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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
CULLI .GS.

SOME human bones uncovered the
other day, near Batavia, n. Y, are
BY some persons believed to be those
of William Morgan of anti-Masonic
fame. Near them was found a silver
ring with the initials w. NJ, and a
small tin box containing a manu-
script, the writing of which was
scarcely legible, although some OF
the words could be read by the un-
aided eye. Under q microscope,
the words Masons," /" Liar" Pris-
on, KILL" and the full name OF
Henry Brown" were plainly visi-
bic.
A thorough examination Of the
burned suspension bridge, at Pitts
burgh, has been made by engineers.
The cables are found to be uninjur-
ed, but the wood work viii have to
be entirely replaced from one end TO
the other. A considerable portion
Of the smaller iron rods and braces
and the stone work of the piers, will
have to be replaced. The repairs
viii occupy several weeks, but the
work viii be so arranged that the
footways viii be kept open. The
loss from the fire is estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
JoHN HANKS, an old Illinois far
mer, who was friend of Abraham
Lincoln in his youth, tells the fol-
lowing story: Il was well acquaint-
ed with his wife, Mary Todd, before
he married her, but never knew
there was an engagement between
them until about two weeks bef
the marriage took place. The inNi-
tation to the wedding was written
in Lincoln's own peculiar style and
read as follows Dear Hanks |
am to be married next Thursday
eve. the lSth,. to Mary Todd. !
hope you viii be on deck at early
candle lighi.
Il. LINCOLN.
A touching story Of the fidelity of
a dog comes from Montgomery
county. On Sunday morning while
a gentleman was crossing field
near Mill creek station, half-fam-
ished dog approached him, barking
as if to attract his attention. The
dog acted SO singularly that the
man resolved to follow him into an
adjoining woods, where the poor
animal was evidently trying to lead
him. They had not proceeded far
when the poor animal took his po-
sition beside the dead body Of a man
who had evidently been there for
several days. The top of the head
was blown of, and an empty gun
lying across the body told the story |
of another sad ending Of disap-
pointed life, with no earthly friend
aaar but his faithful dog, who had
guarded his body regardless of the
pangs of hunger until he was sue
cessfpl in finding some one to re-
heve him from his lonely grave.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29

TIE best writers of the European
press are noting our protective tarlli
as one cause of the large prosperity
OF the United States. The condition
of the English and French manu-
facturers is not enyiable, and some
OF the most sagacious arc contem-
plating a removal Of both machinery
and skilled workmen 10 the United
States. A large manufacturer has
recently been in Chicago and select
ed the site for an extensive factory,
and at no distant date the hum Of
British spindles viii be heard upon
our prairies. Here Is chere the
goods are wanted ; the wool is here,
and nothing is lacking 10 make the
United States the greatest manuiac-
turing country upon the globe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
DIANfOND HOTEL,
S-rOYSTOWN- PFNN'A.

This popular and well known house "a, y -
cen Thoroughly and newly rsfitca Eiil =
rnd best OF furniture. which has taade Z. ?.
desirable stopping place ior the iraueil37 .
HIS table and r0o'ns cannot be surs7ass,'- go 81
Ing FIRST class, with large pugac ~ ..,s-z
sto the Same. Also large and rQa,ny s..s
Fi-s. class boarding can be had u iAs ls"'-'
sil le psiees, by the week day of meaL
SAMUEL CUSTER. Prl2
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-29
EXECUT0R'S NOTICE.

Estate CT Solo-non Kaufman. late o. crl'll'
township, deed.
Letters testamontary on the above
having been granted 70 the undcrssned p :,
proper authority notice is hereby sllt- =,
persons indebted 70 said estate 70 ma ks IL
payment, andth having clainlsagallss' =. 49,
will present them duly authenticate ~ So
mcnt en- SATURDAY. the -gth day 81 Il4.
EMANUEL hAUFH aA.,
June - EA'----
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NAIL.

The Express train leaves Pittsfur1s.a n n 81
NJ. arriving a, ConnsllsTille 100 I, ~ t.Fsi
wood II-lO ?. NJ. In return The h1ls',s ~, !, ~
Cumberland at 2.S5 a. ~, aIi,is9 4 Pr
wood l:33 4. NJ, Connellsyilis o.0' A. 80
burgh T:45 A. NJ.
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WAL TER AHDERS1E
MERCHANT TAILOR
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AND
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gsnsugh Mail trains daily. ..I,v
Expsess trains daily except sum-, LIE EsIGe
Accommodation trains anu
daily except sunday. wal
Ficke; offices, corner tinh Avsngis Ani y sle. 81
streets, and depot corner Grant ~HN
Pittsburgh, Pa. = .,,s,enser AsssA
h. nj. COLI, General fNA''
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The most direct and pleasant r.~-s "
and South via Washington Ciiy. daily Z
Through Mail leaving at lA,9h a. - AAj,irora ~
rives nj Washington at e.-s a, "a, y1rs 81 =
P. NJ; Philapelphia SO a N. Ne"
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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
A Curious Fact.

