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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

When Congress opens in regular
session in December there will be an
unusual amount of work before it.
Over three thousand bills were left I'M
acted on at the last session, which with
the new work that necessarily comes up
should make very busy session.
Among the most prominent subjects
named as demanding attention are the
public debt, the coinage Of silver, civil
service reform, the revival of the ship
ping interests, revision Of the tariff and
the fisheries.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08
DANCING SCHOOL.

CATURDAY EVENINGS, FROM . G3
- to IL o'clock Admission, One liar for ~
gentleman and ladies' Ladies' and Chdrens Classfasks
Saturday afternoon from to A. Terms. 50 per month
motif MRS. A. AIT
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

Congressman Blackburn's fellow-trav-
elers on railway train in Texas not
long ago were mostly cowboys. They
stopped the train at the dead of night
and invited him to make a speech.
The account of the episode says that the
Kentucky orator "thought it best to COM
ply" and adds that he spoke of the
Lone Star State in such glowing terms
that his audience fired a revolver vo!iey
by way of applause. Thus it is shown
that if speech-making is weakness of
Americans it may on occasions Become
their strength.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08
Sheriff GreenSDrowned.

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, November T.
Geo. w. Green, Sheriff of this county,
was drowned to-day at the mouth Of
Redwood City creek, by the capsizing
of boat.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08
Guiteau's lawyer claims to be unfa-

Guiteau's lawyer claims to be unfa-
miliar with criminal practice. In as
Stunning the defense of the assassin, he
modestly asserted that he had been in
terested in but two criminal cases in all
his practice. But, despite his freshness
in this particular, he seems to have
readily acquired one fundamental prin-
ciple of defensive tactics-that is, to
seek always to gain time. He now asks
for another continuance of the trial, on
the ground that he is not yet fully pre-
pared. That is, public sympathy has
not yet been successfully aroused in be-
half Of his client. But every days de-
lay is helping this matter along and de-
veIoping new technicalities for prom
Using defense. If the trial can be
STAYED off long enough Guiteau's pre-
cious neck may yet be saved from The
deserved haltar.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

With its next number HCrpeJ's
Young People begins its third volume.
The two years Of this periodicals growth
have lifted it from vigorous infancy
to robust youth. The aim of its pub
fishers has been to make Ha,pe3's
Young People attractive without being
sensational, and to this end have secur-
ed the services of high class of writers
and artists. The fact has been recog-
nized by the Chautauqua "Young Peo-
pies Union," which has included this
illustrated weekly among the works
which the members of the Union are
required to read. The author of "Toby
Tyler" will contribute to the new vol
ume of Hdrpe,'s Young People a story
called "Mr. Stubb's Brother" The
boys and girls who have read "Toby
Tyler" need not be told who "Mr.
Stubs" is, and they are sure to wei
come his brother with open arms.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

The munificent donation of $4,000
by Charles Croker to the Academy of
Sciences deserves special commenda-
ton. 1t shows that there is growing
interest in the cause of science on the
Pacific coast, and that our rich men are
not unmindful Of their duties in this
regard. It is to he hoped that Mr..
Crocker's example will be followed by
other capitalists. There is wide field
for scientific research on this coast, and
the Croker fund, which is to be de-
voted to assisting students and investi-
gators in original researches in any
branch of natural science in California,
Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, will give
an impetus to investigation in that d.
rection. The public are generally in
debted to Mr.. Croker in this matter
s. +. Post.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

The money disbsrssd 1os work in and
around the Comstock mines during the
month Of October wss much larger than
for year or mere. The working force
is slightly increased for this month over
last.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

A curious plan is adopted in some
parts of the west of Ireland with view
of keeping the ono Rent" manifesto
before the tenants. 1t takes the form
of a promissory note which has been
circulated among farmers attending a
fair. The note is promise to pay rent
on the day Parnell, Davitt and other
SUSPECTS are released. 1t is intended
that the note shall be signed by the
tenants and sent to the landlords.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

