.""." VMi -"?? "' A ' " -. t - i i i &i :.? -v- 1" a c THE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1889. - m tw . It it -ii UNCLE SAM'S OWN SCHOOL. WttT MINT AND ITS MILITARY , ACADEMY DESCRIBED. Tenne Man Who IMsttrt te De ! Miwllil There at the EspenM) of the win mnin una ji nimns 10 sisdc ii V HllwiiT Should rrocenl. 'lU1 T is net remarkable, censid ering the historical nssecl.v tlens clinging about Wc3t Point, the Gnlcndid education js given gratis, and tkp commissions in tlie K United Stntfii nrmv fnllnwlnt- trrnilnn. f tiaa, that tlicre nre thousands or tens of thousands of American Iwj s who vv ish : fal hn fvitir'ltrw) llinwv Hilt n lnri-nmall hj -"- - " ... .-....... v.,, ......... -i- portion of theso who covet the appoint ' 9 ment ever succeed in securlnc one. One fv1 desirinsr an nnneintment must nnnlv te s the congressman representing the ells , . inci in wiucn no lives, unless no no 1110 ft ten of nn army officer, in which case i-& hn tnnv rmnlv in the nrnsblnnt nf tin, i'i United States, who has the tievver of ap pointing tencaucts at large trem tnose whose fathers haveheen in the regular army. The appointments used te be given te friends of the congressmen, but latterly they have usually been bfstewed en tlie Bttccessful candidate nt n competitive el imination. Application should Ira made ffiii f JUl-K BstM Era? P -.tfW.r -1' lECivB fib- te the congressman, who vv ill furnish in formation as te where and when the ex- M OKANT (MXINC!) IIU.L aminatieu will be held, and such ether information as he may deem necessary. The candidate passing tlie liest examina tion will leccive the appointment. The successful e.indidnte U ordered te report at West Point en the 1st of June of theyear for which he is appointed. Upen arriving theru ha rciierts in wr-en te tlic adjutant of the pest nnd bIieivs Imn his appointment from the sec rut a i v of w.ir. The adjutant Bends him te the hospital for a physical examination by the Bur geon. He is stripped and inspected te ke if he is physically sound. If the candidate lias any defect, if his eyes, his teeth, any of his members, nru net pel feet, he is rejected. After undergoing this ordeal he h sent te the cadet barracks and put in charge of old cadets, nnd in u day or two is brought up for his mental culmination. This examination is thorough be far us it gees; but it only embraces common school branches arithmetic, geography, li.-"" iVrtllHIJ,, lllll(, D'IIUlg III1U fy. lhe vnlue of competitive ex- atiens lias been demonstrated by n le, sliewing theso examined dining Wn years, from 18T7 te 1887. Of 50J 'cadets appointed by competition UOO, or 01 per cent., were graduated. Of CSS appointed directly !!S0, or 41 per cent., were graduated. It is net intended that the entrance examination should Ihj eiy mjvcie, hince it is regarded desirable that tlie cadet may hae a chaiicu te bhevv their Illness, during half n jear after they enter, and the final test tal.cs place in the follow ing January, when :i boxcre examination weeds the corps of nil but theso who premise te be worth educating. Thefd who ero net -successful in thoentranee examination nre given mileage te their homes. Theso who -mm are marclud te the commissary building and measured for clothes. Then begin the drills of wpiads of "Plebs," as the new cadets nte called. In June ene may see a number of tliese quads inarching hither and thither, in preparation te enter the battalion in uniform. Tlie pay of a cadet is $5 10 a year. Out of this he pays for his clothes, beard, washing, fuel, lights and books. True, he doesn't bi-e nny of tlie money till he is graduated, but he h.-u nn account book which is balanced every two months, be that hecan tell just hew he bt.uidi, the accounts being kept by the treasurer of the academy. Tour dollars a month are retained from his pay for the "equip ment fund," nnd when graduated this accumulation i3 given him with which te furnish his outfit as nn efllcer. Bo Be aides this a cadet may sa e something like from. $5 te &12 n month. OUARU MOl'.NT. At West Point reveille sounds at 0 e'clcck the year round. Then the cadet tUnlsin the ranks and answers te i oil call. After this he gees te his room and puts it in order forinerning inspection. At a quarter past 0 the tick call is sounded, and at 0:20 comes inspection of barracks. At 023 the drum beats for bie.ikfast, and the Uittalien marches te the building calltd Grant hall. Hem tlure me n number of tables where the cadets take eats, and when tlie meal has been fin ished the order is given toriaeund 10 tire.und each company marches out and back te barracks. Thvra are two ects of officers at West Point MiObe who are ordered there W) instruct cadets and cadet officers. The cadft elliccis cenbist of capUiins ? and lieutenants of companies, eergeaut j. major, quartermaster bergcant, company , iergeants, corporals. One of the cadet UeuteuanU ucu us adjutant. Tlie cadet ? officer de net wear shoulder btraps or ift pauiettes. but chevrons of geld lace en - " v Bicij uaj mere is an i Beer of tlie day and an officer of the manL Tlin nfTli-nr nf tlm . in i. . 