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VOL. XXIV ESTATE OF JOHN WOLFORD LAI EOF BOX EC AI. TP. I>ett'-r» of a'ln:,nMi..'ioii iiaviDg been KKinted to ti.e undesigned in the esiate of John « ol lord, ti'-e'd- i;A- of i> J nn.'al :p. Butler <Kiuuty, P;i.. atLi-erv.ns knowing tbetaselves indebted Ui •ii<l*-tate will please make immediate pay metit and anv hav ittg clain.s agaii.st sa:d will present theai duly authentieated lor settle ment. ✓ • HAEEim WOLF'JKD. Karii.iarts Miiis, V. O. F. H. Jio.v.viK. Souota. F. O. S. F. Bowser. Att'y. Administrators, Estate of C. A. McKinney. LATE OF CO*SOQCXJT*anS'S TWP.. VE C O. I>.tteri t/. -'ameniao oa the estate of C. A. McKintev. k-,-1.. (Jec'd. lai-; of Connoqueneeslnir twp.. But;-ro;.. Fa- bavin," been grant*. 1 U» the u4nKMC all \* tnowing Bj»»- W-. Ives LndeMed to said estate will make dlate pawned. -lid an;, having hal<l will present them tiuiy autkenutat ed tor settlement. x Uobekt McKi<t>'ET,» rv rs. A. r. McKisssr. / < onnoquenetviiug I*. 0.. Buuer OQ-. Fa. Estate of David Humeil, LAKE OF CIIEKKV TWF-, I»F.C'<L v-stamentai;." on lite eotut«-- of Bum-:;. d. lat. : Cberry twp.. Bsrtter Co.. Fa la. -.-j! been granted Uj ' he un .••r-u.L* - all I r»£' '• n lad-btc-d to -4(1 #'-t "ii** v. 1 • l iittunbdiiiU; payment SldMiyaSv^ : AlSsagalwK said e»tat> ; wUI UPrw-nt tliein duly authenticau-d lor settlement. ' ' THOS. 11KUUAM.I. gy-rn I, 11CMKLL. / Coalv me I*. U., liuticr < 0.. Fa^ Estate of David Marshall, LATE OF PROSPECT, DEC'D. • letteni rjf idaiiribtrjt: . La*. it»i? bee & grau J tot!'- •ij/iT'e.tefie'ion tiie --.* a'». ol lia l -J - 1 fchaU i_-! d«Cd late of Vr -;f- t BuUer '.0., Va., all : • r-'>fs KLO-.vlng th-iL.s«-.ve* udeMfia UifilJ ' '••••' - ■•'*". * W.il ' • - * " ' : - m< ui MAKTUA MAiOiiALL. A-na x m Fr>speci, BuiK-r Co., Pa. Lcr. McQutetion, Att y. Administrators' Notice. KjTaTE Of K. M. DBC U. Vfher l-ti'-r- of admlni-.trailon have been •rant' Iby th- Kr&v-r ol B-r.ler_'.ou: ; .1 a.. to lb" js*-' r»:u'i. -J on tb- ' o. i«. 11 - X* 1 it.- ol BU.T ~ v. p. i: lller < oust}. I'a*. itecd all irr-'M V 'LO kjo*.V them-elk-s lx»- deUe'j -aid estate w.U maie pay it m. and having iame v. ill present.Uiem properly authtnUtaled lor settlement to the undersigned.^ Jons K*ki:i- jN Far*; '' .'"', i' O•I a, _ 4dßl»«J»K**. "KHTATK OF CUBIVrOFHKH M iIK HAKI-. LATE OF CLAY TOW.V IIIf, I>V.<. U. Letters testamentary on the estate of Christopher McMichael, dee'd, late of Ciay township, Uutiet county, I'a., having sranted to the under-.gne-l. All persons knowing themselves indebted to fcaid estate, will plei'.-e make immediate payment, and any having clainjs agai'ist said estate, wiu pre.*at theai duiy authenticated for settle mt:l>l' JAPHIA McMICHAEL, Ex'r. Et'CLID F. 0., Butler Co. Fa. TOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. FtHM of 17." a/.r'--, n'-ar It it station. '' .'"r**" Improved laud, eonvenlent t<# Fittsbun: ; nam Is ;w/x'/' ai:d ':'/st 4 L'S/,-->• an nev. - a g XKI C rtAihu Irame hoov-. k orchard. 1 tite *'■>«• MiOilT I'AV a « A-n I'll ! KKK.v K on a trade. We hai <- mall larsre laroisfor tale or trail": Patent wid Fetision pi ;stct«ed. l.ead the new o -n.ion jaws and write to i ■> j 11. »TEVKNMi> 'ti &Co s Agency, li/o i .ftli Ave.. Flttaburg, Fa Application for Pardon. Sf/tjcc is hereby given that I, tt illiam Mc- Kecrer, of Butler ( 0., Fa., wnvicttd of as sault end twttery in tie Court of Quarter feeMiions of Butler Co.. Fa., No, •i'! March sessions, 1887, will apply for pardon before the Board of Pardons in Harrisburg, Pa., at the next meeting of *aid Board the third Tuesday of May, being the 17th day of May, I<m7. William McKkevkb. April 22, 1887. Executors' Notice. lAUen te*umeiiUry bavin# t**u granted w th'; imdtrr*\znf*l on Uw of Hob^rt ■newer. ili-caned, late of 1 wp. I'■ i t l'T C«., Pa., all perhon* knowing tneiaielve* lu t/i < will male- Immedla"- oay inent. and those bivlnz«:l«M»i>iralnn'. «aM i«- ta Us will fjr i-!jt tii- Kam<; properly authenticat ed fur aettlem'-nt .(AMES HKSSKUJKHHKH,I DAVIU TURN. April is. >7. I' aaurevHle, U'ltler Co.. I'a. Notice in Insolvency. ID the ii.afher of the application of J'erry Bncker for the benefit of the insolvent law*. JIfll) No. 1, March T. I«t7, of the Court of Common Flesui of Butler county, Penn'a. Wherea*, Perry Uric!t«-r, residing nearrar vertville, liuffaliftownship, said county, by occupation a farm laborer, did at the March Serious of said court, r<re»»ut bin petition •skin z for the benefit of the infc'jlrent I*** of thi» Commonwealth. And wherea*, the *aid court made an order fixing the first Monday of June, A. I). \'~7, •t the Court Jlou-e in Butler a> the time ar;<l place for hearing *aid application. Notice i« hereby given thai *aiJ hearing will then and ther» take place pursuant to Mid order, when all partie* interewted may attend if they «ee proper to no do. TUOMI'SOA, Ml JC.NiiIN A </AI.DBRATII, Attorney* for J'erry BricWer. Notice in Divorce. Mary BafUnfclder by her wxi friend Ch A. A. Obi vs. Conrad Battenfeldcr. In Common I'iea* of Butler county, A.D No. U9, Die. Term IHM. To Conrad JJattenl'ehler Iteipondent: The and alia* *ubpo*na in the aboye suted case having been regularly i«- •ued tifid returned nun nt irumtut, you are hereby notified to appear at a Court of Com mon I'l»a» to If. helif at Butler in and for the county of Butler, btafe of Penniiyltania, on the fimt Mori-fay of June next, to answer the petition or libel filed in said raw. PKTKB K BAM 18, May 3, 18#7. Sheriff. TRUSTEE'S SALE By virtue of an order of the Orphan*' Court of Butler county, the undersigntd trustee appointed by said court, will expose to public ou t/:ry on the pre mi ken in Buffalo township, Butler Co., I'a , ou TUESDAY, MM 31, 1887, at one o'clock P. M., the following described real estate, being purpart* No*. 2 and '.} m partition of real ittate of Win, Hem lug, dee'd, to-wit: PL'UPAUT NO. 2. Bounded on the north by purpart So. one of said e-tite, on the east by lauds of Chan. Klsenrath, dee'd, and VV'm. B. Tucker, south by land* of Juo. l.lliott and Jacob Hirmner* and bv land/ of Geo. and Jacob Him merx and Jne. l-lliotl, containing <<!> acre*. PURPAST N<>. j. Bounded north by land* of Jam :i Fleming* heirs, easi by land* of Hnmiiel If. Fleming, aouth and we>t by purpart No. one of *aid estate, containing t acr< i and 120 perche<, TURMS. fine-third i'i hand on confirmation of *a!e by the court, halan e iu two e«jual annual iiiktallriiirit* with interest. Delerred pay ment* to be secured by IXOK! and mortgage. W. 11. BBANIION, Butler l'a. ( May, 3, ltn7. Tru*t*e. A~RARE_CHANCE! FOR SALE. ONE OF Butler County's h\ Farms Containing I-JO Acres. All under u high stale of cultivation; no wa<te land; under good fence*, a large EIGHT-ROOM IK AM K HOUHK, almost new, with cellar under the whole house, tt large fr;yrr- bank barn, fAix't'i, a thre<- huiidri il dollar spriog house, and all other iie< <-s*ary outbuild ing*. Kxcelleut water. 