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Fresh Beef!

FE7HE undersigned having fitted up the base
ment of the Clerks Otice, in ennrenient
nlanner now oc,1,,lrs the same as a Meat
ket. The publ.c are respectfully notified that
am prepared to accommodate them At al times
with choice Beef, etc, at reasonable prices.
II is my aim 10 offer my customers the BEST
in my line the market affords. Give me call.
April %, 1870. JOSEPH ATT
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What has become Of the l.. G. l.. s.
A. Il NJ. A. u. s?
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WANTED.-$l500 from parties who's,
accounts are past due. We are sellin
now strictly for cash at greatly reduce,
ldseo and desire speedy adjustment o
all past due accounts at once.
Respectfully, &c.
j. {. CURRAN.
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You will find Maple Sugar and Mo
lasses at Headquarters.
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Western Land Owners

Willing to trade for lands in this sec.
ton of Ohio. will do we'll to inform me
by mail, or otherwise.
have several farms TO exchange for
Western lands and some ready cash.
Also, Western lands and ready cash
to exchange for real estate in this sec
tion of Ohio
! desire to increase both my list o.
Western lands and lands in this section
ready for fair exchange.
MARTIN KAGAY,
80 Real Estate Agent.
What every person saws must be tru,
1t is fact, Diuoe & Hall sell good
cheaper than any other house in III,
comfy. s.
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SOincrset NNnIch DlrectOry,
LUTHERAN.
West Main street. Services every Sunday at
1917 A. NJ. sunday School 8 a. Nj. Rev D. NJ.
Wiseman Pastor.
CATHOLIC.
South Columbus street. Mass at s and 10 A.
NJ. Vespers 2 al Rev. D. Il. Noon, Pastor.
METHODIST.
East Main street. Services at 1917 a. N.
Sabbath School 8 a. n. Rev. J. VanLaw,
Pastor.
REFoEMED.
East Main Street Services at 10zr-z o'clock a.
NJ, and Pm. Sabbath School at a II. sRev
ID NJ Loucks Paster.
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Societies.

Societies.
I. o. o. +.
Somerset Lodge No. S52, meets at Odd Fellows
Hall, every Saturday evening al clock.
NO. rs F. d A.. ~.
Somerset Lodge, No. IS, f. and A. NJ meets
at their hall, on Wednesdays, preceding the
full moon of each month.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 81.
F. A. NJ. meets at Masonic Hall, on the Mon
day preceding the full moon of each month
Companions in good standing cordially invi-
tedto attend.
Somerset Official Directory.
!ddy0T.. b. WOODWARD.
Treasurer. T. DRokGE
Clerk JERRY FLAuTT.
4uu'Sfdl. D l. bABB.
II. c. GREINER,
C. H. HOPE,
Co,,,o;J W. H. DARsT,
- S. KRUMLAUF,
q. BnuNNER,
J. McQUAID,
BOARD; of Education.
Treasurer. I. DRoEGE
(H.P.LENTZ,
Directors. A. P. ASH BRot K,
I'd. NJ. WEISMAN
NOAH RARR
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Some times I think / am tolerably
good natured, but when have favored
customers by letting them have goods for
30 or so days, and have to wait on my pay
from two to six years, it tries my
patience. Another hint: ! have n
great many small claims running from
fifty cents to five dollars. Do not think
because your accounts are small, ] do not
inter collecting them, for ] do. Now
please come at once and settle with me
and save trouble and cost.
Owls THOMAS JOHNSON
Largest and cheapest line of teas in
town at Dittoe & HILLS grocery.
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DIED-July 7th, 1876. Mrs Ella May
Brunner, in Hebron, Ohio, aged IS years
9 months, and 26 days. Her funeral serv-
ices were conducted by the Rev. r. W
Graham. and took place from her resi-
dence in this village. She was followed
to the Linville Cemetery by large
concourse of friends and relatives. She
was beloved by all who knew her. She
leaves husband. sister and brothers
to mourn her loss. Her infant babe only
survived her few days. J. r w.
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BgCUTTING done to order at reas-
sonable rates, and ALL GOODS
UGHT AT THIS ESTA BLLSH-
MENT CUT INTO. GARMENTS
FREE OF CHARGE.
Nov. y, 1875. 81
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
WAR MAPS,