1.1. 4Mb ever his right bheulder, and the officer of the guard wears his saMi round his wnlst. They are quite mili tary looking in their gray uniform and eeck'it feathers waving in their hats. V cadet uniform has been substan tially the tame ever kince the academy wm founded. The only eillcer of the nay who appears with tlie cadets In remeni is the ceiumni" ,t of who appears at dress lurude. w wiwMt cur weuies lu tua . ikmrn 8iplflB0P.l! r fa.'irt-iii!.'wigRpiTrrTMi,,H;;i'jrr;rTrf1K vFirtf lr- j"MiHU iL5 r -l y i Vm "i army is guard mounting. This, at West Point, occurs nt 7 o'clock. The. cadet officer of the day nnd adjutant are pres ents tliendjutniitlnspcct8thcguard whlle the band plays. This ever, he presents the guard te the officer of the day nnd it Is marched past in roview. After the guard lias been mounted, a bugle sounds and the academic duties for the day com mence. The morning is taken up prin cipally with recitations nnd oxcrcise in the gymnasium nnd the riding hall. At 1 ocleck the cadets nre marched te dinner. Formerly the mess was very peer, but today the cadet has no reason te complain of lib rations. Majer Will iam F. Spiirgln Is new In charge of the mesa hall, and bore is n Kirnple of what he gives the cadet for ene day! nncAKrABT. Oatmivil perrldsc him omelet, rrench frll pntntdc. het rolls milk, coffee bread, butter, rini, etc. Rcetch broth, ceM iiUw, nxsertwl miicm, matt twrf, newdtrlnB lieans with btillcr sauce, mfulicil feUUn-s, farina cake cream nance. At 2 o'clock ceme mere recitations till 1, when the drills liegln. AtBiinsct lhe battalion is inarched out te dress parade, ever which thu commandant of tliecerH presides. After dicsi panide ii niipjicr, followed by a brief period of recreation. Then n bugle ntiueutices study hours till half past 0 o'clock, when "tattoo" sounds, with "taps" or"lightseut"nt 10. The endetn go through lhe ceurse of fctltdy bycl.iBKCH.ehch clasi being divided into Bcctlens. Tlirre nre four bectiens in nil the bludicB. Tlie best KtudcnUi, wxin after entry, nie put Inte the Hist Kectien, the next best into tlie becend, and be en down te the fourth, where nre iiiui.illy te be found thoe who nre hovering bo be bo tween home and n commission. Cadeta tire continually passing fieni ene section te another ns they iuipiove or ictre- i grade. Iicsldp4 the regular academic staff t here me cadet professors who arc j distinguished from the ether cadets by n slight change in the uniform they ' wear. ' After the June examinations tliocerpi is maiched into camp nnd for two i months live the llfe of a soldier in the field, though the only enemy in front in the girU who blcirniish about ever the pliinnnd tempt the cadet te incur do de luTitn fei tlm nuke of joining them bo be yeml "limits," or remaining away from camp Ik'veihI tlm time of leave. This Ji'ar the cxaiillnatiens, ns an nounced in nn elder by the superinten dent, promulgated by the adjutant lieu tenant, W, 0. llreun, began en lhe lit of June, continuing till they nre fin ished, The members of lhe first class will lie graduated en June 12. Thu pro pre gramme of military exercises is heiu given: lietlew, June A. hcheiil t lhe lattnllen, Jimp 5 litiltaUeu (.UrmKli drill, Juim 8. MerlnrlrtllT ilrlll. Jude I. U.'Ut liallen- ill III. Jium 10. tk'a ( ea.-a battery ilrill, June U. IvrANtnv AHTIU.TIIY f Kctioel of llinciiniuny nnd Int- CiVALnr. , (khuiil nf thu beldler rneunlud, Jutie7 INTURIOn 01' C11AIT.U Thactical MiufRnr brldi?u bulldlnp, June 10. ITAnY IImii 4 INiiiie.ni l.rldB IiuIMIiik. June 8. Nucm.vu.. . (.Mllllai-J-IkijiIIu-, Jiinell tlfwief the vneivl nnd Uivenit, SjiallAidis.. 1 June II , (Military ujm nasi Ira, June 11 This order of exerciseii may lie changed en account of tlie weather, or for ether causes. When tlie cadet has passed his final examination and is icady for n commis sion in thnnrmy, he is leeeinmciideil by the academic Uiaul te lliidilfeieiil corps of the berviee. ncreidiug te lii-j class itaiiiling, 'lhe lli-ht thii'e or four mu leeemmeiKled for any ceip-v they may cheubtf. They usually choeso the cn ginccrH, but promotion has been se much mero rapid in lhe cavalry of late .ve.irs, owing te rne.iiieii'H eceiii ring from lndi nn fighting, that njihe wlect this arm of the servieein preference te thu higher ranking ceips. The fifteen or twenty standing next iuoideief merit are ap IHiinteil, te the mtillery, or thy lower branches, as they may elect; theso com cem ing next, te the cavalry, mid the balance te the