VOL XXVIII
©
WALL PAPER!
BelieviDg that it is b®st to close
out each season's styles before the
ensuing season begins, even at
a great sacrifice, i have marked over
two-thirds of my entire stock of pa
per hangings, the largest and beet
st elected line in Bntler,
AT HALF PRICE
The balance of the paper was mark
ed so low before that half price wonld
he giving them awar. These you
will get below cost notwithstanding
their former cheapness. Just imagine
Browns at 8c a double bolt, Whites
at 10 and 12c, Gilts 15 and upward.
Buy now for your fall papering, you
will not get such bargains then.
My Wall Paper, Stationery and
Art Store is easy to find.
W. A. OSBORNE,
E. Jefferson St., next to Lowry
House, Butler, Pa.
Wir sprecben anch Deutscb.
Dry Goods
AT LOWEST PRICES
AT THE NEW STORE OF
D. E. JACKSON.
We are new comers, bat bare come
to stay. We boy our goods at lowest
cash prices and as we sell for cash
only. We are enabled to sell goods
»t the smallest possible margins. We
coold quote prices on clean, new j
goods, no (rash, from all parts of oar ;
store, especially on the following .
goods. Dress Goods, White Goods, !
Prints, Ginghams, Shirtings, Mas- ;
lins, Lsce Cprtains and Curtain
Poles, Corsets and Corset Waists, !
Ladies', Children's and Gents' Under-!
wear, Hosiery, Gloves and Mita, Kid j
Gloves, Ribbons, Silk and Velvet, ;
Black and Colored Silks, Cloth Capes, ,
Bead Wraps, Jerseys and Jersey '
Jackets, Table Linens, Napkins, |
Towels, Ac., Ac., but as new goods j
are arriving all the time, we would !
not likely have the goods now
quoted, but possibly have them at
still lower prices as the season ad
vances. We are proud to say that
in this city and county our goods
and prices have met with approval
and commendation, although subject
ed to close n.rutiny and comparison
with the goods offered by others. |
We solicit your patronage, and will
do all in our power to make our bußi- i
nesa transactions pleasant and profit*
able.
V. K. JACKSON, Butler, Pa.
Next door to Heineman's.
C. & D.
WE
Ilave the largest stock ol
hats and outfittingH 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
ccunty of the celebrated
Stoneman handmade under
wear.
WE
Deal directly with the man
ufactures and our goods are
freph, 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, full and overflowing
with our immense and choice
stock of paper hangings. You
must help us out, wo haven't
room lor half our goods, until
you relieve us of some of them.
We have the choicest selec
tion of patterns in every grade
from Brown Blanks at 10 cts
to Gilts at from 20 cts to $1
per double bolt.
Examine our Stock.
J. H. Douglass,
hear" Postollice, "Uutler,|SPa.
SALESMEN
WANT 13 i>l
LOCAL 0B TRAVELING.
To sell our Nursery.slock. salary. expenses and
Bfady employment Kiinranteed.
I'll AMI, HKOTIIIKh (OMPAKY.
. lirochcater, N. Y.
YOU CAN FIND pi"-
e 019 in Pirnat.'K n '.t Iti- a,i t .<i n l.rrWu
XeSZ REMINGTON BROS, i
Who will contract for adTarlUlu* at l«w£t ?Ue£ 1
THE BUTLLR CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL. CARDS.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D
PHVSICIAH AID Sl K'iKON.
OBee— 3M SolHi M jlji Street. In Uocs build
ing—upstairs.
L. BLACK,
> PHYSICIAN ASD SUBGEON,
New Trout man BnlJding, Uutler, IV.
_
Dr. A. A. Kelly,
| onto* at Kosc Point, Lawrence county. Pa.
K. X. LEAKK, M. D. i. K. MANN. M. I>.
j Specialties: Specialties;
! GyuaK-ology and Sur- Eye. Ear. Nose ami
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. V. ZIMMERMAN.
PUVSICIAN ASD PC RO EOS.
Oflke a; No. 4r>. S. .'.lain street, over Frank A
Co't> I)i uk Store. Uutler, Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 22 Efcst Jjfftiton St., 11l lltr. Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN A> " D SURGEON.
S. W.Corner Main and North Sts., Butler, Pa.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth Inserted on the latent Im
proved plan, (iold Killing a specialty. Office
over Scnaul's ClothinK Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the pretension, execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties Oold Killings, and Painless Ex
traction ot Teeth. Vitalized Air administered,
once Jibrwi Street, tit door East of Lowrj
lions?, If Htsirs.
Office open dally, except Wednesdays and
Thursdajs. Communications by mail receive
prom pt attention J
M. B.—The only Dentist ia Butler
best sokes of teetb.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
Maps, plans, spccihoatious and esti
mates; all kinds of architectural and cn
rneering work. No charge for drawing ii
contract the work. Consult your best in
terests; plan before you build. Informa
tion cheerfully given. A share of public
patronage is solicited,
p. 0. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court
House, Butler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
EMiI.VEKK UD 81KVETOB,
OFKIC* SKAK DIAJIUSD, ISCTLIK, PA.
J. W. HUTCHISON,
ATTOBNEV AT I.AW.
Office oil F*<-or»cl fi<*r of the lluselton block,
Diamond, Butler, Pa., llooic No. 1.
A. t. acovr. J. r. wilhon.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTOHN EYB-AT- LA W.
Collect lon h a specialty. Office at No. 8, 8011 th
Diamond, butler, i'a.
