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Germans I'm the United states.

Some time ago the Cologne Gazette,
a paper which holds in Germany
about the same position which the
London Times occupies in England,
sent q special correspondent, DR..
Friedrich Ratzel, to this country for
the purpose Of studying the present
condition and future prospects Of the
Germans in the United States. In
his letters, which were very able and
much admired on both sides Of the
Atlantic, this learned gentleman
prophesied, among other things, that
the German element in the United
States was destined to be eventually
Anglo-Americanized To most OF
those who know anything Of the life
and customs, this prophecy will seem
to have rather a remote chance Of be-
ing fulfilled.
So far. and especially in the large
cities of the west, whatever change
may be taking place is decidedly IN
the opposite direction. II there Is
any Standardization going on,
Americans are being Germanized IN
variety Of ways. \ very emphatic
refutation Of DR.. Ratzel's theory, too,
is the German mass meeting beld
last Thursday at Cooper Institute,
New York, TO protest against the
proposal Of the Board Of Education 70
/ expunge instruction ia the German
language from the public schools
This monster demonstration, which
was no less remarkable for It's enthu
siasm than its uHaDimity, conclusive.
lly proves that the Germans have nc
idea Of being absorbed The peopl'
who cling with such tenacity Il
their own literature and language u
the land Of their adoption are not apt
/ to lose their identity.
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Earnest IN Ms love.

4 newly married couple from some
where down the Lansing road were
riding in q grand River car, and the
groom insisted on holding the brides
hand in his big red paw "Ohl no,
don',.7 she said, As she jerked her
hand away.
"Oh. love- let me hold your hand,
Jest for ten minutesI" be pleaded,
earnestly.
"Shoo. Don't yoa see they are
looking at u.s. she whispered
They are, eb?n be replied, looking
up and down the car wall, now,
I'm going 20 put my arm right around
We. and if ahy fellow in this car dares
10 spit crooked III git up'n mop the
floor with bim.until l wear him up to
bis shoulder blades :"
His arm encircled her, and the
other passengers looked as solemn
as if they were On their way from a
funeral
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some months after the date at which
the gold had been brought in there;
and during the interval, france knew
that she must suffer from the with
drawai Of so much bullion from the
general market.
But she found assistance in an un-
expected way; silver did flow back to
her at once from Germany, without
waiting for the issue OF the new
gold currency: France paid Germany
f9,572, 600 in France silver: but this
was no use to the latter; on the con-
trary, it was an embarrassment TO
her, for she on the point Of exporting
q quantity of her own silver which
would become superhuous as soon as
the new gold got into circulation.
So, for this reason, q considerable
portion of the French ive'franee
pieces came back Immediately to
France, and helped to reeonstitute
her store.
And all the other difficulties were,
more or less, like this one. At first
sight they looked grave and durable,
but they diminished or disappeared
as soon as they were seriously at
tackled; the whole thing turned
out to be an astonishing example of
obstacles overrated. The unsuspect-
ed wealth Of France, assisted by
an extent of general commercial
dealings waich was less suspected
still, managed to get the better Of
all the stumbling blocks and i'm
possibilities which seemed to bar the
road.
France has lost ElOO,OO0,OOO, one
half Of which she has delivered TO
heF enemy, and vet she is going on
prospering materially as if nothing at
all had happened. But it is now quite
clear that she never could hsve
managed all this alone; she could
have found the money, but never
could she, single-handed, have car
Fied it to GermaDy.It is there, far
more than in subscriptions to beI
loans, that the world has really
helped her; she has brought back the
stock that foreigners subscribed fol
her, bat she could not do so without
the bills they sold her. If she had
been left to her own resources for tbs
transport Of the indemnity to Berlin
she would probably have been forced
to send two-thirds Of it IN bullion
and to empty her peoples pockets foI
the purpose; the vastness Of the
worlds trade and the unity Of inter
ests which commerce has produced
permitted her TO use other nations
means of action instead Of her own
Viewed in this light, the payment o.
the milliards becomes an enormous
piece Of admirably well arranged in
ternational banking, in which nearly
all the counting houses OF Northern
Europe took a share.
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long Words

