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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
Why We Eat Oysters Raw.

Our practice in regard to the oyster
is quite exceptional, and furnishes a
striking example of the general cor
rectness of the popular judgment on
dietetic questions. The oyster is al
most the only animal substance which
we eat habitually or by preference in
the raw or uncooked state, and it is
interesting to know that there is a
sound physiological reason at the bot
tom Of this preference. The fawn-
colored mass which constitutes the
dainty of the oyster is its liver, and this
is little less than heap OF glycogen.
Associated with the glycogen, but
withheld from actual contact with it
during it, life, is its appropriate digest
i've ferment, the hepatic diastase. The
mere crushing of the dainty between
the teeth brings these two bodies to-
gether, and the glycogen is at once d.
gested without any other help than
nv its diastase. The oyster III The un-
cooked state, or merely warmed, is, IN
fact, seif-digestive; but the advantage
Of this provision is wholly lost by cook
ing, for the heat employed immediate
" destroys the associated ferment, and
the cooked oyster has to be digested,
like any other food, by the eaters own
digestive powers.-Dr. Nm. Roberts
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
Diminishing Attitudes.

One of the foreign journals presents
singular statement IN regard to dim
inished altitudes--the Andes, it APP
pears, showing sensible decline. Ac-
cordiug TO this statement, Quito was
found by La Condamine, IN i745, TO be
9 SOC feet above the sea; Humboldt in
1903, could ouly make 9 $40 feet of it,
or 26 less; Boussingault, in 1881, was
surprised to find the find the measure
ment show only 1867 feet; orion, in
1867, found it reduced to 9 500 feet, and
Reuss and Stubel assertained as late az
1870 that it had actually shrunk TO
1857 feet. Quito, it seems, had sunk
246 feet in 125 years, and Pichincha
21S feet in the same period. The re
marbable fact appears, from definite
determinations, tina. it's crater had sunk
not less than AS feet during the last
twenty.six years, said Antisana 1G5 feet
in sixty-four years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
Where Smoking is Always Allowed.
New York Commercial Advertiser.

1t is strange that people so scrupu-
lousy polite and so thoroughly con.
trolled IN all their movements by the
iron hand Of etiquette should not only
tolerate but encourage some of the very
things which the laws of English and
American society positively prohibit,
says Saxony correspondent of the
Chicago Mems. But 1T is custom which
determines what etiquette is and is not.
In Saxony il is not inpolite to smoke
in the society of ladies; not any more
than it is to carry cane or wear
watch. Smoking is allowed in many
of the frst-class theaters smoking is
allowed usually after the first part Of
the fashionable concerts. Smoking is
allowed at the dinnertable in the fash
ionable cafes and clubs. The Saxon
ladies are accustomed to tobacco
smoke and pay no attention to it. 1t
ia not polite to smoke in private
house until you are invited to do so,
but the invitation comes along as nat
uraily AZ the request that you be seated
on a chair or sofa. At the evening re-
ceptions aud parties no smoking is
allowed-tnat il, not in the company
rooms, but there il II smoking chamber
or vefanda or balcony close by,
where the gentlemen can 60 out and
puff 10 their hearts content.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
- -
A Vacant Pew.

For the first dime in over fifty years
the Bacon pew, in the old Center
Church 10 New Haven, was empty
during service last Sunday. The many
sons of the venerable DR.. Leonard
Bacon, who now follow in the work to
which their father devoted his life,
were occupants of that pew from early
childhood, and grandsons of the verer-
able pastor first sat their nearly a score
Of wears ago. The Bacon residence,
on Church street, is no longer occupied
by the family, the two daughters, Miss
Nellie and Miss Alice, having gone TO
Colorado Springs, where one Of the
sons, Alfred, is professor in a college. -
Hartford Conn., Cotro,t, Nor. l.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
AFFECTING INCIDENTS.
Lady Relatiye~sof Lieutenant Chipp
overcome with Emotion While Lis
tening to EDgineer MeIvilie's story.

WAsHINGToE, d. c., November IA
The scene n the room in which the
Jeanette board sits was rather dramat-
ic this afternoon. A number of lady
relatives of Lieut.. Chipp were in at,
tendance. During Engineer Melvillc's
account of the sufierings OF the party
he narrated an incident in which
Chip, losing strength and courage, and
finding himself unable to proceed fur
ther, threw himself down upon q sled
and besought the party to go on with
out him, saying there was no use for
him to struggle on further. Melville
was som ewhat affected as he recalled
the incident, while the lady relatives of
Chip burst into tears, aac finding
themselves unable to listen 70 the fur
Their account of his suflerings, left the
room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
- . - -
Massachusetts, New Governor.

