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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11
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EASTERN DISPATCHES


The Threatened Fenian Raid.
Nav YORK. May 10.
Local Fenian leaders repudlate Multi
gan. Ut the west. General L. +.
Bourxe, Trustee of the Sairmishiug
Fund, regards MuIligan's utterances as
bush. A MIR. O'Douosau, Of brooklyn.
says: AS tor huriiug lUU. UUU men.
armed AM eq ,Iped, Into Canada III 81
hours. II Is absurd. No even Tue Gov
ernment of the Uuitcd States eau do
that. Ho~ever. the day has gJne by
for say lag that Elglands difficulty 10
l.eiana's Opportunity. We have men
uow who propose To make the oppor-
tanlty By ctea.lug the difficulty.
ON the lookout for aa Italian
BAsAaIt.
Nsw, YORK, May 10.
The Italian Government has private
detectives Watching every vessel ar
rl'ins Tor the no.prious bandit chief
IIOuiOilni, accused of commilllug
thlrly murders and many robberiles.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11

THe, search tor the body vi Bart No,
Derniott. who. WAS lost. IN The noun,
talns north OF Independence valley last
Winter hsa 50 Tag proved npsaecessfal.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11
- CA Z -.

To all VINO are suffering FROM the errors ana
ndiscretiuns of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss OF manhood, ETC., 1 VIII
seha ecipe that Will cure you, FkEE os
CHARGE, fnis great remedy was discoveries
by missionary in nepGh America. Senas
.f-addressed envelope the KEY. JOSEPH \.
MAN. Station D. bible House. New AeR&-
City.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11

A CObweD As Sca.eesy IAore Delicate
Inau tue structure Of the lungs A
vIoieut cough couvuises aud tears their
nuer tissues as au earthqdaGe does the
SOIL. Arrest the ravase, soOtne tue irrl
tatIou, heal Tie Ind .med aud Iaceraled
memOrane wI.h hale's Houey vi Hore.
houLd and lar.
Plke's looihache Drops cure Tooth.
ache III one mInuts. Sold by al drug.
gisIs at 20 cents.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11

paui, Soea; sire. zen, Grant. he by Black
EAGLE hs " David mis- uId Back l.awk ma
~ one rLlah AorgaA, he ~ justice Nora,
Lac U! ifdo eai Vn. DIa X r.i- leo uatu. ..,,,r'
O1sn"Teo, lllpJrsed by Or. ..alnlin, .. Is ,st IN,
Son- ef"h. > dam "as sired ~ inn orl,d Lion.
hu.4ter.
GOOD pasture ut reasonable rates for
Mares. M 'o'
HAY Am
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11
NEw, YORK, May 10.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Grant ln Paris.

PARIS. May 10.
Richard c. McCormIcK, Com ulsslon.
er General OF the UalLed states 10 the
Exposniou. called on General Grant
yesterday, und invited him 10 Visit lne
Exposition and To nix tIme therefor.
Geperai Grant appointed Saturday,
when the General, VILE. SOU aud party
sill make The visit.
Bu.iness Depression at Liverpool.
LONDON, May 10.
A Liverpool correspou Ieut, referring
to the failures of W. WIuter RIFLES
cotton broker, DLuksrly, Carter IL 20
provision merchants, aud WIN. Walker,
PROVISION merchant, with liabilities, vi
E6J,LuO, says: It's feared that these
iaisures are only the forerunuers of
many more, unless the present trade
depression ID shortly OVERCOME, OF
which there aie 40 sy mptoms. k.ffirs
had future contracts for ~, UUU bales OF
cotton. HIS liabilities are Ella. vUO to
EzU,UUO.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-05-11
SEEDS! SEEDS!

UNRESa Garden Seeds of every KIM
IL aud VARIETY sditaots - thls laltais
for sals at j. r.. oABISk's.
Maria q 1873. zm
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General TodIe ben's Int N lions.

CoNsTANTINoPE. May 10.
10 case of War Geurral rodieben in.
tends making Adrlanopie the base of
operations aud tuai stand for tue army
south OF the Balkans. IL will DO de-
tended BY 5uU gus. aud General rodle-
beu believes 1t To be impreguable.
Newmarket Races.
LONDON. May 10.
At Newmarket to-day tue race for
three-year-oid tilii.s Tor l.UUU gulueas
Was Won by Pilgrimage, Jauuette
second. Ciemetine third.
Pope Leo III.
LONDON. May 10.
Aspecial from Rome says: Although
the Pope Is Suffering from inh 4matiuu
OF the liver. The Cardinals oppose his
removal frum the Vatican.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
Big Fish story.

