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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09

paused at narrow door. 1t bore
the number, and was in the street
that Lionel had sent to Grecnvillc.
The gentleman knocked then stood
back for his companion TO enter;
the door opened into a close, dirty
room, where poor Lionel lay, on an
untidy settee, in the act of being
made ready for removal by a kind
and genial old gentleman, a little
hasty in temper, it seemed for ne
called out at sight of the young
man whose pocket Lily had explor-
ed: swell, you've got her at last,
have you, Frank Bentley! I've
waited long enough, ] should say,
and this poor boy suffering from a
fracture and fever in place like
this. The people who picked him
up insensible off the ice out beyond
in the next street, have been very
kind he added TO the German
shoemaker and his wife who stood
by. You fou ID him with his head
cut by his fall, his pocket book lost
or stolen, and carried him here
where he wrote home-and this
morning got his senses sufficiently
about him to send for me, which
was what he should have done at
first" The doctor-for he was the
doctor with whom Lionel had it in
mind to study by-and-bye-talked
on in this strain TO relieve an evil
dent embarrassment.
Young Dir. Bently, his son, ex-
planned, while the isterand brother
INDUCED in a singularly tervent en-
brace, considering that they had
but been two days separated, that
he had received his fathers message
per family servant ON his arrival at
( the depot at two o'clock, but that he
was detained by a pressing and
most imperative cngagement-(he
did not explain that said engage
ment was his own resolution to fol-
low respectfully and unseen to her
destination the pretty timid little
Lily of Greenville, who had, by the
odd process of entering his pocket
stolen his heart. Such things will
do TO keep, as will Lily's pleased
amazement at the family misinter-
probation of poor Lionel's letter,
written in pain and fever. He, too,
proud of his early recollections OF
the city ways, started on foot over
its icy pavements and met with q
physical, and a moral fall. That
little mistake was explained and
laughed over, but Lily did moi
want hers to share the same fate
to keep itsecret she even bribed
Frank Bently.
Once he threatened-"Oh, do noI
tell about my handw she whisper
ed entreatingly.
Il won't if you will give it to me,
was the answer, in the same key.
Well-Aunt Keziah liked him
Uncle Adonijah found him suitable
and they were married on Christ
mas eve.-a year after her adventure
''in n pocketw
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Keep Sheep.

At least a few sheep should be
kept on every farm. No kind d
stock is more profitable. In start
ing a flock, few superior animals
should be chosen instead of double
the number of inferior ones. The
increased value of a flock range
from good sheep, will greatly ex-
ceed the increased COST of few good
ones to start with, over what inferi-
or ones would have cost. Start with
good sheep and keep them good or
make them better by generous keep
ing. If one intends to half starve
his sheep he might as well begin
with half starved ones, asthey would
be more likely to ''hold their own"
than those used to better keeping.
Sheep keeping, however, ia not profit
able when the starving process is
adopted, and we would not recon-
mend it to farmers who practice any
such methods. When good sheep
are purchased to start with and are
well kept, sheep keeping is profita-
bic, beneficial to the farm, and is to
be commended.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Bruddcr Gardner on Poverty.

II war axed by a white man de
odder day." remarked the old man
as he whipped off the end of his
nose, show much poultry dis club
would serd out to de poor fer deir
Christmas dinner. When | told
him we shouldn't send as much as
one wing OBJ a lean pullet he abused
me as selfish an hard hearted, an
preached me a long sermon on
charity. Now let me say few re-
marks. In de fust place, poo peo-
pie are jist as much a fixture in dis
world as dc sun or moon. Dey has
allus been an allus will be. | neb-
Der yit foun' poo man who want
ed to better his condishen dat he
didn't hab lots of CHANCES to do so.
1t am no mo- dc bizness ob dc sun
to shine fo' one sartin class. If de
poo expect it, it am bekase OBJ deir
check. Let me AK you what good it
does fur family who am libin' on
meal an bacon an tea to find n big
Christmas turkey on de table ? Ten
times out o 'leven it will be sold to
de nearest grocery or s'loon.
When it am cooked and eaten it's
sartin to make some one sick. Glib
ben ole cloze to de poo makes 'em
lazy. If a man kin git his liben'
widout work, what's de use OBJ
workin' Every meal sot out for a
tramp goes to prove to dat man dat
hard work am only for dull men.
You can't find me ten cases of suf-
ferin' poverty in Detroit whar de
sufferers am not directly 'sponsible
fur deir condishun, an what dey
couldn't improve if dey would.
Charity means ty forgive faults in
your fellow men. 1t doan' mean
feedin' loafers and lazy boneses. Dis
club will help widow oran orphan,
but when it comes to the gineral
poo dey shall have neither smypa-
thy nor aid. If de Lord had in
tended dat one-half de world should
work hard to support de odder half
loafln' aroun' we should have got de
news long huff afiore dis time"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Arlettc, The Child Martyr.

