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Child Teaching.

There is possibly no subject OF SO
much importance upon which SO
little mas been written as the eduea-
ton of the child. We do not mean
education derived from books, but
thai which commences with the first
dawning Of reason, and continues
until the child goes out from under
the influence of It's mother Nor is
there any subject upon which such
erroneous ideas are popularity enter
tained-ideas fraught with much
evil the community. The very first
act is to teach the helpless infant to
talk in language as foreign to the
English tongue as that IN use
among the natives of Kamschatka.
If left to itself the child might have
chance of being able some day to
speak properly. but instead is yigor-
ously instructed in baby talk, and
as a consequence two or three years
of its life must be spent ir unlearn-
ing jargon. Again, the child is in
structed not once in a thousand
times how to reason; the most Im-
portant part remains uncultivated
at a time when it is most easily de-
veloped but instead the child is
told fairy tales and ghost stories un-
til il is fearful of its own shadow
and lives in land of dreams.
This fear it carries with it through
life in many cases. and instead of
being an honest. fearless, noble man,
the child but too often grows up in
to a shrinking, cringing creature,
compelled by his own fears to resort
to practices that are first unmanly,
then dishonest and criminal. It is
not the mans faul. that ne sinks
lower down from day to day; it is
the fault of those who first educated
him-who. to amuse themselves.
first taught him to fear And then
the fairy tales, those unrealities
which are the foundation for his
chGteaur en- Espagne of after life
dreams, destined to bear bitter re-
suits. Fairly launched upon the
world. the ideas conceived at the
nurse's knee give him false impress
sions OF things and cause his fall
ure. Perhaps before he reaches
middle age be is able to forget; per-
haps be carries his fanciful brain
creations with him to the grave
But worse than all, these deceptions
of the child teach him to underval-
ue truth. His mother, father, nurse,
all have told him stories which he
soon discovers to be untrue, and so
he comes to believe that even if his
parents teach truth-telling it is only
another sham on their part.-Bos-
ton Budget.
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Something She Hated.

What is it. sissy ?" said a west
side groceryman to little girl, who
was swinging against the side of the
counter, lolling out her tongue and
looking timid.
"My ma sent me for sumpin.h
"Well, what is it2"
Il dunno"
"Was it bread? ?"
No, sir; she berrered that Of Mrs.
Tiggons."
WAS it meat2"
mo. sir; we've got hash enough
for US, and pa he eats fish"
Butter, may be
"No. | s'pect it wasn't that, coz
we're got enough to look at if any
body comes in. and that's all we has
it for"
-'It wasn't sugar"
MY, no times Is 70 hard for that
p1 says. and | never couldn't forget
sugar no how, coz | like it. | guess
tt was sumpin | don't ike, or may
be wouldn't forget it. :"
Then il must have been soap.
"Oh, yes, that's it. | knowed it
was sumpin | hated"
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Write for Your Local Paper

There il no more effectual and en-
ioyable means by which young peo-
pie can store their minds with prac-
tical knowledge and gain the power
of giving expression to what they
know than writing for the press. In
writing for his or her local paper the
young student cultivates the power
of observation. Do not think that
your literary career is in writing
elaborate articles for the magazines
or popular literary journals. Write
for your local paper or some Other
paper in your Eeighborhood or coun.
ty that has some literary character
giving the news of your vicinity IN
the plainest language you can com.
mand. Keep ON writing for that
paper. As a regular correspondent
you will be furnished with the nee
essary stationery, or the postage ai
least viii be paid by the publishers
and one or several copies will bt
furnished you. Accidents, fires
deaths, marriages, charities, are no,
the only neighborhood happenings
that are worthy of being recorded
The close observer becomes the sue
cessful writer. There are many
things which when properly record
ed, are Of deep interest though the
careless person scarcely notices
them. He who can write neighbor
hood news and happenings in PLAN
spicy style, without any unneces'
sary words, has . beautiful accom-,
plishment. He has the gift of pleas
antly imparting his knowledge te
others, and if be is q school teacher
he will surely succeed in that pro
fession.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
smokfnx Among the Puritans.

The early settlers Of the Plymouth
Colony were greatly addicted to
smoking. which practice subsequent
ly became so common that the weed
was smoked in church during ser
vice This custom, it seems, soon
caused considerable annoyance, as
the exercises were greatly disturbed
by the clicking of flint and steel to
light their pipes, and clouds Of
smoke in the church. Hence, in
1863, the colony passed this law Z:
1T is enacted that any person or
persons that shall be found smoking
on the Lords Day, going to or COM
ing from meetings. within two miles
of the meeting house. shall paw
twelve pence for every such fault.
Under this law were fined Richard
Berry Jedediah Lombard, Benjamin
Lombard, and James Maker for
smoking tobacco at the end Of the
Yarmouth meeting house on the
Lords day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Household.