30 OAK AND CHESTNUT TIMBER (J'Kil on-hnrd. ( hoice fruit of all kind*. Chorchc and i-ch'iol* convenient. Tin* farm iu located on the I'nionville road iu Franklin Township, one mile from Mt, Chestnut and five mile* from Butler, ami will he *old on ea*y term*. Immediate possession will be given Call on or aildresa T. W. Vol NO, Mt. Cfaeatnut, Pa. roit NAM; farms, Hills,rnal l.»n<ls, Kir., In tYi-stem I'riin *r«nla, by *V. J. KIHK AOHIN, Freeport, I'a. Kvery Monday in Krefport and every Tuevlay at PUtaburgh, 12a Filth Ave , 2d floor. Hend lor printed list, may w,W.iy. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. fWSPEPSIA 1. 5 dnaerm* u **" «* c-iplunt U txelmci*,! it wakbJ, rnd prwHsa* the tone of lie cpaem. to prUK »»y far Rapid Dfec^iae. BRMW| 1 1 1 BESTTSaI ? Qsicklj-snd eoreplotelf « nre» l>? m all iw forms. Heartburn, Belch in*-Tn.. tins the Food. etc. It et ncL"'i tr»d purifies the c.iood.m :a;o --lat*-» tie apt■eiit** and aid- ti.e aawui-ataoo of fooa. B*v J t: t:*e b«/cored witf of the F.-m Reformed Ca_r h, B*.uro' re. Ma ?&ye - iiann* j**! fcro = Iron B.U' ~ for D; ;-pFia and I ndi»:; ~ I t •• rrear j i<-a«-m XDendin* :t nighl/. Aifco c it a - »endid t'-iaO and and v ry •' - niciiJ'-Lii.jf Hos JOSEFS C. SUIT. o-ui*® of Circtut Court, Clinton Co.. Ind . ; ► It' ir mw. cheerful te*u «3o;.j lo tte efcci-cy of Bro-rc't Irto Bict«zs lot Dyspepsia, &nd u a losic '* , . Gez.above Trade Hark and cros«*-d r*-d .iziej an wrapper Take no olbrr. Made' m* br B1&0VVA ( iii.JliC AL CO., BALiliioliti Mil. —• »■ ■ -v £3 L P F § "ft k3* ?fl B/r * L |ft Msis ti P& i CI i EEGTJLATE TEE BOWELS. Habitual Castrrenesg Ciis'* dMMMHt"f tlie entire «j:,tem. and h«v ~ . •,■ ■ut t.'tz .i i'fltttol. !'• t | c ; V; iit.-' • -oto Headache. ker.-ctlv, y. -r" (.fo. :r . V •■'< ■" 11 s« ■v. r-. I t '.'j-i irrit-ii/e Temper and other •ymp-' H'J. t •, •' • f.»'« t;-» > Ter<-r f r 'l'ikiricv. or ./.-■ -•«• > t . .'loas. Begulsr toMtot body alosecaacor r f - . • J >r ; '!nloa a» Tut'S Pills. Ky th*-lr U--J I • o ;y U --Viem reuovated, but in coiue *:„?,/ !».- J.fcfrnotdous chAr*e« tl.cJ» created, t*. f.—; ;r of »MUfcv.-tton: tfte n.-a --a.-.: tt.cre Is «.n <-x> ijAr.-.tl'in of "-'"'j tf. - * vit. ari l j*er?« ct 6 &2U>c trtfcpVAJtft t—• lu.l ta: /jne&t of LealtlL sjecßnr or BEAUTY In htaltb. Tlic- secret of health !■ the pnrver to «Si7e-t a proper oaanllty «1 loo<l. ? bi«can nc*cr be c«ne when the liver do«-« botu' t itapni-t. ItlitUe dHvliig v*beel la the inecba nf am of t.ian, nnd vvheo It !■> out ot order, th« whole *y»tein become* de ranged, niitl Fever, IJyi.pcpi.ia, *irk Heau rchr, ( uall jpn 11 on < JaanfiicCt Bilioott oi lc Hi:d (General ni hility eiißue. To reatnro tlif function-ii< th«: l.lver aud impart that lii-.iuty which always ntt.-uiin a health/ <;oa»titution. Dr. TuU'n tlver PHlnoro recmnmetid'.'il. They are cot a cure-all. but arit d< kIL-ueil » ilely lor the dUordered Liver übtl the dlocuaca which it produce*. Tutt's Liver Pills 611R UP THE TORPID LIVER. 60£I> B¥ ALI. I>UCtiG.LSTS, 85c. Hop Plaster Without doxii/T the KEST TLMIA. When tjmlj td to aay c,f or wjnn.oax, ln*t*nt relief I* felt. l*m')bvs}c,aid» arH.p,Bcre ltu»- c.«, (J«Toro Atßtraiu. Kidney Djtu'i, ateur-e.tii.ia car ity eort ot •or'.r.eia in ai.y part yield inataiitly to the ami .n.np properties ot the H'.p ?j* 4 .er, Virtue* of freeh Hop*. Buri u -"' ) y Ktth and foreign O-itnj. combined in a sweet 3rd n»T'-r £t...nz Tortjus TJfd fc'.d rw.n3mer,d«l by uoeta of paoole. EO'J-. 6 f-jr (1. everywhere. Mailed for lyrTrjc. Prop'» HOP PLABX" JTII CO.. Kasa. lHl|BiieK(lfl|eS! SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PDBE COD LIVER OIL And Hypopftcsphiies of Lime & Soda Almost as Palatableas Milk. Thfl only of COD I.IVEB Oil, that can be t'lksrj rut/ lily ai-d tolerated for a long tiaie bjr d<-ll> ate »t<ii/i«< hs. ini is i KK*»:riT to 2 ro\^TTfPTro?r, fifftllH'MHH Al It.l IIOK. AVAI'IU, (,1-V --LBaF' iikiiii.nr. <.oio!iH AM» in:ii)AT iF «i,<t «ii \v*-,iiv(i h!'-oi!iir:iis OF i ßilDiir. II rl)s~<l n.'id by tiuj Lui* iShytlcl&DM in tio courjtri«rM of tbo world. f *»T H ulr ft.y *ll «>. ur-^lsti. f' r f'ui/jiih * t ',n Wa-' in/ A - 6U«E. M.OTT Catarrh. i;LY n s jfy He3tores tho Smell, Hearing. u.iA.| \ quick Bell of. HAY-FEVER A poHltlvocure A purtlcle . • i: pli -l into <-;ieh nostnl a.'ii It ..lIT ' i'i.' I'r'■ /<i iul - i m ill -r.'l tcr' d '/ii i». i,r ulantfc" 1'.1.V illt'iri • Swithin C. Shortlidge's Academy, lor I'i mil'--, from Illlln4< Iphla. Kl>"l pri ■'• CO.' m evry CXJH'II;-,'- « n l>v.i ■, .">'o •••i.ra ;>'o i/jcld''ijiul <• j»< ii '•- %o ( xnmliifl tlon lor [Jltril- ion. 'I w-!m • |>< rl'-nccil ti-.icli «-r«, .-ill lo' fi ao'l ■ I v.i aOoiiii - lal opnor liiiiliii-H lor .»(>' o'l'-ot.'i to a'lvaii"- r.ipi'l.y. Hijei lul drill lor <lul uWI hiici-Wiirfl 1,0-. Pit trons 01 1; o icni 1 MI.Y select any HWUM or ciioo « l.l»e i<-/n\.ir Knicl !i. Scientific, liuxlnr .1, «"1.1 cul or < lvll ICnthnei rlu:-r our .• -• . I'-ut -. iilii<-'l i.t M'-'lla Ac-i'l'-my ant now In llarva'd, V:d«*. I'tlncclon : "1 I' O other "'ollefflM and I'ol 1 •' Illllc I. ,! -, 1' luil.:lll.1 hl-l,' 1.0 Col le/c in I ■l3 In ih i. 10 In In lo A Kradual.lnjf cl;i-,;iry j '-.if In lite < < miner '-|l <!eiiarlui'-(:t. A Pli' J a! . ml 1 1,1 i,l' I !.;• li ra'oir '/vmn:i -.lum .i cl t' :11,1,1. I. I>l v, artd< <1 to Übraiy in t-ns. I'liy-1»-. 1 afiparauts doulil' lln uvi. M« dla 1> : uev««n ' liurefi' ,1 aii'l a U intX iMU' i: •linrl.'r v/ljkli jirolill,li . 1110 h..|c of ail InUiXleatlli;: 'lili.: . Kor 1.-w lllu il.rat.ea elreijlur :iil<trer-. 1 Hi' I'rin'lti;il and l'roprlel ir hWITHIS t SIIOIiri.ll)(,K, A. M , (lli.rvaril tiraduute; Media, pa. 8-fl nft-iy Plainng Mill —A K D Yard J. U. PUBVIB. 1,. O. I'UKVIP, S. G. Purvis & Co. HAWU/AC'TIIHKItii ItSiLlSTtn I* Rouch and Pianod Lumber l If KVFP.Y CUXITIOM, KUAWKH, MOULDINGS, HAs 11, DOOtH, KI/.OitlNfl, HID- ' G. BATTKNB, Biackets.Guaged Cornice Soarfe SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD wrU er uimii ('til lioll i' ()li u rcli PERMANENT STAMPING For Kensington, Arrascno AND . OUTLINK .WOItK DOW E, Aleo 1': one, lu aame (dven hy ANNIK M LOVVMAN, Not lb htrw;t ( liullcr, I'a. jn- JjO ly LILACS. Over the blossoming hedges Heavy with ail perfnuies, Swcetlr to-iav there floateth The breath of the licac plumes The odr.r bear? nie backward To the heart of another May, When the mo*y sprays were tossing, In the air of a fateful day— A dav when the purple splendor Calae florin? a narrow life, And the potnp of life *B-royal pazeant Displaced iu- caim with strife. I the biossotnir.g loensts That drooped our way, The spicy ni'nf, the =as^afra«, All otlorb of the May. And even in the hush of night The old time w.tii me stems, Ar.d ii.'d-c breath a.nd apple bloom Are with me in mv dreams. Tlu' Master fiiackuttth. 