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Advertising Rates, One miinre nm» iMertlftn $1 00; Meh * *«b- •oquvut iu-4 '.rrion 50 cent*. On* oilman,une year SIOO.O'L Oau aoluun, iTu month* 60 00 U<M uoluuui. Ilirrtf mot Hi* 85 00 Hair autumn, ••»* your 50 00 H ill •mlu'uii. -U month* 3o00 H ill f.ol'unu. three nlonth* 40 00 Quit or «.->|iimn. outs year. 30 00 Q tarter column, nit month* *20 (Ml Quarter column, three month* 1200 Communication* of a political character, r! art cle* wiittou in u Wocnoy or Actetm* of tne oljira* ol artinranta for otllce, 15 cent* pw line. \niiouncfTOrnt «f C*t)<liiiiiten $5 00. THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. H15N.VS & P. C. SMITH, liilltur, and Publishers. ■WBH! Butler Herald. BETLEIt, GEOKIJU. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY llt-.h 1878. WHOLE NUXIIEH 70 Wm. H. aaimi P. O. SMITH, Proprietors. A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO INDUSTRY .NT JIVILIZATtON ,1.00 Tear SvsiiinierioK 1’mcs 51.00. Pub Asm,*. TCESOtY, t>i:nttUAYU lOlh 1878 ,j»L ■.' i .. 1 ' ~ i ■"■"y* lahiesi house, DOB, Proprietor. JfACONT, - - — TulS HOUS7 t* oow prurided with wrery nxw.varf nmtTrniMiisn fnrtheuccommmlation 4u<i comfort <-f (lit petrnm. Tti* Inaatiun is dmimhle nnd cdwvenieut to the huntiiMt- pur- non «f the city. The Table* Tt.ite the bt*t the mar Vet nfM«. Omni- hu* l<) And Ttb dop-.t tri* ol churn*, b tg- C4K« hWl itcd re- of churue. Ihe ttur i* wpptieu with the lx%t *u»o* NATIONAL HOTEL, F. C, C^RBSTr, Pro. Nr 4U1.1 OrrosiT* l*Ahnr.ntiM Dtvoi 51ACON, ii UO ItOI A. $4 tm £.1 Per /My, According <o /loom. Writttn foe the H^rai.d.] MT DUE AM. I luttried a bi-rtl.tl i.'ct.ie tpnl took me up to Hutivun, Attd a H"lileu crown to uiu was Kivtn I (1 teamed I was arrayed in while, And l had wing* to liy no light, 1 dreamed I Ml tig a prettj W»ug, Winie m that happy throi g. I drcautrfd I wtw my pap-, dear. little brothel it lid sister too ; Many othm* to me quite as dear. Were living there among ibu pure. Now my dream is of the punt, li.t i hope t may couie true at last, And that I may an angel be, N\ hull from ihu worlJ of sin I’m fro mi -old you 11 < t ike eaWrip t given free to scrtbcrs. w (inti almost *v»r b*.d» ctil report, raskiug ovt ticui^r •ml «x thnb.p W *i» try the business. No on* , mils to intih*- vreiit pav. a*I PoopUY Jwaiimlf" I’enUnd r part of the c Mm lily at 1|.. #CG p« r wd k who n.g t*e at Once cau um«« m< u y o Ih7t present line m-uiey cannot Us m ule s «,Ml,„udr,HIJ-- "V" cosu n<»'(ting to try the biisii.**! I«mis an a lr f. Aditra™. .11'UCI , H. H.um i Co . PortUml. M.in.*"H.a-l; COSKl'MP VVR&D. >ti Bi'utehh.*- •at and Lo: adlCitl cult 1 ; m**- Addle* 4 H. * dclphio ,«> all win* Altai • priqmriog an ♦JTi.tl »tHllM> , .Sri, 4l.Nui.tb nth full dirts** KKM AttUABLB SUCCESS, rcduci mdit.g pu\n4c. sUy«traa«r‘ has etedily.iid v j**Y ^^ ^ no . |U |, W m tit, kiu< —^p-uinUT. .Is cirimUton w naUonnl.an . , ,n 1 u- n otiiainrii tbr-n«h the etforts of ih publisher ' ’ t b, ; Ham, time *ell it at u character. t w | t j, tup ptwunt ..ard timrs coOMHlelit Wttu Utr |'nw ••• U,o,.«»*■"« M tu T ««« S^gSSAMJs: ^ by lb. >)■«' »»"“•» " f ,lw mjK -in '•«» »Bd *«r en * y°"’ paper wi M,B * n m. M Tm» L» »obb, £? BLECTIO KT S . Tnc .Uervlmiil’s WiTc. Mr. Rose, a merchant, now resiiling in Hliila<lel|ihia, win, tinr- iiieily, liveit ill lallier uti extrav agant style, was iu tint habit, ev ery Mniiilay ninrnilig, of givtiin bis wife a certain smu of money ior table auii other boU-iehuld ix- pi.lines ol the week. lie never liienliotietl bis bttsi- ne.-a to bis »ifo, ami she, tiielll- nig him sntlicteiitiy ca|inl)le ol nltetfflltg to Ins own till'nirs, nev er imjiiiritig into thriu. 