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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
Tas en- "a, his werd.


The man who ordered TWO monk,
eys, and received 100 because be
spelt the order TOO without crossing
The ~ confessed that he bad badly
sold himself. There was more ex.
cuse for him, however, than for the
man who would disown an expensive
joke whel it is taken il earnest
The Stanford, Kentucky journal
says:
ave learn from a gentleman, who
recently returued from Wayne coun-
ty, that Mr.. John Inghram was ap.
piled TO for work by q poor man,
whom be told in jest to get rid Of
him, that be would give him two
thousand dollars for three thousand
lizard hides. The man agreed to
undertake the JOB, provided Ioghram
would give bin his note, payable
when the skins were delivered.
~lnghram complied, the note was
signed and witnessed, aud the maa,
with bis wife and children, repaired
TO the mountains and commenced
war on the reptiles. He was SO
pleased with the result of bis first
days work that be continued, and in
a much shorter time than it seems
possible, he bad gotten the three
thousand skins, aud then, taking
them to Mr.. lngtram, demanded
the two thousand dollars prom
ised.
TIE joke had now turned, aud
Mr.. lnghram explained that he was
just in fun about the affair; but the
lizard hunter was terribly in earnest,
and persisted in being paid the mon
ey. lngbram refused, and suit viii
be brought at once.-and the lizard
man will win il, without doubt.
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The Conventional Conscience.
A SAMPLE OF WHAT IT ALLOWS.

i couple of bankers in a western
city received for loan three thousand
dollars from the east, with o very
careful injunction that it should not
be placed where it could, under any
contingency, itself be endangered, or
endanger, the interest OF the person
borrowing it. These BANKERS owned
at the time eighty acres of land ad-
joining the farm ola moderately well
lo-do farmer, who was known to them.
This farmer. who is an industrious
man, OF good habits, had in possession
a farm OF cue hundred and ten acres,
which bore o mortgage Of one thous.
and dollsrs. This be vas able to carry
comfortably, with q good prospect OF
ultimate payment. These bankers per-
suaded him to buy the additional
eighty acres, promising the most aul-
pie time for payment. In q moment OF
infatustion be vas led to do it. He
agreed to pay for the eighty acres,tgo
thousand and four hundred dollars.
His Indebtedness thus became three
thousand and four hundred dollsrs.
The bankers, in neglect of the coudi-
tons of their trust, took the three
thousand dollars in their bands, wait
ing 81 investment, and loaned it to
the farmer, who returned it to them
10 part payment Of bis Indebtedness.
The loan was secured by d mortgage
on the entire ore hundred and eighty
acres, and this was passed over TO.
their eastern friend as eIphatieslly
q s6rst-class investment The small
remainder Of debt the bankers them
selves beid against tneir SECOND
friend, the farmer, aud between their
two friends. stood in quiet possession
of three thousand doiIars-the pend
ing result easily to be predicted by
any shrewd man. Times were al
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

ready ~pincbing. crops were precsr.
ious, and the farmer foand himself
from the very beginning unable 10
meet the Interest 10 full. The mort.
cages remained patient under partial
payments tor four years, the last oi
which was comparatively favorable
and promised better thugs for the
future. The crops, however, had no
sooner been gathered than these
~bahkers. leading the van of transient
creditors, levied on the whole yield
This forced q foreclosure OF
the mortgage With the usual results.
A ~ell-meaning, industrious farmer,
with no fault of his own save an ear
too open to persuasion, finds himself
10 the middle Of lire stripped 10 the
skin aud turned out to begin aga.u
Yet all this Is done under. forms If
law TO which 20 asan can object. a
gentleman Of a legal ~conscienes cat
dirk his glass, wipe bis lips, sa,
amen. snd 20 on 70 the next ease
Sunday Aheraoon
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
The Preservation of Harness.

i have never made love since.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26


