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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14
BARGAINSI

To RedueeSok order to Make Room for the Purpose of enagng
Improving Business house will sell tor Cash all Goods
Greatly Reduced Prices for the Following thirty Days
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14

The prettiest lady in Somerset
remarked to a friend the other day
that she knew kemps Balsam Was
a superior remedy, as It stopped her
cough instantly when others had no
effect whatever So 10 prove this
c. Y. BOYD viii guarantee it to all
Price 80 cents and 81. Trial size
froa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14

Good men, like fine watches, may
be known by their works
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14

"Arrah l have ye now, We thate
It's ye that has so horrifed the
misthress as she's bin reading about ::
ye Girthy cremator," said Bridget as
she drew a drowned mouse out Of
the cream lug.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14

1t thus appears from the estimates
OF the Treasurer that the expendi-
lures of the general fund viii exceed
the receipts for that fund about $3.50,
coo. While the balance with which
the Treasurer begins the year, will, OF
course, prevent default occurring,
yet the Legislature should, in max
ing their appropriations, sclutinize
them with this probable excess Of
expenditures over receipts in view
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14
CO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT sUGGEs-

l recommended the passage of a
resolution submitting to the people
for adoption an amendment to the
constitution abolishing payment of
tax as qualification for electors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14
PUBLIC CHARITIES AND HEALTH

The charitable institutions of q
purely public character are reported
to be in a sadly overcrowded condi-
ton, and totally inadequate to sup
DIV the relief needed by the unfortu-
nate and helpless. 1t should be
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-01-14
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The making and publication OF
the geological survey of the Safe IS a
matter that / think calls for legisla-
tive inquiry. This undertaking be-
gan in the year 1875, and since then
there has been expended in Its pub
lication alone to July l, 1854. the
following sums: Printing. 1869, 754
40; engravings, s76,231 AZ; paper,
sl03, ,202 IS. The cost of the work
completed since July l last is: Prin-
ting, s21 ,293 81 !; paper, (about) ST.
900. The estimated cost of the work
now in hand is, for printing sl0,-
600, and for paper, $500. These
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
"SIx Months ont OF He'll"

The editor of the Las Vegas Optic
has Just received 81, 900 from L. w.
Lynchy, wealthy cattle man, in
payment OF bet that the editor
could not or would not keep sober
six months continuously. The ed
itor won, received the $1,000, and
thus discoursed respecting his late
cOnvivial companions:
1.-The room in which we write may
be solitary now. 1t used not to be so
in our drinking days. Then it was
convivisl enough. hummer was
never very many hours away from
us. Sucker spent the evenings
when he knew we were at home,
and swore eternal friendship. Leech
protested that our wit, like our wine,
was such as to drive dull care away.
Sponge called us 'old boy in such a
manner when he asked us to drink
and left us to pay for it-and now
where are they? AS We have heard
the pianOf0rt in Las Vegas ask, 20,
where are the friends of my youth z"
Hath Damon forsaken us ! Hath
Pythias proved false? Or are we
less attractive than we werei Read
err who has been there you say.
None other can knOw.-Hoiton, N
NJ, Signal.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
The Accumulation 81 wealth.

In the course ofiah address in New
Orleans on Prisons and Asylums,
the Rev. DR.. Hugh Miller ThOmpt
son, uttered these words of truth,
and We may add, Of truth and warns
ing: i
The Duke Of Wellington said
there was nothing more terrible than
a great victory, except q great de-
feat. The path of civilization is
strewn with the wounded and dead.
Every success of a man is at the ex-
pense of victim. Civilization is
based on . theory of lifes Business
is conducted on that principle, 1t
is on this theory that Wall street
and Carondelet street exist; that
most peoPleare dOingthsir business.
1t is get all you can honestly; grab
all your hands can lay hold of.
Your neighbor has grabbed in his
turn and got all he could. The man
that grabs the most is the most honor.
ble man, =
This is not altogether to be con-
demned. 1t opens up advancement
for men in the world.
1t is a very rough sort Of plan,
and nowhere does it come out in all
its harshness as in this country.
We have no hereditary wealth every
mans wealth can be counted in terms
of so many soaps which he has
taken in the strife. When one goes
to the highest rank Of rich men, say
man like old Vanderbilt, he has
hundred million scalps. When you
90 to a man like that and ask for
money on the Christian idea that he
holds it in trust from God, he laughs
at you and you cant get into his
head that wealth is a responsibility
or that o man in the United States
should not do with his money just as
he chooses the consequence is that
the possession OF wealth in this coun-i
try is demOrizing, not only to the
men who own it, but to everybody,
Why the man who steals $500
should be sent to the penitentiary,
and he who steals 100000 to Con-
gress, the victim can't understand.
Or why :he man who steals enough
to support his family for weeks is
branded as felon. and the man who
has stolen enough to build a house on
Fifth Avenue is held in great honor,
and all the military cOmpa2ies turn
out at his funeral. The unfortunate
gambler is taken, uP, and bis asen-
patton considerered disgracetul.. If
he buys or sells cotton or pork on a
future market, he is a legitimate
merchant, and modern philosophy
condemned all efforts to reform
criminals. They are morally dis
eased, and have fallen out of the
ranks-let them go. The tittest will
rviVe.-Ex.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
Heal,hr pre.ss "a arowlne elrIs.

