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70 the EHif0F 0f 1He LHfttfH0 1FiaHHss
Sin: Your correspondent from Hampton, Va.
in A.s letter published In to-day's Tribune,
while in tho main doing Justice to oil who bayo
aided In establishing atid supporting tho Normal
and Agricultural Institute, yet faila to montion
QUO who originated tho itloa, aud to Thoso zeal,
enthusiasm, and untirlug enargy added to All
abiding firth in the capabilitieB Of Ito colorod
youth, Is due tho presont prosperous condition
of tue Institute. refer to Gen. g. O. Arm
strong, braye soldier, HcAolar, mud, above all.
d Christian gentleman.
From 1870 until tue prescnt time tho progfoBs
of tho Institute has haun, as your correspondent
btatos, "hteady and rapid" but fronl its nrat
inception iu 1857 to tic tme ct itB chatter, It
was anything but smooth sailing. and required
all the energy and perseverance, Of ltH founder
to overcome tho almost lnssIrmouutAble OBJ
ataclos which impcaed its proyrosa. Dnt, from
tho beginning, ILLS motto waH Success, and no
n,uollnt Of personal or pecuniary nncritlco WAS
too great for htln to mike III furtAerance OF his
cheraAed plans. Tiat tho Hampton Singers
aro, AZ another correspondent 80 truly Baye,
"tlle moht talented and best trained troupe III
the iield," IL largely duo to tho porHounl oiforts
ot Con. Armstrong, aud Strong proof OF the
thorouglnoaB Of tho drill ut Hampton.
Whil0 do not wish to aotract ona Wilt from
tho honor due those noble lnen a.ld Wonlen Whu
aidud and holpel to sustain tho Institute in its
earlier snd darker days. do not wish to liayo 1t
recorded TINT Gen. Armstrong; alone lYaB tho
determined and pllllanthropio spirit who oriGl-
nally establisllad It. Yours, 7.
OIlIuADp Iuua II, 1874.
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William II. Fuller, Cyrtllo r. Brown, Charles 8.
Tasbott, James 4. Fitch, Wilnm O. Hmlzo,
Oscar a. Janias. Frod J.. Kinney, 1iarvey 4. Full
ior, VIII NJ. Carleton, Eugono y. Gars!n. ,Iosoph
y. McC|ovcrty. Willln j. A1catlor. and stophon
q. UWlyke.
Dcgroc Of 4. I. Oil L. r. Miller, D. D. Dlphop, A1cl
Ecrt Il. losler Alfred II. JelinHon, Iaroiai1 1'hfl-
iIpa, j. Il. Fnlonlon. II. Spencer Irvng l.. Stone,
Polk Z. 1lhbctts, John II. Fostnr, Herbert u.
Jol,t,Ron, William II. Jettktns, ntoacs \. LUCE,
Morton ". Spencer, Arthur i. Walls. Wn: ".
Willlah1s, 11onry ". Mcgee, ]. Or'uu,lo Packer,
William II. Smith, Russell 1i6lcts, htnnloy W.
Dayia, EIger W. Atkinson, Samuel l.. Ben1,
Ep!srin,n II. Cory, DronghHm II. Fox, ehtnl1ol a.
Kounusty, and ienjamtn 7. -llorrick..
Degree Ut j. D. on tho nay. II. a. hawsosie,
Of 5nn TrancIHco, Cnl.. aud tho Iov. William H..
Dnwon, Of Lewiston, hto.
trilo contract for thrco Of tho fro now oolloBe
buildings lias boen lot for at6,000. ,.-.,
Tho endowment fund OF tho College |" 1,oseaH-
Ing gradually. having already roacl'oh over
sl6o 0oO. with tho eomrleLion ,ia e tho NOV nov
buildings, cnr1y In tho noxt college yeaf,
nt, sune additions to tho Faculty, "hloti Wli 70
n,atlo hoforc tho Trusteos adjourn. Etlladnlo
College must, tn tho future, occupy prominent IT.
position among tho colleges Of tho Wont. Itie
number OF Htillonts III attohiancs ior tho l1ant
iiYo years has, with Tho exception OF thr Dnt~
,crstty, been larger than any othor college III
tho Htut9.
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Southern Illinois Normal University
CprrespoHdeacs af The Chicago 1ribuns.

