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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
The Best Hay.

The best quality of hay is obtain
ed by cutting the grass while in
bloom. For this, moving machines
are indispensable. The scythe may
do for general use. In choosing a
mower. look to lightness of draft,
strength, and simplicity of construc-
ton. As between equally good ma
chimes, it is best to buy the one
made nearest home, for convenience
in making repairs. 1t is safe to
have the cutting bar ahead, and to
one side of the driver. The tedder
is valuable adjunct of the hay
field, greatly facilitating the drying
of the grass. The best hay is made
by curing in the cock. Sweating
improves the quality of hay, and
prevents its heating in the NOW.
Cut grass that has had the sun for
one day may be put in large cocks,
where it will keep well for week if
necessary, if protected from rain and
dew by caps. These caps are easily
made from, common sheeting, and
frequently pay for themselves the
first season. The horse-fork is ii
great labor saving implement, and
should be more generally used.
Haying is soon over, and everything
should be employed that aids i'll the
hurry of this work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
The Many Things into Which Paper Is
Made.

A tall man, With sharp features
and thoughtful air, sat ID small
study, and gazed gravely at a brown
object that lay at his feet.
at is paper railroad cross tie, +"
he said.
The reporter raised it with some
difficulty. 1t was of very close fiber,
and so very highly polished that it
resembles rosewood. The inventor
tapped it with his nail, and said:
1T doesn't look much like paper,
does it?"
ut seems more like iron. Is it
possible that 1t is made of paper ?"
"Oh, yes; alarmed everything can
now be made of paper. A paper
ball can be rendered so solid that
nothing can indent it but diamond
tool. Car wheels are now made of
paper. Its strength is astonishing.
You can suspend 339 pounds from
a Bank of England note and it will
not part. But tubs, pots, plates,
knives, forks, cooking stoves, print
ing presses, steam engines and Chin
neys are made of paper nowadays,
and there is absolutely no limit to
the uses to which it can be put"
"Have paper cross ties eyer been
used?"
Not yet. The cross tie is my
invention
How did you happen to think of
it?"
well, | didn't happen to think
of it, exactly. | started out deliber-
ately to invent a substitute for the
wooden cross tie or sleeper, and |
kept steadily at it until was sue
cessful. | thought of paper. There
are scores of mills in the country
where paper, straw, prairie grass,
and other fibrous substances are
converted into straw board. The
process is simple. The straw is re-
duced to pulp and run out into
boards. These straw boards are sold
ell over the country as substitutes
for wood. My invention utilizes
straw board. The cross tie is con-
structed 6fsheets or layers of paper,
or straw board, laid one upon anoth-
er, cemented and compressed into
molds. 1t makes a perfect cross tie.
1t is practically water and fire proof,
as it is manufactured under 500 de-
grees of heat. Atmospheric changes
have no effect on it. | can be made
as cheap as wood at the present
time, and will last twenty-five years"
.NeU York Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

haustion. He helped her into the
parlor, brought wine and refresh.
ments from Mollie's generous store
room, and they were soon talking
matters over quite calmly. 1t was
after two o'clock when Tom propos-
ed to go and ask Mrs. Gates to come
over for the rest of the night; but
Amy protested against this, saying
she was not afraid if he would re-
main in the house.
Mollie was almost beside herself
when she came home and found how
affairs had had gone in her absence,
crying one minute over Amy's fright,
laughing the next over Toms graph
ic description of the same. it was
some time before they settled down
into anything like quiet.
AS the days and weeks went by,
Mollie could not determine whether
certain plans of hers were to prosper
or not. Tom spent all his evenings
with them, but he and Amy were
always on contrary sides Of every
question and they tantalized each
other so numerically that poor
Mollie sometimes despaired of their
being friends, not to mention a near
er relation.
They were all together as usual,
one evening, and Tom, for the hun
dredth time, was describing Amy's
appearance on that memorable even
ing when she nearly Drained him
for a burglar.
And little did | suspect then he
went on soberly, she would ever
have the privilege of brandishing the
poker over me for life
What do you mean, cried Mollie,
staring first at Toms solemn visage
and then at Amy's flushed cheeks.
Just what l said. Amy and / are
going to set up housekeeping in the
opposite cottage, where | suppose
she will continue to flourish all sorts
of murderous weapons at me-
John, darling, it's coming about
exactly as we planned, shouted Mol
lie, springing up in excitement.
Well, it did come about as Mollie
desired. Mrs. Amy even made car
dinal the predominating color in her
parlor, and it harmonizes charming
ly with the dark beauty of its mis-
tress.
The sisters are inseparable, and
as happy as two mortals can ever
expect to be. Tom is something
more than book keeper in the Bolton
hardware business now, and he and
John are talking of buying two hand
some properties in the suburbs of the
city. Mollie declares she would rath-
er remain in the little home on Lake
street, but what woman was ever
proof against a handsome establish
ment in an arIstocratic neighbor-
hood ? Not our ambitious little
Mollie, am sure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
Fruit Stains.

