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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
Ventilation.

\ gentleman, while attending
church one evening, found that his
feet were icy cold, so that ne had to
raise them off the floor. Calling the
attention of the sexton to the fact,
the latter said, with some prepleXity.
Yes We have a good many COM
plants of cold feet from others but
don't understand the reason why
we can't keep the church warm-we
surely have fires enough y SO say
ing, he pointed to register in the
aisle behind the gentleman, in the
adjoining pew, Looking around, the
latter couh see that there was 4 hot
fire in the furnace beneath, and yet
no heat came up. When a handker-
chief was laid over the register, it
scarcely stirred. The visitor asked
the sexton. "Have you any meas
of ventilation ?" ''No, sir. Are
there no windows open?" None
whatever" How, then, can you
expect the air to come in here if it
can't get out somewhere ?" There
was no response-the man was non
plused, did YOU ever try to blow
INTO bottle?" continued the inquir-
er. No SIR" Do you think, If YOU
did, that you could force out any
more air IRON a bottle by blowing
than was in it before He couldn't
say. Never had thought Of it.
well" continued the gentleman,
you would soon find, if YOU tried,
that it was impossible, and neither
can you force air into this church
through register if YOU don't open
window or some other brllice
But, the sexton demurred, open
ing a window would let in the cold
air, wouldn't it?" You Just try it, "
was the response, "Raise some of
the windows ON the leeward side OF
the church, and see what will hap
pen" 1t was done, and instantly
the handkerchief lying on the regis
ter rose halfway to the ceiling with
the force of the ascending current
The sexton stood and stared in
astonishment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
Crows Behaving Like Hawks.

In this part Of the country here
toforc the crow has been associated
with corn fields and not with chick
ems, but the report now comes from
Flushing, f. l., that crows have de-
veloped bold and rapacious quail
ties and make repeated onslaughts
on the henyards Of that ncighbor-
hood. This is a thing never before
heard of In Flushing, and it has
caused much CONSERVATION among
the housewives whose chickens have
been taken.
Mrs. Flanagan carly in the sea-
son had $50 chickens nov she has
but 30. Although She docs not
think that all Of the missing 100
were carried away by the crows, vet
she has repeatedly seen crows take
the chickens, and thinks that many
of them were lost in that way The
crows. she says. Use much strategy
in their movements. At times two
viii visit the yard together, one
mounting guard while the other re-
c0nnoitres. II any enemy appears.
the guard gives warning by a wild
screech. Some Of the crows are re-
markably bold. They viii perch on
a fence close to the house, nodding
their heads in the most unconcern-
ed manner. Scarecrows are of no
avail. Nothing less than the throw
ing of some missile sVfnces 70 drive
them away
One woman thought 1t 50 novel q
sight to see a crow pick up q chick
en- that instead of frightening him
away she allowed him to make off
with bis prize. The birds are most
numerous in the morning and even
ing. One man made an attempt to
get rid of them by stationirg hAq.
self in the yard with O. gan. As "a
scarecrow lie vas a success, but as to
killing any of the birds hecould ac-
eomplish nothing.
During this season more crows
have been seen on Long Island than
for many years. The new charac-
teristic which some of them seem %
have developed might te explained
by tie laet that they find it difficult
% obtain the usual supply of corn
on account of their own increase
and the severe ravages of the army
worm during the summer They
are thus compelled to have recourse
to the small fowl.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
THE SHINGLE.

When the angry passion gathering
In my mothers face / see,
And She leads me to the bedroom,
Gently lays me on her knee,
Then know that | will catch it.
Aud FAY flesh in fancy iiches
As listen to tho pattcr
Cfthe shingle on my brecchcs.
Every tinkle Of the shingle
Has an echo and a sting.
And a thousand burning fancies
into active being spring:
And O. Thousand bees and hornets
Meath my coat-tail seem TO swarm.
As listen TO the pat;er
OF the shinglc, O, So warm
In q spluttcr comes my father,
Whgm I supposed had gone.
To survey the situation
And to tell her to lay on
To see her bending DER me,
- listen % thc strain
Ployed hy her and blythe Shinglc
Ia wild and wcired refrain.
in q sudden iutermission.
Which appears my only chance,
Isay. strike gently. mother
ur you'l split my Sunday pants
-ho stops moment. draws her breatI
The shin2le holds aloft,
Au! .ayf, Il had not thought Of that
Ny son, just take them OIL
Holy Eo~cs! and We angles,
Cast your pit ing giances down,
And thou, O family doctor.
Pul good soft poultice on;
AHl may / with fools and Ounces
EverlastinElv comningle,
ifevcr 7 say another word
While my mother weilds the ShinglC
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
Love that Gioriiies the Humblest man

