u U 1Ioi ! id . a"l 1. "up L 1 J not i L oraUf KO to "'ill , to ) 1 r.i' iiti.j, r st imuli-'i. i M V !.V lk ;ii ti : a LI 'jjlC Somerset Herald of" Iixbli ,,,,.1 every Wednesday Bprnla w 00 :: re" .rt.t I. t energ Option wl t dleooatlnne "U' " irt ;ld up. Postautsters Mw subscribers Bot UM 001 win b wa f-v-mta. ft u. sub- ..Hlri removuur from ecu ostoffles to a- Jtf-eM - ame o th. form 'te., m -j oresemt Address The Somerset Herald, Somerset, Pa. n W. REI?rXKER, ' ' AITOKfca'-AT LAW, toomertot. Pa. .stairr- In Coo A Beorit' Block. l'.V M.vJ KIMMKL. ATTUliNty-AT LAW, KOOSKU. ATWKNEY-AT LAW, Somerset, PA. ,mvi:r n. SCULL It' ATIOKXET-AT-LAW, V7 Somerset P a. 11 KNPSLKY. ATIVKNET-ATLAW, S'jmertet, P - TKKNT. ATrcRNEY-AT LAW Sumnfft, Pens a. lTLL. ATTURXEY-AT LAW, tknwml, P. M. I'RITTS. ATTCKSEY-ATLAW Nmuernct, Pa. talr tn Mmn;Oth Ulm a. ..f-e. l' J ,11 - i sain, 1 ATTUKNEt-AT-LAW, buui'Wt, Pa. . utirnJcJ l-t wltli lruii).uieM .ami , , .. . . ii W. H. KC1TKL. 1 r;()TH A liUITEL. ' ATT" KN EYS-AT LAW. . entrated to thr cars will b .j.i,'!ul!y attended to. Vm' Mln lee oipclta tbe L a COLBOBS. c ATTtiKNEYS AT LAW. i. 'nra!ei1 to ar urc will prompt. .t'ri,...l to tHcit' maile In S-'ia- .r l, ni1 81 cilntr.K .Vunn. urvy- d..ue un tcaaonalilc termii. '!IS 0. KIMMKL. ATlt'KSEY-AT-LA W, Sunem t. Pa. . :,. all Vuptnew itrort1 to lilp rr i I i" mini: xmntli with ipiinpt f,iv. tim- an Main Crt nreet. i !;V F. SC1IKI.L. ATTOKNEY-AT LAW, ,,r- in.l Pen'l'H Airent, ; '!n.n-tti Ml'-k. Somerset, Pa. V LENTINI-: HAY. ATTI '!! EY'-AT-LAW !,.' 'In Krl Ktte. Smieroet. P i. i.. i junoMi eiitrunte J to Lis care will i Vl'U I- UN H niL. ATTi iKS!;V AT LAW .iiierL, Pa, lv attend to alt t'Oelrep entrufte.l v iviu('l on eollerti'in, Ao. Ol-,!um-th PaiMtnc- u;lk. Al Tl 'KN EY AT LA W. Si'tceiMt Pa., (' ic-1 -nil l-nli.e entrnfte'l to trj care f e l u wltli iT'Uiittic and Bllltf . "I M.I AM II. KOONTZ. ATTOKJtEY-ATLAW, SoOierpet, Pa., IT " itlvr nipt t!entlon to la!nep entroft t. i.' i.j, rt In S tneret and a.ljolnlnn e.JCt.lc. i. in I'ncuiiK H ue Kuw. J a m k I., ithit. ATTOKXEY AT LAW. Sninerret. Pa. -e XniMick Flfc. op rtalra, Enteanoe, vn i r nrret. vilenliii made, ejtateg title, examined, and a!l Ifiral Imaloex . lit i n irptnen and ndelity. II.1 I'.AKR. ATTi'KNEY AT LAW, Somfmt, Pa., i': rn.tWln S .mereet and a'lnlnKCnntle. A: I u.:i- eti'.rui'ted to Llm will tie promptly Infll.'.t'l lr. JvA( nrcrs. . ATTORNEY'- AT -LAW. Somerit, Penn'a. 1 D kKNNIS MEYERS. ATTOEN EY-AT-LAW. Si.invTwt. I'enn a. A". Iml rnitfa rntruMed tn kip rare will be t ...i ti- . iih pr'n i'tneKi and fidelity, i-in y.anmio'h H!-k neat dour to Hi jd' II. UdWARD WYNNE. M. I. J'lHXsTti H X . 11 A l"i ..fihe Fv. liar. Now and Throat. iJ aid elv yr v. Hohit. 9 A. M. to a Lutaer A Onr n lllock, !, Main St. D WILLIAM COLLINS. IENTIST. SOMERSET. PA. lr Xanmntk Woe. ITt Hoyd IraaT - Mre W can at all time, he ana prear. ... .11 kind of witk. men af tilltnar. rrua i.eitracllnir kr Artificial teeth ot all kln.la, iv ' the !; material lajerted. Uperatlo ""lite.!. I A RUE M HICKS. li J X STIVE OF THE PEACE, Somemet, Pt-nn'a. TAMES O. KIEI M pioiel r.al i KIERNAN. M.l. ton- wrilcee to tlie clliicp. t.l -et r -1 Tlcirl'T. Hf run Inoini at toe ... ., .,.,,( H, t.'n. roti Main r-ircei or ui .1 l'r. Henry Prulkcr. Sejtt. inc.'. III. X K1MVK1.L 11. . K'-IMFl-L. & SON E M. KIM MET. L r their pr .tesf lonal ecrvl-e to the rltl- . rtfet i.nd victtiltv. Inpi'f the wem- I -Se frn, c.n at a!!:!n'ie. ut.leef ir,-feapon- a.iy t?.inr 1. l-e t. und at tbelr To!Ti-e, on siatn :iet. , the lilamond. K. MILLER linf vrnia- Fnetl- v W-Titi-.l In Berlin for the limrtlce ol !. iv-e oppirflte Cbarlea Krilnr ajT. TO-lt Blf pfte. er mire. DR. II. RRURAKER tfiidtw hif in-..ll.ai arrrlret te the eltlaeni o S 'dij viciliit. nrtioe In mtdeuoa cn Main treet m ol ib liuunond. DR. W M. R A U C II tenders hi? pn.IewlunalecrTtceetotbe cUlien -I Sota and vh ini; . (fn,,VMi,l.4aat of Wayne A llerketille'r raniture euir. i"e.e, tu. A G. MILLER. PHYMC1AN Afcl EOEON, Haaremore.1 to Soo'h Bend, lnillana.whera be aa t oooraltod hy letter or otberw ke. DR. JOHN RILLS. UEM1ST. ff.ee aboreHeryHcmy'ntore,aln Crn ireet. Someraet, Pa. j D TAMOND 1I0TEL, STOYRTtW N. 1 i:N N A. Tbttauialar and well known koaw hat lately i-i-n ta.irooahlj aol ely refined with all new il heet o tuniliare. which ka made It a Trrj en-aide ftoiiLR place lor the traaeltnir rwhitc H n lahte aJ roo. cwiit be aurpaaaed. all he a kret cUh, with a larae paMtc hall attaehed Utbe eaiua. Alao Urne and roomy rt.t.lln lirat elaea board Ilk can be had at the loweat put itit prica, by tkc week, day or neat SAJtUELVSTEei. Prap. a.E.laar. Dlaaaond latoyatow ,Pa MEM WANTED Taeunat fur the aaleof rrau aluraauelai Treca.Slirnl. Ylnea. "ae. etc. No ;rlenc required. Uood fat ary aad ali cxbm. ld. Adurrfl. J. M. Bewdwi A Co.. tiU Boeheettr. N. Y. CHARLES HOFFMAN. (aoiv, k,; ry liefnejr. ttee.) UiHsnrnmuWaSTPEica tSTA ISf ACTIOS GUARANTEED. SOMERSET, l?Ji.. MERCHANT TAILOR 1 1 1 1 Lie VOL. XXXII. NO. 8. ! IV.r.1 V II. v. ESTABLISHED 34TEARS. HAY 1 7 ,! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Tin, Coper and SleeMron fare lanify, Xo. 2S0 AVasliington Street, Johnstown, Ta. ' S AES PSSPAXID TO CFFE3 - RANGES, STOVES and HOUSE FURNSHN G EOODS III GENERAL At Prices Less than any ether House in Western Pennsylvania. Special attentlm paid to Jobblna: lo Tin, Oalranlied Iron and Sheet-Iron, Pnirar Pant. Steam Ple, H 't-Air Pipe, KiK.nnar. Spontlna. Stackt of Eaarlnea, and all work pertaining to Cellar Fur nace, tatluiatea (tlTen and work dine by Itrst-olaaa Mechanic only. Sole Airent Tor Noble Cook, JohntownCor k.Siiear' Anl-Iu Cook. Excelalor Penn. Ia Huuee-Paraiehins tiwll we oWer Coal Vaaea, I'ollet beta. Bread Clueeu, Cake Moxra, t'hamtier-PallJ, Knivea and Porka (common and plated) Herman Siivcr Spoona. Britannia Spoona, Tea Trava, LI Del. Iron and Enameled Wareii Bm' and t'opieT Kettlea, Meat Brollera, Oyater Broiler., LVjr Beat era, fix dltterent klndf. Bread Toaaters Plated Untannla and Wire Caabira, Iron Standa, ire iron a, and evertthlnjr of WarenetJod in theCooklnc ltopaninent. An expertenoe of thlrty-tliree yeara tn Uaalaeat aere eaa. blea o to meet the want, ot thi community In our line, wllhaaooJ article at a low price. Ail lfola a..d