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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-01-09
FARM NOTES.

One Gladioius DulD gIO"Vi ~
grew nearly million bulbs anu III V"'
order 800, ,OOO were sold.
Cherry trees, when well suppiiou
nv potash, are very much benelltteu W
a liberal supply every winter.
The most extensive orchardlst ID
tho world is claimed to be judge fIeu'
rick Wellhouse, Of Topeka, kan'
Many farmers in Ohio, VINO are ID
the fruit business, say the fruit business
ot that state ia more at the mercy Of
things beyond control than any o'nH
business.
The latest statistics given to the
public by the British Labor Commission
snow that Ia the agricultural dls'ric's
the weekly wages OF lahorers average
So. IS, aud in many cases the hours Oh
Il,bDr are returned at twelve per day
"A paper by Prof H. T. French, OF
tle Oregon Experimsut station, VIII
be presented on the available forage
plants of Oregon. This paper from SO
high an authority as Mr.. French should
be heard 10y every one in Oregon IN
terested in dairying.
Statistics show that the enti re agrl
culture of the world furnishes employ
msnt TO 280,000,0O0 men, and repre-
sents an invested capital OF $2l,OOO,'
900 600. The annual product Is worth
over 500, 600, 100000. 1t Is estimated
that the civiliz d nations pay annually
for food $l3, 700, ,000,0 ,0O0.
Nearly million acres are cult
vlted in sun flowers in Russia and the
m lnufacture of oil and feed cake from
the seed is a staple industry. 1t Is al
legged that $50 to 1900 pounds OF seeC
m " be produced on an acre, and tbs
it nets growers S2S TO $50 per acre
Much OF this oil enters intU the im
q Irted "purs olive oiI'' which our iarr.
ers buy with wheat al 5O ceuts
bushel.
American apples in Liverpool Coz
mand good prices and have ben J.
great demand, and from October % %
26 Messrs WOodall d Go. Of Live %"
sold IA, ,544 barrels of United State re-,
1873 barrels OF Canadian apples. Som
fancy NewtOwn pippins bringing ri
high as 33s Cd or over, per barrel. Fo
the season to October q, apples iron
the United States and Canada to tb'
amount of 1911 1861 barrels, reached th'
Liverpool market, against 1863 barrels
for the like period last year.
AT the Leipsic Experiment Station
in Germany, potatoes have been fed Il
cows, sheep aud swine to test thsi
value. The results Justify the director
in advocating the use OF potatoes whel
they were very cheap and plentiful
they should be cooked for swine, AM
for flttening cattle they can be fe'
either raw or cooked when given witt
hay, meal and other substances. Cow
in milk should be fed daily 25 pound
Of washed raw potatoes. The large
potatoes should be cut. As a food
they are not good for young lambs, no
for cattle under two wears Of age.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
The Colonsl's uigment.

alt was hot fight, an no mistake,
sah - observed the colonel when the
brush at Burnt Hickory was mention
ed.
.'You were there, colonel?"
al shud say | wuz, sab | WIZ in
command ofmy reg'meant, with powah
20 use my own discretion, sah."
'And you led them in ~
''Not the resuvs, sab; not the tsuvs--"
'Your men were in the reserve ~
"Iet me explain, sab. You don't
seem to grasp the idea, sab led 10
hund'ed and sixty men"
''In the regiment ~
'Yes, sab. \ car'ful commandah
nevah takes in his whole fo'ee till il
becomes a despit case, sab. When the
enemy come up in rifle shot an made
a stand, s;h, selected all my fO'ce but
the resuvs, an we sailed right up to
pistol shot distance, an thah we stood
oaah ground, sab, not man tiinchin'
not man movin', foh twenty minutes,
while the bullets flew around Us like
sand, sah-'
How many men did you lead in,
colonel >"
1.-Two bundled an eight ~
"But why did you not rush in your
reserves and end the fight right
there"
"Shows yolah lack o military skill,
sab. We had reconnoite'd the ground,
an found we couldn't fight no mo-
7 two hunde'd and eight men-'
"Why 50, colonies"
"Why, gud Lawd, sab, thah was on y
two hund'ed an eight trees in the
match !'-C Clereldad PiGjR Dedter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
GensralSieklss and President lincoln.

