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School Books.

Quite a discussion is going on in
certain sections of this State as to
the propriety of school boards pur-
chasing the books necessary in their
respective school districts and taxing
the people for the same. As this is
a question which pertinently belongs
to the several districts, and with
which no outsider has any right to
interfere, we cannot but say, that we
are decidedly opposed to any such in
novation upon the present system.
Public schools are provided for all
the children, aud parents and guar
dams ought of right to furnish their
children or wards with such school
books as are required. If books
should be published a. the public ex-
pense we all know, or ought to know
that it will be one of the most fruitful
sources of fraud and speculation ever
introduced. Besides this, what is to
hinder the school directors from en-
teriug into some disgraceful bargain
with a book agent to supply the dis
trict schools with books aad have the
profits divided among them. If ever
this system should be adopted there
are not two districts in the county
in which the same books would be
used. Let the present system alone
and all these schemes and plans pro-
posed which have no other object in
view, as we honestly believe, but
speculation be condemned once and
forever. We have already innova-
lions enough without converting the
whole system into one Of plumber
and tbievery.-EE.
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How Coal Is Drawn In Scotland

Small tramways are laid from the
pit bottom into almost oil the work
ing places, ON which o light wagon
called a hutch runs on slim m~alleable
iron or steel wheels, aud these hold
from six to ten hundred weight Of
coal, according 20 the steepness Of
the mine, or of such capacity as a
man can nj it up and down the
small railway easily. On al the lev
ell roads this work is performed by
horses or Shetland ponies-ot late
years by underground engines and
wire ropes. If the mine be low, a
pony will draw six and a full-sized
horse nine or ten hutches. And by
steam twenty or more to the wire.
The main level roads run straight
out from the .,it bottom, aud at every
six places another level road is made,
the hutctes being lowered down 10
each level by self acting incliaes. A
Set of men called The put GERS collect
the hu,cbes, aud bring /, tie t P OF
the iaelines, when they are let d. u
by Incline men, me at the top, and
another 1T the bottom They are
then ~couuected u vi marsbalied iu:O
trains ready I r The horses aud d'i-
vers TO bring ,hem into The pit bct-
tjm. This wUIk is ,f.eu pelf rmed
by the ton also, aud it COSTS from 81
to Sd a an for underground transit.
In q large pit a great deal of nice ar
arrangement is required to keep all 60
ing steadily, and for eight or ten
hours without stop. But as all are
paid by piece work, it is every ones
interest to push OIL the work, and it
is really q cheerful and animated
sc n, oftsa a. .imit,d anil CHEEKY.
as rfapers On a harvest field.
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sSEacIty Of the neer,

A Nimrod who has been 10 the
habit Of hunting deer in the Adiron-
dack mountains is Of the opinion that
the deer is oft,n m IRE than II match
for u Dig in sagacity The deer
seems to b. well aware that the i =
is guild d by his f%uculI, If seett III
tracking him ; aud all The deer's eli.
forts are directed to battling and
thwarting this. keen and wonderful
scent win which the dog is gifted
With this purpose the deer will
of.en make enormous leaps. or run
around in a circle 81 us to confuse
and puzzle his pursuers. He will
mourt a st q wall aware that the
dog caunot scent him 81 well on the
rock US on the grass. 1t he a iind
a pond Or stream Of water, the deer
will plunge 10 aud swim a long dis
lance, so that the dog may loose his
trail
1t is u i,yful sound ID the poor,
hunted deer, when the dogs send up
that sad, dismal howl, WHICH they
give ut,erance u when they lose all
scent Of the deer, and despair Of
finding ii, He is then o happy deer.
lie hides quietly in some covert
among the bushes, and be will take
care to place himself where the wind
will carry all doors of his body away
from the direction where be supposes
the dogs to be.
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WY he Wassea . ReseSpt.

