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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
MIX for the sick.

Milk is a perfect food and the only
perfect food that exists. 1t contains
all the elements that enter into the
human body. Should a man At
tempt to live on bread alone, or
flesh alone, or fat, or vegetables, he
would sooner or later starve, through
lack in these articles of diet Of some
one or more Of the properties that
are necessary TO the nutriment of
the human body. But on milk
alone most persons can live. thrive,
and grow. Milk has value, beyond
the period Of infancy, much greater
than is generally thought. The old
notion and practice was to starye q
fever. The result was the patient
was starved, and had no strength to
rally when the fever WAS subdued.
Fever patients are now carefully y fed,
advantage being taken of the daily
''remissions that IS, the hours Of
low temperature-and the digestive
power OF the stomach being aided b.
pepsin. The bland and neurishing
properties Of milk make it the main
food for such patients. It IS equally
the best food IN many cases where
the digestion has been impaired
through over taxing Of the nervous
system. Some patients, however,
have found that itproduced "bilious-
ness" as they expressed it. But
this has been largely due to using il
as drink between meals, instead Of
as the principal part Of the food at
meals. 1t has thus only increased
the stomach's burden. Still, very
weak stomachs have been unable TO
bear It even as an article of food,
especially in winter. The difficulty
is that the cold temperature Of the
milk has still further reduced the
impaired vitality OF the stomach.
In such cases let the person use it
warm-sipping it as hot as it can be
borne. This heat furnishes Just the
stimulus needed for the process of
digestion. An exclusively milk
diet, with bread or boiled rice, for
few days, viii often help a person
speedily through cold, or enable
him to rally from g temporary attack
of indigestion.
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Habit of Erasgera.ion.

Il viii skin YOU alive if you DO
that again. exclaimed mother to
naughty child. Ii was sort of
hyperbolical expression that has
crept into frequent use, with a null
titude of similar expressions. She
did not mean that she should pro-
ceed to fay the.little ones as Il butch
cher would a calf or lamb. The ex-
ecution OF her threat would FIJI her
own soul with excessive horror. She
would not have strength to make
much progress in the very barbar-
Gus work ofskinning her child alive.
1t would not be motherly.
| viii whiD you within an inch of
your life" said father 70 bis erring
son. This would be 4 terrible whip
ping indeed. Coming so near deaths
door with the rod would be revolving.
But he did not mean this. He only
meant that he would administer q
very severe chastisement. No one
would be more careful than he not
to jeopardize the life of his son
His expression was only 4 form of
exaggeration which society seems 10
tolerate.
How many precisely such speech
es are made in every circle? 1T
was done as quick as lightning" "
"He is as slow as q snail" 1t is as
hot as an oven.' "It is as cold as
Greenland" There is no end to
such expressions. And they indi-
cate that the habit of exaggeration
is very strong in the human family.
Human nature seems inclined to
stretch the truth. That is the rea-
son that such strange stories are told,
often becoming magnified to such
an extent after having passed through
several hands. "a story loses moth
ing by travelling, is an old saying.
Every tongue that repeats it gives
it an additional turning over. Yet
none mean to exaggerate.
It is fault, however, is it not?
May it not be a sin? 1t is certainly
deceptive to tell child that you
will skin him alive when you have
no idea of perpetrating the deed.
Should we not talk as we mean?
Let your yea be yea, and your ray
nay. At least this should be done
to children.-HoTe Monthly.
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4 Rat With = Bell On.

A German customer trading at the
hardware store of Patterson Bros,
on Park Row on Friday said to the
clerk waiting upon him: Don't yer
hear some strange noises? Somdings
in de walls"
The clerk replied that he did not
hear anything strange.
"Dere it goes again. Hear him
in de vail? Dcre, it's up IN de cell
in" cried the excited German. as
the tinkling sounds became more
distinct.
ooh! that's our rat" said the
clerk. Recently we have been
much troubled with rats. We have
tried many devices to get rid of them
and all proved useless. They SEEM
ed to increase in numbers since Jay
Gould began to tear down those old
buildings for the new World Office.
Kelly's building on the corner OF
Nassau and Beckman streets must
have sent US few. Anyhow they
swarmed about our store and we
did not know how to get rid of them.
We caught that rat,that you hear
going about the walls on Thursday
in a trap. 4 customer suggested
that we tie small bell to its tail
and allow it to go free, instead OF
turning it over to the dogs, as we
were about to do. 1t was done. 1t
has been going about jingling the
bells at intervals since. The Others
have fled. The strange sound star
tied and drove them away. The rat
upon whose tail il is tied is himself
startled. We expect that it viii go
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Clay, Webster and Calhoun.

