with that crew. In the event of
baffling, changeful weather, the work
would wear them down quickly. I made
my want known to our consul, and he
promised to do what he could to aid me
One day a Malay, giving his name as
Palama. came on board, aud iuformed me
that he hail sailed iu three different Kng
lish ships, and that he had twelve com
panions, who were good sailors, and that
they would like to go to America. I liked
Palana's looks. lie was a tall, muscular
fellow, somewhere about 30 years of age,
and spoke English so as to be readily
understood. Like all his kind he had a
look in his eye and about the heavy lids
that plainly said:
"Don't tread 011 me."
"But.l didn't think him dangerous. 1
told him to bring his comrades aboard and
let ine have a look at them.
Towards noon on the following day they
came—thirteen of them —all Malays though
with something of the Tagaloc tone about
them. That is, there seemed enough of
the Tagal blood iu them to take oil' the
harshest of the pure Malay character. The
Tagals are the Luzon Indians. Of the
thirteen three, besides Palana, could speak
English. They were called, respectively.
Tolo, Seelah and Wala-Wala. They all
wanted to go to "Americano." They had
heard grand things of tbat country, and
wanted to see it.
i looked the men over, and led them
about the jleck to see how much they knew
of her ship and rigging. I found the.n far
more proficient than I had anticipated.
"Good sailor!—very good! all!" declared
I'alana, emphatically.
I called Brackett and Dau Sampson, the
latter my second mate, and the result was
we engaged them: and on the very next
day they joined the ship, bag and baggage.
Very soon we were glad we had secured
them. At of lading they took
hold with a will, not only working faith
fully, but intelligently. And further, when
we came to setting up the standing rig
ging. they proved themselves used to the
work. In short, we—my mates and my
self—felt that we had been particularly
blessed in securing the Malay seameu.
We left Manila on a clear morning in for
a run to Batavia, on the Island of Java —
distance, as we sail, of about eighteen hun
dred miles. The Malays worked splendid
ly; they were really good sailors. A few
of them were awkward at first on the lore
ropes of the yards, but they could hand
and reef a sail with the best. Three days
passed, and 1 could not have asked for
better men; but on the fourth came a
chauge, and it. came curiously enough.
One of my oldest and best men was a
Scotchman named Sandy McDongald. lie
was over three score, and as active and
enduring as any man 1 had. I think he
was the most t-killful helmsman I ever
knew. In his long years of voyaging to
all quarters of the globe, he had contrived
to pick up a knowledge of almost every
language he had ever heard; and be sure,
if he came in contact with a foreigner
whose language he understood, he would
never let on that ho knew it. He xiad a
fondness for being master of the situation.
The Malays of our crew spoke a lingo of
mixed Spanish and Malay, closely re
sembling that of the Tagals of Luzon; and
Sandy understood it, and could speak it;
but nevir a bint of the fact had he let fall
j before Palana or his companions.
On the morning of the fourth day out
Sandy McDougald bolted into my cabin
| without so much as a tap on the door, liis
eyes were wild, aud I really thought his
j stiff gray hair was starting up all over his
i head. lie swept the place at a glance,
saw that we were alone, and then came up
. to my side.
j "Cap'n! D'you know what you've got
I aboard this .-hip?"
"What is it, Sandy. Don't keep me in
.suspense. Here, take a drop of this
■ brandy."
I saw that ho was much shaken; so I
took from a locker over my table a bottle
of brandy and a glas-;.
He drank; and then I motioned him to a
seat beside me, and then be told me:
Palana. and six others of the Malays
were in his watch. Puring the night last
past—they bad bad the mid-watch—he bad
seen I'alaua, about an hour after the watch
had been set. go to the forecastle coui
pauionway and rap gently—a peculiar rap
—on the trunk; and shortly after four of
Malays of the other watch came up, and
they all sat down under the lee of the long
boat. Sandy bad remembered a place,
close abaft the forward chock, whore ho
could easily c.awl cnder the keel of the
boat, and, as he suspected mischief, he
resolved to know wbat these fellows bad
to talk about And he did hear.
