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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
Ex-Presiuent Arthur Worse.

NEW YORK, May 31.-Ex-Presi-
dent Arthur did not visit General
Grants tomb at Riverside Park to-
day, as he had expected to. The
rain in the morning and the
lowering clouds during the day, as
well as a desire to avoid a large
crowd, had something to do with
this change of intention, but the
principal reason was that the Gener-
al was not as well as he had been.
After the long drive of Saturday he
remained up until rather late in the
evening and caught a severe cold,
which has aggravated the insomnia
that has troubled him so much and
induced a state of depression. The
change, however, was not enough to
confine him to his room, and be re-
ceived a large number of callers. DR..
Peters does not look on the cold as
anything more than a temporary af-
fair and believes that the General
will be able to 90 out again to-mor-
row il the weather is favorable.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

What the great demand of mod
ern life is upon the human bsds, and
particularly its nervous structure,
appears upon noting how little must
have been sufficient to sustain the
kind of life that existed, say, a cen
fury ago. There was brute force
expended then and not much else
There were then no fine social and
industrial adjustments to be made,
there was a little bit of thought and
the striking force of the energy ex-
pended was Insignificant beside what
we get by multiplying the mass Of
our active energy by It's speed. The
serious increase in nervous diseases
proves how much greater the strain
now is than u forefathers had 10
endure. To sustain the greater de-
mands of progressive living, the
food eaten must bear SEINE CORE
spendence with the energy that it is
necessary to obtain not that intel
ligence, nerve power and physical
resistance have no source but food (;
the inheritance of the organism and
its training are not ignored, but
power cannot be used until ii is
supplied in some form OF equiva-
lence, and the human body depends
for this supply on It's food, which
reappears in infinite degrees of uti-
lization according to the ability to
aseimilate and transform.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
Baby Tigers.

In ForepaughIs menagerie there
are six as 1.-THE and brightly marked
tigers as anybody ever saw. One
morning about daylight the keepsrs
were surprised by an unusual COM
motion among the cat animals. The
men got out strong ropes, lassoes,
and nets, believing that some of the
more formidable of the wild beasts
were out of their dens.
They approached the wide stairs
with caution and entered the room
The tiger den was a scene of fierce
confusion, and the other animals
shared the excitement. The men
advanced to the front of the den.
ana We're met with demonstrations
OF anger. Lying close to the wall in
one corner was the huge bengal tiger,
ana at her side of beautifully mark
ed cubs, with eyes closed like a kit
tens. With cries of wonder the
men gazed at the treasures which
had been born during the night.
still they could not understand whv
all the wild beasts should seem 50
restless. One of the keepers, follow
ing the eye of a huge panther, shout
ed:
Boys, look out One has GOT
out and is on the floor One cub
had crept through the bars of the
cage and tumbled out and wandered
around until it had tired out and
gone to sleep. When one of the
men carefully picked it up it utter
ed a feeble cry. The scene that fol-
lowed made those men, used to dan
ger as they are, turn white with fear.
The tigers bent the bars of their cage
and the lions roared in unison with
the shrieks of the other animals. 1t
was a little pandemonium.
To attempt to put the cub through
the bars into the cage from which il
had fallen was certain death to who
ever undertook it, for with their
long foreerms and their curved ella as
the tigers would have torn to shreds
whatever had been in their reach.
Finally one of the cosler-headed
keepers took the little speckled,
sightless beast, and climbing up the
end of the den, opened a small hole
left for ventilation and dropped the
cause of all the trouble ut the feet of
its mother. She tender,y placed it
beside her other offspring. lay down
herself, and in two minutes the Gun
ning-looking kitten was taking lis
nourishment and everything 50 IA
quieted down. philadelphia Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

Edward Atkinson, the statisti-
clan, presents figures showing that
the railroads of the United States
give employment to 650,000 people,
and transport 400,000,000 tong OF
freight annually, one-half of which
is food and fuel and, furthermore,i it
is proved that the freight rates are
so low that the Eastern mechanics
can have a years supply of food
hauled a distance of 1900 miles fol-
the proceeds of one days labor. A
railroad blockade for a couple o.
weeks would open the eyes of the
werkingmen of the large cities, al te
the where and how and cost of theil
food supply.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

