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In Enfflaml tlic Astronomer' Koyal
La laid before the Agronomical
Society tue details of an investiga
tion lv him into one of the most mi
nt rtaut vet most difficult questions or
theoretical aslrouoray, viz., the mo
tion of the mcon. This is of all -UMialhodies,
the one whose move
meets are most important to tne
march of pcopraphy, and to the rtua
ie of histerv. It is !y means or tue
tables of the" moon's motion that lon
gitude if calculated bv travelers on
land or sea; bv these the times and
plat es of the Vwriiiranco of eclipses
iire foretold: and by an inversion or
the problem it has been endeavored
Mdetcrmin the exact date of these
vents in ancient history that have,
by the historians of the time, been
associated with eolar and lunar
eclipses. It is, therefore, with some
regret that we read the conclusion of
one of the highest authorities on this
subject: "I express my opinion that
there is s-till eonio serious defect in the
lunar theory." And again, "My
confidence iii the certainty of chro
nological results derived from luuar
calculations is in some manner ahak
en." Lest anv. however, should
niisannrehond the size and nature of
the defect alluded to, we hasten to
say that the lunar tables, imperfect
as ihi y nrc, enable us to predict two
thousand years forward or backward
the place of the moon correctly to
within less than one-half of its own
diameter.
In further connection with our
satellite, Mr. Nelson, of the Floral
Observatory at Greenwich, has been
makinjr some highly interesting in
vestigations a to the probability of
the existance of a very rarefied lu
nar atmosphere. lie concludes that
the atmosphere having one four-hundredth
part of the densitr of our own
will produce at the bright limb of the
moon a horizontal refraction of half a
second, but at the dark limb one of a
whole second: and these effects aV
most entirely explain the discordence
hitherto inexplicable, between the ob
servations of occultations of stars.
Editor's Scientific Record, in llarf
vV Majmine for March.
Til Penaaj 1 van ia Germans a Caitaia
rU by aa Oatatder.
The New York Times of Wedtes
day, in an editorial reviewing Mrs.
(iibbon's book, says: A second and
enlarged edition of a volume entitled
Pennsylvania iMitch, has recently
been published. The work is princi
pal;.' composed of a number of essays
on lilierent toiiics relating to tue
c!j- of persons indicated by this title,
and contains much valuable informa
tion, thousrh it does not attempt to
pres.-nt a full and systematic view of
the entire subject, and indeed, that
would have been scarcely practicable
except in a book of a good deal larger
size. The word "Dutch," m the
title, is, ns the author explains, em
ployed on account of its being popu
larly used even by the people them
selves. The word, properly, should
be "(Jerman."
Until within a few years past, the
Pennsylvania Germans were a singu
larly isolated class of our American
population. We have spoken of the
word "German" being a more appro
priate designation than "Putch," but
in reality they are neither Dutch or
Germans, but Americans. In fact,
ii w ould be difficult to name any com
munities of whom a larger proportion
hare been born in this country. The
ancestors of many of them came to
our shores more than a hundred, and
some of them over a hundred and
iiitv vears aero, lliere are, indeed, a
go. d many Germans, in the strict
sense of the word, iu Pennsylvania,
and, to some extent, the' mingle with
tl population of which we arcspeak
ii. , but not very much more, we
think, than they do with other por
lions of the people. Indeed, the spo
ken language of the "Pennsylvania
Dutch" is not by any means pure
Oerman ; and it is ralber an over-
s'rained compliment to call it even a
c.alect of German. They can usual
ly understand genuine German pret
ty well when they hear it, but their
own language is a barbarous dialect,
exceedingly limited in its vocabula
ry, and having almost no literature
vi haiever. It is now disappearing
ry rapidly, and in less than half a
ntury there will, in all probability,
be scarcely a trace of it.
The Pennsylvania German element
i i the population of our country has,
i.i some respects, leen very much un
derrated. This arrises principally
'.'mm circumstances connected with
l heir language." The most intelligent
jiart of them have for generations
'cn learning English and becoming
'. lentified with the English-speaking
;pulation. The greater part of the
Pennsylvania Dutch" stock has
probably thus been merged in the
general mass of the American people.
Fifty years hence this will no doubt
be the case with all of it, so far as
language is concerned and with all
of it in nearly every other respect.
We have no means of giving a defi
nite estimate of the number of persons
in the country of the ancestry of
which we are speaking, but it is
much larger than most people, even
in Pennsylvania imagine. One rea
son for this is the manner in which
many of the family names have been
Anglicized. Very many individuals
had, before learning English rather
indefinite ideas as to bow their name
were spelt, and some of those that
did know desired to avoid the mis
takes which English-speaking people
often make in attempting to pro
nounce the German spelling.
