The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-21
TWISTED TRUTHS.
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20 the ground by bayonet. For
two mornings be took her to the
nearest regimental surgeon and haa
her toot dressed. On the third
morning the cat went herself TO 'he
doctors tent, scratched the canvas
TO be let in, and she then held up
her paw to be doctored.
TAME HUMMING BIRDS.
A lady in San Rafael has succeed
ed in tanning two wild humming- +
birds. Plucking a fuschia, she al
tached it to the branch OF tree
over her head. and filled it with
sweetened water. The birds soon
had their slender bills thrust INTO
the flower. from which they took
long drauchts. Every day after
ward she filled fresh flower with
honey. The birds soon became so
impatient they would not wait I'M
I'll she went away, but fed while
she was filling the flower.
WORSE THAN DYNAMITE.
Prot. Bell found a couple Of
coachwhlp snakes while IN camp
near Santa Rosa Flat. lie put
them in a neat package, and lald 1t
on a stump. On the following day,
which was warm and pleasant,
Young lady and gentleman out drlv-
ing discovered the package and ap-
propriated it. AS the young lady
united the string the coachwhlps
shot out Ike arrows. She tumbled
out OF the buggy on one side and he
on the other. while the horse ran
away.
CHARMED BY A RATTLEsNAkE.
A 2O-months-old child in Granite
vile, Cal, while standing in the door
of its home, was charmed by a rat
tlesnake. which coiled itself in front
of him. 1t was but two feet away,
and was gently moving Its head
backward and forward and looking
at the child with eyes ike two
flames. The child's sister, II years
of age, pulled her little brother away
when the reptile glided. swiftly out
of sight. The child seemed stupe-
fed for some time aiterward.
OVERHEARD IN A SACK.
A mother seal followed a schoon-
er which had captured her baby
along the coast of California for 80
miles. After the vessel reached
the wharf at Santa Barbara the
young seal was tied up in jute
sack and left loose on the d, OK.
Soon after coming toanchor the seal
responded TO its mothers call by
casting itself overheard, all tied up
as il was in the sack. The mother
seized the sack and tore it open with
her sharp teeth, and the reunited
pair swan of toEether.-Tdies ct the
Pacific.
WITHOUT A NAME.
Captain Charles II. Davis, of Bal
timore, who has just returned from
cruise on the caribbean Sea,
brought home with him from Swan
Island, two strange animals for
which he can find 10 name They
are dark gray in color, about the size
of cats, but with heads. teeth, and
eyes like rats. Their tails are very
short. There are but few of them
on the islands. A peculiarity of
the animals IS the strong affection
which exists between them. If The
male is caught the female becomes
a willing prisoner, and vice versa.
COMFORTABLE LOOKING CANNON BALL
In one side ofSt. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Norfolk, Va, is lodged a
cannon bali fired there by the Brit
ish in the bombardment of 1776
The church is in the form Of a cross,
and its bricks, like those of the old
one at Hampton, are alternately red
and glazed. They probably came
from England. and they show GOOD
honest workmanship. Over one
hundred years they have stood here
and not one of them has crumbled.
Even the cannon bali, which is near.
ly foot in diameter, and is half finn.
bedded in the front. has not broken
those bricks Immediately surround
ing it, and it looks Just as comforta.
bic as though it had been built il
the walls by the hands ofthe original
masons.
BACTERIA on COIN.
DIR. Reinsch. a distinguished Ger
man chemist, has found the bacte
ria OF different diseases sticking tC
silver coin long after being exposed
to the disease An extended serie.
of observations showed that this i:
the case with the. small coins of al
nations, the thin incrustation of or
ganic matter deposited upon theil
surfaces in the course of long circu
lation rendering them very suitabl,
for this parasitical settlement. DIR
Reinsch scraped off some of thes,
incrusta lions and, with small seal
pei, divided them into fragments
which were subsequently dissolved
in distilled water. The employment
of lenses ofa very high power show
ed the bacteria and fungi distinctly
OLD AND FAITHFUL.
There are real love matches il
Russia, Judging from the story tha
two people had loved and been con
slant to each other for 42 years. tn,
man being then p and the woman
sweet l6. Fortune. however. in thei
case was cruel. The couple knew
that 10 marry and be pennies
would be madness. So for ~ year
they have waited. The man now. b
industry, owns two-story woode
house, and the woman has saved, b
thrift and care, 500 rubles, and the
patience and perseverance are at la:
rewarded by happy marriage. A
eyewitness declares that ii is in
possible to relate the happine:
which shone in the eyes of these ol
and faithful lovers as they wei
made one by the priestly bles
ing.
WANTED FRIEND.
Alexander Clark. of Kintras. See
land, while walking through b