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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Catching Terrapin.

In the shoal waters along the coast
south of Cape Henlopen terrapin are
caught in various ways Dredges dragged
along in the wake Of sailing vessel pick
them up. Nets stretched across some
narrow arm Of river or bay entangle the
feet of any stray terrapin in their meshes.
but these require the constant attendance
Of the fisherman to save the catch from
drowning. In the winter, in the deeper
water. the terrapin rise from their muddy
quarters on mild. sunny days and crawl
along the bottom. They are then taken
by tongs, their whereabouts being often
betrayed by bubbles.
Turtles viii rise at any noise, and
usually the fisherman only claps his
hands. though each hunter has his own
way of attracting the terrapin- One
hunter whom saw uttered a queer gut
tural noise that seemed to rise from his
boots.
Whatever the noise, all turtles within
hearing-whether terrapin or snapper"
will put their heads above water. Both
are welcome and are quickly sold to the
marketmen. The snapper slowly appears
and disappears. leaving scarcely ripple,
and the hunter cautiously approaching
usually takes him by the tail. The ter
rapin. on tine contrary, is quick. and will
descend in an obhque direction. so that
hand net is needed unless he happens
To come mn n.a~- ny, II ba is paa- a-,or,ei.
the man jumps for him The sme for
hunting is the still hour at either sun
rise or sunset.-St. Nicholas.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
SPEAK NO NJ.

Nay. speak no m: kindly word
Can never leave a sting behind.
And oh. to breathe each tale we've heard
Is far beneath noble mind
Full Oft a better seed Is sown
By choosing thus kinder plan.
For IL but little good be known
Still les Us speak the best we can
Give me the heart that fain would hide
Would fain another's fault efface:
How can il pleasure human pride
To prove humanity but hssei
No. let rs reach higher mood.
A nobier estimate Of man;
Be earnest in the search for good.
And speak OF all as best we can
Then speak no IN. but lenient be
To others failiEgs as your own:
II you're the first a fault TO see,
Be not the first 10 make il known
For life Is but passing day;
No lips may tell how short its span;
Then. oh, the little time we stay.
Let's speak OF all the best We can
Once Week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Queer Collection in the Dead Letter oalee.

Queer Collection In the Dead Letter once
No brief list could summarize the in
Vulnerable strange things that have fallen
into the hands of the dead letter office in
Washington. There are opium pipes and
packages Of rehned.opium, bottled speci-
mems Of different kinds Of mineral forma-
tions thrown up by the Charleston earth
quake. boxes of cartridges, percussion
caps, quantities Of firecrackeTs and tor
pedoes. false teeth. corn husking gloves.
every imaginable sort of kitchen utensils.
carpenters tools. horns, tambourines.
banjOs. harmonicas. gold headed canes.
and even spirit photographs"
Many Of the objects accumulated come
under the "unmailable" head. being Of
glass or pointed instruments" which
might damage the mails. Bottles or
surgical tools are not carried by Uncle
sam unless inclosed in wood or tin. One
hundred dollars worth of nuggets Of
virgin gold in a box came in a while ago
ana are awaiting a claimant. Likewise
a damaged plug hat. which had no ad-
dress. and a grotesque doll about the size
Of a baby. There are some gloves from
the steamship Oregon which were ia
days under water, though they seem TO
be fairly respectable now and might be
worn at a stretch. Some wedding cake
is exhibited in the museum that is fifty
years old.-Rene Bache in New York
SrrD
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
GlrI. b vermont.. celebralIss.

The most beautiful feature Of YER
mont's centennial celebration at BEN
nington was the triumphal arch, mass
i've structure, at least thirty-five feet
high. in its lofty turret was a throne
Of gold and national coiors, occupied by
Miss Lille Adams, Of Bennington, robed
as the Goddess Of Liberty. Just below,
on the top of the arch. were 12J girls,
selected from the public schools. clad IN
pure white and with flowing hair, who
sang patriotic songs accompanied BY .
cornet. as the parade passed beneath the
archway. Below these the arm arches
were filed with maideus. bearing IN
their hands banners einblaz0ned IN gold
and colors with the various coats OF
arms Of the states. At the banqnes
many notable ladies were present, and
the tables were served in part BY 800
young women in white.-Boston Won
ans Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

1t would clear away much misconcep-
ton if the popular body in cities, instead
Of being spoken Of and thought of as
local legislature, could be looked upon
and considered as board Of directors
One of the most important grants where
in the powers Of such body in cities
seem to pass beyond the functions of a
board Of directors is tine right TO adopt
ordinances which are enforced by the
police: but even as to this power it is 70
be borne in mind that city ordinances
have no original authority. They are
constantly declared invalid by the courts
because they contravene statutes of the
legislature or deal with matters not COW
cred by the grant of power to the city
corporation. The inferences to be drawn
from this discussion are two. First,
that the whole question as to what
ought to be the business Of the city and
as to the best method Of conducting this
business is fairly open to discussion; sec
ond. that the question is one involving
good judgment only. 1t does not in
yolve the liberties of the people or touch
any of the inherent rights Of citizenship
Seth Low in Century.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

