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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

An impecunious fortune-hunter
having been accepted by an heiress,
at the wedding, when that portion
Of the ceremoney was reached where
the bridegroom says, with all my
worldly goods / thee endow," a
spiteful relative of the bride ex-
claimed, There goes his valiese!"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

\ young lady at a print store the
other day evidently proud Of her
erudition, raised her voice 20 say
that the pictures were produced By
the "heliOtrope process" The smile
that travelled over several Of the
faces came near being shipwrecked
into an vulgar guffaw when q quiet
looking gentleman remarked that
the young lady was somewhat How
cry in her language.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

Gladstone appeared in the House
of Commons on last Saturday Tor
the first time since his illness He
was greeted with applause.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

A Yankee has invented q machine
for making the sides Of wooden
pail in one piece.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

The rapidly increasing popular
ty of Days KIDNEY PAD IS due sole
" 70 its intrinsic merit
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

PAPER stoves are the l2test dcvcl-
opment Of German ingenuity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24

The acreage for wheat in the Unit.
cd States aggregates 30,GO0.W0
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Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
YOU KISSED M z.
BY JOSEPHINE s. HUNT.

You kissed me Ny forehead dropped low
on your breast
With feeling Of shelter and infinite rest,
While the holy emotion my tongue dared not
speak
Flushed up like flame from my heart to my
cheek
Your arms held me fast, oh your arms were
SO bold
Heart heat against heart in their passionate
hold.
Your glances seemed drawing my soul
through my eyes.
As the sun draws the mist from the sea to
the skies;
And your lips clung to mine till prayed in
my bliss
They might never nnclasp from that raptur-
GUS kiss.
You kissed me Ny heart and my breath
and my viii
In delirious joy for the moment stood sill;
Life had for me then no temptations, no
charms,
No vision Of pleasure outside Of your arms,
And were this instant an angel possessed
Of the joy and The peace that are given the
blest,
| would fling my white robes unrepiningly
down,
And tear from my forehead its beautiful
crown,
To nestle once more in that haven of rest,
With your lips upon mine-and my head on
your breast.
You kissed me Ny soul, in bliss SO d.
vine,
Reeled and swooned like drunken man fool
ish with wine
And ! thought 'twere delicious to die there,
if death
Would come while my lips were yet moist
With your breath.
'Twere delicious to die, if my heart might
grow cold
While your arms wrapped me round in that
passionate fold.
And these are the questions ask day and
night;
Must my lips taste but once such exquisite
delight?
Would you care if your breast was my shelter,
as then;
And if you were here would you kiss me
again
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
No 8
A PUZZLED PARsON.

An old gentleman from the East, of
a clerical aspect, took the stage from
Denver south in ante-railroad days.
The journey was not altogether a safe
one, and he was not re-assured by the
sight of a number of rifles deposited
in the coach, and nervously asked for
what they were.
Perhaps you'll find out before you
git to the Divide, "lwasthe cheering re-
ply.
Among the passengers was a par
ticularly (t seemed to him) fierce
looking man, girded with belt full of
revolvers and cartridges, and clearly
road agent or assassin. Some miles
out, this person, taking out a large
flask, asked, Stranger, do you irri-
gate?"
IF you mean drink, sir, l do not"
do you object stranger to our If
rigating ?"
"No, sir" And they drank accord
ingly.
After further distance had been
traversed, the supposed brigand again
asked, Stranger, do you fumigate?"
"If you mean smoke, sir, | dn not"
"Do you object, stranger, to our fu-
migating?"
7No, sir" And they proceeded to
smoke.
At the dining-place, when our friend
came to tender his money, the pro-
prietor said, "Your bills are paid"
"Who paid it ?"
"That man"-pointing to the sup
posed highwayman, who, on being
asked if he hod not made a mistake,
replied, "Not at all. You see, when
we saw that you didn't irrigate and
didn't fumigate, We knew that you was
a parson. And your bills are all right,
as long as you travel with this crowd.
We've got respect for the Church
you bet p 1t was no highwayman,
but respectable resident of Denver.
"A. A. HAYES, Jr., in Harper's Nag
QziIae, for March.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

