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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
That Door Spring.

He slid quietly into Il jefferson venue
hardware store yesterday forenoon, I'M
rolled Il paper on the counter. and as he
held up Il patent door-spring he said:
Il buy him two days ago, and would
like ia exchange him for a MILESTONE
Whats the matter?'
~Vhell, / can't make him fiji on my
screen door"
why, that's the easiest thing in the
world. See here-this end scrcwson the
door, and that end on the casing"
Il tried him dot yhay, und he doan'
york"
"Gou tried the wrong way
Il tries him cafery yhay. Sometimes
der door vhas vide open, ind all der flies
in Michigan 90 in, md sometimes he vas
shut cop so tight | can't get in my own
house. | begin on him in der morning
ind don't leave of till night, but he
won't work right"
That's very curious. What tools did
You have?'
Il use "A hammer and screw drifer und
coid-shiSel und saw ind augur ind row
bar und lots more, but he doan' spring.
Nv wife works at him too. ind my hired
man he lose half a day, und ! yhas dis
couraged. | guess ! trade him for 4
milestone"
well, III exchange with You, but I'm
sure | can show YOU how 10 adjust it
4 guess doan' Try any more. You
see, my life vas short, und | can't spare
mooch time NIT machinery. II | get a
milestone | doan' hat to screw him ub
or turn him round. He vas al right
both ends pop. Maybe he doan' keep
oudt flies, but he makes no troubles for
me-"
The exchange was made, and the man
went away light-hearted, calling back
from the door:
Il can make oudt Il milestone all
right, und | yhas obliged nit YOU. \
milestone Winds cop only one yhay MI
der time"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
How to Get Rid of Dirt.

One Of the easy WAYS Of getting rid of
dirt H. NOT 20 invite it To come in. How q?
BY not having any wooden carpets, cspec-
iallv those that have q cotton or lined
back, like Brussels or tapestry carpets.
There being no way for the dust 10 sift
through on to the paper or floor below ii
l. constantly flying m when disturbed.
\ thrcc-ply carpet is 4 good thing to
catch the drift, as ii gets into the middle
ply, and il is almost impossible to sweep
or beat it out. Two-ply are easierto keep
clean, but why have any? What would
YOU have bare floors? Not Just that
would compromise. Have less carpets
and more rue, that can Ike taken up
weekly, put on the line out Of doors and
beaten. The Art squares. ~ they are
called, furnish 4 carpet good cnoagh for
nos people. They CONT in good quality
light or heavy, small or large sizes - 1T
ling different sized rooms. woven Ia quite
tasteful colors with boricrs and fringes.
What can be p%rcttier or easier kept clean?
In carpeting a floor the iirst thing to be
considered is the floor itself. If your
floor is slightly uneven anywhere, if there
is nothing TO prevent, whatever kind of
carpet You have is sure to wear through
on the Uneven places first. II is penny
wise and pound foolish" TO put HAY or
straw under a carpet, because il cannot bee
put down evenly unless it is fresh il viii
make our room smell close and stuffv.
Leave the hay in the barn. The wise
woman begins at the foundation by put
ting down the best carpet paper she can
buy the firmer and thicker the better.
The best ! have found lisa plain, heavy
paper that is made on purpose. That
with cotton stitched between soon goes
10 pieces when cleaner, unless very care
fully handled. This paper is carefully
fitted around door and windowcasings to
keep out moths. also cold. Ii covers all
inequalities Of the boards, keeps out cold
and when cleaning day comes and the
carpet Is taken up you will find most of
the dirt on the paper, which can be roll
Ell up and carried out of doors, and your
floor is left clean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
The Eruption of Etna.

