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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16

a1tnerc !. sad afd weird tory Of
an oyster ea.ef which ~tili floats
around the whafves of Baltimore.
where oysteT-boats do cougreeate
One morning, it was years ago, the
sloop Martha Mary came from the
oysrer-beds on the Chesapeake, laden
gunnel deep with prime oysters.
She was safely moored along the
Baltimore wharf The skipper.
pleased with the prospect Of his voy-
age, lounged on the wharf awaiting
q customer. There came TO this cap
tain q lean. man vi o said, in cadaver-
uus voice
Il would eat some oysters,
Plenty on board there" was the
bluff reply.
"Bat | would pay for what est.p
interposed the stranger.
"Ail right, go aboard eat your Gil
for quarter eheerily replied the
skipper, for 10 those earlier lays oys-
ters were not worth more than fifteen
cents per bushel.
Willingly" said the man, produ-
cling with aIacrity the old Spanish
quarter with the pillars on il, the
coin of that lime, and drawing 9
large rusty oyster knife from bis
pocket, opeaed the hslch of the litlle
vessel aud dIvea below.
The captain went 10 bis break
fast. The meal over, be returned to
his sloop deck Below be heard the
measured click of the oyster knife.
He thought little about it, aud only
said
"He has good appetite
Oysters were not rapid Of sale
that day, as two more oyster smaeks
had come in, aud purcha-ers we're
slack
Makes 40 NATTER said the cap.
taSn, The weather is cold. them oys-
ters Is sound, aud they will keep in
prime order for a week.
The captain went to diuner.
Again he paced bis liItle vessels
deck, aud stlll be heard the mJnoto-
nous, iacessaat -cliek," +" "cIlek." from
below, working away with mechani-
cal regularity. Anxiously then the
captain strode along, aud was full
of fear. As the sun set, still the
cllck of the oyster knife was heard.
la terror the captain fled from his
smack.
Next morning as be approached
the wharf, still bis sifrighted ear
heard the click lie could stand il
no longer Rushing below, scatter
ing whole heaps Of empty shells, be
found the iank and csdave vercus man
still opening away AZ the very bot
tom ofthe vessel
They was good" said the cada-
verOus man, swallowing with artis-
uc iiirt singulsrly large oyster,
'but scarcely as salty as like 'em;
eft had had q cracker, or Just q
dish of vinegar, mebbe | might have
enjoyed 'em more. See here, cap
tain, it's jest a case Of knife with me.
This ere eYsIer- knife" and be held
up the Gitenuated blade, worn now
TO the size Of pen-knife, "warn't
good sleel, or might have had my
hll, ," aud. saying this, he slowly aud
deliberately climbed up the hatchway,
aud stIll lean and lank. disappeared
Ia the distance.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16
spring Ailments.

The remedy for spring diseases,
says Halls Journal of Health, Ly
whatever name, is: Eat less. We
do not mean that you shall starve
yourself, or that you shall deny your.
self whatever you like best, for, as a
general rule. what you like best is
best for you; you need not abandon
the use of tea or coffee, or meat, or
anything else you like, but simply
eat less of them. Eat all you did in
winter, if you like, bat take less in
amount. Do not starve yourself, do
not reduce the quantity of food to an
amount which would scarcely keep a
chicken alive, but make beginning
hy not going to the table at all unless
you feel hungry; for if you once get
there, you will begin to taste this and
that and the other, by virtue of vine-
gar, or mustard, or spruy, or cake, or
something nice thus . fictitious ap-
petite is ~aked up. and before you
know it you have eaten hearty meal.
TO your own surprise, and perhaps
that, or something else. OF those at
table with you.
The second step towards the effect.
ual prevention of all spring diseases,
summer complaints, and the like, is:
Diminish the amount of food eousum-
ed at each meal BY one foarth of each
article, and to be practical it is ueces-
sary to be specific; if you have taken
two cups of coffee, or tea, at meal,
take cup and q half; if you have
taken two biscuits, or slices Of bread,
take one and half; if yoa have
taken two spooDsful of rice, or hom-
my. or cracked wheat, or grits, or
fsrins, take one ard q half; if you
have taken a certain or uncertain
quantity of meat, diminish it BY a
quarter. and keep on diminishing in
proportion a. the weathe, becomes
warmer. until you arrive at the points
of safety and health, and they are
two: l. Until you have no uupleas-
ant feeling Of any kind after your
meals 2. Until you have not eaten
so much at one meal, but that. when
the next comes, you shall seel decid-
edly hungry.
Supplies being thus eirectually Gu.
on, that is, the cause being first re-
moved. Nature next proceeds to work
of the surplus, as the esgineer does
unw auted steam. and as soon as this
|surplas is got rid Of. We begin to i'm
'proveI the appe, te, the strength, the
health return BY slow and safe de-
grees, and We at length declare we
are IS well a. ever. 4
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16