We were making 9 voyage from
the West Indies to New York, when
the ghip-ferer broke out among the
crew. One of the sailors. among the
FIRST victims. was accompanied by
his 0 9 lad Of fourteen years. who
was strongly attached 70 his father,
and remained with him day and
night. and never could be persuaded
to leave his sick father, not for 3 mo-
ment.
a large shark was seen every day
following the vessel, evidently for
the purpose Of devouring any one
who should die and be committed 20
the deep.
After lingering o few days the sail
or died. As was the custom at sea,
be was sewed up in a blanket, and
for the purpose Of sinking him an old
griDd-stone and g carpenters ak
were put in with him. The very
impressive service Of the Episcopal
Church was then read, and the body
committed to the deep.
The poor boy, who had watched
the proceedings closely, plunged in
after his father, when an enormous
shark swallowed them both. The
second day after this dreadful scec2
as the shark continued to follow the
vessel-for there were others sick in
the ship-one Of the sailors proposed
as they had q sharp hook on board,
20 make an effort 20 take him.
They fastened the hook TO a large
rope and baited it with q piece OF
pork, threw It iato the see, and the
shark instantly swallowed it. Hav-
ing thus hooked him, by means Of q
windlass they hoisted him on board
After be was dead they prepared to
open him, when enc Of the sailors,
STOPPING down for that purpose, sud
denly paused, and after listening q
few moments, declared most solemn
" he heard q low, cultural sound
which appeared to proceed from the
shark. The sailors, after enjoying a
hearty laugh at his expense, proceeu-
ed to listen for themselves, when they
were compelled to admit that they
heard q similar sound. They then
+, proceeded to open the shark, when
The mystery was explained.
1t appears the sailor was not dead,
but in a trance; and, his SOD, on
making this discovery, when inside
Of the shark, had, by means of his
knife, ripped open the blanket. Hav-
ing thus liberated his father, they
both went to work and righted up the
old grindstone. The boy was turn
ing, the father was holding on to the
old ship-carpenter's AK, sharpening it
for the purpose Of cutting their way
out Of their Jonah-like prison, which
occasioned the noise heard by the
sailor. As it was the hottest season
Of the year, and very little air stir
ring where they were at work, they
were both sweating tremendously.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26

PORTSMOUTH, VA, June ia
gloom was east ever our city yester.
day by 8 sad and shocking tragedy
10 which John Owens murdered his
son Robert, about twenty-five years
of age, with a big bu.cberknife. The
father is the proprietor of 3 large
grocery establishment in Newton, in
the suburbs OF Portsmouth,, and has
heretofore borne a good charae-
ter. But Day before yesterday he
got drunk, the FIRST time in two years,
aud had been ia @ bioodthirsty mood
ever since.
He came into the house about two
o'clock ia the afternoon, AID seeing
his son jerked up d sharp butcher
knife and stabbed him to death. No
cause is assigned for the savage act
except that he was drunk. In a few
minutes after the murder, and while
his family We're screaming and Shrek
ing be tried to cut his own throat.
In the suicide be was unsuccessful,
and about half-past two be was ar
rested and put in Jail.
Robert Owens, the victim, was a
most estimable and promising young
map, and the greatest griefis felt at
his death. lie was even-tempsred,
and never did anything in his life to
provoke his father. About six
months ago be became engaged to q
well know belle, and was TO have
been married this fall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
Mule and Woman.

Al Eureka (Nevadal teamster is
noted for the affection that be betrays
/ for one of the mules of his outit-the
most obstinate and mangy-looking
animal in the string-and the ten
derness for Nancy, as he called her,
has passed into o proverb. Upon
being rallied upon this %pertenancy
by q chum, be discoursed as follows:
| had to have a sweetheart back in
ipjiannv that | was oriGl gone on,
and this yer cussed mule has so
many p'ints 10 common that my heart
lest vearns over her. She wal as
likely a gal as ever u bare-footed
in a corn-feld, but she war too GUS
sed obstinate to enjoy good health.
You never knew just how to take
her. She'd look you right smiling
in the eye, and you'd think thar war
more sugar in her than in a New
Orleans merlasses h~ogshead; but if
YOU laid yer hands on her oneXpect-
ed Ike, she'd kick the breechin all to
hi in less'n a minute, that's jest
the way with that mule. | reckon
she's cost me nigh onto $500 for har-
ness, sayin' nothin' about a doctors
bill for q broken leg; but you get H.
to a place whar the mud's deep, and
the res: of the team kerflummixin',
an call into her for assistance, an
blast my eyes if she won't pull her
self clear out of her hide to help you
out of yer trouble. That war the
very way with Nancy. The summer
'afore | emigrated 1 war mighty
sick with the ager, an got the milk
fever on top.of that, an | war purity
near ready to cross over Jordan, but
she nussed me, helped her ole dad all
day, an sit up vita me nights till
she war a shadder, but she pulled
me through, an then she advised me
to emigrate to Californy. | hated to
90 'way-it were ike perswaden a
hungry hoss to leave a pail of oats:
but thar wasn't no use she war
bound to hev her way, an | came.
That war fifteen years ago, an L
hedn't been in the country o month
fore | got news of her dyin'. Poor
gal She overdone herself takih' Gaze
of my worthless carcass, an | eve
seen no women sence that time that
war worth shueks compared to her.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26

