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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Legends Of the Passion

The story rams that A.iam took with
him from Eden a. a staff a branch ofthe
tree OF knowledgc-in fact, the very
branch ;h:.. bore the fatal apple. During
MS wanderings hereached Jerusalem
lie thrIst the staff III the ground, and
ii grew All became a tree from which
the cross was fashioned. ThIs the
same wood bore that which brought
sin into the world and him vino over
came it and redeemed the world from
It's sway.
Some say the wood of the cross was
from the aspen tree and since then its
leaves forever tremble with remorse
and fear The mi,tletoe, according to
another legend, was once sturdy
tree, but having furnished the mater
ial for the cross it was accurSed and
became Il weak parasite.
To many a shrub and plant has been
attributed the dread distinction of fur
nishing the crown Of thorns. In Italy
it j. the h;Irbcry, in Germany the holly,
and elsewhere il i given to the BRAIN
bic, the buekthOrn, the hawthorn, the
br.er rose, the aclathus, the wild hys-
sop and the acacia. The scOurse that
was laid upon our SaviOr's back, trs-
dition says, was made from the weep
ing willow; for which reason that tree
has ever since maintained dropping
and renI0rseful attitude. And the
reed which was placed in his hand,
according 70 the same authority, WAS II
stalk of the common cattail with its
ulac,-li.le head.
The passion flower, when found By
Spauiartls in Mexico, WAS hailed with
alteration, since il displayed within it.
self all the instruments of the passion
the crown, tine scourse, the spear
and the nails. There are other flowers
which fable says were growing NJ the
foot Of the cross and were stained with
the Lords blood.
The Germans tell Us that the cross
bill s.rove hard 10 draw ont the nails
thlt pierced the sufferers hands. IL
could not, 6It it twisted it, beak in the
effort and dyed it, p!uliage in blood.
The English robin i the hero of a sim
liar trIlitiOn anl Il ycI its breast in the
bloody th0riIs.
\ Danish legend has it TIA st puring
the Saviors agony three birds came
fiying thither and alighted upon the
cross. "SsyriS ham Styrk ham -
cried one. Strengthen him Strength
en- him - And ever since men have
called the st0rk bird of strength and
blessing. The second cried ''Sval ham !
SvaI ham - or "R R.fresh him Refresh
him. and the swallow, too i bird
of blessing. But the third cried
'.Puen ham Puen ham ~ or Punish
him Torture him - And thus the lap
wing is a bird accurscd fOrevermore.
The same legend prevails among the
Swedes, only they add fourth bird
the turtledove-which cried "kyrie T.
Kvrie - or 'Lord, Lord ~ which is
vet it, mournful cry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
To Fell Train Robbers.
d-he Kansas csty star.

FroaiThe kansas C.ty STAR.
Another Kansas City man has tack
led the problem OF frustrating train
ro5beries. His efforts have resulted in
the construction ola contrivance which
is calleda distance lock. Il makes il
impossible to open the express car safe
tc when ii i attached until the train
hiss travelled certain number OF miles
With this contrivaHce in Use the ex-
press messenger LOCKS his safe. sets his
lock 10 travel the number Of miles %
the next station and i cannot De open
ed until the train mas gone the de=igna-
ted distance.
The continuance consists Of 4 conbi-
nation Of shafts, cog wheels and
WORMS" whereby the lock Of the safe
is connected with one of the axIes of
the ear in such way that the safe,
after being locked, can be opened only
after the axle has revolved a certain
number of times.
The inventor i James T. Marlin. His
patent papers bear the date of Fcbrua-
~ -, 1895. As soon ~ they were T.
ceived Mr.. Marlin proceeded to give his
invention thoroughly practical test
and it was attached to express ear Ne.
l ,4iO on the Union Pacific, which lett
Kansas City for Denver last Tuesday.
Mr.. Harlin rode t. Denver with the
express messenger and returned yestcr-
day morning hi exceedingly good spir-
its over the success Of his test. He
found that, even with the somewhat
crude mechanism he had made, adjust
cd to q rough axle, il worked To per-
fecfion. He could set the lock 80 that
il would unlock within two rods Of the
designated distance. ID. .. Law, the
express messenger Oh the ear with MF.
Marlin, and Mr. Laws helper declared
that the con:rivance worked perfectly.
Mr. Marlin expects that the distance
lock will soon become a indispensable
to express companies n iiEIe locks are
to bankers. There are few blnk safes
in this country which do not have time
locks 50 that they can BE- locked secure
ly and cannot be opened until deSis-
mated time has elapsed. Mr.. Marlin
has sold half-iuterest in his jnven-
ton 10 Alfred Baker, the miller and
grain man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Entaile Jewels.
From the Boston Post.