In the season of fruits, the nap
kins used at the table and often the
handkerchiefs and other articles will
become stained. Those who have
access to a good drug store can pro-
cure bottle of Javelle water. If the
stains are wet with this before the
articles are put in the wash they will
be completely removed. Those who
cannot get Javelle water can make a
solution Of chloride of lime. Four
ounces of the chloride of lime is to
be put into a quart of water in a
bottle, and after thoroughly shaking
allow the dregs to settle. The clean
liquid will remove the stains as read
lily as Javelle water, but in using
this, one precaution must be observ-
ed. Be careful to thoroughly rinse
the article to which this solution has
been applied in clear water before
bringing it in contact with soap.
When Javelle water is used this pre-
caution is not necessary but with
the chloride of lime liquid is it, or
the articles will be harsh and stiff.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
A Proper Use of Wives.

1t is not to sweep the house and
make the beds and darn the socks
and cook the meals chiefly that a
man wants wife. If this is all he
wants hired servants can do it cheap
er than a wife. If this is all, whsn
a young man calls to see a young
lady, send him into the pantry to
taste the bread and cakes she has
made; send him to see the needle
work and bed making; or put a
broom in her hands and send him to
witness its use. Such things are
important, and the wise youns man
will quickly look after them. But
what the true man most want of a
wife is her companionship, syma-
thy and love. The way of life. has
many dreary places in it, and man
needs a companion with him. A
man is sometimes Overtaken by mis-
fortune; he meets with failure and
defeat trials and temptations beset
him, and he needs one to stand by
and sympatbize. He has some stern
battles to fight with poverty, with
enemies and with sin, and he needs
a woman that, as he puts an arm
around her, feels that he has some
thing to fight for, will help him
fight; who will put her lips to his
ear and whisper words of counsel,
and her hand to his heart and i'm
part new inspiration. All through
life-through storm and sunshine,
conflict and victory through storm
through adverse and favorable winds
man needs a moman's love. The
heart yearns for it. A sisters and
mothers love will hardly supply the
need. Yet many seek nothing fur
ther than housework. Justly enough,
half these get nothine more. The
other half, surprised above measure.
obtain more than they sought.
Their wives surprise them by giving
a noble idea of marriage, and dis
closing treasury ofcourage, sympa-
thy and love.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

Nearly all the sardines CONSUMED
in America come from the southeast
coast of Maine, where there are thir
ty or forty canneries. The ti-h
(Which are herrings) are caught by
the cart load in nets, decapitated
cleansed in warm water, slightly
broiled over a hot fire, packed in
French labeled boxes, a half gill OF
cotton seed oil poured over them
the boxes Theoretically soldered, and
then boiled for two hours, complet-
ing the cooking process and dissolv-
ing the bones. Some of the estab.
lishments prepare from 5000 to 1000
boxes day. The actual cost pei
box, including all expenses, is five
sents. Packers profits are from five
to ten cents. The difference between
these prices and what consumers
pay has stuck to the fingers through
which the box of fish has passed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
THE BAD BOY.