Nearly seven hundred years ago,
on a cold, rainy evening, five per
sons stood together in a little room
in one of the poorest streets in the
city of Cologne. There were four
men and little girl. 1t was plain
they were hiding, for chilly as il
was, they dare not light fire. Al
last the bitter cold was more than
they could bear, so they ventured to
make 2 small fire. They had
scarcely begun To warm themselves
when soldiers burst in and seized
them all. They were taken to pris-
on, and soon brought before the
Judges. Then it was found tha,
their only crime was that they wor-
SHIPPED God, and would not pray to
the Virgin Mary or the saints
They were condemned to be burnt
to death; but a pardon was offered
them if they would not forsake
Christ. Three of the men answered
at onco they could not be unfaith.
full TO their Lord. The fourth
named Robert, hesitated, he was
the father of the little girl, Arlette
and her mother had been dead
MANY weeks. But soon he decided
like the rest. The Judges coaxed
an threatened Arlette. They told
her they could not save her from be.
ing burnt alive, unless she promis-
cd to leave her fathers religion. She
answered steadily, II cannot for.
sake the faith" In less than d
week the five were led out to the
place of execution. The four men
were tied each to a stake, and IA
gots heaped round them. They
placed Arlette against a stake, but
did nat tie her. Then they set fire
to the fagots, and some kind-heart-
ed man pulled the little girl away,
and said he would save her from the
dreadful death, and bring her up
not to serve her fathers God. Il
cannot forsake the faith" said Ar
lette again. And before they could
stop hcg, she had run to her father
and caught hold of his hand. In a
few moments, Robert and Ariette
were ia heaven together.
You and may be thankful that
we have not to bear a cross like Ar
lette; but we can love the Saviour
as well as she did, and be as firm as
she was in refusing to do anything
that will grieve him.-Edrly Days.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Bombarding a Hotel.

SAN FRANCISCO, January ga
special from Lompec, Santa Barba
ra county, states that some parties
at present not known, tried to blow
up the Lompoc Hotel, Monday
night, by throwing four bombshells
through the widows. Only one ex-
ploded. 1t bursted the doors, win.
dows and partitions, causing great
confusion, Two were tossed In the
sleeping room of Mr.. and Mrs,
Butchard, but did not explode.
One in the billiard room also failed
to explode. Had they all exploded,
the building would haye been COM
pletely destroyed and several lives
lost. The size of the bombshells was
two feet two inches in circumfer-
ence, and weighed nearly six paunds
each.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
How He Got Out.

When young businessman of
Detroit, recently married, returned
home the other day at his usual
dinner hour, his young wife sur
prised him by saying: well. you
got out, did you?" ''Get out ?'' re-
piled the husband. "Out of what?''
why, out of the station. Weren't
you in the Central station ?" was
the wife's response. "What kind OF
a stiff are you giving me. any way p
demanded the husband. Imagine
his Indignation when his innocent
wife of a few months drew from her
bosom the following note and hand
ed it to him:
Central Station-Dear Tilly:
am in trouble from trying to prevent
the arrest of q friend. Send me ten
dollars per bearer"
Your own Bob.
The ten dollars and the young
man who got it have not since been
heard from.
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A Parable.
The following first appeared in a

The following first appeared in q
California paper.
Then shall the Kingdom of Satan
be likened to a grain of tobacco
seed /; which, though exceedingly
small, being cast into the ground
grew and became great plant and
spread its leaves rank and broad, Sc
that huge and vile worms formed a
habitation thereon. And it came to
pass in the course of time that the
sons of men looked upon it, and
thought it beautiful to look upon
and much to be desired to make
lads look big and manly. So they
put forth their hand and did chew
thereof And some it made sick
And it farther came to pass that
those who chewed it became weak
and unmanly, and said: We are
enslaved, and can't cease from chew,
ing it. And the mouths of all en-
slaved became foul /; and they were
seized with violent splitting /; and
they did spit even in ladies parlors
and in the house of God. And the
people of God were greatly plagued
thereby. And in the course of time
it came also to pass that Others
snuffed it into the noses of them
and they were taken suddenly with
fits, and they did sneeze with a great
and mighty sneeze, insomuch that
their eyes filled with tears, and they
did look exceedingly silly. And yet
Others cunningly wrought the leaves
thereof into rolls, and did set fire to
one end thereof, and did suck vehe-
mently at the other end thereof, and
did look very grave and calf like ;
and the smoke ascended up.
And the cultivation thereof be-
came great and mighty business
in the land and the merchantmen
waxed rich by the commerce there
Of And it came to pass that the
people of God defiled themselves
Herewith even the poor who could
not buy shoes, nor bread, nor books
for the little ones, spent their mon
ey for it. And the Lord was dis
pleased Herewith, and said
Wherefore this waste I? and why
do these little ones lack bread and
shoes and books ? Turn now your
fields into corn and wheat and put
this evil thing far from you; and
defile not yourselves any more"
But with one accord they all ex-
claimed : "We cannot cease from
chewing, snuffing, and puffing-we
are slaves !"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Women on the Bench.