A station not very far from Pitts
burg. on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, has the good old English name OF
Soho. In announcing it there is no op-
portunitv for the brakemen TO disguise
the word. as he is too apt to do with the
names OF other places
As train neared the town not long
ago the word was distinctly shouted,
and passenger was heard to say to the
man sharing his seat:
"How many towns in this part Of the
country have Indian names: Just think
of it-Soho, MonOngahels and Du-
ouesne. all near together.-Youth's Coln-
panion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
rhe Young o the See Dawn.

You may find in the sea devil a curious
illustration of natures system for ad-
justing reproduction The cod lays sew
eral hundred thousand eggs at a spawn
ing. because nearly all of them must
necessarily be lost while floating on the
waves and those which hatch are mostly
devoured- But the sea devil, which pro-
duces but a single young one at time, re-
tains the latter in its belly until the infant
creature is from four to six feet IN
length, so that when born it is able to
take care of itself and is in no danger Of
being Observation-Disclosures in Wash
inOton Star
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

In France man on entering the bonds
Of matrimODy renders himself legally
responsible. not only for the support Of
his wife. but for that Of her parents, in
case they should become destitute, and
the same obligation is incurred by the
wife in regard to the father and mother
Of her husband
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Only to BE Seen in Paris.

A beggar rather respectfully dressed
solicits aims from the customers seated
at each Of the tables outside a cafe on
the boulevards. On reaching the last
table, which is unoccupied, he counts his
receipts and. satisfied with the sum total,
sits down and in a tone Of Importance
calls out. Waiter. a bock!'-Paris
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Those Beau.lfuI AntIer..

Eastern Sportsman with fun assort-
ment of dogs, gu,-'. etc.EI hear that
over a thousand elk are killed in this re-
gion every year. What do you do with
the antlersy
Western Hunter-Sell them to eastern
hunters on their way me.-GOod News.
Fairs given to raise money for chari-
table objects have long been recognized
as among the quickest means known fol-
emptying pocketbOoks and loading IN
wary purchasers with all sorts Of things
for which they have no use, and the
prices demanded for the articles are sand
TO be usually quite ont Of proportion to
their value.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Why He Took Down the Fire Escape.

why He Took Down the Fire Escape.
A local hotel keeper gives queer ex-
snse for not having fire escape from
bedroom in the second story. He says
that he had one placed there year ago,
but the first two weeks three boarders
skipped their bills by its means and then
he had it taken out.-Springheld Re
Dublican-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

It's a great deal easier 70 see alleyia-
tons and 70 apply philosophical consoli-
tons in the case Of a friends trouble
than IN our own The one and only form
Of consolation which Is universally true
and applicable is that 1t might Do
worse" There Is no conceivable case 50
bad that this may not truly be said Of Il
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

Little Girl (weepingl-Somebody has
stolen my doll
Mother-Your doli Which one:
Little Girl-The oldest and incest one
of all-the one that didn't have any
legs or arms or hair or eyes or anything.
Good News
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

II is said that Alexander Rankin, the
Scotchman who succeeded John Brown
as Highland servant to the queen. has
obtained almost as marked an influence
in the royal household as Brown pos
sessed- He is the personal attendant Of
the queen on every journey.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

Aluminium has been suggested as a
material for coins, but there are objec-
tions TO it Il has always greasy feel.
due to the presence Of slight but un-
avoidable film Of oxide Of Aluminium
over its surface.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

Coal equalins that Of the finest Lehigh
valley grade has been discovered in
Brazil. the veins being from four to
twenty-five feet in thickness The mines
are situated at and near Sonora
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

In Bokhara and other parts Of Tur-
kestan where native ussges still prevail,
the customary salutatiou Is, May you
i've 40 years~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Ie Somerset Herald.
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of publication
,usbea every wednesday morning At p O
Inuum, II paid IN advance Otherwise q 81
,uvsrisbly be charged
.-bsoripaOu VIII be discontinued unril all
- are paid up. POstnSstsu neglectans
81, us when subscribers DO not take cut thsb
Al Be held responsible for the subscdP-
|ssuiben removing from one po~ionee to an
[. ,soula give us the name Of The former -
81 the present OfaOs. Add1e~
TIE soHKRsET HERALD,
SoHKRsET. PA.
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same Rar. ola chln. PIteher..

