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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-01-11

Ok Tuesday of last week Postmas-
ter General Howe and Attorney
General Brewster entered upon the
duties of their new positions.
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.m,lLpox Spreading.

.JeasEY CRY. Jan. 5.-,Alessn ,.,,,o, u
cases Of smallpox have been rspGt lsl,s:
ed in this city and HoooNs'''
the mast twenty four hours.
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The Dead.I.ock il .aIba,s1.

ALBANY, /. Y..Jan. 5.-The dead
lock in the Legislature continues,
without hope of a break. Both
house have adjourned until Tues
day.
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The Prohibitionists will meet in
State Convention, at Harrisburg, ON
the 10Th of this month.
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/ was reduced to the ssrsi ''.sgi0e. !.
grave with leucOrrhea, "'S'IT Peru
tarrh and amenosf4estt- ,t.,p. PIT
cured. Mrs. \. W. 'aeS'
burgh. Pa
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saow in Richmond

ElcnuoyD. Va. Jan. 5.-sn0S n he
the depth OF seven inches nc, .Smper lslI G
during the night. The Temp
ture IS moderate today.
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TIE Legislature at It's last session
passed an act authorizing TIE State
Treasurer TO make a loan Of ten
million dollars to refund the out
standing loans about falling due.
The bids ior this new loan were
opened at Harrisburg on Wednes-
day last. and the awards were nlAle
at ,, 81 and 1 per cent, and ct these
rates a premium Of nearly 100000
was paid the State.
This speaks cloqnenily Tor the
credit Of Pennsylvania under Re-
publican rule, and proves that the
management Of the Treasury De-
partment has been such as 10 in
spir capitalists With confidence.
More than douh lie amount of
money required was bid for.
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THERE is a general growl along
the line Of half-breed papers because
the President IN making his Cabinet
appointments has chosen Stalwarts
for his advisers. What would these
gentlemen haveg Would t'ley aun-
der like circumstances, have gone
outside the circle Of their friends for
counsellors2 The men thus far
selected are al known TO the coun-
try as able and experienced gentle
men; no one dare say, or even hint,
that they are dishonest or incapable,
or that they are not among the
staunchest and truest Republicans,
who viii command confdence and
respect, and the President would
have been foolish, indeed, 10 select
as advisers those who are not in
harmony with his views.
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GEEANrxGs.
position.

There is a good deal being written
about the stalwart programme. I"
The staiwart programme is to 10
right.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-02-22
4 Great NaEhtha Fire.

Although the existence of the naph.
tina springs in tho neighborhood OF
Baku, Russia, has i.een known for cen,
turtles, it is only within the last ten
years that measures have been taken fol-
realizing their production, by using it
for lighting purposes. From OF the
chief wells the liquid shoots up as from
Il fountain, and has formed q lake four
miles long and one and a quarter wide.
It's depth is, however, only two feet, SO
that in yer? hot summers it is nearly
dried up.
This enormous surface OF inhammable
liquid recently became ignitsd and pre-
sented an imposing spectacle, the thick
black clouds of smoke being lighted ur
nv the lurid glare OF the central column
of flame, which rose to great height
The smoke and heat were such as to rem
der a nearer approach than one thousand
yards distance impracticab'e. Suitable
means for extinguishing the fire were
not at hand, and it was feared that the
confederation would spread underground
in such a manner as to cause an explo'
sion. This supposition led many inhab'
itants of the Immediate vicinity to re-
move to a safer distance The quantity
of naphtha on fire vas estimated at four
and q half million cubic feet. The trees
and buildings within three miles dis
lance were covered with thick soot, and
this unpleasant deposit appeared on
persons clothes and even on tho food in
the adjacent houses.
Not only was the paphtha itself burn
ing, but the earth which was saturated
with it was also on fire, and ten large
establishments, founded at great ex'
pense for the development of the trade
in the article, we're destroyed. The fire
ceased of itself unexpectedly, and thus
tho fears of a total destruction OF the
local naphtha industry hare been al
layed.
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that it wasn't worth no more. But lam
told that she puts it on Ebbony Shelves
in her Best Parlor. But Helen never
was more than Half Witted and your
Set witch you took home with you is
worth a Deal the most Money. SO
you have the Best Bargain. With love,
I remain, Your Aunt to Command,
"GR1zzE1 GRUMPToN."
"Ah!" said Mr.. Symington. who had
been listening intently to the contents
of this much blotted and besmeared
piece OF manuscript, sealed with Aunt
Grizzy's thimble top, and still retaining
a subtle odor of fried sausages and grid
die clkes. CA seal dolman at three
hundred dollars, a thirteen-dollar hat,
a pair of fifteen-dollar fur gloves, q
ffty-dollar journey and a twenty-five
dollar investment, all for q set OF china
which you can buy anywhere on the
Bowery or Grand street for ten dolla1sl
How does that look, my dear, as viewed
in the light of political economy"
And Mrs. Symington answered only
by her tears. .
'"There, there, Bella, don'tfret," said
her husband, kindly. "Let the thing
go for what it is worth. Forget it."
"BltI can't helpf-f +fretting," sobbed
Mrs. Symington. "One thing is quite
certain, however, never will be such
a fool again. I will not spend another
cent for ceramics until I have econo-
mized enough to pay forthis outrageous
swindle."
"Gently, my dear, gently" said her
husband. "Now you are going too far.
Aunt Grizzel was honest enough. You
said you wanted her china, and she sold
you her china at your own terms"
"But I didn't mean this china," said
Mrs. Symington.
Chow was she to know what you
meant" said Mr.. Symington. "China
is china, and to me n piece is as good
as another"
And Mrs. Symington was too broken
down and spiritless even to argue the
point with him.-Bazar.
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. HUMOR or THE DAY.