The editor and proprietor of the
bad boy has been spending week
or two in Colorado, and from Den
yer be writes to Peck's Sun as fol-
I lows:
The dispatches from Milwaukee
do not tell me what deviltry the bad
boy has been into this week, so |
will not write of the bad boy till
next week. In the meantime all of
you try and be good for my sake,
and believe me, yours, with a hct
box, and the thermometer 90 degrees
in the shade"
In the same letter the writer has
something to say about mining in
Colorado which is well worth read
ing:
Central is the home of Secretary
Teller, or ex-senator Teller, and it is
the richest mining district and the
hottest place to be found. The
mines about Central are all gold
mines, and the miners would not
pick up silver, if they found it on
the road. The town is built on gold
mines, and the back yards of the res
licences are rich with gold dust. If
this is not true, then they have star
liars there. l was only there three
hours, but | heard some of the most
colossal lies from the most colossal
liars that ever lived. They may
have taken me for 'chump,' but
they give it to me raw. | was sit
ting in the Teller House, exchanging
lies with the local talent, for two
hours, and never had a more inter-
esting season. They all knew me
and think the landlord, who is a
Chicago man, put up job on me.
| went in the porter'S room TO have
my boots blacked, and the porter
brushed the dust into pan, and
when he was done polishing the
boots he looked wise, like bank
cashier, and then handed me ten cts.
| asked him what that ment, and he
said that was the difference. though
| could take the dust if | wanted to
and pay him ten cents. | didn't
understand him, and he said he es-
timated he would get 25c. worth OF
gold out of the dust of my shoes,
and so he paid me the difference.
Soon after that a setter dog came
into the hotel office, all dirt, and be-
gan scratching his neck for flea.
The proprietor of the hotel snap
ped his finger, Just as Charley White
does at the Plankinton House, when
he wants colored bell boy toget up
and fly around, and the porter came
up on the run with pan and held
it under the place where the dog was
scratching to catch the dust. | didn't
want to ask any questions, but l
looked around at the landlord with
an inquiring turn of mind, and he
told the porter to take the dust out
and wash it and see how much it
panned out. The porter took brush
and brushed the dust off the dog
into the pan, and went out, and just
as we were going to dinner he came
in and said he only got thirty cents
out of the dust off the dog, adding
that the dog was getting unreliable.
The landlord said the confounded
dog shook himself before he came
in. He said it was getting so you
couldn't place any dependence on a
dog nowadays. Such things as these
always set me to thinking, and l
thought how these Colorado people
can discount US of the effete East on
scientific lying, and l laid it to the
air in high latiludes. l expect when
| get up on the main range, a few
thousand feet higher, one of my lies
can be used as a Sunday school les
son."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
HONEYsUCKLEs.

Stretched idly, in recumbent ease,
Upon the green and velvet grass,
Through leaves Of cver-arching trees,
watch the fieecy cloudlets pass.
There to the right, the roses blush;
And on the left are rich perfumes
But sweetest incense seems to gush
From where the honeysuckle blooms.
And from its honey -ladened breath
Food for the fairy humming bird
Remembrance springs, as life from death
And thots of other days are stirred.
Back to my youth my fancies fee;
seem to hear glad voices swell,
And through half-closed eyes to see
The honeysuckle by the well.
The farmhouse porch, the open door,
The garden walks, the orchard bars,
The welcome heard on earth no more,
But whispered to me from the stars
All these and more, | see and heaa,
And happy dreams my sense enth'ls,
While Ger and around me here
The honeysuckle's fragrance falls.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
What Made Him Tired.

Il fael so tired this mornin', / can
hardly lift me arrum to me head
why, you seemed to sleep sound
ly. Mr.. O'Fagan, you ought to feel
refreshed
'Yis, Colonel, l ought to be phalin'
refrished, but me amt, rs sawin'
wood that is the fatagin' occupa.
shun.'
Saving wood, why, when have
you been saving wood?
'Whip hiv /, is it? Shure an i
dhramed that / were a sawin' wood
the whoale blised night, an me
didn't hiv aven a pace of bacon to
erase the saw with. fael broke up
entoirely.'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
Safe Burglars Foiled.

GREENsBURG, July 25.--This morn
ing a daring attempt was made to
rob the safe of the Union Hotel in
this place, which was almost sue
cessful. The burglars succeeded in
drilling a hole an inch in depth
about two inches from the combina-
ton dial, and some of the wheels of
the lock were cut so badly that the
safe could not be opened. The bur-
glars got away with the cash box
containing $50.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
The Apaches.

