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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
The Bad man of Nankin.

Some eight or ten years ago sill
yer tongued chap who claimed to be
a fruit tree agent swindled the farm
ers of this county in a shameful
manner, and one resident of Nankin
was so mad about it that he came to
Detroit, searched the rascal out and
gave him a pounding on the street
After he got through he told the fel-
low that he would lick him twice as
bad If he ever put eyes on him again
and it was a threat 10 be remember
ed and nursed. About three weeks
ago the Nankin man was travelling
in Washington county, and as he
ionrneyed along the highway he met
traveller who SO closely resembled
the fruit tree swindler that he halted
and called out:
Here you are again, YOU bold
faced rascal"
"Yes, I'm here, was the calm re-
ply
"Well, so am |, and I'm going to
lick you that you can't holler Il said
Id do it, and | always keep my
word Climb down here ~
The stranger 'clumbn without pro-
test, shedding his coat as he struck
the ground, and fight began. In
about two minutes he had used up
the farmer and was coolly replacing
his coat.
"See here" said the man from
Nankin, as he wiped his nose with
a bqrdock, you fight better than
you did eight years ago"
Swell, | dunno This is my first
affs ir with you"
"Didn't | wailop you in front of
the Detroit postoffice eight years
ago"
mo, sir; | was in Australia up to
a yearago."
"And have you never seen me be-
fore ~
nNeyer."
"Well, I'll be hanged! Come to
look at you | can see that you are
not the man. Why OF earth didn' I
you explain, or ask me to? You
must surely have thought ne mis-
taken"
''Oh, yes. I knew you were mista-
ken. but | had just discovered that |
had driven seven milps on the wrong
road, and was wishing some one
would come along and give me two
words of his impudenee. .'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
No Skeletons i'm Death Valley.

Another romantic tradition has
been refuted, another thrilling illu-
sion dispelled, by DR.. Otto Kuntze's
discovery that the lethal capacities
of Pakamaran. the renowned Java
nese Death Valley, are as utterly
fabulous as the Norwegian Kraaken
or Richard of Gloucester's hump. 1t
is no longer permitted to us to be-
lieve that the effects of the subtle
poison given offby the deadly "Upas
Tree" have bestrewn the dismal vale
with countless carcasses of savage
beasts, serpents and birds, or tina. a
certain death awaits any fool darby
traveller attempting to cross it; for
the eminent German explorer has
paid Pakamarar an exhaustive visit,
and reports it to be as healthy as
any other part of the island. In the
way of corpses, he did not see so
much as dead fly within its pre-
cincts. He describes it as a small
circular depression, a gorge of the
Dieng Mountains, about Z square
meters in size and forlorn of vegeta-
ton. 1t is approached by two foot
paths, winding downward from the
hills by WHICH it is surrounded. By
one of these paths DR. Kuntze enter
ed the Death valley, despite the ell
treaties of his guides and servants,
one of whom repeatedly stroye to
hold him back by force, and, having
traversed Pakamaran in every di-
rection, quilted it by the other path.
The natives had assured him that he
would find the valley choked up by
skeletons. as even the swiftest birds
fiying above it would drop down
stone dead, slain by its poisonous
exhalations. In vain, however; did
he look around for single bone
nor could he detect the least unpleas-
ant odor. DR.. Kuntze pronounces
Packamaran to be an imposture, the
offspring of ignorance and supersti-
ton. Unable to dispute his sentence,
we are bound, not altogether, with
out regret, to relegate the death deal
ing vale to the limbo Of exploded
myths.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
The rrse Romance of rocahontas

In DR.. Edward Egglestons paper
entitled THE Beginning of Ma
ton" in the November Century (the
first of his series of illustrated arti-
cles on the history of life in the
thirteen colonies description Of
the first English settlement is given,
including the following account OF
the romantic life of Pocahoptas
From her first meeting with Smith
she became devotedly attached to
the English, and rendered the set.
tiers many services. She often Sc
cured supplies for them, and indeed
seems to have haunted the fort, ut
terlv naked as she was, after the
manner of little girls among the
people, who wore no clothes and
showed no medesty until they were
twelve or thirteen years of age, at
which time they put on deerskin
apron. and were very careful not to
be seen without it. The agile little
barbarian would persuade the Eng
lish lads 20 make wheels of them
selves by turning upon their hands
and feet, whereupon she would fol-
low them, wheeling as they did, all
through the fort.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
A Wife Shot by Her Husband,