In the city of Halifax there dwell
a lawyer crafty, subtle and cute as o
fox. An Indian Of the Miamsc tribe,
named Simon, owed him some moe
ey. The lawyer had waited long for
hiss lin. His patience at last gave
out, aud be threatened the Indian
With lawsuit. PROCESS and executions.
The poor red man got scared and
brought the money to his creditor.
The Indian waited, expecting the
lawyer would write q receipt
"Whst are you waiting for ?" ask
ed the lawyer. )
Receipt" sAid the Indian.
"A receipt 7" said the lawyer. -
receipt: what do you know about .
receipt Can you understand the
nature of a receipt Tell me the
use Of one and will give you q re-.
ceipt."
The Indian looked ut him q mo-
ment, and then said
"S'pose may be die NE. 90 heben,
End the gate locked me See Pos
tie Peter; be say. Simon. what you
want p me say, Want to get 10 be
say, You pay Mr.. J--dst mon
p what me do ? me had no receipt!
had TO hunt all ober hell to End
you :"
He got q receipt.
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San Frarcisco rej,iees Ia the pos
session Of two sensational criminals
Julius Stein il In prison for forgery,
and the exhibits ia bis last show that
be has travelled under 81 aliasef.
Some thirty women have appeared a,
the jail whom be had either defraude1,
seduced or agreed to marry ; some of
them wish to marry him even now.
One 10 particular. to whom the day
before his arrest he had suggested
throwing herself with him under the
wheels Of sn express train, insists on
remaining wi b him 10 the cell Mrs.
Helen Ames. the other party, has not
been captured. She would drive up
to q house 10 . neatly appoiattd car
riage. and, dressed 10 The height Of
fashion, send up her card, and while
waiting Er the lady Of the mansion
to descend tske any valuabIes 10 her
reach-lsce, tides, Sevres vases. car
we'd worries. tobacco Gets in solid sill.
yer. fans, albums, card cases, jeweIry,
end now and then q purse. BESIDES
this. by representing herself as G coll
for g fshionable charity, she OBJ
not 8 little ready money from
her victims.
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NASHVILLE, July lS.-The people
in the village of Rbea Springs were
thrown into wild excitement yester-
day by the peculiar antics of a re-
igious monomanisc named Collins.
At FIVE 4. NJ, be went into a Metho.
dist church aud tore Iii all the books,
as be said, to get the devil out Of
them. lie then passed through aud
out of town q distance OF two miles.
Concluding that the devil was il
his clothing, and that Jesus had CON-
missioned him to go into the church
as naked as be came into the world.
be pulled of his clothing, and in a
state of nature started hack in a run.
followed by a constantly increasing
multitude of people, who failed to
overtake him. Passing through the
town, be finally approached the
church A man attempted TO stop
him and was knocked senseless by a
stone another he felled with his fist.
BY this time a crowd had gathered
about him, owing to a profuse per-
SEPARATION, which made him as Clip
perry as an eel, it was difficult to hold
him. Once secured and bound, he
was taken to the iail at Washing
ton.
On Monday morning the iailor
went ihto his cell to give him bis
food, and be seemed perfectly quiet
and harmless. The jailor passed in
side the cell door and turned to lock
1t. Collins at this moment picked up
n heavy board aud struck the tailor
on the back of the head, knocking
him down, and hen beating his head
int the condition Of jelly. The Jail
or's wife subsequently, came in to see
what had become of her husband
but raising her dress to go up stairs,
she did not zee Collins until she got
to the top. He was covered with
blood from Lead to foot. Collins at
once struck her g violent Ito on the
head, knocking her down the stair
way, and then rushed to his cell, in
which was his bloody victim, AID
himself in.
Collins is an irishman, aud was,
two wears ago, Catholic at
that tine he joined the Method st
Church Spu'b, with the understand
Ing that be was 10 cease drinking IT,.
.toxlcating liquors A religious meet
ing bad been in progress, and it WIS
not known that he tad Le.ome Il r.
nauisc uutl Sunday
morning
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What GEORGE Washington Dad Not
Know.

