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New-York tribune., 1874-09-21
STRONG CANDIDATES.

Notwithstanding cur undlsguised preference
for another candidate. however heartily ratfy the
nomination OF the Hon. Samuel j. nlden for Governor
just recognition Of the inertia Of gentleman whose
distinguished ability spotless integrity and eminent
services not only behalf OF mis- party but In behalf OF
his state and In the Of genuine reform have com
maDded the and ensstle MIN W Ne cordial vp
New-York tribune., 1874-09-21
Real gstaie to Cxrbanse.

AN UNIMPROVED TRACT, one hour IN
N Jersey 500 Of 20 ExCHAEGB ior NV "
Brooklyn PROPERTY. J. D. COADiCI, AsJ btV~SsI
New-York tribune., 1874-09-21
Brooklnn prOpertn % fet.

DARLOR FLOOR Of No. 1O2 Pineapple-s
loat room "a suitable for an oce shop beuz bat tso DO
from Fulon-sL W. r. COOK 23j WishnEton-st BEookiln
New-York tribune., 1874-09-21
Gountrp 11ropertn to Get.

A DVERTISEMENTS FOR THE NEW
"A YORK TRIBUNE WILL BE RECsIyLD AT IhB .fVOn'
OFFICES. Nos 81 Is West Tary second si Or Jus Hsre
5Oi Thraye 1hrtgfolrtbsii ts 10
HARLAN OFFICE No 2,sSl Third one lundea.it
(arem Bank Bui1ugl ami a The bhOOA-
lS BRANCH oFFOE. No. llJ Nasago-sI sI asII aoof ~ 10
Post-OHce ; M, a. reguisr oaice rsses,
II JERSEY CITY-In Brulrs new building
an Neork-tye an elegant SrORB. entrance
good bu aess location store 2JEgJ. APpy IJJ SrSasAaSe -
barber shor
VlO LET-A frst-rate CORNER STAND for
grocery p1yis business HoDoAea III h rtal oN %
zooi tenant Appis to A. Il. WATSON West ho1e en- " y
yVO LET-Large COTTAGE, nine rooms, eX-
teusve grounds M front ai garden and b'slng yrten
croeuet lawn situate Psindey West oboken oppose Z5lf
NerYok comm adrg magnificent view 0 civ, an baf G
u.e o.ns he Args pub ha ID, lshts anu we'd aiapd
for both arien nd FestAnrant N pI1p
.0lbts BE- well psrOnzsl AppF 10 J. II. "AtsO "'-s
iiOboAen y. J.
New-York tribune., 1874-09-21
PRESS VIEWS ON THE DEMOCRATIC CON
VENIlON.
THE CANDIDATE GUARANTEES THE PLATFORM.
From The Ne4r- York Word DeH.l

from TIE Ner- York Word tDeH.l
The candidate of Syracuse guarantees the
platform. There is danger IN the bnnd following OF
Cannng's maxim, "Measures. not mem" There Is az
platform at syracuse by all but universal confession
declaration OF precisely those principles the application
OF which most urgently needed IN the state ana III e
nation. IL IL explicit comprehensive, and timely rs
real dfafeuty lies ana it is there that the
peope who are asked TO support the nominees at Syra
are gwen them In the character OF the candidates NO
other candidate could have furnished 80 conspicuous
guarantees as are furnished by Mr.. Iilden.
New-York tribune., 1874-09-21


II is a ticket made 10 win, and it will win.
II would puzzle political sagacity to present any com
binaton representing fully the varied In.
terests centenng pure aud free government than s
presented by the names OF rlden. Dorsheimer Thayer
Wagner and Muller. Now let Democratic and Liberal
friends, aud all other friends 0f REFORM gn ths work
of the campaign in earnest, and never for a moment
aggressive against existing misrue and cor
rupton until victory their efforts in November
M
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01