New York, November 12.-Louis
Olson with his wife and three chill
dren. arrived hear late last night
from Minneapolis. Mimi, and put up
at ar uptown hotel. He had been
drinking heavily. and early this
morning quarrsled with his wife. He
fred two shots at her, one of the balls
taking effect in her arm near the
shoulder. The injured woman was
taken to Bellevue Hospital, and it was
found necessary to amputate her arm.
Her condition is considered dangero
us. Olsen was arrested. Hesaid that
he shot his wife because she was en-
gagged in a conspiracy with several
men TO rob him. The children were
turned over to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
A Generous Boy.

A good many wears ago cashier
took little boy from a neighboring
poorhouse, and when the boy had
become youth he was given n re
sponsible position in the bank OF
which his patron was practically the
head. Later the cashier stole more
than $4,000 from the bank. Ex-
posure was threatened every day,
and the guilty officer, in a period OF
depression, confessed to the youth
that he proposed to kill himself.
Young Ray, the protege, was smit-
ten with horror, rs he thought of the
terrible turn of affairs, but having
weighed the matter, the next day he
threw himself into the breach. He
suggested, and the cashier eagerly
accepted the suggestion, that he
should fasten the guilt upon himseli
and abscond, thus leaving his patron
honest in the worlds eyes, though
blackened in his own. What the
public heard of the Westport rob
berry was that a bank clerk named
Ray had stolen $4,000. Detectives
found several clues, but not until
years afterwards was the secret dis
closed One of the detectives who
had been employed in the case came
up with Ray under still more ro-
mantle circumstances. The detec-
tive, according to his "reminiscences
published last week in a San Fran
cisco paper, was called recently to a
Western city to ferret out the person
who robbed a private house of two
hundred gold eagles. The only
man under aarest was one Henry
Martin. As soon as the detective
saw Martin the former said "You
are Dallas Ray, who robbed the
Westport bank ?" Ray then told
the true story of the robbery, and
the story has been verified since.
Ray claimed that he was innocent
of the gold eagle burglary. and ask
ed the detective to take a note to his
sweetheart, a Miss Morse. When
the latter heard of her lovers pre-
dicament she threw her whole sou.
into obtaining proofofhis innocence.
She went to the house where the
robbery had been committed. Hav-
ing asked if the burglar had left
anything in his flight, she was Civ
IN handkerchief that had been
dropped by the intruder. She put
the handkerchief to her nose and
exclaimed Find the thief who
uses this perfume manning the pc
culiar brandt and you will find your
eagles" 1t was found that only
one drug store sold that kind of
perfumery in the city and that one
bottle only had been bought within
the preceding month. Need it be
added that the purchaser was traced,
the eagles regained, the lovers mar
ried =?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

she could hear the same Ginning
undertone:
He comesl he comes my lover
comes
She became nervous and supersti-
tious, and when the silence was bro
ken by a quick ring and a rapid
footstep, she ross involuntarlly from
her chair, and stood trembling and
flushing with excitement in the mid
die of the room. All, Mabel Ma
bel !! Your heart has seen further
than your eyes. Allan has come al
last.
"Ah, my darling! my darling.
have found you at tlastl' was all that
Mabel heard as Allan clasped her to
his bosom.
And so Mabel's winter of discon-
tent and sorrow was over, and never
more did she have grief or pain un-
soothed or uncomforted-for she Was
loved
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
The Model Woman.