There is nothing in the world so
sad as human nature, and the tears
come into my eyes now as | think
Of the pitiful story Tom told me as
he smoked his after supper pipe
last night. The other day, Just be-
fore | came home, Tom had occa-
sion to go over the lake. On his
way back and when the train stop
ped at the Bay he noticed 4 man
getting into the car in front of him
with a baby lying in his arms. The
baby seemed young and the man
hushed it in his arms with gentle,
rocking motion, bending over now
and then to kiss its little white face.
After the train got under way the
conductor came to Tom and said /:
Come with me; | want to show YOU
the saddest, strangest sight you ever
saw in all your life" and he led the
way into the next car. DO you see
that man over there ~ said he. and
there sat the man whom Tom had
noticed with the babe. His precious
little bundle lay quiet on the seat
in front of him, and as these other
two men watched, he leaned over,
looked long and earnestly in the lit
tie flower face, and then kissed the
frail finger tips he held so gently in
his hand. That baby's dead" said
the conductor. at died this morn
ing at the Bay. He couldn't bear to
put it into a coffin, because then it
would have to go without him in
the baggage car, and so he is just
carrying it home to New Orleans
in his arms" And the car ratified
on-the boy called the stale slices
of sponge cake and his cigars through
the train-the passengers laughed,
and smoked, and fought the mos
quitoes-and he, stricken to the
hearts core, sat there quiet and un-
needing, watching over his dead
child, kissing the fingers that would
never again softly clasp his, looking
down upon the white lids that had
closed over the bright eyes as the
petals of sensitive flower close ut
night time over its delicate heart
and the world was nothing to him.
CdthaTiae Cole, IN Ne10 Orleans Tmes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

DENVER. Col, oct. 26.-A dis
patch from Leadville says the body
Of Michael Hendricks, said 20 bc %
nephew of ex-Governor Hendricks,
or Indiana, was found murdered
three miles from shat place 10 IS
supposed lac was killed bv the t;vD
MCallum brothers, young Hendricks
having been implicated in the muir
der Of their brother and aeguitt-
led
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

of his coat, turned suddenly and bei
gan to go swiftly toward the house
Pauline could scarcely keep up tc
him. An awful misgiviug seized
her.
What are you going to do?"
"You shall see he answered
sternly, and she read his determina-
ton in his eyes.
What a fool [ was y she muttor-
ed. but made one effort more.
Laura and Lester won't thanl,
YOU for interrupting them.
No answer as he strode on and
entered the drawing room through
one of the open French windows.
No one else was in the room. He
laid the win upon her lap
II find, he said hurriedly, and in
a shaking voice, that my grand
father left his money to you. There
is the will that has been missing so
long. | hope, Laura, that you will
be great deal happier with Mr..
Lester than You would have been
with me. But he will never love
YOU any better | do"
Laura detesss Robert Lester erie /
Mrs. Work, taking in the situation
at once" She has never cared for
any once but you, Lewis yanwirt
and you ought to know il.
"0h? my darling y calculated
Lewis wildly extending his arms,
is il true?
In another instant Laura was
sobbing on his shoulder.
Pauline went quietly to her own
room, and spent the night in pack
ing. When, the next morning, she
annouced her approaching depart
ure, no one objected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
Wanted 10 Engnsc Boarding Toy 20
Ncars.

