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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-07

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Ne. h tbe will be Increased
Ksrscn Worth 10 OH -ss shanf cow
hill st evening CONTACT win posi- ha oss
Of his legs broken In two plaeea
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
Generosity ora Dog.

The following instance Of generosi
ty on the part Of a farmers dog de-
serves to be recorded. Trip was
naturally a good-tempered animal,
though when chained up be locke q
fierce enough sometimes. There wa;
a cat named Tom, belonging TO the
same establishment, who often tried
Trips temper by stealing his food
and By other aDnoYanees The two
in short, led thoroughly "cat-and
dog life," in the prOverbisl sense Of
the phrase.
One day Tom was out on bird.
ing expedition. and at the same time
Trip was accompanying his master in
a stroll about the farm, whea at q
hedge corner, a good way of, the
dog saw sopething like mischief 90
ing on, and be ran swiftly toward The
spot. 1t was another dog Of the
eighborhood remorseless worrying
Tom Trip brayely attacked the
dog, and soon forced him to desist
and bot Tom had beel mortslIy
wounded. Trip, however. took up
poof puss by the neck, and with his
master returned 10 the house, where
be whined for some time in such 9
p. eoIs manner as pr : d that be wa'
sctua.ed by q most nsgnsnimou:
temper Of forgiveness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
How Postage stamps are MADE.

The process of manufacturing the
little postage stamps is quite interest
ing: In printing, steel plates are
used, on which 200 stamps are en-
graved- Two men are kept hard at
work covering them with the eolored
inks and passing them TO a man aud
girl, who are equally busy printing
them with large rolling hand presses.
Three Of these little squads are en-
ployed all the time, although ten
presses can be put into use in case of
necessity. After the small sheets Of
paper upon which the 200 stamps
are engraved have dried enough they
are sent into another room aud
gummeG The gum used for this
purpose Is a queer composition,
made of the powder of dried p6ta-
toes and other vegetables mixed with
water, which is better than any 9TH
er material, for instance gum arabic,
which cracks the paper badly This
paper is also of a peculiar texture,
somewhat similar TO that used for
bank notes. Alter having been again
dried, this time on little racks which
are famed by steam power for about
an hour, they are put between sheets
of pastebOa-d, and pressed in by
draulic presses, capable Of applying
weight of two thousand tons. The
next thing is to cut the sheets in half;
each sheet of course, when cut, con-
tains g hundred stamps. This is
done 6y girl with a large pair of
shears, cutting by hand being pre-
ferred TO that of machinery, which
method would destroy too many
stamps. They are then passed to
two other squads, who in as many
operations perforste the sheets be-
tween the stamps. Next they are
pressed once more, and then packed
and labeled, and slowed away in
another room, preparatory to being
put in mail bags for dispatching to
fulfill orders. If a single stamp is
torn, or in any way mutilated, the
whole sheet Of one hundred is
burned. About FIVE hundred thou
sand are burned every week from
this cause. For the past twenty
years not single sheet has been lost, /
such care has been taken in counting
them. During the progress Of man
ufacturing. the sheets are counted /
eleven times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
Delicate People.

There is constant sympathy eI-
pressed by robust people for those Of
slight physical constitution. We
think the sympathy ought to turn 10
the opposite direction. 1t is the del
icate people who escape the most
fearful disorders, and, in three cases
on, Of four, live the longest. Those
Of gigantic structure are almsst al
ways reckless Of health. They say
Nothing hurts men :" and so they
stand in draughs, and go out into the
night air to cool Of, and eat crabs,
at midnight, and doff their asnnels in
April and get their feet wet. But
delicate people are shy Of peril
They know that disease has been
fishing for them for twenty years,
and they keep away from the hook
No trout can be caught if be sees
the shadow Of the sportsman on the
brook, These people, whom every
body expects to die, live on most te
naciously. We know Of 9 young Ia
dy who evidently married 8 wealthy
msn Of eighty-6ve years on the
ground that be vas very delicate AID
with reference 10 her one third. But
the aged invalid is so careful Of bis
health, and the young wife is 50 care
less Of hers, thai It is now uncertain
whether she viii inherit bis store
houses or be inherit her wedding
rings. Health and longevity depend
more upon caution and Intelligent
management Of ones self than upon
original physical outfit Psul's sd-
vice TO the Sheriff is appropriate to
people in al occupations: DO thy
self no harm"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
The Duchess OF Edinburgh Never
Opened a Deer.