A novel habeas corpus case came
up in a Fort Worth court one day
last week, says the New Orleans
Times Democrat. Dora Lacy, a beau
tiful girl of nearly eighteen, had
been the recipient of much atten-
ton from two men-Moses Prince
and George Engler. Prince obtain
ed a marriage license, authorizing
any minister to perform the ceremo-
ny, with Miss Lucy and Prince as
principals. 1t was supposed the
lady's consent had been obtained,
and the newspapers published the
item. Edgler saw it in the morning
and fra~ntically rushed to the court
house and also obtained a license to
marry Miss Dora. Princes suit was
not favored by the lady's parents,
and they watched over her closely,
never permitting her to leave the
house without an escort. They,
however, favored Engle's suit.
When Prince found how things
were he employed lawyers and OBJ
tanned q writ Of habeas corpus, com
handing the girls parents to bring
her into court and show AUS why,
being of age, she should not be per-
mitted to marry Moses Prince, who,
it was alleged, was her chosen one.
The sheriff went to the house, and
there was a scene. Lacey and Eng
Ter were there ready to die in de-
tense of the girl, but the Sheriff ex-
ecuted the writ, and while Lacey
went to the courtroom, Engler hur-
ried away, aud employed the best
counsel in the city. it was bow
known that the men were having a
legal fight for a wife. and the court
room was soon packed with people.
Judge Furman called mp the case,
and the young lady was put on the
stand. She swore she was Is years
old in December last that her par
ents were not restraining her OF her
liberty, and that she had no desire
to go with that man pointing to
Prince The plaintiffs lawyer
evince1 the fact that Prince had rea-
son to believe that Miss Dora was
to marry him, but Judge
Furman remanded the girl to her
fathers custody.
1t is now said that Prince will en-
Join any and all ministers. justices
Of the peace and court officers from
performing the ceremony that he
has made his application, and a
deputy sheriff is at the girls gate
ready to serve any ecclesiastic with
the courts mandate. Both would
be grooms are well-knewn and we'll
to-do men.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
WILL YOU stER with Dyspepsia
and Liver Comsint? Shilohs vital
izer is guarantee, to cure you.
q. sBenford Il Son.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

WASHINGTON, fay 2S.-United
States Marshal Won to-day placed
on record deed 1.-The name of Al
bert 4. Wilson an wife to Grover
Cleveland of the Gen property at
the junction ofthe lnallytown and
Weedley Roads abe Georgetown,
the consideration beg $4,000.
The property had hviously been
deed d to Mr.. Wilsoiby Marie E
Green and George f. reen.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
An Eccentric Oil Well.

"The eccentricities of oil wells are
numerous" said a former operator
in the petroleum regions, "but if ev-
er there was a funnier oil well than
the one they put down at STANDARDS
Corners, in what was the Wellesville
territory, then | never heard of it.
The people of Stannard's Corners got
the the oil fever bad, and they made
up their minds that if there was oil
lurking around anywhere in the
bowels Of the earth the lurking plact
was straight down under Stannard'i
Corners. So they hustled some
money together amongst 'em, and
started the drill TO tap the lake o.
grease that was rolling and tossing
down among the subterranean rocks
The whole town-ffty men, women
and children, all told-hung around
that drill every day, and after two
or three weeks the tool tapped a vein
of gas. The town went wild over
this news. and performed a regular
green-corn dance around the well.
The driller thought he'd wait for fur
Their developments, so he drew his
tools and drove a big wooden plug
in the casing. Then he bored a hole
in the plug and put ia a pipe to
carry off the gas. But the plug
wouldn't stay put, the gas having a
2
strong head. So the people got
three or four dry-goods boxes, filed
Them full of stones and piled them
one on top of the other on the plug.
When bedtime came that night the
people left the well and went home.
Tney all got mp bright and early and
took their positions at the well again.
The boxes of stones were there all
right and the people felt that they
had the oil well fastened as tight as
a stick in a wise. While they were
all discu sing about what amount of
OF! she would flow when the real
sand was tapped there came a sound
as OF a battle close by. The store
boxes shot upward and onward.
There was a shower of stones and
splinters around the town for about
ten minutes, and the people took to
the woods. That's all there was to
the oil well. They went to work
again and put the drill down so far
that 1t seemed some Chinaman must
surely grab it and pull il into his
back yard, but they never got an
other smell of gas, nor any more
sign OF oil than il they had bored
into the walls of the Astor House
That one grand burst of imprisoned
gas exhausted he whole business.
and the STANDARDS Corners oil we'll
passes INTO oil region history as the
only n that eyer went dry without
there being a drop of oil in it to 90
dry.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
The Sick that was a Snake.

