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BUSlN ESS NOTICES,
Brackets, Brackets,

Call at waddsll 4 Helbline's and see their
ane selection OF Brackets, Corner and Side
Brackets, Paper Racks, Clock Shelves DO.
In fact anything that you want in that line,
they can furnish to you on short nstice.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-12

tHH in buying "Groceriss" you want "full"
value for your money 60 to Schumacher's, op.
posite the Bank.
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HThe vote for School Directors in
this place resulted as follows:
*DAvID OKEY, D, 12a
$FRIrx REEF. D, n
". E. MALLORY, r, 75
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SEEDS, SEEDS! SEEDS!

YICKs choice Vegetable and Flower
seeds, of all varieties, for sale at
MRS M. A. WAYS,
- Woodsfield Nursery.
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Meeting Of the Democratic County
Central Committee.

On the 9th inst, Immediately after the
Nominating Convention adjourned, the
members of the Central Committee met
and organized for the ensuing year by
electing JOHN B. DRreas, Chairman, and
JAMES WATSON. Secretary. The town.
ships we're represented by the following
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-12
Justices of the Peace.

Justices of the Peace.
The following Justices we're elected
on the 4th inst
Adams-CEPHAs HART, D
Benton-AuaUsT MEYER. ,.
Bethel-JoHN BACH. D
Franklin-THos Wilson. Jr., r.
Green-W. l. NORRIS. D.
Jackson-JAcKsoN HAUaHr, D.
B. FoLeER, D.
Ohio-T. G. ALLEN, D.
Seneca H HAMrLroN, D.
Sunsbury-T j. GRIFFITH, D.
Swnzerland-GEoRaE ScHArrEs, D.
Wayne-AMoN MOOSE, D.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-12

A motion Was adopted to appoint .
committee Of three to confer with com.
mlttees Of other counties in relation TO
appointing delegates to Senatorial and
Judicial Conventions. JAMES A. WATsoN,
A ]. PEARSON and ANON MeosE were
appointed said committee.
The following Executive Committee
was appointed: R. X. WALTON, DAVID
OKEY. J. B DRraas, A. j. PEARSON and
Louis HoEFFLER.
Oa motion, the Committee adjourned.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-12
The NoIninating Convention,

DoRR, for Clerk and DIERL, for Treas
urer, were on both tickets.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-12
Supervisors in Center Township.
Center Township.

ALI Democrats but two.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Watch. and within the brief cir.
Icnit Of a year, sometimes even III
the course Of a scw months, you will
see a change in the little faces.
/ Take photographs Of them, and i
you happen to lay them by for q
few years, and then open the book
you viii have a surprise. Yoa will
have something Ike the following
"Why, | lave lost these children
Surely thy have gore from me
Has God taken them ~ No. They
are ''about" you still. They are be
side you now, looking at the pic
lures, much amused that they should
be pictures Of themselves. They
can see no resemblance to the image
they see every day in the glass. So
they vanish from us, even while
they live, and we see them no more,
The little girl with the ringlets is a
wayfarer who is tarrying with You
only for a night. She viii 80 on
agaii in the morning toward wo-
manhood. And the sunny boy viii
keep her company on the way to
his manhood. Very soon, now, you
will see touches of the manhood and
the womanhood on their faces.
Then win come their lovers, their
marriages, their cares, their children
and yoG viii be grandfather and
grandmother before you know it.
Many are taking these honors con-
tinually while yet they are not old.
Their condition conspires TO crown
them without their leave, although
generally much to their delight
Then few years more, and your
children's children viii leave you as
they shoot up into men and women.
You win have to reach across two
generations then to find the child
rem.
Nor can we forget that there are
always some who far outstrip the
rest-who do not glide away on feet
along the earthly ways, but who
have wings woven in silence on
which they Ay up to the fields Of
heaven We have spoken of the
facial change as children grow to be
men and women; but there is an
other change which sometimes comes
on young face, which betokens q
growth quite out of this world, and
a putting on of the beauty and glory
of another. \ change, this, sad at
first to see, sorrowful exceedingly to
our earthly affections. Yeta change
growing more and more fair to look
on, a rebuke to our sorrow, life
long memory to our love.
And SO we lose them. And many
Il Job stands amid the relics of the
past, looking back, and plaintively
or thankfully recalling the days
when the children were about him.
Well, but look forward. AEtedate
the time. Anticipate the inevitable
severance, and work for the forma-
ton Of the deeper, the immortal
union. If you have wealth-heart-
property-in these children, as child
zen, know it now, for the riches will
make themselves wings and fly
away" If you have nurture to give
them suitable to their tenderness,
preparation for their strength, give
it now; in a little while they viii be
too hard and strong iii natures
growth to take it. If there are les
sons which the Master would have
YOU learn of them while they are yet
young, and which they cannot teach,
nor yet learn of them, when you axe
older, then learn the lessons now:
for soon the little faces will be seen
no more at your table, the patter Of
the little feet heard no more in yeur
rooms.-dLerGndcf Rgieigh
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Sloliie's Ram.