W A KliA FfTKI A lr,rtl rrJ4- i r.ii or tne tirlcea letire oun'liaainir : no trouble to a bow roorie. -O per CCPX. I'V lUVIil( llirir Ul ill irflS U.. 1UCR - W)hiU-1. J'fhi Lisi.orill and itelouutatriaif work ia Warranted to be ol the he-. uality at lowest IIAY ItlCOS . Ao.2S0 Mafhinston Street Jbnulown, Penn'H. ITE"W; STORE AND JsEAV GOODS! The under limed would reaped tUUy announce totheciiiieua of LAV AS lbLb andtne anr roundinfr cnuntrr that he baa oiened an entire new atck ot r"l In Countryman a rooma irucb aa are umalij kept In a country More, eonalsUni? In part of IiKY (iiXMiS, NOTIONS, OKOCElUEiv Bi TS A SHOES. HATS for UenU Ladles and Children : HAUHW ARE, UCEENS. WAKE, CLASSWARE, CROCKERY, Mll'iiS, OILS, FAINTS. DYE STl I FS, wool r::rw ARK, SALT, fish, FL HR, CORN MEAL, Af., kt., to which will be added new tcooda weekly, allot wblv.li will 1 fid af low as the lowcft lorcajh. (nvxrnr rrr-m: tiiten in ex. Imnue t,.rfi"lt the btahel mar ket pri.-et. We have an criieriene In In lilnea of flfteea vei-rf rnd bv an let auen'hm to the want ol the r-..nituuiiit y aii. I bilrdoalliiT, wi exle o merit a lllwnil a bare of pair inline K'-e our at ci'tn in'ed Ma::j lim. .'.a, learn our prices, and be Il.V.C. M'MHAVLU F.STAHLJSHKJ) lss0 Fisher's Book Store. i,. in rtrw-v r t'ie Rmk Store well le. te-1 uVaorticent of Kil-le Teftaroenta. teoepe' Hmn Cl ri'tiana' lUmn Booka and Hymnala, i.inheran llvnin B-'ka. I.lcionanca. Alruma, u-... I.,i. I'.-.m l-jivelonea. MaKallnea, Not .1. Review. Blank Hooka, 1'ee.ia Honda, Mort- trnifL-0 and all kinds ol LeKal Blanks, BOOKS OF POETRY, Book, ol Travel and Adventur, Hialory, BK inaphv and K lucat b.nal Worka. Toy Books tor cbildri-n. In fact evoiy Ihli.a usually lound ill a well reauliited b. k tore. Headquarters lor a.-hid teachers and -hol Wfk and achonl tli- i.i.a. cnas. . risnor. la.nl" ouok A. lioer.ia hlovk. TAlvM WANTED!! OfAlioiit lOO Aercis In this Country : any person liartnir ewfh, Jd' ase addn-M P. . ki-x No. -JJ. Aiiearneny vuy, ., deaci Ibluai farm, atatiim price, ete. ' FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, J--4 :-'7 ft ltannar had many Tear, eiuenrm. tn all brarKOjea of he Tailoring bua l:irii 1 guarantee Sitiafactlon to al! who may call ou- on me and laror A, me w ith their iat- T Your, Ac, w.n. n. iiocnsTirri.rjt, Noiuerttetf Pa. mare SOMERSET COUNTY BANK ! ESTABLISH I ID 1877.) CHA5LES. J. HAEEISCN. M.J PEITTS. Rrei-i'Unt. Cashier. Collections made In all rrtt of the Cnlted States. CHARGES MODERATE. I'artie" wlfl lnir to 5- nd money Wet enn le ac- . . . vn V ' V In .iv nm C"Illloo.atei I'J orau t- foiled loi,a ma.fe wrn prxmpinca-. . bv one ot liiet-iild'a e. lelirated saiea. with it'cnt fe Yalt JiO w time lock. l..nirlit and a-dd. MoneT antt vaiuaoir emiir-i Sar- ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. -All le al holleaysobaerred.-" do AlbektA. Horhb. J. Siott Waud. HORNE & WARD, .efccsaasntte to EATON & BROS, 27 FIFTH AVENUE, NO. PITTSBURGH, PA. SPRING,' 188,2. NEW GOODS SVZSY X5AY SPSCIALTIXS Er w-a,lal'l!i;wry, Wh SaoaW, kerckiefV, tr'esa "Tnirmiafi," floi'srT, fitsr Csrsets, Katila aas atarlas Uadtrwear, la - tswtt' ta4 Ckltwiwa's Cltef Faacjr Ceocs, Vara, Zsenyrs, rU! of A!! Klrdt fcr -FAUCVWOBK, GebIs' ftniislM GcoJUc, &t vcrrTt,acB ia AMraa-rrcxLT aouc'-i arofif'aOsfl' MAIL ATTKSDFD TO WITH CASE ASD DlSfATCH. r not, lite Is sweeping hg. go neoare yow ui. tohrhryaad sub- 1 La KJ L t leave behtad to oon- tree. joriag fcTeryta'tner new. Capital aot reejulred. Wa will tarnish yoa everything. Maey . . t an,.Mk 1. veur awa town. a. owa- ra making tartanee. .Ladies snake as maca as men, and bora ana gine asaa. r . t 7 Keader, If yon want baainaas at Men yoa aaa ma ke great pay all the time, write (ur nanlcalars to H. HaLUrrr A Uo, roniaoo, iwauw. dertaur John B. Haj BROS. money reiuniici. .u anu are me nam1; it-v Peraotlt oommeoclnx Hoare-Keeplng will aara :IUU PnilUJK .W". m wm, ua r iiv, iui of eur Warea. Af we hare nn apprentices all our price. To aave money call vu or tend to t IJisli i" -:o:- PUKE KYE. COPPER DIS- TILLED WHISKY. This distillery in located at SAND PATCH, on the Summit ot trie Allegheny Mountains and use water from cold mountain springs. tW Tills WlllflFY MA HE HY THE 1)1 1 1 III. K ( VI 7 Lli-lUS 11 LLF.lt 1 'IHHKitS A.XD UVARAXTEF.I FF.1:FF.UT1.YPI KE ASD FlLLrkuF."b. ORDERS FILLED SAME DAY AS RECEIVED. Vf buve on hand thirty liam-l of old Whiskey, wliirh will be retailed alS-'.OO -r TiiU'in. i nr i ill' inimt kmi in n'itni u iai;;v uantUioM. aiMress S. Y. SWLITZEPi, Sup(,rinteudcntf Sand Patcli, Pa. june totf. tHou'f write us for or awphlet ci pii'j lertiliters. - 900 leetili?ercn fas mute t home tor a hoot S t g 1 ton k.camonsJiiq wai POWFLt S PRgPARgP CHEH6l:AlS. References In Eeere State. BROyN CHEMICAL CO. kjanufar'tirers ei PowpH' Tip-Top Bone Fertilizer, Bene. Potash. Ainmoa.a, Ac. t6 IIOHT STPEET, Batl latOWF. tsn. - II. H. FLICK, ..Special Agent, l.AVANaYll.l.K. l'A. TUTTS POLLS A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE cf the present irencTation. It t tor the Care o? thia di'Maae and ita attendauita, 81Ci-HEADACHI. BIUOPSlTtaS. DYS PEPS1A. COKSTIf ATI03I, PILES, tLaJ ftrtJ"8 PLLii i hava trained a worId-wnd reputation. Ko "Remedy haa aver been rlicoTerdthat acU so gently on the diiteatiwe organ, Kiwing them Thjorjo aa aimilate food. As a paturaj result, the Kerroua Bystem la Brced71tSeMuAClea jeDeTeloped, and the Body Bobnat. OlilllaB ' a-xael Fover. B. IUTllaFlaawrMB.ratsam.lA,aaTa: Bly plantAUoo la In a anaMWrlal district. For w.T.ral yMr. I eould sot tnaka half a crop o acooaal of biltoaa dlawaaM and chill.. 1 waa ce.rtT dlarourwced M I Bcaa tke oa. of TVTT-B The rMwlt arm aarT.lo.. : kt laborer, eoon becan. betrtjr wad roboa. ad 1 bawe bad a Mrtfcar trowbla. rii 0II111 late eaaw tke bawe la a mrt aaaatairaaly. lklek wa .we emai I we.iL Try th I fw-aawxly tkalrty. ataMl j mm srttl rata m bMlun UK. 1 ulaaa Aaraarwaaa mmmr. a wee lraa; et-ve, mm m W.aind U.ee. , unj .i , m. a . TUTT'S HAIR DVE. bav ttata or Wirra;raiii chanaed na ItnewT Kik a bv a alncle amll-attm of Una Dva. It I,, i.Hrt. amtursl enlnr. and arta InaUDtaneoualT. Sold br nruRCiata, ua at al by expnaa uu receipt of One XX41ar. OfTiee. 