Thomas Garfield, q brother of the
late President, lives on small farm in
Ottowa county, Michigan. He is fifty
nine ycars Of age, stoops somewhat,
and earries . pair Of hands as hard as
a pine-kIot. He il intelligent and rep
utable, and never had any other am
bitioa than to make IN honest living.
James sometimes visited him, and the
brothers never drif:ed fsr apart.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-08

A clever sell was perpetrated Gil the
guests of Glen Mountain House,
Watkins Glen, New York. On tree
near the piazza fronting the glen
was hung a cage carefully covered with
. piece of calico. Upon it was posted
the following notice: "Blind red bat,
from Havana. Raise the cover care
fully, as the light might injure his
syesy' It is fun for the initiated to sit
there quietly and SEQ victim after vic
tim cautiously raise the curtain and
discloss suspended within the cage-a
brick bat!
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Evils of Early Rising.

John Quincy Adams and Josiah
Quincy, ST., We're enthusiastic adj
vocates of early rising They prae-
ticed il from boyhood, and attribut-
ed TO it their physical vigor in old
age Judge Story, who was an inti-
mate friend. loved dearly q good
morning nap, and their opposite
opinions often gave rise to sharp
and witty discussions. On one oc-
casion, when the two eminent men
had dined with the judge, he invited
them to accompany him to Law
School at Cambridge where he was
to deliver q lecture He invited
the ex-Prcsident to talk 20 the stu
dents, and Mr.. Adams made inter
esting practical remarks, touching
among other topics on his favorite
theme of early rising. The Judge
hen went on with his lecture. The
afternoon was hot, and the lecture
room close, and towards the close
of the lecture, he noticed that the
class were nodding TO each other
and smiling. Looking first on his
right hand and then on his left. he
discovered the secret of their merri-
ment, for both of the distinguished
visitors were asleep and nodding.
He could not resist the temptation
to add a postscript TO his lecture.
Young gentlemen, call your at
tention to the visable proofs of the
evils of early rising" The loud
laugh that followed awoke the gen.
tlemen, but they did not understand
the joke that caused it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
4 Literal Trnslation.

The translators of the New Testa-
lament do not give literal transla-
ton of all its passages. Inthe Sun
day school lesson OF yesterday the
unjust Judge is made ;e say in the
King James version:
Because this widow troubleth
me, / viii avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me-"
The new version is much the
same, though the Judge is made TO
say:
81 will excuse her lest she wear
me out by her continual coming"
Good Greek scholars say that the
Judge, literally translated, says: Il
will avenge her lest she box me in
the eye" In explanation of this it
may be assumed that the Judge is a
rough fellow, and taking account of
the persistency of this woman. iron
ically assumes that he is afraid if he
refuses her justice that she will give
him a black eve.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
The Sponge Trade.

A correspondent of the Provi-
dence Press, writing from Nassau,
Bahamas, says: A very interesting
feature of business life here is the
trade Of sponges. Every day, ex-
cept Sunday. the dock at the foot OF
Parliament street, which is the rec
ognized mart for this branch of traf-
fic, is thronged with gentlemen buy
ers Of this product of the sea. The
dock, which is some three hundred
feet long by thirty wide, is covered
with sponges, put up in strings and
arranged in lots, which are number
ed and marked. Mr.. Higgs, the
clerk of the market, having seen
that each lot is duly labeled with
its proper tag, makes out as many
schedules of the whole as there are
buyers, and furnishes each one with
a list. Upon this the gentlemen,
aftor a careful examination of the
lots, makes his bids, and turns in
his paper at tho close of the market
The offers are then compared, and
the highest bid takes the lot. The
sale is absolute upon 3 per cent.
commission, and the amount OF
business done in this way is quite
large during the entire season.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
\ Sad History,

A history almost as sad and ro-
mantle rs that of Romeo and Juliet
is attached to Green Mount, the well
known cemetery at Baltimore, Nd.
The property was once owned by
John Oliver, q wealthy English
merchant. His only child, a beau
tiful girl of 20, was loved by q young
man whose only unfitness to become
her husband lay in the fact that a
personal feud existed between him
and the girls stern father. They
met clandestinately and planned an
elopement. The father found it out
and told his servants to patrol the
grounds by night and shoot all
tresspassers. Disguised in mems
clothing, the girl attempted to es-
cape, and was shot dead at the gate.
Grief-stricken, her father erected a
mausoleum upon the spot, and deed
ed the entire property to the cit. for
a cemetery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Her Terrible Adventure.

