gfltetmt'n gcmocvut PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, No. 138 FRANKLIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN. CAMBRIA CO., PA. TERMS—#I.SO per year, payable In advance; outside the county, fifteen cents additional for postao. If not paid witliluthree months 8 4 will bo cD.irged. A'paper can be discontinued at any lime by paying arrearages, and not otherwise. The failure to direct a discontinuance at rlie expiration f the period subscribed for, will be considered a new engagement. .Veto .subtcrlp tions must be accompanied by the CASH. L. D. WOODRUFF, Editor and publisher. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10,18 Mb DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The Democratic State Convention will assemble in the Opera House, in the city of Harrisburg, on Wed 'sday, Scmptem ber 4, 1889, at 12 o'clo •i.,for the pur pose of nominating u candidate for the office of State Treasurer and transacting such other business as u. / properly come before it. The rules of the Democratic parly of Pennsylvania provide that "the represen tation in the State Convention shall con sist of representative delegates, one for each 1,000 Democratic votes cast at the hast gubernatorial ele lion, or for a frac tion of 1,000 such votes amounting to 500 or more, in the respective representative district; provided that each representa tive district shall have at least one dele gate." ELLIOTT P. KISSER, Chairman Democratic State Committee. BENJ. M. NEED. Secretary. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Democratic County Committee at is meeting on August 12, 1889, the Demo cratic voter of Cambria county will meet at their respective places of holding elec tions, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1889, And vo'c by ballot foi the nomination of candidates for county offices, as follows : One per-on f. Prothonotary. One pen nfor Register ana Recorder, One peiv:i ; istrict Attorney. Ouo person for Door Director. One person for Coroner. One person for County Surveyor. A County Committeeman will also be elected in each district. The polls > ill be open from 1 to 7 o'clock in the afternoon. Tickets and the necessary papers Re conducting the election will bo furnished each Committeeman. The Committeemen will lake the returns of the election to Ebcnsburg on Monday, August 20th, where km ting of the Committeemen will be held. at 1 o'clock a. of tlmt day. wlien liu votes will be counted and the names of the successful can idates will be announced. TJ c Committeeman and members of the Board in etch district shall be par ticular t 1 big sworn and iu signing their re ;xsc t ive oaths and returns. Atari ti mini Tecmen elected at the Primajles for the ensuing year are re quired to in cot ut Ebcusburg, on .Mon day, Aug"- t 21,1889. at o'clock i*. m., for the puri <■. of electing .; Chairman and transuding such other business as may he necessary. JAMES M. WALTERS. Chairman. The following are the rules for the gov eminent of the Democratic Primary Elections in tins county: SECTION- 1. T'U time of I pening anil closing the polls in townships and bor oughs shall ho as follows: The polls shall he opened at 1 o'clock, p. 111.: close at 7 o'clock, f. m. SECTION 2. The Conunittcmen of the respective townships and borough* shall he the Judges of the Primary Elections, md shall appoint two Inspectors, who shall serve a clerks aud who shall be members of the Democratic party. Ssn THIN 3. Formal papers shall be sent to the Committeemen hy the Chair man. and each Committeeman shall make tiiplicute returns, signed by the Judges and atte.-ied by the Inspectors or clerks One of said returns shall be posted up in a eonspleuouos place, at the plare of holding the election immediately after the'returns are made out, with a lisl of the names of the parties voting at said Primary Election: also one of the returns to remain in the hands of the County Committeeman of each district, and one copy of said returns, with a list of voters, to be sealed up and returned hy the re turn Judges to the Chairman of the County Committee, the tickets to be scaled up for thirty days. SECTION 4. Parties shall only be allow ed to vote at the place of holding the gen eral election in the district where they actually reside, and none shall vote ex cept these that voted the Democratic ticket at the proceeding general election, except those who have arrived at the age of twenty-one years since the last general election and declare themselves Demo crats. SECTION !