iiif. TOtr.Hiir. EV VLIVE HARI'Ea Ooe Light as I lay awake in tte white moonlight, listening to the aw ful boom of the Yosernite as U pours Ha torrent down into the boiling chal dron, 1 thought 1 would rise, and in the stillness of the night, when all clue wm asleep and no other thought cr Toico to distract, listen alone to the voice cf nature as ebe Fpoke In the dark, weird shadows and flashing wa tors of the cataract I softly rose and dressed and went out ou the porch ( tor little cottage where there is an unobstructed view of the Vofemit? Tall and much of the va!ly. No one who has never leen out alone at night tt ere in communication with the thoughts that such a sight gives liae to, can say that tbey have really seen or felt "the grandeur or lieautr of the glorious valley. Lverv tree and shadow, tvery din" and rock, and flash of the wtler, taLea a new beauty, and a sort of fascina tion overpowers one, as tbey seem to move and change, ns tnougn endow ed with a supernatural motion, and a sort of frightened worship, such as a treat upheaval ot ice eartn gener ates, seems to take possession of the eouI and bodv to such an extent tbat every pulsation of the heart becomes painful, and every breatn an enori. I sat there overcome with the weird awfulness of the sound and silence, and the nobility of the stead fast crags in the deceitful Iignt. 1 was cold, and trembled; I was cramp ed, and my neck pained with the 6train of holding my head in ono po sttion ; and when a twig broke or a cone feP, I would start with a ner vous terror ; and yet it seemed thet I could not have changed my position by so much as a hair's breadth bad my life depended upon it; and thus I passed a night that will probably never be equalled in my experience again. At last, after almost a year (in seeming) of this tension of nerve, I thought I saw the light of day strug gling with the moonbeams; and lit tle by little the silvery ravs paled, and a rosy pink and pale yellow be gan to take their place ; and by ana by one 6ingle ray of sunshine darted across the valley and touched the crasr and the ton of the Yosemite Fall, and crowned it rovally, while all else in the valley was still in the shadow. Thai sunbeam seemed to be the signal, the magic wand, as it were, to call to congress thousands of birds, brown coated, sweet voiced warblers, which made the valley throb and pul sate with song. I listened to that rich outburst of praise, and felt as most have felt those who first beard the melodious exultant ra and the sweet words, 'Teace and good will on earth to mas ;" and I fancied I could hear in the faintest far off voic es those sweet words on seraph lip?, as I sat there drinking in the sublime influences of the calm, still night, the silver moon and the solemn roar of the distant cataract. The great cliffs are so hih in this wonderful vallev tbat the sun cannot shine on tho eastern side of it until late in the day, and so even the late risers can see the dewy diamonds that glitter and tremble on every leaf and blade of grass, and see its silvery sheen on the granite boulders around the cottages ; but the birds, after their one melodious outburst of thank fulness for day, hide in their leafy shadows and are silent. The most of tbe visitors in the val ley start the first morning for a visit to Mirror Lake, as it only gives a good reflection before the morning breeze has had time to ruffle it. I went with a guide to see this minute lake, which is indeed a marvel of beauty. It is tbe fairest spot in the whole valley, ruostlv because the awful, overpowering grandeur is tond and softened by its reflection in the lake, bordered by a fringe of willows and silvery white sand. One, in seeing the softened reflection forgets to look at the tall forbidding bare wall of rock, whose white reflected face only shows beauty and soft loveliness, and I came back from the lake feeling as it 1 bad been lavored witn a glimpse into fairy land with its en chantments. I made two succeeding visits to this place, and each time saw tho same changing yet unchanging picture, the same great clills and rocks and trees, yet with other lights and shadows that made them seem ever new. Tbe road to and from Mirror Lake is good, except for about a quarter of a mile, which is rather rocky, but not by any means dangerous, or even unpleasant to ride over; while with every step some new beauty shows through an opening in tbe trees or tbe great perpendicular walls that so shut this valley in from tbe rest of the world, or the beautiful Merced shows unexpectedly through the trees. It seemed to mo that while 1 rode op toward the lake, tbat the moun tains followed me, tbat is, tbat when there tbe Yosemite Fall was still in front, while Glacier Point was yet above, though it had been the same while at the hotel, two miles further down tbe valley. No matter where yea went, as long as a '.ree or turn in the road did not obscure your view, all these points seem to be just as near while you are away, and seem to recede into distance as you ad vance. It seems but a short walk from Hutchings'tothe Yosemite Fall, yet it tkes an hour's horseback to reach the foot of it, and so it is all over the valley. Returning from the lake, I rode clos as possible to the Merced Uiver aH tbe way, and watched the swift current and the bright trout darting to and fro, and tbe rocks at the bot tom cf the river with delight, for the water is so clear and transparent tbat almost everr little pebble is vis ible. Alter eating a lunch that would have made a martyr cf any o:her woman, I rode to the I5ridal Veil Fall, and climed up close enough to jret quite wet from the spray tbat it Loners over the rocks and shrubs find owers at its feet Tbe flowers bloom as if in worship for its beauty, nd cling to life amidst rocky desola tion, like gratitude