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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
Home Rest.

Home IS place of rest. fit fails
IN this 1t Is an utter failure. Rest is
not idleness, but recuperation. In
activity tends to dullness and tor
Pldlty; rest produces energy and ac-
tlvity. The methods of rest NAV
widely vary. Reclining on lounge,
sleep at night, or sitting may super
induce rest, but not these alone.
Palata9le food, specially adapted to
the needs of the system. and which
will replace the tissues wasted in la
Dor: agreeable conversation, mental
eXmiaration and other influences
tend to rest. Home should alwavs
produce freedom from care, and
where its conditions are favorable to
this 1t Is place of rest. What these
conditions may be, depend on taste.
habit and thousand personal pecu-
llarities but as a rule, home can be
made adapted to them all. A kind
greeting, the play and prattle of
children, the easy chair, wrapper
and slippers, the home interests, the
new atmesphere-all tend to soothe
and rest. A pleasant table adds to
this. The most delightful meal of
the day should be at the end of the
day. 1t contributes to the restful-
ness OF home. 1t should be partaken
of leisurely, enjoyably, and be appe-
tiZing and good.
A bright home is restful. Rest
involves change. Business wearies.
and at the end of the day the nerve
force of hard workers Is greatly re-
duced. Sensitive nerves are easily
Jared. And it is these that need
rest. Hence the calling away of the
mind from the days cares, and
it with new surroundings
so that the past is dissipated and the
present Is grateful and agreeable,
involves the very essence of rest. A
home that can provide this is ALWAYS
attractive. 1t may be plain and
rude, or elaborate and costly. In
either case, if it meets the unexpress-
ed want of tired nature, it is home.
But if the old cares Weld to new,
and the irtitations of business mere
ly give place to other annoyances at
home, 1t is not place for rest. 1t
only adds to WEAKNESS and irritation.
The ART Of making home homelike is
the best that wife can possess, and
if the children are well trained along
that line it becomes a spot the dear
est on earth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
WHOLE NO. 1909.
General kilpatrick's Horse.

Speaking of horses, we are re-
minded of an incident related to us
by General Fitzpatrick, showing or
the part of horse retentive memo
ry. prompt recognition of MS mas
ters voice, and a Joy little less than
human at hearing the familiar tones
after long separation. Old Spert,
the Generals favorite war horse,
bore his master gallantly on long
and perilous rides and in the thick
of many desperate fight, himself
more than once feeling the prick of
rebel steel and the sting of rebel lead
Subsequent to the war General Kill
patrick was sent to South America.
He left the old horse at the farm,
with orders that he should be kind
ly cared for. Returning after an alb
sence of several years, the General
reached his home near night, and
was for some time occupied in ex-
changing greetings with his family
and friends. He did not, however,
long neglect to inquire after the old
horse. Learning that Sport was at
pasture in a distant field, the Gener-
al sent for him, and little later was
told that his tavorlte stood securely
tied to a post at the entrance of the
grounds some distance away. The
General FASTENED out on to the piaz-
Ia, from whence, peering through
the evening shadows. he deserted the
form of the old veteran, who stood
demurely gnawing at the post. Just
the one word, Sport :" rang out
over the lawn. Like an echo came
back the answering neigh. With a
snort and a bound the old charger
snapped the halter as if it had been
a thread, cleared the fence with "A
leap, and, with arched neck and
ears proudly erect, spurned the in
turf like a race horse until
he stood by the piazza, where with
Oyful whinny he laid his head upon
his masters breast. Added the Gen
eral: We hugged and caressed
each other like lovers, and / am not !
ashamed to say that no welcome | /
that dav warmed my heart
more than that of Old Sport. Ellen /
-ilie Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
Old Hens.

