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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
Where TO See the Great Trotters OF
New York ......

No two men in America have had
more experience with fine trotting
stock, and none are better judges
than Calvin NJ. Priest, of the New
York Club Stables, 18th street near
Fifth avenue, and Dan Mace, of the
Excelsior Stables, West 29th street,
New York. the champion double
team driver of the United States.
Both of these gentlemen say, that
for painful diseases in horses, such
as cuts, bruises, swelhngs, lameness,
stiffness, st. Jacobs Oil is superior
to anything they have ever used or
heard of. This is also the opinion OF
Prof. David Robarge, the celebrated
horse-shoer of the metropolis, and
thousands of stock-owners through
out the country. AS pain cure for
man and beast, St. Jacobs Oil has
no equal. Mr.. Priest recites the case
Of a valuable trotter, so stiff from
that he could not move
an inch. By one thorough applica-
ton of st. Jacobs Oil at night, the
animal was completely cured, and
was fit for the race-trac& the next
day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
TWO CITIES.
Imark two cities side by side,

Imark two cities side by side,
And daily both are growing
From morn till night restless tide
Through all their streets is flowing.
Ia both they break the prairie's sod.
With spade, and pick. and shovel;
Houses to build for mans abode,
The mansion and the hovel.
The sunshine on the marble streams
Alike in both these cities
And Nights fair lamp, with softer beams
Their sleeping silence pities.
Twin cities they, and side by side,
With equal thrift they bourgeon
One built with toll. and cost and pride,
And one needs to urge on.
For one is the city of Life
Astir with noises and bustle
And one, unwont TO noise and strife,
Owns Death mute apostle.
In one the tide of traffic rolls
In flows and ebbs OF passion.
The hoarse bell in the other tolls
A knell of fitful fashion.
Spread, living men, your city wide
Build cottage hall and mansion
The other city, by its side,
Must grow with like expansion.
For every house with roof and floor,
That makes Life's city broader,
Ofnarrow homes there must be more,
Where Death is speechless warder.
And in the end my faith discerns
Their modes of being wary
Mans palace to the dust returns,
Life-to the cemetery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
Fossils in China

A writer referring to fossils in
China, remarks that the Chinese
have never advanced theory to
explain their existence In their
books references are made to FOSSIL
shells. crabs. fish. trees, etc, but no
attempt is made to account for their
occurrences in solid rock. Thehttle
that is said is mostly of marvellous
sort. Ammonities are petrllled
snakes fossil branchipods-lamp
shells-are called stone swallows
and are said to come to life and fly
from their hiding places at the ap-
proach of wind and rain, changing
again to stones ON the return OF 1air
weather. Fossil fish appear and
disappear at pleasure, and their APP
pearance prognosticates plentiful
harvest and prosperous times. One
author supposes that the figures OF
birds, beasts and plants, which he
had seen on certain slabs, must be
the work of gods ar devils, for no hu-
man hand could chisel anything so
minute and delicate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
How They Catch Mackerel.

The mackerel catcher has a some
what peculiar experience. Vessels
of this class are of the same rig,
tonnage and lading as the cod fish
except in them the sein takes the
place of the trawl. The scene of
their operations is rather wider, too
as they meet the mackerel on their
appearance in the spring as far south
as Virginia and followed them to
the shores of Greenland and Iceland.
Georges bank, iD the open sea about
one hundred and fifty miles off
Cape Ann, and the Dominion water
are however the favorite fishsing
grounds. When one of these YES
sells reaches the spot where her prey
may he taken, a sharp watch is kept
for the schools which may be seen
playing about on the surface; old
salts aver that they can smell
school of mackerel as well as men,
haden. When one is sighted. the
listlessness of the crew gives away to
animation. The purseIne, coiled on
the after hatch is hastily thrown in
to the seine boat, which has been
towing astern since the vessel left
port. Two dories are let down and
in company with the seine boat, row
out toward the school. At the prop
er time the seine boss gives the word
the two dories take each end of the
seine, some two hundred and fifty
fathoms in length and in three min
utes enclose the school. The seine
is passed" ;" and the schooner is
signalled to come alongside. There
are five hundred barrels of large fat
mackerel in the purse" The method
of transferring them to the vessels |
is much like that practiced by the
menhaden steamers. A large dip
net with long handles worked by
tacking is let down into the strug-
Cling mass and throws them on the
vessels deck by the half barrel.
This done the operation cf dressing
down"begins by throwing the catch
into a square trough twelve men of
the crew of fourteen then attack
them with knives dexterously open
them by a slit down the back and
clean them at a stroke; they are then
washed assorted into various grades
according to the size and fatnees and
packed in barrels one barrel of Liv-
erpool salt being required for four
barrels of fish. So rapidly do they
work that forty seven barrels have
been cleaned and packed in two
hours and a half. Meantime two
men have been overhauling the
scene repairing it where a shark or
bluefsh has made q rent and the men
are ready for another haul-perhaps
to work for hours without securing
a barrel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
sights I'm Bavaria.

