VOL. XXVIII Robes and Blankets As cold weather approaches owneif ii snve money by buying tin horse blank ents, knee rol ~ . tc., now. A warm blanket on a horse in cold weather saves more for the owner than any thing else. The largest and most com plete line of robes,blankets,har uei;f',whij>i?,trunks, valises, etc., in the county,and at. the lowest price . v, ill ahv ys be tound at Fr. KEMPER'S, 124 N. Main St., Butler, Pa D. E. JACKSON. 203 ?. Mr. 'S . - - Butler, Pu. Everybody Delighted. . \i •> ate n Deed of Seasonable Go Is. Having bought a latge Stock of Fail ami Winter Goods, and owing to bad weutbrr tud worpe roads, they have not ! ; j eu going out as fast as they ougLt to We have CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN, as we must on account of scarcity of room close them out to make room for Spring Goods. If you want a Cloak, Jacket or Shu wi NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. Or if you want Blankets, Comforts Ucderwear. Ladies' or Gents', Flan nels, Catton Flao not or anything in that line. COME NOW before the Stock is broken, but DON'T FORGET Co examine oar large stock of Dress Goods, which are included in this CUT, Also Fancy and Dress Plushes, Black Suiah and Gros Grain Silks, ali Marked Down. Full Again. We inoon our wall paper de partment, full and overflowing with our immense and choice stock of paper hangings. You must help us out, we haven't room for bait 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 (Tilts'at from 20 cts to $1 per double bolt. Examine our Stock. J. R Douglass, iVoar iVtolfice, Butler, Pa. Bare Bargains, Extraordinary Bargains are offer ed here in UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS, MUFFLERS, Everything in fursifhinga for ladies, children ur:d men. Ompore cur prices with what yon i have ittn paying and see if you can't gave met ey by dealing with ug. John M. Arthurs. 333 SOUTII MAIN STREET. 333 Big Overcoat Sale AT • The Racket Store. OVERCOATS OF ALL GRADES, STYLES AMD COLORS AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH. REMEMBER THAT NO FIRM DOING A CREDIT BUSINESS CAN QUOTE TllE LOW CASH PIttOES YOU WILL FIND AT THE ONK PRICE RACKET STORE, i S. Main St., Butler, !Pa. SAW MILLS J'aicut Yurlsble Friction #n TOILET ARTICES, 81'ONGKS, Ui'.l SUES PERFUMERY, &c lif i'i' V ■' I" >' I'rt so r ptions carefully co.n pdimi'.Crt. 5 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa. MNM-UM, .: \ SRJGS- HP'RSX THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. V. McALPINE, Dentist, Is now permanently located a? ISO Soutli Main Street' Butler, ra, in rooms formerly .ccoupied by Dr. Waldron. L. M. REINSEL, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON'. Office and residence at 224 Graham Street, Butler, Pa. L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND SL'RCKON, New Troutman Building'. Butler. Pa. Dr. A. A. Kelty, Office at Kose Point, Lawrence county. Pa. K. JJ. LEAKK, M. D. J. E. MANN. M. D. Specialties; Specialties: Gynecology and Sur- Eye, Ear. Nose and gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. *w. 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THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. solid h&ndsome cake of scouring soap which h&s no equal for all cleaning purposes excepl-in the iaundry-To use if is to value, if- What will SAPOLIO do? Why it will clean paint, make oil cloths bright, and give the floors, tables and shelves a new appearance. It will take the grease off the dishes and off the pots and pans. You can scour the knives and forks with it, and make tlio tin things shine brightly. The wash-basin, the bath-tub, even tha greasy kitchen sink will be as clean as a new pin if you use SAPOLIO. One cake will prove all we say. Be a clever housekeeper and try it. 2EWARE 0? THESE IS BUT ONE SAPOLIO, ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS CO., NEW YORK. BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY I<>, 181)1. A Story Of Sevei Devils. The negro church which stood in the pine woods near the little village of Oxford Cross_Roads, in one of the lower counties of Virginia, was presided ovet by an elder ly individual, known to the community in general as Uncle Pete; but on Sundays the members of his congregation addressed him as Brudder Peter. He was an earnest and energetic man. and, although he could neither read nor write, he had for many years expounded the Scriptures to the sat isfaction of his hearers. His memory was good,and those portions of the Bible which from time to time he had heard read were used by him, and frequently with powerful effect, in his