'i' .; Tbe Jlatukoa l a SI:IH m . . . . La iscjw" . There are few travelers on tic Har lem Hailroad bo have not board . the educated dog. .t fcc.rrf.te 1 - pot. 1 7eM;Om.i the rroicrtj -of Mr. JJJ pb with dark-brown sbog-jry coat of fine Lair H w" orn - , vue sL"i- vrars apo. wm imported Lie br a pcntl lpinp Fuddeulr f-honlv afterward, pave liimto Mr. and intil Ullman. Noticing ""- lirnn i: - :.. V nonn ugciux K cal, mr to train him- ,f(, i.a SSr-Knialu-rt be penance ot Lis duty around ,be Sepot. Knapp Las learned to tell br the clock when a train due, and at night when tbe Lands pomtto the rroPer Lour Knapp takes a lan tern in bis mouth and stands on the platform with tbe light gu.d.ng the -n?ineer to tbe .topping place. K nap knows an express train from a train, train. and a mail train nu "v In the day time when an ex- nrcFS train nm.roaciics tbe sumon clear Knapp shows a white flag, which eignif.es all is well. v t.iniir davs aro Knapp ap peared with" the white flag as a ex press train hove in sight, but seeing two small children going down the wagon road itrnorant of the approach of anv irain, be saw that tbe children would reach tbe crossing simultane ous with the train. Knapp drop ped" the white flag and seiz- ' . 1.:,. ..,.-.,,.1, Va hurt ing tbe rea nag iu uiMuum". ed tcward the crossing. The engi neer saw the red flag and shut off steam before the animal reached the children. Arrived at me. crusMug in- j stood there and prevented the train from passing until the children were Fafelvover the track; then belaid the flag down and the train went on. On another occasion Knapp snatch ed a child from in lront of a way train just as it was stopping at the depot. The child's clothing was torn bv the wheels of the locomotive, so narrowly had it escaped death. Knapp consults the clock every dar for the arrival ot the mail trains. Von- nininvntK lipfore tllC Iliail IS due Knapp stations himself at the mail rack, and when the bag is thrown from the car he carries it to the post oDice, andjif it contaiusany letters fur his master he takes them back to bun. When freight trains begin to switch cars at the depot Knapp always takes a red flag and trots up or down tbe track as the case may be, and flags anv train that heaves ia sight. Knapp alwavs keeps his position laithfullv until called iu by signals, just as anv other flagman is. Engi neers all know Knapp, and faithfully act tpon his signals. After the de parture of freight trains Knapp often walks down the track and carefully examines the switches to sec tLat the brakemenbave left them all right. Satisfied that no blunders have been made, he walks back to the depot, and it the clock show him that he has a few leisure moments he signi fies to his master a desire for a pipe. Mr. Ullman has taught him to smoke and he always keeps Knapp's pipe readv for lighting when he calls for it. The pipe being lighted, the ani mal sits on a chair and smokes with ns much apparent case asbis master. Mr. Ullman is a pood musician. He has a piano in the ladies' room of tbe depot, and olten periorms on u. Knapp has been taught to sing or whicc the tunes which Mr. Ullman plays. The dog often perches him self" on a chair besides his master with his fore feet on the piano frame. ami accurately turns the sheets of music with his tongue. Knapp can -jraltr, dance a schottische or polka as well as any one can on four legs. Of late some of the 'mischievous brakemen have thrown snow-balls at Knapp just as the trains started, or have made ugly faces or stamped th.-ir feet at him. He seemingly took no notice of these iusults, but on Monday one of the brakemen went into tbe depot to get a drink of water. When he started out Knapp stood in the door and would not allow him to move. He made a movement as though about to deliver a kick, and K napp opened his mouth and uttered a growl, which convinced tbe brake man that 6uch a proceeding would be daugerous. Knapp kept bis prisoner iu the room until the train had gone .. . .1 i 1 .. ... ,!.!., lar mat iuc unu-uiau vuunu. i catch it, and then releasing him, Knapp walked away as unconcerned ly as though nothing unusual had oc curred. Since that time the brakemen have been exceedingly civil to Knapp, but he treats them with lofty indiffer ence. In his mlancy n.u-1T r.ut. of bed. irrab- Un withconsiaoraiMc u - .tu "Tircr." nnd at-; room cmanof Scarsua. . ; lhis ,.oW a(J , ,VBB . 1.1.. .ch.l N'll I 3 VliliV, iwv. o (L'UIH- V - ! . , . : ...1 ....iit in iiun' . ..i ii ... . .... , f tearing out a goodly portion of his Ihere arc two distinct modes of i t;,oons rh TLe" ire WM at furnishing beds with flower.ngplants.;bcak(.ast) aa(, at once1 onlored thc " "- omplainant to sit down to the ta k.ud ofrlant; another may for ds- IjcJ(;at ,ji3 ,)roakfast w,iile Lis t mct.on, be called the mixed style. ; f.,)nstaljc wpat nf(er t,,e ow,)er of the The former ensures a bold ami dcci- j , ... , . . : . . r , . r . . dog. I he (icrmaii was attired iu his ded piece of coloring, for a short pe-1 , , , . , ,.,,.,. I IOU VI mv U4lp n VAC -ITUIII" . t ! 