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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Bound to Do His Duty.

During q strike on one Of the eastern
roads they had 10 pick up anybody they
could to man what trains had 70 be run
TheiengineeEs and conductors on the fAs-
trains stood by the company, bat the
brakemsn were out The superintend-
ent bird one big bulky fellow fellow, who
gave his nane as BosoOme, 10 act as
brakeman on the Chicago limited.
NOV, boss" he said TO the superin-
tendent, you Just tell me what to dosnd
you bet your boots III do IL Do you
want any strikers killed p
NO, no. Don't yoH meddle with them
unless they meddie with you You won't
have very much to do unless something
goes wrong with the train Then you
help as mHsh as you can, and do What
the conductor tells you to-
@And if things go smooth, wha. do
do then?"
Just shout the names Of the stations. -
When the Chicago limited started out
at 6 o'clock that hight Boscone was on
one Of the sleepers. Everybody was in
his berth trying to get to sleep, when
Boseome put his head in the door and
yelled
-Brenton Corners 3"
40 de Land" cried the porter, aghast,
@you mussent call de names out in
sleeping eahr"
~You tend to your blaekin' boots and
don't interfere with me. IN a doin'
my duty, and don't you forget it,
People put their heals out from be-
tween curtains and wanted to know shat
lunstie was abroad.
The sleeping car conductor expostula-
ted with Boscome, but everytime lot Of
lights dashed past the Few brakeman
yelled ~Muggins's functions" or what
ever name was next on his list. The
train conductor al last c1me along and
said he would put Boscome of, but the
s.alWart brakeman asked him 10 Try il if
he thought he conld do If.
81 amt got nut hin sgin you, conduct
or" said BJsecome, but TN q doin'
Whist the superintendent told me to do,
and you bet I'm going to obey orders.
Stiggins's Crossing r'
The conductor pulled the bell rope and
the train slowed up.
Anything wrong with the train, con
ductOr?' asked BOseome anxiously.
AYES. The air brakes on fire. You
run back there aboat rod and you'll
ind bucket Of water beside the track.
Bring il 70 me"
As the train started up again the con
ductor shouted to B0scome, who was
trying TO catch up
Next time you gel on train you do
what the conductor tells you 20. Quit
running after Us; yon can't catch the
limited. Tramp back and report to the
UperintenGeni- -"-D>troif Fr,, Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Texas Target Shooting.


Three or four drummers, home from
the West, were talking in the hotel Office
about some of the target shooting they
had .een.among the cowboys, says the
Detroit Free Pres, and the tales they told
were evidently listed for heavy discount,
Listening very intsntly and quietly TO all
they said was an sgricultar&!-looking
man, and when they had finished be put
in: Some men mightn't believe the sto-
ries you gentlemen have been telling,
he said, ~but do. I've just got in from
Texas, and l saw some shooting down
there that would make me. believe any
thing"
For instance? suggested one Of the
drummers as the new candidate appear
ed to have some doubts about going
ahead.
"Well,T he continued, in 8 grateful
tone, II saw several Of the feats you
mentioned. but one day saw thing
that beat them ell. There was a compa-
ny of militia called the Croekct rihemen,
or something like that, with about 100 or
10 men in ID, shooting at = target at
long range and making more bulls eyes
than ever witnessed. Finally the cap
tain put up target twelve feet square
with six-inchihole in the center at 200
yards, and formed the entire company in
front Of il The command to load was
given and then very slowly came Aim
fire. and by thunder, gentlemen, there
wasn't bullet mark on that target. Ev-
cry ball had gone through the hole in
the middle"
The agricultural gentleman looked at
the drunmers a minute, and they looked
at him and then rose silently and went
upstairs to bed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
New Years Gifts in China.