sermons. His interpretations of the Scriptures were generally entirely original, and were made to suit the needs, or what he supposed to be the needs, of his congregation. Whether as ' Uncle Pete" ia the garden and corn-field or "Brudder Peter' in ihe church, he enjoyed the good opinion of everybody excepting one perion, and that was his wife. She was a high-tempered and somewhat dissatisfied parson, who had conceived the idea that her husband was in the habit of giving too much time to the church and not enoujh to the acquisition of corn-bread and pork. On a certain SaCurday she gave biia a most tre mendous scolding, which so affected the spirits of the good man that it influenced his decision in regard to the selection of the subject for his sermon the next day. His congregation was accustomed to be ing astonished, and rather liked it, but never before had their minds received such a shock as when the preacher announced the subject of his discourse. He did not take any particular text, for this was not his custom, but he boldly stated that the Bible declared that every woman in this world was possessed by seven devils; and the evils which this state of things had brought upon the world he showed forth with much warmth and feeling. Subject matter, principally from hii own experi. ence, crowded in upon his nind, and he served it out to his audience hot and strong. If his deductions could have been proven to be correct, all women were creatures who, by reason of their seven fold diabolical possession, were not capable of independent thought or action, aud who should in tears and humility place them selves absolutely under the direction and authority of the other sex. When he approached the conclusion of his sermon, Brother Peter closed with a bang the Bible, which, although he could not read a word of it, always lay open be fore bim while he preached, and delivered the concluding exhortation of his sermon: ".Now, my dear brev'ren ob dis congre gation," he said, "I want you to understan' dat dar's nuffin in dis yere sarmon wot you've jus' heerd ter make yer think you sef angels. By no means, brev'ren; yon was all brung up by wimmen, an' you've got ter lib wid 'em, an' ef anythin' in dis yer worl' is ketcbin', my dear brev'ren, it's habin debbils, an' from wot I've seen ob some ob de men ob dis worl' I 'spect dey is persest ob 'bout all de debbils dey got room fur. But de Bible don' say nuffin p'intedly on de subjec' ob de number ob debbils in man, an' I 'spec' dose dat's got 'em—an' we ought ter feel pow'ful thank ful, my dear brev'ren, dat de Bible don' say we all's got 'em—has 'em 'cordin' to sarcumstances. But wid de wimmiu it's difrent; dey's got jus' sebin, an' bless my soul, brev'ren, I think dat's 'nuff. ""While I was a-turnin' ober in my min' de subjec' ob dis sarmon, dere come ter me a bit of Scripter wot I heerd at a big preachin' an' baptizin' at Kyarter's Mills, 'bout ten year ago. One ob de preachers was a-tellin' about ole mudder Ebe a-eatin' de apple, and says he: De sarpint fus' come along wid a red apple, an', says he: You gib dis yer to your husban', an' he think it so mighty good dat when he done eat it he gib you anything you ax him fur, ef you tell him whar de tree is. Ebe, she took one bite, an' den she frew dat apple away. Wot you mean, you triflin' sarpint, says she, a fotchin' me dat apple wot ain't good fur nuffin but ter make cider wid. Den de sarpint he go fotch her a yaller apple, an' she took one bite an' den says she: Go 'long wid ye, you fool sarpint, wot you fotch me dat June apple wot ain't got no taste to itT Don de sarpint he think he like sumpin' sharp, an' he fotch her a green apple. She takes one bite ob it, an' den she frows it at his head, an' sings out: Is' you spe;tin mo to gib dat apple to yer Uncle Adam an' gib him de colict Den de debbil ho fotch her & lady apple, but she say she won't take no sich triflin' nubbins as dat to her husband, an' she took one bite cb it an' frew it away. Den he go fotch her two udder kin' ob apples, one yaller wid red stripes, an' de udder one red on one side an' green on de udder, — —mighty good lookin' apples, too—de kin' you git two dollars a bar'l fur at the store. But Ebe, she wouldn't hab neider ob 'em, an' when she done took one bite ob each one, she frew it away. Den de ole debbil sarpint, he scratch he head, an' he say to hise'f: Dis yer Ebe, she pow'ful 'ticular 'bont her apples. Reckin' I'll have ter wait till after fros', an' fotch her a real good one. An' he dono wait till after fros', an' den he fotch her a' Albemarle pippin, and when she took one bite ob dat, she