AS for the people, they are a
mixture of German ard French, for
a large part highly respectable, and
all are workers, writes a correspond
ent from. Kissengen. No, not all all
the old people are. Is there never n
time when people, men and women,
become too old to work Here are
old, old women driving dogs attach
ed to carts, and carrying all kinds
of wares. Or again, you will see
them drawing the carts by them
selves. or with a dog harnessed up
to assist them. Men tottering to
eternity are employed at all kinds
of labor, for the most part, however,
of the very hardest kind, while the
middle aged stand around and look
on and talk about it ); or more fire.
quently, are seated upon the boxes
of cabs, or droschden,' as they are
called, and drive a four-footed ami
NAL which, by stretch of the inn
agination could be called a horse.
The drivers of these droschden are
beyond all doubt, the most veritable
lot of asses that ever drew the breath
of life. 1t is not uncommon In this
part of Germany to see a horse and
an OK harnessed together, or a
donkey and dog; but the most
still the commonest sight
of all, is presented every time a
droschden appears, for there is an
ass driving a horse. These fellows
have not sense enough to cheat, and
l would be willing to wager that
when they get home, if there be not
an overseer for each and everyone,
that sometimes the horse gets bread
while the driver takes hay.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

Wudt can we 40 lOr you, SIT M
inquired, courteously.
No, thank you, sir-that is-ir
fact, sir, said Jack, in desperation
| must really apologize for this in
trusion.'
And then he summoned all his
self possession, and in a frank
straight forward way, confessed the
truth, and explained how he had
been betrayed into his present most
embarrassing situation.
The gentlemen listened, at first
with much gravity, and then with
some doubtful twitchings about the
corners of the mouth and an odd
twinkling of the eyes.
As to the young lady, Jack scarce
ly dared glance toward her, until
just as he explained how he
had been forced by Mr.. Jessup's be-
nevolent anxiety to intrude upon
his present host, he was startled by
the clearest and most silvery burst
of laughter, and looking around saw
the beautiful gypsy eyes of Miss
Flora Smith, fairly dancing with
merriment.
And then her father and her uncle
joined in and Jack himself, con-
scious of the righteousness of the
whole affair, was compelled to laugh
also, and for few moments mer-
rier party could scarcely have been
seen.
oh, isn't it too funnyp said Flora
Only think of grown up gentlemen
going around ringing peoples door
bells! Who would have suspected
it?
And she looked at Jack-such an
arch look, mingled with just the
slightest suggestion of admiration of
his manly appearance, that he was
charmed
Il am ashamed to confess he
commenced, but Mr.. John Smith in
terrupted him:
Come, my young friend, there is
nothing to be particularly ashamed
of. Many time in my college days
have | done the same thing, and
even added to il the enormity of car
rying off iron gates, or exchanging
tradesmen's g signs. | can testify to
the enjoyment of such forbidden
deeds. 1t is human nature, | sup
pose, and | will not blame you too
severely; especially since Mr. Jes-
sup has taken your punishment into
his own hands.
And again Mr.. John Smith laugh
ed, and the rest joined him. The
laughter, however, was as nothing in
comparison with the burst OF merri-
ment which awaited Jack on his re-
turn home
Nellie screamed with delight, and
even gentle Rosie laughed until she
cried. But when Jack related his
experience at Mr.. John Smiths they
became interested.
so Flora Smith has come home
from that long visit to her aunt in
England p said Nellie. Il am so
glad, for she was one of the sweetest !
girls at Miss Booker's boarding
school, and we all loved her. I'll 90
to see her, Jack, and introduce you,
as some reward for this evenings adj |
venture. Who knows sfe added, |
archly, but that your ringing that !
door bell was the beginning of your
good fortune?'
And so indeed it proved, as Jack |
often remarks at the present day. |
And in remembrance of that advent |
ure and its pleasant consequences,
Jacks pretty wife wears, attached to |
ber bracelet, tiny golden bell, set
with jewels, with which, on their en-
he presented her.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
Measuring the Intensity of Light.

