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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-21

stition still maintains on many who
would be least suspected of the weak
ness. Going up to a minor actress
who felt complimentedt to be addressed
by the prominent actor, he begged p
favor. 'sDo not carry an open parasol
on the stage. 1t is bad luck. The
play will not succeed if you take on
that parasol, I am sure' To oblige,
the offending article was closed and
the actors fears calmed.
An Atlanta, Ca, man claims to have
discovered new principle in hydraui-
les that will revolutioniZe pumping.
Hitherto it has been an established
belief that water will not rise in a
vacuum to hight of more than thirty
three feet. For that reason pumps are
generally set within twenty six feet
of the water. BY the new discovery
the pumping machinery can be put on
the surface of the earth and as far
from the water as is necessary. The
inventor claims to have pumped water
out of an artesian well in Texas six
hundred feet deep.
Report has it that a female dentist
in Oregon resorted to a novel device
to obtain husband. She had rs q
patient a handsome gentleman, and
one day gave him dose of ether that
confused, but did not make him insen.
sible. Then she sent for clergyman,
and while the subject was under the
influence of the drug the two were de-
clared man and wife. When the man
recovered his senses he expressed sur.
| lse, ,k L 4
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-21

The postmaster general g ives notice that
the immediate delivery system will 90 into
effect Oct. l.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
One of the Rare Instances.

What's the price of this coat?'
be asked, holding up a garmant.
Vat ish your name, frent?' sniff
fled Helfenstein, taking him by the
arm.
Virgins. sir, Mr.. Virgins. Of
Kentucky"
~Ah, my tear Mr.. Viggins, / am
ferry glad to see you, infect. My
poor brodder sphoke oaf you ven he
was tying" and Helfenstein wiped
his eyes.
Indeed" replied Mr.. Virgins in
astouishment-
Yes, Mr.. Viggins. ven Moses vas
trawing his lasht breat. he calf me
TO his site und whispering ferry low,
he salt, My brudder, am kOing
away from der cIoding pizziness
forefer,unt | have bud one rekw7est
to make of you; den Moses kasped
once or twice, unit l pud my ear
kwite close to his het unit caught
desc vOrts, dot rekwest. my bruder,
is dot ven Meester Viggins oaf Ken
tugky, comes to der sthore, you viii
sell him goOts at the ferry sheepest
brices.' Dose we're his lasht words,
Mr.. Viggins. unt ven 1 dells yov
you can haf dot goat at ten tollar
unit sixty-ffe cents, you viii know l
am selling eet for affection, and not
for money falue. Mr. viggins"
Virgins had TO take the coat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
An Eskimo Gambling Game.

4 favorite Eskimo amusement j:
to take one of the long-handled
musk OK cups, and, partially filling
it with SOUP or stew, whirl it around
on board or fiat rock in the centre
of a group collected to play the
game the person to whom the han
die of the cup points when it has
stopped turning is the victor, and
can appropriate the contents of the
cup. This game is not so much
played by the children as by the old
women of the tribe, and / am sorry
to say that this simple game is often
used by them as means of gam
bling. When the person to whom
the handle has pointed has taken
out the article placed in the cup Ger
alongside it, if it be too large, some
other article must be placed in it or
alongside it, and brisk twirl ia
then given it that sends 1t spinning
around again for four or five times
before it settles to rest and the
handle designates the new victor. |
have said this is kind OF gambling
because the lucky one often puts in
the musk-ox horn cup things much
more valuable than are taken out,
the only idea of value among the
Eskimo being the present necessity
for ar article. A needle that is
wanted for use Immediately is more
valuable in their eyes than the horn
cup which holds it, although it may
have taken them a month to make
the cup.-S Nicholas
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

The dropping" of fowls IS an In
dication of disease, but not Of any
particular disease. Ii Is generally
the result of improper food aed i'm
perfect digestion. Fine, dry food ::
clean cold water and free access to
gravel are the best correctives in
that case. / have known cases
where they have become dropsical
when no remedy avails 1t Is some
times due to the retention Of eggs,
out not so often as is generally be-
lieved- IN that case the injection
of some soft, unsalted grease or OIL
into the egg duct viii generally sf-
ford relief When eggs are not
worth over - cents a dozen the best
medicine for sick fowls ia a sharp
hatchet.
If anybody has been so unfortu-
nate as.to get Group into the flock,
sulphur fumigation may be tried
with some hope Of good results 1t
Is easily and cheaply administered
to the whole flock at once and is
claimed to be effective by those who
have tried it. Individual treatment
Is too expensive and uncertain
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
Ancient and Modern Shipbuilding