jus' go 'long an' eat it all up, core, seed, and all. Look h'yar, sarpint, says she, hab you got anudder ol dem apples in your pocketf An' don he tuk one out, and gib it to her. ''Cuse me,'says she, 'l'se gwine ter look up Adam, an' ef he don' want to know war de tree is wot dese apples grow on, you kin hab him fur a cawn-flel' han'." "An' now, my dear brev'ren," said I Brother Peter, "while I was a-turnin' dis subjec' ober in my min', and wondering how de wimmin come to hab jus' seben debbils apiece, I done reckerleck dat bit ob Scripter I heard at Kyarter's Mills, an' I reckin' dat 'splains bow de debbils got inter woman. De sarpint he done fotch mudder Ebe seben apples, an' ebery one she take a bite out of gib her a debbil." As might have been expected, this ser mon produced a great sensation, and made a deep impression on the congregation. As a rule the men were tolerably well satis fied with it; and when the services were over many of them made it the occasion of shy but vory plainly pointed remarks to their female friends and relatives. But the women did not like it at all. Some of them became angry, and talked very forcibly, and feelings of indignation soon spread among all the sisters of the church. If their minister had seen fit to stay at home and preach a sermon like this to his own wife (who, it may be remarked, was not present on this occasion), it would have been well enough, provided he made no allusions to outsiders; but to come there and preach such things to them was entire ly too much for their endurance. Each one of the women knew she had not seven devils, and only a few of them would ad mit of the possibility of any of the others being possessed by qnite so many. Their preacher's explanation of the man ner in which every woman came to be possessed of j'ist so many devils appeared to them of little importance. What they objected to was the fundamental doctrine of his sermon, which was based on bis as sertion that the Bible declared that every woman had seven devils. They were not willing to believe that the Bible said any such thing. Some of them went so far as to state it was their opinion that Uncle Pete had got this fool notion from some of the lawyers at the court house when he was on a jury a month or so before. It was quite noticeable that, although Sun day afternoon had scarcely begun, the majority of the women of the congregation called their minister Uncle Pete. This was very strong evidence of a sudden de cline in his popularity. Some of the more vigorous-minded women, not seeing their minister among the other people in the clearing in front of the log church, went to look for him, '>nt he was not to be found. His wife had ordered him to be home early, and soon after the congregation had been dismissed he departed by a short cut through the woods. That afternoon an irate com mittee, composed principally of women, but including also a few men who had ex - pressed disbelief in the new doctrine, arrived at the cabin of their preacher, but found there only his wife, cross-grained old Aunt Rebecca. She infc jed them that her husband was not at home. "He's done 'gaged hisse'f," she said "ter ™t an' haul-wood fur Kunnel Martin ober on Little Mount'n fur de whole ob nex' week. It's fourteen or thirteen mile' from h'yar, an' ef he'd started ter-morrer mawnin', he'd los' a'mos' a whole day. 'Sides dat, I done tole him dat ef he git dere ter-night he'd have his supper frowed in. Wot you all want wid himt Gwine ter pay him fur preachin'T" Any such intention as this was instan taneously denied, and Aunt Rebecca was informed of the subject upon which her visitors had come to have a very plain talk with her husband. Strange to say, the announcement of the new and startling dogma bad apparently no disturbing effect upon Aunt Rebecca. On the contrary, the old woman seemed rather to enjoy the news. "Iteckin he all "bout.dat," she said. "He's done had free wives, an' he ain't got rid o' dis one yit." Judging from her chuckles and waggings of the head when she made this remark, it might be imagined that Aunt Rebecca was rather proud of the fact that her husband thought her capable of exhibiting a differ ent kind of diabolism every day in the week. The leader of the indignant church members was Susan Henry, a mulatto woman of a very independent turn of mind. She prided herself that she never worked in anybody's house but her own, and this immunity from outside service gave her a certain pre-eminence among her sisters. Not only didj Susan share the general resentment with which the startling state ment of old Peter had been received, but she