Some years ago the emminent
lawyer Henry W. Paine, of Mas.
sachusetts tried a case for lady
client, but did not receive a decision
in his favor, although justice and
equity would have warranted it.
AS he and his client were leaving
the Courtroom, the lady, who is
well known as an exponent of wo-
mans rights, said to him:
THAT was rank injustice"
Certainly, madam" Mr.. Paine
replied.
'Mr. Piine," the lady continued
when we women get IL chance to
sit on that bench, such injustice
will not be possible"
With one of his rich, rare smile:
the great lawyer said:
Madam | never expect to see a
greater set of old women than are al
present on the Massachusetts Su.
preme Court bench,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
\ 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, 1881-02-09
Supreme Beneh.

WASHINGTON, January 28.-The
President sent to the Senate to-day
the nomination of Stanley Mathews,
of Ohio, to be Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court,
vice Justice Swayne resigned.
Much to the surprise of his friends
some opposition was made by Re-
publican Senstoss to Mr. Matthews
nomination, and the matter vas
laid over. There are good grounds
for the belief that his confirmation
will be fought for sems days, but
just what it is based upon Senators
are loath to admit.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
How TO Make Hens Lay.

Having occasion recently to visit
a friend in Northern New Hamp-
shire, who has the reputation OF
making money through the keeping
of hens, | found his method of oper-
ations somewhat as follows:
The hen-house was in the base
ment of a workshop building, with
windows facing the south. The size
of the room where the hens were
kept was about fourteen by twenty.
The fowls were of the Brown Leg.
horn variety, and numbered about
sixty birds. Although the room
seemed small, considering the num-
Der of fowls, yet, by means of good
ventilation, it answered its purpose
well. As we entered the room, the
oder of onions attracted my atten-
ton.
"Do you give onions to your hens?"
| asked.
'Yes. Onions make good green
food for hens during the winter. As
| had a quantity on hand, unfit fol
market, | am feeding them out in
this way to good advantage"
"How do you feed your hens dur
ing the month ?n
I'm the morning | give them q
dough made of bran and boiled po-
tatoes. At intervals of two or three
days | put cayenne pepper with
this mixture. At noon l feed such
scraps as are left at my table. In
the evening | give my fowls about
two quarts of whole corn, believing
that this grain remains longer in
the craw than any other. Twice a
week ! feed them meat. l buy
cheap mutton, ehopping up bone.
and all before feeding. Every day
furnish a supply ofpure warm wa
ter, also keeping before them at all
times pan of ground Oyster
she'll"
"Do your hens pay you good
profit ?"
'Most certainly. The net profit
from my hens more than pay our
grocer's bills. There Is no guess
work about this statement, as keep
an exact account. showing the debts
and credits in full detail.-A cores
pondent in the american Cultirator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Worth Remembering.

Now that good times are again
upon us, before indulging in extrav-
agant show, it is worth remember
ing that no one can enjoy the pleas
antest surroundings if in bad health.
There are hundreds of miserable
people going about to-day with dis
ordered stomach, liver or kidneys, on
a dry hacking cough, and one foot
in the grave, when a 80 ct. bottle
Of Parker's Ginger Tonic would do
them more good than all the expen-
sive doctors and qqack medicines
they have ever tried. 1t always
makes the blood pure and rich, and
will build you up and give you good
health at little cost. Read of it in
another column. i. ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
An Ancient Dame.

WASHINGTON, January ga Ger
tifcate of the death of Mrs Sally
Hunter, aged rs years, has been re
ceived at the Health Office. Mrs
Hunter was BON in Westmorelant
county, Va. in 1866. and belonged
to the Washington estate, being one
of the servants manumitted by the
Generals will. She lived in that
county until the war, when she and
her children came to this city, where
she has since resided. This is sup.
posed to be the last servant of Geo
Washington.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Salt in Sowing.

Some French as woll as some
German authorities recommend the
use of salt at the rate Of one han.
dred and fifty pounds per acre fol
clover and other leguminous plants
for wheat and flax. two hundred
and fifty pounds; and for barley
and potatoes, three hundred pounds
to be sown broad cast in the
spring season, before the herbage
has attained any considerable
growth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Fail OF Coal.