infantry. P. A. Mitl'IIEI,, Ihfl KlUIKMIl imioiiUIeii. Here are poi traits of tint meiiilieisef the Snme.iu comminsieu that recently concluded its labors in ilcilin The first it vti.s. k vaseN. UOIi-Tl'.lN V. MUtCK. Titewi:. jtu:T. thne nre the American s.rend the (ieiuiau and Engli,h. ritruu KK"i:u bCOTT members, the tlm third the Mlu.t Otlirra Say. A new insecticide i ecenimended by n cei resienileiit or Orchard and Harder isbimplj a btieng stream of water ill reeled uK)ii the foliage, applied ever) evening This is the neatest and mesi ellicacieus remedy he has ever found fei Blugs and lese bushes. It was nUe feunc admirable for plant lice en curiam bushes and web worms en shade tices. Feeding sil.igu from the top, rathei than cutting It down fiem the bides. Is considered preferable by Professer Cook and many ether geed authorities. Vick pronounces tlie spirea ene ofeui best lleweriug 6hrubs, ranking next tc the bjdrangea for general effect and easa of cultute. "Always have n nlce bunch of hay be fore tlie calf, te induce her te cat, there by expanding the stomach," advises a cattle breeder. As a rule black becs are net mers hardy than Italians, according te A. P. Reet. Tlicre Is ti man In Hilten county who has evidently lieen having tlie hay fever, or words te that cirect. lit is icperted te lx engaged te five grass widows. Oil City Wirzard. fcf Y "PENNSYLVANIA'S WOE. THE GREATEST CAUVMITV EVEH KNOWN IN NOfJTH AMEHICA. Jntituitewti unit Oilier I'laceS Swept Away. leH7(jriiiliy of Ihe Vnlley 3tenjr Tlinn und Il .Infill fienie llcreUm and Crime Stniiy n llnnmncs te Come. Johnsten ii was. When the classic Ilorace wished toex teex picas with greatest emphasii thu extinc tion of Tiey, he simply vviote "llien fuit." Tlie brevity and the past trnse im plied (hat nh,elulely nothing was left. Anil this is almost true of Johnstown quite true of two consideiahle towns pif,f it Te iiiideistand hew the destruction was se complete, one must get n com cem com plite view of the topegiaphy. In the seiilhwest pai t of Cainhri i county. Pcnn svlv.inia, rituny cieek ..nd ("enemaugh creek unite te form tlm Ooneni.iugli river bteny ciei'k lluvviug nearly due north nnd the ether n little Feutli of west. At their junction the valle u bte.nl enough te allow u com idernble flood te escape provided it had (n e course; hut tlie ini ini ini uieiiMistoiie hiidgoef the Pennsylvania iailre.ul, with the embankments lending te it, forms an ebtti notion, net very ZZtt- ti, "- r "riw'nv .s?i "ejlfd . VX 'rip h,4 ?N la .31 im J' yu!',W('ll"i '"'"h Heins. MAP 01' H-OODHD UNTItlCT. great nppareiitly, as there would becm loom enough under the lujdge for the Volume of the largest liver, but tee great for thoe.xtiaerdiiiaiy llred en this occa sion. Tiiinin,;tetheleft, tipCetiemaiigh cieel., the valley iiiuevva veiy rapidly; the hih, km ky nnd ahriq t hills clese in en the stieam till the leave n mere gorge, and wherever ihere is level hud in the lioltemof thin gere time is a town, in mail places, tee, thehillsean thehillsean net Iki scaled. Thus the unfortunates w eieiiupi iMined, as it w ere, in the lioiteui of n nariew tieugh, down which was su ldmily iKiurcil n water volume equal te th.V, of the Ohie river. At JohiiKtewn the valley -rldens lii.ea half opened fan. Jiibt iihove the city the gap is quite nn row. Thus the water was literal!) shot into the place ns if fiem n nozle with mi Iniinense "head" behind it, for lhe blope of thecieek's channel Is se steep that the stream is n Jeuent even nt low water. The boieugh proper of Johnsten u lay in the fork east of .Sten.v cieek and south of Cenematigh ereck, but itsalhh.itul iKireughs lay en the ether side of the l.ittei, nnd they had net lieen iiieeiHiiattd liecjiisu the com pany owned meat of the villages and only a small pait of Johnstown, and thirefeiu objected te consolidation. Thcie was net u veiy wealthy family in eitlur place. The inhahitaiiU) of tlie valley were empluves of the Cambria Iren and Steel company, their families and only such professional people and tradcrx us were iiece&siir te the common life of such n community. A very large prepm t ion weie Catholics, but there were line chinches of several ether de nominations. rue iiiM'Mii'ini .,... fellow mg up the Kul(ie of Cuiieiiiiiugii creek, ene would have found u hoiise here and there, and a villagoef 70(1 ihsj. pluseven iniles up, called Mineral Point en the llrst available leul. Tluee miles farther up was Seuth Perk (a stream came in Hare from the south) with 1,400 people. On the ether sule of the creek uud near Johnsten n w as Coue Ceue maugh, and btietching fiem ene te the ether was a tenement district, known ns Weed rale. The works of the company vveie scattered between the two large towns; the cost of the plant vv as esti mated nt $3,000,000. nnd they employed 3,000 