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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

A class of thirty Chinese Sunday
School scholars which has been
formed in Cincinnati held q Christ
mas festival. One of the features of
the evening was and address by
Chan Pom Tip, a scholar, in which
he thus pointed out how hard q
thing going to school was in China !:
I'VE have more letters in the alpha
bet in our language than you could
count, but only use from 1900 to
:, 800, that is all. We do not COM
mence to learn the alphabet first,
but learn it as we 60 along in our
reading. The first thing that we
learn is to read Confucius, our re-
ligioa. The children who first start
to school take but very few lessons
from Confucius. They are instruct
ed by their teachers how to behave
and what they ought to do for their
parents, and how to pay good re-
spect to strangers. They must bow
and call u stranger teacher; for
the name of teacher is held with
grea. respect. The schoolteacher
has full charge of the children, and
the parents have very little to do
with them after they commence to
attend the school. The teacher sees
the children more and so under
stands them better, and secs them in
the wrong, so they can correct them
better than their parents. After the
first six months they begin to study
Coniucius, and they study until they
get through the four Kings. Perhaps
the children can get through Confu-
'o.us and the four Kings in three or
four years. Then they go to col
lege, if they can afford it. The four
Kings are written by the disciples of
Confucius he had sevelty-two,
where Christ had twelve You can
never get through college until you
become an officer. If You do not
want to become an officer you have
to leave college.
III - uiuCll iIstitscI loE US W 20 10
school when we are little. We have
10 be in school in the morning as
soon as we can see toread, and when
the teacher comes we have to recite
our lesson, and if we do not know
it, we cannot go home for breakfast.
After breakfast we practice writing
two hours. Then the writing books
are taken up to the teacher. We are
not allowed to play or talk to any
one in the school. We all study out
loud at the same time and on differ
ent lessons. The teacher is very
strict, and when ii gets late and one
cannot see to read then school is
out. We are not allowed to stop on
the way home, and if We do not do
as the teacher says then we get 4
good thrashing with a number of
small switches tied together. You
will notice that the Chinese when
they pass along the street go qui-
city and mind their own business.
1t is because they were brought up
in that way"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02
The Danubian Floating Mills.

The floating grain mills on the
Danube. are perhaps its most curl
Gus feature. Fancy two canal boats
moored parallel to each other, in
mid river, about fifteen or twenty
feet apart, and supporting between
them the crank of a gigantic mill
wheel, turned by the current of the
stream. Fancy, moreover, the sides
al one of these boats carried up one
story higher than those of the other,
then rooted over a Ia Noah's ark,
with doors and windows as needed
and you have a fair idea of these
Danube grain mill, some four OF
five thousand of which, in groups OF
ten or dozen together are scattered
along this watery highway, all the
way down from Vienna to Belgrade.
Each mill is inscribed with its
owners name, and | found time in
passing to copy one or two, such
as "Juhas Istvany cos Landos, ,
and "Jonasyitch Makopopom" as
being curious samplca Of Magyar
pcasan. nomenclature. As the steam
er goes shooting by these mills, SC
close that the "clack, clack" of the
mill-wheel is distinctly audible, it is
amusing to note the inmates, look
ing Tor all the world like Humpty
Dumpty in the play, rushing to
their doors or windows to wave 4
salute and have 8 ,ook at the pas
sencers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