Mr.. Z. steiger, Publisher, New YoIk.
has jrst issued Schedler'5 Map of Turkey
and Greece. With special Maps Of Black
Sea, Constantinople. and The Bosphorous
Drawn by Joseph S4he!Ier. Size l9x24
inches; carefully lithographal AID cJlored
Price, folded and in cover, 25 ccrts.
This Map is complied from the very
latest material and is geographically cor
rect, having the railroad lines, etc. distinct;
ly indicated. II comprises the whole Q:
Turkey in Europe including, Of course,
>eryia, Herzegovina and Montenegro ,
-reece, the northwestern and norih,m
portions OF Asia Minor, the Caucasus, the
Black Sea, Southern Russia, Roamania,
Southern Hungary, etc.
A nae edition OF the above map, printed
on heavier paper, in three coior<, has bact
issued, supplemented also, with a Map
showing the relative preponIsrance Of Ma
tionalites IN Turkey. This classification
is most interesting and shows, for ins.an :,
tha: the Turks proper constitute brt one-
fourth Of the population, while con~idcra-
bly, less than half the inhabitants are No
hammedans. Much new information con.
cerning TurkeJ Is given by THIS large and
carefully executed Map which sell: /, the
low price Of - cents.
Both ofthe above maps afford complete
aud reliable representation OF he scene Of
the present Eastern complications, and viii
enable the interested observer the better 10
understand tie situation Of affairs, while
proving also, a safe guide IN following the
future course Of events, whatever shap,
they may assume.
E. Steiger, Publisher, % and u Frank
fort street. New York.
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
Experimenting with Dynamite.

George Scmitt, residing near the Pc
quest Furnace, Sussex county, on Friday
night, Nov. 10, met with an accident that
may cost him his life He was expert
menting with dynamite, and desiring to
show his wife its power and the mar nor
iu which it explodes, placed small q, an
tty of the destructive article on the tai le,
and prepared to discharge it, intending
to throw it into the yard before it explot ed
1t exploded prematurely, and wrorg ht
terrible destruction in the house. The
table was reduced to kindling wood, the
floor torn up, every window in the house
broken, the walls shattered, and the house
in manner ruined. Mrs. Scmtt sus-
tanned injuries of serious character, hav-
ing one eye destroyed and her body more
or less cut and bruised The husband was
terribly injured about the head and body,
and it is feared that his wounds will prove
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28

ignorance of negro nature. lfthere is any
thing Southern negro dislikes and despis-
es it is a mean white man. The term
"mean white trash" is one in common Use,
and almost everyone who has ever been
brought in contact with negro popula-
ton, will remember the contemptuous tone
in which it is almost invariably used.
"Poor buckra" is another term of contempt
frequently applied to mean white men.
1t has the same Specification as ''poor white
trash"
A mean white man, in a negro's estima-
ton, is one who has neither money, prinoi-
pie or style about him. The colored man
South has always been accustomed TO look
up to his master. His training from earli-
est youth was entirely in that direction,
and although slavery was abolished four
teen years ago, the large proportion OF tie
Southern negroes to-day entertain as much
respect and affection Tor their old masters
as when they were in bondage TO them,
We Use the terms respect and affection
ady;sedly, for despite all that has been said
and written to the contrary, the fact thai
masters loved and protected their slaves
and that slaves returned that love with
interest, stands uncha!enged. There
we're, OF course, exceptional eases; but
taken as a general thing, there was the
kindest possible relations existing between
master and man. To illustrate the sill
existing depth Of the nesro's feeling OF
regard for men Of mark in the South, it
is only necessary TO refer to the late elec-
tion in South Carolina. Had the colored
voters Of that State been left to the free
exercise Of their own will, they would have
cast an almost unanimous vote for Wade
Hampton
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
WHY THE SOUTHERN NEGRO yOT.
Ed WITH THE DEMOCRATS.

The argument Of intimidation in the
South is one Of the weakest pleas to carry
out the idea, that tie negro voted with
the whites to save himself from bodily
harm. 1t has been everywhere shown
that the whites won the negro by kindness,
and in this connection we find the follow
ing timely talk in the Philadelphia
"Chronicle:"
almost the only acknowledgement
it may be calIed-that the Republicans
urge against the validity Of the Democratic
maiorites in the Southern States, is the
one that, with such large preponderance
of negro voters in some Of those States,
such majorities would be wholly inconsis-
tent with the plainest principles Of ofcommon
sense-that negroes could never be pre-
Al
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
A Long Meal.

