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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
A Shattered Mirror.

Hanging in Inspector Schacks room at
the East Chicago avenue police station
is a small dressing mirror. Though bad
ly shattered the Inspector would not part
with il for a large sum Of money, for it
tells story which, though true, is stran-
ger than ic.ion.
The littlemirror was once the property
Of George High, Of Nc. 81 Bellevue place,
aud was the means Of saving that gentle
man a loss Of about s2j,O)). About :
o'clock On the evening Of October s. 1856.
Mr. High, his family and several guests
were eating dinner. While they we're
thus engaged two burglars, who had eY-
idsntly heen 'spolting" the house for
some time, placed g ladder against the
rear ofthe house. BY that means one Of
The Uen reached the second story win
dow and entered the house. Walking
straight through the hall he entered
Mrs. Highs bedroom. That evening
Mrs high and her guests were going to
attend a reception, and their diamonds
and jewelry were spread out on the
dresser As the thief entered the room
his eyes caught the gems and he started
to possess himself Of them.
The small mirror hung in the corner
ofthe room opposite the mirror in the
dresser. As he reached out his hands
for the diamonds the thiefsaw what he
supposed was hand stretched out 10
grasp him. Il was the refsction OF his
own hand or the large mirror Te-refect-
Cd in The smaller one. Believing that
be WAS about to be captured the burglar
whipped out his revolver, turned quick
ly and fired. He hit the man in the
small mirror and forgot all about the di-
amonds. Raining to the window be
jumped upon the ladder and slid to the
ground.
Alarmed by the shot, the family rush
ed upstairs and found the room full Of
smoke and the smell OF gunpowder.
Looking o1t Of the window. Mr.. High
saw tao men running down the alley to-
wards Lake Michigan. In the corner of
tie minor was a bullet hole and broken
glass was scattered over the floor. The
case was reported TO Inspector S,hack,
but the climbers" as they are called by
The police, were never captured.
0ae DAY last week Mr.. High sent for
the Inspector and presented him with
the broken mirror. The Inspector wrote
a short history Of heaffair, had it franz
ed and ii hangs below the mirror in his
Office. .-chioggo later Oceni.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
A MAD POET

rushed into q newspaper Office recently,
and threatened 10 "clean out" the es-
tablishment, because they printed his
verses wrong. said he q" wrote, TO
dwell forever in a grOt OF peace and
You idiots put it a pot Of grease
The mortified editor presented him
with 4 vial of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. q years subscription and an
apology.
The litsle "Pellets" positively cure
sick and nervous headache, biliousness,
costiyrncss, and al arrangements of the
stomach, bowels aud liver. It's large
contract. but the smallest things IN the
world do the business - DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They're the small
est. but the most effective. They 90 to
work in the right way. They cleanse
and renOvate the liver. stomach and
bowels thoroughly but they do Il
mildly and gently. You feel the good
they do-but you don't feel them do
inc IL.
They're the cheapest pill You can
buy. because they're guaranteed 10 give
satisfaction, or your money is returned.
Yon only pay FOR The Goo9 you get
That's the Pecaliqr plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on, through
druggists.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
Honesty Does Not Paw.


There are many ways for a store
keeper to lose money, said cigar deal
er the other day, "but / think the most
sggrAvating thing is 10 lose the money
through an honest debtor
That's queer What do you mean ,"
@IfyOu've ever loaned money to friends
you viii knov exactly what I mean. II
you have ever left an honest aclu amt
ance have ~ you must know how be
has avoided you u aiii be could pay IL
Observe that use the word avoided.
cfrsn let a man have a few dollars of
credit here. Sometimes one Of my Gus
tomers get short and can't pay the debt.
Ho won't ask for more credit for fear l
might o. ject. lie has money, Of course.
TO pay RAINING expenses, but can't lust
pay of debt % you think be viii
come 10 the store 10 buy tie cigars he
needs every day Rarely. Instead OF
coming to ne and saving be cannot pay
OF the debt and then paying for the e.
garor two he gets, he goes 10 some other
store 10 supply his need. ! don't see him
for perhaps three OF four weeks. and
then he drops in 70 pay his bill. Then
he runs up another account and dissp
psars again. lie has vague feeling Of
shame about coming TO pay cash for a ei-
gar and not settling fer ais biil, and 50
lose that much trade.
s. Every storekeeper has this experi-
enee unless he does stricily cash bust
4 s. 15u simply dive your Gust ,mers
away when you don't want %. II they
could only understand that their trade
is desired in spite Of the debt II would be
different, but il is a characteristic ofhu-
manity and can't be helped. OF course.
dead beats DO not suffer from this feel
J g Of shyness, but those are not the
people whose trade I Kant."-Ch;oego
gri5aas.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
Good Husband.