Mollie had a little ram, fleece
black as rubber shoe, and every
where that Mollie went he emigrat-
ed too.
He went with her TO church one
day-the folks hilarious grew to see
him walk demurely into Deacon Al
lens pew.
The worthy deacon quietly let bis
angry passion rise, and gave it aE
unchristian kick between the sad,
brown eyes.
This landed rammy in the aisle ;
the deacon followed fast, and raised
his foot again, alas that first kick
was the last.
For Mr.. Sheep walked slowly
back. about rod, It's said ere the
deacon could retreat, it stood him on
his head.
The congregation then arose and
eent for that ere sheep butseveral
well-direeted-b butts inst piled them
in a heap.
Then rushed they straightway for
the door, with curses long and loud,
while rammy struck the hindmost
man and shot him through the
crowd.
The minister had often heard that
kindness would subdue the fercest
beast-"Ahap he says, "i'll try
that game on you.H
And so he kindly, gently called !:
Come rammy, rammy, ram to see
folks abuse You SO, | grieyed and
sorry am"
With calm ana gentle words he
came from that tail pulpit down,
saying 'ranmy, rammy ram ram,
rammy, rammy, rammy, ram--best
sleepy in the town"
The ram looked meek, and on he
came, with '.rammy, ranrmy, ram /;
ram, rammy, rammy, ram the nice
little ram"
The ram quite dropped its hum
bic air, and rose from Its feet, and
when the parson lit he lay beneath
the hindmost seat.
As he shot out the open door, and
closed it with slam, be named a
California town, ! think twas @Yu-
ba Dam.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Fast Stock.