There seems to be a wide differ.
ence of opinion concerning the cost
of the steamship Great Eastern, and
her size as compared with Noah;
Ark. The cost of building and
launching the great Eastern was s3,.
$4,000 and this broke the original
company. A new company was
formed which spent $500, 600 in fit
ting and furnishing her. Then this
company failed and a new company
was organized with capital ofs5O0,.
600. At the close of 1880 this com
pany sunk sS6,7l5 upon the vessel
thus making her total cost 81, ,IU3,.
SIS. Nothing ever built can stand
comparison with the great Eastern
excepting Noah's ark. and even this
vessel could not match her. The
length of the ark wos 500 cubits, hel
breadth fifty cubits and her height
thirty cubits- The cubit of the
Scriptures, according to Bishop VIII
kins, was twenty-one and sixty-hve
one-hundredths inches, and comput-
ed into English measurement the
Ark was 547 feet long. ninety
feet beam, fifty-four and seven
tenths feet depth, and 21.762 tons.
The great Eastern Is $50 feet long,
eighty-three feet beam, fifty-six feet
depth and IS, ,093 tons measurement.
So Noah's Ark is quite oyershadow-
ed by the Great Eastern.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
Profit In Fruit Growing

When fruit sells too low for profit
II Is time to preserve it and reap
treble gains. The quickest and cheap
est ways of keeping fruit viii be
found most profitable, and are the
only ways in which a grower can
work of a crop in time to save it.
Dried fruit is easy handled, and is
coming back into favor with the
knowing housekeepers, who recog-
nize good things and know how
they should be cooked. No expense
for evaporators is necessary. | long
since made up nv mind that evapo-
rated fruit IL inferior to sun-dried in
flavor and talking with old dealers
in family stores find they prefer the
sun-dried for their own use. The
oest cook ever knew said the same
and there is reasen for it. The sun
ripens and develops sugar and fla
vor in cut fruit dried in its rays.
To have a nice quality of dried fruit,
select firm nice ripe specimens, wipe
clean, pare and cut.with silver
knives, as steel turns them black on
the edges, and hurry into the sun
as fast as they can De prepared.
The cheapest and best way Of dry
ing fruit is TO lay it on lengths OF
cheese-cloth, suspended on q frame
out of doors, in full sun, with white
mosquito netting over 10 keep of
shreds and insects. This allows the
air to reach both sides of the fruit
at once, and when you want to turn
il, the whole can be swung over on
another cloth, leaving the first ready
for a new batch. Apples should be
cored. pared and cut in eight pieces.
Peaches snould not be pared, for the
richest flavor is lost with the skin.
They should have the fur removed
by dipping baskets of them mo-
ment into weak boiling I'VE Of wood
ashes or common potash, and wip-
ing with coarse towels. Common
peaches only need be cut in halves
to dry. We had peaches dried in
this way last winter, which when
cooked would De hard to tell from
the best canned peaches in looks,
with richer flavor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
Kicking and BaIky Horses.

The management Of kicking and
balky horses, says the Indiana
Farmer, is very poorly understood
by many of our horse owners. |
viii give a few plans for managing
this noble animal without so much
brute force. The way to manage a
kicking horse is to take a short rope
long enough to go around the up
per jaw, which must be tied so as
not to slip. The knot must be plac-
ed in the centre of the mouth then
take rope twenty feet long, half an
inch in diameter, doubleit pass one
end through the loop around the
upper !aw; pass both ends up be
tween the ears through ring that
is tied to the top of the bride; then
through a ring that must be tied to
the crupper-ssrap divide the ropes
and tie each end to the shafts. BY
this arrangement a horse cannot
kick unless he jerks his head up at
every attempt he makes, which will
punish him SO severely that he will
soon give up the habit.
This rig works on a horse that
viii kick to a road wagon. By bolt
ing a stout piece on the double treee
so it viii extend as far out as the
end of the single tree, and bolt one
end of two-irch square piece to it;
and tie the other end to the hame,
then tie one end Of the rope to the
two-inch piece, and the other end to
the tongue and let them kick ifthey
can.
Balky drivers are apt to make
baiky horses. 1t Is apt to be tn
case when q horse shows signs Of
baking the driver commences TO
whip and gets the horse excited so
he won't stretch trace.
Now the best plan when a driver
sees that horse is going to oalk, is
Just TO pull on the lines and stop
them and lei them stand a few min
utes. And if the other horse is a
true puller speak to him and let him
start the load, and by loading light
ly and working gently with the bal
Ky horse you can soon have a good
puller Of him OF course there are
seme horses that have been spoiled
by overlooking and bad drivers, that
nothing but force will make pull.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
The Buckwheat Crop.