Oh, Mr.. Remington, had no op.
portunity of returning vour jewelry,
and so j packed them with nv things.
But you are coming, you know. to
dine with me on Saturday, and viii
then give them 20 you
'Certeinly.' | said. There Is no
tiue for ns 10 change them now
Wear them until ! see you again
| had fully made up my mind that
as | had been bsffled so often. |
would pow wait until / bad seen her
own home before | opened my hear;
20 Der, or rather before | asked her
ryfate. She alresdy knew my heart
There was 10 time to talk; all was
excitement; we were rapidly approach.
ing: handkerchief were waving from
the docks.
The widow was sirsiniBg her ewes,
and suddenly leaving me aud going
further forwerd | saw Der throw q
kiss. How | longed 10 catch i'll ]
Looked with jealous ewes to see who
would take it up aud answer II
Foremost among the croad was a
great big man-six feet, and broad
in proportion. 1t was be who was
returning the kisses Gould il be BET
brother. or was Il a friend. aud this
merely q pleasant greeting from a dis.
tarce.
watched him come on board, and
what did the dig idiot do bat ca'ch
Der up II his arms-my sweet one,
whom, though loving, ! bad never
dared TO taucb-snt kiss her over aud
over again, | could have knocked bin
down.
90 drawing near to them, saw
that neither Of them noticed me
She had forgotten my existence
With a heartsick feeling | turned
away.
Was this to be The endg Why
had | come home? could hear
them talking, though too miserable
to listen. They came bearer, aud
The same soft voice that loved 81
dearly said, Mr.. Remington, have
been talking about You, telling boz
good and kind you have been, snd
how utterly forlorn | should have
been bad yon not always looked out
for my comfort. ! have come to tbanf
A
you, aud cav husband ANS 10 tbens
you too
Her husband! And | thought she
was a widow, and bad made lore Z
her | listened as though In /
dream, aud . deHced unpleasant on'
it was. TOO. believe be thanked me
and she praised. and be thanked ms
again, and then they urged NE L
come 10 see them, and she said Don
forget Saturday,
Whether | said anything or re
maiaed a mute is more than | car
tell ] was like 3 man asleep, au'
had to give uyseIf a good shake u
come u Of the Nightmare. WheI
locked around, she--they-wer'
gone.
Did you dine with her on Satur
day p asked bis friend, who bad lis
tened to the story.
No; | sen a regret
Have you ever seen her since =
40, never
What became of your n%oure0uie
de PartsP
Nell went without them, as wen
without nv English robeY
You don't mean that she neve
sent them TO your
i never rave her my address. al
she was not supposed To know wber
| gas.'
His friend did not Ike to ask an,
more questions, and Hugh rename
quiet for a time. Then rousiug him
sell and getting out Of his chair, b
said
Il hava nevar mazda love since
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

WASHINGTON, March l0-Infor
nation considered reliable has been
received here that Bruce, the eoiored
Senator from Mississippi, whose term
expires 10 1881. viii be succeeded oy
Jefferson Davis, vto Apre a some-
what conspicuous pars 10 the var ii
the rebellion. TIE new Legislature
to be elected ia Mississippi will be
pledged to this programme. Davis,
il is said, is anxious to be returned to
Washington, so that be may have sn
opportunity 10 "sindicste" his Course
since seeding 10 1851
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26


Though the harness is an article Of
everyday use, there ere few who
knOs how 10 care for il SO as to in.
sure It's durability ard 10 keep it look.
ing clean end neat. A harness that
has been upon a horses back several
hours il hot or ,ainy weather be.
comes wet, and il mol properly clean
ed, the damage 10 the leather is ire
parable. If, after being taken from
q horse in this condition, it is hung
up in a careless manner, traces and
reins twisted into knots, the saddle
and bride hung askew, the leather
when dried retains the shape given
TO it while wet, aud when forced tC
its original form damage is done The
stitching and leather. Those who
use harness are not altogether ID
fault for this they would take care
Of it if they knew the extent of dam
sge that would result from their ARE
lessness, and that they do not in The
fault of me manufacturer. 1t is 8
mistaken policy that leads the manu-
f%aeturer of any line Of goods to neg.
lect giving needed information to the
buyer. Every harness manufactures
would study his own interests by &C
companying each harness cold with
printed rules for preserving the same
The first point to be observed i:
to keep the leather soft and pliable
this can be done only by keeping il
well charged with oil and grease
water is q destroyer ofthese. but mud
and the saline moisture from the AMI,
nal ere even more destructive. Mud,
in drying, absorbs the grease and
opens the pores of the leather, max.
ing it a ready prey 20 water, while
the salty character of the perspiration
from the animal Injuries the leather,
stitching and mountings. 1t there
fore follows that to preserve a haF-
ness the straps should De washed and
oiled whenever 1t has been moistsned
by sweat or soiled by mud. To do
this e~ifectuslly, the straps should all
6e unbuckled and detached, then
washed with o little water and brown
soap, then coated with e mixture of
neaisfoot oil and tallow, and be al.
lowed to remain u~Ddisturbed until the
water has dried out then thoroughly
rubbed with G wooden rag the rub
biDg is important, as 1t. IN addition
to removing The surplus oil and
grease, tsads 20 close the pores and
gives a finish 10 the leather.
In hanging harness care should be
taken to GLOW all straps to hang their
full length brides, pads, gig sad.
dies, and collars should he hung upon
forms of the shape of each. Light
Is essential In TIE care ofleather, and
when the harness closet il dark the
door should be left open at least haif
the time during each day. All clos
els should be ventilated, and when
possible they should be well lighted.
To clean plated mornings use a cha
with q little tripoii or rotten
stone, but they should be secured as
little as possible. Rubber covered
goods ere cleaned in the same way.
Leather-covese1 needs to be well
brushed and rubbed with a wooden
rag.
If q harness is thoroughly cleaned
twice e year. snd wbal pnduly ex-
posed treated as we have reeomnend-
the leather will retain It's softness
and strength for many years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