ping from his grasp, he very quietly
hired a man to attend to his needs,
and telling a friend that he was going
to die, directed him what to do with
his belongings and waited patiently
for relief to his sufferings, which had
now become most acute. That relief
came on Sunday, December 29th, when
Charles Durey Parkhurst, reputed
native of New Hampshire, voter of the
State of California, aged sixty-seven,
departed this life. With his last breath
Charles Parkhurst, the daring driver,
the fearless fighter of highwaymen, the
strong lumberman, passed out Of exist
ence, and in his place was found some
thing gentler and more tender. With
the death of one who was always more
or less a mystery, was borne one that
shadows the other into utter insignif-
canoe The dead man was being pre-
pared for his last resting-place when
the astounding discovery was made by
those fulfilling the sad office that the
clay beneath their hands was that of
woman! With astonishment at a de-
ception so marvelously carried out
comes the sad thought of all she must
have suffered. 1t is useless to waste
time in conjectures as to what led the
dead to take up the cross of mans
laboring life, but whether from neces-
sity or phantasy the certainty remains
that in the latter years there must have
been many dark hours when poor
Charles Parkhurst longed for little
sympathy which is accorded every wo-
man. The story of the discovery was
at first refused credence, but medical
science furnished irrefragible proof of
the real state Of her case when an ex-
animation attested the fact of the dead
woman having once been a mother.
The keen business sagacity, which had
been u Distinguishing feature through
out the whole of Parkhurst's life in
California, was unwaverin up to the |
end. The money matters of the de-
ceased were found clearly arranged.
Certificates of deposit on the Watson
vile Bank to a considerable amount
we're left behind in the charge of Otto
and the will, which was only
a concise statement of the way in
which the money was to be disposed
of chiefly in gifts to those in attend
ance at the latter days-was shrewdly
signed &c. d. Parkhurst." And as C.
D. Parkhurst the enigma of stage
driving history lies in the Odd Fellows
at Watsonville, where the
body was deposited on the afternoon
of December 80, 1879.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
DAKOTA WHEAT FIELDS.

Of the four hundred million bushels
Of wheat produced in the United
States, by far the largest portion il
sown in the fall, and is called winter
grain The varieties arc conditioned
BY soil and climate, the latitude Of
Milwaukee marking in general the
northern boundary Of winter wheat.
The area suited for the production
Of wheat sown in the spring hitherto
has been Of limited extent, but there
is an undeveloped section Of the coun-
try SO wide and far-reaching that it
may be regarded a. the great summer
wheat field Of the future. Its capa-
bilities are 50 vast, and the insurance
Of production SO certain, that the mil
lions Of the Old World may ever think
Of it as land that will support them
with bread.
A traveller making the tour Of the
St. Lawrence and its connecting chain
Of lakes, landing at Duluth, and
journeying west over the Northern
Pacific Railroad two hundred miles,
beyond. the forest region Of the Upper
Mississippi, will find himself on the
eastern edge Of this bread land Of the
future-the valley Of the Red River,
stream flowing northward to Lake
Winnipeg, and thence to Hudson
Bay
In August, 1869, the writer Of this
article rode over this former hunting
ground Of the Sioux, where through
by-gone ages they chased the buffalo
and fought the Chippewas. The val
ley Of the Red River was vast ex-
panse. No hill, no gentle undulation,
nothing but the fringes Of trees along
the streams, bouned the sight It was
a reach Of prairie unbroken By the
plough. Our own voices, or the song
Of meadow-lark, plover, and curlew,
and other fowl, alone broke the sol
emn and oppressive stiffness Of the
solitude. AT Georgetown the Hudson,
Bay Company had reared a house,
and two or three settlers had set up
their cabins upon the hanks of the
river. We encountered man whose
birthplace was in Virginia, who had
been frontiersman in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, vidette Of civil
ization.
"Have you any neighbors?" we
asked.
"Oh yes; three families have Just
settled about twelve miles from here.
They are getting pretty thick, and |
shall have to move on, reckon"
They have been getting thicker
since, and The locomotive is speeding
its way across the valley, Oh to the
Missouri, and beyond to the Yellow
stone; it is flying down the valley to
Winnipeg, and soon it will thunder
along the Saskatchewan, far away il
the distant Northland. Far
tot the landscape; towns ha
up the traveller beholds pill,
Der, long lines Of farm wagons, /.
seeders, harrows, reapers, thresnols
and farm engines at every railroad
station. Marvellous the change: in
1869 furrowless plain; 1879, har-
vest Of eight million bushels Of grain
ere long to be eighty million &C.
G. COFFIN, ID Harper's Magazine for
March.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
A Young man brought this in. "T