1' i three months, the latter stvle secures to the amature a constantly changing source of pleasure for at least seven months out of twelve. It consists in the judicious distribution of plants ot all kinds over your beds and borders in such a way that as month afierj month calls fresh sorts into bloom a pleasing effect is maintained. This rffect may lc obtained either entirely from hardv perrennials, which, for those who cannot spare much time for gardening, afford the greatest pleas ure and variety for the smallest amount of care and attention; or from a mixture of spring flowering and autumn flowering perennials with i summer flowering annuals and half- hardy plants. In very small gardens, it will be advisable to keep only oue plant of each kind; but where space permits, a letter effect is often pro duced by planting three of a kind in a group, so that when grown they may iook like one good-sized plant. Gardener' ('hroniiie. Vntnl Vmln rarity to Anlranla. In 18C4, at City Point, Ya.. the General of the Army strolled along the Wharf. One dav, seeing a big. rawboned teamster belaboring one ofj Ins wneel mules witn a billet of wood, and cursing him roundly, he quietly said: "My man, stop Wating that mule.' Ilawny, looking around to the little unostentatious-appearing person in . plain blouse "Say, be you driving these here mules, or be I?" and bat, crack, again went the cudgel, the mule dodgiDg, and jump ing the tongue. "Well," said the general. "I think I have sufficient authority here to stop your cruelty to that aniinal;" and iarning to the officer in charge oftbc train. Le order-1 4ll Vlim trt lift l-A 1ia rv 1-4 s l. T J 1 . . . ' . tuv -lURui uvu ITs" Hit TTl'I'TiTv.TnriF tortusta m-I.ah 1 t r "vj -ww. iiuuid, nutu lie, rf lurnpo 11 rftmn unfit rnnnpt i . act to Lis headquarters when done, The news spread rapidly from camp f .Vrvtv me The Kaunas City .Vim say -There v.as a cscitPiiu-nt near Hov,l,uai.V.torot nK.st highwuA el ri.t lew wguis u'. . .rn.nl,' mid a bull-dog ri'MUC unit. tbe ; llmi oil 1 lu" P '" ' . iiii'Sl Hill , ... mill iiu ict ol tne ino nntuw- ."0 -j - S 'the aggressions of a vag- hungry, as soon as we got some sup-turbcdi-ytu c fcfe ,1(.'i)er and something warm to keen the d enc,0 rant cow J Ue heard the noise made ; v - throughout the city, and was , !t.s,,eciallv .ro!kient iu the art oi man- 1. . 1 1 the tail, the said bovine liltoJ "liger uign hi the air with her horns, and whisked out the gate, with the old n.an Lang-in"- to her caudtl njipendage, and beating her to his hearts content with his heavy cane. I he old man anu the cow went flying down the street, and "Tiger," after turning a somer sault or two in the air, came down kersouse into the cistern in the yard, the top of which was open. Now, the old lady, noticing that the noise in the yard had ceased, nud wondering at the prolonged absence of her husband, stepped out into the yard to see what was the matter. She heard a splashing of water iu the 4.;tnrn ?! horror of horrors, (she thought) it was the old man ! Yell ! Well, her shrieks would have drowned out the sound of Gabriel's trumpet had that angel entered into competition with her. The neigh bors, alarmed at the cries, gathered around her at . once and ia quite a crowd. "My husband's in the cis tern : 7 snc criea. ue cant !-" Oh. he'll be drowned ! he'll be drown ed !' and away went two or tnrec lor a ladder. The ladder was brought, placed in the cistern, and a man de scended just as the out geuucineii rushed in at the sate, lie had heard a block or two away, as he was re turning from his chase after the cow, that some one had fallen into the cis tern at his house, and be believed it was bis wife, for who else could be about there ? Seeing the crowd of sparsely-dressed neighbors around the cistcrn"(the old lady had swooned away by this time and been carried into "the "house) he ran into the house crying in the greatest agony: "Save her! for (Sod's sake! Oh, my poor wife!" "Save the d 1 !" exclaimed three or four in a breath; "your wife says you are in the cistern." llv this time the old lady had re covered sufficiently to renew her hys terical screaming again, and com menced yelling at a greater rate than ever, just as the man in the cistern crawled out and exclaimed, "It's noth ing but that d d dog!" The night was cold, the neighbors had not taken time to dress, end their bodies were as cold as their indigna tion was warm when they learned what had disturbed their rest end dragged them from their beds at such an untimely hour of the night. They had one consolation however there was as dead a dog as ever breathless lav. A Jnslirr t Iiu Knew J Holier but No In Hamilton County, Ohio, there lives an old man named Sedam, who for forty-six years was a.lustiee of the Teacc, and who administered jus tice with such a thorough disregard for law that he is known as the "Chief Justice of Storra," that lieing the township in which he resides. I he squ:rc solemnized marriages, and, when occasion required, granted ' . . ... i i- -p. divorces. A iierman anu niswiic, whom he had married about five mouths before, applied jointly one day for a divorce. The "Chief Jus tice'' heard their complaints, after which he t dd the German to state the amount of money he had, and tbe value of the goods he owned in a small store. This done, the Squire told the (icrman to give his wile the money and to keep the store. To this he objected. Then he told the (icrman to keep the money and give his wife the store. To this proposi tion be also objected. "Well, said the 'Squire, "you are not inclined to act justly toward your wife, and I'll be blamed if I don't compel you to live with her now for the balance of your life, and if you don't treat her right I II banish you and give her everything." This had the desired effect, and the unhappy couple settled their differences, and departed appa rently happy. Another good story is told of the 'Squire which will illustrate his idea of justice. A (icrman living in his neighborhood kept a vicious dog, which had served as n nuisance to all passers. One Sunday morning an old gentleman called on the 'Squire iu a sad plight. The dog Lad made an assault on hiui and succeeded in IlV.'k V lUtllin, II tIM, lI I