A good prophet-One hundred pc,
cent.
The United States is fast becoming a
vaccine nation.-Boston Transcript.
"The simple utterance Of joy is poe
try" says Oscar Wilde. That settles it.
We shall allow no joy in our family. 1t
will be tossed into the waste-basket.-
New Raren Register.
"The difference between O marriage
and hanging" said sn old bachelor. lis
that in the former a mans trouhl 8
commence, while. with the latter they
end."-Phiadelphia Chronicle.
A gentleman of this village has a fam.
lily OF three or four little girls. Not
long since the children were talking
about a pair of twins. One of them, an
elder one, turned to her father and
said: "Papa, what do they call it when
three babies come at once" A little
one, who was much interested in the
conversation, and who had heard talk
about the smallpox, at once interrupted
and said, with much animation: 81
know, papa" well, what do they
call it I" said the father. can cpl.
demic," said the little one, proudly dis
playing her knowledge Port Jerois
Hmm.
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Fashion Notes

Fnsh1On Notes
New aounces are gathered.
Paniers grow more boufant.
White MORE fans are in favor.
Spring cheviots are s~elf-colored.
Solid jet crowns are on new capotes.
Plated puffs make effective tabllers.
Scotch ginghams are now offered for
sale.
Gold lace is coming into favor as
trimming.
The coachman's cape Of black fur is
more in vogue than ever.
Black balayeuses of lawn and lace su-
persede Write lace plaitings in dark
dresses.
Trellis work OF beads trims bonnet
crowns with large beads to match on
the brim.
Triangle.s shaped openings in the neck
of bodices are likely to supersede those
cut square.
Oolored stones mounted with dia-
monds are more fashionable than en-
the sets of diamonds.
Pink Grape bail dresses garnishea
with ruf1es and coquilles OF cream white
lace and clusters Of crushed roses and
foliage are exquisitely beautiful.
Square neckerchiefs of colored lawn,
lavender, blue or rose, are edged with
the new Valenciennes laces that make
small figures and feathery edges.
Chestnut blossoms, laburnum, snow
drops and delicate fern leaves ''a]l
sprinkled with dew" made of Gne cut
CRYSTALS, are the corsage and couture
bouquets par excellence with rich e
ing toilets.
There are few novelties in hose. One
style, a pair OF black silk stockings, has
imitation buttons and ~buttonholes
worked up tho outside. Worn with
low Oxford house shoes the effect is
that of an ordinary walking boot.
Brocades, with peacock feathers for
a design, are exhibited in new and gor-
geous patterns. The heavy ground.
work of white or tinted satin is covered
with an in~terlacing OF these brilliant
feathers, wrought in silver, green and
gold.
Extremely long-tailed jackets are
worn. They are cut away very much
like o gentlenan's dress coat, reaching
to the back of the knees usually. These
Jackets are made Of brocade and Worn
over velvet skirts, or of dark green
over skirts of Flush to match.
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WISE WORDS.

