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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
WHOSE WAS THE GUILI /.

Ellis Tremayne laid bis fork down
with a gesture half of impatience,
half of Encouragement, and a frown
that had no business on the forehead
of six months married man, and
the husband of the prettiest of wo-
men corrugated his handsome white
forehead
"1o 1ou seem TO have not The slight
est appreciation Of affairs, Eflie. |
have explained time and time again
that | am living up to nv income
not saving a penDy-and yet you
still persist in demanding money for
every trife that takes your fancy"
Ellis Tremsvne spoke more decisive
ly than Efiie had ever heard him, and
sne mentally vowed him horribly
cross, and parted her red lips and
leaned back in her chair with very
aggrieved look Oh her lovely face.
And yet it was lovely.
Mr.. Tremayne thought so that
same moment as he looked at the
delicate pink-and-snow complexiou.
and the large dark blue eyes tnat bad
played such mad havoc with his
heart a year ago-at the full, exquis-
lite lips that had only seemed made
for smiles and kisses then, that now
were rapidly consumating their task
of discovering the clay feet of bis
idol-:hat now were parting to utter
words he knew were coming, and
thai did come.
"Iou are just as mean and cross as
you can be What's the use of living
at all if you can't have what you
want-if you can't have things like
other people, ? | tell you | do think
you might let me have some money
this morning; need it most awful
ly."
Her blue eyes certainly looked
pleading enough to give entire ere
dence to her assertions
81 am almost tempted to say that
cannot be true, Efiie, since it was on
ly week ago today | handed you
twenty five pounds-a sum amply
sufficient for even the most inexperi-
enced fnancier on which TO keep a
family of two.n
Darker frowns were gathering on
Tremayne's forehead, but Effie an
swered with sneer:
Twenty five pounds, You speak
as if it were fortune! | tell yoC,
Ellis, | must have things hke-like
other people how on earth do you
suppose | feel when Mrs. Coddington
or Miss Beliburn calls for me to drive,
wearing their elegant carriage cos
tunes, and | in the same dress | ap-
pear in 10 the street or at church ?"
Tremay ne smiled coniemptuously.
so you hope to rival the wife of
millionaire and the only daughter of
q wealthy banker, do you?-you, the
wife of cashier at Wingfeld &
Sons, on seven hundred year? Ef-
6e, have nothing to do with women
who are, unconseiously. perhaps.
sowing seeds of discontentment and
extravaganza in your heart"
II am neither discontented nor ex-
travagant. Ellis-you shall not say
so. But / must have some money to
get a new suit. Oh, Ellis such o
heavenly shade of prune. and you
know | can wear so well one particu-
lar shade. Honestly, haven't a.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Gray Eses

The gray eye is peculiarly the eye
of a woman (ssys a writer. And
here NC meet with variety enough to
puzzle solomon himself. We will
pass over in silence the sharp. the
~arewai-f the spifeial. fhe 8. a,d
tbe Mid gray eye, every ne las
seen them, too often, perha, There
are some that belong only I he gal
lows; there are others Of y lieh the
honest brute would be ashamed.
But, then, again, there are some beau.
titul encugh to drive one wild. anu 70
is only them which | mean. Th re
Is the dark, sleepy, almcued-shaped
gray eye, with long black lashes-
it goes with the rsrest face On earth
the suitana-iike beauty of let black
hair aud complexion that is neither
dark nor fair-aImOst cream color
If the Truth must be toId--and soft
and rich as the leaf Of the Gala
Ethiopaca Itself Directly opposed
to this is the calm, clear grav eve
the eve that reasons, when this only
feels. IL looks quietly in ihe face.
IL views you kindly, but alas dispas-
siOnately; the passion rarely lights
1t, and love takes the steady blaze Of
friendship when he tries to hide with
in. The owner Of that eve is up
right, conscientious sad pittying MS
fellew-nlen, even while at loss 20
understand their vagaries. It is the
eve for kind aud considerate ply
sician. for a Conscientious LAWYER (lf
such a man there be), for worthy
village pastor, for friend as faithful
as any human being can be. Last Of
the gray eyes comes the most mis-
chievous; a soft eve with large pu-
/ pill, that contracts aud diiates with q
word, thought, or a feeling; al eve
that laughs, that sighs almost. that
has its sunlight, It's twilight, its moon
beams, and its storms a wonderful
eye, that wins you whether you will
or not, aud holds you even after il
has cast YOU of. No matter whether
the face be fair or nOt-nO matter
whether the features be Irregular and
complexion varying, the eye holds
you captive and then laughs at your
chains. Lucrezia Borgia's eyes were
gray and You may be sure they were
[ ike these. So where those Of Nj
non de L'Enclos. Many another wO-
man has such orbs; perhaps she uses
them more innoeentIy and legitimate
ly, but the effect is very much the
same; and if people choose to face
the danger they must take the eonse-
quences. One piece OF advice viii
] give to young men in all sincerity
Never marry woman who has these
eyes. They were never made, be
sure, to serve only as lamps for do
mestic ;.earth
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Value of Forest Leaves.

