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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-03
Ross DAVIS & Co.

Rive away rats take potash that has
sn in the air till it becomes pasty or
-aie IL with soft soap, and smear all
where they run or set some OF the
-l potash near their holes, and they
trouble you long after getting in
Rrs BEsT.-lf you want good bread
acother than "Gebhart's Best Flour,
l0u7ed under the New Jonathan
Process - the Improvements prepara-
Toe manufacture Of which cost the
--'1rs Of the mill $4,000, and our re-
11e of one hundred barrels a month
P le fact that il is no humbug.
Respectfully.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
THREE BABY LIONS
Added to the Menagerie OF Pets Now Eintering ss
Cleveland, Ohio.
TFrona he Cleveland Lsadsr.l


There was a scene of great excitement at the
room occupied by some of the wild animals be-
longing to billiards circus and menageris
yesterday afternoon. The occasion was tbs
birth of three baby lions. In the afternoon the
African and Asiatic lions, in the cage next to
that of the honess, began to bound about IN
their narrow quarters, shaking the entire build
ing with their powerful blows and the IRON
bars seemed too frail to hold them in. Their
rOars were terrifying, and set all the othez
animals agog. The lone hyena, whose COM
paniOn died few days ago, joined in tha
tumul5 with the most mouPnful yeils, the
monkeys barked and chartered in great excite
ment, the Liberian ape climbed to the top OF
the bars and kept up an ineessant pounding
with his hind feet, the eockatOO set up its most
devilish screeching, and even the mild-man-
nered black bear displayed unusual interest in
the upr0ar. By 3 o'clock three pretty little
mottled cubs were brought to life. They ara
about foot long and covered with fine, silky,
yellow hair, slightly brindled, looking as much
like puppies as cubs. The mother regards
them most tenderly and gives most threatens
ing look to any outsider who displays his
curiosity by approaching too close to her cage
They grow very rapidly" said Mr. Carney,
and in few days they viii be playing around
as lively and afectionate as kittens"
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
How a Passenger Saved Train.


On Monday afternoon the operator at Paris
forgot to switch the Grand Rapids and Indiana
passenger train bound north, and it pulled out
at usual speed. A freight was going north, but
sudden turn in the road prevented the engi-
neers seeing each others trains. Some track
men took in the situation and signaled the ap-
preaching trains OF the danger. Both reversed
engines, and the engineer and fireman of the
passenger train jumped. The engineer and
fireman of the freight stood at their post. The
collision took place, but happily was not seri-
Gus. Many of the passengers leaped from the
train, and there was great excitement for a
time. The remaining passengers had barely
recovered from the shock when they found
their train was running back at about thirty
miles an hour, and without an engineer. Tha
danger was great and the widest excitemen5
prevailed, when a young man named Join
Cassel of Lakeview, unable to reach tie engine
by passing through the baggage and express
car, owing to locked doors, climbed up, ran
across the ears, dropped into the eabOose and
shut OFF the steam, thereby preventing what
threatened for few moments to be terribls
calamity
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
The Little Major.

At his post, the little Major
Dropped bis drum that battle day.
On The grass, all stained with crimson,
Through the weary night he lay,
Crying, 20, for love OF Jesus.
Grant me bat this little boom
Can you, friend. refuse me water
Can you, when die so soon2n
There were none to help or save him,
All his friends had early fed,
Save the forms outstretehed around him
OF the dying and the dead.
Harki he hears a fOotstep falling;
How i makes his heart rejoice:
They VIII help o, they will save him,
When they hear his faintirzs voice,
Crying, 20, for love of Jesus &e-
Now the lights are flashing round him,
And ne hears a loyal word:
Strangers they, whose lips pronounce it,
Yet he trusts his voice il heard
1t Is heard; o. God forgive them,
They refuse his dying prayer;
Nothing but u wounded drummer
So they say, and leave him there,
Crying, 90, for love of Jesus sc.
See. the stars that shone above him
Veil their face, as if in grief;
And the skies are sadly weeping.
Shedding tear-drOps of relief.
But, TO die by friends forsaken,
With his last request denied
This he felt his kseneSt anguish,
When, at morn, ne glsped and died.
Crying, 20, for love of Jesus, sc.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
Showing Sand.
[From the San Francisco Chronicle !

