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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

The Georgiaus Of the Caucasus are
nice looking men-one OF two decidedly
handsome, IN an unkempt sort Of way.
Features Of an oriental cast, but fair
skins. gray eyes and remarkably broad,
thick eyebrows are their most proIni-
nent characteristics. Looking al them,
one can believe that the Georgian wom-
en- deserve their fame better than good
many reputed beauties. Their dress
consists Of three principal garments
long outer cost Of serge, called a tcho-
cha mot kaftan, which Is a short cOatli
a lighter one Of linen underneath, called
archalueh, and confined by a leather
belt OF kanari, and q pair Of tight
trousers thrust into high boots Of the
regular oriental pattern. Some Of them
have invested in patent leather shoes,
wLsch shows that they have an eve FOR
western glitter. The length Of the
tchOcha and the high boots make them
look taller than they are. They seem
big men, but the talest hardly reaches
3 feet 8 inches, and most Of them are
considerably shorter-as indeed BELTS a
race Of horsemen.
They carry three weapons-sword.
dagger and pistols-al Of antique make,
ard for the most part elab0rately inlaid
with silver. The sword, or chmai, Is
very much curved, almost the shape Of
4 Persian scimeter, with a beautifully
worked haft. The dagger, or hanjah, Is
a weapon IN the use Of which they are
peculiarly ezpert.-London Saturday
Review.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

An immense glacial field has been dis
covered IN the unexplored region OF cen
tral Idaho by F. 3. Schermerhorn, geol-
ogist and mineralogist. Under the date
Of Ang. s he writes as follows:
"As l came over the divide into Big
Creek ! saw away TO the west, among
the high mountains, what appeared TO
he q glacier. Inquiry at Big Greek de-
vel0Ped the fact that though two Of the
men in camp had lived there several
years they had never been able TO get
mp 10 that snow. They also told me
many had tried It and failed. All had
tried 10 take horses with them deter
mined TO go ON foot
''As | advanced the signs of the white
man decreased until they disappeared
altogether. The country through which
| made my way was the widest I'D
roughest Of any through which / ever
Travelled in point Of grandeur and pic
turesque beauty. The view from the
peaks rivals anything IN mountain seen
cry IN the United States.
'Beneath the glacial field found a
series Of glacial lakes. The glacial feds
are quite extensive. They probably
cover nearly as great an ARIA. though
not 50 thick. as the great glacial fields
Of the Alps examined sixteen terlni-
nal m0raines. OF this number eleven
were recedins, four stationary and only
one advancing. None that / saw ex-
tended more than 1900 feet below the
snow line
Ihe writer says that the glaciers are
located about thirty-five miles south
west Of ShOup, amid a number Of very
high peaks that are not down on the
n,aps.-Boise Cor. San Francisco Chron-
icle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

An electrical application, which Il
only waiting until electricity can be as
extensively distributed as water 10 be
generally adopted, Is the electric fire en-
gine. Il is even now being used 10
limited degree. in an experiment AZ
the late Crystal palace electrical exhib;-
tlon the motor was worked on a circuit
at a pressure Of l0j volts. With this
pressure. when running at about 45O
revolutions per minute, the pump pro
PEELED s Jet OF water from a l-inch noz-
zle TO q height Of 100 feet. the water
pressure being seventy-fve pounds per
square inch
With two delivery hose pipes on al
once, having nozzlss respectively one
inch and seven-eighths inch, the motor
ran al $50 revolutions Der minute and
the pressure was foriy-fve pounds to
the square inch. the two jets rising 10 q
height q about eight feet. The com
binati0n Of an electric motor and a
pump has manifest advantages over the
steam IRE engine, provided a supply Of
current Is available.
In the case OF the latter II Is always
Necessary 10 keep up steam, 50 thai time
VII not be lost when an alarm Is sound
Cd, and the fact that the motor Is in
stzntiy ready for service as soon IS
current Is turned on makes Il obviously
better adapted 10 many conditions. Il
Is beyond question that the day viii
soon come when the distribution Of cleo
trlcity vii be 50 general that the pump
operated by an electric motor viii ba
the most important piece Of fire fighting
apParatus.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
Honse Of Aluminium.

