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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
A Few words to the Boys.

Don't trouble yourself about the
details of your business. Leave
small things to small minds. You
were born at the top, and Of course
way will be provided for getting
you there.
If you would make your mark in
the world never learn to write.
Do you wish TO be men? Learn to
chew, smoke aud drink. 1t will be
hard to distinguish you from the
real article.
| 1t is well for you to know that the
girls are all dying for you. You
cannot but pity them, but then it
is not your fault Thisshould teach
you resignation.
Strive to get all the leisure time
you can. 1t will make older and
buster person envy you.
Speak your mind freely. 1t
shows that you possess such an ar
ticle.
Characterize as nonsense every
thing that you can't understand.
You will find q great deal of nom
sense in the world.
When you have anything to do,
don't hurry about doing it. Take
your own time, or your employers,
which is the same thing. If he dis
charges you, you Will have the sat
isfaction of knowing that lie viii be
the loser by not HAVING your valua-
BILE services.
Shun those who are able to teach
you anything in life or business. 1t
is not agreeable to be overshadowed
by anybody. Besides, who wants
to be in school all his life?
Be above politeness. That will
do well enough for women and
children; but a man you know
should despise all such foolishness.
/ People who talk about sticking
to principle are humbugs or min
nies-Never mind principle where
money is to be made.
Never stop to consider. Make up
your mind at once. 1t shows promp-
titude Of decision.
Having once made up your mind,
stick to your decision. People may
call you an obstinate mule, but
words harm nobody. If you are
pig-headed, others may suffer, but
you never.
Stand up for your rights, espe-
cially among women and tiInid
folk. You may yield a point where
the other party is stronger than you
are.
Fight life's battles in the easiest
way. Remember it is the sutler, and
not the soldier, who makes money
out of war;
Honor your father and your moth
er by showing them howmuch wiser
you are than they. You can do this
in no easier way than by rejecting
all their counsel and admonition.
Don't go to church, if you can
avoid it but if you must go, take
care to show your intelligent con-
tempt for the worship and the wor-
shippers.
Follow these few directions, boys
and you will at last attain a high
place in the world. 1t may be the
gallows, but it will be a high place
nevertheless.-BostOs Transcript
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
Renew Your Lease.

There are times in every ones
life when energy fails and a misera-
BILE feeling comes over them, often
mistaken for laziness. Dangerlurks
in these symptoms, as they arise
from impure blood or diseased or
gans. Medical advice is expensive
and often unsatisfactory. Parker's
Ginger Tonic will renew your lease
of health and comfort because it re-
stores perfect activity to the Stom-
ach, Liver and Kidneys, and puri-
fies the blood, as men and women
restored to robust health testify in
almost every neighborhood. See
adv.-Adrocate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