for tbe charity that redeems some rugged hearts, And like the spray from the Fall, si lently showers blessings. Xcar tba rocky chaldron, where tbe waters fall in tiiunderous and everlasting (oam, is a large pine for-, est where are multitudes of brown coated mocking birds, whose sweet voices are lifted op in worship and melodious songs of praise, as if they were tbe choristers in this vast tem ple of tbe handiwork of God. When the Bridal Veil rushes like a til very avalanche over tbe top of the great, bare granite cliff, and plunges headlong into tbe huge seething chal dron with ft reverberation like a tremendous salvo of artillery, making 4he cliff resound with its awful echo, Uie birds are silent as though that niL'litr sound was ilo response of Homo terrific penii to their songs of praise: hot when the wind sways! the water like a misty floating gossa mer veil to and fro and silently sweeps it aside in hilvery spray, then, with a wild exultant burst of sweetness never equalled on earth, the birds open their throats and pour forth such thrilling melody tbat the woods, the very air, the heart and senses all pulsate in unison with the song. Tbe soul seems to break asunder its earthly moulded bonds and soar on the grateful song to God the Mak er, tbe Mighty Architect of this won drous temple. The song is not one sweet, but far mir. like Angel'schoirs in the vault ed Heaven, but near vou, around you ia vour very soul, you foelasifjbon of Bridal cil, tho grand o tbe birds held you enchanted, and Semite plunging its misty pointed ar yoo almost lo?e con?ciou?ness in tbe rows down one after another into t .e overpowering meloJy. Your heart huge chaldron below, the g-eat North throbs painfully, and you are strung ito highest tension ot euunme worhuiji ! almost insuflerable when, with a I . . . . tt l. mighty thundering echo tbe waters again strike tbe chaldron, and tbe soog of tbe birds is bathed. Thus it goes on ever, and has, for how long, tbe Creator alone knows. Alternate the thunder of the mighty cataract and the melodioos p:ci of tLe birds. Evenings we Fpend here generally in plans far tbe next day, and in pleasant conversation, and relating tbe day's adventures and mishaps. Mv third day was planned to be oc cupied in a trip to the ernal ana Nevada 1- alls. There was a large party goicg up, but I took Florry, Mr. Hatchings' little daughter, as my guide and start ed on ahead alone ; and there seems to be nothing in tbat valley or that pertained to it, that that child did not know and point out to me witn a few quaintly expressed but poetical words of appreciation tbat seemed singular in so youDg a child. She is a rare little wild (lower, a perfect Mariposa tulip. We kept some distance ahead of 11. The road turns to East and ri,ht, after leaving the hotel, and leads along through the trees on the level bottom of the valley for about two miles, and affords a liae chauee for a spirited canter if one chooses to ride fast, but unfortunately most of these horses here in the valley have fallen into the sere and yellow leaf of horsc-hood. and have left all vain glorious 6how3 many years behind, and look upon traveling a3 vanity, while going off a lugubrious walk is not otily vanity but vexation of spirit also, and tbey prefer to meditate up on tho vicissitudes' of life to active occupation. Meditation is a Cue occupation ns a general rule. I like to meditate, but the mnjority cf people such as wish to visit the Nevada are decided ly opposed to retrospection on the horses' part, and rudely break in up on their recollections of pleasant days of colt-hood, when gra?s and cats were plenty, and saddles unthougbt of, and by the aid of spurs ocd whij-3 and sundry howls and chirrup.? urge theai into a melancholy trot that seems to almost unjoint every several bone in onc body. Whenever tho bors-cs commence trotting, there is a chorus of "Oh my'sl" "Dear me !' and "Ob, stop my horse Selmo, or I shall be shaken to pieces," and the like; but Tulip and I only smiled contemptuously, (contemptibly one girl told me after ward), and road on ahead at an easy rocking gallop; for didn't I have "Bumblcfoot," the best horse in the valley, w hile Tulip had "Facing Bil ly." " Mr. Hutcbings has exercised much ingenuity in giving names to his horses, one being called "Snorting Johnny," another "Calaphina," an other "Scorched-nose Jimmy," anoth er "Bung-starter," and so on, lor over fifty. Directly wo commenced the ascent of the mountain, and went up a steady climb of over twenty-five hundred feet, perpendicular measure, but some two and a half miles of travelling. The trail up tbat mouutaia is just wide nough for one horse, no more, and so all ride in single file, and when there is a large party, one can look back and see them fullowing zig-zag fashion, part appearing to be going one way and part the ot her, there are so many turn3. The Merced begins, as we mount, to run more rapidly and instead of its usual clear green, it now foams milky while, as if ia en- eer at the obstructions, roars angrilv and hisses out resentment The trail winds up through pines, dog-woods, rocks, ferns, manzanita and cedar, and tbe higher ouo gets, the louder roars tbe river. After toiling an hour, Tulip and I reached Register rock, where we rested a while, and then again went on; but now np an ascent tnai maue it seem as if our h irscs were climbing a ladder, until at last, one turn reach ed, the obstructing bushe3 and trees below us, tbe whole upper portion of the valley was before us in one view, and the great Yosemite Fall lies be low us, and we could see the river tbat rushed over the cliffs and formed it. The sight was absolutely ternuc; for below us the Merced was but a white ribbon along the valley, while we could look down a sheer precipice of over two thousand feet. If our horses were