Every day develops something
new aud valuable for the farmers
Not one 10 ten thousand would have
thought Of the following plan for saw.
ing u and adding 10 the com.
fort of his stock. Mr.. Bindings, o.
Illinois, who recommends it, pro.
ceeds in this manner He fills a
stall or large bin in his stable during
dry weather with pulverized clay,
road scrapings aud common soil.
With this be covers the floor Of the
stall three inches in depth, and then
places the litter for the animals bed
ding on it. By this means all the
urine will be absorbed, and its
wealth of nitrogen saved and such
is the absorbing power of dried earth
that o1e three-inch flooring will not
be so saturated 10 q long time as 10
require replacing. lie says bis ex-
periments require bat u bin Of pull
yerized earth to absorb the urine Il
ten or twelve cattle during the stab
ling season, and tat two men with
a team filed the bin in Que day.
One ton Of the saturated earth is
worth the same weight of even fresh
saved dung. The average amount Of
plant food thus saved is fully double,
and in much better condition for use.
Journal Of the Farm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
The Civil Strangcr.

Ga the Campus Martius a man
yesterday shouted rom sunrise till
dark:
Oranges and le,mons-best in
market-have a dozen, sir?"
About three O'Clock be was ap-
preached by a young man with a car
pet-ssck in hand, and he ceased his
yelling in reponse to q gesture.
81 vas passing this place at
eleven O'Clock this forenoon" began
the stranger, "and you asked me If |
would have a dozen lemons. | was
with my mother, who is in feeble
health, aud | could not stop. Ia fact,
didn't even reply to your kind inquiry.
| have now returned to-
ITO buy a dozen-here they are,
sir"
"No sir, not TO buy lemons, forthey
don't act good en- my liver,
but so say to you that | won't take
any. Yea asked me a civil question,
and common courtesy required me
to return a civil answer. | have
walked four miles to be courteous
and civil, aud 10 say to you, Nc
thank you sir / won't take any-noi
to day."
He was gone before anything could
be said TO make him unhappy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
\ Farmers Life.

There is no DOUBT that health is
more general, and the average CT life
is %lon"er, ia rural districts where due
attention is paid to the laws of ply
siology, than is found elsewhere,
owing. probably, to simpler habits of
living, comparative freedom from
anxiety incidental TO trade, and the
diversity Of exercise, that gives m)re
uniform action to the muscles. And
as for rational enjoyment. : farmer
With a grateful Heart. a generous
soul, a neighb)rly spirit, and a viii
10 use life as his Creator intended,
may have all that cun be realized on
earth. Aud then, how sugge-tive Ct
letter thoughts, Of Il ;sl revereLcA, of
holy ASPIRATIONS, is It's occupation I!
At every step aHG Ia al the vice
universe around, be btholds the trae-
es e a benlcnant Providence, the
manifestations of O mefciiul Father.
The corn that springs up To bless his
toll the verdGre that yields to the
pressure Of his feet tue f,wers that
challenge bis admiration, a thew
mingle their ambrosial fragrance vi b
the zephyr's breath /; the forest gretn
perspective, aud the soothing mr.
murs of tie b~rosk-all are to him
witnesses Of a Makers love, aud
teachers Of mans duty to his race.
All be sees of wisdom and goodaei s
in the work Of God, inspires his heart
with trust, confidence, and loving
gratitude. If any man has cause O
rejoice ia his condition it is an
American farmer BASS. PloagL-l
man. !
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
A Boy with n Heart.