At the Lincoln birthday banquet in
Washington, on Tuesday night a
week, General Sicisles told this story
of the president for the first time:
ut was on the 9TH day Of July,
1858" said General Sickles, ''that l
was brough; to Washington on
streteher from the field Of Gettysburg.
Hearing 0f my arrival, Mr. Lincoln
came 10 my room and sat down by my
bedside. lie asked about the great
battle and when I told him OF the
terrible slaughter the tears streamed
from his eyes. asked him il he had
doubted the result. lie said No
Then he continued
This may seem strange to yOu, but
4 few days ago, when the opposing
armies were c)nversing, felt a. never
before my utter helPlessness in the
great crisis that was come upon the
country. went into my own room
and l1cScI the door Then / knelt
down and prayed, a. had never pray
ei before. / told God that;he had call
ed ne 20 this position that had done
all that / could dc. ard that the result
was all in his hands; that l felt my
owI weakness and lack of power, and
that knew that If the country was to
be saved il was because he 80 willed il.
When went down from my room I
felt that there could be no doubt of the
issue. The burden seemed To have
rolled OF my shoulders, my intense
anxiety was relieved, and in its place
came q great sense OF trustfulness, and
that Is why | did not DOUBT the result
at Gettysburg. And, what Is more,
Sickles,' he continued, Il believe that
We may hear, AZ any moment, of a
great Success by Grant, who has been
pegsiag away at V'icssbIrg for 80 many
months. BY tomorrow you will hear
that he has won a victory as important
to Us in the west as gettysburg was in
the east
.Then, turning u ma he said Sick
les, am in a prophetic mood to-day,
and know that YOU will get we'll
''The doctors do not give me that
hope Mr.. President" l said, but he
answered eheerfully, Il ka1w You will
get well, Sickles."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
ELabor Law Fails.

The Supreme Court of Illinois has
Just declared tie eight-hour law, or, as
IL is generally known, the sweatshop
law, to be unconstitutional. This is If
Importance, - it l. Said to be the iiTst
decision in the United States rendered
sduareIy against the eight-hour law. y
federal law has been in existence Tor
som. l5 or - years declaring that eight
hours shall constitute a days labor on
all government work or contracts, but
Con sress has not gone - far a. TO say
that persons may not BE- employed
more tAan eight hours in any one day.
1t has passed laws, however, reimburs-
ing AT prorata rate employees in the
postal service, in the navy yards and
elsewhere who have been compelled to
work more than eight hours day since
the eight-hour law was enacted. The
coastitatiOnaIity of the eighth our law
has not been passed on by the federal
courts.
The Illinois law found a vigorous
champion in Governor Aitgeld, and it
was passed at h.s Instance. Ii did not
apply t. men, bIt was iimiteI u wo-
men employed for more than eight
hours a day, or IS hours a week, in any
factory within the state of Illinois. 1t
WAS designed to break up the cruel
swca;shop system in the manufacture
/ of clothing but of course applied to
other industries. Probably 5000 We
men who work in factories in the state
are affected by the law, and 5000 of
them live in Chicago.
The judicial reasoning is that the law
i a restriction on the right To contract
Ii is held that women nave the same
constitutional rights in this respect a.
men that the privilege of contracting
Is both a liberty and property right.
Liberty means the right to acquire
property, and included the right to
make and enforce contracts Labor Is
property, and the laborer has the same
| right To sell his labor and to c3ntrIc.
with reference thereto as his any other
property owner. Therefore the court
/ holds that the law conflicts with the
section Of the state constitution which
says that ''no person shall be deprived
of life, liberty or property without due
process o. law" The point is made in
the decision that the law substitutes the
Judgment OF the legislature for the
judgment OF the employer aud empioye
in a matter about which they are coal-
petent to agree with each other. lt Is
also denied that the law i = legitimate
exercise of the police hover OF the
state.
III the decision ands and is accepted
ms constitutional law in other states ne
I2-hour, IO-hour or S-hoIr law can bC
made. We dn not believe, a. al eX-
change holds, that it Will stand bat, in
the exercise of its police power, looking
to the health, comfort, welfare and
safety OF the people, there would seem
to be ample authority for the exercise
of such power by state - well as the
United States.-.W. Pleasant journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
II Am An AN sricsa'