15V JOHN N. DICKEY. Vou would cever have imagined it from the turn of Lis lip-?. They were ao ordinary pair indeed when iin repose, which, to tell the exact, ! truth, was not often; but this morning ; tbey were puckered op in the most ; comical manner, wrinkling Lis cheeks, and giving h'.s whole physi ognomy a distorted and distressed aj pearaDce, painful to behold. But ihe was an excellent whietler. Of j that there not the smallest i doubt. Clear, resonant, trilling up j at.d down the mazy labjrinihs of two ; octaves, with never a false note; his ' hands in his pockets, his tattered i fctraw hat throwu back on his curly ! head, his sturdy feet, brown and b-ire, kicking little clouds of du9t in the road which wound along the base of a atony hillside, almost at white heat beneath the ra ji of the noonday sun. Suddenly the music ceased. Evi dently our musician bad whistled him.=elf out of a brown study into into some sort of a decision, for he stopped, picked up a pebble, and tosed it over the fence with a jerk ' Yes, I'll do it. I don't like it bat she'll never find it out. I'm pretty near wore out thinkin' fore and tLirikin' agin, aud haviu' first one side, and then t'other. Bu f it is over with at and ain't I glad of it, though ?" With quickened footsteps he now turned to the right and ascended the hill, entering a small cottage sur rounded by a well-kept lawn, bor dered bv a choice collection of annu al flowering plants, now ia the height of their beauty. 'Well, mother," —to a slender, pale-faced woman who stood at an ironing table—"l've decided. Its all right. Gadford's got me. Thought it all over, just as you said. I'll be gin with him to morrow, if he says so." "You're sure, now my son—very Hure it's your own will aa'l choice?" replied Lis mother, anxiously. "Dead Hure," returned the lad stoutly. "Uf course, a blacksmith's apprentice cant put on BO many high toned aifH aa if he wa- studyin' medi cine, hut that ain't anything you know—ia it?" •'Have you ever put on any airs, Jerry, or have you ever desired to?" answered the good woman, laughing, "No, no, of course not,"—a little impatiently. "I>ut in tho eyes of other folks, you know, 'Dr. Atmau' would—would sound more dignified like than 'Jerry Atman, blacksmith,' —wouldn't it, now?" "Tbe trade your father followed, and tbe reputation he earned an a good workman and an honest man." returned the widow, with sparkling eyes, "sounded an well in the ears of this community as that of Dr. Fields, who haH HO kindly offered to take you into hiH office. You might make an excellent physician- -that remain", to he proven; but an a black smith, you are nure of success from the very start." "Oh ; vi.rt, any one can learn that trace, retorted Jerry, a little bitterly, so much HO he strove to disguise the tone with a feeble whistle. "Hy no means," returned Mrs. At man, quickly. "Master blacksmiths are rare. To shoe a horse well is iri itself an art. Why not begin with the determination of becoming an ar tist in iron? You inherit your fath er's talents. Don't be ashamed of them. Remember, my son, you need not, if you will not,remain chained to the forge (or life." •Jerry sprang to his feet with a shining face and tossed bin hat aeross the room, "(jod bless you for say ing that, mother! if 1 am man enough to make a chain, 1 can cut the links when I want to, can't I ? JJurraL! Hurrah! Godford forev er !" Blaketon was a email village neat ling among the hills in the southern part of Ohio. Among the many institutions of this village, which gave it name and fame throughout the country, was a lorifr, low, rambling structure, black with the smoke of fifty years. Here the fire* in two forges were constant ly ablaze, and the merry music of hammer and anvil could he heard at all seasons of the year, regardless alike of wind and weather. The presiding npirit <>f thin of thin eKtablinhment wan an eccentric, mid dle-aged man, witli a tongue ever wagging over the Hmall goanip of the neighborhood, which he benevolent ly din penned to the group of idiom who bel'Jom failed to give him more or ICHB of an audience. Thin fact be ing recognized, Home unknown party had dubbed the shop "(jadford'rt Har bor." It wan a cold frosty morning in November, Mr. (jadford had begun work. For a wonder In wan alone. A cireuiiiHtance HO unuHual, appar ently bad ita elJ'ect, lor be dropped bin liamtiyir and went to the door. "1 wonder what's the matter with Jerry thin morning?" be muttered, an he filled birt pipe and Hfjuiuted up and down the long htreet. "First day he'« been off time nince be started in, iSomcthin'rt up or down with him, Martin. I never Haw a boy HO bent on gettiri at a trade in my lil;;, but h'j'n try in ' to move willi it a leetle too f'tnt for a beginner. Some nay that couceity foikH in the kind that wiriH I wonder if they do ? I never thought nothiii' of mynelf -nothin' at all; and look at me now ! 1 don't think there'll a horse in the State I can't nhoe to a notch, nor any work in iron I ain't up to. Solid worth i« what taken the lead, but Htuckupitive ne-HH, never! 1 u, U'MH I'll have lo drop thin 'prentice of mine a peg or two. All 1 hope i« there won't be any broken bonea!" and he turned to bin forge with a chuckle. (Jouhiderably out of breath, Jerry Atniau bounded into the whop, tOHrted j ofi his coat, nnd was in his leather j ttpron in a jiffy. "Couldn't help it, Mr. Gadford. Mother's sick. My aunt is there now, fir, and I guess I'll be on time after this," as he took a shovelful of coals from his master's forge to light his own. "No excu-e needed in a ease like this"' replied the blacksmith, slowly, i "No fault to find with you on that score, Jerry." "Any fault to find anywhere, sir?" qneried his apprentice, the roar from the bellows almost drowning bis j voice. I "Not gene'Uy, not 'tickerly, boy; | but still I might say, in a fatherly kind of a way, that you're gettin'just a little too sriiart for a cub." i " -Too smart for a cub'—what do j you mean, sir ?" cried our hero, with ■ a flushed face. "What do I mean?" replied his master, with a loud laugh—"why, i jist what I've said, of course. What have I been doin' these thirty years ? ; Tendin' to my trade, havn't I ? When I worked as a 'prentice I acted like one. You don't, you see. Who } ever hecrd of a feller in your place studyia' grammar, and borrowin' • books to read after eight? When I you go home, doo like I did —keep ' your mind on your bis'ness. Don't j think of nothia' but that. I don't want no scholar here for a cub, nor no one that stands off from the crowd aad won't be drawed into no talk un less its related of to some eddicated thing or uotLer. Yoij're soarin' too much, young man. I dou't like it. Nobody else does. Now git to work and quit it!" Jerry stood for one moment irreso lute. His face was hot