The distinctive jK-culiaritieg of the
Pennsylvania Germans have, as
would naturally I supposed, been
1cm obliterated or modified by mod
ern changes among the agricultural
elasn than any other. The old-fashioned
"IVunylvania Dutch farmers
have generally lieen considered an
xeerUingly ignorant act of people,
ana a large pan ol tbetu were, in
rcaiu to many subjects. At the
wine time there were some of the
moht irooratu among them, to far as
iMK,k wtre concerned, who could,
thirty r forty years ago, have taught
the rn-ople of New England many
thing of value in reference to acricul-
iiivu iuey uardiv know yet, or
.tauriair, men tbev have on r
learned very recently. In no part of
,uc u'"u oiawa Las tanning been
carried to greater perfection than
among some of the most exclusively
"Dutch" ncighlwrhoods in Berks and
Lancaster counties. In none, proba
bly, strange as it may 6ecm, has agri
culture been conducted on more
thoroughly scientific principles. How,
with the little knowledge of books'
that so many of them possed, they
made out to accomplish this, is a ques
tion which we are enable to an
swer. The Pennsylvania finrmon.
often spoken of as being very fond of
."Ue, , wut we see no evidence that
they are on the whole any more so
than other people. Tbey are BcJdom
given to speculating and are apt to
preier hard work to prospective rise
in values.
as a means or mmiu..
..,uK
.l .- ..- TWre are few
er e populaJon of the Unitad
States that calculate their .mjJJ
resources so exclusively by
actually have, rather than by bat
the" ex'pect to have. Still, there is
in many things, an immense amount
of enterprise among them. tue
two counties we have mentioned, ana
of which ther constitute probably a
larger proportion of the inhabitant
than in any others, the roads, the
bridges, and above all the railroads
are such as few parts of the L nited
States of the same extent and popu
lation could show anything at all
enual to.
The Pennsylvania Germans aud
their descendants are principally
..n, I in certain districts of the old-
settled agricultural portions of the
State. There are comparatively few
of them 'n the coal regions. A great
manr of them are in Philadelphia;
but they hare generally become iden
tified with the rest of the population.
4 lar number are in the West,
though they have usually shown less
Hicnncitinn to emicrate man IUU81
of our nconle in the old States.
They are, on the whole, an exceed
inirlr valuable nortion of thecommu-
n;ir wWpvpr they arc. Many of
the most eminent men of Pennsylva
nia, in all departments of nserulness,
are of this origin; and this will no
doubt be hereafter still more the case
-lpn the difficulties in regard to ed-
nootiAIt TV h ieli their neculiantT ol
language has occasioned shall have
entirely disappeared.
flaw TwaCataamaa Met.
The Detroit Free Pre says:Chi
settlers in Detroit have not been
numerous. At no time since the
first pig-tail was thrown to the
breeze in this city has the number
minted over six. and of late Tumgee
nH Lunir-Sine have been the Bole
repreesntati ves of theCelestial Empire
to be found in tue cuy 01 m
Xo doubt these two strangers in
c Und have their lonesome
sdcIIs of homesick
ness and no doubt the silent tear has
fallen from their almond-shaped eyes
and mingled with the laundry starcn
ao ihov thmi rVit nfma and P and the
great ocean rolling between. A
strange heathen struck the town .re
cently, coming direct from San i ran
eisco; and as he rambled up Jeffer
son avenue with a satchel in one
hand and a cold bite in the other he
,.nnnt,.rt T.nnfr Sin?. It was
like a meeting between two long
lost brothers in the great Sahara
Desert.
"Whoope woop how hoo!" ex
claimed Lnng-Sing as h'13 eyes feel
upon Ah-hoo.
"Hip hoo how!" 6houted the
stranger gladly, dropping his satchel
and tossing up his hat.
They embraced. Lung-Sing strain
ed the stranger to his bosom, and
Ah-Ho strained back. They got
each other around the neck and tug
ged and hogged. They got a back
hold on each other and hugged again
until there was a grunt from both.
"How whoope!" shouted Lung
Sing. "How-hip!" cried Ah-IIoo.
Then the stranger fell on Lung
Sing's neck, shoved his hat off, bus
ted his paper colar, and tried to
chew his ear, and Lung-Sing fell
. . t A.
against a window and Kept snout
ing. " hoope how whodpe now
ho ho whoope!"
The stranger finally stood back,
wiped away a tear on bis old bat,
and Lnns-Sinir nicked op the satchel
shook the kinks out of his back, and
said something which probably
meant.
"Gome over to rov bole-in-ihe-wall.
old boy. and tell me the latest news
from China."
r Faltaa la a III Haciaa
Mr. Fulton, in his paper, the Balti
more American, sars: Henry Clay
was accustomed to call this portion
of Kentucky through which I am
traveling "God's own land," and there
can be no doubt that it is a highly fa
vored belt of country. The Blue
Grass region is famous for its stalwart
men, fine horses and cattle, and
leautitnl women. The soil is rich,
the landscapes attractive, the variety
of the trees unsurpassed. God has
done much for the country, but it
does not seem that man has improved
his opportunities to the extent that
he ought to have done. There are
many fine mansions, and some well
cultivated estates, but the general
aspect of the country is that of im
providence and careless husbandry.
The cabins of the working people
have none of the air of thrift and
comlort about them ; the stable doors
hang on one hinge the gates are down
and the fences patched up or tumb
ling over. The difference is so great
compared with the other side of the
Ohio, that it is impossible to fail to
note it On the railroads there are
but few station-houses and seldom
a platform upon which to alight.
The people are, however, most kind
generons and hospitable and make
the stranger feel at home and wel
come without requiring personal in
troductions or indorsements. Every
one is proud of Kentucky, and
its immense resources are the
first theme of conversation. I listen
ed this afternoon for a half hour to an
enumeration of the natnral advantag
es that Kentucky possessed over the
rest or creation by the Hon. Zeb.
