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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-11
Mendicancy i'm France.
THE London Dnfl2j TeLeny ami Save

THE London Daily Telegraph says: an.
Renau1t, the Paris Project of Police, seems
to be at his wits end to know what to do
with the swarms of beggars who continue
to infest the French metropolis, the pro-
visions of the Code Napoleon and in
Vulnerable ministerial and prefectorial
DEGREES and Grrets to the contrary notwith-
standing. Mendicity is fondly supposed
to be wholly suppressed in France; yet
recent returns have shown that in the
capital alone there are some 5000 per-
sons who obtain livelihood by the solicit
tation of aims. The professional mendi-
oants INCLUDE 1900 men, 10000 women,
$4,000 boys and $4,000 girls. These pests
of society have been classified into va
grants who beg under pretext Of hawking
matches, pencils and similar trifling arti-
Giles; beggars who follow passengers in
the streets; and those who stand at street
corners or sit on doorsteps, with woe-be-
gone faces and more or less outstretched
palms. There are, as in London, female
cadgers, who hire babies by the day, in
order to excite compassion by the specta-
Gle Of cadaverous bantlings shivering in
the arms of ragged but supposititious
mother. These impostors bear the slang
name of arcaniseuses.' Then there are
the 'ramastiqueurs,' or picl1ers-up of un-
considered trifles; and itinerant instru-
mental musicians, who chiefly take de-
light in numbering on the oboe or the
hageOlet the favorite patriotic ditty known
as Les Cuirassiers de Reichshofen.' An
other and very artful tribe of 'vagrom
men ply profitable trade in that part of
the outskirts of Paris known as the mill
tary zone This is a strip of land like
the Neutral Ground at Gibraltar, close to
the city gates, and stretching between the
districts in which the municipal police
have authority and the 6anE5eale, which
is under the control of the rural qen-
dd7naerae. The beggars Of the mill
tary zone are said to regard their vantage
ground as a kind of Alsatia or broad
sanctuary, and they do not scruple to in
suit, and even menace, timid people who
hesitate to produce the necessary sous
when application for relief is made to
them. The Project declares his determi-
nation to put down these mischievous i'm
posters, but at the same time he signifies
his willingness to deal leniently with
the blind, the aged, and the crippled
mendicants.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-11
Sulphuric Acid and Weeds.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Journal Of
Agriculture England writes:
"Take an old blacking bottle, with a
wire around it to carry it by and stick
to dip with. The stick should not be
pointed, but should be notched round for
an inch or two at the end, the better to
hold theliquor. Just one drop quite in
the heart of the plantain is sufficient to
cause death, and the notched stick will
contain at one dip enough to destroy three
or four plants. If the acid is good the
work of death can both be seen and heard.
for the vitriol Misses and it burns up the
plantain in a moment A row of plan
tains foot wide sprarg up on a lawn
here where an iron fence formerly ran.
The owner, seeing at place he visited
the good effect of vitriol, put the hint in
practice. The plantains were killed in
an hour, and have never appeared again
1t is three years since, and it is impossible
to recognize the line of the fence; it COM
pletely burns the roots out. | have tried
it on large dandelions with the same re-
suit. One of the young men there
amused himself by hunting out the long
est thistles he could find to experiment on.
The vitriol completely killed them by eat
ing the roots out. One drop will do. Care
is required that it does not touch the skin,
boots or clothes; it is not safe in the
hands of children, but man or woman,
with ten minutes practice, can kill plan
tains much more quickly than any lad
can eat gooseberries. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-11

week, and he shall marry you inside OF
three monthsr'
And he did
And it was just as hard for doctors to
collect their bills then as it is now. A
Detroiter who had doctored in one family
for three or four years without getting
any pay started out one morning with
the avowed intention of collecting some.
thing or raising tornado. He re-
turned after four or five hours covered
with mud, hat caved in and blood on his
coat collar.
"Get any money of Jones?" asked 8
friend.
mo; but l squared up with him and
left him receipt in full, =" replied the doc
tor, pointing to his left ear.
Half of it had been bitten off.-Detros
Free Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-11
Mending Tin-Ware.