4 Selma, Ala, preacher has, ac-
cording to q Southern exchange, been
telling his congregation a strange
yarn. We hope he preached "to the
marines" but his audience was color
ed, and he himself the hue Of ebony.
The negro is credulous.
lie said that a young man, living
in one of the many towns that he had
visited, asked a younglady to accom-
pany him to church on the Sabbath
day. She replied, ~pettishly, that her
hair had not been curled, and that
she would go to the bad place with
her eyes wide open before she would
venture to church with her hair IN
curled. And she went not, at that
time; but the next Sunday, having
rotten her curls adjusted, she ventur-
ed out and listened patiently to the
sermon until its close. When the
congregation had been dismissed she
moved towards the door, but fell, on
reaching the portal, with her feet to
the door and. her head towards the
pulpit. As she fell her clothing crack
ed like Chinese crackers exploding,
and on examining her face it was
found that her eyelids were complete
ly gone. She was dead, but it was
impossible to close her eyes, because
of the loss Of her lids.
When her friends crowded around
to raise her up, they found themselves
unable to move her. The sequel
showed that it took twelve strong
men to lift her from the floor, and
twelve to put her in her coffin. 1t
also required the united exertions of
twelve ministers to preach her funer-
al sermon-an exceedingly heavy
Job, doubtless. When the last sad
rites were being observed, the lid of
the coffin suddenly raised of its own
accord, and something ''about the
size Of a black cat, but which was
not a black cat" leaped out. And as
this creature jumped from the coffin
to the floor it cried aloud to the pet
rifed audience, Wait! wait wait
until l curl my hair!" "As l expect
TO answer at the day Of judgment, "
said the sable divine, 81 saw this
scene with my own eyes, and If was
just as / have told Gu it."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
ATexas Aston.

In Southern Texas there is a cat
tie raiser who has lived there twenty
years. When he went there be
picked up a dozen cows and branded
them. He owned no land, but was
the possessor Of a wife, two or three
guns, a few dogs and two or three
horses. He kept watch oYe his
cows and lived in q hand-to-mouth
way for several years, subsisting his
family by the capture Of game and
the sale Of skins.
In May 1878, be owned 10000
head Of cattle duly branded, ranging
over the plains. He has a family
Of nine children, FIVE of whom are
boys. His Oldest child is q girl nine
teen years of age. She trots around
with bare feet, can rope a steer, kill
a wolf with a rife, or strangle q dog
at arms length.
In the mans house there is q nail
key filled with gold coin, while in the
pantry is a -four barrel almost full of
silver pieces. When be sells cattle it
is for coin, which is dumped on the
premises, be will not take paper mon
ey at any rate, but is always ready
to sell steers for gold or silver.
His boys are all familiar with
guns, horses and cattle. In a few
years they will have literally cart
loads of money provided robbers do
not make a rade upon them, in which
ease between man, wife, boys, girls,
dogs and shot guns the raiders would
be apt to get more bullet holes than
bullion.
The house occupied by this pros
porous family is low, built of logs and
contains three rooms. The father
and mother sleep in the dining room,
and the girls sleep in the spare room,
while the boys sleep in the addition.
The girls do not know much about
honiton lace or the opera, but they
can show Q nice lot Of calves, and
skin a veal as quick as an Ohio wo-
men can get up an open air prayer
meeting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Drinl, Tor tbe Harvest FIELD

A farmers wife in Montgomery
county sends US the following receipt
for Wholesome Field Drink" and
and as the seasonis now approaching
when it can be used, we publish 1t
so that all may make it who choose F.:
The excessive use Of cold water dur
ing the ~sweltering heat Of summer
often results in serious and alarming
illness It is therefore advisable
that some beverage should be sub
stituted for it Of which those Cypress
cd can partake safely. For this pur-
pose 1 am aware of no better or more
refreshing drink than the following:
Take the best white Jamaica ginger
root, carefully bruised, two ounces;
cream Of tarter, one ounce; water, SIX
quarts. to be boiled for about five
minutes, then strained to the strain
ed liquor add one pound OF sugar,
and again place it over the FIRE, keep
it well stirredtill the sugar is perfect
w dissolved, and then pour 1t into
an earthen vessel, in which you have
previously put two drachms oftartar-
lie acid. and the rind Of n lemon
and let It remain till the heat is re-
duced TO a lulke-warm temperature
then add a teaspoonful Of yeast, stir
ring them well together, and bottle
for use. The corks must be well Sc
cured. The drink viii be in a high
perfection in four or five days. This
isa very refreshing and wholesome
beverage, and il which may be
largely partaken Of without any I'M
pleasant results, even in the hottest
weather.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
BENEFITS ofthc Tomato.

