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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12
Something about Fishes.

A fish story, related by Professor
Mobius, of Kiel, in Holstein, and
quoted by Max Muller, fairly deserves
place among things remarkable
The hero of the story is pike, one Of
the most vivacious and voracious of
fishes. The pike was a tenant of an
acquariam, but declined to live upon
the Fashions furnished by his keeper
choosing rather to regale himself
upon the smaller fishes. In order to
repress this voracity, glass was in-
serted in the aquarium, leaving the
pike sole tenant of one-half and the
little fishes in the other The pike,
seeing his game fitting about, made
a tilt for them, but was stunned by
the glass barrier, and more than once
struck so violently as to turn over on
his back as if dead. Recovering, he
would rally again to the charge, till,
after about three months, he desisted,
convinced by the ''logic of eircum-
stances that his dashes at the little
fishes were useless, as well as incon-
venient. The solitary confinement
was prolonged for about six months,
when the dividing glass was remov-
ed. The pike at once started toward
the little fishes, but did not touch one
of them, stopping short aqout an inch.
Imagination if fishes have imagi-
nation, was check as good as the
glass had been. The pike dined, like
a companion, lcith-not upon-the
other fishes. The most remarkable
part of the story is yet to come.
While the pike respected the rights of
the old tenants of the aquarium, the
a strange fish was thrown in
the creature devoured it at once.
The experiment was repeated forty
times, and the forty hapless stranges
were all swallowed, while the pike
carefully abstained from touching the
old fish. \ professor of natural his
tory speculates on the conduct of the
fish, and holds that this forbearsnce
arose, not from judgement but the
recollection of pain connected with
the old fish; and that, though the pike
had q natural desire to swallow them
the impression of pain repressed his
instinct. With the strange
fishes, he had no such unpleasant
associations.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12

will trust you that far. l will wait
here ten minutes and then YOU must
go with me-"

will trust you that far will wait
here ten minutes and then YOU must
go with me-"
Toto Jail ?"
"Yes."
"Hark!"
A low wall as if one in distress,
came from an adjoining room.
90, my soul!" cried Edgar, 81 can
not see her. Take me away Let
me die as deserve"
While he spoke the doorway open
ed, and Julia Amnesty came forth
She was clad IN white and her face
was as white as was the robe which
seemed winding sheet.
"Julia.r
Edgar, go to your mother. Go
quickly, or you will not see her alive. ="
With wild, desparing cry he start
ed forward He had reached the
open door, and Julia had vanished
from his sight, when heavy hand
was laid upon his arm.
x
Edgar! Edgar"
He started. and struggled, and
looked up. Where was he? Whose
familiar voice had sounded in his ear?
Edgar! Bless mel WHY you've
been a sleep-and / should judge you
had bad dream Mercy. when |
came in and heard you groau, ] fear
ed you were in fit"
1t was the president. He had come
back as he had promised.
Edgar got down from his high chair
and shook himself; and when he had
reached the blessed assurance that
the terror had been only dream, he
thanked God and took courage.
"Yes, sir" he said to the president,
II had 4 terrible dream. | thought
my mother was dying, and-but it is
past. ] must have been very tired.
| have but few moments work TO
do, sir. Ifyou will wait, l will walk
homeward with YOU"
The work was speedily done; the
books were put away, and the safe
double locked: and having delivered
the room into the charge of the night
watchman, the two went out togeth-
er.
And from that time Edgar Fonte-
nay never again was tempted as 9TH
ers are tempted. Though only in a
dream, yet the touch of the fire had
been painful and efiieacious. With
the New Year, he took Julia for his
wife. If he could not give her horses
and carriages, he could give her hon
est, devoted love; and he brought to
her from every contact with the world
a manhood reliable and beautiful be-
yond all price.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12

Poultry Dict.

