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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
W opders of Chemistry.

The tomato vine, which furnishes
food so palatable to almost every one.
belongs to the same family of plant
as the deadly nightshade which at.
tains such a rank growth il the edge
of swamps and by the shady road.
side, and which all children are edu-
Gated SO cautiously to shun.
Aq~uafortis and the air we breathe
are made of tie same materials.
Linen, sugar, and spirits of wine
are so much alike in their chemical
composition that an old shirt can be
converted into its own weight in
sugar and the sugar into spirits Of
wine.
Wine is made of two substances,
one of which is the cause of almost
all combustion, and the other will
burn with more rapidity than any
thing else in nature.
The famous Peruvian bark, so much
used to strengthen weak stomachs,
and the poisonous principle of opium,
are found to be composed OF the same
materials.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
To n Boys.

We copy from the Lewistowr
Journal the following specimens Of
juvenile success in business:
There is a grammar school boy
in this city who has made and saved
$3.50 the past year in selling fruit,
confectionery, etc, on the street at
odd hours. 1t is now vacation with
him and be is clearing his $3.50 a
day selling fruit and lemonade on the
street. There isl lad who for FIVE
or six years has been selling fruit,
etc, on the Maine Central Railroad,
whose pluck and business act are
quite remarkable. His only anxiety
now is least be nav grow to tall and
grow old to fast, Sc that be can't keep
on in the old business. He is now
perhaps seventeen years of age, and
owns several small houses and other
buildings in Bath, and is said to be
worth $1,000 or $4,000. The foun-
dation OF fortune is laid in the habits
Of industry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

A writer thus speaks of the Laps
ubo ;,hab;, Markham Fi1mark.

A writer thus speaks of the Laps
who inhabit Northern Fiamark:
There are distinctions of rank
among them, arising largely from
considerations of wealth. Their
wealth consists almost exclusively of
reindeer, which are bought and sold,
inherited and given as marriage por-
tons. Some of the most wealthy
have many thousand reindeer, and
have hired servants to tend them.
But their aristocracy is of the print
tive kind and does not depart from
the simple habits and modes of life
of their ancestors. The rich man
lives in the same smoky and filthy
hut as the poor, only it is larger be-
cause it must be so to accommodate
his larger family for bis servants or
berders are strictly members of bis
family and live on an apparent equal
ity with himself. The great kettle
is hung over the fire 10 the middle of
the hut and filed with the flesh OF
the reindeer, and when it is boiled all
60 up and help themselves alike with
fingers or sticks, or with forks and
spoons made of the bones or antlers
OF the deer, or their sheath knives,
which always hang at the hip Of
Young and old. All sleep together
10 the hut, on the pallets of deer
skins, wherever they a find room.
The most wealthy as well as the
poorest dress in the deerskin trousers
and coat, which comes nearly to the
knees, and are girdled by a broad
belt around the waist. These skins
are tanned and made into garments
in each household. All that | saw
were tanned with the hair on and
were made up with the hair on the
inside. Their shoes are a kind Of
moccasin. made from the skin taken
from the legs of the deer where the
hair is short and firm, and much
more durable than from other parts
Of the deer. They are constructed
with the hair outward. They come
up around the ankles, have a seam
under the hollow of the foot, forward
of which the hairs have a backward
set. and behind which the hairs have
n forward set, which prevents slip
ping. They differ from the Indian
moccasin in having q regular sole'
which, however is but n thickness
of the skin. The Lapps wear them
considerably larger than the feet, so
that they can wrap their feet in a
good coating of dried grass, which
is placed in most of them. Nearly
all the Lapps wea caps of uniform
style, mostly made of cloth, so far as
| saw, but some of skins. They con-
sist of d heavy broad band around
the forehead, surmounted with q
large, square crown, with sharp
points or angles, to some of which
small tassels were attached.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
The Wonderful rake of Kentucky

While out hunting recently, Mr.
Richard Ives discovered large cav,
in the side of O hill under a rock
and while opposite heard the squeal
ing of pigs inside. He stepped close
to the mouth of the cave TO investi
gate it, and, to his horror, saw pro,
truding the head of a large rattle.
snake, with q pig in its mouth. The
pig was about four months old, and
weighed about sevehty-6ve pounds.
lie summoned a number of his neigh
bors, with guns and pitchforks, who
built q large fire in the mouth Of the
cave, in order to drive the snakes out.
In about an hour they commenced
pouring out over the burning Goals.
As they approached in sight the par
ties fred upon them from the top OF
the cliff. They continued to pour
out until the surrounding woods for
twenty yards square was literally
covered with dead and live snakes.
They killed $40, but many made
their escape. The largest one killed
"a male-was ten feet long, and
measured around the body one and a
half feet. The next largest, a female,
was seven feet long and measured
one foot around the body. The larg-
est snakes have been preserved in al
cohol, and will be on exhibition at
our fair, free of charge. The snake
referred to had lie raiiies. The
cave was literally filled with heads
of sheep, pigs, etc, which had been
captured from the surrounding coun-
try.-Ford'S Southern Shield.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
Fertilizers for Fall Sowing