The other day q bit of a boy called
at the side door OF a good-looking re-
sidence, and told such a sorrowful
story that the lady of the house was
not stingy in throwing provisions in
to his basket. Happening to look in
to the front yard after a few minutes,
she saw the strange boy mixed up
with her three or four children, aud
she called out:
boy, what are you doing there ~
"Feedin' these half-starv cd child
ren u be promptly replied.
But those are my children she
Indignantly exclaimed.
Makes no difference to me-" he
said, as be broke off another piece OF
cake. when / find q young 'un
cryin' for bread, and ready to swear
that be has MT tasted pie for i've a
year, I'm goin' to stop business and
brace him .upl Have Mt You got a
clean white waist that | could put on
this dirty little boy ?"
She looked up and down to see if
any canvassers for the poor heather
were in sight, and then she grabbed
the broom and ran the sympathetic
boy out of the yard.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
The Farmer and His Money.

The farmers who Gifted" the mort
cages from their land during the
flush times caused by the war were
the fortunate ones; while those who
went into debt have generally failed.
In view of the prosperity of the farm
ing class during the past year, it is
well 10 remember this experience.
4 combination Of causes has pro-
duced fair prices, in conjunction with
an immense crop. But the Rural
World reminds the farmers that the
European war will not last always (;
that next year perhaps there will be
a larger crop in Great Britain than
has been produced in fifty years
that but q very small portion of our
crops may be wanted abroad, and in
consequence the very lowest prices
may prevail for all our farm crops
To be ~forewarned is to be forearmed.
Farmers, therefore, who take in mon
ey for their crops this year had bet.
ter pay their debts. Instead Of H.
curing new debts, pay eff the old
ones. Get in an independent con
diti3n. The farm will always make
an industrious farmer a good living.
Resolve to owe no man a cent. Pay
as you go, and peace of mind that the
debtor cannot eojoy will BE- yours
Y. y COmmcj cidL
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
Fires Caused BY Water,

The familiar .lecture-table expert
ment Of touching off a cannon with
an icicle has its counterpart, no less
paradoxical, in the actual world,
where fires are sometimes Ohough
not frequently caused by water. 10
the experiment alluded to, a tiny
piece Of potassium by its energetic
combination with the oxygen 10 the
icicle, inaames the liberated hydro
gen, and thus lights the printing Of
the cannon. The experiment is q
striking one, calculated to make one
long remember that chemical CON-
bination is a source Of heat, and that
when two bodies have e very in-
tense mutual affinity, they may
combine with such fervor az 10 cause
combustion. Some time Q the
Polytechnic Review called attention
to a case iu which fire was caused
indirectly by hood-the rising water
floating a cotton bale that was in a
warehouse cellar until il caught a
gas flame and SCI FIRE to the floor, and
thus caused the loss OF the building.
Recently at the Amelunk fire in
Brooklyn, there was a more direct
example of fire caused by water, by
the energetic combination of the wa
ter raised by the high tide and wind.
with some quicklime, the slackening
being so vigorous as to cause igni.
ton Of the boxes or barrels contain
ing 1t, and thus causing g serious
fire. These aud similar lessons
should teach as greater care in stor-
age and greater wGtchfnlness. 1t is
very much doubted whether any les
soDs or any LOSERS will ever teach
Americans to build fire proof. Spon.
taneous combustion Of damp hay is
not unfrequent; coal, sometimes, il
not well enough ventilated, gets to
smouldering on shipboard grain is
liable to the same danger. Cotton
waste and rags, etc, can be ignited
if the proper conditions Of moisture
and confinement exist and where
these are not found, spontaneous COM
bustion, caused by rapid oxidation Of
animal oils, is quite ready to aid the
list of insurance losses. Not entire
ly apropos Of our title heading may
be mentioned fires caused By the
rays of the sun, concentrated by
means Of druggists bottles, engrav-
crs' globes, aquaria, or even bubbles
10 glass panes-falling on infam-
mable materials. The water, acting
as a refracting material, causes the
damage.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26

oner had met with bis great misfor-
tune.
The man Of iron virtue hesitsted
worse than his more amiable partner
had done. he was hating between
a point blaak lie, which might entail
the penalties CT perjury, and the
truth, which would cost him money.
Cowardice performed the Office Of
conscience, and the truth zane out.
The firms money, which George Gil
bert had lost, had been won by the
senior and the court instructed the
jury, that, as the sum ia question had
actually been delivered to one Of the
Joint owners, who was bound to &C
count 10 bis associate, the prisoner
eould not be convicted.
"God bless you, Mr.. Parker = fal-
tered the happy little wife. IL kaeU
you would bring as out all right"
It was evident her truthful wo-
mans nature gave me all the credit
OF g result in whose achievement NY
share had been next to nothing.
The lesson was not lost on George
Gilbert. His first false step was the
last and the richest fee / ever re-
ceived was the heartfelt gratitude Of
BIS noble. faithful wife.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
How Fast VIII Trees Grow.

