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Extraordinary LassOing.

Messrs. Cox and Quinn own large
ranges in Southern California, and
they do an extensive business driving
cattle northward into Placer and Ne
vada counties, to be sold in the min
ing towns, principally Grass Valley
and Nevada City. This winter they
kept an immense herd in the foothills,
and a few days ago they drove them
out on the plains to select and brand
them.
With the exception of two Next
cans, all Of the thirty or forty men
assembled were Americans. Most Of
the horses were half-breeds or full
blooded Americans, but in Southern
California the mustang still prevails
on the stock-ranch.
The great herd numbering about
5000 head, is huddled in the middle
of the open plain, and the proprietors
and the gacqueros are riding around
them. What few footmen there are
present keep well out of the way, for
these Spanish cattle have a great Gu
riosity to inspect a mans heels. Their
long, slender, shining horns are held
aloft and with dilated nostrils they
snuff the coming prey. One of the
men says to a vacquero you see
that big, black fellow, with a crop
and a slit in the right and an over
slope in the leftY Bring him out.n-
The vaequero rides into the herd,
gradually worms the animal to the
outer edge Of the band, then sudden
" clapping spurs to his horse hunts
him with the greatest swiftness out
into the open then the trained horse
eager and delighting in the chase,
follows his every motion so closely
that the animal, though lodging like
a wounded hare, finds itself driven
straight forward. Another owner re-
cognizes one of bis animals, and the
same process is repeated whit his
one.
There are a few to be branded, and
as there is no corral to confne them
in they are compelled to resort to the
Mexican plan. The animal is first
separated from the herd, and then a
vacquero rides him down and lassoes
him by the horns. Another rides up
and lassoes MIN by the hind legs, ii
he is skillful enough, or if not throws
one side of the loop on the animals
back and the other on the ground be-
hind him, and he presently backs into
it, when it is quickly drawn tight.
Then the two horses set out in oppo-
site directions, the animals hind feet
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Those who are curious on the sub
iect of military education as conduc-
ted in America, says the Pail hall
Gazette, have reason to be grateful to
Lord Duferin for dispatching his mil
itary Secretary, Col. Fletcher, to re-
port on the system pursued in the
United States Academy, at West
Point. on the Hudson, and the past
history and present condition of that
institution. The direct object of the
inquiry was to see how far the Re
publican method Of training, which
has produced such soldiers as Grant,
Lee and Sherman, might form a use
fol model for humble imitation in the
Dominion; but the report Of Colonel
Fletcher contains many points of in
terest for ourselves. Perhaps that
which will above all strike most read
ers is the extremely. stern military
spirit which pervades the whole dis
cipline and teaching at West Point.
The course is not only longer than
that at European colleges maintained
for similar purposes, but is in all re-
spects more strict and exacting, GER
tainlv than those of our own, proba-
bly, tLan that of any on this side Of
the Atlantic. CO.. Fletcher complete
" explodes, among other errors as to
West Point, the m notion that
many of those who graduate adopt
a civil career, in which the education
they have received ~insures them re-
nunerative employment" This may
have been the case in former years,
he says, when professions in America
had not assumed their present dis
tinctive character. 1t is quite other
wise now, when colleges and schools
educate for civil engineering, &c, as
well as for other professions; and
consequently the graduates seldom
look for anything beyond their milf
tary career. And Judging from the
severity of the training submitted to,
this must have peculiar charms for
the cadets of the great republic.
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ADcIaware Snake story.

4 curious and dangerous snake,
the only one Of the kind that has ever
been found in this part of the coun-
try, was killed by some workmen on
the farm Of Francis Insley, near
Weupquin, Sussex county 1t meas
ured twenty-eight inches in length
and two inches in circumference. Its
color is black, striped with white,
which when exposed to the rays of
the sun, shine with the brilliancy of
polished silver. 1t was provided with
two rows Of teeth, twenty-six on each
side, very sharp, yet are different
from those Of the snake common to
this country. About FIVE inches from
its tail are two thick, grizzly protu-
berances, about one inch in length,
on one side of the body. Each pro-
tuberance contains eighteen horns,
about one-eighth Of an inch in length.
They are hollow, and the poison is
supplied to them by means Of small
ducts connecting with a thin, trans-
parent bag, about one inch below the
proturberances. We are told that
some years ago a snake, supposed to
be a horned snake, attacked a MAI in
this same vicinity, and in order to
escape he jumped behind a large
tree, and the SNAKE striking with such
force, buried its horn into the trunk
about one-eighth Of an inch. In
thirty minutes thereafter, a dullness
in the leaves was perceptible and,
strange to say, in another hour they
commenced falling of, and to-day it
is nothing but q withered, naked
trunk.-Seaford Citizen.
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rhe village Choir.

