Tn. re IIy I if'd, i-orri'.-i'onaeui 01 iuu , . . r . I Vrtrt.',,,.i. Vatic profesc. to Lave Dccn ui- a riftv to bard labor ia a ton-aorc , Lav field and has written for that j paper the following amusing account of his experience. Whether Etrictly correct or not the intelligent reader will rcaauv i.nviv ."".. i i Fonts what "might have Ltvn" under j favorable circumstances. Dut we let J in-m Lis own storv. nurc .a 1 liarmaker has to ear . ? .....ml . , , .... ! life" has been sung in song and story, r i 1 1 1 1 im i. i ....... . . i ue nay unu i . tnnnv bright and beautiful colors as colors as 4k "roinV.nW itfiflf. As you well know I came out here fmrnt-bin to cct tanned. mi Id Btav a week, but I guess they can ' without cn-t nhintr with their hayin t : 1 l.irft rn tKn fnrii S Suu- went me. 1 smu-u . t-reninc. When the sun down everything was delightful. As I sat on the broad porcli ana u.e urcc.e came iu iuiuuu , , the trees, 1 becan thinking of buying a litt.e farm, eo pleasant it. seemed. The cows had all been milked, the thitkeus were roosung iuc i.r- along the roadside, the crickets were chirping and several prcttr dairy v.;.ta cot 1U!fnir.' to wonoeriui startling stories of city life told them bv the person who had come fire miles to take part in haymaking, l.yc and live I retired. U cnt to bed earlier than I had for years. The boss farmer said we'd have to get up long before the sun came peeping over the bill tops. I was sung to sleep bv the gentle murmrr of a mu quito, and before I was aware of it another day had been born. It was four o'clock when I went cut and bathed mv head in fresh running wa ter. I was the last on' the ground. Five sturdy racn with five sturdy sevthes stood sharpening their blades with whetstones, and the song they scraped was decidedly novel and in teresting to me. 1 was given "j and was assigned .to the tail end. Then the first mower cut his measure, then the next, and the next and the next, until finally I followed in. 1 got in about ten feet, and when I looked back it appeared as if some one had been pulling off the grass. When we got to the other end of the field I came to the conclusion I had better drop mowing. I was promo ted to the position of water-boy. I threw a little keg over my shoulder and went to the spring. The dairy girls were there and my errand, was forgotten. The men said that the water was not as fresh as it might be. Then breakfast was announced. I hal worked fearfully hard and a terri ble appetite hnd crept over me. It was six o'clock. At half past we were in the field again. Eight o'clock ftund nie with a rake tossing over the hay that had already become scorched un der the hot morning sun. We tossed it over and kept the green side up. At niue o'clock we went over it again, while the men were mowing away over in another part of the field. The sun was fearfully hot; far worse than writing articles in a cool and com fortable sanctum. The perspiration figured a hundred little canals down my back and my eyes became blind ed, and the men wanted water so often that I concluded a salt stone was in the throat of each. Finally at ten o'clock we stopped work and ad journed to the shade of a large tree. Our morning lunch had been brought. Strancre to sav the minds of the men never once left their work. They munched bread and drank milk, and between bites and gulps they talked hay and nothing but hay. They praised my endurance, while I in turn occupied my mind in inventing some sort of a story to get out of my hay ing job. Then we went to work again. TLe sun shone hotter than ever, and the men became thirstier. I tramped over the hot hay field until my feet became sore. And we tossed the Lay this way and that until it be came as hot and parched as the dust in the road. At twelve o'elok I was tired, weary and foot sore. I thought farming the most miserable bore in tho world. I could hardly see. My eyes were inflamed, and my whole body seemed to be steam ing. And when the dinner bell rang I imagined I could not walk to the farm house. Paring the meal I hadn't much to say. In answer to questions, however, I stated I would like to be a boss farmer with haying li lt out After dinner the men com menced speculating a.s to how soon they could haul that hay in. Finally the red clock in the kitchen struck iue, and again wo took to the field. First it M as water carrying and then hay tossing. In the afternoon came the wagon. The hay was rolled on large piles by a large patent horse rakc, and the wagon was driven up through the rows of these piles. I got in the wagon to tramp the hay down. At first it was all right and easy, but when the men commenced tossing in great clouds of dry grass, completely covering me over, and filling my cars, eyes and mouth full of hay seed and almost strangling me at the same time, I thought 1 had struck one of the worst places in the world. At one time I imagined the man on the wagon was working against me, for he several times roll ed a mighty arm full over me and packed it down on me as if he wan ted to preserve me for the season. Panting, perspiring, full of hayseed, scratched, nearly blind and boiled red like a lobster I sat down when the wagon was loaded. The ride under the hot sun to the Varn was not as romantic as I had imagined it to be. Before we got there, my in sides were nearly jolted out of me. After the horses took a rest, they made one tremendoua effort and jerk ed the wagon up the hill on to the barndoor. I was way up under the cross beams and it was as hot as a bake oven. The perspiration surted from every pore. The more I vriped the worse it became. Down went the hay into the mow and up rose the dust in our mouttis and cars. Little by little the load decreased, but at last the ladders came in sight and soon after the load had all been toss ed into tho mow. I felt literally roasted. My flesh was parched chaf ed and