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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30

"Yeur father is entirely bald now
isn't hs?n said an Austin man to
the son of millionaire.
"Yes," replied the youth sadly,
"I'm the only heir he has left"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.

Estate Of Michael Lohr. late of Ccnemaugh Twp,
Somerset Co. Pa, decd.
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been granted TO the undersigned by the
nr,per authority, notice Is hereby given TO all
persous indebted 10 said estate to make immedf
ste payment, and those having claims against the
ssme ill present them duly authenticated ior
serflrment on Saturday, the 9TH day Of February,
isss at the once Of J. ID. Swank, Esq, In Ds'
ROLSON LpHR.
.ro Administrator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30

Help others and you relieve your
self. Go out and drive away the
cloud from distressed friends
brow, and you will return with a
lighter heart.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30

In the game of f'freeze- out" between
Old Probs and the North Pole there
is a prospect of an over production
of ice.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30

Cynical Spanish proverb, that,
after all may not be without some
Justice: "A woman's tears cost little,
but bring her much %
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30

Economy is tie road to wealth"
and the way can be easily told by
the tall grass which streaks its centre.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30
TORPID BOWELS,
DIS o r D < r Ed LIVE r,
and MALARIA.
ANTIpoTE TO MALARIA.
HE rEELs LIKE A NEW MAN.

HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAN.
81 have had Dyspepsia, with Consiipa-
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 digests readily, and now
have natural passages. 1 feel likN a new
man" W. ID. EDWARDS, Palmyra, ..
.,tfl everywbere o5c. Ofiee ~ NurravS y Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30
Dying of Thirst.

Did you ever suffer extreme hun
ger or thirst ?" was asked of a Ken
lucky Colonel who had been relating
some solid stories about himself.
"Well," he replied, II never suf-
fered what might be called extreme
hunger, but ne man knows how to
endure the agonies of thirst better
than | do"
Il remember the time WELL" he
continued rstrOspectively. Il was
on a fishing excursion and became
lost IN the woods. For three days
not a drop passed my lips. My
heightened absence finally caused
alarm and . party was sent in search
of me. They found me lying in an
unconscious condition en- the bank
Of little trout stream, and it was
hours before any hope of saving me
was entertained"
WAS the trout stream dry ?" ask
ed one of the interested listen
erS.
DRY ? Certainly not. How could
/ catch fish if the stream was
dry?
"Well, I don't see how you could
suffer from thir3t with a stream ei
water close at hand ?"
Water close at handp repeated
the Kentucky Colonel. "And what
has water got to do with mans
being thirsty 7"-Philadelphia Call.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-30

He had just got his oyster-shop
opened to the public the other day
when in came a man who asked:
Got any raws ?"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
A Jou MY to the Sun.

AS to the distance of ninety-threo
million miles. a cannOn-blll would
travel 1t in about fifteen yea 8. 1t NAV
help us to remember that at the speed
attained by the linn ted express on our
railroads train VIII CHI had 10 t the sun
for the earth when the Maytlower sailed
from Delfhaven with The Pilgrim
Fathers. and which ran mt that rate day
and night, would in 1884 still be
journey OF some years away from its
terrestrial station. The fare at the
customary races. it may De remarked,
would be rather over $500. OOO SO that
it is clear that we should need both
money and leisure for the journey.
Perhaps the most striking illustration
OF the sums distance is given by express
ing it in terms OF what the Psychologists
would call velocity OF nerve transmits
sion. 1t has been found that sen.
sation is not absolutely instantaneous,
put that it occupies very minute time
in travelling along the nerves; SO that
II child puts its fingers into the cam
die, there is n certain almost incon-
celvably small space of time, saw tho
one-hundreth of second. before no
feels the heat In case, then, child s
arm were long enough to touch the
sun. it can be calculated from this
known rate of transmission that the in
FAINT would have to live 20 be a man of
over q hundred before it knew that its
fingers were burned. Prot. s. r. Lang
ley in the Ce,at1tr
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
The Locomotion Of Shells.

