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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-01
WHOLE NO. 1884.

aud wish her happiness.
The doctor took the happy Lcuy
aud the widow to his home
on the bill, aud then went
down 20 the tavern where the neigh
bors were still sitting around the IRE.
and discussing means Of getting rid
OF Lucy and her mother. He went
in among them and wanted to hear
their verdict Finally one said:
81 tell you, Square, they must go.
| don't want to be harsh with them,
but go they must"
$50 say said another.
1--WE had better send up Rote 10
the widow herself-tbough aone Of
US know whether she was ever mar
ried OF not-snd tell her TO leave at
once.n
"And then if she isn't gone in the
morning, put 'em out'n the house,
and if they say anything agin It we
viii threaten 'em with bein rid on e
rail, and then / guess they kin tell
'em in the mornin' that Deacon Bur
nell will give 'em a hundred dollars
for what they've got, and III pay it
willing, TO get rid of 'em."
"You sneaking, cowsrdly old sin
ner J" said the doctor who had stalked
up to the deacon and eollared him,
do you know you are speaking Of 10Y
wife and mother ? you may well turn
white, you wretched puppy? You
call Lucy Nesbit bad, youl How
long after your wedding was it when
Johns wife was born? Aad how
came you to marry her at all (? Be-
cause your wife's brother stood over
you and compelled you. Now, you
bypocritical wbelp. say another word
against my lcife, and you will get
what you deserve" 1"
Deacon Burnell was glad to shrink
away like whipped eur, aad the
other men in the tavern began to
think it was time TO go TO the "storen
to get some Christmas ''fxins" for
the children and started OUT, bus the
doctor went and stood in the door
and said:
eff there are any more of you who
want to drive widow Nesbit from
town let them say so;" but 10 one
answered. and all were glad TO go
home.
Christmas day saw very happy
trio around the table at the big stone
house on the hill, and. 10 aIl tie after
years that came to them the same
tender affection existed They lived
for leach other and were happy.
Lucy nor her mother ever went out
side their beautiful hon xe-pt on
errands of mercy or cha y to some
unfortunate, when their coming
brought blessings and plenty
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-01
WHAT A YEAR:

What Is Year, lis but wave
oflife's dark rolling stream,
Which so quickly gone that we
Account II but a dream;
'Tis but single earnest throb
ofTime's old iron heart,
As tireless now and strong as when
1t first with life did start.
What Is a year. 'Tis but turn
OfTime's old brazen wheel,
Or but page upon the book
Which death must shortly seal;
'ris but step upon the road
Which we must travel DER;
a few more steps and we shall walk
Lies weary read no iaore-
What ia a year. 'Tis but breath
From Times old nostrils blown;
AS rushing onward DER the earth
We hear his weary moan.
'Ti5 but bubble on the wave,
C'dew upon the lawn,
AS IN. 1sient as the mist Of morn
Beneath the summers sun.
What isa year, It's but type
OF lfe's oft-changing scene:
Youths happy morn comes gaily on
With hills and valleys green:
Next summers prime succeeds the spring,
With flowers everywhere
Then comes old winter-death and tins
,T,,gs f-,t taa AZ Laval fhera
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-01
DENTISTS.
John BILLS,
VIM COLLINS,
DENTIST.

l--. above Caseheer n Frease's store, Somerset,
o. n The las; riteen years 1 have greatly re-
-'sd ne Fri,es Of artificial teeth IN this place.
.-s ellsiant incTsa sing demand sorteetb has In
--.'- ne % 81 enlarge NV facilities that ! can
---At eeed sets Of teeth at lower prices thar you
q go iheH 10 any other place In this country
- GOV making good set Of teeth for -, and II
= saoula lie any person among my thousands
. 'oi2 = In this " the adjoining counties that
t -lt ai41e teeth lur that Is not giving good sat
- ihey can call on ne at any time and get
IS Sc; Zee Of charge
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
BEING BEAUTIFUL.