tN'"" "te soo't FRANCISCO tuOttcts.J
At last Monday nights meeting of the Micro
scopical Society, I'll. G. Hanks read an interest
ing paper on Some Notable Features of the
Great San Francisco Snow Storm" The lee
turer. it seems, being DESTROYS of getting some
chemically pure water, collected some of the
snow, and found, to his surprise, that the water
from it was muddy and milky On placing it
under the microscope, he found that the water
contained fine sand, resembling that of the Col
orado and Mojave deserts. While making fur
Their experiments, he happened to read a tele-
gram from Fresno, announcing that shower
OF mud had fallen, although the atmosphere
had been perfectly quiet for week. He then
procured some of this mud and found that it
was almost identical with that obtained from
the snow The lecturer stated, further, that
he had made calculation as to the amount of
sand which fell in that memorable storm, and
that he had found ii to be seventy-fye tons to
the square mile, surprising the fall to have been
equal
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
Let Them Slumbar in Peace.

Let them slumber in peace where their comrades
have laid them,
On the field of their fame they so nobly have
tFod;
Where the dark hand of treason so foully betrayed
them,
And stained with their likelihood the green-sprng-
ing sod.
Every man was n hero. Our country, exulting,
Shall point to their deeds in the far-eOmin time.
Outnumbered they conquered, and the glory rs-
Sulting
Shall live on the page of our history sublime.
o. pray for them, mothers for great were the dana
ger
To those whom at morn and at eve you earess;
Your treasursrs OF home We're the prey Of ths
stranger
Had they quailed In the boar of cur Nations dis
tress-
They sprang to their duty when Freedom VISA
calling
The brave TO arouse mt her ehieftains commands
They fell in the harvest Of battle appalling
Victorious IN dylng-the best of our land.
Their names with the heroes of old let us number,
Who Taught proud Nation that viii Do
freei
o. fair Is the warning they speak in their slnber.
Let the Briton beware how be crosses the sea,
Nor dare interfere in the struggle progressing
To rescue from ruin the garden Of earth;
For dauntlesS IN battle, their wrongs while re-
dressing.
Are those who now fight for the land Of thet.
birth.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
SONGS OF THE CAMP.
The Hue and Cry.

Who fears to speak of sixty-one,
Or bushes st the name?
Not those who at boom of Sumter's gun,
And its wilder echoes at Red Bull Run,
Turned from their homes, and each loved one,
To beat back treason 8 hames.
Turned from the cheekered dance OF Life
To tread measure with Death
From quiet honae-ealm to tunult and strife,
From the meeting hymn to the drum and fife,
From the clinging arms of parent or wife,
To the battles sulphurous BREATH
Changed the comforts of laundried wear
For foul and verrainous shirt;
The households love and healthy care,
For the hideous woes, worse than swinish fare,
And depths OF AnderSOuyllie'S despair,
For hunger, and Thirst and dirt.
Changed the furrowed field and meadow sweet,
The peaceful routine of trade,
For the weary march with blistered feet,
Its wet and cold, its dust and heat;
The homestead Sheltering roof and seat
For share in dog-tent's shade
Were they mereenaries each and an
With just the brute force of cattle,
Who stood a living rampant wall
Where canister, grape, and nlinie-ban
Sent scores to answer the last roli-cail-
ION whose Senator's fraud'' cries EIll-
Dead in the front OF battle?
Did the barbarous pageant of war attract
Each . Yanlz from safer duty;
Or loot TO be gained from towns they saekedf
Or was it for tuD." and big pay, in fact,
That called Private Smith to be shot and hackedg
And the hope OF "Leauty and bOOty?''
You one-eyed one-armed one-legSed mani
And you, old physical wreck!
Was it buying cotton You were IN the van,
When that trsitOrous fire IN your rear began?
Tell that, ,herear peaee-at-any price clam
Tell Wall streets libelous sheets, if you can,
And that border buzzard, Beck!
MOI The Nations future you held in trust,
And the world your vaIor praised;
Twas not till your blades were laid TO rust,
And the banners you bore thro' the bloody dust
OF historic fields aside were thrust
Thatthis hue and ery was raised.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Our Agricultural Editors Weekly Chat With His
Renders.