JAMES N. MOORE,
Attobsky-at-Law asd Notakv Public.
Office In Koom No. 1. second iloor of iluselton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW.
Office on second ilo<>r of New Anderson Block
Main St.,—near Diamond.
IRA McJHNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, East Jeller- '
ton St.. Butler. Pa.
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Heal Estate Agent. Of
nee rear 01 L. Z. Mitchell's office on north side
of Diamond, Butler, iv
H. H. GOUCHER.
Atlorney-at-law. Ofllce on second Door ot
Anderson building, neur Court liouse, HuUer.
Pa.
J. K BRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—OfJlce at S. B. Cor. Main Ut, and
Diamond, butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law-OOlca on South side of Diamond
Butler. Pa.
<]MIB Bt'TLKK COUNTY
NATIONAL BANK,
Burr.BK, PA.
CAPITAL Paiil I'p, - - $100,000.00.
OKFK'KKS :
./on. Hartinnn, I'res'l. D. Osborne. < ashler,
J. V. Kilts, Vice Pres't. C. A. Balley,A*s t Cash'r
DI HECTORS:
■lot. Hart num. p. Collins. (). M. ICihm-11,
It. Mc«»ueney. C. I>. i.n eitieo, .1. V. mita,
K. E. Al>rams. Leslie Ha/.h tt. 1. li. Smith,
W. S. Waldron, I). Osborne
A general bunking imalness transacted. In
terest paid on time deposits. Money loaned on
ipproved security.
Foreign exchange Dour lit. and sold.
L. S. McJUXkIN,
Insurance anil Real Estate A»'t
17 EAST JEFI'EKSON BT.
BUTLER, - PA.
E. E ABFAMS S CO
Fire and Life
INBU 11A NC E
Inkuranc » Co. of North America, incor
porated 17lH, capital $.'1,000, 000 and other
<tron){ conijnuiii H represented. New York
Lift Insurance Co., H*»et* soo,ooo,o>>. Office
New Huhelton Ouildirg near <'ourt tfoaMe.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Inburarxe Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
•3. C. ROESSING, Pbehidbwt.
11. C, lIKINEMAN, Nkukjctakv.
DIKKCTOHS:
'i.e. ltoi vs.uir. Henderson Oliver,
.1.1. I'urvls, .lame* hl<-phrnson,
X.. Troulmmi, 11. I'. Ileliienuui.
Vlfrcl Wick, N. Well M l.
Or. W. Irvlu. lir Itli keubacli,
J. W. Burkliart, I>. T. Norrln.
LOYAL M'JUiJKIN, Gan. A*'t.
"VtobIAMTGAHD. * *i
3L* -:Ci
-4 { 30 5. MAIM ST.
% ■ : pw , Ktmea-m.
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IWe ;ire Leaders in our Line.
We are now prepared to show you the finest line of
FURNITURE
Ever cl.twn in Butler county.
Do youfwant CHEAP GOODS? Come and eee u?_
Do you want MEDIUM PRICED GOODS-' Come in.
Do you want FINE GOODS? "We are in it/'
A new line of RATTAN GOODS lor Gents, Ladies and the
Little Ones just received.
Whether you want to buy or not come and see us.
E. S. DREW,
128 E. Jefferson tet., - 33n.tler» fa
Our Overcoat
DEPABTHEIIT
Is now completed and we extend to all the readers of this paper a cordial
iovitatiou to call and examine our stock of new fall aDd
which we have in great variety, in
WORSTEDS, KERSEYS, MELTONS, CORKSCREWS and CHEVIOTS,
lu ail tbo new fhades of
GREYS, TANS, BROWNS, BLUES AND BLACK.
The youog and stylish drefowr will want his fabrics made in
MEDIUM SHORT, SINGLE or DOUBLE BREASTED BOX COATS,
Finished with lapped seams and inserted velvet collar, (which is the latest
this season) of which wo have several styles iD light or dark color, very
nobby, and sure to please the most fastidious.
lu addition to the above we htwc overcoats of all styles for
Men, Youths, Boys and Children,
AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
H. Schneideman
The Peoples Clothier.
104 S. Main St. - - - Kutler, Jr*a.
J. R. GRIEB. PROF. R. J. LAMB.
GIIIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE.
NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
Sole Agenia fci Butler, Mercer and Clar
ion counties for Behr firos. & Co's Magnificent
Pianos, Shouinger, and Newby & Evans
Pianos, PacKard, Crown, Carpenter and
New England Organs. Dealers in Violins,
Strings, Kruoo Guitars, and
All Kinds of Musical Instruments.
SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY
Pianos and Organs sold on iLbailments. Old Instruments
taken in exchange. ( ome and see us, as we
can save you money.
Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments
Promptly it tended to.
EVERT WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF
| THAT CAN EE RELIED ON
B to P j to apiit!
THE MARK | tX> DlSOOlOr!
' BEARS THIS MARK.
# TRADE
[LLULOID
MARK
NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
Some 1 i 5 like *
Morsdyfelbhoes
ttie mors brighter!*
Busy wives who use SAP OLIO
never seem to £rowold.Try&c&ke-••
A complete wreck of domostic happiness has often resulted from
badly wnuhed dishes, from an unclean kitchen, or from trifles which
seemed light as air. But by these things a man often judges of hia
wife's devotion to her family, and charges hor with general neglect
whon he finds hor careless in these particulars. Xa&y a home owes
a large part of its thrifty neatness and its consequent happiness to
BAPOLIO.