A London letter says:
The Duchess of Edinburgh does
not grow in favor with the public
They never quite forgive her for as
serting precedenry over the Princess
Beatrice and she has certainly
given proof OF naughty disposition
As general rule our own royal
family do not give themselves airs.
This sort Of personal pride is espe
cially resented in q foreigner A
curious instance Of it took place the
other day at Chiswick, where the
duke and duchess went TO visit q
certain famous collection Of house
flowers. Tie proprietor of the place
wished to explain the merits of his
plants, bat the path was narrow, and
1t would have been indecorous as well
as dangerous TO his pots, aud to pre-.
cede her be was given to understand,
would have been (in Russis) to CON-
NIT high treason. At last they came
to swing door that only required g
push, but which, to the Russian
duchess was an insuperable barrier
She had never opened door for her,
self in ber life, and was not going to.
begin in a nursery garden in CHS
wick. Her splendid attire blocked
up the pats, so that to pass by her
was impossible, and the whole party
came to a dead lock. The unhappy
proprietor was in despair. Then the
Duke came to his assistance. She
won't open the door, said be; that
is quite out of the question. Do you
run around, open it for her, and keep
in front of her. Walk backward, !,
and never mind your flower pots ,
Whether any aowerpots were broken
| don't know, but viii stake my ex-
istence that if there were, the duke
did not nav fo, them -
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BRYANT AT FoUR-sCORE.
NOVEMBER 3, ls74.


Poet, whose voice is OF the winds and woods,
Whose calm verse fows as does the mountain rlIl
Ripping and murmuring through the shade anC
sheen
And DER the cool, clean stone;
Poet, whose voice is fthe ocean foods
When thou dost hear, along the wooded hill,
The footsteps of the Lord, and thou may'st lean
To listen, stilled, alone
Natures lnterpretsr,--the wind, the stream, th'
tree,
The human soul. all find friend In thee.
Thine is the music Of the fountains flow,
Or Autumn's wind, fresh in the fading tree;
Men quicken at Thy word they feel thee nigh
One dear to childhood's day.
Thou art a stream born of the mountain snow,
Which sought, unsoiled, the city by the sea,
Winding where fair things fail and pure things die
And springing, white with spray,
fountain, where, despite the multitudinOus tread
Faith Is refreshed and faint hearts eomiortel.
Bryant. thy word Is best when thou dost write
or life, Of hope, OF human destiny
or the grave JOY which keeps the heart con:ent,-
or Natures constant calm
Comforter, thou dost show the Infinite,
hon dost unseal the iount when eyes are dry
And hearts are breaking. Thy wise words are
bleD;
With weeping and 4 Psalm
OF Life goes M, and not unheard: while thou dost
sing,
Hearts grateful, though unseen, still listen llnger-
Ing.
So shall men listen when all these are gone;
Still shalt thou sing when the invisible volI
Hath wrapped thee from mans vision. Lightly lie
On thee thy years f0urscore.
In thine eternal youth thou shalt sing On;
Thy strain, voice Of Nature, shall not fail;
And thee labor and SORROW come not nigh!
But when the silent oar
or Charon s;irs not too late or soon that voceless
sea.
Wake TO thy two-fold immortality!
Rec Henry c. Badger
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
WHOLE NO. 1923.
.Alabaster Boxes.

