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ALSO, A LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OF HATS, CAPS, and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. altoon'a, PA.. april 2, , w tf SA WUEL MARCH, Proprietor. i i GEIS.FOSTER&QUINN 113 & 115 CLINTON STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PA., ALWAYS HATE THE Largest and Clieapest Stoclc of Dry a,ncl Dress GroocLs, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CARPETS, ETC., to be found in Cambria or adjoining counties. tTForget not the street and numbers and fail not to call, buy and be happy. "W. CASH DEALER IX ALL KIND OF HEATING AND COOKING STOVES, AND NIANUFACTtJItKH OF- TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE, 1'lOti Kleventh Ave., Vlt ooim, r,.. -lBEAPOT PI AC F. I5T THE C ITY. HonK, sp.ntlv Knl Bplrl. of all klnl promptly anil aallafnrf oril j sUten1e1 to. 10-24. '7a. U.J C. T. EOBERT D FLEIl IN CLOCKS. WITCHES. JEWELRY, BOORS, STATIOSERY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, Mean Medicines, Wall Paper, Clprs, Tokco, Fancy Goods; Toys, fc VARIETY STORE, EBENSBURC, PA. JiELlAItLE GOODS. JWXEST rillCtJS. FAIR HEALING. AS V OF TIIK NEEDLES, N I TS. OILS. ORANGES, PEN'S, PENHOLDERS PEPPER, PINS PIPES. PRUNES. PAIMXS, RICK. HOPE HALTERS, SALT, SARDINES, sciss )i;s. SCRUM P.RUSHES, SEWC, MACIUE OIL, SHIRTINGS. SHOE LACERS, SHOT. SILK TWIST, ' THREAD, SOAPS, SPICES, STARCH, STOCKINGS, STOVE POLISH, SUGARS, SUSPENDERS, SWEET OIL, TEAS, THREAD, TUBS, W A S II RO A RDS, WASHING SODA, WOODEN BUCKETS, YEAST rOWDER, ALL KINDS OF FARM anfl LUMBER WAGONS, J SEA HULLS AND CRICKETS. HOW THF CORNTIKLr8 OF THI MORMON FIOKEERS WERE SATED FBOM DESTRUCTION. The Salt Lake Iltral l says : There is no biped for which the old farmer of this country has more uemiine affection than th) utterly valueless in a market able Fa-iisw sea pull. This rather pret ty bird was quite abundant in this val ley the pre.-wnt year in fact, it is stat ed, only once before were there soruany. In the fields a few miles V!ov the city, a week or two aro, thousands of them could If seen. 1 hey followed t tie plow man alonjr the furrow and wt-re almost as tame as chickens. Wherever there was a newly plowed fll l, there you could see the fill, and as fat as a fur row was turned uj the birds would fly behind the plowmen and commence de vouring the Insects which were thus ex cised to sight. They seemed perfectly fearless, and they have good reason to be fearless here, for the farmer looks upon them as his friend, and they seem to understand fully that he holds them in that liht. They fly all about him, within three or four feet, and while, perhaps, unwilling to submit to being caught, they allow any other familiarity that can be practiced, for they them selves will take a ereat many good na tured liberties. They will not touch grain, or anything the farmer desires to remain untouched ; they only eat the worms and insects which are injurious to the soil and crops. ears ago a law was passed making it an offense to kill one of these birds. The law is probably yet on the statute books, but it is liter ally a dead letter, because there has been no occasion to call the law into life. A farmer in fact, any person ac quainted with the habits of the sea-gull would as soon think of wantonly kill ing one of his own chickens as of in tentionally harming one of these queer birds. As before stated, a law was passed by the legislature, making it an offense to kiil a sea-gull ; it was passed for this reason : In the second year after the pioneers had arrived here in 1848 the large black crickets common to these moun tainons reirions made their appearance in this and some other valleys in clouds figuratively speaking. They did not fly, but came hopping down the moun tain sides in myriads. So vast were the numbers the mountains were black, and seemed literally alive with the creat bier. black, ugly things, each one about the size of a common man's thumb.It was at the time the crops were promising ; everything looked green ; the future outlook looked bright, and the heart of the sunburnt and toil worn pioneer graw lighter as the prospects of a great er harvest and greater comforts grew more and more tangible with each day's growth of the heavy grain. But blacker than the coalblack which crickets came hopping down the mountain slopes in countless nnmbers. leaving barrenness and desolation in their wake, were the cloud of despair which