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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-13

NO man need to be ashamed to
nave his name on the pension list. IT
placed there because of wounds or
disability secured In the country's
service 1t is badge of honor and not
evidence of disgrace. The publica-
ton Of the pension lists will have the
good purpose to free the list from any
names that should not be there.-In-
ter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-13
SATURDAY, JAN 10. 1888.

1t appears by the statement of the
Treasury Department that SIS, $780,
600 were paid on the National Debt
during the month of December.
There has been a decrease of debt,
since June 80, 1882, amounting to
$81 ,370T83 88. The total debt, in
Guiding that which bears no interest,
is 81 1920, 467 ,69331.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-13

cial fire, while the others returned
to old Winnemucca to comfOr his
dying moments with the assurance
that his young squaw had preceded
him to the Indians happy land
Reno Gazette.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
Women in Journalism.

The nature of the work to be done
is not changed by the fact that it is
a woman who undertakes it. 1t may
be done better, more delicately,
more shrewdly, more honestly, but
it is the same work and requires
the same qualities, whether the
worker be man or q woman. There
are, indeed, some special branches of
labor upon newspaper, such as that
which relates to the dress of women,
to needle and other work of the
kind, with which women are natur-
all ! more familiar than men, and
women will therefore treat them
more satisfactorily and intelligently.
But "a woman's duty upon a news
paper" is substantially the same
with that OF a man.
Perhaps the most conspicuous and
noted of women who have been en-
ployed in journalism was Harriet
Martineau. For some years she
wrote editorially for London pa
per. Her articles were upon the
current questions of the hour-the
policy OF the government at home
and abroad, the characters of emf
nent public men, and the various
problems of political economy.
There was no editorial contemporary
of Miss Martineau's who was more
fully equipped for the office ofpublic
censor, and the volume of obituare
biographies which was collected
from her contributions to the paper
are as admirable and vivid as any
which appeared in any journal of the
time.
There was, however, nothing
which Miss Martineau selected to
do, or which was suggested to her
to write, which could be defined
distinctively as a woman's work or
Il paper. She wrote articles not as a
woman, but as an editor, as Mrs.
Somerville studied astronomy not
as woman, but as a schoar II the
Easy Chair may take an illustration
close at hand, it would say that any
woman who is anxious to know
what is womans work upon
paper or in journalism has only to
turn to the Critic, a weekly literary
Journal in New York. The Critic Is
edited by woman, but it depends
for the just and we hopeassured sue
cess which it has achieved upon the
ability with which it is edited, upon
the tact with which public senti-
ment and interest are perceived, and
upon the skill with which the books
for review and the writers of the re-
view are selected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
The Mosquito at Close Quarters.

The Forest and Stream says: View.
ed through the microscope the mos
quito presents a picture Of mechan-
ical ingenuity as marvellous in exc
cution as it is devilish in design. In
the bill alone, which seems so frag-
lie to the unaided sight, there is
combination of five distinct surgical
instruments. These are a lance, two
meat saws and suction pump. The
fifth instrument | have forgotten,
but labor under the impression that
it is portable Corliss engine to run
the rest OF the factory with. | know
that the hum of the mosquitoes in
the cottonwood thickets along the
lower Mississippi reminded me con-
stantly of the hum of manufactur-
ing village, and | have walked back
several times looking for town be-
fore could convince myself that
the buzzing | heard was made by
mosquitoes, with their engines run
ming to sharpen their saws. When
the insects operate on a man, the
lance is first pushed into the flesh,
then the two saws, placed back to
back, begin to work up and down to
enlarge the hole. Then the pump is
inserted, and the victims blood is
up into the reservoir ca:
ried behind, and finally, to complete
tine cruelty of the performance, the
wretch drops quantity of poison
into the wound to keep it irritated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
How a Butterfly Came.

