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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-08
The Somerset Herald.
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THA,sS declares ibe GaFeromen'
does no, live witbin DC
answer soihi. n be r7r n1oo'h +
the TIe4saEsaicmeni INV ~
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during 0s obeC
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AFTER TILE CENTENNIAL

III
Probably hundreds of women all
over the country will die from the et-
fects of their trip to the Centennial
In the first place, a woman will WORK
herself to the last of her strength for
three weeks before TO make new
dresses and to leave her house Id Or
der, so as to 60 TO Philadelphia
! Once there, she walks miles, from
building to building and although the
galleries, stands on her feet from
morning to night, gets a hasiy, III
served dinner or lunch, or goes With
out. and stays her appetite with pop
corn or candy, gets heaten 10 suffoea-
ting crowds, and chilled in damp, hre-
less halls, lives in hurry, crowds and
excitement, till the tension of Deiy
abs lutely upsets the ability OF The
brain to hold impressions. She goes
home never so thankful to reach II 10
her life, is snappish, wor out and
b~ysterical for q week, and while
pluuging into the tall sewing or m'aee
pie making. while yet unstrung with
over-excitement, and a pneumoniasor
typhoid has a good chance TO carry
her off if il seizes her. These great
exhibitions are like the rriumphal
staircsses, of which after they are
built the steps prove too high for hn-
man beings to ascend. The crowds
who sanuter through Centennial
Halls with dazed vacant air, show
how the thing falls On common minds,
With IT'S wearisome variety.
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our NEW WORK LETTER.
New York, November, G. 1876
Rents.