why shocid I constant be-

why shorld I constant be-
Tho slrd IN Wonder tree,
This lcsfy Summer.
Hath not his last year's mate,
Nor breads 10 venture late
with q newcomer.
why should I fear to sip
The sweets ofeach red lips
In every bower
The roring bee may taste
Lest aught Should run TO waste
Each fresh-blovn flower.
The trickling rain doth fail
Upon Us one and all;
The south wind kisses
The saucy milkmaid's check,
The nuns, demnrc and meek
Nor any misses.
Then ask no more Of me,
That | should constant be,
Nor cen desire e.;
Take not such idle pains
To hola aur love IN chains,
Nor coax, Nor hire 1t.
Rather. Ike some bright ell,
Be all things IN thyseiL,
Forever changing.
So that thy lates; mood
Nav ever bring new food
To fancy ranging.
Forget what th0a vast hrst,
And, as ] loved thee erst
IDsoul and tea ure.
III love thee out Of mind
when each new nor shall find
Thee a new creature
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
nr Ssai Murder

Rock ISLAND. Ill, March a.
Police Officer Joseph Rosenield,
while pairolling bis beat at two o.
clock this morning, ives SET upon by
four aesperajoes and murdered out
right. His body wa 8 ionnl aflsr
daylight terribly bruised, with marks
of boots, rocks and clubs upon it.
Three of the men were arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26
lBiowu 10 Atoms.

DANyILIE. P4, March l3-A ter
ribie explosion occurred this after.
noon at the Mahoning Powder Works
of z. NJ. Gallagher 4 Co, near this
place. completely destroying the
building and Instantly killing Willis
Lloyd. D Of the proprietors, John
j. Evans and J. C. Mower. Their
mangled remains we're scattered in
every direction. The cause of the
explosion is unknown.
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4 DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.
DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

U'l IhAIUA NUI.UE.
Lslafe 70 ID. ". Bnchanan, late or SHADE
Twp. Somerset c1gary. PE. t.-d-
Letters % administration on th- aHaic -
haring been granted 70 Tie uniersiguel. rl.ircE
hereby slfen u shese Indebted q it o. utE-l Tl--
Giaie payment. and those hagiuz ci1ias ia
IT, {" present them aUlg aafhelIiz-iel ir 4i
meet 90 Saturday. The .e-h Jay % -iii
ls4J, 81 theta e Fesiienes ofder ASST.
ELIZABETH g. BUCHANAa
Mfr1a AdmlaHrrrlA.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

For Debility. Loss of Memory. Indis.
position to Exertien or Business, ShortnesS
OF Breath. Troubled with Thoughts of
Disease, Dimness of Vision. Pain in the
Back. Chest and Head. Rush of Blood to
the Head, Pale Countenance, and Dry
Skin.
If these symptoms are allowed to go on,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con.
sumption iullow. When the constitution
becomes affected it requires the aid OF an
invignratiug medicine 10 strengthen and
tone up the 81 stem-which
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

Delivered to any address free from OBJ
servation.
Patients may consult by letter. receiv.
ing the same attention as by calling, BY
answering the following questions
1. Give your name and post-ofice ad
dress. county and State, and your neares
express Officer
2. Your age and sexg
8. Occupaiion7
4. Married or singlef
8. Hight, weight. now an. in health
6. How long have you beer sick
!. {onr complexion, color Of hair and
eyes
8 Have you a STOPPING or ere CT gaitY
0. Relate without reservation all yor
know about your case. Enclose one dol
lar as consultation free. Your letter will
then receive u attention. and we will
give you the nature of your disease and
cur candid opinion concerning . cure.
Competent Physicians attend to CORES
pondents. All letters should be addressed
TO Dispensatory. 1911 Filbert Street. Phila
delphia, Pa.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01