\ correspondent Of the Philadel-
phia Press thus quotes Jefferson Da-
Wis: 81 had peculiarly intimate re-
lations with Clay, Calhoun and Web
ster," he said, Il went to school in
Gays town and his favorite son
was killed with me in Mexico, and
he always associated me with that
boy. Mr.. Calhoun gave me my first
warrant 20 West Point, and by a
singular coincidence, when 1 went
to the Senate my seat was by his
side, snd he always seemed to take
4 fatherly supervision over me.
While IN the House | had been
upon.a committee charged with in
vestigating the State Department
under Mr. Webster's administration.
He had been charged with mis-ap-
propriating some of the Secret Ser
vice funds, but the investigation
showed that he had simply used it
to prevent the introduction Of the
Ashburton treaty into the politics Of
the State of Main. | drew and
championed the report which exoner-
atcd him. Mr.. Webster never forgot
that act. He was the most grateful
man for any act Of kindness or in
terest in him that / ever knew. He
was n great orator but not in the sense
Mr.. Clay was. Mr.. Clay possessed
tue graces of oratory to 4 greater
extent than any man that ever lived
in this country. His gestur s, his
manners and his speech were per-
feet. Mr.. Calhoun had none of the
graces of oratory, but he did have a
perfect contempt for them, and his
pronunciation was wretched. But
no.orator Of the present day could
influence the people or have the po-
sition that these men had in those
days. The newspapers have taken
the place of the speaker, and a great
er engine than the newspaper has
superseded the orator, that is, the
telegraph, People want news and
information and want it in para
eraDhs.
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as he had paid that evening for bill
lizard playing.
Albert Landman wanted to be an
honest husband and father, and the
lesson was not lost upon him. On
his way home he stopped at Grants
and purchased the best hoop to be
found, with driving stick painted
red, white and blue, and in the
morning, when he behold his child s
delight, and had received her crate
full, happy kiss, the question came
to his mind. Which.was the best
and happiest result, this or the five
games Of billiards? The hoop cost
80 cents. He could play two games
of billiards less and be the absolute
gainer of ten cents by the opera
ton.
a few mornings after this, as Al
bert arose from the breakfast table,
he detected an uneasy look
upon his wife's face.
Kate, what is it n
ALBERT, could you spare me hall
dollar this morning n c
And out came the wallet, and tha
money was handed over with
warm, genial smile.
What Tears at that? Was it pos
sible she had been so little used to
such scenes on his part, tina. so sim
pie an act Of loving kindness thus
affected her?
How many games Of billiards
would be required to secure such
satisfaction as Albert carried with
him that morning TO the shop.
a very simplelesson, is it not but
how many may gain lasting profit
by giving heed to the lesson !?
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WHOLE NO. 1868.
Some of the Great Bridges.