Yesterday afternoon, shortly after
the arrival Of train, man entered
a hotel in this city and asked the
clerk, who stood busying himself
with a patent blotter, thet terms upon
which hc could engage board.
/ Owing to the location of your
room, sir. Big demand for our
rooms. Feed well.
1 don't care SO much about the
catin part, replied the man. I'm
forty odd years old, and have been
eatin' all my life. It's gettin' to be
an old thing to me. Wen, say. give
me respectableroom-how much1l
YOU charge ?"
just yourself, sir?'
We'll, in q manner.
Twenty-Five dollars a month. in
case you are alone.
You see, it's this way: : my wife
viii be with me, but as times are
pretty tight, | concluded to arrange
it so that I'll take breakfast, my wife
viii take dinner, and wen throw UP
wet or dry-for the supper. By
that means We can both get board
for one price. | reckon I'm a little
the best manager you ever seen.
Fifty dollars for the two
Il don't understand that sort rith-
metic. Both together we'd only eat
the meals allowed for one person. 1t
don't hurt a bed any more for two
people to sleep init than one. I've got
a bed out in the country that was
presented to nv wife when we got
married, and III be dinged if it amt
Just about as good as new. It's one
Of those old-tashioned beds, with
high, yaller posts with knobs on the
tops as big as your pumpkins. III
furnish the room with this bed and
one chair Ny wife can 1T on the
floor / have lived in the country
all my life. and having made q little
money last year I concluded to come
to town and splurge q little. Thar's
a woman down in the country that
has all the time been buckeu agin
my wife, and to get away with her
we have concluded to board at q
hotel
Fifty dollars a month is ourlow-
est rate.
How much By the year? I am
goin into this business right.
SIX hundred dollars.
This is q wholesale business with
me- How much for ten years ~
Six thousand dollars.
That's getting down 20 IT, How
much for twenty year
Twelve thousand G...ar-.
"All right. Mark mc down for q
square meal right now and cheek it
off for twenty years.
See that card ?7 said the clerk
pointing to the hotel ma>im of per-
sons without baggage are required to
pay in advance.
"Oh, I've got the baggage" and
the man lifted up the carpet-bae.
That won't dc"
Won't take this as security p?
no; get out of this"
But l want to board here Tor
twenty years.
Go on away
IN leave your one-horse hotel.
sir; but first let ME show you. .
lie lifted up the carpet-bag, opened
it, and displayed $4,000 in Govern
ment bonds.
You can stay, sir"
NO; | believe not. 1t takes too
much money to put up in this hotel.
Guess III 20 around and put up at a
wagon yard
Eversince the world stands people
have lost money by not observing
The laws Of politeness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
tle&ta-Bcd Marriage.

CANTON, October "a sad scene
took place here Monday night,
when Miss Ada Tonner and Mr..
George Reynolds were united IN
marriage at the side of the bsd on
which the bride ay dying. The
marriage vas ses for Christmas, but
Asi5s Tonner is dying with eonsump-
ton of the bowels. Mr. Reynolds is
banker, of LeadyilIe, Colorado.
Both parties are members OF eur
best families. Bat a few intimate
friends witnessed the affecting cere-
mony. The unfortunate bride is
alive tonight, but is not expectedto to
live until morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

In 11IO Captain Cook visited Bot
snv BAY in the Endoavor, which
had been dispatched in 110S ON q
scientific mission. In the course OF
the voyage, and when anchored in
Endeavor River, an exploring and
foragiug party returned 10 tie ship
With the news that thev bad seen
new and curious animal, Of q NOUS
color, and about rs large as % grey
hound which moved with Urpris
ing deNtcrity and swiftucS~ Tbs
animal was seen next Gay. on Which
occasion also one Of ti.c scailru
brought the surprising intelligence
that he had seen the devil this in
formation relating 20 an animal
which he said had born wings. The
animal proved to be minus the
horns (which were no d0ubtits ears.
but 70 possess wings. and appeared
in the shape of q large fguit-catine
bat. The new animal of the mouse
color and of the size Of agrcyhouuj
was duly seen by Captain Cook
himself, who remarked its long tail.
and also that it lcapcd like q hare 0r
deer. On Saturday, July Z, Air
Gore shot one Of the ucw animals
which was asCertaiEcd tl bo called
q kangaroo By the natives. and
which was likewise proved to ta re-
markable good eating at tha rayo1-
crs' dinner of Sa.5y, July, l5.
171O. Such was the dcscriptiougig-
en- by Captain Cook. of the now
well known kangaroo. Antiquarian
researches in zoology, however, i'm
form Us that De Bruins. q Dutch
traveller. saw q kangaroo as early as
17l1. This animal was kept do
mesticated at Batavia, and was mann
ed "Filandcr, and appears to bc the
species now called MacropUs Bruuii.
after its discOycrer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
Living WItnes7e--

The hundreds Of strong. hearty.
rugged and healthy looking mon.
women and children, that have been
rescued fron beds of pain. sickness
land we'll nigh death by Parkar~
Ginger Tome, and are the best eyi-
dences In the world of its sterlin-
merit and worth. You VIII .iud
such in almost every coumunitr-
Read of If in another column.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

