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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
The love of Gambling.

4 story Of love Of Gambling. per
baps exaggerated, is told in q French
paper. A rotnier, suddenly enrich
ed by speculation, is riding in his
carriage. The foOtman behind some
what disturbed On account Of the non
payment of bis wages, putting bis
head through the window at the back
Of he coach, begs his master not TO
forget to pay him his dues.
How much is it, La FIeury" asks
the master.
zone hundred and twenty-five IL
vres, may it please monsieur
"All right here it is, and the mas
ter spread the paper currency Of ohe
period on the cushions of the car
riage. Now, La Fleur, have you &
pack of cards with you?"
Certainly" replied the obsequiou;
lackey, producing the cards at once
VERY good. Now, I viii be bank
er, and you shall play against me. !
l shall take the front seat, the
back one viii serve for our table YOU
can look through the back window
and we can have a eozy game - and
so the playing commenced
Luck first turned for the master
litae by little the footman's hundred
and twenty-five livres went, until
they were reduced to five; then ca
prieiOus fortune took the opposite
course, and La Fleur won all his
masters money Piqued at his los
ses, the master now wagered horse,
which the hackney won; then the
pair of horses, next the harness, and
lastly the carriage The foOtman
won everything.
"My watch now, if you say so, y
said the master, against a horse in
the stable ct home or lose, you
shall take ms place inside the car
riage, and | viii get up behind.
Agreed? The king Is for me-the
queen for you. l have lost. Get in,
La Fleur. You shall ride, and I will
get up behind ;" and the exchange Of
places was accordingly made.
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Newspaper Printing.

The New York Herald claims that
q recent Sunday edition consisted of
one hundred and fifty thousand copies.
Each number consisted Of twenty
pages, that is one hundred and twen-
ty columns, of which seventy-eight
were advertisements and forty-twO
reading matter. The Herald says /:
"A detail which viii be perfectly
new to non-professionals is, that to
produce one hundred and fifty thous-
and copies, it is necessary to take
nine hundred thousand impressions.
To accomplish this in the time allow
ed, five rotary Hoe presses of eight
and ten cylinders each. and two Bull
lock perfeeting presses were kept roll
ling off at ten thousand a minute.
To drive these hugh presses, two
large engines Of eighty horse power
were kept in motion by burning six
tons of coal in the furnaces. To form
the stereotype plates tor the eylin-
ders, eight tons Of type metal were
used to cast one hundred and forty
eights, plates. weighing when finished
and dressed thirty-eight pounds each.
The ink on a single copy would not
be taken into observation BY the aver
age observer, but it required seven
hundred and twenty-five pounds to
keep the rollers prepared to leave the
imprint Of their kisses on the eigh-
teen million virgin pages that were
to glow at daylight with the news.
And these rollers were composed Of
FIVE hundred pounds Of glue mingled
with one thousand pounds Of honey.
Then the virgin pages-the paper on
which all these Is printed There
are eighty men and boys about the
presses, handling it Sheet by sheet
is passed through the press, until sew
enteen tons OF thirty-foar thousand
pounds, are printed on both sides
If you were to pile those sheets Lne
upon another, they would make q
monument one hundred and twenty
feet high .
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08
Size OF Countries.