A most delightful man, who is hand
some enough to cause many a maiden's
heart 10 fiutter, and who Is well enough
of to be a suitable cause in mammals
estimation for the auttering, was modest
enough to affirm that he remained single
owing TO the FAC: that he did not feel
capable Of making woman happy.
This very statement revealed the truth
that be would indeed be the man to make
one Of the best Of husbands. and in con-
sequence make very happy woman of
the girl he chose for bis wife.
It Is not the man who is afraid he will
not FL the bill in the matrimonial play
that is the one that fails signally in the
role.
II he ever ventures so far and asks
woman to be his wife she is pretty sure
that her life viii be pleasant so far as her
domestic relations are concerned. IF his
modesty is not assumed he will never
quite recover from the surprise at her ac-
cspting HIM, and be will always regard
her love as a possession that is exceed
ingiy precious and must be carefully
guarded lest it slip away from him.
No matter how many years they ale
married it will always be the same, and
the modest, unassuming bachelor viii
pr We the devoted, admiring husband 10
the end.
On the other hand the superb creature
who considers that he bestows a little
slice Of heaven with the giving OF his
name is the one that is going to make
girl wretched. He feels as if, perhaps,
he were too precipitate in his wooing,
and shows her by his actions, if be does
not tell her in so many words, that there
were many other girls just dying foT
him.
Ifmoney is scarce it viii not be he
that will suffer. His glorious form must
be arrayed in gorgeous apparel, his lunch
cons necessarily Of the finest and his
cigars the test, though perhaps at home
DIS y lltf AL 14itAlN AA40h tIA- ANfN
been one Of the dresses Of her trOusseau
many years ago, eats warmed-Over messes
and DOES her work.
He, in his pride, considers it enough
honor for any woman simply to fear his
name, and if it were suggested to him
that his wife was miserable he would
not credit such a ridiculous statement.
Girls, DO not be deceived by the gay,
showy men, who are essentially selfish,
and who could never love any one as well
as their own charming selves.
Do not let the fine figure, handsome
face and dashing air axe you snub the
quiet, modest chap who bushes when
You speak and appears a tritie stupid be-
fore the gay witticisms aud flow of talk
Of tie more dasEing rival.
The modest man is the one for the long
race, and, If your head is level and your
heart is in the right place, the evanes-
cent charms of the one viii be complete
ly swallowed up and lost sight of in the
substantial, lasting character of the
other
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
A Wildcats Leap.