Alabaster is a delicate, white, sof
kind Of marble used for lamps, vases
and other ornaments.
There are two kinds Of alabaster
/ One is composed Of carbonate o
llme, and is highly valued on account
OF us clearness and variety ofcolored
streakingsi red We low, grey, &c The
other kind OF aiabasler is composed
Of hydrous suIphate Of lime. This is
50 soft it may be scratched with the
hnger-nail IL is beautiful and clear.
white as snow. This kind is gener-
ally used for vases and other orna-
ments because il is softer and more
beautiful, and it can more easily be
nodded and formed. Alabaster is
often bronzed This is done by coat
ing 1t once or twice with sizing and
tJuching it with bronze powder
The finest aud best alabaster is found
in Valterrs, Tuscany.
In Alabastrum, Egypt, there was
mandatory of small vessels and
pots tor holding perfume, which were
made from q stone, found in the
mountains near the town.
The Greeks gave 70 these vessels
the name Of the city in which they
were made-Alabastrum.
After a while the stone from which
they were made was called alabas-
trum. Later, still, this name was
given to all vessels used for holding
oil or perfume, whether made Of ala
baster, glass, ivory, bone or she'll
These vessels Of perfumery or oint-
ment were made Of various sizes and
styles, or shapes. Some were made
long and tapering without handles;
some like flask. with long necks
and some in the fern Of box or
chest.
In the l4th chapter Of Mark YOU
can read Of an slabaster box.
1t is supposed that this vas one
Of those long necked vesstls, and
when Jesus was reclining or sitting
at the table in the house Of Simon IN
Bethany, Mary the sister Of Lazarus
came, aud broke the neck off Of the
vessel or box, and poured the pre-
eious ointment upon the head of
Jesus.
These vessels, CT alabaster boxes.
were much used amongst the ancients,
in their toilets; also, in amounting the
heads Of guests, as a mark Of distinc-
tion When Mary broke the albas-
ter box and poured the precious oint-
ment on the head Of Jesus, Judas
Iscariot was displeased He said it
was wasting; be said this aIabaster
box with the precious ointment might
have been sold for three hundred
pence, but Jesus said: why trouble
We the moman? for she hath wrought
3 good ", rk upon me-"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
silver Coin.

The Director Of the Mint has Is
sued a memorandum" circular,
showing that when the gold ya!u {
of silver bullion is II2 cents per
ounce, standard, and the premium on
gold III per cent, one dollar in sub
sidisry silver coin and one dollar in
currency are Of the same value in
gold For instance, a silver bar
which yields 81 900, when coined
weighs S03.T5 ounces, its value iu
gold a. liz cents per ounce is $500
20. The coinage adds 800 50 10 it,
value, and makes il represent 81, ,O6O
in silver coin. If silver bullion were
purchased al the present price, ll2
IL cents per standard ounce (goldl
the issuing rate being $I54 4-l5 per
standard ounce, or about $500, 900
on SAC, ,337 900 issued 10 redemption
Of fractional currency. II is presumed
however, that silver will reach a still
lower price, owing to the increased
production Of our mines, and 70 the
fact that Germany having demoral-
lied her silver coins will probably
throw al immense amount Of bullion
on the market, IN which event IS sil-
yer Increases IN price, the profit 10
the government will increase in pro
portion. If the government could
Duy q hundred million dollars worth
Of silver bulliOa and coin, it adding
50, $50, 900 20 the value by this Oper-
alton, we might ge' I'd e hundred
millions Of cur paper curreaey. The
Secretary Of the Treasury could pay
out silver coin in such quantities 70
take away the temptation 10 hoard
II, as well as to destroy the margin
on which IL is bought And sold.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
A Texas Duel.

Manning and Molett, rival physi.
clans in Giddings, Tex, quarreled, as
most rival physicians do. They
agreed to settle their difficulty with
knives 10 quiet place in the woods
just out of town. There were no
seconds or spectators, and each ofthe
physicians took along lint and ban
dages to dress bis wounds. Their
accounts Of the fight are alike, and as
follows: The weapons were long
bowie knives. They stripped to the
waist, and at the first onslaught got
such firm hold of each other that
the weapons could not be used. After
a long struggle they separated and
stood warily watching for chance
As they at length rushed together,
Manning received slight stab in the
neck and Molett more serious cut
across the arm. They stopped long
enough for each to dress his own
wound and then faced for another
found. With great caution, and
many feints aud lodges, they spent
what they say seemed like half an
hour before coming together Final
ly Molett caught Manning's head
under his arm, and, while for an
instant he was able to hold him in
that position, stabbed him deeply
twice in the breast but Manning,
with his arm free, was able at the
same time to plunge his knife into
Molett's back. These serious stabs
ended the fight Molett was able to
reach his surgical appliances and at
tend to his,wound Manning tainted
and fell insensible and bleeding.
After attending to his own hurt,
MOlett says he was about to go away
and leave his adversary to bleed to
death, but his better nature predom-
mated and with considerable effort
he saved Manning's life. Assistance
soon came and they were taken to
their homes, where they will be con-
fined long time by their injuries.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
New Foes 90 the Feline Race.