filled the heart of of the weary farmer as this new and un locked for curse came slowly and surely toward the pride, the joy and the prom ise of the early settler his field of wav ing corn and grain. The foe was utter ly unconquerable so far as human efforts were concerned ; there was nothing the heartsick farmer could do but stand idly by and see the labor of the season des troyed. Children gazed with wonder and terror ; women looked with eyes full of tears, and strong men watched with hearts of despair. It was an awful hour. But lo 1 a wonder 1 The sky is filled with lartre birds ; they fly to the scene of the disaster, and then lieht in the fields where the crickets hold sup reme sway. Thencome3a chaoge. At once the flocks of birds begir, to eat the crickets. From morn till night they continue, never ceasing. "When filled until they can hold no more they vomit up the black mass aud again continue to eat the crickets. This is kept up day after day, until not one of the devour ing host is seen ; the crojs are saved and the birds fly away. This bird was the one which could recently be seen in the fields, and was then even more abundant than at any time since the dbove mentioned event. It was not sur prising that the pioneers should return thanks to God for his succor, and for ever after the sea gull should be looked upon as a dear friend, to be protected and encouraged. Ccrativf. Properties of Milk. A Washington correspondent, in speak ing of Gen, Robert C Schenck, ex-Minister to Knglaod, says that, instead of being very decrepit, as has been repre sented in newspapers, he appears to be in very good physical condition. He stated that he had been given up four months ago as incurable with Brigbt's disease of the kidneys, when his physi cian told him to use skimmed milk as his only diet. He says. 'I tackled the skimmed milk, stuck to it, and here I am almost a new man. I believe the skimmed milk is a specific foi Bright's disease." As to the treatment of ty phoid fever and other fevers, and of the treatment of typhoid with buttermilk, successfully, the writer had beard before Surgeon General Barnes, about three years ago, heard of an old allopathic physician in Virginia, who, it was al leged, never Tailed to cure typhoid fever. As there were many patients in the Un ited States army dying with that disease, Genera! Barnes concluded to visit the ancient Virginia doctor and learn how he treated his typhoid patients. When he met the old gentleman, General Barnes inquired : "What i? the mode of treatment by which you succeed ?" "Why," replied the venerable physician, "it's the simplest thing in the world, all you have got to do is to get the pa tient's stomach and bowelsin working order, and then fill them op wilh butter miik, and keep the stomach filled with that alone. That's all. I never lose a patient if he is not already in a collaps ed condition when I eet him." Surgeon General Barnes told your in formant that he adopted the buttermilk treatment among the soldiers in the ar my, and has found it most efficacious. It appears some ten years ago tbe medi cal science of France and Russia com pared notes as to the use of plain sweet milk in the treatment of their hospital typhoid patients, and concurred in the statement that milk is not only of won derful efficiency in typhoidal cases, but in the treatment of fever generally. Rttst ox Wheat. The yellow or orange-colored dust that forms on the leaves and stems of wheat shortly be fore reaping time, is caused by a minute fungus. The fungus plant attacks the wheat some weeks before it makes its appearance, and fills the interior sub stance of the leaver and stems with its fine threads. The threads act as roots, by -which the fungus or rust plant ob tains its nourishment from the sub Mnnce of the growing wheat rnnt. There is no remedy for the mst after it has once appeared npon the surface of the wheat. The most effective preven tative is blue vitriol or blue stone (sul phate of copper) two or three onnces of this salt to a bushel of wheat. The wheat is soaked in the brine a short time before sowing. There has lHen much enerey rxpei.ded in the eudeavor to find some variety of wheat that is rust proof. Prof. Brewer, who had charge of the grain statistics in the late census, finds many districts where a va riety of wheat has sprang up. that for a year or so is almost rust-iroof. but after wards it becomes invested the same as other sorts. As a precaut ion, burn th? stubble, thus