How far can a wildcat j0mp2' Ex-
Sheriff J. ". Hoffman, one Of Pike coun-
tvs most nmoas hunters and soodsmen,
repeated. and then added, q am not
able 70 say how far a wildcat can jump,
but knoE how much space I have
known one to clear ia single leap. l
measured that leap and the distance was
Just thirty-three feet between start and
finish. and it Vas a standing jump st
that: OF, rather, it was a sitting jump,
for the animal was erouehing in the snow
when it made the leap. was hunting
in the woods nesr Little Log Tavern
Pond. ard cane upon the track Of this
wildcat, which followed q long dis
fance IN the snow. Suddenly the tracks
came to an end in a spot where the ami
NAL had crouched. ! looked around to
see What had become of the trail, and
two rods ahead Of me saw a bunch Of
phsasant's 5 feathers had been scattered
about. From that spot the track led on
again of toward a laurel swamp. The
situation was susceptible Of but one ex-
planation. The wildcat had been hunt
iny for his dinner, and had discovered q
pheasant wandering about in the snow.
The cat crept TO within ? couple Of rods
ofthe unsuspecting bird, and that being
near enough 10 suit his purpose, he gath
cred himself up into the animated spiral
spring the catamOunt family coil them
selves into when preparing 10 spring,
and releasing it, shot himself through
the cir, landing on top Of his victim, be-
fore the bird, quick as pheasants are,
eonld evade the animals leap.
aThe track and blood marks left by
the pheasant on the snow were so fresh
that thought / might oveTtake the
wildcat before he got into the swamp,
and get a chance to put bsll through
him. hurried ahead on the trail and
found thatI was closer 10 the marauder
than suspected, for I overlook him
with his prey still in his mouth. He
never dined on the bird. 1 sent q rife
ball plumb into his heart. He gave an
other mighty bound. That one was
straight up il the air The wildcat fell
back dead.
From the great length Of the leap
this wildcat made when he captured the
pheasant, which, as l said, measured
iust thirty-three feet, I had expected TO
find him o young and healthy specimen
Of the kind. / was, therefore, greatly
surprised TO discover that he was very
old, poor and lank, aud almost toothless.
The animals hunger had doubtless spur
red him 10 the great two rod leap. If
not, and the jump was an evidence OF
what a superannuated wildcat can nstu-
rally do, l weuldn't be surprised TO know
that young and active catamount could
clear at least twice as much at a bound
with the greatest ease" ."-NeD York Sun
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18

I have been troubled with chronic oa-
tarrh FOR years. E'y's Cream Balm is
the only remedy among the many that l
have used that affords me relief.-E. W.
Willard, Druggisi. Joliet, I'll.
I have been troubled With catarrh for
ten years and have tIied a number Of
remedies. but found 10 relief until pur-
chased bottle o. Ely's Cream Balm. !
consider it the most reliable preparation
for eatarrh and cold in the head.-Geo.
F. Crandan, P. NJ, Qnonochswntaug,
RI
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
RuckIen,s Arnlca SaIve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, OF no pay re-
quired. It is guaranteed % give perfect
satisfaction. or money refunded. Price
p cents per box. For sale by J. y. Suy-
der.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
Strength and Health.

Ifyou are not feeling strong ard heal
thy, try EleciIio Biiters. II la Grippe
has left you weak aud weary, Use Elec-
tTic Bitters. This remedy acts directly
OF Liver. S.omaeh and kidneys, gently
aiding those organs to perform their
functions. If you are afflicted with Sick
Headache, you viii ind speedy and per
manent relief by taking Electric BitteTs.
One trial viii convince you that this is
The remedy you need. Large bottles on
y soc at J. \. sny yder's Drug store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18

Dttscurgh Female College a q
Z CONSERVATORY OF music Piffsbure. Pa
TO teachers Unsurpassed advantages. Superior
home comforts and care. Ssth year begins Sept
10 send for catalogue 70 the President
luly-e-om- A II. NO RCR0SS, d. D.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
$4,000 Reward

for a recipe that VIII enable Us TO make
WoIFF's AcsIE BLAcKTSG at such q pricc
that a retailer can proftably sell it at Zoe
bottle. This oferis open until Jan 1sL 1893.
WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
'ld furniture painted with
PIk-RON

(this IS the name Of the paint, looks like
stained and vanished Eels furniture. One
coat viii do it A child can apply il. You
can change pine to q walnut, or q cherry
70 mahogany; there is no limit to your
flacies All retailers eel it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
Sale TO cOmm,nce at 10 O'Clock, A. N.
Sale 70 comm,nce az 10 O'CLOCK, A. N.
JoHN HAMER,
Treasurer of Somerset County, Pa.
TREAsrRER's OFFIcr
Somerset, April ls. 1892

?. s.-Persons paying taxes on any OF the lands
advertised before the day OF sale, viii be charged
- cents for advertising and fees.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
MIDDLEcREEK.
NORTHAMPTON.

BEDFORD Cunning, Jr...--.--.--. 20 6
Bedf0rd Joseph.---------.----..--- Il 3s
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
RIFFS HYDRAULIC ENGINES.

