I 1- - Tl , nf lam, ,,..ihln better than mm brush !?,... .hiiitv only to support prairie . , ...i.i nt tiv much enthusiasm in 'A t hriV to it J.ltxl to 111" do "S'Jl Put it immensity and affluence no biwRine iint.ws in immlprant waeon p.-h or in rail train of the Union i. il-ortho Northern faclHr or imun . . Pinrtr or tlie Southern Pat-iflc, he ban LLi Having bwn priTtle! six rrM till continent, and twice ST wmmer. I haw come to aiAirn-iatinn of iU maenitu.K ffi.irtim. which I upj)o.l in boy. t 4 'rom it tlwon the map, wan a few -IVtow. a rlils f lnd on which one JLlkiiutiouly let he hit hU head . .i..w.-r NrmUnn nnn ililti or nlii Jato the I'acifle waters on the other, Call JL the thin dice of land as I a'liipmied it I"7B ,vh.l. 1 have found it to be larjrsr H th- Mate of .ew r.nKinn arm ai York Mate and all Pennsylvania ailde.l ri,hT and f you add them toother their mrMTt aiil'S ,,,r """" v nuiuriim. Kirth and Ninth Dakota, Montana and Sruhirst' ii Territory, to lie launched next -inter int.-irtiitehxl, will be gtnnt at their hrth M the CoiiR-rma of the United Htatea . i.iint nnd noon admit aim Idaho and Vrmmn aiul X1"" Mexico. What Is the , kwi.ui.: them out in the cold any longer? baVH llie lime niuuuruk uiviimi u...r Senatorial ana jonrrrioimi (UintPiitstiviii and we win an ie nappy 11 .' I r - - ..... mii(A .1.. Uu) ui with " i. .. II. I'.,.. IMULOie Illinnxi ... "I- tuti"n to unit these cases. Even Utah will ht dPri""t ixilyKainy soon be ready to fr.fr. l"ii"pamy has triumphed in parts of lb ami win prouamy u-iuiniin at xiim fl elu-ti'n in Halt Lake City. Turn sll the Territories into Mates and if (iniacf the iters are smaller than the older sitetxKivv tlicm time and they will soon be H laif a a"T ' them. Ilecause some of ibsdstiifhters of family may lie five feet brtitureaml the otliers only tour reel, no 4 ItttheiiniiKlitersHvefevt high shut the i.ein tlio fii"'i of thosn who are only four ft hitih. Among the dying utterances of .5rp.i'ni'iid. the wise statesman and great uilior. the lirilliunt orator and magnificent nl, r). S. Cox. was the expressed determin tmn to move m-xt winter in Congress for the itniifen'iH-e of other Territories into States. "Hut." unys some one, "in calculating the isnrasity of our continental acreage you aunt rvmemlier that vast roaches of our pub lic domain are uncultivated, hea)s of dry anil, snd tlio 'kal lands' of Montana and the mat Ami ricnn desert." I am glad you men- tti.ioel that. Within twenty:ll ve years there nil not lis butwecn the Atlantic and tan ririfle coasts a hundred miles of land not Wlaimul either by farmers' plow or miners' Irrowtwr. Hv irrigation, the waters of the, warn ami the showers of heaven in what are -lied ths rainy season will be gathered into (treat reservoir and through aque duct let don it where and wheu the people ranttlimi. Utah is an object lesson. Home rUo tint territory which were so barren :nt a siear of grass could not have been nuel there in a hundred years are now rich u Lancaster County farms of Pennsylvania ir Wdtchcst.T farms of New ork or mrset Count y farms of New Jersey. iierinieiiU have proved that ton acres of tmuuil iriuntiil from waters gathered in tmit hyil.iilngicil basins will produce as nuchas titty a?res from the downiiour if at in our ro;iiins. AVe have our Imbetsauilour droughts, but in those hinds nhich are to lie sricntitlcatly irrigattsl there ill b?ni'ithr freshen nor ilroughts. As you lke a pitcher and get it full of wnter ami Iwn net it on a tnlilo and take a drink out of It whn you are thirsty and never think rf drinkiiig s. pitchcrtul nil nt onco, an Unntanaau.l Wyoming and Idoho will catch liiBrainsiif