scratched. My tongue was thick ahd coated, and my legs nigh on bending in.two. I sat down, call ed a mass meeting, and then and there quietly resolved to get out of the business. I told the men I'd wait until they brought in the next load. Between then and evening I passed the time in getting myself in to shape. Finally at seven o'clock my breath came even and regular. The sensation was something simi lar to being boiled or stewed and then doused with ice water. When the men came in they said it Lad been a terrible day. After sapper they worked until dark and then came home, washed, and talked about hay. They said I had done remarkably well and if I'd keep at it for several years I miirht earn my board on a farm. I sighed and 6aid they might all have the best chances, own all the farms, make all the hay, and earn all the money as far as I ImfrlelK j was coucerut'vl. ' ir.int sufTieicnCV. Ti.en an all !x i-h-' uormi; larracr wno uau umul- vm u . i I . .1 ....... . , a visit said ti r.ic tuat 1 Lau wuer,HTuc ui ucuuu is c .. :ve U1) farruin fur it did not a-rce!220 by 50 yards, tacn wuij.au v .-ih inc. The next morning , stifT, wcaIy and sore, I set out for home, g0 much for Lay making ; no m re for ,ne Iliktorjr of Mores. Paring the Ecvcnteonth century in England as well as on this continent, . 1. -,-. I,..yw . ATA. 11 1 iPrtlV- al chambers and hall., and parlors of the wpsltl.r. the domestics were j , . . - , ,;alaioet perished. i aloioct perished. I Lis discomiorx u:u . . . l ) not proceed from selfishness or stingy in Alsace : noustscepiag, uut - I thought affectation of hardihood, particularly !i i : .Atl..F frnm fitl anion? tLe lower elasse where Uniemtnacy was reckoned a reproach. ThiSEiav account, in 1U' luv .-low introduction of chimneys. ils were rarely latnou auu y cen.us .0.. a ; ooaraeu iu ; oK on, wmuow-snuttcrs were vi the most wretched lit; ana tongue floor boards did cot come into use until 1070. About the same time, . n, . tl.n nrnnH inven. u yiu utiuiuut, v - v c tioa of hanging, by a cord, weignt, and pulleys, the lower sash of a win dow. In KoS Sir John Wiuter invented a fire box for burning coal or coke in side a chimney-place, with a hole above, covered with a movable plate. This was similar to one suggested by Savot, ia France, end was probably the origin of the first coal grate. An improvement was made on this by Jorevin de Ilochfard, in London, whereby greater economy was ob tained, and the smoke better disposed of; but this wa3 again exceeded by tbj one placed in his chamber by Frince Rupert, in 1TCS. In this, in stead of a hole directly over the grate, the draught went out at ilc iacK, until the firc was well kindled, when a damper in the flue was pulled for ward, which'forced the smoke down a short distance, and then allowcd it to rise in the chimney, behind a low partition iu the middle of the flue. The first of r.U our present coal s;ovcs seems to have been one de scribed by M. Ju.-t.l t) tho Iloyal Society, as the invention of M. Pales me, arid which was exhibited at the fair of St Germain, near Paris, in If. SO. It was made of wrought iron, and consisted of a deep basin or vase seated on, and connected with, a squrrebox; and from the rear part of the latter a curved pipe rose into the chimney, at a height considerably above the top of the vase. Ou start ing the fire, the iron pipe required to be first well heated, to make a down ward draught through the coals. Jus tel is quite enthusiastic about it. lie sides its ventilating a room, he says: "The most fa-tid things, matters which stink abominably when taken outoftheCre; iu this engine make no ill scent; neither do red herring broiled thereou." That was the ex- pen men; am crucis verny, ana we don't wonder ho liked the new 'en gine." Glauber who discovered the salt which bears his name, claims the dis covery of the front cover or "blower" for a grate, leaving space below for the air to enter. This was a great triumph, and the vocation of the bel lows was ended, lie declared that so disgusted was he with the puffing of fires and the smells and drudgery of his laboratory, that he was abont to discard it forever, when he mado the happy discovery ; and Le ends with a devout prayer of thanks to Heaven for the same. A Iolannre KnnliP Story. A curious and dangerous snake, the only one of the kind that has ever been found in this part of the coun try, was killed by some workmen on the farm of Francis Insley, near Wenpquin, Sussex county. It nieas ured1 twcnty-eigh; inches in length and two inehes in circumference. Its color is black, striped with white, which when exposed to the rays of the sun, shine with the brilliancy of polished silver. It was provided with two rows of teeth, twenty-six on each side, very sharp, yet arc different from those of the snake common to this country. About five inches from its tail arc two thick, grizzly protu berances, about one inch in length, on one side of the body. Each pro tuberance contains eighteen horns, about one-eighth of an inch in length. They arc hollow, and the poison is supplied to them by means of small ducts connecting with a thin, trans parent bag, about one inch below the proturberances. We are told that some years ago a snake, supposed to be a horned snake, attacked a man in this same vieinitv, and in order to escape Le jumped behind a large tree, and thesnak striking with such force, buried its Lorn into the trunk about one-eighth of an inch. In thirty minutes thereafter, a dullness in the leaves was perceptible; and, strange to say, in another Lour they commenced falling off, and to-day it is nothing but a withered, naked trunk. Scaord Citizen. Waste of Wool. The statement of the western pa per that "a clip is worth as much per pound to the manufactures in June and July when newly shorn as when it has seasoned and dried out a few months," strikes me as conspicuously inexact. Any