A Chicago boy, who had spent
some six months in the Black Hills,
struck home last week and saunter-
ed up Clark street. He was dressed
in an antelope-skin shirt, pair Of
black-tailed deerskin pantaloons,
beaded moccasins, and q white hat
with brim like wagon wheel.
He wandered into a saloon, thumped
his fist on the counter, and howled
for tan juice with glittering pair of
eyes.
"Will ye jine me strangers" he
said to three or four gentlemen, who
were sitting at a table, adding as
they hesitated, II reckon ye'd bet
ter. With me an invite means IL
quor or blood. Ye'd better come
up"
They approached the bar and all
took beer except one, who took ci-
der. explaining that he had never
touched spirits in his life.
''Well, I'll be logged" roared the
skin-decked traveller. ''Ef yer was
with me whar / hang out, ye'd be
inter hole, cause thar's whar yer
got to drink whether yer drink or
not. 'SluckT and he poured in
the poison.
"Where are you from, if | might
ask?" inquired the other man.
From? right from the gulch.
The clean up put me few thousand
ahead, and | am wanderin to see the
sights. You bet;;"
"How are things in the hills
now? Is business depressed or are
things flourishing? ?"
Il don't know nothin' about them
big words, but if yer want fer ter
know how things is, they're thar ;
right thar. / seen twenty millions
o. money taken out o. my mine in
fourteen hours. That's tradeI That's
hittin' gilt every wash, and don't
you forget it. You betr'
"How does Custer City seem to
progress?"
IL amt no business with Custer
City-I'm miner, / am"
II saw in a recent paper that Il
number of troops have been moved
to Fort Meade. Do they think
there is any danger from Indians ?"
"Injuns! Injunsl pard. Why,
thar's more'n seven millions OF 'em
setten around on the rocks waitin'
for chance to lite in. Injuns!
Why, you don't know nothin' about
Injuns. | seen ten hundred troops
killed in an hour and hall. But
l don't mind no Injuns. | tunnell-
ed under four tribes camped half
a mile from my claim, and every
doggoned one of them went up in
the blast. You bet. There can't
no Injun git away with hitler,
and don't you forgit it."
"Deadwood must be rather dam
gerous locality. / had no idea it
was so exposed"
"Deadwood, Dangerous Say,
stranger, if you ever learn to gamble,
| jist put your money on the state
ment that Deadwood is dangerous
ly placed. Yer'll win, pard. Yer'll
scoop the pot each tussel, or count
my judgement duce boz"
'Going to be in Chicago any
length of time ?"
'Jist come to take a squint at it.
Say, show me round. Show me a
faro bank. I've too much dust for
comfort, and I'd like to drop or pick
up. Show me round stranger, and
II make you proud of yerself"
81 don't think you'd find me
very good guide, for l have only
been here a comparatively short
time; but, perhaps one Of my friends
here, would"
'Don't belong herel Whar yer
from. stranger? Whar's yer tee
pee ?"
Il live in Deadwood," responded
the stranger; I'm only"
If the young traveller will come
around and paw for those drinks all
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
A Quarrel.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 30.-Two
young men named Trent and Strick-
land quarreled yesterday over some
trivial matter and the result was a
duel with knives. Both were terri
bly, cut and will die. The flesh on
Stickland's arms was cut into fine
shreds and large pieces were cut
from his legs and other portions of
his body.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
A Riot.

CLoNMEL, May 21.-There was a
riot to-day at sale of tenents' in
terests in twenty-one farms. Most
of the farms were knocked down to
the Emergency Committee. The
mob stoned the police and the sol
diers. The police charged once and
the Hussars three times, using the
flats of their sabres. One soldier,
one policeman and some civilians
were injured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

CINCINNATI, May 31.-A Spring.
field, ILL.,, special says all hopes fol
the recovery of Mrs Lincoln, widow
of Abraham Lincoln, are abandon
ed. She daily grows weaker and
her attending physicians say that
she cannot survive many days long
er.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
Struck.

EAST BRADY, June 1.-During thu
storm here last evening two tanks
of 25,0O0 barrels capacity, belonging
to the United Pipe Lines, were
struck by lightning and one Of them,
containing 10000 barrels of crude
oil, was fired.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
Prejudice Kills.

"Eleven years our daughter suffer
ed on a bed of misery under the
care Of several of the best (and most
of the worst physicians, who gave
her disease various names but no
relief, and now she is restored to us
in good health by as simple RENE
dy as Hop Bitters, that we had
poohed at two years, before using 1t.
We earnestly hope and pray that no
one else will let their sick suffer as
we did on account of prejudice
against so good a medicine as Hop
Bitters. The Parent-Tslegram.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

1t is noticeable that thin women
always talk the fastest. A double
chin cannot be wagged with celerl-
ty, even by a woman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

Had an almost invisible sskin-di-
sease, itching intolerable. Peruna
cured it. II. Ambil, Pittsburgh
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

''Iim pretty well set up remark
ed the typo when he wac full.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

Some of the school boys call the
school houses tanneries.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
SAMPLES or GOODS,

and any information that may be desired
that it is possible for us to give, viii have
Our most careful and prompt attention the
anne day they are received. In sending
your orders state as explicitly as you can
what yoa want.
gsSs~Do not fail to read our regular item
izcd advertisements, as they appear from
time to time in all of the Pittsburgh daily
and religious weekly papers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15
Very Best Values, In every line Of
Goods,

II you do not come 10 the City to do your
shopping you can have your wants satisfac-
torily supplied by sending Us your orders by
mail. We have this branch of our business
thoroughly organized, and all orders for
either
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1,or,ns of Publication.
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,.i,sce wp p.nes'-s "'ra'n4 At ~ o.
NUN, # pas IL '','"'e otherwise : %
,,,,risbly be charged
VII ''' ..,o,,sn will be Siscon' ''nned until all
10 .re raid up. Postmas'er nesieciing
Arcane ,,n,n subscribers do not take out
to u'u' ,u no held responsible for the sub
''fl''s' -, -smoylng from one Postofiicc to an
amid give US the name Of the former as
a. 49,. the rressai Office. Address
The Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-15