The effect of removing the litter Of
mature forest is really far greater
than would result from the mere re-
moval of SO many pounds ofnitrogen
phosphOric acid and potash When
the litter is allowed TO accumulate
from year to year, and to undergo its
natural slow decomposition. the re-
suit is the formation Of q forest soil
exceedingly rich in bumus the for
nation of such q soil is often of price
less value to the forester. A rough,
sterile, rocky soil becomes, when
penetrated with bumus, capable Of
retaining water, and thus able to
withstand drought By the action Of
humus the mineral plant food which
the soil contains is also brought into
a more sOluable and available form
while the greatly increased pOrosity
OF the soil protects all soIuable plant
food from being washed out by heavy
rains, calamity to which the origin
al rocky soil was constantly liable.
So great is the Importance Of humus,
that in many forest soils It's presence
is the one ameliorating principle
which renders cultivation possible.
Especially must this be the case on
the hillsides so frequently devoted to
the growth Of timber. Nor in this
case are the advantages Of the deep
bumus soil confined to the trees
growing upon it, Owing 20 the
enormous power Of retaining water
possessed by spongy vegetable soil,
the adjacent valleys are efeetuaIly
protected against disastrous foods
Storm water is retained or delayed,
is stored up in the forest soil for use
in summer drought, instead Of de-
scending in violent streams, tearing
up the soil and spreading havoc all
around. The careful maintenance Of
forests upon billsides becomes in this
view a question which is in many cas-
es Of national importance.
To produce in its fullest extent the
humus covering Of the soil il is nee
essary that the forest should be plant
ed sufficiently close in open spaces
admitting light and air the humus
viii rapidly oxidize and disappear.
For the same reason care should be
taken that planting Immediately fol-
lows the telling oftimber the ground
as far as possible, should never be
suffered to lie open and uncovered
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Washington a Marshal OF France

There is in the possession Of a
Richmond (Va.) gentleman an an.
cient procelain mug on which is
painted the effiGy Of Washington on
horse back, with the inscription be.
meath, George Washington, Esq,
General-in-C Chief of the United States
Army and Marshal of France" The
latter title being one not ordinarily
understood to belong to the Father Of
His Country, an old letter has been
found from c. ". Parke Gusts, dated
in 1851, which explains how General
Washington came by the American
Marshal of France, writes Mr.. Gus
It's, is simply this when, in 1871,
Colonel Lsurene went TO France as
special ambassador, difficulty arose
between him and the French Minis
try as to the command Of the CON-
bined armies in America. Our heroic
Laurens said
"Our Chief must command; it is
our cause. aud the battle is on our
soil" "C'est impossible" exclaimed
the Frenehman; "by the etiquette of
the French service the Count de
Rochambesu being an old lieutenant
general, can only be commanded by
the King in person or a Marechsl de
France" Then, exclaimed Laurens,
make our Washington a Mareehal
de France, and the difficulty is at an
end. 1t was done. A friend of mine
heard Washington spoken of as
Monsieur lie Marechel at the siege Of
Yorktown. Our beloved Washington
never coveted or desired rank or title;
but it is beyond q doubt that, from
the force of circumstance just related,
the rank and title Of Marechel de
France was conferred upon the Ge1-
eral-in- Chief Of the combieed armies
of America and France"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Crack shots of keekuk

