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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

A not very poetical person, desir-
ing to leave behind him something
which would serve either as an in
scription for his tombstone or a coz
densed history of his experience
while an invalid, wrote something
on this wise:
pain was my portion; physic was
M food; groans were my devotion /;
drugs did me no good"
To the cheerful soul who will in
the light of this composition study
the mental make up of the sufferer
who indited it, it is easy to see why
drugs did him no good Pain is
discouraging; physic is indigestible;
but a devotional diet of groans is as
unsatisfactory spiritual refreshment
as can be devised. The state into
which a man can by this process
worry himself is one not to he aim
ed at by any reasonable human being.
And possibly those who give up to q
habit of groaning and complaining
are a little wrong minded. Unhap-
PLY, there are many people whose
experience takes this turn. They
are not Away sinvalids, but are often
those who are blessed with a fair
share of health and other good things
and might be happy if they would.
The habit of grooming and lament
ing is an evil one. 1t lightens no
burden, cheers no sorrow, helps no
task. 1t shuts out the sunshine. and
deepens the gloom. 1t chills thank
fitness, and promotes a spirit ofsour
asperity. 1t ruins the disposition of
children who come within its iuf1u-
ence. 1t makes those who indulge
in it blind to everything that pro
duces happines, and keenly alive to
all that promotes misery. By long
experience in complaining and be-
wailing, people can reach u depth of
woe they never contemplated when
they first set out. To meet such
people, is to come under an unpleas-
ant influence. No matter how
bright the day, or how CHEEKY the
circumstances to those who have
heart and eye for the bright and de-
lightful, those groaners are always
plaintively finding something which
is not exactly the way they would
have it, and which they fear will be
worse tomorrow than it is to-day.
Every mortal has his burdens and
discomforts. BY picking the burden
up fifty times a day and weighing it
it becomes no lighter, but rather
produces an increased sense of heav-
mess. BY worrying over the dis
comforts they become none the
more comfortable, but are harder to
endure, and give cause for more and
more worry and complaint. To ig-
more them may be impossible. We
are not called upon to do that. But
by turning the sunlight OF them
and greeting them with the merriest
laugh we can raise We can tighten
them, and melt them as cakes of ice
are melted in the monday sun, SO
that when we look for them We find
they are gone and wonder who has
carried them away. Blessed be the
sunshine that comes with its bene-
diction to the weary and lightens the
burden of the heavy heart.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
To The Point.

There is a story of a single chap
ter which we find in an exchange
that plainly illustrates each ones re-
sponsibility in the temperance
cause.
A wealthy man in st. Louis was
asked to aid in a series of temper
ance meetings, but he scornfully re-
fused. After being further pressed,
he said:
"Gentlemen, it is not my bust.
ness"
A few DAYS after his wife and two
daughters were coming home in the
lightning express. In his grand
carriage, with two liveried attend
ants, he rode to the depot, thinking
Of his splendid business and plan
ming for the morrow. Hark. Did
some one say ACCIDENT" There are
many railroaGs ~centering in st.
Louis. If there has been an accident
it is not likely it happened on the
and Mississippi railroad. Yet
it troubled him. at is his business
now" The horses are stopped on
the instant, and upon inquiry he
finds that it occurred twenty FIVE
miles distant, on th-eand Mis-
sissippi. He telegraphs 10 the SUI
perintendent:
Il will giEe you FIVE hundred dol
lars to- an extra engine"
The answer fashad back
No"
Il will give You one thousand dol
lars for an engine"
"A train with surgeons and nurses
has already gone forward, and we
have no other"
With white face and anxious brow
the man paced the station to and
fro. at is his business now" In
half an hour, perhaps. which seemed
to him half . century, the train ar
rived. He hurried toward it, and in
the tender found the mangled and
l~ifeless remains of his wife and one
of his daughters. Ia the car follow
ing lay the other daughter, with her
dainty ribs crushed in and her prec-
ious life oozing slowly away.
A quart of whisky, which was
drank fifty miles away by a railroad
employee, was the cause Of the catas-
trophe.
Who dare say of the tremendous
question. lit is not my business"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

elimination and compliance with
every wish and instruction of the
United States Government in the
matter cannot be too highly recon-
mended- said 70 me: I'VE shall
put back the slab with its inscrip-
ton, adding thereto the fact and
date of the removal of the body to
the United States, and shall then re-
ligiously preserve and keep pure and
clear the marble that we marked
his grave with more than a quarter
ofa century ago but deeper, clearer
than carved epitaph, we shall cher
ish the memory of poor Payne in
our heart of hearts,"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
Grating Grape Vines.