General Benjamin franklin Butler
was elected governor of the old Bay
State last Tuesday. He is the first
democratic governor Massachusetts, has
had for twenty-five years. General
Butler is character. On the stump
he is curiosity. He is ike the clown
and harlequin of pantomime cen
glomerated | haven't doubt but ne
would double his fortune were he to
star the country. Here is pen pic
ture of his looks and manners upon
the platform: In full evening dress
suit, and with neat button-hole bou-
quet of red and white pinks pinned to
the left lapel of his coat, and with
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
A British M0tnpr-in-Iay.
From the London Telegraph,

At the Thames Police Court yester.
day, meek-loeking little man, who
appeared to be in nervous state. APP
piled to Mr. Washington for protection
against his mother-in-l law The appli-
cant said that since he was first mar
ried the lady in question made life a
burd en- to him. She was like mill
stone round his neck and ruled both
him and his wife with rod Of iron.
On the previous night che turned him
out doors. Mr. Lushington--What, GU,
Of your own house? TIE Applicant
Yes, sir; and | was glad to get out safe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16

You would be glad to run if you had
such mother-in-law. She said last
night that she would "spiffiicate me, ;"
and know that she would have done
so she would have got hold of me.
After | had gone she turned round and
thrashed her daughter, my wife, and
made my own mother, who happened
to be in the house, fly for her life. She
has said she will murder the lot of us,
and am afraid she will. The Magis-
trate directed the warrant officer to go
down and see the person comprained
OF, and caution her as to her future be-
havior.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
Kept at bay by the Dog.
Hartford Conn. Cournnt.

Mrs Betsey Bradley, an aged, wealthy
lady residing in East Haven, was Sc
riously injured Sunday under singular
circumstances. Daring the absence of
the family at church she went to the
barn and finding a pitchfork wedged
under the door tried to pull it out.
While she was doing this the door was
thrown out of place and fell upon her,
crushing her down and holding her so
that she could not rise. Ter cries
brought two or three in the vicinity,
but they dared not approah her on &C.
count Of savage bulldog belonging on
the premises. II was half an hour be
fore the family returned from church
and extricated the old lady. One
shoulder had been dislocated and one
hip fractured, and her injuries consider
ed dangerous
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
Mrs. Bradley Weighed Them.
Globe Democrat.

During the storm last Mondey after
noon Mrs. Horace Bradley. who lives
on the Lost Grove road in Davenport
township, picked up several hailstones
IN her yard which weighed pound
each, and half and quarter Founders
were plentiful. She knows this, be-
cause she weighed them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-16
The Best Actor Killed by the Dog

The bloodhound OF the "Uncle Tom 3
Cabin" company broke loose last week
and killed the donkey. The dog was
rather mean to pick OF the beet actor
in the con pany.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Frightful Fall.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 16.-The
passenger elevator in Meningitis
carpet house, on Main street, con-
tanning five passengers, fell to-day
from the second floor to the base
ment, seriously iniuring four of the
passengers, and painfully wounding
"a fifth. Their names are Captain
W. c. Hite, of louisville, compound
fracture of left leg and simple fract-
ure of right leg; Captain John
Howard, of Jacksonville, small bone
Of left leg fractured and right ankle
Judge B. F. Beard, of Hardinsburg,
breckenridge county, KY, painfully
bruised, no bones yet found broken
Z. n. Turner, salesman with Me-
Knight, badly bruised /; and X. Dye,
another salesman, ankle joint fract-
ured and probably rib broken.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Political Excitement.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 13.-A special
from Erie, Pa, says: VIM. NJ. Cavoy,
the well known greenbacker, has
become raving maaiac since the
last election. He was intensely in.
terested in the contest, working day
and night for Armstrong, his favorite
candidate for governor. When the
news of PattisOn's election was re-
ceived he was sadly disappointed.
To-day his actions became so strange
thatit was deemed advisable to place
him in the custody of the police.
He was no sooner behind his cell
than he began foaming at the mouth
and tearing at the bars, which he
twisted like twigs. During his
rawlings he cursed Beaver and Pat
tison for defeating Armstrong.
When the warden with his deputies
went to secure him he held them at
bay with an iron bar for a long
time. There is little hope of his
recovery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

10 spite of the defeat of General
Beaver, we have never known the
Republicans of this county to feel
better over the result of an election.
They have reelected General Camp
bell to Congress, have redeemed the
Senatorial District by electing Cap
tain Longenecker, have elected their
Legislature and County ticket, and
best of all. have unloaded score or
so of county bosses" and sneaking,
sore-head, self.important politicians
who, because they couldn't have ev-
erything their own way, undertook
TO betray the county into the hands
of the Democrats The party has
been purified, it has taught a lesson
to a few selfish gentlemen who
thought they owned it, and it has
got rid of the growlers who thought
it lived on the breath of their nos
trils. Such were the sentiments ex-
pressed by hundreds of our best Re-
publicans whom we met last week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Accident.
count.