destroying many spores that would otherwise germinate and continue the pest American Agriculturist. LYDIA E. PI NIC HAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOHTTD. Is A Prwitiv On re Far n tbM Pataftal Cwnplatota d tfwtoi. aoMaaa ta aar beat feaula aapalatlaa. A X edit-In e for Woman. Inrrntad by a Wamuu Prepared by a Woman. fa Oiaatl leaks! Dlmiii) BJnrr ha Dwa af.ffiafM7. XVIt rarlTi tha drooping apliitalnTlfforatea and Daxmoniaea the organio function? glrea elasticity and llrmneaa to the tp, restores the natural lustra to the ye, and plants on the pais cheek of woman the fresh TDBaeot life's spring- and early snmmer time. fSTTfirsicians Use It and Pretcrib It Freely "VI IeremoTea falntiwas, flatulency, destroys all erarlng for stimulant, and relieTes weakness of the stomach. That fftellng; of bearing down, caasine; pain, weight and backache, is always permauently cured by Its use Far tha rare af Kidney Cewnlalnta af either aex this Coiapeaad la saisi easst d. I.TO4E. PnrKHAnVS BLOOD PURrFIEnT will eradicate eTeiy TeU(re of Humors from the Blood, and trive ttne and strength to the system, ot man woman or child, insist on nariug lu Both tbe Compound and Blood Fur!0rr are prepared at OS and SSS Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price of either, fL 81x bottlce for $& Sent by mail In the form or pilla, or of losengee, on receipt of price, $1 per box forMther. Mrs. Plnkhajn freely answers all letters of inquiry. Enclose act. stamp. Send for pamphlet. Ko family should be without I-TniA K. PPTBirs 1JVEH TILLS. They cure constipation, biliousness, and torpidity of the ilrer. so cente per box. jJ-Hold ky all Dranriata.-feft O) At James' brtia. Store, Khennb'g. 8 14.-1. Beware O F Fraud BENSON'S GAPOINE PLASTERS HAVE BEEN IMITATED, And their excellent reputation in j;ired by worthies imitations. The Public are cautioned against buy ing Plasters having similar sound ing names. See that the word C-A-P-C-I-N-35 is correctly spelled. Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters Are the only improvement ever made in Plasters. One is worth more than a dozen of any other kind. Will positively cure where other remedies will not even relieve. Price 25 cents. Beware of cheap Plasters made with lead poisons. 8EABURY A JOHNSON, Manufacturing Chemists, New Tor. AsrRK KKMEUY AT Lamt:--PrlcWctT. MEAD'S Medicated CORN and BUNION PLASTER. 9x and Kadical Cnreof Seminal Weakness, or Sper matorrhoea, indued by Self-Abuse, Involuntary Emissions, Impatency, Nervous Oebllltv, and Im pedimenta to iri arris ire generally; irisumptlon. Epilepsy, and Fits; Mental and Phvsical Incapa city, fco.-Hy ROBERT J. CCLVEEWELL M. D., author of the "Orean Book," fce. The world-renowned author, in this admirable lcture, clearly proves from his own experience that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse may be effectually removed without dangerous surgical operations, bougies. Instruments, rings, or cordials; pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and ef fectual, by which every sufferer, no matter wha his condition may be, may care himself cheaply privately and radically. Thi Lrcturt mil prove a boon io thtrutandt and Movaff. Sent under seal, fn a plain envelope, to any ad dress, post-paid, on reneipt of six cents or two post ac stamp. Address THE CTLYERTTKLl riir L CO., 41 Ann St., Stw Tsrk, W. T. Post Office Box 450. 4-0,'8i.-6m. Health is Wealth ! DR. E. C West's Nerviwb ask Brain Treat meht a specific for Hysteria. Dizziness. Con vulsions, nervous Headache. Mental Depression. Txisa of Memory. Spermatorrhoea, Impoteney In voluntary Emissions. Premature Old Age, caused by over-exertion, self-abnsn, or over-indulgence, which leads to misery, rlecay and death. One box will cure recent esses. Ench box contains 1 month's treatment. Onedollar per box, or six boxes for five dollars: sent bv mall prepaid on reeeipt of price. Wa gnnrantee six bottles to cure any case. With each order received by ns for six boxes, accompa nied by five dollars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return the monev if the treatment does not effect a cure. Onsrantees is sued only when treatment Is ordered direct from ns. Address JOHN O. W KSTIc CO., Sole Propri etors. 181 fc 183 W. Madison St., Chicago. III. Sold by rll druggists. Smith, Klire fc Co., Wholesale Agents. Philadelphia. 8-6,'81.