8 Murray Street, NewYork. (Dr. ri rr witrn. Mnfmnmmtin mnH fmrml rail be MaaWT fin am II rr Si ll ji, f f alaaaaje-v rwl ateen la". As a Rliavi Puri- her this medicine highly reeom- loemied fr all mariner of rhpailr or o 1 d staaOins; complaint., r.ron tuas of the k, aueh a Puuplee. B I o t e b e a ami R a a k r a. Kins: Worms. Tetter. Sal Kheuaa. Scald Head. Scruiula er Klm'i rni. Kh.arastkai. Pain In the B met, Skle and Head, bad all dietaaes arislna: froi.t 1m- OR Aclttl'J'mmmimik your house yoa can do without Salts, Castor Oil. Cltrateof Mkf nesia. Senna or Manna, and urn thewlndeof tbem, and what Is better. It may lie taken with aaletT andccmbirt by the most delicate woman, as we'll ar by iberuat man. It Is very plearant t. ike tame, tberv lor. eaealy administered lo chil dren. It la the only rearetable remedy existing which will answer In place of ealosnot. rearnlaUas; th. actloa ot the liver without making you a Hie ..rn vbtim to the use of mercury or blue pills. It will opes the bowels lu a proper and wnolasoSBe "rami ranothir-e: ilkeFanraey". Blod Cleaa- ! er lor the cure of all dlfoniere ol toe Stomach. I Liver. Bowels. Kldners and Bladder; turnerrous dieaaee. Headache. VXwtivewesa, IndteUna. BUlotia Fever, and all deranKenjenta ol the In I ternal vicera. As a ft male rtkulator h has no equal In th. w.rld. A n ounce of tireventlon Is worth more than a pound at cure The Ptca will not only ear old standing and mallcaatrt outaplainia, but if one ol the beat preventatives of such dlaorders ever offered to the wtuW. V esaa-swotd etrere at tacks o' aeuie diseases, sm h at Cholera, Small pox. Typhoid. Bilious. Spotted and latermlitent Vrvera. by keeping your blood purl Bed. The dllter.nl degrees ol all such diseases depend al together upon tke condition of the Wood. 1 Be sure u ask for FaKRatr'e Bump Clu'S xa oa PAWArxa, at there are srreral other tareav arationt la ta. taarkat, the names ef whioli are eomewnat similar. . . , . Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co, 7 Svreessors U Fanmey Brae. AOe MANVFACTtKEFS AND PBOPrrrOB aarA Wavaramoao, Pa. PATENTS oldalned.and all business In the V. Patae ifflee, or ia bkaajsas sesartaa MODERATE FEES, .r , , . . . . v Wa are opposite the V. 8. Patent nflee, en gaged In PATENT BUSINESS EXCtUSIVELV.ad eaa ol'taM patents la teas Ue lAa "-e resnota Inm sVASHINGTOI. , , . w nen wnwai or aiwwina i - , patenial.witT tree ol charge; and we make NO CHARGE UNLESS wE OBTAIN PATENT. . Wjhiw tn tAa Piatsnaster. the SapC ef Patent Offlce. For circular, advice. terra. i i i. na tn cifwd.la ef the 1 aad reterwc U aetmal eueau ia year " : areoaaty, add A. SNOW 4 CO.. Opewttte Patent OaBee, ' WaaMaAti I. U. Snmmi llery .a""".. m ..... :;" if-. -ti i liai boinerset . .' , . ' '' ' a. .- -. : : j. . i ' HER PICTURE. ISy the curve or. roaa frlnpeu ana smnoa, c,u";t" " .u;fc.vv-... Stands the manor hmiw, old and With moss cm-ping over theeaTes. The pkiw of the fanlight ilhimes it At the latrninr and death of the day ; Tbe lilies a arret LtvAthing perfumes It Aa Uiey nod 'seath the bine sky of May. Throupii Uie doorway, half hid'n by grasses, I walk down the dim Lall alone, ' And a wind of the couth softly passes Vhere the steps of tbe dancers are flown And pare on the strange pictured faces That smile ont from eld tarnithM frames, While the bTeer seems to ruffle their laces And whisper their quaint English names. There is one face that looks out serenely From background all sombre with shade, With a small head as graceful and queenly, As if for AcmuiieO. juatW. The pearls on her low bodice g listen And a rate lie asieep in her hair. And she leans out, half smiling to listen : The songs of the lark lingering there. I ptand thus before her and wonder What her rank: and her hist'ry mar be, . Forsurvlysomesecrethides under The smile she bestoweth on me ; What name hadthii beautiful ladr, Was it Dorothy, Kllice or Jane 7 Hid the walk through the garden so shady, Down the path which shestraysnot again. Methiuks I can see her advancing Threugh the xnuze of a grand minuet. While the viols made music entrancing, Whose echoes seem lingering yet ; Like the breath of the past's faded roses ' Phe brings back the glad dayss of yore, Like a rose, too, her beauty discloses Till I sigh that her blooming is o'er. . N'o longc-rshe flits through the gloaming Where the stars and the red sunset meet, And the white of the lilies lies foaming Like spray nrath hersmall slippered feet, The rich silken robe; that enshrined her As the petals fold over a rose, She has left them, aJll empty behind her, Like a nest at the year a al illy close. Thoorh I stand here forever hefure her, She gives nut the answ er I seek, Still my fancy bows down to adore her Where her soft golden locks kiss her cheek, 1 maytraze on this beautiful mystery, Ai a poet looks out on the sea, Dot tbe laughter and tears of her hHtory .he will never disclose unto me. Elvira tdtuji Miller. St'KKCII OP HON". A. J. COL.BOKX. OF SOMERSET. Delivered in the House of Represent a lives, on the Subject of Appor tionment Able 1 "re ho u tA , tlon or the Merit of l he Controversey Mr. Colboru said : Mr. Speaker, I am persuaded that the majority of this House will pass this bill, and nothing that L. can 6ay will, in the least, influence a single vote, and were it not for the purpose of correct ing some false positions assumed by our friends on the other side of the House, I should not say a word upon this bilL Early in the regular session it was assumed by-our. Democratic friends that they were here for the purpose of making an honest and fair appor tionment of the State of Pennsylva nia into Congrtsftjonal, Senatorial, Representative and Judicial districts, and that we were here the remnant of the Republican party as obstruc tionists ; that Te were hf re for the purpose of preventing a fair and honest apportionment of the State. 