Bob said Tom, (which is the
most dangerous word to pronounce
in the English language?n
Don't know said Bob, unless
it's a swearing word"
"Pooh." said Tom, ''it'5 stumbled,
because YOU are sure to get c tumble
between the first and last letter"
"Hal ba.n said Rob. Now I've
one for you. found it one day in
the paper. Which IS the longest
word in the English languagey"
Valetudinarianism,7 said Tom,
promptly
"No, sir; its smiles, because there's
q whole mile between the first and
last letter"
"Hol ho!" cried Tom, that's moth
ing / know q word that has over
Hrce miles between its beginning and
ending"
What's tbaty7 asked Rob, family.
"Be-icqgae-red said Tom S.
Nicholas for AprL
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RELIGION AND DOCTRINE.
DY JOHN HAY.

He stood before the SAnhedrim;
The scowiing rabbis gazed st him.
He reeked not Of their praise or blame;
There was no fear, there was no shame,
For one upon whose daEIlei eyes
The whole world pouredlts vast surprise.
The open heaven was far too near,
His nrst days light too sweet and clear,
To let him waste his nev-gained ken
On the hate-clouded face Of men.
But still they questioned, Who art thou'
What hast thou been What art thou now
Thou art not he who yesterday
Sat here and begged beside the way;
For he was blind.
-Aad ] Gmhs;
For I sras blind, but noir ] see.
He told the story Ger and DER;
1t was his full hearts only lore;
A prophet on the Sabbath-day
Had touched his sightless eyes with clay
And made him see who had been blind.
Their words passed by him like the wind
Which raves and howls, but cannot shock
The hundred-fathom-rooted rack
Theirthreats and fury all went wide;
They could not touch his Hebrew pride.
Their sneers at Jesus aRd his band,
Nameless and homeless in the land,
Their boasts Of Moses and his Lord,
All could not change him by one word.
know not what this man may be,
Sinner or saint; but as for me,
One thing know, that am he
Who once was blind, and now see.
They were all doctors Of renoWn,
The great men Of a famous town.
With deep brows, wrinkled, broad, and wise
Beneath their wide ply laeteTies;
TIE wisdom Of the East was theirs,
And honor crowned their silver hairs.
The man they jeered and laughed to seora
Was unlcarned, poor, and humbly borni
But he knew better far than they
What came to him that Sabbath-day;
And what the Christ had done for him
lie knew, and not the Sanhedrim.
Harper's Magazine for hoy.
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only ohio nan.

Among the railway travellers eat
ing at a hotel near the Central depot,
some time ago. was a chap from Fay
ette. Ohio. who hoisted in meat, pO-
tatoes and bread as If be bad been a
week without eating. A second cup
OF coffee was brought him, al in a
hurry be picked it up and took q
swallow. II was considerably hot
ter than pepper, and in his excite
ment the Buckeye opened bis mouth
and shot the liquid across the table
against a young mans shirt bosom
Observation-Disclosures
dOn-and blazes :" he exclaimed
reaching after water.
"You are hog sir - replied the
Young man, "a regular bog
i am, eh 2"
Yes, sir
and I've got bristles -
"Yes, you have.
And / grunt
"Yes. sir.
stranger" said the Buckeye as
he reached across after another slap
Jack, stranger, / am not a hog-I'm
only an Ohio man, bound for Ian
sing
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BIsh's Pity