'About tilueii years tiller the marriage through some slight tuts mart ugemuiit ami tlie lasealiiy ut Itis ootili'leiitial clerk, Mr. Hose slid .letily bn.ke, and Itis fall wus meu|ffiiii'il eytn|iatliHxiugly on ’Ghuiige, and—iike all such niat- ters—there «y ill pat liv elided. The merchant kept the affair Secret, and the first intimation ,iis lady had of it was by a para graph in a paper. Shortly after dinner was over, on tills day of the disenviry of llto startling .acts, Mrs. Rose desired Iter hus band to remain in the parlor h cw moments, ns site had some- i|,jli.r to stty to him. She then ,elt the mom mid hurried lip sluirs and shortly alterwards it milled with a splendidly hnuili [tilth- ill Iter liaini. Handing i to her husband, she said :— •George, the day billowing .nr marriage you gave me Inis precious hook, as a token ol your love, and as a rich toumuin to look to in the day ol trouble. Its page's have been precious to me, ami, as your brow looks sad to- doy I now return it to y nU, that i. u may glean from it seme con- M.Utioit in the hour ol gloom." She then left the room. The merchant opened the book ttarelessly, anti a hank hill lell reply. "Every week I put ten out of twenty dollars which you gave me iuto our Bihlg hank, that when a day of trouble came upon us, we should have some thing to save us from the woll.” "But why put it in the Bible, Kate?-’ “because it is a good hank, anil one which will not suddenly break," replied the lady. ‘‘Yon are an angel I" exclaimed he ever forgive me my sins ?’ ‘That's what He came to do,’ I said; ‘lie came to save sinners, and it is’nt by making profession of good works, but by believing in His finished Work, that we are saved; and if we believe His word to be true, then ‘we are all dead in trespasses and sin’—dead and therefore cannot work—for a dead man can do uothiug. He only can give us life, and he gave his lilc, her delighted husband, clasping ! that we might have saving life; iter to Itis heart. land he gave it freely. My prolea- And so slut is. Does anyone doubt it? There are many sucit angels, notwithstanding the opinions of our bachelor friends.— Sul. I Don't Mukc Any Profession. ‘rimt’snlways the way with them folks that pretend to be religions. 1 never saw any good come of them l am just as good as they are, aud l don’t make any protession,” Anil so suyiiigitheshoemaker pull oil itis thread through the leather witli a bitch which seemed to say •‘There’s a pill for you to swal low." "Don't you ?" said I. "No, I don't." "Excuse me, my friend, but I scarcely cridit you. I aiway, thought you believed there was a God." "Oh, of course,—I’m not a hen- thorn.” "Ah, that's a little bit of pro Cession, then I But I suppose you don't believe that the Bible is God’s Word?’ ‘I tell you," said be. “I r.nt a heathern. You know well enough that I believe the Bible, and I at tend tile church and give them money. I am nevir absent from siicrnment, my children are liap- iz -il, anti they learn their biblei, and we say our prayers, and— ■' “Stop, step I my iiiuud, you're going too fust for me. I thought you said you made no profession ?' ‘No more 1 do ’ ‘What ! you believe iu a God— that's a little profession; you be lieve the hible tu ho itis Word — that's still in tro; you say you are never absent from a sacrament— that is to stiy you sit down ut tlie table sprrail for those who claim lo be liis, having bail their sins : ar>limed—ibus you proles.t your- sell a sinner, and publicly among God's people, pro.easing to be on His side. My dear trieiid, what greater profession would you tlmke, than to sit down with Him and leiuemher His deuth,uiul then teach your children to pray ? No prolessioul