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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

Look well to the time of doing
any thing: there is . time for all
things. Choose the right time for
saying things. If your wife looks
wearied and worn out, be sure it is
not the right time to tell her that the
dinner il not hot, or that the bread
is sour. Comfort her, cheer her up.
Use the ten thousand little strata
gems you were wont TO handle 80
skillfully in the old days, TO bring
out tie smiles around her lips.
If you are annoyed or vexed at
people, just remember it is not the
right time to speak Close your
mouth, shut your teeth together hrm-
", and it will save you many . use
less and unavsiling regret, aad Bit
ter enemy.
If you happen TO feel . little cross
and who among us does not at some
time or other! do not select that
season for reproving ysur noisy
household flock. One word spoken
in passion will make Q scar that Q
summer of smiles can hardly heal
over.
If you are q wife. never tsase your
husband when be comes home weary
from his days business. It il not
the time. Do not ask him for expsn-
sive outlsys when be has been talk
ing Of hard times it ia most sssur-
edly the wrong time.
II he has entered upon any under
taking against your advice, do not
seize the moment Of its failure to say,
II told you so !'' In fact, it 10 never
the right time for those four mono
syllsbles.
If people only know enough.to dis
criminste between the right time and
the wrong, there would be less do
mestic unhsppiness, and has silent
sorrow. and less estrsnsemsns Of
hearts! The greatest eslamitiss
that ever shadow our lives have
sometimes their germ In masters as
apparently slight a. this. II you
pause, reader, before the. singing
taunt or the biting snser. the unkind
scof passes your lips. pause just long
enough to ask yourself, " is it the
right time for me TO speak 7" you
would shut the door sgsinst many Q
heartache.
The world hinges on small thisgs,
and there are not many more trivial
than the right time and the wrong.
-Erchange.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

A man in Greenfield, whom We
will call William, got ap the other
MORNING and proceeded to put on .
shirt which his vile hsd made for
him after new pattern. As shs
stood at the mirror curling hsr
hair, she heard 9 suppressed sound.
half way between . grosn and an oath
and turneing round said, laugh
ing:
Why, my dear!"
"Shut upl" be calculated, you
are Q born fool. Never lss woman
attempt to 6t shirt; she can't do it;
it is one of the impOssibilitiee.D
"But, William, I" dsprscstingly.
Don't you talk-let me talk.
Do you think Fam going down town
in this rig? A pretty disposition
you'v got; just because / happened
to End little fault last week with
your ironing you must 60 snd make
shirt without . bosoml Such
malicious conduct, madam, Is uapsr-
donable. Shut up. l say, j wont
hear q word. When . starehsd
front is the only 6nery that . maa
INDUCES in, is be, not sxeusshls for
being particular in regard to that, I
should like 10 know And this thing
sets like the devil. Look how bsggy
it is here in front, and it feels behind
as if there was Q board bound sssoss
me-" walking up and looking in the
glass, hitching up FIRST one shoulder
and then the other, after the ilde-
scribable manner Of men trying
new garment
His wife dared not speak, bus
bringing . good sized mirror from
the next room, she held 1t up behind
for q moment; and peresiving BY kis
expression that be saw shs
point. and the front, she an down
stairs to settle the coffee and Zee that
Bridget bad set the table geomstri-
cally.
As William walked down 10 his
office that morning. be said to the frst
friend that be met:
IL tell you Tom, that little wife Of
mine is born genius. Look ct ths
shirt now she cut it and made it all
herself no confounded button holes
to bother fellow. just send your
wife up for the pattern"
And it was by the vsy Of Ton's
wife that Lizzie first knew that VII.
liam was pleased with his shirt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
A Queer Case.

