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Remarkable Salt nennsiis

In Lincoln county, on the Rio
Virgin, is one OF the most remark
able deposits of rock salt on the
continent. 1t is found in hills 500
feet above the level ofthe valley,and
chemically pure. Blocks of it over
a foot square are so transparent
that one may read a paper through
them. So solid is this salt that it
must be blasted out the same as il it
rock. This deposit of salt lies
about threo-quarters of a mile west
OF the Rio Virgin and three miles
south of the Norman village of St.
Thomas. There a body of this salt
is exposed for n length of nearly two
miles. which is about half a mile
wide and unknown depth. The
deposit runs north and south, and is
seen on the surface for a distance of
over nine miles. In place the can
ons have cut through it to a depth
of sixty feet At these points the
Hike company formerly blasted out
the salt required in working their
ores. This great deposit of salt is
situated at an altitude of LOO feet
above the level of the sea. It is
undoubtedly very ancient, as in one
place it has been coyerered by a
flow of basaltic rock. In other places
it is covered to a depth of from one
to five feet with volcanic trifa. At
Sand Springs, in Churchill county,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

The reports received ut the hydro
graphic office from mariners of their
success IN using oil upon troubled
seas are on the increase and show
that the practice is meeting with
general favor.
Captain Lewis OF the brig Maria
w. Norwood, reports that on Febru-
airy 4, ne encountered a heavy gale
and had to heave-to. Three Gags
filed with pine oil were hung over
at the bow, waist and stern and not
a drop of water came on board at
terward for three days. The oil
spread well to windward as the YES
sci drifted. The captain and mate
declare hat they will buy oil for
this purpose out of their own pock-
cts rather than to go to sea without
it.
Captain Tregaathen. British
Steamship Marmanhense, reports
that on March 2, off Hatteras, when
in a very strong northwest wind, be
used oil with good results. After
using the oil he says, the vessel rode
much more easily, could be kept
head to the sea, and no water came
on board, the sea being without
combers for thirty yards to windward
of her. Il shall be ready he SAYS,
TO use oil, and feel no hesitancy in
stating that with the proper use of
oil | will be perfectly willing to en-
counter the hardest gale that ever
blew" and intends on the first occa-
sion that offers itself, to stop the
engines, place several oil bags to
windward, and let the vessel drift as
she will, feeling sur that the vessel
will be as safe and comfortable as
possible. | only regret not having
tried the experiment before, as OPP
portanIties have offered themselves,
and wonder that ship owners, in the
face OF so many successful expert
ments, fail to supply their ships with
appliances for this purpose. Bark
James A. Borland reports that she
met terrible weather on her passage
from Brazil. Captain Davis SAYS
that the hurricane which visited
New York during the latter part of
February struck his vessel on the
26th of that month, when she was
in the middle of the Gulf stream of
Cape Hatteras. 1t lasted for two
days and came again on March 2,
and again on March 10, when the
vessel was on the eastern edge OF the
Gulf stream much of the time the
decks were submerged and the YES
sci bad to be kept before the wind.
IL was necessary to calm the vio-
lence of the sea in some way. and
Captain Davis had resort to the use
of linseed oil. He placed large piec-
es OF oakum saturated with oil in
bags, and let the oil drip slowly in
To the sea. The effect was marvel
Gus. the oil completely breaking the
edge and sharpness of the waves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12
edward Everss. Hale o. Education.

Icame home from school at the
end of the first month with a report
which showed that / was ninth in a
class of fifteen. That is about the
average ranksswhich | generally had.
| showed it to my mother, because
l had to. l thought she would not
like il. To my great surprise and
relief, she said it was a very good
report. l sad thought she would
be displeased, because | was so low
in the class. "Oh," she said, that
is no matter. Probably the ether
boys are brighter than you. God
made them so, and you cannot help
that. But the report says you are
among the boys that behave well.
That you can see TO, and that is all
| care about The truth was that
at the end OF the report there was .
sort of sub-report of " Rank as re-
CARDS conduct alone" as if conduct
alone were not the most important
affair in earth or heaven.
In conclusion he says that his x
perience with schools and with the
college teaches him to distrust all
the mechanism Of education. One
comes back to Mr.. Enersons words,
=" 1t is little matter what you learn,
the question is, with whom you
learn" There are teachers to whom
am profoundly and eternally in
debted. OF all those with whom |
have ever had to do, | owe the most
to my father, my mother, and my
older brother.n-Ih Forum.
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be.ides the salt that NAV be shovel

