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, 1884-01-27

The famous New York Counts in
the shell at McEwen's Oyster Ocean,
, 1884-01-27

The Pleasant Hours club will meet
in Library hall, Friday evening, Feb
ruary 1.
, 1884-01-27

To LET.-A house Of four rooms,
with stables for seven or eight horses,
by ]. n. Webb, 218 Eighteenth street.
, 1884-01-27
PATE N s,

I'M VEMT0QC Send model or sketch of
IN LIZ OnO your Invention, when 1
wln make careful preliminary examination.
circulars, etc. FREE OF 6aARGE. Ali
business before United States Patent once
n.tended 10 for MODERATE FEES. Infor-
nnatlon and references sent on application.
~ UNLESS PATENT Is Sc
M ]. r. LITTELL, WASHINGTON, D.. O.
Dirsctiy opposite U. q. Patent ONCE.
, 1884-01-27

For SALE.-A house, west end OF
Sixteenth street. Mrs. G. Hansen.
, 1884-01-27
HOUSES TO RENT AND FOR SALE

To RENT-Rooms furnished for
housekeeping. Inquire of Miss NJ.
Henne.
, 1884-01-27

For RENT-A seven room house ON
Seventeenth street. Inquire at
LEADER.
, 1884-01-27
Grade Bulls for Sale.

NS DatiS IVA SoiSs
We are prepared to furnish some
nrst.class young bulls of high grade for
range purposes during the coming sea-
son. Short Horns and Herefords at
reasonable prices. Correspondence in
vited. Address,
WOOD BROTHERS.
Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
, 1884-01-27

McEwen's Oyster Ocean open day
and night.
, 1884-01-27

Job printing done in FIRST class style
at ths LEADER Job rooms.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12

In answer to letter written by
Mr.. Bergh condemning the check
rein, speeding of horses, and clipping
them Robert Bonner says:
"A horse if he is not lazy beast,
takes much interest in his own per-
formances. If you are driving a
three minute horse and a 2:40 ami
NAL comes up alongside to pass you,
you will notice your horse prick up
his ears and stretch his neck out in
an endeavor to keep ahead. That
is ambition. There is no doubt that
horses take great interest in their
races. and frequently has q horse
been seen to reach out, near the fin
finish, when it found it could not
pass competitor, and try to fix its
teeth into it to hold it back. 1t is as
natural for the horse to run and trot
as it is for bird to fly and the OK
to walk Turn horse loose in the
field and he doesn't stand still and
lie down, does he? He scampers
all over it, and in two minutes ex-
erts himself much more than max
ing a fast mile. 1t doesn't hurt a
fast horse any more to max 2.15
than a slower horse to make three
minutes. No sensible man, assur-
edly no horseman, gives his horse
more than he can do.
Take Maud S. for instance.
Every one knows that she is one of
the gentlest creatures and does her
performances without the whip or
urging. She had not been driven
for six weeks, except a jog by Mr..
Vanderbilt and a couple of easy
turns by myself. Last week bair
put her in training again. He didn't
push her of course. That would be
dangerous for any animal. Every
one knows that neither man nor
beast should be put to exertion sud
denly. Well the first day the mare
trotted a mile in 2:44, and another
in DIS. Two DAYS later she did a
mile In 2.3i and another IN I'D !;
and on Friday mile in 2:3l, anoth
er in 2::25l, and third in 2:14};
When Bair drove up he said that he
could easily have made fast mile
with Maud S., but he thought best
to do it easily. She was not distres-
sed after her trot. She can do her
2:93 in comparative comfort, and it
is not cruel to put her to it. Do you
suppose that horses would exert
themselves to get up speed if it was
not a pleasure to them? Why,
Rarus and Maud S. don't want TO
stop at all when once they have
started. They get their blood up and
wish to keen on.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12