The custom Of giving presents and par
ticulaTly that of exchanging Nes-NeAr
calls, is essentially Chinese. The eoinci-
dence Of these two rather peculiar acts Of
b-othefly love coexisting in Holland and
Scotland should furnish cause for
thought. 1t is a little singular, certainly
that the Chinese, who are not an over
charitable or forgiyiDg race, should en-
join the forgiveness Of all debts al the
beginning Of the new year
II is amusing spectacle il Chinatown
to see the creditor mercilessly hunting
down the debtor during the few days
that remain No one is exempt from
this necessity, for in order to pay MS own
debts he must in turn collect what Is due
TO him. The debtor who cannot fulhl
his obligations by New-Year goes into
bankruptcy by the operations Of a Gus
tom stronger than Law. He undoubtedly
earns the contempt Of his fellow-meD,
but at least be IS free from their persecG-
ton. His debts are forgiven, with quite
as much sincerity as could be expected
under the circumstances
Besides this painful phase Of Chinese
yaleside, there are other preparations to
be made for the fitting celebration Of the
great three-day festival. beginning with
the first day of the first month. The
red peach paper which has been remov-
ed from the doorway must be replaced,
and therefore about this tine the profes-
sionsl letter-writer Of the Chinese quar-
ter takes his station on the street corner,
and IS hlsily employed in writing sen
tenoes Of good omen- Naturally some Of
these g-atlemen are more popular than
Others, a letter-writer who claims to have
passed one Of the inferior civil service
examinations, or who at one time has
been connected with a fashionable JOSS
house, being more in demand than be
who has picked up his EmstteEing Of
knowledge at school, or by what is an
important factor in Chinese education,
self-heip.
II IS quite customary, also, 70 bring
these red paper slips to the j0ss-Louse,
where FOR triaing fee they are stamped
with the seal Of the JOSS. Certainly it Is
worth taking some trouble with little
piece Of paper which IS to do duty for an
entire year; for as soon as the slips have
been prepared and stamped, they are
glued to the dOor-posts, against the time
when the evil spirits shall return and
make the last state Of the man worse than
the first The moral which the Saviour
pointed out to His disciples that spas
mOdie effort is inevitably followed by re-
actions unfAvorable to true spiritual de-
velopment is fully borne ont By the his
tory Of the Chinese people.-FrOm "a
New Light on the Chinese" by H. Bur
den Mcdowell, in HDPsr's Aaga-ass for
December.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

The laws Of health are taught in the
schools but not in way 70 be Of much
practical benefit and are never illustrat-
ed by living examples. which in many
cases might easily be done. Ifsome
scholar who had just contracted cold
was brought before the school 50 that all
could hear the dry, loud cough and know
its significance; see the thin white coat
ing on the tongue and later, as the cold
developed, see the profuse wstery expec-
toration and thin watery discharge from
the nose, not one Of them would ever
forget what the first symptoms Of a cold
we're. The scholar should then be given
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy freely,
that ali might see that even a severe cold
could be cured in one or two dsys, or at
least greatly mitigated, when properly
treated as soon as the first symptoms aP-
pear. This remedy is famous for It's
cures Of coughs, colds and Group. It is
made especially fo- these diseases and IS
the nost prompt and most reliable med
icine known for the purpose . and %
cent bottles for sale.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Refinement in the Public
School.

1.-THE children Of the positively and
relatively poor are seldom fortunate
enough 70 have homes in which they
can make life studies from models Of
good manners, they should End those
models, impressed upon their attention
by examples as well as BY precept, in
the schools which the law Of the land
compels them to attend, and IN which
orderly habits, obedience TO rules, defer
ence to their teachers and systematic self
control should he no less assiduously
taught 70 them than arithmetic, history
and geography. Instruction in these es-
sentials Of civilized human intercourse,
which ike the British constitution is a
product Of intelligent and timely com
promises, might constitute an important
stride Of progress in the direction Of that
suavity Of manner and eivility Of ad-
dress which are leading features Of ~edu-
cation" regarded from the Italian point
Of view,
Above all the lamentably prevalent
tendency to indulge in coarse language Of
young folks belonging 70 the social class
Is from which the boarding schools de-
rive the bulk OF their scholars should be
stcrnly checked when snd wherever il
raveals itself Coarse language is apt to
develop into ru'ie behavior, and both
alike are di-g-1ce 10 the system which
professes 70 endow the people with the
blessings Of education. lfthe tone" Of
popular schools be not an efficient cor
rcctiye ofiTreverence and roa dimes in
those whom it professes 10 influence the
sooner it is altered and elevated the Bet
.sr.- Load0a T,'sgrgph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Committee.

