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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
uAs eREpAaEn no DE.
E-< When the Ts3s Cane BIS ti<ion
Failed 20 Cams T-ze-

TT Fne1 the LAAlS 49, -
FaHed 20 Cams T-ss-
sozs tine since, SAYS the New York
TeIeOrau. a certain farmer IN the mid
de of this state. an eccentric old 1el-
lo,- The ueirhbo-s said, had 4 vision
Somebody appeared 70 him. q spirit.
q robgobiin OF what not, and informed
hs-, TIA. he had onlv fe- months .
Ii-~ The dsts fixed vas II SoTen-
Der
The farmer took tie matter very
ser;oussv. but he had ID fears He
.ald his friends that be was about 70
deoart, and began 10 get ready lie
paid ali his debts. which IS more than
even death can induce every one % do,
and offered his farm utensils and ms
stock for sale He wanted 20 clean
things uD handsomely, as every hon
est nan should DO, and leave 10 en-
tanvIemenfs behind hiul Among 9th
er things 70 I,e disposed OF were two
cows. but as he wanted TO live com
fortably while he did live he concluded
70 hold on 10 those COWS until the last
moment
oddly enough, now that the tine OF
his exit Is close at hand. he has had an
other vision A new set Of ghosts or
hobgOblins have appeared 20 him and
informed him that arrangements have
been made to allow him 10 stag in this
wicked world little longer. He was
rather relieved a. the postpoDement u
his funeral. but stili felt . degree OF
embarrassment f0T pretty nearly every
thing ne had. wagons, horses and har-
nesses. rakes. hoes. axes, some cords Of
wood behind the house had all been
got I'D Of. and the farm looked as
though II had Just been abandoned
The old fellow Is a bit riled. how
ever. This vision business" he said
the other day, his cost me dear and
he has been heard 20 use some rather
strong expressions about hObgOblins
in general and this particular hobgob-
lin that seems TO have been playing a
practical joke on HIM
He IS specially glad that he didn't
sell those COWS. They are about all lie
has left. bat they VIII serve - a M
eieus for the things he VIII have 10
buv IN order 70 run the farm When
stranger comes along nowadays and
SAYS he would like - take peep At
those cows with view 10 purchase
them. the farmer comes as close 10 pro
family a. a country church deacon
ever gets. He thinks the swear words
but bites his tongue and remarks that
he hasn't any COWS for sale, hat i
thinking Of buying herd and going
into the dairy business
The moral OF this j. that hobgoblins
are very useful creatures in their way;
that when they tel ron 70 pay your
debts you had better follow their ad-
vice. but If they tell you YOU are going
TO die you had better take camomile
tea and send for the doctor At any
rate, don't part with your cows
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
eEATH o. 4 NoTep oIAnr.
5hs Chinzman Chang. Who Was Sos Less
Ehan Niac Feet 10 Height

2 he GntnzUan Chang. Who Vas <at Less
Than Siae Feet In Height.
The fas3sns Chinese giant, Chang.
died st BourBeiHouth. England. No
-cnber ;. Chang had been seen several
siDes IN America. ssys the Ncw YORK
Herald. Because Of : prevailing super
stitiOn among the Chinese people
his heigat was never measured, IS
Ehey believed that death would imme-
stately foli0g s5e measurement. Bat
there are none who asye observed him
or who have stood uB beside him who
estimated his stature 81 less than niae
feet Ills physical proportions were
very symmetrical and his strength was
hereuiean- Having Travelled and eShib-
tied throughout the civilized globe he
acquired and spoke with faeacy Eve
different iangusg ges-Engiish, Ger
man, French. Italian and Spanish. BE
was : very eornpanionable man and
delighted 20 meet and converse with
intelligent men and women
Chang was born in ISs7 at Wang
Hue, near Pezin, China His parents,
who are still living, are large tea and
silk growers, and are Independent
There Is nothing in their constitution
nor that Of their progenitors 70 indi-
czte the possibility Of transmitting
gigantic proportions TO their estraor-
slinary son On the contrary. Chapg-s
parents are about the average size Of
Chinese people, who are wen knoFn
ts lie rather under the ordinary SIZE
At his birth there was nothing 10 in
dieate that he was 10 grow TO his pres
ent stature. and mp 70 the age OF nearly
SIX years his height did not exceed
most childrsnO Of his age. After a shart
Illness he began 20 assume such gigan-
fie proportions that his parents were
sasSh alarmed at the growth Of their
hugs son AT the age of twelve he
svss eaaal TO the height Of his father
.and the generality OF the neighboring
people. Tse phenomenon Of his being
2s tall as man, and yet showing all
1he habits and actions Of = child.
-caused him 20 become the wonder and
astOnislrnent Of the neighbo-hoOd. At
she same time he suffered great per
sensl discomfort, for the men would
as0t associate with him and the chill
dren sDsuld not play with him At the
age Of eighteen he e0mneneed TO ex-
hibi1 ksmssif IN public.
Chasg Ess here in lsse. in 1855. a1d
in 1885. After his last visit here he re-
turned 10 lis native land 70 marry a
Chinese beauty. II was has sstention
at that time 20 come back to America
and TO settle down in the west He
sised 60 wear a watch given han BY
Queen Victoria which weighed two
pounds and q half, and had a chain
nine feet long. which barely reached
around his neck and down 10 his vest
pocket lie had large stock of gloves
and jewelTy presented 10 him By royal
and other distinguished Personages.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
SHE TENDED STILL.
What n Revenue Of5eer Discovered In the
SOrth Carolina Mountains.

