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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23
An ArternOOn Nap.

"Lie down for half an hour and
try to sleep,n somebody speaks, and
with the doctors mild warning,
"Take good care Of yourself, and
rest"-obey.
1t is easy enough to "lie down."
The pillows are fresh and cool. The
windows are darkened just enough to
make it seem dim, delicious twilight,
while the perfect quiet Of the room
and street makes the little clocks tick
on the mantle echo most loudly the
words, "Try to sleep, try to sleep! "
All, yes; the lying down is easy
enough; but sleep! l close my eyes,
and thousand things | mean to do
tomorrow float up to the top Of my
thoughts. | sort them all out care
fully and liable them in order; they
mix fearfully; | do them all over
again and again, the little clock clat-
tering away its imperative order,
aTry to sleep! try to sleepl" / try
the other pillow; half open my eyes
and see before me a row of golden
lilies on a ground of white, and
they are growing upside down. How
can any one hang wallpaper so out
rageously unnatural Go to sleep! go
to sleepl peremptorily answers the
little clock.
/ shut my eyes resOlutely again,
20 to counting buttercups and daisies
in field which l spread before my
imagination. The daises are white
and pink-a hundred of eaeh-and
the buttercups are great, full-leaved,
yellow ones that would make pounds
of butter under ones chin, if one
were a child and tried the trick. The
field slopes down a hillside; | see q
butterfly on variegated wings; start
after him he floats on before, and on
and on. The little clock rings loud
ly ''three.n | have been on the bOrd-
ers of dreamland just two minutes.
| turn again and ''try to sleep" once
more. Some one has invoked sleep
as q maiden. Surely they were
right; she is so coy, illusive and
wilful. l think | see her-a misty,
etherial-looking damsel, with long,
flowing hair; and she seems to skim
over the ground without touching it.
She has great, dreamy eyes, and
white arms, with which she wooes and
beckons me; l follow her but cannot
reach her. She floats above me, and
always with a long look backward,
saying, "Come-On, on" l follow
and the little clock strikes the quar-
ter. This is not rest, but the cruel
est unrest. l rise and seat myself in
the easy-chair near by My thoughts
are half asleep, but | am not. / fee
dumb and dull, and yawn but | am
not quite awake. | won't shut my
eyes again; the lids feel heavy, too
| am sure my lashes must have
weights tied to them, and the room
swims fearfully. ] look over at The
bed again. Its white pillows lool
temptingly at me; l will try then
once more. Then l lay my heaC
down gently on her soft white bosom
and the dreamy, misty maiden comes
again and folds me in her arms, anC
bears me off to realms of sweet re
pose. Il said half of one hour anC
you have taken three halves" say
somebody's voice. I open my eyes
the little clock rings out again, an(
shirrups cheerfully, "Been to sleep
been to sleep! "and 1 have my after
nooa nap.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23
severe on the school Teachers

The Richmond Enquirer says: 1T
must be acknowledged that a large
number Of young men are ruined an
nually for all purposes Of good to
Virginia by over education. They
are forced to leave the State to find
a field fo- the exercise Of their ac-
quirements, OF they remain here and
lounge or starve on incompetent sal
aries, y and then proceeds after fash
ion rather too sweeping and bitter,
but which vet holds a clever hint to
teachers. "The great difficulty with
our Virginia system is the want Of
men of practical common sense to
control it. They are sufficiently well
educated themselves, too much so for
practical purposes. But they lack
what is far more valuable, to wit,
common sense. 1t has been estab-
lished by experience, and is notorious,
that professional school teachers, as a
class, have no practical sense. Their
learning we coneede, but learning is
not common sense.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23
A sharp Doctor.
KATE T. SMITH

amusing story is told in Serib-
per's magazine Of verdant youth
who went to buy the practice Of a
country doctor. The doctor said biz
natients were so numerous be could
not remember them all, but bis horse
knew them and always stopped at
their dooss. The next day the eoun-
try doctor drove his customer through
the town, and, as he said, the horse
stopped at nearly every door. The
bargain was concluded and the mon
ey paid. The purchaser remained in
town. and for several days wondered
wbv no patients came. He ceased
To wonder, however, when he found
his predecessor had borrowed bis
milkman's horse in showing him
arouLd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