BAKING BEETs.-One of the most
satisfactory ways to cook beets is to
bake them. When boiled, even il
their jackets are left on, a great deal
of the best part of the beet is dissolv-
ed, and so lost it viii of fcourse, take
little longer to bake them, but this
is 40 objection Allow them fifteen
to twenty minutes longer for baking;
slice them and season as you would
if they were boiled. One pleasant
way to serve them is to chop them
fine after they are cooked, and sea-
son with pepper, salt and butter.
Turnips are nice also served in this
way.
TOMATO FRITFERs.-Tomato frit-
ters are an agreeable entree. Use
one quart of stewed tomatoes, one
small teaspoonful of soda; stir in
flour enough to make q batter, like
that for griddle cakes. Have some
lard, very hot on the stove; drop the
batter in, spoonful at time, and
fry.
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ooskLrsc ON GRANT.
Extracts from the Ceieisrsted Nomt
mating Speech Made at Chicago.

when askrl Shss stats he halls srsm
Our solu rcFiy viii be.
He haiis ircsn APTemattox
And "a tlmegs spple tree-
Never defeated = in peace or in
war-his name is the most illustrious
borne by living man.
His services attest his gfeatness,
and the country-nsy, the world
know them by heart. His fame was
earned not alone by things written
and said, but by the arduous great
ness Of things done; and perils and
emergencies viii search in vain in
the future, as they have searched in
vain in the past, for any other on
whom the Nation leans with such
confidence and trust.
Never having had a policy to en-
force against the will of the people,
he never betrayed cause or q
friend, and the people viii never de-
sert or betray him. Standing on
the highest emineuce of human dis
tinction, modest, firm, simple and
self-poised. having filed all lands
with his renown, he has seen not
only the high born and titled. but
the poor and the lowly, on the ut
termost ends of the earth, rise and
uncover before him. He has stud
led the needs and defects of many
systems of governments; and he
has returned q better American than
ever, with a wealth of knowledge
and experience added to the hard
common sense which shone so con-
spicuously in all the fierce light that
beat upon him during sixteen years,
the most trying, the most porten-
tious, the most perilous in the Ma
tion's history.
Vilified and reviled, ruthlessly as
persed by unnGmbered presses, not
only in other lands, but in MS own,
assaults on him have seasoned and
strengthened his hold on the public
heart Calumnys ammunition has
all been exploded the powder has
been burned once-its force is spent
and the name of Grant will gilt
ter an imperishable star in the dia-
dem of the republic when those
who have tried to tarnish it have
mouldered in forgotten graves and
when their memories and epitaphs
have vanished utterly.
Never elated by success, never de-
pressed by adversely, be has ever,
in peace or in war, shown the very
genius of common sense. The views
he presented for Lees surrender
fore-shadowed the wisest prophecies
md principles Of true reconstruc-
lion. Victor in the greatest war OF
modern times. he quickly signalized
his aversion to war and his love of
,eace By an arbitration of interna-
ional disputes which stands the
yisest, the most majestic example
If its kind in the worlds diploma
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26

A million dollars won't buy a ray
Of sunshine.
Good clothes are TO respectability
what the frame is to a picture.
You often find a five-cent heart in
a million dollar body
The most beautiful woman is she
whom the blind can see-
A newspaper may be sewer or q
stream Of pure wster, according TO
source.
An unwashed king is less a gen.
tleman than a tidy peasant.
Fashionable women are the mis-
takes Of creation.
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gone home in disgust only II cried