DO you think / viii get justice
done me y~ said cnlprit TO bis eoun-
seI Il don't think you sill," re-
Piled the other, for ] zee tgo men on
the jury whc are oR29sed {, bang
ing.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16

Boston nan intimssss that
hev hare al Csmbridge an sg-
,,culrursl school with six stadenis
and sesen professors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16
OVER 100000 ACRES

OF LAM. consisting os every odd section In eac
township for a distance Of twenty miles on bot
sizes Of the road, or Que halt OF the land in he
furty miles wide. sx;er ding 70 Denver City. In CO
urado. thus forming continuation Of the belt q
eoaErry which, from the Atlantic coast westwsr
is found to be in climate, soil. and every prodp
tion OF nature. III. most favored
To aid In the set;lsm-ns Of this superb domai
with an Intelligent and industrious people, is IA
slicrs Of the HOMESTEAD. 1t is intended I
contAIn Isir and candid representation of facts
nor will ever give, Intentionally, any ssatemer
that VIII not, upon investigation, be fully SUI
tanned
The Company obtains its title to these LAM
from the Government cf the United States
They are being offered at prices lower than an
other lands in the West that will compare wit
them IN so!i. climate ami general advantage
heterms or payment. aswfil be found on car,
full examination are moro liberal in all essenria
features than have heretofore been offered by an
railway eempany.
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PRICES The VERY LOWEST,
The Assortment Unsurpassed.

Il published u ths Lind Department Of the Kan
sas Pacific Railway Company to supply he larg'
and increasing demand for Information respectins
KANSAS. and especially he m gnifisent body o
lands granted BY Congress in AID u the ccnstrus
ton Of its road. This grant comprises
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16

DR. G. MILLER, after twelve
~ ye active practices Ia ShanSsvilie, il4s
now perm ssltiy located At Somerset ior the prSe-
tIce Of N. tcfne and tenders hs professional ser
vices TO SO citizens of Somerset anG vicinity
Once IL his Drug StcFe, opposite the Barnet
House, we're he can be consulted a. all times
unless professionally engaged.
ss-Nix Z caiis promptly ans~ered-
dec IA lily.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16
YOUNGSTOWN SAVINGS BANK,
l2o CLINTON STREET,
JoHNsTowN.PA.


Chartered September ~ iS7g. Deposits rcceiy
ets oi ali Sums not tess than dollar. Interest !:
uue In the tnunJhs Of June aud December, and iiao
Withdrawn Il added 10 the deposit thus cUmpoun
ding twicc a gear without troubling the de i<si
tVr 10 call cf even 70 present the deposit book
Money loaned un real estate. Preference, VIII
liberal rates and long .iule given to borrowers Of
fering lrst mortgages farms worth four NOR,
times the aInOunt loan desired. Good refer
uDce perfect utirs, sNG, required.
This corporation ls exclusively q Savings Bank
No commercial deposits received, nor discounts
made. No loans ON personal security. .
Blank applications for b0Trowers copies Of ths
rules, by laws and special Law relating 10 tBt
hank sent 20 any address requested.
TRUsrkEs.-JAmes cOJper, David DiDert, Z
d. Ellis. A. J. Hawes, r. ". Hay John LowInan
l. IA. LaPsly, Daniel Mclaughlin, d. j. Merrei.
Lewis PINT II. A. B0ggs, COnrhd Surfcs, Gee
". ". Walters
Daniel J. Iorrcu, Prcssdeats Frank DiberS
Treasurer: Cyrus k.lser, Scliettcr. uov24.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
WASHINGTON.
Indignation over Fred Doug
lass last Lecture TRADE.
Ben Butler will Try to Get
Even with the Postmaster
General.
Some Points in Connection with
the Reduction of the Army.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE lee
ture of Fred Douglass-in Baltimore
on People of Washington" is ere
ating much talk, and there is great
Indignation. He abused the old
residents in all manner of ways;
said that they were lazy; that the
old spirit of rebellion remained,
and approach to Washington made
q man feel like he wanted to steal.
There is talk of an Indignation
meeting for the purpose of secur-
ing his removal Columbus Alex
andria, one of his bondsmen, has
given notice of his desire to have
his name taken of.
The general impression is that
Ben Butler will devote himself with
the warmest zeal to the Postmaster
General tor having dismissed his
nephew, George H. Butler, from the
service Of the department. He
takes the ground that Judge Key
ought to have given George H. an
opportunity to refute the charge
upon which he was dismissed.
BY direction of the President the
Secretary of War has directed the
preparation of the order for the
discharge of that number of men
whose term of enlistment expires
before the 1st of November. The
discharge is to take place before the
first of June, and the men as dis
charged, to be paid out of the cur
rent Appropriation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17