LIMA, O., October 31.-Ben Heff-
ner, a wealthy farmer living near
Westminster, quarreled with his wife
Wednesday night. Matters kept
getting worse until about 3 o'clock
yesterday morning, when Heffner
signified his intention of ttslving-
His wife refused to let him - and
placed herself against the door to
keep him from carrying out bic
threat, whereupon he pulled re-
volver and fired, the ball striking
her in the head just behind the ear.
As she fell the husband pushed her
down under the table. Not content
with his work he caught her by the
arm, pulled her out and emptied
another chamber OF his revolver in
to her head.
His daughter, hearing the firing,
and knowing her fathers disposition
started to run, when he fred one
shot at her, but she escaped. His
son arose and barred the door, keep
ing the unnatural father out of his
room, although he made attempts to
enter it and emptied one barrel Of
the revolver in the door. The old
man then, finding he could not reach
his son, fled in the darkness and
went to another sons house near by
and after getting them up made an
attempt on the life of his daughter
in-law. Failing in this he again
fed and hid himself in his own barn
in the hay loft, only a short dis
tance from the scene of the murder,
where he was found and arrested.
He is believed to be insane.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
How Girls Grow Plump.

The gentle Olive Harper tells how
girls and women grow plump and
full. They go in most decidedly for
hygiene, she says. and they take
their baths and exercise like prize
fighters, and science, too, comes in a
little in the shape of two or three
parties who get well paid for direct
ing them how to add or diminish
their avoirdupois. Exercise and a
strict adherence to Banting's pre-
cepts are ordered for reducing, and
baths of-what do you think? Baths
of cod-liver oil and Banting again,
are given for the purpose of adding
to ones weight.
We asked one young lady how it
had affected her, and she said that
the smell of the oil was well nigh
insupportable at first, but now she
only takes it at night, and then gets
into bed and holds a strongly per-
fumed handkerchief to her nose till
she goes to sleep. In the morning
she takes perfumed and very soapy
warm bath, and that ends it until
night again, and she AYERS that she
Gas gained fifteen pounds in foul
weeks.
When we asked her if it was not
rather expensive, she laughed and
said: "Well, a little, but then moi
so much so as cosmetics. and l real
ly feel stronger and better than ]
have for years. / am willing tc
pay all | do, you know. l don't o.
course, use over two quarts at bath
1t is absorbed, | suppose. To tel
the truth my newly gained weight
has cost me. with the advice, abou,
SO a pound. That isn't SO very
dear now, is it?" And we though,
it wasn't.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
Propagation Of Currants and Goose
berries.

Currants and gooseberries belong
to the same botanical family, and
their fruit and mode of growth are
both very simila. When seed ia
sown the produce will differ from
the parent plant, and 1t is in this
way that new varieties are grown
But the production of new varieties
is by no means profitable business.
unless the pleasure of it is consid-
cred sufficient recompense.
The best mode of propagation is
by cuttings from the present years
growth as soon as the wood has
ripened. These are made about
six inches long, and cut square at
the base, having several buds upon
each one. These cuttings are plan
ted in rows one foot apart each
way, in good, mellow soil, and the
earth is well firmed about each cut
ting. Some loose soil is drawn up
to the cutting, which is left half
way out of the ground, and fork
full of manure should be dropped
loosely over each cutting for pro-
lection against driving out and frost.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
The Liars Club discuss Eggs.

At the meeting of the Liars club
held at the residence of Struckdum
Tinkins last evening the subject OF
eggs was broached.
Saphirus Elkins remarked that he
once owned Cochin China that had
been on his fathers farm for twenty
FIVE years and held the belt as cham
pion eggster Of the coop.
"Why," said be, "that hen could
lay twenty-four eggs a day and not
half try, but she had one great fault.
In summer she suffered from the
heat so much and was so cold and
tough that her eggs were all hard
boiled when laid"
Having delivered himself of this
story, Saphirus leaned back in his
chair and gazed calmly at the med
al on the table.
Ananias Barnum smiled serenely
and said that was nothing. His
aunt had a hen once that could lay
any kind of an egg-poached, scram
bled, boiled or omelette. The Bar
mum hen, furthermore, didn't confine
itself to laying eggs, but hatched
them, too-fricaseed, boiled or in
any style. They had to kill her,
finally, as she was not a discrimina-
ting pullet, but endeavored to hatch
beer keg one afternoon, refusing to
take neurishment until the thing
was completed.
The medal here gave a nervous
jump and edged nearer to Barnum
than at any time previous.
Just then Senator Spriggins enter
ed the room, and remarked that he
had just seen an egg that measured
ten feet in diameter and weighed
thirty pounds.
Struckdum Timkins suggested
that this could not rightly be called
a lie, as it was more on the line of
exaggeration. "No hen ever drew
breath that could lay an egg that
size," said he.
"That's So" said Spiggins, but
it took seven hens to lay this one."
In the ensuing confusion the sem
ator obtained the medal, and the
meeting, becoming more or less
broken up, adjourned
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
What Hurt Him.