Late in September lady saw a
worm upon a willow leaf 1t was
about two inches long, and as wide
as her little finger. Stripes of black,
green and yellow went around its
little body.
The lady carried leaf and sleeper
home. She took willow leaves for
it to eat, put them in glass dish
and tied lace over it.
In Just one week her guest was
gone, only lovely green bag was
left. 1t was Just one inch long, was
made very neatly, and looked ike q
little bed or cradle. No stitches
could be seen, and the seams had
an edge like gold cord.
Gold and black dots like tiny but
tons were on it. His old clothes
were near by. He had pushed them
off in a hurry. The new home was
made fast TO bit of cloth. Almost
six weeks the little sleeper lay in
his silken cradle. Early in NOvem-
Der he burst the pretty green ham
mock, and then the old home turned
white.
A lovely butterfly came out. 1t
had brown and golden wings, with
stripes of black like cords, on them,
and a feathery fringe Of white for
each stripe.
On the edges of the wings were
white and yellow dots. The
inside of the wings was darker 1t
was like orange tinted velvet.
All these changes were in less than
two months.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
Bone Manure for Manures.

An English paper in commenting
upon the subject, remarks that the
Cheshire farmer, by the free use of
bone manure laid on the grass
lands, makes his farm, which at one
time, before the application of bone
manure, fed only twenty head of
COWS. now feed forty In Cheshire
two thirds, or more generally three
four,hs, of a dairy farm are kept in
perfect pasture, the remainder in
.illage. Its dairy farmers are. com
monty bound to lay the whole of
their manure not on the arabic, but
on the grass land, purchasing what
may be necessary for the arabic.
The chief improvement besides
drainage consists in the application
of bone manure. In the milk Of
each COW, in its urine, in its manure,
in the bones of each calf reared and
sold off. a farm parts with as much
earthly phosphates of lime az is con-
tained in half hundred weight of
bone dust. Hence the advantage of
returning this mineral manure by
boning grass lands. The quantity
of bones now commonly given in
Cheshire to an imperial acre of grass
land is 200 to 1900 weight. This
dressing on pasture land will last
seven or eight years, and on moved
land about half that period.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
Preserving Salt Meat.

Much of the corned beef and salt
pork put up by farmers becomes
tainted or completely spoiled during
the summer and fall. The injury is
not caused by using too small an
amount of salt. As a rule much
more salt is employed than is neces-
sary to preserve the meat. Some
Tunes 1t contains impurities that
causes the meat to contract a bad
flavor. Pure salt should be employ
ed tor preserving meat and dairy
products. 1t costs but little more
than that which is impure, and it is
more satisfactory in all respects.
Meat packed in barrel and covered
with brine becomes tainted or spoil
cd in consequence of small portions
OF 1t or some of the fat or blood it
contains coming to the top of the
brine. The air comes in contact
with it there and decomposition
takes place. The products of the de-
composition of animal substances
always have an unpleasant taste and
smell, and these in the case of meat
in barrel are communicated to the
brine and from thence to the meat.
Meat packed in brine should be cut
in pieces with a very sharp knife.
This will leave the edges smooth.
After it has been for 4 few days in
the brine the latter should be pour
ed off and boiled. The boiling will
cause all the impurities to rise to the
surface while the blood will be CO.
agulated. These substances should
then be SKINNED off, and when the
brine is cold it can be returned TO
the barrel. If the brine does not
continue pure, the operation of boil
ing should be repeated Special
pains should be taken to keep the
meat under the brine at all times.
A perforated top or false cover, or
frame work, should rest on the meat
and be weighted down by a clean
stone. If these precautions are en-
ployed the liability of spelling will
be very slight.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
Rembrandt and His Work.

