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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01
The Tap Of a Hammer

The annals of bibligraphy afford
many examples Of the delirious ex-
tent 10 which book fancying can 90.
In May, 1872. the library of the
Duke OF Roxborough was sold. The
collection contained copy OF Boo
caccio, published iii Venice III l471.
Among the distinguished company
which attended the sal, were the
Duke of Devonshire, Ea,l Spencer
and the Duke of Marlborough. then
Marquis of Blandtord. The bid
stood at FIVE hundred guineas. "A
thousand guineas,' said Earl Spen-
Ger. And ten, added the Marquis.
You might have heard a pin drop.
All eyes were bent on the bidders.
Now they talked apart, now ate q
biscuit, but without the least thought
of yielding one to another The
contest proceeded until the Marquis
said: Two thousand pounds.
Then Earl Spencer bethought him
of waste OF powdec, when Lord Al
thorp came to his side, as if to bring
his father "A fresh lance 10 renew the
fight. Father and son whispered
together. and Earl Spencer exclaim-
ed: Two thousand, two hundred
and fifty pounds" An electric
shock went through the assembly.
And ten, quietly added the Mar
quis. There ended the strife.
The spectators stood dumb when
The hammer fell. The stroke of its
fall sounded on the farthest shores
Of Italy. The tap OF that hammer
was heard in the libraries OF Rome,
Milan and Venice. Boccaccio stir
red in his sleep of hundreds OF years.
and NJ. Van Praet groped in vain
among the Royal alcoves in Paris to
detect a copy of the famed Valdarfer
isoccaccio.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01


The witches get in my books, Iknow,
Or else elit's fairy eisez
For when study. they riaisae me -
feel Ike one of themselves.
Often they whisper: Come and play,
The.sun is shining brighi'"
And when fling the book away
They liatter With delight.
They dance among the stupid words,
And twis, the "rules" awryi
And siy across the page likebif'ls.
Thanga can't see them ny.
they iwitch ms feet, iAey blnr my eye-
T.,ey make rae erowsy, too,
ia fact. the moe a fellow lrios
r, S,ndr, the worse they do.
They cant be heard. they cant l'e seen :
know NOT how they look
and yet they always Turk between
The leaves ofs lesson book.
Whatever they are can aot tell.
But this is plain as day;
never II be able to study well,
ss long as the book-eives stay.
81. Nicholas for February. 1882
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

"And you say that you are doc
ter 7" said the justice, regarding a
squattv looking colored man who
had been arraigned before the court.
Yes, sab, rse a physician, an
my name is Dr.. Bliss
Why do you call yourself Bliss !
- BECAUSE
i knows what y vine ter
say, but We lieedIls - 1t. Yer's
gwine Ter say ] calls myself Bliss
case Il man named Bliss doctored
President Garfield. Dat is u mis-
take, Jedge; my name was Bliss
fore President Garfield was bore.
/ Sc ole timer
You are charged, DR.. Bliss, with
poisoning Thomas Hendricks, a
highly respectable colored man OF
your neighborhood. What have
you to say in your own defense ?"
"No,hin', sab, case the case needs
no defense. I'se Il regular physi-
clan, and oh course | doan hab ter
'splain myself"
We'll show you about that, DR..
Bliss. Now, sir this witness states
that yea made your living by skin
nine rabbits ana scaling fish for a
steam boat until you heard that
DR.. Bliss had taken medical charge
of the wounded President then, as
your name happened 20 be Bliss,
you began TO practice medicine, de-
claring to the cclored people that
DR.. Bliss, OF Washington, was your
uncle. What have you 10 say of
this ?"
\ says. Jedgs, dat the black man
what circulated dat report is 3 liah
frum dc right hand to de left hand
corner ob his system"
Make use Of another such ex-
preston, sir, and Ill send you to
Jail. You poisoned the man. Ex-
plain or so before the Grand jury"
"Well, you see. de man, Hen
bricks, was powerful sick. He sent
fo' me, an whenI got ter him he
was most gone. / gin him dose of
my double ginted, revolvin' action
syrup
"What is it made OH" demanded
the Justice. The chemists have
declared their inability to discover
the secret of its concoction."
Dem is purity big words for a
justice OBJ de peace, and mighty
nigh settles in my mine dat yer's
fitted fur de 'spreme bench. De
medicine is made outen roots an
bark. OATS what its made outcn.
Well, L gin de man a dose OBJ de
medicine, an it lifted him up in bed
at once. | neber seed man rise
outen sickness with sich action. /
lett a bottle ob de medicine wild in
structions to der nurse not ter gin
him anuder dose till de next day,
'splainin' dat anuder dose would
make him too strong all ob sud
IDENTIFY. Arter l left, Jedge, dat pa
tent axed fur more, an de nurse
Gin him anuder dose
"Well?" said the justice, after
waiting a moment.
why, sab, de petient got outen
bed, went out ter de wood pile an
chopped wood till he fell dead"
The doctor is now awaiting the
action OF the Grand Jury. Little
Rock Gazette.
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a nIsronIcAL acclplNr.
Mrs. surratt's Daughter and rresi-
dent johnson.