Cyenne pepper, mustard OF ginger
can, with great benefit, be added to
the food of fowls, to increase their
vigor, and to stimulate egg production.
This apparently artificial diet will be
seen to be natural if we remember
that wild birds of the -gallinaceous
species get access to very many high
ly spiced berries and buds; articles
that give the game flavor" to. their
flesh. The ordinary food of the do
mestic fowl is not, indeed, entirely
without some such addition, since
there is more or less of an aromatic
principle in wheat, Indian corn and
all other grains. Nevertheless, it is
not sufficient in xuantity to supply
the place of stronger spices, a taste for
which is part of the fowls inherit
ed constitution. A moderate guam
tity of cyenne etc, added to the
ground grain, is always productive
of health and thrift in poultry.-The
Poultry World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12
French Anecdotes of Franklin.

One day, when Franklin was {
printer in Philadelphia, he said to one
of his employees, a skillful workman
who never come to his work before
Wednesday of the week; Francis
you do not think Of the future. ii
you would keep steadily at your work
you might lay by sum that would
enable you to live comfortably by
and by" To this the workman au-
swered: II have made my calcula.
ton. | have an uncle who is drug
gist in Cheapside London. He has
determined to work hard for twenty
years, when he will have laid up four
thousand pound sterling, and then be
proposes to live like a gentleman
His idea is to purchase pleasure at
wholesale. | rather have it at re-
tail | prefer half the week for
amusement during twenty years to
the whole week when | am twenty
years older"
After the Declaration Of Indepen-
denee in the United States, each
State commenced the task ofdrawing
up and passing new laws and a form
Of government TO replace those which
they had destroyed. During this
there were tedious and bitter debates
in the Pennsylvania Assembly, and
at the end of two or three months
they found themselves just where
they started. Meanwhile everything
went on as usual in the community /;
there were no troubles, no public dis
order Of any kind, and one day Frank
lin said to the representatives or dep
uties: Gentlemen while we are here
in perfect state of anarchy, the peo-
pie are conducting their affairs just as
usual. Take care! II cur disputes
continue much longer, they may find
out that they can do without US"
Franklin explained, by the follow
ing apologize, how we may correct,
by time and patience, the faults Of
character and manner. Il was"
said be, ''iH an ironmonger's shop one
day, when man came in to buy an
axe. The workman had not polished
it much, except just at the blade, and
the buyer expressed a desire to have
it polished all over. That would be
q long task, the workman said, and
be had no one to turn the grindstOne.
The buyer offered TO turn it himself,
and soon tho two were hard at work.
After little while the buyer wanted
to examine the progress Of the polish
ing, and seemed rather disappointed.
Very soon he examined the axe again,
and seeing that only few spots
were polished after all his trouble,
he exclaimed: Faith, III take the
axe as it is! / won't bother any
more about the polish So with our
manners" said Franklin eve like
to see them polished, but we have
not the patience to turn the grind
stone and, ,Eindeed, provided an axe
cnts well, it dosn't matter much if it
isn't so polished
Franklin went one day to see the
mills of great manufacturer at Nor
wich. The owner took him all over
the establishment, saying: Here we
make fabrics for Italy here for Ger
many these are for the islands of
America; these for the Continent" :"
and so ON. During the exhibition
Franklin noticed that the operatives
were half naked or in rags, and turn
ing to his guide, he said :: AHd trhere
pray are the goods that y0u make for
NOrlricb ?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12
Planting Strawberries.

A writer in the Cottage Gardener
describes method by which he OBJ
tains early results from planting stray
berries He first allowed the runners
to form a mass Of rooted plants
These he took up with spade, three
inches deep, and in blocks nine inch
es square, the work being neatly done
by cutting them by lines. In well
prepared bed, these blocks were set
eighteen inches apart. The roots not
being injured in the least the crop
was excellent. We have adopted a
similar plan, cutting smaller blocks.
with single strong plants to each
They were set out in spring, and the
plants being checked none, the bed
bore a fair crop of ripe berries six
weeks after setting. If the operation
is well performed, beds might be set
in autumn without danger of the
plants suffering by the freezing of
winter a slight covering of ever
greens being given.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12
An Intelligent Cat.

