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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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