A new mode of measureipg light
was proposed at the last meeting of
the ROYAL Society by Mr. Peerce
the well known electrician. The
standardof reference is small sur
face Illuminated to given intention
and the mode of comparison is the
mode Of comparison is the light
given by small glow lamp whose
state of incandescence is raised or
lowered by increasing or diminised
an electric current. The amount of
illumination is measured by the
amount of current flowing so that
the number of amperes gives the
degree of illumination. The stand
ard surface is that illuminated BY
British candle "at 12.7 inches and
this is the same as thatproduced by
the French "bec" at one meter dis
tance. In thes way sun light moon
light fog and the amount of illumi-
nation in any part of a room or
building or that distributed over
a street or area at any time of day
or night can be measured withOyt
any reference to the source OF light
or Its distance from the point
lighted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

A Boston clergyman chose for his
text on Sunday, 1t is not good that
man should be alone At the close
of the sermon every unmarried fe-
male in the congregation touehingly
responded, Ah, men,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

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X in g's Evil,
X h e u m a [ ism,
Pain In the Bones,
Side and Head,
and all disea ses
arising froIc i'm
purity of the
blood. with this
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

Jennie Lind, at 60 years, has lost
her upper notes but sings with her
old time fervor. She would like to
revisit the United States.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

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Reader, If you want business at which You can
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

Is it dude? Yes, it is dude.
Was it always that way {? Yes, nat
ural born. What does it do for 8
living? 1t breaths, dear don't dis
turb il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

Old bachelors may laugh and feel
safe, but leap year will be here in a
iiff,.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

Potatoes sell at twenty.t wo cents
o bushel in Chester county
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

A mule is unlike poor rule, be-
cause he works both ways.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10

can do without Salts Castor OIL, Citrate Of Mag
ne sia Sienna or Mama, and s"on the whole Of
them. and what is better, II may he taken with
safety and comfort by the most delicate woman,
a well as by the robust man. II is very pleasant
TO the taste therefore easily administered TO chill
dren. 1t Is the only vegetable remedy existing
which will answer in place of caloInel, regulating
the action OF the liver without making you a life
hong victim to the use of mercury or blue pills
1t willopen the bowels in a proper and wholesome
manner.
There is nothing like Fahrneys Blood Clean
er for the cure OF all disorders of the Stomach,
Liver. Bowels. Kidneys and Bladder; for nervous
diseases, Headache, Costiveness, Indigestion,
Bilious Fever and all arrangements of the In
ternal vicera. AS female regulator II has no
equal In the world.
An ounce Of prevention IL worth more than
pound Of cure" The PANACEA viii no, only cure
old standing and malignant complaints, but IL one
OF the best preventatives Of such disorders ever
offered TO the world. You can avoid severe at
tacks OF acute diseases, such as Cholera, Small
pox, Typhoid. Bilious, Spotted and Intermittent
Fegers. by keeping your blood purihed. The
different degrees Of all such diseases depend al
together upon the condition of the blood.
he sure to ask for FAHRNEY's BLOOD CLEASs-
ga OR PANAcEA, as there are several other prep
aratiuns In the market, the names OF which are
somewhat similar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
P a T E N i S

obtained. and all business in the U. =. Patent
Office, or In the Courts attended TO for MODERATE
FEES.
We are opposite the U. 5. Patent ONCE, en-
gEged in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and
can obtain patent. ia less time than those remote
from WASHINGTON.
When nodel or drawing is sent we advise as TO
patentabiiity free Of charge; and we make NO
CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
We refer, here, 10 the Postmaster, the Supt. OF
the Money order Division, and to officials Of the
II = Patent Once. For circular advice, terms,
and reference 10 actual clients In your own State
or county, address
G. A. SNOW & CO..
Opposite Pteatent once,
Washington ID. u.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-10
r. WILLIAM COLLINS,
DENTIST. SOMERSET, Pa.

