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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

There is nothing SO noble and
touching as a really spontaneous act
/ Of generosity, after all. The other
day a rough, careless-looking stran-
ger was walking up Mission street
near Sixth, when he observed a lot
of hoodlums clustered round the
gate Of a small frame house, infront
of which q poor woman was weep
/ ing bitterly, surrounded by her terri
fled children. 4 scanty array of
household goods on the pavement
showed that it was q case of eject
ment
What are you abusing tAe wo-
man for?n demanded the man from
below, addressing an ill-favored in
dividual who was carrying out the
furniture.
Il amt abusing her." growled the
landlord; she can't pay her rent,
and I'm going to bounce the whole
outfit, that's all"
I've o good notion to bounce
you, sad the stranger Indignantly
whats the amount she ows YOU ?"
Twenty dollars
Here take it out Of that, and the
angry man took out his wallet and
handed over a S100 greenback.
The evicter respectfully turned
over a receipt and me change. Fore
ing an additional W on the happy
woman, the stranger walked rapidly
away.
/" Centric cuss, that" said the
house owner, looking after the PHI
lanthopist, musingly.
But the philanthropist said moth
ing until he turned the corner, when
he muttered softly to himself, as he
put on 4 little more pedestrian
steam:
Its no use talking-virtue is It's
own reward. ! couldn't have got
another such chance to work Off that
counterfeit in q year."-Sdn Francis
60 Post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
THE DEVIL.
M.n don's believe in a devil now, as tlleir

Msa dom; believe in devil now, as thei
fathers used 70 10;
They've foreei The door OF She broadcst
creed to let his majesty through.
There isn't print Of his cioven foot, or {
fiery dar. from his bow
70 be foaad on earth or ai- today for th'
world has voted so.
Bat who is mixing the fatal Grausht thai
palsies heart and brain,
Aud loads the bier ofeach passing ycal
With ten hundred thousand slain
Who bligits the bloom Of tie land to-day
with ase fiery breath Of hell,
lfthc Devil isn't and never was Wont
somebody rise and tell?
Who dog the step Of ihe ;ol,ins sain. and
digs The pit for his feet?
WHO sows the tares in the fields Of time
wherever God sows his wheat?
The Devil isvoted not to be, and ofcourse'
the thing is true;
Bat who is doing the kind Of work the
Devil alone should do?
Weare told he does aot 50 about Ike a
roaming lion now
liut who shah We holdresponsible for the
everlasting row
10 heard at ho:ne, in c!iurcha and state,
l. hecarth's rcmotest bound,
iftiia y II, By unanimous vote, is no
whcr % be found?
Won't so.ae5oly step to the front forth
with and make their bow and show
How the frauds and crimes Of single day
spfing up? We want to know.
The Devil was fylrly voted oat, aad, of
cowsc, the Devils gone,
But sinple people would Ike to know
~ho carrie his business on?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
Got Their Clothes 1xixeu.

Mark Twain, in his book called
"Tramps Abroad" tells how party
of tourists got wet, and what they
did when they went back to the no.
tel:
"We stripped and went to bed,
and sent our clothes down to be
baked all the horde of soaked tour
lists did the same. The chaos of
clothing got mixed the kitchen, and
there were consequences. / did not
get back the same drawers l sent
down when our things came at g.
-, ! got 4 pair on new plan. They
were merely a pair of long, white,
rufiled, cutIed sleeves hitched to-
gethcr at the top with a narrow band
and they did not come down to my
knees. The man must have been
an idiot to get himself up like that
to rough is in the Swiss mountains.
The shirts they brought me were
shorter than the drawers, and hadn t
any sleeves to-at least hadn't any
more than DIR. Darwin could call
rudimentary sleeves; these had edg-
ings around them, bat the bosom
was ndiculously plain. They gave
my bobtail coat to somebody else
and sent me an ulster suitable for a
giraffe, [ had TO tie my collar on
because there was no button on tn
foolish thing which l described
little while ago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
The Man Who Got 'Ilm.

