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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
A Western Duel.

a fight a tight"
The interior of a gambling hell in a
small mining town in Montana, i've
years ago. In the foreground Of the pic
ture stand two men who have Just risen
from their chairs and are facing each
other, their pistols half drawn and an
insane glare darting from their eyes. A
pack Of cards is scattered over the floor
where an angry blow has thrown them.
1t the cry of fight all the occupants ofthe
place gather around the eOmbatants-all
but the faro dealer, who sits ike a stone
and never moves, save to toy aimlessly
With the silver box before him.
Fair play cries a hoarse voice. "If
you're goin' to fight, fellers, do it on the
square"
'He says l discarded the ace O. dimuns
and showed 'er up arter the draw"
''You did"
ats a lie -
The strong arms twiteh nervously, and
a silence falls upon the crowd.
Here, Jerry, if you fellers mean busi-
ness, 90 at this think in a business-Kke
way speaks the hoars voice again. @Git
over to that end Of the room. Ike. Jerry,
you stand there. That's right. Now,
fire wen give the word. III shoot the
feller that fires fore l say to-under-
stand ?"
The two men face each other with pis-
tolls aimed, and murder in their eyes
Such a scene Is no novelty in that town,
but every time a duel like that occurs an
awesOme stiffness comes over all behold
ers. Every face is drawn with anxiety
every face except that of the faro dealer:
whose lips wear their habitual snake
I like smile.
zone ~
4 perceptible movement Of the muscles
as the combatants nerve themselves fol
the ordeal.
Two
Fingers creep slowly along the triggel
guards and rest firmly on the triggers.
Three ~
A simultaneous movement Of the index
/ fingers, short, sharp report, two harsf
/ groans that rise as one, and the two duel
its fall upon the rickety floor with 1
united weight that shakes the himsy
building from foundation to roof
Both are dead, and everybody, for 1
moment, is awed with the tragedy, saw
the faro dealer. He smiles rs before anC
taps his silver box.
/ Game. gentlemen -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Bitten by a venomous Cobra.

The African cobra is known as the
splitting snake" on account of its power
to throw its venom quite a distance into
the eyes of its enemy II is lazy rep
tile, save when stirred to anger, when it
cannot be equaled for swiftness and ac-
curaey in splitting or biting its poor vic
tim.
The splitting is accomplished by expel-
ling the breath sharply through the
mouth, so that the soapy venom flies
straight as pea thrown from a pipe into
the victims eyes
This cobra attains the length of six
feet, and is large and powerful. 1t is
doubly formidable from the fact that it
can swim in the rivers very swiftly, with
its snOut and beady eyes just above the
waters surface.
When l was stationed with my regi-
ment in Ceylon, had experiences with
the Indian breed of cobra that were very
exciting says Lieutenant Jephson.
My servants rushed into the bunga-
10 one morning, begging me to save the
life of a man who had been bitten by a
cobra. hastened out on to the veranda
to find crowd Ofmen and women bring
ing in man in state of semi-uncon-
sciousness. They showed me two deep.
red spots in his instep, where the ser
pent's fangs had been.
4" felt of his legs, and found that they
were already stone cold, although the
man had been bitten but ten minutes
before
drawing my knife from my pocket |
opened the sharpest blade and proceeded
at once to cut deeply into the mans in
step around the bitten part and cut the
flesh away. Meanwhile 1 had sent in
for a redhot poker.
"When the iron came / pressed its
glowing end forcibly against the wound,
soaring the flesh about the instep. Then
poured a quart of whisky down the
poor wreteh's throat as rapidly as posi-
bic.
@He was 50 paralyzed from the effect
of the swift poison that he suffered no
pain from the searirg of the flesh, but
murmered only;
Burn, DOry, burn
81 watched him anxiously for half an
hour, when he was able to open his eyes
Then 1 gave him more whisky, and
found that his pulse was much better.
Another hour found him able TO rise
after which l had the servants exercise
him as much as possible in order 10
counteract the deadly coma which con
stantly came on.
"The next morning the man was quite
well, save for the deep wound in his in
step. am sorry to say that he was al
ways lame afterwards, for it seems that
had severed a cord in his instep in my
surgical attempt But he became a sort
of a pensioner in my bungalow, follow
ing me around as a grateful dog would
do.
Il used to point to him with pride
when my guests were present and say, =
cured that man of a cobra's bite
There is a vine which grows in India
called the aristolochia indica which hai
cured many persons bitten by cObras,
am informed. They say that they crust
a young leaf and apply it to the wOunc
as soon as possible after the bite is in
flicted."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Woman Philosophy.