So" tf
"Wait if you please. / will tell il
myself" said Robert, catching toe
little hands on their way to hide heI
face. THAT day / hardly thought
of all OF what you said. l was SO re-
joiced at the prospect of seeing you
again; and when you cried-I think
/ was the happiest fellow in the
world. But afterward that money
is everything haunted me. At last
| sept a lawyer to your guardian.
How he came to guess and then be
mean enough to betray me"
"Of course he never guessed any
thing" said Sousie, scornfully. Il
guessed"
"Well-shall you decline the gift
or accept the condition ?" asked Rob
ert, laughing.
Those tears in her eyes had been
wonderfully reassuring.
81 would like to know how you
came by that twenty thousand ?''
MISS cOuSie 5alQ-
Roberts eyes widened.
You did not know that | was
rich ?"
Il thought you were your cousins
clerk? ?"
His partner, and first in the
firm"
Miss Sousie gave little gasp and
looked at the curtains Robert lean
ed toward her with attentive eyes.
You thought me presumptu-
Gus fortune hunter, then, when l
did not Gomez
She blushed furiously, then mis-
chievous dImpIes came about her
lips.
ave will not say. much about
what any one has been thinking"
she said, ''or Mr.. Deane's conscience
might be uncomfortable"
Mr.. Deane looked alert.
"Do you know" he said rising
with sudden excitement, Il believe
you have not lost single cent
''Oh, yes, threw dollar from the
window expressly" said Sousie, her
voice quivering with laughter
"So"-from Mrs Trenton on the
threshold-''the drama is over May
the next contain less doubt and more
Viii you walk into sup
per, les miserables p
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Little girl. do you know whose
house this isT asked a solemn look
ing man of bright child seated on
the church steps, Yes, sir; its
Gods but He aim in" she added,
as the old gentleman was about to
walk up the steps, "and His agents
gone to Europe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26

First Western Citizen-'Thought
you were going to move to Boom
City.
Second Western Citizen-"No; /
gave up the notion after seeing it"
What's the matter with it?
hear it vas an embryo Chicago"
pooh nothing ofthe kind. It's a
dead-and-li live sort of place. not
worth notice"
"You don say 90 ?"
''Yes; nothing there but factories,
stores and churches.
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OUR NATION.
By ELLA DARE


God rroughf, and his mighty purpose grasp'd
the heart of ages.
The mountains Of oppression shook beneath
His hand,
And the book ofhunian life, with all It's
blood-stained pages.
Was opened to the light of day by His CON-
mand.
God spokr, and the pilgrims paved their way
across the ocean, f.sa
The dangers. all defying, of the storm-swep'
sea,
Planted on the shore and on the land free
devotion.
Whilst primeyal forests shouted liberty.
God Jpih, and with the rocks Of freedom for
a firm foundation,
Deep intrenched by selfdenial ana thsgood
OF all, --
He laid the basis for fgtuto, time-endur-
ing Nation,
With " Welcome TO the World emblazon' d
on its wall. f.
God preserved this life of promise, sending
souls most daring
To defend it from impending dangers Of all
time,
Heroic warriors. patriots, for their country
bearing
Grief and woe and sorrow, joined to sacri-
fee sublime.
God calls, one by one, these dauntless hearts
to pass the portal,
And our earthly -clounded senses cannot
cross the line;
Cannot see them striving bravely now on
heights immortal,
Wisely striving for their country's good in
ways divine.
God reig,ls. and by his conquerins care pro-
tects our Nation
Christ and faith both teach us that we have
our leaders sui,
Their lives and deeds are meeting ours in
each pulsation
We are yet united, working out our Mas
tors will
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26

General Grant smoked his last
cigar on November 20, 1884.
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MITCHELL WAGON,

Which | am selling, will certify to my statement thai
they the VERY BEST Farm Wagon made. They II
general nearly every country the face of the
globe and adapted every variety of climate ac
knowedged by all to be the best proportoned best ironed
best finished and ghtest running wagon made present
few facts that should be read by farmer about the Mitch
ell Wagons
ls Great is taken in selecting only the best timber
that gows which the proper of the
piled under sheds until thoroughly seasoned The thmbe
kens are much heavier than any other kens and
therefore less liable break g. The hubs dodgemo
ed which makes the strongest and most durable wheel that
be constructed The patent box-couplng used only by
this Company prevents the wearing and weakening of the
axle s. The MITCHELL WAGON stands to-day at the
head and front of all competitors and is known far and wide
as the strongest and durable unequaled in quality and
nsh and monarch of the road wherever known and used
Don't fail give CALL and the wagon for yourself
Remember for the NINETY DAYS selling these
wagons greatly reduced prices win pay you buy of
and to buy now Prices furnished on application.
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DR Fl. BRUBAKER tenders has
| tu-ofessioual services 10 the citizens Of Sem
srse, and vicinity. Oface in residence on Main
street west Of the Diamond
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26