/ know shall astonish good many
people when Z fsay that think that
venerable and high y-Fespeeted article
of femals. dress, the chemise, mag ad-
yantageously be wholly dispensed with.
Every one Is supposed to have a chemise
Ito her back. " but that this supposition
is moi. wholly tue vas proved to me
some time ago. When at the seaside
lest autumn TIVE girls, mutual friends
Of mine, and whom i introduced to
each other, went one warm day with
me to bathe. One said to the other. II
am afraid you will be awfully shocked
when you see me undress.p Shocked!
Why?" ..Well, / hardly like to tell
you; but the fact is, that ! have SO lit
tie on" II don'f ear much said
the other Cali / have is combina-
tions, stays. and, one petticOat under
my dress" Curiously enough, both
these girls were dressed in precisely the
same way in woOlen combinations,
stays (well shaped and not tight, one
petticOat, and dress which from IFS
elegance gave no suspicion of the state
of affairs underneath. As had an OPP
poFtunity of observing, these young
ladies were dressed in perfectly sanitary
style, although none but myself had
any idea of the fact; and, in spite of it,
they passed for two Of the best-dressed
girls 1t the fashionable watering-place
where we were staying. l have since
had several opportunities of observa-
ton, and l find that quite number of
the best-dressed women of my acquain-
tance have renounced the use of the
chemise in favor Of woven combina-
tions. The majority, however. l be-
lieVe, are not induced to do so by sani-
tary considerations, but simply because
the chemise is q bulky article and
makes them look stouter than is natural
to them; whereas the combinations,
being made in q stretchy material, tit
somewhat closely and show the SYM
metry of the figure. This is, to my
mind, a very good reason why the
chemise should be given up, but. from
a health point of view. we can find a
still better one. ChemiSes are gener-
ally made of linen or cotton, both of
which materials, as have already said,
are unsuitable for clothing, because
they are good conductors of heat, bad
absorbers of moisture, and bad ventila-
TORS
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India Dancing Girls.

In recently-published work by Mrs.
Leon Owens occurs the following with
regard to the famous dancing girls of
India:
After few moments, Saidah Bebec
came up to greet the Lady Kesineh.
She salaamed most deferentially to us,
and took her place on the floor At my
special request we were shown into the
exercising room, and almost over the
entire establishment There were over
100 girls of all ages and shades of COM
plexion, from dark brown to pale, deli
cate olive, going through their exer-
cises, at the time. The hall vas COM
posed of bamboo trellis work, and was
light, spacio,ss aesl ai5y enouya Prom
the roof hung all sorts of gylanaStic
apparatus, rude but catious-ropes to
which the girls clung as they whirled
around on tiptoe; wheels on which they
were made to walk in order to learn a
peculiar circular dance, called "chak-
rance Qrom ''chak, wheels slip
knots into which they fastened one arm
and one leg, thus holding it motienless
while they exercise the other; cups, re-
volving balls, which they sprang up to
catch; and heaps OF fragile cords, with
which they spin round and round, and
if any one Of these snap under too
great a pressure they are punished,
though never very severely.
Altogether, it was a strange sight.
Most of the girls from 10 TO II had
nothing on but short, tight pair of
drawers; the older ones had tight,
short-sleeved bodices in addition to the
drawers, and those under 10 We're
naked. They were all good-looking; a
few here and there were beautiful. The
delicate and refined outline of their
features, the soft tint OF their rich com
plexions, the dreamy expression Of their
large, dark, quiet eyes, added to great
symmetry of form, made them strange
" fascinating.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
BLAcKGUARDs AND woULD-BE AS
sAssINs.

