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THE JULY HEAVENS.
What May be Seen in the Sky these
Summer Nights.

The planets are all morning stars most
of the month, except Uranus. Ii has
good position for evening observation
about four degrees west of the star Beta
in Virgo. 1t is slowly approaching that
star and will come up and pass it in Oc-
tober. This planet has the brightness of
a sixth.magnitude star-just visible to
the naked eve when the moon ia absent.
Mercury aud Venus will appear like
pair of twin stars nearly all the first
week in July. They may be seen lit
tie way above the horizon, southward
from the sunrise point. in early twilight.
The one further north is Venus. After
the sth, Mercury will leave Venus and
soon disappear in the bright rays Of the
sun. Mars Is about two hours above
Venus and little more south; but toe
small and dim to be Of much interest. 1t
will be l deg 2S Minis. north of Saturn
in the morning of the goth. On July 8
the sun passes between the earth and
Jupiter, making an ocCultation of the
planet, which lasts about ten hours.
This would be phenomenon Of exceed
ing interest for observation did not the
brightness of the sun prevent our seeing
it. After that Jupiter is morning star,
and may be sesn just above the sunrise
point ia the latter part Of the month.
Saturn 10 considerably higher and
we'll situated for morning observation.
1t is little above, and to the left Of
Aldebaran, the bright, red star in Tau
rus, and about ten degrees (two-thirds
of an hour below ths Pleiades. Nep-
tune is still ahnve Saturn and further
south-occupyinga Il blank region in Tau
rus. IL can hardly be identified without
good equatorial telescope. In the
morning of tue Goth, Venus and Jupiter
will be near together-llk a fine double
star-Venus to the north. The moon
occults Saturn on the first about ) p. n.,
and Mercury about "a hours afterwaId.
But both phenomena will be difficult to
observe, being in daytime, and near the
horizon. TIE moon will again pass very
near Saturn on the goth, about 4 o'clock
in the morning They will be in the
east near four hours high, and may be
observed with small glass. New moon
takes place on j uly 4, about 9 a. m. Sun
spots were numerous in June, and will
likly be more OF less so in July.
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PoERRY.
The Real Life.

When this little life is over.
And the short day finds its close,
And the weary body sleepeth
In its last profound repose,
How will seem the tiny sorrow
That oppressed our being here;
How will look the trivial interests
Now so precious and SO dear:
Standing where life eternal
Reaches endlessly away,
Where no short-liyed human anguish
Clouds the ever-shining day,
How will seem the petty struggles,
Follies, riYslriss of earth;
How will leok the vain ambitins
Even now so little worth?
Listening to the strain harmonious
That shall never, never end.
How will seem the causeless discords
That here parted friend from friend
Gazing on the wOndrous glory
Filling all the courts Of heaven,
How will look the empty tinsel
For which countless souls are given
Much of love and truth and kindness
Here is hidden from our sight,
But all goodness will be garnered
In "the world that makes this right,
Wait We little moment,
Seek we meekly to endure,
For the end is just before US,
And the recOmpense is sure.
Mrs. c. II. Gardner.
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Pith of the Press.

Indianapolis Journal: Gen. Charles
Grosvenor. Of Ohio, gives it as "an infal-
lible sign in politics that when a candi-
date begins writing cards in June he is
a corpse before October" This anent
Judge Hoadly's late efforts as ready
letter writer for the public prints.
New York World: Young Allen W.
Thurman, a son of the ex-senator, has
made his existence known'by publishing
a card in which he declares his inten-
ton to vote the Republican ticket in
Ohio in October The ticket nominated
by the Democrats is not sound enough
for him. It is doubtless diificlt thing
for the Democrats of Ohio to select a
ticket sufficiently Democratic in tone
and character 10 suit this yeug person,
but he ought to overlook the shortcom-
ings of the party occasionally for the
in the past The young man might
have repressed his noble feelings fer
two or three months without rupturing
blood vessel.
Toledo Blade: 1t is very easy to un-
derstand why the brewers oppose all
laws taxing the beer seller. The largest
brewer in Toledo, Mr.. Finlay, has S5.-
900 reasons for his action " hlch are good
and sufficient for him. Mr.. Finlay makes
$1,000 barrels of beer year, and on ev-
cry barrel there is profit of from 81 to
81 so. 1t is to his interest that the
besr seller should be "let alone" to sell
his beer from as early in the morning
till as late at night aS possible. The
beer seller has also an interest which
can hardly be considered disinterested.
In keg of beer, which costs him 81,
there are 120 glasses, which he sells for
cents each, making the comfortable
profit of S4 on every keg that he dispo-
ses Of Let him sell but FIVE kegs day,
and he is making money much faster
than the average merchant or manufac-
turer.
n. Y. Sun: 1t is to be hoped that the
Assyrian host Of individuals who with
in the last ten days have been dubbed
DID. or D. d., or A. NJ. by fresh water
colleges, or salt water or hillside or
prairie colleges, feel better and more
learned than they felt before they got
their titles. Itis big thing to have q
title, sven though it be General or
Squire, Mister or Colonel, Doctor or
Major. Captain or Reverend, or boss.
How are ye. General? How dye do,
Doctor? Hullo, Squire! Hot day Gov
ernorl Whatll you take, Captain? Be
easy, boss
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True HerOism.