A young man brought this in: "The
palatial residence of our well-known
citizen, John Smith, ESQ.,: was last
evening blaze of light, the occasion
being a most recherche soiree in honor
of the lovely Miss Smiths arrival home
from the academy. From early gloam-
ing till nine o'clock were the guests ar
irving. At that hour all sat down to
a most appelizing repast, to which was
given the close attention it SO we'll de-
served. The large parlors were cleared
for the merry dancers, at the conclusion
of the banquet, and until the wee sma'
hours ayont the twaF we're reached.
fair women and brave men tripped the
light fantastic toe in the bewildering
mazes of the dance" Etc, ETC., ETC.,
and SO forth.) WheL. that young man
got the paper and found these words,
"There was dance at Smiths last
nigh" only these and nothing more
he went out and hanged himself-Bos-
ton Transcript
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
A BRAND NEW BRIDE.

At the Jungfrau Hotel, l met a
"brand new bride" In the drawing
room was a clattery, wheezy, asthmat-
ic thing, certainly the very worst mis-
carriage in the way of a piano that the
world had seen. In turn, five or six
detected and homesick ladies approach
ed it doubtingly, gave it single in
quiring thump, and retired with the
lock-jaw. But the boss of the instru-
ment was to come, nevertheless and
from my own country--from Arkansaw.
She was a brand new bride, innocent,
girlish, happy in herself and her grave
and worshipful STRIPPING of a husband;
she was about Is, just out of school,
free from aEectations, unconscious of
that passionless multitude arouud her;
and the very first time she smote that
old wreck one recognized it had met
its destiny. Her STRIPPING brought an
armful of aged sheet music from their
room-for this bride went "heeled" as
you might say-and bent himself lov-
ingly over and got ready to turn the
pages.
The bride fetched swoop with her
fingers from one end of the keyboard
to the other, just to get her bearings,
as it were, and you could see the con-
gregation set their teeth with the agony
Of it Then, without any more pre-
liminaries, she turned on all the hor-
rors of the "Battle of Prague" that
venerable chivaree, and waded chin
deep in the blood Of the slain. She
made fair and honorable average of
two false notes in every five, but her
soul was in arms, and she never stop
ped to correct. The audience stood it
with pretty fair grit for awhile, but
when the cannnnade waxed hotter and
iercer, and the discord average rose
to four in five, the procession began to
move. A few stragglers held their
ground ten minutes longer, but when
the girl began to wiring the true in
wardness out of the 'cries of the
wounded" they struck their colors
and retired in kind of panic.
There never was a completer victory;
| was the only non-combatant left on
the field. I would not have deserted
my countrywoman anyhow. but indeed
I had no desire in that direction Nome
Of US like mediocrity, but we all rev.
erence perfection. This girls music
was perfection in its way; it was the
worst music that had ever been achiev-
ed on our planet by mere human
being.
I moved up close and never missed
q strain. When she got through I
asked her to play it again. She did
it with a pleased alacrity and height
ened enthusiasm She made it all dis
cords this time. She got an amount
IF anguish into the cries of the wound
ID that shed new light on human
She was on the war path
Ill the evening All the time crowds
# people gathered on the porches and
pressed their noses against the windows
o look and marvel, but the bravest
never ventured in. The bride went
IF satisfied and happy with her yonng
elbow, when her appetite was finally
Forged, and the tourists swarmed in
Igain.-Mark TwGin.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

