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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
MONEY MAKING IN TACOMA.
The City Of Destiny Once Coined It's Own
Cazh.

The City OF Destiny Once Coined Its Own
Cazh.
Tacoma once had mint that coined
all of the money in circulation where
the City of Destiny now stands, and it
did not require the fiat of Uncle Sam,
the silver of Idaho or the gold OF Cali
iornia to make the pieces from Ia 'oma's
mint pass current among the Indians
and the few hardy pioneers who were
blazing the path of civilization through
the forest on the shores of Commence
ment bay, says the Tacoma Ledger.
Back in the early seventies the Taco
ma Mill company, not being able to
handily secure gold and silver for use
in trading with and paying eff the In
dian laborers and early settlers, hit
upon the novel plan of issuing its own
currency, and to this end set its black
smith TO work to fashion for 1t out
of scraps of iron and brass pieces of
money, or, rather, tokens, which could
be used as circulating medium. The
pieces consisted of 40 cent and 40 cent
iron tokens and brass 81 pieces. The 40
cent pieces were about an inch in diam
eter and the 45 cent pieces were about
the size Of the present silver half dollar.
The 81 pieces were oval IN shape, about
IL inches long. an inch wide and a
sixteenth of an inch in thickness These
pieces were stamped with the figures
showing their value, and readily passed
current all over the country tributary to
the mill Nearly all of this old mill"
coin has parsed away, but a few days
ago William Hanson Of the Tacoma Mill
company presented set Of these queer
coins TO the Ferry museum. In his let
ter to the museum he said:
"The honesty of the people and the
absence of any blacksmith shop save
that of the company made the use of
this money possible.
Oregon has long hoasted that the
Beaver" coin, minted at Oregon City
in the early fifties. was the only money
minted in the northwest in the days of
the pioneer. bnt here in Tacoma, long
years after Oregon's Beaver" mint
had become historical incident, was
primitive mint that supplied the coin
to furnish the pioneers and Indians with
all of the necessities for their rough
lives. The coins. which are still pre-
served, are roughly made, just such as
any blacksmith with ordinary tools
might make, and as a matter Of fact
during the early years Of the mill COM
pany's existence formed practically the
local circulating medium of exchange.
When the Irdians who were employed
in the mill were paid for their labor.
this coin sufficed, as all the trading
they did was with the little store run in
connection with the mill. The iron and
brass pieces were, of course, passed
among the Indians in trading with each
other, and as anything in the way of
supplies was purchased by them at the
mill store the pieces were fully as good
to them as if they had borne the stamp
of the government.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
n. wouid No. Deny II

A federal judge lately charged jury
In a liquor case as follows: "In later
years there seems to have been a dis
position to 6sny or ignore judicial
knowledge as to what constitutes In
toxicating liquors. and the couHs have
manifested desire TO disavow any ju-
dicial knowledge ON this subject At
the same time some of the courts have
not hesitated TO impute TO juries an ex-
tensive knowledge and information IN
this regard This court, however, will
follow the precedent established by tho
decision Of Chancellor Walworth upon
this subject and will assume judicial
knowledge concerning Intoxicating
liquors. In trial in the state of Wis
consin, where this question arose in
1883. the trial judge decls-ed that a
man must be a driveling idiot who did
not know what beer was, and that Ii
was not necessary to prove it to be an
Intoxicating liquor
Later the supreme court Of that
state, in passing ON the charge of the
trial judge, declared that his rulings
in the case upon this question were not
only clearly correct, but if his peculiar
manner gave them force and emphasis
it was not only proper, but commend
able. This court, therefore, viii neither
stultify itself nor impeach its own We
racity by telling you that it has not ju-
dicial knowledge that the liquor com
monty known us whisky is an intoxi-
eating liquor or that the drink COM
monty called whisky cocktail Is an
Intoxicating drink. Lease and Com
ment
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
THE SUBJECT WAS DROPPED.
Tilt at q Banquet Between Two Well
known Men.

Tilt ut q Banquet Between Two Well
known Men,
"That reminds me, remarked an old
pioneer to a San Francisco Post reporter.
when General Halleck S name was men-
toned. "of the banquet we gave Hal
leck in 1865, when he returned from the
war The people here were proud of
him, for he had more than regained the
laurels he lost at Corinth, when he per-
mitted the enemy to escape under the
cover of a big battery of wooden guns
that had been made out of logs during
the night
"Among the friends of Halleck who
met him at the banquet was Bully
Waterman, the old sea captain, who in
early days commanded a clipper ship
plying between San Francisco and New
York On one voyage he had laid big
wager to beat rival clipper. but when
he found On going to sea that some of
his crew who had shipped as ablebodied
seamen were incompetent he was so mad
he hanged three to the yard. Just how
many We're hanged was never known,
but Waterman was tried for murder and
acquitted
During one of those silences that
will fall over the merriest of banquets
General Halleck called to Waterman,
who was at the other end of the room:
Nov that you have been tried and
acquitted. Waterman, won't you tell us
how many men you hanged ON that vey-
age?''
"'Yes, general, / will responded
Waterman, if you will first tell us how
many wooden guns stopped you at Cor
inth.
1.-The subject dropped there
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
The Grandest Remedy.

