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he did in151,S, and then he Is glorilied
on this splendid run and the Chair
man of the Republican County
Committee IS vilifcd.
We had hoped that, with the day
of election, the acerbitics Of the cam
paign would end, and we are willing
to make all due allowance for the
modification Of The defeated, but II
would be unjust TO the people oI
this county not TO denounce as
williul and malicious sllndcr, and
utterly groundlcss, tho base charges
Of bribery and intimidation made
by the Dsmoda, as against the Re
publican leaders.
The party that re5orted to forged
ahidayits TO influence thc-soldicrs'
vote, should he silent in the pres
.once Of all hon st men. The boast
of Cofiroth securing nearly three
hundred more votes than he lid in
ISIS, Is about As near thc truth as a
Democratic politician generally
arrives, and in the faceof all the flcts
lis no little amusing. General Coz
froth increased his vote in the coun-
ty over that Of 1873 .ur3 huifcI
and seren'y,fre7 while Gen. Camp
bells was increased nacbuadrcd ard
t,co, at the sanctimcth entireyote of
the county was increased 1861. any
boy with his slate and pencil can
ascertain which candidate received
the largest relative increase. It's
sufficient for all present practical
purposes, that Mr. Colroth was
showed under in this county to the
amount of 1928 votes, and thatwhiie
he led his ticket some 300 votes,
General Campbell returned the com
pliment in Cambria county by re
ducing Cotiroth's majority TO $50.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

GEE CLARK. who was reelected
TO Congress in TIE Eleventh Missouri
district, expresses great surprise at
the Democratic rcycrsos in Mis-
souri,, and says that the four Green
backcrs who were elected from that
state wiil undoubtedly act with the
Republicans III the organization OF
the House. Gen. Clark is well post
ed on Nissounpolities, andundonbt-
edlv knows what an utter lack Of
confidence the Grecnbackers there
have in the Democratic leaders.
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Claiming Gains in Arkansas,

CHICAGO. November S.-A special
to the Journal from Little Rock
says: The Republican State Cen.
tral Committee of Arkansas claims
the election of two Republican Con
Murphy, in the Fourth,
and Boles in the Third District
with chances favoring William.
Rep in the Second"
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. S.-The
latest returns indicate the election OF
Johnson, colored, (Rep) to Congress
in the First Arkansas District 10y
1,000majority over Foindexter Dunn
DEM. Johnson is a barber, resid-
ing in Augusta, Ark, His candi-
dacy was announced only one week
prior 10 the election.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

THE Rev. DR.. Stephen II. Tying
Jr, SAYS: Every man on either
side who has been lied about in tho
recent campaign las been elected.
The God OF Heaven, through the
voice of the people, has put n per-
-onal rcbukc on the mon who cir
culated SANDER during the recent
campaign" Dr. Tying is rector ot
the Church Of the Holy Trinity
New York, one Of the largest and
most influential Episcopal congre-
cations in that city.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

THE New York Journal Of Com
macc Is an old-fashioned, honest
and conservative Democratic paper,
and of Mr.. Barnum's cry of fraud it
Tcmarks
The claim that twenty or thirty
thousand fraudulent votes We're cast
at thc late election in New York and
Brooklyn has not particle Of evi-
dcncc to sustain it. If it is design
cd to preparcthe way forsome polit-
zeal action that shall seek to throw
out the vote Of New York when the
returns arc counted in Congress, it
Is stupid, and should be denounced
by all good citizens
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Gram

1t won't 10 TO be beaten ROW.
Was the determined remark of Gen
Grant two months before the clec
tion. lie thercupon went into tho
fight in the same confident ard
courageous spirit that he manifested
during the trying years of war
People viii believe in Grant now
more thau ever, and feel assured
thGt. where he leads victory is sure
10 follow. In all his speeches, short
but souad and strong, be predicted
Republican success. iie tnroshad-
owed what was 10 occur with clear
vision. and declared it boldly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

gnE Democrat of last week con
tained an article attributing the de-
feat Of General ceilfo.h to ~the la
wish use-of money and hy eoercing
the workingmcn at the furnaces, &e. .
and further that open and shame
less bribery, intimidation. threats
and bulldozing were resorted to, and
that his friends were assaulted
and naltreated az tie polls, and 9TH
ers were forced to return To their
homes without exercising the right
Of voting 1t is also boosted that
General Coflroth runs nearly three
hundred more rotcsin this county than
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