The great canch or strombus, has q
veritab1e sword that it thrusts out,
sticks into the ground, and by q muscu-
lar effort jerks itself along, making q
decided leap. The squids, that are the
brightest forms Of mollusks, leap en-
tirely clear of the water, often several
feet. They are the nk-bearers, and
from their ink-bags comes the sepia
used by artists, while their bone is the
cuttle-fish bone of commerce. Many of
the cookies have method of flying
through the water that is quite novel.
They are generally beautifully colored,
and have long streaming tentacles, and
suddenly, without warning, they dart
up from the bottom, and by violent
opening and shutting Of their valves
they rush away with their long reddish
hair streaming after them, presenting q
very curious appearance. The shell
known as the Lima Mans is particular
" remarkable for these flights, and all
the scallops are jumpers and leapers.
When placed in boat they have been
known to leap out, and the ordinary
scallop has been known to jump out Of
q pot when placed upon a stove. Ade-
scription of the different methods by
which shells move would fill volume.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
ArizOna Indians.

The Haulapais, as we'll as the Mo-
have, crematc the dead. The body is
laid in the ground about eighteen inch
es below the surface; piles Of brush and
logs are thrown above and below, to
make very hot ire. During the burn
ing, the relatives and friends throw
their blankets and other yaluables into
the flames. Tic value is regulated by
the degree of kinship, The ashes are
thrown to the four winds. One will
say to another, l am not gong to throw
my blanket to your brother, for you did
not throw anything for my father So
cial etiquette, We should call that if it
were question Of wearing black, I
suppose? They burn also immense
numbers Of ponies, and have great
wake, = The less important people
are sometimes buried with no 81 ritico
Of property, but that is not proper re-
spect. Both Spencer and Captain
Peirce say it is Impossible 10 break up
these wastesul feas;s among the elders;
the young men who are mixing In tho
world already despise them, Thew have
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
WHOLE NUMBR $50

II =
no rciig,uS whatever, spencer says. -
far IS he has been able To find ont.
They believe in no spirits except those
OF the departed. which they think linger
about the place of death. They never
pass such a place ut night Il they can.
avoid it. They would seem to ba prom.
ising disciples for the Spiritnaiists.
Their medicine men have little power,
apparently. and, Ike those Of the
Northwest Indians, are killed ii their
patient dies. The medicine man IS
born to the position. and can not help
himself. Any peculiarly in the child
is apt to be considered an indication;
but if he goes to gathering herbs it Il
. certain sign. Truly, the position is
not an enviab.e one. A medicine man,
however. gets large recompense. aud
a man who is cured is always pretty
poor, no matter what he wned before.
-Bost0:s advertiser.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
Hurt Ills Good Name.

Yer mout offer me er hunnerd dol
lars ter vote fur yer in lie convention
an 1t wouldn' hab no 'tluence wild me. -
said an old negro in reply to a candi-
date who had asked for his support.
"Oh. wouldn't ofer you money!
rejoined the candidate. II believe in
conducting campaign fairly and
squarely. Corruption in oflice-seeking
has cast dark cloud over our institu.
tiOns. wouldn't think of offering you
q hundred dollars. | haven't that
amount of money, anyway"
Yer ain'tp Well den, dar amt no
usen talkin' ter me. How much is yer
got, nohow?"
I've got FIVE dollar.
Uh, huh, no usen talkin' ter me. I
amt gwine ter sell myself ter no white
man"
"Of course not. y
'.Look heah, whut yer gwine ter do
wild dat five dOllars?'
'.l'll make good use of IT,"
Heah, femme hab it. Dem folks
thinks dat Use dun sold out. I'clare
ter goodness, white man, it hurts er pus-
sons good name ter be seed er talkin'
ter yer.-Arkansa,O Traveller.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
LACE HANDKERCHIEF8,
Tho Conflicting Emotions Of Two Ameri.
cans In Belgium.