Representative Tolley called a
meeting of the people at Fayetteville
last week to know what he must do
about the State debt. He and
Floater Goodwin made speeches.
The meeting adopted resolutions,
the first of which is:
That in our opinion the rights of
the people on the question of our
State debt should be considered as
well as those of the bondholder.
The balance declared the inabil-
ity of the people to pay the debt,
advocated less compromise than
GO cents and instructed the repre-
sentatives to favor no adjustment
which necessitated the issuing of
bonds with over twenty years to
run. A resolution in lieu offered
by Col. j. d. TiIman instructed the
Legislature to accept the 80 cents
proposition, but this was voted
down and the original adopted by
81 to Z. Do these SO men represent
the sentiment of Lincoln county?
We are satisfied TO the contrary,
and we hope that the Floater will
not be blown away by such feeble
breeze. Giles has an interest in
him and will not submit that his
actions be controlled by 3S men in
Lincoln. These regulators are
necessarily fanatics, over-zealous,
excited and foolish, and we opine
that the 81 men at this meeting
constituted nearly the whole force
in Lincoln. The first resolution
above is perfectly idiotic. When
A makes his note to b for 500 AS
rights do not comprise anything in
the world than the absolute duty
to pay whatever B requires, if it is
the last cent; and it does not lie in
AS mouth to dictate terms. We
believe the people would accept the
60 cent proposition. That is Ger
tainly right, now that the bond
holders offer such compromise
and we believe if they had put the
figures at 80 cents the people would
have no rights but to accept that or
pay the face value of the bonds.
The question is simply matter of
honesty, and the only way to com
promise the debt without compro-
missing our honesty is to accept the
60 cents proposition. At least,
don't fire off the gun at the com
mand of 81 out of 1900 men. That /
would be too transpicuously diaph-
anous.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
COTTON AND CORN.
The SOuth's Interest in the Eu-
rOpean War.
New York Herald { EDITORIAL


We print an interesting letter
from Georgia correspondent call
ing attention to the effect of the Eu-
ropean war on the market for cot
ton. He expects-and we see no
reason for dissenting from his view
that the producers of cotton will
suffer by the war, as the producers
of grain, provisions and military
supplies will be benefited by it,.
The Commissioners of Agriculture
OF the State of Georgia hold the
same opinion, and have issued a
circular, urging the people to raise
their own supplies of food in view
of the threatened decline in the
great Southern staple. Ulques-
tionably this is wise advice, and
the people of all the cotton growing
States would do well to follow it.
But the planters must not allow
themselves to become the victims OF
chimerieal eXaggeration. The price
OF cotton will decline, but by no
means in the same proportion that
the prices of grain and provisions
will advance This will be evident
the moment we inquire into the
cause Of the advance on the one
lia1d and the decline on the other.
The certain advance of grain and
provisions depends on the fact that
England produces but a fraction of
her own food. Her importations of
grain comes mainly from two sourc-
es-the Russian ports of the Black
Sea and the United States. The
United States will, accordingly,
have no considerable competitor in
supplying the large English de
mand. With this practical monop
oily of the English market we shall
be able to sell at high prices all the
grain we can produce. OF course
there Will be golden harvest for
American grain growers. The cur
tailment of the market for cotton
will be altogether smaller in extent.
To be sure we send the hulk of our
exported cotton to England. but
England receives it only to convert
it into fabrics and re-export 1t to
all parts of the world. The war will
not interrupt the cotton manufac,
ture of Great Britain. nor greatly
impair her market. She supplies
Mexico and all South America, sup
plies Africa, supplies her own vast
colonial possessions, and the war
will diminish consumption in none
Of these markets. France and Ger
many make their own cotton goods,
but'they depend on us for the raw
material, and their domestic con-
sumption will not be perceptibly
abridged by the war.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17