arc falling with every week. What
wasS $50 a month in September is
Sl75 now, and the agents OF property
holders make no SECRET at advising
tenants to wait for lower prices. The
threatened change has come 10 the
rates of board, which are the last to
feel the revolution. The expensive
suits on the first floor front 10 rose
wood and satin, which were the
pride of clearinghouse keepers, now
stand untenanted; for, as the expert
euced in the business say, everybody
ia looking for second-rate rooms. The
money which one paid for plain,
sparely furnished rooms on az upper
! story in q third-rats house is now
the askiug price for really luxurious
apartments, unexceptionable 10 posi-,
ton and taste. The old horrors q
carpets dark and lurid a. the horrors
of the pit, or snowy as the flowers 0
sin, and furniture that looked as if II
had been seized for debt gradually
disappears from city bording houses
10 place of which are charming mot
tied and tufred carpets. wall papers
with diapered border and embrcider'
ed furniture dear to artists eyes.
The crowd and rush of the closing
.lCentennial saves more than one no
tel and clearinghouse keeper from
loss this a All good Philadel-
phians will be able to refurnish thelI
houses with the money from Centen
NAL pilgrims, and the overflow reach
es New York. We are crowded on
of our elevators in public buildings
out of our picture-galleries by horde'
Of strangers, and made spectacles II
our own dominions to the pilgrim
10 brown linen with satchels, who
grown bold at the big show, are abls
TO stare creation out of c~ountenance
At Earle's hotel, a popular but not
high-priced hotel, nor yet a cheaI
one. cots have to be put up 10 tn
billiard room to give people a chanc'
r to sleep.
.
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a. ~ CLEaaEC 4 IA
few words TO say to the ladies OF
Somerset. | ana going to tell them
what | wear and where TO get it.
81 is a fact conceded even by the
French. that the ladies Of Fhi!sdel-
phia are the best dressed in the
world. aud it is a certain fact that the
stores here are the finest If not the
largest.
She cold weather coming on so
suddenly has brought out stores OF
yelyets, wooden goods and furs that
have lain by since last winter, and
there are more woolens than silks on
the streets now. The dresses are
made palmer than last season and
much knite pleating is still used. Th
eolors are mostly sombre. In green's
myrtle, olive and bottle green ar,
much wcrn and when frightened uI
by a bit Of the bright cardinal rec
lock very pretty. The dresses are
some of them made with nine bach
seams. and NUTS are made Of the
dress materials trimmed with ribbon
Feather trimming made of cocks
feathers will be very much worn
Velvet over-skirts will be very fash
ionable for house and street. Cos
tunes viii be made of two shades a:
il has been the mode to make them
lately, with however the sleeves
made Of the material Of the skirt
and stockings will be made Of two
colors- Polonaises are in high favor
but the miserable, wiggly, wabbly
BUSHES will be no longer worn except
by such people as those who still
cling TO the old hoop-skirt. Cash
mere is greatly worn, aud SO is tbs
diagonal and basket cloths made o
camel's hair and brocaded or damssl
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gallery to see a new head Of Christ,
which Page was perfecting, winding
up by cordial Invitation to lunch,
and never an allusion to Johnson's
detection. 1t is altogether credible,
too, for he has frequently gone to
the Beecher church, since the
scandal, and listened with evident
satisfaction to the eloquent out
burts of the man whom before the
whole world he had accused Of per-
jury, false witness, and adultery.
But deeper than this outward show
of a mind at ease, the unspeakable
shaft has sunk as deeply into Til
toms soul as it has into Beecher's.
The world that he aspired to lead,
dazzle and command he can do
neither the one nor the other with.
He receives attention it is true.
When he lectures great crowds
accompany, but 1t is less in tribute
to his intellectual leadership than
the idle curiosity which would draw
as great crowd to a circus or a
bufoon. In Washington last win
ter the mans appreciation of the
position he occupies was illustrated
He went to the capitol, and being
recognized on the floor, a few yen-
turesome editors, who had known
him as the editor of the Iudepend-
ent and the counsellor Of Lincoln
arose, and, going to where he sat
shook hands. He told it afterwarC
with tears of pleasure in his eyes
as old women who recall triumph
won by charms which have faded
many a year. The very notice o
such courtesy was the acknowledg
ment that it was not due, and tina
its bestowal was as unexpected a
it was surprising. But the Tilton
Beecher story has not ended. ThOs
who see the last of it will see th,
0trangest and most unexpected part
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The correspondent of the London
Times, in Seryia, gives the follow.
ing description of a native carriage
in which he made his journeyings
"0ur carriage deserves to be de-
scribed. 1t is remarkably like what
we might imagine would be gay
ambulance; indeed, one might well
mistake it for a fantastic miniature
hearse. It's on four wheels, low in
the body, and with three windows on
either side, with a convenient well
for baggage beyond the seat which
faces the horses. This, as well as
the roof which covers the passen-
gers heads, is covered with leather.
ga leather hood descending from
the roof falls down behind, and is
attached to the back of the carriage
by straps. A small yeranda in front
covers the drivers seat, on which
there is a space for two persons. AT
the back of this seat is a window,
through which you can communi
cate with the driver. On each side
without is notification in Turkish
Servian and German that the ma.
chine is facre which makes jour
neys through Servia and Turkey
| There is scarlet curtain inside
which may be drawn completely
across each window. Two horses
| harnessed without collars complete
the equipage. The driver informed
, us at startiug that in Turkey our
carriage is regarded with a respec
nothing short Of what Christian
would regard as veneration, mas
much as it has had the great homo
of being retained to convey the la
dies of the Sultan's harem.
GAS we are not within the bOun
dary of Turkey proper, but onl.
in territory which is in open re
/. volt against its Ottoman Suzerain
we thought at starting that it woul
T, be rather dangerous for us to hay
!, it supposed that the contents Of tn
wagon were ladies on THE way t
|, the Seraglio, so we took care all da
. to keep the windows open, and t
q salute and acknowledge the saluta
! tions of those whom we met on tn
way. 1t is only a becoming tribut
! to Servian hospitality and politenes
to say that the latter greetings wer
= almost as frequent as the occasion
, of our meeting any of the native
: of the country"
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A PrInee 1n aeerch Of q WIG.