>. The Committeemen shall be elected try ballot on the day of the Pri mary election. SECTION (5. The newly elected Commit tee shall elect their chairman by ballot at their first regular meeting. SECTION 7. The Chairman shall remain in office until his successor is elected. SECTION 8- The Chairman shall call a meeting of the newly elected Committee ■within thirty-five days from the date of the Primary election. SECTION 9. The newly elected Chair man shall nominate his Secretary. SECTION 10. Any contested nomination shall he tried before the County Commit tee after formal, specific eharges, as in contested cases at law. No case of con test shall be entertained unless specific charges are preferred and placed in the hands of the Chairman of the County Committee within thirty days after the election, aud notice thereof shall be given to the candidate contested within five days. Committeemen should be careful to hold the election according to the above call and rules. Committeemen and Inspectors will be paid one dollar for holding the election, and the Judge making the return on Monday, August 36th, to the Chairman at Ebensburg. will be paid one dollar and his actual expenses. JAS. M. WALTERS, Chairman. ♦ | Btrxs.tr C >x's sua his not set, but still shines with its usual brilliancy. " Henry Ki.ine Boyeb," said Henry Hall in a speech at the Republican con vention, "is too good to live." Air. Hall wants to be speaker of the next House. IT has been ascertained that 251,000 bushels of peanuts arc slain in the upper galleries of theatres, and that 277,000 bushels are eaten in street cars and court rooms. WHEN Prince Russ shall return again, lie will be the newest " tenderfoot" west of the Rockies. Ills English outfit ought to secure him a seat in the United States Senate. ANOTHER exchange says when ex-Presi dent Cleveland is fishing, every time auy one in the boat is reading aloud : " An other wool house fails," Grover says : " Whist ! I've got a bite ! " YESTERDAY began the trial of the " bruisers." Indictments have been found against Sullivau, Kilrain, Muldoon, Clenry, Johnston, Mitchel, Butler, and others. Thanks to Governor Lowry for persever ance. IT SEEMS that it cost- more to run a Ter ritorial government than that of a State. Under its Constitution as a State Idaho's expenses will be $50,000 less per annum than it cost to run Die Territorial govern ment. # AN cxclinnge says when President Har rison passed Banker Hill monument he looked up and wondered whether or no it would hurt Tanner if that worthy should happen to fall from the top thereof. AN excliahange says: "It is to be hoped that the exigencies of Republican politics in Montana will soon permit the return to his suHertng country of "Crown Prince" Russell Harrison from his invol nutary exile." EIGHT suits of clothes, fourteen pairs of trou ors, fourteen top coats, ami waist coats innumerable is a portion of Prince Russ' wardrobe. Such is the clothing of the young gentlema: whose design is to represent the new state of Montana in Hie United States Senate. THE weather prophet predicts that heavy rains in the near future will cause the Mississippi river to overflow large portions of the Slate of Louisiana, which cnusc the Louisiana chickens to roost so high, that a large portiou of the colored population are threatened with starva tion. To GOVERNOR BRAVER, of Pennsylvania —Why do you not disburse to the suffer ing people of Johnston n the money which WHS contributed by a benevolent people for their relief ? We ask this question because we desire an answer.— Nem York Workf. N.,\v England lias been holding up Iter cud of the scales iu furnishing sea , hie attractions. But think of it, President Harr ison airing himself at Bar Harbor, and ex-President Cleveland at Newport. Bar Harbor seems to he an airy place. The very short lime hut he wis there braced him so that be was nerved to the great work of putting only Rupuhlicans on guard. THE Pennsylvania Republican Conven tion afforded no encouragement to the St. Louis Globe Democrat, which declared that J'the Republicans would give their attention to all the trust conspiracies against the people when Congress meets." The absolute tctusal of the Pennsylvania Republican Convention to condemn trust.