The ancient village choir, with its
flutes and fddles, has been swept
away. It's pretentions were no doubI
greater than its powers. The princi-
pal soprano had figured in front of the
gallery for a period of nearly half a
century. and her performance resem-
bled nothing so much as that of a
hen when informing the world that
she had jnstadded a fresh egg to her
store. The basso p~rofundO, thinking
that there was nothing like leather,
shouted to such a degree that in sum
mer time. when the doors were open,
he could be distinctly heard on the
top of the opposite bill. 1t is not
easy TO describe the horror OF an
Italian musician, who having been
detained in the neighborhood by
coach accident, and received at the
reetory. attended the church one
Sunday morning, and WAS subjected
to the usual display
The wedding guest, he beat his breast,
For he heard the loud bassocn.
you mast find Handel difficult"
some one once ventured to remark to
the leader of a band, when some cho-
rus from the Messiah" was in prep
aration. eWell, zur," vas the reply,
che may be 20; but then you see, US
alters I'm :" and, indeed, it was some
times difficult to recognize the crea-
ton of the great maestro which figur-
ed by way Of anthem. And yet,
when all is said, there was a homeli-
ness about the whole performance
which harmonized with the simple
old church, through whose "unsto-
riedn windows you could see the bees
and butterflies busy among the syea-
more blossoms, and with the quiet
paternal teaching Of the rector, whose
discourses had at least the merit of
being ineligible to the humblest of
his congregation. But the secret Of
his influence lay outside his teaching
Il was that Of Chaacer's parish
priest
For Christes lore and His Apostles twelve lie
taught; but first he followed it himselyc.
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waiting fora shave.

A few weeks ago an easy-go-long
auctioneer, who did not care whether
he was shaved before or after dinner,
found himself in a crowd ofimpatient
patronsIin Binders, grand tonsorial
palace" Combining speculation with
amusement, the auctioneer offered to
dispose of his turn" at auction to
the highest bidder. There was an
instantaneous response, so he mount
ed a chair and auctioneered as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen, my turn isnext. Tony
is now soaping the head of that gen
tleman, and as soon as be is through
the turn is mine. Several OF you are
in a hurry, and l am not. / am will
ling to do one of you a good Office by
selling my turn. l knock down to
the highest bidder. So pitch in
Who bids and what is the bid 2"
"Three cents" sang out a mer-
chant from the post Office.
"There it is-who ad%vances?"
Five responded q clerk from the
Fidelity.
Five is offered. Who goes high
er? Be quick, gentlemen, for time is
precious"
"Ten," shouted a livery stable
keeper.
"TweIveu said a clerk from the
Health Office.
Fifteen" said a merchant who
had not received his letters.
Eighteen" bid the landlord of a
restaurant.
Twenty" the stable keeper.
Twenty-Five" the merchant.
The tonsorial artist was just top
ping-off the customer in the chair, and
but a minute more was to spare.
a go thirty" responded the stable
man.
"Forty," shouted the merchant.
Five to that" excitedly exclaim-
ed the saloon keeper, "and III have it
if it costs me a days receipts"
$50 will fifty !" promptly res
pended the stable keeper, more exeit-
ed now than the rival bidder.
The two merchants withdrew from
the contest, and the auctioneer pro-
ceeded in a strictly business manner
to urge on the remaining bidders. He
usedall the cunning and ingenuity of
a man of the hammer.
The bidders became more excited,
and bid against each other rapidly.
The stable man bid one dollar and
FIVE cents, when Tony shouted:
"Next-who next?"
"Going, going" was the response
of the auctioneer. "Going, going, and
Zone ten" shouted the saloon keep
er.
"And gone at one dollar and ff-
teen J" closed the auctioneer.
A hearty shout of laughter arose
from the crowd in the barber shop.
all of whom had become more or less
interested in the rival bidding for the
first shave.
The stable keeper promptly paid
over the dollar and fifteen cents to
the auctioneer, remarking as he did
so:
Its a dear shave, gentlemen, but
| would have gone double rather
that be beat"
"Pluck-call again next week, >
was the response of the a~uctioneer,
and he pocketed the clear receipts.
"Dick, hand me a cigar" said the
au%ctioneer, and spreading himself out
on two chairs, be lazily awaited the
deferred turn for a shave.
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worse than the Bags.