A foreign scientific journal remarks as a
curious physiological fact, and an important
one, too, if true, that although open air life
is so favorable to health it has the apparent
effect of stunting the growth in early youth.
Thus, while the children of well-to-do parents,
carefully housed and tended, are found to be
taller for their age than the children of the
poor they are not to be so strong in after
years The labOrers' children, who play in
the country roads and fields all day, whose
parents lock their doors when leaving for
work in the morning, so that their offspring
shall not gain entrance and do mischief, are
almost invariably short for their age and
the children of working farmers exhibit the
same popularity. But after the years of Is
or 1e the latter shoot up and become great,
hulking. broad fellows, possessed of immense
strength. The conclusion, if correct, is clear
that indoor life forces growth at the wrong
PERIOD and that the natural, parental pride
in big, bouncing child is altogether mis-
placed A small wiry boy would seem to
have great advantage in the long run over
his big and f1abby rival
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Helena, Montana, Thursday, November 10, 1881.
VENNOR.
Some of His Predictions for This Year
and Next.

Inc following are few of the weather
prophets predictions for next years almanac
In Newfoundland the winter of 1882 is
likely to be extremely severe and stormy.
A warm wave is likely to occur over a
large portion OF North America during th G
month OF November, 1881, and again during
January and February, 1882.
A frlgld wave may be expected toward the
close OF November and early in December
| 1881.
The winds and storms of March will prob
ably arrive ahead of time, and render the
closing days of February exceedingly dis
agreeable.
Minnesota is likely to experience more
wlntry weather than many neighboring Sec
tions.
The latter part of April and the entry of
May, 1882, will remind one of winter
again, and the spring is likely to be cold and
backward generally.
The winter of 1882 is not likely to be
characterized by heavy snowElls on this
side of the Atlantic.
In Western Canada and sections south of
the lakes navigation may remain open all the
year, or close for very bllef period
December, 1851, viii be month of stars
i'll the lake region.
The summer Of 1882 will be generally un-
favorable to agriculture, owing to cold and
wet weather.
Western sections will probably suffer more
from rains and floods than from thunder
storms or cyclones during the summer of
1882.
Volcanic disturbances are likely to be ex-
ceedingly active on the American continent
and will probably occur in entirely new sec
tiOns
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
What the Transcript Believes.

That the boy who is most afraid of the
girls is the firsJ to be corraled into matri
mony.
That the little boy prefers boys to girls.
That they soon change, never to 60 back to
their early love-
That the little girls love the girls best.
That they don't get over their preference
as soon as the boys do-sOme of them never
That women love the men because they
love everything they have to take care Of
That men love women because they can't
help it.
That the wife loves her husband so well
that she has no thought for other men.
That the husband so loves his wife that he
loves all women for her sake.
That the married man is apt to think him
self all-killing among the fair sex simply be-
cause he has found one woman fool enough
to marry him.
That homely husbands are the best. They
never forget the compliment paid them by
Their wives in accepting them.
That homely wives are the truest. They
Know how to make the most of what they
have. 4
That the man who marries late in life doe
well.
That the man who marries young doe
better.
That the man who never marries is to b
pitied IS
That the woman who marries does well.
That the woman who does not marry doe
"etter nine times ont of ten. II
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Root Cellars.

The leading features of a good root cellar
are, proof against frost, neatness, dryness,
ventilation, and cheapness. If hillside is
conveniently near, it helps much to secure
these desired ends. An excavation should
be first made, in size depending upon the re-
quired capacity of the cellar, and in this
erect a stout frame of timbers-posts with
plank, or log pen, aid ON which place a
stout roof. The earth that has been exca-
waited is thrown over the structure, until the
whole is covered to the depth of two feet A
door should be made in the exposed end of
the cellar, through which the roots may be
put in and taken out. The smaller the door
and still he convenient, the better, as it al
lows of less exposure to the frost. Every
farmer, with many roots to be stored, should
have a rOot-cellar, either by itself, or in the
lower part of the barn. 1t is not well to
store large quantity of roots in the cellar
Of the house, as the gases rising from them
during winter may cause sickness to the jim
mates. .I' ... ftf
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHY.
A Remarkable and Highly Successful
Experience.
Scientific Americana

Scientific Americana
We are indebted to General Henery L. Alb
bot, of the United States Army, in charge OF
the Engineer School of Application, Willetts
Point, N. Y, for copies of photographs illus
trating the remarkable sensitiveness of pho
togelatine plates, which we will briefly de-
scribe 1t became necessary one day at Will
let's point to destroy worthless mule, and
the subject was made the occasion OF giving
useful information to the military class there
stationed. The mule was placed in proper
position before photo camera and duly fo-
cused. Upon the animals forehead cotton
bag was tied containing six ounces of dyna-
mite. The slide of the camera was support
ed by fuse and the dynamite on the mules
head being connected in the electrical cir
cult. On pressing the key so as to send the
electricity through the wires, both the fuse
and dynamite were simultaneously fired.
The camera slide and the head of the animal
fell nearly together. The photo-sensitive
plate was impressed with a picture of the
headless creature, still standing, before its
body had time to fall
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Mr.. GarfeId,S Life.