Ward, formerly representative in
Congress from Frankfort. The state
be said had more coal and iron than
all Europe and instead of flagging
down half way to China to find it,
as ther were compelled to do in the
old countries, it cropped out of the
hillsides and rolled down from the
mountains. I could not refrain from
asking what Kentucky was doing to
develop this great wealth, wheB the
jovial Colonel responded, "There,
a a it, i was atraid von were going
to a6k that uuestisn." The flood of
eloquence ceased, and he suddenly
changed the subject
! XtCaiBlala.
A merchant was one day returning
irom marcet He was on horseback,
and behind bis saddle was a valise
filled with money. The rain fell with
violence, and the good old man ws
wet to the skin. At this time he was
quite vexed, and mnrmurred because
heaven had given him such hard
weather fur his journey. He soon
reached the border of a thick forest
What was his terr r on beholding on
one side of the road a robber, who,
with leveled gun, was aiming at him
and attempting to fire! But the
powder being wet with the rain, the
gun did not go off, and the merchant
giving spurs to his horse, fortunate
ly bad time U escape. As soon as
be found himself safe, he said to him
self, "How wrong was I not to endure
the rain patiently, as sent by Provi
dence I If the weather had been dry
and fair, I should not probably have
been aUvc at this hour. The rain,
which caused me to marmur. came
at a fortunate moment- to save my
lite, and preserve to me tt y property,
Tfea Law af Ae"olatlo..
Everybody knows that money
makes money, but it is not
everybody that pays attention to the
tnorfu operandi by which this is
brought about and the practical con
sequences which follow.
hcboolbovs are taught the rale
of compound intere,,but nine out of
ten of them forget all about it lor the
remainder of their lives. Yet this
principal has more to do with the
accumulation of large fortunes than
any other cause whatever ; and it has
bearings on the ratio style of expen
diture, both personal and natural, of
which the practical character cannot
be overrated.
We read in a paper a few months
ago of the death of an eminent Lon
don capitalist, who left the enormous
fortune of three millions sterling.
This old gentleman was orer ninety
years of age at his death and it is
prettr evident that be was a man or
quiet habits and moderate expendi
ture, letting his capital accumulate
from rear to rear by its own natural
force. Now, it is only when it has
been in operation for a long scries of
consecutive years that we see what
the force of compound interest is.
For the first few rears the augmenta
tion is almost imperceptible, but when
once the power of increase has be
come devcIopedit goes on at an aug
menting ratio until the results are
almost incredible. There can be no
doubt that in the case just mentioned
the wealth accumulated after the nat
ural duration of life had been reached
was far more than all the seventy
years previous.
If money can be invested at eigni
per cent, and the interest reinvested
at the same rate, it will double itseii
in five rears. Allow ten years for
this tJ take place, owine to loss of
time and reinvesting, and we reach
the remarkable conclusion remarka
ble, we mean, to those who have not
thought about it that if a man can
lay by a thousand dollars at one and
twenty, and it accumulate at
compound interest it will amount to
the enormous sum of thirty tuousand
dollars if helivestothc age of seucnty
to sixty thousand at eighty, and to a
hundred and twenty thousand at
ninety This is the secret of the
larcre fortunes of the creat bankers
and capitalists of Europe, whose
money goes on accumulating for
generations, augments with prodig
ious rapidity after thirty or fifty years
hare passed on.
The process, however, may be re
versed. A man wastes or spends a
thousand dollars needlessly by the
time he is two and twenty. W hat
is the effect? If he lives till seventy
be will be thirty thousand dollars
Eoorer for it ; or wc will say, he will
avc lost the chance of being thirty
thousand dollars better off than he is.
We then arrive at the general
truth, that the younger a man is the
more valuable money is to him. We
have seen what a thousand dollars
is to a man of twenty-one, vis: the
making of a fortune ; but a thousand
dollars to a man of fifty would be of
comparatively small amount.
Suppose a man begins life with
economical habits, and by rigid self
denial accumulates five hundred
pounds by the time he is twenty -five.
That sura will amount to a compe
tency by the time he desires to be
free from the cares of business, and
he can thenfand indeed for years be-
forc)have the pleasure of laying out
his money freely, and without fear
in gratifying his tastes or in doing
good.
But if he is inclined to gratify his
tastes when young, to buy, we will
say, expensive furniture, or to min
gle frmclj in society, so that be never
saved at all nntil he is five and forty
what good will five hundred pounds
do him then J It is of course, good in
itself, but as the foundation of a com
petency it is utterly inadequate. It
would only amount to two thousand
pounds at sixty-five, and not to com
petency till long after three score and
ten.
The points of the whole matter are
therefore this: Every dollar saved
in youth is worth thirty dollars at
old age; every hundred dollars spent
in foolery or finery berore fi ve and
twenty is simply three thousand dol
lars thrown away of provision for the
time when work must be a burden.
Let our young men in business
think of this. They are exposed on
entering life, to innumerable tempta
tions to spend. Let such be steadily re
sisted. 1 be true course in youth is
quick saving and careful economy
By and by a time will come when
this will bear its legitimate fruits.
Then is the time for open-handed
freedom in expenditure, whentbe judg
ment is matured when the knowledge
or the world is acquired, and when
capital has been accumulated to such
an extent that even if there is no more
saving, there need be no further anx
iety. Merchant's Manufacturers and
Jteview.