Gre IN Mammoth Block, above Boyds Drug
re- where he can at all times be found prepar-
'o an kinds OF work. such as f1lling, regu-
& extracting. sc. Artificial teeth of all kinds,
,he best material inserted. Operations
'-suted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
FOR SINGER OF BOSTON CULTURE.

"Ohl my dear Mrs. Shobby, you do not
mean to say you eat hashP'
Mrs. ShOddy, apOlOgetieally: 81 know
1t is a very vulgar dish, my dear Mrs.
Dash, but at my table 1t is made of ten
derlOins at 40 cents a pound" The ex-
PLANTATION proved quite satisfactory,
and the social equilibrium is pleasantly
restored.
At the window of fashionable club.
Lounger looking at pIetty and stylish
girl pass by:
"What prettyl wonder who she is"
Second lOunger, pleased at the OppOr-
tunity of enlightening him: "0hl 1
know her very well. Her mother is the
worst poker player In town"
She said the other day at a friends
lunch table, at which she had happened
unexpectedly and found several stran-
gers seated, aprOpOs of a remark made
of a certain lady of uncertain age:
"Why, good graciOusl she is as old as
the hills" and could not imagine in the
least what had caused the general con-
sternatiOn. She did little later on,
however, when it was explained to her
that two maiden sisters at the table,
whose names she didn't catch in the in
PRODUCTION, were named Hill, and were
extremely sensitive to the subject of
age.-BOstOn Gazette.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
ABOUT sHOeT-HANDED BOYS.

The portrait of William Henry Smith,
General Agent of the Associated
Press, recently appeared in one of the
eastern magazines, and was copied into
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. 1t
called to the mind of the writer the
time when Mr.. Smith first came to Gin
cinnati from farm in Champaign Co.,
o. He was an intelligent country youth
who had acquired knowledge of pho
biography by means of poor instruction
book and an ambition to possess a power
of usefulness not in the hands of every
one else. With this magic key, and the
spirit of enterprise it inspired within
him, he soon found his way into the ed
itOrial sanctum of the Gazette office; it
secured him the position of Private Sec
retary to Gov. Hayes; it lead to his cleo
tiOn as Secretary of State, and his ap-
pOintment by the President as Collector
of Customs in Chicago; and now, in the
consolidation of the Western and East
ern Press Associations, he has been call
ed to New York to take general charge
of its affairs, on salary that he never
dreamed of when studying photography
in his humble country home.
There is plenty of room, and yet great
or opportunities developing, for just
such boys, all over the country. The
practical usefulness of photography in
all government offices, railroad, and
great manufacturing and commercial
companies, is only beginning to be ap-
preciated; and those young men of the
present generatiOnwhO are smart enough
to prepare themselves for this attractive
and profitable service, will, in future
years, be considered the "lucky fellows"
whom Dame Fortune has made her fa-
VOrites. When the fact is, all the boy
needs to do is to purchase the latest and
best self-instructOr in shorthand, say
the Eclectic Manual of Photography"
of which the well known and accom-
plished western reporter, Elias LOngley
of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the author. Sew
enty-five cents will procure copy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
AGRICULTURAL EXTRACTS.