M-cirorern often sulMtltute rhriiwr roods for ItAFOI.IO, to make a
profit. Mend back such ftrllclri, and luilit on havlnjr Just wkst
you ordtrcd.'U
A
BUTLER. PA. FRIDAY. NOV* MBKR2I, \m
A Smart Spy.
Some of the most valuable as well as
courageous secret agents of the South dur
ing the war were ladies. Possessing, as
many of them did, beauty, finesse, the iu
stinetive knowledge of human nature tha'
enable- the sex to penetrate the weakest
point of man's armor, and a patriotism
| that uiade them proud to assume any risk
! that wonld benefit their cause, many nn
dertook missions so desperate that only
| their womanhood saved them from a short
| -.hrift when discovered,
j A case in point occurs to me. Wo bad
fallen back from Fairfax Court House and
into camp hV Centrevillc. Winter
was at ha.id and smoke curled lazily rip
! ward from ten thousand clay built chim-
I ueys. Every tree had been leveled by the
; .-oldier's ax; the old turnpikes were lost
in a labyrinth of foot worn paths, and
fields where only a little while before
wind played hide and seek among the
growing corn were now as hard as the bed
of a billiard table. The headquarters of
Beauregard were in a farmhouse, unpaint
ed and unpretentious, that once had been
the home of famous Virginia hospitality,
but "the boys had gone to the war," the
old folks had retired to more congenial
scenes in the interior of the State, and all
around were signs of ruin.
The plans of McClellan, whose army was
encamped in our front. his fighting strength
and disposition of his forces, together with
the new phase of public sentiment in the
North that was then beginning to take
shape, were at this time subjects of grave
concern to our commander, and it was im
portant to obtain more definite informa
tion than had been furnished by the regu
lar spies. How to get it, however, and
through whom was the question.
The problem was solved while at break
fast one morning by a member of Beau
regard's staff. "I know a lady," he said,
"iu the neighboring county of Loudon,
who possesses every qualification of a suc
cessful secret agent. Her name is Mrs.
Virginia Mason. She is young, fascinat
ing, highly educated, a welcome guest in
many Washington families and acquainted
with a large number of Northern people
who spent their winters in the capital be
fore the war. Withal, she is a widow, her
husband having been killed at the battle
of Manassas, and brave enough to under
take anything that will serve the land she
loves."
Beauregard instructed the officer to ride
over to Loudon and invite the lady to visit
headquarters, and in a day or two she ap
peared. In the interview that followed he
told her what be required —A report from
McClellan's army, its condition, the dis
position of his Alices and tho plans of the
military authorities in Washington. For
this purpose she was to ingratiate herself
with prominent officers, visit New York,
Baltimore, the various departments or any
other points where information could be
procured. She was also to communicate
with the representatives of the Confederate
government in different cities of the North.
The lady eagerly accepted the proposi
tion. and supplied with un abundance of
money, started at once on the perilous
errand, which meant glory if she was suc
cessful, and prison if -lie failed. She
returned after an absence of several weeks,
cro.-.-iijg tiie Potomac opposite Dumfries,
and iniivi-d at the camp of Colonel, M>«
Senator, Wade Hampton. Thence, escort
ed by one of his officers, she was driven to
headquarters at Centreville.
I can see her now as she alighted from
the ambulance on the piazza of the litil<-
brown larin house; a young but matron I v
looking lady, handsome, too, with glowing,
dark eyes, that looked as if they had lire
works iu tbem. She was dressed in black,
and her only baggage was a small hand
satchel. She was also accompauied by a
shaggy Skyc terrier, a mere armful, that
made a soldier who hadn't seen a pretty
woman for a month of Sundays envious.
What occurred within the doors that
closed upon her was related to ME after
ward by General Jordan, then and sub
sequently Beauregard's adjutant general.
BT auregard was, of course, delighted to
see her, anil with a woman's volubility she
told him more in two hours than he could
remember in two months. The verbal
part of the interview being ended ho in
quired for her papers, the record of her
trip and the dispatches ho expected from
Confederates in tho North.
"Why, General, I didn't dare to bring
them on my person," she replied with a
peculiar smile. "It was unsafe, you know;
1 might have been captured, and therefore
I have told you all I know by word of
inoutb."
Beauregard could not conceal his vexa
tion, und the moru be showed it the more
the little woman seemed to enjoy it.
Finally, after teasing bim to her heart's
content, she said with affected dcmurcuess,
"General, have you a pair of scissors or a
knife! I'd like to use it for a minute."
Heauregard handed her the ink eraser,
"Couie here, Dot," she called to the dog,
and taking hiui in her lap continued: "X
told you, General, it wan not Kale to carry
important papers on my person and 1 have
not done MI; in fact, I have been suspected
and searched, hut a woman's is sometimes
superior to a man's, judgnn nt. See!" she
said with coquettish nonchalance, as she
mrned the little animal on its hack and
deliberately proceeded to rip him open.
"Here are the dispatches!" As she spoke
she held in one baud the hide of her Skyo
terrier and with the other smilingly ex
tended a package of closely written tissue
paper, while dancing about the floor was a
pretty "black and tan," happy at his de
liverance from another dog's clothes. The
deception wan perfect, the mission a suc
cess, Beauregard was enabled to antici
pate MoClellan'a movements, and the
charming spy not only received a hand
some reward, but was led to the altar
aft« r the war as the bride ol the young
> fib er v.'ho ang her praitt** at Beta
regard'n bri ai;fast table.