UUIIII, ,1 IIIU he was brought before thc 'Squire. After confronting the parties the 'Squire ordered the constable to "bas tile them both until they exchanged pants. The latter occupation did not occupy much time, when the prison was thrown open and they were al lowed to depart. The 'Squire still laughs over the case, but he says he never heard any further complaint about that dog. T KcrMriIii. in Summer. There arc a number of modes giv en to keep hams during the warm season free from the attacks of insects. Some bag them and whitewash the bag, which is troublesome and some- what expensive; some cover them with dry wood-ashes and pack in barrels nnd cover thoroughly with pine shavings; but we think the best plan of all, and certainly thc least ex pensive with all who have a smoke house, and every farmer should have a good one, is to keep the hams hung up in thc smoke house, which should ie kept perfectly dark at all times. We have some hams so kept two years .Id, and they were among the very best wc ever tasted. Uniform aartness is a complete protection) against tlic attack o! insects The Supreme Court of thc State of Illinois has just rendered an impor tant decision in thc case of Michael Lavin, convicted in Cook County for selling intoxicating liquors to" a per son M ho was in the habit of getting intoxicated. When selecting a jury . i v. iir : c lui" v r i i .1...,. 7."'"" euun ueienaant askea each juryman whether he was a mem-'in uitv temperance society or Lad 1 contributed any iuni t iimii.:.iuj i. 1 .t: , . . . punishment of offenders against Temnerance law T, k,4. . 1 . iui. o j 4 , I . ,1 i . iuruiy ouji'i'icu ana iuc uourt su8- Court sus-! --. - -1 - iniiitju iiir- ui 1 lift .-Minrfiniii f..- .1.. a . .iti . r. ) vuunumaicu; lUUl U1C rt'IUSai of the Court to permit the questions asked to be answered was error, for 1- Mtpt with hi ara an- "Yes;" haid the old man with a smile. " I remember one time in par ticular while out prospecting with an old friend, about twenty years ago. We wer etravciing on horsback, and came across a tavern one night about V!,wt- lt..i,, v,rr tired and colli OUl, we asaeu. l" e auunu ia our room. looking arounu wc lounu me had two Wds in it, one of which already occupied by two stran- Ivnt'i L'tiictnri lilctllir ;..,-.. .r. i i..: 4. i.-j, : i n- laci oi uicic neuig mo ..it.it , i ue room, um not surpnsu uts, as in , i"i ot mu ere were lire uucntlv three bed3 in a room. e undressed and just as I was going to blow out the light, my friend, who had got into the bed, espied the foot of one of the strangers sticks ing through the bed clothes at the foot of the bed. With suppressed chuckle he mo tioned nic to hold on a moment; he got quietly out of bed, and going to where the stranger's boots were, he took off a huge, sharp Mexican spnr and carefully adjusted it to the bare heel of the unconcions stranger. With another audible chuckle as he thought of the consequences that would follow when the stranger drew in his foot, he got back into bed, and I blew out the light and followed h:m. He managed to get a long straw from the led, and reached over and tickled the stranger's foot. He instantly drew his foot under the bedclothes, and then drew his legs up until his knees almost touched his chin. In doing this he drew the spur the whole length of his led fellow's leg, making a bad scratch, The victim uttered a yell and and sprang out of led with a muttered exclamation that I did no', make out, and then he commenced a wild dance around the room, with his nether crarment under his arm and making frantic efforts either to dislocate his nii k or sop how hadlv he was hurt ... " - - --- - i 'all the while making exclamations that would have made a baggage man with a Saratoga trunk on his shoulder turn green with envy. The innocent cause of tho trouble had been awakened at the first yel! ! of the victim, and in the straightening his legs out, scratched himself most unmercifully. -He did not yell, nor say bad words, but jumped out of bed and made for his' friend with the purpoae of taking vengenance, I supposed: but lie had not taken two steps before he jabbed tho spur into his leg-again. The landlord then appeared with alight, followed by half the boarders in the bouse, aud inquired what the matter was. An examination brought to light the spnr, which explained the matter. The stranger looked sheepishly at the spnr then at Lis scsateh, and finally examined his boots nnd with a sickly smile said: "Well, boys I have lived all my life among people who were spurs but I never before saw a man who couldp till off his boot and leave his spur on his foot! I'll treat in the morning1. Tbr I'rolilt Inn Munj I'arm Some years aro a friend ot onrs took a farm that, in the language of' his neighbors, was but a stonc-hcap. He had much sympathy. He would have to work an extra horse; his gears would soon wear out his implement would be torn to pieces. Others before him had tried this j farm and they were ruined, j The place was liv no means solid j rock. Down several feet below the ' surface it was thick heavy enough ; but the upper portion was rather : shaly, and broke up into pieces from a few ounces to perhaps a pound or two. Crops seemed to grow pretty well in the ground, if once the plow could be brought to go deep enough ; but as it has lieen worked it seldom had more than a couple of inches of loosening before the crops were put iu to dry out, of course, when tbe summer nights set in. The roads round about the farm and up to thc farm buildings were like most roads of the kind. Through soft clay they were nothing but seas of mud at those time of thc year, when of all