About two months ago, as Mr..
Philip Carver, of Union township,
Adams county, passing through Mr..
John RAINS woods, along Little
Conowago Greek, be heard a voice
saying, in German, do you need
any money ?" He replied without
turning, "Yes, l need money very
much" The voice then said: Come
with me, and l will show you where
you can get plenty" Mr.. G. now
looked in every direction for the own
er of the mysteries voice, but could see
no one, although It was broad day.
light. Not enjoying such ghostly
company, Mr.. Carver hastily left the
woods, and went to Mr.. Rahn's,
where he related his strange adven-
ture.
Since then, Mr.. Carver has been
working for Mr.. Rain quite frequent
ly, and they often spoke of this mys-
terious affair. On Friday of last
week, they were again conversing
about the matter, while making Q
fence near the house, when a little
daughter of Mr.. Rs about ten years
old, who was playing about the yard,
found FIVE dollar National Bank
note. The money was in good con-
dition, and appeared to have been re-
Gently dropped. No one about the
house or neighborhood has lost any
money, so far as known, and the
query is how did the money get
there? Did the invisible speaker
place it there, or was it lost by some
one who was prowling about after
intent on robbery or other
crime ? Whether the note is the mon-
ey referred to by the spirit or not, is
uncertain, and many think Mr.. G.
still possesses an excellent show of
finding plenty" of money, by fol
lowing the guidance Of the voice OF
the wonderful unseen parsonage.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

These interesting animals, when
hit in battle, stop, tremble in every
muscle, and groan deeply, while
their eyes show deep astonishment.
During the battle of Waterloo, some
of the horses, as they lay upon the
ground, having recovered from the
first agony of their wounds, fell to
eating the grass about them, thus
surrounding themselves with a cir
Gle Of bare ground, the limited content
of which showed their weakness.
Others were observed quietly gazing
on the field, between the two hostile
lines, their riders having been shot
yf their backs; and the balls flying
over their heads, and the tumult be-
hind, before around them, caused no
interruption to the usual instinct of
ther nature 1t was also observed
that when charge of cavalry went
past near to any Of the stray horses
already mentioned, they would set of,
form themselves in the rear of their
mounted companions, and though
without riders, gallop strenulously
along with the rest, not stopping or
iinching when the fatal shock with
the enemy took place. At the bat
tie Of Kirk, in l745, Major MacDon-
aid having unhOrsed an English Off
Ger, took possession of his horse,
which was very beautiful, and imme-
diately mounted it. When the Eng
lish cavalry fed, the horse ran away
with his captor. Notwithstanding all
his efforts to restrain him; nor did he
stop until he was at the head of the
regiment of which, apparently its
master was commander. The mel
ancholy, and at the same time ludi-
crous figure which Macdonald pre-
sented when he thus saw himself the
victim of bis ambition to possess a
6ne horse, which ultimately cost him
his life upon the scaifold, may be Ca
silly conceived.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

THE w HIsTLE

'You have heard said a youth to ohisswsethear,
who stood,
While he sat on q corn-sheaf, at dny-iight'l
decline
"You have heard of the Danish boys whistle
of fwood?
wish that that Danish boys whistle were
mine"
''And what would you do with 1t: Tell me, rshe
While an arch smile played over her beautiful
face.
fair mind
Would fly to my side. AMI would here take hsr
place"
'Is that all you wish for? That insy be yours
without any magic" the fair maiden cried:
~ favor slight ones good nature seeures,"
And she playfully seated herself by his side.
Il would blow 1t again" said the youth, ''and tho
Would so work that not even Modesty's check
would be able to keep from my neck your fine
arm"
She smllcd-and she laid her fine arm on his
neck
.'Yct once more would Ibow, and the music d.
Would bring me the third time An exquisite
bliss:
You would lay your fair check TO this brown one OF
mine,
And your lips, stealing past it, would give me a
kiss
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
EHGEgGE PUMP

The Simplest. Most Powerful, Effective. Dura
ble. Reliable and Cheapest Pump In use.
IL is made all Of Iron, and Of a few simple parts
Il viii not Freeze. as no water remains in tn,
pipe when not IN action.
II has nc leather or gum pact ing, as the sucker
aud valves are all OF iron.
i seldom. II ever, gets out OF order.
Il will force water from 20 TO 60 fcct a the air By
attaching a few feet OF hose.
II is good for washing Buggies, Windows, water
ing Gardens, sc.
II furnishes the purcst and coolest water, because
II Is placed In the bottom OF the well.
TEEMs:-55f inch Pump, SIS; pipe, Soc. u foot
" Is; 65c. -
Larger sizes in proportion.
WEYAND'&-rLATT.
Sole Agents for Somerset County.
Sou.-s.- Pa. Nay Isl. 1872.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

laws Of her unceremonious introduc-
ton to snow drift at the dead of
night, and they retaliate by reference
to the shower bath given her by
Sam.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
WINDOWIND DOORFRANES.
In snort anything generally used IN house build
ing. An orders promptly filed. mario