A gentleman farmer who accom-
panied the late Ohio farmers excur.
sion to Georgia. tells a good snake
story, and is willing to qualify to its
absolute truth. He says that while
hunting on Stone Mountain, twenty
miles from Atlanta, he met with q
"chain snake" as it is called by the
natives of that region, and is believ.
ed to be found in that State only.
About four o'clock in the afternoon,
as he was coming down the noun
tain. and as he was about to step
over a small stream that came tuD-
bling down the mountain. his foot
came in contact with what be sup
pesei 10 be a dead branch of a tree.
The supposed twig at once flew into
a dozen pieces, and one among the
number across the little stream. Up
TO this point there was nothing that
distinguished from it a dead twig.
1t looked like q stick, acted like a
stick, and had no perceivable char
acterislic to distinguish ii from a
stick. However, while standing
still a moment looking for the most
desirable point TO step over the
stream, be soon discovered that
what he had supposed 10 be a dead
stick showed signs of life, and that
it possessed the power Of self-move-
menL. II slowly entered into his
mind that there were queer things
in the " Empire State OF the South,
and that this was one of them.
Each of the half dozen pieces
showed signs Of life, and began
slowly 10 move about. Some stood
On end others moved about, and
as they came in contact fastened
themselves together, commencing at
what be afterward found 10 be the
tail. The tail piece erected itself,
the next piece came Waiting to it
and so on till the thing was about
three feet long, each piece jumping
to it's proper place and adjusting
itself with a click and a snap. 1t.
now began TO assume the form Of a
common snake. 1t had no head,
but otherwise looked and acted like
a snake, wrlggling around among
the broken rocks, standing on end,
and acting as though If was on the
hunt for something. Casting his
eyes on the other side of the stream
he beheld another section, which
proved to be a part OF the same rep
tile, acting In the same strange
Misunderstanding around, approach
ing the edge of the water, then re-
turning and acting as though it was
looking for something. The gentle
man, after enjoying the same war
dance or scalp dance, or whatever it
is called in snake dialect, perceived
that the part on the n side was the
head section, and looked as though
1t would exactly fit upon the larger
part upon the opposite side. After
viewing the spectacle for some time
he took his gun from his shoulder,
approached the larger part, and toss
it over the brook. Immediately
on striking the ground the head
strutted in the most dignified man.
.er and attached itself TO the larger
part, forming a complete snake, per-
iect in symmetry, gaudy in color,
and about four feet in length. His
sing and wriggling, it soon disap-
oeared among the rocks and under
brush. The snake is called the
chain snake and is perfectly harm
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

or course when a man is soud
and well ne don't care n copper lr
all the medicine on the face of th
earth. He has no use for it. Blu
when disease is eating bis life out b
wants the right prescription and h'
wants it right away. For that rea
son all who know what DR.. ketne'
dy's Favorite Remedy is turn to TIA
for help. and it never disappolits
them. And it is just as b%enehcialNC
new friends as it is to old one
Pleasant to the palate, and gentle i
its action.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
Orchard Work in June.

Much may be done in the way Of
anticipated pruning" by going
among newly planted trees and rub
bing off all shoots that appear where
branches are not wanted. By doing
this now the trouble of saving of
large branches some years later may
be avoided. Crafts that were insert
ed this spring, and are beginning to
grow, should be treated rs if they
were young trees and brought into
proper shape by judicious pruning.
If one bud on a graft takes the lead
of all others, stop it by pinching. In
short, treat a graft az if it were a
young tree planted in the soil, in
stead of being planted in another
tree. If shoots appear Cd grape
vines where they are not wanted, re-
move them. If an old tree has been
severely pruned, numerous buds will
appear on the old wood. These are
generally not wanted and should be
broken off as soon as they appear.
This will be a lively month with in
sects. The ~curculio attacks the
plums soon after the fruit is set.
Earring the trees and catching the
fallen insects upon sheet spread on
the ground it the only effective rem
edy. Plant lice often appear at the
ends of the branches of cherry, pear
and other fruit trees. If these can
be bent down and dipped into strong
soap-suds, the insects may be killed.
If out of reach, syringe them with
kerosene emulsion. This is so gen
orally useful as an insecticide on
plants that we repeat it here: Stir
kerosene with half as much milk
until no oil is visible; then dilute
with twelve times It's bulk of water.
This will kill almost all insects with
out injury to the plants.-American
AgrlcultariSt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
Pearre Missing aud HIS Bondsmer
$1,000 Out.

