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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-14

We are confident that the Special Sale of Under
wear at the special prices mentioned will crowd
second floor with eager purchasers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
Tha Onondaga indians.

The OnOndaga reservation, SIX
miles from Syracuse, is peculiar in
that it is in the very heart OF the
great, rich and thickly populated
State of New York, in the midst of
a civilization almost as old as any
in this country, writes correspond
ent. Tidy farms, from whose soil
the cultivators have grown rich, hem
in the lands of the aborigines, and
in the farm houses the daily news
papers. the magazines and the cur
rent books find readers to an extent
not observable elsewhere except in
New England. The bustling city OF
Syracuse, with Its university and
public schools, its library and art
societies, its great commercial build
ings and beautiful residences, is no
table among the cities of the cOun-
try. The noise Of It's activity almost
reaches the Indian settlement From
their hills the red men Nightly see
the gleam of the electric light and
hear the rumble of the steam cars
They have not been moved from
any wilderness into this centre OF
civilization. 1t has grown up around
them. Yet they are thorough bar
barians TO-DAY. The Onondaga res,
ervation of 5000 acres is to these
farmers an eyesore and a disgrace
Its houses are such as the poor
whites" of the South inhabit. What
fences are seen are rude, tumble.
down, wretched affairs.
How the majority live nobody
knows. They get So from the State
and their wives make a few baskets
mats and moccasins, and .pick Der.
ries, while the majority of the men
hunt rabbits, fish in the creek, play
games, race horses and get drunk
Even those who lease land to white
farmers do not get enough money
to keep an Italian railroad laborer
alive. A score or more work, and
some profit by the shiftlessness oi
the Others. Chief Farmer tills his
land, and has got a good deal more
than his share Chief La Fort has
got 100 acres, and cultivates it in q
sort of half way Indian fashion.
Cynthia farmer is banker as well
as asquaw. She has bought 500 acres
from the others, and, by leasing it to
white men, makes money, and has
got money in bank. So nave a doz
en- others. These sales of land rest
solely on the honor Of the parties to
the sale According 20 the treaty
with New York, no selling of land i:
permitted. But it goes on every
year, and the community regarG
such sales as binding. If an Indian
should sell to a white man, the Stat,
would interfere.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
CONTINUED from iast 'cssk.)
Eow Watch Gases are Made.

A plate of SOLID COLD IA 2-lO karais
fine is soldered' on each side of plate OF
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
uarts of the cascs-haci,s, centols, hezeis, etc.
aro Gu. and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit OF ali
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turninr. The composition metal gives 1t
needed strength, stigRsss and soi'day, while
tho ,rri,ten guarantee Of the manufacturers
,parrantiaq each case to wear treaty years
r-oves that 1t contains oA the gold that
tan possibly lie needed. THIS sraran'ee
!. ,iveu from aciuai results as many CT
,bese cases have been worn perfectly smooth
bv years of Use without wearing throaah
the gold. DcnU0UE. "a. Dee y. 49,
have used one of yoIr James b's % "a ~
~, -seve,te.1 wears ] bought Il tseco,.ti'ii--.1
al INV Of Il, having been used before =, -
- ~, :, = L-,o,r h.e l1.E. II locas gooI i9F ~
"a longer lid not suspect II vas a % me. -, -
,,'I 50 informed b. ieEclc- sAoFt ui'e -,
? ,.-,st chce-s--'.- recoulilcaG ToJr cases y ~ @
tr,..- re repre- c4tod to be- and fucre. . -,
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t .tsuu, ts E.,.tare w,tsh C,.s fs''or'r- rh'ia-
J IA t,r han asse La -trHtti Pamphlet 'S'H'- DO"
LAM. Ia..' Aad ksy.toHr Waiti ia g sre matt
10 be Ce'stinaedl
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
Forcing Rheubarb Asparagus, Etc.