What EeScuue Of8cer Discovered In the
Sorth Carolina Mountains.
For many years Eph Honeycutt, Of
Mission. Stanley county, has conducted
brandy distiliery, and had = repata-
ton throughout that country for max
ing the best brandy TO be had, says tks
Charlotte News The distillery was
always conducted in an orderly way.
sshich IS not the case with ali of them
The other day a revenue officer wen.
down 10 the Sill to mark Up the bran
dy, and 10, and tshold. woman was
attending 10 things The officer in
quired Of the woman as TO BoEeycutt,s
whereabouts
Hes not here; does not stay here. -
replied the woman.
We'll, who runs the stili2-
Why. ] do. of course have been
attending 70 i for these many DAYS.
and can make just as good brandy as
Epb Houeycutt can"
Well, who are you. and who does
tsis distiilery belong tor asked the
officer in sstonishment.
The whole thing, including myself.
belongs % Eph Honeyc1tt. for am his
wife iattead to aRings for him, be-
cause he has the farm and other mat
tiers to look after"
And then she went se0aRd to
chunk" up the fire and squeezed tbs
flannel strainer in the doubling kegs
to see If the ''singlings" were strong
enough
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
THE ISLAND OF HAYTL
Dssolatson Of a Cncs wealthy and
Powerful Republic
4 Nation That Is Incapable os seE-Gov-
crnuent-The Rzlers Are BloodthirstJ
Tyrsats and the People Hzss
White Men


Not the least interesting feature Of
the place IS the barracks. where Is
auartered a portion Of HipPolyte's val
iant army, says Hayti correspondent
Of the Providence Journal The only
attempt 81 uniform Is 2 suit OF blue
overaiis, generally IN the last stage OF
siiiapidatioa, and a cap ornamented
ssith red. yellow or blue braid. accord
ing 70 the fancy OF the ~earer- Some
few have shoes or straw slippers, but
the majority are barefooted-
They are armed. however. with fairly
good nuskets. and many of them carry
ugly looking knives l saw large num-
bers OF the soldiers on the plaza or
public square, some playing at dice or
cards. some talking. others sleeping
and all lazy. dirty and ragged This
plaza. which was originally wei laid
ont and which actually boasted an an
cient fountain in the ceBte-. was lit
tered with refuse. rooted mp BIZ hogs
and filthy with house offal and dung.
The ancient paved walks which origin
ally traversed il were badly broken
and the loose stones were wildly scat
tered by the hogs
outside of the town and as far as the
ere can reach extends hilly country
covered with forest In a long tramp
through this country we saw no cul-
tivated land. AnDs yet this land is said to
be extremely fertile aud to yield large
y any tropical product that Is planted
upon It From an examination of
an outcrOpping lrige of rock decided
that the sol was unaerlaid with lime
stone, and such a soil IS nearly always
rich. But the richness OF this island Is
wasted For even theold plantations,
which were well set with coffee,
oranges and cocoanuts, are grown mp
10 tropical forest and yield next TO
nothing.
Right in the midst of jungle OF
wild trees and bushes found traces
Of an old orange and mango grove, in
dieated by the remains of straight
rows IN which these trees were origi-
nally planted. And with the decline
and ruin OF the plantations has de-
clined everything IN connection with
them Even the old carriage roads
which originally traversed the island
and formed a channel for conveying
the produce 70 T.. p7r-s are now only
bride paths, being completely over
grown with forest and bushes. And
this IS Hayti. the Hispaniola of Colum-
bus, the pride and glory Of the great
admiral, For il viii be remembered
that. after examining the other large
islands Of the West Indies. Columbus
decided that this one was the richest
and best And later, when under
French rule. it was one OF the faircst
and wealthiest spots in the civilized
world.
The whole republic. in fact, is
a gigantic farce. No nation has
ever shown itself more utter
II incapable Of self-government
than the black republic In some
eighty years OF Haytian independence
there have been more than ninety
revolutions. The children. with few
exceptions. grow up in absolute igno-
rance. and with deep, inborn hatred
Of the white man The rulers are
bloOdthirsty tyrants and the country
has degenerased into a tropical wilder
ness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
hE WARMED UP.
The Bank President Lost That Chilly
Feeling Very Suddenly.