These machines raise water 20 feet
high for every foot FIJI on the machine.
They supply from TO 20 gallons Of water
per minute, and will raise to any height
up 10 260 teet, and any distance up TO ten
miles They are especially adapted for
furnishing wafer for small towns, factO-
res, steam mills, daiFies, and for irrigst-
ing purposes, Each machine is
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
] AUl4frou jaust,---, ,
Mineral Leases.
SOMERSET.
SOUTHAMPTON.

Mineral Leases.
255 Brown J. Wilcox, MostOller John. %
Ii3 q Uriah--. Il
20 Pile Emanuel....... II 81
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
TREASURER'S SALE
UNSEAPED LANDS.

Agreesbly 10 the provisions Of an Act Of As
sembly OF Pennsylvania. Sirecting the mode of
selling unseated lands for taxes passed the lath
day OF March. A. d.. ISIS. and the several supple
ments thereto, the Treasurer Of Somerset County,
hereby gives notice that unless the school, Coun-
q, Building and Road Taxes due on the follow
ing unseated lands paid before the day OF sale
the whole such part OF such traact or par el OF
land as viii pay the taxes and costs viii be sold
at the Court House, in Somerset Borough, on
MONDAY, JUNE 13. 1892.
for the arrearages of taxes due and costs accrued
thereon:
ADDISON.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerset

Krissnger Kurtz Berlin Pa and P J. Cover Son. Meyedae
REMENBER-Thiae exempt themselves ta
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13
GEM : STEEL WIND MILL.

WITH GRAPHITE BOX ES.
Never requires oiling or climbing
Of towers. Guaranteed more
durable without oil than other
mills that are oiled.
Practically this mill requires no
attention. Truly a gem and worth
its weight in gold. It combines
beauty, strength, durability and
simplicity. Governs itsel: perfectly
is easily erected and sells on its
merits. In fact it is the best mill
on earth. They are geared back
three toe one-the wheel making
three revolutions to one stroke Of
the pump-making them run in
the slightest breeze. The mill is
made entirely Of steel and cast
iron. Each one Of our Gem Mills
is warranted. If not satisfactory,
freight will be paid both ways and
money refunded. Send for cata-
logue; mailed free. We also carry
Pumps of all kinds, Tanks, Pipe,
Fittings, Hose, etc.
WOODIN & LITTLE,
312, Market St., San Francisco, Cal
a12
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13
Election Notice.

AT meeting of the Democratic
County Central Committee held at
Carson City, April, %, 1892. That
a Primary Election he held on Satur-
day May the 18th, 1892 for the pur-
pose of electing nine delegates to a
State Convention to be held ut Wins
nemucca May Goth 1892 ordered that
the delegates to said convention be
apportIoned rs follows: Carson Z,
Empire 2. Polls at Carson City at
Curry Engine House; to open at 1
o'clock and close at 6P. NJ. Judges
at Carson City S. Fl. Day, Geo. Cow
ing Jr., J. r. Newman; Clerks NJ.
r. Elstner and O. 4. T. Gilbert.
Polls at Empire Precinct, at James
Hopes Ice Cream Saloon. Judges at
Empire Precinct William Kinney,
Samuel Longabaugh and Joseph
Walters, clerks w. NJ. Lang and J.
Hickey.
Il. COM, Chairman.
EDMUND JAMES, Secretary, Demo-
cratic County Central Committee.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13

Look Out for the Street Parade
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13

The Chicago Herald, one of the
most powerful and representative
organs Of the Western Democracy,
has carefully prepared a list, by
States, of the National Convention
Committee on Resolutions, which is
as follows:
Free Silver-Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Indiana, Iowa, Kans-s, kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten
nesses, Texas, Wyoming, Washing
ton, West Virginia, Arizona, New
Mexico--2S.
"Anti- free Silver - Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine. Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jer>
sey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Wisconsin-12.
Doubtful - California, illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Vir-
ginia-6."
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13
VICES DEFENDERS.