persons in all capacities. Floods luul occasionally swept threilgh lhe lower sections of these tow ns, und since the refuse of the works had choked tlie bed cf the striam the ev erilevvs had been mero frequent. Fellow iiy up the gorge or Cencmaugh creek nud frwjuently cre&ing the stream runs the Pennsyl vania railroad, l at it Wvps the crek ecversl milcu below the icserveir. All JSPfP i Pf) ' s Rill S HllllI I M4w i ) mM4 the country has a rapid slope towards the creek nnd all around the reservoir is nn upland basin; all the water falling en five or six hundred square miles would flew with torrent-Ilke rapidity Intecreck or reservoir, nnd the latter steed 800 feet higher than Johnstown. It wns death's own mm'1"" . it is supposed mat trfe ncnil win num bcr ever 12,000. All the adjacent towns nnd cities are filled with mourn cm. Here Is a husband who, being ab sent from home, has lest lib whele fam ily; tlicre n wife who has lest nil of hers, nnd yonder a child who is the last of large family. Through nil the vallcr men nnd women nre wandering In an uncertainty woree than death, necking te identify their own among tlie hun dreds of COI-JIS08; thousands de net yet knew If thew near and dear te them liavocKcnjicdernto leit. Thousands nf bodies probably will net he found the skeletons may Ikj unrnithcd years hence. Many n leseued child, tee young te knew itsewn name, will te an unknown for life. Many a romance will grew out of this nvvfiil liagedy. In all American history tlicre has been no such calamity J. If. nuAPl.K. 7CNLR AND ANSON. I'Alll tullj I)fihl,il by a Clilneite ArtUI fl III lleMiill. Thi Chliifw artist of Tlie Uosten fllehe, Ah Kin, has Ik- n getting in hisvwirken thobose thebose thobese liill iieiiihU In tlosten. During tlie recent gamuetnei-ii tlie lloiteiu rnd Cliicages he STIUKG ONK. Mice ciled III getting nn excellent likeness el llabu Ansen, ivlilch every ene vlie knewi the famous plntr will hnnieilintcly reeog reeeg nlie. iixleed, It is liardly necessary te call attention te Unit x-ciiliar grncefiihievs of lole which is all Ansen', and wlni.li the ur TF.M'It. tisthasse fnlthfully pictured. Hut peilinpi his best piece of work wnh in sketi lung Tener Cliieiige's pitcher. The due oye fei peispee tlm which is se highly ileveh)ietl In n Celes tial artist is hcie hruiiht into full play. Uu ANSO.V. dpiibteilly Messrs. Ai vn nnd Teller are verj grateful te Ah Bin fur sketching tlinn tc well, mill If they ev,T nv t him in lhe ills tnnt futuie they wilt piebuhly tnUe gnat pleu-Hire in ipiietly killing liim. Due ltin.it I'a Neu Cateliei. Ter nn nil leiiiul luill plner "llttle Harl, the new cateher for tlie C'liieimmtl club, comes ueai er tilling this oilieii tlinn nny el the non lS'.lerep. Tlie story giH that Cin elimntl net nleutnlly get huu, Ks.-au-e Dur yea, tlie Hixl's new pitcher, would net si;;!) T5PV5Jv vvitlieut they took 1119 l.t.VUVi 4. II lt along, If thU le true, then it ii about the enlyluek tli.'i't the Ciiieiuiiati club has hml thit season, ns they hnve pl.ijiil ever hull their gnuies thut fnrwitliu"pntelied P" A yK "'" "'"Cl" '" "' fi ,S 5M. their legulur in $-rkZS . & Held, exeei.t t b e ' $ $S '""" n' t,''ert 'invc 17'rf t'"1-'' ''"' fcuv,-rul It"' weeks m the hes ' pital from aeci CTCIll.lt EAUI.K. ilentN wlnle then eldest pitcher (Mullane) was laid up with Kul hand be secured vvhile playing third Ixise, while, the vvtuau, Hick CnrH'iiter, wai laid up for rtpiirs. Karle lins net only done hushaieef work tsiliiiul the tut, but b dis tinguishing himself iu a clever th liter, a hard liitter uud a veij nttlve base luuuer. IIU euriiest work makes him u favorite with tlm cieivil iu every tlty he phijs. "The niigler who get his line out te the ex tent of sixty feet wiu looked upon a a predig) Kinee that time, however, the de velepinent in this nit has Wvu very rapid, en mg mainly te the pcrftvtteii attained by red ni.ikcn. It Is quite common uenadayi for makers of reds te build reds te tie usaI only for exhibition purposes. Every Jear kiue Impreveiueiit U uiade in reds whlcb luakw It jvisslble for the angler te get out mero line, and tlie limit of iblhty lu tuli urtkas by no uteutu beeu leiebjd." Emms Abbett hss contwred for a monu ment te l.ei bus k.ju!, i. . , I Wethjrell, that T.U1 est tW.ejj. JtH.dbe crcuui,! ct Oleu ester. Jus. It Is te uj cemiMxd of vnriius tiudief niaib!;. Sjiuath tt will be n vault toceuuln trre bedlcj Above Is a canopy supporteJ by four celcanus, ea tha top of inch Is a flsure of lle'A Tit) vrkelj Ul tw tlfty-feur feat hi'j. Miai Abbelt la teiuts te h we her body crctated, cm J her n'Jiu will Uj placed utir I'm byvly of h.