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Literary Curiosity.

\ Hungarian exile, Or. Gabor Ma
phegyi, residing at Washington, has
lust executed a very curious and beau
tiful piece Of ehirOgraphy intended as
a letter # confidence to Mrs. Taylor.
reliet Of the late President. The
whole work was done with pen and
ink, ca 4 sheet Of paper fve feet long
by seven broad It contains eighteen
pOetical Inscriptions, in as many diff.
ferent languages, and a likeness Of
General Taylor. in which outlines Of
face aud whole person are formed Of
written portions Of the biography and
sentiments Of the deceased His
hair is composed Of words, so dispos-
ed as at little distance to appear quite
natural:
In the battle, field amidst the
sound Of cannon, drums and trumpets,
the hurrahs Of the siege and the sighs
Of the wounded, nv locks became
whitenedr'
The eyes, viz Ny glance wss
ever forward to the Father Of HeaV-
en-, and for the Republic
The nose Is composed Of the fol-
lowing words: Il breathed the air
Of Iiberty-in any other I could not
exist
The mouth is composed Of from bis
last words: 4 have always endeav-
ored to do my duty am not afraid
to die
The ueck: Not proud, only in be-
ing a son Of the Republic
The sh0lders: with pleasure 1
have borne the great dnties with
which the nation has so greatly hon
0red me-
The rest of the pOrtrsis is filed up
il . similar manner, and surrounded
by Hkenesses Of Washington, Tell,
Frederick BarbaFossa, Alexander the
Great, Draco and others. The whole
is signed by the President and men,
bers Of both Houses Of COngrss, and
is to be presented 10 the widow Of
General Taylor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11
American Omcers Egypt

Gen Stone. chief Of staff Of the
Khediye ofEgypt, writes to a colonel
in Montgomery, Alabama, aud states
the conditions under which Ameri-
cans may enter the Egyptian service:
The government reserves the right
to bonorably discharge at any time,
but in such case must pay expenses
Of Journey back to America, and SIX
months full pay.
Should the officer fall seriously ill
from effects Of climate, be has the
right in such case to resign, and then
would have his expenses Of journey
to America and two months pay.
He must, if required, 20 to any part
of the territory and make war any
Were against the enemies oftbe khe-
dive.
Should be die in the service from
ordinary causes his family would re-
ceive one years full pay Should be
fall in battle, or die Of wounds re-
ceived in battle, his heirs receive a
pension equal to half his pay; the
widow during her life or until reniar-
rage. aud in case Of her death then
the children, until the majority OF
bows and until the marriage Of girls
1T being equally divided among the
children.
While in the service ofthe khedive
the officer must renounce the pre-
lection Of American diplomatic agents
and ConsuIs, and trusss his cause to
Egyptian tribunals.
Your probable station would be
Cairo. and your most probSble duty
would be that Of advising in matters
Of engineering, visiting and inspect
ing forti6catiOns, planning them anu
perhaps directing their construction
IN some eases.
lou might also be called upon TO
aid in the public works Of the country
and perhaps in typographical work
You might have to take pretty long
iourueys in reference to choosing de-
fensive works, etc.
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work During sleep.

Il has frequently happened that
studious men have done really hard
mental work while asleep. A stauza
of excellent verse is in print, which
Sir John Herschel is said to have
composed while asleep, and to have
recollected when be awOke. Goethe
often set down on paper during the
day, thoughts and ideas which had
presented themselves to him during
sleep on the preceding night. A
gentleman one night dreamed that De
was playing an entirely new game Of
cards with three friends; when be
awoke, the structure and rules Of the
new game, as created in the dream,
came one by one into memory, and
he found them so ingenious that be
afIerward frequently played the game.
A case is cited where q gentleman IN
his sleep composed an ode il six
stauzas. and set it to music. Tartini,
the celebrated Italian viOlinist, COM
posed the Devils Sonata IN a
dream. Lord Thurlow, when a
youth at college, found himself, one
evening. unable to finish piece Of
Latin composition which be had IN
dertaBen; be went to bed full Of the
subject, fell asleep, finished bis Latin
in his sleey remembered it next morn
ing. and was complimented on the
felicitous form which it presented
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CouIdn't BE BfuRed.