As a newspaper correspondent, ]
had occasion To visit the Old Capitol
Prison in Washington, in February,
1863, to witness the exhuniation and
rendition to their respective rela-
tives and friends cf the remains Of
the conspirsiors in the Lincoln as
sassination. President Johnson was
about to 60 out Of office, and he is
sued IN order permitting Christian
burial to the bodies OF the five per-
sons implicated in the death Of
Lincoln-Booth, Mrs. Snrralt, At
zerodt, Payne and lIerold. They
had been buried in ammunition
boxes OF common pine wood, six
feet long, two feet wide and tive feet
deep. When the lid was lifted from
Booths coffin his face was perfect.
with the exception of 4 small hole
about the size of a dime in each
cheek. His hair was in rs good
condition as if he had just come oat
OF a BARRIERS shop. In taking out
the body to place 1t III u handsome
rosewood coffin supplied by his
mother, Mrs. Booth, Of Balnmorc,
the head dropped off from the body.
Not so with Mrs. Surratt. Her face
and form were perfect, and she
looked like one IN a happy, dream
less sleep. Her head adhered to
the body IN the process OF transfer.
Payne's body was greatly wasted,
but Alzerodts S was the worst of all +;
for when the army blanket that Gov
cred his remains was lifted up il
revealed Il shapeless mass of black
ened bones and ashes, with bald
and separated skull in one corner
Talking of this matter of the Lin
coin assassination. | remember ask
ing Andrew Johnson one day when
We were travelling through Eas,
Tennessee, at time when he was
running for Congress-at-large against
Horace Maynard and Frank Cheat
ham: why it was he did not pardon
Mrs. Surratt. He was in commu-
nicative mood and he said THE
true history Of that case has never
been told. 1t was represented in
the papers that | refused to see An
ME Surratt (the daughter of Mrs.
Surratt) when she came to the
White House, the morning OF the
execution, asking for the pardon of
her mother. The fact is that
never knew it was Miss Surratt, be-
cause man named Muzzy, who
had general charge of the White
House, came TO me and said that a
crazy woman was down stairs and /
wanted to get in and see ne, and
she wouldn't give her name, bat was
crying and tearing her hair, and ex
hibi,ing all the evidences OF insani-
ty."
But would you have pardoned
Mrs. Snrratt,7 | asked, "supposing
you had known better ?"
Il might have" he replied, in his /
blrfl way, she didn't do the shoot
ing, but was an accessory to it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Tie Madison. Wis., Democrai, in
enoeavoring TO treat wounds receiy-
ed by the candidates for the presi.
dency. wisely prescribes St. Jacobs
Oil. OF course we could ,iot expect
our worthy contemporary 10 do
otherwise than recs mmend that IA
nous Old Geripan Remedy
which ''heals all wounds but those
of love" and soothes all pains-save
those OF political disappointment
Galrcstoa Ners.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