To Young Pear Grower who desires to
be informed about the indications of blight
on his trees, we would state that usually the
first conspicuous evidence is that of the leaves
becoming black, as If scorched hence We sup
pose, the common name of fire blight, when
describing this disease On examining a branch
in this condition it Will be observed that at
point immediately below the withered leaves
the bark viii be shriyeled and dead. On cut
ting into this, the wood will be more or less
discolorcd. The remedy is to cut off the
branch below the diseased part where the
wood is sound and perfect. The tree may
not be again affected by blight for many
years, and yet, again, it may go through every
limb of the tree. We have had trees so in
jured that every branch would have to be re-
moved, and yet new top would form, and in
few years the tree be as good as ever.
i see ii stated that it does more harm than
good TO scrape the rough bark from old trees; also
that whitewashipg the stems is useless What is
your opinion about these operations John Gill
NOR, n. ii.
Aas. Inasmuch as insects, caterpillars and
larvae find Judgement in creVices of rough
bark, It's removal tends TO their destruction /;
otherwise, it need not be removed. As to
withdrawing trees the only reason for it is to
prevent blight on the parts washed, and to
remove scale insects from the bark; for both
it is efiectual, whatever may be said to the
contrary.
81 il stated that blight in pear trees Is due TO
partial exhaustion of the SOIL and that that ex-
haustioE is confined chiefly TO mineral substances
and the advice is given 10 give the soil a dressing
of coal or wood ashes, half wagon load to a
tree. Is this likely to prove a remedy ?"-Senex.
Ans: Blight is well known to be produced
by atmospheric causes, with which the soil has
nothing TO do. Some writers hesitate not to
give an opinion about things Of which they
are wholly ignorant. When writer advises
the application of half wagon-loa of wood
ashes to tree, his statements are altogether
unworthy of serious consideration. %
Mrs c. T. is informed that cuttings of cur
rants, go0seberries, grapes, privets, and other
things which she alludes to, should be planted
as soon as the ground is dry enough for work
ing. Make the cuttings about eight inches in
length and insert them so that the top will be
about level with the surface. The less of the
cutting exposed the better; evaporation from
exposed portions ID against the roofing of the
cuttings.
"1st. Can you inform me where can obtain
Usage grange plants; aud when should they be
set out? I'd. Where can / get siIk-worm eggs and
book of instruction, Ada Erwin, Red Bank,
Clarion county, Pa.
Ans: Any nrrseryInan can get you plants.
For silk-worm eggs and book, address Miss
Perham, Memphis, Tenn. We send you a
small work on the subject by mail.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
Somehndy,s Child.

Somebody's child is dying-dyiug with the
flush of hope on his young face and somebody
mother thinking of the time when that dear
face will be hidden where no ray of hope can
brighten it-because there was no cure for con-
sumption. Reader, if the child be your neigh
boris, take this comforting word to the mothers
heart, before it is too late. Tell her that con-
sumption is durable; that men are living to-
day whom the physicians pronounced incurable,
because one lung had been almost destroyed by
the disease. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery" has cured hundreds; surpasses cod
liver oil, hypophosphites, and other medicines
in curing this disease. Sold by druggists.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22