besides the salt that may be shovel
ed up from the surface, there is
found a deposit of rock salt fourteen
feet in depth. This salt is as trans
parent az the clearest ice, and does
not contain q particle of any foreign
or deleterieus substance. 1t may be
quaried the same as if it was mar
bic. 1t is said that one man a
quarry and wheel out five tons a
day Of this salt. 1t is only neces-
sary 70 grind it to render it tit for
table or dairy use. Sixty Or seven
ty miles north of this, at the eastern
base of the Dun Glen rage of noun
tains, is the great Humboldt salt
field. This is about fifteen miles
long and six wide. In summer,
when the surface water has evapora-
ted, salt to the depth of three or four
inches can be scraped up from the
surface. Beneath the surface is a
stratum ofpure rock salt of unknown
depth. This rock salt is 30 hard
that in order to get it out rapidly
it is necessary to blast it. Were a
branch railroad to run to n of
these deposits, salt would soon be a
cheap article in the United States.
As there are in the same localities
great quantities eff soda, borax and
other valuable minerals, it is prob
able that the day is not far distant
when some of them will be tapped
by branch railroads which could be
cheaply laid down through the level
districts.-Dduoa (NeU.) Reporter.
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Joseph Stanton. John McMahan,
f. Steele, Author Connolly, Charles
Whitney, George Miller, J. II. Viii
son. Fl. H~alverson, Ed. Barrett, j.
Mitchell, Charles Fink, John A.
Dyer, Miles Murphy, John Reed. p.
Sullivan Thomas Reddin, H. Kru-
ger. Joseph Norman, F. Halda, John
Henson, 4. Flavin, n. ]. Shannon.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE
Inspector Bonield has just been
seen at the Desplaines street station,
and a V concerning to-nights
trouble in the Old Hay Market:
After Parsons had concluded his
speech, Sam Fielding, another no
torious Socialist, mounted the wagon
and began to address the crowd.
His address was of the most infiam-
matory description. He called on
the men to arm themselves and TO
assert their rights. He finally be-
came so violent that word was sent
to the station which was only a
block distant, and Inspector Bon
field at the head of 125 men march
ed to the place where the meeting
was in progress. Bonheld called
upon the crowd to dispense, and
Fielding shouted out to them from
the wagon: "To armsl"
The officer once more called on
them to disperse, when suddenly
from behind the wagon which was
Is feet from the front rank OF police
two bombs were thrown in between
the second and third ranks of men,
with the effect already stated. The
second firing which was heard about
an hour ago proved to be nothing OF
consequence. No one was hurt.
On a table in the station house
where the wounded policemen are,
one poor fellow lies with terrible
bullet wounds in his breast. A few
feet distant a man with tattered
clothes and a mortal wound in his
side is lying insensible on a cot.
Around the room on chairs with
their legs bandaged up and resting
on supports of different kinds, are
some Is or 20 officers who were
wounded by the bombs. Not a
groan or complaint is heard from
any Of them.
Another officer who was found in
a doorway where he had been car
ried, or where he dragged himself,
has Just been brought in frightfully
wounded. There are same 20 of the
Socialists in the cells in the base
ment. Nearly all of them are wound
ed, and one of them, a young tel-
low of about 20, is dead.
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Finy Year, Ago.

