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The Biography Of aDog.

The writer once owned dog. He
was a spurious pointer, which a wick
ed wag palmed of upon me a. a full
blooded and-well-bred descendant of
a well-known hunter. noted for his
Intelligence and his discriminating
nose | called him POntO in puppy
hood but, as he grew older. and the
fraud developed, ! changed his name
to Knave He was a good hunter
for shecp-bUt his nose could not be
depended on for feathered game He
would come to a dead point on
grasshopper, and run headlong over a
eovey Of quail the next moment
Knave's best holt. however. was in
the circus line. He had a very ex-
tensive circle of low-brcd aeauain-
tances, and was ringmaster Of a
canine hippodrome. which met every
night in the flower garden knave
had been having q deal of fun at nv
expense, so one day | concluded TO
have a little fun at his. | took him
out about half mile away from
home, tied an oyster can to his tail,
gave him a Stimulating kick, and
turned him adrift / never suspected
the speed there was in that dog. He
looked like a white and livered-eolor-
ed comet whizzing through space. /
have observed that nothing eneour-
ages a dog so much. or tends more to
the development of his speed, than to
make him a medium for the transit Of
tinware between points. Knave
having yielded such splendid sport,
tried h.m again and again and again,
until he began to take an interest in
the proceedings. He would bark and
stand quietly while the oyster can
was being attached TO his thick
plebeian tail, and then at the word he
would start at his highest speed As if
shot from a cannon His affecattion of
fright was the best piece of acting
ever / saw, and he quickly seized the
opportunities of adding to the sensa-
tional features Of the display. His
favorite run of a Saturday afternoon
was roundthe circular track surround
ing the Court House grounds, TO
which from one to two hundred roral
horses were generally tied, all of
which would take fright, break their
halters and start for home at lively
eanter. That noble dog also delight
ed in seudding down sidewalk
crowded with people, upsetting the
men by running between their legs,
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The Effect OF Salt ON Blood.