| SOMETHING ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN WHOM
/ NATURE MADE GRACEFUL.
! From the London Queen.j
Young women, whom nature made
/ graceful, tender delicate, affect to de-
/ spise both the duties and the limitations
o their sex, ana study mainly how to
make themselves the most like men,
pretending to be what they are not, and
to pose for what they can never be- Or
they adopt the airs and graces of another
school altogether, and are ultra feminine,
artistic and esthetic to their fnger tips
women to whom the homely life Of
| work and duty is a degradation, common
sense the denial Of the higher spirit and
atfectati0n the altar to which the domes-
tic altar is raised and the daily tribute
brought. Who does not know these
artistic daughters of the commonplace :?
/ These impossible expOunders of esthetic-?
Homely to feature and clumsy On FORM
they drape themselves in the flowing,
| tight ftting garments of the ideal lady OF
medieval times she whose lines should
be all long and slender and instinct with
natural grace; long visages and melan
choly they frIzz out their hair, put on
cDquettish hats, much be ribboned and
be fOwered, and go as near to group of
the phedresses after Watteau as the
times will allow with small twinklng
black eyes, snub noses and roguish faces,
they pile up their heads in Pampadour
or ape the sweet majesty of Marie An
toinettes four feet nothing in height,
and round not to say pody about the
waist aud hips, they attempt that swim
ming, gliding walk which goes only with
| a lengthy kind of willow wand, but it is
impossible to all else; but if they are
tall and lean, they probably skip and
prance like youth fairies, thinking that
art can conquer nature and that sufh-
cient amount of afectation can make
them seem to be what they are not.
| This is one exhibition OF airs and graces
patent in London society, where every
thing is set forth save naturalness. That
indep .ndence which IS part OF the Eng
lish character, happily for Us. every now
and then blossoms out into bold eccen
tricities, which prove nothing but indi
vdual hardihood, and the estheic style
of dress is one of them. For, unless
there is the most absolute harmony be-
tween the style and the person, nothing
is more ludicrous than these affectations
OF costume. Bur, oddly enough, for the
most part, that harmony is wanting and
the woman who has spent precious time
in studying patterns tints aud orn iments,
knows nothing of the exigencies of her
own style, or how to utilize what she has,
supply what she has not, aud conceal
what she ought not to have. Large feet
wear glaring stockings and voyant slip
pers; scraggy shoulders low dresses, an
inch below their neighbor's; short, thick
throats wear puffy frills and broad black
velvet bands, while straight, smooth hair,
the merit of which Is in its sickness, is
tortured into the staring spectres of curls
and crimps and hair that no ingenuity
can make to lie straight is plastered and
braided down, worn a la Chinoise when
nature imperatively demands a fringy
and fuzz and refuses compromise.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
THE ROSARY OF uY YEARS.

Some reckon their age BY years,
Some M sure their life by art
But some tell their days by the flow Of thf
tear.
And their life BY the means of their heart
The dials of earth may show
The length, not the depth, Of years,
re" CT many they come-few or many
they GO
But our time is best measured BY fears.
All not b. the silver gray
That creeps through the sunny hair.
And not by the scenes that We pass on our
way
Aud not by the furrows the finger of care
On the forehead and face have made ;
Not sa do We count cur years;
Not by the sun OF the earfh--but he shade
or our souls-asd the fail OF our tears.
For the young are oftimes old,
Ihough their brow 0e bright aud fair;
While 'heir blood beats warm their heart
lies cold
Der them the spring time-but winter is
there.
Aud the old are oftimes young,
W hen their hair is thin aud white;
Aud they sing in age as ia youth they sung.
Bur bead BY bead l tell
The rosary OF my years;
From cross to cross they lead--'tjs well
Aud they re blessed with a blessing OF
tears.
Better a day of strife
Than century o sleep;
Give me instead OF long stream of life,
Tue tempest ana tears of the deep.
A thousand joys may foam
On the bilio~s of-lll the years;
But never the foam brings the brave bark
home;
1t reaches the haven through tears.
Father Ryan.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
TWO MUCH VIRTUE
&am-Au Unfortunate and Er.
FIug Woman Driven frOsm the
Town 10 Die ia "a SmOW-DFifG.