President Hayes, in response to
toast at the IG9th annual banquet
of the n. Y. Chamber of Commerce,
on the evening of the 18th. said:
Mr. President-It is a gratifica-
ton to have this opportunity to
meet such ala assemblage Of the
business men of the city of New
York. | wish to make my acknowl,
edgements to them for their invita-
ton to enjoy with them their social
meeting. ] wish to assure them that
this hearty greeting is very welcome
to me. { Cheers.) At peace with all
the nations of the world, with an
honest purpose OH the part Of our
people and on the part of the Gov
eminent loud cheers to strive for
the restoration of the ancient con
cord within our own limits, hur-
RAIDS and great applause, / believe
that Notwithstanding the unfor-
tunate array of figures which has
been disentombed, that we may
confidently look for early, decided
and encouraging evidences of the
reviving of business prosperity
throughout-our country.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
Chancery Sale of Land.

Theo. Westmoreland ct al, VS.. Alfred Hardy
and others
DURSU TO q decree of tie Chaucery
Court for Giles county in the above cause,
] will sell,
On Thursday, June Dist, 1877,
a; public sale to the highest bidder, at Pros
pect Station, On the Nashville d. Decatur
kailrc ad, on credit of one-hAlf LIST January.
1878, aud one-half LIST September. 1878, and
eeari lg interest from date and free from the
equity of redemption, the tract Of land men
toned in the pleadirgs, situated in the End
civil district Of Giles county, aud adjoining
the lands of Geo Swift, Sarah NJ. Davis AMI
others, containing about 69A acres, and The
same sold by eomp-t Westmoreland to John
Il. Case and Alfred Hardy. Purchaser will
be required to execute notes with good per-
sohal security, and lien viii De retained up
on the land until the purchase money is paid
msy1O-td J. B. STACY, G & NJ
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
Cotton Items.

The last cotton crop of Texas
was nearly 100000 bales, and with
in one or more years at furthest it
will be 100000. mostly cultivated
by white labor.
The cost of the production of cot
ton in the South is greatest in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana, while it is
least in Texas, South Carolina and
Georgia.
The last eight crops of cotton in
the South raised by freedom" is
greater by 1900, 900 bales than that
produced by the last eight years of
slavery.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
AZ Atsa Mill TaAG? Isf g.!e.

OITUATED in Giles county, Tenn, on Pu-
y laski ard Columbia Pike and Richland
creek, five and one half miles north of Pulns-
XII. Water power sufficient to drive two sets
of Bnrrs. There is upon the tract a good new
frame dwelling house, with store room at
tached, and grist mill. which is now not in
running order, portion of the dam having
given way few months since. The mill is
known as the ''TINNON MILL" It's fine
stand fer water mill or other machinery,
situated as it is on the pike, near a depot, and
in rich country of land. 1 will try to make
the terms agreeable to any one wishing to
purchase. | may be found at home on the
premises or in PULASKI.
marl-tf J. NJ CAMPBELL.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17

Our expectations in bfeadstuffs
and provisions are altogether too
fast. They have put mp prices in
such a way as to prevent shipments,
and some of the advance is certain
to be lost. We are sanguine peo-
pie and usually overdo speculative
ventures. The investments in
breadstuffs have certainly been over
done, and it Is not TO the interest of
Eastern consumers to pay extrava-
giant rates for -four merely to put
money in the pocket of speculative
Western grain dealers.-G Graphic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17

The Herald's correspondent at
ST. Petersburg telegrsphs as follows
to that journal: Intense enthusi
asm prevails. throughout the Cars
dominions. Russia has 100000
men on the Danube and 10000
mel in the Caucasus, while the OPP
posing forces of the Turks are 1O0,-
coo along the Danube aud $4,000
or less in Asia minor, both sides
exhibit weakness in skilled Gen
erals, and the position in Rouman
ia is unfortunate. Austria and
Russia are contemplating an agree
ment whereby Bosnia will be ceded
to Austria. The Car is not desir-
Jus TO conquer territory for him
self, but still will be guided by the
logic of circumstances. Russia is
threatening India in the event of
English interference.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
The Battle of Kars