The man who lives Just back of Us,
Chubb, has a yellow tom-cat whose
intelligence is almost human. Chub's
cat possesses voice like q Tuscaro-
ra Indian, and when it goes out in
the yard on moonlight night and
meets a cat with different views, and
reasons with it and INDUCES in ami
mated conversation and lifts out
handfuls of fur, YOU can hear the de-
bate for a mile and half. Chubb
used to be much annoyed by the con-
tinual disturbance, and he would
disperse the meeting with bullets
and other proiectiles. But at last he
noticed that bis remonstrances had
no effect. The more sap cups and
boots he fired into the yard the loud
er his yellow tom-cat would screach,
and when he would bang away his
gun, the cat would send out wild, un-
earthly VOW +! which would wake
people within fifteen squares, and set
eight or ten thousand dogs to bark
ing. 1t semed queer to Chubb that
his cat always refused to move on
when hit, that he determined one
night to watch it.
Just at dusk he observed the cat
drag about twelve inches of old stove
pipe out from under bush and
crawl into it. Then the cat inserted
its legs through four holes that had
been punched in the iron, and with
its head projecting through the end,
and its body clad in armor, it winked
at Chubb, and rambled off to attend
the mass-meeting. Chubb says now
that he wouldn't take thousand dol
lars for that cat; but if we do not
tunnel under Chubb's yard some
night and blow his tom-eat into eter-
nity with a submarine torpedo, it
will be very singular We admire
ingenuity, but vociferous tom-cat
makes us unhappy.-Mar Adler.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12
a L,s.ls Aaeu. ,ne u,naso..

Before Abraham, the patriarch
was born, or the pyramids Of Egvpt
were built, the Ilindoos. a branch Of
The great Aryan family, had descend
ed from their home near the Him.
alaya Mountains, and travelling south
ward many reached the valleys Of the
.Inmna and the Ganges, coBquering
and enslaving some Of the tribes
that inhabited those regions, and
driving out others, bsstowing upon
them such unpleasant names as
thieves" +" "black tribes" and weak
ones" To themselves they gave the
name Of white; and not without
some reason, for the tint Of their skin
is much lighter than that the Bheels
Gonds and other tribes which sur
round them. Their heads are longer
and more oval, their features more
regular, their bodies better proper
toned, and many of their women Of
the higher castles, not withstanding
:heir dark compilations. are exquisitly
beautiful
When the Hindoos first entered
upon the plains Of India they were
an energetic and warlike people but
the enervating climate, the despotism,
Of their rulers, and the want of neces-
sity for exertion in that fertile coun-
try changed them gradually into an
indolent race, who hated motion and
loved nothing so well as to dream away
their lives. To illustrate their ha-
bitual laziness it is only necessary to
say that the farm labOrers, when
wedding the miserably cultivated
crops, sit upon the ground, and after
leasurely clearing the space within
reach, move On little way, sit down
again and repeat the operation.
1t is evident from the finding Of an
old wrought iron pillar in India late
" that many centuries ago the Hin
docs knew how to value and utilize
a metal that is more precious to US
than gold They have long been
skilled in various arts and manufac-
lures, and the gold and silver brona
des of Delhi were famous two thous-
and years ago. Some Of their inlsid
ware has to be viewed through a
magnifying glass of great power to
reveal the minute pieces used in its
manufacture the furniture they make
is elaborately carved, and the carpets
they weave can not be excelled in
harmony Of color. But this skill is
not to be wondered at when we re-
member that from generation to gen
Grafton the son has taken up the,pro-
fession or trade of his father, the reg
ula:ions Of caste prohibiting the chill
dren from following any other occu-
patton than that Of their ancestors.
Every Hindoo prides himself upon
the caste or class of society TO which
he belongs, even the Pariahs, or out
casts, considering their cooking uten-
sis defled if any one belonging to
another caste has used them. The
Pharisees of old would not eat with
hands or from unclean yes
sells, but the Hindoos go still farther,
and sbun the breath of garlic eater
or brandy drinker as they would
pestilence, in which thew show good
taste, to say the least. The distinc-
tiOns Of caste are dying out, however
under the influence in India of the
British Government, which now holds
in subsection this once powerful nation.
And as the distinctions of caste die
out better civilization is coming to
the Hindoos, whose power to learn
from their masters is very great.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12
SPENT AND MIssPENT.
by ALICE CAREY.