The winter apparel of boys even
fifty years ago would be an interest
ing subject. We lack the pen of
General Oliver to do it justice. The
change from those days to the pres
ent is something wonderful. India
rubber boots and shoes were not
then invented; great coats were
among the rare things; boys clothes
were generally made over from dads
dress coat trousers were cut down
and travelled through successive
boys and finally cut up to piece 9TH
er clothes. Boy tailors were I'M
heard of. Seamstresses passed from
house to house and fixed over the
boys clothes, cut Gown and made
over. etc. fla boy had a grand
mother, he could count perhaps on
a pair OF wooden mittens ; otherwise
he went without. To purchase such
things was little thought of. In the
houses no furnaces, few stoves, bed
rooms as cold and colder than barns
nowadays: warming pans foI beds
at night in constant use, as the bed
clothes were like two cakes of ice.
Washing was done by first breaking
through the ice found in the pitcher
over night. All cooking done by
wood fires, and better done than
that of the present day, in spite of
our modern Improvements.
All that can be said of the boy of
half a century ago is that the fttest
lived. No wonder that consump-
ton claimed its thousands and tens
of thousands, both old and young.
The wonder to US of to-day is how
any one ever lived through the win
tiers of those days; and yet the boys
in my opinion, had a better time.
had more real enjoyment than is the
case with boys of to-day. Toys,
sleds, skates, balls and marbles were
costly and rare. The boys saved
their pennies for a whole year to be
able TO buy a pair of skates. Christ
mas presents were unknown. New
year perhaps, brought round some
thing, and then most generally a
something useful rather than play
ful. To-day boys no longer treasure
their things. They get them for the
asking, without effort on their own
part, and they are consequently held
in light esteem. This has engender-
ed carelessness, dependence and
want of forethought in our boys.
The future seems all cut oui for them.
They have only to sail along the
placid stream of life, and when tri-
ais and financial disaster come, as
they do TO most all of human kind
SOONER or later in life, there is les
manliness and tenacity of purpose
in fact, less integrity-than formerly.
When l went to Charles w. Green's
school in Jamaica Plains, | had six
cents a week pocket money, on con-
dition | would put three cents. each
week in the bank. There was no
room here for extravaganza expendl-
ture, and my parents did not intend
there thould be, but | got more out
of my three cents than boys do to-
day out of three dol.ars-that is, OF
real satisfaction. The subject is an
endless one in all its bearings and
no less interesting than of advantage
as displaying the trials and hard
ships Of our fathers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

Accused # Grave Offence

WASHINGTON. April 29.-The
principal charge against Gen. Rose
Grams upon which his confirmation
as Register of the Treasury is held
by the Senate, is said to be suborna-
ton of l.eIjury in connection with
alleged public land frauds in Cali
fornia. The Senate has been inform
ed that the facts are of record in the
Supreme Court, and committee is
to investigate them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12
The Slaves of Drink.

Guthrie says of the slaves of
drunkenness, "Of all slaves they are
the most helpless. Other sins drown
conscience, but this, reason and con
science too. More, perhaps, than
any other vice, this blsts out the
vestiges of that divine image in
which we were originally formed,
and reduces man to the lowest deg
radation-lower than a beast. Smites
him with the greatest impotency,
in such slavery as that of iron TO a
magnet is the poor besotted drunk
ard to his cups. He who is a
slave to man may regain his self
respect. cherish his wife and love
his children and raising his fetter-
ed hands il prayer to Heaven, may
preserve and present in his very
chains the image of God but yon-
der wretch with beggary hung on
his back, dissipation stamped on
his bloated fa~ce-dead to shame, or,
hanging his head, and passing old
acquaintance with averted eye
degraded before the world, and ex-
PEELED forom the communion of the
church-lying III the gutter-or
beating his wife, or cursing his fly
ing children, and in his sober mo-
ments cursing himself-ahl he is a
slave indeed. What hope for the
man who reels up to the bar of judg-
ment, and staggers drunk into his
Makers presence? Let his fate ex-
cite your fears as well as your pity.
| say with the Apostle, "Let him
that thinketh take heed lest he fall"
Have | no. een many, whose spring
budded with the fairest promises,
live to be a shame and a SORROW and
q deep disgrace? And, though it
were revealed from heaven that you
yourself should never fall, is there
nothing due to others Does not the
bloody cross, with its blessed victim
call upon every Christian to live not
to himself but to think Of Others
welfare as we'll as his own? Every
man must judge for himself to his
own Master he standeth or ne fall
eth. But when | think of all the
beggary, and misery, and shame,
and crime, and sorrow, of which
drunkenness is the prolific mother,
OF the many hearts it breaks, of the
happy homes it curses, of the pre-
cious souls 1t ruins, | do not hesitate
to say that the question of absti-
hence deserves the prayerful con-
sideration of every man, and that,
moreover. he appears to me TO con-
suit most OF the glory of God, the
honor of Jesus, and the best inter
ests of his fellow men, who applies
to all intoxicating stimulants the
apostolic rule, Touch not, taste not,
handle not. In regard to no sin car
it be so truly said that our adver-
sary, the Devil. as a roaring lion,
walketh about seeking whom he
may devour.
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Peter Cooper,s illustration of Usury