others wc need a good bottom to drive on. Every spring there were the usual cursings of horses, breaking ot carts and gears, and all other miseries of hauling through mud, which so many have experienced on country farms, that we need not particularly describe. This farm was no exception to this, and all thc neighboring farms were of a similar character. Our friend of tne stone heap took thc situation. In the fall after corn-cutting time was over, his iwo hired men at odd times were set to work with garden rakes to rake stones. It seemed like a big task to go over a score of acres in this way. Thc loose surface stones were raked to gether in windrows and then shovel ed into a curt and from time to time spread in the "lane." Iu his own language it did not cost half as much to rake this stone, already broken by nature than it would have done to quarry rock and break it. His roads are among thc best about. They cost him little; aud his land gradual ly cleared of the stone, can be plowed deeply and easily, quite as much as those who so much pitied him; while in the comfortable travel in bad weather, he now feels a pity for those farmers whose lands are uotthe stone-heaps his was. There is a valuable lesson in a lit tle fact of this kind. There is rarely anything on one's farm that may not be turned to good account; while even land, which is cursed by some who do nt know lietter, may be turned to an Kdcn when one knows how to do it Orrmanloxcn Telegraph. A fc indie In 1 urrad. The New York Commercial Ad vertiser says: A number of men are going around town selling thread by thc single spool or in the quantity, and reaping a rich harvest. The men who have the thread for sale tell a pitiful and plausible story to the etlect tuat tuev were workmen in the thread mills at I'atcrson, New Jersey and that when the mills were forced to suspend, in consequence of the panic, they had to take their wages out in thread. For this reason they say they can sell thread atabout one half thc retail price. No thread mills in New Jersey have suspended and no hands in any of the mills have been paid in thread. The spools that are sold bear on their top, ap parently the well known legend, "warented '.'00 yards " The buyer using the "article, finds that after thirty or forty yards ha Vn d wood? fl S . " . . A 1 . 1 , . ..f x.am'nes infinitn small 1 nrintnd lint m'rnn kA lilt 1 1 1 1 1 111 inn cttswt 1 r uti 11 M.n-.AK.iM 1 ii.iAv 1 nauauLfu anil - 1111 vnrfia ' . - 80 Ififf 71,1 TiTintendTd that the eve shaj be dece red bv So that tho 1 11 . i hold figures. The rogues think that thr iu uoi, oe -arrested lor lraud. it . . ThlnVlnn rrmpr Jf fanners do not make their call ing honorable, they have only them selves to blame. They arc always called by politicians the "bouc and sinue of the land," and if they neglect the cultivation of their minds they will nevgr be anything but bone and sinue. lionc is good, but brain, is better. Muscle is necessary but mind must direct The poor and ignorant may be just as good as the rich and wise, be cause moral worth is oue thing and intellectual worth ahother; but it is a fact that those men ever will be most respected who, with equal mor als, make the best use of their hands. Lawyers aud merchants only succeed in the world by diligent study, and farmers can only rer.dily succeed in like manner. A man may, in rare cases he an ex cellent farmer, and yet be unable to read, but he is alwavs a thinker. His neighbors read and he hears them talk. They gather ideas from books and apply them, and watches the result In bis own operations every good farmer watches carefully to discover the reason for success and the causes for failure. Vast good has resulted in our own country from farmer's clubs, where the e.K.'i icnce of a neighborhood is talked over. To be useful they ninst be practical. It is not a lyceum for rhetorical culture although confi dence and ability in public speaking are among the important incidental results but the object should be to compare facts and experience. If a man has raised a good crop let him tell his neighbors, in a little gather ing what kind was used and when and what manner planted. If a fail ure ha3 occured, state fully the cir cumstances, and your neighbors may tell you wherein you failed. Even if no valuable information is directly elicited at a meeting hints are often given and trains of thought arc started that result in greater good. Fanners depend uuon it you too much nctr eet vour business, and do a C7 f - not sufficiently honor it by the active employment of your Leads as well as hands" You may rise early and work late, but for" the lack of fore thought take many a false step and miss good crops No merchant can succeed bv such nepleet as is com mon among farmers. It is not that farmers know less but they arc not as alert and active to alll improvement aud progress. If they would think more about their business, success would oftener crown their efforts and greater honor redound to their occu pation. An Ktlitor WhoU Drnf. We thought everybody in thc State knew that wc were deaf, but once in a while we find one who is not aware of thc fact. A female book peddler came to thc office thc other day. She wished to dispose of a book. She was alone in this world, and had no one to whom she could turn for sympathy or assistance; hence we should buy her book. She was unmarried and had no manly heart into' which she could pour her sufferings: therefore we ought to invest in her book. She had received a literal education and could talk French like a native: we I could not in consequence, pay her less i thau two dollars for a book. We had listened