their ruiny season and take up ill the waters of their rivers in great pitch irmf res,-rvoirs and drink out of them when- r:tr th-y w ill aud refresh their land wheu ivsrthey will. The w, n k has already been grandly begun it th l'nite.1 States Government. Over "urhun.lrr.l lakes have alroady b..n otll jlly taken jKisMMsion of by the na i"n fur the groat entvriirisu of irri lti'n. llivers that hare been "Uinit idly through thesa regions, doing nthing ,,n their way to the sea, will e las 'd aud corralled and punned up until such an as tile farmers need them. Under tho uiwiinNs-MW the Ohio, the Mississippi and ul the other rivers will lie taught to behave Jiemnelves lietter, and great liasins will bo iiaili- to catch the surplus of water in times t frhets and keep them for times if rounht. 1 Iih irrigat nig process by which all and lunds betweun the Atlantic and .aeiiic Dream ara to be fertilized is no new i'lrinint. It no been going on nieces. hundreds of year iu Spain, in China, u bulla, iu Ku-sin, In Kgypt. Al.ut wght huu.Ued millions of teople of i sarin tolay are kept alive by food ratse.1 i lrriKate.1 land. And here we have a). ,ii Wttt' fc'ivcn ul to rattlesnake Vt l , Brail'ie lands enough to sup nh"le nations of industrious popula ' . Tha "oik begun will be consum uaiiHi. n,,r H1(l tlu.rH eXM,ptjotlll km may he stublKirii and refuse to pw a,,y wheat or eoru from their har.l L7 iUt ,f, hop ,a" t" n"k impres t'l, the iniiior's pickax will diseovor the roa Vyr, " nnd luing up from beucath those tber growth of the tuliern, nnd as the dinease first Attacks the leaves nnd tips of the vines nnd works downward towards, and finally into the tubers, it follows that there enn be no loss in yield, nnd a great pos sible gain in healthfulness by early digging. As a rule, the potatoes should be removed from the soil as soon as possible after the vines have been 'struck' by the rot. The dead vines abound in the spores of the disease and it is possible for the tubers to be infected by contact with the vines at the time of digging. Therefore, it is an important and in expensive precaution to rake the vines into heaps and burn them bo fore the potatoes are dug, at the same time destroying millions of germs of the rot, some of which jniuk'ht otherwise do injury else- V-herc." o t The same conditions favor the rot ter ns before digging, and there-drrr-re the dug tubers should bo left JV dry thoroughly j then tho sound rasueB may be stored where they can J0,) kept dry, cool aud with a good therculation of fresh air. A damp, "Harm, close cellar favors the growth fc-ar the rot. Air slacked lime, a hand p$l or so per bushel, may be dusted rswser tho freshly harvested potatoes IjJJJ) destroy any adhering genus, the-ecayed potatoes ought to be r ,i'oved from time to time during Tuitumn and winter us soon as de Jvcted iu the bius. (rr.'. is- i WB A Twelve Mile Shot. ter n Tho professory of gunnery at grcVoolw ich Military academy, Eng ,ltnd, sent this problem to the artil warists of tho world : (live a gun ith a caliber of t.2 inches, u pro hurctilo weighing U80 pounds, tho "nfigle of tiring being 40 degrees, tho miwocity ai tno start L',47.j feet per . tcond, and how far will the Kl avel f The gun wns hhot wound with ;,ire. K" Artillerist niatheiuatieians every J'JIjiero bent their heads to the solu migin of tho problem. Oucc more it r, a feather in the cup of tho modest tlriit(.d States that the man whose tJra'lculation camo nearest the mark m'U dipt. James M. Ingalls, of the coiofst United States artillery, dipt. ""'"Vails is instructor in ballistics nt JrVrtrcss Monroe. The calculation "t'Ms to be for tho mean