"Cap'u! They're a regular piratical
crow. It is business. And they've ship
ped aboard the old "Whitney" for the sole
purpose of cutting your throat, and the
throats of all your old crew, and taking tbe
ship! And I heard the chief—that's
Palana—say where they'd take her. lie
means to run her into a little river, where
he has a lair, near Triugano, on the Malay
coast. To-morrow night's the time set.
He has the first watch: and the blow is to
be struck at midnight, when the watch is
relieved."
Of the entire truth of Sandy's story, ami
of his opinion, I had not a particle of
doubt. Many things which had thus far
appeared strange were now made clear.
Things which had puzzled me puzzled me
no more. But that was not all; ou that
morning, after tho men had gone up to
breakfast, fianday had tun his hands over
I'alana's clothes bag, and had plainly felt
a brace of large pistols, and two long
knives. And two other bags which he had
ventured to handle be had found to be
supplied in like manner.
After a little further conversation I bade
Sandy to keep a close watch.and we would
confer again before tbe couiiug night bad
closed in. When I wont on deck I found
Palaua ou the quarterdeck, but he left it
when he saw me. _.\ n hour later I saw
him standing where he could look dowu
into the cabin; and as ho turned to move
away, I detected thai peculiar look and
nod which a man gives who sees some
thing that he is full sure will one day bo
his own.
Suffice it to say, during the day I saw
enough to assure mo that Sandy was right,
in every particular. The Malays seemed
to be treading on air. They were hopeful
and happy; aye, they were jubilant. Their
black eyes sparkled, and their sitting cordy
hands worked very peel ant'y.
During the secoud dog-watch, shortly
before sfmdown, Sandy beckoned to lue
from the wheel.
"Cap'n!" be wishpered. as I came up,
"it's to be at midnight, tb's werry night!
Palana is to kill yon, Tolo is to kill Mr.
Brackett, and Seelah is to kill Sampson,
and one of the others that don't speak
English, he called Cam-Bam, is to kill Mr.
Gould. Ah, it's al 1 laid out. The moment
the starboard watch has gone below, the
companionwaj- of the forecastle is to be
secured, and the work commenced. Of
course, the ifalays of the off-watch won't
go down."'
He bad hoard it all talked over, Palann
and his companions having had no fears of
his hearing, since they were sure he could
not understand.
I was now positive that the piracy—the
murder —was contemplated: that it was as
sure to-come as the midnight hour, and
my plans were arranged. The course I
had resolved to adopted was not original
with me. Captain John Baker, of the
barque "Florantine.'' had once resorted to
to the same thing in case of mutiny.
As soon as my plans were matured I
took my officers into my confidence, but
not until after the first watch had been
set, nnd the time for work was drawing
At eight o'clock I'alaua came up from
the forecastle to go 011 duty. . lie was to
stand the first watch. He had put on a
loose-fitting Guernsey frock, and I plain
ly saw the impression of two pistols be
neath. And the other Malays had done
the same.
The starboard watch was 011—my own—
and 1 stood it, with Mr. Sampson, as I had
often done baforo. At nine o'clock I set
myself to watch my opportunity. I knew
that Braekett was ready in the cabin to
come up on the insta.it he heard the word.
Sandy, also, was on the qui r ire.
Ah! Upon the stroke of tea o'clock I
saw my chance! And here was the situa
tion: The wind was west-nor'-west, which
gave us the wind on the beam, with the
starboard tacks aboard, and the breeze was
fairly fresh. We were carrying full top
sails and topgallant sails, the royals furled.
The Malay chief, I'alana, had been con
versing in the lee gangway with two of
his mates. At precisely ten o'clock he
left them, and came aft as far as the main
topgallant backstay, just abaft which he
stopped aud looked over the rail. lie
leaned both his elbows on the rail, and
appeared to be looking over into the wa
ter—thinking—and not one of his com
rades near him.
