Hip Pnntt nf LiuMj-Di
A sunbeam conn n-emeplmt
Into my dear one' n1'.
Anil slnga to our hn'it n-sleoplnt;
Tim noun that I lovn tint lir.it :
'Tin llttlii f.udily-liil in tlui niorulttg.
Tin Hill" Lmidy-lii'l at night
Atl'l nil ilny long
"1'ls Hi" same t song
Of Hint waddling, toddling, coddling tittle
mlti',
Liiddv-I'ii'l
Tim bird to tlie tossing clover.
The ben to the swaying bud.
Keep dinging that sweet song ov r
Ot wi llltlo Liiildv-Du.l.
'Tin little l.uilily-llinl 111 th" morning
'Tin little t.u ily-D-idnt night;
Anil all 1 1 1 y Isig
'Tii the sunn tl"-ir s nig
Of that growing, emwlng. knowing 'lit leairtt
buddy-Dud.
Iiii.My Dint's era lie l "Winging
Vh n softly tin' Illicit winds Mmr,
Ami buddy-Dud's mother l Kinging
A song that Is sweet and I w i
"flu llttlo Linlily-bud in Him morning -Tin
llttlo I.uddy-Di.l at ulgliti
Ami all il.iy long
"1'ls the a-iiuo HVi'i't s nig
Of my icavest mi l my l,"t"ct !i:tt'silelIgM.
I.e. I.ly-ln.,1:
- J'ugena Field In Chicago II ril.
Faint Heart Never
Fortune.
Won
Af nn curly jn-rio'l of tin Con mlnte,
It certain Abbe I'osstl eMimiliril tin1
youiiff men who mti1 to 1'.' mlmitti'il
HH htllllt'lltH ill til" Pillviivhllil School.
TIuimxIi tint the only cMiuiin r. hia vi
ta was nil lmwerfel.
Olio ilny, v Ik-u h 1'irst Consul was
about to Hturt on liuutitix cxcnr-inn,
t Ii niil-ili'-ranip, nn duty, us In1 eros
si'il (lie poin t at iiiiiiMi m, tiotveivcd
n handsome, new leninnl v vniiii limn.
Iran in L( ii(.'niii-t one ol tin' art. I ry -I H ii'm
at tin' (j'lto, ninl iioiii anxiously at
tilt) rulli till.
The niil-ile-ciiniT, M. ill! Tuieuee,
npi rmu'li.'il him, and politely nske.l if
In) wanted any one. Tin- youiix mall
without looking at t!li' tsr.oli uho nd
Ureas, d liini, replied :
"Ah ! Mr, 1 linvi' n uh, which every
one I have commltcd ti lls iin it ia im
losn'ble for nit) to gratify ; ami yet I
ulnil 1 die if it In' not iiriMinj li"ln il. I
v itnt to hic.ik to thn 1'irat t'ousul. I
tried to olitain admittance into the
Court, but wan refused nt tin unto. I
whs naked if I hail mi appointment 1
An appointment I I, nu iiinint
meut!" Ami without, cnsliiift even a pasHinp;
plani'O at M, tli) I.uciiee, this young
man again flxoil hia earnest gaze upon
the chateau. M. du Lacliee delighted
in an adventure: anil this youtli, with
his animated countenance, ninl voire
trembling with emotion, inspired him
at ouco with intercut. A 11111 np
roat'hing him :
"Well, sir," sai l lit, "anil what tlo
you want with th;) Firat Coimul? I
can convey to him your rciiueHt,
if it be rennonnlile. I nm tho uiilf-Ju-enmp
on tluty."
"You, wr," crieil tin? vouiir mnn,
6eizing M. tlu Laouee'a hainl whieh ho
nqiieuzetl with trmisport ; "nro you the
Firat Conmirn niih'-tli'-oanip? Oh, if
yon kutw the aervioo you couhl reuiler
tno! Frny, hir, take mo to liim."
"Wlmt tlo you want of him?"