There is q good deal said by the
agricultural journals about this ques-
ton, and there is a prevailing opin-
ion that the farmers should not
breed fast stock. We can hardly
arrive at such conclusion. If there
is more money in breeding thorough
breds than there is in common hor-
ses, we say breed the thoroughbreds..
1t is claimed that fast horses means
idleness, race-traeks, gambling,
whiskydrinking and swindling. That
may be SO, but no one ever objects
to a farmer raising barley, corn, rye
ald hops, because such products
are required for the manufacturing
of whiskey and malt liquors. there
is as much propriety in one rs there
is in the other. We believe that
horse-racing is pernicious in its
tendencies. We have the sane opin-
ION in regard 10 drinking liquors.
unless used for medical purposes,
but that is noreason that barley. rye,
corn and hops should not be cuEti-
waited. The farmer can breed fast
horses and yet not patronize the
race-traeks, unless he chcses to do
so. If he can raise a horse that is
worth when four or five years
old-fiye hundred dollars, is it not
ms privilege, and is it not better
than to grow a plug, or a dung-hill,
that is only worth seventy-five or n
hundred dollars at that ATE? We
say let the farmers make all the
money they can off of their farms
in alegitimate way, The more they
make the better it is for all of us.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Every Que knows that wei soil is
4 great injury to growing crops.
And yet regular supply of moist
ure III the sod during the season. is
one nl the most important objects 70
accomplish. III soil. especially wet
soil, is left undistarbed, il soon be-
comes hard; technie = Il 'bakes,
and the moisture esr.,, SKI, mar
velous rapiiity. 1t il therefore an
object to keep the surface loose.
Moisture does not escape as rapidly
through a loose surface as through a
compact solid os:c.
In pursuit of this object, however,
cultiyators often make a great mis-
take, and much injury results to
corn, potatoes, and other things.
The cultivator is kept running all
summer, the teeth often penetrating
several inches deep, exposing the
upturned surface to the sun, and in
this way a vast amount of moisture
eyaporates that is really needed by
the plants. 1t is Of course much
better than to have baked surface
but there is loss for all that might
be easil saved by little thought
T-c first stirring in spring should
he deep, III order to breal. up the
compact earth, especially ii the
ground was plowed in the fall but
after this the working should be as
shallow rs possible. Firm soil
soil crushed aad pressed when dry
holds moisture better than In any
other condition, and is a very differ
ent thing TO Il merely loose soil
through which the external air easi-
ly goes. and dries the moisture out.
The more such partially-dricd soil
is pressed, the firmer therefore it be-
comes, and the more moisture it
contains This is the principle on
which the good effects of the roller
depends, and which has been So of
ten explained in the Tciegraph.
Rolling and pressing while the soil
is somewhat dry is indeed the
whole science Of pulve'ization, the
good effects Of which are so well
known.
While, therefore, the first stirring
should be done with deep and mar
rev teeth, SO as to penetrate as deep
~ as possible, all subsequent work
ing should be with cultivators hav-
ing short and broad teeth just skim
ming the surface and cutting off in
stead Of tearing out the weeds; and
this advice is as good for the one
who uses the hoe in the garden as
for he who uses 4 horsecultivator in
the fields.
In any case the hoe should be
started early. Hoeing and cultivat
ing has now become among the most
laborious of farm and garden tasks;
and If the weeds once get ahead, it
is terribly hard work to keep them
down Germantolgn Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Darefao,ca BeIles.

Barelooted bellies, says a cores
pondent, are seriously promised for
next summer at the seaside resorts.
The Princess Beatrice slipper, ef
beaded satin, is intended TO be won
without stockings. But the idea
will fail in practice, and I'll tell yol
why. Not one woman in ten has
feet that viii bare barring. They
may be small and shapeIy, and look
fine in stockings, but without COW
ering they would reveal a corn here
and a bunion there, toes overlap
ping each other, scars Of ingrowing
nails, and other blemishcs that
would spoil them as aids in "mash-
ing the opposite sex. No; the
promise of barefooted bellies will not
be fulfilled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Bayins at Wholesale.

The other day, soon after 4 city
woman had decided to build a big
strawberry short-cake for supper,
she heard the musical voice Of a
peddler crying:
"Great big strawberries-eight
cents quart-three quarts for TWEEN
ty-ive cents p
Nothing ike taking advantage OF
discounts" said the woman, as she
ran for dish, and in five minutes
she had her three quarts Of berries
and the peddler had her silverquar-
ter.
Time passed on. She sat in a
rocking chair looking over the luc-
ious fruit all of q sudden she turn
ed pale and began breathing hard. Ii
was not case of heart disease or
spinal meningitis, nor a new wrinkle
suddenly developing Itself ON her
forehead. She had simply figured .
Eight tcents quart-three quarts
for twenty-five cents-three times
eight is twenty-fcur p
Her son came in just as she had
slipped 4 revolver into her pocket
and tied her bonnet strings into a
square knot, and when he asked her
where she was going, she solemnly
replied:
Harry, l am going out TO kill a
strawberry peddler, seven story
hypocrite and deceiver. who gave
me wholesale rates ON these berries.
Tell your father to engage two law
yers and be at the Central station in
half an hour"
Aud the strawberry man had
passed on, had sought other shady
neighborhoods, and she returned to
her darkened home witha toothache
under her ear, and her heart beating
115 degrees in the shade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Fashion Notes.

Toilor-made dresses grow in foyor.
Long faces look best with low Golf
fures.
Travelling costumes are made very
short.
Tall women should not wear high
coifi'ures.
Hcliotrope is revived as a sum
lner color in Paris.
Chuddah squares are the favoriie
summer shawls.
Very little jewelry should be worn
with summer toilets.
White dresses of soft, crushable
silk are worn more than ever.
Long lace mittens in black, white,
cream, or the colors of the costume
are worn with sleeves ofshort or me-
dium length.
A novelty for bonnet strings is tu-
bulant ribbon, woven double with
out anr visible seam.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Short Dresses.