There were u party OF four couples
coming over an the Sarcelito boat
last Sunday, ID the prettiest girl OF
the gushers l,oked up at Mount
Tamalpais and said +:
"Oh, that horrid, horrid noun
tain. / had the most frightful adj
venture up there last Summer you
ever heard of It's wonder my
hair didn't turn white"
"What on earth was it." choruscd
the rest.
"Well, you see, | was up there
with u private picnic party, and |
wandered off by myself about a
mile, picking flowers. After awhile
! sat down to rest in alonely canon,
and before long | heard a queer
rustling sound in some bushes
right behind me. / knew at once,
somehow, that it was a grizzly"
Great Scott and you all alone y
shuddered her escort.
Not soul within a mile of me.
! was Just paralyzed with terror. l
didn't dare to stir, but in a minute l
heard the beast coming toward me
through the thicket.'
"Oh, if I'donly been there" said a
pimply-faced young man breathing
very hard.
II knew il was no use to try and
run, and | had read somewhere that
bears never touch dcadpeople. So |
Just shut my eyes and held my
breath -
"Graciousw
''Pretty soon the great brute walk
ed up and began shifting me all
over. Oh, it was just terrible!'
Should have thought you would
haye tainted"
"Oh, l didn't dare to-" said the
heroine.
"Just then | suppose the party
rushed up and rescued you," said
the appalled, audience.
"No, they didn't. Pretty soon |
felt the great beast pulling at the
flowers in my hat, SO | just got up
and shooed the horrid thing away"
"Whatl The grizzly ?"
"Oh. it wasn't grizzly. 1t was a
nasty old COW. But just suppose it
had been a grizzlyT
But the audience refused to sup
pose" and the party looked like a
funeral party until the boat struck
fbe wharf
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Avoid Slandcr.

None of us are perfect, and we
have no right therefore to expect
perfection in others. So if you car
not speak well of your neighbors,
do not speak of them at all. A
cross neighbor may be made a kind
one by kind treatment. The way
to be happy is to make others hap
py. To do good is a luxury. If
you are not wiser and better at the
end Of the day, that day is lost.
Practice kindness, even if it be but
to speak one word. Do not seem to
be what you are not. Learn to con-
troll your temper and words. Say
nothing behind ones back that you
would not say to bis face. This
habit of reticence, beside being a
kindly one, is safe. Many bitter
harvest has been reaped from
thoughtless words of censure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
How to Gain Health.

What is more charming in all ma
lures dominion than n thoroughly
healthy woman-a bright-eyed, rosy,
happy girl who finds keen pleasure
in merrily living? There is nothing
charming in illness. An invalid
wife and mother furnishes a constant
spectacle of sadness and misery to
her family and friends, and a sub
ject of unlimited expense to her hus-
band. In such a home the greatest
of all blessings that could be hoped
for would be the health of the mis-
tress restored: but too often it is the
one blessing that never comes.
American homes, more than any
others perhaps, in the world, have
been saddened by sickly women.
If this shall be so no longer, it viii
be great blessing to the nation.
And the remedy is simple. Ameri-
can men are as strong and healthy
as those of other nations; there is
no good reason why American wo-
men should not be. All that is need
ed is proper dress and exercise.
Let women dress rs men do, so that
their bodies shall not be squeezed
and pressed together, but have free
room for motion, and then 60 out
into the air and sunshine, as men
do, and exercise their bodies, and
the race Of American women will
not become extinct, but be improv-
ed, built up and beautiful-fit to
become the mothers of a growing
rnce
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Tnquirings.