The New York Sun prints a very
clever ieu d'esprit relating to the
adventures of the Prince Of Mo
naco in search of wife. The story
is not so plausible as it might be,
but it is we'll told, and the uncau-
tious reader is likely to be trapped
by the skillful manner in which the
whole is explained in a telegraphic
addition. The Prince, it is said,
had dreamed that he was to find u
wife in a town beginning Mon,
and that the occasion would be
marked by a CONJUNCTION of spades,
diamonds and clubs. After search
ing in vain through his native city
Of Monaco and Monaghan, in Ire
land, he finally arrived at Monhe-
gan, an island off the coast of
Maine. There he found agirl with
blonde hair, digging with spade
in diamond-shaped aowerbed.
AS he talked and trihed with her he
felt a humping blow on the back
he turned and recognised in the
boat.hook in the hand Of an irate
parent the club he long had sought
Spades, diamonds, and clubs were
thus provided; but the Sun, in {
telegraphic dispatch, conveys tn,
intelligence that the Prince wa
afterward discovered TO be q bank
robber in disguise.
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holdingor pressing the food between
the ends, the guests meanwhile
peeping through the partitions and
giggling at our frantic efforts to eat
gracefully. While eating supper
the governor of the place sent
a constable to obtain our names
and residence, that we might
be placed under police protection,
we being the first white men that
ever spent a night in the place.
Supper being over, we took a short
walk through the town, and as
there were many pilgrims in the
place who had never seen a Cauca-
sian before, we were the Z" observed
of all observers" especially our
friend, an Englishman, who is six
feet two inchesin his stocking feet,
making him a giant among them.
Going back to the hotel, our friend
asked us if we wished a bath and
shampoo; answering in the affirma-
tive, he gave the order, and hear
ing long, low and somewhat sad
whistle, which we had heard both
by day and by night in Yokohama
and which, though it had excited
our curiosity, we had failed to in
ouire the reason of-he went into
the street and brought in a blind
man, whom he said was to do the
shampooing. The bath being ready
we went down stairs and were
shown into a room, whose wet floor
proved it to be in constant use.
After finishing our bath we
donned our gown and returned to
our room, where the "blind man y
took us in charge, Commencing
with our feet, he knuckled us all
over, prying in between every joint
and muscle of our back and limbs,
excepting the region of the chest
and which, after he was through
made us feel as Timber as an acrobat
These shampooers, it is said, are
made blind in their childhood, tina
they mayply their vocation withou
] injuring the susceptibilities of an.
one. The sun rose unclouded OF
the following morning, and after
breakfast served on the floor, simi
lar in quality to the supper of tn
evening before, we paid our bill
which amounted to 81 75-this 70
both of us, including our wine.
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of the same thickness all the way
down, and have a sharp point, which
is an improvement that the Eng
lish manufacturers seem to think
quite unnecessary. The French
nails are made Of wire, they are
less brittle than the English, and
can be used over and over again
without breaking, thus proving far
more economical. The French nails
have also another peculiar advant-
age, which is this: when an Eng
lish nail is drawn out of its hole to
a certain extent, it loses. owing to
its wedge shape, all power of hold
ing, whereas, the French nail holds
to the last.
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The Cost of Yaeh ting and Keeping
Horses.
New York Graphic

New York Graphic.l
From $4,000 to $4,000 pays
the first cost and the years expen-
ses for q Yacht the size of the victo-
rious Idler. But it is not a usual
thing for yachts to be owned by a
single individual, but more fire.
quently by two or even more per-
sons, who equally enjoy the sport
and foot the bills. Therefore at
the outside limit for a large yacht
the expense for the first year for
each of two owners may be
set down from $4,000 to $4,000,
and thereafter the outlay will
be only for the running expen-
ses and repairs, aggregating from
$1,000 to $4,000 yearly.
The original cost Of two pairs OF
horses, such as would be kept by
the class of gentlemen who indulge
in the most extensive yachting,
may be stated at $500; one fast
trotter, $3.50; five horses at livery,
$35 per month each, $420; shoeing
for the year, $3.50; fees to four host
lers, $40 per month, or $480per year;
carriage, $500 ; light wagon, $3.50
harness and horse clothes, S18OQi
sop-buggy and blankets, 5000; live
iies, summer and winter, $3.50; In
cidentals and taps" at race
courses, etc.; $4,000; a washer $S4
and harness man $50 per year, ant
repairs $40 per month, or S24O pei
year; aggregating a cost of Sl2, ,704
or S27O4 more for horse keeping BY
the same class of persons than thC
expenses of each of two owners o
the largest yachts in the New Yorl
| Yacht club.
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a Nirhtnt nIapaneae Inn.