The Rockland (Me.) journal OF
the 4th instant says: "Dr. Virgins
had a cali to visit a patient at the
north part of the city, yesterday, and
found him suffering from o fearful
eruption, covering him from head TO
foot. The gums Of us N u'h were
spongy and his teeth loo,gDci. The
cause for this was, tha H,an belonged
10 Il vessel, and, being troubled with
bedbugs, procured a powder tor their
determination, from o druggist in
New York. The modaS operdadi
was TO throw the powder into the
seams and creyices with a small bel
lows. The powder was nothing but
corrosive sublimate, and the man
slept in his bunk with the powder
sitting down upon him. This should
be a warning 10 all those suffering
with these pests, not to use this
remedy. DR.. Virgins informs us
that a strong solution of rock salt
win kin the bugs"
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Mosquitoes.

The New York Tribune makes the
following calculations of the blood
sucking capacities of the mosquito.
1t says: Suppose, upon a July
day there were nine hundred and
ninety nine millions of mosquitoes on
Staten Island. Allow that one hum
dred millions feast upon blood. in
spite of bars, boots, gloves and pen
nyroyal. Give them three "squ lre''
meals a day, allowing a drop TO q
square, and these self-constitated
reservoirs will carry off 800, 600, 600
drops of blood in twenty-four hours !
One thousand drops to a gill would
be good measure, and thus divided,
we have 100, OG0 gils, or $3.50 gal
Ions, being somewhat more than
seventy-fye puncheons of blood"
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was concerned. | had had an eIe-
CANT suTiciency. Then an old neigh
boring farmer who had come Owe on
a visit said to me that l had better
give up farming, for il did not agree
with me.-Tbe next morning, stiff,
weary and sore, / set out for home.
So much for hay making; no more for
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The time of the college commence
ments is at hand, and the Double
toned voice of the graduates will soon
be heard in the land. In a little
while hundreds of young men, pale
faced and thin-legged, will begin to
discover that they have much to
learn as they roam the world in search
Of a living.
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A last years potato on being cut
open the other day, was found full
of well developed young potatoes.
This is one of the most bewildering
cases of spontaneous generation on
record.
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Josephine BGinkeg,
whoIssaIe and getan poaler in

Wholesale and Retail Dealerin
Dry Goods. Millinery. Trimmings. Notions
Gloves. Hamburg Embroideries, Ladies' and Chill,
drens' Underwear and Furnishing Goods, cordi-
ally invites the citizens Of Somerset county tOcall
and examine her stock and prices before purchas-
ing elsewhere. A full line of White Goods. Um-
brellas. ParasOls. sc. MOURNING GOODS a
SPECIALITY. a full assortment Of BJterick's
Patterns Of all descriptions for sale Goods re
eeived daily. Please give me a call, at No.250
Main Street. Johnst0wn, Cambria Co. Pa.
mav8 JOSEPHINE BRINKER.
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TIC be COPYRIGHTED.