l
Three or four days ago a citizen o
Bronson street called at the Orator
avenue station TO say TO the captain
that he suspected aiplot on the par
of his wife to elope with neighbol
of his, who was not only u married
! man, but the father of seven chill
dren.
"What makes YOU suspect such a
plan ?" asked the captain.
We'll, my wife has been kinder
pickin' up her duds, asking about
the trains and trying to get me to &c
away on q visit"
And about this neighbor ?"
! "Wcll, he and my wife are talking
over the fence about half the time
and are throwing kisses 1T each 9th
er the other halt. / don't care to
raise a row over this thing, but I'd
kinder like to stop 'em from runnin'
away"
Swell, you must take your own
way to frGstrate it, unless you 90 to
the police justice. BE careful, how
ever. Anger or jealousy may get
YOU into trouble
/ "0h, Ill be careful" was the calm
assurance, as the citizen went On his
way, to be heard of no more until
yesterday evening. Then he called
q passing patrolman into the house
to ask further advice.
You see they had it all planned
to elope," he explained.
Yes
"But go. EN-
How ?n
lie took the lamp and led the way
to the woodshed. The neighbor,
dressed in his Sunday suit, was tied
up in one corner, and the recreant
wife occupied an empty dry goods
box in the other
Got 'em last night at 8 o'clock, .
said the husband, ''and I've put in
the whole day telling 'em what |
think of such business. Guess I'd
better let 'em off now, hadn't II"
The officer thought so, and the
neighbor was released, led to the
door, and the husband said:
"Aow you trot, and if you ever
try to run away with my wife again
IIl-I'll be hanged If ! don't go
over and tell you wife about it p
lie then turned to his wife, un-
tied the cords and said: 81 guess
you feel ashamed Of this, and there
amt no use to say anything more
about it, I amt very mad this time,
but if you try it again there's no
knowing what | may do"
"Well = gasped the officer as he
drew a long breath.
"Well, didn't l get 'em ~ chuck
led the husband, IN proud delight.
Il may look like q spring chicken,
but I'm no old fool, and don't you
4.-~..4 -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

The man in Newark, Ohio, who
was arrested and almost lynched
last January, under a charge of ex-
cessive cruelty to his little son, was
placed on trial last week. His testi-
mony in his own defense gives a
view at once curious and shocking
of the kind of discipline, adopted by
him to bring up to be ''the right
kind of a boy" as he expressed it.
"The stick I put on his tongue" he
testified, was a flat hickory stick,
an inch vide and one fourth of an
inch thick. I split it back over halt
way, put an ordinary carpet tack in
the top part Of the stick, had him
put his tongue in, and pressed down
with my thumb and finger, and he
pulled his tongue out. ] punished
him in this way to make an inn
preston on his mind"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
The Lazy Man.

He spoils work disappoints your
expectations; exhausts your pa
tience; eats up your substance /;
abuses your confidence, and hangs
a dead weight on all your plans !;
and the very best thing an honest
man can do with a lazy man is to
get rid of him. Solomon says
-Bray a fool with a pestle, in a
mortar with wheat, yet will not his
oily depart from him." He does
aot mention what kind of fool he
meant; but as he speaks OF fool by
pre-eminence, we take it for granted
that he meant q lazy man; and we
are the more inclined to the opinion,
from another expression of his ex-
perience, namely: 'As vinegar to
the teeth, and smoke to the eyes,
so is The sluggard to them that send
him .
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

Care OF Horses

Horses are hard workers andneed
the best of care during the not days
OF summer. Frequent brushing,
rubbing and currying will be neces-
sary to remove the sweat stains and
make the coat smooth. An occa-
sional washing, especially of the
legs and feet is important. Flies
will cause great inconvenience, and
if not guarded against will worry
the ANIMALS greatly. A cotton sheet
is q protection and costs little.
Horses should have water frequent
ly but in small quantities, and
should not be allowed to 90 thirsty
so long as to overload themselves
when they finally come to drink.
The food should be substantial
something more than grass is de-
manded by a working horse. The
stables, and all the surroundings of
the horse, should be kept clean 4
failure here may develop bad gases
that may breed disease.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
Tl,c DcviIish 1.-an,ps.