Robert Stephenson, great engineer
as he was, reported that suspension
bridges would never do for steam.
John A. Roebling answered with the
Niagara suspension bridge, the
cheapest structure and one of the
best ever duilt for such a necessity.
In Menia strait, which divides an
island from the northwestern corner
Of Wales, the tide rises to the height
Of thirty feet sometimes and gener-
ally twelve feet. The British Gov
ernment erected bridge on the
great high road from England to
Ireland over this strait in 1926. 1t
is suspension bridge built by Tai
ford on chains, and cost 100000
(gold) at the time. 1t is one hun
dred feet above water. Twenty
years afterward George Stephenson
began to build the tubular bridge
three miles above, spanning the
same strait. 1t took five years, and
trains crossed in 1850. It was four
spans, the two in the middle being
$50 feet wide each, and the whole
bridge is about / $40 feet long. 1t
is 123 feet above high-water mark,
and cost 100000.
The Niagara suspension bridge,
built by Roebling in 1852, cost only
COCO, is 500 feet long, 230 feet
above the river, and its towers are
about ST feet high. The Niagara
foot bridge built in 1859, cost s175,-
600. and was said to be when open
ed, the longest suspension bridge in
the world, or ,26S feet between tow
ers.
The Cincinnati suspension bridge,
by ROebling, stands next to the East
river bridge, and is 1867 feet be-
tween towers and 1852 between the
ends the bridge is 103 feet above
low water; the towers are go feet
high, and each is taller and larger
than the Bunker Hill monument,
and the structure cost S1,S00,000
it was built by a company, and
charges three cents toll per man.
This bridge has been in most useful
operation since about 1861 it was
eleven years between its commence
ment and opening.
Roebling, the protector of the
Brooklyn bridge, was the greatest
bridge builder in the world. He
started the making OF wire cordage
in America, and built suspension
bridges to carry the acquedGcts of
canals across rivers, and engineered
the Pennsylvania railroad across the
mountains. The Brooklya bridge,
between towers, is 1,5.ij feet long.
Behind the towers there re $40 feet
each side, back to the anchorages.
The whole length Of the bridge and
approaches IS 5000 feet. Ii IS one
OF the widest bridges il Inc world,
eighty-fve feet, with a only made
thirteen feet wide, two railroad
tracks and four carriage and two
horse-car tracks. 1t is 135 feet in
the centre above the water. The
rock on which the towers rest is
about ninety feet below the surface
of the water on the New York side,
and half that depth on the Brooklyn
side-the most stupendous thing
about the structure. Each tower IS
134 feet long by ffty-six wide and at
the ton these dimensions. are reduced
to 100 feet by forty, or the size of a
very large house. Each tower is
26S feet above high water. 1t is
l 1856 feet from the beginning of the
causeway on Chatham street out to
the anchorage on the New York
shore. The architect of the bridge
received lis death wound almost at
its inception.-BalaWia's Monthly
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years ago
Tho same, came the answer.
In eighteen hours / was there.
knew the two old men who unhar-
messed my horses. They were for
liner servants of mine. But they did
not know me in my uniform. /
hastened to the entrance of this
house, then into the Office. Olga
sat at the desk writing, and seemed
unchanged to me. True, her face
was more sad, and in her beautiful
black hair | saw few silver threads,
yet she was still beautiful.
II stole in. Olga dearestp l
whispered, and sank on my knees
before her. She didn't look at me,
but threw her arms in the air; her
head fell upon the desk heavily.
She had tainted. | sprang to her,
took her in my arms, and bathing
her face, called her by every loving
name to life again; and then she
lay in rny arms while | told my
story and begged her forgiveness,
and the angel forgayc me. That
was sixteen years ago, sir, and the
years passed like spring days. We
have been always so happy
After q pause the delightful old
man continued
'But what do you think the stu
pid government at st. Petersburg in
sists upon? That / am dead, sir,
and the Donski post-station must
remain in the hands of my widow !;
or else the guardsman Of the Cuiras-
siers must be dead, and lose his PEN
sion. My widow laughs over the
dilemma. She keeps the books,
signs the receipts, and pays the tax
es. I draw my very liberal pension
under the name by which l enlist
ed, but as the former postmaster of
Donski am a dead man. This is
my history, sir. There may be
some who do not believe it, but we
and our good neighbors know bet
ter
| thanked the good man for his
interesting story. And his wife,
soon entering, took bis hand, say
ing:
'.Ah, my husband, l fear you
have wearied the gentleman with
your oft told story Come with me,
that / may scold you and they
went off laughing together, he with
a look of love in his eyes that show
ed plainly how much he valued wife
and widow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Sir Walter Raleigh, IL will be rec
objected, was charged with conspif-
ing 10 put Lady Arabella Stuart on
the throne Of England. He was con
yicted on the ilirnsiest evidence,
sentenced to death aud his estates
confisticated. For thirteen years
after conviction he was imprisoned,
and then released but not pardoned.
He was subsequently given COM
mand Of feet, with which he went
to South America. In defiance Of
the orders OF King James, he attack
ed the Spanish settlement II St
Thomas, but had to retreat. For
this breach of national courtesy
the Spanish ambassador demanded
the punishment ef Raleigh which
King james VAS not slow to grant.
1t was decided that as Raleigh
was still under sentence Of death
pronounced in 1903, he could be
tried again, and it was decided-to
execute the former sentence.
The last night Of Ralcighs life
was spent by the prisoner in a man
ner according to his antecedents.
lie wrote a letter to the king and
one to his wife, the latter full Of the
most tender solicitude for the elatter's
welfare, giving her directions what
to do after his death. He wrote al
so some verses on his doa.h, and
lay down to rest.
Next morning the dean Of West
minister attended him, and found
him smoking his fayorite tobacco
and partaking OF a cup Of sack. His
demeanor was so calm and regular,
that the dean chided him for
leyity, but afterwards confessed
that he had not met a man so well
prepared to die. lie was quite cheer
ful in his conversation. and seemed
to think no more of his excel ton
than if he had been going on a jour
ney. His dress was carefully at
tended to ne would not appear
sloyenly for the last time. He wore
handsomely wrought cap, a ruff
band, black wrought velvet night
gown over ahase colored satin doub-
let, and a black wrought waistcoat,
black cut tafy hreeehes, and ash
colored silk stockings.
From the scafold he made q
speech, in which hequietly explain
ed his conduct, professed his for.
giveness of those who injured him,
and asserted his loyalty to the king.
He then called for the AK, and the
headsman not bringing it at once
said
81 pray thee let me see it. Dost
thou think | am afraid Of it ?"
He tried the edge with his thumb,
and said to the sheriff:
1T is sharp medicine, but o
sure cure for all diseases"
The hcadsman, when Raleigh
had lain Lis head upon the block
asked him to lay his face towards
the east.
1T is no great matter where the
head stands so the heart lies right,
was the answer; and after q few mo-
ments of silent prayer, the signal
was given for the strok. The exc
cutioner allied to obey Immediately
and the signal being again given,
the dying man called out:
why dost thounot strike? q? Strike
man p
Wen might English people say,
'We had not such another head to
cut off,"
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Following their Masters.