Lord Bury sends 10 the London Times
an extract from a private letscr describing
the eruption of Etna. The writer is en-
gineer in charge Of the Palermo-Cor leone
railway. His letter is dater Catania. Nav
Pr
After about three hours climbing we
got TO within a couple of miles of the era
ter itself. 1t is at the side of Etna, YOU
know, not Near the top, hat this eruption
has broken out, and we got on to a bit of
high ground overlooking the whole scene.
II WAS still daylight when We got up there
81 that we saw the whole thing by day
light. Ii was the most glorious and in
dcscribable sight | ever saw in my life.
1t is perfectly impossible to describe it, as
no II can have any conception of what
it is like until they see it, and also until
they see il from where we did, which was
on high ground overlooking nearly the
whole OF il. Al the top of this enormous
crater, throwing out flames and throwing
up stones some hundreds of yards, with
ii continual roar, like any number of bat
ties going on, and just below is another
mouth from which the lava comes. tray
cling at Il tremendous pace. 1t divides
into several streams and follows the val
lcys. Now Imagine, from where We were
that night with our backs to Catania.
what we saw On our right this n
nous fame going hundreds of feet into
the mir, making the whole sky bright red
and all down past us from our right, and
extending down miles To the left streams
Of red hot lava moving downward in a
mass for miles, and looking like an enor-
across the lava where we were was. per
hals, three or four miles, and il started
about two miles above us and flowed
some four miles or 80 below us, 50 YOU
must imagine a sea of angry, red-hot lava
five or six miles long, and three or four
wide, and about thirty or forty feet deep,
but all of it bright red. You can Judge
whether it was Il sight worth seeing. |
would not have missed it for worlds. The
lava IS not liquid, as most people suppose,
but consists of many millions oflarge and
small blocks of rocky looking stuff rolling
onward. We saw one huge rock of old
lava standing in the middle of the stream
of lava, which was divided by it and ran
around it the rock was about the size of
tsayj Quidenlam Church, and this rock
suddenly split into two parts, the smaller
half crumhlcd NJ and the other half WAS
carried bodily down with the stream,
slowly and steadily. We watched it I'M
i'll we left, and ii moved abou; three
quarters Of mile in about three-quIrtcrs
of an hour. We waited there until near
" midnight. as we could not venture
down until the moon rot up, and then We
reluctantly left this magnificent sight,
which, as | tell You, no description can
give you any idea Of"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
WHY WEEP ?

They stood b. bier her sad, sweet eyes hore
mott trace OF tears,
Thon~h the silent form was one she had io'eo
nrsm earliest. infant year.
~San do nas weep he. irouhleSt. asked Nhh T"
strange ard nameicS dread.
The ansrrrcam low The HvinghaTe drained
ms suffering eye I've no tear for the dead
For the living wccp. for the living mourn
their pathway is sirewn with strife
Thcy dn my soul, they Good my eye7 weep y"
far death but life.
II I lar there in that narrow bed I'd ak MOI "
single tear;
Tbev an needed 10 water fhc fras Of Hfe- 70
Strengthen ii year hy yeaf-
We waste or tear on taos who have passed
DER a lifetime Of toll and trouble
We ms ON the stormy waters Of life, while theirs
know 5 srsrce a bubble
In death there is resi IN death there = peace
What canse find ! here for sorrow,
In This dcar-loycd face, as pure and calm a a
child that wakes on the morrow
-Nag Foracy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Estnte 81 Levi kuepPer. deceased. late of SDmcr-
set Ia D., somerset County. Pa,
Letters 81 administration - the above estate
having been granted 10 The undersigned by the
proper authority, notice Is hereby given 10 all
persons Indebted 70 said estate 10 make immedi-
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same to present them duly authenticate for set
tlcment on or before fr.shiy, the n day of July.
lSS6, at the late residence OF dcceased. in Layans-
VILE. ". 4. HAY,
may NJ. Adm Cgm Tsira,enio yfgrcra
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

My liver was 81 fcarfully disorlered
and | felt - feeble and ianguid that |
scarcely took interest in anything. Tried
all the so-called remedies without relief
until | used Parker's Tonic. which effect
ed q permanent cure.-Dayid Bash. Little
Rock, Ark.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

OF course when Il man is sound and
well he don't care Il copper for all the
medicine on the face of the earth. He
has no use for il. But when disease is
eating his life out he wants the right pre-
scription and he wants il right away.
For that reason all who know what DR..
kennedy's Favorite Remedy is turn To
that for help. and il never disappoints
them. And it Is just rs beneficial to new
friends as it is to old ones. Pleasant to
the palate, and gentle in its action.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
Hay Fever and Rose Cold

Are attended 10y an inilamcd condition
Of the lining membrane of the nostrils,
tear ducts and throat, affecting the lungs.
IN acrid mucIIs Is secrctcd, the discharge
is accompanied with 4 burningsensitioa.
There are severe splsms of sneczing,
frequent attacks Of headache, watery and
inlamcd eyes. Eiy's Cream Balm is a
remedy that can BE- depended upon. 30
cents at druggists by mail, registered, 90
cents. Ely Brothers, Druggists, Owego,
Y. Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
A Struggle for Principle.