The Chicago leasehold trustees VIII
erect upon their ground at the north
west corner Of State and Madison streets
a building the fronts Of which VIII be
composed Of aluminium, bronze and
glass. This viii be the first instance Of
which this metal entered into the struc-
ture Of a building. The building VIII
have q frontage OF 62Iz feet on Statean
l06 on Madison and VIII be sixteen
stories high The aluminium columns
VIII be Of a soft gold color. The build
ing viii be Of steel construction, and its
interior VIII be finished in elegant style,
including mosaic floors, marble walls,
etc. The possibilities Of aluminium have
been pronounced infinite, bnt neverthe-
less the fact that il is to be used in the
onter construction OF a great Office must
excite extended notice.-New York Tele-
gram
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05


In India diamonds are found IN ailu-
vial workings and IN the original gsngne
or bedrock. 50 far diamonds have been
found in sta. both IN the upper and
lower Vindhvan rocks. These consist
Of a series Of shales, limestoles and
ssndstones. cut up and much mixed with
intrusions Of trap. A species OF con
glomerate made up Of what looks Ike
felted hornbiende, with embedded Peo-
bles Of jasper, serPeatine. quartz and
sandstones Is the matrix IL which the
diamond Is found.
When exposed TO the action Of the
weather, as IN shallow workings, this
eouelomerate Is Of a rusty brown color
and very fria5le, so that It can be readi-
lv broken and the gangue washed away
leaving the pebbles, which are OF q
white, red, blue and green color. A
load Of gangue Yields about q quart Of
pebbles, and If from this carat weight
OF diamonds is recovered the mine Is
considered worth working.
OverIying the diamond conglomera1e
are beds Of hard sandstOnes and shaies,
which have 10 be cut through before the
diamond gangue Is met In the deep
mines the gangue Is extremely hard
and tough and Of a green blue color. 1t
requires months Of exposure 70 the at
mosphere and frequent sprinklinSs with
water before the matTix becomes sufh-
GENTLY friable TO obtain the pebbles
without breaking them.
All attempts to crush the matrlz with
out destroying the included diamonds
have hitherto failed, and owing TO the
long delay before the results are known,
the natives seldom work the conglomer-
ate IN the rock workings unless It Is
somewhat decomposed and softened by
the weather. The pebbles are about the
size Of kazelnuts and are generally
Opaque. The presence Of green pebbles
Is considered a good sign by the native
Mining and Engineering.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
The coyote in a New Character.

When FL Paso was q little village
called Franklin it was the boast of old
timers that hydrophobia was unknown
in the southwest save when the from
tierslnan was exposed TO the bite Of the
skunk. OF recent years a new danger
has been added TO life upon the plains
from the attack Of the coyote or wild
dog Of the plains. Under normal cir
cumstances the coyote is a cOwardly
animal But due 10 some fact unknown
to the writer Of late years coyotes have
been frequently known IN the southwest
TO attack travellers in broad daylight or
To sneak upon them when wrapped up
in their blankets resting, unsuspicious
Of danger.
Five deaths occurred last year from
this cause, one Of them near Albu-
cueraue. Lieutenant Britton Davis, Of
Chihuahua, Mexico, on Saturday in
formed the writer Of three fresh cases,
one the son Of a bishop. OF the other
two the lieutenant had just been in
formed by one of'the victims in person,
who had been bitten when asleep at the
haciends Of Corralitos. They were two
brothers, one having died of the effects
Of a bite in the head, the remaining one
having arrived in person in El PasO
seeking medical assistance.-El Paso
Tex Bullion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
Erearations at Tunis.

Il Is announced from Tunis that e1-
cavations are now being made In the
famous two headed hill mentioned by
Virgil. which hill Is situated about
eight miles from Tunis. Many inter
esting remains have already been IN
earthed, and It Is confidently hoped that
better will follow.
4 temple Of Baal Saturn, which has
been almost entirely laid bare, is at
tracing particularly the attention Of
the French archRologists because Of its
peculiarly interesting statues and bas-
reliefs. The building Is situated at an
elevation Of over ! eco feet, and this is
another proof that the Carthaginians
practiced their religious ceremonies on
hills.
On all the statues Of the gods to which
the temple is dedicated the names Baal
and Saturn are found together, which
would seem to indicate that to fatter
their Roman conquerors the Carthagin-
isns had added TO the name of their
chief god that Of the highest Roman
deity.-Chambers' Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

