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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22
A Bacaelor's Joke.

A young nobleman, of marriageable
age, not long ago came to the conclu-
sion that it was time for him to look
ont for wife. His pursuit in life
not being of the most strenuous char
acter, be had leisure 10 combine
amusement with research. Accor-
dinghy he advertised his wants in a
MLanese paper, requesting that every
answer to the advertisement be- ac-
eompanied by the portrait of the
lady who replied.
The result was sixty-hve letters
with as many maidenly countenan-
ces as would furnish a good-sized
album. Embarrassed by choice of
such unexpected variety, and desir-
Gus to crafty that sense of humor
which even the serious nature of his
quest could not repress, the young
man replied to each of his c0rre-
spondents.
Without the knowledge of the
others he sent a ticket for an orches-
ira stall in the Scala theatre, an
nouncing that he himself would be
in a particular box, the number and
situation Of which he stated. a few
evenings later the theatre-going pub
lie OF Milan were perpIexed to explain
the appearance OF one Of the rows of
the orchestra stalls in that immense
building.
a long line Of beauties in extreme
elegance, unbroken by a single black
coat, was observed. Furtively, and
with trepidation. did each damsei
from time to time raise her opera
glass 10 that box-the cynOsure Of
many bright eyes-in which the
graceful youth reposed. Suspicious
". and with darkened brow did each
damsel turn to the long file of her
and wondered at the
which drew each glass to
the central post
By-and-by the audience, TO whom
some hint of the secret had leaked
out, began to give audible signs that
they enjoyed the joke. The spora-
die laughter of the theatre increased
the confusion of the young ladies
and the contagion of the fan turned
the sporadic mirth into a general
roar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22
Uncertain Times All Round.

Powerful sight O. polytics aroun'
dis fall" observed Uncle Billy to q
patrolman on Russell street yester-
day morning.
Yes"
Powerful embarrassin' times,
too, for some o. u.s."
Il presume So"
Powerful hard on an ole man
like me not to know exactly what
to do.r
"How's that2H
Wall, when a stranger takes you
out ia de back yard an whispers dai
he'll gin you 50 fur yer vote, dat's
one kind o. embarrassment When
he doan' come down wild de cash,
dat's aDoder sort. When he's dun
cl'ared out an yer can't disremem-
Der his name nor de ticket he want
ed We to vote dat mixes We all up
an We amt fit to do bizness. Pow.
erful onsartin times fur ole folks
like me p
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22
Racing Horses.

Ya'ss," said settler, "we run
bosses in Texas"
Then you take an interest in
the noble sport?" asked the stran-
ger.
Il was engaged in a boss race
some years ago. in which I took
right smart interest.
Running race ?"
Hit war"
Nile or half-mile track"
Hit war a ffty-mile track,
stranger. Texas is a big State"
A fifty mile track | never
heard Of such thing. And did you
VIM"
You bet"
How much did you win ?"
| won the hoss, stranger.-N Y.
Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22
Barbarities or Old Russia.

OF the barbaric features of the old
Russia, out of which Peter sprang.
the tortnres attending judicial pro-
cesses were the most marked. Ills
father was considered unusually
mild and gentle for zar, and, in-
deed, has been named the most
Debonair =; but even under his
reign there were fifty official execu-
TONERS in Moscow, whose hands
were necessarily red with their
CHASTITY functions. Every judicial
investigation involved the inaiction
of horrible tortures all round; tor
ture of suspected persons to extort
confession torture ofwitnesses sup
posed to know more than they re-
vealed torture Of criminals to force
them to betray their accom-
plices.
Sometimes it was inflicted ty the
alternate strokes of rods welded by
a couple of executioners, who kept
time in hammering away at the bare
backs of the PROSTATE victim. as
smiths are accustomed to hammer
at an anvil. Sometimes by the hor-
rlble fail-like knout, which cut q
deep furrow at every stroke, till the
back was ribbed and crossed from
top to bottom. Sometimes by the
continual dropping of boiling water
on the top OF the head after it had
been shaved. Sometimes by roast
ing the naked back of the accused,
over a roasting fire, above which he
was suspended horizontally by a
wooden spit.
Hanging and decapitatiOn were
the most common methods of inhict-
ing capital punishment, when the
work had not already been done in
the torture chamber but suspen-
sion from hooks through the flesh.
breaking alive on the wheel, and i'm
palement on stakes, were by no
means unfrequent. Even private
individuals enjoyed a large freedom
to torture and kill their serfs and
dependanis, Of which ample adyan-
tage was taken and as late as the
of Sophia. Peters bali sister,
4 special edict was required to de-
prive creditors OF the right to make
slaves of insolvent debt
)rs. and even to MAIN and kill them
1t their pleasure.-Quarteriy Re-
,igir
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