He was so hopping mad about il
that he had to swallow the lump III
his throat three or four times before
he could speak English. When the
other had patted him on the back
and led him around In circle he
began with
"Of course, if l made debt ! ex-
pect to pay it."
"Of course"
'I'm worth $4,000. and don't
own $500 in the world"
"Of course not"
swell | was sitting in the office
about III o'clock this forenoon, when
in came stranger. He introduced
himself and took a chair. / was
smoking, and it was only courtesy
to offer him a cigar. He said he
had frequently heard my name men,
toned, and suppose he was some
gentleman from the interior of the
State who wanted my written legal
opinion"
Certainly; your luminous legal
opinion"
"He seemed rather diffident and
embarrassed. and as he had not made
his wants known up to noon | invi-
ted him home with me to dinner.
He readily accepted
81 see."
after dinnee | showed him all
over the house, played billiards with
him for half an hour, aad then
brought him back to the office and
gave him another fifteen cent cigar
and asked him to come to the
point"
And he came ?"
He did--bless him! He handed
me a bill of fifty cents from tin
shop here in town for mending the
washboiler and putting a new nose
on the tea kettle?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
MARY MAPES DODGE,

has grown familiar 70 hundreds Of thousands o
young readers and their interest and intelligen
enlnymenf have constantly inspired the editol
and publishers TO fresh effort. To-day its strength
Is in its wholesome growth, It's sympathy with
young life, its hearty recognition Of the move
ment ofevents. and its steadily increasing literary
and pictorial resources. The following are some
of the good things already secured for future num-
bers of ST. NICHo9As.
His One Fault" serial story for boys. by the
popular author. j. T. TrOwbridge
Personally Conducted. Illustrated papers on
famous places in Europe. BY Frank X stockton.
Historic Girls, eompan Mon series TO ''HistO--
ic Boys" BY +. 5. Brooks.
Ready tor Business -; suggestions to bows
about to choose an occupation.-based on personal
interviews with prominent Representatives OF vari-
Gus trades and professions. by q. j. Manson.
" Driven Back TO Eden,n serial, BY T.. p
Talks for Young Folks a series Of popular
papers, by II v. Helen Jaeks0n)
Among the Lawmakers y; recollecriOns of a
boy page in the L. ;. Senate.-containing much
political Information. both instructive and anus
ing. BY Edmund Alton.
Davy and the Goblin, - very funny serial sto-
ry by new writer, Chas Carryl
Short Stories by Louisa NJ Alcott.
THE Progress Of Invention -: From Palan-
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Gun,D etc. Descriptive papers, by Charles 4.
Art Work for Young Folks: papers ON deco
rative handicraft. by Charles G.. Leland
Sheep SIlver?r story Of Texan life. BY
the late Rev. VIM. NJ Baker
a. Garden of Girls being six short stories for
girls. by Six Leading Writers.
"Tales of Two Continents stories Of adyen-
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. Cart. ons for Boys and Girls funny pictures
by ST. NICHOLAS Artists
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Special papers by chosen writer's, including
Mary Hallotk Foote. Joaquin Miller, Alice Well
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Ernest Ingersoll, Clara Z. Clement, Lieutenant
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The Illustrations will he the work Of the very
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12

DISEASE AMONG SwINE.-Farmers
have become so accustomed to look
upon the hog as a very filthy ami
NAL, that little attention is paid to
his comfort or the cleanliness of his
surroundings. Almost any mud
hole is considered good enough for
hog yard, and their sleeping
quarters are little better than the
ground or which they take their
daily exercise. Under such con-
ditions it is no wonder that swine
plague and other diseases are COM
mon among hogs. Swine not only
require clean food and pure water
to drink, but also clean pens and
clean beds in which to sleep.
No sick animal should be allowed
to remain among the healthy, and
when one dies from disease it should
be buried Immediately, and not be
hauled out into an open lot and
left there to decay and pollute the
air of the whole neighborhood.-
Nelc York San.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12