\ KeOkuk darkey was caught 10
the act Of robbing a deck passenger
on the Rob Roy, early Saturday
morning The robber broke away
and ran, but all Keokuk turned out
with revolvers and shot at him
Tons Of lead whistled in the air and
fell in the streets, and the unscatbed,
accommodating shade gave every
man a chance that wanted a crack at
him He even waited for one marks
man 10 60 home after his revolver,
and the only request that be refused
was that of a man who had pawned
his pistol and wanted the fugitive %
wait until be could sell his dog and
get his artillery out of soak He
hadn't time to wait, bot be compro-
missed by letting this man throw a
brick at him. TheL the bber de-
parted, and Keokuk put away its
guns and went to sleep to dream
about the mutsbility Of human af-
fairs aud the uncertainty Of pistol
practice.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
A Mathematical noralist

He was a philosophical looking
man. sedate aud methodical. 1t was
Anniversary week, and be had come
from the country TO attend the meet
ings. and during the intermission he
walked abroad to observe the ways
of the metropolis. In the course of
his peregrinations he chanced to ar
rive at the store-bouse Of Bourbon,
Bunr & Faweet Just as a drayman
vas landing q load of casks bearing
the cauterized stamp OF Old Rye. ?
Mr.. Bourbon was in attendance.
"Ah. whiskev, ] take it 2" said the
philosophical looking man, with a
show of interest.
With smile Mr.. Bourbon nodded
ascent.
"You have doubtless large guam
tity in store ?"
'rYes. over thousand barr els. {"
"a thousand barrels of whiskey."
yes said Bourbon, smiling
again. "Are you 10 business, sir 2"
Not exactly" replied the philos-
opher "though I feel interested in
the matter. You have been in the
business some time 2"
"Yes. sir.-many years.
"And have observerd the effects OF
the alcoholic fluid ~
HSir?n
This whiskey ,Ipresume. is 10 be
distributed over ;be country z"
Certainly"
"Then let US calculate" pursued
the philosopher. running over his
irgeTs as he mentally computed
"This whiskey is SO much seed that
must bring forth its inevitable fruit.
II is safe TO say that in each four bar
rels there is a family fatherless, and
stricken widow; in each two bar
rels there is premature grave; 10
each barrel there is human life
blasted: and / think we may safely
set down five gallons as all sufficient
for a quarrel and a fight so we
have in prospect two hundred and
fiftv widows, with their suffering lit
tie ones; Eve hundred premature
deaths; one thousand young lives for
ever ruined: aud broils. aud quarrels,
and fights almost without number
and all these prospective eaiamities
are here barrelled up. onlv awaiting
the hand Of the dealer 10 let tbe ruin
loose upon our land Verify, ! am
glad that my hand is not 10 be en-
gagged in the work | should be
afraid to sleep and dream if it were.
Good-dsy, sir.
And with this the philosophical
peripatetic walked slowly away,
leaving the senior member of Bour-
bon, Bung i Fawcet in very brown
study.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

STORY OF Two CALyss-Jim
Smith was a noted auetienesr One
day be was selling farm stock
Among the articles 10 be sold was
heller, very attractive IN her appear
ance. and consequently jim dwelt ex-
tensively on her many excelleneies.
winding up bis excellent douIish with
'she is as gentle as a dove" There
upon siabsided eountryman, whose
legs were some twelve inches longer
than bis pants, approaching tie heif-
er, and STOPPING, commenced hand
ling her teats- Bossys not relishlng
such familiarity, lifted her hoof and
laid "Greeny sprawliug some ten feet
OF.
There" said Jim, shat is one Of
her best traits; she'll never allow .
strange calf TO come near her"
"Greeny," meanwhile picking bim-
self up and giving bis bushy pate
narrowing scratch, exclaimed, "No
wonder she won't when her own calf
has been bleating around her all
day :"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
THE FLIGHT OF THE SWALLOWS