ST. PAUL, November ia seri.
Gus railroad accident occurred early
this morning at Robert Station. a
small place about 20 miles east from
Hudson, on the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Company 's
eastern division A stock train, in
charge of Conductor O'Connor, was
stopping for water O'ConnOr, a
brakeman named Govern, a travel
ing engineer named Finn, and man
to whom the stock belonged were
sitting in the caboose, when freight
train dashed into the end of :he ca
boose, setting fire to the car. The
engineer and fireman of the freight
Jumped in time to save their lives.
Govern managed to crawl out from
under the wreck, but his right arm
was torn from its socket, and he
died from loss of blood within an
hour. O'Connor was burned to
death, and nothing but his bones
were recovered. Finn was badly in
jured in the back, but he may recov-
er.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
100000 Copies.

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

ALLESrowx. November l3.-Near
SlatedaIe, this county, on FRIDAY
night, the house OF Daniel Peter was
broken into about midnight oy TWO
masked robbers and the inmates
roughly handled. The robbers de,
manded money and valuables and
threatened To shoot anyone who re-
sisted or made All outcry. Whiie
the robbers were in another part oi
the house searching for money Nj.
Peter got MS revolver and fired ut
one of them, when he came back IN
to his room. AT the same time the
the robbers threw trunk at MT
Peter and hit him on the head. MI
Peter thinks he hit the robber. as
marks of blood were found III the
house and outside. The only money
that was secured by the robbers was
SIS belonging to the hired girl,
whom they struck a violent blow in
the face when she offered resistance
Several characters are suspected ana
arrests are expected to follow short
l..
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
A Terrible Time.

COLUMBUS. November 19-At the
present time a sad state of affairs
exists at the institution for feeble
minded in this city. About week
ago scarlet fever broke out among
the children, and fifty are now un
der treatment, threessd, aths having
occurred during the last week, and
many others are now lying in crit
ical condition. As soon as the epi-
demic appeared quarantine was
established so as to prevent as far
as poseible the spread of the scourge.
While every effort has been made
to arrest the spread of the disease,
new cases have been of daily occur
renee. The school has in some re-
spect been interfered with, and
all the teachers whose services could
in any way be of use have assumed
the position of nurses. Owing to the
crowded condition of the institution
on account of the fire one year ago,
much difficulty is experienced in
properly caring for the sick, but DR..
D0ren, the superintendent, is doing
all that is possible to be done for
those now down. and using every
measure to prevent the spread of the
disease
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Murdered at a Church Festival.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., November 49,
"A terrible affray occurred at a
church festival, in CASTOR county.
last night. Thomas Garibaldi and
Rufus Magill were rival claimants
for the hand of pretty Blanche
Brant, the belle of the county. AT
the festival blanche smiled on Carl
baldi and snupbed Magill. Mapes,
a friend, taunted Magill, when he
became enraged, jumped over and
knocked down an ice cream table.
Mapes drew a revolver and shot at
Magill, missing him. Magill shot
Mapes in the face breaking both
jaws. The girl shrieked aud swoon-
ed. A fearful panic ensued. Men
and women tramped upon each
other. Garibaldi, being unarmed,
attempted to flee. Magill rushed at
him, but lost his pistol in the crowd.
He then seized heavy iron shovel
and beat out the brains of Garibaldi
in the presence of the girl and fifty
others. Mapes will die. Magiil
fed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. ia
special from Hot Springs, Ark, says
that an Sunday morning at 2 o'clock
terrific explosion was heard in Nj.
b. O'Brien d Co., sage store A
policeman who entered the building
discovered tina, the iron safe had
been blown open and that the desk,
doors and the windows of the rear
end of the building were also blown
to fragments and heaped together in
confused mass. Tue glass in the
front of the store, eighty feet
distant, was shivered and the
plastering in an adjoining store was
broken, but nothing Was ignited.
On examining the pieces OF the safe
1t was found that small hole had
been drllled through the iron and
concrete lining of the top in which
evidently the powder or fuse was
inserted. Inside of the safe was
stored quantity of dynamite caps
for blasting purposes, which were
ignited and caused the explosion.
The safe contained about eight hun
dred dollars in paper currency beside
coins, city and county scrips, papers
and bonds, Fragments of the cur
rency were found, but the force OF
the explosion drove several coins
into the adjoining wall. Undoubt-
edly an attempt was made to rob the
safe. yet the burglars had got away
safely. No serious damage was
done to the buildings. James Burns,
the Chicago pedestrian, and another
man whose name is unknown were
arrested tonight suspected of at
tempting to rob the safe Burns is
bruised on the shoulder and circum-
stantial evidence against both is con-
sidered strong.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