felt that its promulgation had affected her position in the community. If every woman was possessed by seven devils, then, in this respect, she was no better nor worse than any of the others, and at this her proud heart rebelled. If the preacher had said some women had eight devils and others six, it would, have been better. She might then have made a mental arrangement in regard to hsr relative position, which would have some what consoled her. But now there was no chance for that. The words of the preacher had equally debased all women. A meeting of tho disaffected church members was'held the next night at Susan Henry's cabin, or rather in the little yard about it, for the house was not large enough to hold the people who attended it. The meeting was not regularly organized, but everyboby said what he or she had to say, and the result was a great deal of clamor, and a general increase of indignation against Uncle Pete. ' Look h'yar!" cried Susan, a( the end of some energetic remarks, "is dar enny pusson h'yar who kin count up figgers?" Inquiries on the subject ran through the crowd, and in a few moments a black boy, about fourteen, was pushed forward as an expert in arithmetic. ".Now, you;;jim," said Susan, "you's bJen to school, an' you kin count up tiggers. 'Cordin' ter de chu'ch books dars forty-seben women b'longin' to our meetin', an' ef each one ob dem has got seben debbils in her, I jus' wants you ter tell me how many debbils come to chu'ch ebery cl'ar Sunday ter hear dat ole Uncle Pete preach." This view of the case created a sen sation, and much interest was shown in the result of Jim's calculations, which were made by the aid of a back of an old letter and a piece of pencil furnished by Susan. The result was at last announced as three hundred and nineteen, which, although not precisely correct, was near enough to satisfy the company. "Now, you jus' turn dat ober in you all's minds," said Susan. "More'n free hundred debbils in chu'ch ebery Sunday, an' we women fotchin 'em. Does anybody s'pose I'se gwine ter b'lieve dat fool talk?" A middle-aged man now lifted up his voice and said: "Iso been thinkin' dis h'yar matter, and Ise 'eluded dat p'raps de words ob de preacher was used in a figgerato form o' sen«e. P'r'aps de seben debbils meant chillun." These remarks were received with no favor by the assemblage. "Oh, you git out!" cried Susan. "Your ole woman's seben chillun, shore 'nuff, an' I s'pec' dey's all debbils. But dem sent'- ments don' apply ter all de udder women h'yar, 'tie'larly ter dem dar young uns wot ain't married yit." This was good logic, but the feeling on the subject proved to be even stronger, for the mothers in the company became so angry it their children being considered devils that for a time there seemed to be danger of an Amazonian attack on the unfortunate speaker. This was averted, but a great deal of uproar now ensued, and it was the general feeling that something ought to be done to show the deep seated resentment with which the horrible charge against the mothers and sisters of tho congregation had been met. Many violent propositions were madf, some of tho younger men going so far as to offer to burn down the church. It was finally agreed, quite unanimously, that old Peter should be unceremoniously ousted from his place in the pulpit which he had filled so many years. As the week passed on,some of the older men of the congregation who had friendly feelings towards their old companion and preacter talked the matter over among themselves, and alterwards, with many of their fellow-members, succeeded at last in gaining the general consent that Uncle Pete should be allowed a chance to explain himself, and give his grounds and reasons for his astounding statement in regard to womankind. If he could show biblical au thority for this, of course nothing more could be said. But if he could not, then he must get down from the pulpit, and sit for the rest of his life on a back seat of the church. This proposition met with the more favor, because even those who were most indignant had an earnest curiosity to know what the old man would say for himself. During all this time of angry discussion, good old Peter was quietly and calmly cutting and hauling wood on Little Moun tain. His mind was in a condition of great comfort and pea>e. for not only had he been able to rid himself, in bis la.