for Local Institute 10 be held at HOOy-
ersville, Pa, commencing saturday Alter-
noon December 70. 1872, and continuing
two sessions.
Opening exercises.
Benefits Of free text books-Prof F. G
Fryburg
How can We make teaching pay p
George Kimmel.
Relation Of cit ms to the sehoOlS-S.
5. Schlsg.
The teachers al home-Geo. Lohr.
Courtesy in the schOolroom-P. Y.
Sehlsg.
What constitutes a teacher Pr. NJ.
Rinuinger.
Written work in the school-room la)
in primary grades-Anns Koehler.
(ol In advanced grades-C. Foster
Cable.
Recitsfions-He ShaFer, MI.
Wilt, Harry Hoffman, Emma Fike, IdellA
shafsr.
Essays-CaTrie Rhodes, J. E Johnson,
The programme viii be interspersed
with music, queries, and work by the
school. All friends Of education are cor
daily invited TO attend and take part in
the institnte work Con-.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Teachsrs'LocaI Institutes.


The following are programmes for the
Teachers Local Institutes to be held al va
nous pisoes throughOutthe county
FEoGEANME
for Local Institute Of Sionycreek town
ship to be held al Lambertsyine, Decem-
Der 9 and 10, lS92
Recitation-E G. Ross.
How to teach physiology 70 beginners
"A. p Kimmel.
Select Reading-r. ". Miller.
Use diaeriticsl marks IN the school,
room-C. E. Ringler.
Dislogne-Jesse Sehrock and Harry
Stull.
First lesson in readiDg-Niss Ida B.
speicher.
How to interest small puPiIs-J. B.
Sehrock.
Recitation-NIiss Sell Bowser,
Class Drill-G. W. Smucker.
What constitutes a schOOl2-AIbeIt
Lambert.
What are the evidences Of a teachers
sucoess2-P. s. Spangler.
How 20 cultivate the mental faculties
ofyoung pupils-R J. Brant.
Duties Of pupils and patrOns-L g.
Carver.
Inpromptu Clsss-G. W. Smueker.
The programme viii be interspeTsed
with music and queries
CoNNrrrrE-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
BE THOU OUR GUIDE.

When the shadows fall around rs
At tie dying offhe day.
And when dangers thick surround Us
All along our darksOme way.
Let thy presence, Lord. Be near Us.
Gride Us gently through the night.
Give tor precious word % cheer Us
TllEe reach The morning light;
Guide rs gently. Father, guide rs
MD the shsdows On our way,
Hand IN hAad Thyseif beside Is,
Guide Us on to perfect day.
When fierce stOEns IN Wild e0mnotion
Sweep Ike demons through the AiT.
And The angry waves Of OCEAN
Scatter. ruin everyU here
Do ihoa calm the raging billows.
Fill Our sky uith silver beams,
Smooth or tossing, weary pillows,
Give Us rest and peaeefal dreams;
Guide Is gently, Father. guido us
A. We ride me mighty deep,
Hand in hand Thyself beside Us.
Give Thine caE beloved sleep
When with burdens life IS weary.
And wiki grisving hearts grow cold.
When the wey sens long and dseary
As the yearS their cares unfold =
Give Us strength FOR toll and sorrOw.
Warm our hearts with heavenly love.
Gid our pathway with the moVroE.
Brightly cleaning from above;
Whaisoe'eE or lot mag be-
Hand in hand Thyself beside u..
Ger LIES sunset hills-to Thee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

Mike-It's ike ovid times % see You
sgin, Pat. Why did you niver WROTE me
letther since last We metz" PAf-Oi
didnt know yer a. lness. Mike. N ke
Thin wby in the name o sinse, did ye
not WTeiie FUR Il?
Pspa-WeH, Tommy. ard how did you
Ike Tommy who has leel ;sksn
&c chrIri i-r tie frst iimel-Very much,
ia1ee,i. Esep body had 70 keep very
qaiet, bat one man stood up and talked
tee whole iic-e, and al last Ee all had to
get Up and sing to keep him quiet
Mudge-JGdge BilIigus is a rensIks-
bly, easy man 10 get acquainted with,
don't you thins7 Vabsley-I never no
tioed i; Mndge-He II, though; had
not knosu him for over an hour before
I borrowed dollar Of him, and inside
Of the next hour ze got 80 well arqusini-
ed that he refused to lend me another
one
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Hard Fight.