Grating vines can be grated, al
though grating has not been practic-
ed in this country. Various methods
o~fgrafting have been recommended.
but the following is, probably, as
good as any: "The old vine should
be cut below the ground early in the
spring and before the sap has started
and cleft in the same manner as an
apple or pear stock. The cutting is
prepared and insered in the manner
usual with other gafts. The stock is
bound up and the earth replaced.
The cutting should have one eye
left above the ground.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

In a soil once fertile, but exhaust
ed by %improvident tillage, the loss
OF fertility applies chiefly tc the sur
face, and if We go below the distance
that the roots of the grain extended
We may generally find a subso.l
rich In the elements that give vigor
to the growth of plants. In the ap-
proved modes of agriculture we seek
to reach and bring up the subsoil
by deep blowing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. 81, 70.
GENTLEMEN-Havin been afflicted
for 9 number of years with indiges-
ton and general debility, by the adj
vice of my doctor l used Hop Bit
tiers, and must say they afforded me
almost instant relief. l am glad to
be able to testify in their behalf.
THOS. G. KNOX.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

81 shan't be gone long," remarked
Juniper, as he left the house the 9TH
er evening. "Not going anywhere
in particular; only going out to
take the air." BE careful that you
do not come in air tight" was the
injunction of Mrs. j., whose knowl.
edge of jumpers failing had not be-
gotten confidence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
Good for Babies.

With a baby at breast nothing is
so useful for quieting my own and
baby's nerves as Parker's Ginger
Tonic. 1t prevents bowel com
plant, ana is better than any slim
ulant to give strength and appetite.
"A Newark Mother.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

have been troubled with Catarrh
for fifteen years. Elys' Cream Balm
has opened my rostrils and reduced
the inflammation. My eyes are inn
proving, SO that l a stand strong
light, which l have not been able to
do for years. NATHANIEL FEGLEy,
with Z. F. MONTE, Merchant, Wilkes
barre. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
Usef'u in tn e Family.

We usually leave it to doctors to
recommend medicines, but Parker's
Ginger Tonic has been so useful in
our family in relieving sickness and
suffering that we cannot say toe
much in its praise.-Sdlem Argus.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

BY the aid of a telephone a Bos-
ton banjo player vas heard a dis.
tance OF twenty-five miles. There
10 2 great advantage in having an
audience at this distance. IF the
music is intensely aggravating. the
listeners can't throw stones and
things. Even a rife wouldn't carry
twenty-five miles.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

A New York journal reports an
enormous consumption of veal. This
must be alarming information to the
parents of those Gotham young men
who try so hard to be English.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

Farmers are everywhere giving
testimony to the efficacy of kerosene
rs a preservative of fence posts.
Soak we'll with kerosene the portion
going into the ground and the post
Is not only we'll preserved but insects
are repelled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

Chicago has seen the elevenenth
anniversary of its big fire come and
go, but has no sad reflections except
for the gigantic lies told about the
conhagration.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

Ny daughter and myself, great
sufferers from Catarrh, have been
cured by Elys' Cream Balm. NV
sense of smell restored and health
greatly improved. C. M. STANLEY,
dealer in, boots and shoes, Ithaca
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
1 DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate Of Bernard CroyIe. late OF Shade town
ship, deceased.
Letters Of administration having been issued
BY the proper authority to the undersigned, mo-
ties II hereby Eivsn to al parties having claims
against Md estate TO present them duly authen-
Treated fS ssttlsmenk ed 70 ill parties owing
nd estate TO make immediate payment Of the
feb7 Administr1fof.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
HOUS
Opened Monday Sept. 4. Is,

Situate right at the b. X O. and $ a e
pot. Restaurant attached. Both open
night. Restaurant has been enlarged I
nodded. Parties living along the ). ID
ing 10 take night trains viii hnd this a grer-
veuience.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

The youthful color, beauty and
lustre are gradually restored to gray
hair by Parker's Hair Balsam.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE.
The Exile Coming Home At Last.