New YoRK. Dec-A dispatch from
/ Alpena, Michigan, said that Eva Leroy,
a Young and once handsome woman, was
found lying in the road badly frozen, near
R0g-rs City, Michigan. Monday night.
S D.. was brought to town and the Surgeons
decided The ampuration of both legs 10 be
NECESSARY. but she died during the oper-
alton. She was a woman of bad repute,
who had been driven out of Alpena with
out funds Becoming exhausted, she had
fallen by the roadside where she was
f und. She was a native OF Cleveland
and went 10 Detroit, where a few years
ego she created sensation, but sunk
lower and lower until no one would give
her shelter Commenting on the doom
OF poor Eva, the Herald says: Driven
out OF Aipena: This bad been done to
Eva Leroy while all the world was busy
Isying up stores OF joy for the merry
Chris mas times Tragedy marches side
by side with comedy under the smiles of
agony She fell by the way side In the
bitter cold, and lay there in the numb
scupor of creeping death. just think of
it for moment amid your pleasures,
while little faces dimPle with delight,
and older faces beam with softened pleas
ure. and lights CLEAN and fire blez how
that woman wandered ali through the
darkened, wind swept wastes, laughter
dying out on her ears, the light of A pc
ma fadiDg from her eyes, even the hard
w rds and stern faces of those that drove
her forth leaving but an indistinct i'm
press on her brain, so piercing was the
cold, and so long and dreary The road
stretching out before her. Atlength the
lights Of another village cleaned on her
eyes, but she fell before she reached
them. She was young, and had been
but she was sinner, and now
the penalty was lain upon her with the
dull savagery that man reserves for err
iug woman alone. There are persons
who paint heaven for the godly, but there
was no hing short of death for her.
Thy found her where she fell, frozen and
dying. and brought her in. Too late!
The chalice Of life was broken, and there
was nothing left but to hide the frag-
ments under the frozen clay. Think of
her a. she sank down, wearied, chilled TO
the marrow and despairing You would
pity a dog DIVING such death; but wo-
man, young, with the lines of her beauty
still to he traced under their haggardness,
a God might trace the whiteness of lost
purity under stains, the soul stains, that
they tel US can be washed away! Was
her death made better by the thought
that it was to be upon the eve Of the time
when the angels sung of peace and good
Will among men on earth? She cannot
be recalled to answer The hardened men
that drove her out cannot undo their
Iced, but all who read her fate to day
may make amends in some form for hu
manity, by plying and helping one
soul among the poor erriug and
1utcast, who are dear to God
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
Fashion Bits

Black sacque' for the house are of
nue. Gamers hair cIoth trimmed with
sa'ih'
Gray cameTs hair cloth cans trimmed
with bands Of fur feathers are novelties
in childreus wear.
Plain satin is i'm great demand for
dresses, and when used with stripeI vel.
vet is very handsome.
Cosmetic MASKS srs revival Id L.,,.i.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
Ono Of air emee"s of the Wash
inlt..n E.Obby.


Ravmord.5 Ietrer 70 tba Cincinnati Fn-
qlir,rI
"Wben the credit mobilier exnosur.
came There was 4 lobbvi.t here ~,
manor If The word !. unt cons,
n,nt with vour FEELINGS n lady-inteeo
the name .uiIs her h.ttar Sba a. J..
VOL know, i'm Iy3.hi,.,,.oo ,nI tba
nam. s,... b,re - the m - hnnorAd m
the annals of Virginia She was Il
wi low with one son. a GENTLE sensitive
boy. who s1r,nk from c0mpauions of hi.
age, because he feared to hear his
mothers name idly spoken There was
nothing tmLibs against her. No GER.
taintv sulIi-d her fame. ani she vas
mentioned with bated breath. and her
reputation d fined BY Christian men (?j
aud women a. eqlfv6cal IL seem, bu
Yesterday We saw her. and if she diI in
hu-nce Senators and members to vote
for this or IN .t mnnoD,ly. we do not
wonder We had a tar chance TO study
her closely She occupied for one win
ter the second pew from ours, ani more
than once has nv attention been divert
ed from the sermon and service. and
closely, admiringIy given to the beau.iful
face before us. She was of medium
height. 1.-the and supple. and her mo-
ton was either triumph OF art. study
of grace. Herc,mpleylon was a clear
bruno, and the skin as soft. tender ap-
peariug as an infants. Her hours in
church were apparently devoted to the
service. but my impression is. the leaves
OF her book were turned mech inically.
and her thoughts were far adrift from
herself The premises for nv conclu-
sion were these: Time and again | have
seen the delicately archeI eyebrows KNIT
impatirntIv. aud the large. Iustrous eve.
unturn YEARLY ~ if some sad thouyht
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08