-r bus-beni. IMF j (y ( rT- ) I ( J :X ; MlP tJL v MANY LONG FAIIEWELI& COMMENCEMENT "JAY COMES BUT ONCE IN A LIFETIME. rwnlng Ihe Uoek f the World mt the rint Ctiepter triitt It Mentis te the armlniiln ttut enl Prrernt Ceatraeted j an Optlmli). w IKTIIDAYS ceme around everyjearwith ti regularity vv'iich, nsone grows elder, becomes painful. The me thodical nillepests in the journey of life seem te slip by faster and faster. We have Christmas nnd New Year's nnd nil the ether festivals of the year. We have centennial mid semi-centennial celebrations, hut commencement day cornea but once in n lifetime; the happy days spent in school nre left behind. Hut held en there, my young friend. What Is that I bear j en say? Yeu've had u pretty geed time. Plenty of fun, but mighty glad te get ever it nil. Mighty glad you can see lhe world, eh? Sick of books? leather sit nt a desk and wrlte for dear llfe all day, would you? Rather run around and be errand toy, perhaps? Rather get down te 6elid business, nnd work from 8 until 0, than te te able te sneak eir nny afternoon nnd play ball? Think von would prefer a dusty, moldy ofllce ten hours a day te u bright sunny school room with per haps n let of pretty girla sitting around you? Is that the idea? Secrun strange, don't it? Net n bit of it, my boy. Yeu've get that same feeling of Independence w hich is common te us nil. Hut whut'H that 1 hear my friend down In tlie cievv d say? Wish you were back at jour books, de you? Iffgrct all the time jeu wasted in school, eh? Would like te try it ever ngain, would jeu? Happiest time of jour life, did you say? Yeu think se, that's nil. Yeu couldn't te hired te go back. My ftiend, you would rather get up nt 4 o'clock in the morning and teddle mound tlie front THE IIAPrV FATHER. yard nfter a lawn mower, vvhile last night's due percolates through your up pers, than be able te sleep until H o'clock uud have jour own gentle mother ceme upstairunnd tell j en three or four times in lapid siiecetsieu that if you don't get UP right nway j-eu will be late for school. Yes, jeu would, I knew jeu. Yeu would rather vihiate from ene end of the loom te the ether with a sluieking child in one arm and a tottle of seething sirup iu the ether, four hours u night, than be kicked out of bed by jour elder biethei because j en tried te ste il the bed clothes nway fiem him. Oil, these were happy days, vveie lliej? When j-eti lemped in tlie Ileitis with nevcr a care, with no thought for the morrow; when jeu could sneak into tlie pantry nt nny hour of theibiyand abstract therefrem a goodly hunk of bread nud butter; when j-eu used te go In swimming incognito and get licked because jour shittvvna vvieng side out. Hut bless you, my friend, these cares that j-eu didn't have then, all the troubles, the little things which inake jeu walk the fleer nnd tear your hair, anil vv hicli driv e j en te think that jour let Is se much harder than the let of any ene el-.e, iiicItidiiig'Jeb's, theso things mew hat jeu are living for. Don't jeu regret tlie time wasted ever jour books, either. If jeu could get luck into the school loom you would studj all the time, would jeu?' Yeu would impioveevery sliiniiigininute, eh? IJew old tlid j en say jeu were? Pertj? nnd haven't learned any better than that? Well, well, unwind fiem jour brain Eome of these bandages that jeu have Uvn vviapping i up in se tenderly for the last tvventj )ears. Sit down and think it evei. A .tl jeu will conclude in live minutes that jeu wouldn't de any thing of the sort. You'll tee i ight away, if jeu failed en that particular example in aritlumtic, itnas because you were having a lousing jld time plaj ing ball, and that perhaps the ball was a gieat deal totter for je'i than flguies; thatis, totter phjsically, and therefoie men tally iu the cud. Hut 1 haven't said a word about the girls. Yeu have all heard this talk ateut the sweet gill graduate, the deli deli cate bud of girlhood blossoming out into the full blown rese of n rqicruo rqicrue rqicruo manheod. Well, this is a geed thought for Commencement daj All these bright j euug gii Is iu their w bite dresses, their pretty faces glowing vvitli the ex citement of the hour and with expecta tion of tlie life which is te come. All very pretty, isn't it? New I'm no ijono ijeno ijone clast. Hut is this thu right sort of veneer te paint a sound healthy young woman with? We liken ihem nil te eome deli cate flower, anil we build het houses for them te live in, and every ence in a vv Idle some fair Jain of Are breaks the glass and steps out, ami vvu realise that woman is net be weak ns we have plot in cd her. What de tlie girls think about it? Ge around among the hundred giils in the class ami take u ballet. Ask each ene if she likes te be thought of as n dclicate flower fit te live only in a het house. Hew many of than will nnsvvirvcs te that? Tender, did you say? iJellcate, and all that? Loek here, mj- friend, perhaps yeu've never lived in a big city and gene slum ming down iu the tenement district and 6een pale, dclicate looking women living for j ears in an atmosphere nnd working under n strain that would prostrate a Sullivan in six months. But there's ene thing j-eu liive no ne ticcu Yeu have seen tlie lines creeping up and down your own gentle mether'n face day after day, you have watched thatsame dear face grew a little paler, a little sadder you have seen her grow grew iuir mere iviUwi tliO weeks and ttttZz!M& "' j-- Si lll V.