The American Agr5culturtst says:
in the fall we need an active fertil-
izer, one that will push forward the
young plants and enable them to be-
come well established before winter.
Phosphates are not generally requir-
ed by a young plant, it is only when
the seed is to be formed that the plant
needs to store up this material. II
superphosphates are applied in the
fall upon the soil containing lime, The
excess of soluble phospboric acid
combines with the lime and makes al
insOluble Cor slowly soluble) phos
phate which has no appreciable eff
feet upon the crop. 1t is for this rea
son, and not any fault or defect o
the fertilizer, that it so often seems
to be useless. GuanO, on the con
trary, is Immediately active, anC
much more suitable for fall use thai
any other artificial manure. Super
phosphate of lime should be applied
in the spring, which is the season il
will be the most useful to the plant
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

An Inch of Rain.

Rain is caught and measured in
such a way as to give what would
have been the actual depth of water
on the surface if it had not soaked
in or run off. An inch of rain is of
more consequence than would be gen.
orally suppose. On an acre of ground
it amounts to 6,372,640 cubic inches
This gives 22,622.5 gallons of water,
which would fill a cistern capable of
holding $50 hogsheaus. Reducing
it to weight, it would amount to over
ll2 tons. A trough III feet long,
10 feet high, and 2 feet wide, inside
measurement, would just contain az
inch of rain from an acre of ground.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24


1t scenes a strange, but neyerthe-
less it is a true fact that there are
many young ladies who earn their
livelihood by acting or posing as live
Law figures for the art of academies.
At FIRST glance is seems dreadfally
shocking and vulgar that ladies
should appear before a party OF
young men perfectly nude. 1t is a
queer mode of making money, but
were it not for these ladies, there
would not be any Of the fine figures
which are ehristened Dianas and
Venuses, but are only such so far as
the shape and comeliness of form OF
the subject goes.
In conversation with q prominent
member of the Pennsylvania Acade-
my of Fine Arts, a reporter of the
Sunday Press learned most strange
things concerning the world of art.
He said that it was extremely diff
cult to obtain young ladies who
would adopt this business, aud only
upon the most sacred promises that
their individuality would not be re.
vealed do they consent to take the
position.
Indeed" said the gentleman
"this rule is so well enforced thai
there was one lady who appeared be
fore our class at the old academy fol
four years before | came to know
who she was.n
These nude live figures only APP
pear before the Life Glass of tbs
Academy for sketching. Formerly
they came before the gentlemen alone
but in the new building both ladie:
aud gentlemen will study together
No one except the members Of the
class are admitted to the where
they are studying from a figure, anC
only the best artists are taken into
membership in this mysterious body
The method ofstudy pursued ia some
thing like the following: The lady
proceeds to q room adjoining the
class room, especially adapted fol
her. At a given signal she appears
before the assembled guests upon {
platform, masked and shrouded il
drapery. She is then placed lie the
proper position required for the study
and soon the def handlers of The
brush proceed to depict her form
She is never allow to be spoken Il
by any of the members of the class
and should any of the bold one
break this rule they are Immediately
and forever expelled.
Indeed the whole proceeding 81
soon assumes an air of business tina
the artists, according to their owl
statements, forget that the lady VIII
is exposing her charms to their gaz,
is alive.-Philadelphia Sunday Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
The Polffcst People.

l have travelled much and have
carefully observed many peoples, and
beyond all comparison the Norwegi
ans are the politest people l have
met. There is a heart and sou
about their politeness, without rigid
formalty or affected frigidity, which
/ have nowhere else seen. If polite
ness in French society is more elabo.
rate, it is more formal, while in Nor.
way they make you feel that every
thing they have is cutie at your ser
vice, and that they are ready to 60
to any trouble TO oblige you, without
saying the least word to that effect.
Ii they promise nothing and profess
nothing, they perform. everything
hppieton's Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
81 Don't Take Any

Many persons who attend the open.
ing Of every mail at the Postofice as
regularly as they go to their meals will
say upon receiving no letters, "You
needn't look among the papers,
don't take any, We always pity
such persons and their families. A
family without any salt, decidedly
fiat. Just imagine a family without
a newspaper of any kind What will
be men amount to as citizens, to say
nothing of their entertaining quail
ties, and what sort of wives will the
girls make? If the fathers who take
no papers have no ambition them
selves, they should be heartily asbam-
ed on account of the wrong they are
doing their sons and daughters.
We should say to them, take some
paper, and the local one 10 preference
to any other.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