At IA he was at work at carpenters
bench
At Is he was a boatman on the Ohio canal
At Is he was studying in the Chester
Ohio, Seminary
At II he was teaching in one of Ohios
common schools, pushing forward with his
studies at the same time.
At % he entered Williams college
At 26 he graduated from Williams with
the highest honors Of his class.
At 81 he was a tutor of Hiram College,
Ohio
! At % he was principal of Hiram College.
At 20 he was member of the Ohio Senate,
the youngest member of that body.
At 81 he was Colonel of the 42nd Ohio
Regiment.
At 81 he was placed in command of a
brigade, routed the rebels under Humphrey
Marshall, helped Gen. Jewell in his fight at
Plttsburg Landing, played prominent part
IN the siege OF Corinth and in the important
movement along the Memphis and Charles
railroad.
At 80 he was appointed chief of staff of
the army of the Cumberland, participated in
the campaign in Middle Tennessee and in
the notable battle of Chickamauga, and was
promoted to rank of Major General.
At 33 he was in Congress, the successor of
Joshua r. Giddings
At AZ, having been continued in Congress
since he was 33 he was elected to the United
States Senate
AT 40 he was nominated for the Presidency
of the United States
At so he was elected President, and July |
2, 1881, was shot by Guiteau, and received |
wounds from the effects of which ne died |
Sept. 10, 1881.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
A Remarkable Career.

Lady Ellenborough, who since her divorce
fifty-one years ago, passed under the name of
Lady Dinghy, and led a life of strange ro-
nance in the East has just died in Syria
When married to Lord Ellenborodgh, who
was regarded as the most classic and Cicer-
oman orator of che day, and ran career of
memorable notoriety as Governor General of
India, she was of singular beauty and ac-
complishments Very shortly after her mar
riage she formed an attachment for Russian
diplomat then serving on the English en-
bassy, and divorce was the result. Resum-
ing her family name on this, she led wild
life for some years On the continent, and was
married. At the age of so, how
ever, she abandoned such courses and settled
down to a peaceful and happy life with a
wealthy sheik of Damascus, whose tribe she
joined and became good wife and devotee
to works of charity and kindness. Travellers
who met her in the East spoke in glowing
terms of those virtues in later life which re-
deemed the frailties of her youth.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
4 Cheap and Warm House.

/ Having balloon frame and adjusted the
studding for the reception of the door and
window frames, with firm foundation. nail
boards to the foot of the stud outside and in
driving the nails so they can readily be
drawn, and fill in between the boards with q
mixture cf one part lime and sixteen parts
coarse gravel-the mortar containing. of
course, no stones of lager diameter than the
width of the studs or the space between the
boards nailed to them-and so continue to
do, mailing On boards and filling in mortar
until night. The next morning the nails
may be drawn, and the boards raised and
nailed on again if the weather has been
warm and dry, as the mortar by that time
Will have set, SO as not to need their support;
but II the weather has been damp longer
time will be required. Continue in this way
until height has been reached equal at
least to that of the first story. Next nail
strips of lath to the studs on the outside. in
sert the doors and window frames and pro-
ceed to side up the house. A cheap, warm
and durable siding may be made from first
quality fencing, and nailed on with the
tongues up.
Having sided the house, plaster without
will have become solid as stone We have
a house with a space of about one-thid of an
inch between the stone and the siding (too
narrow for mice) filled with dead air. The
heat of the room during the day. of course,
warns the stone walls, about four inches
thick, and the warmth is retained during
the night the dead air preventing the escape
OF the heat. | have tested the above in the
house in which / now live. for about ten
years, during which time we have kept no
ire nights, and have found no frost gathered
upon the wall, even in the coldest weather.
except white specks on the heads of the
nails driven into the base or mop board. As
the mortar can be mixed and filled in by the
cheapest kind of boy, the extra cost above
hat of an ordinary balloon frame house will
lot much exceed what is saved in the ex-
oense of lathing, and this is richly repaid
,y the increased comfort of the occupants
If the hOuSe
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Queer Causes for Marriage.