Hlatrafcant Wark far Ike Maatk.
Any work that can be done now
instead of the spring should not be
neglected.
Seed corn, not already selected
should be attended to.
Clean seed barley, oats, peas,
beans, and spring wheat, and put in
barrels, bins, ar bags ready for use;
blow out a Uight grain and foul stuff.
Sort over potatoes in the cellar and
free the cellar from all decaying veg
etables and fruits.
Ventilate the cellar every day by
opening the door and windows when
the temperature is above freazing or
not more than a degree or two below.
n bitewash the cellar walls and al
so the walls and partitions of pig
pens, cow-stables, hen-bouses.. Ac-
Clean and oil the harness and let it
pot in though repair.
Make an inventory of everything
yon have on the farm and its estima
ted value.
Examine every implement and
machine yon have; clean it; oil the
bolt and tighten the nuts, and put in
perfect order. Then wash it with
petroleum. Go over two or three
times and get on ns much as the wood
will absorb.
Mend bags, mark them, number
them, and put them in their proper
place. A piece of board say three
feet acd six inches wide nailed on to
one of the beams in the barn, makes
convenient support for bags and for
many other things as pails, baskets,
tc.
An hoar's work at night in the
winter season will often save two
hour's work in the morning, when
everything is frozen up solid or is cov
ered with snow.
Salting animals requires judrment
To let them ro without for several
weeks and then give them all tbey
will eat is a bad practice and some
time! a dangerous one. The tetter
plan is to have rock-salt where ani
mals can lick it every day.
arm corses that are doing little
or nothing can be well wintered on
chaff straw with a little corn mel)
and bran, say 2 bushels chaff) 16 lbs.
per &mj. Agricultural
ios. oran, ana 4 lbs. corn-meal each
A IIaufr Tears Asm.
One hundred and ten years ago
there was not a single white man in
what in now Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana
or Illinois. Then what is now the
roost flourishing part of the United
States, was as little known as the
country in the heart of Africa itself.
It was not till 1776 that Boon left his
home in North Carolina to become
the first settler in Kentucky. And
the 'first pioneers of Ohio did not
settle till twenty years later still.
A hundred years ago Canada be
longed to France, and Washington
was a modest Virginia colonel, and
the United States tho most loyal part
or the Jintish Empire, and scarcely a
speck on the political horizon indica
ted the struggle that in a score of
years was to lay the foundation of
the greatest Republic of the world.
A hundred rears ago there were
but four small newspspers in America;
steam engines had not been imagin
ed, and locomotives and steamboats,
and railroads and telegraphs, and
postal cards, and friction matches
and revolvers; and percussion caps,
and breech-loading guns, and stoves
and furnaces, and gas for dwellings,
and India rubber shoes, and Spauld
ing's glue, and sewing machines, and
anthracite coal, and photographs,
and chromo paintings, and kerosene
oil, and the safety lamp, nnd com
pound blow-pipe, and free schools,
and spring mattresses, and wood-engraving,
and greenbacks, and cotton
and woolen factories, in anything
like the present meaning of these
terms, were utterly unknown.
A hundred years ago the spinning
wheel was in almost every family,
and clothing was spun and woven,
and made up in the household ; and
the printing press was a cumbrous
machine, worked by hand; and a
nail, or brick, or knife, or a pair of
shears or scissors, or a razor, or a
woveu pair of stockiegs, or an axe, or
hoe, 01 shovel, or a lock or key, or .a
plate of glass of any sizo. was not
made in what is now in the United
States. Even in 1790 there were
only seventy-five postoffices iu the
country, and the whole extent of our
postal routes was less than nineteen
hundred miles.
Cheap postage was not beard of,
and had any one suggested the trans
mission of messages with lightning
speed he would have been thought
utterly insane. The microscope on
the one hand, and the telegraph on
the other, were in their infancy as
instruments of science; and geology
and chemistry were almost unknown.
In a word, it is true that to the cen
tury passed have been allotted more
improvements, in their bearing on
the comfort and happiness of man
kind, than to any other which has
elapsed since the creation of the
world.
Ackeaa aa tka Aekaaaaaa.
Many people having read frequent
dispatches in the papers about the
Acheenese, will be glad to learn
where they lire. Acbeen forms the
northwestern portion of Sumatra. It
covers an area of 800 geographical
square miles, and has 2,000,000 in
habitants belonging to the Maylayan
race. The Acheenese are tall, strong
ly built and of a violent and haughty
temperament, though they are much
more intelligent and skillful than most
of the other inhabitants of Sumatra.
They are mostly Mohammedans.
The capital has about 8,000 houses
and 36,000 inhabitants. The country
generally is mountainous, but exceed
ingly fertile; pepper, coffee, cotton,
tobacco and vegetables grow freely
and produce abundant crops. Gold
and precious stones are also found
in great quantities. Although part
of Sumatra is under the equator, the
climate is very moderate. The air
ishjaltbyin the mountain districts,
but not on the plains or on the coast
Acheen abounds with wild animals-
there are elephants, tigers, buffaloes,
rhinoceroses and orang-outangs. The
latter are never killed by the natives,
as tbey believe the souls of their an
cestors have passed into these ani
mals. Among the allies of the
Acheenese are the Battas, a cheerful
people, who are cannibals, and always
take salt and lemon juice when tbey
go to war, so as to be able to regale
themselves on the flesh of their dead
enemies.