«t sermon, of many of the hard thoughts con cerning women that had b»on gathering themselves together for years, but his absence from home had given him a holiday from the of Aunt Rebecca's tongue, so that no new notions of woman's culpability had risen within him. He had dismissed the subject alto gether, and had been thinking over a sermon regarding baptism, which he thought he could make convincing to certain of younger members .of the con gregation. He arrived at home very late on Satur day night, and retired to his simple conch without knowing anything of the terrible storm which had been gathering through the week, and which was to burst upon him on the morrow. But the next morn ing, long before church time, he received warning enough of what wa3 going to hap pen. Individuals and deputations gather ed in and about his cabin.—some to tell him all that had been said and done; some to inform him what was expected of him; some to stand about and look at him; some to scold; some to denounce; but, alas! not one to encourage; nor one to call him "Bruddcr Peter," that Sunday appellation dear to him ears. But the old man pos sessed a stubborn soul, not easily to be frightened. "Wot I says in de pulpit," he remarked, "I'll 'splain in de pulpit, and you all ud better git 'long to de chu'ch, and when de time fur the sarvice come, I'll be dar." This advice' was not promptly neted upon, but in the course of half an hour nearly all villagers and gone off t;> the church in the woods; and when Uucle Peter had put on his high black hat, some what battered,but still sufficiently clerical looking for that congregation, and had given something of a polish to his cowhide shoes he betook himself by the accustomed path to the log building where he had so often held forth to his people. As soon as he entered the church he was formally in structed by a committee of the leading members that before he began to open the servicos, he must nwke it plain to the con gregation that what he had said on the pre ceding Sunday about every woman being possessed by seven devils was Scripture truth, and not mere wicked nonsense out of his own brain. If he could not do that, they wanted no more praying or preaching from him. Uncle Peter made no answer, but as cended the little pulpit, he put his hat on the bench behind him where it was used to repose, took out his red cotton handker chief and blew his nose in his accustomed way, and looked about him. The house was crowded. Even Aunt Rebecca was there. Ajter a deliberate survey of his audience the preacher spoke: "Brev'ren an' sisters, I see afore me BruJder Bill Hines, who kin read de Bible, an' has got one. Ain't dat so, Brudder!" Bill Hines having nodded and modestly grunted assent, the preacher continued. "An' dar's Aun' Priscilla's boy, Jake, who ain't a brudder yit, though he's plenty old 'nuf, min', I tell ye; and he kin read de Bible, fus'rate, an' has read it to me ober an' ober ag'in. Ain't dat so, Jakef" • Jake grinned, nodded, and hung his head, very uncomfortable at being thus publicly pointed out. "An' dar's good ole Aun' Patty, who knows more Scripter* dan ennybuddv h'yar, havin' been teached by de little gals from Kuunel Jasper's, an' by dere mudders afore 'em. I reckin she know' de hull Bible straight froo,from de Garden of Eden to de New Jerns'lum. An' dar are udders h'yar who knows de Scripters, some one part an' some anudder. Now I axes ebery one ob you all wot know de Scripters ef he don' 'remember how de Bible tells how our Lor' when he was on dis yearth cas' seben debbils onto' Mary Magdalumf' A murmur of assent came from the con gregation. Most of them remembered that. "But did enny ob you eliber read, or hab read tu you, dat he ebber cas' 'em out o' enny udder woman?" Negative gruuts and shakes of the head signified that nobody had ever heard of this. ""Well, den," said de preacher, gazing blandly around, "all de udder women got em yit." A deep silence fell upon the assembly, and in a few moments an elderly member arose. "Brudder Peter," he said, "I reckin you mought as well gib out de hymed." On New Year's Day, before the coals, "We sit and der why "We made so many blunders in The year that's just gone by. "We look back on our many calls On fickle P 8 's hard blows, And fondly hope that this year's joys Will outweigh last year's woes. And yet if it should happen that By Times be 0 decree, The same old troubles should come back To test both you and me, Remember that, in this queer world, For every who tries His level best, and is content, There's sure to be a prize. He Fell Out. A Wisconsin man who went to Kansas and fell in love with a girl, received the following note and fell ont: "Dear Sir —If you call on Mary again I will put a bullet into you on sight. Your obedient servant, X." A Hit Back. A Russian editor who has been traveling in Germany