From he I5aisvIle Courier "a -ns' luem.)
The Democratic party, which. in
1860, made a wanton attempt totakC
its own life, and did prccipitate the
country into q costly. bloody and
senseless WAY, has been tioundCrina
about ever since without ruddcr OF
compass; seizjng every cXpedieut
catching at every straw; all things
by turns, and nothing long
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17
Nur tered toe his Money

EtooNFIEfD, Noytu.G .
Sunday night last JOHN H.a
coIaled. while returning from
with two other colored young
was fired dt by some ODD. rH.r
In the weeds. I'm q fence eaw-
his heart literally tom r.
companions fed without .-.
ing tha criminal Nt.a b.
was found it had been ru.,.t
murder occurred three M..
this place. Berkeley WIS -l
fcn~iyg Young man. Iar "...-
evidently robbery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

ArENNA. November "-ta
quake was icIt to-day ,ar.a
Southern Austria from Vienna
the AGaatir and the tron.i
Bosnia. At AgrJm. iu Cul,.-
shock was so violent thai. t
house in the town Tas
MANY building VIII have
pulled down. a. they are uh-a
large number Of the iuhaDii-h
TO the fields. Workmcn have.
sent from Laihach % I'i'
damage.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

Inn Chicago A.t6f-0eru notes rs
remarkable fact that the men
~ho'a the Republican party have
eEee'ei President have all been of
humble origin, and have become
distinguished by their own cxer-
tions-thc rail-spliitcr, the tanner.
the tailor, The A,nrr and the tow
path lov.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

ccs Of your intention to not only take excel
lent good care of Pennsylvania but to Civ,
to Indiana the strongest help you can com
maud. / have received from You more as
sistancc and more evidence Of interest iu oul
campaign work than from any man east of
the Aiieghenies and Iuliana stands to-day
under obligations 10 Hon. john Cessna
.-i5Hcdl JoHN e. Nav, Chairman.
REruBIicsy Srirz CExrulL CouH!rrEE
IVDiNSAPoIs, Ind. October 3, 1S>J.-llon
john Cessna. Chairman Republican Statc
Committee, Phiialsipbi - tivDa3r S,r,
! have the honor iu ;.1s.t %. .,l-e the recei ip'
pi your letter Of the Is. Instant; | am a. q
loss OF wGris ID express L, you my thank
ani gratitude Tor yGur untlrine el0rs in "ur
behalf Indiana has received from John
Cessna aud Philadelphia more ail than from
all SOURCES com liucd. trust sire viii see
the day when ,ha can repay the Obligation.
although | 10 not expect Pennsylvania sill
ever be IN the uneuyia5'e position Jh.,
Indiana now Occupies.
sighed joins G. NEy. Chairman.
The above very hatterinr and au-
lucrative enc0mium5 have awaken
ell all the ardor OF his friends in the
State and his name looms up prom
inently on the slate for United States
Senator. Whilst Mr. Grow leads
the van numerically in the race for
the greatest honor the Keystone can
confer upon subject; he IS not ou-
OF the woods By any means, and
there is no telling what combination
may win the prize when the legisla-
ture convencs. Fit shall transpire
that Bedford receives the honor, her
people viii with one accord rejoice
at the result, and with pride look
forward for her Representative to
make his mark in the Upper House
at very early day. As to eminent
qualifications for the high position
aud trust, he has not his superior,
if he has his peer in the list Of con-
tCSt3nts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

THEA are at their old work in tRc
South, contingent Republican Con-
gossmen elect In Warren county,
Miss, over 2,0o) votes cast for Lynch
Rep were rejected Tor .Hformali-
lies a9d the certificate given to Gen.
Chalmers DEM
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

\ Big Burglary

DALLAS, TEX, November 10
Adams Il Leonards banking house
was robbed of nearly $1,000 in cash
and jewelry yesterday morning. An
attempt was made to blow open 4
safe which contained $500, which
failed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

0NE OF the notable features OF the
Republican victory in Pennsylvania
is the fact that Montgomery county.
heretofore steadily Democratic. tn,
birthplace and reputod home OF
seen Hancock. gives q majority fo1
Garfield
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l Congressional District To be Con
tested.