Swift swallows, stay, we cannot spare you
yet
No chilly breath has strnck you with
alarm,
Why should you ill our souls with vague
regret
In these sweet days of golden rest and
calmg
Let US awhile travel and change for
get.
Why should you roam The gardens are
aglow
With brighter colors than they wore in
June,
The tall, white lilies make queenly show,
The gadding vine with many wild
festoon
Still hides your nest We cannot let
you go.
Why should you leave US! Summers are
so brief,
II seems but one bright week, or scarce
ly more,
Since every day showed some new tree in
Leaf.
Pleasant it was from window and from
door
To hail, in your glad coming, Spring
To stand within the gateway of the year,
As at the entrance OF an unknosn wood,
Hearing the songs of unseen birds so near.
Ii seemed We might have caught them
where they stood
False cuckoo notes Of joy that dissp-
pear
Swallows ye brought upcn your glossy
wings
\ hundred visions from beyond the sea;
Though your last nest was mid the tombs
of kings.
Our thatch from allen touch is not less
Than those grand ruins round which
silence clings.
Say, do We fear ye may not see again
The large-browed Sphynx gazing with
human eyes
Through countless centuries across the
plain
OF arid sands, beneath the shadeless
skies,
Where Carnac's sculptured glories yet
remain?
Is there in Loxor, meath lotus flower,
Carved when the world was young, a
hiding place
Dear to you-never moistened by a show
Since first bold adventurer of your
race
Chose if, and made it your ancestral
towers
Now, il you must go. quickly take fare
well,
For many dim eye that has atchel
You play
Shall lih with tears. taking your flight for
knell
OF life and season. ebbing both away
In that long struggle words are weak
10 tell.
Bare are the happy fields on every side
The plow already has its work begun
Dart, swallows, fly in peace-sure is our
guide
Cross seas-and seek The Countries of the
But come again 10 US, whate'er be-
tide. S GerRdia
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Banks.
JOHNOT0WN SAYINGS BANK,
l20 CLINTON STREET,
T.lVNSTOTVN pA
JoKNsTowN.PA

Chartered September Il lS70 Deposits reeeiy
e. OF all sums not less than one dollar. Present
rate oi interest six per cent. Interest is due In
the months Of June and December, and IL moi
Withdrawn is added 20 the deposit thus compoun-
ding twice a year without troubling the deposi
tor 10 eisil or even to present the deposit book
Money loaned on real estate. Preference with
liberal rates and long iine given to borrowers Of
iering nrst mortgages on farms worth four more
times the amount of loan desired Good refer
enoe perfect titles &C, required.
This corporation is exclusively Savings Bank
No commercial deposits received nor discount:
made. No loans on personal security.
Blank Applications for borrowers copies OF the
rules, bylaws and special law relating to the
bank sent 10 any address requested
IRUsTkEs.-James Cooper, David DiberL G.
b. Ellis, A. J. Halves, +. ". Hay, John Lowman
/. Ii. Lapsly, Daniel Mclaughlin, ID. ]. Morreli
Lewis Pitt II. a. BOggs. Conrad Suppes Geo
A. Swenk. James MeAillen, James Mo riley and
W. ". " alters
Daniel J. Morrell, President; Frank Dihert
Treasurer; Cyrus Elder, Solicitor. nova
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

blue Jenesn Williams, Democrat
ic candidate for Govonor of Indiana,
does not appear to have been nomina-
ted for bis beauty A Westeran cor
respondent, rather extravagantly, we
think, says: His mouth looks as
though it had been put on warm, and
ran half over thelower part of his face
before it got set, and il opens like the
opening of navigation in the spring" !"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
How TO be Strong.

Never let the bowels be confined or unduly act
e upon. IL may appear singular that Holloway :
Pills should lie recommended tor run upon the
bowels many persons supposing that they would
increase relaxation. This is great mistake. how
ever: for these Pills will Immediately correct the
liver and stop every kind of bowel complaint. In
warm climates thousands Of lives have been saved
hy the use of this medicine. which in all cases
gives tone and yiyor to the whole organic system,
however eranged.-health and strength following
as a matter of course. The appetite, too. Is won
derlully increased by the use OF those Pills com
hned in the Of solid In preference to fluid diet
Animal food is better than broths and stews. by
removing acrid. iermented. or other impure hu-
mOrs from the liver stomach. or blood, the cause
OF dyseniery, diarrhea, and other bowel com
plain,s is expelled. The result is, that the dis
furhance Is arrested and the action of the bowel
becomes regular. Nothing will stop the relaxa-
ton of the bowels SO quickly this fne correcting
medicine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

SALT LAKE. September l4--Tkis
Evening about eight O'Clock two
masked men boarded the Utah Cen.
trail Railroad train eight miles north
Of this city, gagged Wells Fargo's
messenger, opened the safe, took sI5,-
600, and made their escape Officers
are 10 pursuit.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