We don't like to be irreverent; but
would like to ask what did our fore
fathers know? What, for instance,
did George washington know? lie
never saw o steamboat; be never ssw
q fast mail train ; be never held his
ear to a telephone; he never sat for q
picture in q photograph gallery ; he
never received g telegraph dispatch /;
be never sighted q Krupp gun /; he
never listened to the ''fzz" of an
electric pen he never saw a pretty
girl run a sewing machine; he never
saw a self 2ropelling engine go down
the street to o Ere; be never heard of
evolution; he never took laughing
gas; be never had a set of store teeth;
be never attended an international
exposition; be never owned a bonan-
"a mine he never knew "Old Prob"
H-but why go on? No, when he
took an excursion it vas on q fiat
boat. When be went off on a train
it was a mule train. When he
wanted to talk to a man in Milwaukee
he had to go there. When be want
ed his picture taken it was done in
profile with q piece of black paper and
a pair of shears. When he got the re.
turns from back counties they had to
be brought in bv a man with an OK
cart. When be took aim at the enc
my be had I o trust TO q crook barrelld
old flint lock When ne wrote u was
with goose quill When he had auy-
Thing TO mend his graLdM,vth-r did it
with a darning needle. mn be
went to u fire he stood in q line and
passed buckets. When he looked at
a clam be never dreamed it was any
relation of bis. When be went to o
coucert be heard a cracked fiddle and
an insane clari met. When be had q
pulled he sat down and never
stopped yelling. When be got ont of
teeth be gummed his vic uals. When
be wanted an International show he
sent i,r Lafayette and ordered his
friend up from Old Virginia with the
specimen carefully labeled bottles
When he one got hold of u nugge,
of gold from an Indian chief be felt
rich When be wanted to know
anything about the weather he cou-
suited ground hog ,r The goose bone.
Wben-but why go on? What did
such a nan know? Who was he,
ANYWAY?
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strewed with carcasses which would
make perpetual pestilence but TOR
devouring dogs. the only scayingets-
He might have learned What the
actual city is without going there by
consulting sny geographical work
No wonder be feels agrieved with
himself for making the uncomiorta-
bic and unremuneratiyc journey SO
late in the season, too, that be was
nearly burned up (Bagdad is one OF
the hottest and most oppressive
places on the globe in SUMNER and
may congratulate himself on having
escaped the plague which visits the
city every ten years.
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Capillary Attraction.

M u who looks down from n
gallery in u church upon a devout a: d
u 'd-like congregation, can fail 10 no.
tice how very prone The Christian is
to the l.ss Of his hair. Piety and
baldheadedness seem u 90 together,
that The head VI The believer may be
u shinins light, "a city On the bill.
ADd yet if one goes 10 a goddess the
atre the same thing is observable.
Worldliness is as bad as piety. The
blosted capitalist and the horney-
handed son of toll are equally liable
to barefootedness on the top of the
head. And this too in the face of the
fact that proud science has long
wrestled with the problem, and in.
ventions ianumerable announce them
selves as causing Il l1xariant growth
of hair. Baldheadedness, however,
does not impair 3 mans value in the
ordinary aifai rs Of life lie can buy
or sell, insure. run q bank or accept
an office, with not enough hair on his
head to make u FIRST class eyebrow /;
but when it comes t. making love 10
a girl it is very much 10 the way.
There is q great deal of capillary at
traction in love. Girls adore a hand
some suit Of glossy hair. Ii is love-
". And when q lover comes. TO WOO
her with the top If his head shining
like a creased pumpkin, he is at a
disadvantage. Just as the words
that glow and the thoughts that burn
begin to awaken in her bosom a
sy mpathetic thrill, she may happen
to notice twj or three flies promena.
ding over bis chronological organs
and all is over. Girls are SO frivo-
lous She Immediately becomes
more interested in those flies than in
ali his lovely language. While he is
pouring u his love and passion, she
is wondering how the flies manage
to hold on to such a slippery sur
face.
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A Disappointed New Yorker.

A young New Yorker who has
beep travelling in the East could not
resist the temptation of journeying TO
Bagdad, which had long appealed to
bis imagination through the AraJiGa
Nights and their roseste description
of the Sarrcenic capital. lie has
written home a private letter express
ing bitter disappointment at the Bag
dad of his fancy as compared with
the Bagdad of fact.
Instead of finding a beautiful city,
the centre Of Arabic civilization and
refinement, possessed Of 800, 600 pic
turesque Inhabitants, he found a
shrunken town of 10000 ignorant
and repulsive Musselmans, with mar
row, dirty streets, full of ruts, and
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.UBLIC SALE.