1t is we'll to beware of the man
who carries his left foot in toward
his right in walking, giving the inn
preston that bis right foot turns
out and his left foot turns IN. This
man is a natural petty larcenist. He
may, perhaps, have never stolen In
his life. but that was because OF fear
or lack of opportunity, but all the
same be is liable at any time to Sc
ouester unconsidered trif1es for pure
wantonness. He is ofa kleptomania
nature, but he is not nearly go dan
gerous as the man who deliberately
lifts his leg up from the thigh as
though he were going up stairs. That
man is a natural and educeted VII
lain. In England, where the tread
mill is used in prisons, many con-
victs acquire that peculiar step but
it is the natural, careful, cat-l'ke
tread of the criminal. The girl who
walks with a fat foot planted square
ly on the ground as though she
wanted to grow there, may not be
as attractive as the girl with the
arched instep, but she is good deal
better natured. She is sure to be a
good nurse, hearted, sympa-
thetic, anxious to bear the burdens
of others; while the girl with the
arched foot is nearly sure to be sell
fish, and certain to be coquette If
she walks on her toes.
The man of short, nervous steps is
ALWAYS business man of energy,
but if the stride is from the knees
only he is cold and selfish, caring
for no one but himself The mae
whose stride is long and at the same
time energetic is generally bright,
always erratic, often conceited, al-
ways careless, fond of admiration,
and, while often a good fellow, gen.
orally unreliable. The diplomat and
the financier have a smooth, gliding
walk, hard to describe but easy to
ItCO8ulLc. olCdt ctdttonCh dhu
great philanthropists always have a
loose, shambling gait, which comes
from thinking about others more
than about themselves. The strut
of the vain man, the teetering trip OF
the " dude" the lounging gait of the
unemployed club man, are all too
familiar to call for description. To
say that a person walks like lady,
or like a gentleman. is high praise.
The gate can never be picked up in
after life it must be born in man
or woman, and cultivated in early
youth. 1t is lost to a man when he
falls into bad ways, for so surely as
ne loses his consciousness of recti-
tude and pride of honor, so surely
will he pick up the gait of the loafer.
An honest man, gentle or simple.
never walks like a thief, and thief
can never counterfeit the gait of an
honest man, but in attempting to
apply these rules to men one knows
it must be remembered that all
thieves are not caught, and all sus-
pected persons are not bad.-Attd
Californian.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
BROOK FARM.

Down the long road, bent and brown,
Youth, that dearly loves vision,
Ventures to the great Elysian.
As pilgrim from the town.
Coming not SO late, so far,
Rocks and birches for your story;
Not to pirate on vanished glory
Where of old was quenched star
Where OF old, in lapse of toll.
Time but Knocked prayer pathetic
Where the flower of good prophetic
Starved in our New England soil.
All TO Youth with radiant eyes,
For whom grief IS not, nor dannting
Lost glad voices still are chanting
Meath those unremainins skies,
Still the dreams of fellowship
Beat their wings of aspiration;
And smile of soft elation
Trembles from its naughty lip
II another dare deride
Hopes heroic snapped and parted,
Disillusions so high-hearted
All success is mean beside.
LOUISE iNoGES Quincy
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
Dead Mans Gulch."

The following incident occurred
during the early davs of the Cali
fornia gold fields, and is character
istic of the state of fittings that exist
ed among the diggers at that time.
A miner had died in a mountain
digging, and, as he was much re-
spected, his friends resolved to give
him a "square funeral" instead OF
putting his body in the usual way
into a roughly made hole, and say
ing, by way of funeral service, Thar
goes another bully boy under y
They sought the services ofa miner
who bore the reputation of having,
at one time in his career, been "a
powerful preacher in the States.
And then, Far Western fashion,
they all knelt down while the ex-
temporized pastor delivered a pro-
digiously long prayer. The miners,
tired of tLis unaccustomed opiate,
to while away the time. began, dig
ger fashion, lingering the earth that
had been taken from the grave.
Gradually looks were exchanged,
whispering commenced and increas-
ed, until it became loud enough to
attract the attention of their parson.
He opened his eyes and stared at
the whispering miners, What is
it, boys ?" What is it, boys p
Then, as suddenly, his eyes lighted
on sparkling scales of gold, be shout
ed: Gold, by jingo! and the
richest kind o. diggin'l The congre-
cation is dismissed y Instantly
every man began to protect the new
digging, the parson not being the
least active of the number. The
body had to be buried elsewhere ;
but the memory of the incident liv-
ed from the name given to the local
ity, for dead Mans Gulch " be-
came one of the richest gold fields
in all California.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
Why the soYtn,s,.n t,,na confederacy