These were all the witnesses to
the occurrence, except the prisoners
themselves, and ofcourse they could
not be heard. The case against
Short seemed to be as conclusively
made out as though a score of wit
nesses had sworn that they hadseen
him do the shooting. Neither the
Judge. the jury, nor the spectators
entertained the slightest doubt of
his guilt, and when the Common
wealth, at this point, closed its case,
it seemed as though the fatal rope
was already around his neck and
his escape impossible.
Ryan heaved sigh of relief which
was audible throughout the whole
court room, for he was safe there
was not one word of testimony
against him or any circumstance
tending to show any previous ar
rangement or concert of action be-
tween him and Short. After a whis-
pered consultation between the
counsel for the defence, one of them
rose and moved the Court to direct
the jury to forthwith return a YER
dict of mot guilty" as to Ryan, in
order that he might be called as a
witness for the prisoner. This was
resisted by the District Attorney,
and after lengthy and elaborate ar
guments, the Court decided that it
was bound to grant the motion; and
accordingly Ryan was declared not
guilty" and the verdict recorded.
Then came scene as dramatic to
those present as anything ever wit
messed on the stage. Without any
opening speech by Shorts counsel,
Ryan, in obedience to a nod from
his attorney, stepped out of the pris-
oner's dock and into the witness-box,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13

A lively writer propounds aud answers
. question thus: who says animals do
not have future existence? Look Mt
the chicken, for instance, who dies ard is
cooked, but his feathers on !ady's hat
become bird Of paradise Aside from
the humor of the foregoing, there com,
. question: Why should man arrogate
to himself the sole right to live hereafter,
while all the animal kingdom is to 10 ut
terly blotted out Of existence? Animals
have mind Of certain order, and many
human ways. snch rs exhibiting their
love. hate. belligerencv. fear. disgust,
and tendencies to fun. That delicate and
exqnisitely organized little songster who
sprung from the warm CLINE Of the Cana
ries. evinccs int lligencc Of no mean or
der. aud it is one Of the certainties that
its fair owner. with her sympathetic ma
tnre. does not believe in the annihilation
Of her pet. Human beings kill and de-
vour animals and generally think no
more Of them. Yet these animals have
the same fear Of death and the same love
Of life as man, and upon that very fear
and love in man is based his hope Of
another life. 1t is now generally agreed
that what has been called instinct III AMI
mails is mind, for many Of them seem to
reason from cause to effect III providing
for themselves and their young. and pro-
tecting the lives Of each from assault.
Naturalists are beginning 10 have some
new ideas Of criminal existence. and some
of them think that when the Creator en.
dows anything with active animal life HI
does MOI mean that it sllau be utterly do
styoyel. l.-l:4cIQs1nc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
Effect OF Sunshine.

Frcm an acorn weighing a few grains
Il tree will grow for 100 years or more,
not only throwing of many pounds Of
leaves every year, bnt itself weighing
several tons. II m orange twig is pnt
in a large box Of earth, and that earth
is weighed when the twig becomes n
tree, bearing luscious fruit, there will
be very nearly the same amount OF
earth. From careful experiments made
hy the different scientific men, it is IN
,scertainel fact that u very large part
of the growth Of tree is derived from
the sun, from the air and from the
water, and very little from the earth !;
and notably all vegetation becomes
sickly unless it is freely exposed to sun
shine. Wood and coal are but con-
denscd sunshine. which contain three
important elements equally essential to
both vegetation and animal lite--mag-
nesia, lime and iron. II is the iron III
tic blood which gives it its sparkling
rsd .aluc ..lil its strengths. II u the
liiar III tl.e hane., which gives them tie
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13