WhKEsBARRE, Pa, January 81
The largest fall Of top coal and rock
ever known in this valley, occurred
in the Empire mines yesterday
afternoon, when two thousand tons
fell, burying two miners, Morris
Evan and his son Thomas. Hun
dreds of men are at work digging for
the bodies. The cause of the fall is
not yet known.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Death from Grief.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 24.-Ed.
ward Backus, a prominent young
attorney of Independence, has been
missing some days, and search fail
ed to discover his whessabouts. On
Saturday his dead body was found
on his wifc's grave. In his hand he
held large revolver, one barrel be-
ing empty. A large bullet hole in
his forehead showed where the miss.
ing ball was. Some weeks ago his
newly-wedded wife died. and he be-
came downhearted, and to end hia
misery took his own life at her
grave.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09

A lover, who was sighted by the
females, very modestly asked a
young lady, IF she would let him
spend an evening with her?" "No,"
she angrily replied, ''that's what /
won't" "Why," replied he, 'you
needn't be SO fussy / didn't mean
this evening, but some stormy one,
when | can't go anywhere else"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09
Mrs. Partington Says |:

Don't take any of the quack ros-
trums, az they are regimental to the
human cistern; but put you trust
in Hop Bitters, which will cure gen.
eral dilapidation, costive habits and
all comic diseases. They saved
Isaac from severe extract Of tripod
fe"er. They are the ne plus unu,q of
medicines.-Boston Globe
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09

Health, hope and happiness are
restored by the use of LYDIA +.
PISKHAM's VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
It is positively cure for all those
diseases from which women suffer
SO much. Send to Mrs. Lydia E..
Plnkham, 233 Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass, for pamphlet.
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-77lT u
Two Organs.

Regulate first the stomach, second
the liver; especially the first, SO as
to perform their functions perfectly
and you will 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 will give perfectly
healthy natural action to these two
organs.-Ndine Fdrmcr.
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When Greece was In haf glory
tramps were unknown. IF q man
started out 10 be one he was recog-
nized as philosopher and given q
fat position in the government.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-09

"As the twig is bent," the boy is
fully inclined to shoot out at the
door.
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When is a wall like fish? When
it is scaled,
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When is a boat like heap of
snow? When it is a-drift
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What fsh have their eyes nearest
together ? The smallest.
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When is stealing justifiable
When a blacksmith steels an axe.
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Pennsylvania sends oak timber to
England.
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FOR SALE BY
c. n. BOYD,
DRUGGIST,
Somerset, Pa.
A DMINIsTRAToRs' NOTICE.

Estate Of John A. Snyder Iateof Milford Twp
Somerset County. Pa, deed.
Letters Of ADMINISTRATION on the Abeve os
by the proper authofity, notice Is hereby riyer
to those indebted to 1t to mako immediate pa =
ment, and those having claims or demands VA
please present them duly authenticated for set
Element. ON Wednesday, March 1s. ls8l, at Tia
store Of J. n. Snyder, in Somerset borough.
J. B. SNYDER,
GEO. ID. SNYDER
Feb. = Administrators
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LYDIA e. P1NkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Positive Cur
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This prepnration as its naI,e signifies consists Of
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occupants a silent kiss pressed
against the unsympathetic glass.
The train was full one; at every
station new people came in, and at
the second place from Greenville, a
gentleman OF excellent appearance
and pleasing manners came in and
found no vacant place except the
one beside Lily.
He wore a handsome sable collar
round his overcoat; in Lily's start
led eye it seemed like partial mask
TO his face, and when pointing TO the
seat, he bowed his request to be al.
lowed TO share it, she assented with
a start and Immediately placed her
hand protectingly over her coat
pocket where her money was. She
had merely turned her face once To-
ware the newcomer; that once.
however, was quite sufficient to
show her pure, oval outline, eyes
soft as velvet and lovely brown in
color, a straight nose and mobile.
red-lipped mouth-a little compress
ed and formal in its set-but sweet
as an opening bud in June.
Apparently the stranger was sus-
ceptable to female loyeliness: he
threw off his fur wrapping, adjusted
his coatcollar and gave becoming
touch to his hat He was young
and good-looking, and seemed de
cldedly drawn toward the face that
had been quickly ayerted from his
view.
Lily looked steadily out of the
window and tried to think of her
dear, but unfortunate brother, who
left home to enjoy a brief holiday
before choosing a profession and SO
soon falling Into life's slippery
way"
"Wha. a pity it is that evil turks
under the most pleasing exteriors,"
she said to herself, with a sigh, and
then she took furtive peep, out of
the corner OF her eye at her hand
some companion, which caused her
10 sigh again.