-, affords no encouragement for what the Globe Democrat is sure the country needs. A L.IVKI.V CAMPAIGN IN I'BOSt'ECT. The coming Republican campaign promises to be the most interest ing one in the history of State poli tics. In the event of Senator Cameron's withdrawal from the Held it will cause great loneliness in the campaign. The withdrawal of Cameron will be likely to help the tight which is to be waged hy Ma gee and his friends against the rule and supremacy of Quay. It is now believed that Magce and bis frieuds will have the support of Cameron's friends, who have heretofore allowed him to manage tilings in his own way. Senator Cameron will not make the fight for the Senatorship in 1891, and his retirement from the field as a Senatorial candidate will have a far-reaching effect upon the politics of Pennsylvania. There are some points of interest in connection with the agitation that now appears upon the surface. If Cameron will not be in the field for re-election as Senator, the Collector of Tolls in Philadelphia will be a candidate, as well as Governor Beaver, who has hud the Senatorial bee buzzing in his hat ever since his election as Gov ernor. New I'. P. Building. The Rev. J. C. Greer, pastor of the U. P. Church, holds the plans and specifica tions for a new brick building to be erected in front of the church, at No. 84 Franklin stieet, the former site of Mr. J. I). Edwards' shoe store and whore the Singer Company's office stood. It is to be a finely finished structure, two stories high; the first floor to be di vided into two apartments, suitable for store rooms, and the upper floor into offices. An entrance will be left, leading to the church, which sits back from the street. Coming so near the Moses' block and adjoining the proposed building of Akers & Boumer, it will add greatly to the appearance of Franklin street. Bids hail been made for the contract by several of our builders, and yesterday the con tract was awarded to "Mr. William Loyd. The Kllxlr ot Life. The following story comes on good au thority from Bufflngton. Sussex county, N, J. : A well-known local physician has been trying the much-heralded " elixir of life " on Jasper Crouse, a decrepit resi dent of eighty-two years of age. In using jhe "elixir of life" the medical man takes a certain part of some animal and injects it or a liquor made from it into the veins of the patient. Jasper lias been treated daily for some weeks. In this in stance the physicians used a portion of a rabbit. At first no change took place in Jasper's condition. Gradually, however, it was noticed that the old man's form grew larger, his step more steady and his eyes brighter. The physician was delighted, and con tinued injecting the elixir of life into |jtl. old man's now vigorous veins. Gradually some strange changes were seen in the old man. He left of! eating meat and took to a vegetable diet. ljOttuce, cab bage leaves, clover, etc., which lie de voured raw with avidity, became almost his sole diet. At the same time his mode of eating was changed. He nibbled at the leaf like a rabbit. Other peculiarities also became no ticeable. The feeble walk grew more springy, so much so that at present Jas per's mode of procedure is all spriug. The springy walk has gradually turned into the jump of the rabbit. As Jasper grew stronger physically his once sound mind became more feeble. Gradually all the power of reason seemed lost and all his nets seemed ordered by instinct. In short, at the present time, Jasper is nothing hut a two-legged rabbit, with ail the habits rnd nature of the little animal whose body has gone to make the elixir of life injected into Jasper's body. The man eats like a rabbit, moves like one and lias taken on all the nature of one. His head moves round, and eyes are ever timidly seeking out imaginary dangers. If a dog barks the strangely-transformed man makes long jumps for ills house, where he remains till all is quiet. On Thursday he proceeded to dig a large ho! in the ground with his hands. His friends have determined to stop the doctor's vis its, af -aid that if the medicine is contin ued the poor fellow will want to live in his burro .v under the ground. Doctors L. T. Berger and C. W. Adams, of Kansas City, have for three weeks past heon conducting a scries of experiments vs it!