| IT is sometimes very convenient to be
able to mend your pans and pals it is all
the better if one can do it easily and with
out any soldering iron.
| III tell you what a travelling tinker
told me. We have proved by expert
ment that he told the truth, and we find
| it great convenience to follow his in
structions.
You use soldering fluid, and this is
how you make it: Buy from a druggist
an ounce or other convenient quantity of
muriatic acid. Handle it carefully, forit
is powerful stuff, and /" eats" everything
with which it comes in contact. Turn it
into an old teacup or bowl, and put into it
few small strips or parings of zinc, such
as you can get from timer. No matter
how much you put in, as the acid will
| only take up certain amount and the
rest will remain in the bottom. Don't turn
| it back into the bottle until it has ceased
to etfervesce. Then put the liquid into
| the bottle and provide small stick of
wood to apply it with. After the acid
has dissolved the zinc it is much less cor
| rosive The muriatic acid will probably
cost but few cents, the zinc probably
| will cost nothing, and bit of soft solder
| only trifle.
| So now you are set up with tinkering
material to last long time-and this IS
the way to use it: Suppose that the arti-
| Gle to be mended is tin-pan with hole
in the bottom. Turn it bottom upward,
and scrape around the edge of the hole
| until the tin is as bright and clean as you
can make it, Then wet it with the solder
| ing fluid, lay little lump OF solder over
| the hole mot too large), and hold 1t over
the blaze OF a lighted candle, which burns
Cd the inner side of the pan. The solder
will be melted down fiat, and fixed fast to
the pan, and the job is done. The tinker
said he added a little sal ammonlac to his
soldering fluid, so as to make it mend
| iron, copper and steel, but it is not needed
| for tin-ware. Remember that murlatlc
acid is very corrosive, and great caution
must be used not to get it upon the cloth
| ing or other material that may be injured.
-Fdgtb Rochester,
| This soldering fluid we have long used,
| and several years ago recommended in an
article on tinkering. 1t is employed by
tin workers who use a soldering iron. We
| have never tried to solder with the heat Of
| a candle, in the manner described, but
have done some kinds Of work very sue
cessfully by the aid of spirit or alcohol
| lan1n which makes No SMOKE Scientific
| american.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-11
Mother With Sleepless Babe.

THE Herald Of Health contains the fol-
lowing question and answer:
How is mother with a restless babe to
obtain that sleep you advise? I have not
slept more than four hours night for the
past year. I am losing flesh and nearly
broken down
ANs.-Find out the cause of the Sleep
lessness of the babe and remove it. If
you cannot do this then get some one to
help you and take your sleep. If you
don't the consequences will be serious.
No doubt the child has been wrongly
managed in some way. Young babies
ought to pass the first months of their
lives in the country for its stiffness no less
than its fresh air. But where silence is
not to be commanded baby may be
soothed by folding soft napkin wet with
warmish water lightly over the top of its
head, its eyes and ears. 1t is the best
way to put nervous babies asleep; we
have tried it hundreds of times. A fine
towel would be wet and laid over its head,
the ends twisted little till it made sort
of skull-cap, and though baby sometimes
fought against being blindfolded in this
way five minutes usually sent off him into
deep and blissful slumber. The compress
cooled the little, feverish brain, deadened
sound in his ears and shut out everything
that took his attention, so that sleep took
him unaware Teething babies find this
very comforting; for their heads are al
ways hot and there is fever beating in the
arteries each side.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-11

The Springfield (Mass.( Republican tells
of a small terrier at Meriden, Conn, that
lost part of his tail last winter, and now
it is growing out again, and at right
angles, too, so that he carries behind a
kind Of Stove-pipe elbow.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-21

Capt. Paul Boyton relates an adventure he
had with Il shark while engaged in diving
for coral in the Gulf of Mexico: Il was
down on a nasty rock bottom. \ man never
feels comfortable on them; he can't tell what
big creature may be hiding under the huge
quarter.deck sea leaves which grow there.
The. first part of the time | was visited by a
porcupine fish, which kept sticking its quilts
up and bobbing in front of the helmet. Soon
after saw big shadow fall across me, and
looking up there was an internal shark play
ing about my tubing. 1t makes you feel
chilly in the back when they're about you.
He came down to me slick as l locked up. /
made at him and he sheared off. For an hour
he worked about il, till | could stand it no
longer Ifyou can keep your head level, its
all right, and you're pretty safe If they're not
on YOU sharp. This ugly brute was twenty
feet long, should think, for when lay down
all my length on the bottom he stretched Q
considerable way ahead Of me, and could
see him beyond my feet Then waited
They must turn over t. bite, and my lyinl
down bothered him. He swan over me thre'
or four times, and then skulked oil 10 bus
thickei Of seaweed to consider. i knew he,e
| come bsck when he'd settled his mind. i
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-21
DOUBLE YOUR TRADE.