al burned up the summer kitchen, mother,D
he said. "and / ruined the big tOngs, and Z
s'poss I've made an awful mess in the house,
but / told you I'd take care of the baby, and
I've done it,"
Never mind about she kitchen, or the tongs,
or the mess, my brave boy answered the
mother, as she drew him TO her side and kissed
him. You and the baby are safe, and that's
enough. "-Hmper's Young People
The National tribune., 1883-03-22

in small churns, and the butter carefully col
lected and weighed The ratio of the butter to
the quart of cream gives the factor By which
the patrons cream is tested. This system
allows each farmer 10 raise his cream as he
DESIRES make it rich or poor, and be paid &C
cordingly. The farmer is never informed OF
the day when the sample may be taken, and
the pay is according to the test taken, and is
not changed until the next test. Any one dis
satisfied with the per cent. of butter to cream
allowed him can demand new tests, and as
many as he desires The system is said to be
entirely satisfactory to both seller and buyer.
TO PREVENT HORSES FROM cRIBBING.
II is stated that horses may be weaned from
this habit by using paste made of red pepper
and brown soap applied wherever marks of
teeth are seen in the woodwork. The animal
viii soon discover it and VIII avoid touching
1t. This is so simple and cheap remedy that
it can readily be tried when occasion requires.
PIONEERING SHRUBS IN THE YARD.
Agricultural Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
/ wish YOU would tell us more about flower
ing shrubs and hardy plants for the front yard.
One o. the most charming objects which have
seen was a large round bed flied with varieties
of spireas What a beautiful thing, when in
full bloom. is the WeigeIia, with its branches
studded thicl1ly with blossoms. The Forsythia,
the earliest Of lowering shrubs, forms yellow
mass, so profuse is lis blossomiag. Then. how
seldom one sees the old-feshioaed sweet Mis-
souri, currant, with which but lew plants can
excel in delightful fragrance The double
Towering almond and the red Towering Pyrus
seem to be gradually disappearing.
And what, may ] ask, has been found objec-
tiOnabe iii the lilac that il is SO rarely seen in
the modern garden? 1t is called an old plant
but ! am one of those who think, with regard
to flowers and Towering plants, that Age can
not wither, custom cannot STALE and, indeed,
/ look upon old plants as Others do upon old
books and old wines. But, IN regard to setting,
there is so much character in 4 thekly-set bed
of shrubs that l think single plants on grass
plats should be abolished. / suppose that gar
deners win not agree with me in this PROPOSE
ton, but mean TO have none or my premises
unless IN thick y-sei beds. MARTHA.
NEW CATALOGUE.
Descriptive Catalogue Of SaqH Fruit Plants, de-,
Gr05Ul and for sE{cjy Irgig 4AeR Springfield MGss.
1t has been SAID that the reason why the
French bOrtcultarists ana florists are so expert
in their profession and are so successful in rails
ing new plants is owing 10 the fact that each che
| has specially, to which he exclusively con-
/ fines himself and in the culture of which he
/ becomes noted. Our nurserynen are fast
coming to this. This catalogue OF Mr.. Aliens
! is confined mainly to Strawberries and rasp-
berries, OF which the best selections are given,
F.; and their comparative values described. Very
/ fine c0lored plates are given of the Manchester
strawberry, the Frentiss grape and the Hansell
raspberry. Brief instructions III regard to
/ planting and cultivating are given, with list
of prices attached to the various articles emu
merated.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
Gemmed with Pearls.

A mouth gemmed with pearls flashes radf-
anco every time it opens. The contrast between
the ruby of lovely lips and the peariy teeth
thew enclosed has winged the fancy OF many
poet. SOZODONT, fair ones, is the thing thaa
most contributes TO adorn the feminine mouth
1t is pure, it is aromatic it retains tho natural
color of teeth incrusted with yellow tartar. No
gritty or other Objectionable ingredient con-
teammates it, its odor is balay, and its purify
ins operation thszsssh
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
NOTES AND EXTRACTS.
A Digest of Information Collected From Various
Sources.
SOAKING OATS.