In order to test the rapidity OF the
growth Of the different varieties OF
trees, d writer in a Western paper
took the measurement and height
Of a large number some years ago,
with the following result:
Two Norway spruces, set twenty
years, were five and a hall feet in
circumference, forty feet in height,
and had a spread Of about twenty
six feet in diameter.
A black spruce set fifteen years
was twenty-five feet 10 height aud
proportionately large.
Two balsam frs, set sixteen years
were thirty feet high.
4 European larch, set seventeen
years was forty-two feet high aud
four feet 10 circumference at the
base.
4 Scotch pine set eighteen years
was twenty six feet high.
A hard pine set seventeen years
was three leet eight inches in cir.
conference and twenty Gge feet
high.
A white pine set eighteen years
was four feet in circumference, while
az Austrian, set IL years was 90 feet
high.
A Russian spruce SET fifteen years
was Is feet in height.
Hard NAPLES set twenty years av-
eraged over 80 feet in height.
0ne soft maple set eighteen wears
was fifty feet in height and six feet
10 circumference at the body.
A black walnut set sixteen wear
was four feet three inches in diane
ter, while e sycamore, transplanted
twenty years before from the timber,
was seyen feet in circumference al
the base and forty-eight feet in
height.
\ silver-lenf poplar set twenty
years was sever feet two inches in
circumference and thirty-five feet in
height, and q golden willow, that 90
years before had been suck into the
ground a switch, was eleven feet S
inches in circumference and over 10
feet high.
There were many other varieties
some OF chem rare specimens-but
enough has been shown to prove
that slow-growing varieties, if care
fully cultivated, viii, in q few years
become great trees.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
Thinning FrUis.

An orchardist, who makes his trees
bear a moderate crop every year, Of
larger and finer fruit than when
crowded, gives the following diree.
tons for doing the work: A light
ladder is used to give ready access
to any part Of the tree The branch
is held in the left hand, while with
sheep-shears 10 the right, every
bunch Of spples is cut III leaving a
part Of the stem to eGcu frni'. THIS
is done as soon as the blJssJns have
fallen. and before the young fruit has
attained any size When this branch
is entirely cleaned, the next branch
is skipped and the third cleaned Of
the fruit like the first, and so on until
every alternate branch is Invested oil
is fruit. This work is not done on
the small limbs here and there over
the tree, bat on main branches, and
equally on both sides Of the tree. Oh
medium SIZED trees al active man
will go over fifteen or tEenty in d
d8v.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
Sofc.

Il is a common belief among farm
ers that grass cut when nearly ripe
gives more weight per acre. 1t may
not be true, but if they think SO they
viii be pretty SUR to let it stsnd 10
the last minute unless the argument
of seIf-iutercst in the other direction
gets them cut of the miserable habit.
Ia general the idea prevails that q
few days delay as 10 haymaking is
not ct all important, and so, when
grain is ripening about the same
time, that gets the preference as TO
timely care. Farmers should be
taught-those who seek to sell hay,
at least-lhat every crop should be
gathered at just the right time, and
that q failure TO do so viii bring o
financial penalty. Lale-eut and owe +,
ripe bay is little better than straw,
and observing purchasers know it.
Millions Of dollars are every ye;
lost TO the country from this one
cause-because, in general, farmers
are SO slow in adopting this reform.
Oar modern improved machinery for
rapidly making hay fayors the re-
form, but as yet it does not seem to
have been very eilective Boston
Globe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
Shooting ARRAY.

INDIANAPOLIS, June l5.-At Goa
Greek to-day John Kelly, an ex-mi-
ner, shot Thomas Minis, a colored
miner, in the abdomen, inaic.ing a
mortal wound. lie then emptied
the remaining loads of the revolver
into a squad of colored miners neal
by, wounding two of them. The mi
ners, procuring their guns, near al
hand, pursued him. He ran into the
residence of Charles Hoffman. The
celored men forced an entrance into
the building, and kept him a prison
er until the Sherif's posse arrived,
when all were arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26

A Connecticut editor shows his ia
miliarity with agriculture in the fol
lowing: 'Tis wheat n-oat the pro
grass Of the approach Of Spring.
Onion der hills and meadows nature
is bean arrayed in all herb beauty
The farmer manifests corn-cider-ap
pie zeal in his Efforts to secure early
field crops, while the gardens. with
t-hav-- rsdi shional work, are being
carefully a,tend-to do.