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TRENsGTH FOR TO-DAY.

Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never will be tomorrow,
For tomorrow will prove but another day
With its measure of Joy and sorrow.
Then why forecast the trials of life,
With such sad and grave persistence,
And wait and watch for crowd of ills
That as yet have no existence?
Strength for to-day what precious boon
For earnest souls who labor
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-day thar the weary hearts
In the battle for right may quail not;
And the eyes bedimmed by bitter tears
In their search for light may fail not.
Strength for to-day on the down-hill track
For the travellers near the valley;
That up, far up, on the other side
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day, that our precious youth
May happily shun temptation
And build from the rise to the set OF the sun
On a strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-day, in house and home
To practice forbearance sweetly
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting in God completely.
Strength for to-day is all that we need,
And there never will be a tomorrow
For tomorrow will prove but another day.
With its measure OIL joy and sorrow.
-Phad. Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
The Res,lessness of Old Age.

Those who nave been much with
the aged have observed in them a
chafing against the infrmities OF
their years, which expresses itselfin
restiessness and desire to change.
They grow weary in the inactivity
which succeeded the busy time
when they bore the heat and burden
of the day, and sometimes they wan
der here and there, dropping in to
visit a friend or talking with a
chance acquaintance trying thus to
while away the tedious hours. In
mistaken kindness and unkind af-
feetion, We often oppress dear, aged
people by our very care. They dis
like supervision. The tender watch
fulness which to US seems due their
physical Aebleness, as well as for a
fit return for their care for us in ear
lier days, is by them resented as re-
straint. 1t annoys them. Then,
too, we try to take all the work out
of their hands, and that they don't
ike. Nobody who has been active
and useful enjoys the feeling of be
ing laid on the shelf.
Grandfather's step is uncertain
and his arm less vigorous than of
old bit he possesses q rich treasure
of experience, and he likes to be con-
suited. 1t is his privilege to give
advice; his privilege, too, at times
to go into the work with the young
est, renewing his youth as he keeps
bravely up with the hearty men not
half his age.
Grandmother does not want to be
left out of the household work.
When the days come around for
picking and preserving and the do
mestic force is pressed into service
who is so eager and full of interest
as she? l. is cruel 70 overrule her
decisions, to put her aside because
''she VIII be tired" OF course she
will be tired but she enjoys the ia
tigue and rests tire sooner for the
thought that she is still OF some use
in the world.
To those whose homes are honor
ed by an aged parent, we would say
deal very gently with those who are
On the down-hlll Of life. Your own
time is coming to be whore they are
now. You too are stepping west
ward" Soothe the restlessness of
age by amusement, by consideration,
by non-interference, and by allow
ing plenty of occupation to fall into
the hands that long for it. Only let
it be of their own choosing, and
cease to order them as if they were
children. A hoary head at a fire.
side is a crown of glory to the house
in which it dwells. The blessing Of
the aged is as a dew on the pasture,
as the falling of sunlight on a shad-
1wy place.-HOme and Farm.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
The Impending Or SIS.

He got a letter out of his box at
the postofiice yesterday, which he
hurriedly read and Indignantly
threw on the floor. On second
thought he picked it up and placed
it in his pocket, but he was still red
in the face, when a friend queried I:
From your tailor?"
Il wish it was" was the reply.
4" No, it's blackmail."
How ?"
Why, its from a friend who got
married few years ago. had an
invite to his wedding, and | had to
take present costing s25."
"0f course
Then his first anniversary occur
red, and it cost me twelve dollars
more"
"I've been there, old fell"
Then he had boy baby born,
and our set had to whack up on
that. / guess he named that cub
after at least thirty Of Us"
Il see.'
"Then came his birthday. Then
his wifs's birthday. Then the sec
oHd anniversary. Then the cubs
birthday
Exactly. And now?"
"Well, his motner-in-law bas come
to live with him, and this is an in
vitation to come around and leave q
81 rocking chair on her 65th amir
versary.
And you'll go !"
"Tll have to 20 or be ruled out Of
cur set. but Ill have revenge.
There's seven of Us in the family,
and III be hanged if we don't go az
it and hold an anniversary or some
thing every two weeks for the next
ten wears Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
How Tom och,ltree Won Hls Spurs.