farmer who has weigh ed his fleeces at shearing time and again when they are sold as every one should do knows that a fleece will gain in weight from 10 to 20 per cent by absorbed moisture, and if stored in a cellar will gaia even more weight. Wool does not dry out nor season in the least, but quite the re verse. This is no gain but a loss to the manufacturer, and few sheep men need to be told that there i3 a proGt in thus adding to the weight of wool beyond which it is not safe to go, as it is refused by the buyer except at a large reduction. My observation Las been that those who dispose of wool and get their cash when it is ready for sale do better than those who hold for higher prices and thus be come speculators. A Xfw Uaraefor Boys. A correspondent of the Philadel phia LeJjcr writes to the editor: I propose by your kind indulgence, tc lay before the "Boys in America" the synopsis of a game which ought in a short time to become as popular as the game of "Base Ball." The game ia question is known in Ireland bv the name of "Scout"- But even there it is certainly not played in conformity with its origi nal constitution. Ia an eld French document on "Athletics," which I stumbled upon a short time ago un der tho caption of "La Chassc de Guerre," I at once recognized the constituents of its crude parody of the "Old Land'' Scout. The Norman title, I think, ought to be retained, because "Chas3o do Guerre" sounds good, and by that name I propose to present it. iit of thirteen ! a side, which iac'.u lcs the "master'' :in lnfiil.irl nf 1 hfi p.'.mnflnV. LUG vu-.v.y v,. - y with itd chosen ma.--tor tate3 portion i'n tl.o r'.r,t and left corners at the head of the "place." Then one from each s' ! i goes out, and is placed by the umpire0 on the starting line mid way between the parties, and like wise :t the head ot the grounds. And the "winning-post is to be a small fl3g-nole, surrounded by a small i pennant of tnc united colors oi me contestants, l lie pole may oe a ucui lance wood stick about six feet high by an inch and a half in diameter, withi wedge-shaped bottom, which is to be inserted cither in the ground or in the cleft of a small block of wood. The capture of this flag-pole, which should easily yield to a ior ward pressure of the band, at once secures a "point" to the party whose man has taken it, and makes a "pris oner" of his unsuccessful opponr.it. The first twelve points decide the game. The second "master" '"ill have charge of the flag-polo and re adjust it immediately after each cap ture. Each winner is entitled to run again and again, as often as he takes the pole.' But he must not do so un til after the balance of his free com panions have each had a "spin." If any one of the opposing parties should have the unprecedented good fortune to take a prisoner ever race, it will of course win the gam? right' off, making twelve consecutive points to nothing. But if instead ot making twelve consecutive points, it should in the meantime have lost the prison ers, the "master" of the capiurcd company is 'entitled to claim an ex chance, and to continue the game with" the three redeemed, and so on until no one to exchange remains at the losing side, and tnegamcisae facto declared. -No exchange is nU- missable while a contestant remains on either side. I strongly recommend this Cne invigorating and inspiriting game to the boys, whether in transit or full grown, of America. Two rlirrnlf Tool Try it Jlnle Rhle. Charles Warren Stoddard writes of going to the Grotto Ferati Fair from Rome with Jaoquin Miller, as follows: "Joaquin and I were secretly praying that we might have reserved to us a donkey each whereou wo would make our entry into the fair ground in fashion befitting the time. We thought it but natural that all the desirable beasts had been engaged a week or more, yet we found a dozen of them sounding their lungs as we mounted the long stairs that led to the Frascati, and the small boys who Imd them in charge implored us in the name of the Madonna to mount and be happy ! We easily struck a bar gain, for nearly everybody preferred footing the two miles to tue lair grounds. It is not considered im mortal to walk ia this country. Hav ing mounted our diminutive donkeys, we signalled the kids I mean the little engineer's to turn on the steam; they did it with a club. Off went Millers donkey, and Ins great-cioaK fell over the tail of the little beast and was kicked up by those two small hoofs in the funniest fashion. My animal was less spirited. 1 cruaps he knew that I wasn't used to the circus, and bad some considerations for my feelings as w ell as for his back; of course he was sore under tho sad dle. Joaquin dashed on. As he passed the throng of pedestrians he was saluted with much spirit. His tail, sugar-loaf hat scarcely overtop ped the heads of the people whom he galloped amongst and I believe he could have walked over tho ears of his donkey without much inconven ience. The youngster who ran me whacked away in -the rear of my sad dle, and kept up a continual fire of abuse that, however, had no sensible effect upon the four-footed martyr toward whom it wa3 directed. We jogged along, smueu at every uouy who smiled at us, and 1 think there was no exception in all that country; had many narrow escapes from be ing run down by carriages, the driv ers of which had overlooked us until we were quite under their wheels; saw all the winding road alive with happy folk, who were as bright and cheerful a3 the day itself. Sometimes Joaquin was lost in tho distance ; sometimes he stood on a rise in the road and called for me to come on like a man, again tc charged past a car riage full of ladies, hat in hand, and the effect was sufficiently sensational to add a new charm to the peasants fair. While he was thus careering, a swarthy Italian, flushed with wino and a iong walk, saluted him as Don Quixote, and