"I imiat Kpeuk to him!" anil lio
kilileil, in n lower tone of vocl: "It
is n i-eeret."
Lnoueti conteniplatoil tlio youthful
lietitioner, who otooil before him with
8 look of intense engernosH, mjneeeing
the liiiiul lie lielil nt if it were iu a
vice, Ilia bosom palpitating ninl hia
rcHiirittiou oircHHoJ ; but hia look
evinced a mind of the nobleat atamp.
"Thia youth ia not tluiigeroiia,"
thought I.ncuec ; ninl, taking his nnn,
ho led him into the interior court.
Aa they jiaased tho gate, Duroc, oc
compunifd by Junot, nrrived from
Turia, w hither they had gone in the
morning. Both were on horarbnek.
TJiey atopped and olight.'il to apeak
to Laciii e, who related what hud juat
happened between him and tho young
stranger.
Junot then approached tho youth
and obaerved that although the FirMt
Couaul was not difficult of aeeeKH, yet
it was necetsHary he ahould know why
an interview with him wan required,
and moreover, the namo of tho party
who inuile Biich a request.
The young man blushed. "True,
general, ".suid he, bowing reMpect fully,
but with the oaso of a gentleman, and
staling his name. "My father resides
in the country. I have received from
him an etlucution adapted to the end
which both he and I had iu view
namely, my admission to the Polytech
nic school. Judge, then, general, of
his disappointment and of mine, when,
on appearing before the Abbe Dossil,
whose duty it is to decide whether or j fore, the form within taking but lit
not I am qualified, this gentleman re- tie note of the cheers of the retreating
fused to examine nie, because I bad but unbeaten soldiers,
been taught by my father only. What But the quick eye of the colonel In
matters that (suid I) provided I possess charge of t he regiment follows it with
the requisite knowledge? But ha was
inflexible and nothing could induce
liim to ask me a sim'ti question.
"Unl," ftniit Itnroc, in hi nnunl
m i lil mid pnlitn tnnntier, "wlint coll
the Fir-tt Consul do iu such a imimd?
If that be the rule, it must he observed
by every cniiilidiiti1 ! ninl what cun you,
therefore, retpiiro o( liim?"
" Ttnit lm exiiinine me liimielf," re
plied th,- young tirin, with u most ex
preslve liiiivete.
The three friends ami led nt ench
other. J
iMiron nnd Junot thought with
Ii'ieuoe that the preseneo of this young
mnn would be plenniug to the Firat
t'ontiil; mid )iiroi) went to him nnd
stated the eirenniHtiiiiee. Nnpoleoli,
w ith the liiiiiiunu. nnd sweet smile so
periiliiir to lii'n when ho waa pleiiHed,
said :
"So liri wntitu me to cNniiiitio him,
tines lie'.' What could have siingenled
such an idea to him? It is n strange
one!" And he rubbed Iiih chin.
"Mow old is he?" resumed the Firnt
('oii'iul, after walking nbont aonie time
in gracious silence.
"I do not know, flrneral, but he
appenis about sexeiitei'li or eighteen."
"Li t him eniiii' in."
lluriic inl rn lueeil tlio youth, the
expression of wlnmo fnee was admir
able. Tin fulness of his joy was viv
idly and beautifully portrayed in it.
His look darted upon the Firxt Con
sulhit whole existence seemed to
hang upon th" tlrst word Napoleon
should utter.
"Well, my young mnn," laid hi', n 1
vanein'f with a gracious smile towards
the young eiitlniiia.it; "you widi to
Mllllilli'd bv IneV"
The pour 1 1 1 w in ho overenine w ith
joy tlu't he could not aimwer. Xatio
li'on liked iieitle r in udeiic;' nor pnsil
lutiiiiioii timidity; but he perceived
that th" youtli before liim wn i silent
only beeaU'e 1 lit spirit spoke too loud
w ithin him.