CAnDoanAtE, ILL.,, june 10. 1874.
g1n, The Southern Illinois Normal University
at Carlondalo, which has boon In prooosa Of
building for tho laHt four years. is now finished,
and will bo formally oponea Oh tho 1ss Of July.
The structure bullt OF brick and cut Btone. is
mammoth ono, aud has q grand and Imposing
oroot upon tho visitor and tie traveller along tho
Illinois Central Halroad. The main building,
fronting eastward. Ia 2o9 feet long and llas two
wings, extending 108 feet westward. 1t il four
storieH high. Tho basement built Of rod bedford
san-htono, is II ioet high, and contains fourteen
rooms md apartments for tho janitor, together
with tourtoen hot-air furnacos nut n gaB-gene1h-
tor for tho supply Of heat and gaB. A lal ID foot
witlo runs from ond to ond lilo 0rst-stosy,w with
three entrances, approached by massive stono
stops s likewise inorBocto by hall II foot wiio,
tho outiro lougth Of tho building, and oon.
tains ni1so largo htutly-rooma, furnished
with b!aok-boarus, cloak Anl waBll.rooms, ant!
cloHots Tl.o Bocq'nl story, az foot hixl reaolaed
| by tIighsH Ut stcps Of walnut. tipped With iron,
contains recitation roon u by % foot. in the
centre Of which Atanll two rown OF iron p!llarH,
twelve in number, a'll "a inches In tlinniotor,
| tor tho support or tho upper aoor. Here also
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hx0a,liaisaH tVlscnt Drop.

~. EF*'n shs Alton {l4l.} 1tleQY0ph, JunolT.
There WAB neyar tinlo NithIu tho knowledge
Of tint remarkable gontouaatl. 1.-THE oldost i'll
Aabita"t," w!Aen tAs prospect Ut 10 1asgo b yio!d
Of wheat was no promlsinX ~ ut prosent, iu t4ia
ity anticipate . ylold ot Thirty bushels to the
aoro. and solno OF them hope for oyen q larger
yloli sllan that.
A gontsu!nu from ,Atonroo County informed
uB ]aht waUk TINT ha hua ton aor9H irom rhiol
ty pushsla to tho aor9.
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4Tillkalls1o College,