Every one accustomed to travelbv
ran has noticed the erOwdins ard
jostiins that takes place between
those who want to get OF the ear and
those who want to get on. when
the train stops at station The
passengers who are at their iourncv,s
end ought to have the right Of way
through the narrow door aud down
the platform steps, but the impatient
people, who fear that all the seats in
the car viii be taken up before they
get in, win not wait on them, and the
result is q struggle for precedence
most provoking to all engaged. We
sometimes meet with that pOliteness
which yields aud waits, but it is rath-
er rare, except in private dwellings
In public conveyanees, as a general
rule, the average American citizen,
male or female, has great desire to
secure whatever may be most eligible
by being first, or at least as far from
being last as circumstances will per-
nit.
The Boston Adcertissr suggests a
very simple remedy for the jostling
and jamming now experienced BY all
who take the cars or leave the cars
at way stations. Let railroad COM
panies make a rule requiring all pas
lsengers to leave the cars by the front
door and enter by the rear. A no.
tice to this effect should be conspicu-
ously posted in every car, and the
conductor might also be required to
call attention to the notice when be
calls out the STATEN. Plaeards might
also be hung up at the ticket Offices
and in the waiting rooms, 50 that the
travelling'public might be advised
of the rule In a short time, enter
ling a car by the rear door and
leaving by the forward door would
become fixed habit, praetieed by al
travellers, except perhaps those whc
are making their first trip.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23
A Curious Kansas Advertisement.

The following, clipped from the
Atchison Champion, shows what
kind Of women they have in Kansas (;
"Lost, strayed or stolen. An indi-
vidual whom /, in an urgent moment
of loneliness, was thoughtless enough
to adopt as my husband. He is a
good looking and feeble individual,
not know ing enough, however, TO
come in when it rains unless some
good looking girl offers him the shell
ter Of her umbrella. Answers to the
name Of Jim. Was last seen in CONF
pany with Julia Harris, walking with
his arm around her waist, looking
more ike q fool, II possible, than
ever. Anybody who viii catch the
poor fellow and bring him carefully
back so that / can chastise him for
running away, viii be invited to stay
to tea by
KATE +. SMITH
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

A Peculiar Case.

The Peculiar People," as a relig.
ious sect in England style them
selves, certainly deserve the name
This sect, which had its inception
FIVE or six years ago, mas thousands
of believers, and has within year
or two given the authorities a good
deal of trouble, for it is alleged they
have let their sick die, refusing them
the advantages of the proper medical
skill which would have prolonged
their lives. 4 case of more than usu-
al Importance was recently heard be-
fore the learned justice, Baron Pig
got, at London, when one Thomas
Hines, one of the Peculiar People" !"
was tried for manslaughter in having
contributed to the death of his child
by neglecting to provide it with
proper food and medical attendance
during its illness. The prisoner pro-
duced evidence TO show. that be had
given the child proper food and nurs-
ing; that he was believer in the
mandates of the Bible, and that the
child had been treated in exact ae-
eordance with those mandates. The
evidence was clear to the point that
all tenderness and love and attention
were shown the child. the only thing
| lacking being medical aid, which, il
| it had had, said a physician who
made post-mortem examination, 1t
would have lived. The learned Judge,
however. decided that it was no
case for jury that by no law Of
England was the prisoner bound to
cali in physician, and that, as he did
what he believed to be the best fOI
the good of the child, be must be dis
charged. The decision seems to be
just one, but it is sad to think that
children should perish for the want
ofmedical aid. CuriOusly enough, il
is found to be difficult to controveri
the grounds upon which the "Pecu-
liar People" base their action. They
| find their authority in the General
Epistle of James, chapter ., verses
Ia AID Is, which run in this wise
"Is any sick among your let hin
/ call on the Elders of the Church, anC
let them pray over him, amounting hin
1 with oil in the name Of the Lord
and the prayer of faith shall save the
sick, and the Lord shall raise him up
and if he have committed sins they
shall be forgiven him."
!, Ofcourse it should be apparent t
every thinking person that the facul
ty Of research by which mankind hai
been able to discover means ofsuecoi
for the sick is providential endow
ment, and its exercise cannot b
wrong, but the Peculiar People
: meet this by asserting that such ar
gument is reviewing and setting aside
The authoritative expression Of th'
!, Divine will by the humane reason
, From this alleged impiety they re
volt. and nc little difficulty is experi
enced in making a logical rejoinder
: The decision of the Court, which les
to the release of the parents who lei
their child to perish, is, however
/ contradictory to all former Judieiaa
: decisions in English courts, and
: has provoked storm Of antagonist
that is very likely to result IN o sup
preston of the peculiar practices.
thew should ever again come wltnl
the conizanec of a legal tribunal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