Thomas Ochiltree, the famous
texan raconteur, was at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other day, listen
ing TO some fellow comrades in the
late war relating their hair breadth
escapes. After they had spoken OF
narrow escapes in certain battles,
Tom spoke up and said that he
won his first golden spurs under
General Dick Taylor.
at occurred in this way" he said.
Everybody gathered nearer with
dry grin to listen "One day Gen.
eral Taylor ordered me to take
charge of battalion of cavalry and
90 and feel for the enemy and place
them. put myself at the head of
the column and started. We came
to a large, open field and rode near
ly half way through it. | suddenly
discovered the Federal army on the
edge of the field ahead. / rose in
stirrups and ordered charge was
in front. and pulling out my sword
and putting spurs to my horse, l
dashed forward at the enemy. My
idea was to route them by our bold
charge. | suppose l had galloped
quarter of mile, yelling the slogan
and cheering, when l turned in my
saddle to see how my battalion was
aligned. Horrors | was alone in
front of an army of 50,OO0l l
caught sight of my men mile back
retresting at full speed. l saw the
whites ofthe enemies eyes and heard
their guns clicking. But | was not
hit Not a bullet struck me-
"How did they miss you ?" asked
a veteran.
They didn't shoot. My daring
act paralyzed them. You've often
seen an army panic-stricken. haven't
you2 OF course you have. ."-Neiv
York lUqiI and ErDress.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
Would Look Dudish.


"Yes, sir" said an enthusiastic cit
izen of new western town, "we've
got right smart town, stranger.
Why" he continued, impressively,
it's only six months old, and it's got
two hotels, forty-eight beer saloons,
twenty-seven gamblin' places, four
drug stores, TO say nothin' of grocery
and clothin' stores" "Any church
es 2" asked the stranger. Any
what ?" Churches" You mean
them buildin's with a long pint
stickin' up in the air ?" Yes"
"No, We hain't got any of them.
Thar was some talk about buildin'
one, but we finally allowed it would
look too dudish."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
The Green Eyed Monster.

''My dear" observed Mr.. Crap, a:
he came in little late for supper
Il am sorry that / couldn't get here
sooner, but | stopped on the way uI
to get some tickets for the theatre" "
you ought to know better than
10 waste your money in that way,
Mr.. Crap"
"Yes, my dear, but l got them for
Mary Anderson ,
"You did, hey You got some
tickets for Mary Anderson -? You
ought to be ashamed Of yourself, Mr.
Crap. Here | am left at home to
work my hands off while you 60
out and buy tickets for Mary Ander-
son."
"But, my dear, / was going to take
you to see Mary"
II don't want to see her, and you
ought to be ashamed to tell me that,
it's bad enough for you to go and
buy tickets for her."
But, my darling"
Look here, Mr.. Crap, l want to
tell you one thing. If you mention
that woman's name to me again
you'll be sorry for it. You needn't
try to explain, for | won't have it.
Mary Anderson, hey :! suppose you
gave her the tickets ?"
"No, my dear. In
Then the best thing you can do
is to put them in the fire."
"Rut, my
eSee here, John Crap, if you dor t
put those tickets in the fire you'll
regret it,
And John goes and puts the 50
worth in the stove, mentally resolv.
ing that the philosopher was right
when he divided mankind into two
varieties Of FOOLS CleceldRd Plain
Dealer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02