Buekwheat can be made a profit
able crop if proper care is given to
it. This grain is worth at least 70
cents a bushel for feeding, if it il
properly fed. Its best ground with
corn, as fine as possible, and may be
fed with cut hay or straw moistened
with water The seed may be sown
early in July. We have found thick
seeding the best. At least one BUSH
el per acre should be used. 1t pays
to prepare the ground for this crop
as for any other, but it is especially
useful for the purpose of breaking
up an old meadow, and preparing it
for reseeding. The sod viii be well
rotted. and the soil mellowed and
made ready for fall grain crop. #
this is desired, to be followed by
the grass seed the next summer. No
other crop, except peas, so well mel
lows the ground as buckwheat, and
this is precisely the effect required
in reseeding land. Besides its use
ful purpose, buckwheat is valuable
for its grain. 1t twill easily produce
thirty or forty bushels per acre if
well managed, bushel oft is worth
two bushels of oats of the light sort
usually grown, which is largely
husk. The crop, too. is put in at
times and harvested at times con-
venient for the farmer-American
AgrlcuiflTist.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

he said be guessed it was bettel
than they would have got at home
anyhow.
To Bishop Simpson, after a lee.
ture on American progress, in which
he did not speak of petroleum, Mr.
Lincoln said as they came out, You
did not strike lie >"
The sheet and clothes stained
with the blood OF Lincoln were lit
orally torn in strips, as Anthony
said of Casars, and preserved as
mementos. The assassination Of
Caesar and OF William of Orange
were brought wildly to the minds
of those who were in Washington.
Only a day or two before the as
sassination, the N0rTiRg Chroaiele,
the Washington organ of the ad-
ministration, said that single life
was seldom indispensable to coun-
try, but that Just then that of Abra-
ham Lincololn seemed 10 be so.
1t seemed to De so indeed. Yet
he served his country by his death
as by his life. Not only did bis
death at once prevent what might
have been the dangerous cousequen-
ces OF frenzy of exultation, but it
taught US the most important Of
truths, that, no man, however great
and able and patriotic and devoted
and beloved, is Indispensable to the
welfare Of the country. There are
extreme exigencies in which the
natural cry is. "Oh, for an hour of
Dundee p But in the great devel-
opment Of liberty no one man is es-
sential. As Charles Summer said
in beginning mis- eulogy upon Lin
coin, in the Providence of God
there are no accidents. ."-EDIroR's
EASY CHAIR. in Harper's Magazine
for Julg.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
Issued Her own Marriage License.

A runaway marriage Is the latest
sensation in Webster. Jackson coun-
ty, NC. Oscar B. Coward eloped
with Miss Emma Long. one of the
prettiest girls in the county. The
marriage license was issued by the
young lady herself. Her father. who
IS County Register Of Deeds, had
left several blank licenses at his
house with his name already signed
to them. 50 that If any one should
come for a license while be was out
OF town some member of the family
could hll out the blanks over his
signature. His daughter had secur-
ed one of these blanks and had filed
IT out herself. She is not vet IA
wears of are
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