About a year ago the ladies OF the
Dorcas Society at our church made
up a large quantity of shirts, trousers
and socks. and boxed them up and
sent them to 4 missionary station on
the west coast of Africa. a man
named Ridley went out with the
boxes, and stayed in Africa several
months. When be returned, the Dor
cas- Society, Of curse was anxious
10 hear how It's donation was receiv-
ed, and Ridley, one evening, me: the
members and told them about it in a
little speech He said.
well, you know, We got the
clothes out there all right, and after
a while we distributed them among
some Of the natives in the neighbor-
hood. We thought may be it would
attract them to the mission, but it
didn't and some time had elapsed
and not a native came TO church with
those clothes on. / went out on an
exploring expedition to find out about
il. II seems that on the first day af-
ter the goods were distributed, one
of the chiefs attempted to mount q
shirt. He didn't exactly understand
it, aud be pushed his legs through
the arms and gathered the tail up
around bis waist. He couldn't make
it stay up, however, and they say be
went round inquiring in his native
toBge what kind Of an idiot it was
that constructed a garment that
wouldn't hang on, andswearing some
Of the most awful heather oaths. Al
last be let it drag, and that night be
got his legs tangled in it somehow
and fell oyer a precipice and was
killed.
ANOTHER chief who got u on
properly went padding around in
the dark, and the people, imagining
that be was a ghost, sacrificed four
babies to the idol to keep off the
evil spirit.
And then, you know, those trou.
sers you sent cut? Well, they fitted
one pair on the idol, and then they
stuffed most Of the vests with leaves
and set them up as a kind of new
tangled idols, and began to worship
them. They say that the services
were very impressive, some of the
women split a few pairs in half, anC
after sewing up the legs used them t.
carry yams in, and | saw n chic
with a corduroy leg on his head, al
a kind Of helmet.
Il think, though the socks werC
most popular. All the fighting mel
went for them the first thing. They
filed them with sand and used then
as boomerangs and war clubs.
learned that they were so mucl
pleased with the efficiency of thos'
socks that they made . raid on
neighboring tribe on purpose to try
!. them, and they say that they knock
/ ed about eighty women and children
on the head before they came home
They asked if | wouldn't speak Il
!. you and get you to send out a few
!, barrels more, and to make them a lit
tie stronger SOS they'd last longer
and | said l would.
"This society's doing q power o.
good to those heather, and I've nc
doubt if you keep right along with
the work you viii inaugurate a gen.
eral war all over the continent OF
Africa, and give everybody an idol
of his own. All Trey want is enough
socks and pants. III take them when
| go out again"
Then the Dorcas passed a resolu-
ton declaring that it would, perhaps,
be better to let the heather go naked
and give the clothes to the poor at
home, and / think myself that it is
preferable.-MdE Adeter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

Ar old lady in Detroit. bearing
that American Girl was dead. re-
marked 1--WE allus said that this
tight lacing would lay 'em out some
day."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

An old lady in Detroit, hearing
that Amer can Girl was dead, re.
marked: "I've allus said that this
tight laciDg would lay 'em out some
day"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, Sneatbs, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Looking
Glasses Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sleeves, Door Mats, Baskets,
.Tnbs Wooden Buckets. Irvine, Rope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints,
Mop Stick. Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and Suffers. Traces, Cow
chains Halter Chains. Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
~ Combs and Cards Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latcbes and everything
in the Builders line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, &c, &c,
The fact is keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. l deal
exclusively in this kind Of goods and give my whole attention to it. Per-
sons who are building, or any one in need OF anythIng in my line, VIII lind
in TO heir advantage to give m e a call / will always give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. l thank my old customers for their patronage
and hone this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
No. A BLOCK"
Api. 8 IA. JOHN F. BLIM1ER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

The only thing children can't see
partiaii'y IN is who gets the bigges:
END oil the bootjack when the old
lady gets mad.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24
Ne,c Advertisements.
Neao Advertisements.
John F. BLYMYER
DEALERIH
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints,
Oils. &c, &c

The following is a partial LIST of goods in Stock: Carpenters Tools,
Planes. Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Irons AIDES, &c, Black
smiths Goods Bellows Anvls, Wees, Files, Hammers, &c Saddlery
Hardware. Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hames, Buckles Rings Bits and Tools
Table Knives and Forks. Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, the
Iarcests stock in Somerset County. Painters Goods, q full stock White
Lead. Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all eoiors,
yarnsh. Turpentne, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut STAINS,
&c Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coai
Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal OIL Lamps is large ana comprises
elegant STYLES. Dnstons Circular Muley and Cross Cut Saws Mill
Saw Files ofthebest quality. Porcelainlined Kettles. Handles OF III kinds
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

You'll build the fires or III be a
widow" is the way the Fat Contribu-
tors wife talks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-24