Stay a little longer In the sky,
Oh, golden color of the evening sun
Let not the sweet day in its sweetness die,
While my days work is only just begun
Counting the happy chances strewn about,
Thick rs the leaves, and saying which was bcs
The rosy lights of morning all went out,
And it was burning noon, and time to rest.
hen leaning low upon piece Of shade,
Fringed round with vIolets and pnnsies swest.
My heart and l. said will be delayed,
And plan our work while calls the sutry heat
Deep in the hills and out OF silence vast,
watehfull played upon his silver tune
My plans los. purpose, fell to dreams at last,
And held me late into the afternoon.
But when the Idle pleasures cease to please,
And awoke, and hot plan was planned,
Just as n drowning man at what he sees
Catches for life, l caught the thing a; hand.
And 50 life's little work-day hour has all
Been spent and misspent doing what Icould;
And in regrets and efforts TO recall
The chance of fhaving, being, what could
And so sometimes cannot choose but cry,
Seeing my late sown flowers are hardly set
oh, darkening color Of the evening sky,
Spare me the day little longer yet
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12

"a very portly gentleman being OBJ
liged to take trip across the coun-
trv, off from the railroad route, sent
his servant to the stage Office to Sc
cure him two seats, so that be should
not be crowded.
The man soon returned, and was
asked if he had executed the order,
and replied that he had.
"In what part of the coach are the
seats 2" said the gentleman,
Zone is on the in side Of the stage,
and other is outside with the driver"
said the shrewd fellow.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-12

The broker started.
You're going in strong, my boy. ,
81 am going for bold stroke"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-04
Au.wcr- to Correspondents.


Employee ~" SOC you always uso the
word employee. whom speaking OF person in
employment. Ia this tho right word r. Answer
We think 80. There is classof words. adapted
from the Latin, such ~ morigageo, payee, NOM
inoe. NO, No., representing in each case the per-
son reecipiag ne action. So OF employment; ono
person employs, the other is tho employee
Taere s n French word OF equivalent moaning
AID similar derivation -"employo using but
one "s" and putting French accent mark over
1t. In English, no such accent marks ara need-
ed, and they might AS well not bo used. We
have our Engliah word why not take Il? tYou
will hnd sOme sensible Allusion to this very mat.
tor in tho Gdtdry, for August)
The Grab Not Reli1nci An anxious gentle
man, Who voted the Democratic ticket last Fall
aaks whether Congressman Biggs or Senator
Salisbury has returned his allotment OF the
Back Pay We are obliged to tell him that they
have not-not a cent OF it. Az returners, they
are dead failure,
Wh0 arr "honordbl ?"-The use OF the prefix
"ion,, tho contraction Of Honorable has
been extended 10 the names Of members Of the
Legislature, Ia this proper Answer. We
think not, The prefix properly distinguishes
member OF Congress- and may ha applied to n
Mayor or Judge, but II every man who ever
sat once in tho Legi la i've assemblies is to be-
"Hon. the distnctn II amounts to no more than
"Mister." In New Eugland some OF the Logic.
latnres have three or four hundred members,
elected every year, and besides that the service
given TO the public by many OF the asscmhynan
N harrisburg, Albany and Trenton, is dlshunur-
ahle rather than otherwise.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-04
Ths Bach Fay Record.