Faraat Treea.
Many of the failures in the attempt
to raise our more common forest trees
from the seed, are caused by improp
er care of the seed previous to plant
ing. Ifeuch seeds as the chestnut
and the horse-chestnut are allowed
to become dry, their hard varnished
shell is impervious to moisture, and
this alone causes a majority of the
attempts at raising such trees from
the seed to fail. If they can be plant
ed so as to be secure from mice, it is
much safer to plant them in the
autumn soon after they fall from the
trees, ir tbey cannot be planted in
their proper position, they may be
mixed with earth and kept moist un
til spring. Freezing will not hurt
them. The elm and one or two other
trees mature their seeds so early in
the season, that tbey may be planted
immediately, and will make consider
able growth before winter sets in. In
all cases where the seed-bed is so
situated that it cannot be worked up
in the spring, it will usually be found
best to plant all kinds in the fall, as
they will sprout very early in the
spring, and will make root and growth
much in advance of those not planted
until late in the spring. Almost anr
kind of forest trees may be success
fully transplanted by cutting the tap
root a rear before the attempt is
made. If one or two of the larger
roots are cut at the aamc time, it will
be more certain to prove successful.
A War Matkara.
Consider it your religious duty to
take outdoor exercise without fail
each day. Sweeping and troting
around the bouse will not take its
place ; the exhileration of the open
air and change of scene are absolutely
necessary. Oh, I know all about Lu
cy's gown that is not finished and
Tommy's jacket,' and even his coat
his buttonless coat thrown into
your lap, as if to add the last ounce
to the camel's back ; still I say, Up
and out Is it not more important
that your children in their tender
years should not be left motherless
and that tbey should not be born to
that feeble constitution of body which
will blight every blessing! Let but
tons and strings go. Yon will take
bold of them with more vigor and
patience when you return, bright and
refreshed ; and if every stitch is not
finished at such a moment and it is
discouraging not to be able to sym
pathize in your best effort still re
member that "she who hath done
what she could" is entitled to no,
mean praise, l our husband is un
doubtedly the best of men, though
there are malicious people who might
answer that that was not saying
much for him. StilL he would nev
er, to the end of time, dream of what
we are dying pt So accept my ad
rice and take the matter in haad
yourself.
Freel jrarfl va.
It is very easy for us to say we
will forgive those who injure us, but
it is quite another thing to put it into
practice. Many peoplo forgive very
much as the little school-girl did to
whom her teacher said, "Mary if a
naughty girl should hurt you, you
would forgive her like a good little
girl, wouldn't you ?"
"Yes, ma'am," she said. "If I
couldn't catch her."
Another little Sunday School schol
ar bad a notion of forgiveness very
much like hers. His lesson had been
on this subject, and his teacher asked
him if, in view of what ho had been
studying, he could forgive those who
wronged him.
"Could you said the teacher, forgive
a boy, for instance, who, had struck
you 1"
-e-s, sir,"6aid the lad slowly after
thinking a little; "I could I guess I
could ;" and then added, in a husky
tone, "I know I could if he were big
ger than I am !"
These little folks put us in mind of
an old gentleman who had a quarrel
with a neighbor, and thinking he was
about to die, sent for the neighbor,
that the difficulty might be settled be
fore be died. "I can't bear," said he,
"to leave this world while there is
any bad feeling between us. But
mind you," he said, with all the ener
gy his feeble voice could assume, "if
I get well the old grudge stands!"
Ab, that is not like the teachings
of Jesus ! The enemy is not ouly to
be forgiven, but treated like a friend.
True forgiveness empties the heart of
all remembrance of old grudges and
hate, and fills it with kindness and
love.
Sew HaxJeaa IHe-BUIera.
The people of New Mexico origi
nate some curious societies. In Me
silla and Las Cruces they have or
it is said they have what are known
as "Pie-bitters," composed of persons
passionately fond of pies. So strong
has the rivalry grown between the
two societies that a challenge resul
ted, and the contest is reported to
have been as follows. "The pies were
to be mince and one inch thick,
Mesilla to bite first, and no bite to
count unless it reached the center of
the pie. Mesilla piled up nine pies
and shut down on them without an
effort Los Cruces elevated the top
of bis head and closed his jaws over
eleven. (Great enthusiasm among
his friends.) Mesilla came to the
seratcb, or bite, manfully, and flopped
his lip over a dozen successfully
(Odds offered on Mesilla.) Las Cru
ces, at this point, said. Well, it is
time to stop this nonsense; bund me
fifteen. They were given him: he
smiled, laid the back of bis head on
Lis shoulders, and came down on the
bundle of pies like an alligator on a
mouthful of flies. But his teeth did
not come together. He struggled and
ierked.but it was no use. Three of
his teeth broke, and his hold gave
way. On examining, a dog-collar
was found in the center pie, and Las
Cruces bad got his teeth tangled in
the buckle. Jack Martin, the referee,
decided in favor of Mesilla, on the
ground that everything was fair in a
nince pie.
Bala iaCallfarala.