The short dress is still in the as
cendant, according to Jennie June,
and it depends upon women them
selves to keep it so, or at least so
well sustained and protected that
any woman can wear it without
feeling herself remarkable. Atpres-
ent the short dress, as before re-
marked, is ip the ascendant. The
majority of evening dresses Of silk,
satin and brocade worn by young
girls are cut short, and spring walk
ing and visiting dresses of the rich
est material clear the ground so
that they can be worn with compar-
alive comfort. Unlike the mode OF
some ten or fifteen years ago, which
ran in all sorts of eccentricities and
made those who INDUCED in it look
like mountebanks, the style of to-
day is, or may be, modest, sensible
and convenient. 1t is not too short,
and ii is most fashionable when it is
simple and free from overlooking.
Can we not keep it-that is, in its
essentials ? There ought to be wo-
men enough now Of thought and in
telligence 10 adhere to n single idea
which is undeniably good-even es-
sentialto health, economy and clean
liness-and which offers no restric-
ton, except where restriction is nee
essary to save waste, and the attri-
butes become every conscientious
woman
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

The total nnmber of emigrants
brought into this country since the
establishment of the Union, not in
Guiding those arriving in 1880, was
10,1SS,750. OF this aggregate Ire
land and Germany furnished about
100000 each, England 100000,
France 315, 900, Sweden and Nor
way 305,09e, Switzerland $1,000,
and other countries ranging from
10000 for Italy to Gl3 for Turkey
$50 FOR Greece. Very few migrants
now come from Spain, Portugal or
Greece.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
a Fool Once More.

For ten years my wife was CON
fined TO her bed with such a com
plication OF ailments that no doctor
could tell what was the matter or
cure her, and | used up small for
ture in humbug stuff. Six months
ago | saw a L. S. Flag With Hop
Bitters on II, and | thought / would
be a fool once more. ] tried il, but
my folly proved TO be wisdom. Two
bottles cured her, she is now as well
and strong as any mans wife, and
it cost me Only two dollars. Such
folly pays.-H. w. Detroit, Mich
Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
a Travellers Story.

After spending months at Euro
pean and American watering Ilaces
and thousands of dollars looking for
health, / returned home dishearten-
ed and wretched. | consulted the
best physicians and travelled far
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 benc-
lit Of similar sufferers.-A Cincin-
natl lady.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
leo Cream Cake.

Three eggs, one cup Of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two
tablespo1nfuls of water, one cup Of
flour; bake in jelly tins and Let
them cool Take one pint Of thick
sweet cream and beat It till It looks
like ice cream sweeten and flavor
with vanilla; put very thick between
each layer of cake.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Women that have been belrid-
den for many years have been en-
tirely cured.of female weakness by
the use Of Lydia Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. Send TO Mrs. Ly-
dia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Ave
nue, Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
Philosophical Truths

Little drops OF rain brighten the
meadows; and little acts of kindness
brighten the world.
In life two men have failed from
defect in morals where one has fail
ed from defect of intellect.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

The Dallas Herald estimates that
there are in Texas 100000 llead Of
cattle, 10000 head of hefses, and
4, COS, 900 head Of sheep.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Coffee county, Tenn, is being set
tied up by emigrants from Massa-
chusetts. Of course they must
find good grounds on which to set
tie.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

In two years a boy can learn as
much Latin as he can forget in six
months after he goes to work for a
living.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
DUBLIC SALE.