-ly.J "VtTE will pay the above reward for anv esse or T Elvr Comulalnt. Ivsnepsla. Sick Headache. Indigestion. Crsilpation ,t t ostiveness we cannot cure with West's Vegetable Elver lllls, when the directions are strictly compiled with. They are purely vegetable, and nei-erfail to give satisfaction. Supar Coated. Large Foxes, containing 30 Pills, VScts. Forsale by all Druggists. Beware of coun terfeiters and Im'tators. The genuine manufac tured only bv JOHN C. WEST fc CO.. "The Pill Makers." 181 fc 183 W. Madison St., Chicago. Free tr.al package aent try mall prepaid on rer eipt ol a ajcent sump. s-o.'Sl.-ly j A GREAT CAUSE OF HUMAN MISERY 1 THE LOSS OF rM TPs .,rR Mr. Albert Klng-bury. Keene, N. H., tronMed with bad humor on bands and neck, canned by lead polinlng. (He Is a painter.) At times It would break out, crack open, and tbe skin separate from the flesh in large pieces, causing great con tinual lU'htng and stinging. Purchased your rem edies: oel Citktra HooLTiirr Internally and t'rTKTRA and CiTicra Shat externally, and In lens than three months effected a complete cure, and has not been tn-nhled ln"e. Corroborated Dy Bullard i Ficlier, Dniggifts, Keene, N. H. JIOTHFR Dill) FKOJI IT. J. W. Adams. Newark, Onto, says: "Cntleora Remedies are the greatest medicines on earth. Had the worst ea-e salt rheum In this county. My mother had it twenty yers. and In fact died from It. I believe Cntlcura wonld hare tared her life. It arms, breast and bead were covered for three years which nothing relieved or cured until I used the Cntlcura Resolvent (blood purifier) internally and Cutioora and Uuticura Soap externally." PSORIA8. H. E. Carpenter, Esq.. Henderson. N. Y., cured of Psorias or Ieprosy, of twenty years' standing, by tbe Cftictra Rgsot.vicST internally and Crrri ctr. and CCTUtnn I'oat externally. Tbe most wonderful case on record. Core certified to before a justice ol the peace and prominent citixens. All afflicted with itching and scaly diseases sbould end to as for this testimonial In fall. salt min i. Those who have experienced the torments of Salt Khenmcan appreciate the agony I endured for years, until cured by the Cctu cra KgsoLvgsrr internally and Crncrxa and CtmerBa Soap ex ternally. Mrs. W. PESWIM8TOS, Sharon, Wis. CCTICTRA and Omenta Soap externally and CmctTRA Rxs BOLVgsJT Internally wiil positively cure every spe cies of Humor, from a Common l'imple to Scrofu la Price of Cututra. small boxes, 60c.; large large boxes, 1.09. Cmotii Khhcltmt, fl per bottle. CrricrjRA Soar, 25c.; Ci'ticcra Shav IHO Soap. 15c. rold by all druggists. Depot, WEEKS POTTER. Boston, Mass. Sanford's Radical Cure. A single dose instantly relieves the most violent Sneezing or Hea.l Colds, clears the head as by magic, stops watery discharges from the nose and eyes, prevents ringing noises in the head, cures Nervous Headache and subdues Chills and Fever. In Ohronie Catarrh it cleanses the nasal passages of foul mums, restores the senses of smell, taste and hearing when aftectcd. Irees the head, throat and bronchial tubes of edensive matter sweetens and purifies the breath, stops the cough and ar rests the progress of catarrh towards consumption. One bottle Radiral Cure, one box Catarrhal Sol Tent and one Dr. Sanford's Inhater, In one pack age, of all druggists, for tl. Ak for Sawpord'8 Radical Cure. WEEKS fc POTTER, Boston. 10O Times soui Emtcr rAi. ttisa any other plaster or electric battery fur pain or and weakness ol the Eiinxs, Liver, Kidneys and t"rinary organs. Partial Paralvsls. Rheumatism. Neuralgia, - Hysteria. Female Weakness. Nervous Pains and Weak nesses. Malaria nnd Fever and Agne. Price 25c. Sold everywhere. PARKER'S HAIR BATS AM. fw This elagaat dressing i.-!f?4i:-5 X is preferred b those . whohave uced it tnsn. . - 7 1 similar article, on ac Icount of its superior "j.ll f "'ean'meI And purity. j , wtiuini materials only that are beneficial to the scalD and hair andalwava RwtoiwthV Youthful Color to Cm or Fastd Rifr Parker's Hair Balsam Is finely perfumed and is warranted to prevent falling of the hair and to re move aanurun anaiccnmg. xliscox c Co . N.Y, so. as (1 b sran aad aisaletaM. PARKER'S OlllGERTOniC A Superlative Hearth and Strength Restorer. If you are a mechanic cr fanner, worn out with overwork, or a mother run down by family house hold duties try Parker's Ginger Tonic-. If you are a lawyer, minister or business man ex hausted by mental strain or anxious cares, do not take intoxicaun g stimulants, but use Parker's Ginger Tonic If you have Consumption, Dyspepsia, Kheuraa Ism, Kidney