The Sau Francisco Alia, of Febru
ary 16, says that the fall of rain dur
ing the preoeeding week had cut off
the hope of sowing many thousands
of acres in the vicinity of San Fran
cisco Bay with grain in time for a
crop, the low lands, and especially
the adobe soils, being so full of water
that two weeks of clear weather would
not fit them for plowing. The Alia
adds: "Experience has shown that
fields sown in March with grain are
unprofitable in three out of four years;
and rather than make more expert
menu in that line many farmers will
let their land lie fallow. In the san
dy districts the rain-fall has less effect
the soil has not at any time been in
bad condition for plowing, and the
Gelds supplied with irrigation and
not vet sown can be planted with
cotton or castor-bean, which do not
thrive in the cooler climate near the
ocean. At Millerton, which is furth
er south than any of the important
grain districts in the ban Joaquin
valley, the rain fall has been fourteen
inches sufficient, so far, for all the
purposes of the farmer."
Attaatlveaesa.
How much more we might make of
our family life, of our friendships, if
every secret thought of love blossom
ed into a deed I W e are not now
speaking merely of personal caresses
These may, or may not be, the best
language of affection. But there are
words and looks and little observan
ces, thougbtfulness, watchful little at
tentions, which make it manifest,
and there is scarcely a family that
might not be richer in heart wealth
for more of them.
It is a mistake to suppose that re
lations must of course love each other
because they arc relations. Love
must be cultivated, and can be in
creased by judicious culture, as wild
fruits may double their bearing un
der the hand of a gardner ; and love
can dwindel and die out by neglect,
as choice flower-seeds planted in poor
soil dwindle and grow single. At
lantic. AccoRPisa to the orthodox creed
of Islam, women will be saved with
men and all be made young again
all exeept one woman. Joseph,
when Viceroy of Egypt was riding
one day, when an old woman seized
bis reins and demanded alms. He
turned to look at her, aud was so
shocked at her appearance that he
involuntary exclaimed, "How terri
bly homely you are 1" "Then," said
the old woman, "Why don't you
pray to Qod, who answers all your
Erayers, and ask him to make me
eautiful?" Whereupon Joseph lift
ed up his hand and prayed for her,
and instantly beheld ber standing by
him, young and lovely, so lovely that
be loved her and made her his wife.
She lived long after him, and died
very aged, and went to heaven, and
is an old woman there now, and the
only old woman there, for God
makes all good women young again
once and she can never be nude
young again.
A you no lady of Lyons, Indiana,
recently said : "Some mon are always
talking about patronizing their own
town, always harping on that duty,
and yet tbey go abroad to get mar
ried, while here we allVtand wailing.
I do hope that some of these men
who marrr Eastern women will get
cheated." It would be as dangerous
for any fellow to trifle with the affec
tions of that yoong lady as to put bis
bead in the Lyon's mouth.
The Jersey legislature has been
asked to prohibit the use of tobacco
in the public schools of the state.
Dio Lewis, like Pharaoh's daugh
ter, is taking a "good profit" out of
the water.
Miscellaneous.
New Firm.
SHOE STORE.
SNYDER & UHL,
Having pnrchaacd the Shoe
Mtore lately owned by
II.CBeertto,
W Lire plnunr In ttllla? the ktUaUnn of tba
public to the ftict that kin now aad axpMt to
kep 00011011; oa hand aa oumpleto aa auurt
meut oi
Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters,
BOTH OF
Eastern and Home Manufacture,
as can be fbond anywhere. We ale will hare on
haml constantly a fuU aupplj of
SOLE LEATHER,
MOROCCO,
CALF SKINS,
KIPS,
AND LINING SKINS
or all kinOn, with a full line or
Shoe Findings.
The HOME MANI,TALTURE DEPART
MENT will he In eharze or
N". B. Snyder, Esq.,
Whow repntatlun for making
Good Work and Good Fits
It SMoml to none in the State. The public la re
eUulljr Invited to eall and exaniiie onr stork,
as we are determined to keep goods as good aa the
best and sell at prices as low as the lowest.
SNYDEE& UHL,
detf4
ARPETI.
A very large Stock
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC
OAKPETS,
Oil Cloths &.,
LOW PRICED CARPETS,
Of every kind,
Wholesale and Retail.
Henry McCallum,
SI Fifth Avenue,
(Near Wood Street,)
PITTSBURGH, PA.
apr23
Boots
and.
Shoes,
HATS AND CAPS,
Leather and Shoe Findings.
J. Iff. Zimmerman
Takes pleasure In calling the attention or the elU
lieni or Somerset and vicMty to the faot that he
has ened a store oa the Ninth-East earner of the
uianwau, wir wer. wui always be kept oa
nanu a complete aasoruneai ol
Boots and Shoes,
Of Kaftern aad home manufuctare, a 1 fee awl
weU assorted stock oi
HATS -A-ttSTID C-A S,
Aad a great variety cr
Leatknr aMi Shoe Findings
Or an kinds.
There Is also attached to the store a
CUSTOM-MADE BOOT & SHOE
DEPARTMENT,
With ANDREW ZOOKascatter and Utter, which
alone la a rattieient guarantee that all work made
an in the shoo will net onlv fit the feet of eueum.
era hat that auljr the heat material will he ased
ana in
Rest Workmen
Will be emntoTed. The nubile are reeDeetfallT
Inrited to eau and examine Ms stock.
ep.S, 't-
JOHN P. DEAN.