Druggists. Grocers and Dealers! Pure china anu Jpli
Teas in sealed packages SreC top cans, boxes hal
,hess-Gopers' prices. Send for circular THE WELLS
TEA COMPANY, POI Fulton ST., N. y, T. o. Box 1850
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-21

officers and men, is about to get off from the
burning vessel, and the boy is urged TO take
his chance tor safety, Not thinking that the
CRISIS yet justified an abandonment OF his
most without orders, not aware Of his fathers
condition, nor willing to he saved without
him, he refused TO go. 1t is not true, however,
that he behaved in the absurd, romantic fash
ion described by Mrs. Hemans, lie SIMPLY
would not desert his post and leave ms iath,
cr before the circumstances clearly Justlned
his so dong.
At halfpast ten, when almost the Whole OF
the immense vessel was cnyc!oped IN names
the boy sough, refuge upon floating mast
and there he was when the iina. catastrophe
occurred. AT qearter 10 eleven, when inc
fire reached the magazine, an immense "sheaf
of fire" shot up into the sky, ard an instant
after an explosion so tremendous was heard
that the nerves of m ortal man could not en-
durc it, and the firing instantly ceased on
both sides. For several seconds not SOUND
was heard except the dash INTO the water OF
the yards, mast and timbcrs OF me vessel
which had been destroyed. Soon, however,
the conflict was resumed and at day.break
there were still two vessels OF the french
| fleet which had not been struck. These Two,
avaiIng themselves of favorable conditions,
sailed away followed by two frigates. All
the rest of the French fleet were taken or des-
troyed In this bloody action nearly six
thousand persons were killed or wounded,
Nelson himself receiving a severe confusion.
Thirteen days after, Gen. Bonaparte, at his
headquarters at Cairo, heard the news of the
battle of the Nile; which battle made him, in
effect, q prisoner in Egypt for eighteen
months He wrote letter of coincidence to
the wife of Admiral Brueys, full of those
grand sentiments which such men know how
10 use In this dispatch to his government
he did justice to Capt. Casabianca, and gave
currency to a pleasing fiction conserving his
heroic son
"Casabianca," he wrote, died with calmncss
and sublime resignation in the midst of the
confagration of his ship. He persisted with It,
His son, aged niae years, would not leave his
father, and was deyoured by the flames in his
arms
4 very large number of interesting tales OF
this description could be selected from the
dispatches and bulletins of Napoleon Bona
parte We have no reason to doubt, how
ever, that young CaSabianca, so barbarously
permitted 10 serve in such a conflict, behaved
with distinguished courage, and displayed
some discretion, as well as great valor-
James Parton in Men York Ledger.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-21

Tits supposed to commemorate some great
historical event Of the early Dutch settlement OF
New York,
\ report says that some brass Journals were
stolen from arGilrood-car IN Chicago the other
day. When n few Chicago papers cannot be
started on the way TO their subscribers without
being stolen, it is high time for the railroads to
call fortroops-LoujsUlie Comter-Joa'n@
A Virginia paper announces the marriage OIL
Miss Jane Lemon to Ebcnezer Sweet; whereuP'
on somebody perpcrtrates the following;
"ITow happv the extremes do meet
In Jane and Ebenczer;
|, She's no longer sour but Sweet;
And hes Lemon squeezer.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-21

seemed long time waiting for him. At last
he came viciously over ne, but, like the time
before, too far from my arms. TheneXt time
had my chance, and ripped him with my
knife as neatly as | could y shark always
remembers he 5 got business somewhere else
when he's cut, so off this fellow goes. II is a
curious thing, too, that all the sharks about
will follow, in the trail he leaves. l got on
nv haads and knees, and as he swan oil !
noticed four dark shadows slip after him |
saw no more that time. They did not like
nv COMPANY.
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the bird Twas taught to say Free Trade in
stead OFF Pluribus Unum. :" We might
not have been believed if we had said that
the prrpondcrating interest Of pro,ectionlsts
in "that class Of humanity known as manu-.
tacturers' is the handspring of their efforts
as it IS the cause of their existence But
here it is plainly acknowledged, with a jest
at the present tororn condition of the "con.
sumner How do the consumers-the farm.
ers of the country-like the humor of their
masters, the protected manufacturers ~.
Y EreHiHq Past
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II Y. GHIGGS, Druggist, Bookseller and sta.
T.. toner Ottawa, H. Second store in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
south side OF Court House Square.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-17
Isuuer X Roads Items.