From the account of the Battle
cf Bull Rum" by General Beaure-
gard, in the November Century, we
quote the following: I'VE needed
for President either military man
of high order, or a politician of
the first class (such as Howell Cobb
without military pretentions. The
South did not fall crushed by the
mere weight ofthe North; but it
was nibbled away at all sides and
ends because its executive head
never gathered and welded its
great strength under the ready adj
vantages that greatly reduced or
neutralized its adversary's naked
physical superiority. 1t is but an
other of the many proofs that tim
id direction may readily go with
physical courage, and that the pas
sive defensive policy may make a
long agony but can never win war.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
xase Men KILLED nj n PoIisicsf Riot

New ORLEANS, Nov. 1.-The heat
ed canvass in the Third congression-
al district between Gay, Democrat,
and Kellog, resulted to-day in a
riot at the little town of Lorianville.
The kellogg men we're holding a
meeting at that place when some
one cheered fer Gay. This created
a disturbance, resulting in pistols be-
ing drawn. Almost a thousand
shots were fired, and when the
fight ceased it was found that Cap
tain Bell, a Democratic planter, Joe
Guilfaux, Democrat, and Victor
Bantte, eolo-ed Republican, were
killed.
Jules Metayer and ex-sheriff Vic
tor were wounded desperately.
Several Others were killed or wound
ed, principally negroes. A large
number of men charged with shoot
ing have been arrested.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
A Lawyers Opinion Of interest
to all.

J. A. Tawney, Esq, a leading
attorney of Winona, Mimi, writes:
After using it for more than three
years, take great pleasure in stat
ing that / regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, as the
best cure in the world for Coughs
and Colds. 1t has never failed to
cure the most severe colds | have
had, and invariably relieves the
pain in the chest"
Trial Bottles of this sure cure
for all Throat and Lung Diseases
may be had free at G. n. Boyd's
Drug Store. Large size. 100.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
An End TO Bone scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg,
ILL.,. says: Having received SO much
benefit from Electric Bitters, ] feel
it my duty to let suffering human
ity know il. Have had running
sore on my leg fo- eight years; my
doctors told me l would have to
have the bone scraped or leg ampu-
tated. fused. instead three bottles
of Electric Bit.ers and seven boxes
cf Bucklin's Arnica Salve, and my
leg is now sound and well. Electric
Bitters are sold al fifty cents a bot
tie. and Bucklen's Arnica Salve
at 25c. per box by C. n. Boyd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12

Is in store for all who use Kemp's
Balsam for the throat and lungs, the
great guaranteed remedy. Would
you believe that it is sold on its mer-
its and that each druggist is author
lied to refund your money by the
Proprietor of this wonderful remedy
if it fails to cure you. c. N. Boyd
has secured the agency for it.
Price SO cents and s1.00. Trial
size free.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
Child Fatally Burned.

STEUBENvILLE, o., November T.
Flora Campbell, aged 10 years, was
left alone by her parents near fire
on the river bank last night. She
fell asleep, it is supposed, and her
clothing catching fire, her arms,
body and breast were terribly burn
ed. She died this morning, after
great agony.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
A Fortunate Discovery.

A new light is thrown on the SUBJ
ject of Consumption bv DR.. Wagner
Kemp, discoverero of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs. A rem
edy that has provec Itself to be a
remarkable compound. 1t does its
work thoroughly, stopping hack
ing cough instantly.
Sold by c. N. Boyd. Price Scots.
and sl.O0 Trial bottle free. Get
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
Buckien's ArnIca Salye.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price 25c
per box.
For sale by c. N. Boyd. june20
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-12
RsnginE Himself IN His Cell.

CLEVELAND. Oct. 31.-A dispatch
to the Herald says that Benjamin
Heffner, the farmer who murdered
his wife yesterday, near Westmin-
ster, attempted to commit suicide
by hanging himself in his cell at
Lima last night. He tore his blank
ct into strips, and with these and
his suspenders improvised a moose
and suspended himself from the
ceiling. The other prisoners heard
him and called the Sheriff, who cut
him down.