AMD
9
fi-'
Cae-pcatcra mmm Blackaanltka Taala
havcla. Haaelea, Heytkea, Maatkea,
Hsei, rerksaad Bakea,taa:atkrwltk
larva aal varied alack ar Hardlwara
mmm Catlarjr, aaltakla far tke traa, mi
fraatly roe a reel rataa.
ok-9
, THE WONDERFUL
PET CANARY BIRD!
(Patent just Procured.)
WILL, slnst for boars can be auwaged by anr
child. The latent aad moat woiulerfkll l.
ventlon of the age. The eery thing for either par-
a1 vt wwwm, bipiiii mm .
SEND FOB SAMPLE AT ONCE.
Big payto Agents aad to tke Trade. Satiifae
Uoa guaranteed or money promptly returned.
Sent pre-paid by mail to any addreaa, on receipt r
50 cents, or 1 for (1 00.
Address
JH.H
M. R. ROBERTS A fX).,
ITS Broadway, New York.
$10 to $20
day, Agentswaatel erer
here. Parties Ian free. A.
BlairkCkK, tH.Loais.Mo
mayH
$72 00 Each Week.
ssatrteUrle.
J. WORTH
naeyU
rUmmm. Partteakus
OU, St. Lalr, MT
Miscellaneous.
Dr. J. Walker' California Yin-
fjar Hitters aro a purely Vosctalio
preparation, made chielly from tho na
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges of
the .Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, tho medicinal prnjwrties of which
aro extracted therefrom without tho use
of Alcohol. Tho question 13 almost
daily asked. "What i tho catiSGc! tfio
unparalleled success of Vineuak Hrr
tkius!" Our answer is, that they remove
tho cause of disease, and the patient re
covers his health. They aro tho great
Llood purifier and a Iire-givinjyiriiiciple,
a perfect Innovator and miorator'
of tho svstem. Never beforo in tho
history of" tho world lia.t a medicino lwrrit
commit! miol posxcs.-iii tho remarkable
rjuaiitip of TisKtiAB Littkiis in Ualins Ibo
sick of every disease man U heir to. Tbey
aro a gentle I'urfrativo a well a a Tonic,
relieving Conpcstiuti cr Iaflansmation of
the Liver aud Visceral Organs iu Liilious
Diseases
The properties cf Dr.. Walkers
Viskgab Bitters are Aperient. Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious Laxative. Diuretic,
Sedative. Counter-irritant Sudorific, Altera
tive, and Anti-Diliotn.
R. H. MeDOSALD & CO.,
Draggiats and Gen. Arta San Francisco, California,
and oor. of Washington and Chariton Sts.. N. V
Bold by all nraajglata and Dealers.
This space is reserved for J .
F. Blymyer, who has removed
his stock into the most magni
ficent hardware room in this
place. He can be found in
Room io. 3, Baer's Block.
Seeds and Plants.
C Trne !ap Cod Cranherry, best
a "heVaTOrt for Ipland, Lowland, or l:ir-
Cden. by mail, prepaid. 1 uO per loo,
a 5 1(0 per 1.000. A Diieed Otaloime
of thie and all t rolls. Ornamental Tree, tver
frreens, Shrnh. Hulbm Kosee, I'lanf. Ac, nnd
FRKSH FLOWKK AND OARIiKN SEKUS,
the choicest collection in the country, with all n. nr.
cities, will be sent icratia to any plain xlilnva.,
2& sorts of either Flower, (janl.-n, Tree, FruitJ
r.Tcnf rren. nr nem neeae. lor ei uu, sent ny niall,
prepaid. Wholesale eaUIoirn to the trade.
B. M. WATSON. Old Colon Nnrnrrics and
Seed Warehouse, riyinoutu, .Mum. Established
wi marl
IH? l-Jillt IS Worlll UiOV .
otlii r llttu-rn.
K.r ntic at all Drue stores, Oroerrtc ami
en In Medicines: also, wlmlcftalt anil n-t
II RI:IS A F.WIStS'H. Wlinlcuilc lni?-i .:
rv-ti-II
at
Tenth and I. IbcrlT streets IMttuhiirs-h. I'a.
AMERICAN hToMACII l;lTI K.l:s Ml;. '
S1U an.l l.lbtrtr street.
"r.
rittsiiurfl).
I'a.
J. HORNER,
Buggy, Carriage
AND
LIGHT WAGON
MANUFACTURER,
SOMERSET I.A.,
Is now prepared to manufacture to unler m .i.
scriplioe oi '
CARRIAGES,
HIOOIES.
S CMC ICS.
SPKINO WAOOXS,
HACKS.
SLEIGHS,
Ac, AC,
In tbe latest and most approved styles, and at the
Lowes Potwible Prices.
ALL la WAST on A
First Clan Carriage,
Or any other vehicle? are rrsp etfnlly inrited U
call and ei amine his work. None but the very best
material will be asd In the manufacture of his
work, and aone but the
best woiutniar
Are employed In his establishment, some of whom
have had an experlenM of over twenty rears In the
baslaees. H. la, therefore enabled ta tarn out a
flrslelaas vehicle, bath la antet of malarial .i
wwa m mi
seated when
All work warranted to be aa mrm.
eented when leaving the shaip. and satisfHetwai
rsarantewl. All kinds of
RKPAIRINO ANI PAINTING
Itea. In a aeat and sabMaatieJ manner, and at tho
shortwt aettes. H Is determined to .h all his
work la saeh a manner, and at such prices aa to
"bvrejt evybodr to patr.ti.
ham UaU and naaht his work UferaWrhas
iBf elsewaejw. . , . .