Greece is about the size Of Yer.
mont.
Palestine is one-fourth the size ot
New York.
Hindostan is more than 4 hundred
times as large as Palestine.
The great desert Of Africa has
nearly the present dimentions Of the
United States.
The red sea would reach from
Washington to Colorado, and it is
three times as wide as Lake Ontario.
The English Channel is nearly as
large as Lake Superior.
The Mediterranean, if placed across
North America, would make sea
navigation from San Diego to Balti-
more.
The Caspian Sea would stretch
from New York TO St. Augustine,
and is as wide as from Yew York TO
Rochester.
Great Britain is two-thirds the size
Of japan, one-twelitb the size Of
HindOstand, one twentieth Of China,
and one twenty-ffth Of the United
States.
Great Britain and Ireland are about
as large as New Mexico, but not as
large as Iowa and Nebraska They
are less than New York. Pennsylva-
MIA and Ohio
Madagascar is as large as New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Vermont,
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, New Jersey, Virginia. North
Carolina, all put together
The Gulf Of Mexico is about ten
times the size of Lake Superior. and
about as large as the Sea Of Kams-
chatkah, Bay Of Bengal, China Sea,
0khotsk, or Japan Sea. Lake On
tario would go in either 0fthem more
than fifty times.
The following bodies Of water are
nearly equal in size: German Ocean,
Black Sea, Yellow Sea, Hudson Bay
is rather larger, the Baltic, Adriatic.
Persian Gulf and Egean Sea, about
half as large, aud somewhat larger
than Lake Superior.
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An obstinate sexton.

The people Of a Vermont village
are excited, and it all happened in
this way: A deacon of their church
died the other dav, and the sexton
dug the grave all right, bat demanded
the sum of three dollars for the job.
This was deemed exorbitant by the
friends Of the lamented deceased. and
they objected to paying it, whereupon
the sexton locked up the tools used
in the cemetery, and went home. In
the meantime a new sc xton was ap-
pointed for the occasion, and as sex
ton number one refused TO give up
the keys, number two broke open the
Toulouse and the tools were secured.
On Sunday, the time Of the funeral,
the "bier' was missing. Search was
made bEt it was nowhere to be found.
Some one got an idea that It might
be locked up in the tomb, and went
for it with a sledge hammer or other
ponderous weapon. The bier was
secured and the remains were carried
t) their final resting place.
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THE ISLE OF THE LONG AGO

+ On, wonderful stream Is the River Time
As it flows throagh the realm Of Tears,
With lagltIess rhythm and musical rhyme,
And i broader sweep and surge sublimc
ASH blends with the ocean OF years.
How tie winters are driliKg Ike lakcsoi snow.
And the summer Ike buds between;
And the ear in the shess-so they esme and the.
On the Rivers treast With its ebb and flow;
As they glide in the shadow and sheen.
There Is 4 magical Isle up the RiVerTime
Where the soifeEt Of airs are playing;
There's 4 elou iless sky and tropical cline.
And voice as sweet as 4 Vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying
And the name Of this Isic is the Long Ago,
And We bury cur treasures there;
There are brows OF beauty and bOsoms Of snow
There arc heaps Of dust but We love them so
There are trinkets and tresses Of hair.
There arr fragments Of songs that nobody sings.
And part Of an infants prayer;
There's harp unsEept and lutte without strings
There are broken VOWS and pieces Of rings,
And the garments that She used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the fairy
shore
By the mirage is nfted in air;
And we sometimes hear through the turbulent
roar
Sweet voices We heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the River is fair
On, remembered for aye be the blessed Isle
All ths day Of our Life til night;
And when the evening comes with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes are closing in slumber awhile,
May that "a Greenwood Of the soul be in sight
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NapoIeon.s Heart

When Napoleon the Great died AZ
St Helena an English physician took
charge Of his heart, depositing it in
a silver basin filed with water.
Two tapers burned near it, but the
custodian felt neryOusly anxious
while watching it through the night,
and could not sleep. In the silence
Of midnight be heard a arustling sound
then a plunge into the water, and
rebound on the floor, all occurring
with the quiekness OF thought de
sprang from his bed to see an ener-
nous rat dragging the preselous rene
10 his bolel A momen more and the
heart which had been too vast IN It's
ambition to be satisfied with the
sovereignty of continental Europe;
wonId have been more degraded
than the dust Of Imperial Cesar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

An English journal says; Few
persons are aware Of the magnitude
20 which the rose may be grown, or
the splendid effect it can be made to
produce on lawn orpleasure groundi
vet with a sufficiently strong stem,
and a system of careful and patient
training, there can be no reasonable
doubt but that the standard roses can
be grown to the size and form Of the
ordinary examples of the weeping
ash. having the branches all Produe-
ed from the top Of single stem, and
towering downward upon all sides
a very ornamental object for the
lawn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