If barrel of money aud no end
of beautiful documents won't start q
Democratic tidal wave, what will p
Tribune.
A keg or two Of lager and a forty
gallon cask of old Bourbon. Try it.
" j. Commercial AdceI iser.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Sick Headaches and Want of Appetite

These feelings which so sadden US, frequently
arise from annOyanoes OF trouble, from Obstructed
perspiratiun OF from eating and drinking what is
unfit for us thus disordering the liver and st0m-
Gch. These organs must be regulated il you wish
TO be we'll. The Pills, il taken according TO the
printed Instructions. will quickly restore healthy
action 10 both liver and stomach. whence follow,
as a natural consequence, good appetite and a
clear head. In the East and West Indies scarcely
any other medicine is ever used for these dsor
a.r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
For stomachs ont OF order.

No medicine will - efiectually improve the tone
of the stomach rs these Pills ; they remove all
acidity, occasi0ned either by intemperance or i'm
proper diet They reach the Liver and reduce II TO
a healthy action they wonderfully efficaeious
in cases Of spasmin tact they never tail in curing
all disorders OF the stomach.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
NerVGds Disorders.

What Is more fearful than breaking down OF
the nervous system. To be excitaole nervous in
a small degree Is most distressing. Tor where can a
remedy be found: There is one drink but little
wine, beer or spirits, or far better, none; take
no coflee,-velk tea being preferable: get all the
fresh air you can; take three or four Pills every
night: eat plenty Of solids, avoiding the OF
sluJs and il these golden rules are followed. you
will be happy in mind and strong nbody, and for
.ret YOU have any nerves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Disorders of the Kidneys.

In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they secrete too much or too little water: or
whether they be afflicted with stone or gravel, or
with aches and pains settled in the loins over the
regions Of the kidneys, these Pills should be TAX
en- according to the printed directions, and the
Ointment should be well rubbed into the small of
the back at bedtime. This treatment will give al
most immediate relief when all other means have
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

Nearly all the post-offices in Texas
are in charge of females" 1t
works so well that the males now ar
rive and depart every hour in the
day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

A Wisconsin, editor blows about
the La Crosse hotels, and the Sun Of
that city asks him wba: he could tell
about hotel bill Of fare by licking a
salt barrel out on the sidewalk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Mothers and Daughters.

: If there is one thing more than another for
which these Pills are famous it is there purify
ing properties especially their power of cleansing
the blood from al impurities, and removing dan
gerous and suspended seeretions. Universally
adopted as the one grand remedy for female COM
plants they never tail, never weaken the system,
and always bring about what is required.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

Why was the first of September
like tie transgression of Adam. Be
cause it was the beginning Of the
Fall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

Be content with what you have, y
A. the rat said to the trap when be
!. his tail 10 it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
Ola T E r o o f S.

Those who are now building houses should know
that is II cheaper In the long run TO put on Slate
Roofs than tin or shingles. Slate will last forever,
and no repairs are repaired. Slate gives the pur-
es; water for cisterns. Slate Is flre proof. Every
good house should have Slate rooi- The under
signed l. heated in Cumberland, where he has q
good sapply of
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27
JONES FOR ALL.

have fer sale, IN iersns within the reach - eN-
cry sober. industrious individual. houses. lots,
farm, timber iaude. mineral lands, building lots,
Se. m ci'leIeHt pagis g. 30 ganty. 10 parcels g
from cnc-iCarth oi an acre up to l.l.o9 acres II
ies aarrantcd. Terns-ane fth in hand ami IN
taiause Ia ten equal annual payments, properly
secured. NvH need apply Who is NOT OF spper
and indas;'rio6ahiis. Can SON, as some Of the
pfoferiics viii be for rentif ret solo soon
fet2s ID WEYAND.
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NOTIONS, FURNISHING AMI
FANCY GOODS.

asuriny them satisfaction both as regards price
and quality OF goods. The merchants visiting
Baltimore are urgently requested 10 call and see
me before ma king purchases.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

ESTABLISHED 1850.

Persons who desire to scii, bay Ct exchange prop
crrv or Tor rent viii fnd Il o. their advantage 70
register he desrriltson thcrcof. no charge Is
made unless sold or rcnicd. kezi estate business
generally VIII be promptly attended 10.
augIS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-09-27

And as be returned the paper to
the envelope be looked up to see Mrs.
Tremayne dashing by again, her face
radiant with pleasure and excitement
as Bullburn talked and laughed with
her.