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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03
The Horseshoe Superstition.

The origin Of the horseshoe super
stition has never been satisfactorily
explained. Among the theories Of
fered, that contained in the following
will rank among the possibilities
The horse shoe vas Of old held TO
be of special service as security
against the attack Of evil spirits.
The virtue may have been assigned,
perhaps, by the rule Of contraries,
from lts being d thing Incompatible
with the cloven fool OF the Evil One ;
from the rude resemblance which the
horseshoe bears TO the rays Of gl0-y
which in ancient pictures are made
to surround the heads Of saints and
angels; or, finally, from some notions
OF its purity, acquired through the
FIRE This latter supposiiion receives
some countenance from the method
resorted TO for the cure Of horses
that had become vicious, or afflicted
with any distemper which the vIlisge
farrier did not understand such DIS
ease vas invariably attributed 10
witchcrafr, and the mode Of cure
seems to imply Ihe 0eliefLhat the per
feet publication by IRE OF the shoes
W hicn the animal wore afforded an
inlet 10 maleyoient Influences. Ac-
cordingly, the horse was led 10 the
smiIhy; the door wss closed aud
barred, the shoes Eege taken OF and
placed in the IRE, and the witch or
waTloek was speedily under the ne
cessity Of removing the spell under
which the animal suffered.
Sailors are, fos the most par., care
ful 20 have a horseshoe nailed 10 the
mizzen mast, or somewhere Oh the
deck near midsLip, for the projection
of the vessel.
The Chinese have their tombs
built in the shape OF the horseshoe.
which custom Is very curious, as II
may fairly be regarded as 2 branch
Of the superstition long prevalent
among ourselves"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03
Ayers
HAIR Vago,',
For restoring Gray Hair 10
lis natural Vitality and Color.

4 dressin z
which Is at once
gree able,
healthy, and eff
fectual for pre-
serving the
hair. Faded OF
gray harissooa
restored 10 as
original color.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03
STACY-s GAL
THE SIMPLE INNOCENCE OF NATURES
cHILD-A STORY OF THE SAN JUAN
MINES

The Colonel, think, was the first
person to propose to her. He did it
in the orstorical style for which he
Was noted in the camp, snd wac
promptly refused, much to bis own
and the boys sstonishment. | be-
lieve the Judge was The next, but as
he had fortified his courage with a
large quantity OF whisky his breath
was strong enough and bis words
thick enough TO ensue speedy rejec-
ton. He was considerably mortified
at it asd was never able TO explain
the cs0se of bis defeat, but when a
Mexican woman drifEed into the
camp shortly afterward and engaged
in washing for the men, the Judge
tried his hand again and was accept
ed 1t took him q month to ger loose
from the bonds and be swore be
would never give any dscned femsle
critter q chance TO hook him again" /"
and be carefully avoided the Indian
squaws and homely ser,oritss who
occasionally passed through Mineral
City.
After the Judge q dozen or more
o. the boys offered their hands and
fortunes 10 "Siscy's gal'' and Jared
in precisely the ss.me manner. while
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03

The American compOsitor IS 8 fair
specimen of human depFavity- How
ever cultivated or refined bis sur
roundings may have heen prior 70
his entry into the composing -ro0-o,
one short year will have the tendency
of peeliag of bis polish, leaving per
hsps no more than bis weight 10 vie
ness
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03

nth tie gloss and freshness Of youth
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by Its use. Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed. or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead Of foul
ing the hair with a pasty sediment, i
VIII keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use viii prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of. and
prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparation, dan
merous, and injurious 10 the hair. the
Nigor can only benefit but not harm
Il. II wanted merely for =
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03

The following poem. after the style oil VIII
Carietons farm ballads. Is one Of the best pieces
Of the kind that has yet been writtsn.Ed lHfer-
Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03