DR. Stevens, q French physician
and surgeon, saw 4 butcher killing a
pig. He observed that be stirred the
blood of the animal. and added q hand
fGl of common salt 10 it while stirring,
which Immediately made it crimson.
and if stirring be discontinued, the
blood remained fuid.-The change Of
the color of the blood awakened his
curiosity. The butcher would give
10 explanation of the phenomenon ex-
cept that it kept it from jellying and
spelling. DR.. Stevens seized a vessel,
caught some blood. and made several
experiments by putting salt in it. and
found that the blackest blood was i'm
mediately changed into q bright ver-
million bv salt "Oh,r said he,
"here is fact which NAV lead TO a
practical rule" He had observed in
cases of yellow fever in the army that
the blood drawn was very black and
fluid. and on adding salt it became
vermillion, and retained its freshness,
whereas putridity Of the blood Is one
Of the characteristics Of yellow fever
He therefore abandoned the usual
mode of treating it, and gave his pa
tients a mixture of various salts. and
in very short time reduced the NOR
tality of fever in the West Indias
from one in FIVE TO one in fftv.
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hearing the relation to it that you
Edid! There certainly Is no evidence
cxtant that the two houses OF Con
gress We're bribed, or that any meni-
ber Of either house was moved to
vote for the law by improper eonsid-
erations. Nobody. 10 my knowledge,
has averred that the claimant himself
did anything worse than present his
petition, accompanied with the evi-
dence which showed it to be true
Congress must have believed the evi-
dence, or else the law could not pos
sibly have passed. Was the evidence
truee Some of il consisted of public
records. which are conclusive
Other facts rested on the sworn state
ments of witnesses who professed to
know whereof they affirmed" The
perfect justice Of the claim was fully
made out unless these witnesses were
guilty. of wilIful and deliberate per.
jury. But no attempt has been made
TO contradict them. or to cast a shade
of doubt upon their veracity. They
are indorsed by their neighbors as
men of unimpeaehable character
Having for many years iyed in the
same town with several of them,
whose afidavits are most important, |
know that their oaths are entitled to
confidence as full and as implicit a.
the oaths Of any men in America.
Such is the case as it appears TO me.
There may be some wrong or wicked
ness about it that | never saw or
heard Of. I did not see the joint res
oIution or know what was in it until
long after it passed. Subsequently /
was asked to give, and did give, a
written opinion upon the legal con-
struction of it, which was laid before
YOU. Still later, YOU and had some
conversation about the points of law
involved 1t was perfectly manifest
to me that YOU were giving the ben
eft of every doubt to the Govern
ment, and were determined to make
your calculations as strongly against
the claimant as YOU possibly could /
and not falsify the figures. Every
act done and every word spoken by
YOU in nv presence tended to show
that you were conseientiously deyO-
ting your time and labor to the per- /
formance of an Onerous duty, from !
which you could not escape.
Having said thus much, let me do .
myself the justice to add that | am .
not, never was. and never will be.
believer in this mode of setting diff (
ferences between the United States
and citizen Though the legisla- .
tive decree made by Congress in this
case was, TO the best of my knowl- I
edge and belief. founded in truth and
justice, and though it be supported bv
numerous precedents, yet it is liable
to objection on general principles. A
claim ought TO be established by eyi-
dence, not taken er parte, but subject
TO cross examination and it ought to /
be passed upon by an impartial and
honest tribunal, composed of compe-
tent judges, unawed by popular in
huenees. inaccessible TO private solici-
tation, and without lobby to black (
mail the petitioner Bot If Congress
undertook TO exercise the judicial
function, decided the facts. declared
the law. and directed YOU to execute /
their Judgment, yOa are surely not
to blame for doing so.
| am most truly yours. &e.,
j. ). BLACK.
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ale do you bny Of him dsy2"
" Not more than three on the aver
age"
We'll call it three, then, at ten
cents a glass IL amounts to just
thirty ceuts. Yoa get your cigars
there. believe. How many day ,''
Not more than a couple, and ten
cent ones at that
That makes tiftv cents Fifty
cents day amounts 20 three dollars
a week, and three dollars a week, to
one hundred and fifiy-six dollars q
wear.
Well, declare, / didn't suppose
it would amount to half that ~ said
Philikins, little soberlv.
You foregot that it is the dimes
that make the dollars. By your own
showing, what YOU have spent for the
last ten wears, for ale and cigars, if
put at interest, would not only have
enabled you to buy the Carleton
place, but left you quite a surplus be-
sides. Now, do you suppose what
YOU have drank and smoked has done
you any good ?"
Il don't think it has done me any
harm"
Now, don't you feel that spending
an amount Of money Ike TINT, on
what YOU think does you no harm,
and what YOU knoic has done YOU no
good, is paving rather dear for your
whistle ?"
why, man, rretorted Philikins, pet
ulantly, finging the stump Of his
cigar across the road, wouldn't you
have a body have seme pleasures ~
Most certainly; but | would have
them of the rational and enduring
kind, and such as your wife and fam
ily can participate in. Now, YOU
were telling me the other day that
YOU couldn't afford to take one good
family paper. Why, the amount you
spend every week, for what does YOU
more harm than good, would pay for
the subscription a whole year"
True enough. Mary has been
teasing me to subscribe for the vii
lage paper for the last six months"
Then why don't Won do it2 By
what right do you deny her such an
innocent and rational pleasure. while
you expend a hundred fold what it
would cost for your own selfish graft
feationy Now. Philikins, take my
advice, and subscribe for it the first
thing you DO, and hereafter let
Blatherem build his own houses
Let the next house you build be for
yourself"
There is useful lesson TO be drawn
from the foregoing conversation, and
which is Of actual occurrence
/ am speaking to you. sir-nOt to
your next door neighbor, though per-
haps it may apply equally as well to
him.
Don't deny your families the sim
pie and innocent pleasures that make
home such an attractive and happy
place, or pull down the roof over
your own head TO build houses for
other people
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and frightening the women into con