Why, it’s a great pro- out ol it. Hu picked it up ntt l | lession I Surely you can't mean glanced at its luce— it was a $!0i that you wish to deny that loving bill. He opened it at flip first ].shiviuur, do you ? page aud continued to find an Xj ‘I never thought of it that Way,' between every two leaves till It arrived at, the c uitmencemeiit of the,Book <d'Revelation. He was saved —could again c ommence business,and that,too,with a capi tal of S'J',000 , He rang the bell. A servant appeared, ‘ Request your mistress to come to me immediately." said tlie mer chant. The lady obeyed, entering the room*with something between a tear and a smile. “Katcl Kate 1 where did ’you procure all this money “ ’Tis the weekly saviugs of saitl lie, laying down his hammer and testing his head on itis hand. ‘.Many people never think of it,' I said;.‘and they tell me just what you tlid, or they sav, I live up to my pritlession," Oh, my biother, I wish I cotlid live up to my pro fession, tor it is a dreadful thine to claim friendship with that lov ing, pleading Saviour, and then deny Him and become ashamed of Him.’ ‘I see it” said ho, ‘I see it new, and never thought of it. I just sat down at the table because the olhcis did, and because I had got to that time ot life;fbut it never sion is this, and only this, ‘I apt a guilty sinner, but Jesus died lor me;' and because ha died for me, 1 now try to please him, not in order to be saved, but because he has saved me, and ‘the life I now live in tlie flesh,' I humbly try tty bis grace to ‘live by the faith of his Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ‘And Hint I'll also do,' said the shoemaker, pressing his liutid “ii lie'll forgive mo for making such a false profession. Dray for mo.' We knelt and prayed; and by autl-by the shoemaker became I Christian worker, and, instead of making no profession,' lie seeks to ‘glory in »ha cross of Christ.’ •13 >n 4 tv W * r '■« !'»■ I"■! I O* LagalAdvwrtlaamanta o Wlll tMtinwrtfd »t the following rat Sheriff *ale8, per sqonre.. . Sheriff'll tuortgiqr* *^les.... Application for leftcrrofadminUtratioii Application for letter* of guurdifwkib. .4 Dininifiriinu froui ndminirstmtion 6 w 1 Jinmimion from gtiardiauahip . 6 4K> For lf»v e to ticil land ...I!# — Application tor hooentemd ,4 Notice to debtor* Hud craditora 4 *ale of real e*tnte by nduiinutraton, ei*e», t r* and Rnardian*, pemquare 73 00 Sale of perishable property, ten day* % 0t Satiny notices, 30 dav* uq ( ' All bill* for advertising in this paper ir* due on the tlrat uppenrnne* of the advertiee* Ticut will be presented when the money ia needed. * be secure from the enemy Dissed- nion. • She hod called him ‘‘father**, «o long. She gave him the name 1 first, because of the little graves under the hillside which both had kept, green together. And after word there wet o larger ones around and then site had forgotten almost f h»t he was anything but father; so kind and coneklerute was he to her. lie had become almost her second self, If others saw faults, die did not, even wit^the eyes of dd age, winch are orteh too criti cal. She'moved around like one lost vhile tlie body was in the hou*e. His arm was missed to lean on, and there lay the old family bible, open as he had left it. She can Htill hear the last sentence, *‘I am the resurrection and the life,’’ and the look of contentment on her feature is a sure indication that she believes fully in all that ia promised. Husband, father, and protector, as she looks on him with mortal Reader, have you been, making eye for the 1a« time, it is beauti ful to see tlie aged form bnwed to pres, the last kiss on hi, lip,, to see tlie poor old mouth quiver a, •he murmurs, "Good-night, fa ther, aud give me my old greeting when ncxt«J..asfl.youJ' She waite.