The best natured woman in the
United States lives in Austin. She
has been married a number of years
to man named Ferguson, but SHE
and her husband have never had q
quarrel yet and he has frequently
boosted that it is utterly impossible
to make her angry. Ferguson made
several desperate attempts to see il
he could not exasperate her to look
cross or scowl at him, merely to
crafty his curiosity, but the more
affable and lovable she behaved.
Last week ne was talking TO a
friend about what a hard time he had
trying to find out if his wife had q
temper. The friend offered to bet
him $50 that if Ferguson were to GO
home drunk, raise a row and pull
the table-cloth full of dishes off the
table she would show signs of an
noyance. Ferguson said he didn't
want to rob a frieEd of his money,
for he was sure TO win; but they at
last made the bet of $50. the friend
to hide in the front yard to watch the
proceeding of the convention through
the window.
Ferguson came home late and APP
parently fighting drunk. She met
him at the gate, kissed him and as
sisted his tottering steps to the house.
He sat down hard in the middle OF
the floor and howled out:
"Confound your ugly pictures,
what did you mean by pulling that
chair from under me? ?'
'Oh, hope you didn't hurt your
SELF. 1t is INV awkwardness, but I'll
try and not do it again :" and she
then helped him to his feet, although
she had nothing in the world to do
with his falling.
he then sat down on the sofa, and
sliding off on the floor, ADVISED her
for not lifting up the other end of the
sofa, ali of which she took good ma
turedly, and finally she led him to
the supper table. He threw a plate
at her; but she acted as if she had
not noticed it and asked him if he
would take tea or coffee. Then the
brute seized the table cloth and sat
down on the floor, pulling the dishes
and everything else over him in one
grand crash.
What did this noble woman do 4?
Do you suppose she grumbled and
talked about going home to her ma,
or that she sat down and cried like
a fool, or that she sulked or poufed (?
Not a bit of it. What a pleasant
smile she said
Why, George, that's a new idea
isn't it? We have been married ten
years and have never yet ate our sup
per on the hOor. Won't it be fun
just like those picnics we used to at
tend before We were married p And
then this angelic woman deliberately
sat down on the floor alongside of
the wretch, arranged the dishes and
fixed him up a nice supper.
This broke George all up. He
owned up he was fooling her and of
fered to give her the $50 to get hew
hat, but she took the money and
bought him new suit of clothes
and a box of cigars Gaissston Ne,cs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
A World of Good.

One of the most popular medi-
cines now before the American pub
lie is Hop Bitters. You see it ev-
erywhere. People take it with good
effect. 1t builds them up. tits not
as pleasant to the taste as some other
Bitters, as it is not a whiskey drink.
1t is more like the old fashioned
bone-set tea, that has done a world
of good. If you don't feel just right
try Hop Bitters.-Nunda Nelrs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

The most obstinate cases of Ca
tarrh and HAY Fever are cured by
the use of Elys' Cream Balm, the
only agreeable remedy. Price 90
cents.
Apply into nostrils with little fin
ger.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

Ny son, aged nine years, was al
flicted with Catarrh; the use of Elys'
Cream Balm effected a complete
cure. w. f. HANNAH, Druggist,
Easton. Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

= A man who has the weakest side
of an argument always makes the
most noise. Ii you want to hear a
pig squeal get him penned in acorn
er.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
A UaIf-wttted Wan Cienves His MO-
therss skull With q Iaafchet.

PHILADELPHIA. May About O'Clock
Yesterday evening John Davidson, aged
thirty-two years, residing at no. us Swan
son street, Philadelphia, Killed his mother,
sixty wears OF age, by crushing her skull
with q Ratchet. He was arrested and lock.
ed up. Davidson Is huckstcr, and when
not on debauch peddles produce through
the streets. lie has been looked upon as
half-wifted and his inability 10 earn a
livelihood for his wife and two children
caused the former TO leave him four
wears ago, and he then, with bis
sons, made his home with his mo-
Their. They occupied the third story Of
q miserable tcnement-housc, where the
crime was committed. lie often came
home under the influence Of liquor. This
was the case tonight, and he appeared 10
be i'm an unusually bad. humor. His son
Richard, who was in the room, states that his
father first kicked over the slop-bucket, and
when Mrs. Davidson demonstrated with
him he rushed at her in rage. She picked
upa chair to defend herself, and he grab
bed a hatchct and struck her on the back Of
the head with the blunt end Of it.. The boy
fed from the room, and when the neigh
bOrs arrived they found Mrs. DavidsOn's
lifeless body on the floor with a terrible
hole in her skull, and pieces OF bone and
splasheS OF blood and brains on the floor,
bed, and walls. Davidson ran down stairs,
and was seized by two men, who handed
him over 60 an officer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
The Indian Troubles.