Mi Mason afterward engaged in a nuni
bcr ol perilous enterprise*, visiting the
Xorth stivi rul times and once running ihe
blockade from Charleston with the bite
( aplain "Hi. I' lA>Cl.W<><H], SO loug.idei.ll
- with Ihi New Yoik and t harieaton
line of steamers. Whether she is still
alive J do not know.
"FELIX G. OE FOSTAIJIE.
Remains of a Great Mastodon.
The skeleton of a mastodon fouuil at Ii i
gate, forty milen west of St. Thomas, Can
adn, is on exhibition in that town. The
area of tho grave where the mounter's
bonea were found is 35 by 21 feet. The
bonos were scattered over it, ono joint tit
ting into the other in a bed of gray mari
about six feet below the surface. Over the
marl is a thick layer of black, loamy soil.
The length of the animal, guaged by the
measurements of tho bones already found,
and allowing for those that have not yet :
been discovered, in, from the point of the
the nostril to the root of the tail, about i
twenty two feet. This is greater than that f
of the celebrated Mastodon gigunteu* (lis !;
covered near Nov burg, N. V. in the sum- i
ruer of 1845, uud the skeleton, as a whole i
is linger and more complete than any that
have been found in Kentucky, Ohio, Mis- !!
sonri, California or Oregon. I,
Barbarity In Central Africa.
The London Times of last Thursday,
publishes the full text of Assad Farran's
affidavit. It is written in had English and
the original is Assad's handwriting. Assad
comiuenees by explaining that he was
obliged in London t>< contradict his ac
count for certain reasons, especially be
cause the committee did not desire him to
reveal anything. He proceeds to describe
how Bartellot, after Stanley left Yambu
ya, finding food scarce, employed urnied
Soudanese to attack neighboring villages
but found them deserted. Ue then had re
course to capturing native women aad de
manding food for their ransom. Bonnv
did the same thing The women escaped
"•ften Thi* caused isolation in the camp,
the natives each fearing kidnapping. As
sad relates how Bartellot daily ordered tin
men to be given from 2d to 100 lashes lor
various offenses. lie describes the arrival
of and the negotiations with Tippo .Tib.
lie speaks of numerons cases of the steal
ing of food, the thieves being punished
100 or more lasbes each until their flesh
was torn.
In one case the Major ordered the pun
ishment to be stopped, but a few days
later, the victim having recovered some
what, was given 150 more lashes. The
man was then compelled to walk ten hours
in the sun daily heavily chained. This was
continued two months, when the victim's
sores became pntrid and maggoty. The
Major then relieved him for a week and
Dr. Bonny gave him medicine, alter which
the punishment of marching in the sun
was resumed. The man finally decamped
but was recaptured after four days through
the offering of a reward, and was shot de
spite Jameson's protest.
Incidently, while describing Ward and
Troup's return with ample supplies from
their visit to Tippoo Tip with a message
to hurry the porters, he says: "Ward and
Troup having everything lhey wanted
were content with the life at Yambuya and
declined to march. The Manvemas daily
brought plenty of varied food which they
exchanged for cloth and matches, and the
natives brought fresh fish daily, but the
men in the camp were starving and dying
daily, being reduced to skeletons. Often
we asked the Major to issue a little old
rotten rye to make SOUP for invalids; but
this was impossible. The camp became a
miserable sight, yet none of the offic< rs
seemed to care."
After dealing with the report of Stan
ley's death and the j etting of Tippoo'S
men, comes the Jameson affair at Sibaib
kai. Jameson expre ed to Tippos'S in
terpreter curiosity to witness cannibalism.
Tippoo consulted with the chiefs and told
James he had better purchase a slave.
Jameson a.-ked the i'rice, and paid six
handkerchiefs. A man returned A few
minutes afterward with a 10-year-old girl.
Tippoo and the chiefs ordered the girl to
be taken to tho native huts. Jameson,
himself, Selim. Ma-'mdi and Farhani,
Janie.-on'S servant, presented to him by
Tippoo, and many others followed. The
men who had bought the girl s*nd to the
cannibals: "This is « present from A white
man who desires to see ber eaten." The
girl was tied to a tree, the natives sharp
ening their knives the while. One of
tbem stabbed her In ee in the belly. She
lid not scream,but knew what would hap
pen, looking to the r ght and left for help.
When dabbed she It dead. The natives
cut pieces from ber body. Some took »!.<•
legs, aims, brea-ts and other portions
.itiaiglit to the huts, while others took the
entrails to the river and washed them.
Jameson iu the meantime masii g
sketches of the horrible scenes. Then we
all returned to the chief's house.
eson afterward went to his tent, where he
fiuished his sketches in watercolors. There
were six of them, all neatly done. The
first sketch was of the girl as she was led to
the tree. The second showed her stabbed,
with the blood gushing from her wounds.
The third showed ber dissected. The
fourth showed a man enrryiug a leg iu one
hand and a knile in the other. The fifth
showed a man with a native ax and the
head and breast of tho victim. Jameson
showed these and many other sketches to
all the chiefs.
Bonny makes a further statement to the
effect that the cannibal iucident was the
cause of the death of both Jamesou and
Burtellot.
Four Astonished Preachers.
A good story is told of four Baptist
preachers who started to attend a conven
tion at Acbor, 0. Three of the number
were from Sharon and vicinity, while the
fourth hailed from New Castle. By a
strange misfortune they missed the train
at Wampum, and iu hopes of catching it at
Darlington they hired a team and were
driven across the country to the latter
place. When they arrived there they
found that the train had departed some
minutes before. IT was a wet day but be
ing Baptists they didn't mind it, though
thoy seemed doomed to disappointment.