\ rainy day had housed us up in the
cabin of 4 Tennessean, and about 9 O'Clock
in the morning Il man who was address
ed by our host rs Uncle Billy, came rid
ing up through the steady pour on Il
mule. The animal was placed in the sta
bic, and as the two men entered the
house our host observed:
We'll, Uncle Billy, how'll you trade
mules?"
oh, bout three dollars tew boot" was
the answer.
They returned to the stables and talk
cd until noon. Then We had dinner, and
they talked until 1 o'clock. The rain let
up a bit then, and We went out to see Il
cave, leaving them talking mule. W.
returned al q and they were still NJ It.
We had supper and the interrupted con
vcrSation was resumed and kept up until
9 o'clock. We went off t. bed with Tn
Gle Billy saying;
Tell ye what III dew. III trade fur
three dollars few boot"
1t Numbered about midnight. and |
woke up and heard that mule talk still
going. At q O'Clock | got up. Uncle Bill
ly was just riding away.
We'll, how did you como out ?" | ask
cd OF our host.
Beat him down 10 two dollars and
three bits" he replied.
80 you save, W shi!lings?
Exactly though | wasn't working for
that. 1t was the principle of the thing /
looked at.'-Dicoif Fra Press.
Father, did the boy really stand on
the burning deck ," asked Grcn's hopeful
progeny, the other day. " No, George, he
stood on three kings, and he put the
deck up his sleeve 10 use rs occasion de-
mands.'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

In the matter Of The estate uf pcier Walker. deed.
Inc Undersigned. dulg appointed by the or
phans' Court OF Somerset County, to pass upou the
exceptions take the testimony aud report a dis
trlbution Of the funds ia the hands of the Admin
i-tiator. hereby gives notice that he will attend 10
the duties Of his appointment on Thursday, the
10Th day Of July. lsSi. az his oficc in Somerset.
when and where all persons interested may at
tend II. l. BAER,
june2S. auditor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

Everybody's companion is nobody's
friend, but Red Star Cough Cure is every
body's friend. Prof. Grothe, of the
Brooklyn Board of Health. endorses il as
prompt, safe, and sure. Priec, twenty
five cents q bottle. /.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

What is more disagrceable to a lady
than Ia know that her hair has not only
lost lis color, but is full of dandruff? Yet
such was the case with mine until | used
Parker's Hair Balsam. Ny hair is now
black and perfectly clean and glossy
Mrs. L. Sweeny, Chicago. Ill.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

Why should not the time come when
the name of D.. David Kennedy shall be
associated in the public mind with the
p%uriiication of the blood, as the name of
Harvey now is with its circulation. For
certainly no other medical man has done
aa much to that end as he has. And it is
also important that people should know
that the result Of his labors are within
reach of all in the form of DR.. Kennedv's
f%avoritc Remedy -Ecening Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

Mitchell, who is preparing TO fight Sui
Ivan, Is said to battle daily in whisky.
Sullivan is believed to do the same, only
he doesn't waste the liquor ON his out
side
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

ARE ou MADE miserable by Indigestion
Constipation, Dizziness. Loss of Appetite,
Yellow skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer lisa pos
tive cure. Sold by G. W. Benford x Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

Tue Rev. GEo. ii. rHAYER, of Bourbon,
Ind, says: Both myself and wife owe
our lives to SHLoH's CoNsUNPTIoNrCuRE."
Sod hv q. W. Benrnrd x Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

Men such as L. :. Senator Voorhees,. Of
Indiana, are loud in their praise OF st.
Jacobs Oil a. in instantaneous cure for
rheumatism, neuralgia, %sciatica and other
bodily pains.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30
4 DMINIsTRAToRs NOTICE..