There bub, don't cry" said Bi-
iah as he lifted a small boy in his
arms; It isn't no way likely that
you'll ever come into this room and
sit down on that stoye-hearth again.
Life is full Of Just such snags AID
pitfalls. and sometimes L wouldn't
give = cents to live or die" The
boy went out and sat down in q
snow drift TO cool his blister, and
His Honor came in and wanted 10
know who threw that meat on the
stove. and said he would 6ne him
$500 if the guilty party could be
found. Bijah explained, everything
was lovely, and the officer came for
ward and went through the usual
programme Of swearing TO the war
rants.
Henry Norton bad g very solemn
look around his mouth as BJah hand
ed him out, and in d voice husky in
emotion be wcns on 70 say that he
had come TO town to see bis mother,
took a drink with q stranger, aud the
next thing be knew be was reposing
on pile ofold boots in the alley.
And you believed that you were
drugged 2" asked the court
Yes, ] think | was"
You'd sw2rc to it :"
"I would"
Does your mother depend on you
for support ?'
"N-O-O-e-h."
We'll. Henry Norton, it is well
fog her she dCsn't, for you are going up
to sand-paper chair-backs and devour
mush for the space Of sixty days
This being dragged is all bosh, and
alter you get seated in the Black
Maria I'd ike to have you to take
another look at my gray hair and
this wrinkled brow and see if there is
anything grassy about me. "-Detr0ii
T'-8o Droee
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ties they have to perform. Gross
cutting is done prior to frame iil-
hng, but with bundles. as intimated
1t follows the dipping. The vapors
ot the phosphorus escape 10 several
OF the processes; IN mixing the com
position, dipping, drying. aud boxing
The better class Of manufacturers
have separate rooms for each Of these
and only the persons especially en-
gagged in them can inhale the poison
Gus emanations. But in some instan-
ces the entire business is done in one
small room, and all the work people
are more or less exposed.
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i gretehed Danbury boy on oe-
ipg asked if be would live always,
replied that be would i've part Of the
wsv. aad 20 the rest on the train.
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A gentleman caught cold bg kiss
ing 4 ladies' snowy brow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

A door step is often the first step
in life taken By a little waif
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BOARD OF MANAGERS

ROBERT G. MULLIN, Fayet,e City, Fayette
County, Pa
]. q MEYERS NeyeTsials, Somerset O., Pa.
J. II. UHI+ Somerset
]. II, SCHRoYER, West Newton, westm'd Co,
Penn'a.
NJ. NJ. sTAUFFER, Mt Pleasant, wessm'd Co /,
PeuH'R.
H. H.:BYERsiKUHNs, Greensburg, westm'd Co.,
Penn'a.
ABEL NJ. EVANS, AnveIi Tp., Washington
Co., Penn'a.
JAMES W HAY, Riehhm Tp., Green County,
Penn'a.
y. LAIDLY, CarmiehAels, Green County, Pa.
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GARLIC eaters are never crowded
in street cars
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TRUSTEES; 5;

TRUSTEES
JAMES COOPER, D. J. MORRELL,
DAVID DDIBERT. JAMESMcMILLEN
C. p. ELLIS JAMES MORLEY.
AJHAWEs. LEWIS Pitt,
F. W. HAY. II. A BOGGS,
JOHN LOWMAN, CONRAD SUPPES,
T. H. LAPsLY, GEO. T. sWANK,
D. MCLAUGHLIN W. W. WALTERS
DANIEL J. MoRRELL, President,
FRANK DIBERT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDER. Solicitor.
Deposits OF ONE DOLLAR and upwards re-
ceived. and interest allowed on all sums, payable
twice year. Interest il not drawn out, is added
10 the principal thus COlIPOUNDING TWICE
AYEAR. without troubling the depositor to call
or even 20 present his deposit book. Money can be
Withdrawn at any time amer giving the bank GER
tain notice by letter.
Married Women and persons under
age can deposit money in their own names, SO that
It can be drawn only by themselves or on their or
der. Moneys can be deposited for children or by
societies or as trust funds, Subject to certain con-
di,l0ns.
Loans Secured by Real Estate.
Copies ofthe Bylaws, reports, rules OF deposit,
and special act of Legislature relative TO deposits
OF married women and minors, can be obtained at
the Bank.
n--=57Banksug hours daily frumo to 3o'elocki
laC8 and on Wednesday and SATURDAY evenings
nom 8 10 ~ o'clock april -.
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Miscellaneous.
A PPLET0NS'
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA
NEW REVISED EDITION.

Entirely rewritten by the abest writers on every
win several thousand engraVings and maps
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TAMES l. PUGH
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

S,-Bs-set. Pa. Omce. Mammoth Block lp ,airs-
Erfr5nee Main Cross 81 Collections inigy, 49, Fl
tgtes settled titles examined, ana az i,Eii u-7-
y'ess attended ~ with prUmptness and u1ei'E.
r-1rHE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19