The old hen seems to be attacked
from all quarters, and the objections
to her are based upon two reasons,
the first of which is that hen will
not lay as many eggs after the first
year she begins laying, and the sec
Ond is that disease i. more liable
among old hens than pullets The
first objection is not always a potent
one, and verv often the hers lay
better during the third year than
the second. Much depends upon
the time of Matching the pullets
The pullet hatched as late as May
will be badly beaten her first season
of laying by the old hen, and if she
commences her second year it will
be with disadvantage of mOulting
when the weather is cold. Old hens
have been known to lay well and
regularly until well advanced in
age, and the calculation which has
been made by some genius and
given forth that old hens are unprof-
liable as layers, has been accepted
more on faith than observation.
Our experience teaches that some
old hens will lay more than pullets,
and that some pullets will lay more
than old hens. The trouble with
old hens is that they are liable to
become too fat on very high feed,
but if they are fed with judgment
they viii equal the pullets without
doubt. So far as being more liable |
to disease than pullets there are
also exceptions, and if the matter
can be given a fair test it will be |
found that the chances are equal |
AS to which are better for breed
ing, we venture to say that more /
eggs will hatch that are laid by old |
hens than by pullets, and this is a
great deal in favor of the old hens.
We think hens should be kept until
the spring in which they become
three years old, not that they are
then useless, but because the pullets
have reached a more mature age and /.
this plan of dividing the hen into
three periods, instead of two, will no
doubt be found better. The breed,
also, has something to do with the
merits of pullets and old hens. A
Leghorn or Hamburg pullet will lay
more eggs in a year than an old hen
Of the Brahma. Cochin or Plymouth |
Rock breeds, but an old hen of the
Leghorn breed will also Law more 4
than the pullets of the larger breeds.
Crossed hens will often be found !
good layers for long period, but
the cross should be iudicious one.
Canada Farmers AdrOcate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
Experiments with Bats.

IF you ever want to study a hi
bernating animal, by all means take
a bat" said the naturalist, "as they
are most easily handled. | have
made some experiments, with very
interesting results. Last winter |
placed one in vacuum receiver and
kept it there for half an hour, the
creature not waking up and showing
that suspension of the faculties was
almost absolute. and the most care
ful use of the stethOscope barely
showed life, even that sometimes
failing. The same bat, suspended
in a vacuum glass, was afterwards
surrounded by gas that if the ami
NAL was in its normal condition,
would be Immediately fatal, but so
sound was this remarkable sleep
that it had no effect upon l.; even
pure air that had surrounded it for
hours when carefully examined and
analyzed did not show that it bad
even been breathed bv the animal.
An instrument has been invented,
however, that shows the respiration,
each delicate movement being mark
ed by an index
about how much oxygen does
bat consume in thi. state ?n
individuals differ greatly" was
the reply. "One which | examined
consumed ninetv-two cubic inches
in twenty-four hours, while others
use much less"
"The numbers of bats that hiber-
nate together" continued the speak
er. ''is marvellous, and not many
miles from Philadelphia, a most re-
markable instance was shown not a
long time since. A gentleman cen
nected with the Diplomatic Corps at
purchased a house that /
had not been occupied for many |
years. On the first night in the |
house, upon lighting the lamp, they /
were deluged with swarm of bats, /
that seemed to dart from every crack |
and crevice of the room, to the ter
ror of the entire household. The as /
semblage increased as the night wore /
on, ultimately driving the inmates
cut of doors. The next day deter
mined attack was commenced upon /
them. The roof of an L of the /
was broken in. disclosing a /
scene almest incredible. The re-
mains and guano of bats were piled /
upon the floor of the garret to a
depth of four feet, and out of the or
ilice rushed a throng of bats com (
posed of thousands In fact in bis
report to the Smithsonian, the gem
ileman expressed the opinion that /
there were at least half a million
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
Stumbling Horses.