On receipt Of fifteen cents. 1 viii mail to any al
dress, a neat card with either of the above; show
ing in the one ease how .'the light viii give light
on any subject; and in the other ease how THE
door will open a door to any subject, even the door
of Heaven. Or viii send the two cards for TWEEN
ty-dve cents.
Address, G. F. WALKER, Friedens', Pa.
IThat the alphabet is a science in itself, is Ger
tainly something new, even in this day Of inven-
ton and discovery. Though If Mr. Walker sus-
tains the assertion by actual demonstration, We
will all have to acknowledge the truth, and if Be
DO find it In the meaning Of the letters Of the al
phabet =
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE

fs17io Of Joua.hau walker, late o. B-JthersyaIley
TWP. deceased.
Letters or administration on the above estate
been granted 10 tie undersigned. notice is
hereby given TO those indebted 20 IL % make imme-
date payment, and those hayingclains aeailztit,
10 present them duly authenticated i0r settlement,
atthe late residence IF tho deceased, on saturday,
Augusta, 1874.
JOSEPH WALKER,
EPHRAII WALKER
~. BRUBAEER,
juel0 Administrator.
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This space Is reserved for G.. F. Rhrs1s-
who have moved into the most maguiflen- =
room in this place. They can De found 81
new building. second door from the corner
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BOOT & SHOE
DEPARTMENT,
EseSG SgOrBzEnesa

win be employed. The public are respectfully
invited 70 cali and examine his stock.
sep.6, u.
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ever brought to town. 4 large stock Of Queens
ware. Determined TO be up 10 The times in gss0rt-
meut, styles and prices, We respectfully solicit a
call rom th0sei in want Of goods. febis
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west Point Abroad.

For Christes lore and his Apostles twelve lie
taught: but first he followed it himselye.
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Adrnncc- TO Lnborer-.

A paragraph in the AdreiiSsr suggests that
this topic merits public discussion, IN view of the
fact that some practical men seem to think that
great deal of the difficulties Of our labor system
would disappear if the advance system were en-
tirely removed. This Of course can be done in
no other way than by an enactment that the pen
atty OF deserving contract labor shall not he ap-
piled in cases of advances. This would enable
all employers to say TO those whom they employ,
that no one could give advances under the law.
In that case, the heavy amounts Of capital, Dor
rowed at heavy interest, now required, would be
unnecessary. That employers suffer from the
advance system by having to borrow and use such
large sums Of money before the labor is given, or
the fruits Of the labor reaped, is patent fact.
That laborers working out dead horse, looking
for no return at the end of their labor, and usu-
ally having squandered their advances before they
begin work, must labor with less ambition aud
pride, is clear The one question is the practical
one, whether labor can be had without advances.
On this point it is well to hear from those direct
" concerned. 1t is necessary for Government
to act upon measures for the public benefit, and
to know how to suggest and devise such measures.
But it is not necessary that private persons, or
the public press, should con6ne their action in
regard to matters Of general interest, to fault
finding. They don't care for what we think
used TO be the cry. Now it is, as far as Journal
istic utterance has been given, they can't 60
ahead without asking Tor the thoughts Of others
But either view is wrong. No government can
dispense with public sentiment to support its
measures, meaning thereby an Intelligent senti-
ment. 1t might be well If we had Planters
Association, the results OF whose discussions
could be made known in an influential way.
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give in and end the agitation whereuFon the
government would administer the laws in so mild
a way as to give no annoyance. Or the Church
may take the step Of buying the independence
for which she clamors by the surrender Of Der
official position IN Prussia and her annual end0w-
ments from the State"
Prince Bismarck's views on this question will
be interesting here. In speech delivered in the
German Parliament be said: al acknowledge
it as my duty to respect the dogmas of the Cath
olic Church as dogmas and have never inter
fered with anybody for believing IN them. But il
the AVAILABILITY dogma is so interpreted as to lead
to the establishment Of an ecclesiastical iHpeyi.
,a in iu,perio, IL it occasions the setting aside
Of the laws Of this country because uuapproved
by the Vatican, ! an naturally driven to assert
the legitimate supremacy Of the state. We Pro-
testants are under the conviction that this king
dom Of Prussia ought not to be ruled by the Pope
and we demand that you, the ultramontane sec
ton of the Roman Catholics, respect our convic-
tons as we do yours Unfortunately, however
you accustomed to complain Of oppression
when not permitted to lord it over Others"
Earl Russell Of England, in a letter which was
published in February on the bold stand which he
has taken in support Of the German Government,
says: "The very same principles which bound
me to ask for equal freedom for Roman Catho-
lie Protestant aud Jew bind me to protest
against the conspiracy which aims at combining
the German Empire, never, it is feared, to be
shaken or hasten TO declare with all friends
Of freedom, and | trust with majority Of the
English nation, that l could not longer call my
self lover Of civil and religious liberty we're
not to proclaim my sympathy with the Emperor
Of Germany in the noble struggle in which he is
engaged. We have nothing to do with the de-
tails of German laws They may be just-tbey
may be harsh. We can only leave it to the Ger.
man people to decide for themselves, as we have
decided for ourselves At all events, we are able
to see that the cause Of the German Emperor is
the cause Of liberty and the cause Of the people,
Ga the first OF January 1874, the old Catholic
bishop, Dr.. Reinkens, addressed congratuatory
letter to the Emperor, to which the latter replied
as follows. 1t shows that the opposition to the
German Government is not general but embraces
only part Of the Roman clergy:
Right Reverend Sir; thank Won for the hearty
congratulations which YOU have offered to me on
the occasion OF the renewing Of the year. May Gods
blessing advance the work begun by you Ia His
name, also In the new year. May continually widen
ing circles be penetrated by the unQucstionably
right conviction, shared by you, that in my states
respect for the law is rcconcsble With the exercise
Of the religion Of every community which pursues
no worldly purposes, but only the one purpose-to
seek mans peace with God.
Berlin, January Il, 1874. WuLrAM
To the Catholic Bishop Herr DR.. Joseph Hubert
Rcinkcns, az Bonn
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Labor and immigration.