1 propose, M r. Speaker, for a few momenta to review the action of this House in reference to the apportion ment of LhefVirrimnnwenlthfif Pfnii lnr f.H. eion a committee of Republicans j prepared very carefully prepared I a Congressional apportionment; one which thev thought did justice to : all partie?and alt rlas?e ot people in the Commonwealth ot Pennsylva nia. The Democratic, side of the House prepared their bill which was known as the "Nicholson Bill," and they jiassed their bill through the House, although we offered them our bill as a substitute. The Senate passed a bill known as the "Mc Cracken Bill." Just whether the Senate passed that before the House n-iRSPii trip 1 lir.iim Kill I am tint uMa tn Bfiv Lnt nt. nil .ntii ihn APPORTION two bills differed verv materially. ! r if we do not get it we wil stay That difference wag referred to a I here until the crack of doom. Mr. committee of conference, who, after ' Speaker, this is the history of this a careful examination and consider-j mi"er. and I want this House to ation of the poinU of difference be-; understand and the public to under tween the two Houses, reported that stand that all this talk about com -thev were unable to agree. The re-! promise and concession all this port of the committee was adopted! talk about conference committees by both Houses, ami the Legislature knocking at the door of the Senate, adjourned without making an ap- j and ing rejected, amounts to noth portionment The Governor, as was : there is no compromise in it ; it his right whether he was justified i w f'even to seventeen ; it was that in doing so. is a question I am not ! now going to discuss but in the ex ercise of the right vested in him un der the Constitution, he called the Legislature together in extraordinary session for the purpose of districting the State of Pennsylvania. From the) ft rat tireieaeiirstmet in this extraordinary session until now, it has.been assumed that the Demo-' crata were anxious to make an ; ap-! DOTtionment tliatthey were here in ' the spirit of fairness, of concession and of oom promise; and that we, in disregard of our oaths and of tbe Constitution, were here as obstruc tionists, laboring to prevent tbe making of a fair apportionment. ... ; The first bill offered by our Dem ocratic friends was far more .-objectionable than that offered during tbe regular session. Most unnatural districts wete made, and natural dis tricts were brokan p.i : .i oj The bill was most objectionable, not in the -proportion in whicn it gave Mn.ce.nl.fiAn tn f H fva eeroat. rwv. i litical parties, but m the structure I tbem determine. It is all ide, and formation of the bill the Ke-'Mr. Speaker, to suppose that any publicans believing-that they had party: can succeed by mere trick done all that they were required to ' ery. do and thev had etudjed the ques- i The pebple are not to be deceived, tion caiefuUvThoheslTv and consci-IThe party that expects to retain the entiously for inOnlhs. The McCrack- rn Kill, and the bill which was sub - - ruitted here as a substitute for the ! prove itself worthy or that eoufi j Democratic bill,' were compared. dence and support' I say for tbe rr-r i :i Wftg prepared lV the ! . ., c . -ir " :.vi 1 Republicans of the House was slight- lv nmpndMl. and that was taken aa ' 1 the result of our deliberations. I ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. It is not a matter of compromise and concession. We Lave no au- thonty to barter away the righta of i a ranrmpnt ' VV han aro nave aeiermineu mo uumuuu cure- folly, honestly and conscientiously, under the (Jonstrtunon and our oaths, and have come to a conclusion as to what is due to the people, we should stand by it. We have no right to barter away their right. It is not a matter of bargain and sale, like a Dutch Jew selling clothing, "I takes twelve dollars, and not a d n cent less. Now, what you trives?" Laughter. ' We are here to perform our duty under our oatliB, and the Constitution, and we want no man upon that side of the House to say that we are disregarding our oaths, and that we, as Republicans, do not understand our duty under the Constitution. I refer to the gen tleman from Franklin, (Sharpe,) and I wish he was in his Beat 1 would like to know who has appointed him the keeper of our conscience, and !the judjre of our duties under the Constitution and the oaths we nave taken. lie may speak for himself, but I wish him to understand that be is not my keeper it is not for him to dictate to me what I shall do in the discharge of my duty here as a representative of the people. But to return to the subject. Our Democratic friends5 tendered us bill, and they would listen to no re monstrances trom us against it. They would accept no amendment ; they would accept no alteration or modification. They passed their bill, as it was !their right to do. 1 am not complaining because they can not see their duty as we see ours. I fully accord to them that which I claim for myself the right of thinking and acting as a free man the right of forming a judgment and arriving at conclusions for myself, free from the dictation of anybody. The Senate introduced the bill which we had so carefully prepared and matured during the regular ses sion. We did not go up high in or der that we might come down ; we had not studied the matter here for five months to no purpose, but we had made up our minds to what was right. The Republican side of the Senate had come to a conclusion, and, for the benefit of my friend over there, let me- wy; he will find that we 'have no longer any Inde pendent Republicans; we have no longer any Stalwart- Republicans; we believe in the policy and the principles of the' great Republican party, and we are simply united and earnest Republicans. Applause. Without a dissenting voice that bill passed the Senate. It came over to the Iiou?e. , Amendments were made to it here, 'and it was referred to a committee of conference-. That committee in due time reported that they were unable to agree. : Now, the gentleman from Lacka wana Mr. A merman lias harped Ions and loud about their offers of compromise and concession. The Seriate is denounced in unmeasured terms for having closed the door against further compromise, further concession and further negotiation. They say : "We have appointed another "conference committee and we are knocking at the door of the co-ordinate branch ofjhe Legisla ture, asking" tiiem lo counsel with u. in reference to a solution ol this difliculty.'' Mr. Speaker, what have they offered ? what compromise has been offered? What concessions have been made since the day we first met here and talked about an i apportionment of the State ? In the conference committee at the regular session