" Take tiin; to recover yourself, my
child; yon are not calm enough to
ntiswer me nt this moment. T w ill nt
fi'inl for n while t some other 1m si
nest, nnd thin we will return to
Voltl'i.
"lont thou see th it young in" ?"
said the Fir-.t Consul to Junot, a1 Ing
him into n reeest of a window. "Tf
we had a tlioiisaiid like him the con
quest of th world would be but n
roTnennile"
And he tumel his head to look nt
the young liiiin, who, absorbed in
meditiitiou, was probably prepiuing
his iinswevn to the questions which ho
supposed would be asked of him.
In about nu hour Xnpoleon begun
the cxitiiiinntioii, with tho result of
which he win completely satisMcd.
The youth at once gained admit
tance to the Polytechnic Hehool, there
to prepare for hin commission in the
VrnmlK Arum;
Time flies, and Hying brings with it
remarkable and unexpected changes iu
the world.
Years after, a beaten army was re
treating from Moscow not beaten,
indeed, by hostile forces, but by still
more h.iMlil 1 i.'.d unconquerable foes,
the elements,
The snow lies thick on the ground ; j
the air is dark, heavy, and laden with
it. The once great force consists but
of a few thousand men.
Hiindre Is of miles between this and
Moscow lie the lv.nuniits of the great
invading army. Their path of retreat
is cumbered w ith dead horses and fallen
men; with cannon, muskets, ammuni
tion, swords, bayonets, nnd all the
paraphernalia of war.
The latter are ull useless now. Food
nnd warmth are what tho feeble rem
nant of tho great army need. These
they cannot obtain. They nro still
hundreds of miles from relief or bite
cor. Around the retreating, but still
brave uud gallant remnant, the Cos
sack Lancers hover in tho distance,
like birds of prey, waiting for the mo
ment to swoop down upon them. Ko
they have been hovering over nil tho
weary lino of retreut from Moscow, us
thousands of iduiu men whose corpses
nro now uudt rneath the snow, could
testify if they could tell tho tale.
A di'oschka drives swiftly past. A
form within it is mullled too iu furs
and uhnont invisible. Not invisible
however, to tha quick eyes of tho
soldiers of the Imperial Guard, who,
with unquenchable fidelity, cry "Vivo
PEmperenr!"
Hunger, defeat, tho impending
presence of death itself cannot abate
their unconquerable and chivalrous
devotion.
Swiftly it passes onward to reach
tho division under Ney some miles be
admiration end regret and love until
h disappears, and, following it, lioti -
! ces a curious movement in the hover -
ing crowds ot Cossnrks in the distance,' !
who are putting thciusclvef iu rapid
motion,
' He divines the object.
"The F.mperor is iu danger. Hoi
tHers! follow inc."
At the words the drooping and dis
pirited horsemen, brighten up. The
old rush of courage is in their hearts.
The F.mperor in danger I nnd French
soldiers near and French sword
hlndcs lying in their sheathes t
The wearied horses lire quickly In
motion. Hometliiiig of the returning
spirit of their riders seems to have
c.iiiiminiiciited itself to tlietn, for they
trot swiftly over the frozen snow.
The exercise puts fresh life into
them. They urn the men and horses
that rode down the lblssian Imperial
(lunrd on thetei riblediiy of ltorodillo !
They go rapidly.
"Faster faster men ( Follow me
foilow me iiw ifll v !" cries the colonel,
as his eager eyes nee the Cossacks con
verging on a point iu the distance
through the now tlilekty-fnlling snow.
Falling thickly indeed is the snow
so thick that you cannot see your
ho'!!!'' head before yon.
.Swifter they go, however straight
ns a bird's flight over the noiseless
snow !
The exercise 1ms wiirtneil them)
the sense of danger to the Ftnpemr
nnd the prospect of conlliet have
brought th" old elan of battle and
ietnry into their hearts, and almost
before thi'V knew it, they were crossing
sabres with the foe.