N pursuance OF an order granted by the Court
OF Common Pleas of ), merset county, the under
signed Assignee OF Valentine j Miller. will Offei
for sale on the premises, on tract No. 1, in Que
mahOning township, on
Saturday, august "a, 1873,
at / o'clock +. NJ, the following real estate, viz
No. l. Home farm containing 161 acres more OF
less, situate in QuemahOning Twp, adjoining
lands OF w. II. Miller, Samuel J. Miller, Harry
Shafier and others, with Swiss barn, dwelling
house and other outbuildings thereon erected, tine
orchard of fruit trees, with 90 acres In meadow, Ia
acres clear and in good state ofeultivation.
No. 2. Also n farm known known as the Wilt
Miller, Harry ShafeI and others, In Quemahon-
ing township, of which loo acres are clear, - acres
in meadow. with house and barn thereon erected.
No. 3. Also a farm known as the Spangler farm.
In QuemahOning township. containing lis acres,
adjoining lanes of Franklin Barnhart, Jacob ;.
Miller and others Of which 100 acres are clear,
20 acres in meadow, with house and barn thereon
erected.
No. I. Also n farm known rs the Smith farm, in
Somerset township, containing loo acres adjoining
lands OfHermIn Shafter, Franklin Barnhart and
others, with dwelling house, stable and other
l0aeres In meadow.
No. 5. Also n tract of land taken from the
Ephraim Shaifer farm in Somerset township,
containing AZ acres, adjoining lands Of josiah
Good, Harry Shafer and the Wilt farm, all of
which Is clear and under a good state Of cultivation
These farms are within one mile Of the Cheese
Factories OF Sage, Burrell * 20.
TERMS-One- third In hand, on confirmation
OF sale, one-third In six months ami One-third in
one year from day of sale, with interest On deferred
payments from day Of sale.
The Assignee will give additional Information
to persons desiring to purchase.
W. II. MILLER.
July2 Stoystown, Pa.
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IIeroism.


In 1906, Turin was besieged by a
powerful army of the French, and
though the Turinese opposed to their
beseigers the most powerful and skill
full defence, and kept them at bay for
many weeks, by foiling their attacks
with frequent surprises and s%orties,
and with heavy firing from the walls,
vet at the end of three months, the
assailsnts were so far advanced, that
all the defensive Notifications had
been mastered, and one alone remain
ed to the Turinese, the capture of
which, seemingly probable woull
render citadel and the town incapable
of further defence. The governor of
Turin, Court Daun, in order 10 save
the last post of defence, and to get rid
of a tremendous battery which threat
ened it, ordered a chosen body of
men to approach the battery by I'M
d%ermining the ground, and to de-
stroy il by a s~ubterraneous explosion.
The captain Of these miners was Pie
tro Miecs. He obeyed Daun's or
ders with the livelicst solicitude and
most unremitting labor. and got SO
far in undermining the battery, that
nothing remained to be done bat 10
lay the train of powder, and TO set
to it When, 10 and behold. the oc-
cupants of the battery, probably Sp
prised of snb~terraneous operations by
the usual expedient of putting dry
peas upon q drgm-head, which, by
their disquietude, indicate that some
thing wrong is going on below W, be-
gan TO delvc and agitate the ground
from above ia such q manner as 10
apprise the underwriters that they
might every minute expect a meeting
with the counterminers. The roof OF
the subterraneous passage shook down
70 much dust, and brought such I'M
welcome noises over the heads of the
former, as to show that the battery
holders had no mind to be blown up
without their own consent. The
minutes of the awful cFisis soon con-
traeted into moments. For tbs whole
body of sappers TO retire without
leaving one individual to blow up the
mine, was to give up the whole pro.
ject. No resource remained for its
success but for some one to set FIRE in
stsntly to the powder in the mine,
though this necessarily inferred the
death Of the 6rer. r'ietro Micca took
this task upon himself, and resolved
to perish in accomplishing it. He
ordered his company to retire Re
member" he said to them 10 q mel.
ancholy voice, ITO recommend my
tender children to the paternal heart
Of our king. Let him be their sup
porter and father. die joyfully to
serve my country and king lie
then advanced to the mass of powder
that was 10 be exploded, set fire TO it,
and blowing up the battery, expired
under its ruins. To this devoted act
of Miccs, Turin for that time owed
its preservation.
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate Of Catherine Phillippi, late Of Milford TIP,
deceased.
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned, notice Is
hereby given TO those indebted To II To make imme-
date pa yment, and those having claims against it
to present them duly authenticated for settlement
on saturday, Sep, Z, 1878, at the late residence
Of said deceased, when and where he will attend
Tor the purpose.
GEORGE W. CURLEY,
July 81 Administrator.
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The culprit was brought before tie
magistrate and asked his name. Ii
was given as Kschenschlager. did
you shoot the dog in self defense ?r
mo; i shot him in the lex, und he
yumpedcd ofer de fence.n
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OMAHA. August s.-To-day was tho
hottest Of the season, the thermome-
ter registering owe l00o in the shade.
-Four cases of prostrstion by heat
occurred, one probably fatal.
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saturday, August "a, 1878,
the following described real estate, viz:
No. l. A lot or piece of ground situate In the
town OF Freidensburg, Somerset Go, Pa, bound
On the north by land of Samuel ;. Snyder. IN the
east, south and west by public roads, containing
about 30 perches; the improvements are a one
and a halt story dwelling h.use, stable. wood.
house and other buildings; late the residence Of
Gabriel q. Walker, deed.
No. 2. "A lot or piece of improved land adjoining
the Lutheran Church lot in said town OF Fried.
ensburg, containing about | acre.
No. >. Lots Mas. II and II in the western prt
OF said town Of Erie lensburg Continuing shJut x
acre.
No. ! 4 tract Of woodland situate IN sill town
of friedenshurg, adjoining lands OF VIM. A. Btrr.
hart, Frederick Smith ard Others. c n;liuing 4
acre..
Sale 10 conn hence ut | o'cl Jck T.. NJ. Of sail day.
Teams Ten per eeat. IN day OF sale: enc
third OF balance IN the LIST Of April 1873, on s-thlri
on the list Of april 1850, and onc-.,. r. IN the Is. 81
April ISL.
q. r. SHAVER.
july 81 Admir- OF Gabriel q. Walker. deed.
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Pittsburgh Female College,
MUSIC.