called him Den for the rest of the day." Extraordinary I.nxsoinp. Messrs. Cox and Qninn own large ranges in Southcren California, and they do an extensive business driving cattle northward into Placer and Ne vada counties, to bo sold in the min ing towns, principally Grass Yalley and Nevada City. This winter they kept an immense herd in the foothills, and a few days ago they drove them out on the plains to select and brand them. With the eexeption of two Mexi cans, all of the thirty or forty men assembled were Americans. Most of the horses were half-breeds or full blooded Americans, but in Southern California the mustang still prevails on the stock-ranch. The great herd numbering about 3,000 head, is huddled in the middle of the open plain, and the proprietors and the vacqueros are riding around them. What few footmen there are present keep well out of the way, for these Spanish cattle have a great cu riosity to inspect a man's heels. Their long, slender, shining horns arc held aloft and with dilated nostrils they snuff the coming prey. One of the men says to a vacquero: "You see that big, black leJlow, jvith a crop and a slit in the right and an over slope in tho left? Bring him out." The vacquero rides into the herd, gradually worms tho animal to the outer edge of the band, then sudden ly clapping spurs to his Lorsc hunts him with the greatest swiftness out into the open ; then tho trained horse eager and delighting in the chase, follows his every motion so closely that the animal, though dodging like a wouuded bare, finds itself driven straight forward. Another owner re- cognizts one of Lis animals, and the same process is repeated witht his one. There are a few to be branded, and as there is no corral to confine them in they are compelled to resort to the Mexican plan. The animal is first separated from the herd, and then a vacquero rides Lim down and lassoes Lim by the horns. Another rides up and lassoes iiim by the hind legs, if Le is skillful enough, or if not throws one side of the loop on tho animal's back and the other on the ground be hind him, and he presently backs into it, when it is quickly drawn tight Then the two horses et out in oppo site directions, the animal'b Lind feet are pulled fi osu under hiai, and ho the ixsmns ti.wn tlna would IIjiUK. av imminc .t hazard of breaking his back- nuU3 and f(1jcs ha3 been swept 1 bone. A man rushes up with tb.e (away. Its pretentions were no doubj brandin? iron and claps it on his, , . Tho nrinci- brandin; iron richt bin. where it makes singeing and fizzing. It ia frenuentlv a ffood deal worse lmsinps in rret awav from him than him. especially' if he U AO h J v w - j I hns findit in Mm. and he has bv this time. The brander gets out of tho way; while the two horse men arc holding the animal tight with tho lassoes around their pom mels and the horses at a dead set, a third rides up, the lassoes are slack ened a little, the one around the horns is slipped off, and the man in stantly mounts his horse befofe the animal can rise, and flees, while the rasing brute struggles free from tue other lasso and perhaps gives chase. tuo KntK loaaoi nre recovered, and everybody gets off with a whole skin. One of the most extraordinary feats performed consisted in the lassoing of a suckiDg calf with a loop fifteen feet across. It requires great skill to throw a lasso with such an enor mous loop, and it has to bo hurled a Ion"- distance to narrow down suffi ciently to catch so small an animal. In Texa3 I have seen a man lasso a prairia dog, but be used a small rope and a very small loop. One of the men executed a feat which would seem incredible to a person who had not witnessed it. Riding at full speed across the plains, nearly abreast of a steer, he spun the the lasso ahead and took in both his fore feet, bringing him down with a rakiog plunge on his nose. n'nitlnr tor Minvc. A few weeks ago an easy-go-loug auctioneer, who did not care whether he was shaved before or after dinner, found himself iu a crowd of impatient patronsjin Binder's, grand tonsorial palace." Combining speculation with amusement, the auctioneer offered to dispose of his "turn" at auction to the hijrhest bidder. There Wis an instantaneous response, so bo mount ed a chair and auctioneered as fol lows: "Gentlemen, my turn is next Tony is now soaping the head of that gen tleman, and as soon as he is through the turn is mine. Several of vou arc in a hurry, and I am not. I am wil ling to do one of you a good ofiice by selling mv turn. I knock down to tho highest bidder. So pitch in. Who "bids and what is the bid?" "Three cents," sang out a mer chant from the post oCiee. "There it is who advances ?" "Five," responded a clerk from the Fidelity. "Five is offered. Who goes high er? Be quick, gentlemen, for time is precious." "Ten," shouted a livery stable keeper. "Twelve," said a dark from the Health ollice. "Fifteen," said a merchant who had not received his letters. "Eighteen," bid the landlord of a restaurant. "Twenty," the stable keeper. ."Twenty-five," the merchant. The tonsorial artist was just top-ping-off the customer in the chair, and but a minute more was to spare. "I go thirty," responded the stable man. "Forty," thouted the merchant. "Five to that," excitedly exclaim ed the saloon keeper, "and I'll have it if it costs nie a da3T's receipts." "So will I fifty !" promptly res ponded tho stable keeper, more excit ed now than the rival bidder. The tvo merchants withdrew from the contest, ana the auctioneer pro ceeded in a strictly business manner to urge on the remaining bidders. lie used all the cunning and ingenuity of a man ot tue hammer. The bidders became more excited, and bid against each other rapidly. The stable man bid one dollar and five cents, when Tony shouted: "Next who next?" "Going, going," was the response of the auctioneer. "Going, going, and "One ten," shouted thesaloou keep