Friendship is the bud Of the flower
Of love
The fire ~of'vanity is fed by the fue!
Of hattery.
Strive for the best and provide
against the worst.
Peoples intentions can only be de.
cided by their conduct.
An effort made for the happiness Of
others lifts US above ourselves.
Falsehood and fraud shoot up in
every soil, the product Of all climes. &.
Life is full of bitter lessons, the sim
plest Of which is that one mans fal
makes forty men laugh.
Preserve your conscience always soft
and sensitive. If but one sin force it's
way into that tender part OF the soul
and dwell easy there the road is paved
with iniquities.
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Foreign News.

GEORGE SLossoN, Of New York, defeated NJ
vignaux, Of France, in q billiard match a
Paris, the game being the champions game
for 5000 points, and occupying five nights in
the playing. At the end of the match Slossor
had 5000 points to 2. $50 for his hitherto irwin
chile opponent. A tremendous crowd Wit.
messed the match.
The instruction in Yemen, Arabia, against
tho Turks, i. gaining ground. The insurgent.
are in possession of the principal interior
towns, and occupy positions from which they
can only DO dislodged by a large force.
FROM Newfoundland comes news Of nine
small boats caught of the coast by drift ice
when far from shore. Seven OF the skifs
which had not parted company energetically
united their whole forces, and after hours Of
terrible struggling succeeded in liberating
themselves from their icy bondage. Two boats
we're cut off from all retreat and their crews
met q melancholy death by cold and starvation.
A SECRET organization has been formed in
Ireland, its object being to prevent the pay
ment Ct rent and punish those who disobey its
orders.
The German ship Lizette was lost off the
coast of Newfoundland. The bodies OF five OF
her crew were recovered, and,it Was feared that
all hands had persisted.
FaoM Chinese newspapers news Is received
that OH January 10 an earthquake occurred in
the district Of Kanchow, by which a large
number of men, women and children were
killed. The earthquake was followed by q
rainstorm, which inundated part Of the coun-
try AMI drowned several persons.
LOUIS AcHARD, East India merchant Of Lon
don, has failed for 81, 200, 600.
BERruoLD AuERDAcH, the celebrated Ger
man novelist, is dead in his seventy-frst year.
TWENTY SEVEN lives were lost on the stcamer
Cosmo, which foundered in the Black sea.
THREE hundred jewish refugees from Rus
STA have sailed from Liverpool for tho United
States.
W. :. SrrLLMAS, correspondent Of the Lon
don Timps, formerly American consul in
Crete, has been murdered by o party OF Ar
nauts in Albania.
TIE govornor-general Of Canada, in his
speech from the throne at tho opening OF the
dominion parliament, congratulated the ooun-
try on its fourishing condition and feolingly
alluded to the murder of President Garfield.
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Time Testers and Burden Bearers.

From time immemorial the horse has been
mans best friend. But q few years back we can
all remember the comparatively little attention
paid to this most indispensable Of animals. We
was as well groomed, and certainlyas well fed, a.
now; and at those great neutrality-suspicious.
shows-you would see the pride of the county
and State stables and farms assembled. But
there was O conspicuous want Of noble draught
great ultimate limit that owners in those days
desired to strive for. But now a $40 animal Is
esteemed O fair roadster, and fine animals only
deserve the name when they can shade the first
mense strides forward in the right Developments Of
horsefesh inthe civilized countries Of the world,
as shown BY the time.records Of the racer1 and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-02-22
A Smile OF Satisfaction,

This from the Cleveland (Ohio) Penny
Press carries its own suggestion: Re
Gently meeting Mr.. Il. G. Kefer, treasurer
of the Cleveland Herald, our representative
inquired of that gentleman, after stating
his mission, if he personally knew anything
about the great German remedy, St. Jacobs
Oil A smile played across Mr.. Keffer's
expressive face and his eyes twinkled mer:
rily as he replied in The affirmative civil
not refuse to state my experience with it,
and you may use it as you think best
Four years ago I sprained one Of my
ankles, an accident which, as you are
aware, entails much suffering ana some
timea leaves the limb in a condition to re.
mind one frequently of the old hurt. Un-
fortunately this result ensued. Whenever
the weather became damp or my system
absorbed the slightest cold my ankles
panied me-. This went on at intervals for
over three years, and I could not obtain
relief. Last winter 1 applied the ST. Jacobs
Oil and it completely cured me. have
not since felt a return OF the pain"
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From. Washington.