BALTIMORE, May 27.-J. G Pearre
was convicted more than a year ago
of attempted felonious assault on
Mrs. E. Kirkland, who was a board
er in the Albion Hotel. His room
adjoined hers and he walked on the
coping of the roof from the window
of his room to that of hers, through
which he effected an entrance to her
room. The case was carried to the
Court of Appeals and Pearre gave
bail in 5000. The Appellate Court
affirmed the verdict, which would
consign the accused to prison for
from two to ten years. When the
accused was called several days ago
to receive sentence he did not APP
pear and to-day his bondsman paid
the Sheriff 5000. This is the irst
instance of the collection of forfeited
bail in the history Of the Criminal
Court Pearre is still to be impris-
oned when found.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
Chicago Anarchists Indicted.

CHICAGO. May 2S.-This afternoon
the Grand Jury returned twenty-one
indictments into Court. The Clerk
of the Courts refused to allow any
one to see the indictments, but one
of the twenty-one it is definitely
known that six charge murder in
connection with the Haymarket
massacre against six persons already
under arrest at the County Jail.
Their names are Adolph Fischer,
Samuel Fielder, Michael Schwab,
Augdst Spies, Louis Lingg and
George Engel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
A sailors Queer Yarn.

There is a vessel" said an old
sailor on South street the other day
as he pointed to a large English ship
named The Evangeline," that wa:
being loaded at a dock, THAT | saw
sick in the middle of the ocean
This remark was sufficiently start
ling to arrest the attention of the
observer, who %thereupon took the
mariner in tow, and induced him t.
spin his yarn, as follows 1 was1n
a brigantine with a cargo of molfses
that we were taking from Nes Or
leans to Liverpool, when wesncoun-
tered a gale about a week Out ron
port that lasted two daysdnd nights,
kept as under the shc'est SAIL ana
drove US out of OF course. Inc
morning of the third day, when the
wind was pretty ssady but the sea
rough. we sighed a wreck on the
horizon with dag OF distress hoist
ed on q iurv mast. She was a large
bark. with III her spars carried away
and very low in the water. Upon
oettinc dose to her we saw thu: her
bulwarks had been carried away and
her boats all stove, and tlat the sea
was breaking owe hof. The crew
vas all on deck, ard exhausted from
working the pamps. We hove to .
about an eighth of a mile off and ! !
sent a beats crew out to her. They E
had hard work to keep from swamp !
ing or teing dashed to pieces against r
the ,ides of the wreck, but took oil 7
psrt of the crew and brought them
to US. The men told US that
the Evangeline-for that was her
name then as it is now-was sprung
amidships and was making water
very fast. and liable 10 90 down any
minute, for she hada heavy cargo.
sent out anotber boat to take off
the captain and tie rest of the crew
besides the shiDs instruments and
papers, and thse we had all aboard
inside of an hour. besides the cap
dog. The crew of the Evan
geiine saidthey had been working
for tweptr-four hours to keep her
ahoat, fixing turns at the pumps.
While Il making sail we saw
the EJhgeline sink almost to the
water eige, and then she gave a
lu.ch to port and went down with a
4lash beore our eyes" How far
sas this from land?" About two
thousand miles" was the reply.
9 Pretty near the middle of the At
The ship went to the bot
tom, which may have been a couple
Of miles down, and yet there she is
About a month afterwards
she Vas found floating not far from
where she went down, and beipg in
rood condition, vas picked up for
She had aboard Il cargo of
salt, and as sooa AZ this was melted
Jut of her she came up."-Grdphic.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
Nv dauphter. when Won no,o a..