or nverugo or ttanco traveled by two shots. is mean shot is called by artiller eent the "jubilee shot." Capt. Iu '"Ijjs1 figures camo within 1G6 yards ornathe jubileo shot, and within 11 winija cf oue Gf f Xie shots. geysihe altitudo reached and the act feel t JiBtance traveled by the shots teres . ....... however, matters that directly Tho fact that colon, i ingd11 jney l.H hvinil nient. Jl iienn, iiowevt'i seem journey of tho mean shot was 12 tenie" a,u yards is rather start- oowir. projectile also snot up- into the niv to a height of 3J Shots can be safely tired n ship at nil nnglo of 18 degs. Jliposo we should iiunrrel with stitute of tho despotisms f Europe, 0VBr 1 some lino morning one of their lienv ill i an thl's would stop seven or eight ,tn cs outside of New York or IJoston kinds! begin to pepper those forts with fWfHe 380 pound shot ? iiillii ' Into , ind IjjIJIThe eleventh census is about to be jnntiten, and some of the difficulties fouV '1,count'1,d by those And io have undertaken the task may Bero guthered from tho report of in he'perintendeut Porter, . just sub- nushttod lug f . To dig or not to dig the potatoes t ')f an infi'htcd field is a question that uw never lieeu satisfactorily au--wered. Some assert that the tu tors ought to be dug as soon ns Practicable after the rot has attack ed" the vines. Others claim that it is tatter to wait iint;i tho .Unnoun.l vines uro quite dead before harvest ills' the crop. Professor Scribnor. .if tue agriculture department at Wash pURton, suys : "If the iliL'iriliL' be IfUyed for n week or two after tho l')ps have been thorouehlv dead, nn.l prformod when the weather is sunny r"'l Jry, there is little infection at this period." I l'roffBsor Uyron D. Halsteud, Dla(o. '..J. il r vmuiiu oi mo jjew Jersey experi ment station, in a recent bulletin "It is evident that after th vines pve been killed there can bono fur- to the Secretary of the In No one can look upon the ka-rk of 1880 without being impress rouwith its magnitude, and tho new reh'lc which is just about to bo bo ii will cover n much milder range, withngress has ordered a special in p"Jiry in relation to tho statistics of Ijl'yo indebtedness of private corpor- ons and individuals. The statis HenB of public indebtedness, which chryvo heretofore been confined to single year in which tho census ii'ig. s gathered, will this year include VJiJ'rh year in the decade. When it is considered how wonderful business interests and industries have in creased since 1880, the magnitude of the work committed to the census bureau can bo imagined. A much larger force will bo required to ac complish the business than was necessary for tho tenth census. uunoirs notice. In i in OitriiAM C'oritT or Snvuku Coi ktv. The undersigned Auditor appointed hv tho Mild Court tudlslrllitu the Imliiiice In the liuuds of Silsiinniili swiiuger, KxccuirlxorisiiiicSwimg. er.ili'C il., w ill sit for the purpose of his iipNilul lueiit uu .Monday. Scpleinlicr ft. IhM!), ut tlm pule lie house of K. S. Miller ul U o'clis k A. M. of salil iliiv. when uud where all persons interested are nolllli-dto present their claims, or lie forever ilelMiTcd (mm participating In said distribution. V. K. HOW Kit. Aug. II, lHKi. Auditor. B.r.ArAN ltOSKIRIC, I)1NTI8T, riKUNSGHOVE, TA. Thirty two years piaotice, traetiug a iolaliy. Pilling and ex X When You Insure Why Hot Oct the Best H. HARVEYSCHOCH, Coaora! Insurance Airent, elinsffrove.Pa.. Ileproente tho followinjGr rent StockiCompanies: ORQAMZh:i- -ASSETS IBIS JETNA, rjf Hartford, Cann., - $3,568,340 1E53 HUME, Dt New York, - - TjBDSjTl 1B17 FIRE fl.SSDCIJlTIDN', Phil'a, - 4,44S,67B 521, B17, 121 Tint