L never could have lived through
another meal in that house.
l have since heard that Mr.. Lord
said that if had seen the Elders wife
before she was married, Sally might
have gone to the dickens.
AIasl aIt might have beenI'r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

GThc Simplest. Most Powerful Elective, Dura-
be. Reliable and Cheapest Pump ia use.
IT'S made all o. Iron, and Of a few simple parts.
II win not Freeze. as nc water remains in the
uiue when not in action.
Il has nc leather OF gam Pcesf7,g, as the sucker
and valves are all Ci l-1r-
l. seldom, & ever. gets ont 0f 1rer
L wiz force water from 20 70 81 feet Il The ar, ny
attacking a few feet 1i hlse.
tits good for washing Buggiss- Windows, water
iug Gardens, &c
il furnishes the uurcst ard cuidcsi water because
{. O. placed Ia the BOSTON uf the we'll
T,.1vs--1F inel Pump. SIS; pipe, Soc 2 fcot.
IS; csc.
larger sizes il proportion
rWEYAND- -&-FIATT
Sole Agents t0r Somerset County.
Somerset. Pa. Nay ls-, Is7A
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3OGtS PER LINEAL FOOT.
A GENTS WANTED.

100 Agents wanted to SELF 10 domestic articles
which sch on sight IN every family. Our agents
are making from ss to 80 per day, selling our
goods. Send 2s cts. and postagestamp fur sample
aId terms 70 agents T. +. FITCH & CO, No.
p, sth ATenne, Pittsburgh, Pa.
uaV2u
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MecHaneo,,s
PURELY VEGETABLE


containing those Southern Roots and Herbs which
an aIl-wfse Providence has placed IN countries
where Liver Diseases most prevail Il VIII cure
aIdiseases causEd by Derangemeut ot the Liver.
The Svmntans of Liver Complaint are bitter
0rtaI taste in the mouth; Pain tn the Back, sides
or Joints. often mistaken for R1cuDatlSrni suEr
stomach: Loss Of Appetite, Bowels alternately
costive and lax. Headache; Loss Of Memory. with
painful sensation Of having failed % % some
thing which ourh- % have been done. Debility
Low Spirits e tiliczvelloW appearance of the SKIN
and ewes q dry Cough 0fter mistaken for Con
sumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms
attend tire disease AZ Others very lew; bat the
Liver the largest organ in the body Is generally
the seat Of the disease, and if mol regulated IN
time. great suffering Wretcheslness and DEATH
VIII eusue.
This Great Unfailiag SPECIFIC viii net be found the
Least Unpleasant.
For DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION, jam
dice. Bilious attacks. SICK HEApACHE. Coiic,
Depression or spirits, SOUR SIOMACh- Heart
Burn. &e.- sc.
EimlslS LiTT RsglI1iT. I M8il.II:,
L the cheapest. Purast and l.est Family Medicine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-08

Something stopped her words, cut
ting the old saw into labial eoncus-
sion or something like it.
But you viii quit smoking, Annie
DEAR and Johns hands began to
stroke her bonnie hair.
"Yes, John, when yon set me the
example. Women are such weak
creatures, you know, they need mems
strength and guidance. You know
always said, John, 1 would follow
wherever you led the way, and l re-
ally believe | could give up my cigars
If YOU should. You know it would
be a great sacrifice
"Yes, Annie, i know Shall l
promise over!"
'.Ah, you dear old fellow : l couldn't
bear to think | had married a cigar
shop, you see, and | couldn't bear to
think of a divorce so soon -
John WINGED q little and then
laughed. 'I didn't know so sweet q
woman could be so strong-minded.
The cigar fund went for carriage
rides thereafter--RuralNelc Yorker.
The New York herald., 1874-11-25
COURT OF APPEALS.