to trip and fall, no earth ly power could help us, and one would be inevitably dashed to pieces. At first I did not tbiuk of tbis; I was too much occupied in looking at and wondering at tbe sight; but all at once I began to feel dizzy, and noth ing but an indomitable will kept me from falling from my horse, but I felt for a few mojients as though the end of all things bad now come for me. Again we went on, and the trail went up over places that had seemed impossible to surmount but a moment before, and at last, just as it seemed impossible to ever arrive at tbe end of this tedious journey, tired, dusty and roasted in the hot sun, a turn in tbe trail, and tbe dazzling beauty of the Nevada Fall was in sight. I looked for a moment breathless, and I wasn't hot nor tired any longer, but lost in delight at the glorious vision. Think of it ! One vast volume cf water rushing over the great wall of reck and dashing down in one con tinuous sheet, white and dazzling as enow in tne sunsnine, while clouds of spray flew np to again descend in misty rain gloriGed by all the colors of tte rainbow, while to tbo right and left verdure covered the rocks and lent its contrast to form still greater beauty. The trail led aronnd and over tbe solid granite rock tbat forms this mountain and down again till just below is in sight the Ver nal Fall with ks tingle pure white Anted column of water, which chang es from an emerald green to flashing white in less tban two yards of dis tance, as it sweeps over tbe ledge from the natural basin. Still down, the trail leads to a rus tic bridge across toe deep gorge worn in the solid rock where the wa- ters of the Merced rash and roar and foam, and dash furious white hands upward towards vou on tnat Iran bridge, as if hungry 'or human life, and vou breathe free when onco off on the solid rock again. An hour's rest and you arc ready to go back again to the hotel, and you have tbe Jong ride over, with tbe addition t'f greater danger, for the horses are tired, and a single mis step would precipitato you to tbe valley below. But what a glorious vision stretches out before you. Away down the valley. Great El Capitin, bald, bare, and gray, stands captain of all mountains, toe inree Brothers peering over each other's shoulders; the lonely mcr winding through tie green valley, tbe Senti nel on the other side : the thin rib- and South Domes, witn their glon- J ..1.AHVn in lha I a Ira m a lr A all i-;nf1 r( flection in the lake make, all together, the wondrous entiroty of that vast temple of tbe Most Higb, Yosemite valley. Fain would I put off mj shoes and walk again bare foot, wiih h( ft 1 uncovered in ih'sW terv Sinai, in his solemn presence. Thrilling Advrature The diver engaged at the Moyne river, Belfast, in removing tbe reef, bad a very narrow escape from losing his life on Thursday evening, 7th inst. It appears that Mr. Smale had fired off a charge of dyjamite and displaced a large quantity of stones at the bottom of the river. He went down to prepare for lifting these stones by the aid of chains Into the punt. While engaged ia rolling over a large stone he saw something which he supposed at the time was a piece of clean-looking kelp moving in front of where he was working. In a few seconds the object came in con tact with tbe diver's arm, about which it quickly coiled, partly hold ing him. Immediately Mr. Smale touched what was coiled round his arm he became aware of his position, and tried to extricate himself from the grasp of a "sea-devil," but found it a far more difficult job than he an ticipated. Catching hold of the part hanging from tho arm ho walked along tho bottom of tho river toward the end of it, w hen be was firmly held by one of the feelers of a large octopus, better known among Bailors as the "Devil-fish." Mr. Smale tried to pull tbo fish from its hold of the rocks, but without effect for some time. At last the Gab, thinking, per haps, it had got sufficient hold or power upon its prey, loosened iUelf from the stones and quickly transfer red its feelers or arms around tbe di ver's legs and body. In this position Mr. Smale thought the best thing for him to do was to get up on deck as soon as possible, and be quickly mad 3 tracks for the ladder which reaches from the deck of the punt to the bot tom of tbe river. The diver was certainly a curious looking object when he came up. Tnis huge, ugly looking tning appeared to be entan gled all over him, holding him in a firm embrace. However, Mr. Smale's fellow-workmen were not long iu freeing him from the unfriend ly bug of his submarine companion. The body prt of tbe octopus was only about tbo size of a large soup plate, with eyes in its head like those of a sheep, but it possessed nine arms, each about four feet in length, at tbe but as thick as a man's wrist, tapering off to tbo end to as fine a point as that of a pen-knife; thus it could spread over an area nine feet in diameter. All the way along the underneath part of each feeler are suckers every quarter of an inch, giving it immense power. Mr. S. declares that it wos powerful enough to keep three men under water. A Bit f r.BKlila Uoniaurc. Oace upon a time, many years ago, there was an Indian prince who visited these shores in search of ad venture. Among others he made the acquaintance cf au English lady, to whom be became devoted. At last he was forced to leave for his native land, and on parting like other princes in fairy stories gave bis "la dy friend" a ring, saying, "Whatev er the bearer cf this bids me do 1 will do." Years rolled on, and the ring lay unused in the lady's jewel box until tbe Indian mutiny broke cut. And then the above said In dian potentate having joined the cbels it became a matter of great moment to tbe English government of the day to recover his allegiance. Somehow tbo romantic story