An Iowa minister was recently
killed by lightning while standing on
the banks Of q murmuring stream
and endeavoring 10 eOnsinee some
bad boys that bathing on SUNDAY
wasas.n. An awfu warning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

81 want to ask you a question
said little boy to bis drunken Ia.Eea, ..',,
aWelI. my SON" Why IS a rum ,i
hole ike a bad quarter Z" = can, cam
tel NV son." Because you cant
pass it, said tie boy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

The father Of four legged girl
has left California in disgust, not oe-
inc permitted to exhibit his juyenile
curiosity in that State.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

FoR EssEx.
JOHN CALVIN.
When angry Ecalots boast Of Calyin's fame,
Or load his memory with reproaches dire,
Let truth and justice speak--and they conspire'
Topraise, to bless, to canonize his name
Say that he clothes in too austere guise
The sacred doctrine of the Christian pages
Say that he shares the spirit of his age,
And stands unmoved while poor Seryctus dies;
Shall specks like these forbid US to revere
The brightest day star Of the blessed hour
When Europe, waking from her night OF fear,
Shook of the incubus Of Papal's power?
Heivetia, Holland, Britain answers "No!"
And from our own broad land the like response
doth go.
WILLIAM PENE.
Fearless Of scorn, of bonds, of martyrdom,
The teacher Penn to priests and tyrants tells
Truths, heaven derived, or drawn from deepes
weils
or thought and conscience, such as never came
To the mere booknan seeking wealth or fame;
And If with them grave errors mingled be,
True love u nan, transparent piety,
For much of error may Indulgence claim,
On merey's errand to the Western wild
The Statesman eomea, and meath the Treat!
Tree,
Tanning the savage with his accents mild,
Rears fair home for Love and Liberty,
Faith Justice. Peace, It's sole protecting hands
Oh, shame to msnl Alone this builder stants.
Democratic Rerieir for October, ISL.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23

Fair this week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-23
nurLER As A PoET.

Two ssosxzr ON CHARACTER ny THE MEnnER
ToR EssEx.
, 1874-03-02

both. Tho lifo Of tho founding and TINT OF tho
criminal may oneh DO OF littlo ronl valuo 10
itn poBAeBsor, Doea not tho Bavlng OF to life
for h,lmanity's aake tond moro to tho growth
Of n respect for lifo ttlan Tho execution
Of tho other for tho laws aako7 I vouturc tho
opinion thai tho establishment Of tho Found
1ii,gs' Homo III tlia city throe years ngo llaa coll
tributed moro to tho protection Of human lifo
goneralIy thai oil tho executions which l,avo tn
kcu rInco iii t1ifs Slate during tho lnat twenty
ycarH. THAT criminal would hartlly deBorvo TO
DO called q mnn, woBo henrt would not grow
warm with bottor tntnittonA Mt tho knowledge Of
this 1loblo ovidonco OF uan's humanity to mali
for humanity'a sako.
TEACH ny EXAMPLE.
Would NO teach our chlllron to bo truth
ful, wo muBt bo trnthlu1 to them.
Would wo l.avo them patient, wo must o.tr-
BelyeB ho pnsiont. Wo.ilu we 'I,avo men ol,ari-
tabto,- we must deal with mon charitRbfy.
Would we havo mon respect our rights, we
must respect their rights. Would wo llaso them
otoy tho 1awa, we must SGT tito example. Would
wo DO forgiven, wo must ourselves forgive.
Would VIC have tnen reverence human lifo. NO
1r,iBt show our roveranco for 1t. And whot In all
tho wide realm OF crontion Of which We can tn'o
oognizance through tho medium Of o,tr aousos
Or measure by our rensol,, iB moro deserving Of
CIR rovoronce, our rospect our love, than h,l-
man lifo with all itH noBBbilftios?
, 1874-03-02
LOCAL ITEMS.