attentively and here broke in with : "What did you say. ? We're deaf.'' She started iu a loud voice and went through her rigmarole. When she had finished we went aad got a role of paper, and made it into a speaking trumpet, placed one end to our ear and told her to proceed. She nearly broke a blood vessel in her effort to make herself heard. She commenced: "I am alone in this world ." "It doesn't make the slightest difference to ns. We are a husband and father. Digamy is not allowed in this State. Wc arc not eligible to proposals." "Oh, what a fool thc man is," she said in a low tone ; then at the top of her voice. "I don't waDt to marry you; I want to sell-a-b-o-o-k." This last sentence was howled. "We don't want a cook," we remarked blandly; "our wife does the cooking, nnd she wouldn't allow as good-looking a woman as you to stay in thc house five minutes. She is very jealous." She looked at us in despair, (father ing her robes about her, giving us a glance of contempt she exclaimed; "I do believe that if a 300 pounder were left off alongside that deaf fool's head he'd think somebody was knocking at the door." You should have heard her slam the door when she went out. Wc heard that. Santa Clara Keho. A Queer I rrnk ofa Woman. The Knoxville (Tcnn) Chronicle says: "A lady living in the upper end of this county began not long since lor the first time in about thirty years to speak to her relatives and stran gers. Her history is a strange one. When she was a little girl, some five or six years of age she was a regular little rattle-trap, merry as a cricket an i had something to say to everyone strangers as well as acquaintances with whom she came in contact Her father considered her too for ward, and on one occasion, when she was about seven years old, punished her severely for speaking too mnch. The child took it so to heart that she never spoke again to her father or any one else for about thirty years with the. exception occasionally to her mother, as long as she lived and her sisters and their children. She had not a word for her brother-in-law or any ono else, lo question her al ways proved useless, for no reply could be dieted. Thus she dragged along a weary, lonely life, until a few weeks ago, when attending a re vival she became converted. and began . to talk . to every body in a rapid, vehement man ner, until it was found that her rea son to some extent was impaired. She was taken home and received prompt attention, and at last accounts her mental condition was much im proved. The Voyage of a Tejr Balloon. One day last week a gentleman in Cincinnatti bought one of those red toy balloons that are sold at the street corners, and after attaching a card with his name and address, star ted it off on a voyage of discovery. There was a brisk westerly wind blowing, and it soon passed above houses and steeples, ovcrthc hills and far awaj - It was almost forgotten, when he received a letter inclosing his card with a fragment of balloon at tached, informing him that thc bal loon descended about two hours after leaving the city, on the farm of Mr. Tatman. thirty miles east of Cincin natti. It fell near a man at work on the farm, who has been the subject of great mental excitement, imagining among other things, that the end of the world is at hand. To him thc advent of the balloon- was a regular sensation, in fact a special messenger from another sphere confirming him in the theory of a speedy smash-up of things terrestrial. A IfUhap. We have a gravel roof on our house, and the other day some work men were up there fixing it. They had a block and tackle rigged on thc edge of the roof, with a rope reach ing to the ground, for the purpose of hoisting the tar and gravel. Our girl went out washing thc yard at tbe time, and somehow the hook on tbe end of the rope caught on her hoopskirt as she walked past it The man on the roof was discussing the Darwinian theory, or thc tax on rum, or something at that moment, aud seeing thc rope shako he considered it was the signal to haul up, so with out looking over tlic edge ho began t to wind tbe crank with velocity. A moment later the next-door neighbors ; heard fearful screams, aud as they rushed to the windows they perceiv ed an athletic exile of Erin swiftly ascending toward thc blue, ethereal heaven. The man at the crank fairly ached to look over and sec what the noise was about, but he couldn't stop, he thought, until he got the bucket at tbe top. But he put on more vehe mence, and in a moment he was amazed to see a human head, adorn ed with red hair, looming above the gutter spout. His first impulse was to let go the crank and run. Hut overcoming the earlier shock of fright he held on to the crank with one hand, while with thc other he seized a handful of warm red bair and haul ed the owner upon the roof. Wc live iu one of a row of houses which an all joined together, and they do say that the impetuosity with which that girl of ours charged upon the man who mussed her hair, and chased him over the roofs clear up to the corner, where he saved him self by crawling down tbe chimney flue, was at once impressive and ex hilirating. She stood over that chim ney expressing her views concerning the man's present character and future prospects until she was exhausted, when she walked home to our roof, lifted the trap door, descended and went to bed. And when the man emerged and brushed the soot of him he confided to his colleague, while distributing gravel, that he would rather dive at once into the bowels of a burning volcano than to meet that hired girl again in a place where there was no chance to run. Mar Adler. How (o Resnsallate old 