JnW I. J. riORXER.
Groceries and Confectioneries
' Thisniiace Is rerrrcd lir I '. F. Rlil A Bn
I who have moved Inlo Ihe m?t magnificent irroeerv
j rootn Id this place. They can bo 1'oond In JJuer
' new building, second dour from the corner.
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OPPOSITE
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a.a'k wina.wan swasat
3
Sl'WERSKT, PA.
A. W. KSEPPEK.
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July 17
w. davis &r.Ro-s
CHEAP
Grocery anrf Confectionery,
SOMERSET, PA.
.. . mi. imyn; ti mis cvilllllH
Bity that we hY putvliawtl tb Uruoerr anil ivn
rWt iitnrv l U V LT A,-... . ... . .
Harnet Hon, and haT m4e valuaMe SiMtttonn
to th alrra1 Cos itix-fcof iooIb. We aclk all the
FI-OUR,
AND MEAL,,
COFFEK,
TEAS,
SUGARS,
RICE, SYRUPS,
MOLASSES,
FISH, SALT,
SPICES,
APPLES,
FLAVORING EXTRACTS,
DRIF.TJ AM) CANNED FRUITS.
ALSO,
COAL OIL, TOBACCO, CM ARS,
SNUFF, BROOMS,
BUCKETS, TUUS.AC.
' AH kinds French ami common
CANDIES, NUTS, CRACKERS,
FANCTi CAKES, PERFUMERY,
AND TOILET ARTICLES,
COMBS, BRUSUES, SOAP, Ac.
MksT "ur,n"'nt f Toys, Ac, fertile little
tX&J&SlT Uti ror, and Con.
Davis Cheap Grocery,
OPPOHITE THE BARN ET HOC S E.
nov. f-Jy.
I
bry Goul.,
Have ii., w (..,,.,.,
A l.arire and (ompltp ,.BH
Fall and Winter Wea
Thhnr,BA.rn.l....
1:k'h S"nrs,
Ir'ss Cmm!s,
Foil N la iris,
loop Skirt,
35hn! 1c
m loves,
Ciii ?iai.!alt
And Felt Over Sho
MKX AXr l:oyv
Clothing,
Boots and ShceJ
HATS AND CAPS,
GLOVE3.&C.
j
j T.liilerf!"ll: wr fijf Vi:t . c
f " ! :.. -
hAR1)WA1!I;
! QUEENSWAR-,
! Carpets, Oil Cloth,. I
A larjj.
"J r:
S A. L T
i
I5.v tin Ifarrol or.Na;
Prices as Low as PossiN?
C. k 0. HOLDKUnu i
Somerset, Pa.
Men's. Youths' and Bo-,3
r k
IFaU and Winter We j
t
IllkV liitr irriMtlv iucr .t. ! tnr ".. . - .
tlie Mm y.ir. isc :ir n w Ytari "i
IclHltj Of
: FINE EEABHIADE CLGI
Hi
l
Fully e.ual. if n t ur..'ri.T. in ; v.l: jj
an! tmih, to thp N't 'irft-rl .n:'b''.-:: $
me-Uunl !-?: hut l rali wh- j-r -r r- $
mots we have an txtinir? Cum Nt-tl
rtHLxumilj JMJT'Iillrft With pju-; t,..
CLOTHINC
Of Our Ouu Tai::if;:il:.n
t
WhWi we sniar.irM.e to be T ;vr ; u... ; i
cheaper in lrwe than anv otl..-r I. u-c ir ft
f
For Boys cf Ail Agi
ool aiitl ior) !itu;!
ONE Pi?ICE!
NO DEVIATIO:
AH Gocls Mill t tl: 7.r: L:
URLINC'
FOLLANSBEE
& 0
121 Wood St., Cor. Fifth Avs..
Oct. 30.
Cook & Beents?
FAMILY GEOCES
Flour and Feed
STOBS;
We Wool, I nyint rv"eetfuliy a: "
friends nnd the puld ic general!;. '
vicinity f Sumi-rftt. tli:it w; Iu"
1 1 Store on
MALV CROSS STUEE-
And In a.Ulliioa too lull Hue i th? '
Con f(t loner ie. o!tci:.
Tobantis Usnr-vf
We will eiHewenr, at all lime, t" it'.v ' c:
tinners with lUe
BEST Q !' A I. I T V 0 S
FAMILY FLOUj;
C 6 It X-MEAL,
OATS' SHEI.LKU fOU -v
OATS .f COIlS I'11'
nit a.v, .v''-'v
And every tliiDjs pertalnliiiuil tb
ment. at the
LOWEST POSSIBLE FBI
l- i :
CASH OSl
Also, well eWvJ J
OUwwarr: Stoneware. W..lcn
al kiwis, an-i
Which we a ill ll as chc-ip t -n'4',
Ol - ii ..i.a vl'f sll
be oti.iue4 Irom J'ur own jl-nwn'.
a. ik.'t r..n.ai w. star
OnMATVCRlSS Street, 1
X. IT, 4.