III Nill l4llN- GtlffallN uHtu III mouse bnllI-
ing. All orders promptly filed. mario
TO THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Your attention is specially invited to the fact
that the National Banks are now prepared to re
ceive subscriptions to the Capital Stock of the
Centennial Board Of Finance. The funds realized
from this source are TO be employed in the erection
Of the buildings for TIE International Exhibition
and the expenses connected with the same. Ii is
confidently believed that the Keystone State will
bc Represented 10y the name of every citizen alive
to patriotic commemorati0n Of the one hundredth
birthday of the nation. The shares Of stock are
offered for SO each and subscribers will receive
handsomely steel engraved Certificate of Stock.
suitable for framing and preservation Il national
memorial.
Interest at the rate Of six per cent per annum
will be paid on all payments Of Centennial Stock
from date of payment to January l. 1875.
Subscribers who are not near n National Bank
can remit cheek postoiilce order to the under
signed.
FRED. FRALEY. Treasurer,
9Oi Walnut St. Philadelphia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
DENTISTRY

Drs Collins s. Bills still continue the practice Of
Dentistry; are prepared to perform all Operations
IN the best manner and at low pr 'es as the same
Kind Of work can be done anywhere In the state.
full set of teeth for ss: double set for sl5. All
Operations warranted; and teeth eXtractedwith-
oui main unl7
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
PROFESSIONAL.

DR.. George B. Fundenl'erg, Of Cumberland,
Nd, informs bs friends that he has this day as so
dated with himself in the practice Of medicine
and surgery, his son. Dr. Walter 4. Fundendcrg,
late the resident surgeon Of the New York Eye
and Ear lnfirmary.
Special attention Will be paid TO the diseases Of
the Eve and Ear. MARI
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-22
Limewater for Burns.

A correspondent of the New York S5e,
writes TO that journal that the readiest and
most useful remedy for scalds and burns
is an embrocaion of limewater and linseed
oil. These simple agents combined form
a thick, cream-like substance, which effec-
tually excludes the air from the injured
parts, and allays the Inflammation almost
instantly. He mentions case where a
child fell backward into a bath-tub of boil
ing water, and was nearly flayed from her
neck to below her hips. Her agonies were
indescribable; but her clothing being
gently removed, and the lime and oil
preparation thickly spread over the injured
surface, she was sound asleep IN live
minutes. Subsequently the parts were
carefully washed with warm milk and
water three times a day, the oil dressing
renewed. and the little patient rapidly
recovered. Though ALL the scalded skin
came of, she did not have a scar. This
remedy leaves no hard coat to dry on the
sores, but softens the parts, and aids nature
to repair the injury in the readiest and
most expeditions manner. The mixture
may be procured in the drug stores; but
II not thus accessible, Stake 4 lump OF
qucklime in water. and as soon as the
water Is clear mix itwith the oil and shake
Wen. ii the case is urgent. use boiling
water over the hme, and II Will become
clear in five inmates. The preparation
may be kept ready bottled in the house,
and it will be as good when six months
old as When first made.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-22
Great Salt Lake Growing Greater.

SiLLiman's Journal for September gives,
on the authority of the Utah Mining Jour
nat, some very remarkable statements i'll
regard to the level of the Great Salt Lake.
The valley was settled in 1871. The level
of the lake is now twelve or fourteen feet
higher than it was then. From 1917 to
1852 there was no noticeable change.
From 1852 to 1856 there was rise to the
extent of about six feet above the lowest
level of the first mentioned year. From
1856 to 1861 a gradual subsistence took
place. until, in the fall of 1861, the level
was two feet below the lowest mark OF
1852 and the lake was contracted to about
three-tourths of its area in that year. But
from the spring of 1861 to 1865 there went
on a steady rise; the lake extended TO once
and a half its area in 1861, and its surface
stood twelve feet above the earlier level.
Since that time the rise and fall have been
about equal, the tendency on the whole
being to gain, the fluctuation not exceed
ing two feet. As to the prospect for the
future. it is stated that the humidity OF the
atmosphere annually increases as the area
of cultivation become greater, and, as
consequence, the evaporation becomes
less. On the other hand, the mountain
streams are steadily charging. Thou
sands of acres of farming, meadow, and
pasture lands have been submerged along
the eastern and northern shores of the
lake, and many square miles of valuable
lands still occupied by the farmers will be
completely inundated should the waters
rise but a few inches above the level of the
past five years, unless protected by levees.
A monument has been recently placed
near the shore of the lake to indicate the
! f1uetuation of the level. This will be
watched with great interest for the next
! few years.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-22
A Happy Event in the Life of Poor
Boy.