y dinner was arranged ina Southern
city in honor of "a visitor from a
Northern State, AMI the host, when
the cigars were lighted, began TO rally
his guest by repeating some of tie
usual sectional jokes.
eve now havea northern Yankee at
our mercy" he remarked, jocosely,
''.nd hope that be may n0t be il
Inundated by the presence Of 50 many
SoItherners. We can assure him that
revoIvers and bowie-kuives have been
left in the anteroom aud that he is safe,
at least until We get our hats and
arms"
Everybody laughed and expected
that the visitor would respond 10 this
badinage by making fall Use Of his
privilege Of ridiculing Southern pecu-
liarilies. He surprised the company by
speaking in another vein.
"OIr host, A." he began, travelled with
me in Europe and l observed that
wherever we went he registered him
seifas an American and never as a
Southerner.
II thought it was a good example TO
follow and invariably put myself down,
no; as Northerner, but simply and
proudly as an American. What seems
10 me singular is the fact that two men,
who were content to travel all over
Europe a. Americans, should fancy
that they are anything else in their
own country. do not know why
should be onething at home that am
not when have crossed the sea and
gone among foreigners"
By this time the company perceived
that they were 10 have something bet
ter than oll-time Yankee talk and
sectional quips. They encouraged the
visitor to continue by applauding him
heartily.
He ended by making a acOmm0a-sense
appeal for more general use Of the
good old word American"
Let Us not be proud Of or COMMON
country" hesaid, when We are abroad
among strangers and ashamed Of il
when We are al home. | am from the
North and yoI are in the South, but
;hcrc j. no source of patriotic pride open
to you that Is lot mine a. we'll by virtue
Of M Jirthright rs aa American Nor
caa / glory in anything that is not
you-s also. Ii there be anything to
oc ashamed Of it i 2 reproach to Us all"
Tie company rose when the visitor
sat down AMI joined in singing Hail
Columbia and "He's Jolly Good
Fellow" They voted it one Ofthe hest
after-dinner speeches that they mad
ever heard and congratulated him
heartily upon hissucc - in Substituting
Wholesome and stimulating patriotism
in place Of the light diet of acrid secti0-
nal jokes Youths Compdaio8.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
NANCY SCORNED
THE CLOTHES

Iavinia II. Egan, in the Philadelphia Times
was riding slowly along on my tir-
ed sorrel nag, after an all days pull up
the mountains of East Tennesse, not far
from Jasper, and | was in the very
midst of. the forest primeyal giant trees
stretched their gnarled branches above
my head and scattered their brilliant
leaves about me, weaving a carpet for
my horses feet more gorgeous than
kings have trod. Away ofTin the lone
ly Sequotchie could see the S,oDing
ridges and spreading spurs dove-taiiiHg
into each other their crimson and yell
low and purple till all faded alike into
the distant blue, as the mountains lost
themselves in the misty East. No sound
broke the stiffness, save now and then
the barking of = squirrel cracking nuts
in the big chestnut trees, or the late
call of the wood bird for his mate.
was musing ON the mighty works of
God, and the pitiful efforts of his un-
worthy creatures as ! rode along, and
wondering where should take my
supper, for was what might be called
decently hungry and inGecently thirs-
".
Suddenly q sharp turn in the trail
struck my horses nose almost into the
very face Of mau who sat on rock
by the roadside, staring straight before
him. His head and chest were thrown
forward, his chin had dropped below
zero, his lank knees spread wide apart
like the open jaws OF Louisiana alli-
gator, and his hands hung limp nj his
side. \ suit of brown jeans, 50 new
that they smelt of the walnut-barll dye,
clothed his thin stripe of manly form,
and shirt collar of blue hickory turn
ed down around a spare neck, to the
very verge of which his faded, straw
colored hair was plastered sleek as a
ball room floor with turkey fat. \ more
perfect picture of abject misery / never
saw before nor since, and | jerked my
pony's head out of the mans face and
leaned forward in my saddle to look at
him.
''Got il bad?'' asked at last, when
the cracking Of his stiff clothes and the
snort Of his heavy breathing became
embarrassingly audible in the quietude
of the forest.
That's what | hev, stranger" he
said, lifting his jaw, but keeping his
eyes fixed straight ahead. ''Ketched
it in the neck an collar bone an chist
an the breast bone an the heart an
the stonIick an the lights an the liv
ers am the BOWLS an the yuther lower
regions. Facks er the business is, I've
got il FUN the crOwnd er my OF fool
head to the soles er my big blamed
foot. Got it all over"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
GuyiHs the Guyer.

