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The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

Several recent inter views and official pub.
lcations represent the postal service to be
in gratifying state Of efficiency. The latest
of theseis the report of Chief Inspector West
who gives a rose.colored view OF the way
things are going. II would be pleasant
thing to accept these statements without
question, aud enjoy the abstraction that every
citizen must feel in the assurance that SO
important business as the carrying and
distribution Of the mails is thoroughly we'll
done. Unluckily all these oficial boasts are
contradicted by facts Of public notoriety, and
the only hope of securing reform in the ad-
ministration Of Department whose efficiency
intimately affects us all is to face the facts
and bring TO light the evils which ought to
be remedied. No fault need be found with
the present administration of the Depart
msnt, except that 1t has as yet failed to re-
form the abuses which were in full sway
when 1t came into Office. It needs
but little investigation TO show that
iaisser taire policy is exactly the wrong
one to apply TO the postal service. That no
one who can help it will send money by post
is sufficient evidence that a radical reform is
needed. Nothing is more notorious than
that every newspaper and book publisher
warns his patrons against rsmitting cur
rency in letters-proof that the stealing Of
money letters is not an exceptional but q
common occurrence. Inspector Vests own
figures give the lie to his hattering words.
During the year nearly three hundred en-
ployes and ex'employes Of the Depart
ment were arrested. Does not this prove
that the percentage Of dishonest employees
is too larger But still worse fact Is that
too many rascals escape detection, for over
thirteen thousand cases Of losses which
have occurred in the mails during the year
are admitted by Chief Inspector West to be
properly chargeable to depredations Of postal
employees, and forty-two thousand dollars
were recovered from dishonest postmasters
who had made fraudulent reports OF the can.
collation. Of stamps. II should be borne in
mind that the post Office officials do not hear
Of nearly all the cases of lost letters. Many
persons who find letters have miscarried
let IT pass, knowing well that inquiry is
generally useless trouble. No one can es.
timate what proportion Of losses are actually
reported. But that the vast mass Of thiey.
cry which Ia known to exist should be
tamely acquiescsd in as a natural incident
OF the service is intolerable. And II ia easy
enough TO point out ways in which reforms
could be effected. The first step should be
for the Government TO undertake TO insure
money or valuables consigned to its care.
Then we should find out the extent OF the
peculations. Aud when the Postmaster
General Is compelled to ask Congress
every year Tor some hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars 10 make good
Gums stolen from the mails by his own em-
ployes We shall soon see some sort OF remedy
applied. Doubtless ways can be found to
secure q greater proportion Of honest en-
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26
Educational.
GEoRGETOwN UNIVERSITY,

T. NEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY,
~ SCHOOL OF LAW.
FACULVY-Rev. James A. DOOnan, y. j {, Presi-
dent Of the University; Charles W. Hoffman, LII.
D., Dean Of the Faculty and President Of the Moot
Court; Hon Stephen j. Field. LII. D., (Associate
Justice, u supreme C0urt) Lecturer on Constltu-
tional Law; Hon. William A. Richardson, LII. d.,
(Chief Justice, u 4. Court Ut ClaimsJ Lecturer on
Statutory md Administrative Law and legal
Maxms; Hon. William N. Merrlck, LII. ID (Justice,
Supreme Court, district Of COlumblaD Lecturer on
Common Law Pleading aud FquIty jurisprudence;
Martin +. Morris, IL. ID Lecturer on Equity Plead.
ing and Practice, and the Law OF Partnership, Cor
porations and Admiralty; James @. Payne, III. D.,
Lecturer on the Law OF Real Estate the Law OF Evi.
dence, and Criminal Law; Joseph j. Darlington.
Lii. d., Lecturer Oh tho Law OF Personal Property,
Contracts and Negotiable Paper, and 1estamentary
Law; John w. Ross, LL d., Lecturer on Common
Law Practice. Domestic Relations, and the Law of
TOrts, aud Judge OF the Moot Court Samuel NJ. Yeat
man, ESD Secretary and Treasurer.
Introductory Lecture by Hon. William M. Merrick,
LII. d., AMI announcements for the ensuing term, al
the Law building, Sixth and streets north
west. on Wednesday, October O, ut $3.50 =. Nj. All
Interested are most cordially invited to attend.
The Secretary can be seen at the Law Building
from to p. M. daily. for Information, enrolment,
etc. .
Circulars giving Of study, terms, etc.. can
be obtained at bookstores OF Morrison Brad. Adams,
or Anglim, or on application to the undersigned.
y. NJ. YEATMAN, Secretary.
se2O-3tS Star, Post, ltepublcin.
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