Come alosg AID ask The colonei
"WeH, Be ANT gong 70 tramp
clear op thar. Yoa g down % the
road, folier i, FER mile, AID Wnen
you come 20 the old Iog-siaoie On the
right, ,ara into the bind rosd- p
WHY cant enc q yon come
along z"
"On. you can't miss tie Rag- We
ere watching here fer gene
Melrose sloueted Cd N -azy.
lired manner. lie lad go; abou5
dfty feet vixen Re heard ihem eoek
heir gans He did notturn bis lead
no. qoic ken bis psce
4Hs's YsBk-shoot bim e-iiea
one a tfz nen: but The seoot yak
gd o. Tbey ~efe Iryipg h.@ o..
bs bad lbe reEse uf SsPo-sos' a'o
h keo, ais leisursly pace aoi.l sell
szst ron stsir aeigkb0rhocd-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-03

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and education Of the ten infants deprived of their
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1he volume il published in the best style Of ty-
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The author the subject, the purpose I'll alike
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In thc oountry-
Agesis tssaies "A erery torn cad eoWaiy in fhe
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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-07-17

CyARES Of New York. or Tricks and Traps Of the
= Great Metropolis. exposes all swindles hnmbugs and
pitfalls OF the city Just out nearly 200 large pages.
profusefy illustrated. 5Or.. Of any bookseller
dealer By mail Jesse Hzney q. IL NzssaustNY.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
C0Ior-BlindnesS.

1t is curious fact that color blind
people are often not aware Of their de-
feet of vision. Even scientific men fail
TO detect this want of discernment IN
themselves, and imagine that they only
call colors by different names from other
people. They see distinctively yellow
and blue, with their combinations, but
fail to discern sometimes red, sometimes
green, and occasionally both.
A recent theory of the cause OF color
blindness is plausible. The eye is capa-
BILE of four color. sensations, blue, vel
low, red and green. There arise, how
ever, from only two sources, each OF
which has double action, producing
the sensations OF two complimentary
colors. One of the sources of sensa.
ton corresponds to blue and yellow, the
other to red and green. Color blind
people are deficient in the latter source
of sensation, and can distinguish, there.
fore, only blue and yellow, with their
compounds.
The number of people inflicted in this
way is much larger than is commonly
supposed, averaging one in every
twenty-five men, Wome are rarely
troubled -Yozh's Conaprnion.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
A Womsn's Confidence.

ooh! l almost wish that something
would happen" she said to her group
of friends on one of the ferryboats
yesterday. "Since learned to swim l
have the utmost confidence in myself,
and Pm not q bit afr aid OF the water
"Can you swim?" asked several at
once.
"Oh, yes. I've been practicing for
over a week, and can swim, dive and
float. You ladies don't know how
much enjoyment there is in skimming
along the surface of the water. Why,
l feel perfectly at home there"
"And where do you swim?" inquired
one.
" In the bath-tub, of course! Why,
our bath.tub is seven feet long and
three feet wide, and | can swim twice
around it without stopping! On! lust
wish we had q puddle in the back yard,
I'd learn you all insi ia Of q week"-g.
Detro& Free Press,
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
The empty gun never kicks.

The empty gun never kicks.
An upper fat-An aristocratic noodle.
A naught that counts one-An aero
naut.
The shades of night go about dewing
good.
A hanging isn't necessarily a burlesque
because it's a take-off.
It is better TO be Fighter of wrongs
than q writer about wrongs.
Church choirs are put at the back
ends OF churches to accommodate the
timid worshipers who cannot face the
music.
Stories first heard at a mothers knee
are never wholly forgotten.-Rstskin.
But rules of conduct enforced at the
same place leave a far more vivid i'm
preston.
A colored boy in Paducah, KY, only
ten years old, lost both his hands in
cotton gin, and is now making living
by blacking boots with a brush strapped
to his wrist.
Greece has had its census taken.
Athens has e8,6T population, an in
crease of 10000 since 1870. Corinth ha
1853 now, instead of 6,047; Sparta, 49,
OO7, instead of o,686; and Thebes, S 273
to 6,022.
Brown gave his wife an elegant UNI
brella for her birthday present. BE
very careful of It'll" he said to her. "Oh,
be easy, dear; will use it only on Sun
days and holidays, and then only when
the weather is fine"
Leadville is tolerably healthy place
to live in now. With two lock-ups and
four policemen, q stranger can now go
from the depot to the hotel without be-
ing shot at-that is, if he runs like
race horse.
Blondin says in letter: anticipate
revisiting America at the close of my
European engagement, and propose to
cross directly over Niagara falls at
height of 100 feet above the cataract,
and nearly $50 feet above the bed of
the river. | have studied well the
difficulties and dangers of the attempt
and feel confident can meet and sur
mount them.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
World Music.