There WAS once a Harvard studen;
that had sister at Bryn Mawr, the
girls college near Philadelphia. The
young man was unwise he wrote her
letters, poking fun at the college, and
she read them % her ciIssmates. They
determined to infiict punishment 10y
''guying' him, method of torturing
in which girls are experts. y Chicago
paper describes the subsequent proceed
ings:
The sister, who was one Of the con-
spiiatoFs, invited her brother to visit
the college. He came, sent in his card
and Was ushercd IN 20 large reception
room, where he waited for haitian hour,
during which time fourteen girls came
in and looked AT him. They came IN
pairs.
\ pair would turn the corner Of the
room, and on seeing him start and say,
"Oh - in a surprised way, after which
they would look him over carefully and
say, @Oh p again, but in 81 queer n
tone that the Harvard man found him
self wishing that he hadn't come.
This ordeal being over, MS sister
came in and took him TO her sitting
room.
"Tve invited some of the girls to
meet you," said she. "If any of them
should come in while I'm gone, you
entertain them. I'm going over TO
Denbigh for minute"
Scarcely had she left the room when
a dozen girls came troopiRg in. The
Harvard man arose, but they took no
notice of him at first. After distribu-
ting themselves picturesqueiy in groups
they fastened their eyes on him, and
one Of them began:
"Rather a nice-loclsing fellow, isn't
he?'
"Yes," said another, rather; but
his nose i too big. lie doesn't look
bit like Edna"
'Poor fellow Isn't 1t too bad he's 80
deaf?"
"Oh, well, it serves to make HIM
quiet Most Harvard men talk too
much.r
Freshman, isn't he?"
~ believe 80. He looks young"
During this conversation the subject
of il had turned more eolors than a
prism exhibits Presently one of the
girls marched up close TO him and yei-
/ led in stentorian tones. ''How DO you
/ Ike Bryn Mawr?r
''B-b-b-beg your pardon" suffered
the visitor, finding his vo.ce. Its a
m-mistafe, you know. I'm not deaf.
| You've got the wrong man. / can IA ar
perfectly well, really.
'.We are delighted to hear It - pro-
claimed the girls in measured chorus.
Then they all came forward an shook
hands with the youth, soiemniy con-
graduating him on his excellent hear
ing but his face was too much for
them, and the continuation of the farce
was spoiled by a gale of laughter, n
which the victim finally jo.n-d.
Thereafter, in his letters T. MS sister,
he never again referred to Bryn Mawr
rs ''hot-house for the forcing Of n
cipient bluestockings."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
WHOLE NO. 2279.

BY AMI by she tool, the gIn, sct It
over Ia the corner with athImb. "OF
Tom Lane aIius was bornd fool, p" sine
said cmphatically, as she ished her
snufb0x and brush from her pocket
and sat down TO ruminate. had about
cleared up everything in sight, aud
was feeling wonderfully comfortable
inside, when heard yell like a stray
Comanche's aud old Lane burst in
upon Us.
"Thank Gawd," he said, grabbing
my hand and almost, crushing it in his
own. "Thank Gawd, We air live an
kickin' Blamed ef / didn't think
ye'd killed my son Thomas McTair fur
the clothes on his back, blarst my OF
fool hide"
Thomas McTair came in soon after
and Nancy.
''By gum, stranger" said the big
fellow, "bat you missed close call
FUN the old mans gun, d;da't YOU
But its all right now. You're safe, an
I've got Nancy" Thomas McTair
stuck to his bargain of giving me
comfortable bed and / stayed with
them until the sun was high in the
heavens next dIy. Ny empty flask
was filed and in its right place when
We changed up clothes again.
"You've been a Gawd-scn' 10 me,
stranger" he said at parting, "fur you
got me Nancy"
The distant tree-tOps blazei in the
glory of the MONDAY sun as Z turned
from the little trail into the rocky
mountain road; the gray sqirreis warm
cd themselves amid the branches over
head, rattiing down chestnut huIls
upon the fallen leaves, AMI away btc'.
in the uadcrbrush | heard the high
pitched, happy Toice of Thomas Nc
Tair, so, ct along, git along, git long
Nancy, way down ia Rockingham"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
a Mutual Mistake.