Brussels, the capital Of Belgium, is :
most charming city. It is manufac-
turing city, and lace and leather arti-
cles are some of the most important
products. It is very interesting to see
lace made. had this pleasure, and
this is the way it came about. It was
about nine o'clock atnight, and we had
just come out Of the cathedral where
We had been attending evening prayers
end studying the church at The same
time. a young man came up and pre-
sented US with a card, and asked If we
would not, like to see the process Of
making lace. We Immediately put him
down for guide, and as we had noth-
ing whatever to do with guides, polite
~ informed him that we had no. need
Of his services. He told us he was con-
nected with the establishment and that
1t would not cost us cent to see the
place.
This was q new dodge which we did
not quite understand I)o You mean
TO say that there viii Is no charge 81
we accompany yosa, Ard s.vers ~,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
How the Bedosins Cs.q.er Thirst

In an article on ssThe Rescue o1
Chinese Gordon" in the Ct1ts,y, Gener-
d r. E. Colst0n. late of the Egyptian
General staff. says: "In the sWaterless
Land water is tie paramount ques-
ton. If it be asked how . large. body
of Bedouins, like the ten thousand who
nearly destroyed the British squares at
lanai manage to subsist, the reason is
plain. In the first place, they do not
need the enormous trains required for y
European army. They are the most
abstemious of men. Each man carries
q skin Of water and small bag Of
grain, procured. by purchase or barter
from caravans. Their camels and goats
move with them, supplying them with
milk and meat, and subsisting upon
the scanty heritage and the foliage OF
the thorny mimosa growing in secluded
wadies. These people could live upon
the increase of their flocks alone, which,
they exchange readily for. other COM
modities; but being the exclusive car
riers and guides for all the travel and
commerce that cross their deserts, .hey
realize yearly large amounts Of money.
AS to water, they know every nook and
hollow in the mountains, away from the
trails where few barrels of water col
lect in some shaded ravine, and they
can scatter, every man for himself, to
fill their water-skins. On my first ex-
petition. near the close of the three
years drought, reached some wells
on which l was depending, and found
them entirely dry. It was several days
to tho next wells. But my Bedonin
guides knew some natural reservoirs in
the hills about six miles of. So they
took the water camels at night-fall: and
came back before daylight with the
water-skins filled. An invading army
would find 1t hard to obtain guides, and
even if they Gid, they must keep to-
gether, and could not leave the line OF
march to look for water. Besides. tho
Bedouins, accustomed from infancy to
regard water as most precious and rare,
use It with wonderful economy. Meth
or man nor animals drink more than
once in f0rty-eight hours. As to wash
ing, they never indulge in such waste
full nonsense. When Bedouins came to
my camp, water was always offered
them. Their answer would frequently
be: NO, thanks; l drank Yesterday
They know too well the Importance oil
keeping up the habit Of abstemiousness.
No wonder they can subsist where In.
vaders would quickly perish. .
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Since 1873 the lay schools of France
have gained 100000 students, while tho
religious schools have lost 100000.
1T is better to preach large Gospel
in small church than to preach q
small Gospel in a large church. - The
Good Way.
Nothing expands the mind like an
active participation in some form of
work. Education and idleness are in
compatible. Prof. Suing,
Not q week in the year goes by that
some Christian missionary does not sail
from some American port on the Allan
heather land Men and women, mar
ried and single, are pushing out almost
daily with no other errand than to
spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Never before have Christian missions
shown such abundant promise. In
diu,sapolis journal.
One Of our New York exchanges
calls attention to matter that seems to
invite remedy. We mean the failure
Of the churches generally to give no.
tice, by sgn upon their outer walls,
of their denomina'iOnal connection and
hours of service. We have OCCASIONAL
ly seen such sign, and thought it an
excellent idea. But the rule is to dis
signs on the church front.-M. i. EGdnl-
liner.
"A new method of popular instruc-
ton is said to be growing in favor in
Germany. pyramids Of instruction"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
A vlsl,lng statesman.