Mr.. George ". Hunt sent the anatomi-
cal experimentation owls. One Of the owls
is kept alive. He has disposed of several
parts Of fish, chipmunk, and a live snake
Two feet long. The encounter with the
snake vas quite amusing. The owl on
-pring him in glass case evinced a desire
to form a closer acquaintance, and so the
snake was placed on the floor of the labora.
tory. The owl with one fell snoop'
came down npon his snakeship, and s,rik.
ing its claws into his back raised his head
% his mouth and instantly smashed it.
Then commenced the process of degluti-
ton, The owl proceeded badly enough
until after minutes struggling all was
swallowed but two inches of the tail. AT
this point the owl stopped to take breath,
and stood with its eyes slowly blinking
while the two inches Of tail still visible
wa' wigglinc vigorously. At last, sum-
poning up courage, the owl gave las,
.ruggle, and the end ofthe tail disappear
I'd still wiggling down his throat.
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
THE HERALD.

THE MORNING HERALD Is published
very morning, (sundays excepted,) and
delivered in the city Of Wilmington and
surrounding places for six cents per week,
payable to the carriers. Mail subscriptions.
postage free, three dollars per annum in
advance.
O'BYRNE Bros, Publishers,
No. 500 Shipley Street,
Wilmington, Del.
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
Praying for an Increase of Salary

in London, the other day, rather re-
narkable effort was made to apply Sir II.
Wh)m.ons mode Of the efficacy of prayer.
Several gentleman connected with the city
banks have started a prayer meeting speci-
ally for bank clerks. The meeting is fixed
for a period Of the day when many of the
clerks can attend il they choose to abridge
their dinner hour by a few minutes, and
the service is brief, Any one present is at
liberty to take part in the devotions and
the other day a young man rose in the BODY
Of The room and proceeded to offer short
prayer. lis personal and mundane char
acer rather startled the audience. He
peti,ioned, among other things, that such q
spirit oili5erality might be poured out on
the directors Of banks that they would
make Il large addition to the salaries OF
their hard-working and ill-paid servants.
This style Of prayer rather astonished the
excellent persons who heard it,and several
angry looks were directed at the worldly,
ill-mannered devotee.
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
Starved to Death in a Land ofPlent,

Starved to Death in a Land ofPlenty
The Calver, Central Texan" says: A
most distressing case of destitution and ne.
glect has come to our knowledge as occur
rg in the heart of our town. Living on
Railroad street, almost opposite the dit
tleHe.d Building" and not exceeding
$50 wards from the depot. was an old ne
gro known as Uncle lsom." He had a
wife and several coildren, but they We're
absent at the time the old man was sick.
He told his wife who returned in time TO
zee her husband yield up the ghost, that
he was starved to death. Those familiar
with the negro character know how i'm
p.ovident they all are. Old Isom was as
industrious and laithfal as any of his race,
but never gave the morrow a thought. and
when prosuation from sickness came, and
his people gone, he died for want of atten-
'ion and noUrishment. When he was dis
coyersd and DR.. McLendon called in, his
condition wa: beyond relief. Uncle Isom
told his wife that he had appealed to a
number ofnegroe5 10 carry a message t.
white persons who would relieve his dis.
tresS, but the lrutes all excused themselves
and left him to die. Poor old negro; he
but followed the course that we fear thous-
ands Of his race are doomed to follow if a
radical Improvement in their habits Of life
is not inaugurated.
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
ELECTION EEIS.

The following may be Of bcneh. to
those who make election bets, and olteL-
times to their sorrow:
Under influence Of the excitement at
tending the late election. gentleman
of Cincinnati, Lr. SaiuGei Lambert, iuves-
ted pretty heavily in bets. When the fe-
yer Of enthusiasm died ou,. and laImer
hour Of reflection followed, Mr.. Lambert
repented Of the act, and, If lie couId. would
have escaped the penalty Of his ra.hness.
But it was too late. The re:uI. upon
which he lad hazcldel Lis monev did no.
turn out according 10 expectation and he
lost his investment. Bu' Mr. Lambert
was not content to abide BY lis mishaps,
and so to restore his lossc, entered suit for
the recovery of his money.
It is not always safe.aud it is never wise,
TO bet on elections. CoHn,s are uncertain
in Fcliciana, and winning or losing may
turn in either place upon accidents, as in
the toss Of a copper, which are outside a.
together Of the reach Of previous ca.cula-
ton. Ba. bad as the practice il, if aman
makes up lis mind to try il, it cannot be
said to be the proper thing for him to at
tempt afterward, the chances having gone
against him, to back ont Of it. Whether
the courts can, or viii bring relief to Mr.
Lambert we cannot tel, but we ventore TO
say that in the long run Mr.. Lambert will
find that it woulI have been better than
the 81, ,59j a. stake to him to Lave pocieted
his loss, resolved upon better courses for
the future, and said nothing about it.
s-fS1p-Ss1ss~rz7.-7r-~rsarrH<s
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28
Here and There.