Many Of the recent English reviews
have spoken admiringly of book of
poems entitled The New Medusa and
Other Poems,' by Eugene Lee Hamilton
but while thsy praise this young man as
a poet, few of them know the pitiful Yet
heroic story of his life.
In consequence of some injury in early
youth, he is sufferer from an unusually
cruel form of spinal disease. So weak
is he that his body seems hardly strong
enough to hold his soul. He can never
endure even to be read no longer than
ten minutes at time, and very seldom
longer than fye minutes.
He has, Notwithstanding, acquired a
good classical education In these snatch-
ss of five and ten minutes duration and
he has published three volumes Of po
ems. of which the one above mentioned
Is the last and ripest. So utterly shat
tered, so constantly agonized, is the
body of this young man that he lies in
in an absolutely horizontal position,
which can neUer be varied. Think of
never being able to sit up one single mo-
menti
Not long ago, a sympathetic physi-
clan conceived the idea that by moving
him very slightly at any one time he
might in the course of months, become
accustomed to little elevation.
The experiment WAS begun by slip
ping under him single sheet Of card
board, no thicker than the thinnest wis.,
iting card. After day or two another
sheet wis put under, and after another
day or two still another, until at last he
had been raised, in all, not quito quar-
ter of an inch.
At this stage his agony became so in
tolerable that the cardboard had to be
removed, and the hope that his position
might be ever so slightly ameliorated
was forever abandoned. Out of this
torture chamber, where he is held a
prisoner, he sends forth to the world his
songs. In the Introduction to his last
book, he hints at his own story. He
says:
'This book is all plant of prison growth.
Watered with prison water, not sweet rain
The writer's limbs and mind are laden, both,
With heavy chain:
"Not by steel shackles riveted my men,
But by the claimless shackles of disease;
Which Deaths own hand alone can seysS, when
He shall so please.
" nat Work 90, 90 win nuInDcu, chdlneu
hand,
With scanty light and seeing i'll the whole,
And each small part, once traced, must change
less stand
Beyond control"
And yet, with numbed, chained
hand" he goes on working. He gets
through no small amount of reading in
the brief snatches permitted to him.
He is interes ed in the outside world and
forms friendships, though conversation
with him is not possible otherwise than
in the same liye-minute snatches in
which he takes his reading.
Is not this hero, this prisoner who
bears, his fstters as patiently as if they
we're Mreaths of roses. and in spite of
them, works as untiringly as If be were
afree man among his fellows ?-i Youths
CONF ranion.
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grass seed without ever dreaming that
it requires just as much of the soil to
ripen rag weed as it does to ripen clover
seed Ohio Farmer.
WHEAT LESSONS.
a few things are already being found
out about wheat culture, and among
them Dayton observer has this to
make a note of:
First-A clover sod, on land suited to
the crop, is almost "sure shot" for
wheat. if properly put in.
Second-Manure pays better on wheat
than on any other general crop, and
should be applied after blowing. Even
coarse manure is best applied 30, if il is
not so coarse as to Distract the drill.
think l would apply after seeding rather
than before plowing.
Third-After clover sod and nanured
ground, the safest place for a crop Of
wheat is corn stubble. l have not no
ticed a single exception to this rule the
present season. If the corn is kept
clean, and can be cut up so as to seed
the latter part OF September, the crop is
almost sure to succeed, provided the
land is rich. That is, if the land will
grow fifty bushels of corn per acre. it is
reasonably sure for twenty-five bushels
of wheat without mannre.
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TIE SCOTT LAW.
Opinions of the Attorney General.