The Pittsbu-g StocEman, in a re-
cent issue, says: Some good horses
are addicted to stumbling while
walking or moving in a slow trot.
A well-versed veterinarian states that
there are two causes that would tend
to produce this faulty action; such
as would be noticed in a tired horse
the other. weakness of the exterior
muscles of the leg, brought about by
carrying too much weight on the
toe. To effect a cure, he adds,
tighten the weight of each front shoe
about four ounces nave the toe of
the shoe made of steel instead of
iron, it will wear longer; have it
rounded off about the same as it
would be when one-third worn out,
in order to prevent tripping allow
one week 5 rest have the legs show
cred for a few minutes at time with
cold water through a hose, in order
to create a spray then rub dry.
briskly, from the chest down to the
foot. Give walking exercises daily
during this week for about an hour
twice a day. When you commence
driving again omit the slow Jog,
either walk or send him along at a
sharp trot for mile or two, then
walk away, but do not speed for at
least several weeks. BY this means
the habit of stumbling from either OF
the above causes will be pretty well
overcome"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16

been engaged to him long time y
said nothing as we returned, but
when found the girl alone said ::
Don't you know that love you
devotedly?"
"Of course | never knew it.,
Judge"
But | do, and want you to be my
wife"
Judge, | can't. | am going to
marry Tom Patrall, the ferryman. |
know you are a good man and |
don't want you to think | won't
marry you because yeu are a
judge. Position makes no difference
with me, and if | loved a man |
would marry him, even if he was a
judge, just as soon as | would fer
ryman, and hope you will under
stand that position has not influenc-
ed this case, for even though you are
a Judge, must say that you have
ever conducted yourself as perfect
gentleman"
why didn't you tell her that you
had been a captain in the army?"
said one of the listeners.
Il did," replied the judge, ''but
she said that the ferryman had been
a teamster, and that while she would
Just as leave marry captain as
teamster, yet she was compelled to
turn to her ferryman lover, and now
when | tell my wife of the choice,
she says, Yes, the girl was right in
taking the ferrvman p"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
.rried one evening in autumn,

| married one evening in autumn,
A rosy-cheeked, rolicking girl;
Her eyes were as bright as midsummer,
Her teeth were like pebbles of pearl
The presents were early presented
As handsome as ever l saw
But donors quite frequently whispered; +;
" Beware Of your mother-in-law."
l rented one-story cottage,
Just out of the noise of the town,
And happy as orioles mated,
We settled contentedly down.
And somehow it presently happened
That bundles and dainties saw
Pass into the door of our kitchen,
Sweet gifts from my mother-in-law.
Sometimes when my labor was heavy,
And wages exceedingly low,
I sank on my pillow discouraged,
Bewailing my trials and woe;
But trouble was suddenly lifted,
And icy ill-humor would thaw,
When round rolling dollars would jingle
From the hand of my mother-in-law,
But once on cold winter morning,
When snow mantled valley and hill,
The wife had cherished so fondly,
Lay silent and speechless and still,
And | with two wee little children,
Was left in the world all alone,
To long for a smile that. had vanished,
To weep for face that had gone.
! thought of the sorrows about me,
Thought of the varied past,
And wondered what hand in the future
Would fondle my darlings at last;
And 10. like an angel from Heaven,
Through torrents of tear-drops / saw,
! form bending down to my babies,
The form of my mother-in-law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
Boys and Bears.

Ellenville correspondence New
York Tribune The Neyesink re-
gion sends in the story that bark
peeler attempted to capture a pair
of cubs few days ago, snugly stow
ed away in a hollow stump. lie
took them up in his arms and was
hurrying away with them, when
the mother approached. Thinking
that he might oatrun her and reach
a house that was distant about halt
mile, the barkpeeler kept the cubs
in his arms and ran. The old bear
gained on him rapidly, however,
and he put down one OF the cubs,
hoping that the mother would stop
with it long enough to allow him 10
get beyond her reach with the
other one. She stopped; finding only
one of her cubs had been released
she rushed after him again. He
saw that it would be impossible for
him to reach the house before the
mother would be upon him, and
he dropped the other cub. This
satisfied the old bear. A party of
armed men subsequently went in
search of the bears, but had not cap
.ured them at last accounts.
The Woodstock country is excited
over the adventures of four men and
a boy with a she bear and three
cubs on Friday last. The party
was hunting rabbits near the Greene
County line. The boy fired at a rab-
DIT he had scared from brush pile
and at the sound OF the gun a large
bear came out from behind the roots
)f fallen tree. She was followed
sy three cubs and rushed directly
1t the boy. The bear was only
ew steps away, and the boy fired
he undischarged barrel of his gun
It her, but as 1t was loaded with fine
ihot, the effect was only to increase
he bears fury. The boy ran and
houted for help. The four men ap-
Jeared in time to save the boy, who
vas being closely pressed by the
.nraged bear. The guns of the par
y contained nothing but fine shot,
'ut the men attacked the animal.
The cubs huddled together a short
distance behind their mother.
While the men were firing into the
I'D bear, the boy carried away two
fthe cubs. The mother discovered
he loss Of her cubs at once. and
roke away after their captor. She
ad received nine heavy charges of
hot however. and vas mortallv
rounded, and fell dead before she
ad gOne many stems
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16