> the Brown-Sequnrd elixir of life at the home for the aged. The experiments were made upon two inmates of the home, aged !3i) and 71 years re spectively. i'lic elixir was hypodcrini cally injected twice a week, the patients being ignorant of the nature of tliu elixir. The effect bus been quite satis factory and the vitality of the men scons to have improved considerably. Dr. Berger thinks a mixture of opium, cocaine and brandy, will have the same effect as the elixir. He will try it on two others of the inmates and make comparisons. \v. c. T. V, Jottings. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ August L;L, 1881). To Ihf Editor w Itw Johnstown Drmocral : Since the new era of things, for surely Johnstown lias a new era since Hint dr> ul ful day, I do not know whether it is ap propriate to give the old heading to <ut communication, hut at ail events it S a pleasure to see the old letters, \V. C. T. U , calling die members to report to Washington street, which I suppose will be headquarters for the time being. And it is a good tiling to know that the weekly meetings are again established. The County Convention has been appointed at Morreilviilc, and Airs. Woods, the Pi.,a Treasurer, thinks it is wonderful that the Unions hive recovered themselves so far us to have a convention. It is time to begin ; the enemy com menced long ago, and as long as there is a saloon in Cambria county just m lone must the \V\ 0. f. U. work. In this city by the sea tlioie is a Union of sixty paying members. They meet in a hail on the principal avenues—corner of Atlantic and Indiana. On Sunday after noons they have Gospel Temperance Meet ings in the skating rink along the hoard walk of Ocean avenue. It is where nil the people walk, and while it is held there in order to catch the ears of the peo ple, it is sucli i noisy place that not many can hear the speaker, only those who sit near Last Sunday a lady from Tren ton addressed the large gathering, and the Sunday before a Mrs. Brooks, who hud come from Oceau Grove for that pur pose, spoke to the people. The meetings were opened by the ministers of this place, who, it seems, are not afraid to help these women in their Gospel temper ance meetings Sunday afternoon. The women of the W. 0. T. U here have a drinking fountain along the walk by the beach, and over it the letters W. C. T. U. This Union sympathized very much with Johnstown and some of its members were 011 the Committee of Relief. The two ladies who have spoken at the Gospel Temperance Meetings these two past Sundays, spoke at night in the Methodist Church. Several white ribbons have been at the Mercer House,some of them Johnstowners and some from other places. It is hoped that all Unions in the county who see this will try to pay their State and county dues. We must try to keep up our organization, and we can only do this by keeping our dues paid, and carry ing on the work. PUKSS SDPBBINTBNDBNT. Lutheran Kw-Union. The fourth annual re-union of the Lu therans of Somerset County, will be held at Somerset, on Thursday, August 22d. An interesting programme lins been ar ranged for the occasion. Addresses will be made by W. F. Conrad, I). D., LL. [)., of Philadelphia, and Rev. G. W. Euders, of York, Pa. The Baltimore and Ohio Rai'road will run a special train from Johnstown, and tickets will be sold for the round trip for $1.15. The train will leave at 8:40 A. M., returning will leave Somerset at 6p. M. Tickets will be sold on trains from all points where there are no agents, and will be good to return on August 23d. THE EARLY FLY. It Is In the morning early. When wo'ro sometimes cross and surly And wo feol that wo must sleep a trifle more, Tbntthe worst of all annoyors, Tho groat prince of rest destroyers, The pesky fly begins his gay and festive soar. We pretend we do not hear him, That It's not worth while to fear him. And wo try to make ourselves believe we eleepi Then he lights on arm or shoulder, But ho very soon grows bolder. And directly for our cars begin to areep. Then itis we givo up dreaming, When our brnin with wild thoughts teeming Wo proceed to kill him with a fearful slap; With a slam we spread our flng< rs All about the spot he lingers. But the fly escapes, we've nothing but the slap. This performance oftrepeatcd Gets our pstlenoo overheated. And wo so ar tbe house of flies shall now he shorn; Then wo presenUy forget it. But we've griovoualy regret it When wo try to sleep again tomorrow morn. —Washington Post. OLD HOCK. hi the eve of their > bridal day Jesssio fl lbGlenn and John Mar ■Aie^sL'ous had their first ' V—' quarrel. It