In world which is largely given, among
other things, to marrying and being given in
marrlage-release from which custom is
among the blessings promised to the faithful
in another life-it is clearly important that
one should know definitely what are the
conditions which should bring about matri-
mony. Different people take different views
of the question. King and capitalists seem
to think that rank and money should be
allied with rank and money, each with each:
sentimental youngsters believe that mutual
love should be the only excuse; a couple at
Whltestone, following not altogether novel
practice, have reached determination to
marry merely because the bride fell off a
dock and the bridegroom, who could not
swim, made highly heroic but not eminent
ly successful effort to rescue her Another
young gentleman in a boat really rescued
both, but the gratitude of the drowning lady
is correctly directed to the youth who took
the risk OF drowning, rather than to him who
saved them both without danger to himself
The question is one of some interest. Is every
young unmarried lady who is saved from
suffOcatlOn in salt water to reward the
cavalier who rescues her by marrying him ?
Is he bound to offer himself to every damsel
thus happily preserved? Is the drowning
maiden to be regarded as fotsam, or in the
light of a captive Of his bow and spear? If
this is to be the rule, there is danger of an
epidemic of drownings and rescues Will
not the mother of a large family of inteli-
gible daughters persistently lead them to
piers frequented by eligible young men, and
Will not the astOnished husband and matron
De treated to constant hailstorm of giddy
young things dropping into the water to
empt some reckless young bachelor to pull
Ter out and marry her? The term angling"
n its association with matrimony may yet
rain literal significance. However, if girls
re signing to be rescued by boys and to
make those boys their husbands, by all
means let them have that innocent enjoy
nent. 1t is luxury they can enjoy but
nee. Tried later on in life, and some years
fter matrimony, it is not apt to be attended
Nth that brilliant success which is the very
ssence of romance. Husbands are not pro-
erbially, good hands at rescuing wives.
hey are apt to forget how to swim
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
United States Land Measure.

A township is thirty-six sections, each a
mile square. A section is GAO acres. A
quarter section, half mile square, is 100
acres. An eighth section, half mile long
north and south, and quarter of mile
wide, is so acres. A sixteenth section a
quarter of a mile square, is 40 acres.
The sections are all numbered to 36 COM
mencing at the northeast corner. Section Is
and 36 are reserved for school land
The sections are all divided into quarters
which are named by the cardinal points, as
in section l. The quarters are divided in
the same way The description of forty
acre lot would read: The south half of the
west half of the southwest quarter of section
l in township "a, north of range west, or as
the case might be; and sometimes it will fall
short and sometimes overrun the number of
acres it is supposed to contain.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
COnceit.

DIR. Holmes good natured defense of con-
ceit is not unpleasant reading, especially to
persons Overburdened by self-esteem. He
says:
Talk abont conceit as much as you like, it
is to human character what salt is to the
ocean; it keeps it sweet and renders it en-
durable. Say rather it is like the natural
ungent of the sea-fowls plumage, which en-
able him to- shed the rain that falls ON him
and the waves in which he dips. When one
has all his conceit taken out of him, when
he has lost all his illusions, his feathers will
soon soak through, and he will fly no more
Audacious self-esteem. with good ground for
it, is always imposing. Even in common
people, conceit has the virtue of making
them cheerful his house, his dog, and him
self severally unequalled, is almost sure to
be good humored person, though liable to
be tedious ut times"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Frank Speaking.
New York Home Journal. I


Can you say frankly what you feel about
your friends book, his poem, his picture, his
music? Impossible Every man who creates.
creates his ideal as he has conceived it. He
says that he would have done it better had
he had more time or less trouble to distract
him. Granted. He thus confesses that he
has fallen short of his own possible perfect
ness. But it is his own pertectness. not
yours. Do you so much as hint at fault
here, a shortcoming there, this mistake or
that oversight, and you will have him up in
arms at the moment, bristling with reasons
why that very passage is the best in his
book and showing the grand design that un-
derlines that very lapse, that very oversight
He might have done better. Yes; and in
that admission of short coming he still as
serts his own superiority. But he does not
allow you or any one of the base herd to find
out where he has failed. That would be to
recognize your equality, which he denies
Now, how can you come to anything like
the true truth with such a man as this /?
His life. founded on selt-deception, is main
tanned by the tacit cansent of q society
which dares not tell the truth if it world
hold together at ALL Criticism in the tln-
signed press comes the nearest to the truth
of anything we know; but if by chance the
name of the hostile reviewer leaks out, the
of the critic and author has come
to violent end and the calumet of peace
has been smoked to its last draw.
1t would be impossible for us to get
through life at all if we flung back the wild
ire of Indignation for every little blow that
ell on our own backs and yet we should
ike to do so. Patience under annoyance.
lnder wrong-dOing from others, under i'm
,ertinence, under what we mean generically
~ "snubbing," is the outcome merely of
ocial habit and social necessity.