BEDFogp. PA.. Oct. 29.-tt "a
Demoeratic pole raising at Wood
! bury, this county, yesterday alter
daynoon. the derrick fell and IL
stantly killed q MF Ritter. N0
further attempt to raise the pole,
was made. and The meeting vas
abandoned
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

Country banker TO shsky eusto-
mer Are you aware, Mr.. SOolivan,
that your account is overdrawn a
hundred or so ?" SOolivan-"CeI-
tainly am, sir. Don't botssf me
about such trifles ] | dont go howl
ing about the co-.Atry when you've
a hundred or so of mine Your in
formation is superhuous either way
Good mOroing, sir.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

Soon after the death OF the poet
Wordsworth, q man met q farmer Of
the neighborhood and said to him
you have had a great loss. y What
loss ?n Why you have lost the
great poet" "0h, ay," said the far
mer, ''he is dead: but hey nc
doubt I wife II carry on the busl-
ness and make it as profitable as ivel
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Fight With Cowboys:

sAs FnAscisco, Oct. 2S.-A party
Of five cowboys, who were noisily
parading the streets of Tombstone,
and threatening 10 exterminate any
officers who should interfere with
them, were arrested BY She3iif Ford,
aud while struggling with one of tbs
gang called Curley, the Sheriff was
shot in The groin inhicting prob
ably fatal wound. The prisoners
were hurried TO Tucson to prevent
being lynched.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

GALVESTON, Tex October I'll
special dispatch to The Nsrs from
Fort Worth SAYS man supposed Co.
be r. T. Bull, private detective aut
formerly Editor Of the DmorsG.i-
Pros at Gainesville. Ark. was laU-
dered while asleep There Is Ho
clue 10 the perpetrators Of Tho ho1l-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

II was IN Il Rondout New York
church that q city minister, after the
fine singing Of anthem, SAID Vow
that the choir have had their little
fun. We viii cornmmence the wer-
ship Of God by singing the nme
hundred and eleventh hymn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

Somebody in New Milford has
fsand an umbrella, and announce+
that the owner can have Il BY call
ing. which shows qGite concluslveiy
what sort of an umbrella Il Is.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

It's astonishing to see with nAar
wonderful rapiCaty DAYS kDSEE
pan has come into favor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

Judge Blae4 Is WITHOUT a party as
vel rs a country since the bottom
fell out on Tuesday last
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

Comets are wearing s. long trans
this season as usual
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10

The fat Of the land-Petrohum-
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How about 329 {?
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CiOURT PROCLAMATION.-


EorICE S hereby given 70 sll the Jrstsoeso OF tie
Peace the Cor1of arl 90 stables > .tb4n tbs sas0
C91ty o. -1iueESet. tat rslEy b then and there
- thar plcpeT pefsoLs Eitb Their roiis, reeofds,
iBfnisitious examinations. and other renlem.
h-auoes. do those things which % their otfiees
and in that behalf aEperisin 20 he dones ard also
they sho wll prosecute agsinst the prisoners that
are " shall be in the jail 0i somerset county, 70 Dc
faen aae there 70 prosecute against them Us shali
lie lust. EDGAR KYLE,
rhers1
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