with passion, and a savage rejoinder was on his tongue, but he thought of his mother. In spite of his narrowness, his mas ter was kind, and an excellent work man. So he turned on his heel and whistled. Mr. (Jadford glared at him savagely out of the corner of his eye, and had it ou his lps to order the music stopped, but thought better of it, and poauded his thumb with the hammer instead. Blaketown could bost of but one dry goods store, but that was an un usually large and extensive one for so small a place. Mr. Silas Upton, the proprietor, had done a thriving busi ness that pleasant April day, and he watched the sun declining behind the bills with no particular regret. But trade was not done yet, apparently, for no less a person than our friend Jerry Atman entered, and advanced toward the counter. "Aad what can I do for you, my frieud'" inquired the merchant, rub bing his hands, and smiling bland ly "But very little, air; hardly worth your time aud trouble; only a pair of suHpenderH, aud not very expensive OUCH either." "Here they are, strong aa a rope, aa elastic as—an you are, I take it," glancing at the young man's large, well-knit frame. They look like good ones, that's a fact. You needn't mind doing them up. I will pay you Saturday night when I get my wages." With a deft movement, Mr. Upton snatched the suspenders from the purchaser's hands, and tossed them back into the box, with the word: ' Don't begin that way, young man ! Don't start out in life by ask ing credit. Come, let me give you a lesson. Pay as you go. If you can't pay, don't buy ! That is the way I began. It's the only way to begin. Don't spend your money before you get it. That's my advice, and you'll thank me for it some day. It in needless to inform the reader that our friend Jerry was somewhat astonished, not to say embarrassed, at the turn affairs had taken. He knew well enough, disguise it under the form of advice aH he might, that the merchant hesitated to trunt him, even for HO small a sum. He had never before felt so lowered in bin own estimation. This did him good. His thoughts flew fast. Suppose ho should act on the advice HO freely given? it was sound enough. Let him ahow no ill-will and bear it like a man. When this resolution was taken, he held out his grimy hand, with the words: "You havejhit me hard, Mr. Upton, and I should lie to you if 1 said it didn't hurt. But I think it will do rne good. lam pretty sure 1 shall never forgot it. Will you shake hands, sir'/" It was now the merchant's turn to show perplexity. It is very likely he would prefered losing the whole box of suspenders to such hearty ac ceptance of his fatherly counsel. With an embarrassed Hmile he took the outstretched hand, and winched as he felt the firm pressure of the fingers against his own. His well of advice being pumped dry, ho had nothing more to add, as his would-be customer touched his hat and took his departure. At precisely half-past six o'clock Saturday night Jerry entered the store and purchased a pair of suspen ders, paying for them on the spot The clerk made the sale, and Mr. Upton, busied with his books, looked up with a perplexed countenance, scratched the bridge of his nose re flectively, and was lost again "I tell you he's above his bis'ness," exclaimed Mr. (jadford, one bright May morning, to a group of his old cronies win lounged about the Har bor, in idle conversation. "There'a no doubt about that in my mind. A pretty blacksmith he is, to be ever lastin'ly readia' an' studyin'! He isn't one of UH, that he isn't! I've tried my bent to reform him, but 'tain't no use. He's in a manner—in a manner, I say, a disgrace to the trade, and I'm ashamed of him !" and the outraged blacksmith kicked a piece of iron spitefully to one side with his heavy boot, and began fill ing his pipe as a solace for his ruffled thoughts. "lln learned the trade, anyhow, didn't he?" queried old John Oliver, a superanuuted wagon-maker, who, presuming on his ago and infirmities, often asked diaagreeable <|<ientioDH. I don't say UH lie hasn't retorted Mr (Jadford, moodily. "iie nerved his time, and i don't turn out no poor workman—no, not if 1 kno<v it I don't; hut learnin' and blacksmithiu' won't mix, no more nor oil and water. Why, 1 know it for a fao' that he's got u library—a library, gentlemen"—here the speaker spat on his hands and grasped his hammer aa if desirous of demolishing it forth with—"and reads everything, asso ciates with Preacher Hanks, changes hooka with him, you know, and talks over thoology and thingH, just as if-- aa if he wasn't a blacksmith. BUTLER. PA., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1837 Where'd I have been to-day if I had started out by puttin' on airs an' get tin' above my business? But I didn't. | I stuck to my trade, and now where i am I? Where am I, eb?" "Right here, Sammy, right here," replied Mr. Slabton, a near and dear friend, who acted in the capacity of village sexton. "Yes, right here, as a fixture and a success; does anyone dispute that?" The awful silence which followed this query was its only answer. "Now, how did I do it?" continued Mr. Gadford, in a slightly mollified voice, "By mindin' my own bis'ness an' lettin' the fine arts alone. Jerry Altaian will never build up a charac ter in this country. He's a dividin' himself too much; an' a house, as the Scriptures plainly say, divided agin' itself, great will be the fall thereof!" "Reckon you haven't heard the news?" inquired Mr. Oliver, who did not not appear particularly overpow ered. "No! What news?" from the Har bor in chorus. "Got his patent yesterday. Told me all about it. Something new, too a plow harrow; that is, a harrow so made that it can be attached to any plow, and level the ground as it is turned over. He's had an offer for the State already, but says he will manufacture it himself. He's started the old Sadlet shop, and will start as soon as be can get things together. That is all. I'll be around to-mor row, as usual," and the old man limp ed slowly away. Silas Upton was a good business man. Not ouly was he convinced of this himself, but the community at large held the same opinion. Hut good business men sometimes make mistakes. Mr. Upton had done so Such a simple thing, too. He had only written his name below that of a friend, mere to comply with a mat ter of form. His friend had unfor tunately failed in his enterprise and left the country; and Mr. Upton woke up one morning to find himself called upon to pay a note of several thous and dollars. This he did in his usual brusque, business-like manner, fully aware that he would have nothing left—that he would be a ruined man. Everybody wondered "how he was going to get along now." They shook hands mounfully with him, and in a dejected manner, with the cheerful suggestion that, after all, "it might be worse you know," which was comforting indeed. Jerry