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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

CERTAINLY, take the tax off whis-
ky, and thereby make the Democrat
ic heart leap for JOY. Let us be
"frugal in the conduct of affairs" /"
Let us have extra sessions called in
the supposed interest Of ambitious
politicians. Let us dismiss a few
scrubbing women from the capital
and distribute three thousand dollars
q day among the faithful who are
showing the people how not to do it.
Let us be economical. Drive in the
spigot and knock out the bung.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

A week ago it was reported by a
Cleveland physician that woman
was poisoned by washing her hus-
bands shirts, and now comes the
news that dog bit a Cincinnati
Democrat and died suddenly. There
does seem to be bad condition Of
the blood down in Ohio.-Intc'
Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
Explosion.

GALVESTON, August 2.-On Tues.
day night the store of J. +. Turney
wholesale grocer, was destroyed with
its contents. The loss is $4,000
During the fire a quantity OF pow
der exploded. jarring the earth for
blocks away and causing a ian
named Dayis, who was sleeping on
an upstairs porch square distant,
to Jump down and break his right
thigh bone and both forearms. His
recovery is doubtful.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

THE extra session of the Legisla-
ture is still dragging its weary length
along, and the Democrats appear
determined to prolong it in the vain
hope of forcing the Republicans to
yield to their demands. In the
meantime the tax payers are being
feeced out OF $1,000 per day, to pay
the expenses of this Democratic re-
torn experiment which the people
were deluded into trying.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

The Democratic State Convention
last week, was the most cherries
lifeless body that ever assembled al
the State Capital. None of its prom
inent men were present. and the
leading members of that party in
the Legislature seized their grip
sacks and left the town on the day
it met. The fact that the Republican
party of the State is united, acted as
a wet blanket on the convention,
and the quarrels of the leaders ad-
ded to this, fortold defeat to the
ticket they assembled to nominate.
1t was a gloomy, spiritless, inconse-
quential affair, that carried defeat on
its face.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
Double Tragedy.

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-The Daily Ne,cs
Pine Bluff (Ark.) special says: A
man named Barker, living on Hur.
ricane Greek, in the centre of the
State, killed his daughter upon
the announcement of her intention
TO marry certain young man
against his wishes. The neighbors
hung Barker in his front door.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
Watch Company Suspends

LANCASTER, August 1.-The Lam
caster Watch Company suspended
to-day, throwing $50 men out of em-
ployment. The suspension was oc-
casioned by the failure of A. Bitner
late manager and principal stock
holder of the company. The direct.
ors state that the suspension will be
only temporary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

MILES Cry, Montana, July 30.-A
party of masked men proceeded to
the County Jail last night, overpow-
cred the jailer and seized a prisoner
named Rigney. The mob took him
about a mile and hanged him to a
tree,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
Dynamite la Scotland.

LONDON, Aug. "a box of dyna-
mite to which a lighted fuse was at
tached was discovered in a large lin
en- factory at Cuparfife, Scotland.
The fuse was extingished before it
reached the explosive. The atterE pit
TO blow up the factory is attributed
to Fenianism. Great excitement
was caused by the affair, and the po-
lice are searching for the persons
who placed the box where it was
found.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

TIE Democrats of Minnesota, in
convention last week, in view OF the
certainty of their defeat, did not
deem it necessary to do any strad.
ding, SO they adopted a true blue
Democratic platform, declaring
against prohibition, and in favor OF
a tariff for revenue only.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
Lynci,,ng of . Negro Fiend.