Mr.. Cooper was always a careful
and prudent business man. He was
always opposed to the methods of
many merchants, who launched out
in extravagant enterprises or bor-
rowed money. for which they paid
exorbitant rates of interest Once,
while talking about a project with
IN acquaintance, the latter said he
would have to borrow the money for
six months, paying interest at the
rate Of three per cent. 4 month.
"Why do you borrow Tor so short
a time?" Mr.. Cooper asked.
Because brokers will not negoti-
ate bills for longer"
We'll, if you WISH" said Mr..
Cooper, IL will discount your note
at that rate for three years"
Are you in earnest?" said the
would be borrower.
Certainly [ am. [ will discount
your note for $4,000, for three
years. at that rate. Will you do it?''
"Of course | will said the mer-
chant.
Every WELL" said Nj. Cooper.
lust sign this note for $4,000, pay
able in three years, and give your
check for $500 and the transaction
is complete.
"8ut where is the money for me?'
asked the astonished merchant.
You don't get any money was
the reply. your interest for thirty
six months at three per centum per
month, amounts to one hundred
and eight per centum, or s10,S00;
therefore your check for $500 Just
makes us even"
The force of this practical illustra-
ton of such an eXnorbitant price
for the use of money Was such that
the merchant determined never
to borrow at suclt ruinous rates, and
he frequently used to say that moth
ing could have so fully convinced
hin as this rat1er humorous pro-
UOsal by Mr. C.sOnpr
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

You can't work to much purpose
unless you are well, but you can
build up your health and strength
with Parker's Tonic, and work will
then become easy. 1t sets the lungs,
liver and kidneys in working order.
Coughs and colds vanish before it.
Take it in time.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

HUNTINGDON, April 29.-William
G.. Wilson, M of the proprietor
and editors of the Saxton Herald
met with a violent and sudden
death this morning. While driving
near his home in West township,
this county, his horse became fright
ened and ran away, throwing him
out of his vehicle and breaking his
skull and neck. He was but nine
teen years old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12
The Indian population of this
country is said to be diminishing at
the rate of 5000 or 5000 a year.

| was troubled with catarrh for
fifteen years. Ely's Cream Balm has
opened M no>trils and reduced tho
infiammation-iny ives can now
stand strong light.-N. Fegley,
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12
SHILoH's CURE will Immediately
relieve Group, Whooping Cough and
Bronchitis.
Geo. w. Benford & Son.

We should have better preaching
if the preachers were all sound and
healthy men. Calvin may have had
the dyspepsia. bat it did lin no
GOOD as u tlenlogiab. A Methodist
Minister, Of Hartford, Conn, writes
that DIR. ktnnedy's" Favorite Rem
edy" cured him of chronic liver dis
ease and indigestion. His brethren
of all denominations are respectful
ly invited t. note the fact. Sick
preachers are In poor condition to
proclsim the gospel news. Sound
bodies aye wanted.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

How many bald heads you see.
Work, worry, disease, dissipation
These do ii. Parker's Hair Balsam
stops falling hair and restores gloss
and youthful color. Exceptionally
clean, elegant, a perfect dressing, not
greasy. Prevents dandruff.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12
::HAcKMErAcK" a lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price % and 80 cts.
9. ". Benford Il Son.