Jub;lant the music through the fields airing
ing
Carol MARBLE, whistle, pipe-endloss ways OF
singing;
orlole, bobolink, melody OF thrushes
Rustllng trees, hum of bees, sudden little
bushes,
Broken suddenly again
Carol, whistle, rustic, humming,
In reiterate refrain,
Thither, hither, going, coming
While the streamlets' softer voices mingle
unanimously together;
Gurgle, whisper, lapses, plashes-praise
love and summer weather.
Hank ! A music finer on the air is blowing,
Throbs of infinite content, sounds OF things
a-growing,
Secret sounds, fit OF bird under leafy cover,
Oiors shy floating by, clouds blown swiftly
over,
Kisses OF the crimson roses,
Crossings OF the lily lances,
STRINGS when bud uucloses,
Tripping sun and shadow dances,
Murmur OF aerial tides, stealthy zephyrs Gid
ing,
And q thousand nameless things sweeter for
their hiding.
All There is a music fioweth on forever,
In aud out, yet all beyond our tracing or
endeavor,
Far yet clear, strange yet near, sweet with
a profounder sweetness,
Mystical, rhythmical, weaving all into COM
pleteness;
For its wide, harm onious measures
Not one earthly note let fall;
Sorrows, raptures, pains and pleasures,
All in it, and it in all.
OF earth's music the ennobler, of its discord
the refiner,
Pipe of Pan was once its naming, now it hath
name diviner.
Francis L. Bushnell, in Scribner.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
Oiher Fellows Think So Too.

Iheres just one thing man can have
In all this world OF woe and strife
mat makes the business NOT too had
And that one things an easy wife.
lost fancy that love my girl
For rosy cheeks or raven hair
one holds my heart because she lanobs
because she laughs, and doesn't care.
1 put my boots just where it suits.
And find them where I put them. too:
Ahat IS thing, you must allow,
A chap can very seldom do.
leave my papers on my desk:
She never dusts them in heap,
or takes to light the kitchen stove
The very one want to keep.
on winter nights my oozy dame
"lli warm her toes before the FIRE;
She never scolds about the lamp.
Or wants the wick a trife higher.
On Sundays she is not so fine
But what her ruffles can hug;
light my pipe just where 1 please,
And spill the ashes on the lug.
The bed is never filed with /" shams -
A thing some women vilely plan
10 worry servants half to death,
And spoil the temper of man.
She lets me sleep to any hour,
Nor raises any horrid din
If it just happens, now and then,
70 be quite late when leone in,
tell you, Jack, ii you would wed,
Just get girl who lets things run;
She'll keep her temper like a lamb,
And help You on to lots of fun.
Don't look for money, style or show,
Or blushing beauty, ripe and rare;
just take the one who laughs at fate
Who laughs, and shows she doesn't care
You think, perhaps, our household ways
Are just perchance little mixed;
Oh, when they get too horrid bad,
We stir about and get things fixed.
What compensation has a man
Who earns his bread by sweat of brow
Ii home is made battle-ground,
And life one long, eternal row?
HaTpersMGgazine
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
JOSIE s NEW HAT.