"Now or never!" I said to myself, as 1
crept swiftly but noiselessly towards him.
1 had taken the precaution of putting a
pair of cloth slippers 011 my feet. I came
up behind him, grasped him around the
thighs,, and. with a very quick, strong lift,
hoisted him overboaril. It was all done in
a moment. He sent forth a sharp, wild
cry as he went, while 1, starting back to
wards the wheel, cried at the top of my
voice:
"Man overboard! Man overboard! Men
to the braces! Lay the main topsail abackl
Quick! Lively, my men!" Then Sandy
took up the cry, and announced that Pala
ly, the Malay, was the lost man.
By the time the ship had been hove to,
and while the stern-boat was being low
ered, the whole of thu Malay crew had
gathered on the quarterdeck, aud were
wildly shouting, jabbering aud gesticulat
ing. Sandy said the\" were eager to save
the chief and I very quickly saw that they
were eager to go in the boat. While the
boat was being brought to the gangway,
Braekett shouted that 110 could hear the
poor fellows cries for help. The Malays
heard him, and were frantic in their eager
ness to be off.
I let theui go over into the boat—every
one of them—and they went without a
thought of anything, save their suffering
chief. I was to lose my boat, but little I
cared for that. Better lose a thonsund
boats than one human life given into my
care. Aye. and better lose the boat
than lose the ship and all that was in
her.
The Malays went into the boat, and put
off; and when they had got well astern I
gave the order for tilling away, and very
shortly thereafter the ship was on her
course again.
Whether the Maljys in our stern boat
1 ever found their chief or not. I never
knew. For themselves the weaiher sa
line. and they probably reacheu the shore
in safety. If they suffered from hunger
and thirst, I could not help u.
We reached Baiavia without difficn'tv.
doing double duty with grateful hea.is.
And there wo were particularly blessed,
we found fifteen men, the crew of a Nova
Scotian bark, hailing from Halifax, that
had been wrecked during a severe storm in
tiw Straits of Sunda. They were eager to
get home, aud glad to ship w'lh me; aud I
need not say how glad I was to welcome
tJem on board the "Clark Whitney/'
They were poou men. every oue; and tria t
we reached home safely may be known
from the fact that I am hero to tell tho
story.
A Check is Not Cash Pay
ment.
The Supremo Court of Minnesota ha s
lately rendered a decision of much interest
to the business conimnnity iu declaring
that bank checks a-e not cash, and do not
possess legal value as money u 'lil cashed.
In other words, the giving of a check on a
bank is not a payment when pas-ed be
tweeu debtor and creditor, but only be
comes so wnen the money is received on
it.
The court holds that in accepting a
check (com a debtor there is no legal pre
sumpcion that tho cri'iiifor takes it in ab
solute payment, but only conditional'y, or
as written acknowledgement of the debt.
W here goods are sold for case on de''ve r v,
and tho purchaser le iders payment in a
check or draft on his banter, such psr
ment is only conditional; and the de'ivcy
of the goods, if made is also conditional.
If the check is dishonored ou presentation,
the seller may retake the goods for the
purchase money, even from the no-session
of a third or innocent party, unless it cau
be shown that the se'ler has been guiltv of
such t-eg'igef»ca as would niui IV.*ui
recovering in equity.
This decision is among the first renoerc l
by higher courts that is so far-reach'up.
•inJ if supported by other high t r i .tuna' -,
will settle a mooted question in couini""
eial circles. The same priuciple has Invi
applied to unpaid noi.es by uue or iwo
courts, which have held that the ee'lc
does not. lose his lien, for purc'iaso mouev,
on goods so'd, until he receives the actual
cash, and may retake at any time prior
thereto if ihe indebtedness he not met at
maturiety.