In response TO q communication by
the prosecuting attorney at Wapakons-
ia, the Attorney General made \ reply,
giving his opinions as to the require
msnts and practical workings Of the
Scott law. The substance of the letter
is given In the following:
The tax must be paid by each person
engaged in such traffic, and the immuni-
ty secured by ssch payment cannot be
sold or transferred to another dealer.
4 dealer who has paid the tax does
not, by retiring from the business be-
fore the end of the year. thereby become
entitled to have proportionate amount
of the same refunded; nor can one who
has been properly assessed escape pay
ment by ceasing to do business after the
year commences. Fractional ASSESS
ments are made only when the business
is commenced during the year, and they
are for the entire residue thereof.
A person who carries on business at
more than one place must pay tax for
each place. He may, however, change
the location of his business in good faith
from one room or building to another,
in the same corporation, without thereby
subjecting himself to an additional as
sessment. There may also be more than
one bar OF drinking counter in the same
place under single management, and
the dealer be required to pay but one as
sessmsnt.
Manufacturers from the raw material
are not liable to be assessed, unless they
sell in quantities of less than vessels
containing it, which determines the
question. A manufacturer may lawful
ly do by agent that which he is author
lied to do himself.
Physicians and druggists have no
greater privileges than ordinary deal
ers; they may each sell on prescription
and for certain purposes especially
named In the act. without paying the
tax.
experience the most difficulty in sat-
isfactorily answering ysur inquiries con-
cerning the penalty of 20 per centum,
and the manner in which it is be en-
forced. The language used is impera
tive and provides that "if any assess
ment shall not be paid then there shall
be added penalty thereto Of 20 per
centum, which shall be collected there
with" l find nothing in the law to au-
thorize any officer to postpone the day of
payment, or to remit any part of either
the tax or penalty; they are to be col
lected together and accounted for by
the treasurer. The assessment for this
current year became due On the goth
June, and should have been paid on or
before that date; that they were not so
paid is not the fault of the law.
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Wit and Wisdom.

The Laplander eats only a tallow can
die when he wants a light breakfast.
Put this restriction on your pleasures
be cautious that they injure no being
which has life.
will gin sling do man any good q
asks y correspondent. Yes, il he .slings
the gin far snOugh.-Chicago. Herald.
Never put off till tomorrow what you
can do to-day, and never trouble Others
to do what you car perform yourself.
Worth three millions, and dead at
thirty-ninel" This is a headline in an
exchange. Sadder incidents than this
are happening everp day, says the Buf
falo IN. " Commercial. Dead at
thirty-nine, and not worth cent" is
much harder.
A music teacher, talking to his class.
said: Now, children, you see in march
we always have four beats to a meas
urs. to accommodate the step; for | don t
know anything that has three feet.
except, perhaps, a milking stool" "Or
a yard stick" added a quickwitted girl
In the back row.
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AGRICULTURE.
auEFP Upon TILE FARM

sHEEP UPON THE FARM.
Once it was considered that sheep
would "gnaw the life out of a farm"
and as was the practice then, a great
many farms were "sheeped to death"
Now the opinion is reversed, and when
system and Judgment is used it is found
that sheep return to the soil, in manure,
the largest percentages OF the manurial
value Of the food consumed Of any other
animal. According to accurate expert
ments, made at German experiment sta
tions, where the food given and the ma
nure obtained were carefully analyZed,
it was found that they returned 95 per
cent. of all the manurial elements of
the food consumed. in their manure.
solid and iqnid. This is in accord with
the Spanish problem, that the hoof of
the sheep is golden" With a view to
the renovati1n of worn-out farm,
sheep would he the most profitable stock
that could be kept. They pay large
return in lleece or mutton for the food
consumed, and the largest in manure.
CLOVER AS A FERTILIZER.
William Wed,l. one Of the most noted
among the farmers of Canada, after
Years of experience with clover as a
green manure, in speaking about the
practice of cutting or not cutting the
second growth, says:
A good crop OF clover which has been
allowed to stand for seed, will add to
tile land fertility for wheat which
could not be obtained with the heaviest
dressing Of guano; but to do this in the
best possible manner, the clover must
be allowed to come to perfection; must
be treated so that it will produce and
lsave on the ground the. greatest posi-
BILE amount Of leaf and root, for in those
two portions Of the plant19f hsists the
virtue of the clover crop: Clover is the
very best manure for steep. clayey hills,
where the manure is apt to wash away.
Our farmers make great mistake by
eating off the clover or cutting a second
crop before blowing down. To get the
full benefit, as much top should be
plOwed down AS possible.
ExTERMINATING RAG WEED.
We often hear much complaint in the
latter part Of summer about the taste of
rag weed in the butter Where our
stubble and pasture fields have been
gone over with the moving machine
regularly each year after harvest that
trouble is soon ended The rag weed,
cut before it natures the seed and left
TO lie on the ground, acts as a mulch
and manure, but If left to ripen the
seed, not only reseeds the ground but
also exbausts it to the extent required
for ripening the seed. Many farmers
would rather buy than raise their own
clover seed, because. they say, "it is
hard on the land to ripen crop of clio
yer seed, and yet each year they will |
ripen several crops Of rag weed and fall J
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A Base Ball Obituary.