Tho atore OF Mr. Co!icr, inorchant-ta,lor, a.
No. s'3l State Htroot, was entered by burglars
Inst night. A momhor OF Emmot's police forco
INV tile roar door Of tho placo open and vas
about Boarcl, for tho tl,oycs, when man wakod
out with = package Of clothing In Ills nrnY, and
attempted to mike wny will, them. l1o was
pursued, ard tho clothing valuod at 1850, waa
recovered. The thief escaped.
The a1arm Of fire from Box No. $40 ut G o'clock
lust eyonng was cat,sed by tho explosion Of d
kerosene lamp III tic Lwo-Htory fra1no building
at No, los 1Ycst Polk street. Tho promiscn aro
owned by Charles Quinn, md oecup pod by Pat
rick Ford as n Baloot, and boardtng-houHo. Tic.
building WAS not dahagod, but Ford auHtnins q
loss ef about S50. No insurance.
, 1874-03-02
Nl'l11NNEY, TEX.
A New Uollrt-f1otlBc..-d)tlaor Improve.

A New Court-f1onsc..-t)tlaor Improve.
nlG1itAs
Cbrrtsnondtnts " Thc Chicago Tribune.
MoK1NNEY, lex, Fob, 25.-rllo County Court
Of this (Collin) county ycstorday made m order
to build Oonrt~uoslH at this placo Ito bo paid
for In oasl) 102 by oS feot, b1ausard style, iron
cornico, stone thinning, brick work.! and ar-
proprlatod mol, to oxcoca so5,ooo for tho work.
Tho Court ordered the architect, Wheelock, to
advertise for propoaals IN TuE CusoAuo T1t1n-
uNE, 81. Lo,lis Republican, mud Knnsas City
Times plnns mud specifications Of tho work to
bo on exhibition III twenty days, at tic Olork's
Office at this placo, and at tho nrcitoots oflco
at Bhorn,a,. Tcx. This is q cnsh job, nj said
before. Our county docs not osso n cont OH
oartl,, and now has in tho Treasury s22, 900 cnsh
unapproprlntod.
Ono Of tho tlncat merchant Touring mills In
the state IL boiug built hcro. -Four nnndaomo
churches aro alao complelo and being built. a
nclloo!-honso, costing 59o, waa recently built.
tV md ouesy soo fcopg nbound S hiocha.s pp
workIng:m :mcn cnn find casll omploymont here.
Tho lcnlth aud climate Of this section oan1lot DO
surpassed on thu globe, and newcomer moote
with d warm and olloorful wolcone.
, 1874-03-02

A Projected Cnn1lesl-EruIt r'a.ctory.

CORRESPONDENCE Qf 1He CIaca.u 7,1tu..c.
Woons1ock, Henry Co., ILL.,, Feb. 28.-Fifty-
five miles northwest from Chica1o, on tile CHI
cago 4 Northwestern .lsailroad, ii tho thriving
city Of Woodstock, with n population OF 5000
inhabitants. Like oil Illinois townB, tic busi-
neas portion IL laid out Ia q square, with tho
C0ur1.uouse aB n prominent la1llniarli. Tho
latost excitement loro Inns boen tho formation Of
d company for tho manufacture Of pickles, pre-
soryes and oil kinds Of oanned
fruits. The oitizona nre worry sanguine
that this new branch Of industry will 10 tho nu-
elcns Of manufacturing poiut. Fifty Thousand
doilarsh has beeusub Hcril,ol by tue merchants ant
farmorh. A suitab'o building III to bo erected ut
onco, and operations commenced aa Buon us tho
building is tlnlaloa. This enterprise is a good
tho prco of property to large dogrco, especially
40 III regard to farms, for fa1nlors will find
roaly sud rapid salo tor all products, such M
oueMnborB, tomat0ea, fruits, oto., etc.
, 1874-03-02