III DIN DA IL
by virtue of an ersieT Of the Orphans Court of
saIiersst County. Pa the Undersigned VII, on
Saiurdcg. 1ugass Cih, 1851,
ou the premises, IN Shade township at 1 O'Clock,
p NJ, sell the Real Estate Of Eel'ecca Nctireg3r,
deed. conEissiug Of . farm con;airiEg - Gcren
anp 81 rerchcs, more OF less, of y lich about -
acres are clear, with Log Dwelling House SID
Log stable thereon erected; aelelrtng lanlss Of
samuel lIeGrtezor, Samuel Zimmerman an3 9th
ers, with rnaEy never falling springs. Lituui1cls
Stsse Goal, aHd a h5e sugar orchard or ;lo same
TERMS -
One.t third II hand cn the first cf October, 1881,
haiance In two eegal annual payments rithOat 10
ierest. Ten per cent Of Fhe purchase money g e
paid On day as sale. Possession given On the fTzt
day of September, 1881
JOHN Il. SNYDER.
iu,s Trustee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

Fear is the best temperance lee
tIiror
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

A strapper-the village school
master.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27
DEADW003, Sl9UXGTE
cisse eoonecfsaus nlsgo &C 5sF4
Points
CHICAGO and G0BHGI4lll

Faii4ll S.saS 5l ll A=- -.-t
Insist cn Tia,lct agents -'-
This road- Examine 8 az L.ea-.s ~
buy Il they 20 uct real sfc- t-o ti---
Western Railway.
IL you Wish tle Ees- ialTc.--
lions yol VII bug y0u- s
sTAND WILL TAKE NtA lo-H----,
All Ticket Agcats sen lic.-ets
MAEvlE IC5alrr- q ]-t-S 1s-- -
Chicago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

The day come at last when, from
the stufiy city house, the Rayners
moved to the pretty, roomy, rafter-
cd cottage, where honeysuckles and
wild roses struggled at their own
sweet will over roof and porch.
And Viva, coming home from the
dusty city three evenings in the
week, pale and tired, frightened and
laughed her own low, happy laugh
at the sight of her mothers face,
grown young again, at the window,
and at the sound of Dick and Jes-
sizes boistcrous laughter
1t was curious all the repairing
that cottage needed after they NOV
ed in. 1t was more curious that
their quiet. handsome landlord
should insist on supervising it him
self.
He grew into their simple lives in
those days. Mrs. Rayner came to
think the chcery voice better than
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

FROM sle,iAdfl - d. p Itr~1--- &C.
Street. Corner Q sire. ,1..T. ..at
TO Iaundry q Elrly en- rf- -s b.
FF.ASk HlDDALL- -JtE Ue
LOls and use no ugher s--sH. a--f l..-.-
second . 10 ialHlry ~ ~ .rt'a-t.-
clothes; the slpeFicf UurE W. hse
70 turn o.. having cured a fr ---s--
the bcst Ceuiicnl1'l ilr-sl.r. -.r.-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

From III. T. Bow1Es, H. D.. Hamrnonton, - -
T.dtor Soilih JSrscy Republican,
nv attention was called 10 FRANK AIDDALLo
eDSP from an advertisement la my own pai,er,
ssSd it's rls IA my house for nearly year, nccorce
e. t,,e directions has proved that rs IefriitrkaDe
,,-onerties have no. been overaGted. For reinos-
ir1 urinfiug ink 10 Is invaluable, while FOR boltct
"a shaving il is the best soap have eyer See-i
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-27

rom MRS. III. Il. KENYON, 1soltEl.Siof -
Idonvw was,, with FRANK KSIDDALISSOAPin
half the time and with expense or soap, - 1c
srin0 N Jttel mare than pays(or nave no sieln
health clothes and labor can hardly be esiiInaten
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04
MORMON MIGRAIION.

A secret agent of the administration was
recently cent to Utah to ascertain the inten-
tions Of the Mormons toward the govern
ment. He reports that the Mormons have
comprehensive and deep-laid scheme,
which they are carrying out with as much
accuracy and zeal as ever distinguished Je-
suitism, to establish an empire or theoerscy
Of their own in the west, independent Of the
United States. They have ceased to concen-
rate their forces in Utah, but are spreading
over the territories from Wyoming to New
Mexico, and the time is not far distant when
an army Of loo, 600 men vii. be nece-sar to
enforce the laws Of the United States. The
agent sage they have made themselves indie
pendent of the out.ide world for the necesss-
ries Of life. They raise their own crops.
They have factories, and in case OF war
against the Union they could not be starved
out. A Mormon war would be general In
dian war. They are un,iring in their efforts
to poison the minds of the Indians against
the general government.