DR.. Bennett, q professor of some
celebrity, considers the tomato as
an invaluable article Of diet, and as
cribes to it very important medical
properties:
/. That the tomato is n Of the
most powerful aperients of the
materia medica, and that in all those
affections of the liver and organs
where calomel is indispensable, it is
prabably the most effective and least
harmful remedial agent known to the
profession.
2. That the chemical extract pill
can be obtained from it which will
altogether supersede the use of calo-
mel in the use of diseas.
3. That he has successfully treated
diarrhpa with this article alone.
4. That when used as an article Of
diet, it is almost a sovereign remedy
for dyspepsia and indigestion.
5. That the citizens in ordinary
should make use of it either raw,
cooked, or in the form Of catsup, with
their daily'food, as it is a most healthy
article.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
steam ON Canals.

The experiment of steam nayiga.
ticn on the Erie Canal has proved
successful. The engines designed by
Mr.. William Baxter were awarded
the, first State prize Of $4,000, Of
which $4,000 is II to be paid after be
has put seven boats on the canal.
The second prize-S30, 000, in two
installments-was awarded to the
plan Of Mr.. Dobbins, Of Buffalo, Oh
condition that before drawing the first
moiety Of the sum he should place
three boats on the canal. Mr.. Bax.
ter. as soon as the commission had
announced the award, formed the
Baxter Steam Canal Transportation
Company, which already has two
boats running between New York
and Buffalo. Their time is from six to
seven days each way, while the boats
drawn by horses consume from thir.
teen to fourteen days. Mr.. Dobbins.
owner ofthe second best boat, has
consolidated his interest with that.oi
the Baxter Company, and is building
three boats at Buffalo on the Baxter
plan. For the Baxter Company five
unfinished boats are on the stocks in
Rondout and two in Frankfort, Herk-
inner County. Before navigation
closes the company viii have ten or
more boats running. Their capacity
is to be from 200 to 225 tons, as il
has been demonstrated that a boat of
larger size cannot navigate the canal
probably. Their draught viii be
SIX feet. The freight rates from Buff
falo to New York on the new line for
grain are from one half to one cent
less per bushel on grain than on the
horse boats.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Anlacks samson.

There is a negro Samson named
Nelson De Lisle in New Orleans. lie
is a horse dealer by profession, and
the trick Of his trade is to take posses
sion of horses in an unauthorized
manner. lie was denominated a
horse + ;efbefore a court in New Or
leans ia 1863, and sent to the State
prison, where he stayed only SIX days
Of tie five years awarded him. lie
brole jail by swapping iron bars as il
they had been pine sticks, and carry
ing the outer gate, and fed and hid.
The police have been on the lookout
for him, and afraid they would find
him. The other day two or three Of
them got hold Of him, but he broke
loose and laid them out on the pave
ment with one blow each of bis
mighty arm. De Lisle then ran, and
the cry of "stop THEIR was raised,
and a gathering crowd surged IN
pursuit. A policeman fred three
shots at him without any apparent
effect, and he was at length brought
to halt by running, as it were, in a
crowd of about a thousand mel that
had collected about him, both before
and behind him in his fight. The
friction of such a mass was too much
for him, and he saw the living wall
close around him. He had no jaw
bone of an ass, or any modern weap-
on to WELD, or be might have waded
through that thousand men and been
free. 1t took twelve muscular white
Americans to take him to the station
house, as he kept up a skirmishing
fight all the way. He was put in
the stocks, and it was found that a
pistol ball had passed through his
thigh. and a club had indented his
forhead over the eye. His vitals,
which were covered with a heavy
coating of upper leather, were IN
harmed. The authorities are think
ing of putting DeLisle to performing
feats of Strength for their amusement,
as the Philistines did Samson of old
He is not Of exaggerated size, being a
little over medium size, but his mould
is Herculean and his endurance is
equal to that of a steam engine Of
twenty horsepower.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Tho Pottery Tree.

One OF the most remarkable trees
is the Moquilca UiiiiS, or pottery tree.
Of Brazil. The wood and bark con
tain a large amount Of silica, and the
latter is much used in making pot
terry. In preparing the bark for tho
potter's use, it is first burned, and
the residue is then pulyerized and
mixed with clay in varying prooor-
tions. With an equal quantity Of the
two ingredients, a superior quality Of
ware is produced. IL is very durable.
and will bear almost any amount Of
heat. The natives employ it for all
manner Of culinary purposes. When
fresh, the bark cuts Ike soft sand
stone, and the presence Of the silez
may by readily ascertained by grind
ing a piece Of the bark between the
teeth. When dry it is generally brit
tie, though sometimes hard to break.
After being burned, if Of good quail
", ii cannot be broken up between
the fingers, a pestle and mortar being
required to crush il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01