Gen. Walker, d the Census Bureau
computes that in 1890 tho United 6tates VII!
hasc . population Of q, ,l67,00O.
President Hayes has decided to retire
six more army officers Il Is understood that
surgeon Gen. Barnes and Judge Advocate
Gen. Dunn arc two Of the number.
Nathan Gotf, Jr., Of West Virginia,
has ncen appointed Secretary Of the Navy. He
was Colonel Of the Third Virginia regiment in the
Union army, rising to the rank Of Dfgadier
General was fonr years ago the Republican
nominee for Governor, AMI has for several
Years hehi the position Of District Attorney for
West Virginia
An important clause in ono Of the new
treaties with China ccdes to the United St, to
the power to limit, at the will Of the people,
tho kind, quantity and season Of importation
Of Chinese labor. On the other hand, tue
United States agrees to discountenance tho
opium trade.
Superintendent Walker asks for an
appropriation Of e50n, zoo to complete the Gen.
s,:s work.
The War Department has issued an
orlcr aholishlng dress caps for officers and
,ln citing that hereafter h, lMtts be worn, with
TRAININGS To designate the different branches
of tic service. Tho color for infantry will be
white, cavalry yellow, artillery red, and signal
service orange.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
po,r,ssrIC INrEILIoElgCE.

Two miners al Carboadale, PA, were
assant,y killed by the tAll " some coal in thur
aiming chamber.
Five members ot the family Of Samuel
Irupp. Of Nontclalr, NJ. died Of dlphthsriA in
sss week. Il was found that feeid gasss per.
ssated the sleep,ng apArtmentA
New York has had another tirc horror.
4 tenement house in which eight families lived
,AnSht tire II midnight under the stair~Ay.
which formed tho only means OF ingrcss o.
eyrcss In moment the whole iimsy structure
ass in iianaes and there was no chance for the
frightened inmates to escape save BY jump
my from the w,ndowa Ten women and chill
ircn were burned 70 death. Thrcc children
we're saved by their brother. boy os Is
~ho threw them from = thirl-story win,
dow to their mother. who stood in the yard
below aud caught them - they fell The
hoy then jumped and Was similarly caught.
Cue old woman. % years Ut aga jumped
from Z second-stcry window With her two
grandchildren in her arma Her les VA
broken by the fall. but tho children escaped
aainiurd. A young man gained Access 70 the
,ooi from an adjoining building. and broke in
tho scat,le. A httlo girl Who was carrying 4
baby reached her arm mp to him. and hs
sessed il. but the burned nesh parted from ths
bone. and she slid from hs grasp back into
the hanea. Tho scene was appalling beyond
description
The pews Of the Plymouth (Beech
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13

It is estimated that our production Of
gold in 1850 xas esa622. lsa. and Of silver
ti0. .005, S64.
Statistics from the clearing houses
show that for 1850 San Fran isco was the only
city showing no increase III business.
An expedition Of engineers has sailed
from Havre TO direct operations on the Panama
canal, and machinery, provisi ,ns ana labor have
te. q ordered forward from New York and New
Orlcana
Daniel F. Sullivan and Patrick Hayes
were hanged in Moyamensing prison. rhlla-
delphia. ON Thursday, Jan 6. Frank LAM
mens and Margaret Nesiho1fer were executed
\, Newark, n. j., for the murder Of tho wom-
ans husband. Arthur Murphy WAS hanged 1t
reniietoo. ors.. for tie murder u y. D.
Grsn0h
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
OUR POPULATION.
Some 1ntercsslns statistics - inc New
Census.
from tlsa ChcaOo TritnnnA1

tFrom The Chicago Tribunal
Ito total population exclusive Of Indians
and the inhabitants Of Alaska) h tO,152. $50.
The United States 10 thus shown to be tho sec
ond most numerous nation In the civilized wnrll
Not counting the negroes, who are estimated
to number 100000 souls tho population u
this country considerably exceeds that OF the
German empire. Russia only remains in the
lead with Go, ,O00, ,O0O inhabitants in the empire
proper. But thoSo returns arc half guess
work, and nigat b. largely diminished
or increased By m official count. It IL safe TO
. y that, unless the growth Of the country 10
checked by come unforeseen cauae, the pOpIla-
ton Of the United Btates in ten years viii equal
or exceed that ut present accorded to Russia.
The percentage Of growth il far higher ia the
former tAan iii the latter In industrial, social
ain! political power the United states Is almost
ialinilely superior to Russia. Indeed, the Amer
Ian public llas no serious rivalry to fear from
ally qtiarter England IL her only equal In
tiuanclal resources and Germany III d., htlng
force; aud tue situation of the country il sncn
that she can have no apprehension Ot lItcrfcr-
ellce with her domestic Affairs by Ally power or
combination Of powers
The following tables show the distribution Of
population by sections, and the relative increase
III Zach division Of the country in the last ten
Years. The States formerly known as the Md
die states and New England are bnnched to-
eethrr. They make group Of nine Eastern
States. It Will 10 observed that the rate Of
yrowtn in Vermont ono-lialf 0f ! pcr cent
has lccn the lowest OF any State IN the Union.
and that OF Maine the third lowest, Nevada
csnnlng between. The table Of Eastern aud
Middle States il ~ follows:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
u Street.t,ar Scene.