It was hot nnd lleree work while it
lasted. There was neither quarter
a died, given, nor taken. Around the
ib'o.ehkii in twenty minutes u hundred
I'ussiaii Lancers and many French
men lay dead, while riderless horses
galloped iieross the plain,
l!ut when it was over victory had
alight si mice more on the French
limit.
The Fmpcror was standing beside
the snow carriage. All his escort had
been slain in the llrst rush of the Kus
siiuis, mid he whs nbont to be swept
away himself ns it prisoner.
"That was well done. Your name,
sir?" said the Fmpcror, addressing the
colonel.
"Illinois, sire."
"What, In- of tho-
1 hi' name, sire.
"Where did you get these?" point
ing to the epaulets.
"On the Held of liorodino, sire."
"Well, General Illinois," said tho
T'.mperoi', "I see 1 am not a bad ex
aminer. You shall attend me for
ward. Ney is soino distance beyond,
is he not?"
"Some miles, sire."
"Very well. You lmvo Hot got tho
Cross yet?"
"Xo, sire."
"Very well, General," said Xnpo
leon, with marked einphiisis on the
tith', "you shall have mine."
He took from his breast the gold
cross of the Legion of Honor the
dimmiuils thereon sparkled in the
gloom of the snowstorm and pinned
it to th. colonel's breast.
"It can never lie over n braver
heart or one readier iu tho hour of
danger," said the great conqueror as
he stepped once more into the droschku.
Forward goes the Emperor once
more ; four score French ofliccrs nnd
soldiers dead behind him ; forward af
ter him go the French regiment, all
thoughts of hunger nnd hardship and
cold and sulVering forgotten, until
finally they coino up with Key's tli
vision.
Illinois w as nt Lcipsio nnd nt Water
loo, und with his guards performed
prodigies of vnlor, yet escaped unhurt ;
and to this day his grandchildren hold
prominent positions in tho French
army and the name stands highest iu
the roll of honor.
As y Was iu '53.
"So yon enjoyed your European
trip, did you?" inquired the simple
old gentleman. "I haven't becu over
since 'oil, but my recollections are
still vivid. I remember onee standing
upon Mont Blanc, watching tho sun
sink to rest behind tho blue waters ol
the Mediterranean, while to my right
the noble Ilhiue rushed onward to tho
Black Sea, and tho Pyrenees, still
holding the snows of winter, woro on
my left. I remember while standing
there
"But, Mr. Gray," feebly interrupted
his listener, "I was on Mont Bluno
myself, und really you 11 excuse mo
but you really must be mistaken iu
your geography."
"I?" returned the old mnn, lightly,
"Not a b.. of it but I forget it's
differeut now. You know, my dear
boy, that since my day the entire map
of Europe has been changed by theso
' awful wars, und so, of course, you
! can't appreciate what it was iu '53."
1 (From Harper's Magazine,
SdEMiriC MHAPS.
America produced 2!l,!)13 pnnnds
of aluminum in 1W2.
A scic iiftllc let'turt'ri'stimatcRthiit tho
human race hus existed for 10,0(11)
years.
Professor Iiippinmin has sitceeedeit
iu photographing simultaneously nil
the colors of the rainbow on n layer
of n 1 1 1 II I 111 1 1.
Carbuncle has been ravaging the
herds of Italy, nnd the Government
tiilleials leive successfully tried vaccin
ation for it.
Ilarw iii nssei'ted that some species of
trailing vines can see. They always
m.ike for the nearest object around
which they can twine.
Vegetarians believe that it pure!,
Vegetable tliet makes people unliable
mid easy tempered, while Ineiit ren
ders them sntnge, fineliniis and cruel.
'etrolciuii, which is popularly sup
posed to bj derived from coal, is, ne-
colililcr to advanced seieiiee, more
probably the result of the action of
water on metal.
Plants breath through the "stoma-
ta," or breathing-pores iu the leaves.
n case the plant or tree is of the leaf
less variety the stem, which ia also
provided with stomata, performs the
tilliee of breathing.
