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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07
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Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs

Demonstrated best by HIGHEST HoN0RS AT ALL
WORLDS EXP0SITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS, viz:
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1873 Only American Organs awarded highest hon
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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07
en- works upon the lungs

II you wish TO save one pair OF boots every
year get Lyon'SPatent Heel Stilfener applied
10 them while they are new.
Young men go west. Learn telegrHphy. Adj
dress r. Valentine, Manager, GAINESVILLE, Wis
Uhew Lncksnn,s Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07

Everyone who thinks OF buying an organ
should read circular headed " Useful Intor-
nation tor Purchasers OF Parlor or Cabinet
Org ms" A postal card addressed to the Ma
son & IIamlin Org,n Co., will bring one, free.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07

NEGLECTED. CouGus AND CoLDs.-Few are
aware of the importance OF checking cough
or common cold" in its first stage; that
which in the beginning would yield to
" Browns Bronchial Troches," il neglected
often works upon the lungs.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07

This wonderful distance Is acknowledged by physi-
clans throughout lie world TO be the best remedy dis
covered for the cure OF Wounds, Burns, Rheumatism
Skin Diseases Piles. Catarrh, Chilbains, &C In order
that every one may try It, II is put up In 10 ami 81
cent bottles for household use Obtain II from your
druggist and you will find II superior 10 anything you
haal. nNrnr ftan1
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07
EAR DISEASES.

DR.. O. f. SHOEMAKER (the we-known Aural Surgeon
of Reading Pal gives all his time to the treatment OF
Deafness and Diseases of the Ear at his office. His
success has given him national reputation, especially
on running Ear and Catarrh Call or send for his little
Book on the Ear, its Diseases and their Treatment
free to all. His large Book (35O pagesl, price
Sc, Address Rr. G. e, SHOEMAKER,
hurui Surgeon. Reading, Pa.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07

CAIRO
NEWS in Mort
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
"Lcts Take the Drink"

A student applied the other day
to one of the District Courts III san
Francisco for admission to practice,
and an examination committee of
one was appointed by the Judge to
ascertain his qualifications. The
examination began with
"Do you smoke, sir ?"
IL do, sir."
"Have you spare cigar|
Yes"
Now, sir, what is the first duty of
a lawyer"
80 collect fees
Right; what is the second?'
"To increase the number of his
clients"
"Whcn does your position toward
your client change?"
"When making a bill of costs.
Explain"
"We are then antagonistic. ! as-
sume the character OF plaintiff and
he becomes the defendant" "
\ suit once decided, how do you
stand with the lawyer conducting
the other side?"
Cheek by jowl.
Enough, sir, you promise to be
come an ornament to your proies-
sion. and wish YOU success. Now
are YOU aware OF the duty you owe
me?"
Perfectly
Describe it."
1T is to invite you to drink.
But suppose | decline?'
Candidate scratched his head.
There is no instance of the kind on
record in the books .
You are right; and the conf
dence with which you make the as
sertion shows that you have read
the law attentively. Let's take the
drink and I'll sign your certificate" "
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
Chinese Exccutions.

A correspondent writing from
Shanghai saws II went to see six
Chinese pirates beheaded Yesterday.
The open square where all the exc
cutions take place was filled with
Chinese of ali ages and conditions,
and few Europeans among them.
The prisoners were the most iorlorn
starvlings | ever saw, and betrayed
no more fear al their approaching
fate than If they were To be specta-
tors of an execution. \ huge Tar
tar ofiiciated as eXecutioncr. lie
was armed with native sword, and
stood on platform in the centre OF
the square. After the criminals,
with their hands tied behind them,
had been taken upon the stage, the
executioner took one OF the pirates
by the arm, brought him to the
platform, hit him a sharp rap with
| his hand on the head, and then the
executioner's sword went up, was
poised in the air full halt minute,
and with a sweep of the glltterlng
blade descended and the poor Grim
inaFs head went flying off in one di-
rection and the body in another.
One by one tbe others met their
death in the same way, the Tartar
making a very short, business-il1e
( Job of it, merely turning to receive
( the plaudits of the crowd after each
head rolled off, and responded by n
grin which showed every one of his
teeth. But the stolidity of the poor
wretches was beyond description.
Not a muscle quivered, and even
when waiting for the blade of the
executioner to fall | could not de
tect sign of emotion. The crowd
seemed to enjoy the sight I'M
mensely, and set up yell OF de
! light at each cut of the Tartar's
sword. | am told the executions are
common here. Sickened with the
sight went down one of the roads,
and, coming TO a prison, went IN.
| OF all places in this world | believe
there Is not one where there Is so
much abiect wretchedness to be seen
as in Chinese prison. The criminals
serving out a sentence, get but one
meal week from the authorities.
The rest of the time they are fed by
friends, if they have any; by the
contributions of visitors, or they
starve. | had not much money
with me going in, but came out pen
niless, the poor creatures so working
on my feelings. Some of the prison
ers had lost hand, others were
heavily ironed, and all wore the same
pinched and starved look. ! saw
three women in process OF execution
I for numbering a man. They were
hanged by the neck in kind Of
wooden stocks, so arranged that
their feet could just reach the
: ground, and were left in thi- condi-
ton till dead. Sometimes death en-
sues very soon, but oftener day OF
+ two will pass before the poor wretch
dies, as there is no pressure on the
. neck.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
In the Rapitia.

