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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Death of wild Animals

The circumstances that attend the i'll
ness and death ofwild animals are perhaps
less well known than any other part OF
their history. Yet when we consider
that animal life, though in some species
of great duration, is naturally brief and
liable to an infinite Of accidents without
remedy and sndden dangers unforeseen,
the subject Of the last days Of the nobier
sorts OF beasts has cetain pathetic inter-
est. No doubt all animals, from the
healthy and natural lives they lead have
strange powers Of self cure in case Of acci-
dent. Those whose profession it is to
prepare the skeletons Of wild beasts,
large and snail, for museums and labor
ztories speak with surprise Of the number
Of injuries and fractures WEIGH the bones
exhibit, but which have set themselves
in q rough but effective fashion.
But the chapter Of accidents" in
animal life spares none, from the stays
which die with horns locked together
on the mountain side to the
locusts which impale themselves
upon the barbed wire Of the
Transvaal farms, or the cicales which
rend their wings upon the thorns Of the
mimosa. Death violence seems to be the
rule in the lower forms Of animal life,
except in the case Of sudnen plaques or
changes Of season. Only to the largest
qurdrupeds. has human fancy conceded
the boon of a natural and perhaps pain
less death, and the remote, untrodden
jungle, where the elephants 60 to die lies
still among thel undiscovered coun-
tries. London Spectator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Oliver Wendell Holmes.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale's triubute TO
DR.. Holmes in the Boston Common
wealth DR.. Holmes has the pleasure Of
knowing what is thought of some Of his
work by the generations after that for
which it was frst written. 1t is hard to
think Of "a man, still as young as he is,
born ouly seventeen years after Shelley.
This generation Is celebrating Shelleys
centennial as if he belonged 10 the past.
But we all count DR.. Holmes as pre-
eminently belonging to our own time.
The writer of these lines could not but
notice, in a recent visit to England, how
DR.. Holmes has attained there a form Of
success which in his lecture on DR.. Watts
he spoke Of as most desirable. To be the
writer Of the hymns Of a great people
makes a poet sure that his words are on
the lips and in the hearts of thousands
who know no poetry but hymns. He is
loved and thanked, year after year,
generation after generation, by thouands,
in the erd by millions, among whom are
many who know no JOY Of literature but
that it gives them their poetry on Sunday
In the hymn books Of the Church Of
England and Of the Nonconformists,
both Of the evangelical and Of the more
bold communions, are the hymns Of our
own poet. He has won that recognition
in all homes which he has described as
a reward sograteful.
He is one Of US, here in Boston. He
has mourned when we lamented he has
led US in our joys. In the great trial of
the Nation he was one of those who led
the Nation. In our own home pleasures
we meet him every day and rejoice in
his health, as we ask for his smile and
sym pathy. We would
Bring laurels and bays, if anybody had
any.
To crown on his birthday the chief Of
our academy.
1t is nine years since the readers of the
New York Critic, by a unanimous cleo
ton, voted that he stood at the head Of
American men of letters. We all con-
gratulate ourselves that he holds that
place to-day, on hiseighty-third birthday.
Surely he shows, from day to day, that it
is still his own.
Moral, for which this tale is told:
A horse can trot, for sll he's old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Days Chosen by Suicides.

Years ago the great apostle of pessim-
ism noticed that June was the favorite
month for marrying and committing sui
eide. As he thought one was as bad as
the other, it seems evident that he be-
heves one cause would account for the
frequency of both occurrences in "Ihe
month of leaves and roses" Whether
such is the fact or not, it is certain that
there are generally more suicides in June
than during any other month of the
year, and few of them are committed on
rainy or what are known as dark and
unpleasant days.
The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving day,
Christmas and New Years day, as well
as the evenings preceding them, fare also
fsvorite times for committing suicide. To
these may be added the anniversary Of
ones birth or marriage.-Chicdgo Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Odds and Ends.
Reform begins at home.