Then they sought and found a hotel. There
can be nothing vague about this lor there
is only one hotel in that town. They en
tered the office and registered. The good
preachers then retired TO a private room,
removed their overcoa s.und seating them
■elves around a table ailed for the clerk.
"Well gentlemen, wl at can 1 do lor youT"
said the latter. "Gi.e us the very boat
you have in the house and just as soon as
possible." .he flerk retired, and in a few
moments returned with a tray, lour glas.-cs
and a picher of water aud a bottle of the
•)e»t in the house. The preachero looked
»t each other, then at the clerk, after
vbicli the room shook with t.'ie laughter
of the happy quartet!* The clerk couldn't
catch on until one of thepreachers explain
ed that it was a lug dinner they had order
ed, and not the whist . Here the curtain
'alls; and whether tin tempting liquor was
ordered hack, summarily disposed of oi
left there to moralize over, deponent saitb
ml. This is a true story.—Heaver Falls
Journal.
Watching the Clock.
As tli- I hriHtiiin I , -ays, th",v i- a
d(|)atMHHM MOM MM) lut'V.
told ol KUlron, whether be said it or not.
A gentleman went to the great electrician
with bis young son, who was about to be
gin work as office boy in a well known
business house. The father asked Kdison
for a motto which the boy might take to
heart in his struggle for promotion and
success. After a moment's pause, Kdison
said laconically, "Never look at the clock!"
Kdison, meant, we take it, that the man
who is constantly afraid he is going to
work overtime or overhonrs doesn't stand
a chance of competing with the man who
clears up his desk, no mutter how long it
tukes. The carpenter who drops his
hamuier, uplifted about his head, when tho
whistle blows, is likely to remain a second
: class workman'all his life. The carpenter
who stiiys lift cell minutes to fini-di a "job"
j is workint' toward a of his own.
—Dr. Fenner's Gob en Kelief is warrant
-1 *)d to relieve toothachi, headache, neural
'! gia. or any other pain in 2 to H minutes
Also bruises, wounds, wire cuts, swellings,
bites burns, summer complaints, colic,
j < til so in horses), diarrhoa, dysentery and
ij flux. If satisfaction not given money
I! returned.
Won Haifa Million.
! "The oddest betting I ever heard of"
said one oil broker to another in the Hoit
i uian House, the other day, says the Se i'
York World, "was between lleury Hurley,
, who lirst conceived the idea of a tidewater
; pipe liue from the oil regions, and THE ii!
J operators who used to make their head
quarters early in the seventies in Harley's
J ' ffit es. The gambling spirit pervaded TH>'
j whole business in those days. Henry Uar
ley and his Brunswick crowd used to get
together about 10 in the morning, and
; Henry ofteu opened (he ball by offering t
| Imy or sell 500.U00 barrels of oil at a giver:
j ligure at a certain hour that day. He inigl.t
I irain or lose as much u- JIOO.OOO on one of
! these offers, and that, sort of gambling
' -flcmod to satisfy hiui. He fought shv of
| *ide issues. But not so the gang.
| "Nigger up or nigger down" the avenue
was their favori'e gambling game. It was
their own invention. Two of them would
sit at a side window and the other three at
window fronting on Fifth avenue The
two on the side would bet each other $lO.
S2O, |SO or SIOO a clip, as they felt in
clined, that the first colored person pass
ing would go up or down the avenue.
The three in front would be
judges and referee. Day after day and
week after week the gaDg taxed their in
genuity to get Harley into their game.
"Phillips— not one ol the brothers, but
an oil man also—had lost $15,000 to Wes
ton one morning in an oil deal before Har
ley got to the office. Phillips felt a little
sharp set, and be bet Weston SSOO more
that he would get Harley into the 'nigger
up or nigger down' game before night.
Weston took the wager.
"On his way down town Harley, who
was a pretty close observer, had read in
his morning paper that the colored people
of New York were going to celebrate
Emancipation Day that day by a grand
parade which would form in Union Square
and march to Central Park. He attached
no particular importance at the time to the
announcement, but when he got to his
office and Phillips began badgering him to
bet 'nigger up, nigger down' at S2O a head
his eyes flashed and, to the astonishment
of all the oil men within hearing, and the
gang in particular, he broke out with:
" 'l've stood this thing long enough now,
and I'm tired of it. I'll bet you an even
hundred each that more negroes go up
than down to-day.'
"So the judges end the referee wei.t to
their windows and Harley went about bis
business as if nothing out of the way had
happened or could happen.
"By 11 o'clock 870 colored people — men,
women and children had gone down Fifth
avenue in plain sight of tho judges and not
a single one had gone up. Phillips natur
ally felt a little 'sot up' since he was SB7-
IMM) to the good, and he ordered iu a ba
ket of wine. Harley kept up an impertur
bable front. He was secretly astonished,
inasmuch SS the matter had gone just I!.»-
opposite of what he believed he Ladarit; t
to expect thoy would go. It didn't occur
to him that THE 870 people were goir.g
down to where the parade was to form.
"At 1 o'clock he returned. He bad
hardly got his head inside the door when :I
wild barbaric strain was heart! pt-aling i.p
the avenue, in' l in a moment a gorgeous
sahle drum major broke into view, at t! o
In.atl oi a spleudid negro band. Every
neck was craned out to see what bad
broken loose, but Harley. who felt, that lit*
lime was c iming ut last, k«q>t his own
■ unsel Before J o'clock that day 6.' '
colored p.-ople nutri-licil passed the off. -
windows in the Brunswick Hotel and H ■
ley was $513,000 ahead of tho game I
■nigger up or nigger down.' i don't !<• -
lievc it was played there much after tha .