The following statements appear in
communication, without date, in
the Richmond (Va) Whig: "In a re-
cent number Of your paper it was
announced that a fatal epidemic pre-
vailed extensively in many parts Of
the State amO1g the feline race. In
this neighbOrbOOd the disease has
been raging, and the lives Of many
Of the race have been destroyed by
it. Some Of the physicians have as
eertaiued that it is trlchina-the
same disease which has caused the
death, at different times and places.
of a great number Of cattle and hogs
When eats were attacked with the
disease, it was believed there was no
remedy-that death was inevitable
When | was in Richmond at the last
State Agricultural Fair, a lady az
whose house / was q guest, informed
me that she bad found in a case Of
her OWE. that calomel was an efec-
tive remedy. During the past week
a half grown kitten Of my own, Of
remarkable beauty, was attacked by
the disease. The above mentioned
remedy Give grains Of calomeD was
applied, and she is now well, hearty
and playful The publication Of this
remedy may be instrumental in saw
ing the lives Of many cats
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
Bells.

The great bell Of St. Psul's Lon
don, weighs s.400; the great bell Of
Lincoln, 1884 pounds. Great Tom,
in Christ church, Oxford, the largest
bell ia England, weighs 1900
pounds The bell in Pslez Yicehio,
al Florence. suspended 296 feet rom
the ground, weighs 1900 pounds.
The great bell Of ST. Peters, az
Rome, weighs lS.400 pGnds. The
bell at Erfutb, 2s.200. But large as
are these bells, they shrink consider
ably when compared with those o.
Russia. The bell in the tower of st
Ivan, in Moscow, weighs loo, 600
pounds; and the fallen great bell
which lies at the foot Of the same
tower, 440,772 pounds. Its height
exceeds 81 feet, and It's diameter at
The rim il % feet The metal in it is
estimated 70 be worth 973,000.
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re Didn', n Plae.


lac Congressman's baae is the
young man who wants a posit;on ),
hunting governmental Situations e.
mccoy women and indoleut mid5Is
aged hoaGs Ok families. Is dec
task enough But It has its brie,L.
side in the facttbat it furnishes bread
and butter 10 those who otherwise
might be sore pressed for even the
bread alone. For the inane young
man, however, whose only ambition
Is routine job, where the work il
moderate and anxiety a minimpu
the Congressman or Cabinet offcial
eherIshes but scanty regard The
desired situation msy, indeed. be
looked up Home influence has its
weight With those in authority in
Washington, ard when a shallow
youth comes here with bis valise
crsmmed with endorsements from To-
eai digaltaries elsewhere, the person
70 whom he is consigned generally
gets hlm "a place. . But il Is the
rum O. the youth. I wish I could
e4nioit the average department male
the one who has settled down ~ tbe
lIstless round Of a governmental ns-
body, to the young men Of other To-
calities who aspire to similar enerva-
ton. He is a business dummy and n
social corpse By the time he has
dawdled through a dozen years as a
department servit0r, he is devoid Of
manliness, aud as incapable Of acting
aud thinking for himself as a sawdust
stuffed doll.
Let me show YOU how men Of
brains and energy view this work
several years ago a slabsided awk-
ward printer boy frem Maine found
bis way to Washington ia search Of
"an easy place" Tom EwiDo was
then Secretary Of the Interior lie
was also uncle Of our gawky place
hunter. To him the youngster natu-
rally applied for assistance in getting
the desired situation. This was the
encouraging answer he received
from Ewing:
Il will not get you a place in anv
Of the departments. Moreover IL
you find a place and 20 % work /
viii use all my influence to have YOU
dismissed. / want you to get out Of
Washington. / am not going to
have you made into a limp and help
less nonentity i'll can help it. Go any-
where else, 60 to the devil if Won
IKE you shan't stay in Washing
ton. -
This inspiriting counsel drove the
printer youth back to Maine again.
Had Ewing found him the desired
place, be would to-day be tyins tame
around bundled documents. or stick
ing official stamps on somebody else's
letters, in one Of the departments
ln inert human routine machine
But the unele's sensible brusqueness
ness was the nephew's salvation.
The name ofthat discouraged Young
was James G. Blaine, pres
mt Speaker of the House of Repre-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
Worth Remembering