Complaints, oranydisordcTof the lungs, stomach, bowels, blood or nerves, Parker's Ginger Tonic will core you. ItistheGreatett Blood Purifier And tha Rett and gnrett Cough Cere Ever tlud. If yon are wasting away from see, dissipation or any disease or weakness and require a stimulant take Uimcbr Tonic at once : it will invigorate aad builal you up from the first dose but will never intoxicate . Ii has saved hundreds of lives; it may save ysurs. C AtmON I Rsfnt all nMtrtM. hAi Olnw Toote h ewEpMid of tha bMmasdlal iffOti In thtwvrld.and teiath-ely llfMvat trmn prvrwattoDl ef rlncvr atana. Bd for ctrtmlw fee Wan Ca, N. Y. SO. A 11 lam, st Aralen la dm. griat s a vino Btrrrxa dollar tut. The feeble and emaciated, suffering from dyspepila or indigestion in anv Innn, are advised, lor the s..ke of their own bodily and mental comfort to try Hostetter's Stomach Hitter. Eadiesol the most del icate constitution testify to Its harmless and its restursuve q,mim,-s. Physicians everywhere, disgusted wilh the erfulterst ed liquors of commerce, prescribe It as the safest and uil reliable ol all stomachics. For sale by all Iiruvgists and Dealers generally. THEJHVILUIBLE DOMESTIC REREDTT PHENOL SODIQUK. rr: HlHCI BBOTURS THIT1, ptiSielpkia. InvaluaWe as Rti astringent and stvptlc eppllea- tl??4'iJFJ:MORRHAGRC'' 'LfeT EXTRAfcTIOJI of TEETH, and to prevent subsequent soreness of V1.e,ffum'; M a wash for the mouth. In cases ot DISEASED GTJM3 or APHTHOT'9 conditions, or to I)I8INFFCT an OFFENSIVE BREATH ; as a gar ?,,?J.?,.THROAT AFFECTIONS, W2ARLATINA. LIS1--! " n application In PARAMTld AFFECTION8 and ERUPTIVE DISEASES, and as an Injection for all abnormal discharges svnd FEMALE COM t LAIN TO. fo uu it nuasiiTi aso behlrai. eoiohmdiie beald Snedijih InsiMt PoTrdcr Kills " QTATQ gUGS Ami all 'I'rttiiblenoine Vermin. It will jtioniughly exterminate Koashes, Ants I3"d Bom, F!e;is. Lioe. Moths. Tohaero and Cot ton Worm?, ki'. 11 Is safe. snre. eleanlv and cheap. It will not pol m animals or i"wl. Sample pack age by mail 30 cents, post-paid. Stumps tnkeri f ireflNra free Agents Wanted, nndri-fn JAN.' . jm . iBt smltnQell Street, 1'ittabnrgri. Pa, t&-2".-,ira. I n mp!es worth S Address Stinsos !i Co.. Port- I lad.Mim. Dl-7.'.-ly. Q0Q0 ve8r ' Ae'ntf, and expenses. a0tfjt Wtt7jlree. Address F. Strain 4,-Co. . Augusta, FTs. j , nch "n lttng fragrance has made this J delightful perfume exceedingly popular. There B j If nothing1 like It Insist upon having Floilbs- B I B ws-aasaw-eEsr,.. warm swaa. NgUWUP; Ul H 3 1 XWQ.I m wvcyw wv j act ey sotUa. Aay araprM er aaalw sa xarniaMrw I caa sapply ya. H nl 11 cm ihn. T I H LARGE RAVIKO BUTIXO Tte. grTT;. I RIDGE CCLTURK. Tbe following from the pen of a prac tical farmer of Hamilton county, Ohio, is worthy of careful study. Ridge culture consists in raising our cultivated ground into ridges, the set ting of our plants upon thoseridges, and the cultivation of the ground afterwards as means of enrichment of the soil. Small grain and corn are not cultivated alike. With small grain the ground is thoroughly plowed and pulverized, after which the grain is seeded in broad rows six inches wide on top and twelve inch es from centre to centre. Behind the seed distributers follow the shovels which take the soil from between the seed rows and cover the thinly scattered seed. This makes a ridge on the seed bed and by the same process leaves a f uirow between the rows. By this plan we realize several important advantages. Nature provides that every growing plant shall send its roots into the earth, and its top upward. The dividing line between the roots and the top is near the surface of the soil. If the plant be given deep cultivation and deep soil un der the seed it will make strong growth and a strong plant. By ridging the depth of your soil is double, and at the same time your deepened soil holds its moisture better in seasons of drouth. In seasons of excessive rainfalls the ridges serve as sheds and the furrows as gutters to convey away the surface wa ter. In slight rains the moisture is all retained, the thorough pulverization and the relation of the ridges and furrows making the conformation of tbe ground favorable to their retention. In this way a deep reservoir is established from which the plants may draw theii suste nance by capilary attraction. Sunlight and heat are indispensable to plant growth, and on ridged ground the sun has more surface on which to exert its power than it can have on level ground. Your