The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-03-13
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The Oklahoma Legislature passed a
law to prohibit the manufacture or giving
away Of cigarettes.
Wild animals are believed to have
torn to pieces Rev. Elijah Teller, of Logan
County, w. Va, pieces Of his supposed
body having been found.
In Holland railroad managers are held
To a strict personal responsibility for the
safety Of their passengers. As a result
railroad accidents are rare. and an average
Of only one death n year results from
them.
Gas that escaped from coal stove kill
ed Mary and Eliza ShaHer, two aged
residents of Shrewsbury, York Go. They
had not been seen for some days and
neighbors Friday night made an iu-
vestigation and found them dead ia bed.
Chicago has over - elevators. which
handle l4o,o11,e)0 bushels Of grain every
year. The Union Stock Yards cover 80
acres and cost -. QC0,oC0. They have eight
miles Of street and receive S.UaGJ1 head
OF stock every ye.r. The meat exports
exceed slo0G0,O00.
On information made by Po-toilice In
spector Hugh !. German. benjamin r..
Swan, formerly postmaster at Portage,
was arrested at Ramey and taken % Al
toona, charged with having aided Post
master David MehaiTey, NJ Coalport, 10
make false returns and thus increase the
salary of the Office.
\ native orthis country, born of Chinese
parents, recently ' applied to Judge Rose,
at Youngstown, o., for naturalization
papers. Judge Rose asked the supervisor
of elections at Columbus if the papers
should be granted, aud received reply
that under United States and Ohio statutes
the man cannot be naturalizeI
Senator Chandler says: Il heard Hoy
ace Greeley swear twice. First. in I~;S.
when | was secretary % the National
Republican Committee, and John Shcr-
man had suggested paying the national
debt in Ercen5scks. The second explosion
occurred ia lSsE, on the night of Grants
inaugural ball. have never been 90 an
inaugural hall since that awtal night"
\ discussion is raging in Erie, says the
Dis91'cb, over this question, propoguded
by school teacher to her class: ''Ifa tree
located in a forest should fall and no one
should see it. would it make a noises'' The
question has created much discussion
among the pupils to whom it was present
ed, and ii has spread into older aaJ y ider
circles. the debate turns upon the theory
that sound exists only in the ear, and that
there can he no sound where there Is no
ear = receive and respond To the atmos-
pheric waves.
\ plIsterer named Taylor, living at
Lower footing. near London. cut the
;hroa; Of his wife and six children Thurs
day morning, and then took his own life.
The crime was the outcome ofthe extreme
destitution that prevails among many of
the working classes. Taylor was sober,
steady workman, but had been thrown
out of work by the remarkably cold
weather, which brought all building
operations to a Standstill. Not being able
to provide for his family, his mind be-
came unhinged.
Sir Benjamin Richardson, VI. D..
Of England, thinks that the normal period
Of human life is abont no years. and thai
seven out often average people couli live
that long if they lived in the right way.
They should cultivate a spirit of serene
checrfulncsS under all circumstances. and
should learn 10 like physical exercise in
a scientific way. No man. he says, need
be particularly ab-temioas in regard To
any article OF food. for the secret of long
life does not lie there. y happy disposi-
ton, plenty ofsieep, temperate gratilica-
tion of all the natural aPpetites, and the
right kind of physical exercise, viii liz
sure longevity to most people.