I'ompaoi'f rn k among th hKST, art fIt la etperlane, and with tbalr loam t capital aiiit rionr. nrMilr unquto'lnnad aaiaiy and enrhy. Uj tholr prom t netti.n. fair, hon and patlfete 1allni In all their Ion lettlamtnta. No Assessments. No Premium Notes. AKE YOU INSURED? If uot. write t' ti nhoTe Agency sml yi-n will receive I'rempt ntter.tion S. T. Buck, Merchant Tailor, NEW BERLIN, PA. f i5T 7- jl; . i . . - AGENT KOIt T11K WIMOME Sewing Machine Tills iiiiicliinc Is beyond a doubt tli" llliti'Ht riinnlntr, enn tent openitcd mill uiont duriible iiiiicliinc In the iniirkcl Siniplc. stroiiu, swift, ntiil mire. Perfect In everv imrtlciilnr. It lint work- 4 eil Itself Into tli leiul H'aitiHt nil aj cotupptltlnn ntni to-iluy htittiils tinri vuitHi for nil iurponen. My Merchant Tailoring Department i full mill complete. I nm iliiily receiving oliipmetitM of CI.OTHS, CASS MKUKS. I'Ac, for tlie tiiutinfiicliire of Htylioli nnd well iniule Clotbinir. I take orders for suit tliroiigli Snyder eotmty mid nl WHsi;iinriititee Siitisfuc t ion. Scouring, Dyiny; and Uoiairinj'Xeatly ami Cheaply tlono Cull mid examine the fmuloiis New Home Machine, HeHtheipnili'yofoodH mid the ht vies of our rlothiri mid we will need no other recomendutloiin. Ann. HI. 'HH. S. T. HICK, New Berlin. Pu. Great Closing Out Sale Or-Z! $60,000 Wortli of Fine Fnrnitnre, Carpet?, Curtains, Drapery Goods, lattresscs, Springs, Musical Instruments, etc. Owinjr to the death of our Mr. H. K. Smith, there will b n ehance in the firm. In comeqtience of which we have determined to clone out our entire htock of the above department within the next .'Id dan. In order to do ho we hnve marked our kioN wiiv down at priceH that will innure their Immediate Sale Look ut the followinj; lluri-8 ami nee home of the bargains offered : CARPETS ! $ CARPETS ! Hct llody Ilrus-els. 1.(MI to t.K), reduced from $1 2', m,d t IC. other Hidden llody HruHHeM, ".'ic to Mc, reduced from ifl.lMl to 1.30. I apest i y Hrnnm-I. 4De. to ?."5o., reduced from ll'm. and I.IMI. Kxtra Super ItitfraliiH, all wool, 110 and Ma., reduced from UOc. mid 1. Kx trn .Super Intern ins. 50i.. to (10c, reduced from 70 mid Site. Carpets on nm i i ci-iu.t per yarn. ! Curtains : and : Drapery Our Curtain mid Drupery DepartmeiitM are worthy the attention of all who contemplate purchiiKiti,' anything in thin hue now or in the tipar future. We have reduced everything In thcno department to about one half their former prices. These departiueiitn are one of OUR : CHIEF : ATTRACTIONS, being stocked with n superb assortment of Turcoman and Clianille Curtaiimiii great variety of latest Bhades and colorings. Notting ham Curtains iu all the various grades nnd stylus. Iteul Irish Point Antique, llrnssi'ls. Tambour, Kscurlal. mid other line lace uooils IKISII POINT LACK CI KTA1NS, 4.fi0 PKIt PA1K, re.lu. from !. Luce eurtiiins as low as '.VS cents per pair. Mahogany Curtain Poles lirastt Trimmed, Complete, 2'1e. ' FURNITURE 1 fURNITERE I Our stock of Furniture has never Approached its present iiinguitude and we have made the same sweeping reductions in this depurtmeut An immense stock of Bilk aud Mohair Plush Suits at nil prices. Hair : Cloth : PARLOR : Suits : S30.00 reduced from ")0. All goods purchased durlngtlils sale delivered to purchasers living within 100 miles of Milton KKKK. Parties intend ing furnishing hotels or private residences should take advuntau'e of this sale. Our prices iu the CHINA and MUSIC Departments hiivo been greatly reduced, and we would have yon bear iu mind that never before was there such an opportunity offered to those desiring to embellish their homes with such beautiful ami recher