4 letter from Montreal to the To-
ronto Globe describes the terrible adj
venture of the crew of a raft in de-
scending the Lachine Rapids. The
pilot was Daillebout, the Indian Ia
crosse PLAYER. He mistook the
channel, and instead of going over
the smoother course got into the
"sault," or jump, as the channel part
of the rapids is called, There were
thirteen of the crew, and the raft
had hardly touched the rough water
before it began breaking up. There
was more than half mile vet for
the raft to 90 before the fate of the
crew could be ascertaincd; and seen
from the other raft, which took the
correct course, the spectacle was a
terrible one. Long logs Of timber
would lift high into the air, and hu-
man beings would be seen clinging
to them, the next moment to be
dashed down and buried in the
seething waters. Other logs contin-
ually upheaved with their living
freight looking like bundles of weeds.
Some timbers while upheaved would
touch bottom at one end, and the
fearful velocity of the raft would
shoot them bodily into the air, to
fall among the men who were strug-
Cling for their lives. and to add new
terror to those which already faced
them. As the raft, or all that was
left of it, reached clear and smooth
water, the half-smothered remnant
of the crew managed to bring their
raft to the shore TO repair damages.
For three Of the crew, rafting on the
81. Lawrence rapids was over.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
The Monroe Dectrine f.spiainea,

Bidwell L. Stephens writes from
North Vernon, Indiana What is
the Monroe doctrine ?" The Monroe
doctrine, Bidwell, simply and expli-
city declares that no foreign nation
shall come over here and slide down
our cellar door that England and
France shall not hang on our front
gate to do their courting: that they
can't bring over their own syrup pots
and elder spouts and make sugar in
ourmaple groves that Germanyand
Austria can't spot 10 be tree in our
woods that Italy can't cut her fire.
go9d out Of our hedge rows; that
Russia ea92t spank her neighbors'
children with agl pHtter paddle. The
Monroe doctrine simply means that
We are the bull ofthe woods between
The two oceans, and that the man
who joins forces with ps on either
side had better not move the bounda-
ry fence until he talks to us about it,
and that he can't sublet a patch of
his farm to anybody until we are
satisfied that the new tenant will
make good neighbor for us. That's
n hoIf oil fbaro ic af ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28

"You are a regular boarder, are
you?"
"The regularist one you've got |
don't intend to miss a meal. I've
got a chance now to get even for be-
ing hungry many 4 time"
At one o'clock John came back,
and remarked as he hung up his
hat: I'm on time, It's one O'Clock.
Fetch me suthin' to eat" The
waiter went away muttering, and
brought in n rather slim meal.
Look a here" said John, don't
try 10 go back ON your contract /
reckon you did rather underrate my
ability, but I'm n man."
At two o'clock John came back
and took seat. The proprietor
came in and asked what he wanted.
Il want my dinner, supper or
breakfast, Just what you are a mind
to call it.
you have already eaten here
three times to-day"
Il know that.
"Why do YOU come again."
Because its two o'clock.
at is not supper time"
''No, but its two o'clock time.
IL don't understand YOU, sir.
What do YOU mean ?'
"Your understanding may have
been injured by my surprising abili-
tv. | came here with the under
standing that | was to have my
meals at all hours"
THE contract has not been adj
hered to; YOU have come here irregu-
larly."
No, sir; | have come here regu-
lar 1t was the agreement that ]
was to have n meal every hour, and
| am going to stand up to it if it
packs my stomach as tight as a
green watermelon You trying to
impose on me because am from the
country. | havemade arrangements
with boy to wakemeup every hour
tonight, and I'm comm here to eat.
That's my business now, and III act
fair with you and eat every time.
Give me an oyster can of coffee and
some bali sassage.
The proprietor handed theman So
and required him to leave. \ fight
ensued, and John was led away by
the police. When he completes his
rock pile engagement he will sue the
restaurant for damages.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
Chief Ouray.