Altman, blacksmith, was making a success of his business. He had got all the capital he wanted by selling some territory, and no more was for Bale at any price. He had turned manufacturer himself, and was still scheming, and this was what brought him down to Gadford's Har bor so early in the morning. The proprietor of that resort was hard at work, and he greeted our hero with a sullen nod. Jerry didn't seem to notice Lis cold reception at all. He was too full of business for such small matters. "I have come to make you aa offer," he said, deliberately. "I don't want no offer!" replied hia old master, intent upon his work. "I'll make it anyway. My patent is a success. I never expected so simple a thing to meet the approba tion of everybody. Orders are com ing in so rapidly I cannot fill them. -'Tow, I want to let out the contract for the iron work to some man mas ter of -his business. You are that man. If I prove to you that accept ance of this contract will net you three dollars to the one you now re ceive, will you take hold of it?" Mr. Oadford laid down his hammer, took off his hat and scratched his bald head in a feeling manner, as he glan ced with a dismayed look at his former apprentice. He saw his op portunity. The voice of the com munity was too strong for him now. He knew this young man was a power, and he felt it. Had he dealt fairly with the vounster? No, he hadn't. Then why should the youngster deal fairly with him? This was his religion. It was a very poor one, but it was the best, he had. •'I ain't in no shape to ask favors of you Jerry Altman," he answered stiilly. "Why, I am not conferring a favor, lam anking one, Mr. (Jadford. Lit tle do I care what you have said. It is a sign of small timber to bend be fore every blast. Come, now, let's figure a little; and as you are pretty good in that line, prove rae wrong tf you can." Mr. Silas Upton had almost made up his made up his mind to move to the county seat. He had the offer of a clerkship at a very small salary, but that was better than nothing. A loud knock at the door roused him from his half formed decision. He opened it, and in walked Jerry Alt man. "I called to pay yon a debt of gratitude, sir," he said, in hia bluut way. "Debt of gratitude? I do not under stand," replied Mr. Upton as he handed hia visitor a chair. "I stand your debtor, neverthe less," returned our hero, as he unroll ed a small package and produced a pair of suspenders. "l)o you recog nize them, sir?" "I—l think I do," stammered the merchant, with a painful flush. "These are the very ones I bought and paid for that memorable Satur day evening after I received my week's wages of two dollars. I never wore them. I look them home and laid them away. When I felt like asking credit in any enterprise since then 1 have looked them over before coming to a decision, and they have always carried the day. Whatever of success I make or will make, dales from the time I purchased this sim ple article. Now I need a man to travel in the interest of my patent, and to sell to the trade. I want you I cannot afl'ml large wages to begin with, but if seventy five dollars a month and expenses will suit you, may to-morrow, if you like." "Oh, Jerry, Jerry, you cut me to the heart!" cried Mr. Upton, the tears standing in eyes "To think that my lack of confidence in you—" "That has nothing to do with it," interrupted the manufacturer, with a nervous laugh. "Will you or will you not—that is the question?" It is needless to state that Mr. Up ton did not need much persuasion, and entered upon his duties with alacrity and vim. Oadford's Harbor snddenly devel oped into a three story brick, and a great many Idle craft that formerly moored in its waters set sail in the employ of the owubr. In Jerry's office, directly above the desk, a pair suspenders hang in an ele gant frame. Mr. Gadford, foreman of the shops, and Mr. Upton, the traveling salesman, now stockholders in the concern, are alone in the secret of what is the cause of much wonder ment to the gossips of the neighbor hood. Odd Things in China. The highest ambition of a Chinese gentleman is to have a nice coffin and a fine funeral. They feed their friends sumptuous ly when dead, but let them take care of themselves the best they could while living. Old women instead of the young are the idle belles of society. The highest recommendation a young man can have is the fact of his having a wife. A bachelor is likened to a counter feit coin; he is looked upon with sus picion even by members of his own household, Love making is only done three days after marriage. It is not only considered the safest way to get ahead of a rival, but the surest way to get a wife without losing much time. A previous acquaintanceship be tween the male and female prevents them from marriage. For this reason a man seldo n weds a girl of his own town. They are likewise prevented from marrying kins or namesakes. Joneses are not allowed to marry Joneses, nor Smiths to marry Smiths. \ girl is never considered anything ehe in her own father's house than a gueat. She is neither responsible for the father's debts nor enjoys a share in its fortunes, as in the case of sons. Daughters depend upon their hus bands for fame and fortune, while sons depend upon their parents aud themselves. A man could borrow money on the strength of his ha7ing a son, but no one would advance him a cent if he had a dozen of daughters. The form er is responsible for the debts of his father for three generations. The latter is only responsible for the debts ot her own husband. When a Chinaman meets another he shakes and squeezes his own hand, and covers his head. If great friends had not sewn each other for a long time, after the mutual hand shaking they would rub shoulders until they become tired. Instead of asking each other's health they would say: "Have you eaten your rice, where are you going, what is your business when you get there, how old are you, and how much did you pay for your shoes?" Men long petticoat? ftnd carry fans while women wear short jackets and carry canes. Boats are drawn by horses, car riages are moved by sails Old men play ball and fly kites, while children fold their hands aud look on. Schoolmasters have mora power over the young than parents. If within three years' schooling the child is not morally as well as intel lectually reformed, he is sent to en other school. Parents and spectators instead of the children are held responsible for crimes committed by the latter. | "It is better to be ignorant and know how to live, than to be learned and not know how to live. The principal object of the school is to learn how to live in tranquility and happiness and nothing more." So say all Chinese scholars. It is a much lesser crime to steal your neighbor's ox than to steal his dog. The former is simply personal property, while the