says that the sight of a body of conscripts at a railway station is exact ly akin to that of a body of exiles on their way to Siberia, both being downcast, lamenting and taking a long farewell of sorrowing friends. Bad Medicine. A Michigan doctor who has spent years among the Indians says that tbo Indian medicine men have no standard remedy for even the simplest ailment. They can't break a chill or stop a fever, but trust to luck and the first handy compound to pull them throngh. —Rheumatism cured in a day—"Mystic cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia, radi cally cures in Ito ;j days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the dis ease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits. i 5 cts. Sold by J C Redick, druggist, Butler. —Dr. Fenner's Golden Belief 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), diarrluva, ili'sentery and flux. If satisfaction not given money returned. Game for Winter Evenings. The spelling game is a popular amuse ment fur winter evenings. Each player is provided with a pencil and a slip of paper, and the person having charge of the game sits where a clock or watch may be readily consulted. A word is then selected and announced, a long one containing a num ber of vowels being preferable. This word is written at the top of each paper, and at a given time each of the players begins to write down as many words as he can think ol which commence with the letters ot which that word is composed, each letter being used only as often as it occurs in the word selected. At the end of three min utes the leader calls "time," and each per son reads aloud the words on his slip and sets the number of them down in numerals. When ones writes a word that contains a letter or letters not in the original word,he loses two marks, which he must set down against himself; and if anyone has words which no one else has thought of, he is al lowed to take two credits for each. After the words have all been read, the next letter of the original word is taken as the initial for a new set of words, and when these have been treated like the others the next letter is taken and so on until all have been used. Take, for example, the word aristocrat. Beginning with the letter a will be fonnd the words art. artist, air. arctic, aoria, at, attic, acts, acto; etc. These having been read and the debit and credit marks set down, ii new set of words beginning with r are writtten, snch as rot, rota, etc. When a letter occurs twice or oftener in the word, it is used but once as an initial. The play er who has been able to remember the fewest words, or who has made the most errors in the original word, is sentenced to pay a lorfoit by the one who has the most credit marks. This game not only affords considerable amusement, but it also serves ns an excellent drill for those who are not well up in spelling. For the Common School. The Pennsylvania Grangers do not agree with King William of Germany that educa tion is a bad thing for the people. Neither do we. and therefore we agree with all our might to the preposition that the State shall double its appropriation to the common schools. The appropriation of $4,000,000 to the schoois, instead of the $2,000,0p0 now appropriated, would relieve the local taxation to just this extent, and local taxation is the most burdensome up on every community. Practically there is no State taxation, the bulk of it coming from corporations, licenses, collateral in heritances, and fees for commissions. Eighteen nundred and ninety-two will wipe out nearly the entire debt of the State, and unless some such disposition is made of the immense revenue it will only prove a source of corruption and extrava ganco injurious to the morals of thepeople. It is true a new Capitol building is needed, but this ought not to cost at the utmost limit more than $3,000,000. and as it would take four or five years to complete it, it would not require much more than $1,000,000 in each year. It will be neces sary, therefore, either to decrease the revenue, or provide for its proper dis tribution, and what better distribution can be made than giving it to the schools? Let the Grangers agitate the question.— They will find many who are not Grangers ready with helping hands.