Although friction matches are rs
common as nails, a very small pro
portion Of those who use them under
stand the principle on which they
operate. 1t is, in fact, q very sim.
pie affair The tip Of a match is q
combination of sulphur and phos-
phorous. The Phosphorus ignits at
the heat of one hundred and twenty
degrees, which a slight friction viii
produce, and this in turn ignites the
sulphur, which requires four hundred
and fifty or FIVE hundred degrees.
The fame of the sulphur sets fire to
20 the pine wood, of which the match
is composed, and which ignites at
about six hundred degrees. The
combination is necessary, because
the PHOSPHORUS alone would not
kindle the match, while the sulphur
alone would not ignite with che
ordinary friction.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Cracking OF Pears

Pears do not crack when the soil is
sufficiently supplied with lime and
potash and they crack most where
the salts are deficient. Common
wood ashes contain those salts, near
~ in the quantity and proportions
that pear trees rexuire-foriy per
cent, Of lime. Reasoning from these
facts, / applied wood ashes at tho
rate Of four hundred bushels to the
acre, after the fruit had formed and
cracked. Many of them healed UP
and made perfect fruit the same sea
son, others not until the next season
"A friend, at my suggestion applied il
heavily to q favorite butter pear tree
in his garden for several years in
succession, and has had for several
years perfect and delicious pears, and
l viii guarantee it to cure any case
where the ashes are fairly and abun.
dainty applied.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
African Ants.

A species Of ant called the Bashi-
konav found in Africa, organize them
selves into immense armies properly
offered, and march in regular col
umns preserving strict military order.
When they come to a small stream,
they fling across it a living bridge,
proportioned in size and strength
with a skill equal to that Of a West
Point engineer. They cannot bear
the heat Of the sun, and hence travel
under cover OF the forests. If they
come to an open place, they dig a
tunnel four or FIVE feet under ground,
through which they pass TO the jun
gle on the opposite side.
They are a blessing to the human
race in Africa, by keeping down the
vermin which would otherwise rem
der the country uninhabitable. They
will not touch vegetable matter, but
every living thing that comes in their
wav is doomed. Insects, rats and
mice, snakes and small animals, are
devowered by them in an incredibly
short time. Even the carcass Of an
elephant viii be cleared away in a
comparatively few hours, and moth
ing left but the bones.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
rrisl. B.ao Game rowI..

In oldcn times, when gentlemen
often lost and won fortunes on fight
ing cocks. it was what the cock
could do" was most thought Of, not
"what he looked ike" At the pres
ent time more attention IS paid TO
breeding to feather than to the game
properties. Ireland has long been
famous for fine breeds of true dead
game birds-The Irish Game fowl is
valuable as q stock fowl The only
graat objection to it is its extreme
pugnacitv. on account OF which the
Young arc with difficulty reared,
sometimes a large part of the brood
being killed or blinded before they
are full grown.-The females are
good LAYERS and mothers, and their
eggs though small are d%elieiously ia
yored. The flesh of this breed IS
extremely delicate. and fine grained
and in great repute. A cross OF the
Dorking is valuable for general pur-
noses. As sitters, game hens have
no %superiors. Quiet en- their eggs,
regular in the hours Of coming Of,
and returning to their charge, and
confident from their fearless disposi-
ton Of REFRESHING the incursions Of
any intruder, they rarely fail 10 bring
of good broods. Matching accom-
plished. their merits appear in a still
more conspicuous light. Ever on
guard. not even the shadow OF brd
overhead, or the approach Of man OF
beast. but finds them ready to 90 DAT
tie for their offspring. The cock car
ries himself very gracefully his port
and bearing proclaim bis merry shlr''
his undaunted carriage, which en-
dures even TO bis last breath for
while PROSTATE and MORALLY wound
ed. he viii answer the insulting crow
Of his victorious rival; and make a
last effort to avenge himself before
the spark Of life is extinct. A cross
between the pure Irish Game and the
common fowl makes a splendid fowl
for all uses-hardy, very plump and
stocky, good layers and unexceiled
for market. No doubt the common
or dunghill stock in this country
would be improved at least in laying
qualities, by the infusion of imported
game blood. The game possesses 50
much vitality and yigor Of constltu-
ton. that it transmits its qualities
with wonderful certainty; q COCK
running with common or mixed
hens, win produce stock strongly
resembling games, and more than
half Of them finely marked, the
pullcts maturing earlier and beat
ing their mothers by laying 80 to
IS per cent more eggs per year, max
ing one Of the best crosses known Tor
family use.-Americaa Stock Jour
anal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Savings Ranks.