Reform begins at home.
Ifswallows fly lower than usual, ex-
pect rain.
The wearing of green wells is said to be
injurious.
The cotton gin was the work of Eli
Whitney in 1898.
Postal cards are now made to be used
as blotting pads.
FariDello, the wonderful male soprano,
was the son of miller.
1t is rare indeed to find a blue-eyed
person who is color blind.
The middle verse in the Bible Is the
eighth verse Of the Ilsth Psalm.
The most co silly of the metals is didy-
mum, which sells at 81 800 a pound.
Twenty million acres of the land of
the United States are held by English
men.
More United States vessels visit the
Mexican ports than thost of all other ma
tons combined.
Habits are soon assumed, but when we
strive to strip themo off It's being fiayed
alive.-Couper.
Try newspaper over your chest be-
meath your coat, as chest protector, in
extremely cold weather.
German geologist estimates that the
Dead Sea viii be one mass Of solid salt
within less than 500 years.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
The Mind About Exhausted.

With figure swathed in white cloths
and face covered with lather it was diff
cult TO form q correct notion of the ap-
pearance of the man who occupied the
first chair in the corner barber shop. To
the most casual observer it was obvious
that the man in the first chair was labor
ing under intense excitement. He was
breathing in short gasps, his bosom heav-
ed under the white towels and his hands
neryously clutched the cushion seat.
Fine day."
The barber was whetting his razor and
gazing vacantly into space. The bosom
under the white towel betrayed new agi-
tation, but the man in tie first chair
made no audible comment.
"Going to the Exposition %
The convulsive twitching offacial mus
cles was noticeable through the lather.
The lips worked violently, but no sound
escaped them.
''HoS's your folks?"
sSee here"
The man in the first chair had jerked
himselfinto an upright position.
''See here, 1 say"
His manner was positively ferocious
and the barber was transfxed with con-
sternation.
you've shaved me for twenty-five
years, hain't your" demanded the man.
The barber gulped and nodded feebly.
asked more than ten million ques-
tions in that timer"
"Er-I-er-guess."
The barber stammered and looked un-
comfortable.
@Yes, you've asked as many as that.
In that time you have gradually drawn
from me my entire family history so far
as knew it, including the fact that my
grandfather was hung-whieh / have
kept from everybody else in the world.
What, if may ask, is your purpose in
continuing your interrogations? I'd like
TO know, If l may, what more you ex-
pect TO learn ?"
All the barber could do was to laugh
in a sickly way and murmur incoherent-
ly, while the man in the first chair re-
sumed a recumbent posture.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Electric Bitters.

This remedy lis becoming so well
known and 50 popular as to need no spe-
cial mention. All who have used Elec-
tric Bitters sing the same song Of praise.
A purer medicine does not exist and it
is guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of
the Liver ani Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Boils, Salt Rbeum and other af-
fections caused by impure blood. VIII
drive Malaria from the system and pre-
vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.
For cure Of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price SOC. and 81 per bottle at
IN. Snyder's dru g store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Old English Meadow.

Probably there a. e no meadows in the
world so good as those in England or SO
old. Yet from the early Anglo-Saxon
times old meadow has been distinguished
from pastures" and has always been
scarce. THo-thirds of what is now es-
tablished meadow land still shows the
marks ridge and furrow, and from the
great time required to make meadow
ten years at least on the best land, hun
dred on the worst-men have always
been reluctant to break up old pasture.
The ancient meadows, with their great
trees and close, rich turf, are the sole
portion of the earth s surface which mod
ern agriculture respects and leaves in
peace. Hence the excellence of the
meadows of England and the envy ofthe
American.-L0RdoR Spectator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
A School-Room Champion.