Special Dispatch to I'he Chicaao Tribune.
Hr1LspALE, llch., Juno 18.-Thc eighteenth
annual commencement Of Hillsdalo College was
held in tho Froo Baptist Church to-day. Tho
woather was worry fino, mud long bofore the ti1no
for tho exorclucs to begin tle house WIS densoly
packed. Tho church vas beautifully decorated,
and tho floral MOTTO "Duilding for Eternity"
hung back Of the Btngo, On tho platform were
the Faculty Of the College and doy.J. j. Usgioy.
There wero twonty-four graduates, Of whom ten
wcra latlloH. Three ladies' wore from tho Acad-
envy course; seyon gentlemon md hye ladies'
from tho Scientific course ant1 Bevon gent}oman
an,l two Indies from tho Classical course.
Tho following III tho programme
,ua .'sns Mskna Nos
Kingston, ill.,; Shall 1reland ue fruo." hy II. Y.
sss SsH ssse Hsi s III J. VI
Heaiity.H By j. ": Simmons. Matville,. Mich;
s'a . ssa a , = n1rs e. y VIZ aa%i aptn
lanEh. iitiisaie, Micb.; Tendency of the Times" BY
p / s sns9 %s:t DSssxs FL Ms 4
Tast anl rresunt," by i. u: aleaaon nsyit'srs, ~;
us s & III i by " sssy syef a,nss ess'ff ns'
nlial: "ssei-oultufs,' By s. i. 6sshop It Wasssaa,
Toludo, O.; aKnockinR Tor Position, by Eva J. Hunt,
solnerse. Mtch :" Simon says ThumNs uE.n by J,
OArssa II. Vineyard, ukdh!e hl1cti :, ulsatsacu,"
By Mary II. n. Fulton, hshlait, IT,; Tha Gall froin
ls MouS %qp" I: Ms's ;nsx y sat t.:
tween tho Acts" hy Ef.u 4. Atoekwcli. Clayton
Mrh,: " At tho hates, loxia +. Tyler, Dig Spring,
Viii: What il tho End ?" by Lillian l.. stewart,
5yl,rnt,nnd Mirh; !" Extremes Rnu Meuus," by aIury
stsatson, ssrikerxvllle, N. Z.
Tho graduates, aA II whole, did themselves
orefl,t. and reeotad honor lnon tho college mud
tl,olr toachers. Whsre all did so vol It would
ho inyidioun to pnrtoularzo, but ono oasay, that
Of Miss O. II. Vineyard, for sharp originality aud
f.ultloHs tdeiivory, III worthy OF special 'nentien
ah Ii ,nut.ol. - ,.-.
forrotl NJ. s. IN CourHo-Jerome IT,. T.; Abobott'
yuith, Irving ". Alnrall, john Il. Parker. JMlson
i. Sibloy, Truman ". Whitney. l.uc!en NJ nas'
~ julia 4. Donetlct. Masy =. Dnttortiela, rhIo
1,nla Il. French Abbott, nallnal! 4. Horrlng
C.ara bcsiorn IlayliAa, Ella Nunsel, HamA!ton y
Etnnurotta, Watbury Wilson, Ruth IL Brock
ett MtEta & n; nsTis as@fy MsaEyar, i forgsn ha'F i
'11onlr, II. Newtuu Fox TleAon Vanostrand
Ioit,is N. Kaatlns, CLARK W. Glasgow. Char!ot
q. NioDetrsls, Edwin W. Cunlllnghan John nl
Vsn Fleet Orlando ". bates, Oharloa u F!sAer
4. MayiaL Hitchcock, ]. L. Header Aefony
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Sttctnk D{spufch 10 IhE phtcHgh 1F!pHHes
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Juno 1b.-IAo bahqnet
s.von by tho Alumni Society Of tha Iiuoia Wes-
logan University at tho Ashley HonBe, last oven-
Ing, ssas most happy event. A large number
Of alumni woro present; also tho present gradn'
ating class and tho Faculty. The tablo was ele-
gantly prepared, being loutse1 with dol'cnoies and
frnits. After tho banquet Joseph ". Fifer,
President Of the Alumni Society, delivered a
short welcoming address. At tho close Of his
adllreaa Mr, Filter proposed tls following toast:
'.The Glass OF "a" which was responded to In
tho most happy manner by y. II. Graves. "onr
was rSgp9naed IN to Dy nsa.aht M It
wua thcn proposotl, mud DR.. Fallows was called
upon and responded. T. Tho City OF Diooning-
ton " wns proposed, and J. a. Jackman briefly 70,
toby Judge benjamin. After soms fnrtlor tim Q
spent in Hoclnl intercourse. the gloats began to
take thoir departure.
To-day
THE COMMENCEMENT E1Eno1sEs
occurred ut tho Wesleyan, being held In
Amlo Chapel beginning at 0 4. Ii. The follow
| inv WAS tho order OF exorcacs:
Music prayer; " The Melaanring 0! Action," Johu
Aver; lDanysrs "Tns Ns,,,n}a for'n'Sn H'',os q
psaj:@n ,. Es1t Ss'ept e.. say Ps;
'' Il. y. Crambackcr, RI ] Selma; Labor and Ii Ii,
soares samuel l. Eqsnr!dss e stssl Mosla1sshnrg
wills; .Integrity," join Moore, Normal; "aloyIuf
on" Kate i. Noss, Dover; !: aIalklnd not nn Aggss
fa,a Wnsty oF o ito % khprt WaEer Boonson
nagsteiis; % ~ Farewell Ad'lress, Walter II. Gfayea
nlauuington; conferring degrees; benedction.
asses seass oss nu1 and Benjamin. M mud aso hosa i,
hicasra. Ful!cn,Sidcr, aoringer, and BentainIl
being especially worthy OF note, aA indcatin,
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t9EtftHF UIsn1fch 10 Ihe Chfe61o iF1oHHe'
1t,ssEAroL1r, Atinn., juno 18.-Tho annual
comn,cncoment-oxorclscs Of tho slunoaota State
University took placo in this city to-day. a
larRc number Of distinguished citizens aud aohol
ars frota this and adjoining Statos woro In
attendance, and tic proceedings wero Of an un-
usually Interesting character. Tho public ccro-
monies woro hold in the largo and commodious
ciurct, Of tho First Congregational soesety,
commencing at 10 O'Clock, and the church WAS
crowded 10 itB utmost capacity. On tho stage
woro Ills Excollonpy, Gov. g. K. Davis tho
1T. nev. Diahop Whipplc, the Rev. e. D. Neill'
tho uoy. DR.. Stewart, nombors OF tho
Board Of Regents, tho prosidont the Faculty,
and somo prominent gontlotnon from different
parts Of tho State. Tho stngo and tho church
vora very tastoful]y decorated with ilowora aid
plants, aill with thcso, combined With tho Drill
limit auntner costumes Of the many ladies pfeH-
ent, tho church presented o beautiful apponr-
aaco. -.. ...
"Growth," BY Gr. Edward Chattleld, ono OF the
%sl'bs io%od by T t. II Rcker anoer on5er Ct the
class. Oh tho subject Of "Froo Dacnsslon."
Proaiidont Fo|lwol1 then conferred on tho
mon,bora Of tho claaa. separately =, the
ses'SSe aew Sp,ef II remarfs % reminded them Of lilo des
aud rcsponsibilios they. would now asa''ma IN
gong out into nctiyo life. Tho nt. nsy II. u:
Whipplc. Episcopal Dishop OF tho Dlocoso OF
AlinueBota followed in an attended address to to
the ojass and brief addresses wore also nndo by
Cor. q. k Davis, tho Rev: 7. I. Brown, y; p,
mud the l,ev. i. b. Naili, D. D. This closed tho
morning ceremonies, and Tho Alumni, Faculty,
and guests, took lunch with the President, i.
the institution woro reviewed by Gov. Davis and
staft, presenttng a 1no Appearance. ut O'clock
a grovo-linner was serYed by the clizous to tho
visitors present. 1
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CANADA ITEMS.