The execution of the pictures OF
Rem brandt is marvellous He paint
ed some very ugly, ana even vulgar,
pictures he disregarded all rules of
costume and of the fitness of things
in many ways; he parodied many
ideal subjects. and he painted scenes
from Scripture history in which he
put the exact portraits of the coarse
and common people about him.
But. in spite of all these faults, his
simplicity, truthfulness and ear
nestness make his pictures master
prices, and we cannot turn away
from them carelessly; they attract
and hold US.
Rembrandt's style was not always
the same. Before 1888 he preferred
the open daylight, in which every
thing was distinctly seen, and his
flesh tones were warm and clear !:
after that time he preferred the
light which breaks oyer certain
objects and leaves the rest in shade,
while his touch became very spirit
ed, and his flesh tones were so gold
en- that they were less natural than
before.
The works of Rembrandt are so
numerous and so important that one
cannot speak justly Of them in our
present space. His pictures number
about 800, and his engravings about
400, and these embrace not only
many subjects, but many variations
of these subjects. The chief picture
of his earliest manner is the "Anato-
mical Lecture" now in the gallery
of the Hague
Rembrandt painted but few pict-
ures from profane history, and his
landscapes are rare, but the few that
exist are worthy of so great master,
and one who has loved everything
that God has spread out before US
in nature. His scenes from common
life are beyond criticism, but some
times mis- picturing of repulsive
things makes us turn away, though
we must admire the power with
which they are painted. His por-
traits were of the highest order and
very numerous no other artist ever
made so many portraits of himself,
and in them he is seen from the days
of youthful hope to ripened age ST.
NcbOl1s
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
He's busy on one lof your last
victims, / believe said L. hurrying

He's busy on one lof your last
victims, / believe, said L. hurrying
along.
For nearly week my patient saw
no one but myself and the servant
wins ca rried up his meals.
The n a few friends were admitted
to che sr his confinement, which he
bore with admirable patience. In
six we eks | removed the splints, and
the next day Mr.. Furneval was walk
ing out as well as ever. My fame
was in everybody's mouth. Even
old Cary er could find nothing to carp
at, for he had everywhere circulated
the terrib lie nature of the injury, and
predicted the patients speedy death.
MY practice soon exceeded my most
sanguine hopes, and old Carver's
whilom patrons fiocked to me in
such numb ers that he shut up shop
and retired in disgust.
Was the limb really as bad tract
ured as at Fl rst supposed p inquired
the fdgety Ii tile doctor opposite.
'Quite-gr 'und almost to powder,
you might sa y.
And gave 10 signs of lameness
afterward? 2,
No more th an before-there had
previously be an slight hitch in
that leg, but L think there was less
afterwards
Wonderful = exclaimed the little
doctor.
Not at all. Y ou see, and there lay
the secret, the injured leg was of
wood, and we rel placed it with a bet
er one
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
BUTTEkCUl'S.

Jennie was watching the cows come home
Down by the meadow bars alone
And her eyes were as blue as her bonnet;
Jenny was only farmers lass
And she let Down the bars for the cows to pass
Out of the waving, blue eyed grass,
With the buttercups sprinkled upon it.
Jennie was watching young farmer Payne
Picking butter cup out of the lane,
Stephen was strong and merry.
'Jennier she heard her mother call
But there at her side stood the farmer tall,
And her cheeks grew red as a cherry.
I'm coming, mother = she turned to 90,
But Stephen stood in the path below,
And there went Daisy, and Bess and Flo,
Over into the clover.
His arms were strong as her waist was slim
I'm keep you till every COW gets in,
Or tell me the name of your lover
Jennie Jennie It's getting late,
Came mothers voice from the farm house
gate,
But Jennie was slender and could not mate
With the tender strength of "A lover
And who could do single thing
With yellow buttercup under their chin,
But nestle the great strong arms within
And grow as red as the clover.
Maybe tbs Ben. then she blushed again,
And maybe It's only Stephen Payne
Then the dark crept over the meadow lane,
And buttercups a sprinkle
Not single sound in the dusky dell
Save the tinkle of Daisy's silver bell
'Tink- -a-ink -a-tinklen
For mothers voice and bars forgot,
The cows are into the meadow lot
knee-deep in the dewy clover.
Jennie and Steve come slowly up
Her soft chin yellow with butter cup,
His handsome face flushed over
Where are you, Jennie? It's late and cold
We're coming, mother, said Stephen bold
The cows got into the meadow,
We stopped to drive them slowly up.
Then he slyly hid the buttercup,
And kissed her again in the shadow.
Modern irg0.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
The Man ysho Tried to Initiate the
Western Style.