Gu1rEAu has issued an address denouncinl
the course of the newspapers i'll bis case, al
v~ertising his photographs and autographs ant
condemLing the scheme for putting his body OF
exhibition.
Mn. BLAINE has written an open letter tt
President Arthur protesting against the revoca
ton of the invitation to the North and Soutl
American republics to attend an American
Congress for the purpose Of agreeing on such
basis of arbitration for international troubles a!
would remove all possibility OF war OIL the
Western Hemisphere"
TIE congressional library now numbers
420, 0o2 volumes, as against BOG, 1888 volumes
one year ago. The accessions during 1881 ON
braced %, 1901 volumes and II, 1884 pamphlets.
THE Jefferson school building, ono of the
finest educational structures in Washington,
has been destroyed by fro. 1t accommodated
1000 pupils and vas valued at $3.50 OO.
SECRETARY HUNT has telographel to Lien-
tenant Danenhower, at Irkutsk, Siberia, that
owing to tho condition of his hoalth tho order
to remain anu commune tuo soalCu " VIe
Jeanette survivors is revoked, and he is conf
manded to return home with the other i'll
valids.
NoMIHAr1oNs confirmed by the Senate: Will
liam II. Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, to 't
commissioner of railroads; Fred \. Tritile, o
Nevada, to be governor of Arizona.
TIE secretary of the treasury has sent to tho
House of Representatives a report from tic
controller in response to Representative
Buckncr's resolution in regard to tho
national banks. From July to Deem,
Der 81, 1881, sixty-seven new national banks
wcro organized-ivc of them i'll Dakota
The charters of 1872 national banks will expire
between this time and the expiration OF the
Forty-scvenlh Congress, March 8, 1857, md OF
these the charters of 2S2 will expire Oh tht
same day, February %, 1885,
The House committee on postofices agrocd
10 report favorably the bill establishing posta
savings banks.
The House committee on ways and means
agreed 10 report a bill providing for tho ap
pointmcnt of commission of nino on tariff re-
vision.
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FOR THE LADIES.
News md Notes for W omen

News and Notes for Women.
The New York Young Women's Chris
tian association found positions for
1,l23 persons last year.
Aristocratic Russian ladies continue
wearing half-mourning that is to say,
white, gray, pale yellow and light blue.
A d~ressmaker of Leeds, England, was
seriously injured by keeping threads OF
silk in her mouth, because it had a
sweet taste. The taste WAS due to sugar
of.lead used in coloring..
Flower pots in shapes that are moth.
ing if not absurd are in use in Paris just
now. Wheelbarrows, books, boots and
baskets borne on the shoulders of peas.
ants are among the novelties.
According to Solan the engagement
ring was originally one form OF the
oreli or hand-geld, a small sum OF
money paid by the bridegroom to the
brides father to bind the contract OF
purchase.
Ladies who have leisure and are
gifted in fashioning pretty tribes Of
lace, muslin and ribbon, can make, at a
trifing expense, all the dainty &C
c~essories of the toilet-jabots, scarfs,
collars, rufies for the wrists and neck,
and caps.
Miss Julia Test, OF Richmond, Ind,
has just recovered q watch lost on a
Pullman sleeper three years ago. In
rebuilding the car the workmen dis
covered it wedged in a corner OF the
berth, where it had escaped the notice
of the porters.
A new invention as q preventive OF
neuralgia or rheumatism is q pine-wool
vest which fits the body closely. In
addition to their being made OF this
fabric, whose healing qualities are we'll
known, they are lined with chamols
leather, which is perforated, so as not
to check or retard the natural action of
the skin.
4 New York milliner, just returned
from Paris, has brought with her some
novel French bonnets covered With fanci-
full pins of every possible shape, color
and kind; they are stuck here and
there without aim or efect-no pretense
of utility-a turtle, a Ratchet, a crab, a
good sized dragon.Ay, a bumble-bee,
green bottle beetle-msking a hat emf
nently appropriate for a Christmas pan
tomime, but not exactly Que we should
expect to see upon any fair lsdy's head
IN tho street.
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september, 1871, five whslers were In the