Kama Kura Correspondence of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.l
we entered the village, which
was once o city containing over a
million of inhabitants, and put up
at a native hotel kept in native
style. Again obeying the custom
Of undressing the feet, we passed
mauy guests sitting upon mats and
making their c9Qp-stioks flyin away
that would make a YankQe enyious
even IN a railroad eating house.
IJp stairs we went, and were shown
into room whose walls consisted
merely Of papeg, partitioning one
room from another, but which were
scrupulously clean. Ordering sup
per and some native wine, we were
quickly served by a rather good
looking maid. While awaiting the
result of our order we were served
with ftidbit pastry and with some
sack-ee, also a bowl containing live
GOALS, together with pipes after
which, giving us time for Q smoke
the courses began with fish, no
cooked enough for our taste, thel
eggs, chicken, sweet potatoes, rio,
and tea. No bread was served u
nor butter, but as the tea was re
markably fine and the eggs, thougl
small, duly seasoned with rock sail
we made a good meal, rendere'
awkward by the lack Of experienc
in using the chop-sticks, whic
were pencil shaped and used b
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Superiority Of French Nails.

A writer, asserting the superiori-
ty of French over English nails,
argues that the fault of the latter
is their being made in the shape Of
a wedge, which detracts from their
holding power and makes. them
more likely to split the wood. The
French nails, on the contrary, are
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His ROYAL Aequaintanee.

New York SUM-
Two young gentlemen meet on
Fifth avenue, aud express languid
surprise at the encounter. These
cosmopolitans last saw each other
on the Rue de Capucins.
saw, yaw heah!"
Yes, came last week"
con the Cunardaw?"
Yes, the Scythiaw."
"Bnjaw yourself in Paris?"
Tolerable. Had good lettaws,
you knaw. Some deuced distin-
guished people"
"Hunt any of 'em up? Call on
'em."
eyes, called on a Marquise and
a Countess, and one evening ]
called on two Queens"
cav! pleasant interviaw?"
"Not very. The other fellow
had three Kings, you know!"
"Aw!"
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LIST OF aIFTs.
Total, II. 1856 Gifts, all Cash ........
PRICE OF TICK ETS /,

Whole Tickets, sl2 Halves, Sc; Quarters, 81
Q Tickets, Sl00; 2T% Tickets, $500; 4634 Tick
cts, $500 /; 9554 Tickets, $1,000. 100000 Tickets
at Sl2 each.
Hon, Il. II. Taylor, Mayor Of Frankfort, the
entire board Of City Councilmen, Hon. Alvin
Duvall, late Chief Justice Of Kentucky, and
such disinlerested persons as the ticket hold.
ers present may designate, will superintend
the drawing.
Remittances can be made by Express Draft,
Postofice Money order or Registered Letter,
made payable TO Kentucky Cash DIS
tributtOn Company.
All communications, orders for Tickets, and
applications for Agencies should be adj
| dressed to H0NATH0S. p. PORTER,
General Manager, Frankfort, Ky,
! l2O.l45dGw
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NEWSPAPERS OF THE U. S,

A complete list Of Americon Newspapers
numbering more than eight thousand, with
q Gazetteer of all the towns and cities in
which they are published; historical
and statistical sketches of the Great
Newspaper Establishments; illustrated with
numerous engravings of the principal news
paper buildings. Book of 300 pages just is
sued. Mailed, post paid, to any address for
S5c. Apply Enclosing pricel TO Superintend
ent of the Newspaper Pavilion, Centennial
Company. NY. Every advertiser needs it.
190.1hndEw
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Price, twenty-five Cents.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

Containing a complete list of all the towns in
the United States, the Territories and the DO
minion of Canada, having a population
greater than 5000 according to the last census.
together with the names of the newspapers
having the largest local circulation in each Of
TIE places named. Also, a catalogue of news
papers which are recommended to advertisers
as giving greatest value in proportion to
prices charged. Also, all the newspapers in
the United States and Canada printing over
5000 copies each issue. Also all the Religious,
Agricultural, Scientific and Mechanical. Med
ical. Masonic, Juvenile, Educational, Com
mercial, Insurance, Real Estate, Law, Sport
ing, Musical, Fashion. and other special class
journals; very complete lists. Together with
a complete list of over 800 German papers
printed in the United States. Also, an essay
upon advertising; many tables Of rates, show
ing the cost Of advertising in various newspa-
pers. and everything which beginner in ad-
vertising would like to know; Address
GEO. p. R0WELL b CO.,
Al Park Row, New York.
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MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R,
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
nn AND AErER SUNDAY, JUNE 1lrn,