w. critic dropping into a studio in
Paris the other day, stopped before
the portrait OF . lady on the easel,
aud remarked It is very nicely
painted bui why did you take such
an ugly model = It's my mother"
calmly replied the artist. "Oh par
don Il thousand tiacS.' said the
critic in great cont, .a iou are
right; | ought to have perceived it
it resembles you completely"
Alta political meeting the speakers
and audience were very much dis
turbed by Liam who constantly
called for Mr.. Henry. Whenever a
new speaker came upon the plat
form, this man bawled out, Mr..
Henry. Henr, Henry | call for
Mr.. Henry!" After several interrup-
tions of this kind at each speech, a
young man ascended the platform,
and was soon airing his cloquence
in magnificent style, when the same
man as before was heard bawling
out at the top of his voice, 'Mr.
Henry, Henry, Henry. ] call for
Mr.. Henry to make a speech = The
chairman arose, and remarked; tnat
it would oblige the audience il the
gentleman would refrain from far
ther calling for Mr.. Henry, Us that
gentleman was now speaking. is
that Mr.. Henry ?" said the disturber
Of the meeting. That can't be Mr.
Henryl Why. that's the little iel
low that told me to hoiierl"
1t was in San Francisco rcsttu-
rant that waiter was apologizing
for the diiapidated condition of his
napkin. "Don'tmention it respond
cd the customer, sldIy. ! don't
mind the holes in The least. 'rllat
part of your napkin is always sure
to be clean"
During shower, some persons
took shelter in Rev. Rowland Hills
chapel while be was preaching, and
he remarked "Many people are
greatly to be blamed for making
their religion a cloak, but | do not
think that those are much better to
make it an umbrella"
A little fellow, turning over the
leaves of a scrap-book, came across
the well known picture of some
chickens just out OF the shells. He
examined the picture carefully, and
then, with a grave, sagacious look,
slowly remarked. "They came out
because they were afraid of being
boiled"
Landlords of summer resorts are
already preparing for next season.
One is having builtan old fashioned
set of furniture, that Washington
once used another is blasting out Il
cave that will be occupied by her
NIT rs soon as warm weather comes
and another is having a medicinal
well dug. Summer resorts are to
be both romantic and healthy next
year
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
A Difficult Problem Solved.

Ambition, competition and over
exertion use up the vital powers OF
men and women, so that desire
for stimulants seems to be natural
human passion, and drunkenness
prevails on account of this necessi-
ty for bodily and mental invigora-
ton. Parker's Ginger Tonic fairly
solves the difficult problem, and has
brought health and happiness into
many desolate homes. 1t does not
tear down an already debilitated
system, but builds it up without in
toxicating. = Enquire. See other
column.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Il Singular Freak.

RICHMOND, Va, June S.-Richard
Thompson, colored, was strnck by
lightning and instantly killed to-
day at 5 p. m. The remarkable
feature of the affair is that there was
no storm prevailing, and only very
small clouds passing over the city
at the time, from which only one
flash of lightning issued, accompan-
led by moderate report of thunder.
The man was engaged on the river
bank loading a cart with sand, and
was standing resting on his shovel
when killed, the lightning striking
him ON the forehead.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

What shall ! say further? Only
that Katy lives in the pretty house
in the town known as DR.. Craig's
residence, where we three factory
girls" have q home whenever we
want it. And there are no liquors
found on her sideboard nor at her
table.
One day l heard Arthur say :
"You were n silly child, Katy, to
run away from me. / should have
given up the point at last, / know"
s"But there would have been the
splendid cellar and the ten tousand
a year." answered she. at would
have been such a temptation. We
are safer as il is. dear
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Disastrous Flood.

WHEELING, w. Va, June S.-A
rain storm of unusual severity oc-
CURED in this region about mid
night last night. A family named
Straubs, living on Glenn's Run,
were swept away last night, the
mother and five children being
drowned and the father carried on a
log to the head of one of the Sisters
Islands, where he was found to-day
in an insensible condition. The
bodies of the mother and two child
rem have been recovered, but the
others have been carried down the
stream
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
The Revised New Tcstamen: in Eng
land.