Mr.. r. b. Greeve, merchant of Chill
bowie, Va, certifles that he had con-
sumption, was given up TO die, sought
all medical treatment that money
could procure, tried all cough remedies
ne could hear of, but got no relief;
spent many nights sitting up in a
chair; was induced to try DIR.
Kings New Discovery, and was cured
by the use of two bottles. For the past
three years has been attending to
business, and says DIR. Kings New
Discovery is the grandest remedy ever
made, as il has done so much for him
and also for others in his community.
DIR. Kings New Discovery is guaran-
teed for coughs, colds and consump-
ton. 1t don't fail. Trial bottle free at
Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at
Brallier's drug store, Berlin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29

The soldiers bed varies notably in the
different European armies. According
to DR. Viry, the following are the prin-
cipal varieties, in which, perhaps, we
may see the reflection Of national char
acteristics- In England the bed is hard
The soldier lies on thin mattress that
rests OH canvas stretched over a frame.
In Spain the soldier has only a straw
bed, but he is allowed besides this pill
low, two sheets, two blankets and a
covered quilt. sometimes even cover
for the feet II is almost sybaritic- In
Germany and Austria he has q simple
straw bed with one or two covers,
neither sheet nor mattress In Russia,
until recently, the soldier slept with
bis clothes ON on camp bed, but now
ordinary beds begin 70 be used-the re-
suit of contact with more civilized
countries. After this it cannot be doubt
ed that the French soldiers bed is the
best of all, with its wooden or iron bed
stead, a straw bed, wool mattress,
sheets, q brown woolen coverlet and
IN extra quilt for cold weather. Thus
Inc bed Of the French soldier is the soft
Est of all soldiers beds, as that Of the
French peasant is acknowledged also to
be the best Of all European cauntries--
British Medical Record
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
His Last Meal.

Every day some fresh source Of food
supply is discovered. says The Stamp
Collector. Adhesive stamps have not
hitherto been regarded as nutritious.
The ostrich prefers gold watches for q
steady diet, and the travelling .inker's =
donkey has reputation for consuming
any clean linen that may be handy.
A Hindoo paper. however. gives an
account Of curious incident that oc-
Cured at the residency in remote dis
trict in Ceylon little while ago. Mr..
Pieris, the office assistant, placed ON
his table some judicial stamps to the
value of about 900 rupees. While his
attention was drawn to something else
his pet goat was slowly but surely max
ing a meal of the stamps This was not
discovered until the goat had swal-
lowed some 50 rupees worth of stamps.
Immediately the goats life was de.
manded as penalty, and the stamps,
afterward taken from its stomach, were
forwarded to the commissioner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
A GOOD STORY.
The Native Seemed Innocent, but He Was
Very Knowing.

The Native Seemed Innocent. but He Was
Very Knowing.
was sitting ON keg of nails in a
West Virginia mountain store watching
q native dickering with the merchant
over a trade Of a basket Of eggs for a
calico dress. After some time bargain
was closed, the native walked out with
the dress in bundle under his arm
and followed him.
"It isn't any business of mine,"
said, "but was watching that trade
and was surprised to see you let the
eggs go for the dress
what fer?'' he asked in astonish-
ment, as he mounted his horse.
"How many eggs did you have2''
"Basketful F"
"HOw many dozen?"
Dunno; can't count.
"That's where you miss the advan-
tages of education With knowledge
you might have got two dresses for
those eggs"
"But didn't want two dresses, mis-
ter" be argued
perhaps not, but that was no reason
why you should have paid two prices
for one. The merchant got the advan-
tage of you because of his education
He knew what he was about
He looked at me for minute. as If
he felt real sorry for me Then he
grinned and pulled his horse over close
to me.
81 reckon" he half whispered. cast
Ing furtive glances toward the store,
This eddication amt SO much more n
mine ez you think it is. He don't know
how many nv them aigs is spilled. an l
do" And he rode away before could
argue further.-Boston Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
New EngIand Meeting HOUSES.

Cotton Mather said: 81 find no Just
ground in Scripture to apply such a
trope as church 20 house for public
worship A meeting house is the term
that is most commonly used by New
England Christians, and every town,
for the most part, can say we have a
modest and a handsome house for the
worship of God, not set off with gaudy,
pompous, theatrical fineries, but suited
unto the simplicity of Christian wor-
ship"
The people ware seated in the early
days, says DR.. Ezra Hoyt Byington, in
his book on 1.-The Puritan In England
and New England" on rough benches,
men and women on opposite sides
Pews were not provided first Now and
then a special vote was passed by the
town authorizing some person to build
a pew in the meeting house at his own
expense Squares on the floor, about
feet by 6, were decided to individuals,
on which they erected pews to suit
themselves The best seat was some
times assigned to the man who paid the
highest tax in the parish. Sometimes
the committee was instructed Ito
have respect upon them that are 90
years old and upward, others to be
seated according their pay" In one in
stance we have a record that the COM
mittee was instructed Ito have respect
90 age, Office and estate. so far as il
tendeth TO make a man respectable, and
20 everything else that hath the same
tendency +"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
Turks and Meerschaum.