The combined forces Of the weather
during the winter months are exerted to
destroy health. Coughs and Colds at
tack Us, which, il neglected, result in
Pneumonia and Consumption These
diseases usually result seriously. Send
for Pan Tina, the great Cough and Con-
sumption cure, and save doctor bills.
Trial bottles Of P4n-Tina free at G. W.
Benford's drug store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet
Saved.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada l.
Hurd, Of Groton, S. D., We quote: As
taken with bad cold, which settled on
my Lungs, cough set in and finally ter
minated in Consumption -Four doctors
gave me up, saying could live but a
short time. gave myselfup to my Sa-
vior, determined if could not stay with
my friends on earth, I would meet my
absent ones above Ny husband was
advised 10 get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Gods ]
gave it trial, and thank God / am now
well and hearty woman" Trial bot
ties free at j. y. Snyder's drrg sore
regular size, SOC and 81.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon healthy condition of
all the vita organs If the Liver be in
active, you have bilious look II your
stomach be disor1iered you have a dys-
peptie lcos, and if your Kidneys be ar
fecied you have pinehed losk- Secure
good health and you viii have good
looks Electric Bitiers IS the great alter
alive and tonic, acts directly on these
vital orgaDs Cures Pimples, Blotehes,
Boils, and gives good c5m plexion- Sold
at j. y snyder's drug store, 80 cents per
bottle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

Few efforts are more unsuccessful, few
labors are more unavsiling than those Of
Of the reformer who has not reformed
himself ofthe liberal giver who does not
pay his debts Of the mar who, without
any special direction in life, is occupied
n guiding and directing others
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

Every human soul has germs Of some
fl0wers within, and they would open if
th " could only fad sunshine and free
air to expand in.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

ANN nsser fslly reIlizss the wealth
OF Information he doesn't possess until
first child begins to ask questions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

N1d1vesy rhs.1rie esa Tell the merit
Of Hoods S.r-spariil4 as Neli as the
cures accomplished BY this excellent
medicine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

A, ths Up Of Pixies Peak the air IS so
rAridei that eats taken there invariably
have its and die before they get aeelima-
tied.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

TIE trInp MY be a vol ani yard
vide. bet he IS goods that Eill not wash.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

A good deed Is never lOst he WbO
SONS courtesy rsaps friendship. and he
mo plants kindness gathers iOve.-Ba-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

When a married moonshiner dies, bis
widow can keep = seers. still.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

FJrPUl Il Tas s-JE1sh, collie an i
cholera morbus there is nothing better
than Chamber.ain's Colic, Cholera and
DiarrLoI Remedy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

~What ~eIe her islhers cinsiug Ie-
nslksl7
Il could not hear them Was on :he
wrong side Of the door"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

A son of Mr. u. b. Plss,r. a merchan
of Gibraltar, \. c. w4s 50 badly afflicted
With rheumatism To- 4 year or more as 10
be unable 70 work ca 70 10 school bis
fther concluded to Try Chamberlain's
Pain Balm on the boy Il soon cured
him and be has since walked one and q
half niles TO school and back every
school dsy. 5Ocent bottles for sale.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

sECOND.-To all who viii send s 90 wiz be
sent T6ua 7apict snd . 7Gi,s rosl Io.ra IgFics,'
fr1rn date until January !. 1e5s. covering Nos.
~ the fninitabie quarterly, Irregular price 3 5ol
aad Il months Of The greatest Of family Weekiie,
regular price sle0 per year.
sS-Take one og the other offer Al o1ce and re-
uit IN postal notes, orders Or New York Ex-
change %
Town Topics, 81 West Esd St, \. Y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07
Figs and. .ThistIes.