Relative Order of the States in
the Censuses of 1790 and
1890.
Present
1790. 1800. approxi'aie
Population
Virgiania X. York 6,921,400
Penn'a Penn'a 5 2.83,000
X. Carolina Illinois 3,801,°.80
Massachusetts Ohio 3.000.000
New York Missouri 2.788,000
Maryland Indiana 2,223,822
j S. Carolina Michigan 2,175,000
! Connecticut Texas 2,142.000
X. Jersey Mass. 2.110.000
X. Hampshire lowa 1,920.<H>0
' Georgia Geoigia 1,896,000
; Rhode Island Kentucky 1,880,000
; Delaware Virginia* 1,878,000
Tennessee 1,804,000
Wisconsin 1,082.000
Kansas 1,682,000
X. Carolina 1,073,000
Alabama 1,C43,000
Minnesota 1,415,000
X. Jersey 1.408,000
Mississippi 1.347,000
California 1,342,000
S. Carolina 1,194.000
Louisiana 1,122,000
Nebraska 1,105,000
Maryland 1,070,000
Arkansas 1,0-'3.000
W. Virginia 775.000
Connecticut 730.000
Maine 658,000
Colorado 410.000
X. Hampshire 381,000
S. Dakota 378.000
Washington 381,000
Florida 370.000
Vermont 332.000
K. Island 328,000
Oregon 304,000
X. Dakota 181.000
Delaware 107,000
Montana 128.00 C
Wyoming 00,000
Idaho 59,000
Nevada 40,000
NOTE. —The order lor 1890 is from official
! approximations furnished by the Census
! Bureau and may possibly, in a lew cases,
i lie slightly changed as to a single place by
I ihe full official returns.
i A Tree That Owns Property.
I There is a tree at Athens, Ga.. which is
a property holder. In the early part of
the eentury the land on which it stands
was owned by Col. W. 11. Jackson, who
! took great delight in watching its growth
and enjoying its shade. In his old age the
tree had reached magnificent proportions
and the thought of its being destroyed by
those who would come after biui was
repugnant that he recorded a deed, of
which the following is a part: 'T, W. H.
Jackson, of the county of Clarke, of" the
one part, and the oak tree (piving loca
tion), of the county of Clarke, of the other
part: Witnesseth, that the said W. 11.
Jackson, for and in consideration of the
great affection which he bears said tree,
and his desire to see it protected, has con
veyed and by these presents do convey
unto the said oak tree entire possession of
its and of all laud within eight feet of it on
all sides."
—Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief is warrant
ed to relieve toothache, headache, neural
gia, or any other pain in 2 to 8 minutes.
Also bruises, wounds, wire cuts, swellings,
bites burns, summer complaints, colic,
(also in horses), diarrliua, dysentery and
flux. If satisfaction not given money
returned.
—The love of females for adornment is
the same all the world over. The South
Sea Island woman, who dosen't wear any
cloths to speak of and whoso full dress
consists of a bright smile and a coating of
tish oil, adorns herself with tattoo marks
all over her face and puts ou airs because
of them. Her sister in civilized life togs
herself out in all sorts of finery and
wouldn't be happy if she couldn't.
—An advertisement appeared last week
in one of our exchanges for a woman to
"wash, iron and milk one or two cows ''
We can understand the cows wanting
milking, but why on earth they require
washing and ironing is beyond our com
prehension.
"He that loves a rosy cheek
Or a coral lip admires,
Or from star like eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his tires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So his flames must waste away.
I!ut a smooth and steadfast mind.
Gentle thoughts and calm desire*.
Hearts with equal love combined,
Kindle nerve-dying lires.
Where these are not, 1 despise
Lovely cheeks or lips or eyes.''
A Census Problem.
In the I'nited States one hundred years
ago the proportion of persons living in
cities to those living in the country was as
one to twenty-five. The r»ceut census
-hows that the present proportion is one to
three. This decrease in the rural popnla
tiou is general throughout the country, and
has given rise to various theories touching
the cause. It is an interesting question.