night. This morning rooket.book, milf,
uliawl anil bonnet woro discovered Oil ono OF ti'o
wharfboata, and from papers found in tho pooIa-
ot-book, the articles wero identified as belonging
to q young womail who passed by tho nano Of
10th Of January. md Registered at one Of tho
hotolB M Maggie Clinton, from JeirorBon City:
sio WAS about 20 years Of age, md not Of goul
ra1ittntfnu.
, 1874-03-02

SiectHk DIapHfrh 10 The Ehftfj0 9fitu}.e.
ALnAfY, n, T., March l.-llEEvEs-1tu ruling Of
tho market during t0 we4k has hccn steady anu No.
tive ut lilo closing prices Of lust week. Thurstay tle
attendance Of Eastorn country dealers good anl
they took lboray Of Tho osfer!ngs at psees current
crcascd by thu arrival ot not only country Dealers Lit
several leading tlencrs from brighton a,d Naw York
Trade continued quite nctiyo, nelry MI llose in IT.
tendance takfuB freely Ut he offerings. New York
deaerB te first to leatl Of aud, by 10 doing, TO-
curc.l most Of tho Choira Rtock in tne peila Tho
brighton dealers tlNH caught ut slisatl ya,ta9p
aud wero compelled 10 take wisut tAoy could Ut t4e
stock remaining paying full pricoo. at neon, batur-
tuy, tltre low hundred heal Btitt III tho yars
unsol, but NIL wanted. Among tho dealers In
Atculance was Capt. YcAoy, Of Bermuda, wh0
purchased aGo Ut the best Rtock tn tho market for
shipment to tho Dcrnudn 1slalds Tho rereints vera
5a51 catt. Tho average quality III comparison win
laat week Ia ncurcey good. Included In tho reeons
weso many p0ur Aaiyen, fow Bond uherukcea and I'D
TuxauB, taAulo bl,,ul uf catte thut uw,ud h.
BENJAMIN Doran Of Missouri They numbered tw1lyo
leat Of Missouri Htecrs, averaging l,6a1 lbH. Prices
wDrp ~ follows:
Extrn. G.0tGIA,hO
First 1nat1ky,. s'''s..,,.. b.!5tn,M
Bec0nu qnnty .s.'s...., 4.16lGk,2i
Third 4un!!ty,.., 4458a rs
lutur1or. 3.Gu4. rs
tuEEp AND Lasns-1tecetpts for tdo week. lanUo
head TllU l0cal traslD tclAll has bcen liMtcd nnl
luos Of thosu iBposo Of wero taArn by Eascru .!pa
eru ut fully u lor ID hi5ler tim lust Eerk T4p nv
erge u.lay at tho orortngs was not &{ooa u last
week. shenp, 6N@7t9o; extra, 81. No sales Of
la1llu worthy ef Aot0.
, 1874-03-02

outsido. In sault se NIario R!vor It Is 20 irclos
thick. The oldest inlabllant tt,oro oxpccts an
carly break. Tho fco Mt Ntaelsnao Straits is
lighter than for nany ycars, being only 10 to Il
inoiles tllfok a wook Of warm went!ior would
probably clnar tho STRATA. Thore ID vory lttlo
Ice IL Lnko Huron, and Tint Is quito thin
, 1874-03-02

At tho regular meeting Of the Hyde Park
Truatoeu, saturday, thoro wero present Sfessrs.
Barney, Doyle, Gray, stobbingp md President
1 Ilo4I.k
, 1874-03-02
SUICIDE.