-V1 -9' - i &'lVyr ml -?riMB i w months rolled" en, but bless you, my friend, you never stepped te think of that then. Here is a romping, rollick rellick 'ng boy, bound te hare fun, tearing hlx HIE HAPPV MOTHER. clothes nt the slightest provocation, go ing half a inlle out of his way te wade through a puddle of dirty water, upend ing hours devising eome instrument of terture te let loeso en the dclicate harp 6t rings of a woman's nervous temper ament, nnything te make treuble for his mother. Hut we mustn't blaiue the toy. IIe can't help it, ami we have nil done the eatne thingeursclves. Hut hew about the methci? Hew long de j-eu think a great strong, burly man would stnnl this sort of tiling? Yeu ceme home at night and your wife says te j-eu: "Hebby has been misbehav ing egain today, but, dear, I guess after all you'd totter let him off tills once," and what de j ou suppese the j'eung ras cal has done? Oh, nothing very much. IIe has only taken the II ve j-eting kittens that appeared a few days age and buried them alive in the back yard. New, hew long, my friend, could jeu 6tand this sort of thing? And jet jour wife, pale, delicate creature tltat she is, would have n fit if Bebby were out of her sight for mero than twclve hours. Let us step a moment and think of what is going te tocemoof all these pretty girls who have had their heads stuffed full of griuntnar and mathematics and Latin vcrb3 what are they going te te? Wives? Yes, nnd mothers, sotueof them; but tell me, my friends, can you bring this future that stretches out for u woman from com mencement day te the end can you bring it down te the narrow limits of a vv etlding ring? Hew about theeld maids, then? New, let me whisper n word In your ear. As a matter of fact, inaniage isn't the only thing a woman thinks nbeut. Hew many old maids aie there who are old maids from choice? Nine out of every ten. "Hew de you knew?'' some one In the crowd shouts out; "you're net nn old maid yourself." That is se, but, my young friend, jeu haven't a maiden aunt, have you? Come, own up new, like a man. Well, you don't knew anj--thlng nteut it. My son, a maiden aunt fellows right clese after a mother and grandmother in a boy's lieait, and the boy generally knows hew many times Bhe has said "Ne" te the ni03t important question In a weinan'n life. Let us take ene farew ell leek at these smiling faces before thu curtain falls for ever en tholastscene of school life. They have get tlueugh the prcfucoef the took of the world. Te-morrow thej- will bo be bo giuen the first chapter, nud ns the bell rings nntl they fade away f i em our sight, let us send forth n wish that the book may have u peaceful and happy ending. Ten Massen. Cubb.isen Ariel' i:.nly I'liHUm. Te get a geed ciep of cabbage after caily potatoes, it is only necehsaiy te have geed, strong,-healthy plants te be gin with, say.sT. V. linker, of New Jer sey, in Aineiicaii Agrictiltuiist. Te obtain such plants, sew the seed in drills, net less than ene feet npait, and thinly in the low, the last week of Maj Maj or the ill st week in June. One ounce of seed will produce 2,000 plants, and if pieperly cultivated en geed soil vv ill pio pie tlucu the test plants in thiity dnja or by July 1. After digging, tlie K)tute,patch should be freshly plow cd, nnd the soil thoroughly pulvciized. Mr. linker's plan is then te open fur lows four feit npait and npplv fiOO kiiik1s of Eome geed fertilizer per acie in tliese ions, covering vv ith a corn cov cev ercr, nud set the plants three feet npait en tliese ridges. Cever them tlceplv-, even if tlie leaves me partlv- covered. Should the soil te dij- era drj-sjtell te likely te fellow, tiauip aieiiud each plant after setting. It ij best te lift the plants vv itli a digging fork rather than pull them fiem the seed bed, especially if nt all dry. Last year he sewed both Plat Dutch cabbage and cauliflower scud ou June 1, had fine plants te set out J u no L"J, niul hail both enhhage nud can can hllewer ready for market Sept. 28. Anitiirii?iiit In Itiejiirtti. Ill Piaiice immense quantities of ns pai agus in e grown bttvveeu thu vines in the vinej-ards, the plants being put out singly wherever tlicre is loom, and in time One clumps me formed. In Hug laud nuiiij- acies of asparagus are plant ed iu the breaks between lhe lows of young erchnid trees, much