Dozens of letters II day pour in
upon DR.. DAvii Kennedy, of Ron
dout, N. Y. from people who have
been benefited by using his popular
preparation called kennedy's Favor
tie Remedy. And they often Illus
trate what this remarkable medicine
accompil,iles III some nes and hith-
erto untried field OF operation. Not
infrequently patients come long dis
tances to grasp the Doctor by the
hani and express their gratitude for
deliverance from pain. Troy On.
" DdiLY Times.
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st. Jacobs Oil deadens pain and
makes the lame wall. Major Ar
mold, of the Occidental Hotel, San
francisco, Cal. ~ss completely cur
ed of rheumatism by its use.
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When i--rita,ion oftha TN

When irritation of the throat caus-
es a tickling cough, 8 Red Star
Cough Cure. which will effect imme-
diate aud permanent relief. One OF
Brooklyn's Board of Health officers
recommends it as purely vegetable
and perfectly harmless. Price 25c.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

NY daughter and myself, great
sufferers from catarrh, were cured
by Elyi> Cream Balm. NV sense of
smell is restored.-C. NJ. Stanley.
Shoe Dealer, Ithaca, N. Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

A lady attended a funeral In a
country church. After the singing
of a hymn a man who was sitting
beside her remarked: Beautiful
hymn, isn't it, ma'am ? The corpse
wrote it."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

The Rev. GEO. II. THAYER, of
Bourbon, Ind. says both myself
and wife owe our lives to SHILoH's
CONSUMPTION CURE" Sold by
G.. w. BENFoRD & SoN.
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For several years / have been
troubled with ca!arrh. Ely's Cream
Balm has proved 10 he the article de-
sired. l believe 1t the only cure
i. B. Coburn, Merchant, Towanda,
pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

For DYSPEPSIA and Liver Com
plant, you have a printed guaran-
tee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vial
izer. 1t never fails to cure.
G.. w. Benford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was n Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When size had Children, she gave them Cas;Oria
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

ARE YOU MADE MISERABLE by indi-
gestion. Constipation, Dizziness, Loss
of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shiloh's
Vitalizer is a positive cure.
G. w Benford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

SuILoH's CArARRH REMEDY "a
positive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria
and Cauker Mouth.
G. w. Bentord Il Son.
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A NASAL INJECTOR free with each
bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
Price 80 cents a bottle.
G.. W. Benford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

Vermont produced over 100000
pounds OF maple sugar this year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

Why WILL YOU cough when Shi-
loh's Cure will give immediate relief.
Price 10 cents, 80 cents, and 81.
G w. Benfofd & Sen.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-05-12

Europe is said to have an svaila-
Bile military force of 100000 sol
diers.
Savannah morning news., 1886-06-29
The Decreased Death Rate.

We called attention on Sunday to the
great decrease in the death rate tor the
week that closed Friday, June 25, over the
week which closed June IS. AS pointed
out some days ago the deaths for the
weeks ending June II and Is were almost
wholly among very young coIored chill
dren. The large death rate excited pub
lie attention, and caused an inquiry to be
made by the Health Officer as to the rea-
sons for it. The result of the inquiry has
not been made public, but there is no
causes than those already stated in the
MORNING NEWS.
The number of deaths VAS only alf last
week what it was the previous week,
which indicates that the discussion OF the
death rate question has Deen productive
of good. What the colored children want
is better care. When they are sick they
ought to have good nursing and medical
attention. Unripe fruits and stale vege.
tables ought to be kept away from them.
1t is of course impossible that colored
children, as a rule, should have as good
care bestowed upon them as white chill
dren, because their parents haven't the
time nor the means which white parents
have for that purpose. 1t is certain, how
ever, that colored parents are responsible
for a great deaf OF unnecessary neg
lect. The fact that among the
better class OF cOlored people the
death rate, so far as children are con-
cerned, is about what it is among white
children, Is pretty conclusive evidence
that neglect is the main cause of the high
death rate among the children OF the
poorer cOlored people.
1t is noticeable that the high death rate
among colOred children during the third
week of June was not confined to savan-
nah. In New Orleans the total number of
deaths for that week was 149, and of that
number SO we're children under years OF
aye aud 50 under 1 year.
That this city is in a very healthy con-
dtion is shown by the remarkably low
death rate among the white people for the
weeks when the death rate among the col
ored people WAS so large as to attract
general attention.