was not rj J? V a vory florco ono, but n Q it proved that such ™- J) I tt could be be -I*. V I twecn them, and was ft! B not P' C!lsan ' : - Be r a ) B sides, it was a torri |i wY ■/ H bio time for such a I'■ thins- It began by | Jessie asking John j what lie was going ----- j/ to do with Rock, a yr big black dog ho was very fond of. "Do with him!" said John, "Why, just what I always have—spoil him, 1 suppose." "You don't mean to keep him, do you?" said Jessie. "You'll soil him." "Sell Rock!" crlod John. "Why, it would scorn like selling your baby or your grandfather. He's boon my friend for years—slopt under my bod, followed me to work, shared my lunch. Why, 1 had him when I was a poor, motherless boy. Dad usod to kick us out together. Many's tho timo \v Leu he'd been drink ing, and we'd cuddlo up together foi warmth in some area. Now I'm coni foitable, I shan't kick Rock out. No, indeed. I couldn't." "I hate dogs," said Jessio. •'Well, you've got to learn to love Old Rook," said John, laughing. "Love mo, lovo my dog, in this case ; so you'vo got to, you see." "1 vegot to?" eriod Jessie, ludignantly. "(.irdeilug mo like that already, when I refused Sam Williams for your sake, as well you know, John." "Well," said John, "I always supposed that was bocauso you liked mo best, not outof self-sacrifice." "At least," said Jessie, "he didn't keep a dog of that sort, and he was on his knees to mo almost. Oh, dear! I dou't think you care about mo, John. I read a novel tho other day, and in it the young man roasted a favorite falcon for a.- ! idy-lovo's dinner, ami never minded it at all, ho was so devoted to her." if I was to roast Old Rook, ho'd be too much dinner for a regiment," sr.id John, "und I'll bet you wouldn't tako u bile of him. Do you want ino to show affection for you by carrying him to i.io sausaj/b-makers and having him put up into bolognios for winter use'" This was not gallant, und naturally Jessie was displeased, as one may pre sume. Thoy :onot fashionable peo ple. Sbo was an honest, pretty, lit;io fuutory-girl. Ho a young plumber. But they liud been very much in lovo Willi each other. This was a dash of cold water to both. They felt the impropriety of a squabble a this time, and parted with a kiss, as usual; but the thought rankled in each mind. bought of it ns bho made ready lor her wedding, and as her friends looked at her new tilings. Sho iiad 11 pretty iloor not ltir oil, ready furnished for her, and tilings were all vciy nice in a plain way. But what happiness coulu -he oxpoct if he was so cross about a lit tle thing? And then to havo ugly, blaek dock, with his muddy feet, his way of snoring aloud and showing ins tongue in gapes, always lying about. It was not a pleasant thought for the day before a wedding. Meanwhilo, the day wore on; tlio guests came. The bride was dressed. The minister arrived with ids old wife. Everybody had come but the bridegroom and his best man. The brid .maids loft the room and v.h peivd in tlio little passago. The do* : hands pointed to tlio hour for tlio ceremony. John bad not come. Jessie tried to sit still, to smile, to laugh and talk, but she kept saying to herself: "What keeps him? Could ho really have been angry? Could it be pos sible thut ho meant to break with her in this dreadful manner just about Old Hock?" She listened—the be!l rang. Had he come? No! It was only tlio best man alone, lie re ported that he had waited for John, and that he had not been home to supper. Uls wedding suit was spread on liis bed, but there was no sign of John. ••I didn't know but he might bo here," said tlio young man, looking about. But John was not there. In her own room tho brido wept, and women eamo and wont trying to comfort her. They lingered late. Eleven, twelve, one o'clock saw the minister still sitting in tho great chair in tlio parlor, ready to marry John If ho came, but though the bride's friends flow about tho city and in quired every whore, there was no news of the missing bridegroom. That ho had left her in wrath was Jessie's explanation of the matter; and it was she who last declared that people had better go home, for that she would not marry John if he came on his bended knees to ask pardon. Meanwhile, the missing bridogroom iiad gone to work as usual, expecting, as it was Saturday, to got off earlier than usual, and had been pleased that ho linishoit his work at four o'clock; but coming in, eagor to ask leave to go home, he found all in commotion. A gas pipe had burst in a public building, where there was danger of loaving it unrepaired very long, and only one other man was In the place- 8.