/ From the Boston Post.
England is the only country in the
world where the NOBILITY are in the
habit Of entsiling their jewels. Some
/ Of the great houses Of the aristocracy,
such as that of Cavendish, whose head
is the Duke of Devenshirc; that Of
Bentinc;l, whose head is fhe Duke OF
Portland, and that Of Lcnox, whose
chief is the Duke of Richmond, possess
superb collections of gems, almost
priceless in value, aud which have been
in the families fo- hundreds of years
They cannot be sold or delivered
from the head of the house, and even
if they are pledged for loans the person
with whom they are pledged is forced
by law to return them to the estate,
even without payment of his loan, on
the death of the peer or peeress who
Offered them as security for money adj
vanced. Moreover, like the entailed
landed property, the heirloom Jewels
do not remain with the widow, but
pass Immediately 20 the successor to the
title.
When young Lord Dudley married
erstwhile shopgirl, Rachael Carney,
few years ago, his still beautiful and
young-loolling mother, the widowed
countess, had to surrender to her
daughter-in-law most of the magnifi-
cent and world-famcd jewels with
which she had delighted 90 adorn her
comely person during the twenty-five
years of her married life. Or course
jewelry thus entailed cannot be seized
for debt, and thus it is that these col
lections of gems have remained intact
and ever-increasing throughout the
course of years.
The Inauguration of the new fashion
of divorce has led 10 Il good many COM
plications ofa legal character in con-
nection with this practice Of entailing
family jewels. Formerly divorce was
20 costly and difficult to obtain that
the question did not arise. Bu5 now
that diuorces are 80 customary among
the nobility there are constant conflicts
arising in connection with the family
jewels, the wife rs 4 rule putting forth
every effort 20 retain them.
Ii was only the other day than an
action of this kind took place in Lon
don, the wife, who had the divorce
pronounced in her favor and who had
been assigned the guardianship of the
children, insisting that, inasmuch as
she retain her name, her title and her
children, she likewise the right 10 re-
tain possession Of the family jewels
until her son should marry. This, how
ever, the Judge refused to admit, and
declared that the jewels must be re-
turned to the husband the divorce ter
ninating not only hermarriase obliga-
lioiis but also her rights to share in the
property Of her husbands family.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Diamond Smuggling.

One of the simplest devices for snug
Cling diamonds il that of the hollow
heeled boots and shoes constructed 50
rs 10 leave Il small vacant space in the
heels are easily obtained in Europe,
and they are especially manufactured
for the purpose of supplying SNUG
gicrs with Il means for escaping dctsc-
ton.
the porous plaster has often served
as means of secreting diamonds.
When it Is understood that Si0,011
worth of diamonds or more can easily
be enclosed in paper parcel about a
wide rs this column, one and one
half inches high, and abOGt quarter
of an inch thick, il i easy to compre-
hend that such a package can be kept
securely in place by means of an inao-
cent but highly serviceable porous
plaster.
One of the most ingenious methods
ever employed was the use Of a cake of
soap, wherein number of dia monds
had been imbedded. 1t i highly
probable that this plan would have
proved successful had il not been that
the officers of the government had re-
ccived information that the suspected
person had diamonds with him, and
searched his effects 80 thoroughly that
they examined even the gem-studed
block of soap.
The wife of this snaggler helped her
spouse, and her plan was not less
ingenious than that of her husband.
Her hat was ornamented with punches
of grapes, which under ordinary
circumstances would only have awak-
ened the envy of other wearers Of bon
nets. Within the grapes were diamonds
and fancy stones of great value.
Another smuggler was specially
provided by Providence with a snug
Cling device in the shape of a heavy
covering OF thick, bushy hair, which
he arranged so that it stood up from his
forehead like an impenetrable bush.
Within this mass OF heavy hair he
deposited gocdly stock of diamonds,
and succeeded for time in escaping
the vigilance OF the custom house
officials.
As these schemes have become known
to the custom house authorities the
ingenuity of the smusslers has been
more severely taxed. y recent dis
covcry disclosed the following elaborate
plan which succeeded great many
times before it was discovered:
Two smugglers operated in partner
ship. The first crossed the ocean, and
before leaving the wharf reserved > re-
turn berth for a certain date. The date
and the number of the berth Were at
once cabled to his accomplice in Amer
lea. Having purchased the diamonds,
in due time he returned TO this eoun-
try in accordance with the instructions
previously cabled. No amount of ex-
animation resulted in finding any
diamonds upon his person. Mean
while, however, his partner had Sc
cured the same berth.
When the day for sailing came, part
ner Ne. ., accompanied by his family,
entered the cabin, and extracted from
a secure hiding place several parcels OF
diamonds left there by his accompliee.
These he handed 10 his fearful family,
who, after bidding him good bye, ief
the steamer unsuspeesed, and brought
the diamonds into the market. IL
took long time to discover this
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Giving the Devil HIS Dues.