corn, tobacco, cotton, cabbage and other crops will therefore come to maturity weeks earlier than un der level culture. That is.but a plain logical deduction. I will briefly recount the points in which ridge culture is superior to the old methods; 1. By ridging, the depth of the soil cultivated is doubled, it retains moisture to that degree better, aud its capacity to withstand drouth is accordingly dou bled. 2. B ridging, we not only raise the plant out of the" wet and cold, but w e provide it an effectual ui-der-drainage in excessive rainfalls. In light rain falls, the preparation of the ground has in effect made soil a sponge, that in drouth will yield its stored reserve of moisture. 3. Sun, rain, dew and electricity have easier access to the plant by ridge than by level culture, which left a furrow and drained the water on your growing grains, it placed the seed deep in the ground near the impenetrable hard pan; hence the roots could not "tiller" or "stool out,'; for that operation of na ture nearly always takes place near the surface. If the seed be planted too deep, it has a struggle to reach the air and sunlight, and often never comes up, for the load above is beyond its lifting power. 5. We make use of all our ground to the best advantage, and have it in far better condition for succeeding crops i thau under the old methods. Ihat is to say, crops raised by ridge culture do not impoverish the soil so much as crops by level culture. G. From experiments in this mode of culture, there is no question that tbe average yield is increased not less than 20 per cent. ; and further, that the grain is improved in quality. Blackberries axd Rashberries. Every one who has gathered wild ber ries is aware that the stems grow to the height of six or eight feet and graceful ly be Lid over at the top. The lower part of the cane bears little or no fruit, it being nearly all at the top of the bush. The same happens on a smaller scale with tbe raspberry when left to itself. When we cultivate the blackberry for the sake of better fruit than the wild plants usually afford, we should also en deavor to have more of it, and more conveniently placed on the bushes. From questions that are asked, it is ev ident that all are not aware that the stems of the blackberry and raspberry (at least those cultivated for fruit) are only biennial. The plant throws up from the root, often at some distance from the old stems, vigorous shoots, which grows rapidly, and by autumn will become ripe and hard canes, like the old ones. The old canes, which have given a crop of fruit, have com pleted their work, and though they may remain alive for a while, will all be dead by next spring, When the fruit has been gathered, it is best to cut the canes entirely away to find room for the new ones. They should have more at tention than they usually receive ; if left to themselves they will become just like the wild plants, straggling, and with their fruit all at the top. Not on ly on account of the greater quantity of fruit, but for the ease in picking it, should the canes be pruned. Black berry canes should never grow over five feet, and many prefer to keep them at three feet high. Whenever the green shoot has reached the desired height, remove the top, or growing point, which being tender, may be pinched off with the thumb and finger. Soon after this is done, branches will start along the stem, and these sbould also be pinched, the lower ones when eighteen inches long, and the upper when twelve inches. By a little attention, once a week, or of tener. giving the needed pinching, the blackberry, instead of being a long, straggline shrub, catching at the cloth ing ot all who approach, may be brought into the form of a neat pyramidal tush, which, the next season will be loaded with fruit from top to bottom. The same treatment may be followed with raspberries, which are usually kept shorter. One of the greatest pleasures in gardening is found in training and shaping plants, and making them grow as we wish, and iu nothing are the ef fects of this more strikingly shown than in the blackberry and raspberry. Amer ican Agriculturist. Early Sweet Corn. Judge Miller, of Missouri, informs the Gcrmajitown Telegraph of a (act discovered by him self, in which a full week can be gained in cetting sweet corn for boiling, lie said it was. as soon as the ear is formed break the top down or cut it off, but leave the stalk erect, in order that the pollen of the tassel will be sure