Tucson, A. T., July 25.-The Mexi-
can Consul here has received a let
ter from the frontier, under date OF
July IA, stating that at or near the
place where General Crook left the
hostiles, in the district of Monteluma,
they attacked a Mexican settlement
and killed FIVE persons. A detach-
ment of Mexican infantry pursued
the savages, but found them in two
strong a force, and were repulsed
with the loss of seven men.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
A Fatal Accident.

LANCASTER, July 25.-Michael
Wolf, a well-known stone mason OF
this city, was fatally injured yester-
day afternoon. He and his son
were carrying a plank for scaffold-
ing to be used in the construction OF
building on South Queen street,
when the boy slipped and fell and
the other end of the plank struck
the father in the stomach. He was
taken home, where he died of his
injuries this morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

The old record of Baptist church
in South Carolina contains mention
of a woman being excluded from the
church for doing too much talking
in the neighborhood."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

The reason given by a Camden, N.
Y. man for not marrying tgain is
that his lot is now full, he having
recently buried his sixth wife
there. M
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

A deed of property lately made
over to the United States near Fort
Davis, Texas, reads To the United
States or its successors"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

An Englishman bequeathed his
two daughters their weight in Fl
bank notes. One of the girls receiv-
ed f54 200, and the other 1853, ,344.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

asa Blood Puri-
her-this medicine
is highly recon-
mended for ali
manner of chronic
or old standing
complaints, Erup-
items Of the skin,
such as Pimples,
y ] otc h es and
r a : h e $. Ring
Worms, T tier.
Sal Rheum, Scald
Head, Scroiula or
X / n g Evil,
X h e u IN o I ism,
Pain in the Bones,
Side and Head,
and all dIsea ees
arising froiG i'm
urity of the
blood. With this
rare medicine in
your house y on
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

Nccpl1 lCSicstCu tAidt ohO "do gu WI
orless and cold. Her face was too
white, and her hands and feet felt as
though the blood did not circulate,
After one bottle of Hop Bitters had
been taken she was the rosiest and
healthiest girl in the town, with a
yivacity and cheerfulness of mind
gratifying to her friends.
A terrific snake story comes from
Phpnixville, n. Y. Two men visit
ed an old mine, when they saw some
thing that looked like a stove pipe
Suddenly a great head, with eyes
that looked like diamonds, shot high
into the air, and snake fifteen feet
long uncoiled itself, and, with q leap,
flung itself about one of the men,
breaking his leg. The serpent was
finally beaten off and made its es-
cape.
A curious case of sensitive skin
has been observed in a female pa
tient at one of the Berlin hospitals.
1t was found that if name was
written upon it with the nail, or with
blunt piece of wood, the flesh rose
at once over the marked track to the
height of several milliinetres, show
ing the writing very plainly. After
a while it vanished. So many per-
sons have thus written their names
on her body that she is called the
autograph woman
A very pretty little story is being
printed in some of the newspapers,
telling that General Jubal Early
picked up from the field of Manas-
sas q tiny blue eyed girl baby whose
parents had both been killed by try
ing to escape from their house dur
ing the progress of the fight, and
that this "waif of the battlefield" is
now the sole support of Gen. Early's
two aged sisters, who cared for her
and brought her up. There is not
word of truth in the romantic story
Gen. Early says.
Miss Mary Anderson made her
appearance among the audience at
the Olympic theatre, in London, a
fortnight ago. The Courier Journal
goes into raptures over her beauty.
Her face" it saws, sis of the soft
Creole whiteness which gives such
immense value to dark eyes her
hair of the brightest gold, and the
expression of the countenance that
of the purest and most childlike in
nocence. Never was the realization
of the poets ideal in the Dream Of
Fair Women SO completely illus
trated as by this new beauty"
A cruel magazine editor returned
the manuscript ofs poem to lady
in New Orleans. She says: " l do
not really believe they ever unfolded
it to look at it, because, while re-
writing it, an eyelash fell upon the
paper and, instead of brushing it off
| concluded to leave it there just to
see whether they would read the
piece. Well, sure enough when l
opened the paper, there was my
eyelash all undisturbedi Now you
know if those three half sheets had
been fingered the little eyelash
would never have come back"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01
Aunt Hetty, indeed