An amusing incident occurred on .
strcet-car the other day. A woman OF
fifty, made up to look about twenty-five
years old, got aboard at crossing to
iind every seat occupied. She stood for
4 moment, and then selecting poorly
dressed man, about forty-fise years Of
age, she observed:
"!Are there no gentlemen in this carp"
Indeed, I dunno" lie replied, ~ he
looked mp aud down. If there amt,
and You are going clear through. III
hunt up ono for you at the end of tho
line"
There was IN embarrassing silence for
a moment, and then light broke in on
him all Of sudden. aud he arose and
said:
..You can have this seat, madam. ]
am allus willing to stand up aid give
my seat to anybody older than myself. :"
That decided her. She gave him .
look which hs will not forget to his
dying day, and, grabbing, the strap, she
refused to sit down, even when i've seats
had become ovacant.-NetU York Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
Litta, the prima donna, will wed Hnr-
r. L. Cleveland, the tenor Of the Slayton Con-

Litta, the prima donna, will wed Har-
~ L. Cleveland, the tenor Of the Slayton Con-
cert Company.
Captain Eads has returned from Vera
Cruz. He has obtained from the Mexican
Government charter to build slip railway
ACROSS the Jsthmus Of Tehauntep.c, and q
grant of l,OOO, 900 acres Of land.
The newest monopoly is q match syn
dicate, with capital OF $2,50O,O,O. and head
quarters ct New Haven, CT Ten largo fac
torres have been consolidated, with the inteli-
ton OF controlling tho American mprLct. They
pay tho Government e3,50O,O 900 per annum for
stamps.
One Of tho most distinguished jurists
at Washington pronounccs arbitrary and un-
constitutional the action Of the Governor OF
Utah In issuing ! certificate as Delegate TO A.
@. Campbell.
The British ship Laputa was wrecked
on reef near the Tlllamook rock lighthouse,
near Astoria. Ore, on tho night Of Jan. 3. It
Is thought that the Whole ships company was
lost.
The Manitoba wave vented it's rage on
Northern Mexico last month. Tho cotton crop
Of Durango is thought TO have been DESTROYED.
A rival syndicate has been formed at
Toronto to construct the Canada Pacific road
on terms much moro favorable to the GoTcrn-
ment than those negotiated in England. Tho
Government party claims that the scheme has
for its object the forced resignation Of the
Ministry.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
Precautionary.

Az the Buffalo express was whirling
along tile Erie, queer looking old man,
who might have escaped from the Gu
riosity department Of the HistoricAl 60
ciety, got mp from his seat in the slcep-
ing ear and shouted: '.Is there : d0ct<x
in the carr" Commotion and excite-
ment Immediately ensnel. and as there
was no medical man in that particular
car, several passengers hurried through
the train aud finally found one. WHATS
the matter ?' he said to the little old
man. ..Nothing," said he, ''hnt il, case
I'm sick and yell out like thunder ia my
sleep. my hunks numbered twenty; now
dou't you forge. IL"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-13
How 10 M Nobody.

1t is easy to be nobody, and We will
tell You how to do it. Go to the drink
ing saloon to spend your leisure time.
Yon need not drink much now just
little beer or some other drink. In the
meantime, play dominoes. or something
else to kill time, 30 that you will b. sire
not to read any useful hooks. II you
rad anything, let it be the cheap novels
of the day thus 20 on keeping yourr
stomach full, and your head empty, and
yourself playing time-killing games, and
in few years You will be nobody, un-
less you should turn out drunfnrl, or
a professional gambler, either Of which
is worse than nobody. There are my
number Of Young men hanging around
bar -parlors, just ready to graduate aud
be uobodies.