51 radon. iVlmost every farmer in the country has an old worn out meadow, that it j docs not pay to cut the grass, the most of it being white-top and a kind of moss, which has choked the good grass. My experience to re-invigorate or regrass the meadow without plowing, is this: In March take clover seed and sow broad cast over your meadow on the sward. Then give the pooret spots a top dressing of . manure, cheap dirt, coal ashes, or any short fine compost; and every other season let yourgrass get ripe before you cut it, so that while you are making your hay, there will be seed enough fall out to seed your ground over again; and in the fall pasture your meadow but very little but in the spring of the year keep your stock off entirely. By this treatment you will find that your grass crop will increase from oue to two hundred per cent. The above is truly worth a trial. Treatment for lonamnpiiou. A highly respectable citizen of Rome, Georgia, showed the Commer cial of that city, a private letter yes terday from a relative in Boston, from which we make the following extract, relating to a remarkable but effective treatment of a case of con sumption : "Willie has been sick for more than a year past, just gone into sonsumption, but had an operation performed by having an incision made through his back into the lungs, and from which were drawn out at the first operation nine pints of matter; incredible almost, but such are the facts, as his mother told meshe meas ured it. After this his lungs were washed out with warm water and carbolic acid. The washing has been done day after day. The lungs are now healing. He has gained in flesh from some twenty to thirty pounds, can walk a mile without getting wearied, and is improving finely." Darks as Eck Producers. The number of eggs laid by a duck depends very much on the breed to which she belongs. In all poulfy the non-sitters lay more than those that are concerned in the rising gen eration. Thus the Aylesbury will lay a greater number of eggs than other ducks. The black duck, called tbe Labrador, the Last Indian or Buenos Ayrcs is a good layer. The Rouen is an average layer: and the wild duck lays few compared to these. An old duck is as a rule better than a young one, but it is impossible to give the average of any of them. Aylesbury ducks begin to lay in Nov. and December; Roucns three months later. Both the time when they be gin laying, and the number of eggs they lay are influenced by their keep and by judicious managment. Harder in Texas. Galveston, March 12. A special despatch from Indianola . says that this afternoon two men, one named Taylor and the ather unknown, walked aboard the steamer Clinton, lying at the wharf there, and deliber alely shot and killed two men named Sutton and Slaughter, and then made their escape. These men were all connect ed with the bands of despera does that were making things so live ly in De Witt county of late. The murdered men were supposed to be making an offort to get away on the steamer, having been warned that thev were followed. A Paris physician relates the par ticulars of a curious case he has un der bis charge. It is thatof a young girl, eighteen years of age, who is afflicted with what is termed hichato- pir.is to say she loses the faculty of sight in daylight and recovers it in darkness Although her eyes do not present any special morbid character, she is forced to keep her eyelids clos ed during the day and to cover her head with a thick veil. On the other hand, with the shutters of a room hermetically fastened she reads and writes perfectly in tho deepest d irk ncss. She feels no pain beyond a slight lassitude when thc solar light strikes her visual organs. Mr. Hoknaby, of Fond du Lac at tempted to go down into thc cellar the other night to get pitcher of cider. His wife warned him to be careful and not break the pitcher. He slip ped on the first step and fell to the bottom, skinned his elbows and knees bumped his head, broke his nose tore his coat, and landed on the cel lar floor a total wreck, but saving the pitcher. Mrs. Hornaby called to him in horrified accents, "Mr. Horna by! Mr. Hornaby! did you break the pitcher?" He growled back, "No, I didn't, but by thunder I will." and he did. Miscellaneous This space is reserved for J. V UKnmvpr. who has removed -A- M-TMJ J his stock into the most magni- hcent hardware room in mis place. He can be found in - . a 1 Room JSo. 3, liaer's UlocK. New Firm. SHOE STOEE. SNYDER & UHL, Having pureliawd the Shoe Store lately owned by II.C. KeerlU, We take .lca?ur in calling the attention of the Iiuhlle to the Tart that we have now aail expeet to ;eep cmtantly on hand a complete an assort ment of " Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, BOTH OF Eastern and Home Manufacture, an can be round anywhere. We also will have on uuml constantly a lull supply of SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, CALF SKIN'S, KIPS, AND LIXIXd SKINS Of all kin Is, with a full Hue of Shoe Findings. .The HOME MANCFACTIKK DEPART M L.ST will be in charge of iST. 13. Snyder, Esq., Whw reputation for making Good Work and Good Fits I second to none in tho State. The public ia re spectfully Invited to call and examine our stot-k, as we are determined to keep g;xid as jrnod as the best and st ll at prices as low as the lowest. SNYDER & UHL, dccS4 ARPETM. A very large Stock IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC OABPETS, Oil Cloths, 1, LOW PRICED CARPETS, Of every kind. Wholesale and Retail. Henry McCallum, SI Fifth Avenue, (Near Wood Street,) PITTSBURGH, PA. apr23 Seeds and Plants. True ffcpe kxl Cranberry, best Wa"ft for I'pland, Lowland, or Oar- Cden. by mail, prepaid. 