it was 11 to 17. Seventeen were offered by our Democratic friends to the Repblicans, and 11 claimed for themselves. The Re- ' v,V.tisnra ,.eToeol lllprrt 1(1 .ml publicans onered claimed IS. That is where they stood at the regular session Have the Demo- erais ever conceueu amuiing inner than that up to this day ? Have they made a single concession to the ex tent of dotting an iM "or crossing a "t trom that day to this? 1 hev i are knocking ot the door of the Sen- Now, I am jaot going iuto iliustra ate lo accept thnt which they have tion by means of uir'ps and charts, already twice offered in conference j because they have been figured at committee. They say, "this is our j and talked over until every member ultimatum." Our friends say, "we i of the House and of the Senate is fa have no ultimatum." Call it by j miliar with fliem ; and enough out whatever name you please you ! line maim have been furnished by stand there as immovable as the ev- the Legislature to supply all the erlustiiig hills. c'we will take eleven m the bcginrungit .is that to-iay, and it will.be that lor evermore unless they manifest some real dis position for concession and compromise-Now, Mr. Speaker, is it necessary that we should rf-main here in ses sion uutil Dext December to ascer tain what we should do? Is it nec- essary that we should remain here at great public expense until next December in order to ascertain that we cannot agree? If we have deter mined that this is the best that we can lo if we, as Republicans, have tJetermined. . and we have .done so, that ten to eighteen is an honest apportionment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylkaiutvvnd.ourJ)emocratic friends have as honestly come to the conclusion that it must be eleven to seventeen, is it not useless to remain here longer? Had we not better ad journ at once and refer the matter to the people 1 Let ua refer it to the people, to the judgment of the tribu nal tbat stands oeninu . us an, ana confidence of the people, the support and suffrages of the people, ronst Republicans that We have been AS honest in onr efforts to arrive at a nroner settlement of this onestion as v . ' : a i. 4 nl o our friends upon the other side of i i AUGUST 8, 1883. the House. I am willing to accord to them honesty of purpose, but I do protest , against our Democratic friends assuming that they possess all the honesty and fairness in ref erence to this question. Now, let us. consider the basis upon which efforts have been made to effect an apportionment. I think it is all, fallacy to think of basing an apportionment upon the vote of 1680, or any other vote. There are treat districts in Pennsylvania which ought not to be interfered with. Take,' for instance, Westmoreland, Fayette and Greene. It is a natural district. The people think alike, they speak alike, and when they elect a Democratic representative he represents their notions of govern menthe represents their ideas he best represents their interests, and they could not well be represented by a Republican. Take the district of Jfork, Cumberland and Adams any arrangement that would interfere with that district, would be unnat ural and unjust to that people. They are one ; they are homogenious. When they elect a man, he repre sents their ideas of the proper ad ministration of government. So it is with various other districts in the Commonwealth. In making an ap portionment, majorities ought to be observed so far as they can be they ought to be maintained and preserv ed. Take, if you please, the coun ties of the Commonwealth, as repre sented by the two great parties in 18S0. There wereabout31 counties represented by the Democrats, and there were 36 counties represented by the Republicans. The 31 Demo cratic counties represented about one-third of the population and the 26 Republican counties two-thirds. The proportion of Congressmen, ac cording to that arrangement, would be nine and a-half Democrats to eighteen and n-half Republicans. We concede the fractions to the Democrats. Do they represent the great industries of the Common wealth in that same proportion? I say they do and to a great extent. The Republican counties of the Commonwealth represent more than two-thirds of the great interests of this Commonwealth. Take another basis ; here is Alle gheny county on the west. That county is most intensely Republi can. Here is Philadelphia on the east also 6trongly Republican, Those two districts are entitled to eight Congressmen, according to the bill uuder consideration, and they are most undoubtedly Republican. Outside of those two counties we have nearly 4.0U0 Republican ma jority in the lalance of the State. Surely it would not be unfair to di vide the balance of the State equally, which' would give eighteen to tea. I say the idea Of minority representa tion is fallacious. This Government is founded upon no such principle, this Government was founded up on the broad principle that a major ity rules. .Tha first resolution that was ever adopted by the Pilgrim Fathers, centuries ago, was that in all things pertaining to the Govern ment, the majority should rule. The first resolution in . the shape of an ordinance or law adopted by the Penns in the settlement of their col ony of Pennsylvania, was that in all things pertaining to the government of the colony, a majority should rule. Any other principle leads to rebellion and treason. Why, Mr. Speaker, were not the 407,OUO votes cast for Hancock in 1S80 represented in the electoral college of Pennsylva nia ? How did it come that the 407,- 000 votes ca&t for Hancock at that election were entirely ignored and the 444.000 cast for Gartield, repre sented the entire Commonwealth ? Just because the principle has ever been maintained in Pennsylvania, IB 1 I V il V as welt as every wnere eise in mis country, that the majority 6hall rule. 1 Take the districts in Pennsylva nia that have Democratic majorities, and preserve them, and give them their representation, and you will uet about eight districts. I common schools of Pennsylvania for fortv yeara. I am not going to flourish any painted maps in your faces. Butuis wonderful bow the figures of gentlemen differ. They talk about the pntortion being 52,000 Demo cratic, to 24,000 Republican under one proposition, t No such result can be reached by any man who honest ly undertakes to arrive at a just con clusion. Take the proportion of ten to eighteen, and what are the ma jorities ? The Democratic majority would be 4.470, while the Republi can majority in eighteen districts would be 4,536, almost equal. Take it at eleven to. seventeen, and the Democratic majority would be 4.000 and the Republicans' majority, 4,S0.". At twelve to sixteen how would it stand? The Democratic majority would be 3,725 and the Republican majority 5.106. So it will be seen that there is no other division that equalizes majorities, so nearly and fairly as the division of eighteen to ten., ,.