The Star, ever wakeful to the interests Of
Washington, is. doing public service by
calling attention so vigorously to the need
of double track on the Metropolitan Branch
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1t can
hardly be doubted that as we'll managed a
company as this will not try much longer TO do
frst-class through and local passenger
traffic on single track, but it would be a
wise policy for Mr.. Garrett to frankly an
nounce his intention to double track this
road and then have 1t promptly done.
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

Congress at its next session ought to do
something to relieve the overcrowded docket
of the Supreme Court. The long delays to
which litigants are now subjected are of
ten equivalent to a denial of justice. In a
Government of and for the people why
should man having a lawsuit be COM
PEELED to wait half dozen years before the
judges his taxes pay can reach his case in
its orderi OF course it is the fault of Con-
gress that this state of things has not long
since been remedied, and the reason why
legislators leave undone 80 many things
which they ought to do is because the re-
sponsibility for their failure to act cannot be
brought effectively home to any individual.
Perhaps the best way to make some one re-
sponsible and get things done would be to
change our system 80 as to require all Cabinet
officers to be taken from one or the other
house Of Congress, the Secretary of State, of
course, from the Senate, and the Secretary of
the Treasury from the House of Repre-.
sentatives.
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

The action of the Engineer Commissioner
in summarily removing q lot of building
materials left indefinitely in the street after
repeated warnings was directed against a
growing evil. Builders in Washington often
appear to think that the beautiful avenues
here are intended for their use as lumber,
stone, and briokyards, or even dumping
grounds for rubbish. II street is hun
dred feet wide they manage to occupy about
ninety feet of its width for their scattered
materials from the very beginning to the COM
pletion Of their work. Such an idea as
gathering up their refuse, or arranging it
in compact way, as would have to be done
in any other city, seldom or never occurs to
them. This may be a saving to them in
labor, but it is not fair to those who have to
use the streets as highways, and gives to
strangers an unfavorable idea Of our muni.
cipal regulations,
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

When the small silver certificates get fairly
into circulation we shall see an end of what
is called "the silver nuisance" The bank
ing interest has hitherto been strong enough
to keep up an invidious and inconvenient
distinction between the two kinds of legal
tender coins. Gold coin could be exchanged
for paper, and, in point Of fact, gold has al
most entirely performed its function as cur
rency through the use of its paper represen-
tative. There was never, of course, any fair
reason why silver should be Disseminated
against in this regard. The object in COM
pelling people to handle the "cart-wheel
"dollars'' was to discredit them and create a
clamor for the cessation Of silver coinage. It
is not the object of these remarks to claim
that the coinage of silver dollars should con-
tinue indefinitely. That is another ques-
tion from the one under discussion. What
we would enforce is that the possessor of
any kind of coin minted by this Government
should have the privilege of exchanging it
for its paper representative.
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26
McDONALD-ELLIS SCHOOL

WELI.NLEY PkFPARATORY,
1906 Seventeenth street and 1924 Massachusetts ave.
This wel.estabshed French aud English Family
aud Day School for girls will reopen
SEPTEMBER %, 1886.
Primary, Intermediate, Academic, College Pre-
paratOry, and Musical Departments.
Daily Lessons In French, under the direction Of
Professor @. FOntaine-Bertz Method.
A Herdc Ia employed BY the school for the bcnent
OF scholars In distant parts OF the city.
For terms and circulars address
MISS ANNA ELLIS,
Bcp5-4t5 Principal.
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NORWOOD INSTITUTE,

A select Boarding aud Day School for Young Ladies'
and Little Girls,
wAsnINGTON, ID. q.
Fifth annual session opens SEPT. 70, 1885. and
closes JUNE II, 1887.
Full course, with Diploma Of high grade.
Exceptional advantages In Music, El0cution, Lit
erature, and the Modern Languages.
Pupils specially prepared for foreign travel or for
any college.
Summer session in beautiful and healthful 10.
calty-
Norwood. Nelson County, virsinia,
June 20 TO September 20.
CABELL. au16.tf8
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