JOHN F. BLYMYER.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-24

Delaine is the generic French word
for wool, though it has become used to
designate fabric composed of cotton
and worsted, which is known in market
by the formation of colored patterns
similar to calico on two or more fabrics
composed of cotton, worsted or silk.
The fabric originated mainly in the
effort of the French to rival the English
in the production of combing wool from
the Rambouilet flock, which originated
from the Spanish merino. The RAM
bouilets produced a wool which worked
well under the comb, and was too fine
for the ordinary hosiery and stuff goods,
for which the English woods were so
admirably suited. The French struck
out a new industry from their own wool
which the English could not initiate be-
cause they did not have a supply of
combing wool of merino blood. A good
delaine wool must contain merino blood,
and length and strength of staple. In
New Zealand the English manufacturers
are stimulating the wool growers to de-
velop a new industry, and they are now
producing a very desirable deiaine wool
by crossing the Cotswold or Leicester
ram on the merino eve. The result is
heavy carcass, heavier fleece, a longer
staple, and altogether more profitable
sheep. A good deal of that kind of wool
has been imported into New York from
New Zealand during the past year. and
has commanded prices superior to the
best Australian woods.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-24
Old Roses.

Is il not possible TO produce ma
nia'' for collecting and cultIvatlnS the
good old roses, once supposed to be tue
result of the best efforts of our rosarians!
We have been rushing ahead in fiorieul-
ture for the past half century or more,
looking more for ''new things" than for
intrinsic worth, and it is time that some
body started the fashion of gathering
the old and good, placing upon them a
new valuation. Every Summer, when
the old s'June roses" come into bloom,
| am reminded of the good things lett
behind i'm our race for novelties in other
classes. The old MOSES of thirty and
fifty years ago have not been surpassed
by any later Introduction. The old
single French crimson still furnishes
as pretty buds as the newest perpetual
moss, and who wants moss rose eX-
cept when i'm bud? The old crested
Provence has never as yet had rival,
but stands alone, the queen OF its spe-
cies. And as | look over the old sorts,
like George the Fourth, with deep crim-
son petals, or La Tourterelle, Madame
Hardy, Persian Yellow, and similar
kinds, 1 begin to find myself wishing
for more of The same, although novel
ties are abundant, and one might think,
from the descriptions given, rs far SUI
perior to those old and still unsurpassed
favorites. A sight of the old cabbage
rose, Village Maid, and White Bath,
would be like gathering old coins from
the ruins of Herculaneum or Pompeii.
-Gdr,Iea
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-24
The Earth's Danger.

In the preface to l. is recent excellent
book, "The abode of Snow" Mr..
Andrew Wilson, well known as the
author of one of the most interesting
works on the Chinese empire, revives
the old theory of NJ. Adhemar that the
earth will topple over one of these
days and send the oceans sweeping over
the continents. The theory is that ow-
ing to the greater preponderance of
water in the Southern hemisphere, the
greatest accumulation of water is round
the South Pole; when the accumula-
ton has reached certain point the
balance of the earth must be suddenly
destroyed-the center of sphericity alb
ruptly change far from the center of
gravity, and the whole earth almost in
simultaneously must turn transversely
on its axis, move the great oceans, and
so produce one of those grand cata-
clysms which have before now altered
the whole face of the globe. Some very
good physicians and mathematicians
have believed in this theory, which is
not easily controverted, even if it be a
false one
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-24
The Troubles Of Heafhen Deity.

Juggernaut, says the Pal Mdu ca
zette, seems to be in a bad way in India
owing to the dilapidation of his pagoda
at Pooree. An immense block of stone
fell the other day from the central dome
of the temple. 1t is fortunate that no
one was killed, for the stone, it is stated, /,
is ten feet long, five broad, and four in
depth, and belongs TO the inner cornice
of the temple. The damage is imper-
ceptible to the eye, owing 10 the intense
darkness in the interior of the edifice,
but the fall of the stone is a serious
matter for Juggernaut for this reason ::
there is, il seems, prophecy that when
the first stone Is unfastened the temple
shall not stand. The repairs, it is es l.
mated by the Oriaks, will take at least
fourteen years TO complete, and during
all this time no public worship or festi-
val in Pooree is allowable. 1t is, how
ever, not surprising that the TEN, lie is a
little out OF repair, for il was built by
Rajah Anangabhima Deva, OF Orissa, i'll
the middle of the twelfth century, be-
fore the days of "scamping" contracts,
and during the last 200 years not a
trowel has been laid upon it for the
purpose of repair. The dome is COM
posed of immense blocks of stone, not
kept together by cement or mortar of
any kind, but made fast by an elaborate
process of failing, the slabs being
arranged in horizontal layers narrowing
toward the end, covered by huge
head-piece carved and ornamented.