- ainiost expecting an answer from the tongue that is •tilled forever. It in nothing to her that strange eyes aro watching—she Knows not that kind friends are drawing her away, for her thoughts aro busy with the future, and her eyes, dim th mgh they be, can be through faith now, when the good Lord shall,with it, site shall again re ceive her usual greeting in the morning of immortality. the same mistake ? Have you been boasting that ‘you make no profession ?’ If so, are you then an atheist ? Poor triend I if that is the case, my present dealing is not with you. God help you! But if not an ntheist, then you have been making a profession; and oh I ifit hasn't been an hon est one, and if you are not really Christ's, do seek his pardon now, lost in a little while his wrath be kindled.—W. Mitchell, iu (Lon don) Christian. HISSED, onr household expenses for the struck me til] just low that this last fifteen years," wns the modest meant professing Cllrist. On, will DT H. V. D. W00DW4RD. “I thought something was wrong, because this the first time in fitly years that father lias neg lected to give a good-morning kiss.” Such w»s tlie remark made by an old lady of sevouty when iicr aged husband was iouud dead be side her. What was it to her that tele graphy was invented, messages received from ucrosi the ocean, siMiuboat pluced on our river,cars run through the streets o( our principal cities ? In tact, what interest, had she in any of the im provements that had been made in the past Hity years. The half ceutury is endeaied to her by stiun- ger ties than those of iiivcn tions. To her it has been an age of love. She remembers the time when she came to be u bride at the old homestead, and the first salututiou a kiss, witli a welcome “Good morning, wife I" nod iu all these years she had never missed her first greeting. Nile remembered when her star first ruse, aud she feels now that it lias set forever. What a page in life's story is opened to us. Here are two old people who have gone hand-in- hand down life's pathway. They are the last ones whom superfi ciai young folks would suppose to indulge in any sentiment. Yet if one had noted them closely, oue would have known by their kindly face that love and forbear ance had been between them. Without these no marriage can A Scrmen to Xatnmas. Declining lsdies,especially mar ried, are more given, I think.than men, to neglect their personal appearance, when they aro con- scions that the bloom of youth ii gone. I do not speak of staste occa sions of set dinner parlies and full dr.ss balls but of file daily meet ings of domestic life. Now however, is the time above all others when we must deter mine to remain the pleasing wife, tnd retain her John Andersnn's affection to the last, by neatness, taste and appropriate variety of dress. ‘1 hat a lady has fast growing daughters, strapped sons and a husband at. his ollice all day, is no reason why ,lie should ever en ter the family circle with rumpled hair,soiled cajior uni's,toned gown. The prettiest woman iu the world would be spoiled by such sins in her toilette. The morning duties, ever in tho store room and kitchen, may be performed in fitting, tidy costume, and then change for parlor habil- imeuts equally tidy and fitting Tho eye craves for variety as keenly ns the palate, and then, I honestly protest, whatever Ler age, a naturally good-looking wo- is always htindsomo, for happily there cxi.ls more than one kind of riicrc ts t„e beouly of infancr, the beauty of youth, the beautv of m,t u . nty and, boliove me, ladies aud gen tle, .10.11,0 bounty Of age, if * " not. ftpoil it hr vour own jnAgmcni.