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. JUNE llTH'
" 1876: ..;r0.
Mall tro;n daily so am 800 pm
Express train, daily....," 0.OU pm IL VI " F"
Somerville accom- dation ooo
Except Sunday)............ o.ZO pm o'As d. !"
Jackson, Tenn, accom-
mediation lex. Sunday. 40 pm II 10 Am
Mail train will not stop at flag stations be-
tween Grand Junction and Memphis.
Trains connect at Grand junction Tor all
noints, and at Decatur closely for Montgom-
arv and points South. Close connection tol
Nashville by both trains. Close connections
Mt Chattanooga for Eastern and Southeastern
points.
No change Of cars between Memphis anc
Bristol and Memphis and jackson, Tenn
Tho new and magnificent sleeping car line
will have one Of their new sleepers leav'
Memphis daily on Express train at 9.HV pm
for Lynchburg, Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0Aly one change 10 New
York and Philadelphia. Time ttoentv MN
sites faster than city time.
Ticket Office. 27S Main street.
WI. ROSS, Sup't;
Ton b. DuuN, Ticket Ag't. 4O-I
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
= AKD =
Great Southern RailrOnd'

SCHEDULE.
Express train leaves daily Except
Saturday, lii,9 pm
Mail Train leaves daily................ll;l l;l0 a. m
Accommodation leaves daily....."...... 5;OO pm
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Ofiee. 2S7 Main, northwest corner Of Madison
JOHN 7. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div;
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. III
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Miscellaneous Journal

The Commercial, Nows, Miscellaneous and
Local departments will be kept up to the Ugh
est standard Of approved journalism, endeav.
oring to please all tastes and to
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AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES
WITHOUT CHANGE.

Th,s !. the on " line running Pullman nanJ
southern Sleeping Cas- ffS SgotSSmoTy, ESm T[oaRs aPs
Mobile tns Jackson 1ash Von. Tenn. and Nash
RhHs Ro to VSG fhqRsS TSs GSnnsGi T%%nns
ing lr az tn@s P0WSg WAGNER A Palace sleePers to
RGa5n Rgll5%an DStro;t ST Gland Vapids. BaltimoTe'
Washington, sandusky; Cl.yei3YpSii Yo1i Without Without
Albany, Salamanca and New i0fA "''-''
This is the only line running its eRTS and In tbs
between Louisville and CincinnSAtb ,lnS tbs S South
on o1y ronte m "a Eastern and Northern OlIies " !
(not in through Sleeping Cars ean,;stiIIe can lille by
tedious haul through the city O. Lo9is, ,in, with
cSanTing cars at Short Line Junction. ~
~ and 1T. S. r. r., three miles south o. tnS
city, where an elegant Dining Hal hallS l ip9Cp Com.
under the management oil the haiiiO''4
STTblpS Through seepers from Atla9tS, ShS,TS, iEnTS
nooga. Little Rock. Memppls an anu ;na .Inne
ton ton with through SleepeEs to New ,inn holh
Philadelphia, an other cities VIA tnls lins'
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Interest all Readers,

Thus making the WEEKLY LEDeERA vel
come. pleasing and interesting
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kIsslBsIPPI AND TgNNEsBRR R.R.
ops Arrives. l.e2vsa.

MEMpHIs AND LTrTLERooK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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DURING THE CENTENNIAL

w,hibition at Philadelphia icksts via tnis
line viii be sold at all ticket othces IN IN lno
south and Southwest Ut greatly reauoeu raves
f. ~ AK FOR TICKETS VIA
Louisville AID Cincinnati Short Line
No other A.tne Can Equal It.
@. r.. KELLY. JVh6N MI hipnrsNA pnss NAcent.
lEG. faacLkab1B, Gen. oup'a,
1O4-xxiii- 03 L09,sk laiSi - ~ =.
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RAn.ROAsA fIHE TABLES.
uEMPHIs AND tvUlsvILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.


Na3hVlII0 AcoOmmNu d., OsUU
Depot ct head oi Main street.
Ticket ONCE. 2sl &sin street. corner Of
Madison.
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MEMPHIS AM CHARL esToN R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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Sloepig cars on mail train, Ticket Offices,
Louisville Depot, 2S7 Main (cor. Madisonl
and 278 Main street.
W. b. SMITH. Act'g Gen'l Sup't.