In September, 1871, five whalers were In the
Arctic ocean, just beginning the work OF the
season. About sixty miles further north lay
thirly.two American whaling vessels shut in
by the ice and abandoned. The crews num-
bered l 200 persons, and they had not sufficient
food or clothing with which to pass the winter
in the ice. The thirty-two masters called upon
tho outside vessels, in the name OF humanity,
to abandon their whaling and take them to
some civilized port, feeling assured, they said,
that our government would make ample COM
pcnsation for all losses. The whalers carried
tho shipwrechad sailors to Honolulu, receiving
$35 passage money for each person from the
government. The House committee on claims
now recommends that $40, 900 be paid to the
owners Of each of the five vessels.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has, in a special message
10 Congress, transmitted n communication from
Secretary lakewood, ~inclosing lettcrs from
Acting Governor Gosper, of Arizona, in relation
to the lawlessness existing in that Territory.
Tho President calls attention to the recon-
mcndation in his annual message at the open
ing of Congress, that the posse comitatus act
| be amended or modified 30 as to permit the use
of the military to assist the civil authorities in
! the Territories to maintain order, and suggests
again that such legislation seems to be re-
quircd.
COLONEL SEAToS, superintendent of the cen
sus, thinks that it will require from eight to
twelve months to complete the work OF his
bureau. The printed reports will embrace
about 20, 900 pages.
An affray in the editorial room OF the Wash.
ington Nationa! Republican between Clarence
Barton, managing editor, and A. NJ. Soteldo,
clerk of a Senate committee and formerly
connected with the paper, resulted in the seri-
Gus wounding Of both men, several shots har-
ing been fired. There had been a feud between
the two men, dating back to Soteldc's connec-
ton with the paper, and tho Republican had Of
late contained several attacks on Soteldo. The
| last-named and his brother Charles entered the
editorial room of the journal and presented a
paper, which they requested Barton to read. In
| q few minutes shots were heard, and when the
other employees rushed into the room they
| found Charles Soteldo struggling with Barton,
| who had been shot twice, while tho elder So.
teldo lay dying on the floor with o bullet hole
- b;o pool
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THE WORLDS NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.

A BosroN dispatch says thas the brig s. P.
Brown. from New York for Newburyport,
Mass, manned by five or six mon. has been
given up for lost.
TIE baby elephant born at Bridgeport, Conn.,
hss been insured for 5000, 600, Mr.. Barnum
paying 81, 900 a week premium for one year.
AF1RE at Buffalo, N. Y, destroyed the com
mercial elevator and other property, causing an
aggregate estimated damage Of $4,000.
Fon the past year the cost of buildings
erected in New York ely was si3. 391, 300, IS
against 500, 115, 3S5 the preceding year.
The net earnings OF the Huntingdon and
Broadtop Mountain railroad last year wore
s183, 1868. 40, an increase Of SIG, 055.45.
OK the first day OF the search amid tho ruins
Of the Park row fire in New York three bodies
we're recovcred-those of the foreman, assistant
foreman and q compositor Of the Observer
Office.
FIRE in the business heart Of Jersey City,
N. j., destroyed a barrel factory and eight
other buildings, causing an estimated damage
exceeding 100000.
ONE of the heaviest snsow storms seen in New
York for many years visited that city and
vicinity the other day and caused much dis
conf ,rt. Msny trains were blockadod for
hours by hugo snowdrifts. In portions Of New
England and The Middle States country roads
we're rendered entirely impossible by the snow
Several marire disasters were reported.
LIEUTENANT, GILES B. HARBon and Master
". 8, Scheutze, of tho United States navy, ap
pointed by Secretary Hunt to search for Lieu
t~enanant Chip and tho other men lost aftcl
the wreck of tho Arctic exploring vessel Jean
nette, started the other day in an ocear
steamer from New York on their long ~journe!
to Irkutsk, Siberia
GENERAL ELIJAH WARD, several times elected
to Congress, died q few days ago at Roslyr,
Long Island, aged sixty-four years.
THE question whether disease can be carried
BY ice is being discussed pro and con in New
York and other places. Three deaths caused
by drinking the water Of melted ice cut from
q pond in which there were impurities are re-
DOrleu upon III u papIA Acoo SA" sNS oAH'S
cut Medical society, ut Hartford, by DR.. Or
lando Brown.
PROFESSOR SWIFT, of Rochester, N. Y, has
lust been awarded the Lelande prize, of Paris,
for distinction in astronomical discovery. The
prize is considered a great honor, Professor
Hall and Alvan Clark, Jr., being tho on'y two
other Americans who have won it. profosso,
Swift has discovered seven comets, and 'ha'
won 81, 300 in prizes therefor.
Or the fifty-six professors of Harvard college
forty-threo are graduates of Harvard, and nine
of the fifteen assistant professors arc also Har
yard graduates.
WILLIAM R. PRESTON J. Co., New York com
mission merchants, have failed for more than
$500, O00.
Al engineer and q conductor were killed
and a fireman was mortally wounded by n col
lision between two freight trains near Hunt
ingdon. Pa.