-1111 Williams, his old rival. "You two must go." said tho proprie tor, waving ui • hum's about. "I know it is hard, John; but Sam cuu bring the furnace and tools In, and you can get struiglii homo. You have time, and you shall he paid for overwork, both of you, and I'll send a present to tho bride on Monday. This is a necessary job, or I'd let you off." John did not grumble, though ho felt irritated. He hurried off as fast as ho could, followed by Williams. The men did not like each other, and Williams was still jealous. They spoke very little. Old Hook fol lowed at John's heels, and crouched out side the building when he was locked out. as usual. The men's work took thorn down into tho cellar, and Into somo great vaults there. They worked without any more • nlk than was necessary, and at last the job was doms. Williams had tested tho leak at his part ot the work, and was about to call to John, whose light shone at thnotherend of tho collur, when suddonlv the light wont out. There was a crash, a cry. Wil liams did not know what had happened, but judged that a great beam that had been lifted out of place had fallen, 110 waited; there was silence. And now, having tho opportunity, the deinonio spirit of revenge asserted itself. Ho would not have planned to kill his rival, but he thought with joy that some ba.l accident had happened to him. He thought, too, that it was not his work, and that ho was not called upon to alter it. If John was dead, Jessie would bo freo again. Then ho said to himself, with Satan's sophistry. "How do I know anything has hap pened? John lias gone homo, banging the door after him. That's ail. A lino way to go oft' and leave a follow," ho said aloud; and gathered up tho furnace and 1 of tools and went his way, locking • doors beiiind htm, and leaving the . ith the person who had charge of tie . say'ug that his uiato laid gone off without a good-bye. leaving him alone in tho cellar. "Queer I never saw him," said tho old man; but Sam did not relent. He took a night train out of town to spend Sun day at his mother's in tho country and bo out of tin; way of questions. And this is how John did not come to Ids own wedding: He lay in tho cellar, hardly conscious, unable to lift tho beam from his leg, and in a sort of dream, thinking of his Jessie and seeming to hear Old Rock's voice somewhere. Tho poor girl arose wretched, and quite sure that John had jilted her. Site never thought of any accident. As she sat at her late breakfast, trying not to show her grief and shame, ami wonder ing how she should go home and face the girls, something pushed at the door. Tho mother opened it, and the dog she hated so, Old liook himself, walked in. He looked forlorn and hungry, his coat covered with mud, his eyes red, his ap pearance miserably hidoous.his manners, too, had altered for tho worse, for in stead of galloping playfully about, striv ing to lick Jessie's face and wagging his tali, as usual, he sat down ou his hind legs and began at onco to deliver a series of those piteous howls with which his pecios arosupposed by thesupoisti ous to celobrato the departure of an immor tal soul from this valo of tears. At this, a sudden revulsion took place In Jessio's feelings, and with a wild scream she uttered her conviction tin; John was dead, and thut the d> g know It In this the family coincided to an in dividual. Then tho dog began to pull al Jes. iu'6 flounces. "Yv'e have had our doubts, we have had our doubts," groaned tho father. "J din's not a man to jilt a girl that way, quarrel or no quarrel." "And tho dog just says It plain a words." sobbed the mother. "When my grandfather was drowned his dog ■ eue homo just like that. Oh, poor John! You'll never soo him no more obiid, never no more!" Meanwhile the dog pulled and bowled ha; der than ever. ••biionce, there," criod tho old grand mother from the cosey corner, wlieie -iio was breaking her bread into a bov. l of coffee. "Mobbo the parted sperii mo along with the dog. Tho erector i -1. eg to lead you to the body. bt< ; your cryin' un' go. Follow him. hi ke >ws better than you, for John's along nt him. Go." With the blood curdling in her vein i v-ie obeyed. Mho tied on her hat. m I uttoned herself into a f-acquo, and v down tho stairs und out into the s with tho Sabbath stillness upon I It was not easy to keep pace wit li < Bock along the pavemouts; but she oiu so, a 1 dat last -topped with in.a bef . a gt ail, empty-looking public 1 nit:ti>. 