/ looked for father, he was seated on
the ground by Bessie. Willie, oh,
Willie came mothers voice again.
| was out ofthe water now, but SO
weak | could hardly stand | called
out, Here, mother, here at the
pond Father gave one mad leap
into the water; he plunged in face
down. l was so terrified did not
know what to do. | heard mother
coming. | trembled so | could not
walk. so / crawled up to Bessie. and
taking fathers old straw hat, | plae-
ed it over her dead face to keep mo-
ther from seeing it. In few mo-
ments she came in sight She saw
| was dripping with water. Willie,
Willie, what is the matter?' | could
not speak. She lifted the hat off of
Bessie's face. She stood for a mo-
meht as if turned to stone. Tell
me how it happened, Willie; tell
me quick Then | found voice and
told her everything. She heard me
through without word, but when
| finished, shrek after shrek rent
the air. She stood with clasped
hands over Bessie, and shrieked
such unearthly cries that soon the
neighborhood fiocked to the spot.
Father had drowned himself; his
body was taken from under the
beautiful water and buried in the
cemetery alongside of Bessie. Moth
er was a raving maniac from the
moment she uttered the first heart
rending cry over her dead baby. |
put the blue bells in a little box and
hung them around M neck; but
after the funeral / lay in the hospi-
tai, sick for weeks with brain fever,
but when | came to myself the box
was still around my neck; here it
is, and he drew from his bosom a
small box, which upon opening, re-
vealed few withered leaves.
"They speak of sweet little baby
ne said, as he closed the
box and slipped it back under his
shirt bosom. Then he looked at me
straight in the eyes and said:
please. mister, don't ever vote for
whisky. 1t killed my father and
dear little baby Bessie, my only sis
ter, and it locked my mother up in
a mad house Please don't vote for
rum"
And |, man that was. drew the
bootblack down and kissed him, and |
said
God helping me, | will never
vote for license or whiskey men
again"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02

PARLoR WHIsK BRooM-A pretty
whisk broom holder can easily be
made. Take a small ronnd Japa-
nese fan, cover both sides with pref
ty cretonne, fastening at the handle
cut a narrow strip of pasteboard, say
two inches wide and four or five
inches long according to the size OF
the FAM, cover with cretonne, fasten
the edges of the strip in the centre
of the fan. far enough to admit the
broom. Twist ribbon around the
handle, leaving a little loop at the
top to hang it up with. put a bow OF
ribbon at the handle, where the cre-
tonne is fastened. If desired. one
can be put at the handle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
How She Reformed Him,

"Does your husband go to the
lodge, Mrs. Gibberick 9n
"Well, he Just don't. / broke up
that little game quite while ago."
"Why, how Ill the world did you
do it ?"
well, whenever he started for the
lodge went with him as far as the
skating rink. and told him to call
for me on his way home. 1t only
took a few doses to cure him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02

Mr.. c. Y. Boyd, the Druggist. who
is always looking after the interest
of his customers has now secured the
sale of DIR. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup, remedy that never
fails to cure Coughs, Colds, Pains in
the Chest and all Lung Affections.
Price 80 cents and s1O0. Samples
frao
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
Dubuque Lumber Company.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. 27.-The
lumber cut in this city the past year
was as follows: Standard Lumber
Company, 100000 feet; Dubuque
Lumber Company, 100000 feet
J. S. Randall, 100000 feet ;
Knapp. Stout and Co.. 100000
feet.
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The illustrations
win he kept up to the standard which has made
Prices. A Special Offer.

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enable new RAIDERS to get all the War Papers
with contributions from Gems. Grant, Beaure
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Special Features

Include = A Tricycle. Pilgrimage TO Rome, Illus
trated hy Pennell Historical Papers by Edward
Eggleston and others:sP on Persia, by 5. g..
W Benz amin, lately L. 5. Minister, with pumer-
Gus Illustrations Astronomical Articles, praeti-
cal and popular. on Sidereal Astronomy =;
Papers ON Christian Unity by representatives of
various religious. Denominations; Papers on Man
nal ESucatiop Dy various experts. etc, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
THE WAR PAPERS,
pr eEv. eRANr. and others.

These will be continued. most ofthem illustra-
ted, until the chief events of the Civil War have
been described by leading participants on both
sides. Gen Grants papers include descriptions
Of the battles Of ofChattanOoga and the Wilderness
Gen. Mcclellan will write of Antietam. Gen. ID.
&. Buell. Of Shiloh. Gems. Pope, LOngstreet and
others Of the Second Bull Run, etc, etc. Naval
cOmbais, including the fights between the kear-
sage and the Alabama. by officers OF both ships,
will be described.
The Recollegtions of Private - and special
war papers of an anecdOtal or humorous chsrae-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
Short Stories

By Frank X. stockton, Mrs. Helen jackson (H.
HI Mrs Mary Hallock Foote. Joel Chandler
Harris. II. Y. Boyesen, I. A. Janyier, Julian
Hawthorne Richard NJ. Johnston, and others
and poems by leaaing poets. The Departments,
-..O Open Letters. - =. Bgic-a-Brac," etc. viii be
fully SUSTAINED
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02

The man who has to endure all
the agonies of solitary confinement
is the clerk who works for a firm
that does not advertise. It's the
next thing to being buried alive
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IIME.
)uLE TO ACCEPT Or REFUSE.