LANCASTER, Pa, July 19.-I.ast
evening two Lancaster boys met a
party Of tramps along the Conesto "a
Creek, who invited them to drink
beer. The boys did so; but becom-
ing offended at their hosts, came to
town, secured crowd, and return
ing TO the creek attacked the tramps.
Stones and fists were the principal
weapons used in the fight that fol-
lowed, but one of the tramps used
a revolver and shot one of the boys,
John Brimmer, in tre left breast
The ball struck a rib and made an
ugly wound, butwss cut out by the
physician at TIE county hospital.
and Brimmer will probably recover.
City officers arrested seven tramps,
and they VIII be held to await the
result of Brimnlers wounds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
Lcadville Types.

OF all American cities Leadville
might be expected 10 costain a num-
ber of what q novelist He'd types.
A list Of candidates for city officers
has just been published, with bio
graphical sketches, showing Il II the
typical American as seems to
foreigners may certainly ioulid in
Leadville.
The candidate for Mayor was born
in Michigan. He learned the ''rudi-
ments" at the public schools. In
1858 he became a printers devil,
and two years later entered a COM
mercial college, which he left to 60
into the pork-paeking business.
Next he entered a bank as clerk. and
then, IN 1870, he studied medicine,
graduating from Bellevue Hospital,
New York. Then he went to Colo
RADIO and practiced medicine. Then
he became superintendent OF mine,
and now, at the age of thirty-six, he
is likely to be Mayor Of Leadville.
One of the candidates for Alder
man is thirty-three years of age.
He was corn in Maine, went to Iowa
as soon as he was old enough to 90.
He engaged in several mercantile
pursuits, went TO the war; engaged
IN stock-raising. took an appoint
ment in the Portsmouth navy-yard,
Went to Chicago and engaged in the
commission business, and then ran
two markets was burned out in the
Chicago FIRE went to Colorado
Springs and engaged in the hotel
business. From there he went to
Leadville when the craze started,
and is interested in forty mines and
is a large real estate owner.
If these men are not typical Amer
leans it is hard to say where they
will be found.-Phd. 1Smes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
Color arrangement.

The Fordt NonAly says that q few
simple rules in the arrangement OF
flowers VIII materially enhance the
effect produced. Among these are
/. Avoid placing rose-colorcd next
to scarlet, orange, or violet.
2. Do not place orange next 10
yellow, or blue next to violet.
8. White relieves any colcr, but
do not place next to yelsoe.
4. Orange goes well with blue, and
yellow with violet.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
ATrayeier's Story.

After spending months at Euro
pean and American watering places
and thousands Of dollars looking for
health / returned home dishearten-
ed and wretched. i consulted the
best physicians and travelled fan
and near without benefit, and ex-
pected to die. A friend urged a
trial of Parker's Ginger Tonic. Three
bottles and careful diet have worked
wonders and brought me excellent
health and spirits, and you may
publish my experience for the bene-
fit of similar sufierers.-A Cincin-
natl lady.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

An Eastern tournist in Nevada
had been spinning some incredible
fish yarns, when one of the party,
turning to an old mountaineer,
said:
@Bill, that gets away with fishing
in this country, don't it?"
Wal, | don't know bout that"
'Do you mean to say you have
caught more and larger fish p
@No: but I've caught some purity
big fellers.' .
Come, now. tell us the weight of
the largest trout you ever caught
''Wal, / can't exactly tel as to
tie weight, but YOU folks can figger
on it. Now, yer know its over two
hundred miles around this lake. Put
that down. As | said before, ! don't
know the weight OF the biggest trout
| ever yanked out, but | did haul
one up on the beach, and after l
landed him the lake fell three feet,
and you can see by that water mark
over yonder that it hasn't ris since
that time"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
\ Boston woman's First Vote.

