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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-12-14

mother to let her teach, or study medi
cine, or make dresses for her neighbors,
or go to foreign land as missionary,
she is refused, if the mother is of the
class have in mind. "Why should the
child wear herself out? She has no need.
She has every wish granted. What folly
to be dissatisfied while there are cakes
to make and friends to come and eat
themw
There is sort of featherbe arbi-
trariness which is as invincible as gran
lite, for all its softness. In a parent
whose soft, smothering stubbornness
takes this form the younn people of the
household are treated much as the
babies are. They are coddled. caressed,
made very comfortable, and yet con-
stantly repressed. The result is that
with the daughters there is an arrested
development. After leaving school they
cease to grow, and at thirty five and
forty. if they live so long, they are still
girls at home, and, alas, only "old girls"
and no more.
Half opened buds are beautiful; but
a withered bud with the florists wire
driven through it, is pitiful sight.
l have known elderly women with
gray hair and wrinkled brows, who,
their venerable mother being removed
by death, were as forlornly timid, as
uncertain how to act for themselves,
and as much the victims of circumstan-
ces as though they had been but sixteen.
There is no immaturity SO hopeless as
the immaturity of autumn in the field
of grain, or of life.
In writing thus l would not be mis-
understood. There is no debt of ten
derness too great to be paid to father
and mother. The utmost gentleness,
consideration, and reverential regard
are their due from their grown children,
for whom they have borne the heat and
burden of life's day.
On the other hand, no parent should
forget that his child, arrived at man.
hood or womanhood, is an accountable
being, and that to the Master be or she
standeth or falleth. There comes a
time when the young birds must fly, and
are not content to cling to the edge of
the nest, and in nature the wise parents
assist their fight. We who are parents
may learn something from the swallows
and the martins.-HOusehOld.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-12-14
Curious Fish Species.

In the Sea of Galilee-or Lake Tiber-
las, as it is also called-there is strange
fish named the Chromis Simonis, which
is more careful of its young than fish
generally are. The male fish takes the
eggs in his mouth and keeps them in his
natural side pockets, where they are
regularly Matched, and remain until able
to shift for themselves. By this ingeni-
ious arrangement the brood is compare
lively guarded against its natural enc
mics; it is easily fed, too, but it is puz
zle how the little onss escape being eaten
alive.
"a month ago." says traveller, writ
ing to religious journal, Il found in my
net a number of Chromis Simonis with
out eyes. Others of the species, when
lifted them up, dropped number of lit
tie fishes out of their mouths. which
swan away hastily. The natives ex-
planned the phenomenon. The blind
Chromis are the victims of sea hawks.
When these birds have eaten their fill
they begin TO look for tit bits. After
catching a fish they hit it's forehead with
their sharp beak, knocking out the mid.
die part. in which the eyes are set. The
bony structure is dropped into the wa
ter. but the eyes are eaten by the birds
with great relish. Strangely enough,
the fish generally survive this rough
treatment. The wound heals up quickly
in the water, and they continue to ply
the lake as il nothing had happened"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-12-14
EXECUTION OF ENGHIEN.
One of the Blacklist Blots in the Career
of Napoleon.