ALBANY, Nov. "a, 1874.
In the Court OF Appeals, Tuesday, November "a.
1874
Ex Partc Motions.
No. 222. Helen Tier, respondent, vs. The New
York Central Railroad Company, appellant.-Mo-
tion to advance the case on the calendar. Ordered
that the case be advanced TO No. 4H. Samuel
Hand for the notion
No. 81. Caigan vs. The New YORK Central Rail-
read Company.-Moton to open default Papers
submitted. Samuel Hand for the motion.
Whitlock ct al. vs. Hay.--Motion Tor reargument.
ordered that respondent have twenty days, within
which TO apply to the supreme Court Tor an order
that the remittltur be returned and the papers on
submission retained.
No. 22s. Hope vs.. Lawrence.-Motion to dismiss.
Appeal submitted.
Baker VS.. White = Motion for reargument.
Samuel Hand for the motion A. J. Parker op-
posed.
Same va. Same.-Motion TO proceed against
plaintiff or contempt, in proceeding with the ref
ibis Court rom tine interlocutory judgment.
Samuel Hand for the motion and A. J. larEer for
tue palntlM
Appeals from Orders.
No. 4s. jacob Pfha respondent, vs.. william ].
Crowell ct al, pelants.-Araued by W. G. Ruger,
81 counsel lor appellants, and by Frank Hiscock
No, 55: Ann Z, Kamp, respondent, vs; Herman
Kamp, appelant.-Argued by II. Z. Snebly Tor APP
pellant aho py d. +. hatch LOT respondent.
General Calendar.
No. SO. Charles White, respondent, vG. Emily
Keith appellant-Argument resumed this morn
ing and concluded.
No. 40. Louisa II. Parsons, executrix, &C., sp-
pellant, vs. Henry s. Tiden ct al. respondents.-
Argued by George w. Miller, OF counsel Tor appel
liant, and py X. 4. Andrews Tor respondents.
No. 93. Marx Warrington ct AL respondents,
vs.. Ebert W. Cook, appellant.-Submltred.
No "a. John ". Kerr, sheriff OF Ulster county,
appeiant vs. Willis s. Nelson, ,responden1.-Argned
Dy r. IL. WeSTDrOOk. Ot counsel Tor appellant. ana
by Il. y. Pardee for respondent.
Proclo nation was made and the Court adjourned
to wednesday, 25th, at ten A. M.
The day calendar for that day Will be:-Nos. 29
20. 80, 30, 80. SO, los, 106
Decisions Handed Down.
judgments affirmed with costs.-Hemenway vs..
Henderson vs.. spofrord Deas VS.. Wandle.
judgments reversed, new trial granted costs to
es sk M saer Y p
Churchill vs.. OnderdOnk.
Judgment reversed and new trial granted
orders affirmed with costs.-Loverhill VS.. Suy-
DAM Goelet vs.. McManus; Knapp vs.. Conger.
Special Term aIirmed with costs.-Adriance vs.. q.
Lagrave; Rim vs. The Astor Fire Insurance Com.
pany; James Yearnance, receiver, DC.
absolute for defendants on stipulation with COSTS.
| Wardr0p vs. Dunlap.
Judgment and all subsequent proceeding as to her
set aside with costs as to James E. Coulter
| White VS.. Coulter.
| read that Naylor 4 Co., be allowed and paid
$a,410 "a IN gold, with interest In currency, from
| IRON the same date, aud mat the provision ior
y renearng at the election or Naylor be stricken
out.-Gurney vs.. the Atlantic and Great Western
Appeal dismissed with costs.-Mundon vs. Mum
CLARK; Bliss vs.. Lawrence: Bliss Va. Gardner
Marvin vs.. Newman; Same vs. same.
The New York herald., 1874-11-25
COURT CALENDARs-THIs DAY.