Aunt Hetty, indeed
Amy was finding courage and
voice fast enough now.
4 beg your PARDON said Tom
but Mollie told me she was going to
visit her Aunt Hetty, and you said
she had been visiting you, hence my
my mistake
4 am Mrs. Ackerman's sister,
Strange l never heard her speak
of you. However, l am very sorry /
frightened you, Miss-Miss Arden,
and if you will allow me I will ex-
plain matters. / am book keeper
at Bottoms hardware establishment
you looked more like q boot
black interrupted Amy.
OR a burglar added Tom. We'll,
as | was saying. l am book keeper,
but there was press of work in the
foundry tonight an6 as they hap.
pened to be short of hands l offered
to stay and assist; this accounts for
my late arrival, also for my black
ened face and hands,
He looked very much like indulg'
ing in another hearty laugh. but re.
strained himself at Amy's white, dis.
tressed face.
4 am afraid / was rude she said
but it was such shock to me. l am
very tired and
Tom sprang to her side, or she
would have fallen from sheer ex.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

West Chester has AGO widows.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-08-01

can do without Salts. Castor OH, Citrate OF Mag
nesia SIENNA or Mama. and snon the whole oi
them, and what is better, IL may he taken with
safety and comfort by the most delicate woman,
as well as by the robust man. IL is very pleasant
10 the taste therefore easily administered TO chill
dren Ii is the only vegetable remedy existing
which will answer in place Of calomel, regulating
the action of the liver without making you lite
II will open the bowels in n proper and wholesome
manner.
There is nothing like Fahrney's Blood Clean
er for the rure Of sll disorders OF the Stomach,
Liver. Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder; for nervous
diseases Headache, Costiyeness, Indigestion,
Bilious Fever and all arrangements of the In
ternal vicera. As a female regulator 1t has no
equal In the world.
IAN ounce of prevention is worth more than a
pOund Of cure The PANACEA will net only cure
Old standing and mali gnant complaints but is 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
Fevers by keeping your blood purihed. The
different degrees of all such diseases depend al
together upon the condition OF the blood,
BE sure TO ask for FAHRSEY's BIooD CLEANS
"a on PANkcEA. as there are several other prep
arations in the market, the names OF which are
somewhat similar
DR.. Geo. @. Shively & Co.,
Successors 10 Fahrney's Bros. Co.,
MANUFACTURERS AND PROPRIEToRS
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SUCCESSORS 10 Fahrney's Bros. a Co.,
MANUFACTURERS AND PRoPRIEToRS
msrs wAyNFsBoRo, PA
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-20
The Kitchen.

BAKED QUINCEs.-Quinces baked
with the skins on are delicious when
served warm. Put one on saucer at
each plate. If mashed with knife the
core is easily removed then put on a
little butter and plenty of sugar. In
process of baking the ounce loses the
strong taste which is disagreeable to
many, and retains delicate flavor that
is excellent.
OUNCES AS SWEET PICKLES -
Ounces make delicious sweet pickles.
Peel them, cut them in quarters,
stick two or three whole cloves in each
quarter, then steam them until tender,
and let them boil for very few minutes
in the vinegar prepared for them; or
make the syrup of vinegar, sugar and
spices first, and boil the ounces in it
till soft proceed just as for picked
pears or peaches, only that the ounces
being Of so tough fibre, need cooking
longer. Seal in cans, and they
will furnish a good relish in days to
come.
| CRAB-APPLE MARAIALApE. = Mar.
malade made of the common Siberian
crab-apple is not to be despised, and
for the children's lunch or for tea with
good bread and butter it is looked upon
as a luxury, Stew the apples. skins
and all, till they are very soft; mash
them adding light brown sugar to youl
taste. This may be put up in cans ol
in little earthern jars and sealed fol
winter use. Marmalade may also bt
made of nice peach parings, with nov
and then half peach left in. Thi
latter dish is not recommended ex
cept when fruit is scarce, and yol
! feel like making the most of every par
: ! of it.