DR.. Henry c. Cooper swears by this
remedy for cholera. One ounce Of cam
phor should be dissolved IN six ounces
Of spirits Of wine. and a small bottle
should be given TO any intelligent per
son who will undertake to administer it
70 his poor neiehbors when they are
seized with cholera or any Of its symp-
IONS. The following instructions should
be carried out at the same time with the
utmost care and attention to detail:
On the appearance of any cholera
symptoms, such as vomiting, purging,
sudden weakness, coldness, cramps or
spasms, instead OF administering brandy,
whisky OF any other kind Of medicine
mt the patient TO bed instantly, covering
him warmly, but not overloading him
with bedclothes. Then, without a
moments unnecessary delay, administer
for an adult two drops mot more) OF
the camphor mixture on little pounded
sugar in aspoonfulo Of cold OF iced water.
Five minutes after let him take sec
ond dose Of two drops in the same way,
and in i've minutes more third dose.
de can Llsu wall lCll Va
TO see whether or not there is q sense OF
returning warmth. with disposition
toward perspiratiOn, and manifest de-
crease Of sickness, cramps, etc IL the
Improvement is not satisfactory two
drops more Of the mixture must be
taken, as before. and the dose must be
repeated every FIVE minutes until four
teen drops have been taken.
In administering the remedy particu-
lar caution must be observed that the
patient be not allowed to take anything
Of that sort or kind while the medicine
is operating, or It's effect viii be de-
stroyed, for the least foreign medicine
neutralizes the camphor, which IS given
to check vomiting and TO produce a
free warm perspiratiOn.-Pittsburg Dis
match
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

Our happiness, If we are bird lovers
indeed, waits not upon novelties and
raritieS. All such exceptional bits Of
private good fortune let the fates send
or withhold as they win. The grand
spectacle itself VIII not fail u.s. Even
now, through all the northern country,
the procession IS getting under way.
Fer the next three months it VIII be
passing-millions upon millions; war
blers, sparrows, thrushes, viroes, black
birds, hycatchers, wrens, kinglets, wood
peckers, swallows, humming birds.
hawks. with sandpipers, plovers, ducks
and geese. gulls. and who knows how
many more:
Night and day, week days and Sun
days, they viii be flying. now singly OF
in little groups, and fitting from one
wood or pasture to another; now in
great companies and with protracted all
day or all night flights. Who could ask
a better stimulus for his imagination
than the annual southing of this mighty
host? Each member Of it knows his own
time and his own course. On such a
day the snipe will be in such a meadow
and the golden plover in such field.
Some no doubt will lose their way.
Numbers uncounted will perish by
storm and food; numbers more, alas. by
human agency. As | write, with the
sad note of bluebird in my ear, can
see the seabeeches and marshes lined
with guns. But the army viii push on;
they will come TO their desired haven,
for there is a spirit in birds also, ''and
the inspiration of the Almighty giveth
them understanding. ."-Bradford Tarry
in Atlantic.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
A s.hoon.r 60 b. a whale.


The schooner Lulu hes on the ways al
Captain Hunts wharf. at the foot Of Z
street, in quite q dilapidated condition,
her bottom scraped as though she had
been drawn across the hight, and about
a quarter Of her rudder missing II al
happened in this way:
The evening Of July 10 Captain Ed
Burke was at the wheel, sailing north
ward under a stiff breeze. The vessel is
Of five tons burden and was loaded with
81 tons Of fish He was just OF Point
Canovas, 30 miles south, and was home
ward bound All at once the little craft
reared ND out Of the water, the stem
went down into the sea, and a crashing
told that something unusual had hap
pened.
John Fitzhughes was sitting forward
near the port rail, and he went over
board head first, but in his descent he
grabbed q loose line that hung over the
side. The vessel next raised out Of the
water from the middle, as If forced up
bv q powerful jaclscrew. She went up
ike a flash and fell back just in time 70
right herself Then something struck
the rudder a powerful jolt, and the
tiIler threw Captain Burke sprawiing to
the deck. BY this time Fitzhughes had
managed to climb aboard, and huge
whale. appearing 10 be wounded, threw
water from MS spouting apparatus al
over the vessel The monster swan
rapidly away, scouting a. irregular but
frequent intervals, and the tive salts goi
on their knees and offered up thanks for
their safe deliyery.-San Diego sun
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