General Fiske says of the Ute
chief Ouray. that he is an "abler
man than many members of Con-
gress,' and that his wife is "very
bright woman" He also said that
they appealed to the Board of Com
miSsioners to help them recovertheir
only child, who was stolen by the
Arapahoes twenty years ago. The
boy was only four years old at the
time, but the parents have not got
over their grief at his loss, and think
they should recognize him now if he
could be found. When he last saw
Ouray in Washington he said: IF
this child should be estolen from YOU,
you would use the whole army of
the United States to recover it. Can't
you help me get back my boy? ?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
on His Door-S,cps.

At II o'clock the other night a
policeman on Beaubien street, De
troit. came upon q man pounding
vigorously on the door of a dwelling
house. and he asked what he want
ed there. The FOUNDER was pretty
well set up. He descended the
steps. went close up to the officer
and softly whispered in his ear:
ITS my-my own abode, and 1
w-want TO get in
'aBut why don't you can out?'
asked the blue coat.
aR-because | don't want to g-give
myself away. ] want TO get into
the house before the jawing COM
mences. | want my wife to think
it's s-somebody else" "
well, 60 ahead, but don't arouse
the neighbors."
The officer sauntered on, but in
about ten minutes he encountered
the tipsy citizen on the other side of
the block. The man was thorough
" drenched with cold water and
had lost his hat
sHeliol didn't YOU get in?"
"N-nqt quite"
Couldn't awaken your wife, eh p
"The t-tF0pble was, whispered
the man, as a big shiver galloped
over him, ''the t-trouble was that
she was awake all the thine !"
"And she deluged YOU from 4 sec
ond-story window ?"
lin not 'zactly clear as to
whether it was thunder shower or
only pitcher Of w-water, and |
thought I'd h-hunt you up and ask
you if th-thqnder showers ever come
in the night, and if lightning ever
knocked a p-perfeot gentleman of
his own door-steps?7
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
Meals at All Hours.

Shortly after arriving in Little
Rock John Forester was attracted
by a sigs bearing the inscription,
Meals at Al Hours" Entering
the place and meetlBg The proprietor
he said:
you keep a tavern, here. de-
you ?"
NO. | keep a restaurant"
II don't know much about your
new names; but YOU feed folks here,
don't yor2"
"Yes, sir"
We'll. ! want 10 board here three
days, or / reckon until / get a job OF
some kind. ! see your sign SAYS.
meals at all hours. You don't IA. ean
that, do you?"
Certainly | mean it. Iii board
YOU three days for So"
"And give me my meals at all
hours ?"
"Yes, sir"
Here take the IS. | never set
myself up as regular eater, but I'll
buck agin you for the next three
days. ! think ] can stand her about
that long. Its II o'clock. Give me
something 10 eat.
A meal was brought out and
quickly dispatched; apd remaking
that he would be back on Gme, Mr..
Forester left. At u o'clock he
came back and ate again.
'"You needn't stare at me-" he
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
4 Postal Incident.

One of those raugh-clad, big-heart-
ed miners who come into Santa Fe
occasionally to lay in IA supply OF
grub, stepped into the post-ofiice of
that town recently, and seeing in
the window three letters held for
postage, picked one up, and locking
at the address, said in a tone of
great astonishmonti tWhy, this let
ter is for a lady in Denyer!' "Yes,
said the clerk. "And you are hold
ing it herew in a tone of greater as
tonishment. "Why, of course" an
swered the clerk, don't YOU see
it hasn't any postage paid?" In Il
tone of utter contempt for the man
who would not forward a letter to a
woman, paid or unpaid, the miner
said: Give me some stamps" 1t
was done; he carefully put stamps
on all the letters in the window,
putting two on that of the feminine
gender to make sure that it would
60 all right, and staiked cut of the
office with the concluding remark
hurled at the head of the as:onish-
ed Pine Pinto; Strikes me there's
some mighty mean people in this
town.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28