An injunction suit against liquor
store in Creston, Ia, vas decided in
favor of the cs:nplainants, on the
18th ult., the. hquor was ordered
spilled, and 100 kegs Of beer were
accordingly destroyed The saloon
keepers swore revenge and FIVE Of
them started out to "make things
hot.p They assaulted and badly
injuredtheI leading prosecuting wit
ness, DIR, Graves, abused another
witness with vile language, and went
ito the house of Mr.. Spurrier, the
Prosecuting Attorney, to mob him,
but fortunately found him absent
from home. Securing . rope they
then proceeded to find Henry Bauer,
another prosecuting witness but he,
too, was away, and they satisfied
themselves by Safeguarding ard
threatening his wife,-Voice.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22

Among the recent noted legal
events in cultured Boston was di-
yorce suitinstituted by Mrs. Sullivan,
wife of the distinguished ,pugilist and
saloon keeper. One Of Mrs. Sull-
vans charges against her husband
was that he got drunk. This the
great pugilist denied with emphasis,
He admitted that he had always
been in the habit of drinking, but
declared that he was never drunk in
his life. He is reported as saying:
''I have been full, but | could al
ways get home without assistance,
I have been intoxicated, but never
was drunk. l don't drink to excess,
but in this business a man must
drink, so many people ask him. /
was under the influence of drink
but not drunk" That the court
was impressed with Mr.. SulIivsn's
fine distinction between being "fnll"
and beng drunk" may be inferred
from the sequel that Mrs. Sullivan
was denied the divorce she. sought.
Wendell Phillips used sometimes to
say, by way of illustrating the super
iority and pre-eminence Of New Eng
land, and especially of Boston,. that
ga Yankee had more brains in his
hand than other men in their heads"
That Boston's pugilist has a power
ful hand few will be rash enough to
deny. It will be matter of no lit.
tie moment to other people, and es4
pecialIy to the wives Of drunken hus'
bands, whether or not Mr.. Sullivan's
standard of sobriety is destined
henceforth to become general !;
whether men who are ''full, but
who can manage "to get home with
out assistance" are to be considered
as not being ''drunk," and as legally
innocent Of offence. In less cultiva-
ted communities this new Boston
precedent will be quite likely to be
deemed .deplorable, and to oabe de.
nounced as such.-National Re-
former.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
Fly Fishing.

The veteran fisherman, Seth Green,
writes the following. which will be in
teresting to fishermen at this time: Il
have sifted down the hundreds of flies,
SAID Mr.. Green, s'until l have but four
kinds left. They are the killers. Ny
upper fly is q red body, white wing and
white hackie, with gold tinsel stripe.
My second is fly called Grizzly King.
1t has 3 green body aud mOttled WING
of 8 mailard or red cad IL Is called
by hy-makers the under-wind. This fly
has red ibis tail My third fly is
called the Governor AlVOrd, in honor of
the Ex-Governor of this State. The
wing is made of two colored feathers,
cinnamon and drab. The body is
made Of peacock hackle and red ibis
tail. The other fly is called the Seth
Green, the body OF which is green with
9 yellow stripe, the hackle being red.
The body of the flies should not be
covered with hackle, the latter being
best on the head Of the fly. The body
of the flies should be One-fourth of an
inch in diameter iu the largest place.
when trolling with hics for bass the
boat should b. rowed one-third slower
than for any other kind of fish. The
flies should be allowed to sink within
three or four feet of the bottom, and
when you have strike take plenty of
time to reel him in. as there are ten fish
lost by reeliug them too fast where one
is lost by slow reeling. When casting
for black bass into river with q cur
rent, cast abreast the current and let
the flies swing round with the current
without drawing them in only just
enough TO keep the line taut and. hav-
ing swung around, recover your line
slowly and cast again. Great care
should be taken to have the tackle as
fine as possible. 1t is better to lose
some fish than to have coarse tackle.
A fish must be thoroughly deceived to
be canghkl II is net luck that fills your
baskets it is laincommon sense. When
fishing from = boat the bait should be
thrown so far from you that there is
not A.p0ssibility Of the fish seeing you,
while the tackle should be so fine that
they will not see anything but the bait
Follow these precautions" adds Mr..
Green. land you will ill your basket,
and luck will not have anything to do
with it,
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22