The scenes of that awful night defy
description. The castle of Vincennes
was beset with guards, when, finally, at
about an hour before midnight, the var
ious members of the court assembled.
Their looks were dark and troubled as
they wondered who the mysterious Gull
prit might be. None knew but Hulin,
the President, the Judge Advocate, and
Savary, the destined executioner. In a
neighboring room was the Duke, pale
and exhausted by his long journey,
munching a slender meal. which he
shared with his dog, and explaining to
his iailer his doleful thoughts at the
prospect of long Imprisonment. 1t
would be ameliorated if only he could
crafty his passion for hunting, and
surely they two, as prisoner and keeper,
might range the forest in company.
But at last he fell asleep from sheer IA
tigue.
The jailer, Harel, picked man, who
had kept guard over Arena and his fell
lows (who, it will be recalled. had been
executed on improved charges of con-
spiracy to assassinate Bonaparte,) was
some time fiery Jacobin. He could not
we'll encourage the expectations of his
new prisoner, dreary as they were, for
he had that very morning supervised the
digging of a grave in the castle moat.
At midnight the Duke was awakened
and confronted by the Judge-Advocate.
Real was unaccountably absent, and the
interrogatory so carefully prepared by
the Chief Magistrate was not at hand
To the rude questions formulated by
Hulin, with the aid Of a memorandum
from Murat, the prisoner, in spite of re-
peated hints from the members of the
Court-martial as to the consequences,
would only reply that he had pension
from England, and had applied to her,
Ministers for military service; that he
hoped to fight for his cause with troops
raised in Germany from among the dis
affected and the emigrants; that he had
already fought against France. But he
stoutly denied any relations with Du-
mouriez or Pichegru and all knowledge
of the plot to assassinate the First Con
sui.
He was then called to the bar in the
dimly lighted sitting room, where the
Commission sat. To the papers con-
tanning questions and answers he was
ironically permitted to affix demand
for an audience with the First Consul.
my name, my station, my mode of
thought, and the horror of my situa.
tion." he said, INSPIRE me with hope
that he will not refuse my request"
The Revolutionary tribunal followed its
instincts; it's members. knowing well
the familiar statutes under which such
bodies had acted since the days of the
Convention, but not having at hand the
words or forms Of verdict as prescribed
by the pitiless laws concerning those
who had borne arms againzt France,
left in the record blank to be filled
out later, and pronounced their iudg.
ment that the regular sentence" be exc.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-12-14
ROSE CROWNED.

Looking from my chamber window
At the dawning of the day,
In the summers bloom and brightness,
In the winters snowy whiteness,
Springtime blush of budding beauty
Autumn ripeness and decay
saw one who sought the city,
Bearing roses ON his way.
Many a time my thought has followed
Where the roses spent their bloom,
Dreamed its dream of homes made brighter
And of weary hearts grown lighter,
Faces pinched with ain illumined,
As the color and perfume.
Floated in to steal the anguish
Of the invalid's dull room.
Looking from my chamber window
On these bright November days,
All the world awake. and speeding
Toward the goal of duty's leading
Something from the scene has vanished!
Hidden in misty haze.
He who passed with roses laden
To the clty's busy ways.
Covered with his roses whiteness,
Comrades of the happy years
Bore him hence to meet the angels,
Listen to their glad eyangels,
See again homes guardian faces,
Live where death and sorrows tears
Enter not to dim the glory.
OF the souls immortal years.
j. L. p, in Boston Tran cript.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02

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This is the place for brides to get
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Several thousand handsome jackets
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From s4.75 to $3.50
Nearly thousand children's jackets,
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From 79c to $500
The most magnificent display OF stylish
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Prices $3.50 to $500
G rand display of new silks suitable for
wedding dresses, evening costumes
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Grand values in new handsome black
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Large collection of fine imported dress
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Our display of black dress goods excels
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When YOU come TO town don't fail 10
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whether you want TO buy or not.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
Pulling Power Of the Electric Giants

A recent test by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad showed the capacity of
the electric locomotive for starting a
train on an upgrade. A freight train
composed of % loaded ears and two
steam locomotives, the latter not work
ing, was stopped when going north in
the Belt line tunnel, where the grade
is II feet to the mile. The weight of
the train was |, l25 tons, or, including
the electric engine, ,222 tons. Every
draw bar was tight; there was no
slack i'm the train at all. The electric
locomotive then started 10 work, and
in one minute by the watch had the
whole train moving onward at the rate
of I0l miles an hour, from which point
the speed was increased to the usual
figure. In the first ten seconds the
train moved only four feet, at the end
of twenty seconds it had moved total
of % feet. When forty seconds had
elapsed the total movement was 80
feet, and at the expiration of a minute
she had moved 40 feet, and its speed
gradually increased thereafter to the
normal rate. The trains resistance
was p pounds per ton, Of which Is
pounds We're due to "grade pill"
Railroad men deemed lhetrial excellent,
especially considering the fact that the
rails were damp and greasy. 1t is
stated that the total pulling capacity
of the electric locomotive has not yet
been developed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
Demands on the Pastors Wife.