er. "And gone at ono dollar and fif teen !" closed the auctioneer. A hearty shout of laughter arose from the crowd in the barber shop, all of whom had become more or less interested in the rival bidding for the first shave. The stable keeper promptly paid over the dollar and fifteen cents to the auctioneer, remarking as ho did so : "It's a dear shave, gentlemen, but I would have gone double rather that be beat." "Pluck call again next week," was the response of the auctioneer, and Le pocketed the clear receipts. "Dick, hand me a cigar," said the auctioneer, and spreading himself out on two chairs, he lazily awaited the defferred turn for a shave. -ror-retrnlllHt" Man In RaKimoro. If a premium was ofTered for the most absent-minded man in Baltimore it would, without doubt, be awarded to Dr. F. He called at a station house the other morning and stated to Lieutenant Fitzgerald, the officer in charge, that his horse and buggy had been stolen from in front of his rciidenee. Such thefts are not un frequent, and tho lieutenant at once notified the other districts by u!e graph of the robbery, describ ng the doctor's team, as is customary. The doctor then took his departure, but in an hour or two returned, and, find ing that nothing had been heard of his team, visited the Marshal's ollice who had made inquiries at once by telegraph to know if the horse had been found in any of. the districts, but received a negative reply. Dr. F. was in quite an excited mood, and after requesting the Marshal to place the matter in the Lands of detectives, took Lis departure in a carriage Le Lad procured for pressing purposes. A couple of Lours later a message was received by Lieutenant Fitzgerald that the doctor had recovered his team, and upon inquiry, the following amusing denouement was made: Dr. P. was called to visit a patient on Howard Street in the morning, and drove there in Lis buggy, which Le left standing in front of the house. Alter prescrming ine necessary nos trums the. doctor walked quietly out forgetting Lis horse and buggy. He did not discover the loss for an Lour later, and at once jumped to the con clusion that it had been stolea. After it haT been standing where Le had left it about tbree hours, some one sent word to Lim. TLe 8tory of the doctor's absent-mindedness soon cir culated, ancr considerable merriment was created at Lis expense. The man who fdled to detect the wherea bouts of the spectacles on Lis nose was notLing in point of absent-mindedness to Dr. P." A last year's potato on being cut open the other day, was found full of well developed young potatoes. This is one of the.' most bewildering cases of spontaneous generation on record. ? v ..-a... . BTliWi',r,,1Jfc""''-"amal "" HIIIWII -MliMWH'WI I fi JWIWMII n,),-inf. r i li'i'"-'- limWLIMUJI The YIMnce Choir. The ancient village choir, with its creator than its powers. 1 ho princi pal soprano had figured in front of the gallery for a period of nearly half a century, and her performance resem bled nothing so much a3 that of a hen when informing the world that sho had just added a fresh egg to her store. The basso profundo, thinking that there was nothinglike leather, shouted to such a degree that in sum mer time, when the doors were open, he could be distinctly heard on the top of the opposite hill. It is not easy to describe the horror of an Itafian musician, who having been detained in the neighborhood by a coach accident, and received at the rectory, attended tho church one Sunday morning, and was subjected to the usual display The weJJIns? Knef-, he beat his breast. For he hcird the lout bassoon. - "You mast find Handel difficult," some one once ventured to rcmars to the leader of a band, when some cho rus from tho "Messiah" was in prep aration. "Well, zur," was the reply, he may be zo; but then you see, us alters un;" and, indeed, it was some times difficult to recognize the crea tion of the great maestro which figur ed by way of anthem. And yet, when all is said, there was a homeli ness about tho whole performance which harmonized with the simple old church, through whose "unsto ried" windows you could see the bees and butterflies busy among the syca more blossoms, and with the quiet rpaternal teaching of the rector, whose discourses had at least tnc merit oi being intelligible to the humblest of his congregation. But the secret of his influence lay outside his teaching. It was that "of Chaucer's parish priest Fur Clirif tos lore ant Ilia Apu:ks twelve He tau.'ht : but first he lulluwcl It himselve. 1'uint Atiruatl. Those who are curious on the sub ject of military education as conduc ted in America, says tbs? rail Mall Gazette, have reason to be grateful to Lord Dufferin for dispatching Lis mil itary Secretary, Col. Fletcher, to re port on the system pursued in the United States" Academy, at West Point, on tho Hudson, and the pa.t history and present condition of that institution. The direct, object of the inquiry was to see how far the He publican mcthoi of training, which has produced such soldiers as Grant, Lee and Sherman, might form a use ful model for humble imitation in the Dominion; but tho report of Colonel Fletcher contains many points of in terest for ourselves. Perhaps that which will above all strike most read ers is the extremely. Btcrn military spirit which pervades the whole dis cipline and teaching ct West Point. Tho course is not only longer than that at European colleges maintained for f imilar purposes, but is in all re spects more strict and exacting, cer tainly than those of our own, proba bly than that of any on this side of the Atlantic. Col. Fletcher complete ly explodes, among other errors as to West Point, the common notion that "many of tho?e who graduate adopt a civil career, in which the education tney have received insures them re munerative employment." This may have been the case in former years, he