One Of the schools OF journalism
has become great success. During
number OF years many attempts
TO teach the art of journalism were
made. but the results were so lar
from satisfactory, that with one ex-
ception, they have all been failures.
This one college, realizing the i'm
practlcability OF the curriculum pre-
viously adopted, employed 4 man
VINO had, during many years, been
actively engaged IN newspaper work,
and introduced a course Of study,
the achievements of which has proy-
en- that journalism can be taught in
colleges The following IS a report
OF the exercises through which a
graduating class was conducted:
W hat IS law student ?"
"A rising young lawyer"
What a medical student?"
"A promising Joung doctor"
What Il young member of the
legislatnre?"
"A silver-tongued orator
~If man should marry an ugly
woman, how would you write up
the affair.""
Il should speak of the beautiful
and accomplished bride"
How would you speak of a loaf
er
Il would refer to him as our en-
treprising fellow townsman-
What a daummer ?"
The handsome and popular So
and So"
"In writing up the commencement
exercises of female college, what
would you say?"
Il would say that the beautiful
young girls, soon to become orna-
ments of society, were charming in
their feathery array"
IF cOuntryman were to bring
you lot of hard apples, what would
you say?'
~Our farmer friend, Colonel So and
So, honored US with a call Yesterday.
Aside from giving Us the pleasure Of
his own genial self, he laid upon the
table collection of the most choice
apples we have ever seen Come
again Colonel, when you have long
er to stay"
Correct. How would YOU speak
of little girl?
would call her fairy"
What would you say of boy?"
Would speak of his bright and
intelligent face"
"Whas would you say of the man
who keeps a few bolts of calico?'
Il would speak of him as one of
the most successful merchants in
the State"
Yes, this school of journalism is
a success. 1t defines the true posi-
tion of the local newspapers. It
makes the business SO clear that the
student, though a fool, need not err
therein. 1t attempts no revolution
makes no mistakes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
"Mias Hannum lives upon this

"Miss Hannum lives upon this
hoor.n
And Maude. flushed and trem.
bling. opened the door. to confront
Mrs. Morris and DR.. Warren"
"Dear me, girl, the lady % said
''you said you would bring my dress
home this morning, and / want i;
before / leave the city this afternoon.
I suppose it is not done?"
1T is all ready for you TO take
home" Maude answered.
"Well, take it to the carriage"
"Allow mer said DR.. Warren, tax
ing the parcel from Maude's hands.
"You will haYe to wait now for
the money till return to the city, =
Mrs. Morris said, and was turning
away when Mr.. Hannum's voice ar
rested her.
Madam, he said, with an elabo-
rate courtesy of tone that made il
mockery, ALLOW my daughter to pre-
sent to you the last piece of dress
making trust she will ever do. 1t
will give you deep pleasure. I am
sure, to learn that this morning she
became heiress to a fortune that will
raise her above the necessity of work
in the future. have the honor to
bid you good morning.
Mrs. Morris disappeared suddenly
and moment later DR.. Warren was
in the room pleading:
"Maude! Maude give me the
power to protect you from such inso-
lenceI"
"Yes, "she answered, blushing
deeply, half crying, half laughing.
81 am all yours now, if you will
have me-"
"Maude, do you mean it? Minel'
Papa viii tell you all about it. l
must run for Stop-notice-my
pudding is burning, and Mrs. Nor
ris did not pay me- !"
She ran away then, but before
evening there was a quiet wedding
in the invalid's room, for the gentle
man insisted that only son could
manage the newly acquired fortune,
and Maude alone could provide that
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
AT THE BARS.


The ripened corn tossed In the air
Its locks of amber silks,
When Betty, trim and rosy fair,
Brought home the pals of milk;
And Ola, how gladly did she sing
Unto the trembling stars
heard the silver echoes ring
Down at the meadow bars
Barefooted was the little lass
As she came through the field;
To her small feet it seemed the grass
Caressingiy must yield
And oh, how sweetiy rose the notes
Unto the trembling stars
Like music slipped from robbins throat
heard il 1t the bars-
I watched her as her way she went
Beneath the summer sky
With every breeze was softly blent
[" A-comin' through the rye =
And oh, thought I, amid the grain
Beneath the siRnt stars,
What bliss sswould be to prove the strain
And Kiss her at the bars
r D. Sherman IA Outing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
He had Noticed The weather.

The minister was making an even
ing call and the oppressive heat was
being discussed.
by the way, be said to the head
of the family, did you notice Just
how hot it was this afternoon, Mr..
Hendricks ?n
"No," Hendricks replied, Il did
not"
YES you did, pa interposed
Bobby,
You're mistaken, my boy"
no. I'm not, insisted Bobby. Il
heard you say il wss damned hot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

A lady writes / have used Ay-
er's Sarsaparilla in my family for
many years, and could not keep
house without it. For the relief OF
the pains consequent upon female
weaknesses and irregularities, / con-
slider it without an equal"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

About the only reference to base
ball in holy writ that we remember
is where Rebecca goes to the right
field with a pitcher. The night field
for water.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

An anxiousinquirer asks: ''Where
would you advise me to go to learn to
play on the piano? ?" TO the woods,
dear; TO the deep. dark, damp, dam
gerous woods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

A child playing with matches
caused the destruction Of 232 houses
in the Hungarian Village Of Nemedi
and made bankrupt the whole pop
ulation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

What is a reporter" asked one
who pretended be didn't know.
"a sneaker after knowledge re-
piled the journalistic night-hawk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
A DMINIsTRAToRs NOTICE.