The impression widely prevails
more perhaps in rural than urban
churches, though by no means confin-
ed TO them-that the church has some
sort of claim on the pastors wife for
larger service than is expected of any
other woman i'm the church. This, We
believe, TO be wholly wrong idea.
No doubt, true woman who happens
to be pastors wife will gladly do all
she can, just as a merchants or a law
yer's wife will to advance her hus-
bands interests, and if she can best
do this by taking the lead in church
work, she will do it. But that is quite
a different thing from having this ser
vice exacted from her as a right. If
she is expected to do pastoral work, she
should be called to it, as her husband
is, and paid accordingly. Often the
best service she can render the church
is to devote most of her time and
thought to her home, relieving her
husband from care and making him
happy leaving to Others Of larger leis-
ure and means the direct work Of the
church. We happen TO know of only
one instance of a pastors wife being
remumerated for special service
for the church; but We are glad 10
know of even one.-ErdD,iRer
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02

men taking the fort. The garrison was
composed Of thirty men, and they
expected that if Smith came at all, lac
would come in daylight. Smith NOV
ed silently towards the fort, and TAX
ing advantage of the fact that the gate
was usually opened at a certain hour
every morning, at a time when the
men were taking a morning dram,
with their arms stacked, they made a
suiiea rush and captured the whole
outfit without opposition, scarcely.
Smith compelled blacksmith To take
the irons of the prisoners, when they
hastily decamPed. Smith always
claimed that this was the first British
fort captured in America by what they
called rebels. Smith and some COM
panions, some time after this exploit,
were travelling West from Bedford 70
survey some lands in the YOughiogheny
valley, when they were held up by
some parties in the vicinity Of Bedford,
and in the skirmish that followed, one
Of the assaiiants was killed. Smith
was arrested and taken to Bedford.
The authorities, fearing a rescue, sent
him 10 Carlisle. Six hundred Of his
old companions went there, armed,
To rescue him; but he refused, and all
vised them to return home, which
they did. He was acquitted of the
charge Of murder, and afterwards held
the Office Of assessor ia Bedford county.
He then removed To WestnOreland
county, where he served in the same
capacity, and likewise as captain of
company operating against the In
dians. He served in the revolutionary
war, capturing two hundred Hessians
in New jersey with only thirty six
men. He was a member of the con
ventiOa from WestmoTelaud, and WAS
also a member Of the assembly. In
Has he commanded regiment against
the western Indians. He also served
against the French Greek Indians, for
none of whom did he have any liking.
He finally located in Bourbon county,
Kentucky, where ne died about the
year 1900. He was man Of turbulent
spirit, brave, generous, charitable, be-
loved by al his intimates, and feared
by his enemies. The "Black Boys"
while lawIess in their methods, can
not be said to have been outlaws; for
the motive under which they acted,
was to prevent eontraband articles
from coming into the possession of the
Indians, for the purpose Of butchering
the settlers. Of which these men had
SO much knowledge.
Addison, Pa. VI.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
Gun Duel IN the Crimea.

While the flag of truce was flying,
the ''Crimean War says, a Russian
officer of artillery went up to ask Sir
Richard Airey if General Dacres, COM
manding the English artillery, was on
the ground. On Sir Richard answer
ing in the negative, the officer said:
''Your GS-pounder gun that your peO-
pie call Jenny Is a beautiful gun, but
we think we have one as good in that
embrasure,' pointing up 10 the mamel-
on, ''and we would like 10 have a fair
duel with her" Airey took up tie
challenge at once, and everything was
arranged for y o'clock noon next day.
When the time arrived all the batteries
on both sides ceased firing. y large
number of officers, French and Eng
lish, We're assembled at our lookout
station, behind the 2l-gun battery, to
look on.
Our sailors gun detachment mount
ed on their parapets and took off their
hats, saluting the Russians. The Rus
SLAMS returned the compliment. The
English qua was given the FIRST shot a.
the senior gun; it struck the side Of the
Russian embrasUre. Then they fired
very good shot, too. The third
shot from Jenny went clean through
the Russian embrasure and up went
two gabions. The 5lue-jackets jumped
up on their parapet and cheered, thin K
ing they had beaten their opponents.
Not u bit, \ minute afte-wGrd down
went the sabions and cut came the
Russian gun again. Several more shots
We're fired from both sides, all very
good ones Jenny got a nasty thumP,
but il did her no harm. At length, /
think the seventh shot from our side,
we saw the Russian gun knocked clean
over. Our fellows checred vOciferousIy
and the Russians mounted their para
pet and took oil their hats in acknowl-
edgement of their defeat All the bat
;eries then opened again. Thus ended
the great gun duel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
SOMERSET PA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER g. 1895