WE understand a number of substantial
improvements ale proposed in and around
this place the coming season.
AVERY common remark among the
people h~ereabouls last week was that it
was the coolest weather known within
the recolleciio n of the oldes; inhabitant,
DECIDEDLY the best opening in the
county is offered here, to a blacksmith.
Chance open for~only a short time ; lOca-
ton good and rent moderate.
A NUMBER Of revival meetings have
been held here and in the surrounding
community during the present winter,
and in a number of instances the efforts
put forth to build up the kingdom of Zion
proved abundantly successful.
S1LAs J-.CovER, ESQ, who purchased
the stock of merchandise and fix lures OF
Kiernan & Earl has taken possession Of
the same, and is doinga very fine business,
THE Messrs Ream, the new blacksmiths
who recently come to our town, are meet
ing with good success. These men come
10 US well recommended and are entitled
GA full share of the public patronage.
THE school at this place IS progressing
finely under the careful management Of
Prop. II. II. Hickman. He seems TO give
entire satisfaction to both parents and
pupils.
CAPTAIN BOWMAN. of ~Stoystown, and
Captain Harrison, of Somerset, paid our
town a flying visit last week. the first one
for several years. Come again, gentlemen.
AT the conference of the L. B. Church,
held at JohnstOwn, a few week ago, it
was decided TO return Rev. Bieghel TO his
work again tor the ensuing year. This
gives general satisfaction to the people of
his church in this community, who hope
his ministerial lAbors the present year
may be pleasant and profitable to the pas
tor and the people.
LEVI WHITFIELD, q blacksmith of this
place, who LEFT some time ago with
the intention of visiting Johnstown and
Pittsburgh for the purpose of replenishing
his stock, and for some weeks thereafter
no clue could be obtained OF his where
abouts. has been heard from, having turn
ed up in West Virginia. No reason is
assigned for his mysterious disappearance.
4 sLEIGHING party from Johnstown,
with some Of the finest "turn outs we
have seen 70, some time, visited our place
on Thursday last.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-17
SALE.

BY virtue ofal oriey Issued out OF the ORPHANS
Court g Somerset County. ana % me direcceI.
there VIA ue exposed 10 public sale az the Court
H9use In Somerset. on
FRIDAY February 26h, 1919.
the following real estate, late the property Of
Samuel Will, deceased. viz:
No J. a trlct o. liant situate enc mile north
east % Somerset. containing IN acres. adjoining
lands OF Jacob hogntz, Samuel Trent. Charles
VIII and others. all cleared and IN a good state Of
cultivation. Tho land IS ola good quality and has
a vein Of good coal opened upon il, and is well
watered.
No. 2 A piece Of timber land containing q
acres, adjoining lands Of Samuel Trent. Augustus
Long and Charles III. The Land IS Of good quail
ity ans well umhered and wltercd.
No. 3 4 piece Of land containing 2I<acrFs. ad-
joining lands Of harles win ami Augustus Long.
about y acres cleared the bai1nce Is well tim
hered and has several good springs on e.. The
land is Of most excellent quality.
MOL. Niu BE- offered IN smaller lots if desired.
TERdSIDne third, AFTER deducting expenses.
TO remain a lien On the premises. the interest 70
be p2t1 annually 30 the willow during her life, and
az her death the principal sum 70 be paid 10 the
heirs une-thiri Of the balance % be paid on con
hrmatign Of sale. and the remainder IA three equal
annual pay Uents. to be securcdb by Judgment bgnds.
Ten per cent. OF the hand money 70 be paid az
soon as property Is knocked down.
fe5.a. Tra5.ee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-17