Estate Of David Schrock. decd, late Of Upper
Turkeyfcot Twp. Somerset Co. Pa
Letters of administration On the above estate
having bean granted TO the undersigned by the
proper authority. notice Il hereby given to AL
persons indebted TO said estate TO make fumedi-
ase payment. and those having claims against the
same viii present them duly authenticated for
settlement on Saturday. the 18th Of August. 1sSA,
at the store house Of Jacob krsGAr, u klhgvood-
c. H KRE4AR,
iuiyi- Aantnbtstor-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22

The streets of the National Capt.
tai are shaded by 10000 trees.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
ExECUToR's NOTICE.

Estate Of Isabelle Keimar, 6ec,1L, ia<s Of Sto-
nycreek Twp. Somerset Co., Pa
Letters tsefanentsry on he asovo ssfa1a having
been granted 20 the undersigned BY the p1oper -
tharify, notice is hereby given to al p1z4ens IN
tebted 70 said estate 70 make immediate pay
ment and those having claims ngA1nstH to pre-
sent them duly suthsnticassd for sstf1unenf %
the undersignsd At the rsGtdmm e Refw Spang-
where he viii aftsna for said purpose
DANIEL SPANGLER.
IulyIs. Exscstof.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-22
SEPTEMBER 8, 1885.
A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.

Estate Of Thomas Rexm, deed, late Of Lower
Turkeyfoor Twp, Somerset County, Pa
Letters Of administration oathe abere estate
having bean granted % the undersigned by the
prosper Authority. notice ID bereby giv1n to al
persons indebted 70 said esfsts = maks fmmedt
ate payment and those having c1AIns against the
same 70 present them duly aushe1<icated for set
tleuent cn or before Friday the 2lst dny Of July,
isssaat the late resiueree Of deceased, in Lower
Turkeyfsot Twp
yunl-. Adminlstrztor.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-06-27
Italian Cabinet Resigns.

R,aME, June 1s.--Owiug to the closeness
of the vote last evening in the Chamber of
peputiea OH the foreign estimates, sisnor
Manelni, Foreign Minister, declared his in.
tention of fesignlng' The Other. Ministers
have aise decided to tender their resigna'
tions. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day
signor Depre,is, Prime minister, announce
the resignating of the Ministry: He sad
that King Humbert had not yet accepted
the resignation, but had intimated that
he would declare his decision in the matter
at q leter period ,bigrot Depretir' begged
thas TIE House in the meantime woand u,
continue the debate on the Budget. Inc
opposition to senior Mancini is due to bis
refusal to accept Engiand's offer of an alli-
ance in 1882, and his recent action at Mas
s1wak.whitA Was taken trder, the ,pretennssG
of co operation with England. Iho ltai'
ians are greatly disappointed at the col,
lapse of the alliance between England and
Egypt. 49,.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-06-27
lunatiC Killed.

DALTON, Mo-, June 1S.-Last night; at the
Charlton County Poor Farm, John Bur-
nett, the keeper, was awakened by dis
turbance among the women occupants OF
the place, and arose and went to ascertain
the cause When he emerged from the
yard he was startled by a pistol Shot from
the window of the room occupied by Dr.. G.
w. johnson, a pauper crank, who has been
an inmate of the place for several months:
Mr.. Burnett had barely recovered
from the shock of the first shot
before he was saluted with
another one. He rushed up stairs TO dis
arm johnson; hut when he found his way
into the fedai, johnson turned and flied
three shots at him without effect, Buriett,
who is a ne-armed man; seeing that he
had no way of overcoming johnson except
by shooting, drew his revolver and fired
two shotSat the man, both taking effect IN
his body, from the effects Of which he died
this morning. No blame is attached to Mr.
Burnett, as he saw he must either shoot
johnson or be shot by him, and he chose
the former. Mr.. Burnett sent for the Sher-
iii this morning and surrendered to him.