DANyuLE, VA November 10
Reliable information has been re-
ceivcd here that the seat Of Hon.
George {, Cabell, representative
elect from the Fifth congressional
district, viii be contested bv Mr. J.
I, Stoyall, his opponent at the elec-
ton, who has begun taking afIida-
Wits for that purpose.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

THE election returns show clearly
that the south Is really not solid IoI
the Democratic party. after all.
Only the electoral vote Is SO. The
Congressional membership is not.
and the Republican vote at the late
election was quite large in every
southern State. 1t would have been
much larger but for fraud and terror
ism. What is of much more consc-
qucnce is the sell-eyident fact that a
decided majority Of the southern
Republican vote at the late election
must have been cast by white mon.
This Is encouraging, as an evidence
Of the actual progress Of true liberal
ism all over the south during the
administration Of President HAYES.
It seems to show that the more we
leave the south to itself the more
certain is the reaction of public senti-
ment there IS favor of the principles,
the policy and the statesmen OF the
Republican party. 1t is well that
this fact shall bc borne in mind by
those who think it necessary that
Philadelphia business men shall be-
come Democrats in order to secure
southern trade.
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and, uBder oath, testified az TO the
identity Of the man and the letter,
/ in the most explicit and ciTcumst3n-
tial manner. This man, who ap-
I p6ared here as Lindsay, was sent by
William NJ Price. one Of the Han
cock Electors for the State Of Mary
land. and was consigned to the Dem
ocratic National Committee, of which
Mr.. ". II. Blrnum IS Chairman,
but more directly to the persons
engaged in Publishing tie newsPa-
per in. which the so-clllci Chinese
letter iiTztappcarcd Il j. Lot shown
that anv such person as Robert
LINDSAY ever existed. IL Is un-
likely that q mln answering to that
name ever made any affidavit con-
{ cerning :he so-cailed Chinese letter.
The Iaan vino sworc in court that
his name WAS Robert Lindsay, and
that hc knew II. l.. Morey, and
that he saw in Morey's possession
the so-callcd Chinese letter, now con-
tcsscs that he swore tiisly; that he
never Nle" Mo'eE' HeN -" '"I
Chlne5e ies,ef' except IN ~. - .1'
i3c sim'ie tlay ne never was ~ ~ ~ = -, M
Mass ana l'iA. Ms l5'ii nun :.i = ~
brieh, lhe name i,.s L,ii'.7''s Ty,.'7 F
suhied i9f ''ils occi9,'.l' ! :. - 80
perjury ne nc S'l9 ~ " '-'' - ''-'' = ''-'
sum % 'i''' C'-7ii'
Thus it appears that the Demo-
cratic National Committee, in com
pany with the persons engaged IN
printing the sheet III winch the
forged letter first was puoushed,
managed to sccuretwo -alsc witness
Is, by whose pcpured testimony 1t
was intended to verify the exist
encc OF IL. i. Norey and the gcnu-
incneSs OF the letter alleged to have
been written to hlm. These Wit
nesses were CONFRONTED Gy LtclS,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

two sel.-contesscd PeUurcrs.
Now that the election OF Garfield
and Arthur has been secured. the
matter Of next greatest importance
. TO Pennsylvania Republicans Is the
, choice o. e {. s Senator to succeed
Hon. William 4. Wallace 70: th4
/ |last nine months Hon. Galusha A..
Grow has been the only gentleman
whose name has been prominently
mentioned as candidate for this
position, and Lo has been making
/ an open and honorable canvass fof
the nomination and has secured by
previous instruction, about fifty
votes to start with. Since the polit-
/ icaI complexion Of the next Legi.la-
turc has been definitely settled, the
names Of quite q number of promi-
incat Republicans havcbeea brought
to the front as candidates, and
among others is that OF Hon. John
Cossoo orEcJf,rl Tbe;rdee,ti,o-
,1-II ~ r.- -:
''' l.''2. : 90 -'''' '7''',' as Nl''''
man 0i ms 2''s. O''.isat 'oHAihi'lee
during the late canvass, hls splendid
powers a. ga organizer. and the
n,aoniGceo+ reenl-s accumulated
III. ...;.,. t;. L;l 49,
'',l-''', o,i''''' '',''' w. -''-.l -eyo?
'4l'.'A ~ 'iie H;'.'H~ "i 'ie l'epupi-
cans ot thc STAKE. ani We observe
with pleasure. q general disposition
f., .,r.sls hin, ,la r,rI..t cra5;+
all .,,;.-rl.. -l..,.f I.... ,,.or-e,,.
anu '''.'''''s .'.' ''''' ''.'.- ''''' 1-'.'
In point oil i'-"ess iof the posi-
pare i3Fo@DlN with any OF JIc gen
tl.,,.,,, ,..f.. I.r.,. I....,, .,... t;.,..1 g..
'@'' ''.~ ''sl ''.. ID '''-'-'i''''@' i4'
connection with the Di!,Cc. ! law
rr
FC' "i l'it isi-,'' "1ii'Ht q i'"4At-
mcDtgri9p ,gnr-relI.I ia tho SIT.
Il hNtHt speaker ana Et..iE tgHG2l e
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ksrCbLTrlS STAIN CtyiP,r CoNvrrrrr
IiIHDIANAFeL5s. Ind, September %. IzsI -
lion john Cessna, Chairman E,,,II'ir,1
STATE 13m,aittee, Philadelphia. Ps-Ng
i'e+F o!r; IN acknowledging the rccciut II
your communication of the 2.th instant /
ae7''' lf't 10 say that iy thanks are due T.,
yoa' ,i'nnS nom the opening day Of tIis
cam. .. Hsn to-day, for your hearty co-oncr-
"''oii' generous sympathy and daily eyiden.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-23
About Walking.--Pedestrian Peculiari.
ties OF Individuals.