You have probably heard O
"a Obson's choice" but Hobson
didn't begin with man named
Baker, who belonged TO a camp in
the early days OF silver mining in
NevaL ]. When nc had been there
q year they could not remember Of
a single day having passed that he
did not developed some new all
ment. had leg ache, backache,
sore thrO pleurisy, carache, asth-
ma, and :. hundred other things
but after about a year all these all.
ments sort o. consolidated, as if by
mutual consent, into the toothache
There was eight men in log hut
and he was thee After the tooth
ache struck him he was no good
He growled in the morning, swore
at noon and when night came and
the men were ready for sleep he
would begin:
"Oh, Lord Oh, my stars; Oh
Peter and Paul and everybody else
but know | shall never live to see
daylight"
! Night after night he kept them
awake with his groans and howls
1t was little any one could do for him
The aching-tooth was a big fellow
with cavity clear to the root, and
Baker hadn't the grit of child
Other men, similarly afflicted, had
gone to big Tom Black and his
shoemaker's pincers, but no money
could hire Baker to have that tooth
out. He applied cold water, hot
ashes, burnt rag, and even drove a
pin plug into the cavity, but it was
no go. Every ten minutes he sung
!, out:
"l'm dying and no one has the
/, I least sympathy for me. Oh why
did | leave Mary and the children
ard the State of Michigan
They finally decided not to stand
it any longer. One morning they
seized Baker and tied him hand
, and foot and sent for the toothpull
, er. When big Tom arrived Baker
was as white as a ghost, and could
hardly speak. He vas told thai
tooth had to come out and he re-
piled:
"Sec here, boys, I've got a choice
in this thing. Pm sorry | made
you so much trouble, but l cam
, lose that tooth. I'd rather YOU'D
cut off one of my little toes"
"I'll be sculpted if we DON'T" said
the captain. "Off with his left boot
and I'll unjint that toe in a Yorl
, second"
They expected Baker to cave
} but he never fTinched. He settleC
! down on his back, shut his eyes anC
, said:
$50 ahead, boys-the tooth feel
| better already"
The captain found the toe poo
: affair at best, afflicted with a bi:
corn, and the nail gone, and bein;
? ont of temper he actually cut it OF
! at the joint and fixed up the STUMP
: in a workmanlike manner. Bake
e uttered no groan during the opera
c ton, and from that hour until TIN,
day he left camp, full fourteen
: months, he never had a moment
? trouble with.his teeth,-Detroit F'e
7 Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

Yankee ingenuity has succeeded
in making very perfect barrels from
wood pulp, and thus struck heavy
blow at the coopers trade. The pro
cess is thus described:
The body of the barrel is all made
in one piece, of coarse wood pulp
The pressure to which it is subject
ed is 400 tons. The heads are made
of one piece in the same way, and
when put together the barrel is ex.
ceedingly light, and satisfactory
every way. There are two kinds
one for fruit, flour and other CRY
substances; the other for oil, lard
and liquids of all kinds. A floul
barrel made in this way and filled
can be dropped from a wagon to the
pavement without injury. Fruit
packed in these receptacles keeJ
longer than when put up in the US
ual way, being dry and excluded
from the air. The barrels for LIQUID
substances are made by subjectlns
the first form to a simple process
and oil can be kept in them withour
leakage. Thesaving in cost is about
fifty per cent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02
Bloodless Ampu;a:ion.

Within the last five years surgical
science has made some wonderful
Improvements in its operations,
among which may be mentioned
the grating ofhuman skin and freez-
ing with ether spray tumors to be
operated upon but nothing that
modern surgeons have achieved
is SO calculated toease mankind and
preserve life as the Invention of the
Esmarche bandage Tor performing
bloodless operations. 1t is an in
vention of very recent date, not yet
III use by all surgeons, and almost
unknown to the physicians of the
back country. There il used an
elastic bandage of rubber and cord,
called from the French surgeon who
invented it the Esmarche bandage,
which is wrapped very tightly about
the leg or arm to be operated upon.
The wrapping begins at the extremi-
ty of the limb and is continued to a
point about the place of cision very
tightly. The wrapping drives all
the blood from the limb. At the
top of the bandagc tourniquet is
placed, which gives heavy pre-
sure upon the principal artery. The
bandage is then removed, and the
operation is performed. Amputstiana
are made by this plan whore the
knife is unstained, and not drop
Of blood il shed during the cision.
The flesh is white, and the opera
ton may be performed with more
ease than when, as formerly, the
blood was squirting forth. All the
blood of the body is saved to
strengthen the patient. BY this meth
cd hundreds Of lives have been saw
ed during the last year. After the
limb has been amputated the blood
must be allowed to flow a little in
order that the arteries may be dis
covered and bound up. limo case,
by this method, is over an ounce of
blood shed. BY the old method pa
tients often died upon the amputat-
Ing couch, or soon afterwards, from
excessive hemmorrage. Like all
new methods, it is blindlv rejected
by old school physicians, who re-
gard nothing good save the anti
quated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