of the gift cf the ring leaked out, and a cabinel minister (so runs this won derful tale) set off in a greet hurry for Downing street to seek our hero ine's residence in Grosvenor square, let us say. Tbe ring was obtained, the promise was kept, and the Eng lish troops saved at a most critical juncture. Now it is said the lady by whose means tbis desirable conver sion was brought about claims the new order of the crown of India as her reward. '! t K Lovrlj?" A dry goods clerk on Main street was showing a woman some parasols yesterday. The clerk has a good command of language, and knows how to expatiate on the good qaali ties and show the best point of goods As be picked up a parasol from the lot cn the counter and opened it, he struck aa a'titud? of admiration, and holding it up so tbe best light would be had, said : "Now, there. Isn't it lovely ? Louk at that silk 1 Particularly ob serve the quality, tbe finish, the gen eral cucct. reel ot it, 1 ass your band ever it. No fjolicbness about that parasol, is there ?" be said, as be banded it over to tbe lady ; "ain't it a beauty ?" "Yes," said tte lady, stuffing her handkerchief into Der month ; "yes, that's my old one. I jist laid it down there." The clerk was immediately seized with a severe attack of quickened conscience, and passed right off the subject of parasols on to tbe weath er Keokuk Constitution. Ilorelrl Btnlenrcd Pratto. Bekm.v, July 10 Hocdel was ar raigned to-day on tbe charge of at tempting the life of tbe Emperor, lie pleaded not gailty, maintaining that be only attempted to commit suicido. Thirty witnesses, however, testified that be aimed at tbe Emperor. lie was sentenced to death. lloedcl was sentenced to be be headed. Ilia demeanor was insolent and defiant, lie continued to smile, even after the sentence had been pro nounced. Numerous witnesses swore to Lis Socialistic principles and threats against the Emperor. The man with tbe sand-papered bead Gods tbat while he is relieved of the duties of combing auburn locks and tbe like, he has to spend twice as much time brushing the flies off. j tlMttlatt Wife. Dr. Fletcher says: A man's first necessity is to Gnd ft woman phys ically able to support the cares and duties which attend that position Solomon, who from a large ex peri once with wives ought to know what constitutes a good one, described his favorite wife as one w ho spun wool and flax and took care of the house. etc., in short, be means to say tba she shall possess a large share of physical potency. It is the power to do, without wbicb no woman de serves tbe namo of wife. Within the past decade some young men in choosing wives have disregarded this advice of Solomon's, and have since repented. But young men are fast becoming more careful and wise in tho matter. Tbey ate learning that a pretty face and form, though doubtless desirable accompaniments, are not the requisites of a good wife. It is true that there are some thought less exceptions among the young men, but tbey arc simpletons. But above them are the thoughtful men, who do not and will not fall in love blindly, bnt who are looking for the wile which Soloxon commends, and who will not be satisfied without such a one. I do not wish to reveal any one's secrets, but I have had men say to me when talking npon tbe subject of tbis discourse, "Girls, nowadays, are too frail to marry." Docs any ono think tbe young man is to blame who says this and then stands aloof from tbe altar ? Surely not. And die) the young lady who is too weak to sweep her own room, or make her o n toilet, think tbat such a young man will hasten to propose? If bo, she is misiaken: young men of to-day are fast becom ing wise through tbe experience of tbeir unfortunate friends. Power of Waves. Those who have never lived on the stormy coast, nor been to sea, can form no adequate idea of the ef fect that can be produced by the im pact of a succession of waves, or of a single wave. What has happened at lck, on the extreme northern coast of Scotland, where a break water has been building for some years past, may give an idea of what is meant by water-power, it was found thit stones of ten tous weight were as pebbles to the waves, which have been measured to be nearly for ty-two feet from crest to tbe bottom of tbe trough. Tbe outer end of the break-water, where the storms beat most violently, was built of three courses cf one hundred-ton stones laid on tbe rubble foundations ; next above these were three courses cf large, flat stones, and npon these a mass of concrete, built on tbe spot of cement and rubble. The end of the brent-water was thought to be as immovablo as the natural rock, yet tbe resident engineers saw it yield to tho waves and swing around into tbe less troubled water inside tbe pier. It gave away, not u frag ments, but in one mass, as if it was a monolith. The displaced mass is estimated to weigh about 1,350 tons. I'irM Babies. A somewhat extended observa tion, and a solitary experience, have convinced ua tbat urst babies nave a bard time. Parents must have two or three cnildren before they know what a baby is how to treat it, and acquire patience sufficient to treat it properly. Tbe poor little fellows that have tbe misfortune to come along first have to educate their par ents to tbeir task, and ia doing so they get f panked, and shaken, and abused. After a woman has had three or four children, she learns tbat striking or whipping a child under two years of age is barbarism. We know one parental head who struck his child when only six weeks old be actually believing tbat tbe child knew better than to cry, and that he stopped crying at that particular time because he struck him. We carry certain notions of children and family government into married life, and the first child is always the vic tim cf these notions. And not alone of