1t was pretty tough crowd of boys
that attended the white schoolhcuse at
Farnsworth Corners in the winter time.
/ was fair sample, and was such bad
boy that l had been sent away from
home and placed in care Of my uncle at
the Corners because father couldn't man
age me. By dint of repeated strappings
Uncle George kept me in respectable
bounds and got good deal of work out
Of me around the farm.
must have been about fifteen years
old the winter that Miss Angie Arnold
came 10 teach in that district. As 1 think
of it now 1 realize that she must have
been pretty little thing with her big
blue eyes and wavy brown hair. But we
farmer boys had no regard for beauty,
and the trouble we made that poor young
thing was scAndalous. She he'd been ed
ucated at normal school somewhere in
the central part Of Illinois, and, to tell
the truth, she did go at US boys in a the
oretical sort of way. The boys seemed
to get the idea the first day of school
that it would be an easy matter to run
things that winter. The boys always
had run the school, especially Rodney
Blakesley, whom we called "Rob" for
short.
1t wasn't many weeks before the poor
girl had lost all control of ftheschool, and
Rob" Blakesley was practically master
ofthe situation. The only fellow among
us who did not seem enthusiastic over
the fun was Newton Ellis. We called
him "Newt" for short. "Newt" had said
once or twice that he thought the boys
were carrying the thing too far. One
noon "Rob" slipped into the school room
while Miss Arnold was out and wrote
some lines on the blackboard that were
decidedly out Of place, to say the least.
After school had been called Miss Arnold
looked appealingly at 'Rob" and asked
him if he wrote the stuff on the board.
There was no use in his denying it, for
his long, scrawly hand was unmistakea-
bic.
Yes" yelled Rob" 81 put it on the
board, and amt afraid of it, nuther."
"Will you go and rub it out?'
"No, won't"
The little teacher sat down by her
desk. She hid her face in her handsand
burst into tears.
Meanwhile no one had been takingno
tice of "Newt" Ellis. His seat was on
the last row back of Rods"
Instantly Newt" jumped from his
seat, took Rod" by the collar and threw
him onto the floor. Everybody in the
room was terrified, for "Rod" Blakesley
was the bully of the school. "Rod" got
up quickly and made for Newt" Newt
was not as big as Rod, but he was well
knit, and, to the surprise of us all, Rod
got the worst oft. He ran out of the
door thoroughly whipped, and with the
origin in his face of what turned out the
next morning to be two big black eyes.
There was no more school that day
and no more trouble the rest of the year.
Rods father took him out of school and
set him to work on the farm. It wasn't
the last We had to hear of Newt Ellis.
] guess it couldn't have been more than
three years later that Newt and the little
school teacher we're married. That is
the only romance Farnsworth Corner ev-
er had. To-day Newton Ellis is number
ed among the "well-fixed" farmers Of
that section.- Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Reciprocating His Benevo-
lenCe.

The benevolent old gentleman was
plainly from the suburbs-possibly fur
ther out. 1t was equally plain that he
was horror-struck at the sight Of a street
urchin pulling away yaliantly at a big,
rank-looking cigar.
@My dear child" he exclaimed, don't
you know that will make you siok?"
"Not in yer nacherul lifep was the
confident response. 'Not mew
"Whatl used to it and at your age," /"
he moaned.
Smoked ever since 1 was veaned," +"
calculated the Lad. expectorating eopi-
ously to emphasize his independence.
"And your parents allow it ?''
"What's them ?"
"Why, your mother"
"Ain't got no mudder."
Poor boy And your father?"
"Ain't got no fadder."
''No fatherl Well, let me give you
some good advice, my boy smoking at
your age stunts the growth and produces
deadly diseases. 1t will kill you. Do
throw away that wretehed cigar"
''Not ennyi Yer off yer nut, Whis-
kers. Smokin's good; prevents p'resis.
You oughter "a tried it."-Ddroa Trib-
une.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

For many years Mr.. B. F. Thompson,
of Des Moines, Iowa, was severely affiict-
ed with chronic diarrhea- He says: "At
times it was very severe; so much so that
feared it would end my life. About
seven years ago I chaDced to procure a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Dia-rh@a remedy. 1t gave me
prompt relief, and 1 believe cured me
permanently, as / now eat or drink with
out harm anything please. 1 have also
used it in my family with the best re-
suits"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
1t Should Be in Every House.

]. B. Wilson, 372 Clay St., Sharpsburg,
Pa, says he will not be without DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds, that il cured his wife
who was threatened with Pneumonia af-
ter an attack of "La Grippe" when vari-
Gus other remedies and several physi-
clans had done her no good. Robert
Barber, Of Cooksport, Pa, claims DR..
Kings New Discovery has done him
more good than anything he ever used
for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try
IL Free trial bottles at J. y. Snyders
drug store. Large bottles, SOC, and 81.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

An enthusiastic young bride from
Memphis, while on her wedding journey 4,
climbed to top of Mount Vesuvius ard
looked down into the crater, adding one
more name the list of foolishly cour-
ageous women.
St. Louis is proud because it has the
frst 'lady advertising agent" 1t is said
that she can scoop in business" quite as
well as gentleman advertising agent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Authors of Famous Hymns.