No two of us walk alike. The hinges
of our gates turn the same way, but
with different results.
The baby strikes a toddle because it
hasn't strength enough to walk, but it
has the underlying principle of q nat
ural walk, because it " toes in" Toe
ing out is military artifice, invented
for the express purpose of showing how
much more man knew than the Lord
did.
The hippity-hopity p-and-jump is
peculiarly the little girl gait. Uneasy
and restless the futter-budget seems
determined to wear the sole of shoe
and the soul of her mother out at the
same time; but she is the prettiest pict-
ure of animation humanity can show
The dead-run-all-out- Of breath is the
small boys gait. You can set down
the boy who so far forgets himself as to
walk as already in his dotage.
The bound-to-have-it gait is rapid,
straight-fo forward stride, never turning
to the right or left. The man who has
it knocks over children, barks his shins
against market baskets, and stubs his
toe against everything on the walk.
But he gets there" and his coat tail
arrives about two minutes later.
There is the slow measured gait,
tread, tread, tread, all day long. The
man who carries the hod has this pecu-
liarity down fine. He would run to a
fire in the same step and get there
possibly.
The long lope, thirty-four inches to
the step, with swag of the knee joint,
vigorous swing of the arms, is that of
the young man from Ruraldom, He
gets the walk from going over rough
ground and anybody that gets the best
Of him has got rough ground to 60 over.
The quick, sharp and spiteful gait,
with the little metallic heels ringing on
the pavement, is the gait of smart
young miss, with bright eyes and lots of
vivacity. The young man who intends
to keep company with her for life must
make up his mind to train to her step.
She never will train to his.
The everyday business gait. Going
right along with your feet, and your
thoughts in the office, store, shop, or
whatever it is. You never know how far
the walk or how long it takes you to
cover it. 1t is an indefinite and fire.
quently the only aid to good digestion.
The take-it-easy, don't-care-a-cent
sort of a gait, with cane twirling over
his finger, is typical of the man of the
world. He leads a life of leisure and
wouldn't hurry himself. As a conse-
quence he grows fat, rheumatic and
equity and in later years walks with two
canes and tremulous limbs. 1t doesn't
pay to bunch your pleasure.
The slow pait- For further nartien-
lars send a boy on an errand.-Ne,O
HdUen Register.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-23