- .. ,. , - . .' . ,. - : Take up the population of the va rious districts, and you will find that the average population of tbe Re publican and Democratic districts is about eq ial according to that divis ion any other division i destroys that equality of population and ma jorities Now, Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to this bill, not only because the proportion that of eleven to seven tecn is unfair, bat also because of its improper structure. In tbe first plaee it gives six districts to Phila delphia, which is unjust In fact, that is not seriously claimed by any representative I from Philadelphia. Then the formation of the districts is unfair and unjust It is a much worse bill than the one we had here. It is not properly constructed. It is unfair in its proportion and in its division of counties. On that ac count, and for other reasons that I have named, I am opposed to the i bill, and shall voteagainst it Mr. Nicholson: I would like to ask how much the gentleman would claim for the Republicans provided the vote of the two political parties in this State were equal. Mr. Colborn : When that condi tion of things arrives I will be pre pared to answer the gentleman's question. We are dealing with stub born facts not hypothetical cases. "Suilicient unto the day is the evil thereof." Mr. Nicholson : That condition is about here, and I would like an answer to my question. Mr. Colborn : Mr. Speaker, the gentleman had best not "lay the llattering unction to his soul" that the day of Democratic ascendancy in this State is near at hand. It was asserted on the floor of this House, early in the regular session, that this was a Democratic House. We have had sufficient evidence that such is the case ; but I say to the gentleman that it will be along day before it will be a Democratic House again. And it has no right to be a Democratic House to-day. Men are here to-day on the Democratic side representing strong Republican dis tricts. They are herein consequence of a little quarrel that took place in the Republican family. They have undertaken to cajole a Stewart and a Landis into giving them aid and comfort, but we are united and pro pose to whip you to death next fall and next fall n year. Applause on the Republican side. Put a Brand on Him. "Women are a necessary evil," he said, bringing down his list hard up on the counter to emphasize the heartless remark. It was in the vil lage store at West Milton, Saratoga county, and the speaker was the cen tral figure of a group of bucholic philosophers. He was homely, slov enly, and sixty. "There's where I differ from you altogt ther," said Mr. George T. Gra ham, of the same place. "Women are mostly what men make 'em. When husbands are brutes, wives will fall into submission or make home hot for the men, and they're unnatural in either character. Love them, and especially be good to them when they're sick, and you'll have no trouble. There's roy own wife, now. She's suffered a good deal with dyspepsia, nervous pros tration and other ailments tbat took the bloom off her cheeks and the spring out of her Eteps. Well, she saw au advertisement of Parker's Tonic, and thought it would be just the thing for her case. Gentlemen, I sent five miles after a bottle. She took it. I sent again after more. So several times. Trouble? Why, if you could see how much good it bad done heT, you would say that women are the greatests of God's blessings, and Parker's Tonic is the next." This preparation which has been known as Parker's Ginger Tonic, will hereafter le called simply Par ker's Tonic. This cbnnge has been rendered necessary by substitutes imposed upon their customers by unprincipled dealers under the name of Ginger ; and as ginger te really an unimportant flavoring ingredient, we drop the misleading word. There is no change, however, in the preparation itself, ahd all bot tles remaing in the hands of dealers, wrapped under the name of Parker's Ginger Tonic contain the genuine medicine if the facsimile signature of niscox & Co., is at the bottom of the outside wrapper. Her llaua YaKcr'8 t'roverlw. Peeugoot; your brytrs say efery dimes you dem forgot Peen hardt vorkins like der rich oldt mans mit der grafe one feed in. Git up from pet on dop der sun, und den you pettersees vhat you done der day all drough. Gone der mead schdore vourself to. Dot vas der most ini Lortentest ding Iron all. Makes your frou der docktef fon dem schiilern vhat vas der homes feunf cent gas tor ile ur seena tae been safe many tollars. Nefer oudsthay lader as vhen you home gome on dot pis ness der frau schange her whole na dure und got so mailt like un she diefel. Don'd debt run into it vas petterouf you valk in und oud run. Lif in vone iootus ondil you so much schillern got you must dwo rooms hef it vas potter to grawl uop as schump oop und falis down. Pttn demjitrade trink noddings sthrongeres peer. Looks on anoder vimmens nod; furouf pou li dot, dey looks mit yon. und dj-ni vis pizen looks roiiietliuits. DotiM po u iraidt you chilli rn got. lis; tinu Yanky viaitnens ouf your fader und mutter peeu frait fon dot, you don'd vas here to mit bleu&ure lif und trink lager peer. Makes friendt mit eferypobies yone enemies vas wurster es four hundert friendts. Don'd in der church box pud lesser es feunf cend dose vone-cend mans makes der book geeper in heafen madter es ter teifel, und him efery dimes scharge un hundert dimes mucher mit der owe site und nod dings mit der pay site. The Frost tbat Killed the Peaches. 'There will be no peaches this year, by the way. Frost killed them all. Every last solitary peach,' the man on the woodbox remarked, with a pathetic inflection in his voice. Which frost?' savagely demand ed tbe fat passenger. 