Estate of Joseph kauflaaa, decreased. late of Con
cnlsugh Tow nS3ip, Somerset County. PA.
Letters ot administration Of the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice is hereby given 10 all per
sons indebted 10 said estate 70 make immediate
payment, ami those having claims against the
same to present them duly authenticated for set
temcEt on Monday. August >. ISS;. mt the laie
residence of the deceased.
ISAAC /. lODER.
Junc2. Administrator
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

For DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint
YOU have . printed guarantee on every
bottle Of Shi'oh's Vitalizer. 1t never fails
to cure. Sold by Geo. W. Benford 4 Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria.
When She was It Child, She cried for Castoria.
Whetshc became Ms. She chung to Castnria.
When She had Children. she gave them Cas:oria
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

\ decision in the ce.ebrated Macarthur
Will ease is expected in the L. :. Court.
Cincinnati, to-day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

\ NASAL INJECTOR free with each lot
tie of shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 30
cents. Sold by Geo. W. Bentorl d son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

"HAcKNErAcE 4 lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price Sand 5Ocents. Sold bv
Geo. W. BenfofI * Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

SHILoH's CURE WI. Immediately relieve
Group, Whoopins Cough and Bronchitis.
Sod by Geo. W. Benforl K Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

SfULoH's CATAREH REuEDY- posi-
tive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria and Cam
k Mouth. G. W. Brnford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

WY WILL o cough when Shiloh's
Cure viii give immediate relief. Price 10
10 cts, and 81. q. W. Benfor1 x Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

A gold mine was recently discovered
near Lexington, Ind.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

The trial of the Milwaukee Anarchists
has begun, as has also that of the Hay
market rioters in Chicago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

II. II. Swift x Co, New York sugar
importers, have suspended. Liabilities
81 100000.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-25
AN AWKWARD RLuNpER.
How Travelling Man Proved Himself to
BE Born Liar.

Some years ago l had occasion t.
spend the night in the little town o
Red Wing, Minnesota. 1 was giver
lodging by Deacon Rogers, an estima
bic gentleman, who, although was al
absolute stranger to him. entertained
me to the best of his knowledge anC
ability. After an early tea l was taker
upstairs to the spare bedroom, which
was to be my apartment for the night
The only thing | remembe: about the
room other than its musty flavor was
the spare bed-a large four-posted af.
| fair, whose coverlids were of such
snowy whiteness and immaculate
smoothness that it seemed like sacri-
lege TO disturb them; but a tired man
has little conscience, and | hastily dis
missed my scruples and, turning out
the light. scrambled between the sheets.
The pillows were large and soft, and
the mattress was hard and unyielding.
After shifting my position number of
times to find comfortable place, dis
covered that the bed had an adjustable
ridge in it. Wherever | moved there
it was. | couldn't avoid it; it followed
me everywhere. 1t was the only bed |
ever SAW that it was possible to fall out
of on both sides at once. Finally in
despair threw the pillows on the floor,
and then | made another astonishing
discovery. The ridge changed into Il
hollow. which was even worse than the
ridge. | was unable to alter this, and
it stuck to me the whole of the night.
Nv dreams, such as l had, were
peculiar. was spending my time in
alternately rolling up hill and then
rolling down again, the way you do in
a sleeping car on Southern Indiana
railroad.
The next morning the deacon asked
me how | had spent the night Dis
liking to be thought ungratcful, l told
him that l had never slept better.
''How did you like the bed?' asked
Mrs. Rogers.
Never slept in one L liked better" :"
l replied.
A year or so afte-ward, while making
another trip through the Northwest, [
met at the house of friend in St. Paul
some people whose faces seemed
strangely familiar to me. We were
talking of that section of the country.
when the lady remarked:
Weren't you up this way about two
years ago?"
/ admitted that l had been.
You stopped with Deacon Rogers in
Red Wing?"
Deacon Rogers, Deacon Rogers" 1
repeated. 80. yes! he is the man who
had that awful bed"
What about the bed?n asked the
lady, as she exchanged significant
glances with an elderly gentleman.
Then with rare and radiant idiocy l
proceeded to describe as vividly as [
could the terrible tortures | endured on
that frightful night. When l had
finished, the lady remarked sententious-
ly to the old gentleman:
"There, Abram, l was right; didn't
l tell you that man was born liar?"
She was Mrs. Rogers.-Drake's TraU-
eler'S Magazine.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-25