Whatever other measures Of reform the admin
istratiou may bring out at the coming session Of
the Legislature, there is one of special impor-
ance which should not be overlooked. lying as it
does at the foundation Of our industrial interests
the encouragement Of immigration and the
adoption OF such measures as may tend TO re-
lieve the labonng classes. This may appear to
some TO be a matter Of no great importance but
the experience of older countries shows that
where immigration is not encouraged, the nation
al progress will be very slow, or what is more
likely, the statistics will Indicate, as they do with
Us, a gradual decline in population. Every nrti-
zan, farmer, or immigrant who comes here TO set
tie is worth TO the nation on al average at least
one hundred dollars Even if but one thousand
can be induced to come, this number will add
one huilrel thousand dpllArs to The produc-
tive wealth of the country. 1t should not be
forgotten that from the moment new settler ar
rives here he becomes subject TO our local taxes.
and a consumer of imports, and in this way adds
permanently to the general revenue.
TO encourage this immigration something needs
to be done besides mere talk-some action that
will show that We are in earnest. 1t has been
suggested that duties be removed from such CON-
modities as are consumed largely by laborers and
mechanics, especially if such articles are not
produced here. Among these are lumber, -four,
machinery and agricultural implements, paints
and paint oils tea, and certain kinds Of material
for clothing. Ii is true that the removal of duties
on these articles would reduce the revenue of the
national treasury but the question whether the
encouragement given to mechanics and laborers
will not more than Offset the loss sustained by
the revenue, is well worth consideration
In addition to this, active steps should be taken
to secure laborers from japan and elsewhere, on
the best terms that can be made. Government
ought to be in possession of such information as
may enable it to commence operations whenever
the requisite authority is given by the Legisla-
ture. For such immigrants as may possess means
and prefer to locate BY themselves and cultivate
the soil, some plan should be devised and made
public, through which they can secure, at mod
crate expense, whatever land they may require
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ands will derive from the establishment Of this
monthly line, which eventually will result in a
semi-mouthly one. We trust, therefore, that the
Government will do all in its power to secure
this line permanency BY granting ali such
privileges, exemptions and subsidies as our small
revenue may afford. If privileges and subsidies
are granted, it should be made condition that
the steamers must enter our port, come along
side the wharf, land and receive passengers, mails
aud freight, and remain in port a reasonable time
in order TO do this.
To ensure proper despatch, it will be necessary
TO reestablish the old signal station at Coco Head
or what is better, an electric telegraph, The
facilities of our port are such that steamers can
come in night or day, and discharge aud load with
comparatively very little delay.