Look here y roared a tall chap,
attired in broad brimmed hat and
an insolent air, as he approached a
railroad ticket window. Look here,
you, l want a first class ticket on the
top shelf car to the other end of this
line, and don't you forget it. See
this 7 and he developed horse pis-
tol and stuck the muzzle through
the window.
Il see it, replied the agent, calmly.
I'm looking right at it. Now what
can | do for you?'
Didn't you hear me bark a few
minutes ago?' demanded the tall
man. Didn't you hear me compli-
ment you with an order for the best
you've got in your workshop there !?
Have | got to put bullet in there
to make you comprehend that I'm
waiting here for the upper row of
preserves Must | take the blood of
another station agent on my hands
before | manage to get what want 7?
Throw me out the most embroidered
:icket there is on the line of this
road, or III commence to make va
cancies.'
the agent carefully closed the
window, stepped out the side door,
picked up the tall man, set him
down again on his head. whirled
him around three or four times and
then kicked him under the gate and
out into the middle of the street,
where a policeman gobbled him and
hustled him off.
Am | awake? p asked the tramp,
rubbing the dust of the conflict out
of his eyes. Never mind about that,
am | alive?'
What did you want to bother the
man for p demanded the policeman,
hauling him around by the collar.
i didn't want to bother him, |
only meant to scare him. / hadn't
any money to go to the island so
| played the western man on him,
Just as | have seen it written up in
the funny papers. | say, either
those papers are the darndest liars
on the continent or | missed the
combination on the gagr
And they locked him up to think
over which might be the case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

"Vice is monster of such frightful mien,
That to be hated, needs but to be seen;
But seen too Oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace"
Let us then remember that we are
building up our characters and our
lives, not only by our actions, but by
the directions in which we are look
ing, by the models we set before us
by the ideals we cherish, by the
company we keep, by the books We
read, by all the conditions in which
we voluntarily put ourselves. BY
continually looking up to what is
higher and better, we shall rise to
higher and better states of being,
and our characters and conduct will
always bear an intimate relation to
those things upon which our mental
vision dwells with pleasure and sat-
isfaction.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
AIIoyer's CatechIsm.

II young man of this city, who
possesses a large share of presump-
ton, has been paying close eattention
to a very pretty girle. who has given
him no evidence of her feelings con-
cerning him until very recently.
The denouement was brought about
in this wav: He had decided to
make her a formal offer Of his hand
and heart-all he was worth-and
then he hoped to be INDUCED in
some lover-like demonstrations, the
young lady so far being coolly indif-
ferent in her manner to him. He
attributed this to maidenly reserve,
for it never occurred to him that she
was not in love with him. He eau
tiously prefaced his declaration with
a few questions.
Did she love him well enough to
live in a cottage with him? ? Was she
good cook and bottle washer?
Did she think it a wife's duty to
make home happy?
She said before she answered his
questions she would assure him Of
some negative virtues she possessed
she never drank. smoked or chewed,
never owed bill to her laundry or
tailor; never stayed out all night
playing billiards never lounged on
the street corner and ogled giddy
girls never stood in with the boys
for cigars and wine suppers.
Now" said she, rising indignant
", Il am assured by those who
know, that you do all these things,
and it is rather tbsurd for you to
expect all the virtues in me while
you donot possess any Of them your
self. | can never be your wife, and
she bowed him out and left him
standing on the cold door step, a
nadder. If not q wiser man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
ALucky Fisherman.

