The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-07-25
Miscellaneous Items.

W.
The rate of postage on domestic
letters in Mexico will be reduced
from p to 10 cents on the first of
September.
Mrs. Don Cameron has written 20
friends in Washington, saving that
the Senator does not except to return
home until the summer Of 1885.
Justice Bradley, of the United
States Supreme Court, claims that he
can demonstrate that the crucifxion
took place on the 7th of April, A.
d. so.
1t is currently reported that Indi-
ana viii furnish candidates for both
parties in 1884, if called upon. There
is nothing mean about the Hoosier
State. Her politicians are full grown
men.
Hartford insurance clerks took TO
guessing how many dollar bills were
required to weigh as much as $50
gold piece. The lowest guess was
$50 and the highest 1000, while the
real number was 81.
Mrs. France Hodson Burnett gives
the following directions how to write
q novel: You must have pen, ink,
and paper. Use the first with brains,
the second with Imagination, and the
third with generosity"
The Greenbackers are to hold a
State convention in Williamsport the
last of next month. They are not
certain vet that they will nominate
a State ticket, or whether they will
fall in with one of the other parties.
An ancient prophecy that three
women shall take hold of one man"
is likely to be fulfilled in the case Of
an Ohio editor, provided they can
catch up to him. The plethoric
pockets Of editors necessarily make
life full OF pitfalls and dangers.
How does this strike the young
sports ? The Johnstown Tribune
says: General James Potts was the
first president of the first base ball
club organized in Johnstown. On
his ffty-ninth birthday he took a
hand in a game and made a home
run.
A handsome tidy is made of linen
seine, with the ends fringed, or with
work at each end, or il may have
this work and the fringe at the bot
tom only. Then with black etching
silk work some pretty figure in the
centre. A vine-like border is a great
addition.
Moundsville, W. Va, has haunt
ed house. 4 skeleton vanders about
the premises, accompanied by an
indescribablesound which penetrates
the air for miles about, and seems to
originate in the earth. The skeleton
performs nightly before large and
terrified audiences.
AS NennOr and Hazen, rival Jug
glers with weather signs, happen to
be at the same watering place for
the summer, the wicked propose
that a "A foot ring be set up, and that
the twain proceed to knock each
other other out after the plans ofthe
Marquis Of Queensberry.
ONE OF THE ELECT.-The Cleve-
land, Ohio Plain Dealer reports that
Hon. Martin a. Foran, congressman
elect from the Cleveland, Ohio dis
trict has used St. Jacobs Oil in his
family and has always found it safe
and reliable. and it afforded him
great relief to a lame knee.
Niagara Falls is suffering severely
from its reputation for extortion.
The village looks squalid, the hack
men are idle and tourists shun the
place. Nevertheless the tolls"
making it impossible for the visitor
to move without paying from 10 to
30 cents, are still maintained.
A medical journal says that sneez-
ing can be stopped by plugging the
nostrils with cotton batting. Is a
man expected to take a roll of cotton
batting to church with him ? An
easier way than this is to press the
finger upon the upper lip. That
will stop sneezing Immediately.
The daughter Of an Earl stopped
dancing with the Prince of Wales
and openly refused to 20 on because
he was holding her to closely. and
otherwise misbehaving himself. in a
large ballroom. She left him In the
middle of the floor and asked an
acquaintance to take her to her
mother.
Michigan is taking measures to
put into practical operation a law
enacted by the Legislature at its re-
cent session requiring al teachers in
the public schools of that state to
give instruction to pupils upon the
physiologic and hvgienic effects of
tobacco and alcohol upon the human
system.
Some clever young ladies have in
vented a new plan for securing hus-
bands. They 90 out boating with
the man of their ch oice, contrive to
upset the boat. and then grab him
and save his life. The victim, in the
first burst of gratitude and admira-
ton, generally makes the desired
proposal to his heroic preserver.
A lamp-shade of pale blue may
have the proper aesthetic touch given
to it by running a fine wire through
lace, and then bending it around
the bottom of the shade so that it
forms a little fiounce. The lace
should be about three inches deep
and scant. There should be Just
fullness enough 10 make it hang
gracefully.
The Parnell Fund In Ireland has
risen to oyer $4,000. In Chicago it
is within q small fraction of $1,000,
in Massachusetts it has reached