A couple Of horsemen, coming in
to the city the other day from the
interior, overlook an old man his
wife seated in the bottom Of a mule
cart. Feeling IN high spirits, one Of
the men called out:
Halo, uncle, how much viii you
take for your wife, cash DOWN.
"Oh, l dunno" he slowly replied.
We'll, name your price,
How muchll give 2" be asked.
Ten dOlla s. "
Take her :"
The hOrseman didn't know what
to say, and was gathering,,''up The
reins. when the old woman jumped
TO the ground and exclaimed
Pass over the ducats. mister /
ike the old man, and be likes me.
but we are a family which can't be
blutfed by no man on horseback ?,
The buffers" got out the seraps
by riding or at full speed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11
WHOLE No. 1857
Freaks Of Lightning in Italy.

A correspondent Of the London
Echo, dated Rome, July y, says.
Padre Seeebi publishes an account
Of the singular phenomenon which
occurred at Yelletri during the vi0-
lent thunder storm Of June 2S, and
which is to be ranked among tie
hitherto unexplained caprices Of na-
ture. Just as the tempest was at its
hight, and the rain torFential, six per-
sons taking shelter in a stable, which
was also occupied by three hores har-
messed TO as many wiae carts, wit
messed the following extraordinary
appearance:
A luminous mass rose from the
threshold of the door, entered the
stable, glided from one cart to anoth-
er, attracted probably, by those
fringes Of bells characteristic Of the
Roman wine carts, and then passed
through an iron grating into the
street. The bells rang, the horses
plunged, a woman and a man felt
certain giddiness Of head; but no ac-
cident happened. Outside the stable
3 carpenter at his shop door saw the
luminous mass (Which some Of the
witnesses compared 10 q dery club as
thick as 3 mans arnf) issue from the
grating, strike the pavement, and dis
appear in a dazzling fash However.
the meteor visited several portions Of
the large house with which the stable
was connected. flew through large
chambers, blaekened slightly gilt
eornice in one, and scattering frag-
ments of plaster in another. Srang-
est Of all, this extraordinary visitor,
after completely destroying the new
ceiling Of a room leading into vast
kitchen danced round a woman who
was standing at a table She describ-
ed the meteor as q fiery serpent,
which she first saw standing upright
on the f0or, within two meters dis
tance Of her. Then it few toward
her, yhirling several times round her
knees with great velocity. She felt
a sudden blow on the head and fell
to the ground; bot Der husband, who
saw the whole apparition, on rushing
to what he supposed was the corpse
Of his lightning destroyed wife, found
that she was only stunned a little
On recovering she complained Of
pain in the scalp, and her hair had
become, aad remains, dry and rigid
After this last caprice the meteor dis
appeared, aud from the quantity Of
SCOT which fell from the chimney, it
is supposed to have fo1nd vent in
that direction. Il was accompanied
by loud detOnation, but whether on
its first appearance or when Is van
ished, none can say. These details
are gathered frsm a letter written to
Padre Secchi from the Meteorological
Observatory at Felletri, and publish
ed in the TOce della TerltG, of July
g. After this, enc may believe that
Tranquil really did see ''lambent
fame" play round the head Of SerTi-
us Tullius in his cradle; nor can the
tale of the stars playing on the Xiv
er Moldau, al Prague, over the body
Of ST. Jean Nepomuc, be so certainly
set down as a pious fancy Of the
Middle Ages, unsupported by natural
DhenOmena.
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buried Alive.

