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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
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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 — ;
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§ —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.