'Same-old-frost,' replied the man on the woodbox sadly. Same frost that killed 'em last year, -1 suppose ?' said the cross passenger. The same !' the man on the wood box asserted. 'And the one before that again?' the brakeman echoed. And the man on the woodbox bowed his head in assent 'The same old frost' he said, that kills all the apples in Michigan every ! year, and destroys the ice crop on the Hudson. I've been a farmer myself, before I reformed, and I've known a enow storm in Colorado to blight all the eugar maples in Ver mont !'..,.. One hundred and Beventy-two new buildings have been erected in Read- j ing this year. i id WHOLE NO. 1673. Profitableites of Farming. lucicoic uiucinuv J awn ing at profitableness of farming, and the prospect is rosy or gloomy accor- umg iu toe suiuupuinis iruui wuiuu is viewed. If you want about the most lugubrious opinion of this business that can be expressed, come this way and we will show you where you can find it. We will go to some place where the fences are lying in tumble-down ruin, the gates hanging, by one hinge, the barn a lop-sided, leaninir pile: the barn yard a reeking swamp ; the house a leasing, aismai wrecK ; its win dows Stuffed with old mats and hats everything devoid of paint or uuisu, wiu noining in lis proper piace or in ueceni condition. 11 you can fight your way through the door, to the proprietor, ask him, while he eyes you with strong suspition, whether farming pays. If he is not afraid that his answer will give you some opportunity ot cheating him, he will tell you that farming is the worst business in the world. Then, when you have warily backed out from among his dogs, we'll make another visit Let us try a farm where fences, buildings and improve ments are an substantial, neat and first-class ; where paint, window glass, etc., are abundant; where everything eives evidpnee of thrift and industry. As the proprietor turns irom some employment to greet you frankly and heartily, ask uim wneuier iarmiog pavs. His answer is in his surroundings. Such contrasts are by no means fanciful, and we have seen them riiiifn churn. ly uennea on larms in the same 1 , r. . . : I."- - i neighborhood possessing naturally equal advantages. It is a pleasure to know that squalor is being rapid ly and steadily driven from progres sive modern agriculture, and that pictures of the kind first. becoming more rare from year to year. The farm is. as a rule, an in dex to the character of the farmer as sn exponent of his industry and bis methods. Other thinrs beincr enual much of the success or failure of agriculture lies in the directing mind. If this be vigorous, thoughtful, stu dious, earnest, results tuav be de pended on to take The bulk of the American neonle are? f livinT l,v fomliin on,l " J .ui Liukijf,, mi' .lie growth of the country's wealth is ouiiitieiii, prooi mat it pays. Household Hint. A pretty heading for the top of a muslin curtain is made by hemming each edge of muslin and gathering it in two places 60 that there shall be a puff in the center ami a ruffle on each edge. When buying tin covers for ket tles be sure that they have rings of wire on top instead of flat handles soldered on, as these will not last any perceptible length of time, and the cover must then be thrown away. A good present for an old lady is a light woolen wrapper, made doub le, with a thin thickness of woolen between and quilted in rather large diamonds, lake a simple sack pat tern, and cut it large and amipe, so that she can slip it on over her night dresses. For washing hands that haye be come cracked or blackened, there is nothing better than Indian meal rub ber on with the soap. It not only removes the dirt, but softens and whitens the hands as well. For men and boys doing farm or shop work it is excellent, and should be kept always at hand. Ammonia water or a damp cloth dipped in whiting, cleans paint nice ly. Sanpolio is also good.- Cold tea is the best thing to clean varnished wood with, the tea and tea leaves paved from the table for several days and steeped will usually be sufficient It removes spots, and gives a much fresher, newer appearance than when soap and water are used. If the carpet needs freshing up af ter tacking down, sweep and wipe with ilanel cloth, wrung out in warm water with ox gall in it in the pro portion of one quart of gall to three quarts of water. The improved appearance of the carpet will amply repay the trouble if this is done once in six weeks, as the rubbing raises the pile and freshens th colors. One objection to ingrain carpet is thehigh heels which servants delight in wearing on thick shoes seem to catch at the tbread and drag them out of place, producing a rough sur face ; then another ia that the legs of heavy chairs have the same effect One way of saving these carpets is to cover the ends of the chairs with rubber caps, at a cost of about 17 cents. The servants heels are, of course, amenable to no such remedy. Eye Memory. Look steadily at a bright object keep the eyes immovable on it for a short time, and then close them. An image of the object remains ; it becomes, in fact, visible to the closed eyes. The vividness and duration of impression vary considerably with different individuals, and the power of retaining them may be cul tivated. An eccentric old man, the once celebrated but" not forgotten "Memory Thompson," trained him self to the performance of wonderful feats of eye memory. He could close his eyes and picture within himself a panorama of Oxford street and other parts of London, in which pic ture every inscription over every shop was so perfect and reliable that he could describe and certify to the names and occupations of the shop-keeping inhabitants of the houses of these streets at certain dates, when poetolSce directories were not as they now are. Although Memory Thompson is forgotten, his special faculty is just now receiving some attention, and it is proposed to specially cultivate it in elementary schools by placing objects before the pupils for a given time, then taking them away and requiring the pupil to draw them. That such a faculty exists and may be of great service, is unquestionable. The four oldest living compositors