In the vast amount of business
transacted at the Baltimore, Md,
Postofiice. Mr.. M. V. Bailey, Super
intendant of the Mails, is kept ex-
ceedingly busy, but somehow he
finds a spare hour or day to go fish
ing, and from his experience he
gives his testimony, that 81. Jacobs
Oil is the best remedy in the world
for rheumatism, sprains, sore feet
and joints, bruises, etc II is the
remedy for fisherman and gunners
who should always keep bottle
on hand.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

Kissing goes by favor, and is very
often quite costly in the long run.
The value of kiss has more than
once been made the subject OF judi
cial deliberation. A st. Louis kiss
is not worth much, but Chicago kiss
es are very often held at exaggerated
figures. The time has come. how
ever, for the exercise of reason in
this as in all other matters. No
young woman can get corner on
the market-there is too much COM
petition. A jury in Northampton
county, Pa, has just broken the ice
in this business, and decreed that
kisses are worth a cent apiece. A
young lady who testified in breach
of promise suit that she had been
kissed by her recent lover 10000
times, was promptly awarded 81 900.
II must be remembered, however,
that a cent apiece is the wholesale
price. At retail kisses should come
much higher.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
starti ng TO Run to the Fire.

1t was in Lowell, Mass. An alarm
of fire was sounded, and the engine
was rapidly driven out ofthe engine
house. One ofthe horses took fright
pranced wildly about, and ran the
engine against the brick door frame.
Chief Engineer Hosmer was severe
" bruised and two of his ribs brok-
en-. For three weeks the physicians
doctored him. Then a friend brought
him some Perry Daviss Pain Killer.
On being rubbed with this, se was
soon well. Best liniment in the
world.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

Is the scarcity of American tallors
and American mechanics Of nearly
every guild an indication that A
merica has begun to import artisans
rather than the commodities OF their
manufactures I? The disposition
of the American youth to avoid a
trade at all hazards, is anything but
a good omen for the future
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07
Cause and Effect.

At times symptoms Of indigestion
are present, uneasiness OF the stom-
ach, &c, moisture like perspira-
ton, producing itching at night. or
when one is warm, cause the Piles.
The effect is immediate relief upon
the application of DR.. Bosanko's
Pile Remedy, which costs you but
so cents, and is sold by C. n. Boyd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

"You ought to be in our room
now" said Amy wehave a teach
er that rules the roost" Well"
replied the high-school girl, "Id be
ashamed ofmyself; you should say,
governs the horizontal perch on
which the fowl reposes, not rules
the roost.'"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

A townsville young man conclud-
ed to sprinkle red pepper on the
floor of dance hall Just for a
Joke" The joke was carried out
and so was the young man. The
latter, however, was not carried out
so quietly as the former.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

IF YOU are ruined in health from
any cause, especially from the use
of anv Of the thousand nostrums
that promise so largely, with long
fictitious testimonials, have no fear.
Resort to Hop Bitters at once, and
in a short time you will have
the most robust and blooming Of
health.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

Collector Jackson has forwarded
to Washington FIVE dollar note Of
the script issued by John Dubois
ofclearfeld County. This gentleman
has been in the habit of using scrip
to pay the men in his employ, it
being redeemable at his store in
Dubois, and the people along the
Low Grade Division ofthe Allegheny
Valley Railroad accept it readily.
Under the administration preceding
Collector Jackson's term of office,
Mr.. Dubois claims that he was told
that this scrip was not contrary 10
law. Mr.. Dubois prepared the note
sent to Washington, and is positive
that it is legal. At the request Of
Commissioner Evans, a statement Of
the amount of this private money
in circulation is being prepared.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-07

A scientific journal explains why
a man can't fiy.n In great many
cases it is because he is grabbed by
the minions of the law before he can
escape with the funds Of the bank.
But there are times, however, when
he succeeds in flying.