a Memphis Murderer Comes tU
Grief in Texas, ssmd f~ Shot and
stabbed 30 Death by am Emrugcd
Father.
Our readers will remember thpt about
the year 1867, Mr.. Whitfield of this city,
and brother of Colonel Whitfield, of the
Ninth Mississippi regiment, was shot and
killed by sporting man named Dorau,
while the former was trying to d,spos-es
the latter Of IA room which lac occupied
with two members of the demi monde,
the property belonging To Mr.. Whitfield,
Doran paying no rent. When Mr.. Whit
field entered the room Dordn opened fire
and shot the unsu~pecliug gentleman to
death, while Dorans two COurtezu's,
who were sisters, stood by AMI witnessed
the bloody and cowarlly deed After
being arrested, Doran managed TO escape
punishment, and after that he fled tho
country and disappeared from notice.
The Mason (IeXas) News Item, of DE
cember oath, gives the following account
Of the killing OF D9ran at junction City
Kimball county, Texas.
On Saturday uight, the twenty first
instant, another terrible tragedy was en-
acted at Junction City, in Kimball coun-
ty, IN which Louis Temple and IOm Do
ran, citizens Of that county, We're killed.
Louis Temple was "A deputy sheriff of
Kimble county, and n man who was re-
garded as a good citizen. Tom Domu
is the man who, some months siuce. killed
James Deaton at Junction City, and
sometime previous to that killed man
at Fork Clark. An old feud, it seems,
existed between Temple and Dorau,
and on the night OF the twenty first
the quarrel was renewed in Calhoun
q Gamers saloon, at JuacliOn City. D0-
ran had his hand on his pistol and WAS
drawing it, when Temple fired. Several
shots were then fired between the two
men, in which both were shot, and Fem-
pie killed. Old man Temple, Louis Tenn.
ples father, then opened fire on Doran,
and several shots were exchanged be-
tween them, DOran running out of the
house and the Old man following shoot
ing at him. Doran soon fell, and died
at the rear Of Denman store. He had
on his body two pistol-shOt wounds, and
was stabbed eleven times with q knife,
and his throat cut from ear TO ear.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08

''Sure of heaven ?" exclaimed Uncle
Thorp, in reply to an interrogation OF a
right reverend who called to inquire as
to his souls welfare, and had remained to
tea to insure his own corporal body's
we'll being; he had peculiar way of
always making his pastoral calls at such
a time as would insure a good, square
meal. Sure of heaven Well | think
am. l amt none o your narrow
minded religious fanatics, thinking no
ones going to heaven but me amt so
bigpted as that. Why, don't the Bible
say God loves all o us worms, and don't
the Bible say, too, He made Us in His
own image, an do ye suppose He's going
TO burn Himself everlastingly in effigy =?
Sure o Heaven" said he, as he balanced
a dainty morsel of meat on his fork in
close proximity to his mouth, while he
finished his idea. ''Sure o Heaven
why, I'm just as sure o goin' there as
am of eating this meat!' just at this
juncture the meat fell to the floor, and
was quickly eaten by the dog. The
expression which overspread Uncle
Thorp's features would have made an
excellent frontispiece for Millions Para
disc Lost"
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
ONE OF CLAWS CLIENTS.
A COOK IN A RESTAURANT WHO HAS AN IN-
TEREsTiNG REMINIsCENCE.

Chicago Journal "There is employ
ed in a restaurant in this city, I'D the ca
pacity Of a cook, a man named Louis
Octavius Woods. He is a Kentuckiau
by birth and an OctOrOon by blood. Ie
is so very nearly white that person
would have considerable trouble Iu pro.
nouncing him other than q white man.
In 1913 he killed a white man iu self
defense, was tried, defended by Henry
Clay and acquitted. A reporter called
at 1G2 South Clark street, where Mr.
Woods is employed, and obtained tho
following particulars of the affair; The
day that the killing occurred, Woods WAS
standing in front of the house OF VIII
liam Emmerson, prominent citizen OF
Winchester, Clark county, Kentucky,
when a noted character uamed Charles
Tanks, happened along, under the iuhu-
ence Of llquOr, and thought be would
have some fun Drawing q bowie
knife, be made for Woods, stabJug him
once in the forehead, once in the arm,
and again ii the body. He was about
to strike again, when Woods suddenly
picked up a stick Of wood and dealt his
assailant a blow that killed him instantly.
As soon "a it become known that mig
ger had killed a white man, q large
crowd assembled, and Mr. Woods says
there, Is no doubt that they intended t0
kill him He took refuge in EmmersOu's
barn, where the field hands and he l8-
dies Of the house defended him until he
was safely removed to Jail Here auotu-
er attempt was made 70 lyuch him, but
it was not successful. Woods at this
time Was very young man, was free,
and had borne "A good character But
the tide of public opinion in slave State
was strong against him. Henry Clay
was then making an onslaught on old
customs that were tainted with bar5aritY,
and to him the old father Of Woods app
pealed for aid. Mr.. Clay, with the gen
erosity which was characteristic of him,
responded at once. The case was taken
before the grand jury, bill found against
the prisoner, and in six weeks the trial
came off, Mr.. Clay had 10 contend
against popular prejudice, that was bit-
ter in the town where the killing 0c-
Cured, at a time when a colored man
had no rights that a white maut
however brutal and depraved, was re-
quired to respect He nevertheless de-
cided to fight it out there. The point
was at issue whether a colored man did
not have as good right to defend his
life as a white man. Ia defense Of his
theory that he had, Mr.. Clay made one
of the most powerful speeches Of his
life, and the jury returned a verdict ac-
quitting Woods without leaving their
seats. That was thirty FIVE years ago,
Since that time Mr.. Woods has grown TO
be an old man. He has always borne
good character, and is quiet and peace
able citizen. He says he has only been
in Winchester twice since the affair 0C-
Cured then he did not tarry ve-y long
as the people were still disposed to ma
it hot for him.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
wyoming VVomen-Later.