A RAILWAY employe writes to the
Journal of the Society Of Arts on this sub
ject. He says: "With reference to my
remarks in my communications, that
trains cannot be heard so distinctly in
foggy as in clear weather. do not think
it Is generally known (allhough a we'll
known fact among railway men) that aft
er slight shower OF rain, or ena dewy or
frosty morning trains cannot be heard at
so great a distance as they can on a dry,
clear day, because at such times the
metals are what is termed greasy, and, as
fog makes the metals more greasy than
rain or dew, I think the above will be
sufficient to prove that I am correct
in what l stated, for there is as much
difference in the noise that & train makes
on dry day and what is termed a
greasy one as there would be in man
running or sliding over pond covered
with ice-the running would represent
the dry day and the sliding the greasy
one. Now, sir, Independent of the above
causes, do not believe that sounds are
more audible in foggy than in clear
weather, for the following reasons:
About two years ago | was stationed at
| the mouth of tunnel to protect trains
| in consequence of a large stream
of water having forced itself through
the wall at a distance of about quarter
of mile from the mouth of the tunnel.
could distinctly hear the water run
ming. Also, could hear the men at
work trying to prevent it; but one morn
ing dense fog came over, and l could
neither hear the running of the water
nor the men at work, so / came to tho
conclusion that the water had ceased,
and when the man came out of the tun-
mel who had to inform me as to the state
of the roads remarked TO him that l
supposed the water had stopped, but, to
my surprise, he said 1t was running faster
if anythingi called his attention TO
the fact that Icould not hear it, and we
could neither of us make out the cause,
but when the fog cleared away we could
hear the noise as distinctly as before, but
it was not until the above occurred three
or four times that we came to the con-
clusion that it was owing to the mouth
of the tunnel being blocked up with fog
that we could not hear the water run
ming. Then, again, sir, / don't know
whether you have noticed it or not, but
fog is very deceptive, for l have heard
old railway men say that they have heard
a train coming when it had been foggy,
but for the life of them they could not
tell whether it was an up or down
train"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL.

TUESDAY, March 9.-Sendte.
Ferry, of Michigan, was elected President pro
tenn Of the Senate by a vote of 80 TO 25 for SEN
ator Thurman. of Ohio The standing commit
tees were announced. Mr.. Morton concluded
his remarks on the Pinchback resolutions, and
Mr. Merrimon, of North Carolina, replied thereto
80. Executive session and adjournment.
"WEDNESDAY, March 10,-iSenGte.-Mr.
Merrimon concluded his remarks on the Pinch
back resolution NJ. Mr.. McCreery secured the
door.. Executive session and adjournment.
THURSDAY, March 11.-Sendte.- long
discussion occurred on the propriety of sending
a committee to the Indian Territory during the
recess. but the subject was finally tabled-S9 to
~ &c. Executive session and adjournment.
FRIDAY, March 12.--Senate. te.-The heirs
Of W. X. Sebastian formerly Senator from Arkan-
sas, presented a memorial asking that the resolu-
ton passed in 1861 for his expulsion be rescinded
.... Messrs. McCreery, salisbury apd Chcisuancy
opposed at length the adoption Of The Pinchback
resolutions. Executive session and adjourn
ment.
SATURDAY, March 3.-Senate.-The
Pinchback resolution was taken up. Mr.. Ed
munds of Vermont, moved TO insert the word
"notn in the text so that 1t would read that he
be mot admitted" etc. Messrs. Thurman and
Whyte spoke to the resolution and amendment
-. Adjourned.
MONDAY, March 15.-iSendte.- resolu.
tion was adopted calling upon the President fol
information relative to the proposed emigration
20 the Black Hills and the measures taken to pre-
vent It, The resolution 10 admit Pinchback wa
debated by Messrs, West, OF Louisiana, in favor
and Ferry, OF Connecticut, against. Executive
session and adjournment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19
A PIlferIng Puppy.