TUSIs. January 6.-To-day the re-
mains OF the author of Home, Sweet
Home" left the shores OF Tun's on
board a French steamer, to be car
ried 10 Marseliies, whence they are
~ be forwarded to America. Yester-
day, at ~ O'Clock u. IN, l went to
the not unattractive and decidedly
neat Protestant Cemetery of 81.
George, situated on high, well sur
rounded ground within the city. /
was agreeably disappointed Ill the
appearance of this Gods Acre, as l
had read in American newspapers
that PayLe's grave vas q neglected
one, in a neglected burial ground.
On the contrary, the grounds were
planted with hOurlsnlng and fra
grant rose bushes, splendid clumps
or hellotropes, and hedges OF brilliant
carnation plnks and geranlums,
while the walks YER clean and very
smooth, and the stones and monu-
ments snowy white In the morning
sun. l should think the Enclosure
contained about an acre, and almost
in the centre of 1t was the grave OF
Payne. At the head OF the grave was
standing a large and beautiful pep
per tree, branches Of which bent Tell
derby aud drooplngiy over the tomb.
Tins, the finest anu MODEST tree Ill
the place, was planted by one OF
Payne's truest and best friends In
Tunis-M. Chappellie- who was
present at the death and interment
OF the Poet. From M. Chappeliie
and also Mr.. Reade, the BRUSH
Consul, under whose directions the
disbursement TOOK place, l learned
much OF Paynes last Gays and SICK
ness. The narrative OF them Is a
painful one. Let it suffice il 1 write
what 1 heard touchingly and heart
lily said by the two or three gentle
men present at the elimination who
had iamiliarly known Payne, that
his character through disappoint-
ments, tancied loneliness and long
brooding, had become of a sad, soft
and delicate melancholy that was,
while gentle and pitiful at the same
time most winning and beautiful.
His illness was a long and painful
one. but he had most faithful and
loving friends in NJ. Chappellie, M.
Pisani, Mr.. Reade, Mime. Chappellie
IAN American born lady with an
American heart, and a certain-now
old-Arab dragoman whose attach
ment to the Poet was deep and Elm
cere. | saw this honest man at the
exhumation, wearing his Arab cos-
tune, believing in the Mahometan
religion, but full of Christ-like hui
manity. The Europeans present at
the grave on this sunny Friday
morning were about dozen in num-
Der, several Arab gentlemen being
also on the ground in their rich and
picturesque dress and turbans.
The coffin was reached by the
workmen at about twelve O'Clock,
and was carefully lifted and placed
on the broad marble slab which for
thirty years had covered it, and
which bears the following inscrip-
ton:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
ITO the memory of
-JouN HowARn pAyyE-

JOHN HOWARD PAYNE.
Author of Home, Sweet Home"
This window was made in Eng
land and placed here by a few Eng
disappearing residents of Tunis,
whose admiration and respect for
Payne were decided and sincere. In
deed, | found among the Poets
friends an affectionate regard that
was akin TO enthusiasm. They
grieved to lose the sacred bones that
had lain here for thirty long years
the object of their loving and cease
less care. When the coffin vas car.
ried into the church.an English gen.
tleman at the little American-made
organ played the air and a sweet
voiced American lady sang the inn
mortal song of the dead Poet; and
as the tender words TREMENDOUSLY
doated through and filled the holy
place, hearts swelled, eyes were sui
fused, and "A charm from the skies
seemed TO hallow US there"
Tongue cannot tell nor pen de-
scribe the effect of that song sung
under the circumstances ! haye sta
ted. The cleaning of the coming
evening had crept into the chapel
and the dim religious light" that
Payne's poetic temperament could
have understood and absorbed, bath
ed all, both living and dead, in its
mellow radiance. The twilight came
on apace and we left the poor re-
mains to lie there until the morrow,
guarded by the faithful dragoman
who in life. as in death, was staunch
and faithful to the last,
To-day the body was taken to the
Marina and put aboard . boat and
rowed down the bay and oat into the
open, where it WIS received on
the French steamer, which soon af-
ter was enroute to Marseilles. Thus
John Howard Payne left Tunisto be
re-buried in the land he loved, to
sleep henceforth under the flag he
served SO well, not again, it is to be
hoped, to be disturbed, but TO lie
dreamless and tranquil in the soil of
his own Home. Sweet Home. Wis.,
ting the cemetery to-day, / found
the marble slab replaced over the
now empty tomb, the debris rerpov-.
ed and ali about the grave looking
a neatly - possible. BIZ. Reade-
whose admirablem&naeement Of the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