LONDON. Eng, June 3.-The Lord
Chancellor, in a letter to the Bishop
of Lincoln, expresses the opinion
that the revised Testament cannot
be read in the English Church un-
til it has been recommended or au-
horized by some sufficient public
authority. and that any clergyman
so using it incurs the risk of being
held as am offender against the
law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
A Prominent Lawyers Opinion.

In one of our New England ex=
changes we OBSERVE that VIM. I,
Filley, Esq, of Pittsiield, Attorney
at-Law and Asst. Judge Police
Court, and late County Commits
sioner, was restored to perfect health
and activity, by the use Of st. ia
cobs Oil. He had suffered with
rheumatism for years intensely; but
by the recent use of the remedy he
was, as stated, completely cured and
says the oil deserves the highest
praise. Springfield, (Nass.,) Repub-
tican.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

With great pleasure we can re-
commend rs radical cure for rheu-
matism, st. Jacobs Oil. This won
derful remedy has been extensively
used by large number of people
who daily testify TO its marvellous
effects.-Gorerne,r, (N T,) Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

Women that have been bedrid-
den for years have been entirely
cured of female weakness by the
use of Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, Send to Lydia 4.
Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue.
Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
Not A Beverage.

"They are not beverage, but a
medicine, with curative properties
of the highest degree, containing no
poor whiskey or poisonous drugs.
They do not tear down an already
debilitated system, but build it up.
One bottle contains more hops, that
is, more real hop strength, than a
barrel Of ordinary beer. Every
druggist in Rochester sells them,
and the physicians prescribe them"
Ercniaq Telegraph on Hop Bitters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

In Portugal widow cannot mar
ry If she be over so years'of age,
Who ever heard Of a widow as old
as that.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

When is the most dangerous time
to visit the country? Give it up?
When the trees are shooting and
the bulrushes out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

He who has nothing to do has
no business to live.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

l had Chronic Catarrh for years.
Peruna cured it. /. Strasburgcr,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

Had an almost invisible skin di-
sease, itching intolerable. Peruna
cured it. II. Ambil, Pittsburgh.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

Mrs. Albert Rodabaugh, McKees-
port, Pa, had Chronic Catarrh very
badly for years. Peruna cured her
perfectly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
BOARDING & LODGING.
have opened a.first-class
BOARDING HOUSE

at Hooversyille, Somerset county, Pa. wherc l
can acc omodate all who may call Meals and
lodging furnished at low rates.
Mareh2. CHARLES A. LEWIS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22

Mary and Lizzie went to church
that Sunday morning. Katy de-
clared she couldn't go, having but
one glove. ] stayed at home with
her, and offered to keep Mrs. How
ell's children for her, and so per-
suaded that worthy woman to at
tend worship with the girls.
And this is how it came about,
that while we were having frolic
on the carpet with the children in
Mrs. Howell's room, we heard a
ring at the door; and Bridget hav-
ing taken herself off somewhere,
there was no help for it but for one
of US to answer the summons.
.'You go, Katy" whispered /, in
dismay. Il cannot appear"
Katy glanced serenely at her own
irizzy head in the looking-glass, gave
pull at her overskirt and n touch
to her collar and opened the door.
Immediately afterward / was
shocked by hearing her utter gen.
uine feminine scream and seeing
her drop on the floor; and that
man, a perfect stranger to me, gath
cred her up in his arms and began
raying over her in a manner that
asicnished me. He called her "his |
darling" and his own Katy" and
actually kissed her before l could |
reach her.
] was surprised at myself after
ward, that | hadn't ordered the gen.
tleman out, but it never occurred |
to me at the time, and when Katy
came to- and sat up on the sofa
and heard his speeches, she seemed
50 well pleased that / left them and
took the children up to our room,
feeling bewildered all over. I