The naval battles and heroes Of the
war Of 1872 furnished many subjects for
use in decorating pitchers, and some
bear inscriptions far from fattering to
English vanity. With the portraits Of
Perry are the words Of his famous dis
patch, "We have met the enemy and
they are ours" With Lawrence, his
dying words, Don't give up the ship
With the likeness Of Decatur, who cap
tured the Macedonian. Free Trade.
Sailors Rights.
Then quickly met our nations eyes
The nDbest sight in nature.
A first class frigate as prize
Brought back by brave Decatur
With Commodore Bainbride, Of the
Constitution (Old Ironsidesl are his
words, ''Avast, boys. she's struck" The
old ballad says.
On BrAzils coest she ruled the roast
Whe1 BAinbridge was her captain
Neat hammocks gave. made OF the wave,
Dead Britons % be wrapped In.
Alice Morse Earle in Scribner's
Did il ever occur 10 you to think how
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Ru.Ls & COOPER
3 r 5. KISINIELL,

t.5s r-ofessional services 70 the citizens
ls-.-- 80 .Dd vicinity. Unless professionally
---i 81 esr be found al his ofhce on Main 81.
"a Diamond
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

Did it ever occur TO you to think how
wretchedly inferior as a runner man is
TO nearly every other living ereatureS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Some months ago the Democratic
press Of the country, acting on the sup
position that President Harrison was
about to make the judicial appointments
rendered necessary by the last congress,
criticised him for his alleged imlnoder-
ate haste to get his friends into Office.
He has not made the appointments and
doesn't propose to do SO until congress
meets again and these same papers are
on his back for postponing them for
effect until after the fall elections. One
of the strongest tributes to the excel
lence of the administration is the fact
the Democratic and Mugwump opposi-
ton can find little or nothing to criticise
in what il has done, but must needs
base their structures on what they al
lege it is about to do.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

The REPUBLICAN regrets to see that
the recent drive of the Mail at Mitch
ellis market. based on the assumption
that prohibition was driving trade from
this town. is being gleefully copied by
the papers in neighboring towns which
have always been Jealous of Mitchell's
supremacy. We are satisfied there is
nothing in this idea for several reasons.
First, our prohibition friends say
there is more liquor sold here than ever
there was, and that anybody can get it
at any time; secondly, if wheat receipts
are to be taken as an Indication, virtu-
Gus Mt. Vernon, strict Woonsocket and
pure-water Whites Mill siding cut Just
as much of figure as wide-open Park
ston, blind-pig Alexandria or free-and
easy Armour; thirdly, we are not will.
ing to believe that any OF the intelligent
farmers in Mitchell's trading territory
are willing to lose two Or three cents or
every bushel of wheat and pay 10 or II
per cent. more for everything they buy
for the sake of a glass of beer or two OF
+. three fingers of whisky.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09
Says the Argus-Leader, speaking o

Says the Argus-Leader, speaking Of
PETER and Simpson:
If ever two men have been reviled
and ridiculed and misrepresented and
held up to reprobation and contempt,
these two have. If this is what the Re
publicans call far treatment, preserve
us from their malice.
Both of these men have been graph
ically described in detail, as any freaks
or curiosities would be. but thei,
speeches have been also printed fully
and they have been frequently inter-
viewed by the Republican press, when
by no other means could their utter
ances have reached the public. If il
had not been for this fair and consider,
ate treatment both these men would
have long since dropped out of sight
Perhaps it has been rough on them te
print so much of what they said, bu
the Republican papers can not really bt
blamed for that.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

The editor OF The REPUBLICAN first
met Col. Jolley in the fall of 1882 as a
fellow delegate to the famous Grand
Forks convention when Pettigrew COM
bined with North Dakota and nomina-
ted John B. Raymond. Before this
combination was made cvertures were
made to Col. Jolley to allow the
anti forces to combine on him.
Jolley, however was loyal to Mr..
Hand and declined the proffered
honor though it would have been ordin-
ary politics for him to have accepted it,.
This high sense of honor is character
istic of the man in all his relations to
his fellow men and adds measurably to
his strength before the people at this
time. In fact his personal standing is
so excellent that even Senator Kyle
whose organ has not hesitated to malign
dead and gone Joe Bailey, is forced to
say to his Independent followers:
The Republican party, assembled in
convention in Aberdeen nominated a
man than whom there is none better OF
truer among the representative men OF
this state. 1 want to say that believe
there is not one thing TO be said against
his character by any one. He is man
who is one of the people, whose heart is
with the people of this state. trust
that no Independent will say one word
against his character in the coming
campaign. 1 want to warn my Inde.
pendent brethren and the Independent
party to keep hands off the character o.
John L. Jolley.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09