to dust the silk of the ears, as they may not be fully impregnated should "the stalk be topped. He stated that he experiment ed for years and was entirely satisfied that it is uniformly practical and of value. In fact he thinks the ear be comes more fully developed also. This is a hint easy to adopt, and may be of interest to truckers as weli as for the private garden. A cow reared on a farm vlioro eh I is t remain is more valuable to a farmer i nan a strange one. She is acclimated . She is acquainted with the herd with which she must associate. She is fa miliar with tbe land from which she ob tains her food, and can travel over it with greater ease than a strange cow, i in consequence she will yield more milk aud be more profitable. Random Hints. Vinegar will re move the disagreeable odor of Kerosene from tinware. Starch paste, n little thicker than for clothes, is the best for fastening paper loosened from the walls. OHEAPl CHEAPER! CHEAPEST! GEO. HUNTLEY HAS SOW ON HAND THE LARGEST, BEST i MOST VARIED STOCK OF Hardware ! Stores, Tinware, Housefurnisliing Goods, fcc, te.. tret can be found In any one establish ment in Pennsylvania. His stuck comprises mm am mm mm, of various styles and patterns; Build ers' Hardware of every description and or best'quailty; CARPENTERS' TOOLS! of all kinds and the best In the market. Also, a large stock of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, . ... n . nrriaX e nfllll, Ft I , . el a. Mill sinwa. r i nclat one, sileel Shat. aI bIa aania MOWING MACHINES, DORSE HAY RAKES, TTorae Hay Fork a. Rope and Pnlle-ysi, 'orn t nltirator, and a full line of llsrv. ratine; Tools. Also, a large assortment of Table, Floor and Stair Oil Cloth n, Carriage Oil Cloth. PAPFR ant OIT. t-T.flTrl WINDOW KH TTN'I awd SHADS FIXTT RKS: I.rvERfooL ASHTI IN SALT, the best In the world for lairv and Table use; IwroTiD ROCK SALT, the rhearwt and best for feeding Live f-ck : LaNT I'LASTKK ; Wilt. astt. Oisticr:, PUMPS, of the best qualitT: PERKINS' PATENT SAFETY LAMPS, which cannot be exploded : Cnn.rnair'a WAOONS awn CARTS; the largest stock of MILK CROCKS of all shapes and sties and of superior ware ever of fered for sale In Kbenshnrsr : a full line of PAINT BRUSHES of the most desirable qnaltjv; W1V IKiWOLASS. OILS. PAINTS, TURI'ENTINE, VARNISHES, fcc, together with a large and com plete stork of choice GROCERIES, TOIUCTO A5D SEUARS, as well as thousands of other userul and needful articles. In fact, anvthlnsr I haven't a-nt nr can't get at short notice Is not worth buyfnar. and what I do offer for sale mav alwavs be relied on as tirpt olaks in qualitt, while thev will InvarfaMv be SOLI) AT BOTTOM PRICKS! V- Havinc had nearly thibtt tars bit-wri-hc In the sale of trolls in mv line, I am enabled to supply my customers with the very best In the market. Olve me a liberal share of your patron age, then, and be convinced that the best Is always the cheapest, and that It never pavs to buv an In ferior article simply because the price Is low. as H Is an Indisputable Tact that such goods are alwavs tbe dearest In the end. GEO. TIUXTLEY. Kbensbnnr, April 11. 1879. ESTABLISEED" FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. HAY BROTHERS Maniilacturers, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OF rtn coma, AND Sheet Iron Wares AND DEALERS IX HEATING, PARLOR ili COOKING STOVES, SHEET METALS, AND- BOCSE-FL'RNISeiNG GOODS GENERALLY Jo'b'bin.gf in TIN, COPPEU&SnEET-IROX PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Nos. 278, 280 and 1282 asliiiitoii St. JOHNSTOWN. PA. LYNCH & STEVENS, UNDERTAKERS, lad Manafactarere aad Dealers la HOME AND CITY MADE FURNITURE ! nmi m mm suits, LOUNGES BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS, Mattresses. &c., 1605 ELEVENTH AVENUE, Between 16th and 17 th Sis., y-Cltiiens or Catnhria mnnty and all others wishing to purchase honest R R.'lTi: HE. a.e at honest prices are respect in II v Invited to irive u a call before huytna; elsewhere, a, wt, are confident that we can meet every want and ple-.se everr taste. Trices the verv lowe-t t"e" "ery Alloona, April 1, 18S0.-tf, McNEVIN &, YEACER, iwrvAcrrmcRs or Tffl, COPPER and SHEET-EON WARE, AKD DEALERS It COOKING & HEATING STOVES, RASGrS, rCRMACES, 1108 Elerenlh Atf-nne, . Altoona, Ta. 0e Door West of Opera Rouse. HOOFING AND SPOUTING PmoMFTLT iTTlSPBD TO. BtPAIRH FOB 6TOTES COS8TAHTL1 OS HASD. Altoona. Oct. 10. lST.