New ORLEANS, Aug. last
night crowd assembled at the Jail
in Mayorsville and demanded the
keys FROM the Sheriff, who refused.
They then broke in the door and
took out d. w. Pressell. under arrest
for rape on q girl nine years old. and
hanged him in the Court House
yard.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

Can anyone tell what the Legisla-
ture is giving the people of Pennsyl-
vania as an equivalent for the money
it is spending?-Lancaster NeaC Era,
Yes, we can. 1t is giving an Illus
tration of the monstrous fraud prac-
tised upon the people last fall. when
the Democracy were doomed as ''re-
formers" and Pattison, the young
Maryland Democrat, was put into
the Executive chair over the ''patri.
otic soldier and Christian gentle.
man." General Beaver. Give us
something harder.-Lebdnon Courier
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
GLEANTNGS.

The dead calm of the Democratic
convention at Harrisburg cannot be
said to have been disturbed by "old
mems wrangles." The "old men
were conspicuous by their absence,
and things generally were managed
by the boys. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
More Gases Reported.

LANCASTER, Aug. Pour new
cases Of smallpox have been reported
in this city to-day. They are in the
family of Mr.. Gerlach, on Mulberry
street. Mrs. Gerlach and her son
Edwin, aged ten years, have the dis
ease fully developed, but in the case
of John, aged eighteen years. and
Israel, aged seven years, it is not so
far advanced. One child in this
house has had the disease recently.
None of the family were ever vac
cinated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

THE telegraphers' strike has ap-
parently settled down to question
of endurance. and there the corpora
tons have largely the advantage, and
the result is not doubtfult.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

THE Democrats in convention at
Harrisburg, on Wednesday last,
nominated Captain Robert Taggart,
of Warren county, for Auditor Gen
ersl, and Joseph S. Powell, of Brad
ford county. for Treasurer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

THE Republican Senate at Harris.
burg wants to adjourn and thereby
save the tax payers Of the State
three thousand dollars a day the
reform" Democrats of the House
insist on an indefinite session at a
daily cost of $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP,
From Louisville to Chicago.
WARM GREETING ALL ALONG THE
LINE.
The Presidential Party's Gaily Deco
rated Cars-A Great Crowd Thrown
to the Ground by q Platform Break
ing at Greencastle.

CHICAGO, Aug. president Ar
thur and his party arrived mere to
night. The special train in which
they travelled left the Louisville
New Albany and Chicago depot a
Louisville half an hour later cross
ing the long bridge which spans the
Ohio RIVER at Jeffersonville, wa:
soon speeding along at quickenine
rate under the foothills of Southern
Indiana.
The leave-taking at Louisville was
in a measure, informal, although q
great eoncourse had copgregated in
and around the depot to give the
President an early morning send
off. The gaily-uniformed band of the
Louisville delegation was on hand to
discourse "Hail to the Chief" as the
presidential party entered the depot
This band accompanied the Presi.
dent to Chicago.
A GAILY DECKED TRAIN.
The special train was decked out
in royal fashion. The engine wa:
be-hagged and be-ribboned almost
beyond its original semblance. II
was studded with small flags and
streamers and bore on its headlight
an enlarged portrait of the President
The three splendid coaches and din
ing car, which made up the train
were also gaily decorated. Under
the circumstances, there could be nc
mistaking the identity of the specia
to the great crowds were collected al
all way stations to witness its flying
passage.
The party on board consisted O
President Arthur, Secretaries Lin
coin and Folger, Postmaster-Genera
Gresham, Senators Bayard and Beck
and a representative of the press
General Sheridan and party returned
to Chicago last night.
The transit of the special train
was evidently thing of interest, a;
was evidenced by the great crowd:
along the entire route. Every cross
ing had its quota of spectators, anG
the rail fences ON the outskirts o
some of the villages in the lower
portion of the state were literally
decorated with natives. Owing tc
the delay in starting, no stop wa;
made after leaving New Albany
until Salem, Ind, was reached, and
the train passed through all inter
vening villager with flying rush
No place appeared so modest that
it failed to possess piece of ordnance
and accompanying the cheering O
the assembled crowds was the deto
nation of the artillery.
THANKS FROM THE CoLoRED PEOPLE
A stop of ten minutes was made
at Valparaiso, where a crowd mum
bering fully 5000 persons had col
Iected. Here an address was read
by Mr.. Linge, of that city, on behal
of the colored residents of Valparaiso
thanking the President for the stand
he had made on behalfof the race a,
various times. President Arthur
replied in the priefest terms, think.
ing them for their kind wishes
Vehement calls were made for Secre
tary Lincoln and postmaster-General
Gresham, but these gentlemen, fol.
lowing the action of the President
briefly expressed their pleasure at
meeting such great concourse, and
said they regretted they could not
linger and speak at length.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
In Memory OF Martin Luther.