these, for the parents have not learned self-control, and a baby is whipped quite as often because the parent is impatient or angry as be cause it is vicious or intractable. We inflict on our Grst children the flog gings we ought to have for our own impatience or fretfulness. Tbis pounding children before they be come, in God's eye, moral, responsi ble beings, ia very strange basiness. l'atience, good people, unwearying patience ! Don't wait to learn it when one of your little ones shall bo hid den under tbe daisies. Iarrraalog- tbe Water Power ot I'rnni Tbe head waters of tho Pennsyl vania streams are not very much higher nor are tbey far distant from the rapid at. Niagara Falls, and tbe suggestion of increasing tbe water power of the State of Pennsylvania to an almost unlimited extent by using the power of tbo Niagara Falls to force a supply from the bead of tbe rapids across from tbe bead of tbe waters of tbe State is believed to be feasible. Tbe water power which could thus be thrown into the bead waters of tbe Ohio and Sus quehanna to bo used a hundred times over would be cf incalculable value to tbis great industrial State, while its eof-t would be but a trifle com pared witt steam, more especially now that the dams and water wheels already exist. Tbe same principle of supplying power to other streams, but by steam power, it is believed will be found feasible, especially where tbe streams are so rapid and the dams are to numerous as to com pletely use tbe water wben furnish ed. The water leaving the Connec? ticut at Holyoke, Mass , turns the water wheels for mills located upon tix different terraces, so tbat the same water is used six limes over in a distance of less tbau two miles. A Backward Lover. "Don't you know I dreamed of you the other niitbt ?" said an audacious young lady to her backward lover. "Indeed I And may 1 venture to ask what it was?" "O, nothing much I thought you asked me to marry you " Eagerly ; "And did you consent ?" "Why, you see you asked me ia such an in direct i nd unfair way tbat I would not give you an answer." "Ah ! my dear Julia, bow can I thank you for this opportunity ? Let me oi-k you now, fairly and directly, will marry me ?" "No, sir, I won't. you Kaiai oa illicit Diallllera. Washington, July 10.-A telegram to the Internal Revenue Office dated Allenville, Mo., 9th inst , from gcnts Gavctt and Medley, says tncy bave just returned from a ride through Bollinger County with Collector Carroll and Deputy Marshal wheeler. Tbey captured tbe illicit distillery of John Bollinger in opera tion, and arrested Bollinger and his partner. Poateae Ballaira. The husband cannot control the correspondence of tbe wife, and. if tbe wife requests that letters direot ed to her, be not placed ia her hus band's box, the Postmaster should comply with her request. urdioary postage stamps cannot be used ia payment of postage upon publications received into tbo mails at tbe pound rates. Special adhe sive stamps are provided for tbis purpose only. Currency cannot be sent in sealed transparent envelopes unless postage is paid at letter rates. A registered letter cannot be at tached while ia tbe hands ot a Post master before its delivery, as tbe de partment holds it ia legal custody for delivery to tbe pt-rsoo addressed or according to bis or her order. To inclose an envelop with a writ ten address thereon, to be used at some future time would subject any package of which it forms a part to letter postage. A publication claiming two places or localities as its office cf publication. cannot be mailed from either place at pound rates. Tbe Postofuce Department has no authority to detain or open letters sent in confor mityto the laws gov erning their transmission ia tbe mails: such letters mast be deliver. ed to the person named ia tbe ad dress, or according to bis or ber or der, as soon after arrival as practi cable, but it is the duty of a Post master to obey a mandate of a court, and should be have undelivered let ters in his office addressed to a per son on trial ia court and tbe court having served on such Postmaster a gubjxena duoes tecum, it would be hit duty to appear in court with tbe let ters tbe jurisdiction of the Postoffice Drpartment ceases, and if said let ters are opened the responsibility rests with the court. Anything whatever pasted, gam med or attached to a postal card sub jects the same to letter rates of post age. The law makes no provision for the mailing of "extras," except that tbey must be prepaid at tbe rate for printed matttr. To inclose a band-bill ia a news paper sent to a regular subscriber would subject tbe entire package to postage at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Tin dishes are unbailable. Printed matter cannot be returned to sender unless tbe Postmaster is Murnisbed with stamps or money to prepay the same. Postmasters are not required to open their offices on Sunday unless a mail arrives on that day. To paste a printed slip upon a postal card would render tho same subject to letter rates of postage. Soap is unmailable. Any matter partly ia priat and partly in writing is subject to letter rates of postage. Packages of merchandise not pic paid in full, at the rate of ono cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, should not be forwarded. Whea two or more kinds of mail matter are inclosed ia the same pack age tho entire package is subject to the higher rate. Advertising sheets received in bulk mail prepaid at pound rates should not be delivered unless post age is paid at double rates, one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof. The insertion of a new date or fig ure ia a circular makes it subject to letter rates of postage. Western Fo.lal Ile.viev). Note the Moalh of Jaae. In June men never get drank is called sunstroke. In June a dog is knocked in bead