To VIM A. Bruhaker Of Peoria, Illinois. Jo-
seph Brnhaker, OF New Cambria. Kansas, Kate,
iniermarried with Thomas Feari. of Cambria
County, Pa, Lena. intermarried with Chas.
W. Slater. residing in Ottumwa, Iowa, Maggie
Witt and Minnie Witt. of Johnstoxn, Cambria
County. Pa. children of Mary intermarried
with David L. Witt. Sarah. intsrmarried with
jeremiah Walter, of Geistowu, Cambria Co Pa
You are hereby notified TO appear st an or
phans Court to be held at Somerset on Monday,
fhe Isth iay of December next to accept refuse
to take the real estate of Abraham Brubaker, de-
ceased. at the appraised valuation. or show cause
why the same should not be sold.
Sberif''s Office, JOHN WINTERS.
Nov 4. 1855 Sheriff.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02

SHILoH's CATARRH REMEDY -a a
positive cure for CataTrh, Diphtheria
and Canker Mouth.
G., w, Rentord & Son.
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W. ID. HOwELLS,
MARY HALLoCK FOOTE,
AND GEORGE W. CABLE.

Mr.. HOweil's serial will be in lighter vein than
ssTbe Rise OF Silas Lapham." Mrs. Foote's is a
story of mining life and Mr. Cables novelette, OF
the Aeadians of Louisiana, Mr.. Cable will also
contribute a series of papers on Slave Songs and
Dances, including negro serlen worship, etc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-02
THE
Century
FOR 1885-1886.

THE remarkable interest in the War Papers
i and In the many timely articles and strong Sc
rial features published recently in THE CENTURY
has given that Magazine regular circulation OF
MORE THAN 0o,Ooo COPIES MONTHLY
Among the features for the coming volume,
which begins with the November number are:
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NO. 3.
NO. 3.
THE GREAT REGULATOR.
ARE YOU BILIOUS .

AhG 1OO blLlOOS
The Regulator neper fails 10 cure. mos
cheerlully recommend 1t 60 all who suffer frOl
Bilious Attacks or any Disease caused by a disal
ranged state of the Liver.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. W. r. BERNARD.
, 1885-10-16
Ex-oFFIcIALsA A. CLAIM

Secretary Lamar has done a good thing
in depriving ex-oficials of the interior de-
partment Of the privilege of practicing as
claim agents and attorneys in that depart
ment. and the same rule should be en-
forced in all the Offices of the department
outside Of the capital. Mr.. Lamar order
is a body blow at one of the most crying
abuses which grew up under the several
administrations Immediately following the
war.
The practice has been in most cases for
a fourth rate lawyer, through political
influence, to secure an appointment in
the interior department, spend a few
years nosing over the records of the de-
partment, then to resign and ~nnoun as
his specially the prosecution Of claims
against the government. The infer
ence suggested, if not the fact, was that
the information and facilities obtained in
his confidential capacity as a public SER
want, made him a peculiarly desirable per
son on the other side of the bar. In this
WY Washington has seen many a poor
devil of Il lawyer come to town poor as a
church mouse, and acquire in n few years
a famous practice with It's accompanying
splendid income
The present secretary of the interior
makes a sweeping deliverance which goes
to the very root of the evil and spares not
the branches. This prohibition embraces
ex-oficial attorneys prosecuting any cases
against the government, whether claims,
so called, are railroad, land or patent cases,
under the general head of claim agents.
Undoubtedly the question will be taken to
the courts, but whether or not the secre-
tary position be sustained, a great public
service has been done by Secretary Lamar
in this heroic treatment of a scandal OF
the first magnitude.
, 1885-10-16