It is well known that geese become
attached TO persons who habitually
feed them and treat them kindly.
But the attachment is seldom SO
great rs that manifested towards an
English miller who keeps flock.
The faithful creatures had repeated
" followed him mile TO the village
on week days, when he went to at
tend to business. 1t did not occur
to him that possibly some day they
might want TO follow him to church.
But on a recent Sunday they SEEM
ed to be in devotional frame of
mind and marched behind him as
he went to the sanctuary. Arriving
at the door, they wanted to follow
him in, and probably would have
occupied his pew had he consented
to let them do so. He undertook
to make them understand that he
wanted them to go home, but the
innocent and awkward creatures
failed to grasp the idea. Finding it
impossible to make them return
without committing violence on
them, the miller was compelled to
abandon his religious privileges
Tor the day and proceed homeward
at the head of the file of his feather
ed nets.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
a Nevada Story.

A gentleman of this place has :
tree which is q perfect species O
acacia. 1t was grown from 4 SEED
brought from Australia. The tree
is now sapling some eight feet in
height and is in full foliage ana
growing rapidly. 1t is leguminous
and very distinctly shows the char
actcristics of the mimosa, or sensa-
tive plant. Regularly every even
ing, about the time the chickens &C
to roost," the tree goes to roost. The
leaves fold together, and the ends ol
the tender twigs coil themselves up
like the tail Of weliconditioned
pig. After one Of the twigs has been
stroked or handled, the leaves move
uneasily and are in a sort of wild
commotion for q minute or two. All
this was known about the tree, but
it was only lately that it was discov-
cred that the tree had in ii much
more of life and feeling than it had
ever before been credited with. The
tree being in quite a small pot, one
which it was fast outgrowing, it was
thought best to give it one of much
larger size. One afternoon the tree
was transferred to its new quarters.
1t resented the operation of its re-
moval to the best Of its ability.
Arriving at his residence about
the time the tree had been trans
planted, the gentleman found the
house in grand commotion. On
asking what was up he was told
that they had trapsplanted the tree
according to orders and the opera
ton had ''made livery mad" Hard
ly had it been placed in It's new
quarters before the leaves began TO
stand up in all directions like the
hair on the tail of an angry cat, and
soon the whole plant was in quiv-
er. This could have been endured,
but at The same time it gave out an
oder most pungent and sickening--
| Just such smell as is given out by
rattlc-snakes and many other kinds
of snakes in summer when teased.
The oder so filled the house and was
so sickening that it was found nee
essary TO open the doors and vim
dows 1t was fully an hour before
the plant calmed down and folded
its leaves in peace. 1t would prob
ably not have given up the fight
even then had it not been that It's
time for going to roost had arrived.
1t is probably needless to add that
the whole household now stand in
not a little awe Of that plant as be-
ing a thing more animal, or reptile,
than vegetable.
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Eonored and BIcst.