An experienced farmer recommends that
oats be soaked sufficiently to swell them be-
fore feeding to stock Ground oats are in
proper condition at all times, but millers are
not partial to grinding oats, and many farmers
feed them unground when soaked the husk is
partially torn away, and facility of digestion
increased. Poultry viii carefully pick out the
soaked grains from the dry when allowed a
preference in the matter
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
GREASE HEELS.

The veterinary department Of a Western
paper contains the following accommodation
for the treatment OF grease heels: Give pur-
gative of Barbados aloes seven draehms;
gentian ana ginger eaca one draohm; syrup TO
make ball, or dissolve the alocs in a pint Of
tcpid water and add the other Ingredients and
give as a dreach Poultiee the running and
sore places with linseed meal. After poultic-
ing a couple of days clean the legs well and
dress three times day with a lotion of sugar
of lead one ounce; water one pint-mix. For
the diseased frogs clean them we'll and insert a
little caiornel into tie crevices
SOWING EYE IN CORN.
If farmers will SOW one-half buslel of winter
rye TO the acre III their corn, and plow il III the
last time, ii viii not only have tendency to
choke out the weeds that start up aitcrward,
but there viii be no danger Of dry murraiE
among cattle from eating too freely Of dry
stalks, as the rye will remain green through
the winter, and viii be eaten by stock in pref
erence to the corn fodder 1t makes a desirable
feed for all kinds Of stock, ana aids materially
in the quality and quantity of milk produced.
besides proving saving of from one to two
tons OF hay for every acre soWn: and last, but
not least, il affords a green crop TO pl0w under
in the spring, which will renew and enrich
the land.-Rltrdl lfOrid
WARM TIE WATER.
Don't be afraid to put warm drink in the
poultry-house these cold mornings We know
you have always given it to them cold, but we
hardly think the change viii cause intoxiea-
ton, unless it be Of joy. IF they have the
water warm IN the morning, with little
cayenne pepper put in TO keep it SO, it viii be
very grateful to the birds, and is a beneficial
corrective as well, while such peppered
drinks" viii not CONCEAL SO quickly as water
viii without it, in the coolest weather. Bat
the clean, fresh water, in ample supply, within
the chicken-house, is a deSiderGtam. and its
value cannot be over estimated in the severe
wintry days.-T0afry Yard.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22

There was no more sleep for Ted or his
mother that night. A great roaring fire was
built up, hot coffee was made and drunk, and
Ted had to tell his story over and over again
in answer to his mothers questions.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
BUTTER FACTORIES.

Mr. schoch, of OrangeviIle, Illinois who
keeps butter factory, purchases his cream
Under the following rules, which he finds to
work wei all round: Each patron sets his
milk rs he wishes, and docs his own skim
ming. About four times year or oftener a
quart sample of the cream is secured from each
patron; this is taken to the factory and churned
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| AUTHORS.
st, Hon. w. E. Gladstone
Alfred Tennyson,
| Professor Huxley,
Ifafessor Tyndall.
Rich Proctor, b. A.
J.Norman LC."kyer,F.R
DR.. w. B. CarpeL.
Ec B. Tylor,
Prof. Max Muller,
Professor Owen,
Matthew Arnold.
e. A. Freeman, DOL,
James Anthony Froude,
Thomas Hughes,
William Black,
Mrs. Oliphant,
Miss Thackeray,
Cardinal Newman,
Cardinal Manning,
Thomas Hardy,
W. H. Mallock,
Emile Laboulaye,
Henri Taine, and others.
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D, issrell's Asthma and Catarrh RematT.

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i wish all afflicted with Asthma and Catarrh to
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Aug. 16, 1SS3-1y.
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The last six are made from SOUTH
CAROLINA Rock.
The above valuations are given by
the Ohio State Board of Agriculture.
For copy of August Crop Report, ad-
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Ohio.
Before buying any Of these Eastern
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