Many deep sea fishes arc covered
with phosphorescent spots, whieli net
a t portable lamps. These lish live nt
a depth of two to live miles. Their
suit bodies nre made firm bv the tre-
lueii Ions pressure of the surrounding
water.
Till' Mteeuletit oyster feeds oil mo.
lenls of the smallest form of marine
life. And yet he iiiaiiiiges, by nppli-
cation and close attention to business,
to absorb a snllieieiitly large quantity
f this food to give him a good square
meal, und als.i to enable him to get
dim elf ill condition to be t'.evoured
y mankind.
Travelers in Arctic regions miy ihc
physical effects of ci.'ld there lire about
as follows: Fifteen degrees nbove, un
pleasantly warm: zero, mild; ten
degrees below, bracing; twenty de
grees below, sharp, but Hot severely
cold J thirty degrees below, very cold J
forty degrees below, intensely cold;
fifty degrees below, a struggle for life.
A Single Parrot,
Vie don't often meet with musical
parrots. These birds generally have
irilliant plumage but hoarse, nnd
rough voices. An old-time corres
pondent, however, tells us of one who
could sing like nn accomplished lady.
South America is very prolific iu
tliesii entertaining birds. Home of tho
rarest and moat beautiful species lire
cor.uuon there, but arc never seen in
more northern climates. Tho golden
parrot, there a native, is probably the
best imitator of ull parrot-kind. But
this friend of ours snw one which was
indeed u marvel. It would talk any
thing, und sing like a prima donna.
On one of those rmlient nights known
only ne.ir the equator, our friend
heard a clear, full and musical soprano
voice singing the words of a Spanish
tong, und listened, fairly charmed,
while several were sung. He was sur
prised that a lady of such flue vocal
voice was so near him, but was nioro
surprised to find, next day, that tho
golden parrot referred to was tho vo
calist, mid distant twenty rods away.
This bird was kept by su old woman,
who made a business of training birds
for sale, and whose chief aid the mar
vellous singer was. Our friend offer
ed u large sum for it, but, as may be
expected, without avail. Now York
Observer.
Vast Extent of Alaska.
When Secretary Seward recom
mended the purchase of Alaska from
its former Muscovite owners, many
foolish appellations were suggested
by journalistic jokers, but fortunately
such inapt suggestions ns Polnriu,
Wiilrnssiu, Zero Islands, ct id genus
omne, were rejected in favor of the
original native mime, Al-ay-ek-sa, tho
Great Laud, slightly shortened into
Alaska. And a " great laud " it truly
is, for it includes about 580,000 square
miles, and is twelve times us largo as
the State of New York. Its coast line,
owing to the exceedingly iudeulel
uhurncter of the shores of southeastern
Alasku, is longer thun that of the At"
luutio and Pucilte seabords combined,
being upward of 25,000 miles. Whoa
a citizen of the United States stands In
San Francisco, which is generally sup
posed to be pretty far west, he has
more miles of his native or adopted
land to the west of him than ho hus to
the cast, for from tho chief city of Cal
fWuiu to Attn, the most westerly of
the Aleutian Islands, exceeds by sev
eral hundreds of miles the distance
from the Golden Gate to Cape Cod iu
Massachusetts. Culiforniau. 1
TIIH 85th IND.
Bhort ninttvy of a Bhori 1.1 til
Regiment bj a Boy Member.
I HA VR noti-d
two nr three refer
eiirpi to (111 GAth
Itid. recently, all
of which aro true
as far at they go;
but, as you say
ynu can secure no
other infiirmstlon
ns to the regh
. mcnt, I will, at
.'V'"no ' ' i '""
glio a brief lil-
.If t.irtf n a T all
my urns cinint-
i
An ton have
..j-t . Dtlltt'.la tllU IVUI'
iiiii t wnt organ
ized "nt largo," but, wlint you have
not said, It win enlisted fur primin
guard service, as wo ench wero assur
ed, or our parents were. Must of thn
regiment, nr the seven companies of it
renilcxvousetl at Cinip Morton, wero
youths and old men who would not
iss muster into tho threo yiwr service
st tliut timo Junn lHd'J. "While net
ing nt prison guards atCsn.p Morton, j
nit lest Mian a month niter our na
Hutment, tlio Governor nf Kentucky
then trying to bo neutral culled on
cuir (Joy. Morton to send troops to do
fend tlio nrcliicrcs nt Frankfort, st
John Morgan was marching o,i the.