A very amusing comment upon
a certain phase of the woman's suf-
frage question is told by one of the
tellers at the last city election in
Boston, and vouched for By him as
absolutely true.
4 woman well-know in strong
minded circles came to the polls
vote in hand. Upon being asked
her name, she nesitated a little, but
concluded, upon the whole to give
it. She seems to have similar mis-
givings about replying to an equally
impertinent question in regard to
her place of residence, but in this
matter she also decided to yield.
The name being checked upon the
LIST, the voter was told 20 deposite
her ballot, which, after examining
the ballot-box with some curiosity,
she did. She stood an instant in
an attitude of expectancy, and then
asked. SIS that all p
Yes, madam" answered the tel
Ter.
Then. if that IS all, she asked
with some asperity, why 90 men
make such fuss about it?'
The tide of voters, kept away By
her delay, became too strong for her,
and she was swept forward with her
question unanswered. She fingered
about, however, and in the first lull
came back to the ballot box.
@Ifyou please" She said to the
teller, ''Id like to sec that vote |
put in there"
But you can not he said, y
vote can't be taken out of the box.
But l want very much to see it
she persisted.
What did you want Of it mad
am ?" he asked, politely.
"0h," was the naive answer. Il
wanted to see who | voted for.7
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03
Abandoned.

We perceive by one of our Mas
sachusetts exchanges that DIR. Lo-
renzo Waite, of Westfeld, an emf
ncnt physician of Berkshire Coz
strongly indorses st. Jacobs Oil.
With it he cured case of Sciatica
that resisted all regular professional
treatment, and that in fact had been
abandoned as incurable.-4l6any,
IN. Y. Dahl Press and KnickTbocker. }
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wife, and teach him, my own sweet
love some of the bravery only such
women as you can teach to men ~
A great light shone in the beauti-
full eyes upraised to his.
Il owe you my life,' she whisper
cd. "If debt so rich win receive
payment so poor, take it, Roydon.
1t IS yours.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

Once it is known that Peruna
cures disease and prevents its re.
turn, it will be absolutely neglect OF
duty TO be without it. Therefore
always keep bottle in your cup
board.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

BE wise and Happy

fyou viii stop all your extrava-
CANT and wrong notions in doctor
ing yourself and familses with ex-
pensive doctors or humburg cure
alls, that do harm always and use
only natures simple remedies for
all your ailments-you will be wise,
well and happy, and save great ex-
pense. The greatest remedy for
this, the great, wise and good will
tell you, is Hop Bitters rely on it
See another column.-Prsss.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

Gate posts should be set firmly.
A great deal may hinge upon them
as your girls grow up.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

The pension list now absorbs
two-fiiths of the whole amount e&-
pended for the support Of the Gov
ernment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

Some pretty expensive suits are
seen on the streets, but not as high
as those to be found in the courts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-03

Cashier and Manager.
Collections made "A all parts Of sAe United States
Charges moderate. Butter and other checks col
lectod and csshed. Eastern and Western exchange
always on hand. Remittances made with pronpt-
nsSs. Accounts solicited.
Parties desiring 20 purchase U. :. PER
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, can be aocomno-
dated az this Bank. The coupons are prepaid in
denominations of 50, leo, So5 and 1000
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A crowcus-A rooster.
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waste the words. BY the way, there
is my horse. | had no idea it was
so late. Au revoir. Remember,
have the first and last waltzes this
evening"
The girl stood motionless, watch
ing him as he strobe away-watch-
Ing him vault up on his horse, his
tail, superb figure showing to such
splendid advantage watching horse
and rider as they cantered out of
sight, the latter turning first to give
her a farewell salute with his whip.
$50, in scarce a month, win he
ride out Of my life,D she murlnured
to herself with white lips. "Oh,
Roydon, is it that you are too proud
to ask me to share the peril and pri-
vations of 4 soldiers life, or that it
would give you no pleasure TO have
me share It ~
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AND THERE THE CASE DROPPED