The New York Sun gives the following
particulars concerning Lieutenant Fitch,
General Sherman's new son-in-law:
Thomas William Fitch was born in
Madison street, near Rutgers, in this city,
on the lst of October, 1913. His father
was hard-wOrking man, and, at an early
age, the son was given a chance to earn his
own living. Young Fitch, who had four
sisters and a younger brother, who has
since died, was sent to Grammar School,
No. %. The teachers, especially Mr.. Du-
rand and Mr.. Meiggs, became warmly at
tached to him. On, graduating from the
school he obtained a situation in the Home
Journal office, but did not remain long.
He was then about II. Wishing to learn
a trade he chose that of a moulder, and
became an apprentice in the Novelty Iron
Works. He aspired to be the foreman OF
the place, and worked hard to attain a good
position. BY his fellow employees he was
gene rally liked. All knew him to be a
quiet, industrious young man. After fin
ishing his trade in 1863 he entered the navy
as third assistant engineer. He went to
South America and Europe, and has since
visited most of the seapOrts of the world
excepting those Of China. He first saw
Miss Marie Ewing Sherman in London on
the 18th of last October.
In the navy young Fitch was promoted
to be an engineer. When it became knowR
in the Seventh Ward that he was to be
married to Miss Sherman the joy Of his
old companions was unbOunded. His old
instructor, Father Mooney, who had pre-,
dicted bright future for his pupil, was
indeed proud.e
Lieut.. Fitch's parents and his three sis.
ters live in pretty frame building at III
Newell street, Greenpoint, whittier they
moved about four months ago. On Satur
day the engineer and his bride visited them
and were joyfully received. The bride
was described by Lieut.. Fitch's sister as {
''sweet, quiet little body, who was not s
bit proud" On Monday the bride ant
bridegroom started for st. Louis. The
engineer has leave of absence for a year
and at the end of that time he will retire
from the navy and engaged in thewire bust
ness in st. Louis.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-22
An Ecclesiastical Procession.

The day was one OfthOse which can come
to the world only in early June at Venice.
The heaven was without a cloud, but a
blue haze made mystery of the horizon
where the lagoon and sky met unseen.
The breath of the sea bathed in freshness
the city at whose feet her tides sparkled
and slept.
The great square of st. Mark was trans
formed from a salon, to temple. The
shops under the cOlOnnades that inclOse lt
upon three sides were shut; the cafes, be-
fore which the circles of idle cOiiee-drlnk-
ers and sherbet-eaters ordinarily spread
out into the piazza, were repreSSed 10 tne
limits of their own doors; the stands OF the
water-venders, the baskets OF those that
sold oranges of Palermo and black cher
ries of Padua, had vanished from the base
of the Church of ST. Mark, which, with its
dim splendor of mosaics and its carven
opuIence of pillar and arch and final, rose
like the high altar, iheffably rich and beau
tiful. of the vaster temple whose mclOsure
it completed. Before it stood the three
great red llagstaffs, like painted tapers, be-
fore an altar, and from them hung the
Austrian flags of red and white, and yel-
low and black.
In the middle of the square stood the
Austrian military band. mOtiOnless, encir-
cling their leader, with his gOld-headed
staff uplifted. During the night light col
Onnade of wood rooted with blue cloth bad
been put up around the inside of the pi-
azZa, and under this now paused the long
pomp of the ecclesiastical prOcession-the
priests of all the Venetian churches in their
richest vestments, followed in their order
bv faccAiyai, in white sandals and gay robes,
with caps of scarlet, white, green, and
blue, who bore huge painted candles and
silken banners displaying the symbol or
the portrait of the titular saints OF the sew
eral churches, and supported the eanopies
under which the host of each was elevated.
Before the clergy went company OF Aus
trian soldiers, and behind the tdeehu.t came
a long array of religious societies, charity
school bows, in uniforms, old paupers in
holiday dress, little naked urchins with
sheDber(Is' crooks and bits of fleece about
their loins like John the Baptist in the
wilderness, little girls with angels wings
and crowns, the monks of the various or
ders, and civilian penitents OF all sorts IN
clOaks or dresS-cOats, hooded or Darehead-
ed, and CARRYING each lighted taper.
The corridors under the Imperial Palace
and the New and Old PrOcuratie were
packed with spectators; from every VIII
dow. up and down the fronts of the pal
aces, CAV stuffs were flung; the startled
doves of st. Mark perched upon the corni-
ces, or fluttered uneasily to and fro above
the crowd.
The baton of the band-leader descended
with a crash of martial music, the priests
chanted, the charity boys sang shrlll, a
vast noise of shutiling feet arose, mixed
with the foliage-like rustling OF the sheets
of tinsel attached to the banners and can
dies in the procession; the whole strange,
gorgeous picture came to life.-AtIant1e
MonthLH.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-22
The Result of Writing Another Mans
LOVe-Letters.