latter takes the place of a man—a watchman. if a Chinaman desires the death of an enemy he goes and hangs htmßelf upon his neighbors door. It is a sure cure to kill not only that partic lar enemy, but members of his entire family are in jeopardy of losing their lives. When a Chinaman desires a visi tor to dine with him he docs not ask him to do so, but when he does not wish him to stay he puts the ques tion, "Ob, please stay and dine with me!" The visitor will then know he is not wanted. A rich man's servant gets no sala ry, yet many applicants; while big salaries are paid to the Bervanta of the common people but few inako ap plications. The perquisites of the former are often more than the sala ries of the latter, and are the Hole reasons or these differences, When a Chinaman expects a pre sent and it does not come, he sends one of lesser value, To encourage honesty and sinceri ty, confidential clerks and salesmen in all branches of industries receive an annual net percentage of the firm's business besides their regular sala ries. HorsosShod With Gold. From Colonial Mai).J In the year 1865 a storekeeper named Donald Cameron, carrying on business in what was known as the Woodshed, Victoria, was elected first member of parliament for the Ovens district, and he had the honor—uni que in the history of the colony—of being driven in triumph from the Woodshed into Heechworth in a gig in tandem team, the leading horse of which was shod with gold. Just before the election an eccentric indi vidual, known aa Tinker Hrown,who hail made a lot of money on the dig gins, suddenly purchased a circus, with tents, horses and wagons com plete, and corning iuto Heechworth with the company, he offered to drive the newly elected member and supply golden horseshoes for the occasion. The Woodshed bosses, who were irreatly elated over the result of the election, warmly took up Urown's idea, and they resolved, in addition, to present their member with a dia mond scarf pin. The horseshoes were made by a working jeweler nam ed Toficld, and weighed nine ounces each. The team was driven from Woodshed to Heechworth and back as far as La Serena Hill. On remov ing the shoes of the leader, a piebald circus horse, they were found to have lost a total of one and three-quarter ounces, Before Tinker Hrown died he willed them to a married daughter keeping a public house at Wagga Wagga. They were in existence until about four years ago, when the owner had them melted and turned iuto sovereigns. —lt matters not the age of suffer ers from colds, coughs, or croup, "Dr. Seller's Cough Syrup" is good for all Price 25 cents. A N DERSON VILLE A Description of the Prison Site as it Appears To-Day It will be remembered that the site of the prison was a couple of side hills sloping gently down toward each other into a bog or swamp, through which ran a sluggish stream of water eight or ten feet wide and about six inches deep. When this spot was chosen for a prison it was quite heavi ly timbered with pine trees. A space of about twenty acres in extent was cleared 08' and securely fenced in with the timber thus obtained, the timber being cut twenty-five feet long and buried five feet in the ground. The soil was light and sandy. Only two trees were left stand ing in the entire enclosure. No place could have been more inhospitable and cheerless. The swamp, in which a man would sink to the waist, occu pied a considerable portion of the field, the little stream was brackish and unpalatable; the absence of shade trees, which might have been left, made the pen almost like a caldron uader the burning southern sun. To-day the spot presents a some what pleasanter aspect. The side hills are now farmed, the swamp is not and will not b3 for years, until redeemed by a more careful system of agriculture. After the prison was abandoned in April, 18G5, the place grew up with second growth timber, but this has been almost entirely cleared away, and in its place iu the proper season are found the products of Georgia husbandry. The great towering stockade has almost entire ly disappeared; it is only here aud there that a single post or a little group of posts is to be seen. These have not rotted away, but have been wisely split up into rails to fence off the farm land. Their purpose is not now to keep in prisoners but to keep out intruders. Still, though the heavy, spiked timbers have been removed, the three lines of stockade can be distinctly traced; they are likely to be discerni ble for years to come. The strong earthworks that the Confederate sol diers threw up are still there, hard aud Grm; and the rilie pits used by them are still traceable, though 23 years have elapsed since they dug. The sluggish little stream, the "Branch," as the prisoners called it, still takes its way across what was the old inclosure, about a third of the way from the southern boundary of the stockade. It is to-day much as it was in the OO's. Its banks are lined now as then with rank, oozy ground, still miasmal and disagree able, but of course, shorn of the fetid, excremental stench of war times. This was the general sink of the prison, and its stench could then be detected a mile and a half away. Those familiar with the history of Andersonville will remember the lit tle spring, "Providence Spring" it was called, because it was a godsend to the prisoners, that broke forth on the 12th «r 13th of August, 1864, be tween the "dead-line" and the stock ade, not far from the north gate. Previous to this time the prisoners got water from the "Branch," or gen eral sink. When this spring broke out, however, Capt. VVirz considerate ly allowed them to sink a barrel and conduct the water within the "dead line," and here the prisoners would stand in lino by the hundreds, await ing their turn to get a drink of fresh water. It was the one great blessing of the pen, and it has neyer ceased to flow. Its waters bubble forth to day as fresh and sparkling as in those times of Buffering. The appearance of the spring, of course, is changed. Twenty years of ceaseless flowing has worked it back a little higher up the hill, since the old barrel which the prisoners sunk soon disapeared after the prison was abandoned. It is now some twenty feet of the per ceptible outline off the stockade. For a time it was protected by a large pine stump, but its now surrounded by a neat wood curbing about two and a half feet high, with a semi-cir cular opening on the lower side, through which the water constantly flows. Hefore the spring broke forth the prisoners endeavored to find fresh water by sinking wells in the hill sides, but to no avail. Many such excavations were made, some of them forty or fifty feet deep. Several of these are Btill to be seen, almost as perfect as when the prisoners dug them. They are all dry, since what ever water run into them from the surface is rapidly