1t seems a singular fact that apparent
ly nothing in literary way will relegate
a writer to oblivion so surely as to be the
author ofa 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 he is living?
The writer is the Rev. Robert Lowry,
ID. d., resident of Plainfeld, NJ.
In Richmond, ILL.,, lives DR.. S. Fillmore
Bennett. To how many is the name IA
miliar, yet to whom is his familiar church
song. "The Sweet By and By" not
known?
In the interior of New York State lives
Mrs. Annie Sherwood Hawks, who wrote
those famed lines of"I Need Thee every
Hour"
Hardly known and never recognized
on the streets of New York as she walks
out is Fanny Crosby, the author of count
less hymns, among them the famous one,
'Safe in the Arms of Jesus"
1t is odd that the evil of obscurity
should seem to be the inevitable reward
Of those whose pens have given us the
hymns which have brought consolation
and joy to so many thousands.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

Capt. W. A. Abbot, who has long been
with Messrs- Perciyal and Hatton, Real
Estate and Insurance Brokers, Des
Moines, Iowa, and is one of the best
known and most respected business men
in that city, says: q can testify to the
good qualities Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Having used it in my family
for the past eight years can safely say
it has no equal for either colds or Group.
% and so cent bottles for sale.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
A Cure for Paralysis.

Frank Cornelius, Of Purcell, Ind. Ter,
says; " l induced Mr.. Pinson, whose wife
had paralysis in the face, to buy bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. To their
great surprise before the bottle had all
been used she was great deal better.
Her face had been drawn 10 one side
but the Pain Balm relieved all pain and
soreness and the mouth assumed its nat
ural shape" II is also certain cure for
rheumatism, lame back, sprsins, swell
ings and lzmeness. 80 cent bottles for
tale.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

An Indiana stone quarry company is
having life-size figure of an elephant
chiselled out of solid block ofstone. 1t
will be II feet high and weigh 30 tons,
and is intended for the Worlds Fair.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

The great search light on top of Mount
Washington, which is now in successful
operation, by the intense beam of light it
projects has enabled peaple to read course
print at the Fabyan House, seven miles
distant.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Bucklen's Arnica Save.

The best Salve inthe world for Cats,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed 20 give perfect
satisfaction, OF money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by ]. y. Sny-
der.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

A cold Of unusual severity developed
into difficulty decidedly catarrhal in
ali its characteristics, threatening a re-
turn of my old chronic malady, catarrb.
One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm COM
pletely eradicated every symptom of that
painful and prevailing disordes.-E. W.
Warner, Rochester, n. Y.
When began using Ely's Cream Balm
my catarrh was so bad had headache
the whole time and discharged large
amount of filthy matter. That has al
most entirely disappeared and I have
not had headache since.-J. H. Sommers,
Stephney. Conn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Unalloyed Sport.

Little Dick-Papa, wish you'd buy
me a fishpole.
Papa-There are no fish in that stream
Little Dick-Well, then, you won't
have to go long to take 'em of tn hook
Goof NsIrs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

Eight thousand five hundred red, 5000
white, 1900 blue, l,SOO green and 500
yellow incandescent electric lights were
used for street displays along the line of
march Of the Knights Templar parade in
Denver recently.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema, Itch,
Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples and
Piles. 1t is cooling and soothing. Fun
dreds of cases have been cured By it af-
ter all other treatment had failed. 1t is
put up in p and so cent boxes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21

An advertiser in the Birmingham Post
announces: Young gentleman is found
ing new religion, which is sure to be-
come popular, and desires a lady of
means TO assist him in the work"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
WESTWARD.
EASTWARD.
CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Somerset and Cambria Branch
NORTHWARD.