The following is the drst authen-
tic account of the battle before
Kars that has reached US. 1t comes
Via Vienna under date of the 3D.:
The center of the Russian army,
forty thousand strong, under Nell
koff, attacked Mucktar Pasha, five
miles from Kars, on the Aplutn.
The Turks fought desperately. The
Russians, supported by powerful
artillery, succeeded in dislodging
them from their positions. Muckh-
tar Pasha called out all his reserves
apd attempted, on the Both, to re
cover the lost ground with 10000
men, but was defeated and driven
back under the guns of Kars. The
Russian losses were considerable,
and those OF the Turks were enor
nous.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
Nashville Markets.
COUNTRY PRODUCE

COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Eggs-from first hands &c; packed loo.
Feathers-Prime, 44c.
Wool--Washed, 2s@SOc; unwashed, 1s@
zoe; bury, not wanted.
Rags-216c.
Misunderstanding to quality, 151@Sc
Hay-per ton $15@l7.
Butter Common to choice 1920.
Beeswax-choice CSC.
Ginseng l0ODll0c.
Tallow-7Sc.
Hides-Green, 7a71Sc. Dry, l2al4.
Dried Fruit-Apples,2 @21Sc.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
Flour-choiee family, per Dbl, $40 90.
Meal-sacked roc.
Corn-sacked in depot $4,000.
Wheat-$l 75@2 10.
Oats sacked and in depot soc.
PROVISIONS.
Lard-In tierces, prime, IL cts; buckets,
1211.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Extra shipping, 44@4Ac; Choice
butShering, Ss<@4c; Inferior, 2@21Sc.
Hogs Ssz@414.
Sheep 8160o4
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msyl7-st
In Chancery at Pulaski
MAY RULES, 1877.
John Goldman ct al, comp'ts, VS.. Mariah l
Woolay ct al daf-rs

John Goldman ct al, comp'ts, VS.. Mariah f.
Vooley ct al, def'ts.
i ofthe Clerk and Master from an affidavit
to the bill that the defendants, Marian E.
WOoley and Charles " ooley, are non-resi-
dents of the State OF Tennessee, so that tho
ordinary process of this court cannot be sery-
ed on them,
heztion be made for four weeks in succession
in the Pulaski Citizen, newspaper publish
cd in the town OF Pulaski, in said State, re-
curing ,he said defendants 70 be and appear
90 the first day Of the next term of the Chan
Gerry Court TO DO held for the county of Giles
at the courthouse in Pulaski, on the LIST Mon
day in Sept next, and answer complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed to them and SGT for hezring ex-
parte. J. B. STACY, c. & Il.
may lT-zt
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17

RICHMOND, May l4.-Rev. f I.
Baird, the absorbing Secretary of
the Presbyterian Committee of Pub
LEGATION for the Southern States, has
been indicted on the charge of en-
hazzlamant
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ChaRcery Sale of Land.

R. II. Laird, Ex'r, VS.. NJ, A. c. Rutledge.
DURSUAHT to a decree of the Or ancery
L Court for Giles county in the above cause,
will sell,
On Tuesday, June 18th, 1877,
at public sale on the premises, to the highest
bidder, on a credit of 6 months with interest,
and free from the equity ofredemption, suf-
fcieney of the tract Of land set apart to Geo.
a. Wood out of the lands of Martin B Wood
decd, being part of the Goodman tract, to
pay decree rendered against said George A.
Wood by said court at its February term,
1877, amounting to about the sum of 800
A platt and survey of that portion to be sold
will be exhibited on the day of sale. Pur-
chaser will be required to execute u note with
good security and lien will be retained upon
the land until the purchase money is paid.
mayl0 I'd J. B. STACY, G. 81 NJ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE!
1873 AcYeS of LO7ld.

IL on the Fayetteville road, 81 miles from
Pulaski. well improved, 90 acres in meadow,
very fine; 10 or y acres in orchard grass, 10
acres in lots, open land IS acres, and as
good orchard as belongs to Giles county, all
varieties of fruit, good dwelling and ont
Elements a good house each place, and q
most desirable place to live, which l will sell
On Saturday, June I'd, 1877,
if not sold before privately, to the highest
bidder. Terms. $500 on the day of sale, five
hundred tho 25th of December, balance in two
annual payments, with interest from date
mar28-td N. T. BUCHANAN
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-05-17

Indications are that no other
power will be drawn into European
war, Public sentiment in England
will not admit aid to Turkey, and
English interest will not allow
Turkish ACKNOWLEDGMENT Derby's
answer to G5rtschakoti S circular
places things in critical attitude,
but Russia will be slow to take of
Tense at mere insinuations and pre-
cipitate English interference. The
other powers are less interested
than England, and if she remains
neutral there is no prospect of a
general war.