Excellent material for a sensation
story is furnished by the following
well established facts.
Vietorine Lafourcade, young, beau
tiful and accomplished, had great
number Of admirers. Among them
was a journalist named Jules Bos-
souet, whose chances of being the
successful suitor seemed to be the
best, when suddenly Yietorine, con-
trary to all expectation, accepted the
hand Of a rich banker named Renelle.
Bossouet was irconsolable, and his
honest heart ached all the more when
he learned that the marriage OF his
lady love was unhappy. Renelle
neglected his wife in every possible
way, and finally began to maltre:t
her.
This state of things lasted two
wears, when Fictorine died-at least
so 1t was thought. She was entomb-
ed in a vault of the cemetery of her
native town. Jules Bossouet assist
ed at the ceremony. Still true to his
love, and well nigh beside himself
with grief. be conceived the romantic
idea of breaking open the vault and
securing a lock of the deeeased's
hair. That night, therefore, when
all was still, he scaled the wall Of the
cemetery, and, by cireuitous route,
approached the vault. When be had
broken open the door aad opened the
vault, be lighted a candle ard proceed
ed to open the coffin
At the moment when be bent over
the supposed corpse. scissors in hand
Yictoripe opened her eyes and stared
him fall in the face. He uttered a
cry and sprang back; and immediate
" recovering his selfpossessiOn, be
returned to the coffin, covered its 9c-
cupant's lips with kisses, and soon
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

A good horse. it is said, is never
OF 4 bad color; this. however, is onlv
true in limited sense. Except for
circus purposes, bay and brown is the
color; dark iron gray is the next.
black shows the dust unless particu-
larly well groomed, and are also liable
TO become rusty coated by much ex-
posure TO the sun; the dark ehestnuts
NAV be classed with them. Blue and
bay roam would be less objectionable
were they 4 little more sprightly in
the spring; light chestnuts, light bays
and red rOaGs are usually looked
upon as tender eolors. though, Of
course. there are exceptions. At one
time, such IS fashion, white legged
horses for riding and driving were
at a premium in our metropolis.
This bv no means accords with tne
views Of some nameless scribbler Of 3
long departed generation, for be
writes
One white leg, buy him,
Two white legs, try him.
Three white legs. look about him,
For white legs. 90 without him.
White legs are undesirable in al
cases; TO keep them clean a good deal
Of washing is necessary. and unless
the limbs are rubbed dry, or bandaged
Immediately, cracked heels viii be
the consequence. Mealy eOlOred
legs are generally considered
softer even than white ones. NO
foot, no horse. applies mole espec-
ially 70 the class that have, as the
cockney horse dealer expresses it, to
'ammer. 'ammer, 'ammer on the ard
Ugh road When l was q lad, q
pretty good Judge advised me never
TO buy a horse with q small hOof for
the saddle, unless I thought broken
knees ornamental, adding that few
hackneys with large feet aud open
heels become blemished ia that way
Small feet NAV be Of 10 disadvantage
on the turf At any rate they seem 70
be the rule rather than the exception
with thoroughbred stations. Natu-
rally sound and good feet NAV be
ruined by wintering colts entirely il
4 straw yard, without, perhaps, re-
moving the manure until they are
turned TO grass in the spring. Care
less shOeing is another evil
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

III Try and make little song
uErequited passion
And though in writing an wrong,
I'm surely In the fashion:
NV 1--we was quite the pink Of loves
And one OF her sweet tricks Is
To wear such captivating gloves
IndIspGtable sixes.
/ reeoileeta month ago,
A week, and then Knew her.
Yes, thirty days have passed, know,
Yet somehow they seem fewer
But digress: reee0llecs
Last Friday. three weeks clearly;
Meath wine and beauty Joint effect
I said loved her dearly.
And oh, that glove. thas right hand give
Lay in my haad 50 nicely.
Thought I-0f course aSide-~My love
Your hand is six precisely
And then I said the usual things
About the hearts devotion,
And added. as the poet sings,
Seme reference TO the ocean.
Her pretty hand remained in minei
She said: Now really, Mr.
The smith remained unsaid, in hne,
I grieve to say kissed her.
can't say what she really thought,
But somehow she looked frightened;
Alas. by sad experience taught,
Ny mind is now enlightened.
I'm writing at a country place,
Fit only TO write rhymes in,
A hundred miles from her sweet face
Here, waiter, bring the paper IN
What's thlss Oh, can it be yes-no!
How have my hopes nliscaTried
II only was three weeks ago,
And now-and now she's married.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