There resided in the lower portion OF
this city not long since swain whose
sweetheart dwelt in distant place, ana
in communicating with her her lover was
compelled to call in the aid of third per-
son, as his early education was defective,
perhaps from too frequent indulgence IN
. DIayinp hockey" To guard against
anv temptation for the scribe's falling in
love with his sweetheart, the young fellow
settled upon a married man TO perform the
duties thereof, and so for a time things
worked most harmOniOusly. The scribe
had been there himself, and. proitlng by
his experience, he penned such deliciously-
gushing letters to Mary Ann, in the name
of George, of course, that the little mald
soon surrendered the citadel OF her heart
to George, and promised In due tlme 20
surrender her hand also. NOW nine IN us
flight caused the swain to move 10 neigh-
boring river town to pursue his calling,
and il was necessary to keep up the CORE
spondence with Mary Ann in the same
handwriting, so George got friend in his
new home to write the tender messages
and mail them to the scribe in this city TO
copy and post. The plan succeeded ad-
mirably for time, but on one il-fated DAY
the scribe, after inditing a most loving
epistle TO Mary Ann, ending, oil course
with prayer for a reply by return mall
in fit Of abstraction signed his own IN
stead of Georges name. The return was
a female, and no less a one than May
AIMS own mother, who searched out the
scribe, and laying his last tender eiiusloh
to her daughter before his astoplShed eyes
asked him. in such tones as only an OUT,
ragged mother can command, how dared
he. a married man, with family, Write
such a letter to her innocent lamp Oh
daughter, Then that scribe had 10 rise 10
explain how he had been engaged in an
amicable fraud, and the words must not
be taken as an expression of his own SEN
timents-oh, no, by no means-pst tnose
of George. His explanation, however,
| fully satisfied the matron, and all Is again
serene.-Rosdouft ~. ~ Freeman.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-22
The Chief of the st. Petersburg Police.

Letters from st. Petersburg, says the
Pail Mall Gazette, speak of remarkable
feat of determination on the part of Gen.
TrepOff, the head of the st. Petersburg pO-
lice, who had given in earlier life extraOr-
binary proofs of personal courage. A fear
full double murder was recently committed
at the Military Academy of the city by a
policeman, who being attached TO the fe-
male servant of the doctor of the establish
ment, fancied he had cause to suspect her
of infidelity. Having entered the doctors
quarters to upbraid her, he ended by
taking up carving-knife and killing the
unfortunate woman on the spot, and then
shaving the doctor himself with it in his
study. Here he locked himself in with the
instrument of his crime, and vowed he
would despatch the first man with it who
attempted to arrest him. The police sum-
moned to the spot were awed by his ap-
parent determination, while some pro-
prosed to shoot him as a wild beast, and
a party went in search of fire engine with
a view to drench him into surrender. a
report of the occurrence reached Gen. Ire
poff. Springing into the droschky which
is kept ready for emergencies, the General
was on the scene in a few minutes. He
ordered the door to be burst open, and
then entered unarmed. AS he expected,
the murderer retreated into corner pre-
pared to sell his life dearly. The General
approached him unhesitatingly, with the
words, '.Well, my friend, you have com
mitted pretty pair of murders, and hear
YOU are going to stick any one who tries
to take YOU. Now stick me: for | have
come on purpose to take you myself" The
wre:ched man was so awed by the quiet
and authoritative manner of his former su-
pcrior that he lowered his weapon and
made no reply to the challenge, and two
of the police officers who had fol-
lowed Gen. Trehoff sprang on him and
secured him without further resistance. 1t
is not surprising that the st. Petersburg
police, in relating the story, declare their
chief to be the bravest man in Russia.