A New YORK correspondent writes !:
a was wading about this week to buy
cages and dropped INTO a cellar in Amity
street where a man keeps birds and dogs
and monkeys. There / made the ac-
quaintance of a newly.impOrted Scotch
terrier of marvellous sagacity and perfect
education. But, alas, misdirected intel
ligencel He has heen for years the ac-
cOmplice of London thief, whose little
game was played by this dog. He is
taught and trained to recognize pocket
book in lady's hand, to jump and frisk
about her, then to seize the pocket book
and run; his master catches him up and
secretes him under his coat and joins
the hue and cry after the dog down
some street. At last he was dropped
upon, the little game discovered, and in
the court the little dog was principal
witness. A lady was walked past him
bearing loosely pocket'bOok up
jumped the dog, seized it and carried il
directly to his master. The master was
sentenced and the dog exiled. He GER
tainly did some Astounding bits of thiev-
ing in my presence, stealing small
package from my muff that lay on a
chair; but must refuse to accept one
story the cellar-keeper told me: That a
lady called TO buy bullfnch and laid
her pocket-book and handkerchief on q
| low shelf. Turning after a while she
took up her property and left the place
but returned in 8 moment saying that
her pocket-bOok was empty that had
contained a $50 bill and several smaller
ones. Search was made and the wad dis.
covered under the edge Of q mat, well
chewed and placed there by the dog"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19

An English physician recently re-
moved a section of patients liver,
placed it on plate, scraped it carefully
and returned it TO its place, fully re-
stored to its normal action. This prom
ises to work a revolution in the treat
ment of disease, and in few years we
will have an addition to domestic litera-
ture something like this: Husband, /
wish you would take Johns right lung
down TO the doctor this morning and
have the middle valve fixed" or "Will
you stop into doctors when you come
home this noon and see if he has Mary's
liver mended, as she wants to go out to
tea this evening" The practice viii be-
come so common in time we are sure
that none of the neighbors will be in
any way startled to see wife with a
veil tied around her head leaning out OF
a bedroom window and shouting to a
receding husband; Jeremiah! tell
DIR. Scrapem to send up Willie's right
kidney at once, whether It is done or not
He's had it there moren a week and the
child might as well be without any kid
ney and done with itp'-D -DaRbury Mems
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19
Ship Tonnage.

In recent paper read by Capt. PIN
before the Society of Arts the writer
gives the following lucid and concise
definition of the term tonnage as applied
to ships: "A vessel with her equipment
and crew will have a certain line of tiota-
ton and certain displacement; and,
after taking full cargo, she will have
another and a deeper line of hotation,
with a greater displacement; or, so TO
speak, her own deeper immersion will
cause her to impress a deeper hole in
the water. The cubic contents Of that
portion of the vessel contained between
these two water-lines, measured exter-
nally, will be TIE same as the number Of
cubic feet of water which tbs cargo, by
depressing her, has compelled the vessel
TO force out of its place. AS the weight
Of one cubic foot of water Ia known, that
weight multiplied by the number OF
cubic feet of water displaced by the
greater immersion Of the vessel, will give
the weight of the volume of the water
so displaced, and that weight will be the
same as the weight Of the cargo, the
presence of which caused the diaplace-
ment in question-that weight Therefore
propose should constitute the tonnage
Of the vessel, since il is the weight, when
expressed in tons. of the cargo which she
can carry with safety % herself ana her
crew"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19
COOIeY's Sitting Hen.

Cooley has had some trouble with one
of his hens She wanted to sit, and he
didn't want her to. He put her under a
barrel, ducked her at the pump, threw
her into the air and reasoned with her,
but she would persist in going back to
the nest. Finally he put hot porcelain
egg under her; but she skipped about
until it cooled, and then she returned and
sat on the egg with the air of having
resolutely determined to hatch set of
crockery and couple Of fiower-pots out
of the porcelain delusion. Then Cooley
resolved TO blow her off. He placed half
a pound Of gunpowder under the nest,
and laid slow match out into the yard.
AS soon as he saw the hen safely seated
he went into the kitchen to get light
Meantime, Mrs. Cooley entered the hen
house TO hunt for eggs and to ascertain if
that idiotlc chicken was sitting yet
Then Cooley came out and fired the train
In a couple of minutes there was fear
| full explosion. A second later, Mrs
Cooley emerged precipitately from the
door with her mouth full of feathers, her
hair full of blazing straw and warm
| blood, and an assortment of drumsticks
gizEards and claws distributed around
over her dress. Then she made dash al
| Cooley. What the result was l do mo-
| know. But | met him on the following
Tuesday with court-plaster on his nose
and look of subsection in his eyes, anC
he Informed me contidentially that th'
next hen of his that wanted to sit nigh
sit in peace throughout the ages of tim,
and all through the unending cycles o
eternity before he would bother himsel
about her.-Ma1 Adsler, in Ddn6uTy Ners