Last Sunday negro quaFreled
with others over the gambling table
and killed three men With a knife be.
fore be was secured The same day
a son shot his father, 4 woman was
killed by Der husband, and The police
reports in the morning showed no
less than eighteen assaults with dead
" weapons. Hot weather seems 20
make rum more effective for evils
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

A good lawn is one Of the most
pleasant sppendages Of a house but
20 make it so, It requires to be well
attended to, both il the formation
and by keeping it mowu eyry tive
weeks at farthest, using the most ap-
proved lawn mower. By doing 80
YOU viii soon have lOWn IKE a car
pet. Inexperience and neglect have
been the causes Of numerous failures.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

aWHY should we celebrate Wash
iDztoa's birthday more than mine =
asked q teacher. Because be never
tod a lie;7 shouted little boy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

1 wag lent q clergyman horse
that ran away and threw bin, and
then claimed credit for spreading the
Gospel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

In Baltimore any drummer fer
wholesale house who does not call
himself "eolnel" CT major" isn't con-
sidered much Of a drummer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

Wbv are chickens the most prohta-
BE things a farmer can keep Be
cause for every grain they give
peek
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

II you have been tempted into evil,
ay from is II is not falling into the
water. but living in it that browns.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

Tweed says be has paid bis law
yers to date about $50. 900 But be
has millions Of elunder left.
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The rival railroads viii soon be
issuing ehromos.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

JAMES COOPER. n. + MORRELL4
DAvTD DTBERT JAMES Mc1LLLEN
c. B. ELLIS JAMES AOhLhf
A HAWFS. LEWIS PLITT,
r w. HAY. II. A. BOGGS,
J0TTN IOWNAN. CONRAD SUPPES
7. II. LAPSLY GEO. I. SWAMI
D. MCLAUGHLIN W. ". WALTERS
DANIEL 3. MORRELL, President,
FRANK DiBEBT, Treasurer,
CYRUS EiDEE. Soiicitor-
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\ NOVEL BILL-ORe meets with
many curious things who peers into
the old church registers Of England.
This, in the Record Office Of Win
chester Cathedral, dated A. .. Ils2,
IS certainly unique. It is q paid
workman's bill, and this g a literal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

Rotr,cALL-The bakers visit
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Deposits sa- o4E DGLEAE ana upwards re-
ccigeI. and interest allowed ou all sums, payable
twice aye5r. Interest I- 11, drawn out. is added
30 the principal tlus sCONP0UNDING T" ICE
4 YEAR. without troubling The iep1si-1r % eaA
or event present lis -eQgsil book Money can he
wi.hf-auu at any ,i-as a-.sr giving she bank GER
tain 1l-ice 5y letter.
Married yTcmen and persons under
age can dcposi- money In tAeis3 3771 names 80 that
8. can be drawn only by themselves or or 1-eiror-
der Moneys caa be deposited forchii-en or by
societies or as trust funds, Subject 90 eer-ain con-
l-ti1ls.
loans Secured by Real Estate
Copies 5rtle Bylaws, reports rules ofdeposit
and special act Of Legislature. relative 90 deposits
ormarrisi women AID minors, a-a Ge55 taiaed at
tie Bank
n% Bluzl- hours daily l-an9 .1 91'el'cA;
L-5 and on fFsl-asls ..-' saturday evenings
i-1Tr b -. a-cl1.E. april -
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I'VE SOMERSET HOUSE.