Ihe question of new hat is serious
ore to all girls, even to those who have
rich papas and full purses.
To Josie Herne it had, ALAS ALWAYS
been serious question, but on certain
momentous occasion, about to be de-
scribed, its seriousness was beginning
to assume appalling proportions.
This was the way of it:
The Newcome girls had gotten UP a
lawn party, led on to do so by the ex-
ample Of some friends who had but re-
Gently returned from a prolonged resi-
dence abroad, and who declared that
life in the country was not to be en-
dured without lawn-parties now and
then to relieve it's tedious monotony.
The Newcomes were the great people
Of Centreville. There were half a dozen
girls OF them, and they were very nice
girls, too, in their way; rather snowy,
a little loud, a little slangy and some
what disposed to put on airs" as they
said in Centreville. But, on the whole,
good-natured and kind hearted gills;
and little Josie Herne, who was the
daughter of their music master. had
often found them SO. They were con.
stantly inviting her to the house when
her father came to give them lessons !;
they often invited her to tea-more often
than Josie could accept, for she had so
few dresses, and such as she had were
not in very fine state of preservation,
notwithstanding the care she took of
them. And in summer, especially, she
had often to refuse invitations to tea,
when she would very gladly have &C.
copied them, because her summer ward
robe consisted of two cheap muslin
gowns, made by her own skillful little
hands; and each time she went out
anywhere it was necessary to appear
in one Or other of these gowns, carefully
laundried by Josie herself.
And how fresh and pretty they looked,
too; and no one ever dreamed how
flushed and tired Josie had been after
the ironing, or what economy she had
practiced to enable her to buy the extra
half pound of starch.
But she didn't mind that, not bit,
after the task was accomplished. She
was just as happy, and enjoyed herseli
probably much more than any one Of
those girls whose dresses were SO many
that they would have been puzzled to
number them as mere matter of mem
DRY.
But sometimes even the strictest econ.
omy failed to bring in the extra starch
and as Josie was her fathers house
keeper, and did all the laundry work as
we'll as her own dresses. and the cook.
ing, house-cleaning, everything, in
short, and kept the tiny cottage as nea
and trim as flower-garden, it happened
oocasiona 'ly. thai she couldn't ever
afford the time to go up to the New
comes grand house 10 enjoy the hospi
tality that was proffered with suef
hearty goodwill.
However, lawn party-that wa
/! something that could rot be refused
/ Therefore. II wss accepted, and gladly
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21

Porter, pounding on the door" Get
up right off, | say. or you'll be too late.
The trains been gone this last bali
hour,n
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21

A Western paper heads the marriage
of bachelor OF fifty-seven years, An
qther Old Landmark Gomez
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
By the ounce or thousand pounds.
ooie manufacturers and Patentees of
Closed Tuck Cigars and the Min.
lature Glass Ballot Box
Cigar Box.
Opinions of the Press.

(From the Sentinel, Trenton, ". J.)
The tobacco and cigar house of Messrs. j. 6
a. Frey IS among the most respectable and
responsible in Trenton. Their goods will al
ways be found to be exactly as represented.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
From tte Greer. .New York.1

, Messrs. j. & A. Frey's goods are noted for
'heir excellence OF manufacture and superior
quality OF stock used. Having had an expe-
renee OF twenty years they can satisfy any
'asle, lrom the most tastidious to the most
ordinary. 1t is always well to know that
manufacturers are competent to judge properly
Ms 10 the quality of stock, and have thorough
insight into the details of their business, and
we can confidently recommend Messrs. Frey
10 I'LL the bill in these respects.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21
IRON the Trade Journal, .New York;