Sptc<a! nitpatch to The Chfeaga IrioaHe.
ToRosro, Juno 13.-I'Ao now Juigoa Of tho
Court Of Appeals ware sworn in yostorday bo-
fore Chiof Justice Drapor ln tho proaonco OF q
largo gathering OF tho pruf0sAson.
Snec.at Dispatch 70 The CAtcaae Tribune.
OTTAWA, Juue 18.--Tle Public Works Depart
mellt Invita- tolldora tor tho construction Of q
telegraph line aoroYB tho oontlnent.
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Speci0I DItp0lch 70 TIC Chtcna0 1Fib3lNt.
NroSMour1l, Ill.,, June 18.-ThB graduating
exercises Of the Claas Of IA OF Monmouth Col
loge occurred in this place to.day. At least
5000 porsous wcro in attendance. aud Union
Hail, tho largest in tho oty was dcnsp}y crowded
from 10 o'clock until In tho afternoon, except
lug IN intormisslon OF two hours at noon. Tnero
wore si1ty-two degroes conferred. L. n. Find
" took rBt honora in tho B. A. eourao. and Miss
Tizzo Ilolbrook, first l.onors IN tho d, s. Dnr-
ing The weak, all tho regular annual o1otoaea Ut
tlo Coltcgo hnyo beun full Of intcroat.
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THE TOBACCO CROP,