00 per luo, . 5 00 per 1.000. A priced ?atalirue or this ami all Fruits, Ornamental Trees, Ever srreens. Shrubs. Bulbs, Hoses, Plant, aui . and EKESII FUIWKK ANU UABUEX SEEDS. the choicest Millnctlnn In thj. Minntww i u -1 1 cuius, will be sent Kratis to any plain address. ... v. r...,rr r lower, uaruen. Tree, rult. Evergreen, or Herb Soeds, for tl 00, sent by mail, prepaid. Wholesale cataloirue to the trade. R M W11NIIV ill. I iu . , . ........ ..... . i. iij naiwmsiHl Seed W a re house, Plymouth, Mass. Established . . man $72 00 Each Week. A Rents wanted everywhere. Business strWlv In. KltlBiaie. Particulars free. Address J; WoKTH tOO., St. Loots, MO. Miacellatieoiin. Dr.J. Walker's California Yin Cgar 1 Jitters arc a purr'-.- Ycjrctablo i)'icpar:itio!i, Jii'i! chielly I. in tho na tive Iicibs found on tho lower rnnsres of tLc Sien a Nevada mountains of Califor nia, tho medicinal :io;)Ci ties of which aro extracted therefrom without tho uso of Aicohol. Tho fjuestiou is almost daily asked. "l:;;t U thc causa cf tho unparalleled success of Vixkmau Uit ti:i:s?"' Our nnsv, cr i.;, that they lciuovo thc cause of disease, mid thc patient re cover Lis health. They arc the great blood purifier aad a lUc-nivm? principle, a perfect Innovator and Inviorator of tho evstem. Never before in tlio hUMrr of" tlio vorUl Im a wedicino been ciiimxmmiwl powcs.iif.r Hi" remarkablo qualities of Vi.nko.iu HiiTKUs in lieuliiii tlio sick of cverr ib.-iuiso man U hat to. Tlicy aro a pernio' Pur-rativo as w ell a a Tome. rclicri:; Con?euoa or Inflammation of tlio Liver aJ Viiceral Orgaus ia Uil'.oas l)ifasc$ The properties cf Dn. Walker's Vi.vkoar ijiri kiis arc jVpcrieut, Uianhorctic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, birtretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant SudoriHc, Allera t:vc, aud Auli-Liliou.s. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vix ecai: Hitters tlio most wonderful viporant that ever Mlst.mied tli- Miikie svi'leiii. " No Person ran take these Hitters according to direction, and remain ion. unwell, provided their bones are not ii--stroved by mineral poison or mi.rr means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. 5iIious, Keinitteiit and Inter mittent Fevers, which are .m preva lent in the valleys of our xrcat nvep throughout the United States, espee:al! those of the Missiosipp:, Ohio, Missouri. Illinois, Tennessee, Ciiini'i'i i md. Arkan sas, Ked. Colorado, Brazil, Kio (j ramie. Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah. Ko anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and'remarkably so during' sea sons of unu.mal heat and dryness, arc invarial'ly accompanied by extensive de rangements of the i-toi::: :ch and liver, ami other abdominal viscera. In the.r treatment, a purgative, e.ertinu a pow erful influence upon these various or gans, i.s essentially necessary. There is no' cathartic for tho purpose eipial to 0::. J. Wai.keu's Vim:;.u r.iriKi:s, as they will speedily remove the dark colored viscid matter with which the bow-els are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fort ifv the body airainst disease bv muiiviuL' all its llu'ids. with Vixrc.Ai: UriTKKS. Xo epidemic can take l.o.d of a svstem thus fore-armed. IrjjriNia or Iiiiliuesluiii. Head ache l'ain in the Shoulders, Cou-lis, Tightness of the Ciiest, Hizziiiess. Sour Eructations of the Stomach. Had Taste in the Mouth, Iliiious Attacks. l'a!;i:a tation of the Heart, IntIaminatio:i of the Lungs, l'ain in the region of the Kid neys, aud a hundred other painful symp toms, arc the offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle w ill prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or Kimx's F.vil, White Swellings, ricors, Krysijickis, S-.vrlir.l Nut. (Initrc, Scrofulous imlaimimlioiis. Indolent Inlluinmtii)ii. Mercurial A HV !in:'., DM Sores. Mmptiiiiis of the Skin, Sore V.yr. e!o. la the-ie. :is ia all other coiistilutional 1:--i-iisi-i. Walk Kit's Yixr.ou: IIittkiss l:a e h(iw!i their great curative power.; ia the iinxt oli-tili.'ite and intractahle c:i(". For Inflammatory nnd ( Iironie K!ieti:iia1ism. Our, li.Uous, Ilemit- teiit and Intermittent Fevers, Di.-easesof tie liiooi!, Liver. Kidneys ami P.ladc'.er. tlice letters have no ccpuil. Such li-cacs are cuiiM'tl by Vitiated ISloml. Mechanical Diseases.-lVrsons en gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters. CioM-heater--. aad Miners, as they advance in are .-abject to paralysis of the Itn'.vcN. 'i guard against this, take a doe of V.'Ai.uril's Vl.v K'iAr. nrrrrns occasionally. ForSKin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter. Sail Itlicum. i.iuU'iics. Spots, Pimple, l'i;-tules. l'.ull;. t'avbu:ii-ie- King-Worms. Si -.1 11 -head. Sore Kyis. Krysipehw. Itch. Scurfs. Iico!irutii::s of the Skin. Humor aud IsisiMM's of the Skin of whatever name ir nature, are literally dug tip ami carried m.t of the system ill a short time by tho use of these Hitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, linking iu the system of so many thousands, an.- i liectualiy destroyed and removed. No -teni i if medicine, no vermifmres, no an i.i Imiiilti.-s will free the system from worms ! !; P.ittlTS. For Female Complaints, in u ung ..r ..id. married or sinsV. at the dawn of w o- TM-.hnod. it the turn of liU these Tonic Ititters display so decided an iutlueme that ::;nri. eu.o:;: is -inn perceptible. i'leanvlhe Vitiated Illoodwhcn- . .' i.s.d its impurities bursting through I'taiple-. I a'antio:;.;. or Sores: :i-aa-e .: !n'U you lia.l it obstructed and -. -.-o r. ti.e viiu-t cii-anse it when it is , w'.il tli you when. Keep :.