BERLIN, Aug. 2-Emperor VIII
liam has directed that the four hun
dredth birthday of Martin Luther
be observed by all Protestant schools.
The students of the universities will
celebrate at Erfert, on August Sth,
the entry of Luther into that town.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
A Democrat in Luck.

HARRISBURG, August 2.-Governol
Pattison to day appointed w. Haye:
Grier. of Lancaster, one of the de.
feated candidates of yesterdays con,
vention, Superintendent of Public
Printing, in place of Joshua w
Jones, resigned. Mr.. Jones rendered
his resignation last May, but after.
ward agreed to remain until August
He was appointed in Hartranft'f
first term and has been twice reap
nointetl. w II
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

THE reduction of the public debt
during the month OF July, amounted
to s., 100000, and on the first Of this
month there was in the Treasury
balance of s350.OO0.O00.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
The Egyptian Scourge.

ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 1.-Two deaths
from cholera occurred here yester-
day. The total number of deaths
from cholera in Egypt since the first
outbreak of the disease to date is
1900.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

EVERY Republican journal in the
State, including the Independent
ones hat kicked SO vigorously
last year, has endorsed Niles and
Livsey-Lovely, isn't it?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
Friday, august "a, 1888,

the following enumerated tracts OF Unseated
Lands, which have been purchased from the
treasurer Of said County and remained unre-
deemed for i've years and upwards, agreeabiy TO
the Act Of Assembly Of March l3, 1918, and the
supplemental act thereto -f March, 1924.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
DOMMIssIONER's sALE uF
Unseated Lands i'm SOmer-
set County, Pa.

The Commissioners Of Somerset County hereby
give notice tina they will sell at public sale in
the Court Room, In Somerset Borough, on
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

FOR POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR:
REUBEN WOY, Somerset Bor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
REPUBLICAN, GOunTY TICKET.

FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
T. w. BIESECKER, Somerset Bor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

REPUBLICAN STATE TIckET.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

FOR STATE TREASURER:
WILLIAM LIVSEY. Allegheny Co.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08

FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
JEROME B. NILES, Tioga County
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-08
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR:

WILLIAM BAKER, Milford Twp.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26

entirely lest, by pushing out for what
the stories told of this mistake.
This is not easy to explain, unless
you know something about light.
Most of you have noticed that when
you place an oar or pole In the clear
water of pond or river it seems to
be bent. If you look across hot
stove the objects on the other side ap-
pear to be curiously distorted out of
place. Rays of light passing from a
denser medium to a lighter one are
bent on straight course. Thus, when
they pass from an oar or pole in the
water, they are bent, ana the object
appears to be crooked. When they
pass from common air through much
lighter, heated air. the objects seem to
be bent out of their shape. Now all
the mirages | have seen have been
where the soil became very hot from
the sun; this hot soil heated the air
Just above it. There was a layer of
hot air close to the earth and Just
above, the other air was not heated
Objects seen at q distance through
these two kinds of air We're singularly
distorted, and, like things seen across
the not air of a stove, much out of
shape. In this state of the air bar
rem, sandy tract looks like water, and
clumps of bushes are distorted to look
like trees. Wherever a mirage has
been examined the appearance has
been found to be caused by a differ
ence in the density of the air, wheth-
er from contract with heated earth,
or seen at sea. with heated water
Mirage is a very interesting phenom-
enon to see once or twice but when
it occurs day after day, one soon tires
of its unnatural appearance and pre-
fers to look upon landscape that is
real.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
Autumn Summers.