J. Smith is dead. That fine young man
We ne'er snail see him more,
He was a member Of our club
Since 1864.
His parentage were Irish and
His wit was always Pat;
He played in any place, and was
A terror with the bat.
His private virtues were immense,
His manner free and blufI,
He Wore paper collar. and
Was never known to null.
He rarely took q drink more strong
Than lemonade or pop;
He hated drunkards, and was a
Magnificent short stop.
His nose was Roman, and his eyes
Continually were peeled.
He made splendid umpire, and
A beautiful left field.
His hair was red, and "shingled close"
Much susburned was his face;
He never shown with more effect
Than on the second base.
Being man, he had his faults,
As likewise have we all;
He felt preference for the New
York regulation ball.
Though not a matrimonial man,
He dearly loved a match,
And like his sisters, had but few
Superiors ION the catch"
He had a noble mind, as exc
A very supple wrist;
And when he pitched he gave the ball
His own peculiar twist"
OF politics and church affairs,
He held restricted views,
His feet were usually encased
In canvas, hob-nailed shoes.
But he is gone. With in and outs,
Forever he is done
He broke his heart and hurt his spleen
In making home run.
His bydy we have planted" bnt
His soul is in the sky;
The angels reached from heaven down,
And took him on the fly.
Springfield Monitor.
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Twenty Years a Great Sufferer.

from consumption; had swallowed a half,
bushel of pills, and drank over barrel OF
csthartic and laxative sloPs; had tried every
patent medicine recommended in such cases,
and had been treated by all the very bes,
physicians in Philadelphia, and was finally
told by her consulting physicians that she
was too weak for cathaetic medicine, or in.
jections, and that she must die. She then
took Manslin and was cured; see 31st page OF
the 'Ills of Life get the book from youl
Ohio. for one
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would not live Away; let me alone, for
my days are vanity"
Where did you get those flo~resf
Mrs. Cromwell asked. "0ver at the cot
taye, reckon. You are all just alike,
and 90 crazy about nothing. / wonder
how many more will want to hear about
Eddie Poe Pm. y. Herald.
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Trains run Oh Columbus time west Ohio river
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily;
with through Sleepers from Chicago to New
York; Washington and Baltimore Epress with
through sleeper nom Chicago to Baltimore
daily, and Through Coach from Sandusky to
Columbus daily. New York and Baltimore
Express daily Newark to New York; on other
Divisions. daily, except Sunday. Sleeping
Car Chicago to Cumberland. All other trains
daily, except sunday.
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Trains run on Baltimore time east Ohio river
WEST ROUND.-Chicago Fast Line Daily,
with through Sleepers fro New York to
Chicago; Chicago Express ually Through
sleepers from Baltimore to Chicago daily.
Chicago Mail runs daily on Main Line and L.
o. Division; on other Divisions daily exeep {
Sunday. Other trains daily except sunday.
X LORD, G p A, Baltimore.
W Il REPPERT Passenger AgepL Columbus
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The men of to-day who hold high and
honorable positions did not spend their
time when young men in idleness and
depend on their fathers for support.
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Dr.. FaEAsEs WATER CURE rstabl,,hm.nt
a health Institution in It's soth year. for ,..r.
Y az Kinds OF Chronic diseas es. and esnsciaIiv y
cns aseases OF women; invalids are Invited 10
.h, Address, s. FREASE NJ.
h>S New Brighton, Beaver Co.. Pa.
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NEWSPAPERS ron SALE!

A long established newspaper, OF fine circus
and good jobbing patronage. for sale AT barr
gain. The publisher, who has run the paper
over twenty years, has made enough ont Of II
to be able to rest the remainder Of his life. Lo-
tation In Minnesota Also fine Newspaper IN
West Virginia, well esta blished, and having
an excellent circulation and jobbing buein ess
for sale, on account OF the III health of the
publisher. Either of these offices can be bought
On favora bic terms-part cash, and part re>
cured by mortgage. Persons having the re-
quisite amount Of capital, and possessing pro-
per business experience, will find either OF
The newspapers a rare bargain. Address BA n
GAIN, care Dauchy & Co.. New York City.
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AYERS
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Group. A Mothers Tribute.
while in the country last winter my little
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HIS OPINION!

III CIcnr SuctenctS an AuIhOrIIy nuUs Ms own
to the Populnr Judgment.
l9I West Tenth Street
NEW YORK, Aug. IL, 1880. !
MBsSRs. SEABURY & JOHNSON:
am slow TO pin my faith to any new cur>
alive agent; BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTER has won my good opinion. l find
II an exceptionally oleanly plaster to use and
rapid in its action. Many tests of its qualities
In my own family. and among my patients,
have convinced me that there is no other
single article so valuable for popular use,
none so belpful in cases Of Lame Bsck, Local
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Congestion OF the
Bronchial Tubes and Lungs and Lumbago.
You may feel free 10 uae my name.
Very truly yours,
n. Fl. KANE, NJ. D.,
Physician in Chief of the De Quincy Home.
Price OF the CAPCINE % cents.
Ssabury d johnson, Chemists, New York.
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CowEN BROS. sell 10 lbs. of"A Coffee
Sugar" for 81 90 rs ct.