The devil is proud of a grambler, no
matter whether he belongs to church
or not.
The man who knows that God is
with him viii always be very careful
where he steps.
Keep the devil away from the chill
dren and he will soon have TO give up
the saloon.
We hate our own sins most when we
see them walking around in the shoes
of somebody else.
Look into the drunkards home if
you would see tracks that have been
made by the cloven hoof.
Our neighbof sees our faults, but he
hasn't seen the bitter tears they have
made Us weep.
All lies hlye tie sn'l o. brim i;oa
on tn air garments, no matter whether
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
The Plains in Winter.
From The Atlantic Monthly.


The journey across the continent
from west to east, in mid-winter, is very
much like a voyage When one lands
at st. Paul from an overland train it Is
with all the sensations of making port
after having passed over the icebound
sea of the plains.
The uniform dazzle of miles Of mono
tonous snow, broken only where it
sinks to indigo shadow or swells 10
erests Of intolerable light, has for days
gi7en 70 the world outside the pane a
sentiment Of immensity rarely match
cd By the moving sea.
There is majesty in the limitless sweep
OF level earth, 30 slightly overarched
by the level sky, bus majesty that be-
comes desolatiOn when seen in intimate
relation to human life.
\ furry team of horses struggling
across the plains, drawing Il neagrc
sledge load Of iirewood along a narrow
trail in the SNOW to some unseen farm
house, hibernating through the long
winter months for the resurrection Of u
few fierce weeks Of summer sunshine !;
u little school house Of unplancd boards
perched on a. swell Of the vast, silent
landscape ; a farm house backed by
barn and corral, with a tiny yard in
front enc;rcled by tawdry frill of
whitewashed pailing, showing yellow
above the snow-au these, with miles
ot SNOW between, pierce one with
keener sense of Ioneliness than could
any personal experience.
The human element Is 50 inadequate
that one passes these scattered evil
denees of struggle for life as, in q
sound ship one might pass fra;l craft
at sea.
There are eagle minds upon when
this solemn hostility Of uuconquered
nature acts as a challenge; one see this
in the voice and step and eye OF men
who have built Dakota and Montana
towns. Sturdy and unswed, they have
fought their way, and wrcsted fr
themselves foothold on the great in
hospitahle plains.
The level iridcscent blaze Of cloudicSs
winter days the trcelcss prairie alame
with color materialized in a Thousand
wild flowers ; the draaTy sweils Of aJi-
tImn brown, lifted here and there into
sharp buttes Of threatening stoHe-each
in its own way imprcsses the inagina-
ton, but rcPelI the nesting instinct Of
home Seeki1.s man.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
YET, AN I OLD.

never knew that was old
Like truth in dreams that truth We;
seemed
Until the honest ''photo" told
Ne, was old,
As children turn from ghostly dark,
As our hearts chill AT barbarous tales
We will not look, we viii not hank,
Our age 20 mark.
We know our hope has broken wing,
We know we shall not miss the world;
Blu. all is nothing to the sting
The Old line bring.
Yet, after all, when once we bow
Submissive TO the iron fact,
We find that life can, even now,
Enthra!l, somehow.
Eyes That are kind DER LOOK the gray
That shimmers ON our Whitening head /:
Kisses from lips we love delay
Joys but day,
Hawthorne LattroP, in Ladies Home
'OUrgtrl.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Making a Plain 0melst

Beat eggs until well broken, add
pinch of salt and tablespoonful Of
sweet milk. Have your pan perfectly
smooth and clean. Now put n spoon
ful of butter in the pan, and when ii Is
as hot rs il can be without seOrehing
the butter pour the egg mixture in;
keep slipping a thin broad bladed knife
under it and raising il up to prevent
burning. As soon as the under side Is
brown and the top is set fold II to-
gether. shake the spider or pan 50 as to
entirely free it, carefully slide il on TO a
hot platter and serve Immediately.
The guests may wait two minutes for
an omelet, but an omelet cannot wait
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
All He Claimed for it.