yanced, he holds the big toe OF the right
foot in his right hand and with the left
arm fleIed under the body, grasps the
big toe of the left foot. This brings the
lower part of the face to rest upon the
breast-bone. In this awkward and
difficult attitude the fakir sits for hours
together; that is, when he is not stand
ing upon his head or training himself 10
take deep inspiration and expsl it
slowly-taking twelve seconds to
breathe in and twenty-four to breathe
out the cubic feet of atmosphere that
the lungs can contain. Besides these
exercises his tongue has to be cut twenty
four times, so as to sever all the ligaturos
one by one, and enable him to fex it
backward and close the throat with its
tip. This extraordinary discipline is
steadily prosecuted for years and at
length the fakir tries his first expert
ment with feigning death, allowing
himself to be shut up in his subterra-
mean cell and sealed therein with every
precaution, generally for week or two
at first, then for month or two months,
lying or squatting in state of trance,
with the tip of the tongue closing the
throat, without perceptible action OF
the heart and with the circulation of the
blood apparently suspended. He would
never recover himself from this condi-
ton of suspended animation; but he can
be recovered by proper manipulation,
which commences in pouring hot water
over the snriveled body, stiff and rigid
as corpse, for some minutes. AS the
bathing in hot water continues, the
arms and legs gradually relax from their
rigor. A hot cake is next placed upon
the crown of the head and the plugs
(made of cotton soaked in wax are re-
moved from the nostrils and ears. The
next steps-,it being understood that as
sistants are all this time engaged in
rubbing the limbs-are to pry open the
rigid Jaws and restore the tongue to its
normal position; then to rub the eyelids
with melted butter until they can be
unclosed, revealing the glazed and mo-
tionless eyeball. Finally, the hot cake
on the top of the head is renewed. The
heat acting upon the nervous centers OF
respiration and circulation, the heart
starts with violent pulsation. So many
cases have been attested of this remark
able condition of simulated death that
its facts are practically beyond dispute:
Now, something of this kind would
make a real impression; it has powerful
dramatic features and its physiology
furnishes ample verge for novel and
original observation.-N Y Times.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-23
Hindoo Fakir.--HOw They Simulate
Death for Weeks at Time.

The physiological training Of the Hin
doc fakir for his profession is something
worth study. He begins by abstention
from food during the day and taking a
very reduced quantity at night. Ger
tain articles are strictly prohibited;
among them are salt, fish and meat, oil
and wine, mustard, onions, garlic and
turnips. He must refrain from spices,
from all acids and acid preparations,
and from all pungent articles except
ginger. His carbonaceous food is lin
tied to rice and wheat, his nitrogenous
to milk and melted butter (ghrtd) and
as to the carbon hydrates, honey and
sugar are alone admissible. There are
two or three articles familiar to Euro
peans only by their Bengal names which
he is permitted to use, but they are
composed of the preceding ingredients
in various proportions. Water is posi-
lively prohibited; but some sects allow
the devotee to drink sparingly of alco-
holic beverages. He must learn to live
underground and for this purpose he
digs subterranean cavern (the gulyta)
in which he passes most of his time. The
temperature must be warm and per-
fectly even and the cavern is entered
only by hole which can be closed with
stone. 1t is living sepulchre. In
deed, the essentials of the mode of life
are the complete occlusion of free oxy-
gen, impenetrable darkness and an un-
broken silence. He lies upon pallet
of cotton or wool-something warm and
soft-at the bottom of this subterranean
cell and repeats from day to day the
mystic word Om," the HindoO name
of the great abstraction of universal
life-a being more transcendental than
that of Illegal. The devotee takes oc-
casional walks, but is very slow in his
movements, so as to lessen the rapidity
Uf fti Inc respiration. ne repeats ThlS
"Om'' sometimes 10000 times a day,
and has other syllables, among which
are "Bam," Ham" Liam" Ram"
Sonam," YAM" of which he per-
forms endless series of repetitions, ar
ranging them in every order of which
they are susceptible, and rigidly follow
ing prescribed order for given num-
Der of repetitions. He trains himself
to sit squatted for hours together in a
certain peculiar attitude (the Siddha-
sana), which consists in doubling the
leg under the body, so as to rest
upon the heel of the left foot,
while the right leg is extended forward.
In this position, with the right arm ad-
Sharp County record., 1880-09-23
Il BROKEN WING.

walked in the woodland meadows,
Where sweet the thrushes sing,
And found on bed of MOSES
A bird with Il broken wing.
/ healed the wound, and each morning
1t sang its old sweet strain;
But the bird with a broken pinion
Never scared as high again.
1 found youth life broken
By sins seductive art,
And, touched with Christ-like pity,
took him to my heart.
He lived with noble purpose,
And struggled not in vain;
But the soul with a broken pinion
Never scars as high again.
But the bird with broken pinion
Kept another from the snare,
And the life that sin had stricken
Raised another from despair.
Each los has its compensation,
There are healings for each pain;
But bird with broken pinion
Never scars as high again:
Christian Weekly.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-23

The Chinese months are lunar, and
thirteen in number. This year their
New Year fell on the ninth of February.
The day is spent in visiting and ex-
changing New Year cards. The Chi
nese are said to DE the inventors of Wis
iting cards. These New Year cards are
of red paper and are inscribed with the
name of the donor. They are tackled
upon the walls of the laundry, where
they remain until next New Year. The
day is wholly given to jollity and good
fellowship.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-23

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