ICentnekyCapit.il with avowed threat
of destroying it. A courier whs tent
to our camp at thn northwest corner nf
old Camp Slorton, nnd elmrtlT we wrro
in line to listen to a prnpositinn. Afttr
thn request from Kentucky wns an
nounced, no were asked to vote upon
whether wo would go, nnd the vo.n
wut mndo by nil who wt.uld go t'ikinif
two paces to the Iront. Nenriy'ull camn
to tho front, nnd wo were hustled till
to Frankfurt, muchly cntliunt'd, whero
wo arrived n bout an hour ahead of Mr,
Morgan, ntid found a bountiful repaid
rpreud lor us on the blue, gran- in the
Mst'.'hotiFo grounds, the which wo
were heartily investigating when tho
iilnrm was sounded.
Well, when the alarm wnt sounded.
Morgan canic, taw, but did not con
quer; although I li ar ho could liuva
tlono to notw ilhst Hiding our f uir to
ono of hit cmntiinnil. Jin run mid tho
55th f dlowcd, und kept following un
til tha last of Angus..
Our tcven companies of thn fiMh
Ind. and neverul other regiments und
butterbs were drawn Into thn Ificli
mond (Ivy.) battle, whero we met with
tho Insst s mentioned ill if sue, of Ju'y
20. The n umber of wounded wat not
given, and nt many went homo and
never reported to Surgeon, it l un
known. Tho Union forcoi wero budly
whiped by Kirby Hinitli, nnd tho tinio
of our regiment bclHg out, wo tarried
not until wo renched our moihr.rs.
Most of our men wero captured, but im
mediately p iroled. snd overtook thond
who cjcupcd before arriving at tho
Ohio river at Mnytvillc, where wo cin
burked, vi ry tired from our ull-niyht
forced march.
Of the history of the thrco r.tlicr
companies belonging to the S.ltli I
know nothing, except the report that
they wero organized alter we lclt tlio
Htuto, and served out their timo down
at Pnducah or in that neighborhood,
and wvru not, ofcscriia, muttered but
with ut.
At a comrndn rernsrked about us In
reference to tlio Saunders raid, wu wero
"not in it;" yet the Orith's brief llio
was not inglorious. A Hotr ok Co. B,
C5th Ind., iu "National Tribune"
A HI Jo for L.fo
B. Flt.piitrit k, Corporal Co. P, Oltt
III., Syracuse. Neb., tclli how in tho
Hpring of 1803, after tho captuio of
Mobile. his command followed
Gen. Taylor's army some 150
milot up tho Tonibigbtio River.
Tho Second Brigade, Third Di
vision, Thirteenth Cnrpt, under Gen,
Benton, was in tho advunco, with ono
battalion of 2nd III. Cav, nt icout.
Tho troopt were about one day't march
in tho reur of tho rebels and tlio caval
ry had many a skirminh with them.
Tho writer wut in chnrgi of tho corral
in tho rear of tho moving coiiiinand,
aud tho foraging wasalwsyt pur, be
causo the advance got the best that
there was. tin Comrsdo Fitzpatrick
and the trainmattcr decided thut tlmy
would go ahead and try to get tome
thing good for once. Karly ono morn
ing they started out. They went about
15 mile before finding a place that tho
rebels themselves had not "cleaned
out." There tho lady whom they taw
gave the m a good dinner, to on loav
ing they bought a corn pone and some
chickens of her. Tboy stsrtod on the
back track, on a mad that the lady
taid would bring them to about where
the Union arn.y would camp thiit
night.