IMPORTANT TO THE CIGAR TRADE.
we have recently had our attention called
new and important improvement in the
uIianuiaeture OF cigars, and as it is one that is
o'eaily destined to revolutionize the cigar bust
aeS'' we have had one of our reporters, who
= specially conversant with the tobacco and
eisar trade, to interview the inventors and
t]'en n. The invention was patented May
II, 1878, by Messrs. J. & A. Frey. These
= have had many years experience
me ~ 'ne cigar business. The cigars are made
ti 1t OF the very best seed aud Havana
'G9oaccos, with closed tucks, and amongst the
r nnaan'ages they possess over all other cigars
t may De mentioned: A positive retention OF
b tae aroma OF the fller-its loss by evaporation
,;ra,s impossible. better, quicker and en-
S Sieiy round light; and they will not break
,. leu carried in the pocket. These are advan-
sa es which will be recognized by every
I,IoAer as being OF the greatest importance.
=. snort, 1t m y be said that Mes.rs. j. & A.
ny NY nave made very decided hit with their
caa. uea. No one can properly realize the deli
- Ivy " Oh the flavor and aroma of q cigar made
arS ms way until he makes a personal trial,
.L ,'u ms we advise our readers, whether in
VIC ade or not, to do. Even in the appear
st, oi the cigar there is something novel and
o M the small, neat twist, which secures
rn ~ ias'ens the whole, being decided inn
I oos Though the new patent cigar has
hel LOT suon short time before the public
' ~ieie are already indications that its mauufac
Dte IN the skilliul and experienced han Ia of
,o Iessrs' Frey will prove wonderfully sue,
'1ss'al commercial enterprise
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-08-21

"No, indeed, Thought a ood-looking
youth, who was just passing; for my
own part, I d be more likely to smile"
and he stopped and looked long and
admiringly at the pretty girl spreading
her little bits of lace to dry; then, as
she turned toward him, he lodged
quickly out of sight, and at the same
moment wandering breeze caught the
loose silk handkerchief carelessly
knotted about his throat, bore it straight
toward Josie and dropped it at her feet,
While tie owner, laughing to himself,
passed Oh, unconscious Of hi. Loss,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-01

wA SUE THING


and not admired. Ladies and gents
lacking flesh, vivacity, electric power VITAL brain
or nerve force; men injured by mental strain, ply
steal excuses, abuse, etc aged persons to retain
former vigor; all suffering from nervous prostra-
ton, should use t'Wels' Health REVIEWER remark
able In preserving youthful condition Greatest
remedy on earth for impotence. leannees, sexuAl
debility, premature decline etc 81 al Druggists
Depot. IS Barclay street, New York, and for Rock
Island a Renpstnn,n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-01
aosg ISLAND & pEogIA RAILWAY.

SHORTEST Route so TRK RAsT AND SOUTH.
IHkyE ARRIVE.
40 m Way Freight
9:1O Fast Express IL As p m Mail and Express
80 D m Mail and Exp's. $40 = Fast Express.
6:5G - F'ht & Accom'n
The 30 y N train makes close connection at
Galva with c 3 & Q for points west: arriving at
Gaesburg at 4:25.p m at Burlington 6 40 m at
Keokuk 1925 p IN; and at Quincy 1905 P m; also
making close connection at Peoria with u "
and T P & w roads for all points east and south
so0E ISLAND & MERCER CO.. Z. Z.
Leave Rock Island at 900 q. m, and ABS p m.
Arriving at Gable at IL 30 m, and 6;15 p m.
Leave Cable at $3.50 a m. and !: 80
Ar. at Rock Island at S:15 q. m, and S:45p m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-01
Unfortunate.

Weakness, lack of nerve power or
substance inherited or caused by early
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fortunate &c; causing premature
decline, night or daily losses, general
breaking down, irratition, nervousness,
loss of power ofrapid recuperation,
dyspepsia, dependency. melancholy,
tendency to mania &c; This unfortu-
nate condition thoroughly and perma.
nently cured by Wells Health Renew
er." Acknowledged by all the greatest
medicine on earth. 1t produces a
complete restoration to full manly
power. giving to the aged or early
wrecked the Vigor and bouyancy OF
youth. Sold by druggists at $1,0O or
sent by express on receipt of Price
Advice free. see circular with bottles
Address E. Z. Wells So Barclay ST. New
York.