Il Is hard 10 fiad people in misfortune
who will no, stick that somebody else
has not been 10 blame flr H.
The devils xork on earth was TO try
TO destroy the home, and he mas been At
the same thing ever since.
They are not building any mansion in
heaven for PeoP'e VINO arr neither hot
Eor cod in religious matters.
Judas was not the only man Who
made practise o. protesting sympathy
IoT the poor . hlir hls own meanness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-12-07

The funds and securities Of this hank
are securely protected in accelerated Cor
liss Burglar-proof safe. The only Safe
made absolutely Burglar-proof.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

The gulf weed (Fucus natans) which
with its little round berries" is not I'M
like the mistletoe in form, but of a
brownish yellow color, has been thought
to have lost its property of roofing on
rocks and to have acquired the power Of
living ahoat 1t has even been sug
gested that the sea marks the site of a
submerged continent, apparently the
lost Atlantis DR.. Krummel holds that
the weed has simply been drifted to its
present position by the Gulf stream and
its ai1luents from the West Indian is
lands and the Gulf Of Mexico
1t is now proved that the Gulf stream
is not single narrow river Of tn,
ocean" as Maury poetically described
it, but consists of number of currents
not only from the Mexican gulf, but the
Antilles. The weed, according to Dr.
Krummel, would take fifteen DAYS tC
float as far north as the latitude of Cape
Hatteras and five and half months tl
reach the Azores. In the Sargasso sea
it becomes heavy and sinks; but the sup
ply is kept mp by the Gulf stream. Lon
don Globe.
The Earth to BE Like the Moon.
The water of the earth is all destined
to disappear from the surface Of the
globe by being absorbed by subterranear
rocks, with which it will form chemica.
combinations. The heavenly sphere
exhibit sufficiently striking examples Of
such an evolution The planet Mar,
shows what will become of the eartt
in some thousands of centuries its seai
are only shallow Mediterraneans of les,
surface than the continents, and thes
do not appear to be very high; and il
the appearance of the moon, all cracked
and dried up, we have n view of tn,
final state of the earth-for tho absorp
tion Of the water by the solid nuclepi
will be followed by that of the atmos
phere.-Popular Science Monthly
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

The lnack which French photogra-
piers, and especially those Of Paris
possess in relieving their sitters Of a
constrained and distressed look while
sitting for their portraits has long been
the envy and perplexity Of photogra-
pliers Of other nations An American
photographer, on a recent visit TO Paris.
took pains to study the means by which
this very desirable result was reached
He reports that it all lies in very
simple device, which well illustrates
the nature of the Freuchman
When a lady, for instance, is sitting
to a photographer for Il portrait, tht
operator does not, in a pcrfunctory
manner, coldly request her to "LooA
pleasant now, maamr He suys TO her
in the most natural aud graceful man
ner in the world:
cts quite unnecessary to ask MADAM
to look pleasant; she could not lool
otherwisel
The lady of course acknowledges tn,
compliment with her most gracious
and highbred smile. "ClickI goes Tia,
camera and the picture is obtained, re
yealing the sitter at her highwate
mark, as it were.- Youths Companion
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23

If we win only rightly use little things
&c is surprising how much may some
times be done with them A viMer, hav
ing offended bis royal master, was con
demned TO lifelong imprisonment in a
high tower, and every night his wife
used to come and weep at its foot 'Go
home" said the husband, "and find a
black beetle and then bring bit Of
butter and three strings-one Of fine silk.
one Of stout twine, another Of whipcord
and a strong rope.
When she camo provided with every
thing he told her TO put touch of but
ter on the beetles head, tie the silk
thread around him and place him on the
wall Of the tower Deceived by the
smell of butter, which he supposed was
above him, the insect continued TO as
cend till he reached the top, and thus
the vizier secured the sill, thread BY il
he pulled up the twine, then the whip
cord, and then u strong rope, by which
he finally escaped. Free Press
Tho Grand Trunk railway of Uruguay
from Mouteyideo has been completed
and opens ont vast tract of fertile land
hitherto comparatively worthless, tEt
area of hich is emily little less thar
Belvium