Indignant Customer-That "One-
minute Toothache Cure" you sold me
Is a fraud, do you hear? Ii took 1t
almost halfan hour TO act Druggist
How long did it ease your tooth =?
about a minute" "Yes; that's the
one-minute part of it."-Ialic:aopo IS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10

that he had stolen from the English
man, and looked every way curiOusly
towards the east. And the adobe huts
of Manaiillo knew again the quiet of a
hundred years-and the Aialpais lay
and giistened in the sun-ever the Evil
Place.-BOStOa GiOJc.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
An OUTLAWS HEROINE.
Together They Perished on the Great
Western Desert.

Manaiillo was only collection of
adobe huts, huddie under the eve OF
the morning sun, in the midst of the
burning Arizona desert.
Maybe il had been there an hundred
years-nIaybe twice that time-for its
annals were writ only in the sands of
the wide, brown plain, and that which
is written there to-day the wind covers
tomorrow.
But presently the railroad came, and
with it signs of development. a ranch
man gathered up the nucleus of flock
OF sheep; some miners outed and went
prospecting i'm the mountains fellow
who had some smattering of science
went Off himself into the heart of Tie
Apache country, and came back with
opals rich with strange fire.
!. These, and Others like them, came to
look upon ManaliIio as their base for
supplies; the place grew in import
ance people from a farther district be-
gan 10 come higher, and many riders,
in fantastic dress, were seen upon the
streets.
Some of these riders it would have
been difficult 10 classify. They were
certainly neither ranchmen nor miners.
Ii might not have been IA serious mat
ter TO call them gamblers. Some of
them were more than suspected OF
having helped to ''hold up'' the Fort
Stanton stage on occasion; more than
one rode horse for which he had new
er exchanged ain equivalent.
In the terse vernacular of the south
west, they We're simply ''bad men"
1t was because this portion had be-
come too numerous that the leading
citizens decided society must he re-
organized and they went about the task
methodicaIly.
Among these ''bad men" the name
Domingo Juarez led all the rest, and il
was decided by those having author
iiy in the matter that JuareZ must "so,
preparatory to the establishment OF an
orderly community.
When Armeda Torreon rode into
Manalillo that afternoon to exchange
a goats fleece for measure Of meal
she learned that matters of grave inn
portance were afoot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10

\ good three leagues from Manalillo
was the ranch where Nicentio Torrcon,
her father hired Il few goats and basked
in the sun all day, asking little in life
except to be left alone.
The night was still as il was white,
except for the far yelping of a coyote or
at the tOot of an owl.
After n time the sound of distant
hoofbeats was added to these. a horse
man drew in sight, siihoutted against
the clear sky, rode up TO them at an
easy lope and halted in front Of the
hut.
"You are glad to see me-" said the
rider, sarcastieally, as neither the man
nor the girl stirred sit is worth riding
far for such welcome"
ave are tired" answered Armeda,
inditferently.
"Ies, Domingo, we do something be-
sides play, we" grunted Torreon.
The horsemen flung himself down
besides the girl. "Tell me-" he said.
ave have lost the new goats"
"The ones you had from the Eng
lishman?"
Torreon chuckled silent assent, re-
membering how they had gotten them.
"Did he come for them >" asked Do
mingo.
"Bah, no, He has not that courage.
They have strayed away, up the ar
royo."
"They will come back"
ayes, when the wolves have eaten
them"
They We're silent for little. Then
the man said, tentatively:
"You followed them ~
ayes until / could go no farther"
Domingo rose and stood looking
across the plain.
"The arroyo is a cursed place." he
said.
Then he put his hand upon his
horse. "Juan is sure OF foot. Yes |
could bring them back. But | must
be in ManaliIlo to-uight."
His manner was irreso,ute, and he
kept his face from the girl as he spoke.
Armeda turned her eyes upon him with
languid interest.
"Don't let your poor goats interfere
with your pleasures" she said, ''doubt-
less some one will miss you if you are
not there
"The devil, no. You know il is not
that, Armeda. Bat there will bc some
good play tonight"
''Oh very well. | shall go for the
goats again, when have rested"
"What? To the arroyo? Tonight
That is nonsense. See here-l will go
if you will promise me"
'I will not promise. If you cannot
do this for me-
"I but jested," he said quickly. 81
shall go and find your goats"
He turned and rode away. And
Armeda stood and watched until he
was well out of sight and hearing.
Then she went into the bit of chappa-
raj and returned driving before her a
dozen fine Angora goats, whose long
silken coats showed even in the moon
light, the purity of their breeding.
"If he rides till he finds them he will
not be in Manalillo this night" she
said, eontentedly, to herself, as she
fastened the flock securely in the in
closure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
Simply Marvellous
Intense Suffering of a Young
Girl Ended
White Swelling Cured by Hoods
Sarsaparilla.