Would you be free from Catarrh,
Hay Fever, and Cold in Head? Try
Elys' Cream Balm. It IL curing
hundreds Of chronic cases. Price
50 cents.
Apply into nostrils with little FIN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
A DEMONSTRATORS NoTlC'

Estate of Jacob q. Schrock, late of Mla1
Twp, Somerset county, Pa Gee" -
Letters Of administration on the aoSss ~ y
having been granted to the 1ndersigneu 70 >
proper authority, notice is hereby give r.
persons indebted 10 SAID estate 20 make - = =
ate payment and those having claims ~. IN .
same 10 present them duly aufhentleale. .ssS
tiement. on Monday, April :, ls5'
dence OF the administrator rryI
s.,,. AdIintas~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

Mountain Express leaves Pit;shurrs "a
days only at p. IN. caves COnheUsyB-
Confluence. j:25; i~rsina, $50: Brya.. =
$3.50 Pinkertoa. 5;i2; Casseim d 81.
wood. 900; Pine Grove. d.l5; Garrett "a,
der, os2s Salisbury Junction, o:s3: Hc,-,
$50. Leaves lockwood, SIS; Milford A.
rives al Somerset, $50.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
LIME! LIME

The Buffalo Valley Linn Company, limited.
viii sell, until further ordered, unslscked lime at
the following rates:
AT . cents per bushel. loaded on cars at kilns:
al ~ cents per bushel for any quantity less than q
car load; at II cents per bushel delivered at any
station on the Berlin Railroad; At Il cents per
bushel delivered at Meysrsdale and lockwood:
and at l211 cents per bushel delivered at all other
railroad stations In Somerset county. including all
those on the Somerset = Cambria Railroad. Pay
John L Savior, at Friedens.
W. H. koontz, At Somerset
Harrison Snyder, ut lockwood.
Frank Epos, at Garrett
Samuel J. Miller, near Neyersdale.
We must depend upon lime as the basis to fer
tlize our soil. Order it now and have II ready
when needed. Order from Frank Enos. Garrett.
noy2
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

The Mail, north and south. runs s
Local Train daily except SUNDAY.
On the Pittsburgh Division. Rko
through passenger trains. east b0unS
lockwood al 1870 q. H., and IA W
respectively at Washington az Is
day. and 9.i1 next evening, and an H. !
S;45 a. H.. same day, and al lilo new IL
Westwani-hound throughtralnsiesvr 4
at $50 a. NJ. and : p NJ, and Washipo,-
.. m, and s:lOp m, arriving rpsrsc,s
lockwood al SOS a. n, and 800 D n
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAlLP0n
PITTSBURGH DIVISION
On and after june Il, rains will m,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21
"E PLURIBUS UNUM."
(Shield and eagle

tSnlclu anu edSlc-)
"In memory of Col. John Howard
PAYNE, twice Consul OF the United
States of America for the city and
kingdom of Tunis, this stone here is
placed by a grateful country. He
died at the American Consulate in
this city after a tedious illness, April
1st, 1852. He vas born at the city
of Boston, State of Massachusetts,
June Sth, 1892. His fame as a Poet
and Dramatist is well known wher-
ever the English language is spoken,
through his celebrated Pallad of
Home. Sweet Home and his popu-
lar tragedy of 'Brutus' and other
similar productions"
On the four edges of this slab is
also carved:
"Sure. when thy gentle spirit aed
To realms beyond the azure dome,
With arms outstretched, Gods Ang ell said,
Welcome to Heavens Home. Sweet Home
The coffin was badly rotted in
spite of the care taken by the United
States Consul Fish, who several
months ago incased it in cement for
its better preservation. A little,
thread-like root Of the pepper tree
had made its way into the grave and
coffin, and was Just about to pass
across the forehead. Some of
our mother earth had got into the
coffin and mingled with the bones.
The whole skeleton was obtained
and laid reverently in a new coffin,
which YVES covered with lead, solder
ed and sealed. This was then placed
IN a neat, native, hardwood coffin,
which was secured by locks and
keys, all then being put in the
strong. iron bound outside box,
which bore the address:
ITO L. S. Consul Taylor, Mar
settles, France"
At three o'clock in the afternoon
the body was taken to the small and
simple Protestant church and placed
near the pretty little chancel win
desk, on which are inscribed these
WOT(tG. "a ~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-21