'.Arc you the editor?" said a
msn, w . wore q coneiliatory smile
and ds el heard, as he took seat IN
our oiils.
We acknowledged that at present
we sci ca and instructed the people
/ in that opacity, and. 10 prove our
:lsscrtio.., we showed him the bis
ters on err hands by oer exertion in
opcratis the Archimedean lever
ihat7n,e the world.
"We,., ! want you to surprise Inc
with a iiattering personal notice in
vour paper. | am going to run for
constable in the Eighth ward, and
want something neat in the way ot
n send-oif."
Our columns arc always open TO
advance the best interests of the
public, but we shall expect you to
surprise us with a pecuniary COM
pensation, not necessarily for publ
cation, but merely as a pledge OF
good faith"
'I'll pay. 4 man can't expect to
be surprised without paying for it
in advance. What have you got 2'
I'VE can accommodate you with
almost any kind of personal notice,
from a cheap clectro-plated biogra-
ply to an eighteen carat obituary,
and al ii scale of prices varying ac-
cording to the strain on our col
umns and veracity. In moulding
public opinion we defy competition.
Now, how would you like this? 1t is
a neat little Raphaelite gem and will
cost only $50:
!" Our enterprising townsman,
Colonel B, than whom there is
no more popular and genial gentle
man in the length and breadth of
our great Empire State, has CON
sented, at the earnest solicitation OF
many friends. to sacrifice his very
profitable business to the pubic
good, and has authorized US to an.
nouce him as a candidate for the
honorable office of constable OF this
precinct
IF that is not strong enough,
here is a Michael Angelo, full length,
in which your qualities of head and
heart viii be touchingly alluded to,
and you viii be commended for
your generous impulses-only 500
each insertion. Then we have
brilliant thing. after Mosart, which
is intended for Gubernational can
didates-speaks of your simplicity
of character, jean clothes, and pay
as you 90 proclivities-but it can be
easily modified to suit prospective
constable. 1t will cost you s3.
There are several others from 50 to
SO each. For referring to you as
an 'old land mark 81 extra is
charged"
l reckon you can saw me off SO
worth, bat You must throw in some
thing about my brilliant war rec
ord"
"We always do that"
And ,ust wind up by surprising
Captain Bill Smike. He is run
ming against me. / wouldn't say
he might take oifense at.
Only say he is not fit for the office
because he has breath like a buz-
zard and the record of a convict.
You might add that my brother
hasn't got a wife that has fits. That
will hit him where he is sore, for his
wife is subject 10 fits. /
don't care TO lug any personalities
into this campaign unless / am
obliged to-"
'.Ne can't do il, Colonel Your
rival is our personal friend H. Is
a subscriber
Pshawl | thought yon were run
ming an Independent paper in the
Interests ofthe people, but / see YOU
are the >absidized organ of polit- /
ical clique" and off he went to see
.he editor of the other paper Ter
rs Shifting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01
Dynamite.

QUEBEC, Jan. 17.-Yesterday 4
carter picked up a small package oi
dynamite in one OF the lower town
market halls. The package was
about the size of an egg, was scien-
tifically prepared, and containcl d.
rections for setting it oil. The car
ter took il too the police Office and
made deposition as to the circum-
stances of finding il. The military
authorities have been requested to
inspect and report upon the charac-
ter of the supposed Internal ma
chine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

1t is very rare that the Republican
consents to editorially forward the
interests of advertisers of what are
known as patent medicines. as it
does not frequently fall out that we
can have positive knowledge Of their
merits However, we take pleasure
in saying of St Jacobs Oil from in
dividnal experiment. that it is =
most excellent remedial agent, aud
~ such we can hearty recommend
il ~ Losis republican.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01
Another Fire in Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH. Jan. 1S.-YesterdIv
morning a fire broke out ia Emory
&, Co S oil Warehouses on Seventh
street, resulting in the destruction
of the buil1ing and of the rag and
paper warehouse of Mccullough &
Smith The total loss will reach
$4,000, aud the in-urace will near-
lv cover the loss.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01
Given up by Doctors.

is it possible that Mr.. Godfrey
is up and at work, and cured by so
simple remedy"
Il assure YOU il IS true that ne is
entirely cured. and with nothing out
Hop Bitter; and only ten days ago
his doctors gave him ND and said he
must dier
"Well-a-day l.i2t's remarkable
| will 20 this day and get some ior
my poor George know hops arc
good"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01
Compulsory yacciation.

trMIEaLASp. Mn. Jan. Is -The
City Council tonight passeda a strin-
gent ordinance making vaccination
compulsory. ard allowing . cents
per capita 10 all unable 10 pay. A
i'enaliy of from five to ten dollars
is insposed for refusal. All practic-
ing physicians are constituted a yac-
cination board.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01
TIVE View Senators from Iowa.