Public attention is directed largely at
present to social and economic problems,
and their consideration is enlisting careful
and earnest thought. It is not always
possible to determine the reason from the
result, but concensus of intelligent opinion
on any question aids in reaching a logical
conclusion.
The growing disproportion between the
urban and the rural population of the
I'nited States may be attributed to a
variety of causes. It has been accounted
for by some of the most careful students of
sociology upon the ground that the social
instincts of men draw them together into
communities and that the tendency to de
sert fie farm and to seek homes in the
town and cities is due to the distaste for
solitude which is common to the human
rate. This will not entirely explain the
phenomenon , although it is doubtless true
that it is one of the motives which'has
helped to bring about the present condi
tions. Economic influences have also
played au important part in causing the
change which is so rapidly equalizing the
census in the country and in the cities.
Labor-saving machinery makes it as easy
now for one man to produce a thousand
bushels of wheat as it was formerly to pro
duce one hundred bnshels. The railroad
has become the wagoner of the farmer, and
the necessity of employing men to haul
the products of the soil to market has been
practically done awav with.
The packing houses now do the most of
the butchering for the farmers, the cream,
eries make the butter which he consumers,
the cannijg factory and evaporator work
up his fruit, and thus in almost every di
rection the demand for labor has been cur
tailed aud the work of the farm narrowed
down. The vast production of agricultural
machinery has drawn the young m«n from
the farm to the manufacturing centers.
The multiplication of schools and colleges
has attracted the well-to-do farmers to the
towns and cities to edncate their fam;lies.
The decreased profits of agriculture iiave
induced meuy people to abandon farming
for more lucrative pursuits. The railroads
have brought the rural population withiu
i.isy touch of the world, and the city,
which was ouce so remote, is now easily
accessible, with all of its charms and
attractions These are among the reasons
which are assigned for the exodus from ttie
country to the city. Whatever may be the
true cause of its decline, the spirit of con
tentment which once prevailed among the
famers no longer exists. Whether tho
old conditions of happiness and prosperity
which once agriculture an invitLig
pursuit will ever return, is a problem
which is yet to be solved, and it is a ques
tion which may well awaken serious con
cern.—Kansas City Star.
She,Wili not be Familiar.
What strikes the pilgrim from other
lands, writes a Philadelphia Press corres
pondent, is the predominance of women in
Boston. Women everywhere—in the res
taurants, behind the lunch connters.in the
shops, in tho officers, women seem to be
doing all the work. I don't find any fault
with this arrangement. They are more
civil than the men. I only wish they
conld become street car conductors. Prol
abl.v they may some day. Down here at
N*antasket Beach you will find the samo
1 superabundance of the fair sex. They pre
j sido at tho popcorn booths with all tho
I dignity of long lineage and great mental
development Foreigners from New York
, or Chicago, ignorant of the country, sorne
i times make an effort to be pleasant with
these young ladies. The result is always
i disastrous to the foreigners
"I'll wait npon you, but I'll not be fa
miliar with you!"
That's tho shibboleth of the Boston serv-
I iug lady.
1 was much amused at the attempt of
one of these "foreigners" jnst mentioned
to bestow a small fee upon one of these
young women. She drew herself up with
aU the hauteur of family pride—for no
doubt her name was Winthrop, or Adams,
or Hancock, or Winslow—and then she re
marked:
"Excuse me, sir,we are liberally reward
ed for our services by the corporate lessees
of the beach, and, consequently, the offer
of any gratuity is entirely a supererogato
ry act."
'•Johnny, accept the gentleman's nick
el."
"We keep him for that purpose, in
order not to offend those who may be
strangers in Boston.".