SUPREME COURT-SPEoIAL TRRM-Held py Judge
Van nBrunt.-Demurrers-Nos 4o 10. 73. Law and
1Act-Nos III, 249 S65, 25S 259, 263 $50, 200. 301
314 800, 325 1928, $780, S3 1884, 1885, S45 34S, $780, 3o4
1885, a5e, 361, 3e4, 370 371 37 376 376. 2 40, As,
81. 81, 70, SO, $50, 8.
SUPREME COURT CHAMBERs-Held by Judge
Donohue.--Nos 33, 54 6l, ~ So 125 1877, 1S4, 1888,
lsg 1872 205. 2o9 23o 234 2s5, 245 2i6 249 25o 252
SUPREME OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 2-Held oy
Judge Brady-Case on. No calendar until Friday,
November 27. Part 3-Hed by Judge Van Worst
Nos. 20l5 40e5 37s2 365Q 4061 4375 l747 3sS 1915,
1921 1858, l79e 1885, l499, 673 21ll 1851 2i $685.
2ll5.
SUPERIOR COURT-TRIAL TERM.-Part Held by
Judge Curtis. Case on. NO day calendar. No
other canse Will be taken up this term.
COMMON PLEAs-rRIAL TERM.-Part Held by
1922 1902 S37, 2099, $780, l253 $685. 202, 2241 2242
MARINE CoURT-fRIAL TERM Part l-Adjourned
Tor the term. Part 2-AdjOurned until Friday,
November 81. Part 3-Adjourned Tor the term.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS Held by Judge
Sutherland.-The People Va Martin Godfrey,
mayhem; Same vs.. James COyle, felonous as
saut and battery Same vs. August SALINE,
Lynch, felonous assault and battery; same
vs. Charles Clark, grand larceny; Same vs.. Frank
Kelly, grand larceny; Same Va. Mary Il. Doran,
grand larceny; Same vs. John flanagan. larceny
from the pcrson same VS.. Mary McMullen, lar
cehy from the person; Same VS.. JOAN o. 'Brien lar
ceey from the person; same vs. Michael Maroney,
larceny from the person; Same vs.. LOUIS Kur-
mulzski, receiving stolen goods,
OYER AND TERMINER-Held by Judge Barrett
The People vs.. Loring NJ. Black, violation oil the
excise laws; Same vs.. Timothy Farrell. violation
of the excise laws; Same va. Patrick Farrell,
violation OF the excise laws; Same vs. William G.
YOrEe, violation Of the excise laws.
The New York herald., 1874-11-25
SUPREME O0URT-CHAMBRRS
DecisiOns.

Oecl8IOm6s
BY Judge Lawrence.
Phelan vs. Standardization for continuance
OF the injunction pendente lite is Denied with
costs to abide the event. Opinion.
BY Judge Donohue.
Sanford vs.. Edwards.-MOtion granted.
Coroln, Jr., VS.. Knapp.--l do not think, as mat
ter OF discretion, can allow this ex parte.
Rogers ys. Putnam.-Motion granted.
In the matter OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Kali
road COMMUNICATION denled
Oppenheimer vs. Won Biea. Memorandum.
Asner W.. chester.-Memorandum.
Reilly VS. Clark.-Moti0n denied, with leave to
renew.
In the matter OF Levison vs. Spalding.-Motion
denied.
Clementine vs. Cushney Granted.
In the matter OF Martin 8. Mcmahon, deceased
Granted.
In the matter OF McAdams.-Defendant dis.
charged.
Goodman vs.. Striker.-Memorandum
Weed vs.. Weed. Memorandum.
Dsbrow vs. Jacobs.-Memorandum.
Seward vs.. Whitman.-Motion denied.
Howland w; Taylor.-Order granted.
New York Dyeing and Printing Establishment
ment OF referees lees TOR one day and trial Fee
$50.
Richter vs.. Wise.-Motion denied.
In the Matter OF q. A. Brunner.-Granted.
HOdsden vs.. Nudd.-Memorandum
Mason vs. Crane.---Order granted.
Gawdy vs.. Poullatn. - Granted.
Browning VS.. JameS-Granted. Memorandum,
Browning vs. James.-Motl0n denied.
Cowan vs. Heald.-Motion granted.
Valentine vs.. Burger.-MemOrandum
Starln vs.. The Mayor, &c.-Motton granted.
The New York herald., 1874-11-25
THE FoLEY.PALMER SUIT.