"Everything wont well unti'. we
renched the main road," t&yt Comrade
Fitzpatrick,"when, to our surprise, we
struck the roll's roar-guard. At toon
at tbey taw ut a squad of cavalry
w benled and took after ut, and wo
found we had a rltco nn our hands.Tbe
Trainmattcr wat mounted on a brown
maro, and toon left mo ia the rear, but
I could tee tlio rbt were not gaining
on me yet. After wo hud gone about
twomllet they commenced to gain. snd
had got so clone thut their bullett
whittled past me. Then I concluded
that my c jrn pons would lighten my
mule's load to I pitched it out side of
the road. But they ttill gained, and
I could hear their commands to halt,
and their bullets came thicker and
cloter. I thought I wat a goner. Sud
denly my mule gave a bray, and I
looked up just in timo to guide my
mule out of the road to let a iqusd
of the 9d III, Cav. pan. When I got
mr mule ttooued und turned around,
to? MR
. s f.'a,i
our bnyt had ninl them nn l were us
ing the tsbi r on them. They did not
lot ono get away.
"The trainmaster hud met our bnyt
and told them of the circuinttance.and
It did not take them long to savo me.
I lost my cum pono, though the Train
matter tsved hit chickens, and we had
a chicken ttew for tupper," Nations!
Tribune.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGSl
l'UKPAIIINO THE III.ANK3.
rrer ptPASTMrsr ei.piun sser nuv nr mi
t-uMiNo r.i.rt-riuss.
II tiineoii ti'i. The clerk at the state Ho
1'iirtineiit hnvs been buny preparing: the
forms of blnn' t mails ntceaanry by the
linker ballot law ha nnietuteil nt the Inst nes
tles ,,f the legi'Ialurf. The forma tent to
each bonnl of county cnmmiatlonert on
Hatunlav nrn ns follows Oluelnl ballot
(ballot fur lbs aninn voting plaes mint be
bnn ml together III convenient numbers In
bonks In surli manner llnit each ballot may
be (letiirheil ami removed aep irately), speci
men olllelnl balliit.uertllleats of nomination
nomination paper, Idler to county com
tnlsiloiipra nml abend rerlifylnx nomina
tions, letter of trniitniitlnt to tberlffa,
watchers' certificate, curd of Instructions
cnntnlnluir illreislons t voters, carJ con
toliiini; penalties.
tiRAssiiiippRiia rT Mowrr.
llriuiNiirmN There I a irrnsahoppcr
plague In Trnush Creek valley. They have
tlestoyed much of I lie Rruln crop nml vege
tables. A turn er bung bis cout, which
contained si'vernl bills, on n fenct post
while ho nor, ed In n lielil. 'llio Insects
timk possession of the mat suit bored bun
tlretls of Inilea Inlo it nnd literally toie the
bank bills into shre Is. Hie farmer for
warded the fragments of tlio hills to Con
gressman Million with thn reonest that lis
li uve them redeemiM at Ilia niuiiuial Treas
ury. luioTiirns luiiui nkii iviiii.k nvriifi'i.
Ci.Mtio. A sad ncc dent happened here.
Martin am) Maliehi, the I'm ml l'iyenr old
anna of M. ('. I.niliain. wore drowned In the
Clarion river. It seems I hat the boys were
out pie. ing berries nnd Hiouelit they would
tnkeabnlh. A parly nf t'ulierineii luitired
them strugi;lliii in tl;o water and run lo
their aid. hut were too lute. The binlies
were recovered.
A Sire' 'Ersnn TO TVSOM.
llAiinisiit nu William 1'iiellny Fhmik wns
nspuliiteil by (lovernor 1'attis'iii to succeed
Colonel A. Harvey Tyson, removed, ns en
gineer of the Stuln lore-try can minion. Mr.
Hit ii n V. !s ii son of i .T'((vernor I rani is It.
blitinl: nn I a grandma of ex-Ouvcrnor Wil
liam rimlluy.