Having leased this magrllccnf and weL known
IIrrel nrusrrv frifa Mrs. d. a. Flick. tle under
-sue t1 KS pleasure On lrl r1G-ng bis friends and
tIa uu1lic generally tlar he wiA spare nelf BIER
ua ms nor crneu-e t0 make tlis house 81 tlit
.a.rII be- desired .lunfltllg clerks ant
olrrfr.z waifers viii attend O. the wants q. Gus
toners. ana TIE table VIII o. al times l.e p -en
win tie BEST tae market affords. Ar- II. IT, l1r.
a.rrar.5 j.. LAFAN-
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FrE WORK BONG O. d
In soldering and repairing St. Joseph. o 8
Cleaning and 1ruameutlng the Holy Ghost. 8
Rspaf riug the Vfrgin Mary and cleaning the
ill-al- -ss--a--sr7 = '
screwing nose on the Devil putting IN the
hair In his scad, and placiaga new joint Ia
l.
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KIxGsFORD-s
oSWEGo CoRNSTARcH,

ron FuDDrsGs, BLANC NASsE. ICE cRr4X, &c.
j. tsie original Established in lSis- And pre-
s.rvts ~ reputation as pErer, stronger. and
more .saticara than any ether article Of thu
kfuI- oaered either Of the same name
or with ether tiLles-
Sssveasaa 1Iacalsm, Ph. T., &c. the highest
chemical authority o. Europe carefully snalyEed
this Corn Starch. and says il is most excellen.
article Of diet and in chemical and feeding prop
critics Is faIIy equal 20 the best arrow root
Directions for ma king Puddings, Cusfarsis, sc,
acconIpaEsy each pound package.
For sale Ey all first class GrOeeTs. may25
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F,ti-.l, -,vrit.en by the abiest writers on every
sunls'.t Printed from new type, ami lilustflles'i
,-5rI, .4--..r-tl tBousand engraFlugz and maps
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-27

THE city of Boston is about to fore
close its mortgage on Chicago, as is
evidenced by the Chicago Inter-Ocean
of the 2lst, which published the delin-
quent list that day in the largest daily
paper ever issued. 1t covers Is full
sheets, IA pages and S6i columns. The
manuscript copy of the tax list which
the paper contains weighed 265 lbs,
and occupied 1880 pages. Thirty of
the very best compostors to be found
in Chicago were employed SO days in
putting it in type, working 1Ol hours
per day. Five proof readers were en-
ployed, one man was was constantly
employed setting captions and making
up forms, and another in proving gal
leys.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-27

THE citizens of the town of Co
manche, on the 18th instant, met TO-
gether for the purpose of devising some
method by which to lessen the heavy
burden of taxation now being imposed
upon them by the city authorities, and
to inaugurate, If possible, more eco
nomical system of municipal govern
ment Resolutions were adopted call
ing for mass meeting of the citizens
to be held on the 22d, and committee
appointed to draft suitable resolutions.
A meeting of that kind might possibly
not be out Of place in Dallas. What
think the citizens?
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-27

DIR. j. S. KANNoN, of Fort Bridger,
the noted scout, guide and Indian in
terpreter, is at the Southern. He has
led an eventful life, and his adventures
would fill a bulky volume. At the at
tack on the Alamo where Crockett was
killed, he was captured at seven years
of age by the Ccmanches, and re-
manned in captivity until grown up
[St. Louis Republican.
Some time since THE HERALD cor
rected the Republican in this matter.
There were no Comanches or other
wild Indians at the fall of the Alamo.
There was no one captured there ex-
cepting Mrs. Dickinson, her infant, and
the negro man servant of Colonel
Travis. The story of Ramon is not
only improbable ON its face, but abso-
luteIy untrue in fact. Such bOsh
should have no currency.
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railroad Frerghfs.

DALLAS, May 25, 1875.
To the Railroad Authorities Of the State OF
=. Texas:
QENTLEMEN--The wheat harvest is
nov 1h.hand and will be sufficiently
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-27

THE Philadelphia Press, from dis
patches received from different parts
of the state, concludes that the Penn
sylvania wheat crop alone will fall
short nearly ten million bushels of the
average yield. York Post.
Texas will supply the deficiency.
Our people will raise not only sufficient
grain this year to meet their own
wants, but sufficient for all new COM
ers. The HERALD would suggest to
the farmers of Pennsylvania and the
western and northwestern states to
come to Texas and try their skill in
wheat raising.