Many Of the scientific associations
of this country, as for instance the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, and organiza-
tiOns of the scientific professions,
have declared themselves by resolu-
ton in favor Of the adoption Of the
Metric System, either in the service
of the government or for general
use, and have memOrializeJ Con-
gress to this effect.
Electrical science, whose applica-
tons are now marvellously develop.
ing, has its units, the ohm, volt, ETC.,
founded on the metric measures. AT
an international convention which
met in Paris, April, 1884, where
there were nine delegates deputed
BY the British Government, and
where the United States, Russia,
Persia, China and Japan were also
among the nations represented, it
was agreed, after ample discussion,
that the legal ohm is the resistance
of a column of mercury one square
millimeter in crOss-sect:On, and 1O6
centimeters in length at the temper
ature of melting ice. This and other
units connected with the centimetre,
the gram and second were endorsed.
The American Electrical Conference
subsequently favored their adoption,
and considered it Of national import
ance that Congress should fix stand
ards Ofelectrical measures.
While many other instances of the
progress of the Metric System might
be gwen. suffice it for the present to
say that societies have been organ
lied expressly to promote the move
ment, such as the American Metro
logical Society, and the American
Metric Bureau; the last named hav-
ing been engaged for several years
in IA very active and very effective
agitation OF the subject, by the wide
circulation OF documents, and by
scattering over the country the met
ric weig hts aud measures them selves,
which the society furnishes at nomi-
nal prices.
Ia another article, which may
close this series, it is designed to
discuss the question,
WHAT'S THE USE?"
on, in other words, to enumerate
come of the advantages of the Metric
System over all other systems OF
weights and measures.
Y. Y. Il.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
Gen. Clusters Pet.

At one time Gen. Custer tanned tiny
field-mouse and kept it in large,
empty inkstand on his desk. 1t grew
very fond of him, and ran over his
head and shoulders and even through
his hair. | had, fortunately, only to
keep away from the desk when the lit
tie creature was free. for it was con-
tented to consider that his domain. The
general, thinking at last that it was
cruel to detain the little thing indoors,
when it belonged by nature to the
fields, took it out and left it on the
plain. The kindness was Of no earthly
use; like the oft-quoted prisoner of the
Bastile, it was back again at the steps
in no time and preferred captivity TO
freedom. Mrs. Lrtster' "reminiscences.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
Hawthorne's Modesty.

once saw Hawthorne under circum-
stances which had a touch of the ludl-
crous. 1t was at a commencement din
ner given under tent on the campus"
of Bowdoin college, of which inStitu-
ton, it will be remembered, he was
graduate in 1926. Longfellow being his
classmate, Hawthore had secured the
high place which he ever after held III
the republic Of letters, and it was
deemed a great thing that his presence
had been secured to grace the festive
occasion, When the time came for the
speeches, everybody rejoiced at the
prospect of hearing Hawthorne Bow
doin was justly proud Of her gifted
son, and to see him. and especially to
listen to him, was an event not soon to
be forgotten. 1t fitting terms the pres
ident, Leonard Woods. j.. if my mem-
oIy serves me Agbh announced the
next speaker, our distinguished son
and most welcome guest, and, as he
proceeded In his laudatory terms, nat
urally all eyes were turned away for
the moment from the guest to the speak
ing host.
Finishing his remarks, the president
called for a speech from Nathaniel
Hawthorne Everybody looked to the
spot where just now ''the distinguished
son and welcome guest" had been sit
ting. But he was not there. While
the president had been lavishly pouring
out his praises and extolling the Won
derful gifts of this eminent progeny of
alma matter he had quietly lifted the
canvas of the tent, crept out, and
''gone to parts unknown. My recol-
lection is that there was good laugh
over the matter. and everybody said it
was just like Hawthorne, who dreaded
making an after-dinner speech more
even than he did the critics. His con-
stitutional shyness never forsook him,
long as he lived. Providence Journal.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
Ideal Farm Scenes.