The modern housebreaker is, how
ever, far different person, and
plays for different stake. He has
probably been in prison, learned
the tricks Of the trade in the hours
of combined labor while undergoing
penal scryitude at Dartmoor or Port
land 1t is here that he receives
the first smattering of his scientific
education. He may have been n
clerk or discharged footman, or a
small shopman. or an errand lad, =
some one who embczzled or purloin-
| ed,-and the discipline OF his pris-
on career has resulted in nothing
more than preparing him for the cx-
citing trade of a professional thief.
Society, he argues, has injured him
by dep,iving him of his liberty, and
he intends to be revenged upon So
ciety. He becomes companion of
old thieves, and he is elected broth
er in the freemasonry of crime. He
is told where property can be found,
how it can be stolen. and where it
can be disposed OF. Stories Of rob-
berries and burglaries, and midnight
adventures sound as fascinating as
the yarns of miners at the diggings.
Chance may decree a long course of
ceasless work and no reward but
when the "turn-up" docs come, the
prize is worth the winning. Thus
educated theoretically in thieves
knowledge, the felonious neophytre
comes ont of prison to be the connect
ing link between the Gagged" and
the lucky He knows what po-
liceman can be bribed, what infor-
nation is necessary for his under
taking what public houses sand 9TH
er haunts are frequented by
thieves, and what should be the gen
eral plan of the campaign on which
he has entered. He does not 20
rashly to work, bides his time, set
ting his traps and snares with the
care of an old sportsman, Uncon-
sclousiy, domestic servants, male
and female, drift into this world of
roguery and before they are aware
of it, are led to betry the confidence
of their employers. They are plaus-
able fellows, these modern burglars;
they can tell q good story and sing
a song, they can flirt with the silly
maids; and will walk out with
them" on Sundays they bet a lit
tie and play cards and gradually
they enmesh n household by the
agency of the indoor servants who
have not the faintest idea of the re-
al objects of the crafty fellows who
have made themselves so agreeable.
People express themselves surprised
at the constant success of the conf
dence trick, and all of the devices in
which good acting and plausibility
are opposed to selfishness and vani-
ty (; and yet they cannot realize the
fact that agents OF the intelligence
department" of knavery are con-
stantlv on the alert.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02
A Touching Story.

On narrow island near the New
England coast, where primativc Gus
toms still obtain, where the crier
goes about the streets day by day
and the watchman by night, where
they dispose Of sulphur meat by
auction. and the merry maiden and
the tar 60 jungling together in an
ancient cafash, lives an old lady.
Auntie B. The same roof has
sheltered three generations of her
family, and it would require little
less than an earthquake to dislodge
her from her seat by the old fash
ioned fireplace. There she sits, a
picture of peace and content. "Havn't
you single regret in your whole
life?" we asked her once. She drop
pen her knitting, and a dreamy
look came over her eyes. "Yes, y
she said at length, II have. Ten
years ago, when my dead sister was
alive, man with hand-organ
came TO this island by the steamer.
OH he could play SO beautifully.
He came near our street, and my
sister said to lne: "Let us go down
to the corner and see him play"
Well, doyou know, l didn'igo, after
all, but she said it was just splendid,
and, / suppose ] shall regret not
hearing that hand-organ 10 my dv-
ing day." and the dear old soul
dropped tear on the half-heeled
stocking
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