vice on record are the supposed good
people.
In Oakland there is a rascal named
Bennett who has for years posed in
connection with Society for the
Suppression of Vice.
He is regarded by his pious as
sociates as man without guile, but
men of the world knew him, for
what he really is, lecherous cunning
fraud. He has for years been prowl-
ing about in search of victims and
passes himself off as a single man.
In this guise he seduced young
girl under promise of marriage.
When the facts came to light, his
pious associates formed corden about
him and vowed that they would de-
fend him to the last, claiming that
they did not believe the charge, but
facts were of so pronounced char
acter that they could not be gainsaid
and the revelations came so thick and
fast that escape for the rascal seemed
impossible. But his attorney made
the discovery that the seduction had
taken place at such time that the
neglect of the girl to prosecute,
placed him outside the pale of the
law, by the statutes of the legislat>
ure.
So Bennett cannot be criminally
prosecuted. This caused great re
joicing among. the pious members of
his bogus society not that he had
been declared innocent but that he
had escaped the whip of justice.
One would naturally think that |
they would drum the scoundrel out !
of their camp with coat of tar and |
feathers, but the minds of some peo-
pie are so constituted that they re
gard an escape from justice on
technicality as equal to vindication
of character.
The society does not propose to
ALLOW any of its own set convicted
of criminal conduct. They only
propose to suppress vice in Others.
Look at the case of DR.. Parkhurst
of New York. He alleged certain
indecent exhibitions in low houses.
He was contradicted by the Chief of
Police. To prove that he was right,
he went to the houses in disguise and
the women gave their lewd exhibit
lions that the police claimed never
occurred.
Clearly he had proved his case and
so on the evidence he caused the ar
rest of the Adams woman. When
she got into Court she found she
had some strange allies. The re
ligious people of New York, and the
pulpit of that metropolis were all
arrayed against DR.. Parkhurst and
for the miserable prostitutes he
was fighting. Professional jealousy
caused the pulpit to attack Park
hurst.
When Editor Stead, of England,
charged that virgins were bought and
sold every day like sheep to feed the
NAV of London lust, he was pro-
nounced liar by society. Then he q
proved his charge. Then i
society rose up, aided by the pulpit, /
nd fought Stead until they landed s
him in Jail.
The man who fights vice will dis :
cover before he gets through that he I
must also fight the subsidized press t
Of big cities, the subsidized pulpit, t
md society, the owner and purchaser I
Of both.
There don't appear to be such !.
positive demand for the abating of p
7ice as some people think. n
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13

The silver men will have rousing
silver meeting at Virginia City to-
morrow night. Carson should at
least send delegation of silver men
to help the den lz:ration.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13
PRICES

General Admission. .....S1 90
Back of Orchestra Railing. ..... 90
Box sheet now open at Harris
drug store. No extra charge for re-
serving.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-13
CREOSOZONE!
Will Rid Fowls, Birds and Swine
of LICE.

One thorough application Of
CREOSOZONE to the roosts will
drive every chicken louise out Of
the house in "a hours.
RGeIt is an absolute disinfect-
ant. Sold only in quart cans; rs
cents.
Four cans, So, Express Prepaid.
Reno Manufacturing Co.,
a12m Reno, New.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-09-09
NuDSLIS6ISG BEGINS.

Where was John McGraw during the
WARP" asks blatant demagogue. We
know: He and this editor were away down
IN Maine. wearing short pants and longing
for added years that he and other youth of
that day might bear arms.-Hoquiaan
WaSkiagtonidn.
II seems to be as impossible for some
men who profess TO be politicians to keep
from mudslinging as for the North Ameri-
can poiecat 10 keep from creating a nolsome
stencil, which smells strong at first but
evaporates and disappears in sunlight. Sc
attic Press Times
IL the Press zfsses is right. land we have
no inclination to dispute its proposition.
then it is just as impossible for majority
of the republican papers of the land ito
keep from mudslinging as for the North
American polecat to keep from crsating a
noisome stencil which smells strong at first
but evaporates and disappears in sunlight,
! for during the campaigns Of 1884. 1883, and
80 far in 1892 the principal attack against
| Cleveland is because he was not in the war
But there are great many men who die
| no, go to war, such as Blaine, Whitelav
| Reid, Mitchell, Dolph, Scott and others.