Iiht sFl > lfHaAE ftolhr4l
In addition to natural oyster beds
there many ''oyster farms" where these
delicious mollusks are regularly cult
waited. Stakes are driven in the mud in
shallow water, and branches of trees,
rough boards or stones are placed be-
tween them for the baby oysters to
fasten themselves to. When the nur-
sery is ready, several boat-loads of oys-
tiers are dropped neal the spot. They
increase and grow rapidly, being ready
for the table in from two to three years.
Oysters are generally fished with a
dredge. As this instrument is dragged
over the bed the teeth pull up the oys-
tiers, both large and small, from their
resting place. Those that are too
young for market are thrown back into
the water, and if they fall on "A suitable
surface they will attach themselves and
continue to grow. Many of them, how
ever, sink in the mnd and are suffo-
Gated.
The process of dredging is also de-
structiye to the oysters which remain
on the bed, as they are roughly torn
from each other and dragged into the
mud. Here they can not open their
valves without admitting the mud, and
this is certain death to an oyster.
, 1885-10-16
HI. Horse Wa. Tired.

NhN. = NAA ~
The experience of the sunstruok sol.
diers of the Second brigade a week ago
reminds a reader OF his experience as a
raw volunteer at the breaking out of the
war. With a number of three months
men his regiment had been marching
under so hot a sun, over SO dusty roads,
and for so many hours that even the
toughest veterans might have been ex-
cused for growing. At last, when it
seemed as il endurance was positively
at an end, the commanding officer can
tered up on a milk white steed, and
said: Colonel, | think we might halt
and 20 into camp al o we reach a
suitable spot. Ny horse is tired!'
After that, when it seemed TO the boys
that their commander was marching
them u%nreasonably hard and long, there
wa sure to como n voice from some
where in the ranks, asking: Isn't that
horse getting tiredf' This officer was a
gentleman and n humane and kind.
hearted man, but he had had no ex-
p%erience in the ranks, and he didn't
tliul
, 1885-10-16
A chllh WHO womb Not SEQ

ATLANTA Const tutipn.l
A few years ago there lived in At
lanta three persons who in early life
stood in the presence of the first Napo-
leon. enc saw the great conqueror
after Waterloo, when he was a prisoner
on a British vessel. An other saw him
in Paris during his imperial reign. The
third did not see him at all lie was a
Prussian, and when the French entered
Berlin in triumph his father held him
up in his arms loo look upon the victor
at the head Of his troops. With an oh
stinate pre- udice almost incredible, the
child shut his eyes to avoid seeing his
country's enemy. OF these three old
people two boosted to their dying day
that they had seen Napoleon. and the
third boosted with equal pride that he
had not seen him.
, 1885-10-16

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Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
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Hunt & Whipple druggists. Sample bot
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one dollar. Ii is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
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Kidneys and Bowels gently yet thoroughly
10 dispel Headaches, Colds and Feyers; C
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
red ills. For sale by w. N. Hunt.
, 1885-10-16
Rest a Ia Mode.

People do not even want rest now un
less it costs a good deal of money. An
old fashioned rest in a rocking chair
with the doors closed and the windows
open does not suit modern ailments.
You must go Il long way and take an in
finite amount OF trouble to get proper
and suitable rest, a sort of rest a Ia
mode. and then you are supposed 10 be
able to rush again into the thickest Of
the fight, and meet and conquer every
obstacle.
, 1885-10-16

Miss HELEN TAYLOR, the Radical club
candidate for the British parliament, has
entered upon an active canvass. Henry
George, the political economist writer, is
supporting her. She expects to be elected,
aud says that if she is not admitted to a
seat in the house of commons, if fairly
elected, she will raise a bigger row than
Bradlaugh did.
, 1885-10-16

TuE last base ball games in the Nation
al League contest were played last week
and the Chicago club is the champion.
The percentage of the victors was .776,
which has only been excelled twice-iu
1876 and lss0-and then by themselves,
and they come out Of the contest as sec
ond both in batting and fielding, and with
l45 more runs to their credit than any OF
their competitors, The following were
the games won by the several clubs fol
the season: Chicago, 81; New York, sc.
Philadelphia, 81; Providence; 50; Boston,
q; Detroit, 81; Buffalo, IS, and st.
Louis. 30.