us fiuit hushes tuu often gievvn, and very profitable ci eps are cut from them ev erj-seasen. On the fertile soils lettnd Cheltenham, for instance, aspaingiis is veij- simply and well grown, the produce, if mero pains were taken in blanching it, being equal te that obtained from Pi ance. Near Londen, notably iu Essex, a row of ns paragus is fiequently planted between theftuit bushes, nnd of tlie two cieps pieves the moie pielit-ible. These facts are mentioned by nn Hng liih writer in elder te suggest te ama teurs nud etheis vvheie thej-, tee, may grew this valuable vegetable without en en cieachiug en tiicir limited gardc.i ground. It is almost useless te plant asparagus in old fruit quaiters, wlieie it would net have fair play; but supposing jeting bushes uie put out, or have net long been planted, four feet npirt in lows live fett npait, single plants might well be put inidwnj- between the bushes, nud a row betw ecu the lines of bushes or trees, as the case may te. These may lemnin uu distill ted for many jcars, and if duly manured from the suiface will ncverf.nl te te lemunerative. The Tig mi lMliy rnrtiis. The pig is nn impeitnut uppendagoef the butter day He is a machiue for working up the pcrishable bj'-preducts Inte a marketable article. He used te te kept ever a j'ear and killed when eighteen months old or mere. Hut it is found that mere money und but little less vv cight.with considerably less trouble and expense, result from having him farrowed in the winter or early in the spring, nnd killing him vv hen eight or ten months old. Tlie Larger be gets the mero it costs te put a iieund of perk in him, after he reaches the weight of forty te sixty pounds. Through his means skimmed milk and buttermilk have a valiie of ateut ivventy-flve cents per 100 pounds; without him much of it would go te waste. Give him a clever pasture and a llttle corn, with all the sweet skimmed milk lie wants, nud he will live contented, If net happj. grunt his satis faction nud make perk for market. mcttbmi'itte. A5SS2dES?'iiTO fIU CONSTITUTION VtelLn l,v7h? f&nlicli"t""J!vr """ Common. uicruijtl. Uclt resolved by Ihn Semtlnnnil JIeiM of J icprwentat l ves or the CommennUh or 1'enns.vlvnnla in OenernJ Assemblr niii Thnllli. r;,!lelnB nmrmlmcnt U ireed te J.Vh3 VIIJia .J" "Terln""' W'HJ the Ulgu teenlh Article thereof! " AMENDMENT. fThHf..fh"n. 'f "J1 'dllen 'InrtlcH te raid folTews dpslunaJed Article XIX a , ' , AllTICI.KXIA. The niMniifjH'ture, wile, or keeping for rule of lJ,?LcnU"F.l.l'?u".rt le ,,c MM,d "" h bevcrnue, U J?T.t N.I.rell!bl !,,l "ml. n"y violation of tl Lr.i.,.ii t0,,hnUwu fdeineHiier, puiilnhiible hi i Minll tm prev lrtetl by Invv. &w ri1!" "'""r.,"r 0""'r imrpew than n a, r,,? "ayl,ll,,"rfl1.1" wh mniinerenly ns innv be turner tied by law. The General n'annH "'"Vi,",1 "". nnt leii iSfVsl g r neVrii?ir ""." ""' le of ,nc Constitution, Serreirlciul Rjl""le pennlUe for lUenl A trim copy of tlm Joint riwolutlen. , CHAIlM-XW.KrriNE. nilA-StiidS rcrelari' r tbeCoinnienvvenlth. AMLNIMi;.T TO TIIK CONSTITUTION ...nlP7'ptll'!,l l"beclllieiisc)r this Common )!l' t.i "'""encnil Assembly of the Com Cem Com mniivvealtherl'eims.vlvnnla Ter their npiirevnl 'innWi'ISi "." n'T01"! "-Iwtlen e held June IS ,V& . lubl,iicd by order of theHecrc- .?ii 4rSi0,,,,IVer!wcn,,lt ln purminnre of Article X III or the Constitution. Joint resolution proposing nn nniendmciit te the constitution of the commonwealth : HfCTlesiI. Jle Itmehrii by the Sfnnle nnd ItnUK of Jtntresnitiittici nf Ihe Cemmnnvtallh nt t'ennriilmnfa In Uenernl Aurmblu mtl. That the rollew ng Is propestsl ns nn amendment te the lonstltiilieu of the Commonwealth of rciiiift?lvnuln In nceordnnce Willi the irovl irevl irovl lens of the eighteenth article thcrver: AMENDMENT. Strike out from ecllen one, efiirtlclc elcht, the four tpmlliuntlens for voters which rendi a follews: "If twenty-two jenm of age or upitariln, he shnll have paid, within two years, n stale or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months, nnd paid nt least ene month before the election," se that the nectlen which rends ns fellows; e.very male citizen, twciity-one years of nge. possessing ti,e rollevtliiK quul'lltcatlens, uliall entitled te vote nt nil electiens: ,,'lrst. lie shall have been a citizen of I ii ue v. uiuieu nuiii-s ai least ene mouth. Second. Hn shall have resided In the tate one j car (or ir, hnvliiR previously Ihsmi n tiunll iltsl elector or iiatlve born citizen or the slate, he shall havoremeved I herefrem nnd returned, then lx months) Immediately preceding the election. Third. IIe shall have resided ln Ihn election district where he shnll otter tosetenl least two months Immediately piecedlnc the election. fourth. If tvvcnty-tvve jears of nge or un winds, hr shall have, puld, within two ve.irs, a rtnte or county tax, which shall have liteuns scsseilnt lenst tvvoiiientlisnml paldnt least 0119 month before the election," shull be nmended, se ns te rend its follews: Every mule citizen twenty-one years of ace, pewsliiK the following nmilitlcHtlens, slmll i,e tntllleil te vote at the polling place of the elec tion district or which he shall at the time be a resident mid net elsewhire: First. IIe shall have been a citizen of the United Statei at least thirty ilm, set mid. IIe shall have resided lu tliestateene year (or If, having previously been a qualified lector or native born citizen of the state, he shall have removed therefrem und relumed then six mouths) Immediately preceding the elictleti. 