somerset ana Camorla Brancn
NORTHWARD.
JOhns,0tra Mol ErpreSs.-ROckwoOd $50 a. m ,
Somerset 4:l8, StoyestOWn 452, HOOyersyille
sos, JOhnstOwn. 6:lO.
JohHstOtR Mad ErpreS.-HOckwoOd 1i.s5 a. m,
Somerset ll;5s. stoyestOWn l2-25, HOOyersylue
l2S7, JOhnstown 1870 p. m.
'J0hHsOtrn AccOnlRloddfi0H-RO Roc kwoOd $40 p. m.
Somerset 6:05 p m, Stoyest3wn 6:al p. m,
HooVersville 6:i2 p. m, JOhnstowu 7;S5 p. m
!sfhdGy Observation-Disclosures ll;S5 B. m.
Somerset ll:5s.
SOUTHWARK.
EaI-Johnstown rs a. M, Hooversville s:S1
StoyestoWn S:45, Somerset 9.l6, lockwood
$40.
Erpress-Johnstown $50 p. m. HooyersviIle 416
Stoyestown 4:3o, Somerset SOL, lockwood
SIS.
Sunday Olly-Johns1own $50 a. m Hooversville
9:l6 a. m, StOyestOwn $50 a. m Somerset
l0:1 q. m, lockwood l0.25 g. m.
Sxaday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sol p. m.
lockwood SIS p N,
~Daily.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
AMERICAN HOTEL
Owned and Operated By
S. P. sWElTZER, Cumberland, Md.
Livery Establishment,

where rigs OF all descriptions can be had 81 mod
crate rates The bar of this Ho-el IS stocked win
the finest grades OF Whiskies, Wines ana Bees.
Also on hand large stock OF
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-01-16
HOUSEHOLD BREviTIES.

Gold Slaw.-Shave half of a small
head Of cabbage fine. To one quart
add the yolks Of three eggs, beaten. q
tablespoonful Of sugar. one Of melted
butter, halt teacupful of cream, two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, teaspoon
full of mustard, with salt and pepper.
Put the dressing on the fire and stir;
when thick, pour over the cabbage; let
cool, garnish with rings of hard-boiled
eggs.-Farm and Fireside.
For damp closets and cuPboards
which generate mi!dew. trayful OF
quicklime will be found TO absorb the
moisture and render the air pure. but
of course it is necessary to renew the
lime from time to time as it becomes
fully siaked This remedy will be
found useful in safcs and strong rooms,
the damp air of which acts frequently
most injuriously on the valuable deeds
and documents they contain.
Delicious Chocolate Pudding.-Boil
four ounces sweet chocolate in a quart
Of milk; when quite dissolved, pour
over a pint of bread crumbs and let it
stand for an hour or So Mash the
bread we'll and, if there are any pieces
of crust. it may be passed through a
sieve until a perfectly smooth mass is
obtained. Add four well-beaten eggs,
a cupful of butter, two of sugar, little
grated nutmeg a cup Of stoned raisin.,,
and another Of blanched almonds
Steam for an hour.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Stuffed Squash. - Pare small
squash and cut off slice from the top;
extract the seeds and lay an hour in
salt water; then fill with good stuffing
Of crumbs, chopped salt pork, parsley;
etc, wet with rich gravy. Put on the
top slice, set the squash in pudding
dish, putting in few spoonfuls of but
ter and twice as much of hot water in
the bottom of the dish. Cover it very
closely and set in the oven two hours,
or until quite tender Serve in a deer
dish, pouring the gravy over the top.
Always serve these dishes very hot
Detroit Free Press.
-Doughnut Patties.-Save out a good.
sized piece of bread-dough, when you
place the loaves in the oven to bake
into this lump of dough work two table
spoonfuls of sugar and an egg well
beaten, roll it out to less than half al
inch in thickness, cut circles with a
coffee cup, allowing two for each
''patty.'' Flavor some stewed apples
and raisins (they should be cooked
together) to suit your taste, sweeten
slightly and place two tablespoonful
on each circle, lay another over it
pinch the edges firmly together, crimr
prettily, and fry in boiling lard. For
sauce use maple or white sirup.-Old
Homestead.