The number Of persons killed by wild
animals in the Madras presidency in
1891 was 279, or eighty-three in excess
of the corresponding number for the
previous year. The increase occurs
mainly under the head Of tigers" and
''other animals" the number Of deaths
under the former head having amount
ed in the districts OF Canaan and Yizag-
apatam alone to forty-four and 105,
respectively, as against twenty-three
and eighty during 1890. The increase in
CANAAN is possibly due, as explained by
the collector, TO more careful registra-
tion.
During the year 1891 there We're fifty
nine deaths due TO the depredations Of
tigers in the central provinces, while in
the previous year there were 103. Chan
ds. Raipur and Hoshangabad districts
were the principal haunts. One nOtori-
ous man eating tiger in the Chanda dis
trict. finding that things were getting too
warm for him, disappeared. -Four tigers
were killed between Itarsi and Bagra.
which has been the haunt Of several
man eaters. The famous man eating IL
gress in the Raipur district was killed
in May last, but there is still an old Of
fender at large in the Hoshangabad dis
trict- Since the close Of 1891 two tigers
and a man eating panther have been ac-
counted for.-Chicago Mail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
Authors of Famous Hymns.

1t seems 4 singular fact that apparent
ly nothing in literary way will relegate
a writer to oblivion so surely as 10 be the
author of world famous hymn.
Take few instances:
Nearly every one has heard or sung
the line OF shall We Gather at the Riv-
err and yet how many know even the
name Of the author, much less the fact
that be is living?
The writer is the Rev Robert Lowry,
D. D., resident of Plsinfeld, y ].
In Richmond, H., lives DR.. s. Fillmore
Bennet. To how many Is the name IA
miiiar, yet TO whom is his familiar church
song. The Sweet By and By" not
known?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

One day Russian vlllage official was
riding with me in search Of some strayed
horses. The black soil was like dust,
and he sighed heavily as his mare sank
in the light stuff
"Ah," he said, what land is this? Il
Is ike a woman broken with sorrow.
How can she find food for her childg-
HAS it been so ali summer asked.
Not SO. indeed. There was frost in
spring. and men said Frost and fair
weather But then came the dryness,
and though mass was said in the fields,
II went 10 nothing. And then we dug
up the drunkards'@
The what
The drunkards, your honor. Often
II Is, that when the drunkards are pulled
out Of their graves and flung into pools
Of water, that rain viii come; we know
not why. But not only rain came, but
hail and fierce storm and fire. and with
cred the little that was grown. Then
after that. dryness again and now he
shrugged his shoulders, 1.-The famine
Must there be famines@ asked.
Surely" he said with a smile: "the
grain We have is soon eaten. and then
what
VIII no provision be made for the
future:'
Who should make pr0visions Now
we can buy much and eat much; after
ward-well, the little father viii not see
rs die.'
So depending on the car and public
charity, they rest content in making no
provision for the future.-Temple Bar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

81 see by the papers that some young
lady fisher Of men at an eastern summer
resort recently landed a mermaid a foot
long and as black as ebony" said Isaac
Bergman recently in the r9tunda Of the
LindslL. = once had a stranger catch
than that. / was whipping a stream in
New Hampshire for mountain trout
when / landed a creature half man and
half eel Its head, neck and breast were
perfect, barring hair, OF which it had
none. Il might, however, have been a
patron Of the submarine ballet. Its fingers
were webbed, and from the waist down. il
was a Shiny, wriggling eel. The eyes
were black as sloes and had vicious
look. The creature was perhaps four
teen inches in length and as hard to hold
as a 10-pound trout. put il in my pail,
and it at once began a war Of extermina-
ton on the other inhabitants, killing
them all in a very few minutes Then
il began 10 chafe at its confinement,
striking and biting at the sides Of the
pail. 1t kept this up for several hours
and then fioated TO the top Of the water
dead. st. Louis Globe-Denocrat.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

Ead lsfte-s kept yo1- every wreath were sou1s-
Had the world tempted. al IL cherlest door
Had swung o1 fafsered hinEes 20 admit
such hirh bred manners, such good natures
VII.
At crsrfs. in seuafos. who - ft 90 scrTes
And both invited. but you Ucaii ilfst s'seffe.
A II nissar.er Elraiss=s Waitin- that yoa I1isl-t
In civic duty spend yoGr heat and iiglt
Uruaid. untrznlu-eied. with q sweet ais.lzln
Refusing posts men -roFel 20 attain
Good Nan ali own you; what Is left ne then
To hesrhten praise with hut Good CitizeGs
Pat r-aise can harm not who 50 calmly met
Slandcr's worst word. nor treasured Up the
debt.
Knowing. what all experience serves 70 show.
No mud can sol us but the mud We throw
You have heard hzrsher voices and more io1d-
As al must. not sworn iieeenen of the crowd
Aad fa- eloof your silent mind could keep.
As when In heavens VIA winter lnianlsAi
deep.
Tie perfect moon hangs thoughtful. nor can
know
What hounds her lucent calm drives mad be
james Resell Lowell
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
arsenIcal Poisoning.