Hari kari is a kind of suicide per-
formed in Japan by cutting open the
abdomen by two crosswise cuts with
n short sword. Nearly all japanese
officials carry on their persons two
swords: one long, to fight an enemy,
and the other short, to perform harl
kari. if their own honor Is at all
damaged 1t Is q very common
practice, and by so doing mans
honor is saved. Officials are often
commanded to kill themselves by
this method when by any act they
have fallen into disgrace, and by so
doing their children inherit all their
property and their fathers position
but not so If the suicide has taken
place unbidden. Persons who have
suffered uncomfortable affront, which
cannot otherwise be satisfied, some
times kill themselves in this way,
and thus satisfy their revenge ON the
enemy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
The Grace Cap

The origin Of the grace cup, or, as
it is sometimes called, the flowing
cup passed round from guest TO
guest at state banquets aud city
feasts, is thus accounted for: The
grace cup derives its name and use
from an amusing little fact illustra-
tive of the manners and customs OF
the Scotch mobiles Ia l., eleventh
century. The royal Christian civili-
ger, Margaret Atheling, the consort
of Malcolm Kenmore, observing that
they had an irreverent habit of rising
and quitting the table before grace
could be pronounced by her chap
lain, promised to reward all who
could be induced to tarry for that
ceremony with draught adlibitum
from large gold cup of the choicest
wine, which was passed from hand
to hand round the board, after the
thanksgiving for the meal had been
duly said.
The bribe offered by the beautiful
young queen was too agreeableto be
resisted by the hitherto graceless
northern magnates; each was eager
to claim his share of the grace cup,
as this social goblet was called; and
thus the custom instituted in the
palace became so popular that it was
observed III the Baron's halls, and
wherever festive cheer was to he found
throughout the land. The fashion
of the grace cup was, of course,
adopted in England by all degrees
who could afford 10 honor custom
so much in unison with national
taste. Every person of consequence
could boast of grace cup IN the
Middle Ages, and even at the period
of the Reformation they are occa-
sionally enumerated and described
in inventories Of plate and jewels,
and bcaueathed in wills"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
Saved.

MHy4uEEE, July 12,-During a
storm Friday night II boat, contain
ing a man named Miner, his wife,
two children and a boy named Rose,
was capsized in Lake Winnebago.
The boy Rose was drowned, the rest
clung to the bottom of the boat for
twenty hours, the woman having a
fifteen-year old boy lashed to her
hack. The boy died on Saturday,
md the Others aGe ia q critical Gon-
ditiou '
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
Tne Force of an Indian arrow.

The Indian bows are made of rigid
wood, but the power to bend them
effectually comes more from practice
than mere physical strength. Gen.
Brisbin says:
| have seen a small white man
bend with ease the strongest bow
when he had once acquired the art.
\ white man, too, can send an arrow
as far and as deep as an Indian. |
once had an officer named Belden
with me, who had lived twelve years
with the Indians, and he could SHOOT
an arrow into a buffalo while run
ming so that the point would come
ont on the other side. He would
also plunge an arrow into beast so
that it disappeared, and not even
the notch remained visible. The
power of an Indian bow can be bet
ter understood when it is known
that the most powerful revolver will
not send a ball through buffalo,
Belden said he had seen a bow throw
an arrow five hundred yaFds, and |,
have seen one discharged entirely
through an inch board. \ mans
skull was foundin the West transfiX-
ed to a tree by an arrow, which had
gone entirely through the bones, and
fastened itself so deep In the wood
as to sustain the weight of the head.
The man most likely had been tied
10 the tree, and then shot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28