When a board Of eminent physi-
clans and chemists announced the
discovery that by combining some
well known valuable remedies, the
most wonderful medicine was pro-
duced, which would cure such a
wild range of diseases that most all
other remedies could be dispensed
with, many were skeptical; but
proof of its merits by actual trial
has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the discoverers Of that great medi-
cine, Hop Bitters, are honored and
blessed by all as beneiactors. Dem
enal.
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Another Autocrat

The King of Abyssinia cuts OF the
noses of those who take snuff, and
the lips of those who smoke. The
king is hated more than Theodore
was. Cruel to a degree, he does
not, however. take life. He cuts of
the feet and hands OF people who
offend him. He puts out their eyes
by pouring hottallow into their ears.
You can buy nothing without the
kings order; and no one will shell
ter you without his order-in fact,
no more complete despotism could
exist. 1t cannot last, for the king
will go on from one madness to an
other.
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"A Denidcfent Action.

The worn look and miserable
feelings of those closely confined ir
mills, or at desks or at work tables
are caused by weak stomach, kid.
neys or bowels, and show the neces-
sity for some mild tonic to build
them up. No one need suffer thus
who will use Parker's Ginger Tonic.
for without Intoxicating it has such
a benefcent action on these slug
gish organs and so eleanses the poi
sonous matters from the system
that rosy cheeks and good health
and spirits are soon brought back
again.-Erprsss. See adv.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

jersey webbing, sometimes called
stockinet, resembles the elastic tex
ture Of knitted work, and is used
for the New Jersey basdues.
The small old-fashioned shawls
of white china Grape embroidered
with heavy silk floss in each corner
and edged with white nettled sill
fringe, are again in vogue.
Shoulder capes and large mantle:
of net chenille are the wraps of high
ceremony for summer wear.
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DON'T TAKE 1T To HEART.

There's many trouble
Would break like a bubble,
And into the waters Of Letllc depart,
Did not we rehearsc it,
And tenderly nurse il,
And give II a permanent place in the heart
There's many sorrow
Would vanish tomorrow
We're we not unwillingt TO furnish the wings
So sadly intrnding.
And quietly brooiing
II matches ont all sorts Of impossible things
How welcome the seeming
OF looks that are beaming,
WA ,sher oae's wealthy or whether one.
poor;
Eyes bright as berry,
CheciSs red as a cherry,
The groan snl the curse anl the hel-iaeha
can cure.
Resolved to be merry,
All worry to ferry
Across the famed waters taat BID Us forget
Aud no longer fearful,
Bu. happy ana cheerful
We feel life has much that's worth living
for yet.
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NJ. Drsz, the new President OF the
Swiss Confederation, who is only 36
years old, was the son of workman.
and has attained by private study q
high degree Of literary culture.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

The popular balayeuse IS Of mus
lin, embroidered-in the designs Of
Carrickmaeross lace, and IS used
laid flat in the skirt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

An Irish editor says: Oar
women are accused of being fond Of
whistling. Well, so be it. What
is more lovely than tulips we'll
blown ?'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Talk about our native contortioa-
ists We recently saw 4 fellow
down at Castle Garden sitting on bis
own chest.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

The fox whose tail was caught in
the trap was one of the first individ-
pals who severed his connection.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Never arrest the attention Of an
acquaintance by touch. Speak to
him.
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Card.

GLENN FAILS. n. Y.Dec. Il, 81.
Rsv. Iii. L. N. 81. Oagc,
DEAR SIR-Will you please state
below what satisfaction st. Jacobs
Oil gives you, which you got OF US
some time ago, and oblige,
LEGGETr & Bush.
Very effective.
Glenn Eals. Trmes.
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The first law of nature isselfp pres
eryation; but to 90 it she needs Pc
runa.