DYING TnoUGHTs.-It is probably
natural that at the last the scenes which
have made the strongest impressions
in f. should be recalled by memory.
The old mountaineer, when he comes
to die, with his last whisper says his
snow-shoes are lost; with the stage
driver he is 'on down grade and can
MT reach the brake; the miner can
not get to the air-pipe the sailor says
"eight bells have sounded; and the
gambler plays his last trump. A little
girl died here a few years ago, and, as
her mother held her wrist and noted
the fainting and Pickering pulse, q
smile came to the wan face, and the
child whispered: There's NJ more
desert here mamma, but all the world
is full Of beautiful flowers" A mo
ment later the smile became transfx-
ed. In an eastern city, not long ago,
q sister Of charity was dying. and at
last from q stupor she opened her eyes
and said; ut is strange every kind
word that | have spoken in life, every
tear that | have shed, has become
living flower around me, and they
bring to my senses an incense ineffa-
pie. g Virginia Nev. Enterprise.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
ASHLAND HOUSE,, 24th St. & 4th Ave !,

NEW YORK CITY, March TO, 1873.
| have used the English Condition Powders
and can recommend them to the turf profess
sion as being pure and similar to the import
ed, and would use no other For purity and
quality they are unequaiLed and invaluable to
horsemen.
Signed: HARRY HARTMAN,
Late Manager Budd Doble's Turf Stock
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
III DIRECTIONS accnmnanr each hnr

Full directions accompany each box.
Sold ID Drug, Feed and General Stores at
the very low price Of One Pound box rs cts;
Three Pound box 5Oc.; Six Pound box 90 cts.
The English Manufac' 'rinq Co,
9S. Holiday st., Baltimore, Nal,
Sole manufacturers for the United States
M7ANTED-One Agent for each county.
Wv Liberal advertising furnished free, and
commission on all sales. Dec6-Iy
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
baltimore Nh Aun,,.t

BALTIMORE, MD., AUgust II, 1919
] used one pound box Of YOU English Con
dition Powders on a mare which was SO poor
and weak she had to be raised when she laid
down. She is now in perfect health and good
flesh, and | credit it All 10 the Powders.
GEO r. HEBBELL,
PeRHG AUenue and Clifton 81.
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

How He MUsT LOVE HER.-The
latest case Of Observation-Disclosures comes
from Tennessee. A young gentleman
from Memphis loves a girl who lives
in the country, up the railroad. Wish
ing to see her. he hired a horse and
buggy, and drove out to the house,
hitching the horse at the door. After
awhile he came out, happy, serene, and
delighted, walked down to the railway
station, got ticket, and rode back to
Memphis, leaving his horse hitched
near the country gate. How he must
love her ?-Er.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
Ths. .tollo,ping TESTIMONIALS speak ef their
HtCt ITO
Tyua II 1yE0

BALTIMORE, June II, 1879.
We lave been handling your English Con-
dition Powders for some time past, and find
that their merits, as compared with similar
compounds, meet a want seldom (if at am
found in goods Of a similar class With Pa
irons Of Hus5andry they are growing into
favor rapidly. Signei: H. D. DEVRIES,
Agent Maryland State Grange
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

There are many men whose tongues
might govern muItitudes if they could
govern their tongues.-Prentice.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

1t is related of a we'll known merch-
ant Of a neighboring city that, after
making his will and bequeathing a large
property to trustee for his son, he
called the young man to him and after
reading the will to him, asked if there
was any alteration or improvement he
could suggest. "Well father" said the
young gentleman, lighting cigarette,
Il think, as things are nowadays, it
would be better for me if you had left
the property to the other fellow and
made me the trustee" The old gentle
man made up his mind then and there
that the young gentleman was quite
competent to take charge of his own
inheritance, and scratched the trustee
clause out.-Peck.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

Liberty and work are the noblest
prer0gatives Of man.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

The head waiter of hotel is the
chap who comes to inquire how you are
getting along after you have been
served. During the half-hour you
are waiting for a waiter he is not Wis
ible.-N. o. Picosalye
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
HOW A QUEEN LIVES.