How the boys may be saved the
trouble Of going for the cows IS
thus told by the American Stock
journal Every time they are
driven up at night or in the morning
give them a good lick Of meal or
bran, and our word for it the cows
~iil always be on hand at the milk
ias t.-.e.
An Illinois farmer determines the
age Of animals over nine wears old
by the following novel method AZ
ter the horse is nine years old
wrinkle comes on the upper lip. and
every year thereafter be has one well
defined wrinkle f0r every year there
after. II. FOR instance, q horse has
three wrinkles, be Is twelve ; If be
has four, be is thirteen. Add the
number Of wrinkles to nine and you
will get IT,
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merizers, placed him hors du combat.
The boys looking on seemed to re-
gard it as magical. The man, in-
stead Of fighting, sneezed, stamped,
laughed, cried, swore and howled.
Witchcraft appeared to be the only
solution, and the mixture of fear,
ave, dread, and admiration with
which Mike was regarded by them
was greatly enhanced. The pepper
trick Cayenne preferred) became af-
terward very common
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
An Eccentric st.r.

The most singular fact connected
with the proper motions Of the stars
IS that one or two stars are avipg
through space with such enormous
rapidity that the combined attraction
OF all the stars visible with the teIe-
scope could never stop them. This
seems to be especially the case with
a small star, invisible to the naked
eye, designated in astronomical liter
atGre as "Gr0Ombridge, $780, from
the name Of the astronomer who first
recorded its position. The rate of
motion Of the star is about seven
seconds per year-the greatest known.
1t was hence concluded that it must
be very near 70 us, and a number Of
astronomers have sought 10 determine
Its parailax, bat have found IL 10 he
only e tenth Of a second. Its anna
rent notion 10 a year being seventy
times its parallax, il moves AZ Least
seventy times the distance from the
earth TO the sun 10 a year, or eighteen
millions Of miles every dsy. and
more than two hundred miles every
second. From what we know Of the
distribution, masses, and number Of
tie stars, 1t seems probable that the
attraction Of all the bodies IN the
universe can never stop this headloDg
speed, nor bring this star into an or
bit, and that consequently il will
pass through our universe and leave
i entirely in its passage through in
hnite space. If we had accurate OBJ
servations Of the stars position three
or four thousand years ago. we could
speak with more certainty Of its des-
tiny. We may expect that our pos
terity Of few thousand years hence
viii, By the aid Of the observations
and tables We shall transmit 10 them.
be able to come 70 definite conclu-
sion respecting the age and structure
Of The universe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20
Apple Pie.

Sliced peeled apples upon . pie
plate, aud cover with crust Do
not press IL down Al the edge, but
trim it Of neatly. Bake quickly and
thoroughly. Remove the crust, turn
its 0poer side down upon another pie
plate. Mash the apple, sEeetsn il 70
the taste. favor with nutmeg, add 3
piece Of butter The size Of hickory
aut, s8d spread apou the crust A
little sgeeteDed cream. poured upon
this when eaten, Is delicious.
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How so Make q wax Crsss.

Take a wooden cross the size you
wish; take plain, thick, white paper
Of any kind, have ready some paste
or any thing that viii stick good, and
first dsub the cross all over with il,
then wet the paper with the same and
cover your cross neatly with the
paper having it meet at one corner
on the back Of the cross. The bot
tom or base of the cross must be fitted
with paper. having it meet but not
lap at the corners; let it dry a little
while, en- cover with white wax in
the same manner as you covered the
paper, large sized sheets Of wax be-
ing used Then take diamond dust
and put it on except where you wish
the vine or stem TO stick !; then your
cross is ready to trim as you wish.
This will make q clear white cross
and cannot fail to please.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-20

Tea egg-, one pound of siited wbite
sugar, half a pound Of -four, make =
-pO8ge cake batter and bake in tn
plates with upright sides. Season
with the grated riDd Of lemon asd
baif its juice Take the whites 0f
three eggs, and one and shall
pounds Of finely pulgerized white su-
gar. the grated rind and juice Of a
sour orange, with the bali lemon lef.
from the cake Make into icing aud
pat in layers between the cakes.
SEicb must be iced On top. Whea
al have been piled together. it makes
a cake o. large as ore baked 10 an or
diusry pound Tould.