if be dares to hang oat It the bis tongue. Ia Juoe people suffer from indi gestion, associated with strawberry festivals. Ia June tbe annual eruption of school essays and orations take place. Ia June a maa can avoid his credi tors by walking on tbe sunny side of the ftreet. In June biys run away from Sunday-school ani go a (idling and every one gets drowned. In June all tbat a young man cm earn, that will he give to satisfy bis love's longing for ice cream. In June black raspberries are plen tiful upon teatables, and life resolves itself into a fierce struggle to recover tbe seeds from one's teeth. In June the mower goes forth to mow. Presently the rattling whirr ing machine gathers him in. They bear the slices to tbe weeping widow. In June it takes two men to keep a street car in motion. One beats the horse, with a boop pole, and the other sops his brow with ice water. In June it is too warm to work, but almost any honest, earnest, de vout American will sit a whole after noon ia tbe sun to see a base bail match.' In lune young men buy b uquets of roses, bang sweet verses to them and send them to tbeir girls. The old man receives the roses and tosse3 them into the alley. In Juoe timorous people live on Graham bread and rare beef, and die of cholera; but bold people grow fat on cucumbi-rs, water uiel m and green corn. la June men in ve their fdtiiitiiM out of large, high, airy rooms in the city, into perspiring littlo at'irs iu low-browed farm house. Tbis in ve is called, "going t tbe country for health. " To Keep far la Maataaer. Furs or woolens may be kept safe ly from moths during tbe summer by brushiug thoroughly, so as to eradi cate all tbe motb eggs; tben wrap tbem up in newspaper, st tbat every part is covered entirely. This m uo failing, if the clothes or furs be well brushed beforehand. Some thmk gum camphor put with tbem is de sirable, but I bave used ouly tbe newspaper, and never bad any troub le u ul ess the moths were there wben wrapped in it. A ratal Blow. Worcester, July 10 James Murphy, a workman in tbe Centra mills, at Uxbridge struck Peter Cul- len crer the bead this morning with an iron pipe, cutting two gashes and facturiog the skull. His injuries are believed t-j be fatal. Cullen bad long bad a babit of teasing Murphy, although warned by his employees, and tbe priest. Tbis morning Cui leti's taunt was met with fatal blows. Thomas Kinney, a switch tender in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, while ia tbe per formance of his duty yesterday, at Jobnstown, was ran over by a freight train and both legs were crashed. He was immediately taken to a dwel ling in tbe vicinity and a surgoon summoned, who, "after examination, found amputation necessary. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Wbe To Cat Wkeat. Ooe of the editors of the Cleveland Leiuler visited the Ohio State Uni versity, recently, and found tho pro fessors and students engaged in in vestigatiog tbe growth ot tbe wheat kernel, with a view of determining whether tbe starch and gluten grains were deposited together as tbe kernel formed, or whether tbe formation of gluten grains followed tbat of the starch. Tbe investigations had not been completed yet, but so far, the evidence seemed to favor tbe theory tbat tbe gluten grains are formed and deposited during tbe last stages of growth. What all this has to tin with cul ling wheat is apparent, uluien is tbe most Dutruive part of wheal fl ur, and withal, is the substance wbicb, ia commou parlaneo, makes the II 'ur "raise." It is this tbat gives tho dough the requisite tenacity to retain tbe carbonic acid gas generated in yesEtly fermentation. If tbe gluten is formed during tbe laet stages of groath, it is possible to cut off the supply, or at least, to injure tbe qual ity of this gluten by cutting tbe wheat too soou. It is geut-rally ad mitted tbat tbe flour of ripened wheat "raises" better than that cut earlier, although tbe latter is whiter and makes a better appearance. Tbe ar ticle in tbe Leader slates tout the proprietor of a mammoth bakery un consciously made a contribution to tbe discussion by telling a certain miller whose flour was made of ripen ed wbeit, that be must have some cf it, for one barrel cf it would "send op" two barrels cf flour made of wheat before fully ripe. There may be something ia this, though we believe it will be found that any defect in the flour of wheat cut at the usual time just as the kernel has passed cut cf the milky stage and has commenced to harden is more tbe result of defective glut en than of decreased amount. Tbe fact tbat tbe ripened wheat produces the superior flour must be well estab lished and generally known before farmers will consent to leave their grain till it is dead ripe bef .re cutting. The advantages of whiter flour, more of it, more nutritious straw, tbe bet ter chance of securing the crop and the saving of grain in thus securing it, are already established, and the flour of "dead ripu" wheat will have to be enough better to overbalance these. We shall look for the complete results of the pending experiments with some interest Practical Far mer. Making; Jellies. As the earliest fruits and berries used fiT jellies ripen at this season of tbe year, every one interested in such matters is on tbe look out for suggestions relative to tbe manufac ture of the toothsome delicacies. It has been proved by experience that early piaeapp'e9 are the best for pre serving, notwithstanding the fact that niauy dealers iu fruits assert the contrary. Tho August and Septem ber pines are white and firm, but tbey are not as good keepers a the earlier, yellow fruit, nor do tbey re taio tbeir flavor as perfectly. To preserve both tbe color and the high flavor ot fruits for jams and jellies, tbey should bo boiled quite rapidly and until they are sufficiently