The Bank President Lost That Chilly
Feeling Very Suddenly.
\ wen-known contractor walked
into bank in this city the other day
to cash check for forty dollars, says
the Washington Post. The paying teller
looked at tie check few minutes.
then counted ont four hundred dollars.
and handed It to the contractor, who.
although he noticed the error, said not
a word, but rolled up the bills and
wadded them down into his pocket
This happened in the morning. and
about two o'clock the same afternoon,
before the officials OF the bank had an
opportunity to discover the error, the
contractor walked into the Office of the
president of the bank.
''is this bank responsible for the
errors Of its clerls?'' he asked the pres
idcnt.
If it can be proved that any of our
clerks have erred replied the presi-
dent, in very chilly manner, 1--WE viii
make the correction"
"Well, nobody saw this error made
but myself" continued the contractor,
''and my word ought 10 be sufficient
proof, think
II am sorry, SIR" said the bank pres
ident. but we shall have to have ad-
ditional proof. We require this in order
to protect ourselves; that IS ALL"
VERY well sir" replied the con-
tractor. rising TO leave. II am sorry
cannot furnish what you demand. The
error referred 10 was the payment Of
four hundred dollars for a check that
called for only forty dollars; bnt, as
no one saw me receive the extra three
hundred and sixty dollars, I suppose
you viii not want to correct the mis-
take. Good day. sir"
Hold oni Come back.- shouted the
bank president. who by this time was
veryswide-awalte to the abyss to which
he had been led
The matter was soon adjusted satis-
factorily. and now when any person
reports an error at that bank the first
question asked Is: .'In whose favor?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
a DOUBLE BASS CLUB.
Scheme TO Avoid Logging ths Big Bull
Fsddles Around

AEO1Las
4 gold-laced person got on a crowded
Brooklyn trolley car and hung a bass
drum over the brake-handle. says the
New York World. The car lurched
and the man next TO him stepped on
the gold-laeed persons toes, and, being
thus introduced, began a conversation
about the drum
Heap Of bother carrying 2 drum
around, isn't it?'
'.Yes, but not so much as a double
bass, one Of these big bass fddles, you
know-bull hddles."
Are they much trouble?-
Well, they are this much trouble.
that they won't let ron get on a car in
Brooklyn with one. In New York yon
have 10 get a permit TO carry one. just
the same as if II was a concealed
weapon Once. here in Brooklyn, I'd
have TO take carriage for it But now
l belong 70 double bass club
Have pretty good times, I suppose?
YOu get together and smoke and have
some beerand play solos on your double
BASES"
1T 61-A%TA-A-N4 NAL 40OhE4 AOHa II
and laughed silently. Well. it is kind
of funny to think Of q lot Of men sit
ting around and playing solos about
two octaves below the singing voice.
Voomf, Yoomf,
No" said he after bit. "All the
fellows that play the double bass be-
long to this club and pay two dollars a
year dues. They have lot OF instru-
ments and every place they have to 90
to play there Is a closet containing a
bass. 10 which only members of the
clubs have keys. There is a book in
the closet, and every time Z fellow uses
the bass he marks down his name
They have them IN all the halls and
theaters. and in the summer time on
ali the barges and excursion steamers
The two dollars from each member
goes for repairs"
So that's the reason why you can't
remember having seen a double bass
on the street cars, no matter how hard
You try.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
A FORTUNE EASILY MADE.
How Fieeroy Of Iudla Made Quarter OF
q MiIIion pcIla-s on Trchanrn