ruined, owing 70 various wars, It ia still impospp
and stately. tis romantic spot, the moat over
grown and choked up tn creepers; the trees as
suming thousand forms, make It wild ana pictur-
esque, and the river below rushes down below the
three old bridges which span II.
Frankfort-on-the-Main was next on our prc +.
l.amme. was surprised to nnd 1t such q beautiful
place. believing 1t 10 be only commercial town. II
Ia one OF the Richest cities In Germany, and charm
ingly laid out with superb houses, surrounded by
spacious gardens worthy TO adorn any palace. A
wealth OF trees and verdure decorates this lovely
spot. Frankfort Ia the cradle OF the Rothschilds
Their house was shown US, miserable building;
and to think they now control the nnances OF Europe
wiesbaden, bu, an hour from Frankfoi., was
reached In what they call the "Schnell" (express)
train, but entire nous It was really snail train.
wiesbaden's SURPRISING beauty OF situation blend
Ing with the surrounding mountains makes the
tourist ind far greater delight In lingering here than
In any other place In the neighborhood OF the Rhine.
II is not alone pleasure place, but one with his
torical Interest," for II was known to the Roxeaus,
and monuments OF their time az well as Old ruined
castles are 10 be found around aud near It. The
houses are nne aud the "Wilhelm Strasse," a hand
some avenue shaded With immense trees, forms the
principal promenade. The walks, drives, and rides
are numberleas, and, whatever be the taste OF the
visitor, he cannot fall to ind pleasure IN following
any OF the numerous paths which lead 10 most en-
chanting spots.
Washington City was represented by many Army
and Navy people, among oihers. Admiral and Mrs.
Phelps, Mrs. Adams, Mrs John MuIlan ana daugli-
tiers, Admiral and Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Duncan
Kep1edy.
summer IL the time chosen by travellers TO make
trip ol the Rhine and, wishing 10 visit Brussels,
there was no plcasanter route than 10 take the boat
at Mayence ana steam down the Rhine. We left
wies)aden In the midst OF ts gayely with more than
regret, for II IL place TO dream and while away the
hours OF the day. FROM Mayenee TO RudesheiIn
thereis nothing noteworthy. AZ the latter place Ia
grown the Rudesheln wine, many OF the yines be-
ing from MY 10 one hundred years old. Opposite Ia
the Castle OF Johanlsbeg where u produced the most
famous OF RHINE vines. 1he vineyard consists OF
about seventy acres; the price per bottle 10 from Is
10 sl5.
The lovely Old ruued Schless OF kheinsten next
loomed up, recalling the many legends connected
with H. The sons OF rrince Frederick OF Prussia
use II now as summer residence.
Souneck, perched upon ragged rock, Was al one
time ROBBERS casile, aud ts tusreied, picturesque
old towers long remained 10 our view. AT a short
distance Ia the Loreleg Passing II, all the passen-
gers raised their voices and sang to hear the echo
which is said TO repeat sound niteen times. Legend
rays thai a beautiful but wicked sea nymph mere
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-26

According to "Ilalston," Of the New York Times,
young George Vanderbilt is said to have Inherited
his fathers great liking for pedesrIanls and up at
Bar Ilarbor this season he has been taking early
morning walks every day, miles on miles 10 each
Journey William II Vanderbilt, particularly in the
last years OF his llie, walked great deal. II. X.
often to be his companion on these modest excur-
s'ons, tnd Mr.. Enos told me not long ago that on
such occa 'tons Mr. Vanderbilt always Socially
at his best; his talk was always BRIGHT his observa.
tions on men and things thoughtful aud fr'l OF en-
tel .alrment
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
Keeping the Cows Clean.

Great care should be taken in bed
ding In winter time, and in cleaning
the stable. Unless extra pains are
taken foul-smeiling stables will be
the result; consequently the milk
will be more or less affected. | am
well satisfied that filthy stables and
filthy habits of milking are the CHIEF
causes of 30 much poor butter being
made in winter and spring. | am
well aware that butter made in win
ter lacks flavor and color, but with
due care it can be made sweet and
clean. Very much depends upon
the food the COWS eat in order to
have color, corn meal with beans
and ground oats fed literally, and a
little oil meal added, is about as
near perfect ratiOns as can be given
in winter, with plenty of good bright
timothy hay and mixture OF clo-
yer. 1t is very common sight to
see in this part of the country COWS
in winter time with their hips load.
down with manure. their bags ditto
also their back covered with hay seed
and dust. The brush and card are
never seen in the cow stables; to
them the cows are total strangers
Now, this is all wrong As a rule
the cows are well fed some have
bank barns, but there is want o
care in grooming and handling. Il
pays to card and brush the COW:
daily-. They look better and are bet
te, and certainly the milking can bt
done more cleanly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
The Wonders of Cocaine.