- -Harrisburg Telegraph. Starting Seed by Electricity. It appears frjm the results of a series of experiments recently undertaken in Russia by X. Specnew that electricity may event ually be made to play a prominent part in agriculture. These experiments, which extended over five years, showed that by submitting different seeds to the action of an electric current their development is rendered more rapid and complete. The seeds of haricot beans, sunflowers, winter and spring rye were used. A second sories of experiments was made with pot herbs and flowering plants at Kief. The influ ence of the electrical treatment was shown by a larger crop and by the growth of vegetables of enormous dimensions. In a third series of experiments electricity on a large scale was applied, static electricity being used instead of current electricity. The results were quickened ripening and larger growth. Barley ripened twelve days sooner with electro-culture. Potatoes treated in the same way seldom showed disease, oto 5 percent, being bad, instead of 10 to 40, which is the usual percentage. An iu.portant factor in this treatment is that vines which have been subjected to it possess immunity from phylloxera, and this points to a new means of combating the microscopic diseases which attack vegetable growth. It is suggested as a weapon with which to fight the potato bug and the army bug. The cost of the pro cess is exceedingly small.—Chicago Seics. Their Parting. She clung to him and sobbed in heart breaking sorrow. "Promise me, Ilarry," she pleaded, "that your last thought shall be of me!" "I promise, darling," replied the strong man brokenly as he strained her to his bos om and mingled his tears with hers. "I will die as becomes a brave man, but my last thought shall be of my own little Bes sie." One conclusive embrace, one last kiss, and he tore himself away from the fainting girl and rushed from the house. lie was on his way to play in the rush line at a game of football. If They Were Only Seals. Capt. A. M. Brown tells a Pittsburg paper that the marshes of New Jersey, the swamps of Virginia or the Everglades of Florida can't hold a candle to the moss covered soil of Alaska for breeding mos quitoes. In summer time they are so numertms that even goats and Newfound land dogs have to hunt for cool and secluded spots, and a man unprotected could not live an hour. He Ought to Be. A Colorado man killed a slieep and hung it up and dressed it. He was still at work when a mountain lion crept between his legs,pulled the mutton down,and although given a good kicking, held fast and got away. The man wasn't a bit thankful that he wasn't taken in place of the meat. —The moment catarrh becomes chronic it is difficult to overcome. However Old Saul's Catarrh Cure will cure the most obstinate case. It is hard work for the baby to cut teeth ( and it should be assisted by the use of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup which will cool the inflamed gums. —Don't put to« much trust in Provi dence. Providence has her arms full of fools already. "Where are yon going.my pretty maidt" "I'm going a milking sir," she said. "May, I go with you, my pretty maid?" '•Why, certainly, as fur as I'm concern ed; I don't see no use o' havin' you hangin' 'round, but I guess you'll be company for the calf, sir. 11 The Force of Imagination. I met her in the darkened hall. But there was no mistaking Her form (I deemed), erect and tall, Of nature's rarest making. I drew her geutly to my breast, So lovely and so tender, Convinced that life at her behest I gladly would surrender. And silence reigned. There is uo need Of words for love's completeness, I only telt that it indeed Was perfect in its sweetness. E'en darkness grew with rapture bright, As oft I stooped and kissed her; a Then caine a flash of vivid light, And I beheld —my sister! "Why, Tom!"' "Why, Jfellf" we jointly cried. In tones that did not flatter. The most disgustedf To decide Would be no easy matter. But neither now could have the face To tease or chide the other. 1 thought it was sweet Kitty Chase, She thought 'twas Kitty's brother. "Dying Like a Man." Iteatric Ceuci was a golden haired, deli cate blonde. Lucretia Borgia was a creature so slight ami weak, it is said, that a strong man could have crushed her with his hands. The ideal Judith, sawing off the head of Holofernes, would be a slender, pale blonde, with gentle blue eyes and a rosy mouth, and at first glance a creature who could not hurt a fly. Just such a slim, delicate, graceful, golden haired giil was Eleanor Pearcey, who was hanged iu London the other day for murdering Mrs. Ilogg and child. Eleanor Pearey was so modest and grace ful that she even impressed the judge at her trial. She had the most innocent, trustful face and large, lustrous eyes—a beautilul girl. Yet she fluw into a passion of rage and fury, aud committed one of the inost fiendish murders in history. At ber trial she maintained the calmest pos