[London Letter to New York Times.l

The other day came upon new store in
the city. The windows were fairly dazzling
with color. A stray sunbeam falling upon
them, the shop front flashed back rainbow
OF blue and green and red and yellow, indigo
and verlnllllon, umber, black and white. l
paused 10 gaze. 1t was store devoted to
the modern fashion of adorning ladies' hats,
bonnets and dresses with birds and tuttei flies.
All The corners of the earth had been ran
sacked to satisfy this new craze. Whole
birds, birds wings, tails, breasts, were here
by thethOusand. Buttef1ies and humming- birds
We'd with each other in wealth of color and
beauty of arrangement. 1t is true there are
lots of stores in London devoted 70 specimens
of natural history" where these things may
be purchased; but here is shop full Of them,
not as studies or specimens, but as articles OF
adornment. Travellers and others tell me
that bird slaughter ae trade has now reached
proportions which threaten the very extin-
guishment of some of the rarest, as we'll as
gayest, species. One can understand this
when it is stated upon authority that German
dealer in this city recently received consign-
ment of $4,000 dead humming- birds. $4,000
aquatic birds of several varieties, and 8O0,-
600 pairs of wings. This to one dealer alone;
while at the same time all the other traders
are increasing their orders to foreign ship
pers. There is something very sad in these
figures. Surely our women cannot think
about the subject, or they would never pro-
mote this sacrifice of bird life for mere
freak of fashion. The rage for feather trim
mings has almost annihilated the ribbon trade
of Coventry. Men, women and children in
that once busy city are starving because fash
ion has produced new style of ornament.
So that 10 please the latest whim birds must
die and children must starve. You may stand
''on the bridge at Coventry" now and see
scores of people lettering there who, but for
supersedure of ribbons by feathers. would
be busily at work in the locked up mills.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01
Not Taken Here.

A big chap with half a bushel of whiskers
sauntertd up to the stamp clerks window in
the postoffice yesterday with letter in his
hand, and his eye at once caught the sign {:
Canada money not taken for stamps" Read
ing it over twice to be sure he was right, he
said to the clerk:
''Can buy some stamps with Canada
money!"
The clerk pointed to the sign.
"Young man, won't Canada money buy
postage stamps here ?" continued the man.
''What does that sign say" replied the
clerk.
IL demand to know" persisted the man
raising bis voice good deal-''I demand to
know if Canada money won't buy postage
stamps at this Window"
mo, sir, it wont!"
sDo you tell me that if hand you Cana
dian dollar bill you won't give me stamps for
it?"
Il do, sir!"
"Weli, wouldn't if l were you!" quietly
observed the stranger as he laid down. three
Yankee cents for letter stamp and humbly
received and licked it on.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May I, 1879.
Diamonds Unearthed.

Religion is the best armor in the world, bu,
the worst cloak.
To live without purpose is to lead rest
less unhappy life.
1t is the rugged highway that calls out one 8
strength, not the valleys of sensuous ease.
A faith in sympathy is the genius of the
heart-more, the kernel of CLrists religion.
There are inscriptions on all human hearts
dead tide.
Friendship in some people is cruelty, like
feeding thirsty man with the ceaded foam
in the wine cup.
If there is anything more poignant than a
body agonizing for want OF bread, it is soul
which is dying of hunger for light.
There is a gift that is almost blow, and
there is kind word that is munifcence; so
much is there in the way we do things.
A gentle person is like river flowing
calmly along; while a passionate man is like
the sea, casting up mire and dirt continually.
Some people never have story to tell, be-
cause of their quicksand natures, from which
every new wave washes out the old impress
sion.
The force, the mass of character, mind,
heart or soul, that man can put into any
work, is the most important factor in that
work.
Having home that is all preaching and
no pleasure duty and no fun-is dull
old tread-mill which will drive the children
away sooner or later.
Being sometimes asunder heightens friend
ship. The greater cause of the frequent
quarrels among relatives is their being so
much together.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01