In the Supreme Court, Special Term, Judge Van
Brupt presiding. an important decision In the suit
OF John Foley vs. Chamberlain Palmer and the
city deposit banks was given yesterday morning.
This important case was argued week ago by A.
r. Dyett Tor plaintiff and W. II. Fields for defend.
ants. Tho action was brought by plaintiff, as
taxpayer, to compel the defendants to pay over
20 the city nearly half million dollars, being the
interest upon the funds Of the city deposited for
several years IN the Broadway National Bank, and
also in the Tenth National Bank Of this city. The
Court held that the paintin's action was properly
brought. and overruled demurrer OF defendants,
giving very elaborate opinion censurlng the
course OF the defendant as Chamberlain an6Trus-
tee. and denying his right to hold the interest
accrued upon the daily balances OF the city funds
and tnat 1t ought to have been paid over promptly
TO the city.
This decision settles o long vexed question and
rebounds to the interest Of the taxpayers OF the
city In double sense-in the constrained pay
ment into the public treasury OF moneys rigntiully
belonging TO the people and the recognition Of the
right Of private citizen to bring action which
the paid officials may overlook or may be tndu-
enced In ignoring altogether.
The New York herald., 1874-11-25
A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED.

Another Man with q Fractured Skull.
On the morning of November % an unknown
man. about thirty years olo, was found in an un-
conscious condition in an alleyway in Lexington
avenue, near Forty seventh street. He was taken
to the Twenty-frst precinct station house by
Oficer Minnie, OF that precinct, and afterwards
removed to Bellevue Hospital, where ne died nine
to hold an inquest, alter which Deputy Coroner
Marsh made an autopsy or the body and iound q
large cot Of blood on the lett side OF the brain.
There was also q fracture OF the left temporal
bone. In the opinion OF DR.. Marsh death was due
to compression OF the brain following fracture o.
the skull, resulting from violence Of some kind
The injuries NAV have been the result OF an acci
dental d ia captain acElvaine q the wweny ,H
deceased was Injured.
The New York herald., 1874-11-25
BERGH AND THE STAGE PROPRIE.
TORS.

The trial Of Charles Bunnell, Jesse and John
Marshall and william H. wilkins, propristors Of
'he Fourth avenue stage line, charged with mis-
lemeanor In compelling e. diseased and broken
down morse to WORK. was continued In the Court
Of General Sessions yesterday.
The prosecution was instituted by Mr.. Bergh,
me President or the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals.
Mr.. Fellows, counsel for the defendants, re-.
auested the Court to take the case from the jury,
10 far as the defendants Marshall and wilkins
we're concerned, alntalning that the evidence
failed entirely to connect them with the commits.
sion OF the alleged pfence.
District Attorney Russell conceded that the EVIL
Aence against Jesse Marshall and MIR. wilkins was
llRht out In an able argument contended that
tne testimony clearly showed that John Marshall
ana Mr.. Bunnell, the superintendent, ought to se
neid TO answer. Judge sutherland decided that the
eviaence was insufficient to warrant the jury in
entertaining the allegation, 80 lar as Jesse Mar.
!hal and wilkins were concerned, but lett 1t to
mem 10 determine from tne evidence whether
me otner defendants were guilty or innocent.
!. NJ. bunnel was then examined ~ length as to
ne mode u carrying on the business OF the line
.na e. 20 me condition oi the particular horse IN
luestion. Ae was OF the opinion that tue gray
lorse ~ dispute was taken care or as well as the
9tEer norses, and was ut lor the light work i'm.
posed upon him on the might route"
large number OF witnesses were examined for
the defence, stage line proprietors and horse
kneed" horses. sucn as the horse in controversy
was described TO be- were better when moderately
exercised than II kept entirely quiet.
All the evidence was taken before the adjourn.
ment Of the Court. The case will be concluded to.
day.