Wishing won't do much for any
one in the world. There a great
number of dreamers and visionaries,
people who put on the wishing
cap and desire all sorts of nice
things to come to them. They cx-
pect gold and all nice things TO drop
into their lap. But they are mis-
taken. Wishes won't do much for
anyone. The only way TO get any
thing is not to sigh for it with a
wish. but to work for it with will.
That is the way and the only way.
The working man knows that. lie
knows that wishes won't manufac-
ture daily bread for him. He gees
ont to his work with a stout heart,
and earns days wages with a days
labor. A scholar does not expect
to excel and get the highest prize
without intense toll You must
work with VIII if you would get
anything worth having. But it is
astonishing what an earnest will can
do. Poor boys have become rich
men. Ignorant boys have become
wise men. Obscure boys who were
known only in village have come
out in the eve of the world, and
have been known far and wide as
distinguished men. They might
always have remained in the quiet
village but for this will, which, like
the wings of bird. bore them right
out of il al into the wide world at
mospEere.
I'll tell you a story of one who
made d name for himself, and gam
ed great renown and great posses
sions by the simple force of his char
acter. tie was diligent, and the
hand Of the diligent maketh rich
he was energetic, and energy is like
an express train, it goes ahead. This
boys ancestors were rich and hon
ored, but they lost their inheritance
and became poor. When the boy
knew this he was sad, and one day,
as he wandered alone over the
broad lands of his forefathers, he
resolved he would work and strug-
gle with all his might to buy them
back again. He didn't sigh and
shed tears, and say: 'Oh, how
wish that castle were once more
mine !" No, he didn't do that, be-
cause he knew that tears of regret
would not help him in the least. He
had his pleasant dreams, as l have
told you, but he set himself to work
He brooded over his vision, and il
gave strength to his brain, his will
his hand. He knew that everything
depended on himself, and on HIM
self he relied. He went abroad tc
the East Indies. and he himself tells
us that during the long voyage this
one thought of regaining the ances
tral lands possessed him, and fixed
him with a purpose to achieve re
nown. He landed in strange coun-
try, without money, and without
friends. And how did he get on
What was the result? He begaI
life as humble clerk, and rose rap
idly in power, and ceased not in th'
ascending scale until he became
geyernor-general of all India.
Wishing and Willing-you under
stand the difference now, don't you
Wishes bring nothing but air.
dreams that come and go, but will
ing and working bring solid reali
I, ties.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02
A Foolish Mistake.

Don't make the mistake of con.
founding remedy of acknowledged
merit with the numerous quack
medicines that are now so common.
We speak from experience when we
say that Parker's Ginger Tonic is a
sterling health restorative and will
do all that is claimed for it. We
have used it ourselves with the hap
piest results for Rheumatism and
when worn out by overwork. See
adv.-TiMes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

Regulate first the stomach, second
the liver; especially the first, SO as
to perform their functions perfectly
and you win remove at least nine.
teen, twentieths of all the ills that
mankind is heir to, in this or any
other climate. Hop Bitter is the on
ly thing that viii give perfectly
healthy natural action to these two
organs.-Mdine Farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

Health, hope and happiness are
restored by the use of LYDIA +.
PINKnAM's VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
It is positively cure for all those
diseases from which women suffer
so much. Send to Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass, for pamphlet.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

In mixed society, clean haal
often carries off the palm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02
FOR SALE ny
c. n. BOYD,
DRUGGIST.
Somerset. Pa.
A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE

Estate OF VIM. Dempsey late of Quenahor,py
Twp., Somerset Co., Pa, deed.
Letters Of administration on the above extat.
having been granted 10 the undersigned by the
proper authority; notice Is hereby given 10 All
persons Indebted to said estate TO mn he immediate
payment and those having claims he a.
wiiipresent them duly authenticated lar sestieS
ment on Monday. the Ith day Of Februarv
1881, at the late residence Of deceased ~
WIN. w. DEMPSEY,
sDec, ~ AdminIstrato
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

What doth it profit a man if he is
"well-heeled," yet hath a bunion !?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