The Queen of Spain's apartments
at the Castle of Pardo are thus de-
scribed: The rooms are eight in num-
ber. The first we enter is hung in
white satin, with hand-embroidered
blue flowers the furniture, of Louis
XIV. style, is upholsted in rich blue
satin /; in corner is a remarkable fine
cabinet of rosewood, ornamented with
old Sevres panels of great beauty.
This room leads into a smaller bou-
doir, style of the first French empire,
hung in yellow satin, with furniture
Of the same. In a recess of window
is a small equestrian statue of the
King when he was only four years
old. The small mite, looking very
frightened, is holding the bride in one
hand, and is saluting with the other.
The third room is called the Queens
music room. The hangings are red
and gold, two grand pianos occupy
two corners, and curves and knick-
knacks abound The Queens study,
or workroom, comes next. It opens
upon large terrace, which, in Sum-
mer, is arranged as a garden. It is
white and gold, the furniture being
old Dutch, with inlay of colored flow
ers. Then comes the bedroom, which
is a very marvel of splendor and lux
ury. 1t required no less than eight
hundred yards of stuff for the hang
ings, which are of ecru Lyons silk,
broche with alternate lines of red and
blue flowers. The furniture is Louis
XVI; in a corner is table in old
Sevres, in the middle of the room is
the bed, in black wood, with emboss-
ed brass ornaments at the head two
reclining nude figures support a shield,
upon which is emblazoned the Queens
monogram in red upon blue ground;
a canopy, in embossed brass, support
the curtains, which are thick silk, of
the same design as the hangings. The
bathroom, which is close by, also
opens into room especially reserved
for the Queens attendants, and near
the bedroom also is the dressing room,
the furnite Of which is silver pine, the
walls being hung with ecru silk, with
blue flowers.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

While We remember the suffering
poor Of ireland, let it not be forgotten
that thousands of American freemen
have to fasten their suspenders with
shingle-nails. Philadelphia Chronicle.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

THEIR AGES Blaine touched so
on the last of January. Grant was 81
last April. Sherman was Sc last May.
Washburne was SO in September.
Conkling was so in October. Gar
field is in his 49th year. Bayard was
81 in October. Thurman reached his
66th birthday in November. Hen
bricks was so in September. TiIden
will be 66 this February, and in the
same month Gen. Hancock will be So.
Seymour will be 10 in May. Wash
ington was in his 9th year when he
was first elected, and had just entered
his 66th year when he left office. John
Adams was 81, when he was elected,
Jefferson 81, Madison in his 5Sth year,
Monroe in his 59th, and John Quincy
Adams in his 58th. jackson was 81
when chosen the first time, and there
fore IS when reelected, while he had
reached his 10th year when he quilted
office. Van Buren, was 81, and Har-
rison 81, when they were elected, while
Taylor, when he took Office had just
passed his 51st birthday, Polk was
elected on almost precisely his 49th
birthday. Taylor was not quite So,
when elected, and Fillmore was in his
Dist year when he succeeded him.
Pierce had not yet completed his 4Sth
grar when he was elected, and he was
he junior of all who have taken the
Presidential chair. except General
Jrant. Mr.. Buchanan was elected in
lis 66th year, Lincoln in his SD and
18th, while johnson succeeded in his
'7th.-PhiIa. Sunday Item.
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
Rnglish CONDITION POWDERS,

are a certain and speedy remedy no matter what
the disease is, or how complicated They are
not temporary but have Invariably proved to
be a radical cure
They restore health and produce flesh. milk
and butter. They MD digestion and assimila-
tion, and thor ,ughlv renovafe the system, and
will be found invaluable and remunerative to
every stock-owner
TO OONSUMERS.-They are only one
third the price Of all others, and are rs supe-
rior il quality as quantity
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
VOL. XIII.
atlistellaneous Adr's.
ELLIOTT, JOHNSON q CO.,

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
GPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO TELE-
- graphic orders in Stocks, Bonds, &C.,
which are bought and sold on commission
only, either on margin or for investment in
New York or Philadelphia We have DIRECT
PRIvATE WIRES running from our office to the
New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges.
enabling ns 10 furnish quotations simuIlane-
ousIy as the sales are made
Government Bonds bought and sold Mort
cages carefully negotiated. ie2l-tf
IMPORTANT NOTICE! !
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21
NetD Corn Wanted.

FOR WHICH THE FULL MARKET
Price will be paid CASH on delivery
Gro. M. d. TIA
Dec l4-tf Town I'LL,
Middletown transcript., 1880-02-21

@From advance sheets of an article by Rev.
Washington GLADDEN., of Springfield, Mass g,
which will appear in the March number OF
st. Nicholas