che m ticles at so small nn outlay. Now is the time to secure bur gains in Pianos mid Organs, ns thev are offered at figures far below former prices. A cordial invitation Is extended to one mid nil to examine our goods and prices. J. .R SITE k CO., Liifil, Front Street Milton,Pa. rjlIIE FHANKLIN 1IOU8K. J. O. SMITlf,Troprietoi (Fivuiorly ol tie Central,) KamoiU'lctl, lafurnlalieil int linprovad. Hat Kttifo dellverml U and from town. Ulipoiita II. i Cuter sure, t'rankllu, m IC PbLJLS OenfraliryioodsSfore SELINSGROVE, PA. We wish to reduce our Stock. We wish to clear out our Sum mer goods. In order to accomplish this we are cutting prices wonderfully. In many instances we cut them right in two, in some instances we cut one-third off from the regular price. Give us a call and you will shure- ly profit by it. S. WEIS. Fall and Winter Goods ! A DOLLAR SAVED IsTvO MADE. The undorsiff nod would rt'spctt l'til ly inform Hit- puMic that he has just returned from the city, and made arn.ngemeM,' with one or the best and lending mmiufiieturers In the Kastern Markets to have spec ially aniir.iclured for him n foil I ilia of Ready-made Clolhinq, which will cortainlv iinif tin w.n.f- t,r ..r .1 .... .. . ten up in tlrst -elnsN style. well sewed mid t riinmed.aiid ciiuhI inevei v nartic- . " ' " . .. .1 " "iiiiin-ius, which w in lie sola at very l.iw llur-vv-!mi Al ,,,"t1I Is that you will give men cull and luspeet" mv liis-. III lie uleaseil to slmw th.t ll.i.i.U .....I ..ill, .1. .. .1 4 , .1 . """ "iMTij )i'i imiii 1 nt- iiriecs are low- er than they can be botiL'ht e sewhiTH M.nv u.iii 1... ..r 1...1 im 1.. nro not iih rereHt'iitMl. Overcoats and Underwear, Boys' Knee Pants at 35 and 50 cents. 3Icii'rt Pantaloons at from 1 to 5. Hats. Cntm uml (li-iitx' t-'iii-iilMMi, ..:..... io -v..... :.. v.. . . tloes, Shirts, I uderwenr. Collars and Culis. ilest White Hurls at M eeiiti.. fin necKiies lor i cent, f ,1 " . .r ,l,el,l(,'. d at. your earliest convenience give me a call, nnd I snail llnd It u pleasure to wait on you. R. GUNSBERGER Middlclmrtili, Pa. Opposite Post Ollu e. Wanted at Garmaii s Siioe Store, Miflflleljurffli, -AM.TIIK- COUNTRY PRODUCE, such as HITTF.U, l'.((is, I.AHD, (UN, It iTA I ( )Ks, I'onn; y tVc tl.m can be got for ' ' Hand-made BOOTS & SHOES. My Fall Stock is uiiHirputscd iu quality and Price. LADIES' ;ir'1'1' Vrrulf hk,i,',S1lI,,'1' "'" r lee. Sewed or J Pecked, warranted Man. Uiiu.... iu Solid. YO I J T II S sLr ,',! to,'f 5 trt. ,"',.l!"," ". urii... A. S KJ ,1. IXkJ orSplit. lliind-iiiaile, lip ,r without Tip just a the buyer wants thm. Solid or money refu'mi,..! TjATI'IQ' Vr''" S,,0,'M endless variety. I. ace or Mutton Ki i 1 JJkJ Diuigola, t'urico Kid, il tirain or Oil Kid lli-lih. Low Heel or Spring Heel. Common Nense, Squaretoe, or Pointed." ' ROOTCl A" 1 wisl1 to h"y ,m' invite vou to con . , 'ysJA,YJ see them. I have a soli. I through, doubles,. ,.,l seam (or without) guaranteed hand-made and whole stuck for fi.' Iu short, you must see the stock iu order to appreciate it an.l ti, , i way to satisfy yourself is to call. W. . ti.MlM A i "-.' Ill Will FM Ttei Tiefc ! It is tho place where they all to, W. H. Felix, Lewislown, Pa. For a lino line of cheap and- Stylish Furniture! Not only once but every dav in the vear do we olTer bargains that can't be equaled anywhere. If you want ti bo convinced come ami look. We-Practice-Others-Preach about big'bargains and lead you to believe their false insertions, mid even buit you with a few trinkets at cost, but the end is at ways the same. And You come back, not richer, ibut wiser. v ' Z-.'TZ. 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