The St. Louis, Mo-, PoSt-Dispatch
saw. that Mrs, Phoebe Rice, 12OS
Madison street, a sister of Hon. H..
CLAY Sexton, Chief st. Louis Fire
Department, had been a sufferer
from infiammatory rheumatism for
seven years the muscles Of her
hands and limbs were contracted,
and she used crutches. By a single
application of ST. Jacobs Oil she was
benefited instantaneously and final
ly completely cured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
Women and Cosmetic.

1t is stated in the columns of a
medical journal of recent publica-
ton that the use of arsenic as a cos
metic is attaining dangerous popu-
laritv in fashionable circles, both
here and abroad. There are many
women says the New York Egenjng
Post, who consider a good complex
ion one of the chief desideratums
life can offer, and one to be obtain
ed at almost any cost. 1t Is no Sc
cret that the poison, when taken
in specific doses or quantities, has
the effect of clearing the skin and
rendering 1t soft and exquisitely
transparent, but the after conse-
quences of its prolonged use ought
to be considered, for they are sufli-
ciently weighty and alarming to
deter even the greatest aspirant at
ter loveliness from tampsring with
so deadly beautifier. 1t is presum-
Ell that no woman would be rash
enough to deliberately swallow ar
senio except under profession
al supervision, and it is said that
some medical advisers in this and
other cities. at the request of their
fair but foolish patients, give arsen-
ic unscrupulously in the form of
prescriptions, which the unsuspec-
ting chemist makes up, unconscious
of the object for which the danger
Gus mineral is administered. Thi.
is a very lamentable declaration,
vet, if it is true, as an outspoken but
very sensible physician of expert
ence lately remarked, These fair
fools will not only purify their com
plexions, but they will eventually
purify the world by getting out of 1t.
They will soon lie forever at rest
from all the vanities of this world
with countenances as white as the
most fastidious could possibly desire.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16

Ayers Cathartic Pills are suited
to every age. Being sugar-coated
they are easv to take, and though
mild and pleasant in action are
thorough and searching in effect.
Their efficacy in all disorders of the
stomach and bowels is certified to by
eminent physicians, prominent cler-
gymen, and many of our best citi-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16

The Postmaster General estimates
that over 100000 mis-directed let
ters annually find their way to the
" Intelligence department" OF the
dead letter office in Washington,
where experts redirect them, with
the seal unbroken, to their proper
destination.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16

Mei.sonier, the French painter,
whose name has become pretty
well known of late by the notoriety
given him by Mrs. Mackey, wears a
long white beard. He is " years
old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-16
ANTipOTE TO MALARIA.

III, FEELS LIKE A NEvv MAN.
81 have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
ton. two years, and have tried ten different
kinds Of pills, and TUFTS are the first
that have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. NY appetite Is
splendid. food digcsts readily, and now
have natural passages. l feel like new
man. W. ID. EDWARDS, Palmyra, %.
u. orar,-.rl.ar DC. nnfcn. "A Mnrrav s.. Wy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-10
A LETTER
Sent to b. r. Butler bv the East New
York Greenback Convention.