-tf. S20 SAVED! SQ0 QO( Vr.tby purchasing rrom the un.lrt)?nrd. whoe oe Is at 10f4 fcleventh Avenue h tween ItHh and 17th Street. At too a. r., and wbo.Rer the ed itor of the t"!Titi lativt, mm reierence. Crams Mirhlnes re filred In a workmanlike rasnaer sua at lowest prices. , ,. , , . . . Altoona, Airl:16,lM. J" Mf(KH. K PATTY'S ORQ.S.2T St..pa. 10 set Keen. ef)eBBVeBBBVB 1 1 nm. iW: K Idaen.B,..K?dT. writ, or eill mBimi! Oluawsre, qneennware. Ml -. I1 at e-d err e. W o1 and M 1 1 low Ware-, Wall t' P'r, Trnmkaand l atitat-, ReTolrera, An Vltes. Horse Mines. Karlrnn, Rail A YEAR'S READING FOJ $ j Tlio ,-,. Vrl, WEEKLYVVORld. Xw freaaea. sjea, T, l. , l isrr.ep.,, Ill, 51 A TEA Ft. rnsTtr.r ,. CO Vents f.r SU .y,,,;,',1, A COMPLETE FAMILY n FREE MArv: Should read It sie-'sl i:. ,v.r ' - ' edited ty one .I the tr. .. ' '"''"Hr. Masons, with eor.tr. t-u . -: ' pens of !: i 'I. TrreWEJ-KLYWOKir, Is the only !esVn; m.,;,,. l,-'U a-f - i -a'-i in:; c ,u.- . ' -it, to M-p-r le iLtr?-:.. ' OTHER EXCEllENT VI inr 1. All tbe TVew,. ctti -lete,. 8. The Farme-' V or! ! L',!", taral and Fs-rn e. ' 1 r' "' tie L.itcra'v nrM - A !ul! .. .. , , . rles and Short So-e. .V ,t ,', r i Serious I'oems, Iiim . ''' Yarns. ! M TV 1 . w - . roan wDts to know t. The Veterinary lipi'inn tions lree f.r all r u'lf-nt,,-. , , ., ( ,. tions for treatment ol 1 e .. i, " " 6. The Lest thess Column In v.-t tcur players. 7. The bet "he. ker Ipartirn i- o 1.41 All innn Amaieiirs anil I'r. . 8. AC"rner lortheYount l. '.ks radea. 1'urrjos. A.-r ,?' o i. ... P, Complete Market hcpi;;. ! tail ar.d accnrT-r. -h.J 10. Answers to Inquiries. Each department is pcr'c-t ' , . , reuil'itied niake the l. M ... . , "; ever puhlislted. THE KtW YORK WUHl I hi, OB either .M, of tha w.ter a. . Brilliant. I'erlec I, Poi.,", UNEQUALLED CFFERlo CIFE aeaa-M STEC1MLS i ni 1- v 1 1 y THE NEW YORK W0f?LD World Rnlldlnr. May 12, If-et. Nl.WYl GivK voi i: siLn.iv-s(iionL reiiiQ A IFAXDSOME FJ:i:sr.ST THE TODXG CATIKIIIC! la Illastraled Taptt rer OarBo, lcj ti.u Published every month. lr.:v:;f f : tions. IntereMir.ir rendlnz. ! , ,. '". the lullowmix pric,-, pMyjt.ie j-',-'.,1' T.I.F ..-r o " soo 7d a Ii t-i-icu. aioj u i ices man nve e : w r . a a . 1 rl . a All remittances apd couimna:. k , . addressed to Tte Catholic Pntllcatlci? luli Lawrence Urhnr, M.Dnar. 9 Barclay Stroot, N 1 -W Vl'T; L0 YOU TAKI, THE CATHOLIC WDM! A no.fTiitvr Miazi5F nr GENERAL LITERATURE iifi VJ: rmLisHED wiTn the ito.iuti..5 i r e - b TTESCE THE CiRI'INAL II 'Hr-i F OF t YOKK. THE CATHOLIC W0RL! Is a majjailne of 144 pac, tnaktri t-r i.-n-imes. .r 1.76 paccf, each Tear r.-1 Ii furdished to su!.'t;!-- !: FOUR DOLLARS A YE-F invanatily in Bdvancc. Sn-le'-.-i.'-s s.l real THE CATHOLIC RTiLir.lTION mi Iau rence Jitlior. Manny. 9 BARCLAY STREET, NEW t" itui subd cnuu tea mx Rifiea. Ehot Gun. Revolvers, it tr Uon, rtahins; Tackle, Seines, he a, Hairs,, Baors, Skates, Hanunorlli, els. lrsre Illustrmtad Catalof-aa mil GREAT WESTERN GUN WC-3 riTTSBUMGB, FA. WANTED! Lfcliee anl Ge'-rrc-i -r-r wl'h us to s'l several lufnl Kars Article. I'mnta lara;. Ivta-nr ! U ExeinalT territory jlven. j e-r.-ai t ot.. Terms liberal. C:rf FRTl 4"" Hewitt Baaafatt g C, last MS, riUrtvVt' . 1 A NEW CURE FOR POTATO eUGS U wnWI-BB-Wsa SWII m ALL TROUBLESOME VEFM'l P.T.. sora, e!ae' ari cheap. Picaafi s ' m. AFTe WiMED. fl-m. iUSICAL IHSTRUMENTi I Of till kinds (nr aalarrrhi : Catalogues fre. Al.lre. I HUU 1 CO.. Box 868. Pl:iuT blJ - -. a T"r f ("ON'Sl N Mr"vi Tar ion. It ! -i t ebi::s. t " ' Cafai rh c '. ' li'.Ff-aa C Orraoa Irl -a. f? ! TRADES-MARK. .k vv.r I - OimiltR 4k March i, lRi.-ui. Finta, El TO LADIES OHLYi J Vh tfr.t-re " ' ' ' 1 Oh I U! ta lll.t-alt-. (AND FRANK JAMES tii-.ia-"i , , . . t rn -1 - .e " auilU'. i eLii4Ti sra,ti. So. i- t ' ' I PrVT Waaled for the I i f - . IlUIlil 10 adveLtare. ol "u "".- JESSE JflMe tV mplete I.lfeof tha-c Hol'l Alsoof the l eaaterliroii" ' . ,i. ll...nil.llllll",r lKceel Bcwarv ol it -fern r ' . 1 1'' outnt by msli. I nrty " 'r'i ( FcKFcnaK fc NcM.arijs.1" w ' ' tStaves. Heading ?.nU- ' .. ft al'f' HIGHEST FKH t Till' 1 i AND 1 ' n ', f Also. INew ana e-.'" ' " " . j re'erenc-,. A1i1t-' 'i'" .j, Kit, betareeu tigh'b "J -burb, I 'a. . 0PIUMha w. win ea t Sas.ful s''-yl.-' "'- sa, ruiw.t . i - a p,g.s f. , Waaoa!Tnaniit. r-z." at lioiaa ; and a tcatutftil ajur. r-1 ' airnitfa r-.,..t ,f is Oo. ' - j to pay jyat-e hH pafkina ' ' , a. i UiDan a ukiuW, ,,iw-!l!iJ I fjCLY POCK B iTtelkV llcj- aTos as-, lav. ms- t -. - a w . -fc . I Washington, N J. '