- I .i a. i:l 1 ic h -ultll of the .system It. II. Ici..VI.: . !.. . i . t .1 : S : : l-'r t:i-.-Uv. (.'id'.r.iruia 41: I ..r .1 A -' oi - i-l fl.it 'iVil III Sis.. N. V. -..Hi I. .ill jr. ; lutiiil Drslrr ! l.tlllO: IJ. WUllll II4U.V kl-AU ..Ufcl-la oilier r.ittrm. r or nle stall !ru'torrs. Croccrlrs rot IVm TS In Mi'tlVine: also, wliolrsnle nnil ivlnil nt II AHItlS EWISti'S. Wholesale lrilTKlsts,cor. Ti ntli mill I. Ibi-rtr streets, I'llt-lmrpli. l' i. AMI'.lilC'AN vri'M Al It WTTKliK MFU. CO., tin ami r.2 Liberty tr.-t. ritUbuKU, fa. J. HORNER. Buggy, Carriage AND LIGHT WAGON MANUFACTURER, SOMERSET lY., Is now iireircl to manurm-lurc to imler everj tle scriiniuu ol CAHRIAflF-S. KflJlHKS. Sl'LKIKS. SPKINd WAGONS, HAl'KS. SLKKIIIS. &c, 4ie., Id the latest ami must ui'imntit stjtes, an.l at the LoweMt I'oshible I'Hcch. ALT. IU WAST Or A First (.lass Carriage, Or any otber vehicle, are .pf ctrulty Invltcl u call ami ejdmine hit work. None hut the very hest material will he us-tl in the inanuructiirc of his work, anil none bat the BEST WOUSOIEX Are employed in his establishment, some of whom have had an exiieriense of over twenty years in the huslness. He is, therefore enahleil tu turn nut a nmt-elnss vehicle, hoth In point of material and workmanship. All work warranted to lie as repre senteil wheu leaviin; tho shop, and satislaeiion KUiimiitee.l. All kin.leor KEIWITUNO AND PAINTING . -V1IH MJ1MUTC-I, ltti n. IMt- hortest notice. Ha is determined .lo all hi Work In flMh munnas - i IWHA In & DMt AJliI Ultveltaiul (..1 a V malt K fto the Interest of wry body to pmtion.M lag etowhtre. r Jana I. J.HORNER. Qroceriei and Confectioneries Thissj.ice is reserved lurt'. F. lilmadsfc Hro., who huvc moved into the most !niirniIU ent grocery room in this place. They can be tound in liner's new l.uiMin. w'cou.l door from tlie corner. r w. davis & nnos CHEAP Grocery and Confectionery. SOMKRSET, PA. Weileslre to inlorm tho people of this ei nnnu nlty that we have pun-aaseil the Groeery ami t'on reetionery ol H. I. Knepper, Ii., opposite the Hornet lionse, anil have inmie valuat le a hltiions tnthealreaily Coeiluekol (iuoUs. We sell ail the beoihranilso ruo, AMI .MEAL, COFFEE, TEAS, SUtlAKS, KIi'E, SVRfPS, MOLASS ES, FISH, SALT, SPICES, APPLES, FL.AVOUIXH EXTRACTS. IRIFU AND CANNED FRC1TS. ALSO, COALOII TOBAtXH), CIO AGS. SNUFF, BROOMS, BUCKETS, TUItS, ic All klnils Frem h ami common fc'ANllIES. NUTS, CRACKERS, FANCK CAKES. PERFUMERY, AND TOILET ARTICLES, Ct M IIS, imUSH F.S. SO A P, fce . Also an assortment of Toys, ,c, for tho little folks. If yon want 'anvthinv In f Grocery ami Cm fcetliinery line call at Davis Cheap iirocery, OPPOSITE THE bARNET HOUSE, nov. S-ly. FURNITURE. LEMON & WEISE. The ohl ami well known nrm of Im .n & Weise, of PitLsbunch, l'a., inunuliu-turers ol t Fnrnilnre and Chairs, HAS REMOVED TO No. 11 Fourth Avenue, (opssite iht ir old ftand,) Whero tliey mn'.lntie the tmsiiiess in all its brancht s. umrt JOHN P. DEAN. m v r ' Cnrprntera and BliM-kaKiltbn Tool. hovels, Npafl-n, Nrythea, Mnaftiea, Horn, Forks aad Rakc,tesetker with large and varied stork or Hardware and Cutlery, aaitable for the trade, at greatly red need rate. Iy 1 ) i. AAA perday. Aarentswantert ever- JklU LU JhZiU ywhere. Partleulars free. A. Blair a Co., St. Louis, Mo majH I ry Goorfi. c. u I tare now opened A Urj?e and (omolete A.v,rf.n.ni . Fall and Winter Wear. ;They have a complete assortment .,t lrs.s (jiootf, Felt Skirts, Hoop Skirts, IlllHth'M, CslloVt'M, Shoes, Cm ii in Sandals, And Felt Over Shoes. MKX AXI HOYS.' Clothing, Boots and Shoes, HATS AND CAPS, GLOVES, AsC UnuVrelotliinjj for .Men ami tt',:,.-, A larif e i".rt:u-nt ! lTAllDWAltE QUEENSWARE, Carpets, Oil Cloths, &c. A hirije stvk of fine an I ".re SAL T lly tho Karrcl or Hack Prices as Low as Possib'e. C. A: 0. HOLDEMUDI. Somerset, Pa. I lrt. 30. Men's, Youths' and Boys' CLOTHIE G- FOR Fall and Winter Wear. 1 Havlnu ureatly Iiktk-I tur Dnililnj Janr.it tlie pu't yvar. we are now prepared l d-r u your apjiroval a lec-tiuu niinnrpa!e1 m eiirav Style. Wisrkmanslisp and Material. e mu? i speelulty of FINE HEADY-HADE CLOTM Fully eijual. if not superU. in tleirsjiee. tj!e. nt and ttnisti, to the best iTdered airtueata at yrrt one-Uiird less ; hat for all who pmsw opmr tu njentswe have an extensive t'liHi'm Departnii-iK. eonstantly supplied with finest fyiAt, anJ larife foree of most Article Cutters. CLOTHING OT Our Own MiMiufacliirr. Whh h we cu.'irnmce to he of better quality, su i ebeaper iu I'rh-e than any other h.iuse m the aij. StUOOI, SI ITS For Boys of All Ages. a'ooi nnd very Cheap! ONE PRICE ! NO DEVIATION!! All GCtiS Mill at t.3 Y:T7 Lc7;st ET.2 URLING, FOLLANSBEE & CO, 121 Wood St., Cor. Fifth Ave., pitts .sum; ii fa. Oct. 30. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCERY Flour and Feed STORE. Irh-n.Nau.l the puM k ni-m nillv, in imc -TicmitTW Somerset. tUut w have t.prntfJ vuun ii l'i oiure un XAIX CROSS STREET, Ami In addition to o full Hh of the Con (Vet ioiierie, Motion, Tobiieeot, i;ar, ! We will emleavor, at all times, to supply nor cs lotuers who tne BEST QUALITYOF FAMILY FLOUE, CORX-MEAL, OATS' SHELLED CORS. OATS t COBS chop, Bit AX, MWPLJM Ami everything pertalnlnintc to the Feed l""Part meni, ai ine LOWEST POSSIBLE PBICK von CASH ONLY. Alsis a well selected stock of Glassware: Stoneware. Wowleiiware, Brush' al kinds, and stationkry W hloh we w 111 sell as eheap tl the cheapest. j Pla eall. ..amine oor -oedi of U .'-d, "1 be satisfied freai your own jwio- Don't forget where we sty On MArsr-CKOSS Street, Sam" Oct. isri. " HolMini
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