The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-07-04
miscellaneous Items.

Digging for sandworms is an in
dustEy in which 100000 are invest
ed and Which employs 1000 men in
New York.
Rumor has it that General Sher-
mans youngest daughter, Rachel, is
betrothed to ex-Secretary Blaine's
second son, Emmons.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell is pro.
nounced in London a more graceful
after dinner speaker than Mr.. Glad
stone, and more forcible than Gran
vile.
y snake wrapped itself about the
Ileg Of a negro boy at Lynchburg,
and lashed the limb severely with
its tail. 1t then unwound itself and
fell of.
Henry Ward Beecher. who win
be 20 years old on the oath of this
month, Is getting ready to pass the
summer on the Pacific coast. His
son, Herbert. viii entertain him at
Seattle, W.T..
Mary Anderson says that for her
part she thinks Edwin Booth very
unreasonable 70 object to being kiss
ed by men. If she knows anything
about it they are Just the parties for
/ the business.
The japanese language, they say
now, has no word for hell. The
nearest approach to it is "jikogu.' -
An indianapolis editor learnedly ar
CUES that this is only n corruption
for Chicago, and says it viii answer
very well indeed.
The definition of gentleman" is
given as "a human being combining
woman's tenderness with 4 mans
. courage" This is new TO Us. We
have always understood the term
Gentleman" to mean "a travelling
salesman wearing aplug hat"
In one Of the Yorkshire churches
two shelves are filed each Sunday
with loaves Of bread for the poor.
. No person IS entitled to a loaf unless
he sits the entire service out. Were
it not for this restriction it would be
very expensive TO keep the custom
up.
The Supreme Court of Illinois de-
cides that man has q right in this
country to dispose of his money in
accordance with his religious cen
victions, and, consequently, that a
bequest of money to be used Tor pro-
curing masses to be said for the soul
of the testator will stand IN law.
It is reported of ''slugger" Sulli-
van that he once listened to a ser
mon delivered by Mr.. Talmage, and
as he left the church he remarked
sotto voce II hope he'll stick to
preaching. If he should ever take to
the manly art I'm gone. | wouldn't
stand I'D before him for big money.
It is said that the way to fight
the cankerwOrm. which robs elms Of
their foliage, is to dig up the ground
under the trees in winter, when FROST
birds and hogs may get at them.
The moth that lays the eggs in the
branches cannot fly, and anything
kept about the tree from January till
May, that will do the work
The Reform" Democrats of the
State Legislature, now receiving
their third pay, are reminded Of the
DAYS Of the old Portage Railroad,
when they sold their ties over three
or four times at double price each
time, or made hollow blocks and
measured them as Of lbs solid cubic
teet TO a cord. The good old times
have come again" to them.
The heavy rains Of the past few
days have done great damage in
Eastern Pennsylvania. The rivers
are all swollen far beyond ordinary
experience aud at Wilkesbarre the
flooding of the mines and the caving
in of the ground have caused serious
alarm. The railroads also have sut-
fered much from wash-outs, but
happily there are no reports Of loss
Of life
Pope Leo XIII., seeks relaxation
in the composition Of Latin poems,
all Of which are printed under his
careful supervision. Alter a few
copies have heen taken the type is
distributed. He is fond of display
ing his mastery of the Latin tongue
in the presence of scholars, to whom
he occasionly presents elegantly
bound copies Of his poems as i par
ticular mark of favor.
4 citizen Of Camden, Mo, recent
" found a sparrow's nest in the hay
field, and carrying one of the eggs
home put it in the clock. Some
time afterward 1t was noticed that
the clock, usually a very reliable af-
fair. had stopped. Investigation
showed that the egg had hatched in
side the clockcase and the pendulum
had colided with the infant sparrow.
The bird, strange to say, lived and
grew.
The Lancaster EIamiHcr: The
thirty-six Republican counties Of
the State contain nearly two-thirtls
of the population OF the State, while
the thirty-One Democratic counties
have q little over one-third of the
States population. The Republi-
cans mean to obey the Constitution
and apportion the State according
TO the Constitution, and not as the
Democratic House and the Patriot
demand, by a gerrymander." "
How fast we are progressing in
this country finds i fitting illustra-
ton in the fact that since the census
Of 1880 was taken we have built and
put into operation nearly thirty
thousand miles of railroad, and still
the government report Of its census
i not yet completed. Thirty thou
sand miles Of railroad laid down be-
tween the taking and publishing Of
the census is an example of the
speed with which we are making
history.
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