mere ana mere.
Florida is receiving invalids.
Oil has been struck in Japan.
Jean Ingelow is fat and forty.
Tweed is New York's sensation.
Miss Rose Sartoris will marry Lord
Cardross.
All the rage among the women-Suf:
rage.
Nevada's big desert Il contains 10000
square miles.
Preakness has been sold, and will race
no more.
Ice velocipedes are to be this winters
sensation.
AK, France, is preparing for its 2OOO.h
anniversary.
Dom Pedro explored Athens one morn
ing before breakfast.
The Paris fashions are no longer accu-
rateiy reproduced here.
When man looks moody is it a sign
that he tavors revival?
The tide OF pleasure travel has set in
towards southern California.
Embark in no enterprise which you
cannot submit to the test OF prayer.
Grant is preporing to ''bulI-doze" the
country on a magnificent scale.
When woman bushes and weeps, can
she be said TO raise hue and cry?
Somebody in France has invented a
liquid which will petrify dead bodies.
a girl-wife of Is, Of Harris county,
Georgia, is the mother OF five children.
Two hundred and thirteen American
horses have trotted faster than 2.26.
E1.Empress Eugene is growing old,
and refuses to sit for pictures any more.
Tweed's cabin on the Franklin was once
the official home of Admiral Farragut.
The Morning herald., 1876-11-28

If man but smiles at one of those wo-
men soldiers Of Dahomey oti'goes his head.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-01-20
THE WANDERING JEW.

Rich collections of manuscript have been
carefully examined by competent men to
ascertain the most distant date to which
these legends or myths can be traced. The
oldest document at present known on the
subject was written about six hundred and
fifty years ago, in the reign of Henry III.
The Book of the Chronicle of St. Adams
Abbey, contains the following narrative, as
of a contemporary event: One day the
Patriarch or Archbishop of Armenia ar
rived at the Abbey with a small retinue, in
Guiding an interpreter who could make the
Patriarch and the Abbot Ineligible TO each
other. He had visited most of the cele-
brated shrines and holy places IN England,
and had now come to see the shrine Of st.
AIban. Hospitality entertained for many
days, the Patriarch held much conversation
with the abbot and the monks. He was
asked, among other things, whether he had
seen II heard aught of Joseph, mysteri-
Gus being who was reputed to have lived
ever since the early days of Christianity.
The patriarch replied that he had not only
heard of this undying one, but had been
FiSlIeu DS MIN IN AIInCnla- ne Story LO4Q
by the wanderer was solemn one. On
the day of the cl'ucifixion, Castaphilus, fan
other name borne by Joseph,) porter in
POntius Pilates house, struck Jesus on the
back with his his hand, and babe him mock
ingly to move on more quickly. A severe
but mysterious reproof was administered
to him in reply; Il am going, and you will
wait till my return" Csstaphilus lived on
century after century, apparently no older
than at first He became a holy And re-
ligiOus man, naTratng TO bishops and di-
vines events which he had Witnessed in the
apostolic days. He was always serious, ac-
cepted nothing but food and raiment from
his entertainers, and looked out anxiously
for the last day. Search appears to have
been made in vain for any mention of the
wanderer during the fourteenth and ff-
teenth centuries; but quite early in the six
teenth we hear of a Wandering Jew who as
sisted weaver, named Kokot, to discover
in Bohemia a treasure which an ancestor Of
the weaver was reported TO have hidden.
The Jew is described as appearing like a
man seventy years Of age.-ChaHsber's Jour
nal,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-01-20
WHAT FLIES DO.