Not even lawyer, however skillful in
cross examination, can make q witness
tell the truth, providing the witness
wishes to evade it. It is impossible to
put question in such exact language
that it will demand the desired answer.
Indeed, nothing is more true than the
statement of Talleyrand that language is
intended to cover up ones thoughts, and
no one ever practiced the principle con-
tanned in the statement more than Talley-
rand himself.
1t was necessary on certain occasion
in court TO. compe. witness to testify as
to the way in which Mr.. Smith treated
his horse.
"Well, sir" said the lawyer, with q
sweet and winning smile-a smile intend
ed to drown all suspicious as to ulterior
purposes-"how does Smith generally
ride horse? ?"
The witness looked up irnocently and
said:
Generally a-straddle, sir, believe. ="
The lawyer asked again:
"But, sir, what gait does he ride"
The imperturbable witness answered:
"He never rides any gait at all, sir,
but I've seen the boys ride every gate on
the farm"
The lawyer saw he was on the track of
Tartar, and his question was very in
sinuating.
"How does Mr.. Smith ride when he is
in company with others2 I demand a
clear answer"
swell, SIR" said the witness, she
keeps up with the rest if his horse is able
to, or if not, he falls behind"
The lawyer was by this time almost
beside himself and asked:
"And how does he ride when he is
alone2"
81 don't know, was the reply; ST was
never with him whom he was alone.'
And there the case dropped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31
IT'S JUST A BOOMING.

Such is the expression from all drug
gists and dealers everywhere who are
selling DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. No like preparation can
begin to have such an extensive and rap
id sale. And whyl Simply because of
it's truly wonderful merits. No Cough or
Cold, no matter of how long standing or
how stubborn, can resist its healing quail
tiles. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness,
Hay Fever, Pain in the Side or chest and
difficulty of breathing or any lingering
disease of the Throat and Lungs rapidly
yield to its marvellous powers. 1t will
positively cure and that where everything
else has failed. Satisfy yourself as thous
ands have already done by getting of
your Druggist trial bottle for ten cents,
or regular size bottle for 81. For sale
by F. c. Buerstatte
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A LONG-LOST MINE FOUND.

1t is currently reported among the
miners that the old claim familiarly
talked Of by our mining men as the "lost
mine" has been discovered. This pros
pect was first discovered by an old man
named Liston, who dug up some of the
ore and then abandoned it. The story
goes that Liston, after leaving, met with
Spaniard and informed him where he
could find this discovery. The Spaniard
returned to the spot described to him,
and found the hole, took out some speci-
mems and placed them in his saddle bags
and went to Austin, Nevada, where the
samples were assayed. But before he
left he took the precaution to fill up the
hole and hide what ore had been thrown
out. At Austin the Spaniard met man
by the name of T. Y. Smith, now living
at Frisco, and told him of his discovery,
and showed him the assay, which was
very high in silver, and induced Smith to
return with him and work on the big
strike. But fate was against them, for
in the absence of the Spaniard land
slide, supposed to be caused by the
bursting of a cloud, had occurred and
completely obliterated all marks and had
changed the aspect of the country so that
no trace whatever could be found of the
valuable discovery. They both returned
to find the first discoverer, Mr.. Liston,
but found that he had died. and with him
his secret. Upon searching some of the
dead mans papers map of the country
was found, when they again returned to
resume their fruitless efforts. These are
not the only men that have searched for
the lost mine, but almost every miner in
this country has visited this section and
saarnhnd for days in the vain hope of
finding the coveted prize, but with rliv
same success as all the others--to return
disappointed and dumbfounded over the
matter. Major Holt's men, one day last
week, were looking over this country and
stumbled into what they supposed to be
a shaft filed up and Immediately COM
menced to dig down. A rich deposit of
ore was discovered at depth OF two or
three feet and was found to be discon-
nected from the vein. Their suspicious
were aroused and they at once pronounc-
ed it the lost mine found. On digging
down little they struck the main body
or ledge, when they stopped and report
ed what they had found to the Major
Work has been going on ever since by
two men, and specimen of ore brought
to this Office is very rich.-.SaH Lake
Herald
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WHEN Gen. Jackson, il 1929, jour.
neyed from Nashville to Washington to
take his seat as President of the United
States, he travelled by stage coach over
the old national pike that led over the
Alleghanies. In the palmy days of
coaching no post-road in the country did
so large business as this splendid old
highway, which opened the West and
Southwest to the East. The wagons were
so numerous that the leaders of one team
had their noses in the trough at the end
of the next wagon ahead; and the coaches,
drawn by four or six horses, dashed along
at rate which would have made an
English coachman of the day mad with
envy. Beside the coaches and wagons,
there We're gentlemen travelling singly on
horseback, with all the accoutrements Of
their journey packed in saddle-bags, and
there were immense droves of sheep and
herds of cattle raising clouds of dust