reduc ed, before tbe sugar is added. Mix ing tbe sugar should be done tlowly and gradually, tbat tbe scum may rise easily, wb'ch will not be the case if the mass thickens too sudden ly, and it is tbis scum which often helps to spoil small fruits. Tbe juice of fruits is so much richer in some seasons than ia others, tbat no per fectly r liable directions can be given for i be length ot time required to bring tbe juice tj tbe jelly point by boiling. The drop wiaicb adheres to the spoon, however, ill show tbe state it has reached. Notbiog but porcelain, or old-fashioned brass ket tles, well cleaned, should be ust d for making preserves or jellies cf any kind; a tin, pewter, or iron spoon will change ibe stade .t curraor or pineapple juice, and even the newest tin-pan cannot ho relied on. The best wbito sugar is ibe most i conom ical ia preserving, as inferior grades send up a great deal of scurr, and b fore this is removed, there is a chance that tbe fruit is to much cooked or It has lost color by too long boiliDg. TraeUeatleness. True gentleness is founded on a sense of of what we owe to him vho made us, and to tbe commt n nature of which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants : and from iust views cf the condition and the duty of man. It is native fueling heightened and improved by principle It is tbe heart which easily relents, which feils for evervthiug that is human, and backward and slow to inflict the least wruod. It is affable la its ad dress and mild iq its demeanor, ever ready to oblige and williog to be obliged by others, brealhiog habit ual kiuduess towards friends, our- tesy to strangets, long-3u Bering to enemies. It exercises authority wi.h moderation, administers reproof with tenderness, cLicr uvr witb ease and niodetty. It is una .umiog iu opinion, oud temperate ia z:al. It contends not eagerly about trifles, wben slow to contradict, and t-till slower to blame ; but prompt to allay disseoaion and to restore peace. It neither iuteruieddles nanccessarilv with the affairs, nor pries ioquisi- ilivelv into the secret- of others. It delights, above all things, to allevi ate distress, and if it Jaoaot dry up the falling tear, to soothe at least the grieving heart. Where it has not the power of being ustful it ia never burdensome ; it seeks to please rath er than to shine and dazzle, and con ceals wiih care tbat superiority eith er of taleot or of rank which i op pressive to those who are brueaib it. la a word, it is that spirit, aud '.hat teuor of manuers, w bich tbe Go-pel of Cbrift er j ius when it commuads us to "bear ote soother's burdeua ;" "to r juice wiib those who nj ite, and lu weep with those who weep ;" ".o please every one his m-igbbor kr bis good:' "to be kind oud feeder hearted ;" "to be piiiful and cou'te- ou-i ;" "t j to prt the weaE, ana to be patient towards all men." Dr. Viair. Terrlfle Tknader Ktorm. Hartford, Cosn , July 10 in ibo thunder Btorm yeBtrrdar after noon, ibe barn of I). J. Shailer was struck bj ligbtniDg at Iladdam, and lltzekiah Shailer, of Sheldon & Co.. publiftber?, if New York, was killed Tbe barn and its contents were burn ed. Lobs $40,000. Tbe barn of Jobn t'quirea was struck at Modus ; aiHO me nouse ol vr. Wilson, in Kockville, and tbe barn of Mrs. Nathaniel Parson?, in Somers, where two horses were killed and two men stunned. J, 1.1. HOLDERBAUf.1 & SOU'S, STOEE West End, Main at., Somerset Pa.. IlEADQUAKTEliS FOR THE SALE OF CHAMPION EEAPESS, OLIVES CHILLED PLOWS, IIA&EHS- TOWIT C2AH7 SEED E2ILLS. E3I- PIES THRESHER AND SEPARATOR, HOUSE POWERS. FAROUAHR'S Fiarllur.e Threshing Ma chines with Shakers. FAROUAHR'S Thredher an.l Sopamt..r. FANNING MILLS, SHOVELPLOWSHARES, Cultivator Shovels Repairs for Nearly All tho Plows Sold in tli3 Carcty. May 1 JOHN F. BLYMYER DEALER IN Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints Tbe following is a partial lint of gooL4 in Stock: CirpeDter's Tools, Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammer?, Chisels, Plane Iron? .Izcs, Ac., lilack sn i;h's Goods, Bcllow3, Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, Ac. Saridlerj Hardware, Tab Trees, Uij Saddles, Hauics, Buckles, llinjrs, Bits and Tools. Table Knives and Fork3, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, the largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White Lead, Colored Taints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all colors, Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut Stains. &c. Window Glass of all sizes and frla33 cut to any shape. The best Coal Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprise, very elegant styles. Pitston's Circular, Muley aud Cross Cut Saws. Mill Saw Files of thebest quality. Porcelaiu-liued Kettles. Handles of all kindss SIIOVEItS, FOItKN, HPAl2tf4, KAKIiS. Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, Sueaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers, Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage aud Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Door Mat, Baskets, Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Hope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints, Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and StufTors, Traces, Cow Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur ry Combs and Card3, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety i use, &c, sc., 1 he fact is, I keep everything that exclusively in this kind of sroods and sons who are building, or any one in it to their advantage to srive me a credit to responsible persons. I thauk and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the placo JSTo, 3, "BACK'S BLOCK." Aprils 74. JOHN F. BLYMYER. DEMMLER BROTHERS & Wrt SMITHFIKf J STKKET. I'lTTSIUIHO jl ami fact TIX, COPPEK & SHEET IKOX An I dealers In Proprietors Vf April II rao rajs' A VALUABLE-INVENTION. IU dlUtUfltiJl THE WORLD RENOWNED WILSON SEWING MACHINE In workmanship is equal to a Chronometer Watch, and as elegantly finished as a first-class Piano. It received the highest awards at tho Vienna and Cen tennial Expositions. IT SEWS ONEFOURTH FASTER than other machines. Its capacity is unlimited. There are more WILSON MACHINES sold in the United States than the combined sales of all the others. The WILSON MENDING ATTACHMENT, for doing all kinds of repairing, WITHOUT PATCHINC, given FREE with each machine. ACENTS WANTED, ! WILSON SEWING MACHINE CO. 827 A 829 Broadway, New York; New Orleans, La.; Cor. State & Madison St$., Chicago, Ills.; and San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. 