S,,ecial DitpateA to Tho CAfeaaa Tribune.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Juno 1B.--HeiabIe adviooa
from uoYah Of the latgeHt 1ntorlor towns In tho
tohncco-g growing region embraced in Southwoae-
or,l Kontuoky, Southern Indiana. Southern LII.
nnls, mud .b0uthern Missouri, Indicate thai tho
coming crop will not exceed oao-lalt.
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Glivrt Co1lcHr.
Correspondence y Tho Chicago Trsb'nt.
Dl1vEr Mich, Juno II, 1874.
The exercises OF tho Fifteenth Anniversary Of
Oliyet College began very auspiciously on sul-
tlay morning, J,,uo Ii. Tho Congregational
Church waH 1lllod. flowers adorning tho speators'
platform. Tho Dacca'Anroato rermon mas
preached by prol. JOIN, H. 11owitt, who Inns boon
Acting presidont for two years. from tho toxt
found III Ecol. ix.. H.. II wna mnstorl, effort,
full Of rich, dccp thought, nnd onlinently prao-
ticai.
Sunday evening, tho annual discourse before
tho missionary Societies was delivered by tito
Rev. Frank 1inssol, OF Kalamazoo, latoof Dronk-
lyn, N. T., from tho words. "Tho Hold is tho
world" found IN Matt. Kill, 3S. 1t was M
earnest appeal for sauctled devotion to chrlst's
work.
Examinations began Monday morning, contin-
nlng through Tncnaay anl to-dny. A. &nrEo
number Of distinguished gentlemen arc in Mt
toudauco aH examiners and visitors.
Tic Board of Trustees mot 1ast evening, q
quorum being presont, and proceeded earnestly
to kho work OF tho BcBsion.
Acting-rreBident Howitt n1ado full report Of
the condition and wa,1ta OF tho College, showing
| that tho past year las boon prosperous ono III
literary work, though tho lack Of necessary means
| bad abridged tho oxpondlttlros. ...,
1'rcnauror Haycs proscnted Ills ANIMAL report,
| Bhowing tue receipts atd expenditures for the
| year. Tho income OF tho College has been much
| lcsseuod by the panic, both from donations aug
dends on stock hold By tho College.
Tho people Of Olivot have Just ra'sod over
s11 0nd a,loug themselves to help pay MI old ill
debtoduess OF tho College.
| On Monday eyonnE the eaenforproparatory class
gayo m exhibition. which showed superior train-
| it1r by tho PRINCIPAL Of that Dnpart,nont Prof.
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worlt-lands, blaok and white, finished ttofR
won't ofr 10 tho nelda wost and Boutll from tl,p
oss S Years yIS o '0e esae 0 @ inc n'nG.s "orsSs teS
and laid down OH her bod III llor room. hlru.
.tso laving besu bcd-riddon for nine mouths,
| orythng wnB quiet about tho place. ard no ono
] lind the lonHt n,spioion that n lend in llllmsn
| ahapo wan lying In whit to doBeond upon Tits
berry oo i 1't ao was tS o tset ms
| and bcnt upon mtlldor nud robbery. ho diroclod
| biz foosatcps 70 tha peaceful abode.
Ellen, tho only Witness to tho tragedy. nov
talltttg On tho back gallcry aud col up mid won't
ss; ssor and and teoned lin mtg AS5 lie 'ss roen
tsr, s appeared mss ns p0tH nr aa IL ts Ss'0d a,u T.
Donaldson roplicd that Bhc didn't know anything
| OF u n,an by that na1no. 11o tllon asked Elton Il
affirmative, llo kept walking, oloHv up to thu
| ncgseaa, and had strange look. Ellen tllen
!nals p!aco ut tho foot Of her msatresa' bod,
1lo carricd club In Ills hand, and. walking NJ
was raiscd, % anil ho struck Ei1en blow on ths
front palt Of tho load, knocking her dowu
toward z door loading from tho lall into tha
ro.'' n, i ns tlen ~, Walked around tho Led towards
| "a" ~FtA .''eNf
douh: bcolnS that !in WIN bent upon 1unrdor.. 1la
Btt'iok MrH. Donaldsoh blow on tle fdrehead
tnE tho skull. In tho nlcaptJtfin. Eljon m.
ooyorsl, and Iuupud IN aid ran mt tl,a
su.t ,lnor snl nrp,nd t,o h,n.o ~" 49, uns,s'. .a
| inv ~ lin Inn If i,rr vn,no nYo' ,,t5aras
ill.,, ~ ran ~ mi ~ afcr m ta ,ecr"su In
tho so,,t.west cor1or Of liz ititchoI vhon e,,s
| nt,tn,i,rI and frn: Whoro,,non hnr n,ra1ar
! .tr,t,i, lar nm,,lar ,,,ny vii li oi,, ~, IL
I hI ~ 1I,. .si -. 'on ttt m1 -. tn a s"n ~ ~
Heaa. t1IHeti tola uh LINZ hlo tNen suus lo4
io1 S1 1oi, .nt,a,I ~ tf,t H., ,aI nn;hn H.
] ~ ti6 i taS IL i,1 T., a, ,,u .,a M
1np, ,,, ~ 49, ;ttnt hnm' "AI tvt. tI; ~
Vu Nis m". ,ua ., w.. ., ta'n ,,n1a Nv
ccral e;bcrasc,y tn mi cr onl 10 a''n ntacoa
1tn, i 1;1 ~ -. 1900 ~ ~ y tt ~ 100. ~ " p'91I11o. ~
.4ont ~, nr ,,a o;, ra,,no ao tn e u oor. su*
~" - ~ o,,a, nj tar orc" 11n,,,,s III n.r1re ~,
~. .t s, u, @ ~ .,, ra'a ~ r on
u.r ~ ~, vs e. ~ ~ Mr, a,ort siis.nna ~
Heh'o Ivy HHn u hVAAs u aAo4t u4at@uGu QAt
, 1874-06-19