Harley accepted a dinner to the gang IU
lieu of bis stakes.
To Utilize Salt.
If the feet are tired or painful after lone
standing great relief can be hud by bathing
them in salt water. A handful of salt to a
gallon is the right proportion. Have the
water as hot as can be comfortably borne.
Immerse feet und throw tho water over the
legs as far as the knees with the hunds.
When the water becomes too cool rub
briskly with a tlesh towel. This method if
used night and morning, will cure neuralgia
of the feet.
Carpets may bo greatly brightened by
first sweeping thoroughly and then going
over them with a clean cloth and clear salt
salt and water. Use a cupful of coarse
salt to a large basin of water.
Salt as a tooth powder is litttor than
almost anything that can bo bought. It
keeps tho teeth brilliantly white, and the
gum hard and rosy. If after having a tooth
pulled the mouth is filled with salt and
water it will allay the danger_of huviug a
hemorrhage.
To clean willow furniture use salt and
water. Apply with a nail brur,h. scrub
well and dry thoroughly.
When broiling steak throw a little salt
on the coals and the blaze from the drip
ping fat will not annoy.
Damp salt will remove discoloration of
•nps and saucers caused by tea and care
less washing.
Hrass work may be kept beautifully
bright by occasionally rubbing with salt
and vinegar.
Wash the mica of stove doors with salt
and vinegar.
Salt iu whitewash will make it stick
better. — Hull's Journal of Health.
A Marvelous Recipe.
"Dear me," she nicd. as thev met on the
'troet "hut I was just wondering how }o i
aino out with your tomatoes."
"They were splendid."
'•So were mine. Got all through with
your peaches?"
'Yes."
"So bare 1 Miule nnv catsup?"
"Yes."
"How did it route out?"
"Fine."
"Mine didn't I'm afraid it didn't boil
>;uite long enough. Have you g"t a roe.;'
lor chow chowt"
"Ob,yes."
Tt.en, I ■ ■ ke let me ',:»ve I.
I've lo.'t the one I had laut year.''
• With pleasure."
'•And you'll come over and taste it?"
"Yes."
"Thanks. My husband is worrying for
fear we shan't have any. Hoes your recipe
call for tomatoes, cabbages, onious. popper,
horseradish, red peppers, carrots, potatoes,
celery, parsley, egg plant, cinnamon and
currants?"
"1 am quite sure it does."
"So glad. I can use it one day for chow
chow and the next for mince pies I'll
send the girl right over after dinner." —
Detroit Free I'rrs*.
—1 have used Or. Hull's Cough S\ rnp
and found it the best cough remedy I ev«r
tried.—W. P. Clarke, 020 Walnut Street.
Philadelphia, Pa
it sells all tl.e years lound and alw» ■
cures. Salvation Oil the great remedy tor
pains. 25 cts.
—Mechanics i>f all kinds Mill bin r plei
of work.
j —A dealer says there are millions in the
I invention of a pocket umbrella.
Koch's Consumption Cure.
The nen-s of the saooewful working oj"
Prof Koch's consumption cure make every
thing in relation to it interesting to the
j public. A Merlin dispatch of Monday -ays:
"The Piofesaor expects to have a new
tock of the jrerni destroying lymph ready
jin two to fonr weeks. After that several
; physician.* and surgeons will he in a
position to attend ull surgical consumptives
I in the order in which they are lnwikeu.
> foreigners arriving previous to this time
must wait their turn. They are reasonably
-ore to have a trial of the cure within a
few weeks. The nntuher of patients crowd
ing in is sure to be tremendous."
Lang tuberculosis is the most difficult to
cure. The lymph must be inoculated six
or eight weeks in succession. Minister
dossier lia> invited Prof. Koch to demon
strate to him the manufacturing process of
tbe lymph.
Dr. Rerginan is to lecture on Koch's
methods. The influx of physicians to at
tend the lectures will be very great. It is
■bought that a representative American
medical man will be sent. Consumption
is the most fatal and dreaded disease of
the United States.
A welcome feature of the mew discovery
is the fact that Prof. Koch is not mercenary
over it, but wishes it to l>e known for the
benefit of mankind; also, that the fear of
tbe great cost of treatment is groundless.
A dispatch from Berlin, says:
ID accordance with bis statement that
he desires neither material advantage nor
pecuniary reward for his discovery of a
method for the core of consumption, Prof.
Koch will in two or three day* publish
a full account of his researcher, in con
nection with the discovery. The Frank
fort Zeitung affirms thai the lymph used
for inoculating the patients will b« within
the reach of all, and that it will cost only
25 marks for a small phial. The nucces?
of treatment is certain in tubereuUr
affections of the skin, joints and bones,
and also in the early stages of pulmonary
complaints. The lymph destroys the tuber
cular baccili. Several authorities confirm
the report of the cure by Dr. Koch's
method of a ease of lupus on the face and
arms withiu five days. The lymph throws
off the baccili by the necrotic process.
A Compass In the Watch.