SdISdRlrlilds
"Gentlemen-Urged by the feeling that
some parent might hare attention direct
ed to Hoods Ssrsaparilla through r,y
statements, as mine was through that MIR.
Jno. L. McMurrny of Ravenswood, w.
Va, give the particulars of nv daughter
Emma's suffering and cure. Indecent Der,
1856, when four years Old, che injured her
right knee by fall. The injury culmin-
ated In white swelling. The limb
commenced to contract, and to en-
able her TO get around / made her q
Pair OF Clutches.
While using sheSs she lad second fall,
the knee grew worse and the limb con-
tracted. Tie following August the doc
tors decided to bandsge the leg. They
pulled the knce-joint apart by main
strength and put 1t In plaster bandage.
During the six months the use of the
plaster-of-paris bandage was continued,
ii was renewed three or four times. The
limb grew worse instead of better. All
sorts of appliances and bandages We're re-
sorted to, but there was no Improvement,
the disease continued its inroads.
Five Assesses
formed on the limb. We took her to
a prominent hospital. The doctor said
il would be necessary to open the leg and
scrape the bone, and perhaps finally to
Amputate the Limb.
She had wasted away to a mere shadow
and as didn't believe she could survive
the operation, made I'D my mind she
might as well die with two k rs one.
"Just st this tine, happened 20 rad
testimonial from West Virginia describ-
ing a case so similar to my child's, and in
which Hoods Sarsaparills had effected
cure, and Immediately decided to give
that medicine & trial. 1t took hold
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
From the First.

Before she had taken two bottles a
core or piece OF bone came out of one OF
the assesses near the ankle. To come to
the point, three bottles of Hood Sarsa-
parilla cured Emma completely. Readers
OF this can imagine NV esteem fer Hoods
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
I, somerset Herald.
y rsrABlIsHrn lsl7'
/, ms of Publication.

o-F5s F ,}MI5E2lzR:srLAw. MEAFFRs,
n somerset, Penn'a.
~ s.,-t-
r D. ,sliur. Il iloor
ag p- s.-r,sted 10 his care VIII be at
,s..als, e..., e.l.--.',rtness and ndeiity.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1895-12-08

lack Of moisture, and those terrible
hot winds. We have been out there
now eight years and succeeded in
raising three crops. Then for sew
eral months in the year we have to
remain mighty close to fires from
$3.50 per ton coal, so you see there
isn't much chance to get ahead or
remain even with the world. When
I return home / shall tell my peO-
pie just what awaits them here, and
if they are incredulous I will mere
ly suggest that they select a dele
cation to come with me and verify
my report. So far as 1 am concern
ed, my mind IS made up, and I shall
certainly locate in the South"
"How many do you directly rep
resent in this Investigations
IN my immediate county there
are between fifty and seventy-five
families, but l am satisfied that
does not include more than a small
portion of those who will eventual
ly Gomez
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1895-12-08

member of the last congress, is back
as a contestant for his old seat the
certificate to which Is held by a
Democrat. He claims to have been
counted out and says he has not the
slightest doubt that he will be seat
ed. The Republicans of the State,
he says, Notwithstanding their re-
cent rebuff in the Supreme court,
are preparing to bring the question
of the validity of the new constitu-
before the court in a form which
they think will require a decision
on the main issue at stake. General
opinion among the house Republic
cans appears to be that this congress
will be conservative in unseating
the thlrty-two members whose seats
are contested. The Republican ma
iority is so large that there is no
need to strain a point IN unseatlng
Democrats. so it Is thought not like
~ to be done