DIS MarSEs, Ia, Jan. iS.-The
Joint session Of the legislature to-day
formally declared the election to the
United States Senate of James r.
Wilson for the long term. aud J. w
McDiil for the short term.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

1t is a mean man who will fool
flies by having the wax figure ofa
bah headed man in his room to at
tract them from him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

When in conversation man ab
ruptly says, BEG pardon 2 he
means that he wishes to do all the
talking himself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Peppermint trees over four hun
dred and eighty feet in heighth have
recently been found on the Danden-
org range, Australia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Will the coming man shut the
door after him ? is the latest inqui-
ry. 1t is to be hoped that he will
fpr the going man seldom does.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

The first thing that some women
will want to do when they get to
heaven will be to hunt for broom.
and dust and clean house.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Iron can be made so thin that it
takes four thousand eight hundred
sheets to make an inch in thickness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

At the faintest point Peruna
should be thought Of.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

St Petersburg is said to be the
unhealthiest city in the world.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Pulyerized toids were used by
ancients in mesl:c'nes, and after
wards as poison.
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BALTIMORE & CHIC RAlLg0,s
pIrlSgURGH Bfv1sr,.. .


oe md after Nay 2. Issi. ,ra.as ~ ....
viii aeyslTt from NJ arrive a. der-.-. .'.-,--.
and W ss.er Street,. as ioi1rs
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1882.
Harper's Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

.HarPeT's geekIy stands atthe head Of s7,srs.,r
tiia- rated We KY Journals By is uuDs-,isln
position IN politics its admirable illusiraii1ns, IL
carefully chosen serials. short stories- sss;rtss
and poems contributed by the forrnost artists ssI
au hnrs Of tie day, IL carries instruetisa an
entertainment 20 thousands Of Anir-iesn narses
IL viii always he the aim sf the publishars b
make HGrpers Weekly the most popular and g.
traetive family new spaper In the world
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

My children had sore throat Pc
runa cured ,keip, NJ. 7. LeDi,srr.
Irwin Station. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Hon A. II. Stephens now weighs
81 pounds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

The nearest infallihle remedy IS
Peruna.
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Pennsylvania CENTRAL Ran,


The jchnstovn Express. Mal us....
J0hnstcwn AccOmmGiaiian ~ -, ''..il
and the Johnstewn Accommodate, - z
seonInodation, Way Passergcr sz.I ~
t-ains west '-i. ai.
Ebc fast iAne, east aI vest .iff.,
d's5s. and east a, East Cong,uauli 4. !.
O Wy '-.-'
The Cincinnati Express ses. F.lr,,
DAY '. %
fLe Chicago Express wcst she,
81 y y Bialrsyills InteTsect.sn. 80. =.
burg and East Liberty. w. 'r
The .S4csac and JohustSNn Ero.,s,
Altoona Aoc0mE.0fation AMI P1-If.. -. r..
connect With the kbeusburx & Cre,.'- -
the mOrL ing. and sy the ClGciuraf. -. ~
and mall sest "a the eTcrins.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-01