in Pennsylvania are General Simon Cameron, aged 8C years ; George W. Scott, aged 85 years, Jacob Babb, aged 83 years and Major Harry Sheets, aged 84 years. MiaceMarjeoua Item.. Blaine, of Maine! Alllann rr Iowa: Garfield, of Ohio, and Win- dom, of Minnesota, went into Con gress together. A New Jersey woman while trvim? to laugh at a story which her bus" band was telling for the hundredth AT all time, ien oacn dead. A 'Chattanooga cow comalitted suicide the other day by holding her head under water and standing until she fell over drowned. A native of India, writing to an Englishman, saya: -We are wild Hindoos, I know, and we are cow ards and vegetarians, but we are 200,000,000 after alL" Jacob Hoffman, of Tamauqua, Called upon God to witness that he was innocent of stealing a horse from a Mr. Job. Ten minutes afterward he dropped dead, and it was fully proven that he had stolen the animal Two yearling heifers, the property of John Shollenberger, a farmer re siding near Hamburg, were bitten by copperhead snakes while grazing, and died after terrible suffering from the effects of the venomous wounds inflicted. A huge rattlesnake was in the act of swallowing a young turkey be longing to a Mifflin county farmer, when the latter discovered and killed the snake. The turkey was saved by the prompt administration of a half teaspoonful of alcohol. Decatur county, Texas, has a fam ily of bobtail cats. They are not different from other cats except that they have, like the rabbit "no tail at all but a little bunch of hair." This family or breed of bobtail cats are said to be unusually smart. Physical science is not taking a backward step in Germany, where a" careful inquiry i to be made into the eyesight and hearing of school children. One oculist, who has been making examinations, found over thirteen hundred cases of ear disease among less than six thousand chil dren. - A cat belonging to Mr. J. II. Un gemach, of Zanesyille, 0., a few days ago, gave birth to three kittens firm ly united together with the unbili cal cord. One is a jet black, the other a brown, and the other a pure Maltese. They are all strong, well formed and healthy, and so highly valued by the owner that he has al ready refused 875 for them. One voice all over the land goes up from mothers, that says, "My daughters are so feeble and sad, with no strength, all out of breath and lite nt tin? least exertion. What can we do for them?" The answer is simple and full of hope. One to four weeks' use of Hop Bitters 'will make them healthy, rosy, pprightly, and cheerful. A Hartford paper says : Mr. Rich ard E. Rose has in his possession an interesting relic of the late Gen. Tom Thumb in the shape of a pair of boots worn by the General when twenty-one years old. The boots are not over four and a half Inches in length, and Mr. Rose has never found a child able to walk who can put them on. It is observed as a feature of . the census that thenumber. of people whose ages are represented by even tens is greatly in excess of the num ber represented a3 of other ages. Tbe number who are of ages that are multiples of five is also large by comparison, and there are more I-eople whose ages appear as even numbers than odd. Jesse H. Lippincott, assignee for the Markle estate, applied lo the Westmoreland county court last week for permission to'sell to H. C. Frick the mill at West Newton known as Mill A for $60,000, $!", 000 of which will be paid upon tbe confirmation of the deed, and the rest in three equal Z payments within the term of two years. It is thought that the mill was purchased for Capt. C. C. Markle. Bayard Taylor used to say that of all men he had ever seen, Haw thorne was tbe rnoFt remarkable fur possessing eyes that flashed fire, the pupils being sometimes so dilated as to render the iris invisible. Glad stone had similar eyes, and Borne of his friends attribute to tbem Queen Victoria '8 lack of fondness for that statesman. Her Majesty, they say, has on several occasions been actu ally terrified by Gladstone's gaze. Pretty Jennie Arndt, of Elizabeth, Dauphin county, whdisjust four teen years of agerrrrmtrmi to mar ry John Keifer, of Highspire, the sitme county, who i3 forty-two years old. At the last moment when the guests were assembled and the wed ding feast prepared, Jennie backed out hut it did not spoil the fun. for Keifer ordered all hands to get at the supper. Then the fiddle struck up, and there was dancing till broad daylight. Negotiations have been going on which will likely culminate in the leasing of tbe Wilson Female College at ChambersrjurgTo the United States Government for the use of a female Indian school. Capt. Pratt and several Government officials are in favor of it. and are working the matter up. The Secretary of the In terior has been advised of the prop osition and terms, and it is expected that as soon as he can be heard from a lease for a term of years will be ef fected. In Z. W. Garfield's yard, aorth of Napa, CaL, there are" two century plants growing and about to blos som. They were transplanted from small pot eleven years ago and are of immense size." OhTy 'a short time ago a stock from the centre of each plant began to sbo upward until they are 27 and 2 feet in height re spectively. In one day one of these shoots grew nine inches. From the tops of these shafts the blossom will soon appear and then the plant will die, never to bloom again. The boabab, or monkey bread tree, grows to the height of 40 feet, but its girth is entirely out of pro portion to ita height, some treee be ing thirty teet in diameter. An old boabab in Africa is, then, more like a forest than a single tree. Their age is incalculable. Humboldt consid ers them aa the oldest riving organic m on amenta of our planet. Some treee are believed to be .U0O years old. You can cut a good-sized room into tbe trunk of a boabab, with comfortable accommodations for 30 men, and the tree lives on and flour ishes. It produces a fruit about a foot long, which is edible. As an example of slow growth in England, a baobod at Kew, though more than SO years old, has only attained the height of 4 i feet A kindred species of the African boabab grows in Aus tralia. They are 30 feet high, with a girth of 85 leet ,
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