4 Fifteen miles north of Atlanta,
Ga, rises Stone Mountain. Though
frequently visited by picnic parties
from that section, it is not as gener-
ally known as its grandeur merits.
America boasts many higher mount
aims, this measuring but eleven hun
dred feet, but has few showing such
remarkable beauties. The circum-
ference of this mountain at its base
is five miles. For more than one
mile it rises abruptly eight hundred
feet; it is nearly four times as high
as Bunker Hill Monument, and
nearly as straight, then slopes grad
ually to the summit
Ofcourse an ascent from this side
is impossible and on every side ex-
cept one is accomplished with diff
Guilty. From the summit, in addi-
ton to the usual southern landscape,
one can readily distinguish Lookout
and Kenewaw Mountains, so inter-
esting from their historical associa-
ton.
Stone Mountain is comprised of
a light colored granite. In some
places where exposed to the action
of the sun and water it has become
striped, having the appearance Of
bright pieces OF carpeting hanging
over the precipice.
No grasses grow on this noun
tain. but its absence is supplied by
a reddish moss found only in high
attitudes. At the foot of the noun
tain azalias afford wealth of bloom
in their season. At least seven
shades appear, varying from white
to deep red. A yellow variety also
abounds. These with a belt of wood
laub furnish a setting worthy the
beauty of this jewel.
Stone Mountain has given its
name to a village about mile away,
where dwellers in the heated cities
may breathe pure air. In look
ing upon so much beauty and gran
deur they may find rest for mind
and soul, that rest which an inti-
mate acquaintance with nature al
WAYS brings.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22
LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES.

The good wife hustled about the house,
Her face still bright with pleasant smile,
As broken snatches of happy song
Strengthened her heart and her hands the
while;
The good man sat in the chimney nook,
His little clay pipe within his lips,
And all he'd made and all he had lost,
Ready and clear on his finger tips.
Good wife, I've just been thinking bit;
Nothing has done very well this year,
Money is bound to be hard to get,
Everything's sure to be very dear,
How the cattle are going to feed,
How we're TO keep the boys at school,
Is kind of debit and credit sum
/ can'fmake balance by any rule"
She turned her around from the baking
board,
And she faced him there with cheerful
laagh
"Why, husband, dear, one would really
think
That the good, rich wheat was only chat.
And what if wheat is only chaff,
So long as we both are well and strong?
I'm not woman to worry bit
But-somehow or other we get along.
Into all lives some rain must fall,
Over all lands the storm must beat,
But when the storm and pain are DER
The sunshine is sure to be twice as sweet.
Through every strait We have found road,
In every grief We have found song;
We have had to bear and had to wait.
But somehow or other we get along.
For thirty years we have loved each other,
Stood by each other whatever befell
Six boys have called us father and mother,
And all of them living and doing well.
We owe no man penny, my dear;
Are both of us loving and well and strong,
Good man, wish you would smoke again,
And think how well we have got along"
He filled his pipe with pleasant laugh,
He kissed his wife with tender pride;
He said, "Tll do as you tell Inc, love;
I'll just count up on the other side.
She left him then with his better thought,
And lifted her work with low sweet
song,
A song that's followed me many year
Somehow or other we get along"
-Mackoy SOdard
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22
Involuntary Mesmerism