EDITOR HEKALD-EnclOsed find draft
No. 52Is on New York tor $500, to renew
subscription 10 your valuable paper. Could
not well do without il, when we are treat
ed with such rich correspondence as that
Of Pineridge. He certainly must have
hatred against the land that lies toward the
setting sun. He only writes OF the knowl-
edge be has Of the country. / have been
here IN Nebraska four years, and think il
the bGi country upon the globe for all
classes. rich or popr. We can find cheap
homes and enough to do that will prove
profitable. In this Eden Of America il
takes industry. perseverance. and economy
to be successful rs well Ms anywhere else.
/ 90 not wish 10 be understood to speak
disparsgiDgly Of the place that gave me
birth There are many yet IN old SOmer-
set who. for their own good, ought 10 emf
crate 10 this western cOUntry,-aDd, by
the way. should suggest - Pineridge TO
try H. He would be delighted with the
change. All can secure enough Of Mother
Earth which they can call their own
and become free, selfsnslaining and in
dependent people.
c. /. KEN.
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/. ". II.

AT Il special term Of court held BY his
honor Judge Hall last week, the following
business was transacted
J. o. Movers ct al. VS.. Samuel ID. Delp.
Fraudulent attempt 10 conceal property
from creditors Defendant discharged after
a hearing.
Com. VS.. John Shaffer. Attachment
and order for arresrages of support. Sen
tence for support suspended until further
orders of the court.
10. Stoner VS.. Noah and Ann SiOner.
Judgment tote. Judgment opened to let
defendants into defence.
J. and A. Shulizs use vs.. Harry LIGHT
liter. Appeal nunc pro tune
ID. Spangler VS.. Josiah Woy. Judg-
meni note. Judgment opened TO let def.
into a defence.
John Gels VS.. T. J. and Nelson Fearl
Debt sans breve. Judgment opened as 10
Nelson Fearl TO let him into q defence.
Com. vs. James Cummins and William
Sachs The fine was changed by his
honor from 81, 600 to 81.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-17

YESTERDAY morning an accident occur
red at the New Detmold' mine OF the
Maryland Coal Company, two or three
miles west OF Lonaconing, that was more
terrible in its results Thar any we have
been called upon to chronicle for many
months. Like all the mines along Georges
creek, the entrance TO this one is tar up
the mountain side, and coal is loaded there
and sent down an inclined railway, to the
dump house at the railroad track. the
weight Of the descending cars pulling the
empty ones up the plane. As at the
other mines, the miners and others are in
the habit Of riding up and down between
the dump house and the mine entrance
upon the cars.
Yesterday morning two men and three
bows got on Two OF the loaded cars 10 ride
to the foot OF he incline, but before the
car started two Of the lads, whose names
We did not learn, got off the car and de-
cided 10 walk down the mountain, advising
their companions 10 do the same. They
declined 10 do so, however. saying that
they preferred TO ride, and in a few min
utes the cars started on their downward
Journey. When q short distance from the
starting point the drum at the top Of the
incline, over which the wire rope hauling
the cars is run, broke or gave way. and
the two cars with their coal and living
freight dashed over The rails at lightning
speed, which the terrified passengers knew
must in q few moments terminate in de-
structiOn and death. With this prospect
before them it is not to be wondered that
on nearing the foot of the incline. which
is upon high trestlings. that one OF the
men named Martin Sexton and a lad. son
of Mr.. William Douglas, sprang off the
car. Mr.. Sexton was hurled owe the
tresiEing to the ground, and vas shortly
aterwani picked up insensible and serious
IL injured. Young Douglas remained upon
the irestling. but was badly hurt. The
cars then dashed INTO and through the
dump house. and the other occupant Of the
car. Mr.. VIM. Beaman, was thrown into
ihec chute, and instantly killed. his throat
having been cut by an edge of the iron
chute, and his body terribly bruised.
Mr. Sexton and Young Douglas were
alive last evening. bat il Is feared that the
injuries Of the former viii prove fatal
Cumberland NsNS.
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DIED.

HARSHBARGER-On the 10th inst,
Albert Edwin, son ut Jacob and Mary
~IIarshberger. aged ) months and % days
ZIMMERMAN-On the eth inst, Cath
arine Zimmerman, wife Of Hon. NJ. Tim
norman, of Stoystown, aged rs years, II
months and 10 days.
JAMES PEW-Was born Jan. Sth.
1894 died Feb. 18th. 1875. aged 81 years.
l month and 4 days.
The deceased was born in the State of
New Jersey but came to this county about
the year 1900, since which time he has
been a citizen among us and highly re
spected by ali who knew him. He reach
ed the good old age of over four-score
years, during which long period he lived
an exemplary life, and died a consistent
member of the Dunkard church.