A woman will give up anything for
love except the man she loves.
You can make martyr of the mean
EST man on earth by killing him.
Wet his whistle often enough, and you
will make a musician of any man.
The only way to win victory is to go
to war, and run the risk of being whip
ped.
Something more than gray hairs is re-
quired in old age in order that it copy
with sarcasm
Humanity is a geod deal ike the cat
that is never so afectionate as when it
is hungry.
For every man in love, there are nine
hundred and ninety-nine nen who think
they are.
The smaller the town you live in, the
more people are interested when you get
your hair cut
Ifthere is anything harder than being
polite when you don't feel like it, we
don't know what it is.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
A Puzzle.

The following proposition is left for
the reader to think about
If there are more people in the world
than any one person has hairs upon his
head, then there must exist at least two
persons who possess identieally the same
number Of hairs.
This same proposition may be applied
to the faces Of human beings in the
world. If the number Of perceptible
differences between two faces be not
greater than the total number Of the hu-
man race, then there must exist at least
two persons who are to all appearances
exactly alike. When it IS considered
that there are about ], 800, 900, 600 persons
in the world, and that the human coun-
tenance does not vary, except within
comparatively narrow limits, the truth
Of the proposition becomes obvious, with
out applying the logical reasoning OF It
" y TRIBUNE.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
ACompromise A in High Art.


The rich old farmer who refused to
accept a painting Of a Biblical subject
on the ground that the artist had repre-
sented Eve as tempting Adam in the
Garden Of Eden with a Rhode Island
greening. must have had an artistic
sense, but little more discrimination than
that Of q North Side bank clerk, who re-
Gently received a small painting from the
brush Of his fsncee, who dabbles in art
a little for her own amusement
The gift showed an outdoor seene--a
lawn, with a hammock swung between
two branching trees; girl lying in the
hammock, and a pet cat ciiHging 70 the
| trunk Of one Of the trees, apparently
about to leap down into the hammock
/ beside her mistress
The young man received the present
with the most profase thanks, but at
length he remarked, vers earnestly.
ats perfect little gem, my dear, and
no mistake, but if you don't mind, l
would ike TO ask you question about
it?7
Delighted, 1 am sure. What is it,
Tom ?D
"And you promise not to be angry
With me for my foolishness in asking
it,"
aWhy, certainly; how could 1 ~
@Well, then, Mollie, would it be posi-
bic for you 10 metamorphose that eat
into a squirrel ~
"What an idea Don't you like eats ??
"Oh, yes, indeed. That is Why Z OBJ
iect.to your taking such unwarTanted
liberties with that feline
what do You mean
I "WeH, you see you have made your
eat come down the tree head foremost.
A cat can't do that a cat always backs
down. So you'll either have 70 reverse
that cat or paint a bushy tail over Der
back, and cut her head down little and
shorten her legs, and make her over gen
erally, 50 that she will pass muster as
squirrel"
The matter at last was finally cempro-
missed bv the conversion Of the cat OF
squirreD into a large knot-hole in the
side Of the tree, which left less room for
hvpercritical discussion Chicago NaA
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
A Snow Storm indoors.

On a very cold, clear night an evening
party was given in saloon in Stock
holm, Sweden. Many people were gath
cred together in a single room, and it be-
came 50 warm in the course of the even
ing that several ladies complained of
feeling i'll.
An attempt was made to raise win
dow, but the sashes had been frozen in
their place and it was impossible to move
them.
In this situation, as it was absolutely
necessary that air should be admitted, a
pane of glass was smashed out. A cold
current at once rushed in, and at the
same instant fakes ofsnow were seen to
fall to the floor in all parts Of the room.
The entrance of a frosty current into
an atmosphere which was saturated with
moisture had produced a snow fall in
doors.-Ld Nature.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Good Taste.