Illustrated advertisements of reaping
machines give US gorgeous pictures of
rural life A span Of thoroughbreds,
wearing richly plated carriage harness,
step jaHntily along through the golden
grain pulling a reaper, which runs so
easily that the traces are scarcely
straightened,, The lines are held by a
handsome young man, neatly dressed,
beard and hair carefully arranged,
loose necktie about 3 turnover collar.
and wearing a broad-brimmed straw
hat with a band of ribbon encircling it,
the ends Of which flutter gracefully in
the pleasant breeze. An attractive
farm residence, surrounded by trees and
shrubbery, vines clambering about the
window, } and specimens of the red, red
rose as big as . soup-plate scattered
prOmiscuOhsly about, are seen near by,
and TO one side spacious barns, pas
lures In which bl0oded horses, cattle,
and sheep cavort about, and other ac-
cessories combine to form a scene OF
rare loyeliness and beauty. Very fine
all this, but did anybody ever see any
thing of that sort in actual lifeP-
OpaGh0 Herald.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22

The great Scott law OF Ohio was
supposed to return 100000 into
the Golfers of the State and munic-
ipalities and is heralded as lifting a
great burden, &C., off the shoulders
Of taxpayers. According to Ex-
Governor C. Foster, liquors cost
the State of Ohio the sum of s7O,-
100000 per year. In other words,
we are short $68,000,000. In the
words OF the Immortal J. n, the
s'pressure" seems to be On the peo-
pie. No wonder the saloon element
was satisfied. d.-True Citizen.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
Prohibition Meeting and Picnic ut nj.
loan, Clay County, Miss.

On Friday, the 18th, an enthusi-
astic Prohibition meeting was held
at Sloan, Miss, and quite large
crowd WAS present. Rev. J. IL.
Gambrell and Mr.. w. B. Walker adj
dressed the meeting before dinner,
and Prof. Cooper, from Cooper In
stitute, in the evening. AS very
many people in the country are not
posted on the subject of Prohibition
Except from the standpoint Of liquor
mem, this meeting resulted in much
good. The subject was presented
fairly and squareIy in all its phases.
In the evening a Prohibition club
was organized, Of 81 members, and
the following resolutions were enthu-
siastically and unanimously adopted !:
Resolved, That We, the people of
Sloan and surrounding country do
most heartily endorse the Prohibi-
ton movement in Mississippi; and
we hereby declare that we will leave
no honest means untried by which
we may secure the blessings of Pro-
hibition in Clay county and in our
State.
Resolved, That we endorse the
principles enunciated by the State
Prohibition Convention in July last.
Resolved, That Chas. S. Joiner be
requested to hand a copy Of these
resolutions to the Clay County Lead
er and the West Point New Era for
publication.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22

We see the statement made re-
peatedly that ssprohibition doer not
prohibit That in Iowa aud else
where, where the prOhibitory law
prevails, there is more liquor sold
than before and there are more sa-
looms than formely. This statement
carries the lie on the xeryfase Of it,
for it is a certain fact that if it were
true, the liquor men would not SO
combine against the prohibition
movement. 1t is a lie to catch the
uninformed. How newspaper editors
who must know, better, come to- aid
in perpetuating such lie, we cam
not conceive, unless, it be for
money! Clay Co. Leader.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22

1t is made to appear that the
United States marines were not very
we'll armed at Panama, but so long
as they did their work well, perhaps
it is hardly worth quarreling about.
The point to be enforced is that
prompt measure should be taken to
prevent the possibility of sending
away a body Of half-armed men next
time.-Lanches On. Y.) Union.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-22
. ADe, = = - 2 ~ = - =
A. II. MULLER, Sec'y.
THE MOST CoNTEMPTIBLE OUTRAGE ON
RECORD. Attst

On the oath of last month there
occurred in Coldwater, COmanche
county, Kan, as described BY . local
paper, lone Of the most disgFaeeful
affairs that has happened in South
west Kansas" A man named Milt,
Adams kept an ice-cream parlor and
also sold liquors and harbored disor-
derly characters. A complaint was
brought against him by Rev. Mr..
Hayes, q Methodist clergyman, and
Adams was arrested. The next
night, the account continues, "a
mob Of eight or ten men, with faces
blacked, proceeded to the residence
of Rev. Hayes, when one Of them
went to the door, and asked him to
come out, saying that he wanted .
marriage ceremony performed. AS
soon as he was outside of the door
he was met with a shower of rotten
eggs, knocked down and otherwise