The forcing of the producing of
vegetables far in advance of the usu-
al season, by aid of artificial heat,
occupies much tint OF the English
gardener. 1t was formerly much
more prevalent in this country than
since the rapid carriage by railway
and steam brings large supplies
raised at the South to Northern
markets, and furnishes many vege-
tables much cheaper than they can
be produced here By forcing. Let
tuce, which does not bear long trans
portation, is aboutth only vegetable
that is now forced on a large scale.
Boston is the headquarters for this
industry, and there are many acres
OF glass devoted to it in the neigh
borhood of that city, the growers
supplying the markets in nearly all
the large Eastern cities. Asparagus
was never forced to a large extent
for market with us, as the plants
must be four or five years old before
they are large enough for this. The
beds in the South States are now
productive, and the supply is annu-
ally increasing. 1t tcomes in small
quantities in January and is abun-
dant in February. Rhubarb is occa-
sionally forced as an incidental crop
by florists, who thus utilize the space
under the benches of their green
houses. Roots from old bed, or plants
raised for the purpose are stacked
closely under the benches and fine
soil sifted over to fill up all the spaces
between the roots. With the temper
ature at from sixty to seventy-hve
degrees stalks are soon produced,
and the florist often thus derives a
handsome return for a small outlay.
A supply for family use can be read
! lily forced by placing a few roots IN a
barrel or cask with earth to fill the
spaces. The plants do not need
/ light; indeed, the stalks are all the
more tender when produced in the
dark, hence the barrel should be
covered, taking care to supply water
as needed. 1t may be set near the
cellar furnace or in warm place in
spacious kitchen. If more conve-
nient, it may be set under a shed
with fermenting manure piled
around it, OF course preparation
for forcing in this manner should
be made before the ground closes.
Still, advantage may be taken OF the
usual January thaw" to lift a few
roots for the purpose, and still give
a supply of stalks much earlier than
they can be had from the open
ground. The roots after forcing are
worth but little. and it Is better to
keep up a supply by making new
paintings than to set out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
The Word We Missed

We shall never forget our getting
turned down at a spelling school
many years ago. A school in the
country had sent us city boys a
challenge to come out and spell for
dictionary. We thought for a boy
of our size we could spell with
anybody, but in this case we were
i" "hoored."
We went out. The teacher, a big,
awkward, loud-spoken man, was the
" boss
He called out two of his boys to
choose up" and settled the first
choice " business by splitting in his
hand and let each say which way
the spit would fly when he
hit it with the finger of the other
hand.
1t flew, and they chose up. One
after another was chesen till all
seemed taken, when the teacher
said, loud enough to be heard in the
next county:
do and of you fellows from town
want to take a hand?"
We remarked that that was what
we came out fol.
We'll, choose en-" he yelled
and they chose US.
We began with baker," then
shady" &c. till We got warmed
up. Then he turned 70 harder and
still harder words, like cinnamon.
But it was mo 60" We town
boys stood there proud in our
strength and laughed to see them
go down before us.
Finally he said he would go to a
geography and get US down on ge.
ographical words. So hedid. Edge.
whip-it said he. We looked al
each other in utter amazement
E-d-g-e-edge, w-h-i-p-whip, it,
edgewhipit ;" said my chum, Mitch,
Next he roared andso he floor
ed " every soul till only young
lady and L stood opposed. We sim
ply surrendered for it had been
spelled at in all ways, earthly and
unearthly.
"All down. he bawled. 1.-The
word is spelled Egypt Edge
whip-it.
That settled it. That school dis,
trict is known to this dav as the
! " Edgewhipit district"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
DROWNED IN BEER
Concerning the Popular Beverag'
Two Men Express Their Views.

The fact is, sir, and You ma
stick a pin there, that the people
this country are likely to be drogl
ed in a flood of lager beer shouts
an enthusiastic teetotaler the o,he
day, into the ear of your cornere
correspondent. That German drls
has struck US hard it is the secon
deluge."
" Yes, and the worst of this be'
drinking business is that it 1t ge
up kidney troubles, as heavy VIII
raises the waves" added a city phl
sician who had a knowledge Of Il
times and a tendency to metapho
"The midnight schooner leaves b
hind it a wake of furred tongue
headaches, torpid livers, nausea, an
all that, and laws the foundation
Bright's Disease"
This melancholy fact accounts
part for the increasing sales OF BE-
SONS CAPCINE POROUS PLA'
TIERS, which at once mitigates the'
symptoms. Price % cents. A'
your physician about it.
SEABURY & JOHNSON, Chemists,
feb6. New York.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
Venturesome Journalists