Only little cottage II was, but such
bower. Virginia creepers had been trans
planted from the woods and turned over
the front windows. The Old-fashiOned
shrubs and flowers grew in the dOOT-yard
lilacs and snowdrop SNOWFALL and roses.
A sweet honey suckle climbed over the
little porch at the front door. Morning
glories and cypress vines made the kitch-
en- windows haunt for fairies. Inside
every thing was scrupulously orderly and
clear and neat. The arrangement Of the
furniture was not haphazard, but sug-
gestiye in one corner Of industry. in
another Of leisure, in another Of study
and reading. The prints on the wall
were the fine selections from some Illus
trated magazine, with frames Of gilt
paper or black paper pasted around the
margins of the pictures. Here and there
was fastened to the wall birds nest, or
a fantastic bough, or some bit Of curious
bark, evidently gathered in woodland
rambles.
When dinner was served, the china,
though plain to the eye, had an exqui-
site feeling for the discriminating hand.
The napery was spOtless, carefully iron
ed and exactly spread upon the table
Each fork and spoon and dish knew its
place, and all was arranged in harmoni-
Gus lines, not thrown cu and left by
chance to arrange themselves. Each dish
upon being used was restored to its place
and not left to wander at will anywhere.
The food was simple and inexpensive,
but perfectly prepared. A potato baked
Just right is as dainty in q hut as in
palace. A loaf of bread wisely COM
pounded and baked is as palatable on
the table of peasant as on that of a
king. Cows yield their choicest milk as
freely TO one as to another. The meat
was not one Of the most expensive, but 1t
was so exquisitely cooked and favored
that no healthy palate but would have
rejoiced in it.
The sleeping rooms were like every
thing else, plain in their appointments,
but fresh and clean and orderly. The
coloring was quiet and restful. Expense
had been bestowed in the quality Of the
mattresses and blankets rather than in
lace and embroidery for display in the
bed-eoyering.
Over this h-bitation presided a lady
who was content with little, but who in
sists upon having that little in good taste
/ and substantial comfort.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Helping the Maids.


During the War of the Revolution,
while the American and British armies
were cOntending in Pennsylvania, Gen
eral Washington was in the neighbor-
hood Of Marietta, Lancaster county.
General Lee, with two or three aides-de-
camp, rode in advance, and stopping at
a wayside inn informed the landlord
that General Washington and his staff
officers would quauer at his house for
the night
This news, of course, caused great con-
fusion among the inmates Of the estab-
lishment They wanted to do honor to
the beloved commander, and hustled
about to have all things in readiness up
on his arrival.
Here, you" said the genius who pre-
sided in the kitchen TO General Lee, ig-
norant of his rank in the army, Just 90
cut to that woodpile and split an armful
for me- must hurry up, or I cannot get
good supper for General Washington. y
The officer, injoying the joke, obedi-
emily took up tIe axe, and soon the chips
were flying in ALL directions. He was
busily working away when General
Washington and his staff rode up TO the
tavern.
"Why, General Lee" said the Com
mander-in-chief, what in the world are
you doing?"
"Oh, replied Lee, lifting his head, 4
am helping the maids in the kitchen.
General Washington and his officers are
coming here for supper tonight"
Both generals burst into a hearty
laugh, in which their companions joined
and even the landlAdy, who had set the
general to work, enjoyed the joke after
she had recovered somewhat from her
modification.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
WHOLE NO. 2OS5.
An Essay on Flies.