The theory Of Savings Banks
seems to have originated in Swltzer-
land about 1889
la 1851 the capital Of Savings
Banks in Great Britain and Ireland
had reached the immense sum OF
fortv-two million pounds, ($2l0,000,-
OOO.1 However large this vast sum
invested in British Savings Banks
nav seem to the reader, it is only
about one-ffth Of the sum now on
deposit in the Savings Ranks Of the
United States.
The deposits in u Savings Banks
have accumulated beyond the round
sum of one billion of dollars Q,000,-
OO0,0O0); this sum being fourteen
times greater than the capital Of the
Bank of England with all its
branches. This should take the brag
out Of John Bull.
The EdiRburg ReUictC Of as carly
date as 1918, said: at would be oil
fcult. we fear, to convince either the
people or their rulers that the spread
of Savings Banks is Of far more i'm
~portance, and far more likely to IN
crease the happiness and even the
greatness of the nation, than the
most brilliant success of its arms, or
the most stupendous improvements OF
its trade Of. its agriculture. And yet
we are persuaded that it is So"
In Scotland the saying-fund Is a
moral science, exercising q moral IN
auence scarcely second to the Church
upon the minds and habits Of the
mechanic and the laborer. A prom
inent clergyman Of Philadelphia re-
Gently said that a certain Savings
Bank Of that city was, be believed,
exercising an amount Of good equal
to an single Christian congregation.
And if money-saving is not a prln-
ciple Of ethics it nevertheless exer-
cises g preventive influence against
evil communications and the Saw
ings Bank as an institution is, there
fore. q moral agent, because It en-
courages men and women, young and
I'D, 10 make wise provision for the
future, and thus furnishes a commend
able motive in life.
Convince q young man or a young
woman,-teach it in your Sunday
School if YOU will-that it is to his
OF her interest 20 have something IN
the Savings Banks, and you have
laid a foundation upon which you
NAV build a substantial moral edihce.
In Scotland the Savings Banks re-
ceive the patronage and influence OF
the clergy and educated classes, and
thus many more persons become d.
rectlv interested in the subject Of saw
inrs there than elsewhere, and IN no
country in the world are the people
more comfortable or better educated.
Money, as the means of procuring
the ne~cessaries and comforts of life, IS
a blessing; and to be careful Of it is a
duty incumbent on all.
To lay by in time Of youth, and
whilst we enjoy good health, a por-
ton Of the fruits Of industry in store
for future wants is q mark of wis
dom and, considering that all are
liable to infrmities, a provision to al
le7iate them is Of the greatest import
ance.
1t is q graat mistake to suppose
that small sums are not worth saw
ing. BY the habit Of saving in little
matters, riches are acquired dollars
saved soon accumulate to large
amounts.
'For age and want save while you may;
No morning sun lasts a whole day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Gold I'm ENGLAND

The bullion in the Bank of England
increased during the last week nine
hundred and twenty nine thousand
pounds, and now the reserve is forty
eight and one-eighth per cent. of the
liabilities-an increase Of three and
one-eighth per cent. for the week
The bank directors, as a consequence
Of this increase and enormous amount
Of bullion, have reduce the rate Of
discount and fixed the minimum at
two and q haifper cent. This shows
q very favorable condition of British
trade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01
Miscellaneous

DR.. J. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS arc a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the IA
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges OF
Tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties Of which
arc extracted thercfrom without the uso
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause C the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BIT
TEI;s?n Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They arc the great
blood purifier and q l~ife-giving principle,
4 perfect Rcnovator and lnvigorator
of the system. Never before il the
history Of tie world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of YfSEGAE BiTTEgS in healing the
sick Of every disease man is heir to. They
arc q gentle Purgatiye as well IS q Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Yisceral Organs il Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of DR.. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTERs arc Apericrt, DiaphoTetlc,
C~arninative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedatiye, Counter Irritant Sudorifc, Altcra'
tive, and Anti-Bilious-
r.. II. MCDONALD & CO..
Druggists and Gen. ACTS, San Francisco, California,
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, n. Y
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-01

An editor, who speaks with the
air Of a man who has discovered a
new fact by experience, says that the
new way to prevent bleeding at the
nose is to keepit out Of the people's
business.