The following is an accurate list cf the Sena-
tors and Representatives who have returned
thor back pay to the Treasury, as shown by the
TreAsurcr's book New Iork-R L. Fen
ton, W, A. Wheeler, W. Ii. Roberts, s. S. Cox,
Eli Perry, W l.. Sessions, c n Potter. C. L.
Merriam Republicans and 1 Democrats New
Jersey, g. 4, Hslscy, ~ I, Frelinghugsen, John
Hhl-S-kepuhllcaUs Maine. II, Hamhu, ]. A.
Peters, Eugene Hale W. r. Frye-4 Republi.
cans; Connecticut W. A. buckingham. J, Ii
Hawley, II. ii, Starkwaather-S Republicans .
Vermont, Z. W. w.llad Republican OHIO
James A. Garfield, James Monroe. W
H. lpson, Charles Foster, A. e. Thur.
man, john Sherman-5 Republicans, / Demo
crat Indiana II. II Pratt, W. 5 Holman, Nj
q Kerr, John Ononrn-2 Republicans and ,
Democrats Illinois, Z, Il Farw0ll J. Nj. Crebbs
J. II Hawley > Republicans and Democrat =.
Wisconsin, q. W. HA1rton J NJ. Rusk, J. Alien
harher. Alexander Mitchell. rhiletus SAWYER
kepnhicans.I Democrat Iowa q. NJ McGleary.
A. IL Cotton-2 RepublioSus Missouri. Carl
Schuts, q, \, Hncklehurg-9 Republicans :
Michigan L. W Ferry Z Chandler, Wilder u
Flsier, Henry WAdron--l RspuhlioAns Macs,
CHARLES Sumner, Aui Henry Wilson, Replhli-
,Ans Rhode island h. h. Anthony. Repuhh.
can Delaware, L. Z RayAri, Democrat Cab
tornia, +, CAsserly, pemactat, Tins shows
that of the dtty-lwo Senators aud Repre-
sentatiyes who returned their back pay, forty
one a'e Republicans and eloNeu Democrats
An examination Of the list Also sheNs that not
single Senator or Representative fnnn ANY OF
tho tolloWing States have returned hls share "
the salary grah 70 the IfeAsury Alabama Al.
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, kentackv,
Louisiana Maryland, Minnesota. MlssissipW
Nebraska, Nevada. New Hampshire, North car
nhhA, ogekoo, south CAr0AuA. tennessee TeAAs
Nrglnga, W. Virginia
While eosh SenAtors tN'Iu Massachusetts aud
one troIn Rhode Island, Delaware and IAliar.
LA has returned his pay .uolhlnE hiss been heard
irTn any " the keptes, utailvvs fr0m those
States, and they appear upon the rsc>,gls s. hAy-
hS p,rketcd the money
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-04
TAe Vice rrs.iass,.
srAtK er Mn. nl.seN. !. n.,1rn