\ rather amusing incident occurred
during a recent hurried visit I made
to small town up the State that goes
to show how easily we may be- mis-
taken in this world Of deception.
] had finished my business at he
town and was de,irous Of catching the
next train, which, however, did not
leave for thirty minutes. - ! decided
to u.ilize the time by eating has,y
lunch.
Entering Restaurant / noticed "a
man who from his appearance was
drummerj seated at one Of the tables
and ordering his meal by pointing to
certain articles on the bill Of fare. The
waitress would indicate whether or
not tie dishes were 10 he had BY q
gesture or simple Hod Of the head
at once concluded that she was
deaf and dumb, - I also gave my
order By pointing 10 the name of the
articles required, and finished by writ
ing on the edge Of the bill Of fare the
word Hurry" she nodded, bustled
away, and I'm very short time had
filed my order.
While eating, I congratulated my
self on finding place where ! could
get what ! wanted in such short time,
without idioiic useless palayer and in
waTdly resolved that "a deaf and dumb
waitress was an innovation that 1
would suggest to nay landlady. Hav-
ing finished my repast went over TO
the cashiers desk To settle.
The waitress followed, and l am
putting il somewhat mildly when /
say that | was more than surprised
when she bawled out i'm sweetly music
al, well mOdulated tones that would
have done credit to the "B0wery."
''Dis is anunder Of them mutes, he
owes forty-ive-." ConceaIing my
astOnishment / turned, bowed pro-
fOundly and thanked her for her at
tentiOn. Well you should have seen
her. She laughed Historically, flush
ell, turned green and had about forty
fits before j could get out Of the place,
and the laugh Of the cashier is still
ringing as a discorJant monotone in
my hypocritical, supersensitive case.
Truly we can say with the poet "All
things are not what they SEEM
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
G1ol Rllss flr Sleass5 II Life.

K,ep god eom?lay or nol,. Never
De idle.
Live up to your engagements. Keep
your own secrets if YOU have any.
When YOU speak 10 a person, look
him in the face.
Good company and good CONVERSE
tions are the very sinews ofvirtues.
Good character i above all thirgs
else.
Ever live jmisfor.Ines ex eepted)
within your income.
Make 10 haste to be rich, if You
would prosper.
Never play AT any game or chance
Earn money before yOu spend IT,
Never run into debt, unless You see a
way to get out again.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
After a Position.

japanese Secretary-YOu say you
want to serve u.s.
American-Ies, sire.
And you are from the United States
| am, sire.
And You understand military mat
ters?
As book, sire.
What military service have you seen
in america that would make you waltz
able to Us?
I'm a pension attorney, sire.-CTere-
IqaI Plain Dedicr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
A Gastronomic Feat.

Here is an extract from a recent
novel:
Husband and wife ate on together
in silence. There was manifestly an
i'll feeling between them. The husband
devoured a plate of soup, half fish a
piece of roast beef and slice of plum
pudding without ever once opening his
uoOuth -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
UNNECESSARY SYMPATHY.

always felt sorry when / met Jim.
Poor fellow, he's married now,
Ana life is serious thing to him,
For he lives by the swea. of his brow.
And the cares ola family weigh him down,
And he slaves TO run the house.
Why, Jim was the gsyest hoy i'm town.
And IN bet he's as poor as a mouse!
And bccaase he locked so worn aud sad
tried, whenever we met,
To talk OF the good times we'd had,
In hopes that he might forget.
TIL said was living at the club,
Then felt a deep ehagrin
Lest he should think was trying TO rub
His misery rather in.
But he exclaimed: That's a horrible life
No child 90 climb ON your knees;
No quiet home and the loving wife,
By Jove, hc was pityinE me.
Hurry IsoHsdiae ia Lie
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
He Was Ae 1lim atei.

"Then / understand that you defy
Us ~ said the BIssian prosecutor to the
recalcitrdnt witness.
Il do"
''BI. do You not fear our tortures ?
We viii dip yoI in boiling water and
then plunk you out and put you down
in a snOwbank.'
"Poh = replied the criminal, whats
that to M? Didn't travel all last
winter in an American Pullman car?'
And then they sIw it would be Use
less to - any further.-R2cktdad
IribHlc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03

"What is that young man who
makes all the noise on the third tiOOr
irving to do ~ asked the bOarder who
came from the country.
.He's cultivating his voice" replied
the star boarder.
''Gosh | don't see what he's doin'
that for. should think he'd want il
10 grow.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-03
Gallant.

\ really polite Frenchman can be
complimentary in the face Of unkind
remarks.
Such man, who had been beStow-
ing upon a lady many compliments,
asked her why she kept large and
apparently savage dog which had just
entered the room.
II bought him only yesterday she
answered fiippantly, ''and am going
to keep him in my front hall to eat up
my admirers"
"Ah, re poor animal, ," exclaimed the
Frenehman ITO die of indigestion y