Recently a remarkable case came
under the notice of the police oi
this city, which, for want of a better
definition, might be termed invol-
untary mesmerism. 1t is a case
which would have delighted Mesmer
and will give the students of bis
doctrine food for reflection. August
Bruder. railroad laborer, met an
old friend whom he had not seen
for a long time, named A. Whitfield,
They had been comrades and were
much attached to one another.
Scarcely had they exchanged greet
ings when Bruder began to act in 8
strange manner. He would mimic
Whitfield's every motion, gesture,
and all the while staring at his friend
with his face distorted like that oi
a mailman.
The two sat down to dinner at
the National Hotel. and Bruder or
dered the same food that Whitfield
did, and kept perfect time to the
motion of his arms and mouth
This action was so curious that
Whitfield walked down to the police
station and gave his friend over to
the police authorities. 1t was
thought he was stricken with ner-
vousness or mesmerism, aud DR..
Wheeler was called in to decide the
case. The mesmerized man changed
from Whitfield to the doctor, and
upon his commands would do any
thing. When told to stretch out
his arms it was impossible to force
them down. While undergoing the
examination he made rush at Cap
tain Hair with the roar of a bull.
Had ne succeeded in grasping
him there is no telling what he
would have done, but upon com
inand of the doctor would again
subside into a quiet mood. 1t is a
most singular case.-Portldnd (Or-
eqOn) Ners.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

The attempts to raise vegetables
in Greenland are not marked with
any great success At6' longitude
however, carrots prosper, turnips
come to perfection, and cabbsges
produce tolerably large leaves Po-
tatoes never get larger than marbles.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

From B. F. Leipsnsr. A. NJ, Red
Bank. n. ]. l was so seriously
troubled with catarrh it seriously
affected my voice. One bottle of
EIyis Cream Balm did the work.
Ny voice is fully restored.-B. F,
Leipsner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

/ bought medicine in thirteen
states, but nothing helped me TIL
| got Ely's Cream Balm. Ia four
DAYS I could hear as well as ever
| am cured OF catarrh as well IL
is the best medicine ever used
Garrett Widrick, Hastings, y. Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

Mr.. Anton Grandeolas, Belleyilie,
Illinois, states that he was a long
time a sufferer with rheumatism,
which he cured BY the use Of St
Jacobs Oil. the great pain-cure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

An oyster produces l2S,OO0,0O0
young oysters in the course of q
year
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-22

That same old coon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
The Perambulatory Fly.
Detroit Free Press.

The first hy Of the season is here, and he
calls for some remarks. There are nearly
ALWAYS some remarks made when the early
ty puts in an appearance, The first express
sion is generally one of wonder as to where
he comes from. Like Minerva, he springs
fulLhedged into being. without any inter
mediate stages of youth or infancy and is
ready for business the first warm day
Though he is unlike the tabled goddess, in
that he is not supposed to have sprung from
a skull, he loves to spring on to one, par
ticularly bald skull. A skull from which
the capillary adornment has fed is at orcc
the Hy's recreation park and pasture lot. 1t
is there he takes his morning walks or plays
tag with other flies Although scientists
and naturalistS have striven to show that the
fly is a wise diSpeusation of Providence, the
general apinion among the ignorant masses
is that it were better to bear the ills we had
and know not Of than ay to others that we
are sure about
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
Little Latin Explained.


well. nv dear" said Deacon Jones, as
he turned his paper: did you see this obit-
uary notice ofElder Smiths death?'
a glanced over it a minute, but didn't
wife What is there about it that strikes
your
why the dickens do they put this Latin
or ChOctaw in an obituary notice.
81 didn't see anything Of the kind. What
is it, my dear?'
WHY it closes with 'Requiescat in pace.
Now. what in Sam Hill does that meanY
ii Sraw that's easy, old man. 1t means
that b. required his cat to pace.
oh so it does, so 1t does, said the old
man. How badly one can be mistaken!
| thought RequieScat in pace was the brand
of the liquor that killed him. -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
LIVE STOCK.
Wheeling.