A correspondent of the London Truth
sends the following: "A few days ago I
was standing by an American gentleman,
when I expressed a wish to know which
point was the north. He at once pulled
out his watch, looked at it, and pointed to
the north I asked hini whether he had a
compass attached to bis watch, 'All
watches.'he replied, 'are compasses.' Then
he explained to me how this was. Point
'.he hour hand to the sun. and the south is
exactly halfway between the hour and the
tigure XII. on ttie watch. For instance,
suppose that it is 4 o'clock. Point the
i.»nd indicating 4 to the sun and II on the
* atoh is exactly south. Suppose that it is
5 o'clock, point th 6 hand indicating 8 to
tne sun, and the figure X on the watch is
due south." My American friend was quite
-urprised that I did not know this. Think
ing that very possibly I was ignorant of a
ling that every one .dsn knew, ar.d hap
petting to meet Mr. SUiilev, I asked ttiat
eminent traveler whether ho <>•
simple mode of uiscov«r : ig the points
' tin: eoinpas.-. 1I« s.iiu that be had never
leurd of It. 1 presume, therefore, that tbe
•voriil is !!, the ndtce -Ulf of iguoiat-Ce.
\ naiti is piv of bavins been the home
>; ihe luvt-ii'or of the compass 1 do not
.now what town boasts of my American
riend as a »iti*in."
A DOCTOR'S CONFESSION.
He Doesn't Take Much Med
icine and Advises the R«. port
er Not To.
"Huuibugf Of course it is. The so call
ed science ol medicine is a humbug and
has been from the time of Hippocrates to
the present. Why the biggest crank in
the Indian tribes is the medicine uia(i."
"Very frank was t head mission, especial
ly so when it came from one of tho bigg.st
young physicians of the city, one whose
practice is among the thousands, though
ho has boon graduated but. a few year*,"
says the Buffalo Courier. "'Very oozy wis
his otlicc too, with its cheerful grate fire,
its yueon Anne furniture, and its muuy
lounges and easy-chairs. He stirred tie
fire la/ilj', lighted a IVosh cigar, aud went
on."
"Take the prescriptions laid down in the
books and what do you find' Poisons main
ly, and nauseating stnffs that woald make
a healthy tuan an invalid. Why in the
world science should go to poisons for its
remedies I cannot tell, nor can I find any
one who can "
"How does a doctor know the effect of
his medicine!" be asked. "Ho calls, pro
scribes, aud goes away. The only way to
judge would be to stand over the bed and
watch the patient. This cannot be done.
So, really, I don't know how he is to tell
what good or hurt he does. Some timo
igo, you remember, the Boston Olobe sent
out a reporter with aßtatod set of symptoms,
lie went to eleven prominent physicians
mil brought back eleven different pre
-criptions. This just shows bow much
science there is in medicine."
There aro local diseases of various
characters for which nature provides
positive remedies. They may not be in-
Inded in the regular physician's list, por
iaps, because of their siinp'icity, but. tho
evidence of their curative power is beyond
impute. Kidney disease is cured by
\V tuner's Safe Cure, a strictly herbal
remedy. Thousands of persons, evory jc«r,
write as does H. J. Gardiner, of Pontiac,
H. 1., August 7. 1890:
'•A few years ago 1 snffered more than
probably ever will be ki'own outside of
myself, with kidney and lirer complaint.
It is the old storj —1 visited doctor after
loctor, but to no avail. 1 was at Newport,
nil l>r. Ittaekman recommended Warner's
Cure I commenced the u*e ' fit,a.id
found rel.'-i' iuwndiatoly, <og; th. r 1
took three battle;, and 1 truthfully state
: Lat it curi (1 me.''
—Hundred* of ton* i»f l><>uen of bufTaloeti
killed bj banter* merely for the i<kiuH urv
piled up along the track of the Northern
Pacific awaiting nhipnirnt, say* a letter in
the New Vork Times. Tbin lium'neon hai<
been going on for three yearn and the *up
ply in not yet exhausted. Two hundred
carload*, worth SBO,OOO, went shipped east
to Philadelphia and other point* lant year,
and 75 carload* up to datu thin year. The
firm which 1m engaged in it bun made a for
tune. The selected material it used ior
refining stignr, and *he refuse for fi r'iiiz
«?r*.
—A man usually lead* hi* bride to the
altar but after that she take* the lead.
—T'ie niai' that life* '•!« "the tat of the
ui.d" nmy be ax lean us any other.
—The small boy doe*n't begin hi» I ill
miipuign sntfl the ponds begin t«» freeze.
A ill 1 "f water placed in the oven
}ir> vent* pi)"- HiiU eunlarilH Iroui burning.
—No matter how hard silence (alls, it
does not break.
N 0 3.
AGRICULTURAL.
It is recommended in one ol oar ex
! changes to bathe a cow # teats in hot water
when the cow attempts to hold up hor
milk. It is claimed that tbe mnscles are
r< laied and cow is powerless. It i s a
■simple remedy, worthy of trial at least.
A Virginia fruit-grower sprayed his
plums with I'aris groen, using one table
spoon in live gallons of water, applying
w.th a Whitman force pump. He sprayed
soon alter the blossoms fell, and again in a
week or ten days. The result was the
most perfect crop of plums he bad ever
grown.
The wet weather sometimes forces the
< übbages to burst or crack. This is due to
continued growth, caused by the rain*. To
prevent the bursting of tbo heads go over
the field and pull each cabbage nearly out
of the ground, but not wholly so, in order
to loosen the roots, which will check
further grow;h and prevent injury to the
head.