N'F>H'' - m "thcA'N > AhAlkA
Ailn,hns 10 The EelANts esnestnius the Illness
OF NTe President Wilson, the Rasioa t;..ay ~
the LIST inst. SAYS Ii Is true that MF. wilson
had iNArAlysit sh,Ntk last spIins caused by oyet
wark during the fall campaign " 1872 hut M.
shtNrk MAS very slight, Mr. Wilson nrs, a.tsyk
holnk a. the breakfast tAa.e, where he suddenly
fNand himself unable - oolnnAui his toncHe
and Aps lie 81 no ;iNe lost his Consciousness
el;, on the Contrary, NOT conprahslsipr tha
nature of the disease toaA WSlk 10 the ess,,-
terry, dsrs'ly at,eF tie Ai,Sek IL try AMI ,hTss
ca tho sirArge seaSAsson, Nog suNNexNiinE IN
TINS, he 81 Nats sought ra>tA,A Al. AID sirnss
thsn lie las esSn gradually .mvroyluS. Theopa
iianS nsSdtGs 80 !uta Is rest &ni 1! he loAs MOI
attempt IL conple,e his wozk, - RsSS a.,
I'D. " Stiry =. ~ - .4"ssf-s,N; and ~ ,,p-sa
he el.l NM take sach : su.t4,iA. N2usse N -
h0pSd shat he WI. * ANis - gy,squs ms 3n.,,s
~ II! l's>'eIneer As President n the Senate Mr.
Nnsen has 81 Nc iinie sas; zoe nss q ls Yahse
although, censt4a aen! aiNaG tie fA.tll. ~ ma
fiSh' slis Il h4s lave, tAuseI iy ,Ae sh,N,k. LIS
iN1es are Somewhat thisk And HUSKY san n
his tSes gS reS.otSd ~ It's former NAiti,;,er a.
is sAESN.ed, his Nolee Wi! hs IS tlsAE As ever.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-04
Ne IAslera la 1 a,sa.s

~ laarse thers is ~ cholera IN Chicago. How
Se''-d there es any eao.srA N CGi,ASo Pre-
lNster0Rs Ra, they have the tiisrYhea ,hsps
sl''lAsssN, and 1t SroNs AiArnlirsly w0rss vevA
by NsSk. Thsre were SS deaths irara, sil.rrhs.,
d'ssSseS ot perSoas over ave years " Axe drr.
its Zoe Neek ending ja,y 9th. Apd III deaths
i'em NAAsrhsA diseases ~ persons oysr fiys
tsAfs ~ sse ending July i2th. and yorrsSIs,,l-
leS intAnii.s mortality lrAln she sNus ,Aps. aur
lrs the same time. That Is having the 5iSrrha.
= sum Sea worse than I2atauuAl has hAA fha
ehNerA Nearly the Wcele population Of Ci,,.N.
81 nlGs; have the .isArhsA, tAAi ~ uaAny shsnla
Ss ,a e y ho" tAS''t ard AESaiiAn Is the yisw
thus N<Sht tsiors Us ~ the sA,a,,.Ii,,, y, ~ =
iSNNfsS psA'pisS Bat Stop rhe ys,ry h.lSN3 cnr.
Ssss N lar veins a. bVsors oar AVpallsi spurr.
hsnsAAn INNS III tie awful raS,asry 49,.
NnesSss ~ Nas2,A'ioa * cholera IN tttv uksrs
psapAe are dSiuE by hugirssis u dlarfAsa- NJ, :,
- 70 IastskN Il ySu sVe5 tsy., "a 9i.,-t,-.
-(NstsaSi.s sl.!.s -
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-04
R.ssa aranrh Chsrnclern.


a correspondent writesi Table manners hare
are very peculiar. OF I'll the heteFoge mass
Of humaniiy that eongreaate Il wstsriug plsees,
give me the romantic yonng woman. Ehe Who
hgElds her hair In long plAits behind, reads AM
thony Trolope under the cllT, bflngs him In
under her arm 1t dinner, and, II no male be by
lays him aside for the glamour of overdone roast
beef and fried potatoes, She 10 an expensive
party 10 paps, is the romantic young woman, for
her meals must be sent 10 her room, for fear
LsAndsr should never swim tho Helespont Of
soups and solids. Then comes the strongmin-
ded young woman. who wears her hair short
and refuses, utterly and entirely to "tipa the
walters. She u the source Of intnite travail Of
mind to this worthy clasa, who tgemble beneath
her eagle glance and slink away, Hubmaslveiy,
to oil her orders. As general rule she pur-
ports TO be correspondent for . newspaper,
and secures one Of the best rooms In the house
gratis. Then there arc the dowAger, and half .
hundred others, all of whom are familiar 20 20
the average wAterlng-plaoe frequentar They
abound here as they do at all other similar re-
aoris. ~