The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-08

Bushels of seventcenyear locusts were un
earthed by Peter Werlich, of North Lebanon
Pa, while ploughing in an old orchard last
week, the sod of which had not been disturbed
for many years.
| The locomotives on the New York Central
railroad are to be re-modelcd and "A new at.
tachmcnt, consisting of projection Of the
boiler in front of the smoke stack, Is to be ad
Ijustcd This projection will catch all cindcrs
and sparks and prevent their escaping from the
Smoke stack.
The storm fell like ii burst of internal ap-
plausc. \ Whit like fifty witches 1outed up
the canvas curtain OF the gallery and Il fierce
black cloud, drowning the moon under It's
cloak, belchcd forth II stream of fire which
seemed to flood the ground; a peal of thunder
followed as ii the sky bad fallen in, the great
oaks grOancd, and every lesser thing bowed
before the awful blust. Every lip held its
breath for minutc-Or an hour, no one knew
there was u sudden lull OF the wind and the
floods came down. Have you heard it thun-
der and rain in those Louisiana lowlands ?
| Every clap seems to crack the world 1t has
raned moment; you peer through the BLACK
pane-yOur house Is an island, all the land is
sea.-"1he Grundj~{meS, IN Seminars.
\ properly conducted printing office Is as
llutl IL SttItl NN ii NJ JIiIl-
tiers are not Hndcr oath of secrecy, but always
feel themselves ms truly IN honor hound to keep
office secrets as though triple oathed, Any
employe in printng.oliicc who willingly dis
regards this fact in relation 10 printing-Otfice
secrets would not only be sCurncd by his broth
rem of the craft but would lose his position at
once. We make this statement because it
sometimes happens that communication APP
pears in a newspaper under an assumed sig
nature, which cXCtes comment, and various
parties try to find out who is the author Let
all be saved the trouble Of questioning the en-
ploycs of the printng-oiliCe They are know.
nothings on such points rs these. On such
matters they have ewes and ears, no mouth
and if they fail to observe this rule, let them
DC Eut down rs dishonOrablc members of the
craft. 1t Is the same in job printing | any
thing is to be printed and kept secret, let the
proper notice be given of the desire for ,cCre
cy, and you might rs well question the SphynX
as one of the printers so that even the secret
books for lodges are printed without fear
Er
The Government competitive examination to
be held at Annapolis Md, IN September next,
Will afford an opportunity for twenty-five boys
To secure the best education in engineering that
the Government can provide II is open to
boys OF 3 to 30 years of are without regard
to Congressional Districts. They viii be eX-
amincd in arithmetic, algebra, philosophy, &c
ometry, grammer and geography. Tho sue
Icessful contestants will be entitled To $500
year for four years spent at the academy. on
graduation they are entitled to the rank and
privileges of midshipmen with salary
of 81 600 a year. The engineer corps is by
law authorized to be recruited from the class
of cadet engineers, and all vacancies in the
grade Of assistant engineers are supplied from
this source.
Among the items of Mr. Beaumonrs clcc-
ton expenses in 1926, when COnesting North.
cumberland were: Inkccpers and carriages,
800. 551; cockades and flags, 1854 printing and
stationary, Ei,5s2, private lodging, c2,3iS;
band E9j3 Under "Sundries" were placed
charges amounting to several thousand pounds
Those were high old times for hotel and stable
keepers 1t was the great anti BeresfOrd cru.
SADIE which made the fortune of the famous
BianConI, in Ireland. All his cars were sc.
cured hy Mr. S'uart's agents for 5000 and
this gave his business its first great impetus.
Human ingenuity Is frequently devoted to
singular purposes Of not very useful descrip.
ton At the Dusseldorf Exhibition. which
"Opens next month. a'member of the Rhcnish
and Westphalian Slenographic Society will
exhibit German postcard containing NoSss
translation of the first three books of Hum,rs
Odyssey" and part of very long debate
which recently took place in the German I'm
perial Parliament The number of words in
the extract of the Odyssey" is I I 600 while in
the parliamentary debate the number is $1,000