a Washington dispatch to the
New York Tribune says Second
Auditor Reynolds has returned from
Alabama, where he went to make
Republican speeches and to vote.
Everything was SO fair and orderly
to all appearance up to the day of
election that be was hardly able to
credit the assertion of Republicans
that the Democrats would practice
frauds to secure the victory. He
determined, therefore, to watch the
process of voting in Selma, where he
was, aud satisfy himself, if possible,
what grounds there ought to be for
suspicion of irregularity. Every
thing apparently was fair and regu
lar in the reception of the votes
Two lines were formed, one being
composed of white and the other of
colored voters None we're challen-
ged, and no efforts to delay voting
were noticed. The crowd was kept
thirty feet from the polling place, as
required by law. The Republicans
we're nevertheless so thoroughly con-
v.nced that false counting had been
rtermined upon by the Democrats
that they decided to keep tally list
of Republicans who voted, and for
this purpose they placed table with
ink and pape- upon it in the yard:
By noon the line of white voters had
dwindled away to nothing, while
that of colored voters was full, and
continued so during greater portion
of the day. Early in the afternoon
party of five or six young white
men approached the table where the
Republican tally-list was kept and
one of them accosting the tally man
asked, what are you doing this
for?
I'VE are keeping IA tally ofthe Re-
publicans votes" was the reply.
"Will you take my name 7" WAS
the next question.
Certainly, if you will vote the
Republican ticket"
LET us see it done," said the
Democrat, leaning over the table as
if to scrutinize the work. Immedi
ately he seized the papers, which
then contained the names of more
than six hundred voters, and return
ing among his fellows tore them to
pieces and threw them on the
ground. Mr.. Reynolds, who had
witnessed the affair, asked the tally
man why he didn't protest or do
something to defend his tally list.
"Of what use? was the reply. Didn't
you see those fellows put their hands
in their hip pockets ? l saw it meant
fight, and should have lost my life
for nothing"
After the polls closed and while the
votes were being counted Mr.. Rey-
nolds asked Democrats who were
standing about waiting the result
how many Democratic votes they
supposed bad been cast The high
est estimate was 800 Mr.. Reynolds,
who had been present during the
whole day, thought this estimate was
about fifty in excess of the true num-
ber When the result was declared
it was found that | 200 votes had been
cast. the Democratic candidate re-
cciving 500 majority according TO the
returns made by the Democratic
officials who conducted the alleged
count.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22

AFTER declaring time and again
during the canvass, that Beaver was
out OF the race, that the fight was be-
tween Pattison and Stewart, and
that the latter would be elected, the
Meyersdale Commercial of last week
says of the Independent voters in
this count
Bear in mind that those seven
hundred true and earnest Republi-
leans knew that their votes could
"not elect their honored and brave
'rleader, John Stewart, but that their
"votes would aid in the election OF
Governor Pattison."
This kind of base scoundrelism
and unadulterated lying is, we pre-,
sumo, what the Commercial desig-
mates az better and purer Republi-
canism." Be i. what il may, il
clearly shows all honest men the
utterly unreliable, untruthful meth
ods of a paper claiming to represent
the Independent organization in
Somerset county. We congratulate
these pure politicians and model re-
formers. Koontz d Co, on the high
character their mouthpiece gives
itself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Illuminated

Bosrox. November 13.-Half Mas
sachusetts was startled last night by
the sudden appearance OF a great
light. which in doz 8 of places crea'
t d the impression that co tia; ra
ton had broken out within their re-
spective borders. ln Haverhill and
Stoughton, for instance, places fifty
miles apart, the local fire depart,
ments were called out to fight
flames which were supposed to be
close at hand, The great illumina-
ton was caused by the simultane-
Gus explosion of six hundred bar
rels of naphtha in Chelsea
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Hanged.

YANKToN, d. T. Nov. 19.-lnfor
nation reached here OF the lynching
of John Watson, at Pattersons Sta
ton, L. r., yesterday. On Thursday
evening Watson and Cash Austin
shot severely wounded and robbed
a railroad employe.. named William
Fox, of 800. Fox FASTENED intC
camp and told his story to number
of the railroad laborers. they i'm
mediately started in pursuit, anc
captured the robbers Friday morn
ing. A jury was chosen, and the
prisoners were tried and convicted
on the spot. Watson was hanged to
a telegraph pole. Austin was turned
over to the authorities
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Two in One Grave.

LITTLE Rock, November n
News was received to-day of double
tragedy OH Red River, a few miles
from Texarkana, Texas. Saturday
night Charles Hewev. Jr. mer-
chant at Lost Prairie, after a quar-
rel with two brothers named Butler,
went home. He was pursued by the
Buffers who followed him to ne
gro cabin where he had taken refuge,
thew kicking the dor down. Hew-
ey had double barreled shotgun
and killed both brothers as they
crossed the threshold. He was shOt
in the arm by a hall fir Il by a man
who came with his assaiianis. The
Buffers were picked UP dead and
buried III one grave on Sunday.