My daughter, when you note that
the man who wants to marry YOU is
lust too awfnlly anxious to learn
whether you can bake a loaf Of
bread or wash a shirt with Chinese
dexterity, before you close the ne.
gotiations, do you just fy around
and ascertain whether that nan i:
either willing or able to earn enough
-four to make a biscuit, andifhe ha.
paid for the shirt he wants you t,
wash. Nine times out often, daugh
er, the man who only wants to mai
a.housekeeper, can be kept NOR
conomically in the w~orkhouse thai
can in your fathers house.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

A little girl who realized that hel
3-months-old baby brother was bale
and toothles S, and believing in the
efficacy of pr aver, added this Request
to her Nov I lay me down to sleep
ETC., the 9th err night: "Oh, Lord
do b'ess little Percy and give him
some hair an d some teeth"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

Ny liver was so fearfulldisorder-
ed and | felt SO feeble an, languid
that l scarcely took interesin any
thing. Tried all the so-calh RENE
dies without relief until | nd Par
ker's Tonic, which effected a\erma-
nent cure.-David Bash. LittIRock,
Ark.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

1t is beginning to be admitted
that the increase il cyclones is real
and not apparent. A great many
theories have been advanced to ac-
count for it. Electricity generated
by railroads, denudation Of forests,
cultivation of the soil, and other
causes have been assigned.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

l boughtnedicine in thirteen
states, but n.ing helped me till
got Ely's Gam Balm. In four
days | could Jar as well as ever.
am cured of sarrh as well. 1t is
the best medi,e ever used,-Gar
rett Widrick, .stings, n. Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

.hOuId not The Time count
ID ~ name of DR.. David Ken
-Rdl be associated in the pub
EphinEith the publication OF the
bod, the maine of Harvey now
with icirculaiion. For certain
" no OF medical man has done
as much that end as he has. And
is al important that people
should XIV that the result of his
labors arsithin reach of all in the
form of Kennedy's "Favorite
lEueniRg Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

An lniana farmer dug into a large
mound on his farm and found the
skeletons of p bodies that had been
buried face downward. and the skulls
ct all had been crushed in at the
back.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

Boards of Health endorse Red
Star Cough Cure as a speedy and
sure remedy for coughs and colds.
Scientists pronounce it entirely veg
etable and free from opiates. Price,
twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

|SHILoH's vITALIzER Is what you
d for Consumption, Loss Of APP
lie, Dizziness and all symptoms
Dyspepsia. Price 10 and 20 cent
lhottle. G. w. Benford & SOM
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

could scarcely speak; 1t w4
ut impossible to breathe thTn,
n nostrils. Using Ely's e.
b a short time the trouRnor
til disappeared J. 0. II
81 Merchant, Elizabeth,F
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

Bodily pain are instantly reliev-
ed BY the use of st. Jacobs Oil. Dr..
X. Butler, Mas ter of Arts, Cambridge
University, En- gland, says, ut acts
like magic.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09
4 rHRExoDY.


Dead ! Dead Dead,
So the wild seas cold lips kissed
I'd hearts that are ligbfst will know agriei
For them that shall ever be missed
Mourn Mourn Mourn,
For the dark clouds ofsorroW are nigh;
And weep til the heart is dulled with pain
And the fountains OfsOrrow are dry
Sleep Sleep Sleep
Tothe mnsiciof fairy shells
But the still, cold lips shall smile no more
At the sound of marriage bells.
All ! the star Of lie has set
In the gloomy aisles Of the deep;
And dear hearts breaking for a sweet look
OF eyes closed forever in sleep.
JEAK IxGLEsIDE.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

Not a Chinaman now lives in
Lewis county, Wyoming T., where
there were 600 a year ago. There
are said to be only IS now remaining
In Seattle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

hen Baby was sick, we gave her Cast0ria,
hen she was a Child, she cried for CastOria,
len she became Miss, she chung to CastOria,
Sen size had Children, she gave them Cas;eria
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

r lame back, side Rr;ce 25
shh's Porous Plastf Son.
cel q W. BeG
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

SHILoH's COUGH and assumption
Cure is sold by G. w. B,ford q Son
on a guarantee. II cuIeConsump-
ton.