Dh. EARl.AS sfAE1sM E~1.
reporter oi IliE in1noAE ealloa upon IT,
Earll, who Sleeps behind tho bara at tie Madison
Hlree. Station, charged with the commission Of
= .r,,,,a w,,c1 rae,tc5 +, the t7eoth of 1losetta
e.'A'o "A'' s%,,,.,. II v,.. .1.. ,,,>.1a. .rx.ut
jacahoH' h"annl IL f4hbt "''e 'to4 "4'sa'
~ an accessory before tue TACT sloopa inc un-
eusy alumbor of him who appreciates Lis danger.
~9' I'm wu.r cr11
,,,xo vo,, ,,ncci, Enru ?" inouiyed po.cc.lyc Tom
nafo "" pueu" m s,n,sno W., VII,
Simmons OF stat!oll-Aoopor Maiono' 1oa WILL
fluid lin in No. 49," WIS tho reply. Procuring
buuch Of keys, from which ho aelcctod one,
,rhic, f,om ita di,uougiouv must bclone to
"ns, ''aa,as, ,araa ano,ah IT, n,nrn IN .mImrro on
paa!ocn la'gu otea a1,an,oua % osractars In in.
yitcd the reporter to descoua into the hubter-
rancau quarters that hold thoHe arrested in tho
West I Division. Rcaohing tho foot Of STAIR
why no oenea the MASSIVE asoa aoei' .,t un.tsa u
THE TRIBUNE man into tho eontlncsof tl''s GRIM
inn! uehouus, closing and locking tue entrance,
tho officer began ha search for
-" cvy1, v,,vovn rwz7yu.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

SHADow-SHow.-A sheet is suspend
ed tightly across a darkened room, a
candle (never a kerosene lamp lighted
and placed upon the floor few feet be-
hind it, and the selected players are
ranged behind the candle. All being
ready for the show, the players, dressed
in any comic way, may perform what
funny pantomine they choose between
candle and sheet, and their shadows will
be projected upon the latter to the up
roarious amusement of the audience on
the other side. By jumping over the
candle from before it, the jumper is
made to disappear very laughably and
surprisingly in the air.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

\ Chicago clergyman preached a SER
mon in billiard saloon last Sunday
He made nineteen points.
1t is never safe for a man to say what
he would do if he were in a certain po-
sition where he is not. The chances are
q hundred to one that he wouldn't keep
his word.
Washington will be the 'forest city"
of the future. The Park Commissioners
will have planted $4,000 trees by the
middle of May, and they have $4,000 in
the nurseries.
A Floridian heard the other day for
the first time the story Of David and Co
liah, and he became 50 enthusiastic that
he swung his hat and called out: "Bully
for the fellow with the slingp'
The proposed military line to Texss
would be 1875 miles long, and would
cost 500 per mile, provided the soldiers
constructed it. To keep it in repair
would cost So per mile annually.
The rector Of Trinity parish says the
wealth of that corporation is greatly
over-estimated. The property is worth
only seven or eight millions, and the ac-
tual income last year was only half a
million.
Among the careful and valuable hints
given to those who worship in ritual
istic way at the church of the Advent in
Boston, it is suggested that "gentlemcn
will take care that their mustaches do
not enter the chalice"
\ PLANETARY PAGEANT-Now that
the great planet Jupiter is so near the
moon, the opportunity for a popular ac-
quaintance with him is worth improv-
ing. Through an ordinary opera-glasss
two of his satellites can be seen, and a
common house-telescope will reveal the
remaining two also.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