abaorl»ed by the sandy soil. They are a constant source of danger, yet the careless hus bandry of the south does not fill them UP "Of couse the "dead lino," a low fence eighteen feet from the atoekade, made by nailing a four-inch strip of board on low posts about twenty feet upart, has wholly disappeared. Not the slightest trace is left of it, since it was lightly constructed. Though more than twenty yeara have pussed, the burrow or dugoiita of the prisoners are still discernible. It is strange what grotesque humor will crop out in the midst of suffering. It seems as though there is a law by which humor asserts itself aa a pro test against despair from the very depth of a suffering heart. These dugouts—mere kennels—were the boys' "brownstone front." The hill- Bides especially on the north slope, are deeply corrugated. (Jreat wash outs are to be seen where the prison ers' burrows have caved in. It will take a long time for the influences of weather and shiftless farming to ob literate them. Here and there, also, is to be seen a narrow, long depress ion in the ground leading toward the stockade. These are caused by the fulling in of the earth over the pris oners' tunnels, which were excavated with a view to escape. And escape some JJSO of the men did. Periodi cally the Confederates would drive a heavily loaded wagon over the space between the stockade and the "dead line with a view to breaking in the soil and discovering the tunnels. He sides this, they probed the ground with sharp pikes for the same pur pose. These little lines of indenture there are eloquent with the hopes and efforts that too often were unavail ing Relief) of prison life are constantly heing exhumed—bits of pota and ket tlea, knives, spoous, canteen covers, and the like. These are mostly found on the nandy slopes of the hills, since the soil of the marsh has scarcely been disturbed. Upon the whole, the place has the air of a peaceful rural district One would readily see that it had been the scene of war oi»era- j tions. But there is nothing to sug j pest the horrors of thirteen rc,onths of I prison experience except to one who ■ can rightly read and interpret the lit ' tie signs wo have pointed out r.bove Chi< a<jo Times. A BLIND MURDERER. Chas. K. Gaines Convicted in the Second Degree. TIFFIN, 0., May 5— A remarkable I trial closed here this evening in the blind man, for murder in the second degree, probably the only ease ot tho 1 kind on record. Gaines took the ■ verdict very hard and, pressing his ' hat to his face as though to wipe 1 tears fro the eyeles9 sockets be broke down completely. Ilia wife showed no sign of emotion beyond turning pale. Unless a new trial is granted,which is not probable,(iaines will be sentenced to the penitentiary for life to-morrow. A nephew, Na than Eebelbery, is now serving out a life sentence in the penitentiary for the same crime. ins YOUTH. Charles K. Gaines wa3 born in Sycamore, Wyandot county, fifty years ago. At the age of four years he one day wandered from the "door | yard to the barn, where his attention was attracted by a litter of pips These'struck his fancy and he at once appropriated one, and cbis so enraged its mother that she rushed at him, and before his screams could attract help, the enraged brute had eaten out his eyes. The child was rescued and recovered, though his eyeballs were er ii lv gone. Iu a few years he had developed a remarkable sensitiveness of touch, smell and hearing. lie had a strong tendency to precociousness, and before he had grown up became the terror of the neighborhood, lie would wander about night and day without a guide, and wa3 known to get lost, lie knew where every melon-patch was, where the best apples, peaches or plum 3 grew, and where the first berries ripened, ard was never backward about help ing himself to these or any other del icacies. While yet a boy ho was presented with a pair of game chickens by an old minister named Spofford, who re sided at Sycamore. The blind boy took great interest in these chickeus and raised more. It was not long till ho had several game cocks trained for lighting, and would take them about the country to pit against others. He would bet on bis favor ite and nobody could fool him about tho result. Standing among the crowd ho always know whether his chickens were getting tho worst or the best of the fight. THE CIII MR. As ho grow to manhood he learned to drink whiskey, and became ugly and quarrelsome. In 1871 ho mar ried Medora Sprague, a graduato of Tillin High School. For a time he was sober and industrious. Presby terians got hold of him, he joined tiio church and make many eloquent tem perance speeches, greatly moving his audience. Many are the strango things he has done. The writer has seen him cn a steep roof nailing on shingles and workiug as well and as fast as the next man. Ho could find his way with perfect ease anywhere, could recognize an acquaintance at some distance before .ho spoke, rode horseback recklessly and played the violin finely. His career as a temperance advo cate was short, for ho soon went back to drinking and abasing his wife ami children. Tho climax was reached last Au gust, when he went on tho protract ed spree and his wife ordered tho saloonkeeper not to sell him any li quor. Tho next day, April 111,Gaines and his nephew, Nathan Eebelbery, got drunk on hard cider and then went to the saloon and demanded whiskey. Failiug to get it they left and tried to borrow a revolver, but could not get one. Thoy then return ed to tho saloon, each with a large stone, and again being refused whis key they killed the saloonkeeper with tho stones, The police arrested Gaines in the cane-field, aud ho was brought in batless, coatless, shoeless and e/eleas, with long hair hanging ovur his shoulders, and six loot tall he looked like a wild man. For eight months ho has sat in- jail amus ing himself with his violin. His nephew and accomplice was sont to tho penitentiary lor life, Parlors That Crush out Homo Life. I>id you ever hear of tyrannical parlors? The costly carpets and cur tains, the expulsive ornaments, give a subdued tone to tho room destruc tive to real hospitality and good times. A neighborhood social met from house to house. Ono of tho members was a bright boy; bis mother had ono of those tyrannical parlors, given to formality and short calls, Tho bright boy said at ono of the meetings: "I would like to invite you to my house, but we never have good times iu our stuck up drawing room " The little fellow felt tho dif ference between his own surround ings and that of some others of the social club. At one house the wise parents made the parlor so attractive that tho boys and girls of the family said they "would rather be at homo than any where else." The carpet was not too nice to dance on or oven to play blind man's buff. Tho tables and chairs were uot heavy and cumbersome, but wero light enough to be tucked away, leaving a clear space. The children wero encourag ed to get up charades and tableaux. A magic lantern exhibition added variety, and now and then a card party. "But that was very wrong," Havs one stem parent. No! Father and mother took a hand in the game and there wa« not HO much danger the children would H«!