THE REPUBLICAN has no doubt that
the estimate of candidate Smith, pub
lished by the Sioux Falls Press and re-
printed generally throughout the state,
is pretty nearly the correct one. This
writer has known and known of H. w.
Smith since he was a. Republican
member for one term only-of the ter
ritorial legislature Of 1885, and has
no reason to doubt his personal unfit
ness for the position of representative
in Congress. But the issue of the pres
ent campaign is more than that, and
Smiths personality cuts only all Incl
dental figure He stands for all the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Under the caption of "Funeral Ser
mon by Rev. j. H. Kyle" the Huronite
prints the recent vile attack of the
Aberdeen Star, and comments as fol-
lows:
The Huronite, of course, regards the
utterances cruel, unjust, revolving
characteristic of the spirit Of hate
which seems to be rotting the heart out
of many Of the calamity leaders-but
perhaps there is no more effective way
Of making clear the villiany OF these
ghouls than to circulate among the peo-
pie the record just as they make it.
The reverend senator's method of ex-
tending consolation over the new-made
grave is surely not in keeping with that
of the Master he was pretending tc
serve when he suddenly fell into blood.
thirsty Indocrat politics.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09
The Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Dis
patch has the following significant par

The Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Dis
patch has the following significant par
agraph:
Some of the gentlemen who hold
stock in the Alliance elevator are of the
opinion that the buyer there should pay
as much for wheat as any other dealer.
The fact that outside buyers pay from
2 to cents per bushel more for wheat,
and seem to be anxious to get all they
can of the cereal, makes it somewhat
humiliating for the owners of the new
elevator who come here with grain and
have to sell to outsiders instead of their
own house. The buyer at their house
claims that the prices are higher than
the market will warrant, but this
must be mistake, else the buyers in
other towns would not be paying SO
much.
So far as we have observed an ALI
ance "middleman" is no more self-sac-
rifcing than any other kind.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

wild theories, the fallacious economic
propositions, the pessimistic views gen
orally of which the Independent party
is the embodiment. His election would
put South Dakota in the same catego-
ry with Kansas which is today suffering
from the crazy endorsement she has
given these theories. His election
would mean that the people of South
Dakota are in favor of the sub-treasury
plan, of fat money, of government
ownership. Of land loans, of the dozen
and one conglomerate and inconsistent
and Illogical notions that have already
made the third party movement by
word and laughing stock wherever
reasoning men are found. These are
the issues, and while Smith may be a
striking object lesson of what chasing
after these wild ideas may bring a
man to. for the purpose of the campaign
his name might just as we'll have been
Campbell or Price or Pease-or Mud.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Referring to the assertion OF the Edg-
erton News that the farmers had not
lost dollar by the failure of the Fidel-
ity company, the Bloomington Courier
says:
Not lost dollar! Has the News the
gall to say that Andrew Nelson did not
lose Sl7 40, or Hon. Geo. Norbeck SIS,
or Andrew Bye Sl7, or John Trondyold
SIS, or G. w. Brown $32, or Ringstad
Bros. ,s4S, or D. Charter S22- s166.40 in
clean cash taken within almost stones
throw of The Courier office?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Another scheme has been devised by
which to draw dollars from the pockets
Of the people who Senator Kyle says
are living in sod shanties, burning hay
and going almost naked and barefoot.
1t is amedal which Bob Schilling, the
Milwaukee agitator. is peddling
through the state for so cents, and which
the Ruralist is pushing the sale of.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09
Boss Loucks in his Ruralist rubs it i

Boss Loucks in his Ruralist rubs it in
our little man as follows:
There were many whose hearts were
huttering with expectancy but they
knew the sentiment to be strong that
the office should seek the man. We
hope it will ever be thus. More, we hope
that the time will come when man will
feel that he. has to make a sacrifice in
accepting office, and that public duty
alone is the impelling power that causes
him to accept Of office.
And the little man takes his medicine
just like any old party hide-bound par.
tisan would.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09
Republican State Ticket.
For Member of Congress,
JOHN L. JOLLEY,
of Clay County.

Candidate Woods of South Dakota
seems to be good deal the same kind
of farmer that some of the Democratic
papers of this state tried to make out
Candidate Wheeler OF Iowa is.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Argus-Leader: The Republican pa
pers are making great handle of Sen
ator Kyle's polite words regarding Mr..
Jolley. Evidently fairness and courtesy
in politics is hard for them to under.
stand.
Yes, from a party whose chief stoch
in trade is personal detraction OF splu
tocrats," "tools of the money power,
etc.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Just as the Democrats were prepar-
ing to congratulate themselves that
Tom Reed was to resign from congress
and retire from active politics he stands
up on both feet and denies the rumor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-10-09

Facts and Figures to emphasize the Importance
of buying here. These goods were bought direct
from manufacturers from one of the largest and
best in the country. We can show you the fin
est line of Plush, New Markets, Seal Plush
Sacque, Seal Plush Double Breasted Refers,
Black Cheveson Cloth Refers Cheviots trimmed
with Astrachan, Bedford Cord trimmed with
the best Beaver, Jackets trimmed with Mink.
We have great many others styles to numer-
Gus to mention