The benefcent properties of CO.
caine seem not yet exhausted for
now a New York physician Or. j.
NJ. Roberts, tells us that he has per-
formed two serious operations with
out the aid of ether or chloroform,
under the anesthetic power of coca
inc. Itseems that ifth blood circu-
lation in a part is checked or stag
mated by an Esmarch or other rub
ber bandage, the anesthetic effects
of this drug may be indefinitely pro.
longed.
Imagine a boy, 4 years old, under
going a most severe operation, OBJ
serving intently each cut of the knife
and eack vibratian of the saw, and
smilingly meeting the eye Of the op-
orator. Does not such a picture
seem Utopian? Yet such was the
attitude of the boy upon whom DR.
Roberts operated. If we can dc
away with the unpleasant features
of ether or chloroform anasthetiza-
tion, and Danish pain during surgi.
cal operations by injecting deeply
cocaine, We have truly made great
advance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
JOS. HORNE & cos
RETAIL STORES.
Special Reductions to Reduce Stock i'm
All Departments.

Oar silk department offers great
inducements to close buyers, as the
reductions here are very great.
Summer Silks at 40 cents, so cents
and upwards. French Colored Su.
rah Silks 26inches wide, at IS cents
Printed India Silks, in dark and
light colors at 33 cents, 80 cents and
IS cents. These goods were sold al
% cents to 81 25 per yard. Colored
Gros Grain Silks at closing prices,
full assortment Of colors and extra
quality, especially our 95 cent grade
which has always sold at 81 25 a
yard. Colored Gros Grain Silks
from 80 cents yard up, all extra
good value.
Great mark-down-sale of Dress
Goods. The entire stock marked
down, and the best all-wool dress
goods for 30 cents a yard that were
ever seen, some of them GA wide.
Every Winter Wrap now on hand
has been reduced; this includes our
entire stock of finest Alaska Seal
Garments and Small Furs.
Cloth Wraps at Cost, to close them
out.
This is the buyers opportunity
Send for samples now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
A Tribute from Conxling.

Utica, N. Y, Jan. 20.-General.
George H. Sheridan addressed large
meeting which was held in the
Opera House this evening under
the auspices of the local Grand
Army post in aid ofthe Grant Mon
ument fund. Ex-senator Conkling
had been invited by the posts and
by a large number of his former
neigbbors to preside. but sent the
following letter of regret:
New YORK, Jan. s, 1886.
GENTLEMEN: Having conferred
previously and fully on the subject
with committee several days ago,
still beg to acknowledge directly
the honor of your letters inviting
me to preside at meeting to be
held at Utica next Monday evening
under the auspices of the Grand
Army of the Republic in aid of the
Grant Monument fund. You will
not doubt that a summons from so
many distinguished citizens, so
many neighbors and valued friends,
would always command my pres
ence unless some serious obstacle
stood in the way. Nor is it needful
tospesk of my profound and affec-
tionate respectfor the great memory,
to which in common with our coun-
trymen in general, you unite to do
homage. Misunderstood by many
when be lived, now that bis grand
and patient life and death are over,
the name of Grant is one of the
Jewels of his country. 1t will not
grow dim in time. Stone and brass
are not needed to save it from obi
vion, but lasting memorials will
testify TO those who come after US
that We were not blind or indlffer-
ent to the elories of that martyrdom
We saw. For our own sakes We
should leave such memorials. The
Grand Army of the Republic may
lead in such a work. Soldiers may
well go first to raise a monument to
a soldier OF the army in which they
fought and followed him to victory
on SO many crimson fields. Little
as my presence could do, your invi
tation would be enough to insure it
were free from positive obligations
forbidding it. Unfortunately, | am
SO tied fast by engagements preyi-
ously made that to be in Utica on
the 11th would be violation OF good
faith.
Regretting this, and renewing my
thanks for the honor you have done
me, | am your friend and neighbor.
Roscoe CoNKLING.
To Commander NJ. NJ. Jones and
other Commanders of Posts, and
to William H. Watson, NJ. D.,
and other citizens of Utica, New
York
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
How to Keep Farm Herd-Books