In the course of current investigations now
in progress in New Orleans it has leaked out
that the Howard Lottery Company, OF 81 that
city, was mulcted to the tune of $So. .OOO or
$50. 600 in 1876 and 1877, the money thus OBJ
tanned having been used, as it is charged, IN
procuring the overthrow of the PACKARD
Legislature. inducing returning board mem
bers of that body to join the Nichols Legis-
la1ure, and subsequently in the election So
called. of Senator" Spofford.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01

The following is description of the pneu-
matte tubes to carry messages from the West
ern Union Office to the great daily journals
of New York: A separate brass tube will
run from the telegraph building to the office
of each of the six journals. The internal
diameter of the tube is one inch and three
quarters the messages sent will be enclosed
in round box fitting the tube, made OF gutta
percha covered with felt. When box de-
posted at the telegraph office is forced
through the tube by pressure air-pump. it
will strike mettle finger at the other end.
thereby closing an electric circuit, which will
set bell ringing at each end. Attention will
thus be attracted to the arrival of the mes
sage, and when it is taken out the fact will
be indicated at the telegraph Office by ces-
sation of the ringing. When messages or
empty boxes are to be returned from the
newspaper Offices. the pressure of button
will convey an electric signal to the telegraph
office through wire overhead, and q vacuum
pump will be applied to the tube.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01
Heading Off a Lawyer.

Rufus Choate, in an important marine as
sault and battery at sea case, had Dick Bar
ton, chief mate of the clipper ship Challenge,
on the stand, and badgered him so for about
an hour that at last Dick got his salt water up
and hauled by the wind to bring the keen
Boston lawyer under his batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony Dick had
said that the night was ''dark as the pitch,
and raining like seven bells"
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked him:
"Was there any moon that night?"
eyes, SIR"
"Ah, yes! A moon"
eyes, full moon "
'Did you see it?"
''Not mite"
''Then how do you know that there was
moon?
Nautical almanac said so, and I'll believe
that sooner than any lawyer in the world"
"Ah-you are growing sharp, Mr.. Barton"
s'What in blazes have you been grinding
me this hour for to make me dull?"
''Be civil, sir And now tell me what lati-
tude and longitude you crossed the equator
in?"
''Sho, you're joking?"
you to answer me-"
Il shan't."
::'Ah, you refuse to answer, do your"
eyes, can't"
''Indeed! You are chief mate of clipper
ship and unable to answer 80 simple q ques-
ton"
''Yes, it's the simplest question ever was
asked in my life. Why, thought every fool
of lawyer knew there amt no latitude on
the equator"
That shot fl0ored Rufus Choate.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01
The Niceties Of French Law

A Paris journal says: A gentleman i
stopped on the street at midnight by thief
Drawing pistol from his pocket he forces
the man to walk quietly before him to the
station. Arriving there he tells the CHIEF
what has occurred.
Every well," replies that officer, ''but have
you permission to carry arms ?"
mo, sir"
s'In that case must put yon under arrest. y
"But without the arm which l happened to
have l would probably have been assassin
ated."
''That is possible, but the police ordinance
exists, and it is necessary that it be obeyed.
''Is it allowable to carry arms which are
not deadly?"
'Certainly.'
''Tben look at my pistol. 1t has no ham
mer. To oblige friend l was E gong !, TO TAKE
it to gunsbop to have it repaired:
"Oh, if I had only KNOWN" cried the
thief.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01
A Peculiar Man.

Louis Schneider, the late amanuensls OF
of the German Emperor, was man OF ooo
notions. The pillow on which bis head resteo
in his coffin was the work of his own hanos,
and he had been engaged in making 1t tor
thirty years. II was stuffed with his own
hair. which he had preserved from the chp-
pings of his lifetime. In color it varied from
the light brown of youth to the snowy. wnlte
of age. In his will, Schneider prescribed IN
detail the way in which he wished 10 oe
buried, and wrote out the epitaph that ne de-
sired to have placed upon his tombstone.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-05-01
Odd Thoughts.

'sOur secret journeys and flights have to
be allowed for as much as those open depart
ures we make with many farewells, and bag
gage and tickets and noisy bustle."
"There is often moral, q suggestion 1ar
beyond the passing moment, and to tnat we
must cling if we would not weary ana slcken
of the dull disappointments of life"
''Unscrupulousness gets rid OF mucn, OUT
not of tootnache or vanity, against wnlcn, as
the world at present stands, there IS no secuI-
ity, but thoroughly healthy jaw ana JUST
loving soul"