The fly has some advantage over a
man. For instance, he has a pair Of
double compound eyes, and with them
he can see in any dirSction OF in all di-
rections at once without for an instant
turning his head
These eyes have 1000 distinct faces,
and all Of them have direct eommunica-
ton with the brain, so if q man comes
along on one side of him and lump of
sugar on the other, he viii be able to
watch both of them and stay for the
sugar so long as it is safe on account of
the man.
When he sees he can get the one and
dodge the other, that is exactly what he
does, and he does not have 10 twist his
neck in two trying to keep track Of the
opposite object.
The fly is particular about the air he
breathes. He hasn't a very big mouth,
and his lungs are small in proportion to
his body, but he is particular what he
puts into them.
Good green tea, such as the best OF the
grocers sell for a dollar stepped pretty
strong and well sweetened, viii kill as
many ies as drink it, And they will
drink Of it. lis estimated that pound
of tea and two pounds of suga= viii rid
a room Of flies in ten dsys-that is, a
/ small ROOM
Flies are yoracious eaters. They 90
not care SO much what they eat as when
they eat it. They are particular abOu;
regular meals They do not eat long at
4 time nor much at 8 time, but they eat
I often.
Careful observers have stated that 8
common house fly viii eat 4, 200 square
meals in twelve hours. One female fly
will produce 10000 young ones in a sin
gle day, and they viii develop so rapidly
as to increase two hundred-fold in weight
in twenty-four hours.
Scientists have never been able to tell
how a fly walks on the ceiling or rather
they have never been able to agree about
it. All Of them have told, but 70 two
are alike in their explanation Some say
the fly has au air pump in each Of bis
numerous feet, and that he walks up
there by creating a vacuum in his insteT
and allowing the pressure Of the air to
/ sustain him.
/ Others think he carries a minnie bottle
Of mucilage around with him and lubri-
Gates his hOofs with it, so that he can
stay as long as he wants to on any sur
face, no matter what the attraction OF
gravity may have to say about it. Be
tween these two schools of thought you
may take your ehoice.-CEicag0 Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
A Question that Startled MIR.
CIeWS.

Coming out of the court room one day
two lawyers were eonyersing.
That was a very bright reply, indeed,
said one and did it ever occur to you
that often such things lead to success in
business, as much so as some subtle man
euvre in trade, Apropos, quick repartee
is a wonderful weapon. Many a man
who imagined he was soaring to the very
heights Of eloquence has been cut down
by word. remember Of hearing that
on one occasion at a dinner Henry Clews
was making a speech, in the course of
which he referred TO himself as a self
made man.
Gentlemen" said he, am self
made man."
Shaking HE head vigorously, which is
as innocent Of hair as the outside of
an egg, he repeated, "Pm a seif-made
man."
He paused a moment. when William
B. Travers, who was present, said TO him
with that well known stutter that gave
point to his utterances
W-w-well, Clews, w-w-when y-you
made yourself, w-w-why didn't you make
some hair ?"-N J. Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Lies Mistakes.

Somebody has condensed the mistakes
of life, and arrived at the conclusion that
there are fourteen Of them. The greatest
of ali mistakes is to allow a simple eough
or cold to take its course, which always
ends in death check il in time and save
life by use ofPan-Tins Cough and Con-
sumption Cure. Price p cents.
Trial bottles free at G. W. Benford's
Drug Store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
The Workshops of Nazareth

The shops of Nazareth are primitive,
Unfortunately, the carpenters have in
troduced the modern novelty Of a work
bench, and no longer sit on the floor be
side the board at which they work, as
some related crafts still do elsewhere.
But their tools are very simple, and it is
interesting to notice them doing a great
deal at the door sill, in the light, which
with US can only be done at the bench,
They sit on the ground TO drill holes in
wood or to use the adze; but at best their
work seems very rude. Blacksmiths,
with tiny bellowsand furnace and small
anvil, find abundant employment IN
sharpening the simple ploughs and mat
tocks Of the peassntry, and making fold
ing knives for them, the quality Of (which
may be judged from their price, which
is only twopence or threepence. Shoe
makers also do a good trade, sitting, like
all other workmen who can do 50, at the
door or in the street, but their skill is
confined to slight, short boots Of bright
colOred leather, or to slippers, without
heels, which are all that one sees, as a
rule, even on the toughest roads
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
The Great Benefit

Which people in a rundown state Of
health derive from Hoods Sarsapsr1la,
conclusively proves that this medicine
makes the weak strong" It does not
act ike a siimulant, impartiRg fctit ious
strength, but Hoods Ssrsaparila builds
up in a perfectly natural way all the
weakened parts, puriies the blood, and
assists to healthy action those important
organs, the kidneys and liver.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Golden Bricks.