pays, when professions in America had not assumed their present dis tinctive character. It is quite other wise now, when colleges and schools educate for. civil engineering, fcc, as well as for other professions; and consequently the graduates seldom look for anything beyond their mili tary career. And judging fron the severity of the training submitted to, this must have peculiar charms fjr the cadets of the greet republic. The r.nxle ia Iicutuclij. This is the way the Louisville Courier Journal editorially ushered in the OIoriou3 Fourth: This is the fourth of July. It argues that, being the Fourth of Jul v, it is not the 17th of March. Neither is it the 1st of Mav. nor Christmas. St. Patrick was not born on the Fouth of July. Queen Yictoria was not crowned on the Fourth of July. No thanksgiv ing has ever been appointed for the Fourth of July: and history La3 failed to record one sinsle banging or horse race And yet the Fourth of July is honored as the day on which Gen eral Jackson signed the Declaration of Independence; as the day on which Dr. iranklin won the battle of ew Orleans: as the day the eaele-bird of liberty flapped her wings and exclaim ed, m the classic words ot Jones fighter 'I am the howling raccoon of the mountains.' Shall we omit to honor the day and celebrate it? No. Be there not a Cre-cracker the less, or a stripe erased, or a star obscured! Nail to the mast that holy flag, set every threadbare sail, and give her tothcGodof storms, the lightning and the gale!'' ' IVorite tann the Bugs. The Bocklaud fMc.-) Journal of the 4th instant says : "Dr. Wiggins had a eall to visit a patient at the north part of the city, yesterday, and found turn suffering from a fearii eruption, covering i n fr.nii head to foot. Tl.e giinw of it's i:i :rii were fpuligy itlid Lis leeih h:iv in'!. Th Cause for th: W:ii, liu' Ui .u i ii .r.r't d to a ve.-.-e!, ami, being tr.'Uou-.l .villi bedbugs, itroettied u tiuwdt-r f.-r their extermination, from a druggi.-t in New York. The inoJu operandi was to throw the powder into the seams and crevices with a small bel lows. The powder was nothing but corrosive sublimate, and the man slept in his bunk with the powder sifting down unon him. This should. be a warning to all those suffering with these pests, cot to use this remedy. Dr. Wiggins informs us that a strong solution of rock salt will kill the bugs." Moiqultoo. The New York Tribune makes the following calculations of tho blood sucking capacities of the mosquito It says: "Suppose, upon a July day there were nine hundred aud ninety nine millions of mosquitoes on Staten Island. Allow that one nun dred millions feast upon blood, in spite of bars, boots, gloves and pen nyroyal. Give them three "squ ire" meals a day, allowing a drop to a square, and these self-constituted reservoirs will carry off 300,000,000 drops of blood in twenty-four hours! One thousand drops to a gill would be good measure, and thus divided, we'have 100,000 gils, or C,2'0 gal lons, being somewhat more than seventy-Qve puncheons of blood." TLe time of the college commence ments is at Land, and the bouble toned voice of the graduates will soon be heard in the land. In a little while Lundrcds of young men, pale faced and thin-legged, will begin to discover that tbey have much to learn as they roam the .vorld in search of a living. i I Ncio Adeerliscmcnta. 1 A 1 bI ja SIDE GROCERY. l rcc rlvc-l at tho Gheapside Grocery A Hew Stock of Goods, NOTIONS GROCERIES, FLOUR, BACON, fish, SUGAR, SYRUP; MOLASSES, TEAS, COFFEE, DRIED and. CANNED FRUITS ScC-, zC, SrC Of the best quality, anl will bo s 1 1 at lln lowest cash .rices. (Jail and see our stock, Opposite Somerset House, SOMEESET, XV. F. I Cfta april 8 BOOTS & SHOES, and ECafcsSOa- s Leather and Shoe Findings. S. J". C O V IE Tt: Takes pleasure In callir.ir U:c attention of the o'.t iions of Somerset aiM vit-inity to the la t that ha has "iK'neil a store on the Nortli-Knst corner oi tlu Diumoii'l, wlirrc there will always le kej.t on han't a complete iissorini.;u; of Boots and Sho r3 a larsra au 1 Of Eastern ftrri homo manufacture, well aborted stock of HATS .A-ISTID C-2?S, AnJ a great variety uf L.cjillier ami SliocX'iudiasH Of ail kin !?. There la I.:o ttraeheil to the "Lire a CUSTOM-MADE BOOT A; SIIOK DEPARTMENT, it!i.TA:.n.SI'ISi:L arut!r u.l fitter. irM.-'j alone Is a sisiiieieTit fruaranico that nil work ma.'.o up in the f!ki will not unlv lit the feet of custodi ers hut that u-jly t::e host material vU! !je u.c. I ami the X-i-St !o'i OS' 52 Will he etm.tovc.!. Tho juitole are rcsjice'.i'ully e ill: toCiv. invited to call an l cs:'.iui:: Be'li. 6, "71. T I it M N 11 it F i: l) U J K (( S X Z li A I O U V W Y T P It Y v X s u K J t; w V u ( 1 A TMtC KtOROPKXIID IN HEAVEN. THE LI5!IT. Tc he Copyreshted. On receiptor fifteen cents. I will mail to any ail ilress. a neat car.l with either of the above; show ing in the ono case how '-the liirht ' will eive iiirl.t on any subject; and In tho .i her case how ' the door will open a loor to any snl'iect, even the (!. r of Heaven. Or I will s.'mi the two can's for twen- ty-hve cenl2. Address, i;. l-. w AL.ivr.li, ncr.ens , ra. That tho alphabet is a seieneo In Itself, id cer tainly somethiii:; new, even In th is day of inven tion and discovery. I huuith if Mr. Walker sus tains the assertion ly actual demonstration, wo will all have to acknowledge the truth, and if vo do find it Iu tho cieanin? of thj le'.terj of tho alphabet.! 0 fin Gt UU. X3 A ATlnT .13 FINE CLOTHHTG EMPOEIUIvl. 87 SmitliRcld Street, Pittsburg-!Pa. Boy's all-wool School Suits 35,50 to S6 FIIANK T. PEALKIl IN PIANOS SOMERSET, Kranich, Bach & HAKBMAN, BRADBURY Decker Bros. Pianoes, SIMMOISTS & OLOUGH, Esty Mason . & Hamlin, Smith's American, Taylor & Farlay, and Shoninger's Eureka Grand and Concerto. Some of tlie Instruments Have SEVEMTY-TWO FIRST PREMIUEV3S, i- 1 . " T i-v If Tin I T m m T-r -. r-m T- -m w . .