when askc.l shat Stasc he halls Erem
Our sole rcFiy will be.
He halls frctn APTcmattox
Ant IA f4ncgs apple tree.
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Il L
tenders his professional service 70 the citi
--1s Of Somerset and Vicinity. Unless profession
81 engaged he can be found at his once on Man
s. east Of the Diamond
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SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Ex-senator Sharon, who has been very
i'll, is much improved.
Sixty-nine drunks answered to their
names at roll-call in the Police Court
Monday morning.
Captain Thomas Fallon, one Of the earli-
est pioneers OF this coast, who came to Cali
forHia from Texas in iS4f, died in this citv
on Sunday at the advanced age of u.
The Canadian Pacific has announced that
i VIII reduce overland fares S25 as soon as
the line is completed. 1t is also pickingup
great deal Of traffic over the border.
Denis kearney stood on rock at the
Ocean Beach last Sunday and addressed n
big crowd on the Chinese question. He
advised the people to keep the coolie ques-
ton out Of politics.
The Ch.aese Consolidated Benevolent
Association Is alleged to have issued
proclamation for distribution IN China,
warning Chinese not to come to America,
| because OF danger OF violence.
1t is carrently stated that the Pacific
| Coast Steamship Company intends putting
! the Queen OF the Pacific and the State Of
| California on the Southern route, in addi-
ton to the Santa Rosa and Orizaba, now
running.
! The sjeamerJ. NJ Donahua collided with
| the British ship East Croft off the sea wall
| Monday morning The steamer was badly
| damaged. one China!Ran aboard was
| killed ard white man injured. The shin
| was not damaged.
| The American Ship Bohemia, from Liv-
! arpOOl, in GRO sing tlIe bar Saturday night
! shipped three heavy scas, which stove in
+ the skyligs flooded The cabin and threw
/ Captain Tr4sk heavily agtin>t 4 berth, Sc
riously iniaring him.
! In this sity there gre 31G0 saloons and
! places where ijqnor Is sold. There are
| 50 saloons ard 81 grocery stores where
| liquor l. sold, and 500 places where. LIQUOR
/ IS solo By thc q1art. The liquoz-dealers
/ paid S4oSJl0 for licenses last wear.
I In ;he Buckley contempt case, before the
| supreme Court, yesterday, Deputy Clerk
/ NAi5ams stated, in reference 10 the dis
! ps'ch sent 70 Buckley. that hs sent the tel
/ tEraIn, ana thai Il was the practice of the
/ Cte + to keep notice record Of cases. the
! results Of which were 70 e. telegraphed 10
/ interested parties. Aiier brief Argument
! by Attorney General Marshall, the Court
! took the matter uader adyi=rInent.
/ Il IS understood lhll Colonel Finnega 8,
OF the United States Secret Service, in the
c1gsrse OF his business, ioInd sat acquired
/ possession Of a red certificate one Of the
| character issued only to Chinese departing
for China. This certificate wes found IN
! certain hands whc5s il could Only pave
come by fraud. lie also has proof that
certificates have been s0!a "a; yarious pia IS
! about tie city OF prices saaglns lsoin S1yo
TO $50.
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MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Po>rOrFICE DEPARTMENT.

Po>rorFtcE DEPAETIENT,
W,suNGToN, D. C.. September %, 1885. I
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED At THE
Contract Office ofthis Department until P. NJ.
of January >, 1856 for carrying the mails of the
United states upon the routes, and according to
the schedule of arrival and departure specified
by the Department in the state of California.
including mail messenger, mail station and
transfer service in the city of san Francisco,
from July 1, l75a, to June So 1890 Lists of
routes, with schedules of arrivals and depart
urcs. instructions to bidders, with forms for
contracts and bonds, and all other necessary in
formation, viii be furnished upon application 10
the Postmaster Mt sam Francisco or to the second
Assistant Postnastcr-Gcueral
WILLIAM f. Villas,
o7law6wW Postmastcr-General.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
g ~ R- ID .

I B. HAYFORD HAVING BOUGHT THE
81. interest of Mr.. Siuay, of the Central Gro
Gerry, No. Ills street, has associated himself
vito Leon Salomou in u general Grocery Bust
ness, where he will be happy to see his old
TRENDS and former patrons. o27-1plm
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PAINTS AND OILS,

T I. CHADDERD0E IMPORTER AND DEAL
q. erin Psints, oils. ernishss, window GIsss,
Mixed Paints, Artl.ts' el,d Psinlers' Materials
Wall Paper, etc No. 234 Z St Gaa-e r,aI,to,
oi7-fpti
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STOCK FARM FOR SALE.