lnter-Ocean Letter
The better class of females are largely
represented at the polls here. They are
accompanied by male friends or relatives,
and | have never seen elections conduct
ed in any other Western city as orderly
as they are here. The influence of good
and pure women at the polls has proven
most salutary for good, and thus tar
have failed to see any evidences of their
degradation, in consequence Of their
having been clothed with the elective
franchise. My own observation and the
expression of opinion which have heard
on the subject, lead me to assert that
woman suffrage is a complete success.
The better class of citizens of Wyoming
have no desire to 60 back to the infiction
OF bondage on a sex which now has the
privilege of helping, indirectly, to frame
the laws by which they are governed.
The people of Wyoming, regardless of
race or sex, are as free as the winds that
blow, and, until they have some evidence
of the demoralizing effects Of female suf
frage, they viii be content to let the law
remain upon the statute book of the Ter
ritory.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08

Says Oliver Wendell Holmes: Every
persons feelings have front door and a
side door by wnich they may be entered.
The front door is on the street. Some
keep it always open; some keep it
latched some locked; some boItel with
chain that will let you peep ia, but not
get in; and some nail it up, SO that
nothing can pass its threshold. This
front door leads into a passage which
opens into an ante-room, and this into
the interior apartments. The side door
opens at once into the sacred chambers.
There is almost always at least one key
to this side door. This is carried for
years hidden In mothers bosom.
fathers. brothers, sisters and friends,
often, but by no means so universally,
have duplicates of IT.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08

A writer in the American Agricultu-
rist says that land SO drained aud work
ed as to protect the crops against exces-
siye drouth, or too much rain, and so
treated as to secure large yield. as a
general rule, is sure to be profitable,
taking one year with another. Take
this instance: Which would be the most
profitable, to continue trying to gel
something from the land worth $5 an
acre; or, if necessary, TO sell nine acres
of it-and expend S45 ON two acres? In
the latter case he would get a good profit
from the work on the two acres, but he
would grow poorer while cuItivating the
eleven acres Thinking pays as well as
working, and reading other mems
thoughts helps one to think. Brains is
a most excellent manure, as Timothy
Bunker would say.
The weekly clarion., 1879-01-08
The Loves of an ActOr-DOud
Byron Attempts tO EI'Pe with ~
Chrye0ne " omA a m bitiOus For
Stage Glory.

The Loves of au ActOr-DOud
Byron Attempts 90 III .P- with ~
Chrye0ue W omsA 4 m b GiOus For
Stage Glory.
From the Cheyenne Sun-l
For several days past Byron has been
making love to grass widow" whose
husband is a soldier at Fort Russell.
She lives in the northeastern portion of
the city with her two children she l.
good looking, and somewhat ''stage
struck. Byron, with his usual adroit
ness and smooth tongue, succeeded in
securing promise from her To accompany
him to San FrALcisco. He said he would
put her on the stage whore she would be
able to rapidly rise in the profession and
become star of the first magnitude.
PInci.ed by poverty, vain of her beauty
aud found of fame, the poor woman
eagerly graSped at the glttering bauble
held out by the great tragedIan, and
''nephew OF his uncle. esterday was
the time set for their departure. Byron
took the woman, her two children and
the trunks containing her worldly effects
to the depot, and at once entered into
negotiations with the conductor of the
emigrant train. He wanted to ''soak"
the trunks for the passage of four per
sous to Laramie City, where he expected
to ''get some money from a friend.
While the conductor was listening to his
offer the porter of one Of our prominent
hotels stepped in and said ''the tragedian"
owed board bill which must be paid
before he would be allowed to depart in
the direction of the setting sun. The
unfortunate and misguided woman had
her trunks carted home, and the curtain
dropped upon the scene. Byron was
playing it fine in order to make his pas
cage to Laramie City-that was all.