New YORK, Nav 9.
The following was sent to Gen. B. F. But
ler today
ALBANY. N. Y, May ., 1884,
II on. Benz. F. Butler:
Dear Sir-Enclosed YOU will please find a
copy of the resolution adopted by the East
New York State convention of the national
greenbaek labor party, held in this city the
29th ult.
Resolved. That the delegates from the
State of New York be and hereby are in
structed not to cast a vote for any candidate
for President or Vice President in the nation
al convention unless such candidate has first
openly and reliably consented to accept the
nomination it is rendered by said convention
to stand on the platform it adopts and remain
in the field as candidate of the party it was
called to represent until the polls close on
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1884. Several of our polit-
ical friends throughout the country have al
ready indicated their preference for you as
candidate for President, and requested the
delegates in the national convention to vote
accordingly. A number of delegates from
New York are also admirers of your record
and would like to vote for you in the conven-
ton aud at the polls, provided
you deem it consistent to comply
with the requirements set forth, and | know
of no officer or member of any party IN this
State who is not ready and willing to sacri
fee personal considerations and give cordial
support to any candidate whose name will ait
in advancing the principles and promoting
the permanent welfare of the party organiza
ton for which they have struggled, through
misrepresentation, treason and defeat, during
the past eight years. The speedy triumph OF
both, according to all present signs, is neal
at hand if they are honestly and faithfully ad
hered to. Therefore, in order to enable dele
gates from this State to act intelligently. yot
respectfully requested to communicate to me
for publication or make known through th'
public press at your earliest convenience you
| views on the subject contained in said reso
luton, as it relates to your being nominated
as a candidate for president of the Unitet
States by said convention.
Yours very Respectfully,
GEORGE o. JONES, Chairman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-10
OAK KLAN ID.

Mr.. Orrin Tilton, well known farmer of
this town, had 1920 in $40 gold pieces, taken
from his house during the absence of the
family on Wednesday, the 30th. Two young
men, Amos Higgins and Adelbert Stevens
were suspected of being the guilty parties.
They were tried before Justice Aver, who
discharged them for want Of evidence. e.-The
spring term of the village schools began two
weeks ago. They are under the instruction
of the following teachers: High School, l..
II. Owen; assistant, Miss Florence Smiley
Grammar school, Miss Fanny Weston, Mad
ison; North Primary, Miss Rebecca Dear
born; South Primary, Miss Sarah Hal
lett-Mr. Chas. Farnham sold his eating
saloon to Milton Horn. Mr.. Horn took pos
session last week.-Mr. Oscar Getchell is
building house on the new street leading
past Mr.. Hersom's residence.-Geo. w.
Field yousg attorney, formerly located al
Harmony, has opened a Law Office in 1. w.
Bates building, near the depot.-Mr. Z. A.
Young, who recently leased the Cascade
House, opened it to the public Monday morn.
ing. The rooms have been newly painted,
papered. carpeted and nicely furnished with
new furniture. II looks as if the travelling
public would not be obliged to slight Oakland
for the want of hotel accommodations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-10
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
An Old Man Perishes in the Fiames-
Heavy Loss of Property.

ErpINe. N. H., May 3.
A fire broke out at two o'clock TINS mora
ing in A stable connected with the building
known as the old Fogg stand, owned by W.
r Bunker, G. S. Rundlett and NJ. }. Rund-
lett at Epping Corner. which with me posi-
office building and store owned by Kew. D.
n. Stevens we're entirely consumed. Ihree
teuements in the Fogg building were occupied
bv the families of Fred Rhadodor. Geo w,
Martien and Moses A. Perkins, who loses
Quantity of household effects. The grocery
store of G. S. Rundlett & Son was parity
burned. Over the store was mercnants
club room and the law office of W. H. Drury
who saved most of their effects. The post
office building was owned and occupied by
w. H. Stickney as post office and drug store
His loss is 5000; insured for 5000. The
loss Of the Epping Savings Bank, which was
in the building. is not known. The Free
Mason lodge over this store loses all the FUR
niture and effect; no insurance. Geo w
Marden, 20 wears old, was sick where the
fire started and perished in the flames. sn
head of cattle in Bunker's stable were burned
Buuker's loss is 5000; insured for sZuUV
RsnJlett,s loss is $4,000, no insurance. Inc
loss of ]. H. Stearns, on building, $500; In
.ured for $500. Hazen occupied thi. store
as . harness shop and saved most OF his ef
fecte.