She was the impcrsonation Of the good
.natured. old-fashiOned. kind.hearted and
motherly landlady. She, was fat and
forty, and as she sat. down to tell the
Superintendent of Police her story she
smoothed down her check apron and
sort o. tucked up her sleeves as if get
ting ready to lay the foundation for 3
potRie.
very distinguished looking man about
fifty years old called at my house to
secure board. .
s.Yes'm.'''
HE represented himself as a visiting
statesman, and I gave him the best
room and the head Of the table. :
What's q visiting statesman?''
well, that IS one thing want to ask
you about. Iallus s'posed statesman
was member Of Congress, or had
something or other to do at Washing
ton. | kinder made up my mind he
was visiting the hae they dug for the
new post-oifice, or wanted to see sun
thin about the Custom House, or was q
Government agent for the cholera, y
sum. Wellp''
s.Wcll, when Saturday came he said
his credentials hadn't arrived, and in
stead of paying his board h borrowed
five dollars of me.
ssWhat Credentials"
II dunno never saw anything of
the sort, and dunno what they are made
of or how they look. ] didn't want to
give my ignorance away to q visiting
statesman, and so I didn't ask any
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The greatest evil OF modern educa-
ton is the evil which it intlicts on
health. %. S. Fowler.
More schools have been established
in North Carolina during the last four
years than during the previous twenty
years. - Chicago Times.
In twelve hundred towns west Of
the Mississippi River there is no Protest
ant preaching. The Home Missionary
Society of the Congregational Church
is aiding missionaries to occupy that
field.-M y Tribune.
In North Carolina in 1880 fifty
four days constituted the school year;
in Tennessee, sixty eight days. In the
State Of Texas the school year was sew
enty three days, and the school period
only six years from eight to fourteen.
The Highland pr sby;er;an) Uni
versity OF Kansas onto debt. and in
possession Of pr per Y :.l,,ed at $22,-
$50. Hon. j. T. jim on now proposes
to endow five chars !" til 50, 80 each,
if others will 10 the sar4e. thus creating
permanent endowment oI 5000, 900. -
Kansas Citv 7snle,.
The one th,rg nee.lfnl in. making
selections o. tea hers il tho public
schools, jndg'n rom I I,..rnnce, is to
find ladies ard Z .ptl m'n who, though
greatly aEnoyc;, ,s.il not iiy into Il pas
sion SO violent Il Il transforms them
from ladies' and q ntlt.ls.en into inhu-
man brutes. Lctr,s. mt.
On an avert - oa'ss ak ont Of six
teen Of tho ci,il,lrsn o Il 6. tinted States
are at schoo evcr,s Il $ in tie ednca-
tional Year. -Four .. e rmaining ten
60 occas onally. Six ...r,w NJ in ig-
norance. 1hi,s tsta o.inin.- st be
improved, or three q; lias u q next
generation will be bioa heals 81 GRIM
inals. CAyrs7e.
President Webb, nf aiis sissipri Col
lego, was interview 4 by 4 young man
who wanted to go to scho5i. We'll. "
said the Tres dent, "A :,at do you
know?'' :. Nothing, aas the re-
Spouse. "Well, you IRE Just four
years ahead OF Sole OF Lie other stu
dents. It takes them Jour years to
learn what you know TO start with.
Your prospects are linz. sir. =
"A valiant old Swiss Christian
named Pointe. has for many years
gone through Fran 2. selling and Civ
ing away Bibles and Testaments. AT
the same time hs breaches against
Romanism and In deity, leaving the
Scriptures to tell shs true gospel story
of salvation. III 1888 he sold 7,713
New Testaments. 78O Bibles, II, 355
illustrated sheets, and gave away
48.O0O single gospels.
The number OF non Christians
upon the globe, says the Baltimore
american, is 9OO,OO1,eOO, being twic.
the number Of Christians. OF Chris
tians the Catholics take the lead with
218. 600, 600. the Protestants 1913, Co.,
600, the Greeks 8S,COO,O0o and others
e,OOO.OOO. All this has been accom-
plished within 1000 yeas. AT this
rate, with increased facilities for the
PRONUNCIATION Of the gospel, the worl,
will be wholly evangelical IN two
three centuries.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05