Arsenic, 50 deadly n acute poisoning.
is also greatly dangerous to those who
Use II in their daily work. Much cheap
wall paper is oolored with arsenic.
Chronic poisoning by il in It's earlier
stages Is particularly disagreeable. The
eyes, nose and throat are infamed so
that the patient continually complains
Ct having a cold in his head. 4 cold in
the head was not one Of the ten plaques
inflicted upon the EsyPtians-probably
because they had done nothing 10 de
serve such q terrible inf,icsioa.
Is arsenical Poisoning progresses The
person suffering with Il Is salivated. he
shows nervous symptoms; his limbs NAV
Ike numb, OF, on the other hand. painfully
awake TO the slightest sensation. BE
ialnts. he has oOnvulsions. he dies Of ex-
haastioa--New York World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

Il was . queer find, that Of Antoine
HagenlOcker, and none can blame him
for being surprised. Aut0ns is an Ell
gineer In the employ of the Ansouia
Brass and Copper company, and as he
placed an extra large lump Of soft coal
under the boiler he had 10 thoughts Of
what that lump Of coal contained. a
few minutes later he opened the furnace
door again. and what was his surprise 70
see in the furnace a handsome plant re
sembIng a species Of cactus. Il was
bright red from the heat, every vein IN
the leaves being defined. He carefully
removed It from the furnace without
breaking. and when II cooled il turned
10 a dull gray color.
II rests On a base Of coal and then
stands ont q vel defined perrifed plant,
but not carb0nized, so that il burned as
readily as did the coal surrounding IL
He mas shown the formation 10 many,
and nothing ike II has ever been seen
here. The stalk Of the plant where cut
from the parent stem Is wei defined.
Mr. HagenlOcker Is 10 have il mounted
and placed under a glass case.-W ater-
bury Conn American.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05

s curious people have been described
by Dr.. Paul Eh1eureich as inhabiting
the rivers Araguaya and Purus, II
Brazil These are the Karaya, the men
and women Of whom speak different
dialects. Their love Of animals. not a
common t-ait IN the savage character,
Is peculiar. Their villages, he tells Us
resemble menageries. Dogs, fowls, cats,
peccaries-beasts Of q most unamiable
character-parrots, even turtles, ALI
gators and tspirs meet the astonished
traveller. The natives Do not look upon
them as slower animals" In their Opin-
ion these playmates are quite on the
same plane Of existence as themselves,
and are 10 be treated accordingly
Yankee Blade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
Pigeons Milk Not a Joke.

The joke about pigeons milk has a
foundation in fact After the incubation
Of the young has been completed the
crops Of the parent birds become thicke
and secrete sort of eurd, with which
the young are fed. This description Of
nourishnent is necess ssary for them, for if
the young pigeons are deprived Gift dur
ing the first week or two after Matching
they are cure 10 die. .-Ne,r Yosk Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
Telo-de-se Amonc schooIbors.

In Vienna suicides and attempts at
suicide occur very frequently among
schoolboys and apprentices dreading
punishment from severe parents and
masters, and recently little boy swung
himself over the balustrade Of a bridge
over the Danube canal, and was drowned
before the boatmen could reach him.
The little suicide was but ten years old.
he had stolen and eaten unripe grapes
In the garden Of a Deighbor, and threw
himself into the water rather than
face the chastissment threatened by his
father.-Cor. London News.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
The Urliest Thing on Earth.

Nothing in life Is so ugly as a man IN
a bathing suit. He Is bad enough when
he Is Tell made, ridiculous when he is
feranny, and appalling when his archi-
lecture Is OF the convex order. In the
latter case. be always wears a hOri-
zontally striped suit Then. when he
sprawls on the sand at some girls feet,
half dirty and wholly repulsive, you
want 70 kick him. Men must have very
little vanity. You never catch a girl
doing anything o. that sort. They make
for the bathhOuses the moment they
leave the water, Ike stones out Of a cat
apult.-Exchange