and frightening the women into con
vulsiOns.
Once he grew impatient at the long
delay in lashing his freight to his tail,
and started prematurely, running a
hundred yards AZ a slapping pace be-
ore be discovered that he was flying
ight He sneaked back, looking
sheepishly apologetic, backed up again,
waited until a bunch Of tin clippings
was securely fastened By-and-by
these dog-raees became an old thing
with US boys, but the appetite grew
upon Knave until he didn't feel IN
good health if he missed his diurnal
sport" Then be got to collecting all
the tinwaFe he found lying arOund
loose, and storing it up for future use
II bv any chance, we forgot to exer-
else him, be would 90 to his tin pile,
select promising oyster can, or sec
ton Of stOvepipe, carry il in bis mouth
to one Of his biped friends, and beg
piteously to have it tied on knave's
enthusiasm for the turf finally led
him on 70 his death. As be grew
loder his taste grew more fastidious.
He came to prefer new tinware 70
that which was tarnished By atmos-
pheric oxidation. and. having little
respect for moral OF statute laws. he
stole abundantiy from the village
shop Finally, an apprentice detected
him getting of with string Of pint
cups fresh from the mint, which caus-
ed him TO yield up his risky ghost
We buried him ON the bill with a
''hic jacetp headbOard, bearing an IN
seription to the effect that we could
have spared better dog
If any one doubts the truth Of that
story, can show him the place where
knave is buried
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Building Houses for Others.

: Il declarel I'm almost discourag-
ed" groaned Philikins to his friend
Smith. Its nothing but dig, dig.
( from morning TIL night, week in and
week out. and nothing gained by it. :"
you don'tme to saw. with your
wages. that YOU don't Law by any
thing,"
Yes, | do. | think myself lucky
when the year is mp. if I'm clear Of
debt"
Why you've been working on good
pay for more than fifteen years, You
ought to have a snug little homestead
by this time"
But / haven't; and what's more |
never expect to have. | hear that
Jones has bought the widow Carrie
toms place"
4. Yes. and he's got it at bargain,
too. With what Improvements he
can make, at odd hours. it will be
worth double what be paid"
For nv part. don't see how he
did it: he earns no more than !, and
he has a larger family"
"Ah, my friend, but it isn't by what
be earns. but by what he saves,"
Well. wouldn't be 80 mean and
close Gsted "a he Is. to own a dozen
houses. Only last week asked him
to join our exeursion-which would
only cost him a dOllar-and he said
he couldn't afford il. For man that
can buy fifteen hundred dollar house,
that is putting it rather strong. !
should saw"
That's just the wav he does it. !"
What, by saving the expense of
the excursion"
BY saving that one dollar-and
good many more, that, with you go
the same way"
"A man must have some pleasure "
Yes, but was it SUCH By your
own account, YOU were tired to death;
more so than if you had been work
ing. You not only lost that dsy, but
was not fit for much the day follow
ing. As for Jones being mean and
close / can't agree with you. His
wife and children are ALWAYS well
dressed aud cared for; and / have no
ticed that his house is well supplied
with books and newspapers And
when Lawrence was burned out, and
subscription was got upfor his ben
eft, he put down five dollars. But
where are YOU going now :"
"Only in Blatherem's moment,
just to get glass of ale. You walk
along; I'll oyertake YOU"
In few minutes Philikins rejoined I
Smith, and they walked along to-
gether.
The latter noticed the ends Of two
cigars that Ph,iikins had thrust into
his vest pocket, but said nothing.
Soon they came in front Of fine
looking building, evidently just com
pleted
Philikins surveyed il with an envi-
Gus look
That's Blatherem's new house
he said, biting of the end of his cigar.
Yes; and you've helped to build
H.
Philikins started at his friend for a
without speaking.
II! How do YOU make that out!"
why, YOU patronize him, don't
your"
"0h, my patronage don't amount to
much
Don't it, How many glasses Of
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Hon. b. r. Meyer