How Ficeroy Of Iudia Made Quarter Of
Million Dollars on Exchange.
The story which ! gave last week OF
the viceroy who -emitted home the
whole Of his salary at the privileged
rate Of = Cd per rupee, reveals only
portion Of the possibilities thus opened
up, says Labonehere in London Truth.
! have since heard IL narrated OF one
recent viceroy that he first remitted
home his salary a. the above rate, max
ing out Of his 90, 900 -, ,OSS. He then
had the total Of E27.Os3 remitted back
again, making on this transaction e15
per elo0. OF g $50. The total profit on
the two transactions was thus e6.673
per annum- and on his sum, an told,
bis lordship, being a nobleman Of eco
aOmieal habits, pretty well lived. He
vas thus enabled 70 save an enormous
sum, estimated from $4,000 70 e75.OOo.
during his tenure of Office. and Il Is as
serted that at the end Of his time he
renitted the whole Of this 10 England
at the privileged rate, making some
thing between $4,000 and s, 900 more
on that transaction.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13

The euri0us fact has been mentioned
b. Sir Samuel Baker that a negro has
never been known totame an elephant
81 any Wild animal. The elephants
employed by the ancient Carthaginians
and Romans were trained by Arabs
and Carthaginians, never by negroes.
Sir Samuel was distressed by the utter
lack OF pet animals among the children
in Africa; and ne often offered rewards
for young elephants, but never sue
eeeded IN getting one alive.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
nrlt.an,,. Rlr Else,r.s L.rh,.

IN electric light of forty million
sndie power almost surpasses com
Teraension. Yst this great mass of
light IS TO issue from 4 lighthouse
tower on Peumareh point on tle coast
Of Brittany. The beam viii be seen
twenty-five miles before il strikes the
horizon. and after that it win be re
iected on the sky Tor a distance OF
thirty-eight miles further. The larges'
light on the coast OF the United States
can oniy be seen tgenty-eight miles II
clear weather.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13

Il is fact not generally known that
the United States government label
placed on every box Of imported cigars
sold in this country bears fine steel
plate engraving Of the steamer City Of
Washington. a sister ship 10 the i'll.
fated City Of Boston, and noted in her
day rs an ocean flyer. In the year
iscl the City of Washington, then ply
ing between New York and Liverpool.
covered the passage TO the westward.
in January, in fourteen days. fifteen
hours; April. twelve days, twenty-one
h0grs; May, thirteen days, twenty-one
hours; July, thirteen days; August,
thirteen days; September, thirteen
days, twenty hours, and December.
fifteen days, ten hours. In December,
1862, she made the trip from Sandy
Hook to Queenstown in what was then
the remarkably fast time of nine days,
nineteen hours and thirty seconds The
City of London made several passages
20 the eastward in 1868 and 1861 in less
than eleven davS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
panl.ament 81 statr,elae..

Some tribes of North American In
disns punished matricides by hanging
them by their hands 70 The limbs of a
tree at height just sufficient to per
NIT the wolves 20 reach them from the
ground. They were then lcft 10 bo
eaten alive.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
EAsTEARD

For rates msps. &c. go to Ticket Agent or ad-
dress Tho. z Wan. ?. A. W. d.. 10 Finh Ave
nue.. Pittsburgh. Pa
s. u. PREYOST, yR WOOD
Genl Manager. Gen'l Pass Agr-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
The DeaaIy noia,e p-,.rt.

A party of cattlemeh cut on the No
jave desert recently came across the
trad of two men and two burros. The
aimless. zigzag course of the trail
showed that those who had made Il
were lost and the cattie.aen at once
set ont to find them. Here and shere
along the path taken By the wanderers
holes OF from three 10 five feet In depth
had been dug in the dry sands Late
in the evening the cattlemen came
upon young man lying under mes
quite bush, beside a hole dug six feet
II the sand. Inurmuring in delirium
and az the point Of death lie had
been without water more than three
days and bad Jain down 10 die. A mile
further Oh they overlook an old man.
who, delirious. ggas cFaU ling on hands
and knees toward pool Of brackish
water. beside which stood the two bur
ros- The burros. being released when ne
gave up, had found their way TO water,
and the old man had followed them In a
last despziriug burst of strength. The
40 men were miners. who had lost
their way ? week before Both men
recovered after fezy days Of care at
the ranch. bat mummified corpses and
bleached bones often net with in the
desert tell of mary travellers whose
similar experiences lave had no such
hapDv ending.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
prr4<4xTs SURPRISE