—For headaches, biliousness, constipa
tion. dizziness, sleeplessness, the blues,
tcrofula, the blood aud all skin eruptions
Dr. Fenner's Wood and Liver Remedy and
Nerve Touic never fails. Warranted to
Mitist'y or money refunded.
—A superstitious man in Bethlehem*
i Pa., buried a cat in his neighbor's garden
! under the mistaken idea that it would
j bring bad luck to the neighbor. The
| bad luck was on the other side of the
i hou<e. The neighbor had the superstitious
j man arrested and there is trouble on his
1 plate. This reminds us of a woman of a
! superstitious turn of mind, who to bring
I bad luck to her neighbors was accustomed
to throw an old copper cent with a hole in
it into their yards. The small boy of the
: neighborhood caught on to her funny work
an.l it was fun for him to have a morning
hunt through the yards to get the cent.
Whether anybody ever had any bad luck
because ol the woman's queer action no
body ever seems to have learned. It was
good luck for the small boy all the same.
—An Allegheny physician has been
prosecuted for neglecting to report a case
of typhoid fever to the board of health.
—Honesty never has to crowd anybody
in order to get room to make a living.
—No epidemic in recent years has
depopulated as many cities as did the
recent census enumerations.
—The dude does not look so much like
an ass. clad in his blazer, as ho resembles
a zebra. This is rather tough on the
zebra, too.
—There is no longer any excuse for
.• Mowing the parlor clock to run down. A
new clock has an attachment by which a
little dial marked '-wind" bobs up as the
clock is run&ing down.
—Jay Gould says there is no stringency
in the money market. If Jay were a
country newspaper man he would not
make >uch wild and reckless assertions.
—Alonzo; What has come over Reginaldf
Ho used to be such a shy, bashful chap,
especially with women. Now he puts on
more airs than he can carry. Alphonso.—
Wby, don't you know? He was the only
I.lan at Undertow Beach during the whole
month of July.
"I'm sorry my daughter's a girl;
lier sex only adds to my wojs;
For though she's as fair as a pearl,
She cau't wear lier daddy's old clo'es,''
NO 48.
Signing th© McKinley BilL
The Tariff bill was lmd opon the tabU
before the President last Thursday at
about 3 p. M. At that time there were
present in the room, in addition to the
member!" of the Cabinet, Senator ALdrtoh,
who bad charge of the bill in the npper
branch of Congress, Representative Mo-
Kinley, Chairman of the House Comtnitte
on ays and Means. who name it baara;
Representatives Perkins, MoMillin, Maaon.
tieisenhainer and Cuinmings, and represent
stives of the press associatioas. As Presi
dent Ilarrison squared himself to affix his
signature Secretary Blaine and
Aldrich, who had been conversing OH a
sofa, arose and stood . gainst the table.
Mr. McKinley was directly opposite the
President and the rest of the gentlemen
grouped about the table.
"Does your hand tremblef inquired
Secretary Blaine.
"Xot a bit," was {he response of the
President; "I shall be able to pnt on a
good signature."
Looking up to Maj. McKinley, the Pres
ident asked: "I)o you want the pea whea
1 havo finished?''
The response of the author of the bill
could not be distinguished. In a firm
hand the President then wrote: "Approv
ed October 1, 1890, Benjamin Harrison,"
saying as he did so, "I will use plenty of
iuk."
When he had finished, Mr. Halford was
about to dry the signature with a blotting
pad, as had been done with all the rest,
but Secretary Blaine stopped him with the
remark, "Let it dry out," and the private
secretary laid the bill aside without blot
ting it. Having seen the Executive ap
proval given to the bill, Maj. MoKinley
moved toward the door, followed by
several others. Representative Matson
said to the President:
"I have Maj. MeKinley's permission to
ask you for the pen you have just nsed for
one of my little folks."
The pen, an ordinary steel faloon in a
plain cedar holder, was then handed to tha
Chicago Representative.
He Sat Down.