the sand he buried, moaning for Dai-
sy.
What was this?
Daisy had come TO his callings. They
were back on the green lawn once
again Daisy, his Daisy, his playmate,
was coming to meet him, her hands
full of salt.
He was her great, clumsy pet, once
again, was Mario. Once more he felt
her kisses, her lips were close to his
ear, her arms about his neck, her gold
en- curls over his eyes, as she breathed
"Marto, dear Marto."
With bubbling roar, over on his
side rolled the black bull, Mario. The
light in the great eyes, which so stead
fastly looked, even in dying, where
Daisy had been, went out. Then gaud-
lily decorated mules came prancing in,
to drag the conquered hero out.
He had made gallant fight, that
first bull, the spectators commented
not knowing that Mario had died be-
lieving himself the defender of Daisy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
Castles in the Air.

amid the mySad troubles that meet Us
day by day.
Who would not from the conflict moment
turn away.
And in far-on Eairyland. where men 70
burdens bear,
Forget "a while our tears and toll, In Castles
in the Air.
SO writes Jacob Cough, and he goes
ON TO suggest that this sort Of castle
building i proper relief for weary
folks. How many man i sick and
miserable who dreams OF health and
happiness. In this matter he had
better be doing than dreaming. "What
shall he do" you ask. Why, take
Dr. Pieree's Golden Medical Discovery
20 be sure. II cures affections of throat
and lungs, ineipient consumption, dis
ordered liver, sore throat, bronchitis.
asthma, eatarrh, ulcers, scrOfulou=
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and ague and dropsy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
The Wife huS: OBEY.

The ease Of Mrs. Gardner brings to
mind, says the Chicago Tribune, the
remarkable case cfthe English woman,
Mrs. jackson, OF ClitherOe. That
young lady was bride when she re-
fused absolutely to take up her abode
under her husbands roof. He, in Or
der to save himself from utter absurd
ijy in his own ewes, brought the law
into operation aud had it, officers pur-
sue her. He forced her To stay for a
time where he pat her; but when all
was said and done she snapped her
fingers serenely at him and went about
her business.
In the old gold mining days in Cali
fornia, white nlan found his Indian
wife one day dancing with the menu
bers of her tribe, who were celebrating
the death cf some white enemies. He
ordered her to stop dancing, telling her
that his wife should not dance in hon
or Of the scalps of white men. She
must cease her dancing and 20 at once
and fetch him sonic water.
''If you have a slave, send her, | am
no slave, but a ehieftian's daughter"
answered the squaw, whereupon her
husband took his hatchet and Glove
her skull in twain. The white by
ISLANDERS We're frozen with horror, but
the white husband Of the Indian wom-
an knew that he was supported by the
common law OF her tribe Her father.
the chieftain, came and asked why he
had done the deed. The traPper said:
Father, thy daughter refused me a
wife's Obedience 1T Is we'll" said
the ehiefIaiD, who believed that disci-
pline must be maintained; take thou
her sister, my next virgin daughter, to
be thy wife" And ii Was even 80.
The glorious common law stands re-
vealed in this true stOry-its primitive
inspiration, its fountain head is in bar
barism.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
Lincoln as a Lover.