TIE Republican papers Of this congress
slonal district, are trying to work up little
enthusiasm in favor Of Capt J r. Thomas,
whom they designate as "Logan's boy OF
course it is an uphill work The Repub.
licans viii not enthuse WORTH cent, and
The consequence will be that if Thomas is
re-nominated, that little job will have to he
accomplished by the wire pulcrs Of the
party, and not 10y the rank and file. No
man who ever represented the Eighteenth,
Thirteenth or old Ninth congressional dis
tricts, ever came home to his constituents,
y Thomas has done, completely recordless.
lie proved himself nonenity in congress,
and just why he should DO returned, is
more than men Of ordinary comprehension
are able to find out
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, March Goth, 1880.
The report that General Grant will with
draw from the presidential canvass turns
out to have been a hoax. There was no
foundation for II except the refusal Of the
Texas convention to instruct for Grant,
which many people interpreted as a hint
for him to get,out Of the way, But Grant
is not man to take hints Of delicate ma
ture, and it's now more firmly believed than
ever that he will stick to the race until the
end is reached. Grants friends accuse
Sheymans friends Of having invented the
story Of Withdrawal in order TO help their
candidate. They demand, howeyeLthat many
Of Grants friends favor his withdrawal, and
don't like the idea Of his entering INTO a
scramble for the presidency. But it seems
that the old fellows who used to flock around
ny W. ant "''''''' '''' ",''-- ''' ''' - '',1 49,
l"'o'' nave iNo'V 'N''"'H'e W VIC S'L'' o.
IMAM '"o'e WHO "'' ''a'n''''s''0' anu '''' Va
'Aen are ol''Ao'O1s 'o' "n0'I'' '""I1e'
Inc resignation ol COMMISSIONS ] a. A'
mas q significance '1o' must We I''osA'@'o
Dy congress snoI'E' ne '"'"''cs Oh '1'
commissioners ID me interior depart
menI arc inadequate 10 'Ae Repositories
ana COCA men cannot DC ma" '0E '4e P.ace'
hayt VINO went INTO the Indian once as Z"
fe'ormeF came out o"a!y smoocNeo' c"leAy
because nc found he eouIa mol get q ANlns
without speculaunS outside OF bis once,
and that lea TO Objectionable ana almost
criminal tractlces' II we would nave good
men at the head Of such departments we
must pay such salaries as will attract good
men. 1t is worse economy to pay
meagrc salaries than to pay too liDer-
ally. The system. leads to corruption and
ineficieucy.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

IrCnNG Piles SYMPTOMS AND CURE
The symptoms are moisture, like perspira-
ton, intense itching, increased by scratch
ing, very distressing particularly at night,
as If pin worms were crawling in and about
the rcctum; the private parts are some
times affected II allowed to continue very
serious results may fellow. DR.. swaynes
'All.Hcaling Ointment Is a pleasant, sure
cure Also for letter Itch, Salt Rhenm,
Scald Head, Erycsipclas, BARRIERS Itch,
Blotches, all Scaly, Crusty, Cutaneous
Erupnons. Price 50 cents, 3 boxes 81 %.
Sent By mail to any address on receipt Of
price in currency or three cent postage
stamps, Prepared only by DR.. Swayno &
Sen, $50 North Sixth street, Philadelphia,
pa. Sold by all prominent druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

GRATEFUL WoMEN, None receive 50
much benefit, and none are SO profoundly
grateful and show such an interest in rec
ommending Hop Bitters as women, 1t is
the only remedy peculiarly adapted to the
many ills the sex is almost universally sub
iect to. Chils and fever, indigestion or
deranged liver, constant or periodical sick
headaches, weakness in the back or kid
ucys, pain in the shoulders and different
parts Of the body feeling Of lassitude
aud dependency, are al readily removed
by these Bittcrs. Courant.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

EX-GOy. HENDRICKS has, with much en-
phasis, refused to permit q use Of his name
in connection with the second place on the
Democratic presidential ticket. In eA-
PLANTATION Of this refusal his friends say
that be is not actuated by any personal dis
like for Tilden, Seymour or any other
Democrat who is spoken Of in connection
with the first place; but wholly to an aver
sion for the second position The mdlca-
tons that Ex-Goy. Hendricks is, to use
homely phrase, getting too big for hs
breeches,' are very positive. The Hen
bricks boom, started by a few Indiana pa
pcrs-one Of the fattest political failures
of the times ought to assure him thar
unless he accepts the nomination for the
second place, his name is not at all likely
to appear on Democratic presidential tick
at at all. He is very good man, but no
body is making himself very wfetched IN
in effort to make him president
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

A GROUNDWORK ron BEtiEF.-The
American people fully believe in llostetters
Stomach Btters, and there is substantial
groundwork for that belief. They have
witnessed and experienced its effects for
over twenty-five years, aud have found no
reason to disirust one statement made in re.
gard to it, Proofs have been brought
home to their own hearths that it is fam.
lily medicine which is Of the utmost value
in cases of malaria, dyspepsia, debility, dis.
ordered conditions OF the liver aud bowels,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-01

THE Southern Historical society Is Civ
ing publicity TO vast amount Of war
stuff" that is entirely too absurd for even
the most credulous Southerner to believe.
II is after the exploded idea that one rebel
could whip five Yankees One Of
the latest aud most widely
published scraps goes on to detail how
seven confederate cavalry captured sixty
nine federal infant:y-mcn with their loaded
muskets in their hands, within five hun
dred yards Of federal force Of ten thous
and men. OF course nothing OF the kind
ever occurred, We do not know, however