Elegant Buildings. Eight departments Twtniythrce Teachers. Superior adj
yamages in Music in the CONSERVATORY or Music connected with tie COLLEGE,
Special departments, also for Drawing and Painting. NeeI-work. Wax work. etc
h College - y MS the krgeta nd best Grand Organ tor educational purposss in
CHARGES LESsT HAN n SCHOOL AFFORDNG EQUAL ADVANTAGES IN
ACCOMMODATIONS Send to thu President. Rev. l. C.. PETSIIING, II. D.. Pittsburgh
Pa, Tor a catalogue. The tall term opens September A.
July "a
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When is q jealous husband like a
cat? When she smells q rat"
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M ESTERN PENNfA. CLASSICAL AND
w y INSTITUTE.
The institute prepares Students for College,
Business, Professional Schools, Home Life, and
Tea Location elevated, healthfui, easy OF
access, and picturesque, commanding an extensive
view Of Chestnut Ridge. Full corps of Instruc-
tors. Five courses of Study. Open 70 both sexes.
Expenses moderate. New building tor ladies.
Open CRATE in each room.
Address the Principal,
JONATHAN JONES, A. NJ,
Dec 9. Nit. Pleasant, Pa
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A very unsatisfactory sort Of bread
The roll OF fame.
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EGAL NOTICE.

To Manoah Tannchili. Sarah Lingenheld.
Elizabeth, intermarried with William shaw. JO-
seph TaLnehill, all OF Somerset Co.. Pa. Mar
garet j., Harriet, Minerva. James AMI Uieman-
tine, children OF Aipheus rannehiiL. dect'.. resid-
Ing in kossyiiie, State Of Iowa. Vim. rannehiIl
residing in the State Of Missouri. aud Catherine
Beverage, residing In the State vi Maryland.
You are hereby notiueiI Ia appear at an Orphans
Court to lie he'll nj Somerset, on Monday the 2otn
price, 90 show cause why the same Should not be
s1ld.
Sherif's oihce, GEO. W. PILE.
July 10. ISIS. Sheriff.
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.IulY2i
SALE.
Saturday, August "a, 1878,


Somerset Co., Pa, there will be sold at public
sale, on the premises, In Friedensburg, in said
county, on
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FORKS. SPADES. HAKEs.

Matoeks, Grub Hoes, Picks, seythes, Saeaths, Sledges. Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts Of ali sizes LOookng
Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wrngers, Meal Sleeves, DoorMats, Baskets,
Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Irvine, Rope all sizes, Hay PuIeys, Butter Prints,
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steeyards, Meat Cutters and Suffers, Traces, Cow
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dvs, aud Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks Hinges, Screw, Latehes aud everything
in the Builders line. Caps, Lead, Shot Powder and Safety Fuse, &c Re,
The fact is, keep everything that belongs 20 the Hardware trade. / deal
exclusively in this kind of goods and give my whole attention 70 it. Per
who are building, or any one in need OF anything in my line, viii find
it to their advantage to give m e / call. | will always give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. thank my old customers for their patronage,
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
No, ,"BAER'S
Apri! s IA. JOHN F. BLYNYFR