'I bird. IIu shall hiiTe resided In the election district where he shall eiler toveto 11 1 least thirty dnjs Immediately preceding the elec tion. The legislature, lit the session thereof next inter the adoption of this section, shall, and rrem time te time then after may, eniict laws te properly enforce this prevision. reurtli. Ever) uinlc citizen of the ngn 01 I went) -one i'tirs, who shall hnvubeeiiHiillzen for thirty dnjs and nil Inhnhltnntnf llilssl.ite enejeiir nes.t preceding nil election, except Ht municipal elections, nnd for the Inst thirty ilnvs a leslilentef the election tllstrlctln which he iiiuy etler his vote, shall be entitled te vote at such election In the election district of which he shall nt the time ben resident and net else where fernll elllccrs Hint new tiroer hennrier inn v be elected by lhe peeple: Jievtthil, 'lhut lu time or war no elector In tlm actual military servile of the State or or the United Stales, ln thenrniyer navy thereof, shull heilcjirlvcd of his vote by reason of his ubsencn lrem such election district, and the legislature shall have power te provide the manner In which nnd the ilmeand place at which such absent elector may vote, nnd for the return and cnnvnssef tlulr vetcxln tbe election district In which tliey rcsiMctlvely reside. Ulth. 1'er the purrHwoef voting, no person shull lie deemed te have gnlneder lest a resi dent' by reason of his presence or nbsonce while enipleved In lhe scrvlcoef the United States or the State, nor whlle engaged in the navigation of the watcisef the Statoerof the high seas, nor while 11 student iirnny collegeor si miliary of learning, nor while kept at any iilmsheitve or public institution, except the In In innteser any home ler disabled and Intllgmt soldiers and sailors, who, for the ptirii!Of voting, sltnll be deemed ten side lu the election district w hern said home Is located. 1 jiws shall he Hindu ler ascertaining, b) nnipir proofs, tlie (Illens who shall be entltleil le lhe right of .sullriige hereby established. A true copy el the Joint r solution. ('HAHM.s W, steni:, Sccretnr) of the Coinmenweiilth. mnrl7-3imlH riiii.Aiii:i.i'iii.v, I'Vliriuirj- 21, lhSJ). (III'MIAIU.VN 1 IMPERIAL AND ItOYAL AUSTHO II UNO A HI AN CONSULATE. According te the iiistriictieni of the Itej-ul Iliiiigiirinn MlnNtry for Agricul ture, Industry and Coinnicice In IHitln l'Lt te this Imi'iurial nuil Royal consulnte it 1 heri'lij- nllested fe that tlie Ileynl Iliiiigiirinn Geveriinient vviue j.'elltirs nt Hudii-I'cst weie etalilislied by the Hun garian Government, Kebrutiry 1, 1SSJ, nud thut tlieeslablislinieiit is since under control of snltl luinlctrj-. Tlii' niiu of tlicM.- wine eel I firs U testip-jilj- the werhlV iiiarketM with the test vv Ihm pretluci'tl in Iltiiignry, free from nny adiilterntien. Mr. II. E. Shiyiiuiker, ngent of Lnn caiter, l'n., has b.v the Oeveriiim'iit'n geneinl ngentH of North Anierica lu'en uppeiiitetl ngent for I.niicnsler for the sale of these wines, wliieli nrv littlitl in nii(lii-I'tit,umlcrtlicMipcrvideiinftli llilligariiiii fievi'ltlinellt, mill belli' the ei'iginul piotective lated of the Reyul lliiuguriiiii .Ministry for Agriculture en the bottles. LOUIS WESTEROAARD, Imperial iintljteynl Censul of Austria-Hungnrj-. si:.vi.. i: i. a n. iiijmi. resiiuir, VI I'llll.'A., I'A. ilonttcfux-Jiiehinn itobe. c VA I.I, AND SEE -THE- ROCHESTER LAMP! Mt Caiulle-Llglit, Deals them nil. Anether Im. eft'lnap Glebes for G mid Oil Steves. TlIE"PEHKi:CTlON" SICTAI. MOU.DINU and Hl'illlEIt Cl'sIIION Weather Strip. l!.;il them all. ThlsstrlpoiituearsalletherK. ICteis, out the cold, steps nilllln' of vtlndnua. K.xilii'li'S thediiiit Ktvps out mew niul ntlti. Aii.veni Kiunpiil) It no music or illrl iiuide lu nppl.vlugll. Can lie lltlttl nnjwlieie uu holes ti, bore, leads for use I "ill net split, warp or shrink ivetishieti strlnls tin most perfecLiiAt the Stev e, lltater and IUuigc Stere of Jelm P. Schaum & Sens, 34 SOUTH QUEEN ST., LVNCAHTEli PA. , rf. .dffMfeWwtu '-iisfe ie&,iti&!ttrt wmi?mx-i $m&.&umiH,' :S " Jt -- Sv, jaJ,, 0
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