888888888 3 STRAIGHT NEEDLE. J 8 8 8 8 8 Agents Wanted ia 4 DURESS 8 8 'fii'J-x.'i WHEELER & WILSON HF'G CO., 1S2 WEST FOURTH ST., CINCINNATI, O. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 RRR C LA PPBROS.& CO. WiLliMJiJlinE mm m mm mum, LARGEST STOCK ! LOWEST PRICES ! ! TTP A T Tj1 "PQ SEXI) FOR CATALOGUE!!! -lJ--Li-IL IXO. Please Call When In The City obieis mi, nam mm m mm nnui. 161 State Street, Chicago. Jul? l'l. JUST KECEIVKD AND NOW OPENIIYIG AT HODEBBM k SON'S STORE West and. Main St., Somerset, Pa. A Large and Well Selected LOT OF DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, LJATSd' CAPS. BOOTS d- SHOES, The Largest, Best and Cheapest Assortment of Men's and Boys' CLOTHING Fresh and New, Ever Offered m SOMERSET. All Kind of Produce Taken in r.xohauRO for !OOIM. .M.IT 1 belongs to the Hardware trade. I ileal snve ir.v whole atttestion to it. Per need of anything in my line, will Gnd call. I will alwavs (rive a reasouaote my old customers for their patronage, urcrs of WAKE BIRD CAGES, lcclThests, Kcfricr;iUr-, lej ('r.-nn lrei-e?r?. Water Cooler, .'utierr, Stoves, HriUnnU Ware, Eaa-B-.-l'.i-1 inl Tinne 1 II U.,w Ware. AuMt aa.l OiMitlt. !nn Ware, anl House Furnishing Hardware in General the Paieat Adjustable Stove Shelves. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 NEW mm mm MACHINE s f. mull ercr nttt frr peart rxprrirnrr, nnrt rm pooTm'S all lhaiiawefiti iM?r iHtf Machine lmiii.. vym ta i.r.n ron its 8 8 gliiPLlciTT, iasi: or MAXSGF.XVXT, QVIKT-Q xesa, asi LioiiT-mx- - XXSQ QVALII1ES. Sold pie 'he wl fneorobh ferm0. 8 8 8 8 City and Country 8 Alter jrcr l paSent Uhnt tl experiment tb ST, JOHN Sewing Machine, U now (ptWc.i to th. public. th triumph of Id Tentive (rains 1b this branch M nanalnctar. It. priinu of excellence are apparent to any ooa examining tbe machine, an.! so reatlll r rernuni...! thai alrca.tr the HT. JOH ba km iwu l.. the fntait ratak ufSewia Marhinea. It InlnlU ftlltha aAaary requirement fur a ftrst-claM Sewuiff I vhine, whk-h are 1ft. A Wilt r t 4o perfenl) allklThl.nf w.irkile mnmlcl nl a Sewing1 Machine. SI. Kase mao aeoint. Jtl. LiKh!nu of rsnntnx eih. frra tlom lrtm awe. .in. Simptftritr of rAntracfc.i 4th. lura)ilir. All t!cse pvinU are Mcar.! more than In any other, in tbe ST. JOHN SEWING MACHINE. Vo. 1 Machine. Ornamente-l M vhlnean l Stan.1, UlMk Walnut Tahla, tw.) Dr.iw jr, Patent Bjx Cover, which attacliei td siilo of the Table, forming a e mreaient work bx or aa exteojloa top at will. PRICE ... S4SOO No. I. - - - S35 OO No. t I- S40 OO No. 3 No. 3 1-2 55 OO S65 00 M.tli- th Iiork Stitch. EeaalifDl in Dm Pjrtet in Oastractioi Equally o:i oa t&3 lightest or hsavx- cst Gcods. Its Points of Peculiarity A3I0N3ST MANY CT2S2G AE3 It make, no iliffi-renee whether the M-iWilne la run bark warel r forward ; the work will nl waj. run Iroin yuo, and there k Dolue. or cb.nx of Mitch. It h:u a clone shuttle in one pleeo. with no thr-:il hole through, the Uihhln huliliuir from Mu lo umi yap! ol threiMl. It winlthe bulihln wltbont running the ma chine; so that there is no ne?eitr fi.r nnthrea.1 inir the machine, or removing the work when the boiMnueel9 lo he wouml. Its tensions are simple, perlect. anil ran he a.l-H3te-i botbander ami uppvr, without removing the work. -K:u-h Machine Is tarnished with the ordin ary a Its att:u:hments. Furniture is norel, peculiar and dclrahle. EvEUYM.icnixE is Warr an ted It Uket well atvt vires mroplete KUfclacthm. Twrmy-rive of t)ivje Alactiiiw biive already ben miii in thi cuntT. I ai h-II the wvll known Fa mi It F write or Wcel Miitrhinea st about halt th udl prii-, anl aiio rcpuir (lie various kinils of wwintr niachiovii prni.tiy nnl sati.tijtorilT And ail kind ol at-Lu-hmentfl jirucun-M to onler : AiMrew C F. WALKER. Somenwt, F;. P. 8 Sample Mnctilnes to be seen it I. YlU k'9 or at !'.vWf X V Sture. Jan. '1 J. R. MEGAHAN, BUTCHEK, AND DEALER, Wholesale and Iletail, IN KHIiSH MEATS! AH kii)dt. such as BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, VEAL, LAMB, SAUSAGE, PuddiDg-, Colos na. Mince Meat, and LAUD of our own Uenderiojr. Freltry d::::3l ta orl:r a specialty. MARKET DAYS Mai, IhnJai an! Saturday "A!e:it ":iri m ort:iinl any tl.-y ilnrius Hie Wffk. April 11. New Firm. SHOE STORE, SOLOMON UHL, Iliaviug puri'Iiiaed the KUm More lately owned bj II. C. Beerlta. take I'h-axnra la ralllnir the altrnlU a of pulille U IIm la-t that we tutre al ami tic kerp AfttslaDtly on bao.1 as nmiplrla aa oieat ol Boots, Shoes and Gajters BOTH OF Eastern and Home Manufacture as raa ha fi.on.1 anrwhrra. Wa alss frill harau haod oxutaully a lull suwly uf SOLE LEATHER. MOROCCO CALF SKINS, KIPS, AND LINING SKINS (( all Kindt, wlip full Una l Shoe Findings. TIM HOME MNl'A(Tt KK IE1ART. .V LT will ha la rhartra uf N". 15. Snyder, Ksq. W huae rapatatk Cur saaktaa Good Work and Good Fits Is aeAirxl to win la tha State. Ta pablte la ra sper! lull r Invited ta call and xauune oar stool, as are iletemiottl ta keep un.!s as (uud as taa beat a4 (ell at prices as Wa aa la wm. SOLOMON UHL.
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