Till God stops to quarrel over ereeds,
We should not
It is unsafe to trust a person who is
afraid Of death.
The liar is wicked, and all who believe
liars are weak.
The world is learning that book edu-
cation is the least Of all.
There is a vast difference between a
gold standard and an honest one.
An honorable person never started a
lie, nor retailed one started by some one
else.
How few are they to whom the world
Is indebted for progress and great re
suits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
BEYOND THE GATES.

Sometimes in dreams see Il.
This city fair and grand
Its doors OF jasper brightness
Stand forth on either hand.
Twas here the pilgrim tarried.
And here good cheer awaits
The weary one who enters
AT the opening Of the gates.
Each window is an opal,
With hues born Of the noon,
Through which rich perfumes wander,
Caught from the air Of June.
And here are sandals waiting,
10 which the weary feet.
New-shOd in royal splendor,
May roam the shining street.
On, City Of the Beautiful,
COuld waking hearts forget
The garden where the lilies
Like crystal dskes were sete
Where heavens doves in sunshine
Like rainbows went and eamef
Where the sun woke swathed in azure,
And died on fields Of fame
Here. too, are fountains playing
To cheerthis heart Of thine,
And meadows flied with violets,
And winds a rich as wine
While each thing and beautiful
The loving soul awaits
When once the vail is rended
And we stand within the gates
Dear city Of the holy,
For the walks OF pain long,
For the love that mskeih lovely,
For the faith that maketh strong,
For thy green and growing eedars.
Thy lakes of silvery calm
For thy peace past comprehension
That foods thine isles sf balm.
Take Thou my hand. my Saviour,
The way is dark and wild.
Far OF "A star, the city, shines,
II beekons on thy child.
joy JOY then. come, the beautiful
myriad host awaits.
And heaven effnlgent fills my soul
Al the opening OF the gstes.
Christian Intelligence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
Eternal Vigilance

Is the price of health. But with all our
precaution there are enemies always
lurking about our systems, only waiting
a favorable opportunity to ass srt them
selves. Impurities in the blood may be
hidden for years or even generations and
suddenly break forth undermining
health and Fastening death. For all
diseases arising from impure blood,
Hoods sarsaparilla is the unequaled and
unapproachable remedy. 1t is king ol
them all, for it conquers disease.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-08
SEVERE TEST.

When a manufacturer, from years of
observation, has so completely satisfied
himself Of the universal satisfaction
given by his products that he feels fully
warranted in selling them under GER
tificate Of guarantee, It is very natural TO
believe that such a producer has implicit
confidence in the merits of his goods,
and that, too, not without good reason.
such confidence is possessed By the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
of Buffalo, = Y, in Dr. Pierce's Family
Medicines, and hence his "Favorite Pre-
scription" is sold by druggists, as no
other medicine for similar purposes ever
was, under p0sitirc guarantee that it viii
in every ease give satisfaction, or money
paid for it viii be refunded. IL cures all
those distressing and delicate ailments
and weaknesses peculiar 70 women. 1t
is not necessary to enumerate .he long
catalogue Of arrangements, both func-
tional and organic, Of the female system
which this marvellous remedy overcomes.
They are. alas, but too well known TO
most females who have attained woman
hood, to need more than hint to make
them plain to their understanding.
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A London letter says: Although an
Englishman invented the postage stamp,
it was an American who devised the best
plan ofprinting thecontenplsted stamps
His device was selected by the British
government in 1899 from 1900 compet-
ing designs.
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A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE

Estate Of Henry Barkman, lsie OF Milford Twp,
Somerset county. Pa, deceased
Letters of Administration having been granted
nv the proper authority. 10 the undersigned on
the estate Of Henry Barkman. lste Of Milford
toWnShip. Sonerset county. Pa. deceased. notice
i hereby given 70 AL persons indebted 10 said e.
tsfe 10 make immediate payment. and thO>e nav
ing claims against said estate viii present. them
dulv aurheuficsfed for settlement and allowance
10 the undersigned on Saturday, July 81. lsel. g
he late residence Of deceased,
CHARLOTTE BARKMAS.
iuue2l Administrator.