The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-04-30
~noaLEr,s. aEs,rR FRon NEw
B. Our Special Correspondent
NEW YoRK. April q. 1878.
COME nENrLE ernINo.

Parks ; Spring overcoais aud Easter
g its q .ari-h ose day. and porous
pias,err aud cough drops the rex.
Fresh Florida asparagus is In the
market al a dollar a bunch AID as
tough as a pawnbrokeE's conscience.
While last years growth. tender aud
luc'ou-, is offered ia cans al thirty
cents. Strawberries, warranted To
give the colo at 80 rods, bring 80
cents a basket; and your youngest
runs her slender fingers through your
gflzz ed /. cks and aschly ssks (Which
YOU think would be most becoming
e. per, a blue silk or q garnet!' II
these are not symptoms OF Inc rsp'd
approach Ut Sprl0g, thea what 90
earth do they mean!
A NEW CRUSADE AGAINST INTEMPER-
ANcE
A fresh army Is being levied 10
New YORK for The war against King
Alcohol. Ii carries on its banners
the punderous monogram b Nj )
L NJ :" shicB, being interpreted, IL
Business Mems Society Tor the Eo-
couragement Of Moderation IL
provides 90 less tbsa four different
pledges, and invites its members 20
chOuse whichever IS best suited 10
their individual cases. The pledge
cards are red, white, blue. and tri-
colored respectively. The red is a
complete total abstinence pledge the
white is a pledge against drinking 10
business hours; the blue pledges
against treating or being Irested ;
and the t~ri-color is q promise 10 alb.
stain from ANY Intoxicating liquor
stronger than wine or ale, and these
only at meals.n All these pledges
are for a specified term, to be deter
mined bv the signer. The founders
of The society are business men OF the
very first standing. In the Presi-
dents chair is Mr.. i b. Tburber,
and among the Vice-PresIdents aud
originstors are such men as Peter
Cooper, Thurlow Weed, Judge N0eb
Davis, Elk Governor Harirsnff, Rev.
q. b. Frolbi0gbam, aud Elwood L
Tbcooe. Though contaiLing sumo
interested 10 The wholesale liquor
trs fhc, and many moderate drinkers,
il d ,es not recommend aDy abstaluer
to oegin q cogrAe OF driBkiog, fowev-
er IN .derale. Realizing ina moder-
ate drinking may aud often does lead
20 d~rukenDess, ii says: at Is better
to let run sloae; !" but because the
maj ,rity OF men will not do this, 1t
add: III yen will drink, do it mod
eratsiy Keep your bead clear 10 bus
iness hours cOnine your potations
to Ii light wines aud beers, aud. above
all, C ase the absurd aud rninous bab-
il Of Treating aud being treated -"
Ii ackoow lodges Drunkenness, in the
words of Mr. FroIblngbsm, as "tbe
Fundamental vice 0 fcivilized nations
and reanZvs its obllgstionIo do some
thing Josards siemmlDg The fearful
current of American igtemperauce.
IL hopes 10 Recruit thousands 10 liz
rauks, who would be deaf 10 more
radical pleas, and claims to have tie
same END 10 view ss tAe more *
IRENE wing Of the Temperance army
The plan embraces n formation Of
auxiliary societies throughout the
land the promotion of knowledge
10 The science aud statistics Of liquor,
the establishment If places OF r,cre-
suon where 10 iutcxIcants are allow
ed, ana first, last, aud all the time,
the abolition of treaing." A fuller
exposition Ut It's purposes and meth.
DDS can be had by writing the Secre-
earv. AIR. Henry H. Radley, box
1885, New York.
Whether much good will be &C
complished depends solely upon The
vigor with which this organization is
pushed forward. So far as 1t works
at all. society must be benefited.
When moderate drinking business
men, snd men p%ecuniariiy interested
in the liquor trade begin to feel the
necessity ofdoing something to check
abe ravages Of rum. / do not want
10 stop singing the long metre doxol-
Vgy long enough to inquire whether
they are doing precisely what | am
doing. Ii used tO be said OF General
Hslleck that he would rather lose a
battle by approved methods than win
it by departing from them. Those
who in their own person, or their
loved ones, have tasted the sharp
sting of this serpent's tooth will be
guilty of no such folly. | strike glad
hands with any man, Of any creed.
who VIII, help brush one temptation
from the path Of my boy, lift cue man
from The gutter. or lessen by a feath-
er's weight the deadly influence of
che dramshop and the drinking usa-
geE of society.
A CURIOUS LAW SUIT.
The soap makers are in court over
. comical case. aud by the way the
bllndfolded Goddess smiles first ca
one, then on his rival, one is lead to
fear Der traditional bsndeges are
TOO thin" Who does not eGem
Der the reign OF soap, and sand, aud
Bristol brick, and last, though far
from least, ''elbo y grease 7" As the
latter commodity greg unpopular, if
not scarce, Yankee wit eharpened
itself up TO the point Of producing u
substitute for tie whole lot, aud sap
onsceous Investigations grew aud
multiplied like the excuses Of q poor
debtor. About eight years ago 8
photographer named TroxeIl ~ss
struck with an idea, which. like light
ning, is very apt to bit 10 out of the
wsF places. He was using slleK, &
dne, s1ooth, saponaceous bat gritty
substance. easily dissolved 10 water,
10 clean and polish his glasses, when
the idea occurred TO bin that il
might make a superior cleaner for
household purposes. 4 long series
OF experiments demonstrated lis emf.
nent fitness for securing and polish.
ing all metals, paints and glasses.
aud Cor cleaning silver and britannis
by simply washing in the suds, as
well as for removing lex and other
stains from the hands. He boldly
.caus down from his skylight, be-
came . soap man, and named bis in
yention Pride Of the Kitchen Soap
Bot the course Of true lather never
rsa smooth, and why should it with