DR.. Fenner's Blood and Liver Rem
edv and Nerve Tonic may well be
called The conquering hero" of the
times. 1t is the medical triumph Of
the age. Whoever has ''the blues
should take it, for it regulates and re-
stores the disordered system that
gives rise to them. 1t always cures
Biliouspess and Liver Complaint,
,laundice, Dyspepsia, Constipation,
Headaches, FEVER AND UESPLEEN,
ENLARGEMENT, Sorofula, Erysipelas,
Pimples, Blotches and ALL SKIN
ERUPTIoNs and BLooD DISORDERS
Swelled Limbs and Dropsy; Sleep
Iessness. Impaired Nerves and Ner-
vous Debility; Restores flesh and
strength when the system is running
down or going into decline; cures
Female Weakness and Chronic Rheu-
matism, and relieves Chronic Bron-
chitis, and all Lung and Throat diff
ficulties. 1t does these things by
striking at the root of disease and re-
moving its causes.
DR.. Fenner's Improved Cough
Honey viii relieve any cough in one
hour. TFya sample bottleat 10 cents.
DIR, Fenner's Golden Relief cures
any pain, as Tooth-ache, Neuralgia,
Collie or Headachein ) to 30minutes,
and readily relieves Rheumatism.
Kidney Complaint, Diarrh9a, etc.
Try a sample bottle at 10 cents.
DR.. Fenner's st. Vitus Dance Spe-
cific One bottle always cures. For
sale by c. n. Boyd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
IN HARVEST DAY.
Thro' Farmer Gales wide fields ! passed
Inst yesfereye.

Thro' Farmer Gales wide fields passed
inst yestereve;
Nv week Of holiday was spent,
And idly on the stile lent,
Taking my leave.
OF all the fair and smiling plain,
Wood, vale, and hill,
And all the homely household band,
CThe warm grasp OF each kindly hand
Bides with me siiID;
And was sad. The stricken grain
Around me lay;
I could but think of silent glade
OF buds and blossoms lowly laid
The harvest day.
And this is ALL" sadly said:
These withered leaves
Thi. gathered grain, Springs hours Of bliss
And Summers glory turn to this
Some yellow sheaves!"
Then Farmer Gale-that good old man.
So simply wise
Who overheard, and quickly turned
Said, while a spark Of anger burned
In his gray eyes:
LAD. thou art town bred. knowing nanght
Whereof thou pratest!
For be the flower as fair as May,
The fruit it yields in harvest day
Is still the greatest
And thou-tiy spring shall quickly pass
Fast fail the leaves
From life's frail tree. In ha' vest day
See that before the Lord thcdlay
Some yellow shc.-ves.'
He went hi, way; mine; andnow
hear the flow
OF busy life in crowded street
OF eager voices, hurrying feet.
That come and go.
Yet cen while flashing factory looms
My hands engage,
! see that far-off upland plain
Its long. long rows of gathered gr'hn-
Its rustic sage.
And hear them say: Let pleasures ialr'
And passions vain.
And youthful follies. fade and die;
But all good deeds, pure thoughts and high
Like golden grain,
"Be gathered still. Blest harvest store,
That only grows
I'm hearts besprinkled with the blood,
That evermore-a sacred flood
From Calvary flows!
Lord. when thon callest. when this world
My spirit leaves,
Then to thy feet, Oh, let Inc come,
Bringing, in joyful haryest-home,
Some yellow sheayes!
Standby Mrga-iae.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
Don't Laugh at breaking Hearts.

Do not laugh at the drunken man
reeling through the street, however
ludicrous the sight may be; just
stop TO think. He is going home to
some tender heart that viii throb
with intense agony some doting
mother, perhaps, who will grieve
over the downfall of her once sinlcss
boy; or it may be afond wife. whose
heart will almost burst with grief as
she views the destruction OF her idol,
or it may be loving sister who will
shed bitter tears over the dcgrada-
ton of her brother, shorn OF his
manliness and self-respect. Rather
drop tear in silent sympathy with
those hearts so kecnly sensitive and
tender, and yet so proud and loyal
that they cannot accept sympathy
rendered them either in word, look,
or act, although it might fall upon
their crushed and wounded hearts as
refreshingfy as the summer dew up
on the withering plant.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-07-28
i Woman to Hang.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July l2.-The
jury in the Brown mUrdeg case. after
being out forty-seven hours, return
ed a verdict at eleven o'clock to-day.
finding Mrs. Brown guilty Of .mur-
der in the first degree, and that she
suffer the penalty by hanging. She
took the verdict very coolly, and did
not seem to mind it. The court
room was crowded, large number
being ladies. One old lady exclaim-
ed, in an excited manner, "A right
eous verdict she should hangl"
Wade will now receive the same SEN
tence. 1t meets the approval Of
all