New York farmers are said to be Civ
ing more attention to mutton sheep
raising early lambs for the butchers is
regarded as profitable branch of farm
ing there.
Fifty years ago not merinO sheer
could be found that could furnish five
pounds of cleansed wool from one years
grOwth-nOw there are merinOs that
grow ten pounds of cleansed wool In
that time.
The Dairy epitOmizes the sOiling ques-
tiOn thus: SOiling must Of necessity be-
come the common practice on land OF
high value. Land worth more than $2C
per acre should not be used wholly for
pasturing. IL one COW can be pastured
on five acres at this value it Is clear that
only one cow should he kept on one acre
worth 800.
If Ohio, in place of her 300, 1000 dogs
was to keep at the same expense the
same number of pigs, the figures would
stand something like this: 100000 pigs
kept one year would dress 60,000,000
pounds of pork. worth 100000. This
would be an actual gain, whereas now
the loss on sheep killed by dogs foot up
into the millions.
The dairy business is growing in pOpu-
larity in the west, where the farmers
are commencing to see that the busi-
ness, when properly conducted, guaran-
tees the greatest amount of profit. The
grain farmers who have contended with
short crops are now fastening to devote
their energies and means in the cultiva-
tiOn of dairy products.
The amount of root area which plant
occupies is often surprising. There is a
general idea that it equals the extension
of the plant in the air, but it really
often exceeds this. A tough story is
told of a squash vine, under inVestiga-
tiOn at the Massachusetts Agricultural
College, in 1874, which produced total
of fifteen miles of roots, and in its period
of most active growth it increased about
1000 feet per day.
OF late Guernsey cattle are winning
high reputation wherever they are
known in this country, chiefly in New
England, New York and Pennsylvania.
In comparison with their neighbOrs
from Jersey, the Guernseys are much
larger and harder; make better beef
carcasses when turned off for the butch
er; are able to endure rOugher weather
and shift for themselves better, while
the bullOcks make strong and excellent
draft animals, purpose for which their
more delicate rivals arelentirely insult
able. The calves, too, are large at birth
and make heavy veals when about a
month and half old. The milking Ca
pacity of the Guernsey cow is fully as
great as that of the average Jersey, and
the milk is usually as rich in butter,
which in color is of even a deeper golden
yellow. Guernsey grades are remark
ably like their pure-bred ancestors both
in color, handling" and their milking
as well as feeding capacity. In Eng
land, Guernseys are quite numerous and
fairs every year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
ABOUT THE SIZE OF 1T.

For years past the Republican leaders
and organs everywhere have declared
the Democratic party to be responsible
for the decision that the q. s. Supreme
Court rendered in the bred Scott case,
that was, briefly stated, "a decision against
the negro race, when majority of the
Justices were Democrats, and they have
lost no opportunity to make political
capital out of it; but now that the same
court, majority, if not all the members
of which are Republicans, has rendered
a decision regarding the Civil Rights
bill which is adverse to the negro race,
Republican organs are declaring that
the attempt to hold the Supreme Court
responsible for it, sis piece of exqui-
site demagOgueTy." This simply con-
firms the well known theory of the Re-
publican managers, that in all cases
where their party interests are at stake,
what is sauce for the goose Is not sauce
for the gander.-TOledO Bee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-03
CURRENT STUDY OF THE CLASSICS A
FAILURE.

And now let us observe how this thor
Ough. going system is characterized by
one who has had the best possible OppOr-
tunities for observing and knowing its
results. In a lecture delivered before
the Royal Institution of Great Britain,
by the Rev. f. W. Farrar, distinguish
ed author and philOlOgist, and who was
one of the masters of Harrow School,
and for thirteen years classical teach
or, we have the following estimate of
the present value of the system. Canon
FarraT says: 81 must then, aVOw my
own deliberate opinion, arrived at in
the teeth Of the strongest possible bias
and prejudice in the opposite direction;
arrived at with the fullest possible
knowledge of every single argument on
the other side-I must aVOW my dis
tinct conviction that our present system
of exclusively classical education, as a
whole, and carry it out as we do, is a
deplorable failure. [ say it, knowing
that the words are strong words, but not
without having considered them we'll;
and | say 1t because that system has
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting. 1t is no epigram, but sim
pie fact, to say that classical education
neglects all the powers of some minds,
and some Of the powers of all minds. In
the case of the few it has a value that,
being partial, is unsatisfactory; in the
case of the vast multitude, it ends in
utter and iTremediable waste."-POpu-
lar Science Monthly for November.