Now the cool evenings of Autumn
are at hand. A hot dish fer supper is
something to be enjoyed. Welsh rare
bit, CLANS and oysters prepared in the
following manner are delicious: For
a Welsh rarebit, select the richest Am
erican cheese, the milder the better,
as melting brings out the strength.
To make five rarebits take one pound
of cheese, cut it up in very small dice
and put i'll a tin or porcelain-lined
saucepan; add Bass ale" about a
wine-glassful to each rarebit; stir
briskly until all is melted Have a
slice of toast ready for each rarebit
trim the CRUST; put a slice on each
plate and pour the cheese over each
piece to cover it; serve Immediately
with mustard, salt and pepper. For
a good clam soup take twenty-five
good-sized CLANS with their liquor;
chop fine, add one quart of water;
cover them and boil one hour; then
add one quart of milk, half cup of
butter, and Just before serving add
one cup of rolled crackers. Oysters
for boiling must be large and full
dip each one in lightly beaten egg,
then roll in finely powdered cracker;
place them in the oyster broiler,
which must be well buttered, and broil
over a clear fire light brown; serve
on soft buttered toast, the crusts trim
med.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
Save the Old Paper.
How 70 Make Useful.

Never throw away old paper. If
you have no wish to sell it, use it in
the house. Some housekeepers prefer
it to cloth for cleaning many articles
of furniture.
For instance, a volume written by
a lady says; After stove has been
blackened it can be kept looking very
we'll for a long time by rubbing it
with paper every morning. Rubbing
with paper is much nicer way Of
keeping a tea-kettle, coffee-pot and
teapot bright and clean than the old
way of washing them in suds. Rub
bling with paper is also the best way
of polishing knives, tinware, and
spoons; they shine like new silver
For polishing mirrors, lamp chin
neys, etc, paper is better than dry
cloth. Preserves and pickles keep
much better if brown paper instead of
cloth is tied over the jar Canned
fruit Is not so apt to mold if piece of
writing paper, cut to fit the can, is
laid directly on the fruit. Paper is
much better TO put under carpet
than straw. 1t is warmer, thinner,
and makes less noise when one walks
over 1T.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
Nautical ElOquence.
Central Christian Advocate.

A speaker who attempts to use nau-
teal metaphors should be thorough
ly familiar with the sea and the work
ing of a ship, or he will strand his
speech. A clergyman was once sup
plying pulpit by the seaside. Think
ing to impress the truth more distinct
ly upon the congregation, many of
whom were seamen, he drew the fig
ure of ship trying to enter harbor
against high wind.
Unfortunately for the success of
his metaphor, he knew little of sea-
manship. After putting tie ship into
several singular positions, he cried
out III tone intended to be emphat-
ic:
"What shall we do next?"
The Lord only knows" exclaimed
disguised old tar, unless you let
her drift stern-foremost
That prince of sailor preachers,
Father Taylor was once silenced by a
compliment to his eloquence He
had depicted the penitent sinner I'M
der the figure Of storm tossed ship,
with her sails split and driven by a
gale toward the rock-bound coast of
Cape Ann.
20, how" he exclaimed IN tones of
dispair, 'shall this poor sin-tossed
sinner be saved?"
Instantly an old salt in the gallery,
who had listened with open mouth
and stralning eyes to the preacher
jumped to his feet, and, in voice
that would have sounded above hur-
ricane, shouted
Let him put his helm hard down
and bear away for Squam."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
Laws of Language.