to protect the interests intrusted to
him and to maintain the dignity of his
high Office. What a contrast between
the peevish, shuffiing complaints Of
Mr.. Edmunds and those strong. earnest
words of the President: The pledges
have made were made to the people,
and to them am responsible for the
manner in which they have been re-
deemed. l am not responsible to the
Senate. and am unwilling to submit
nv actions and official conduct to them
for judgment" The minority report
of the Senate Judiciary Committee is a
fitting accompaniment to this Jack
sonian message and sets forth the law
lessness and insolence of Mr.. Edmunds
and his colleagues in the strongest
light The madness which is the fore
runner of total destruction, appears to
have taken firm hold of the Repub-
lican party. The course on which the
Republican Senators have entered is
one which the American public will
emphatically condemn Albany 4r0uS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-25
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
The Presidents High-Ninded Suggestion;
Regarding the Chinese Outrages.


Congress has no excuse for hesitancy
in accepting the advice of President
Cleveland to indemnify the Chinese
subjects for the losses caused BY the
outrages committed by aggressors who,
as the President says. ''happily for the
National good fame" were not citizens
of the United States. There is a gem
eral consensus of opinion by the three
Secretaries of State, Evarts, Blaine and
Bayard, who have been called upon to
deal directly with this subject. They
each and all hold that tf.er is no treaty
obligation on the part of the United
States to indemnity for these outrageS,
and Mr.. Cleveland accepts and indorseS
the views of his Secretary. But there
| is vast difference in the manner in
which the present Executive and his
Prime Minister treat the ethical side of
the question. When, in 1880. the Chi
nese Minister approached Mr.. Evarts
for redress of the Denver massacre and
pillage, the Secretary replied that he
knew of no National obligation which
rendered it incumbent upon the United
States to make indemnify to the Chi
nese residents of Denver who suffered
losses from the operations of the mob"
and that, Colorado being sovereign
State, the United States was relieved
of all responsibility in the premises.
Blaine dismissed the matter in even
more peremptory style. Chen Ian
Pin, the Chinese Minister, was curtly
informed that he would perceive that
in no part of the treaty is there any
provision reciprocal with regard to
subjects of China resident in the United
States" 1t was not nominated in the
bond, which guaranteed protection
and indemnity to American citizens in
China, that the Chinese in this country
had any rights which aliens and hood
lums were bound to respect.
Mr.. Cleveland admits the technical
construction and uneguivOcally denies
any treaty obligation. But he rises
above this narrow view in his indigna-
ton at the ghastly mockery of justice
perpetrated by those who undertook to
ascertain and fix the responsibility for
the Rock Springs crime. He urges
upon Congress a benevolent consider
alton of the case, and appeals to it to
direct the bounty of the Government in
aid of innocent and peaceful strangers,
whose shameful and unpunished NAL
treatment has brought discredit upon
the country. If he refrains from point
ing out Chinese indemnity fund"
lying idle in the National treasury, it is
not probable that he overlooked its ex-
istence. That fund is not creditable
thing to contemplate under any cir
cumstanceS. But it will become Ma
tional disgrace if the Rock Springs un-
fortunates be not reimbursed as the
President suggests. Chicago NeUs-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-25
A GLOVE.

An, yesterday found glove
Grown shabby. fun of tiny rips,
But dear to me because my love
a Once through it thrust her fnger-tps.
a glove one would not care to see
Upon his arm in public street:
Yethere 1 own there is for me
No relic in the world more sweet.
"A faint, far scent of lavender
Steals from it, as the clover smelt,
When through the fields ] walked with her
And plucked the blossoms for her belt.
Faith but ] loved the little hand,
That used 70 wear this time stained thing
Its slightest gesture Of command
Would set my glad heart huttering.
Or II il touched my finger. so,
Or smOothed my hair-Why should speak
OF those old days? II makes, you know,
The tears brim over on my cheek.
Poor stained. wOrn-out. lOng-wristed glove
tn nix il almost understands
That reyerently and with love
/ hold il in my trembling hands.
And that il is so dear to me,
With its old fragrance, far and faint
Because my mother wore it, She
On earth my love, in heaven my saint.
-jGrIsS BcrIg BeuScl.