The class Of the adventures 4
journalism, in the ancient meapirr
of the serm, has had a ferrous h..
of Hicks Pasha by Fl Madhi,it Is ir7-
as is gravely asserted, that O'D,r.
oyan, is among the slain. Within
Il comparatively few years this c.g.,
of gallant and enterprising men IN
explorers and war chroniclers A
newspa pers, has come into notice
from their achievements and So
vices, and created nearly as mu.rI
interest In themselves as in ,fsI
events which they have DESCRIBED
The early travellers in search Of gs.r
the adventures of discovery and tha
volunteers of military service. whose
exploits make the romance OF travel
and history, have not surpassed tre
achievements of these warriors. ex.
plorers and diplomatists Of THE enew,.
papers. They have been in tas
thickestof fights describing the shock
of contending armies, and exposed
to all the perils and hardship.
of campaigns; have led exploru.
expeditions into the Jungles Of
Africa, and made SOLITARY sledce
journeys of thousands of miles nj
Arctic wastes. They have peuetrl-
ted without guides or attendants
among the hordes of Asiatic Bir5l.
rians at the imminent peril Of Their
lives, and wherever there has been
demand for information, these adj
ventures have been ready to supply
it at any cost of hardship or danger
Mr.. Donovan was one Of the
most remarkable of these remarkable
men, the perils which h, underweii,
and the influence which he main
tained, being the convincing proofs
of his courage and ability, while Bis
literary faculty of description Was
no less marked. The fame of such
an exploit was greater than that d
a military commander. as it indica'
ted more original qualities, and the
greatest individual loss in tLi'
Egyptian massacre may well be COZ
sidered to be that of this accomphs1
ed, daring and adventurous newspa
per correspondent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
Mlldev in Small Fruit,

In cultivatine berries we expose
them to the sun, thus deprivlng
them of the protection which nature
furnishes them. Nature associated
the wild strawberry with the grasses
or other low vegetation or means Of
shade; the bushberries with a large
growth, sufficiently staggling to
form partial shade the means of
existence, both dense shade and full
exposure TO the hot sun being avoid
ed. | have known OF good success
with raspberries III orchards where
the ground was well enriched, and
also on steep land facing the north,
but never on southern exposure
living bare to the sun all day. The
heat and drought of our seasons
shrink and dry the berries and check
growth, and ultimately cause the
disappearance of the plant. This is
true not only of the raspberry but
the strawberry, the blackberry, and,
as it now SCENES the gooseberry al
so. All are affected with mildew
of some kind, as We see in the rust
spots OF the strawberry and the red
dust ofthe raspberry and blackberry.
There are doubtless other conditions
that favor mildsw, such as wet, un-
drained clay soil, i'll treatment.
With partial shade relieving the
plant, especially during the middle
or after part OF the day, when the
heat is the greatest, with the proper
soil and treatment, thus securing a
free growth and healthy condition
of the plant, there will be little mil
dew TO annoy, and the continuation
of the plant in vigor and health dur
ing its natural term is assured. The
best soil for berries is sandy loam
though it is held that some sorts,
especially of the strawberry, succeed
best on clay, which may he where
the harshness of the soil is reduced
to mellowness by careful cultivation
and the working in freely OF vege-
table meterial Managed in this
wav | have succeeded in raising very
superior crops-only, however, when
the soil was drained, not before. In
underdrained clay the chances arc
that the plant will be hurt by the
frost, the roots being sometimes
lifted to the surface and killed, as |
have experienced. This | have nev
er known to occur in a sandy soil
or well drained clay loan. And
| have found that the deeper the
soil the better. as it favors moisture
which berries of all kinds so much
need, the roots penetrating deeply
if given a chance, which in a meas
ure is a security against drought
and heat and the smothering effect
of snow and ice.-Cor. Country Gen
temdn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
9I-rRAH FOR THE MAN WHO
PAYS.

There are men Of brains who count thei
gains
Ry the million dollars or more
They buy and sell, and really do wen
on the money of the poor.
They manage TO get quite deep in debt
By various crooked ways;
And so we may say that the nan to-day
Is the honest man who pays.
When in the town he never sneaks down
some alley or way-back street
With head erect he will never defect
But boldly each man will meet.
He counts the costs before be Is lost
In debts mysterious maze,
And he never buys, in manner unWise'
But calls for his bills and pays.
There's a certain air Of debonnair
In the man who buys for cash
he is not afraid Of being betrayed
BY jack-leg shyster's dash.
What be says to you be will certainly DO
fits cash or thirty days;
And when be goes out, the clerks VIII shou'
Hurrah for the 'uan who pays
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20

Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special
attention to the fact that after April
Is, 1888, the name and style of this
preparation will hereafter be simply
Pdrker's Tonic. The word Ginger
is dropped, for the reason that un-
principled dealers are constantly de-
ceiving their patrons by substituting
inferior preparations under the name
of Ginger; and as ginger is an un-
important havoring ingredient in
our Tonic, We are sure that our
friends will agree with us as to the
propriety of the change. There will
be no change, however, in the prep.
aration itself; and all bottles re.
naming in the hands of dealers,
wrapped under the name of "PARK.
ER's GINGER Tonic" contain the gen.
uine medicine if the signature OF
HIscox & Co. Is at the bottom of the
outside wrapper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
General Sherman's Birthday

ST Louis, February S.-GsneT
Sherman passed his 64th blrihd'
quietly in this city. He says tn
although retiring from the head
the army, he feels as young as he d
ten years ago, and that he will
ready in the near future to take
arms FOR his country if called upo
He expresses himself as well pleas
with the quiet life he is leading ne
and says he finds fault with notni
but the potOriety given him and
family by the reporters who are =
ell to sensationalism,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
A Life on the Ocean Wave.

1t is but about sixty years age
that the Atlantic Ocean was hrsi
crossed by a steam vessel. This YES
sci was the Savannah, of 800 tons
burthep. She took twenty-six days
to make the passage to Liverpool.
This was not sufficiently encourag-
/ ing to warrant the creation OF an
ocean steam fleet. Sailing vessels
could do almost as well, at less ex-
pense. and with no danger of blow
/ ing up. In those days even com
mercial and scientific people were
opposed to change. Such an emf
nent scientist as DR.. Dienysius Lard
ner declared steam for ocean navlga-
ton to be impracticable. So it was
not until ten years had elapsed that
steamers were tried with any consld-
erable success. Then it was In Brit
ish waters. 1t led to further trials
and successes and in 1893 the Sir
ius and the Great Western triumph
actly crossed the ocean. 1t was now
established that ocean steamers
could be made both practicable and
profitable. In 1910 the famous
"Britania" made her first passage,
and regular traffic began, by the AID
of large subsidies from the British
Government. At first the steamers
crossed every three or four weeks.
After a while they multiplied so as
to make semi-monthly trips. Now
the Pacific Ocean as well as the At
lantic. is alive with them. Ii is al
NEST as common a thing to cross the
ocean as to take a journey by rail-
The tourist who has plenty of mon
ev and a year tC spare, can go around
the world with almost as great COM
fort as he could enjoy in staying at
/ home.
Forty years ago there began to GO
around the world one of the most
benefcient agents for the alienation
of human misery that has ever been
known. 1t started in an humble
way: more so, indeed, than did the
! first ocean voyagers. Without sub
sides from the government, and
without the endorsement OF the
learned or scientific men of the day,
it went entirely on its own merits
and worked its way because it help
ed suffering humanity. 1t had Its
, origin in the home of man who
was an invalid and cripple. He
had found to his great cost that the
prescriptions of the doctors failed to
give him the relief he needed. 90
he set to work studying out his owr
case, and devising something to XII
the pain which had almost killed
him. He achieved a wonderful sue
! cess
This thing was not done in Z
corner" The bene6cent operation G
such a healing agency could not bt
kept secret. Friend told friend
neighbor told neighbor. The fame
of Perry Davis Pain Killer was nois
ed abroad. For some time Mr.. Da
Wis supplied the demand from The
little laboratory in his own home a
/ Providence. But this was no longe'
possible when thousands and thou
sands of bottles of the Pain Killet
was daily called for. A large factor.
was established, which has since
been enlarged many times owing t.
the great end constantly increas
ing demand for Pain Killer 1t wa
not alone IN our own land that the
happy effects of Pain Killer wer
made known. Such healing infiu
ence was too valuable to be confined
to one cocntry or one continent
There is new not country in th
civilized world where Perry Davis
, Pam Killer is not known and used
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
SWEPT INTO THE sTpr,
LOCO Acres of Land anu .p,
Smart of Bears sf