Through Mall trains daisy.
E.xpsess trains daily e1cep; SuuEsr.
daily except Sunday. i-Af'sa
Tcket offices. corner Firth Averus ,pi T.,
sshee,s, ana cepot corner Grant ami Wais--.
Pittsburgh, Pa A'' "a
q. X LORD, Gen Pss.4nga- H..
L. Nj. COLE. General TIcEet a.
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RAILROAD scHRDors
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MAI, az &-ris- saa
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@1ii - ---.3 $50 y IN. s.7 D.,
The Mail, north and ,os,a " {
i<ossi Train dsily excep. suress ,2hs dlgi
On the Pft,s5nFnh Disssi.,
inrsaxn ny passenger trains east i,,9s !. y q.
respectively az Wssh.nrss-. ~ ,, a.. Il.
Gay, and e.so next mornisx ss5 Il - ..
IVY =. m, ssine day, ADJ q "a :. lbla..,..
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Ihe most cirect and pleasant ron
ana South via Washington CIV dsl,
through Mail leaving n 1881 ~ -
.'ss a, Hashlrgton al rs A. Y. Baiif-
NJ; Richmond ll:z5 A. n. i''A
through Express, leaving SIS P.x --r-
r'ves az Warrington u e.a0 ~ E-i,i---.s,
A. NJ. Fhilsdelphfa; l.l5 r. x..N -, q.
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/. Is .ae shortest and best route between Chicago
and all points in
Northern Illinois. Iowa, Dakets, Wyofn!ny !
Nebraska, California, Oreson. Arizoas. Utah I
Colcrld1s IDAHO. Montana, Nevada and i0-
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tn. F. NErids - 15 y T.
II srrir1!,,r -, ',sin 1,l 'fa TIE Ezyisz an
wood ll-i0 T. NJ In re-
Cumberland Al 235 A - o. A-f
wood 4:53 A. NJ, COunslIsv.
ourgh 7:45 A. NJ.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-02
NEW MEXICO ITEMS,

The larger towns of New Mexico have smallpox,
 Two inches of snow fell last week in Silver City
 Secorro is shipping large quantities of wool east.
 Coal has been discovered two miles north of Glorcta.
 Grading on the narrow gauge railroad is completed to Santa Fe.
 A new house for every day in the week is the way San Marcial beoms.
 One hundred and thirty-fve thousand dollars in bullion were shipped from the Lake Valley mill last Saturday.
 It is reported that the Lake Valley mines are to beIplaced on the London market.
 Miners, prospectors and capitalists are reported as going into the Organs in large numbers.
 Miller beats Pat Garrett for councilman in Dona Ana, Grant, and Lincoln counties, 30 votes.
 Santa Fc is making preparations to eel :. ebrate its three hundrcdth anniversary next'June.
 Thousands of miners from Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Utah are docking into southern New Mexico,
 The railroad companies operating in New Mexico have ordered all thcir em- ploycs 10 be vaccinaed.
 A big mining enterprise has been or- ganized at Las Vegas to work some of the most promising prospects in the vicinity of Kingston.
 The total yield Of gold and silver, for New Mexico, sp to December, 1881, as re- ported by the U. s. hints, was $4, ,1OS, 11S.- 31. During little over two months of the present year more than $400,000 were taken out of one camp alsne in that terri. tory.
 The Atchison, Topeka S Santa Fe road has reduced the through rate fare to Kan sas City, from Las Cruces, to $40S5. This cut has been expected for some time, and is made 10 compete with the rate of the Texas & Pacific and connecting lines from Fl Paso. A charter has been filed in the office of the secretary of the territory. Incorporating the Texas & New Mexico railroad com pany. This company proposes to construct railroad and telegraph line from Fl Paso, Texas, to the coal fields in the vicinity of White Oaks, and from thence 10 point of connection with the St. Louis & San Fran cisco road, north of White Oaks and east of Albuquerque. The capital is $3,00O,- 000
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-02
A Pleasant Affair.

At the conclusion of the base ball game last Thursday the Tombstone club brought their guests, the visiting club, to this city and extended to them the freedom of the spacious and elegantly furnished rooms of the Ccchlse Club. At about z o'clock the Tucsonites were invited to splendid din- ner spread at the Grand restaurant, under the supervision of the we'll known and popular caterer, Little Jakey." It was q culinary triumph-fsh, fresh from Guay- mas, oysters from the east game from the mountains, and all the dclicacies of the market. The wines were of the finest brands, and when it began 10 flow the speeches and tsasts were favored with flashes of wit and bits of eloquence. The Hon. E. B. Pomeroy, R. E. Kearon and George s. Rice were particularly happy in their remarks. Colonel Lewis, the well known mining man, and the editor of the EPimAPH were invited guests, and the for mer, although the eldest present, was as jovial and buoyant ir spirits as the young. est of the party. The Tucson club fully appreciated the generous ana royal hospi- tality extended to them, and desire an early opportunity of returning the compli, ment. After the dinner the Tucson club were invited as body to attend the ball of the Grand Army of the Republic. Alto | gether, it was one of those rare occasions where all differences of opinion were buried in good fellowship.