cS zoo MUST BE SOLD BEFORE No
80. .0UU. yomber 10Th. $50 acres Of fine
Pasture or Fruit Land; 80 acres can be
plOWed; plenty of water and timber; 90
acres under fence; with a frame Dwell
ing of six rooms; two Barns, 40x50; a good
Slaughter house; good Blacksmith shop. with
tools; Carfiage-house; stone Milk-house and
other Outhouses; Il Living Spring. Also, Is head
OF Males and Horses, from months to 10 years
dnclCding To Brood Maresl; Four-horse Wagon;
new Buckeye Mower; new Sulky Rake and
other Farming Implements; 10 Cows; If Year
lingS' 4CO Goats, bred to AngOra; 75 Hogs; about
zoo Hens, Ducks, Geese; 600 Oak Posts: 50 to 10
Cords Stove Wood cut and corded Jackson
Creek, with its water all the year round, runs
through the place. This is a good bargain. Sit
uated four miles from Jackson, Amador county,
and seven miles from lone.
SS5o-Twenty acres one and one-half miles
from Loomis ON line of c. p. r. K. All cleared
and fenced.
w II. 80 Il Il MI n rJ,
S25 j street, Sacramento. jy21-lptf
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FOR RENT.

.ne0 ACRES OF GOOD SUITABLE DAIRY
JUU land; some fit for vegetables and for
grain land; can be had for u number of wears;
situated at the Six-mile Ranch, on the Marys-
vile Road. For particulars inquire at 1904 J
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TAILORING.
ThoS. Broml lev.
THE MERCaA rrAnnn

II AS REMOVED HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS
II to No 5l6 street. few doors west of the
old stand. All the Latest Styles of Imported
and Domestic Goods for GENTS FALL AND
WINTER WEAR in stock. J. H. Quatman is
Manager of the Cutting Department Prices
the Lowest, Work the Best oS-Iplm
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FARMS i f.: i f: !: '$:;::::; :$$$ =;
small or large farm of any kind, make it
Polat to call on CARL STR0BEL, the Bro
ssnti4.
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THE REYNOLDS CASE.
HIS TRIAL FOR FALSIFYING PUB.
Lie RECORDS.
Statement of the Prosecution-Test
mony Of Gale, Dewey and O'Con-
noT-RuIings of the Court.

The case of Thomas II. Reynolds, in
dicted for the Justification of records while
acting as Deputy Secretary of State under
d. NJ, Burns, came on for trial yesterday
before a jury in Department One of the
Superior Court, Hon. d. J. Murphy, Of
San Francisco, presiding. The case was
called at 10 An, but a recess taken until
1870 p NJ, to accommodate some of the
counsel, WHO were engaged in the other
Depurtmput
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REMOVED.

A sTR0LoGYUTILIZED INrT=====-;
y new way. Fortune IL 49, 81 ~ n
telling. Residing of the Past
Present and Future. MRS. isfsI Aqss<s -
c. ANDREWS, the well 49, g
known Fortune teller and - ==SS=-
ClairvQyant, 1925 K. corner OF E5SZ---5
Fifteenth street. Informa t7 II
ton given on business, lOvet <ZT TX\M
couTtship and marriage. EA.--z------LZ\!
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Mutual Self Endowment and B. 4. Of 4.
DON'T BE IMPOSED UPON
Bv CbinA"e en-.

NOTICE TO FISH CONSUMERS. .-PUR-
IN chasers of piscatorial food are cautioned
against buying fish which are caught in the
drainage canal and TUES, as they are not healthy
food. There are no fresh fish which have been
taken from Fishermans Lake sold at any stand
west OF Tenth street, except at GEORGE COOP
ER'S, K street. between Fifth and Sixth. Oh 4ptf
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DAILY REC0RD-UNION
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WEN iLA-LJ5I-
M NTASTED-MEN AND WOMEN TO START
w new business at their homes; easily
learned in an hour; no peddling; 10 cents to 50
cents an hour made day time or evening Send
10 cents for q samples and n package of mate.
TisIs to commence work on. Address AMERI-
CAN SUPPLY CO, Albany, N Y. o27-im
w partly furnished rooms, suitable for
housekeeping, in q respectable locality :;
centrally located rent must be cheap. Adl
NANENT.'' 70S street, city. o27-sts
WANTED-THE USE OF A HORSE AND
w Phaeton or Buggy for the keepinr during
the Winter. Address - F., this office o23-Iw
WANTED-3 WOMEN FOR THE COUNTRY
w for housework so fare paid: also. 2 girls
Tor the city, SIS to SO also 2orchard hands, $50:
a man cook, so. Apply to HOUSTON K Co
fouth and streets, Sacramento. ol3-tf