Spectal DispateA to Ths Chicago Tribune.
QUINCY, ILL.,, March 1.-Tho Coroner, aBH!a!ed
by tho police. las boon engaged to-lay i'll drug
glug tho river for the body ot young woluan
, 1874-03-02

Government which has onco abolished tue dnnttl-
penalty has deemed it wiHo or necessary to ro-
store it, With ono exception. Tuscany
abolished 1t during tho latter part OF tho last
few years during which tlnlo no executions took
plpco, aud it waA again abolished.
ALL or THE AAuusIEhTa
now used In favor OF enforcing tile penalty Of
death for murder were furmcrty urged III TO-
fonBo Of like punishment for lunny lossor crimes.
AMONG which wero forgery, robbery larceny,
horeBy, and picking up BtlcAs on Sunday. When
In England hanging for stealing was "playcd
out" 10 quote d aslaug method, much observed, Of
bavo,ln penAlty tino md imprisonment was sub
stitutoi, 1t was found that toroupon these crimes
did not incroano. Alr. Ntoir, MI eminent
English barriator, WHO las collected and pub
liBhea great amuiint Of statistical information
upon ttis subject, Bays With regard to the ill.,
1uonco Of the lAwH by which for cortain crimes
tho previously tllfoatenol leath punishment waa
aboliahad statistics nttoEd nothing but favorable
| accounts"
II tho exporionco Of other Rtntes mud qoyor,l-
! monta, extending over q rorlol OF from ten TO
1ittY yours, donUnH, ,rnloH tie safety aud wisdom
OF tho abolition OF the punishment by doatI.,
what lnyor Of humanity Is unwilling to have the
experiment tried III our btaso3
THE GOOD WORKERS.
Full Of faith in God, Tho early Chris
| tians taught tho sa,ictity Of humal,
for tho souls pnko. 1hoy aonght ills unuii1od
| u,lt ulone. Eull Of faith also, son.o OF thu
Cil.IAtiauH Of Lo.aay arc teaching III loBHon of
llfo'B sallctity. 'Thoy, too aro aooking to pro-
servo life, perhaps Tor the BoulB Bako alHo TLoy
arn not nnaidol. They aro hot alono. Men aud
women there arc, not Christmas, hupplemouting
thcG efforts. for Lulnanity's sake. ALL Aouos to
, 1874-03-02
Tho National Capital,

MT. FarWC11, OF IIlnols, hns lntfoduccu
petition in the uouse from Prof. Edward Pow
orH, praying to hive Tho probability Of producing
rainfall by tho uso of artillery tested. Tho Pc
tittonor represents that, If tho commonly ac-
copied theory that ralns can bo brought on by
calnonadiny is found correct, thore will DO .
basis established upon which to found q sYstom
for tho prevention OF severe droughta with their
ton Of forests by fires. Tho petition went to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-22

grand bazaar in aid OF the New York Infant
Asylum VIII open this evening in Lyric Hall, be-
tween Forty-frst and Forty-second streets The
bazaar Will be in aid OF the building fund, which
very much needs the kindly assistance OF all those
who usually are SO generous in helping to shelter
the helpless. An institution OF this kind, which
has more than once already appealed to the public
for aid. needs nothing now to be said in explana-
ton OF Its objects or It's aims The name OF the IN
s,ituton bespeaks, in a city like New York, for
tue appeala kindly response. As for the bazaar
Itself 1t will be one OF the pIeasantest af1ars oil
the Sort Manifold attractions are offered, and
the admission charge would be amply repaid II
only in the pleasure afforded by visit to the
tables. The untirng zeal OF the lady managers OF
this institution is beyond praise their efforts
never ceasing nor their interest nagging. The
officers are :-Chairman, Mrs. Dexter 4. Hawkins;
Treasurer, Mrs. y. II. Van Auken. The ladies In
charge OF the departments at the bazaar are =
Mrs, Jacob Hays Mrs. w. w. Strew, Mrs. Joseph
Worster, Mrs. James Burrow, Mrs. James Motley,
Mrs. 5. Main, Mrs. b. +. Carver Mrs. Melville. Mrs.
Francis Tones Mrs. l.. NJ. Bates, Mrs. Hargous,
Miss Katie Motley, Mrs. Charles Morlord, Mrs.
Amos Tenney, Mrs. L. NJ. Bates and Mrs. David
t(nfn1