A writer in the Chicago Times-Hcr-
dld says: G. G. Brown, of Springfield,
tells the following story, which he has
every reason TO believe is absolutely
true. ''Some time in the autumn of
1870, after Lincoln and Mary Todd
had been keeping company, and after
il was understood they were engaged,
some trouble arose between them, and
they became estranged. Each was anx-
ious for a reconciliation, yet neither
would make the initial advance. In
deed, Miss Todd felt herself so much
aggrieyed that she had once or twice
repulsed Mr.. Lincoln's overtures.
"John ]. Hardin, of Jacksonville,
made party, and a number of SPRING
field people were invited. Among
them was Mary Todd. Lincoln did
not accompany them. After dinner
all the young men brought around sad
die horses and took the young women
for a gallop to the places of interest in
the vicinity. SO skillfully did Mr..
Hardin and his wife manipulate the
start that the whole party had arrang-
ed itself into couples mounted and
prepared TO ride, before it was discover
ed that Miss Todd had no escort.
deeply chagrined, but in perfect
control, she disclaimed having any in
tention of going with them, and, raj
lying her woman tact, speeded them
gayly.
"Then she sat down on the porch, in
no very pleasant mood, and Hardin
and his wife left her alone. While she
sat there Lincoln arrived, entirely
without a suspicion of his coming, 50
far as she was concerned. And it was
there their differences were arranged;
and when the party returned, they
thought they understood why Mary
Todd had refused to go riding with
them.
.'In the following November Abra-
ham Lincoln and Mary Todd were
married"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
THE COMING MAN.

A pair Of chubby legs,
Encased In scarlet hose;
A pair OF little chubby boots,
With rather doubtful toes,
4 little kilt, little coat,
Cut as a mother can
And 10, before US stands In state
The futures coming man.
His eyes. perchance, will read the stars,
And search their unknown ways.
Pcrchance the human heart and soul
VIII open to their gaze;
Perchance their keen and flashing glance
Will be a nations light
Those eyes that now are wistful bent
On some big fellows kite.
Those hands-those little busy hands
80 sticky, small and brown,
Those hands whose only mission seems
To pull an order down
Who knows what hidden strength may be
Reserved within their clasp,
Though now tits but a taffy stick,
In sturdy hold they grasp:
All, blessings on those little hands,
Whose work is yet undone!
And blessings on those little feet
Whose race Is yet unruH,
And blessings on the little brain
Which has not learned to plan.
Whate'er the future holds in store,
God bless the coming man,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-02
When Help Was Needed.

''Oh, do come and helpr' gasped a
boy who ran up to a policeman; There
is an awful fight going on in our
streetr'
"Who's fighting"
my father and another man."
"How long have they been at it.?''
''0h, half an hour"
"But, why didn't you come and tell
me about it before"
sWhy, because dad was getting the
best of it all along up to ten minutes
ago."-Ia Bits.
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lightful In the distance. She remem-
bered how often she had danced to it
with him at Eastbourne, and how well
their steps were matched. She looked
at the young man, and he really was
SO handsome and ''such good FORM
that in her next remark she used a
gentler voice. ''You know shouldn't
have minded so much if it had been
abroad, but everyone will make fun of
me-" Then she spoke earnestly: Sure
ly you couldn't have been such asuch
a-and you can't be telling falsehoods"
II assure you," he said, eagerly,
..it's not quite as you think. Il" he
stopped abruptly and rose and walked
up and down the few yards of the con-
servatory.
.'Oh, there is a mystery!" cried Miss
Katie. "A mystery, do say SO, isn't
thereq Was it a bet? That would be
rather bad form. Still might-or was
it-oh! do tell anything but the hor-
rible thing I must think? shouldn't
care about you being poor, but hired
guest, a sort OF waiter with clean
shirt front and unspotted clothes
that's too-oh! I'm sorry to speak SO
cruelty il it's true, but it isn't?"
He had pulled off his gloves and the
buttons-and he flung them down-not
the buttons-on chair and came close
to her. He gave little throat-clear-
ing cough, and then seemed choked by
the words that stuck in his throat.
Really ne looked very handsome, and
quite gentleman. Miss Katie's eyes
dwelt kindly on his fine hair and we'll
cut features.
There's mystery" he started ct
last. She dropped her fan, and as both