Lver.v bench on the east side of Rattery
1 ark was full of sitters—old and yoong,
men and women, boys and girls. A man
who seemed to be pretty well tired out
walked up and down lor ten minutes, and
then, seeing that nobody moved, he walk
ed up to a bench on which five men were
fritting and said:
"Any of you men see a $5 gold piece
around hereT Maj have been the benoh
lower down."
All jumped up aud began to search, and
J three; started for the other bench. The
man then sat down, with a High of satis
faction, and five minutes later, when all
had seen through the trick, foar of the
ousted sat down with him, while the fifth
stood aud figured for a while, and then
said:
"Say, I'll tie one hand and both legs be
hind me and light you for a cent."
The Biggest Check.
The controversy as to the largeat check
ever drawn has broken out again in the
English newspapers. The Bullionist nays
that it was a check for £3.250,000, drawn
to pay an arbitration award, and other
checks fori." 2. 000,000, £1,750,000, £1,350,-
000 and £700,000 are mentioned as in it,
all being English checks, except one drawn
in Xew York by a Vanderbilt. A larger
check, however, than any of these, exoept
the first, was drawn in 1881 by President
Roberts of the Pennsylvania Railroad in
payment of SBO a share for nearly 200,000
shares of Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad stock, when Mr.
Thayer of Boston sold the controlling
interest "short" to the Baltimore and Ohio
and Bob Garrett "leaked."
—Don't borrow a neighbor's paper more
than once. If it pleases yon subscribe for
it.
—Chinamen may be rather alow In
adopting the customs of a Christian civil
ization, but they get there Just the same.
Two of them have just been arrested in St.
Paul for robbing a bank. Rather promis
ing, that.
—A minister once officiated at the funeral
of a man's wife, and conducted the services
in a very solemn and impressive manner.
After the funeral the man approached the
minister, pressed his hand fervently and
said: "I thank you very much for your
services at my wife's funeral. I hope to
be able to reciprocate some day." The
man has not yet had a chance to recip
rocate.
—Hypocrisy may puss muster on earth,
liut there will be no masquerading in
heaven.
—After praying for goodness don't for
get to be good
—lf hell is paved with good intentions,
Satan must wear spiked shoes.
—There is no rest for the weary and no
'jody else needs it.
Money is as frequently the result of evil,
it is the root of it.
—"We all have strength enough to endnre
the misfortunes of others.
—lt takes more religion to keep a man
straight in a horse trade than it does to
make him shout at a campineeting.
—Strange that wo haven't yet seen the
oyster referred to in our exchanges as a
••luscious bivalve," although a full month
nas passed since the season opened.
The girl who is often lost in admira
tiou easily fiuds herself in love.
—•• Well, Mr. Sullivan, are you going to
run for Congress?" "Xaw. I'm troo with
figbtin'; it's low.
—Miss Freshly—Why do yon poets
burn the midnight oil, Mr. DeAktillt Mr.
DeAktill.—Because not many of us oan af
ford gas.
—The Nihilists have been trying to sond
the Czar Heavenward by the wrecked train
route.
—The man who provokes an anaolt by
insulting remarks, is really the assaulting
party. There are words which sting and
phrases that cut like a dagger thrust. A
person has no more right to woosd yonr
feelings than to wound yonr flesh. An
offensive epithet is as uabearale as a blow.
The origin of a good many strikes are
certainly mysterious, but one that seems
to defy all attempt at unraveling Is who
was the man that struck Billy Pa Iter BOH T
—Trains for heaven never have any bag
gage cars.
—The man who prays loudest ard lotg
e>t usually has something on hi* oon "
science.
—Scrofula sores, swellings in the neck,
aud all impurities, are cured by Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
From the crable to th® CT&I—
- best but a little wav—
V few short steps in the sunlight,
Then closes forever the day.
Let us then rise up and hump ns,
Vnd do all »e possibly can
To make the briet journey ploasant
For ourselves and our fellow »aa.