Love me little, but keep ii up.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

officer on Davonst's staff, was there
TO corroberate it. The regiment
feasted him royalty, and he in re-
turn, invited everyone TO the farm,
where he and his wife did the hon
ors cordially.
Ii was notlong ere the news reach-
ed Marshal Davoust's ears. He
laughed heartily at Firrnin Bonard's
stratagem, and having satisfied him
self that the soldiers antecedents
were irreproachable, ordered his
discharge TO be made out in due
form.
"Far be il from me-" said the
Marshal, "after he had been on
watch fo- FIVE years without being
relieved to send this gallant fellow
before court martial"
Firmin Bonard remained on the
farm. He visited France that vcar
and brought his father back to the
island of Rugen. His children to-
day hold the most important posi-
tions there and their family is
known as "the family Of the French
sentry"
When the French again withdrew
from the island, Capucin resigned
MS commission il the Sixty-eighth
of the line. He had enough OF
glory, and the quiet life of abund-
ance and happiness that his friend
led at the farm was more to his
taste. He came to understand
wise dog that life on the farm
might be quite as pleasant as life in
camp, and that there were infinitely
fewer dangers in it.
So Capucin remained at the
farm.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-01-18

ESTIMATED APPROPRIATIONS ISL
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-01-18
ACCOUNTS FORMERLY REPORTED.

Balances of accounts the State reported the
Legislature in 1872 amounting hundred in number
They extended 1876 Of these half have
been settled by proper adjustment though little has been real
lied by the State than the satisfaction of balancing these
ongstanding open accounts.
OF the adjusted Collectors placed in suit judg
ments have been obtained portion of them which
payments have been made the treasury few
diets given for the defendant In some, suits pend
ing AS these large number reported by State
Attorneys in whose hands they placed by Clerks of
Courts whom letters addressesed for information.
Of the She accounts among those settled they have been
disposed of either by payment by the death and insolvency Of
the principal by evidence of insolvency of principal
bondsmen certificates the of the insolvency
the party against whom the fine adudged for other
reasons why fines not collected
The remainder of those old still open the
books this office they mostly for very small
Every effort has been made effect settlement by full
being rendered in 1878 every formerly stated
the Comptroer report and by letters written and the
rendered The small to Justify
the expense the State necessary institute suit for them
To esar books of Office of these old has
been the special effort of the Comptroller and though
expense has been incurred the labor required the
seemed fully to Justify it. both in pecuniary view and from
sense Of official duty
The Comptroe report for presents the balances due
by officers appointed during the present administration OF
these the Comptroller report that they nearly all settled
of settlement and be closed within the time
necessary obtain nsovent certificates &c. and pay balances
that may be due Seven Collectors proracted
settlement On suits directed be instituted but
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-01-18

the country, this imposing military display has
utterly failed of its intended effect, for the Boy
cotting business fourishes to greater exteus
ever. Meanwhile il Is not improbable that The
volunteers viii be called ont In England There
are some millions of Irishmen there who are
nearly all in full sympathy with their brethren
at home. So aggressive and menacing have
they become lately that il Is reported the Queen
is afraid to open Parliament in person Thn i
probably Tory dodge, the object being to IN
flame the public mind against the Gladstone
Ministry and drive them into policy Of coescion.
The next thirty days viii in all probability
bring some startling news. aor ii i almos. a-v--
sible that the present conditis- Af Affairs should
continue without an outbreak Of some kind.
Interest in immigration, says the Spring-
field M.ss-, hspa51icaa, i becoming widespEead
throughout the South, and. though he Legisaa-
lures take held Of the snbjecs gingsrly ana De-
vote far too little mone3 10 the support Of their
agents. they are being constantly educated 70 .
wiser public spirit The railroads are HkeHise
interesting themselves IN settling he waste
places along their Hines. now that panck ana capl-
tai arc giving them more than local importance,
and the developnent Of mineral resouEcm and
manufacturing industries ass also hslpine On ia
good work. The exsdm hea driven Lnnisiana
planters into itperforce 6or II frost and snow Nd
not made such havoc with their cana ana csftsa
fields they could hardly have gathered tks -
SONS csops with the f1Ece On hahd Nashan. Dc
agent they sent b Eurups - al1sady - hoal
Of Some Of lie Spspiah peanhhy II 60 q
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