wheeling.
The market is dull this week, and the
supply very good Messrs Hudson & Bayha
furnished the following quotations
Cattle, 81 seas % for all kinds
Boys. fair supply; 5!@5ic per 10.
Sheep, 3@%lc per ID.
Calves. 80 5OGl0 90.
Lambs, 81 50tG5 so.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, June Observation-Disclosures
nothing doing; all,hrough consignments;re
ceip,s 2,lS5 head; shipments none
Hogs-Market slow; receipts 1900 head;
shipments 500 head; Philadelphias S. 65
as Is; Workers S. 25@5 35.
Sheep-Market, moth NJ doing and closed
drll; receipts 1000 head; shipments $500
head
Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 2l.-The Drovers' Journal
reports: Live Hogs-Receipts 10000 head;
shipments 1900 head; market very weak
and l0@l5c lower; rough packing 81 so
as 10; packing and shipping IS loo
5 so; light 81 6o@5 20; skips 50 0O@
4 60.
Receipts 1900 head; shipments
800 head; market active and steady;
exports Sc 5O@7 90; good to choice ship
ping Sc 1905 60; common to medium
s. 25@6 90; grass Texans 50 9O@5 90;
corn fed Texans So 20@6 10.
Sheep-Receipts 800 head; shipments
200 head; market steady; inferior to fair
81 25@3 90 per cwt.; medium to good
81 0U@3 75;choiee TO extra 81 DOGS 90.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, June 2l.-Live Hogs
Firm; common and light 81 2j@y5 30; pack
ing and butchers S. 00@5 so. Receipts
$50 head shipments l,040 head,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
A Leap Year Episode.
ps.R,,lo TfT,sv

A Leap Year Episode.
BgBa!o Tins.
There was party across the river the
other night Toward the close she slipped
to his side and sweetly asked
Going home By yourself, Charley
Guess SC" he said.
Would you like some one to see you
homer
Depends on who it is His answers
were short and crusty. Many on, would
have cen disheartened, but Lucy was not
of that kind. She still perSevered.
rs me Young lady, mean.
I'D 'p,nds on who the young lady is, said
the brute.
"SOme one about my size" persisted the
angel. -,
There are several here about your size.
There's only one exactly my size.
See here, Lucy said Charles, If yoa
want to take me home YOU may
oh she replied, I've no particular de-
sire to take you home, but as was going, |
thought you-
lie interrupted her with an "All right,
ami together they left.
lie was leaning on her arm, and silently
they meandered over the frozen streets.
They stopped at his door, He invited her
n.
No. Charlie, won't go in, but want to
tell you something
By the light of the street lamp on the cor
ner Charles face was seen to grow pale as
she continued:
Il am abundantly able to support hus-
band have bank account of a COOL size.
| love YOU, Charlie, and can give you good
home. Will you be mine, dearest|
Lucy" gasped the brute, ''you'v no idea
what it takes to support husband
She interrupted him.
Darling if it should be necessary would
work from morning until night, and even
take in washing and sewing; you shall want
for nothing Only say you will be mine.
NO, Lucy; it can not be. shall always
love you as a brother, watch over your path
way through life, and should you stand in
need of advice or assistance, you can rely on
my willingness to assist you; but can never
marry you
Then YOU refuse me-?
Yes
Base wretch she exclaimed, "you will
live to repent your hasty decision, for to
morrow my dead body will be found in the
cold waters of the river AMI, claSping
him in her arms in one cOuvulsive embrace,
she fed into the outer darkness.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
Concerning the Smartest Cat in Georgia.
CdLkopa Courier.

Concerning the Smartest Cat in Georgia.
CdLkOVR Courier.
Robert Adams, of Baker county, gentle
man whose veracity is one ofthe dyed-iu-the-
wool kind. was in to see us this week and
related an occurrence that We are forced to
call a clear case of adoption on the part of a
eat at his house. The cat was the mother
of three kittens, whose appearance proved
source of ineXpresSible delight to the smaller
members of his flock, whose appreciation
and affection was so lavish towards the kit
tens that it proved the death of one Of them.
The old cat in this dire moment Of distress
was determined that the family circle should
be numerically the same and, suiting the
action to the thought Immediately mean
dered forth into the woods, hitched on to q
Young rabbit and carried it into her children,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
MEDICAL.


Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what is the best thing IN
The world for quieting and allsyng oil irri-
tation of the nerves, and curing all forms
Of nervous complaints, giving natural, child
like refreshing sleep alwaysf
And they Will tell you unhesitatingly
"Ssme form Of Hops ilf
CHAPTER !.
Ask any or all of the most eminent ply
sicians:
''What is the best and only remedy that
can be relied on to cure all diseases OF the
kidneys and urinary organs; such as
Rright's disease, diabetes, retention, or in-
ability to retain urine, and all the diseases
and ailments peculiar to Women
"And they viii tell you explicitly and en-
phatically "Buehu r
Ask the same physicians
What is the most reliable and surest
cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia;
constipation, indigestion, biGousness, ma
laria, fever ague, &c" and they will tell
You
Mandrake! or Dandelisd
Henbe, when these remedies are combined with
DINERS equally EaluADie,
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such won
derful and mysterious curative power Is developed,
which varied in its operations that no disease OF
i'll health possibly exist or resist the power and
vet IL is
Harmless for the most fran woman, weakest in
valid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTER ii.
patients
almost dead or nearly dying"
For years and given up by physicians, OF
Brightfs and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs, called consump-
ton, have been cured.
Homen gone nearly crdEyiW!
From agony Of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness, and various diseases peculiar
to women.
People drawn out Of shape from eScruciating pangs
Of rheumatism, infammatory and chronic, or suffer
ing from seTofulA.
ErySpelas!
"Ssltrheum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia, indiges'
ton, and, in fnct, almost all diseases frail'
Nature Is heir 10
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof Of which
can be found in every neigkborhood in the known
world.
None genuine without bunch OF green Hops
on the white label Shun all the vile, poisonou:
stuff with "Hop" or Chops" in their name.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23

No. white s7l@3sc. Eggs-Quiet;
extras l7I@lsac. Cheese-Dul, Ohio
fat choice Sic; fair to good 7@7lc
Toledo.
ToLEDo. June 2l.-Wheat-Dull; No. 2
red cash 9l2e; July 92ic; August sale;
September 94lc; October isle. Corn
Dull; No. 2 cash and July 57ic; August
5Sic asked. 0ats-Quiet and weak; No. 2
cash and July 33c asked; August 2sie;
September 27ie.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
WHEELING AND ELM GROVE r. R.

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY Is, 1854,
trains on the Wheeling and Elm Grove Rail-
rUGd will run a. follows:
until D. M.
Leaving Wheeling Park at a. M. and run ev-
cry hour until 10 p. m.
On Sundays:
Leaving the city at A. m. and run every hour
until 9p. IN
Leaving Wheeling Park at a. m. and run every
hour until 10 p m.
iFaSsengers will save time and trouble by purchas-
In their tickets at the office. e HlRSCH,
myIT Supt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
WHAT SHADE?

You ask what fruit enjoy mostr
see among that tempting host
A kind FAR sweetsr than the rest
love the eherry-liPs the best,
-Philadelphia Call.
You claim to love the cherry lips;
Sone information JET you lack
PLEASE tell ~, when again you write,
What sha,le 81 cherTy-red or black
-GOnkers Statesman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
We Guarantee Six Boxes

To cure any case. With each order received by us
for >iX boxes, accompanied with 500, We viii send
the purchaser our written guarantee 10 refund the
money n the treatment does not effect cure. Guar
antecs issued only by LOGAN & CO, sole agents,
Wheeling, W. Va, ProprietOrs Of Logan & Co.'S
Pleasant Worm syrup and Chid's Physic. Rest in
suSe. te2se- eod&dS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
HEALTH IS WEALTH!

DR. T. c. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
IL TREATMENT, guaranteed specific for Hys-
Itril Dizziness Commissions Fits, Nervous Neural
yia Headache, Nervous PrOStratiOn caused BY the
use Of alcohol or tobacco, WGkefulneSs, Mental De
preston Softsnng Of the Brain resulting in insanity
and leading 20 misery, decay and death, Premature
Old Age, Barrenness, Los Of PUWer In either sex
Involuntary Losses and SpermatOrhea caused BY
overexcrtCn Of the BRAIN self-abuSe or oyer-indul-
gence. Each hOx contains one months treatment.
q 10 box or six boxes for $500, sent By mail pre-
r,qfl On recgipt If pricp
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-23
Oil CITY.
EAuS-S2 30 CARD.
Wheeling.

The nail market is very quiet, owing to
the want of stock Nails, brads
andfenciug. lOd to God, 81 40; Sd
and Cd, 80 Is; Cd and I'd
81 30; i'd and sd, 2 60; Sd 50 9O;- I'd
IS 10; 3Bc keg on common cut; barrel,
II inch, 81 90; ii inch - Is; inch,
s. 90; / inch, S. 40, 4 inch, IS 60;