EDUCATION AMONG THE CHERoKEEs.
The Cherokee Indian Nation now
numbers 60,000 Its Superintendent of
Schools reports that about 2, 300 children
attend schools; that the schools are in
session nine months annually, and that
all the English branches are taught, in
Guiding geometry, rhetoric, &c; that
there are forty-four native teachers and
twenty-five pale-faees, that they have
one orphans school, with nine inmates;
one female high school, presided over
by teacher from Mt. Holyoke, Mass,
and one Moravian missionary school.
These schools have been supported by
the United States for thirty-fve years
past, or since their formation, and about
$4,000 is now appropriated by Congress
annually to sustain them. The Super
intendent thinks that the nation will in
time support the schools without aid
from the Government.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

An old bachelor in Orleans county,
Vermont, has been deterfed from COM
mitting matrimony in the following way:
Thinking over the subject, and particu-
larly the expense of maintaining fam
ly, he set the table in his lonely abode
with plates for himself and an imagin-
ry wife and five children. He then sat
down to dine, and as often as he helped
himself to food he put the same quanti-
ty on each of the other plates, and sur
veyed the prospect, at the same time
computing the cost. He is still bach
lnp
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
NO. 20.-355. b q b.

100 acre farm adjoining county seat town of
5000 population. The town has rail road and
canal, al so river with good water power and
mills in running gear. Price only $50 per acre.
The owner is forced TO sale. A good chance for
q new edition TO n thriving town.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
About HydrophObi.s.

In his late work on the Influence Of
the Mind upon the body" DIR. Luke
supports the hypothesis that hydaPho-
bic symptoms are often developed with
out previous incubation. In illustra-
ton, he relates a notable instance OF a
physician of Lyons, who, having assist
ed n the dissection Of several victims Of
the disorder, imagined that he himself
had become inoculated. On attempting
10 drink, he was seized with spasms of
the pharynx, and in this condition
roamed about the streets for three days
At length his friend> succeeded in con-
vincing him of the groundlessness of his
apprehension, and he At once recovered.
He regards hydrophobia As morbid al
fection of the imagination induced by
fear, and, in support Of his opinion, cites
some interesting cases in which persons
unaware of the superstition have es-
capped the spasm.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

The flight of riches and the folly of
those who lavish money wastefully were
never better illustrated than in the case
of the late Legrand Lockwood's splendid
marble palace at Norwalk, Connecticut.
There are forty acres of finely ornament
ed grounds, in the center of which is a
stately structure costing g, 100000. On
the premises are three other handsome
buildings, porter's lodge, conservatories,
stables, and so on. The house is re-
splendent, with polished marbles, fres-
Goes, inlaid WOO dwork Of the most costly
kind, doors which cost $4,000 each; a
billiard room on which $4,000 were ex-
pended; and there are forty-nine rooms
thus gorgeously decorated, and no two
of which are alike. It is estimated that
between S2,OOO,0O0 and $3, 100000 Of cash
were sunk in this monument of extrava-
gance, and yet the entire establishment
is now on the market for less than $780,
000.-[New York Mail.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
NO. 21.-328 b & b.

A large stock farm and saw. mill to exchange
difference in value. go6d chance for a thor
ough going man 10 get control of valuable prop
erty.
August Is 1873. y1nl5
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20
NO. 19-B IL B..

Newly improved farms ranging from 20 to 300
acres from four to ten miles from Lincoln, Ne
braska, at from 20 to 40 per acre viii trade for
lands East, or for good town property.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-20

Two Mortgage notes for sale secured beyond
question. VIII submit TO heavy discount.
good chance for the buyer, but unfortunate for
the seller of the security.