This gentleman is again a candi-
date for Congress in the 18th District
Of our State. The District Is deeply
concerned. by reason of its coal, iron,
many other interests Of protection
The opinions of our people on this
subject are so completely formed, and
their convictions so deep seated, that
we do not propose to discuss or argue
the matter. We shall not attempt to
set forth the opinions and acts of
Mr.. Meyers on this great and vital
topic ANY attempt to do this in a
heated campaign, would be charged
upon us as an effort 20 make political
capital. We therefore propose to call
Mr.. Meyers himself as witness aud
earnestly invite the people of the dis
trict to hear what he saws,
In the Harrisburg Patrio. of March
Goth 1871, he uses the following Ian
guage:
SALT AND COAL
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lErom the Missouri Denoerat.
a bad Memory

There was once q good old lady
whose great age had affected her in
little less than her memory. She had
forgotten nearly al her past life and
could not remember the names Of her
nearest relation. Bat she never for
got how liable she was to forget, and
being very sensitive one the point,
she endeavored in all sorts Of crafty
wavs to conceal her weakness in this
respect. One day sn old friend called
on her. and in the course Of eonver-
sation a Mr.. Jacob Peters was men-
toned. The old lady prieked up her
ears and tried to look knowing. To
save her life she could not remember
who Mr.. Peters was.
"Yes. yes" said she cuHningly.
Jacob Peters Certainly. certainly.
| remember him. But just lets uE-
derstand each other. People DO make
such mistakes, yoa know, when they
don't fix things all straight st first
Now tell me exactly which Iseob
Peters you mean.
why don't YOU remember Jacob ?
cried the visitor. Jacob Peters was
your first husband
The old lady mused. Jacob
Peters" said she. Why. YES. | be-
lieve he was my husband, or some
thing Of that kind
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SOMERSET, Pa, "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER O. 1872

cumstances. There is, however. a
goodly number Of outspoken revenue
reform democratic newspapers in the
state, and much good has been accom-
plished by their boldness and eonsis-
| tency.
H. The peopie of the state are at
present in favor Of moderate "proiec-
tive" duties on coal, pig metal and
the various manufactures of iron. /
mean q majority of the people of the
state Salt. hemp, wool. wooden and
Gotten manufactures, and other arti-
cles which are not extensively pro-
duced here, they would prefer to have
lightly taxed They are not "p-otec-
tionists' from priuciple, but from what
they conceive to be their interest.
The exhorbitant and prchibitory rate
on "Besscmer steel,r however, has
turned the stomaehs Of maay an ar
dent advocate of high tariff. The
dose is little too strong, and pro-
duces nausea.
| have no doubt that, if a proper
effort were made to educate the pop
ular mind in this State on the subject
of tariff reform the present "Protec-
tionist' majority might soon be turn
ed into minority The pamphleteer
IS the missionary needed in Pennsvl-
vania. Facts, figures, statistics. put
up in brief form and attractive stvle.
are wanted in every household. The
field is open for cultivation. The
ground is fallow. Ii needs but dill
igent sowing of the seed to cause the
harvest to spring up in abundance.
III. The poIiiciaas are described
in the first paragraph in reference to
the press They are under the domi-
nation of the mOnopolists. So far as
the tariff is concerned they dare not
call their souls their own. Look at
the platforms adopted by the recent
conventions Of the two political par
ties, and you will see the subser
viency on the one hand and tirniditv
on the other. Educate the people,
and the politicians will learn quick
enough.
On the whole, the sentiment Of the
people of this state, in reference to
free trade doctrines, Is much improved
since last year. \ few years ago,
an ayowed Free Trader was a rora
aris is this section. Now he is to
be found here, there and everywhere.
His voice is a little Subdued as vet,
but it will ere long be heard from the
Delaware to the Ohio.
| am, yours very respectfully,
b. +. MEYERS.
HsJforI Tooytt,.ey-
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IL Horace Greeley on record IS
favoring the right Of secession +, Yes.
Not only did he assent to secession in
the Tribune before the war. but he
transferred his utterance TO his His
tory of the American Conflict after
the war, and there leaves it as mon
ument of his folly. In the first vol
ume of the American Conflict, page
$50, he copies aPproyingly an article
which be published in the Tribune Of
9, 1850, one passage from
which reads as follows: q Ind ,rhen-
erer considerable section Of our
Uai0H shall deliberately resolre to GO
Oat lce shall resist all coercice MEG
sareS designed 10 keep them in It. !"
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An old lady not a thousand miles
from Lowell died at an almost eenteu-
arian age few DAYS ago Before her
death she gave minute directions for
her funeral. Among other things she
said she wanted to be '.laid Ou:' in
her black silk gown. and they must
not take out the back breadth as they
did when Sally Smith was laid out.
"ForT said the old lady, depreeatingly
but seriously. what figger Sally
viii cut at the resurrection without
any back in her gownn
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III. G.. will need a new and imProv-
ed set Of blasphemies if these fall
elections do not quit running in favor
of the Republican party.
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Read the Following List Of
Claims Paid.