sible demeanor. She knew from the time of her sentence that there was no hope for her. and simply annonnccd to the prison attendants that they would find she wonld "die like a man." During all her imprisonment she be haved in tie most courteous, high bred manner, being considerate and gracious to all around her, never once losing her extraordinary composure. Such nerve and coolness have seldom been witnessed in any condemed prisoner. Upon the scaf fold, to her lost breath, sho maintained the same ladylike composure, and went to her death without a sigh, sob or moan, dying indeed "lik # e a man." s The Better Way. The official hangman of England says there is no neater way of taking a murderer's life than to hang him. If the knot is right ly adjusted, the condemned man suffers no pain whatever, and if he is rightly "coach ed" he will remain passive and help the executioner to do perfect work. He says the guillotine and electricity are worse than the war-clubs of Indians. Slow Work. In the last fifty years over $100,000,000 in cash has been raised to teach the African to love his neighbor as himself, and yet no two tribes are ever at peace, and the first salutation a stranger receives is a poisoned arrow. Better Not Sigh. A chemical analysis of the food cooked by our grand mothers, which men sigh for once in awhile, wonld show it 35 per cent, more dangerous to the stomach than food prepared in the modern kitchen. As a matter of fact, American women knew nothing ot cookery up to twenty-five years ago. Even Pliny. Pliny the groat could see things in front of his nose as well as afar off. "I notice that the women rub the washing in cold water," lie wrote one day. "Let them heat the water and the alkali in the soap will be freed and take far better effect." And only after that did women know how to wash. —Here is an item that should be pasted in the hats of our Councilmen. Annually scores of our people are notified to repair their pavements. They don't care a con tinental for the notice and the bad places remain unfixed. A Shamokin man re ceived notice to raise his sidewalk or pave ment as high as his The no tice was unheeded and one night Mrs. Mary Ueaddy fell and broke her arm. Mrs. Readdy brought suit against the bor ough and obtained judgment for $912. The case was taken to the supreme court and Judge Rockfeller was sustained. The supreme court took the ground that if the person is notified to repai%his pavement and fails to do so, the council must compel him to make the improvement or abide by the results. The case will cost Shamokin $3,000. —The Czar's excuse for persecuting the Russian Jews seems in substance to be that thoy know more than his Christian subject aud must bo kept under to pre vent them from gaining too much advan tage. This is an eminently Asiatic policy and emphasizes the old saying that "If you scratch a Russian you find a Tartar." It is a reason,also, far from creditable to the Russians themselves, and amounts to an admission that, as a people, the Chris tians.of Russia are inferior to other nations where Jew and Christain thrive, side by side, each able to keep his place in the grand march of life with due regard for the rights of his fellow. —There was a duel in Georgia town a couple of weeks ago. It was a purely local affair, weapons being shotguns, the duel gTotuid the public street, and no sec onds. The village doctor was in his office nearby. One man dropped and the other was brought before a Coroner's jury, where he swore it was a fair fight and no advan tage taken, because they fired on stroke of the town clock. The jury rendered a ver dict of "accidental death." In event of a fatal result trom a French duel this might have been a proper verdict, but we thought Georgians too proud of their skill with firearms to make such an excuse. —Here is a warning for the thoughtless. A few days ago a prominent contractor in Syracuse dipped upon a banana skin, fell, fractured his skull and died in a few hours. Do not throw banana skins, orange peel, apple skins, or anything else, to endanger the lives of people, upon the pavements. It is a duty we owe our neighbors not" to lay traps for thein. And any one of these, however we may regard it, frequently proves itself the worst sort of trap. —ltch on human and horses ana all ani mals cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never tails. Sold by J C Kedick, druggist, Butler. The ice in the Erie harbor is about 10 inches thick and of good quality. The work of cutting ice for the wholesale fish dealers is in progress. They had to get most of their supply from Canada last year.