«'k questionable pleuhures in unprofitable [daces. —Thore 1H Home reason for the ad miration generally felt for blue eyoH. A connoisseur in eyes states that nine tenths Hi the railroudrm-n, pilots, and others who are selected for tln-ir keenness of vision, bayo blue eyes. Hro'vu eyes are beautiful. Gray eyes unuiilly denote intelligence amJ bitzie eyes a talent for uiuHic. The com moiiest color of eyes in gray, and the rarest violet. —"Can't eat thing." Hood,* Bar- Mftparilla is a wonderful medicine for creating mi a|>|M)ti<<-, regulating di gestion and giving r« - uurth —There in one eliuieto to every ten sjjoous in l'biladei|ibia APPROPRIATE LINKS. [The following oonples wore "pioclaiined in matrimony" last year in Chicago:] Thomas Black an'] Mary White, I'eter Day and Ellen Knight, Solomon Hank and Catharine Vale, James Hill and Susan Dale, Isaac Slater and Jane Thatcher, James Barber and Mary Butcher, Stephen Head and Nancy Hart, William Stately and Jennie Smart, Jonathan Reed and Julia Hay, Thomas Spring and Mary May, Joseph Brown and Kitty Green, John Robins and Jenny Wren. William Castle and Nancy Hall, Peter Chatter and Fannie Call, Joseph Mann and Hannah Child, John Merry and Lucy Wild, Thomas Bruin and Mary Bayer, James Fox and Catharine H ire, Andrew Clay and Lucy Stone, Michael Blood aud Lizzie BDne, John Cloak and Julia Hood, Edward Cole and jfancy Wood, James Broom and Sadie Birch, Charles Chapel and Susan Church, Theopholus Reed and Minnie Spell, Johuthan Gong and Madeline Bell, Jacob Short aud Sallie Loot;, Iteuben Stout and Mary Strong, Laac Crust and Jemima Drum, I'lysses Fife and Matilda Drum, Simon Saint aud Martha Diehl, Ralph Doolittle and Emma Steels. —Cannonsburg Notes. COMMUNICATIONS. Tribute of Gratitude. For the CITIZEN During the war for the suppression of the rebellion, 387,284 I'eunsylva niau3 answered to their names to maintain the dignity of tho old Key- Stone State, and to battle for the perpetuation of our free institutions. Over 33,000 of that number filled sol dier's graves, and sleep unremember ed, save in the hearts of their old comrades in arms, and immediate rel atives. In 1861, when dissolution and de struction threatened what we wero pleased to call the best government on the face of the earth, then went up the cry for young men to ofler t hemselves a living sacrifice in the defense of onr country. Then were these young men prom ised all honor and preferment if they lived to return to their homes. Now. how well these pledges, made in the hour of need, hare been kept? Let the acts of the President aud the lust Congress attest, and also a recent act of assembly in regard to disabled soldiers getting a license to peddle. All old soldiers should and care fully study that literary production before starting on a peddling tour. Now, us old Knights of the Blue Coat don't want the earth, but wo don't want to be compelled to do the pauper act which the act of assembly of April Bth, 1867, would do. And more than that, it would com pel the soldier to do an impossibility; the very construction ot that act of assembly, if the ex-soldicr would try to be beneGtted by the act, wjpld b? to make a common tramp of him; lu diaus, Italians, Gypsies, peddle round the country at will, but tho soldier must get down lower than these. He must be sworn that he is unable to earn a livelihood for him self or family, and he must bo sworn that he is the bona fide owner of the goods he proposes Jto peddle or soil. So you see if he is too poor to buy his stock in trade and some kind com rade would ofTer to give him tho goods on commission to peddle, tho oath would not let him do it, unless he wonld swear a lie. Otherwise ho would have to place himself 011 rec ord as a played-out wreck of humaui ty, of which, alas, there are too many to-day wandering over this free laud, and to wind up the whole transaction, ho must be examined by a United States surgeon, and the proceedings finally passed on by tho court. Now, why the old soldier has to go through this is more than I can tell, unless it is to give the court a chance to seod bim to the work-house if it appears that he has any physical vigor left. Now, we don't want to be created lords of the realm, but we want to to be recognized as respectable citi -1 zens where we show the required amount of respectability, and if this government is too poor to pay us for our services on tho samo basis it set tled with tho bond holder, then wo can record an other instanco of tho gratitude of a republic. Wo want something definito and substantial. The gas of windy politi ticians on the eve of another great political campaign don't draw any more. Comrades, time draws us near to tho eve ol another groat political cam paign, aud in the years to come, let u.-i stand by the men that stood by us in tho hour of danger. Don't be tickled by such pet phras es 11s tho Pauper Soldier Pauper Bill, Pauper Pension Bill, and all the other bills, for that is just what it means, you have to become a pauper to get your own. Answer up, boys, we will discuss this metter on its own merits. W. A. ItITNEIt, Priyate Co. II 4th P. V. Cav,, Bruin, Pa. —Venus grows brightor, and will continue to do BO uutill August. —The State League base ball sea son openud on Saturday, tho 7th inst. —Cards announcing divorces aro now enregle in Now York society circles. —lt is a little to cool yet for tho trump to lodgo comfortably in a fence coruer. —The ro-union of the"Pennsylvania Reserves will bo held at Lancaster in ■) une. lndiana and Westmoreland coun ties are rejoicing over their projpccts for a line wheat crop. —Over one hundred farmers in Westmorelaud county have tmccess ful carp ponds on their farms. —A stroke of lightning killed three out of six dogs housed up in a kennel In Bedford during a storm. Huntingdon county will be a hundred years old in September, and arruugemeuts are being made to havo a centennial celebration at that time. —As tho Uaiontown mail on tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad was Hearing Wheeler station on Monday morning, a cow, which was standing on the track, was stuck The train was runniug under a full head of steam, and the cow was knocked some distance from the track. In its flight the animal landed on the back of an Italian woman who wus gathering greens in a garden along the track. She was crushed to the ground v\ith terrible force and was severely bruis ed, but will recover. The cow wan killed outright.— Connellvnillv (Juur ter. NO. 2G