-. . -v Lc3iue tue viULiU j.iii'Aij at iiliu 1'AIUS l'.Al UililU and arc pronounced by the first musical BEST INSTRUMENTS MADE. Frices are reasonable, and tcrni3 as easy a consistent with thorough work manship. All Jnstruments Warranted from Five to Ten Years. SEND FOR CinCUIAItS. Instruments Sold on Moderato Monthly Installments. . May, 13, '74, Somerset, Ia. SficCtUaiiroil. W. PATTOH. CO. HURST. N E W GOODS. THE KEIV FIHM Or TB AlfliTinTT Q. IHTDPfP Miiuri a liuiwi Xo. 1, Bacr's lilcck, are now In rowif.t of a ft.iek of jr-! ai!ap:cl Xt the j)r.-?!it warns (if the p'iila. 1'ur. !;.: -p.! with- j in the last ten days anil sinco the ilcrllnpin the j I'rieesol Stapli'Sa'u.l t)wti!e.-'ics. tl.ry nre enal lwl ; to oili-r sp-.iul In luiemou's to all hi want i.i tr -Ms ! of eTery leTttin in such vani-ty ns cini.ut tie j fi'iin.l anywberu cl-e in tivm, e'i: ri.-in-: a -n- orul assirtRK-nt. Tl:i-y cull spec! 'A ntuatii'ii to their largo assortment of 1 CALICOES, Bleached and Unbleached ;:ns, GINGHAMS, SHIFTING, TICKING, BOYS AND MENS' HE A VY PAXT STUFFS, m toitonauc, i'oiuiic mm Irish Jeans, Satinets, Cassimcrcs, (-., DIIKSS G OODS, in Ptein ahd CcrdeJ Al.nccas, Psp Hns, Css!;n:rc-3. French l.iv ST A PL!' k l-ANGY NOTIONS, BGCT3 51-2 TOBACCO AND CIGAnS, "JS T!u he?' aff..r!!:icnt of Carpeting and Oil Cloths ev.-rhniurht to town. A l.irx'at.vki.f tiun. i w:ire. 1 icttrrmineil to he n: to lir: time-1 ia .:-.tI- ; ui.'iit. styles aii.I prices, v.j re-r.ec'.iiil'.y ?oU.-it a cull iroai the: ia waat uf ..!.. " I :lIi A DM IN 1ST l ATO I I'S N OTI CE :of Jor..'.:!,:!nY T.l . T.-va:..-y Twt... .'..-eeafct. T-'.'t'.er:? cf a!miHi-r:iti'n on thr ai ve c.::ite bavins h!'-n atntcl to the u:i ;.':rv.-.l. !,' : :o U le-rooy iriven to tlaxc hi-k-ha-l to ir to in ka ii:i:no !iato i'.iyni":!'.. rn i th ltavic--laiin. nu-iia tit, lo prc.-ent thcr.i iluly 'v:u-:iu- at the lau i-.lence thi .ir.- l,i :i S.ilur! Austin 1, 1-; 1. .tosi:i--h v,- m.tce:;. i:i'u:;.i.M v. alkkk i. j. x::n i; k u, A-in.nii tr a r'. .juell FA! HE AH STANDAK7) OFALLKIXHS. M.SO TtiU'o-ri'-e Harrow. .:ireheTi'e ":- .'.MriickA. iion.obe'l JI,.ncr br.iwr. FAIR3ANX3. PIORSS &. CO., is v "oo.l St., l'ittsMirirh, I'a. 53-S.-aLi r z ir..ni;:iy. Uiyl3 Miss ft ill"4 ivi ir Wholesale and detail Dealer in Try Good?. XPMr.ery. Trimn'itiiT'. Nttnn r loves, llnmhunr tmhr .iderics. Lmi!u-V and Chi!, ilrsns' Underwear and Fitmishin? Goo Is. cordi ally invites the citizens of Somerset c ur.ty tocall and examine her stock nnd prleea lretore pun bas in elsewhere. A lull line of While t h,s. Viu hrellns. I'ara'ols, tte. MOURNING GOOI'SA SFKCIALTY. A full assortment of Hiteriek's Patterns of all descripti ms l-.r sale. Goods re reived dailv. Pleise kIvb nie a rail, at Xu.!oti Main Street, Johnstown, riinbri-.il'... Pa. f.a;4 JUSEPHIXE PiUNKEf!. PAINTE Go, Chickering, talent, seminaries, the press, etc., the 1 1 " It, ORGANS. 2ict'l'aneong. Dr. .T. V,' :il ccr's California Yin- cc::u' Hitters ptvimuci, n: nre a purely Ycgctablo CM ::Lo found c:i ! , lov.-cr ranges of I'.' fciorr.i N'evad.1 mountains oiCuiitor- t';.c i:'.e;!;"i;::il t ro;erW3 of which r.ro cxtrr.etcU lii.rtii-cr.i v ;iuo'.. u.u uto i:f A!:o!;ei. Th? fjue.-tio:! i$ almosS ihilv :; ;';'!. Vh.:t U tho cauSO cf tho i:::-':.:-uYa-'ci $::ccc--3 of Vixegai: Drr ' C::r .insffer is, th;it they remove tho cau?o cf disease, .".nil the patient re covers Lis l.eaith. They aio the pre.it t.ooil purifier ana a lifc-Ri vi;i.? principle, j a peri'tct l'enovatnr r.a.1 Inviorator j of "tho pystcia. Never Lel'iro i:i tho j ;.i ,.: cf' ti.a v.-orM bikJ a ir.ciiicino boon cv.tr .ittr.dcil fo.ses.-ii:5 tho rftsiarkaWa i (;:.;,;. is of Vis kg as Dittesi in l.cuhiisr tho ; t.c cf every di.ea.-o r.'.xt is heir t. They I sra a petit! ruriraiivo as xrc'.I a? a Touie. ' rehevhisf Consestion er I :;d animation cf j the Liver and Viacend O.'L-r.s ia ihhou J L.'..-fT.iC3 . The properties cf Pa. Waiter's Viv::;ai! Hit; f.us ars Arrier.t. Diaphoretic, i Ci-':'i::a:;ve. Xatrh.i.".!'. Lr.x.V.ire, Dir.rctio, ; ive. C'ou:.N'7 Ir..:..:.t Jj-idorXc, Altera- ! Grateful Thousands proclaim Vrx i egar Bitters tho most wonderful In I vijrorant that ever sustained th skikiag ' system. I ISo Person can take these Bitters I according to directions, and remain Ion j I untvell, provided their bones aro not do ! stroyei by mineral poison cr other I means, and vital orgar.3 wasted beyond : repair. Lilioas, Remittent and Inter : mittent Fevers, which aro so preva- i lent ia tho vallevs cf oar preat rivers ! throughout tho United States, especially : those of tho Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, ; Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkaa i eas. Ked. Colorado, 15razos, Iiio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ko ! anoke, James, aud many others, with their vast tributaries, tnrou?aouc our entire country during tho Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, ara invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of tho stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful inllucT.co upon theso various or gans, is essentially necessary. Thero is no cathartic for tho purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily removo tho dark colored viscid niatter with which tho bowels are loaded, at tho samo timo stimulating tho secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions cf tho digestivo orgun3. Fortify the horty ncainst disease by purifying all its lluidswith Vinegar IJitters. No epidemic can take hold cf a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Tlcad ache" 1'aiii in tho Shoulders, Cough?!, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste ia tho Mouth, Bilious Attacks, ralpita tation of the Heart, Inilammation cf tho Lungs, Bain in tho region of the Kid r.eys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, aro tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle will provo a better guarantee of its mcrit3 than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or Kind's Evi?, Whito Sohirjj.'s, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled .Neck. Goitre, Scrofulous luilammations, Iadol-'-nt Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore- Eyes. etc. In these, as ia all other constitutional Dis eases, Walker's Vi.neoas Bitters have, shown their great curative powers in the most obstinato aud intractable cases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of t!:o Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases nre caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases. rersons en gaged ia Paints and Minerals, such as I'luialers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advanco in life, aro subject to paralysis cf tho Bowels. To puard arr.iiist this, take a dose of AVAiiiEit's Vin egar Bitters occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Sait-Khenra, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Bing-worais, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Huraori and Diseases cf tho Skin of whatevor carno or nature, are literally ting cp and carried out of the system ia a short time by tho use of theso Bitters. Fin, Tape, and ether "Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, aro cllcctuaily destroyed and removed. "o svitni of medicine, no vermifuges, no an tLeiuiinities will tree the system horn worms like theso Bitters. Fcr Female Complaints, in young or old, married cr single, at the dawn of wo manhood, cr tho turn of life, thosa Tonio Bitters display so decided an induence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Llood when ever yoalind its impurities bursting through the ska ia Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it whoa yon find it obstructed aai slnggUa in the veins ; cleanso it when it 13 fuul ; your feeling-? will ted you when. Eecp tho blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. it. 11. Mcdonald & co. Dr-iiTirisU anil Gti. A ;rM., S in Vmncisco, California, aai iur of Waliinc-t.a uii.i Charlt'm u., V. V, Sold by alt l)m;iH anil Dealers. Knabe & Co.'s Pianos HAINES BKOS.' GEO. A. miXCE & riAXOS, and CO.'S ORGAN The three V?t arvl most pojnibr in'tniments now in tlur rjnrkft. t'.iial.'irue an 1 I'ri.-f List o.utulu i'l." 1'.:'.! ! ..r.i. ul.iri.in:alr.l toanv a.lclr". I'll VUL'trili HLl MIK. 12 Slllli Avitia.'. ri'bur--h. ':.. 4.v5 S'.'LE ao r I). : i ; ; t-, i : carriage '3 if? J 1 AXIi f AGON rr. A 7i U FA CT L' R F. SOMJCRSKT Is now i.r -p seriiaiuu vi ir.-l to n-.isulae;ure to t nier every Io- OAK iaui:.-;. ISl'KIN'l UWrOXS, HACKS. Ir. t'l.i '.ili: i7iJ aj jTovt J r.jk-a, ami at tho XiOwe.'t lcstible Price. ALL IX AMT OP A Ifirst. Class dnrriajse, Or sjoy ol'it r velilelr, nre re; etfil!y Invlteil to calliuul fJ .inline his rork. Ni.ue but the very best materU) will be n l In tho in:iuul.icture of hia wrW, an.l Qi.ae but tha i Ji. A Arocm;.!.TCI lu M? est.il iifhment. Home of whom hnve had an eitcriee of ..ver twenty yer in Iho bosines. He is, therefore n.ibleJ U turn ut firsU lai-s vehicle. Ix.th W P"'"1 m"1'1' w workiimnsli!:.. All work warnintcl to be rero-sente-l when Icavir.ic the siui, and w:u4aetMia guajuntee.1. AllkiuJaof I1EIUIRING AND PAINTING Itone In a neat ami rabiHantlal manner. anl at the t iMirtent notlee. Ho U dotermiiwJ tu do 11 hu work in ueh a manner, and at such prices a to n.ake it to the interest of everybody to patmnlie him. Call and examine Ms work before purchaa- ng elsewhere. D. J. HORSEE. Groceries and Conft, Tlils'fpeo Is f-wrye. .,r(', F. H'm,, un.u u -.v. .u . ............ rj; p nm in this place. They cm t i '...n..i ; new builtlin wreonil titHir frum ti: ..re.. T W. DAVIS. & BUO S CHEAP Grocery and Confectionery SOMERSET, PA. We desire to Inform tho peoplo of tl.Uc nltv that we hare r.urrliase.1 the (Jrocerv an leeiionery ot li. I. Knepper, I.., oi.p..?:-. Harnet Hou."e, and have made VAiual lu to the aln-ady taa Ktoellol Uuixls. We sell i.. . best brand 6 - ruovn, AXD ilE-VL, COFFEE, TEAS, SIOAKS, SICE, SYKCPS, MOLASSES, FISH, SALT. SPICES, apple::, flavoeixo extkactij, iiuieo and . canned fp.cit.;. ALSO, COAL OIL, TOBACCO, CIti.it. SNCFF, EKOOMS. BUCKETS, TfliS..-- AI1 kljulj French and common CAXT'IES, NTJTS, CRACKED FAXCK CAKES, PEKFLMEllY, AXD TOILET AKTU'LE, COJIBS, BRUSHES, SOAP, kl. Aim an a.aoTLment of T-y", !te., t. r t.s folk 3. If you wnnt anything la t" Groi-i rv a-' 1 '' feeti..nery line-call at Davis Cheap J-rocery, OPPO"ITKTHE b.-YRNET W-'l n..v. uly, ry HE SO.M E 11 SET IK) U .S E. Iliirina leased this rrainlftVent nnd w. )! r.- Hoi l-1 property from Mn. K. A. Kli.-k, tt o siifned takes pleaure in Inform In :r hU fri--if'' '' the public Keneraliy that he will p.tre e- pairii n..r exK'n.e to make this hou.- a tl t; ; con hi ho desired. Aceommoilatin cirri ohliicinif walu-rn will attend to the w in' "i ,; tmer, and the table will at all tlni.-i !' with the bet the market a:t..r-i?. Jlr.O. li. i-: wan may at all tlaiei be lourd in theoiti . miiurj I). L.YVAV To the Merchants of Smer?l Gentt's: Your attention called to the fact that iiiil 113 it 113 Clinton Si. jonx.sTOWM't are selling1 DRY GOODS, NOTIONS h MILLINERY, at Eastern prices. Wo narntee y,.u F.a.:i' prices on Print, Oinzhama, Delaine. A'l'"'jn'. Dresi Ooods, Mlslin Hrown an.l Uleai he,! i Ims, Dueks. Drills, .'ottonadei". Jeans. ( an" ; TlckimfS, Flannels. Clotha ami CasimeP-s. in ' all Dry Oooiis and Notions. A trip to J"'"1'' j will not cost von the tenth part of the "V",.. a tri to Philadelphia, and yet we sell at t delphia prices and save you freiKht be.'i'.e. and pay cash, have no rent to pay and do wT4 LllillHI BCVVIU ow.mmu fcr yourselves. ,VI.TVv OEIS. FOSTER k OJ , . 113 and lli CUnton St., Johnstown, r i mayt :..fi- t"-si II
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