On and after june u, trains will m, q.
The Osceola times., 1883-10-27
No Benefit from the Trim.
Brooklyn Eagle.

"What'rc you doing here" demanded
policeman of a man he found sitting
with his feet in the gutter during the
storm of last Sunday night.
"G'way, gway!' pleaded the man.
Don't disturb me.'
"Get up persisted the policeman
taking him by the shoulder and assist
ing him to rise. "NIove on, now, or III
take you in"
MOS, mos time fine TO 90 ho'?" asked
the incbriate.
'Prctty neal" "assented the policeman
Summer son closcd?'
"You bet Here it is in the depth Of
winter" replied the policeman
"Tha's a ri's fairs it (bic) goes mum
bled the man. doctor ordered me {
quit drinking and go in country. Tha's
a. right. Came ERE To sea shore. Tha's
a. right. Don't think | feel any berrei
fer trip and I'm id ii see any use quit
'rinking Ia me some place that's
open !"
And the policeman took him, but the
place wasn't open for him to get out until
morning.
The Osceola times., 1883-10-27
Green Oytsers.
London 1lmts,


Professor Lancaster communicated a
paper on "Green Oysters" to the British
Association), in which he showed that
the green-colored matter which these
animals contain is not, as has been very
generally believed, copper, but is derived
from navicula, one of the diatomacer
which live in the ponds in which the
green oysters are bred. The oysters feed
on those diatoms, and being digested the
grcen-colorcd matter passes thus into the
blood and becomes deposited eventually
in secrctivc cells in the gills and labal
palps of the animal. The author pointed
out that the grecn-colored matter lost its
color while in the blood of the oyster,
but rcgaincd its color when deposited in
the gills, and he mentioned case OF
similar nature-viz., the administration
Of maddcr TO pigs, when il becomes de-
posted in the bones alone of that animal
and no trace is found in any other tissue.
DIR. Carpenter though. that the loss OF
color in the blood of the oyster might be
to the extremely small quantity present
at one time in the blood, and that its re-
currence in the sccretivc cells would be
explained by its gradual accumulation
there.
The Osceola times., 1883-10-27
"IIold on, sir-hold on!"
How Capt. Catiin ForeteIls "a storm.
Philadelphia Record.

DIR. S. Weir Mitchell, of this city, the
eminent specialist in nervous disorders
recently read before the Philadelphia
College of Physicians an interesting Ia.
per containing the experiences of Capt
Robeat Catlin, of the United States army
who claims to be able to foretell the ap-
proach of storms by pains resulting from
the loss of foot, crushed in battle, in
August, 1864. The Captain is victim OF
traumatic neuralgia, through the mutila-
ton of his foot. Storms frequently an
nounce their coming by the twitching OF
his nerves when the storm center is at a
distance of $50 miles. 1t was stated that
STORMS from the Pacific are felt the fur
thest off soon after crossing the Rocky
Mountains. Those which move along
the coast from the Gulf of Mexico are as
sociated it'll neuralgia not quite so in
tense, and are not felt, as rule, until
within the average neuralgia distance.
Should the pain he on day of intermit-
ting rain, il takes on an additional actiy-
ilyj ust before the increasing showers and
continues twenty 10 forty minutes. Each
little increment of pain seems to bear
about the same relation to the showers
as the main attack bears to the storm
Eating meal nastens an attack and in.
tcniifcs il when on. There is an ebl
tide of pain just preceding meals, and
storms coming within range during the
early AMI middle sleeping hours do not
ordinarily arouse their victim, but delay
their attacks until sleep becomes less
profound. Intense auroral periods are
also believed to produce the pain