Imagine writer-perhaps a poet
at least genius on the
highest attainable point of the mount
that he has been climbing, grasping at
an idea. far above, rapidly floating
past him.
Words, words he cries, give
me words, and | will make wings and
reach it yet"
Here are words of all sorts. says
pedant, producing a huge diction-
airy. Tell me what kind you want,
and | will pick out the proper ones
But [ don't believe you can reach that
idea anyhow. You will break your
neck, trying"
The impatient poet who knows that
he will never reach it if he waits,
catches up some refuse words lying
near him which have been rejected
as unfit to make footbridge over
small creek, twists them into pair
of rude wings, dashes from his cliff,
seizes the idea in mid air, and brings
it safe to earth.
The whole world admires the idea;
but, BLESS, mo" cries the pedant,
what wings They are over weight
ed, badly balanced, and barely hang
together"
Il know that better then you do"
replied the genius, and would adj
wise no one to risk his neck on them;
but would have saved that idea if
need had so required, with wings of
lead"
And some cenceited ignoramus, who
always did know that pedant was a
fool, having lead mine on his
premises, sets up mandatory of
leaden wings and advertises them, on
the authority !of the genius, as the
very best wings for reaching and
catching lofty ideas.
The moral is that laws of language
are good things, yet we find passages,
and frequently very grand passages,
in which the laws of language are set
at naught. Nevertheless, laws are
laws. and the writer who will not UNI
derstand and obey them. except in thu
most emergent cases. deserves to break
his neck or drown-as he probably
will
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
MOzart's Superstition.

Mozart, the wonderful, who pro-
duced so much in so short time, was
taken with queer presentiment in the
last months of his young life. A stran
ger called on him, requesting him to
write a grand requiem, not wishing it
for month He paid Mozart one
hundred gueldens and left. Mozart
began his work, and shortly afterward
the horror seized him that this man
had bribed him to write his own re-
QUEEN He did not quite finish it be
fore the stranger called, thinking in
this way to set his delusion at rest,
and that the stranger would counter
mand the order The stranger called
according to appointment. Mozart
told him that his requiem was unlin
ished, and that it would take more
time. Very well, y said the stranger
IF it requires more work you should
have more money" and paid another
100 gueldens Mozart sent his servant
to follow the stranger to find out who
he was, but the servant soon lost him
in the crowd. Mozart was now sure
his delusion was correct, and went
feverishly and furiously to work to
finish the requiem. He finished it
few days before the second month was
out, but when the stranger called poor
Mozart was dead.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
Gratitude.

Among the requests, aggregaJing
Stryker of Lambertville, N. j., whose
will has Just been filed for probate,
was one for $3.50 to Conrad n Jordan,
of this city, treasurer of the New York,
Ontario < Western Railroad Com
pany, and for many years Cashier of
the Third National Bank. There is a
history attached to this bequest: Years
ago Mr. Jordan was clerk in the Han
over National Bank of this city. On
his way home over the CORTLAND
street ferry one bitter night in Deem
Der he saw a lady attempt to jump
back from the departing ferry boat.
She had boarded the boat in advance
of the gentleman to whom she was
engaged and to whom she was subse
quently married and finding that he
could not catch the boat she attempt
ed to return to him. She fell into the
water and disappeared beneath mass
Of broken ice that filled the slip. Mr..
Jordan jumped in after her and held
her above the freezing water until
both were fished out. The risk of the
venture was augmented by the fact
that the lady weighed 200 pounds.
She was daughter of the late Mr..
Stryker. Mr.. Jordan refused to tell
his name, but Mr.. Stryker discovered
it after protracted inquiries, and his
daughter sent Mr.. Jordan 500. Mr..
Jordan returned it with note saying
in substance that he did not save per-
sons from death for consideration.
In place of the bill dozen bottles of
currant wine were forwarded to Mr..
Jordan by Miss Stryker, with the as
surance that she made it herself. Once
a year, until his death, Mr.. Stryker
called upon Mr.. Jordan to remind
that gentleman of his gratitude. The
amount that Mr.. Jordan receives nm
der the will he will invest in souv-
enir of the event. He is wealthy
man.