James Joice, New York City, q. .O0O payment
overdue ! months.
r. H. g. Hampe. New York City. 81 600. pay
menf overdue months and DAYS.
Mrs q. B. Hart, Chicago, IL s5.Oo0. payment
overdue months aud Is DAYS.
H. r. Moore. Boston. Mass, s2.0Oo. paymen;
overdue months and ls DAYS.
James II Acair. New Maysville. Ind, - Ooo.
payment overdue months and DAYS
Bernard OGraey. Detroit. Mich. e. 600. pay
men; overdue 2 years. 10 months and II days
Jones u. Estabrpok- Fifchburg. Mass. a. 900.
payment overdue years. month and days.
GOODCHILD Il MARSHALL. Agents
June l1-12 Somerset Pa
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This l. % certify that INV late husband. Daniel
B. Thomp-0n. was insured in the Berkshire Life
Insurance Company. Pitisheld- Mass. for Al. 90,
Dccembcr 18th. 1870, premium payable quarterly.
That two payments were made up 10 June 18th.
ISL that he died October 18Th, four months after
he failed 10 make his payment.
The usual proofs Of death were forwarded 20 the
Company and the full amount Of the policy less
the two quarterly payments due at the time Of his
death. paid % me by their General gent in
Philadelphia. W. II. Graves. at their Office, ;. W.
corner Chestnut and Eleventh Streets.
fSgneil NETTIE THOMPSON,
W. II. Greene. late Of New York insured a lew
years since IN the Berkshire Life Insurance Com
pany for $3.50. huf owing t. misfVrtune in bust
ness vas unable 10 make any "a yInent 10 the
Company during one year and i've mOnths prior to
bis deccase. l have this day paid lat the New
\ 0rk Office VI the Company. IL Broadway. cOrncr
of Chamcers street,. three thousand two hundred
and ninety nine dollars. this being the iuli amount
que u his widow. AFTER dctiucting the overdue pay
ments ami interest
J. Il. FRANCISCUS.
New YORK March llth- 20. Superintendent
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IN STOYsTowN.

The undersigned. proprietor Of the Diamond
Hotel. on the southeast corner Of the Diamond be-
iu.y inducea BY HE many friends would say to the
travelling public that he is prepared TO receive
and Hospitality entertain al who may give him q
call His house viii 5e conducted with the best
order and furnish hne accommodations.
SAMUEL CUSTER,
StoystOwn- Pa Aprii nth lg-2
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Now Manufactured.

And We solicit an examination Of n. AGENTS xan.-
ed N every eonnty, 10 whom We viii give the rn0rs
EATON BROS, ls Filth Ave, Pittsburgh. Pa.