1! re tho dog burrowed at a grating, ui;-.'. In ; an to howl again. it was more than Je9aie could stand, she burst into bitter tears, and was obliged to sit down on the sidewalk and hide her faco in her hands. "Is ho down there, Hock?" sho sobbed. And Hock wagged a "Yes" with his queer, bushy tail. Then Jessie went to work. A police man, kindly disposed; an old man with a bunch of keys; much talk; a disclosure of the fact that plumbers were down col lar lato Saturday afternoon, tod at last to a descent into tho cellar, where Old Hock, In a slate of delight past all bounds, led the way to the spot where John lay, with a broken leg and a bruised a: , but conscious and not fatally in ji::ed;and when she was sure of this Jessie took Old Hock's head in both her bund-, and kissed it fondly over and over again. "You told 1110 I'd have to love him, and it - come true; and he's saved your life, and lie's brought lis together, and as long as he lives he shall bo as dear to rao as he is to you. There, now !'* It, was some time beforo they were married, but thero was no more quarrel ing, and Jessie and John are a very happy couple. It is reported of Old Rock that tho lirst time he met Sam Williams he bit him; and that, Jessie de clares, is a proof that Sam knew all about John's being in the cellar, though ho swears he did not.—N. Y. Ledger. Over Seven Tliounand Yearn Old* An Irishman was ordered to make a eoftin, which ho did, and to paint tho in scription on the lid, which he did after n fashion which caused a little excitement in the churchyard. By dint of follow ing the written copy, ho managed to get as far as "Michael O'Rafferty, aged ;" hut, try as ho would, lie could not imi tate the twenty-eight. At last he re membered that ho could write seven, und that four sevens made twenty-eight. 80 he llnished it. When they came to bury Michael, the coflln stood at tho gravo-side, and tho priest spoke as follows; "Ah, ho was a line lad. He's lying thero so still, takon away in tho prime of loife. Young ho was, too, only ." Here tho priest looked down at the coflln plate to seo how old Michael was. "Ho was only," said his reveronce again, and put his glasses on and went nearer to seo how old he really was. "he was only," ho continued, "seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven years old." Tea Will Intoxicate. A new source of Intoxication has been discovered. It is simply dry tea, eaten, of course, before It is steeped. It pro duces an agreeable effect at first, but In dulgence Anally causes sleoplessness, disorderly impulses and delirium. Not a few persons huve already been found to havo contracted this deadly form of the tea habit.—Good Housekeeping. A Tough Boy. Justice —Your son has been arrested for throwing stones at tho passing rail road trains. As ho is not 15 yeare old. I shall send him homo to be thrashed. Father—We at homo aro only too glad U he doesn't thrash us.—Sittings. A COLUMN FOR FARMERS. THE EVOLUTION OF A MODERN FOUL TRY HOUSE. How a St. Louis Man Changed the Way a Chicken House Was Arranged—Act vantages of the New Arrangement* that are Shown by Diagrams—The Old Designs Familiar to Many Farm*. The accompanying diagrams illustrate the manner in which a convenient and well arranged poultry houso uud yard wore evolved frum very iiuporfect oues by S. D. Webster St. Louis county, Mo \ ' YAno t ra IJS. j Till: ORIGINAL HENNERY. Ho writes us: "I found on the place I purchased a chicken house and yard, ar ranged as indicated in Figure 1. The only access to tho yard was through the v.ioket shown in tho diagram. The houso could be entered only through the door near the corner. The houso was . ividfd by a cross partition .ato two rooms, the roosts in one and the nest boxes at the further extremity of til" ■ >hor. The door had to las left open for •bo lions to reach tho nests. The houso was inconvenient in every way, and I re modeled it as shown in Figure 2. Tho r — ; i : § —on Tol ,„c '. n J~ Curt*. ) • IMPROVED HENNERY, cross partition was moved forward, and a second one was built lengthwise, near iho base of which tho nest boxes were arranged on a shelf about fourteen inches from tho floor. A door was diued on the side of the house openin ; into the main yard, and anolhor into the all yard, which hud been picketed o t or chicks. A small houso was built for chickens which iiad outgrown tho moth erly care of the ho n's, opening \ ~ **~\ into a picketed tv ,-ard by itself. ;'\ > LIE ne.