There are numerous systems OF
keeping farm herd-books. Every
animal may have a number given
consecutively, as purchased or drop
ped. This is simple, good way.
Each one has a full page, or two
pages, devoted to him or to her, with
record of number, birth, color aud
markings. sire and dam, and former
owners, with space for times of ser
vice, dates of births of offspring, with
names and numbers of the same.
AS few cows have more than ten
calves. in small herds the cows may
receive decimal numbers: l., TO-, 20
30, etc. Then when they have
calves, these receive the following
numbers in each decade. Tne first
calf of No will be 2. The third
calf of No 20 will be %. The fifth
calf of 10 will be 10, and so on. Now
if the stock bulls receive letter in
place of the regular number, this
letter may be used with the number.
and the calfs dam and sire NAV be
indicated by the mark. Thus, B "a
upon tag, would indicate that the
bull "B" was the sire, and that the
COW 80 was the dam, and that this
was her fourth calf. There are 9TH
er systems, but few, it any, simpler
or more useful than this; but it is
only applicable to herds of less than
ten.
Another system, based upon the
same idea, gives letters to the cows
of the breeding herd, and numbers
preceding the letters to the stock
bulls. while the numbers following
the letters identify the particular
calves. Thus 2 d 4 might indicate
the same animal which by the pre-
viously described system we num-
bered B "a, and C 3 the same as
A 23.-American Agriculturisi.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27

Ayers Sarsaparilla being highly
concentrated, requires a smaller
dose, and is more effective, dose for
dose, than any other blood medicine.
1t Is the cheapest, because the best,
Quality and not quantity should be
considered
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27

Can you tell who is in the greatest
danger of catching any infectious OF
epidemic disease? Why" you say
tine person whose blood is in an i'm
pure or impoverished condition.
Exactly. Such people take special
complaints as dry grass bursts into
flame before the sparks of locomo-
tive. Pure blood is a defence /; it
means safety, and DR.. Kennedy's Fa-
vorite Rededy is the mildest, safest
and surest purifier of the blood.
Our chief dangers are within our.
selves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27

Pain and Dread attend the use Of
most catarrh remedies. Liquids
and snuffs are unpleasant as well as
dangerous. Ely's Cream Balm is
safe, pleasant, easily applied with
the finger, and sure cure. II
cleanses the nasal passages and
heals the infiamed membrane Civ
ing relief from the first application,
Price 80 cents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
Congressman Scotts Stable.

ERIE, Jan. 15.-Hon. William L.
SCOTS stable Of running horses were
taken to-day to Cape Charles, the
future home of the Algeria running
stable. Cape Charles is Mr.. Scott 5
latest requisition and he has invest
ed very extensively there in i'm
provements, among which are a
large stable and running track a
mile in length. The stable COM
pfises twenty-one head of horses and
colts and is under the care of Byron
McLallan, manager and trainer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
What is Becoming.

Never put ruffies on stout figure
Pot any amount of trimming on a
slender figure.
The color of the hair should regu'
late the costume.
Auburn hair warrants plenty Of
white around the neck.
A short, fieshy lady wants to be
trimmed perpendicularly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
A ChiId's Terrible Death.

New HAVEN, Conn, Jan. IA, 1856
"A horrible story comes from Wal
lingford to the effect that colored
woman living near Pond Hill, wish
ing to call her husband, closed her
baby up in an oven to keep it warm
the fire being nearly out. While she
was away her husband came home
and, unaware of the whereabouts oi
the child, built hot fire. The wo-
man noticed the smoke coming
from the chimney and hurried home,
but arrived too late, as the child was
found literally roasted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27

Say" said the editors smart lit
tie son, as he entered a store, "do
you keep knives ?" "Oh. yes," re.
sponded the store keeper. we've
kept them for years" "Well re.
piled the boy. starting for tine door,
you ought to advertise and then
you wouldn't keep them so long"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27
5000 Men Out of Work.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 12.-The
furnacemen and managers of the Ed
gar Thomson Steel Works had an
other conference this afternoon, but
failed to arrive at a settlement of the
differences. Both sides are deter
mined and tomorrow the firm will
close down the mill in every depart
ment. The 1900 employees will be
paid off and the work will not be
resumed until the scale has been
signed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-27

Ayers Pills cure constipation, i'm
prove the appetite. promote diges-
tion, restore healthy action, and reg
ulate every function. They are
pleasant to take, gentle il their op-
Grafton, yet thorough, searching, and
powerful in subduing disease.