The amount of water that falls upon ex
posed manure during tbe winter is very
large, and as it passes through tbe heap it
carries oil' all matter that is soluble, leav
ing a larg* pile of material containing but
little Liutntiou lor plants, but which costs
juei as much to haul as that which is more
Valuable. A cheap shed, or covering of
kind (even if only of boards laid on
the heap), will save more than the cost of
protecting the heap.
The Scientiiie American give* the fol
'owing hint f«r a cheap and effective way
t.. remove stumps: Bore a hole 1 inch in
diameter and 18 inches deep into the centre
of the stump. and put in one onnce of salt
petre, tilling up with water and plugging
np the hole. This should be done in the
fall. In the spring the plug is to be taken
••nt. a ball gill of kerosene poured into the
bole and set on fire. It will bnrn out the
stump to the farthest root. Another way
is to bore an inch hole 10 inches deep in
Lhe centre of the si ump and put in a half
pound of vitriol and plug up the hole tight
ly. In six months the whole stump, even
to the small root, will be so rotted as to
be easily removed.
There ought to be fewer divorces thin
year than usual. The failure of the apple
crop and in consequence the absence of the
apple butter b'ilin' will remove one of the
most prolific sources of laroily discord.
Every cloud has its silver liniug.
The farmers of Xew York raise a profit
able crop that the Pennsylvania farmers
pay little attention to. This is the hop
crop. This year the quality ig vory fine
n-id prices high. A doien of the central
counties of that State will realise nearly
f.ve millions of dollars from hops. One
nirmer in Otsego county raised 130,003
pounds on 139 acres, for which be will get
> return of $40,000. after paying all ex-
I' noses. This is at the rate of $324 per
acre. At this rate a ten-acre tielj of hops
*"oald be worth the price of a good sized
farm hereabouts. Mostly, hops are worth
"bout twenty cents per pound. This year
it is from forty to fitty cents.
Soapsuds are well worth snving for their
i it'liziug properties, and no farmer or
mily r.-i'h a garden should allow them to
■ wasted, excellent plan is to have a
•impost beup on which the sods caa be
* iirown an J aid .it its
Vhen sprinkled around plajts from a
» itoring-pot they s«rvo a dcublc purpose,
'te sprinkling li'iistens the ground, aud
. e plants ga the benefit of whatever
i-.ant food they contain. Instances are
ivou where t' p itjiN of wasbiug days,
nra habitually thrown on the ground
lionnd the grapevine*-, havo produced ex
cellent effects.
To inake au impermeable glne. soak or
dinary glue in water until it softens, and
remove it beforo it has lout its primitive
iorm. After thin, dissolve it in linseed oil
over a slow tire until it is brought to the
constency of jelly. This glue may be used
for joiuing any kiuda of material. In ad
aiUuJ 10 atreugih and hardness, it has the
ni'TauUpC of resisting U.e autioa of water.
A naughty exchange says there is
scarcely anything a woman cannot do with
a hairpin. They use it to pick their teeth,
button shoes, clean liuger nails, punch bed
tiuirs out of cracks, fasten np stray bangs,
clean out their husband's pipe, scratch
'heir head, pick ibeir too nails, run it into
(wkes to see if they are done, and about a
million other things that the poor deluded
uvu know nothing about.
Timothy grass takes its name from Tim
othy Hauson, a farmer of Maryland, who
brought it into general notice aa a bay
grass after he had cultivated it extensive
ly for his own use for years. Timothy
( auia from Europe, but just when no one
knows.
A few days since a man living in the
west wanted to pay off a grudge against a
neighbor without any risk to himself, and
olacitd a dynamite cartridge in a sheaf of
wheat. The cartridge was discovered be
foro it went into the thresher, and no one
mm hurt. This suggested an idea to an
Ohio coward, who tried the same plan, and
succeeded in blowing up the machine,
burning the barn and injuring several mem
but killing no man. If bad examples were
ai slowly followed as good what a fine
Hung it would be.
now MUCH WHEAT IW A BARREL OF FIOCEt
Ordinarily -H bushels are counted equal
i • a barrel of flour, but there is reason for
11 inking that, taking a season's run in a
C od mill, with careful milling, on average
vheat, with a record of receipts and sales
< f (I>'ur accurately kept, the score will run
l iry close to five bushels of wheat for a
barrel of flour. Only last week a well
-1 aown winter-wheat miller told me that
i,is record of wheat i.:eeived and flour
n ede, on the iirind of tho IftSfl crop, call
•d for a figure no close to live bushels that
n was content to iet if go at that. Mi't
tig ll 'orUt
WHY URMD ORHWS ST»IE.
, , ; pp,. * (I tl it tho fact
■ t , „Rs-talOM i'-'' from the bread
iiiuing actually Joer by the gradual
in of water hut this ia not the case. Stale
'lead contains almost exactly tho same
proportion of water as new bread after it
i.as became completely cold. The change
is merely in the internal arraugement of
the molecules ol the bread. A proof of
thin is that if we put a stals loaf into a
closely covered tin, expose it lor half an
hour or a hour to a heat not exceeding that
of boiling water, and then allow It to cool
It will be restored in appearance and prop
erties to the «iate of new brrad. just taken
,<nt or the oven Washington Star.
-i'.ii,' V. organise literary soot-tie* for
| 'he winier.
„ ,es son's bonnets are brilliaut in
. • exti '-me.
—The weaving trade is generally loom-
K up.
—M irguerite color is a light but vivid
••irple
—Kansas City pac'.ed I .aaO.IKH) nogs the
past year, and hor population increased 10
per cent. In spite of it.