-t JH.X. •ire movable.. h-* • n c fun -d " '. i **d . i.ha lid ci * _'-,j. . ill be lif.eu in . ' remove the • : :s. aO U BO:: IS FIG. 3. NEST BOX. ■lived down a;, one end, as shown ,:i igure 3t to admit the lion, but when ah • vants to sit, the box is turned around . she euti is it from tho room i'.g re 2, while sho cannot be disturbed hv !io other hens. Food cud water are :ept in proper recepta lee :t both room - i.id amnio dust boxes in the open space of the room ii." Tho advantages o!> .lined by the changes are clearly seen by a study of t he two diagrams.—Ameri can Agriculturist. Thf Marketing of Fruit*. Large cities do not always prove the best markets for fruits. The best niarke' i .ten passed by and . . fruit sent, to wYi to bo sold at a price than a would have brought . carer home, i.ook well to tho quest)..-I of markets be ore the fruit is ready, l: the fruit is to e consigned (o a co iiiilssioii dealer •olect the man, no- tiie one who iuak>; the greati st promise- , bir the one who .has tho best reputation for fair dcalii: . unit promptness. Conform to the customs of Iho raarlic : i the choice of packages. Whoro th" i .torn is to send 1 en ins iu round boxer, those in square ones wiil meet with slow Is, Have choice fruits, such as se lected apples, plums, etc., go in bushel 1 half-bu liel crates. Let the crab s ;> built of bright new u.f, and e iai>- ;Uh a reputation for I . .'.noss thu wilt designate your fruit, oven without -j label. But do not oinii to mark every crate, barrel or othei , .go, plainly, with the name of tho unsigned, and wilh your own name. Make or purchase packages of all kinds well in advance. >■>. hat this important matter may no; i rushed at the U „ wheuth. fruit Js ri; log. Too much cui cannot be taken iu ■: - sorting fruits. •mn • aa-.e three grade ;i.e lirst aud second foi market, and a ■ hird to be fed out or dried or otherwise disposed of at homo. >irie of the most, areful fruit grower, I Uv but two .ades, the first and be-: only goes to irket. All other is kept at homo, <e -posed of without having the name oi no shipper on the packages.—American Agriculturist. Novii Hay Balers. A unique method of ..ig imv was in vented some years ugr a-tho paten has just expired, : rhaps our reader may be glad to put it iti - wo in some W(ty. The idea is to colli et hay, straw tnd othor material in a roll by means >• a small revolving cylinder, or on au thing which can be removed. The roll must be in the form of a spool of silk : hat is, much larger in diameter than in vidth. A number of these sections, which are scarcely more than disks, are hen laid upon the other cylinder an i pressed. With the many cider and other cheap presses being shipped to ul! parts of the country, our readers will see at a. glance that it wiil be an easy matter to utilize them for pressing hay In this wav. Wires or cords must be laid in tiie cylin der before the hay is put in, and the l'ol lower should have slots across its lower -urface, that the cords or wires may b • n'iitened beforo it is loosened. Tic ■•minder muv be a roll of sheet-iron hooped, or "a tightly-bound wooden arrangement. The ,-plndls for collecting the hay may be revolved by horse, wind mill or steam power, and several rod may bo formed at ones on the same shed —American Ae; inulturift. BruHti for Sweet Pea.. Whatever may be said iu favor of fancy trellises foi climbing plants, it l is a fact that the tweet u really seems to do better when given brush to clamber over tlniu it will on .mv other support that wo have ever provided for it It seems to have a decided objection to anything formal. It will not cling to a string well. It must hare dbnielhiug which It can icon upon rather than cling about, if you want ate flowers, be suro to keep your plant 3 from forming uny seed, and cut the tcpsbaek very nearly one-half iu August, giving, at the same time, a good top dressing of manure. We are glad tc notice that this line oln flower is beoom lug a favorite with those who have hith erto thought nothing so desirable as roses and other flowers of that class. Anetkau Agriculturist.
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