LoRDsBuRG. n. NJ, May 5.-Reports
from Mexico are to the effect that Captain
Topper and his troops had a second en-
counter with the Indians on the Isl in
slant about forty-fye miles south OF Clover
dale, killing forty Indians and recapturing
about two hundred head OF stock. Captain
Topper lost one killed and one wounded.
The town Of GalIeyviIle, falsely reported
last week as having been burned by the In
dians, is being rapidly deserted. merchants
and others movingall their stock and effects
TO San Simon for safety, thoughitis believed
here that all immediate danger is over.
Colonel Brady, who left here May LIST,
reached Richmond with his command yes
terday morning, having secuted along the
ella Valley and over the entire route be-
tween here and Richmond. lie reports all
quiet, and no signs Of fresh Indian tracks.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
Tho Erccdom of The Pros LoMisiann

NEW YORK. May 5.-The IimeS's New
Orleans special OF yesterday says that seyC-
raj days ago Watson Van Benthuyscn,
president OF two or three street-railroad
companies. wafer and gas companies, &C..
applied 70 the Civil Court for an Injunction
restraining the publishers OF THE Ndsc0He
from writing or printing in their paper any
article referring TO him. Judge y. H..
RICHTER issued the Injunction. Saturday
The HdScoHe appeared. containing strong
article concerning Van Benthuyscn and his
undue influence over the City Council Of
New Orleans.
To-day The .NdScOtt's editor, business
manager. and publisher were arraigned
before Judge Monroe. Of the Civil Court,
10 answer the charge OF contempt OF court
in disregarding the order OF Judge
RICHTER. They were ably defended by cX-
Governor Nichols, who declared the whole
proceedings in violation OF the state Con-
stitution, but Judge Monroe sentenced
them to ten days imprisonment in the
parish prison. where they are now locked
up. The matter has created great excite
ment I'm the city.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
Washington Items.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Rear-Admlral
Rodgers, who has been suffering for some
weeks past from Briglt's disease, died at S
o'clock this evening. Admiral Rodgers
was seventy years OF age, and has been for
a number OF years superintendent OF the
Naval Observatory at Washington.
Major William J. Twining, OF the Engi-
neer Corps, United States army, one
OF the commissioners Of the District OF
Columbia, died this afternoon about 4
O'Clock OF pneumonia.
The party given by the Hon. John ;.
Barbour last night was Il splendid affair,
and number Of prominent Virginians
were among his guests.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06

JACKSONVILLE. FLA, May 5.-The mai
train which len this cityat $40 O'Clock last
evening Tor Tallahassee collided with loq
fran near White-House station, eleven
miles west Of here. The log train was five
minutes behind time, and was running
down 10 back upon siding. Inc engi-
neer OF the passenger tram supposed the
other train was on the siding uhtil TOO late
10 prevent collision. The engines were
badly smashed, and Henry Hewitt, the
Oldest engineer and the. first who ever
pulled throttle-yalye in Florida, was
killed instantly; Henry Simmons !coloredl
fireman. was badly injured and will proba-
bly die stebbins, the engineer on the pas
senger train. jumped and escaped with a
sprained ankle. The passengers all escaped
IIniuiured.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
BUFFALO LrTHIA WATER.
VNHE BUFFALO LITHIA WATER
RELIEVES PARALYSIS
WHERE TIE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS
HAD FAILED.
CASE OF DR. Z. ;. JONES,
retired physician Of Memphis Tenn. stated by
himself:

"Awaking from sleep IN current Of cold air,
having previously enjoyed good health. found
myself affected with severe pain In the lOins-
which continued for scNcniy-twO hours, The pain
extending on one side along The great scatic nerve
e. the extremity of the limb. With The sub-idcncc
of these symptoms found that there WAS partial
PARALYSIS Of tie limb. After three years Of suf-
fcring, which was attended 10y painful contraction
of the muscles frequently 80 great rs 10 neccssi-
tate The use of OpiItes TO produce sleep. an alice
ton of the kidney and bladdcrsupcrycued; synp-
toms frequent and urgent demand FOR v0idiug the
nine, perhaps a. often as every twenty or thirty
minutes which was highly colored and charged
with blood. rs passage being attended With great
burning and spasIn Of the neck Of The bladder
this complication Of maladic. reducing me to q
condition uniting me for attention TO all business
pursuits. was treated by several eminent physi-
clans aud surgeons. and made several visits 10 the
celebrated Hot springs of Arkansas. fully testing
these waters. but al without material benefit !
have now been using for some weeks The waters ~
the BUFFALO LlIHIA SPRINGS. Va. with the
hest results. | am far relieved of an my dis
trcssing symptoms above stated that suffer no in
convenience ANA have no concern about my health.
| walk readily without a cane having previously
walked with great difficulty with the aid Of one !
sleep sOupdy without the aid Of any opiate. eat
heartily, and attend regularly 10 my business al
fairs, and have 10 doubt Of speedy, perfect, and
permanent cure in all respects from a further use
Of the wafer, which regard rs one Of The most re-
markahc remedial agents Of which | have any
knowledge. ! cannot account for lis action in
PARALYSIS, but simply state fact
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06
The south Carolina Election Cases.

CHARLESTON, May On The Inited
States Court to-day at hali-past o'clock
the Jury in the case OF the Charleston cleo
ton managers charged with ballot-boX
stuilng were brought INTO court and an
nounccd their inability TO agree, where
upon they were discharged by Judge
Bond and mistrill entered The jury,
It is understood, were eight for conviction
and four for acquittal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-06


PHILADELPHIA. May 4-Argument was
heard Yesterday morning before the ST.
prone Court in the CamcrOn-win case.
Im, arose upon am appeal from the regis
Zen 90 Wills 81 Union county admitting the
Nih oi William Cameron 10 probate. APP
Wiellon was then made 10 the Orphans
count Tor an issue 70 try the validity Of the
"iIL b1l was refused on the ground that
ihr.e was not sufficient evidence for the
iuy 20 tmd against il. The validity Of the
Nii. which was dated March %, 1915, and
which gave ihe bulk OF IN estate amount
ng % nearly Sl.j00.Oo0 10 his daughter.
Mrs. Mary N. Packer, is contested by one
oi hi. grandchildren, Mrs. Martha G..
House, and his other daughter, Mrs. Jane
Harrison, upon the ground that undue
influence had been used 10 affect Mr..
Cmcron's disposition OF bis property.
The alleged win was written ny John b.
Packer, the husband OF Mary NJ. Packer.
By It's provisions he gave his widow,
Eleanor Cameron, life estate In an his
property; subject to her estate. two farms
Were devised TO John b. Packer, charged
with the payment OF legacies Of $4,000
each 90 four grandchildren; two farms,
worth $4,000. 10 DIR. r. &. Harrison
<iuu,OO0 10 Mrs. Jane Harrison, and,
after some other minor requests, the re-
mainder, about nine-tenths OF his whole
estate, TO Mir. Mary NJ. Packer Three
other Wills were produced, made between
1861 and 1875, which, with their different
codicils, showed that by hi, viii of Apri
10, 1861. he had, with the exception Of
other requests, divided bis property equal
Is between the two sisters, but that sine,
that time he had gradually reduced ia,
amount Of his legacy to Mrs Harrison anC
increased thar Of Mrs. Packer. Upon Ire
refusal Of the Orphans Court Of UniOr
county 10 award an issue TO try the VALIDITY
OF the will 10y jury, Mrs. Harrison ap
pealed 10 the supreme Court. Charles ;
Wolfe, Of Union county; Fmman Shep
pard. and the Hon. j. :. Black appeared a
counsel for appellant, and Senator :. Z
Woyerton, the Hon. Wayne MacNeagh
and Joshua W. Comfy for the appellees.