An English chemist named Emerson
publishes in the Scientific American the re-
suit of his observations of flies, with which
he has experimental. If what he reports
is truthful there should be more kind
hearted Uncle Tobys TO acknowledge the
debt we owe these little insects. Did you
ever watch a fly who has just alighted
after soaring about the room for come
little timer He goes through a series Of
operations which remind you of a cat lick
ing herself after meal, or of a bird plum
ing its feathers. First the hind feet are
rubbed together, then each hind leg is
passed over wing, then the fore legs I'M
dergo like treatment; and lastly, if you
look sharp, you will see the insect carry
his proboscis over his legs and about his
body as far as be can reach. The minute
trunk is perfectly retractile, and it termi-
mates in two large lobes, which you can
zee spread out when the insects begin Il
meal on a lump of sugar. Now, the rub
bling together of legs and wings may be
soothing operation, but for what purpose
is this carefully going over the body with
the trunk, especially when that organ IS
not fitted for licking, but simply for grasp
ing and sucking up food. On placing fly
under the microscope, to the investigators
disgust, it appeared covered with lice.
Mr.. Emerson concluded that here was
something which at once required looking
into. Why were flies Iousy7 The fly
seemed to take his position very coolly, and
extending his prOboscis, began to sweep it
over his body as if he bad just alighted.
A glance through the microscope, how
ever, showed that the operation was not
one of Standardization, for wherever the
lice were there the trunk went. The lice
disappeared into the trunk, and the fy was
eating them. He took the paper into the
kitchen and waved il around, taking care
that no flies touched it, went back to the
microscope and there found animaIcules,
the same as on flies. He had now arrived
at something definite; the animalcules
were floating IN the air, and the quick mo-
lions Of the flies gathered them on their
bodies, and the flies then went into some
quiet corner to have their dainty meal.
The investigator goes on describing how
he continued the experiment in a variety Of
localities. and how, in dirty and bad-smelI-
ing quarters, be found the myriads Of flies
which existed there literally covered with
animalcules, while other flies, captured IN
bedrooms, or ventilated, clean apartments,
were miserably lean and entirely free
from their prey. Wherever filth existed.
evolving germs which might generate dis
ease, there were the flies covering them
salves with minute organisms, and greeliiy
devouring the same.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-01-20
The Maintaining of Health.

The maintenance of heal is often
more difficult than its recovery. Wit lat
ed conditions of the atmosphere, I'M
healthy oc upatiOns. extremes of heat
or cold, and constant exposure to rOug Oh
werther, are all so many provocations
of disease. There is but one sure way
of effectually guarding the sy stem when
tn US subjected to Influences prejudicial
to health aud that is to establish, by
judicious tonic and alter alive me dicatioD,
vigOr Of the body and regularity of its
functions The propertier of an invigo-
rant and corrective are happily combin-
ed in Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which
at the same time that it infuses unwOnt
ed vitality into the system, overcomes all
tendency of the stomach, liver, bowels
and urinary organs to deviate from reg
uIarity in the discharge of functions
upon which the welfare of the eutIre
physical organization is dependent.
Health canaot be more effectually main
tanned than by using the Bitters.
ian6-4t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-01-20
WHY HE WORE WIG.

In giving "reminiscences of Col. Levi
Boutwell,, a noted man in his day. a
Montpelier, Vt, writer, tells the following
story:
'"The colonel was uncommanIy bald, and
without his heavy dark wig looked not a bit
like himself. Once he was in the wash-roon
of the pavilion, and for convenience of his
additions had laid his wig aside. Presently
a young spruce chap, with extremely red
hair, came in. Noticing the coloneTs nude
head, he enquired:
''Wen, colonel, why don't you have some
hair on your head ?''
ct was an impudent question, and the
colonel knew it. Looking savagely on
the rel head Of the saucy young stranger,
he replied:
When they made me and had me all
finished except my hair, they tod me they
had nothing left except red hair told
them then, egad 1 wouldn't have any. I
would rather go without. They might save
that for impudent young popinjays and
fools"
"The young inquisitive and joker was
perfectly willing to drop the subject
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-01-20
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following are the marriage licens-
es issued since January lst, 1876:
Oscar 2. Smith and Dolly A Lyons.
Jordan Hill and Harriet Burt.
Jas. II Campbell and Lizzie NJ Reaves.
Elihu Gossett and Mary Duncan.
Josh. Gamble and Mollg Sloan.
Eph Parks and Nary Overcast.
Ralph Watkins and Lucinda Elliott.
Doc HarI is and Fannie Jones.
Erastus Young and A nnie Beard.
VIM. Hendon and Laura Lane.
Levi Bradford and Emiline Brown,
w r Tally and 5 E Donaldson.
Lot Williams and Edna Parham.
J " Wamble and Sudie Bishop.
Ben Alien and Caroline I,ofley.
Pat Thompson and Molly Parham
Eliphalet Brown and Patsy DOdson.
VIM D Galloway and 5 McCommon.
Sam Harris and NJ J Macon.
A J Dickens and Molly Hadly.
j F Saline and Mary } Duncan
Caesar Blackwell and Caronline Bowling.
Geo Carly and Ella Bradford