On the deck of a big Nissi..;
steamboat stood an aged S@rS ppj
planter. Indicating by a .a.4eFn
his arm the waters the 80 Of.
passing over, he said to a nasas az was
from the North Ger
When | was twelve vsa,s.,,
killed my first bear an a naw o'q l
tation my father was then s,I..e pan
out of a forest that grew J;-'l1 J-''lns 2
over the waters of this bend TS'.y r,
was a mighty good plantation at uai
there was right smart of bears ~ @.1
too. But that one thousand ,cro. .s'e
land went into the Mississippi w. . y
ago e1i'
1t is putting no strain upor =,
figure to say that great forest '1s y.
youthful hope, womanlv beautv %, p,
manly strength are swept n ~ :.
same way every year into the c,'1' -
turbid torrent of disease and "a 80
Yet it should not be so. That ,.'.'' :. T.
so is a disgrace as well as Is !, :
People are largely too careless or ..,' :,
stupid to defend their own ints-...' w
the most precious OF which ) !
health. That gone, all is gone NJ
ease is simple, but torecklesspe.s. =, :.
ignorance the simplest things pri.s.
as well be complex as a propo.i,;.-
in Comic Sections. As the Ir~
Western rivers, which so often a1si
the cities along their shores. ariss (.
a few mountain springs, so an IN. :
ailments can be traced to imr1.,
blood and small group Of disori..
ed organs.
] The most effective and incTr,;..
remedy for disease is PARKFpS
TONIC. 1t goes to the souros 4
pain and weakness. In respop.s =,
its action the liver, kidneys, s,or,,I
and heart begin their work afs.-
and disease is driven out Ti,
Tonic is not, however, an intoyicsr,
but cures n desire for strong drirg
Have you dyspepsia, rheumst.n.
or troubles which have refused ;.
yield to other agents? Here Is vor,
help. feig
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20
Love Among the Lowly.

A writer in the London Daily
News gives some pictures OF hIe
among the lowly in the great metrop-
oils of England that are certainly
very touching. Having shown the
dark side of some of the slums OF
the great city, he proceeds to point
out some of the brighter tints, and
they are bright indeed. These ara
his words
"The first thing which a visitor to
the slums asks is. What becomes OF
the children of the men and women
who are sent to prison, who are remov-
ed to the hospital? The answer is
simple. The neighbors take them
in and take care of them. Orphans
are by no means rare in the slums
but they are almost always "adop-
ted" In the house of Mrs. X.
lived a family named Hinde. Mrs,
Hinde died of consumption, leaving
four children, and husband out OF
work. He set out to look for IT, and
Mrs. r. took the four little ones into
her room to sleep with her own six.
Out of her scanty earnings she fed
them. too, and when she was ask
WHY she had taxed her limited
resources to this extent, she answered:
Poor young'uns how could see
EN- a-starvin', ;, their father out o'work
and no mother" The man is still out
of work, and Mrs. K. has thought II
her duty to keep his children for
over six months.
orphans are not only kept, but
are passed on sometimes from fam
ilv to family. There is a little Grip
pie lad / know named Dennis
Sullivan. Till lately he was kept
by an old water cress seller whe
had adopted him. A month or two
since the poor old soul fell into the
/ fire and was so severely burned tha,
she died. And when the boy was
to be sent to an institution, a broth
er of the old watercress woman, a
poor hawker, came forward and said
"He shan't be sent away I'll keep
him for the sake o the old woman
as was so fond of him."
"One of the most touching cases o.
this kind | ever met | have alluded
to elsewhere, but for the sake of my
argument | will repeat it here. A
poor woman had taken charge Of
three children whose father wa:
in the country. She had children
of her own as well. Sickness cam,
upon her. and a terrible disease al
most disabled her. Yet she refused
to let the little ones 60 uncared for
Dying slowly of drepsy, she was seer
one day propped up in a chair with
a wash tub in front of her poor weal
hands making a brave struggle Il
wash the little ones clothes, tina
they might look clean and tidy a
school.
"A maker of wooden toys deserted
his child and left it starving.
poor woman with eight children o
her own and an income of los. a weel
felt her art bleed for the poor litt(
thing" She took the child into he
own room, and her eight are nov
nine
Such accounts make one feel tina
these people can be reached: The,
have hearts, and in this love for tn
little ones there is a redeeming feat
ure sufficient to call forth the mos
earnest efforts of the benevolent 70
their uplifting.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-20

Just after the Sunday School ex-
srcises in Trinity Church: Mobile.
recently, the sexton began to RUG
for the morning service. As the bell
did not sound right, he requested
the boys to go out ofthe tower room
and a second later down came the
bell through floor after floor, cutting
It's way as neatly as a cannon ball
might have done, and landing in the
cellar, fifty-fre feet below. The
sexton lodged just in time to save
bis head. The bell lies mouth up
in the cellar, and is uniniured /; but
it has lost its clapper.-N 0. Plea
UUne.