A ii'i'ui c: tt r. run i oat,.
Oiir.F.NiOirno ). 1). Milter, of Mt. Tlens
snt township, bsssohl the coal underlying
ll.'lncres of lilt farm tu the 11. ''. f'rictc
Coke Conip.iuy for flil.OK). The price ia
the hlghett ever paid in Westmoreland
county.
ONB TIIOfSAMO MOM! IlU.f!.
IIf.i.i.kfo.vtk The lare furnaca of the
Valentine Iron Cum-any was blown out and
the entl re plant Including rolling mills and
mines will be closed down Indefinitely.
About 1,0'JO mon are thrown out of employ
ment. I'llF.SlCNT STArtlllSU OP THK STATU f.tflOUS.
W. It. I'. I W- I" Pet.
York ltl tl .'iTDlllarrislinrg 11 li .V
Kastim .... Ill 11 Serantoli .. U 14 ..VM
Johnstown 10 U .r.v) Allnona..., 1 13 ..VXI
Allentnwn. 15 11 ..'I7 ItoiduiK.... 3 5 .107
Till list of ieriioiis granted nt Washing
ton contains the following, fur 1'ennsvl
vanians: Inereuse Daniel ityiin, of f'itn
burg. Jacob Dover nf Allen Mills. John
ritanlTer of l.iinl-uy nnd Stephen W. Morse
of llnvtli-hl. Knmero Ohio Incr-nse Wil
liam I'ioiiiuns of Kreepnrt arel David Skee -era
of Carrollton. lieissuu Wiiliam H.
i)isr, of llowerston.
Thomas Met, of Lawrence Junction. and
a Miss bender were walking on tho track
near New Castle sr.cl ttid i ot ee n train nn
til it waa upon them. Melz anoved Miss
lleiitler from the trunk but wns struck the
next instant and horribly muliluted. The
voting lady Is Iranlic with griel snd may
lose her mind.
I)i i:ivo a storm f-aturdiiv night. Farmer
Coy'a large barn at lluiitingdan wa struck
by'liglitiiing nud burneJ lo the ground,
'''arming implements and much of this
yenr'a cropt were cons'i'iied. The loas U
several tlnuis.ind dollars.
The W. C. T. I'., or I'hiln lelnhis, has
rale is! tip sn old section nf the blue laws
imposing s line of U7 cents for every curse
uttered and proposes to enforce it aguinst
the pro! alio.
On Saturday fire destroyed the building
of the Krie Kisb association on the l.oonns
dock, causing a loss of tlS.UOO. The fish tug
Annie Laurie was burnei to tbe water's
edge.
Macdk Smith, a child of 4. was killed at
Ilellwond, liiair county, by her brotber-in-law.
Aduru Poller, who was snooting at a
turgut.
At Hertford, the Kverett Furnace was
blown out, throwing several hundred men
out of employment indelinitoly.
Paci. Smith, nf McClintockville, nesr Oil
City, accidun tally shot and killed hit brother
while they were out camping.
TitK drouth ia said lo be so bad around
Cniontown that tbe farmer are telling otf
their cattle.
Itonr.irr Dirrp, of near Sew Castle, died of
blood poinoniug caused by being gored by a
bull.
Two of Cniontown's water reservoirs are
dry, and tbe third nearly ao.
WnKX Buffalo Bill's Indians get
through their work In Chicago in the
afternoon, they llko nothing better
than to repair to a nierry-go-round
near their camp nnd revolve to the
music of a bad hand-organ. Tha
passer-by stops to fee the show, foi
tho bu ksand squaw are in their full
punoply of feathers and paint Most
people would get enough fun by rid
ing horseback three or four hours
every day without wanting to ride on
wooden horses afterward; but, then,
you see, real horses have no band
organ attachment.
"I was careless at church and put
II in the box when I Intended to give
only a dime. "A case of contribu
tory ncgllgenoo, so to speak.