4 ELEE1ltI-N - a 80
l. n s-c-s fsr you when FO1
80, fiercss Pleasant Per
-. u ycu ever tock tre
c-ti-aEy liver pll, b 81
F,1Izv. nasty tco, yU1d sp-
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fizi.T zglis1 ] IS s-le1r-tra.-Si,
INV as a mustard SD u1s
veTr Elective. Otker things
tei1x equal. the smallest Is
the bet 10 liver plls-hsnces
;. Pisasaat Pelists-
II voa a-s troubled VIA
Inl.izss-iori. Constipation Bal
iou-1es<. Bilious Heanarhss,
an5 4 hun.ired aud one rs
which dsoend Cpo1 an mac
five iivrr.-use Dr. Fierces ,
Peilets. With these pills you
st not only temporary relief
tus a positive carr, they 70
oEGruafeed 70 give satisfae-
ton q your nioLi-s =
tuTned
For fat people who suffer
from indigestion. for heaTty
eaters ard high hsers-tnoss
uhose Hrsrs ars sluggishs ta.s
mn Is what IS most neeoed
TaEa PHI after dinner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13
TO LIFT NAPLES.
An italian Engineer Would Construct a.
Elevated Railway There

An Italian Engineer Would Construct "a
Elevated Railway There
II the scheme elaborated by an Ital-
ian engineer for the construction Of
an elevated railway in Naples IS car
Fied into execution Italy win, accord
ing 70 the Electrical Review, possess
one Of the most remarkable structures
in the world. As far as length is con-
eerned the projected line IS not O.
great Importance, but the boldness OF
the idea and its originality are strik-
ing. Let the imagination conceive the
hilly portion OF q town connected By
means of viaducts and towers. with
that part lying at low level, and the
substance Of a Avena's project will
then be readily understood. The hand
some and popnlOus part of Naples,
radiating from Via Roma, has only
communication with the Corso Vi,
tOriO EmmenEele, the San Martino
hill. and the tat 4 still higher level
new Rione del Vomero by means Of
narrow, tortuous streets. many OF
them being impraeticsble for carriage
traffic II is between these two ex-
treTne localities that the proposed ele-
waited railway Is 20 form a connection.
The line Is 10 be carried on two metal
lie viaducts, each divided 50 as 20 form
q double way. one for the operation OF
electric cars and the other for pedes-
TRANS 4 masonry tower S25 feet hiqa
: 20 be built in the Via Roma, and
from this the first viadGct, I.1SO feet
Tong VIII be carried TO the Corso VT
foris Emmsnuele- where it VIII terrni-
nate in the base Of a metallic tower
400 zee; in height The second viz
duct, 90 feet long and branching out
of this tower some distapce below the
summit VIII pass over the san Mar
tinO hill and end in the ground level
at the new Rione del Vomero. The
vizanets VIII be carried ON pyramidical
metallic towers having masonry foun-
aations; and the masonry tower a.
the beginning OF The first ria6uct and
the metallic tower. connecting the
two viadHcts, wiz each be provided
with staireases and capaeious lifts for
conveying passengers up and down
Passengers entering the cars at either
end OF the line win not be compelled to
change their seats on arriving at tn,
metallic tower, as the cars will be au-
toTnaticaily placed or the lifts for as
sending or descending from the high
est viaduct, when the ears viii con
time their way TO either terninus
Generating stationswill be provided a.
each terminus for producing current
for lighting and power purposes The
undertaking, concession for which
has been granted. would provide
spleadid view of the whole OF Naples.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-12-13

made easily and hOnOrably. without capi-
tai, during your spare hours ANY man.
woman, boy, or girl candO the work hand
ily, without experience Talking un-
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making ever offered before. Oar workers
always prosper. No time wasted in
learning the business. We teach you in
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hour. You can make z trial without ex-
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everything needed 70 carry on the bUsi-
ness successfully, and guarantee you
against failure If YOU but follow our
simple, plain instructions. Reader, If
You are in need Of ready money, and
want 10 know all about the best paying
business before the public, send Us your
address, and we viii mail YOU a dOcu-
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DENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE N EFFECT DEC. Is. lss2-
EASTERN STANDARD TINE
DISTANCE AND FARE
SCHEDULE
WESTWARD.

Trains arrive and depart fron the station at
Jobnstown IS follows