~..o. Ss...rt =.u,olJ lruul manifestations
of i'll temper, for which they could only
account on moral grounds.
There is such a thing as spelling q
patient. even though he be past the AGE
we generally associate with the word
spoil. s illness often brings back
some Of the hayward peevishncss Of
childhood. and you get such things to
contend with rs positive refusal to take
foOd or medicine. or to comply with
some order of the Doctors. As re-
CARDS the question Of how far to give
in to patients whims and fancies.
there is no better general rule than
tbs: oppose his wishes only on uues-
tons Of right and wrong; and, when
opposition becomes q necessity. use
special efforts SO to keep our self-con-
troll as to avoid Ell expression Of anger
or.impat. ence.
How far you succeed in steering
your patient through such troubled
waters will depend greatly upon what
measure you possess of that valuable
gift, sympathy; in other words, the
power OF putting yourself in another's
place, seeing from his point of view,
and feeling with him in his difficulties.
A hard, cold, or even merely narrow
nature can not be trained into q really
good nurse; and, indeed, as broad
rule, Jack OF health and lack Of SYM
patly are the only two absolutely in
surmountable obstacles in the way of
those who desire to be helpful in the
sick-room.
For observe that the qualities of self
control, cheerfulness and patience.
though much easier to some than to
others, are within the reach of all who
earnestly strive to possess them; and,
moreover. each and all are capable of
being developed and cultivated to an
almost unlimited extent. Sympathy, on
the other hand, though capable of de-
velopment by its fortunate possessor, is
one OF those natural gifts which no
amount OF training can impart, and
which is no more within the reach Of
all than is that good health without
which attempts at nursing can not but
end in failure Given these two special
gifts of health and sympathy, and you
have the .born nurse" needing, in
deed, much patient care and training,
but one who may confidently count up
OH success.
Various other qualities and habits,
such as humility, gentleness, sfirmness,
order and accuracy, are useful in nurs.
ing. There are also various gifts. az
good hearing and sight, cleverness of
fingers, and natural quickness of up.
Prehension and of movement, which,
though very desirable, are not absolute
ly indispensable, and on these it is not
necessary to dwell. Those who hsyo
them may rejoice; and those who have
not need not be disheartened, as they
can very we'll be dispensed with, pro-
Vided there is thorough. conscientious
effort made to acquire those morensc-
essary things which are to be had Tor
the trying. W1eeklu.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
Neatness.

The frog has the reputation Of being .
dissolute character, but the great care
which he exercises in sanitary way
and his general habits of cleanliness
must win for him many admirers among
the neat people of the country. The
bullfrog, unlike old Sam johnson, never
wears soiled linen. His shirt bosom is
immaculate-cfeamy in the richness OF
it's purity. The bullfrog does not
slobber on his shirt bosom. No matter
how convivial he may be-no matter
how late he may be out at night, his
shirt bosom, the next morning, looks
as though it we're newly laundried. The
principle of neatness is innate. There
are always streaks of slovenliness
athwart the escutcheOn of cultivated
neatness. Mr.. Bobsail. for instance, is
always neat. His shirt is always clean
and about him there is an air OF gentil-
ity. He seems to make no special effort
in this direction. The truth is, his
principle Of neatness is Unborn. Now,
there is Mr.. Brittlerash. He puts on
clean shirt every morning. yet he Is
never neat. All sorts of siains will 90
out OF their way to settle on his shirt
UO5OAs AAC CUu HUI UC u06t. i 00
most elaborate professor in the school
Of neatness could not teach him the
art. He was born to be sloyenly in
appearance.
The bullfrOg is much neater than the
catfish. The catfish wears az ulster
with q yellow frontaae, and he may
make an occasional attempt to be clean
u in appearance, hut he has never sue
ceeded There is one thing which
stands in his way: He is not careful OF
his diet. He bites OF more than he can
chew and slobbers on himself. The
frog looks with something like disdaiD
on the catfish, and it serves him good
purpose to keep out Of the broad
mouthed gentleMan's way. The catfish
would not hesitate to lacerate the pure
bosom OF the frog. The catfish IS
cannibal. He would eat pisse Of his
grandfather. x4rkansav Traveller.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05
manufacturing

Silk manufacturing has grown
wonderfully in the United States during
the last thirty-five years. the most re-.
markable increase being from 1870 to
1880, when it was 25O per cent. This
country stands second now in this
branch of industry. France ranking
first, and promises to lead before long.
The value of the silk manufacture Of
1880 was al, 09s, O45, New Jersey lead
ing with 81, 122, $50, while New York
followed with $40, 10, 40, Connecticut
-, 881, 600, Massachusetts %, 1884, 6O,
and Pennsylvania So, 49l, $40. - Troy
Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-11-05

Ian Ohio paper says :. grassboppsn
are becoming 90 bold Ii their numeT3eal
strength in Carroll County that tAeys
now insult unprotected females on ~
street after dark. =