According TO the best authorities
upon the subject. the idea of using
white tale in the manufacture of pipes
is of comparatively recent date, COM
pared with the age of the habit of smok
ing, and what is still more curious is
the fact that in the oriental countries
which produce white tale, or meer-
schaum, as it is called, and where the
use of tobacco forms part of the educa-
tion of the faithful. the people never
dream of making this substance into
pipes. They make bowls and goblets of
it, but no pipes 1t may be that the
long pipestems which allow the smoke
10 cool and lose its acridity before
reaching the mouth leave the oriental
smoker quite indifferent in regard TO
the quality of the bowl AT all events,
one never sees a Turk with a meer-
schaum ipe-Courrier des Etats Unis
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29

There is no remedy against moths
that lodge themselves in cloth-covered
furniture except eternal vigilance.
The furniture should be thoroughly
brushed and beaten and exposed to the
sunlight in April, May and June.
Where furniture is stored or left un-
used it should be sprayed two or three
times from April TO August with BEN
zine or napbtha, taking the greatest
care on account of the extreme danger
from the inflammable nature of these
liquids. Moths do not like the scent Of
eamphor, tobacco, cedar chips and tar
balls, but these remedies are only pre-
ventives. After the eggs are Jaid it is
too late to use them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
STREET CAR CONDUCTORS.
They Work Harder and Rate Lower Than
Their steam Road Brothers-

Their steam Road Brothers-
You often think it's hard for the pas
seneer conductor of an accommodation
train which stops at two or three sta
tious 10 the mile 90 tell who has paid
his fare and who has not The cpduct-
or of a short run accommodation train
especially must be a peculiarly gifted
man, He must be at once both cool
headed and even tempered. or if not he
y total failure.
But if the requisites of railroad
conductor are such, what are the re-
uuirements Of the man who runs CON-
mon street carl Why. as much as those
of the railroad man and several times
more. The railroad accommodation con-
ductor ON one of the short run trains
which leave the big cities has little
more work, little more responsibility
and requires less real skill than the man
who by grace is called conductor" ON
a trolley car of one of our cities
Both men, of course, have thousands
of cares. The railroad man has certain
number of stops TO make and a certain
schedule time allowed for getting over
his run of the railroad The street car
conductor has an uncertain number OF
stops to make, yet he still has his GER
tain scheduled time TO make ON his run,
and he must make il, too. or be able to
give an "A No. 1" excuse for failure
The railroad conductor is always the
biggest man on his train. Is ever the
street car conductor the biggest, unless
every passenger is off and the motcrman
also? These things make it hard for the
patient man, who must be polite and
who is expected by the company for
which he works and spurred on by a
dozen or so sharp eyed "spotters, or
street car detectives" as they call
themselves, to feel as lovely as a spring
morning, and they make his already
nervous work doubly SO The railroad
conductor doesn't meet that phase of
existence once in a decade, or if so not
any oftener.
No one presumes TO expect so much
from the knight of the ticket punch as
he does from the knight of the trolley
rope Every one who travels on street
cars expects the conductor to know
every cross street on his line and just
where it strikes that street. and, in
deed, he should know this much, but in
addition he is expected to know every
one who lives on the streets along
which his line runs, every one who
lives on all the countless streets which
cross the route of his car and then all
the immediate streets and their inhabit-
ants the whole length Of his line The
street car conductor is expected 10 be
porter as well on his car. He must help
people on and of, lift up and lift
down huge baskets and bundles, never
get tired Of all the questions which
only the city directory could answer,
and then, in addition. keep all of the
strict rules of the company for which
he works and see TO il that all of his
passengers do so too For this work he
gets 81 or 50 % day, while the rail
road conductor, who is a very king in
comparison, draws his S5 or So per day,
or $l25 a month, and Is not classed as
q social suspect" either.-Pittsburg
DisDafch
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29

The following has been recommended
as producing a cement which will fas-
ten glass or porcelain, ETC., together
firmly and will not be affected by strong
acids: Mix together two parts of pow
dered asbestus, one part Of barium sui
phate and two parts of sodium silicate Of
specific gravity l-50. A still firmer glue
can be made which is particularly yalua-
BILE, since it is not attacked by hot acids,
by mixing together two parts of sodium
silicate, one part of the finest sand and
one part of finely pulverized asbestus.
II potassium silicate is used instead of
the sodium salt, the glue will harden
Immediately, but otherwise it will re-
quire about an hour to set t-Exchange.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
MONEY TO BURN.
They Burned IL and Later Wished They
Had Kept the Fuel

They Burned It and Later Wished They
Had Kept the Fuel
"Wben Burnside made his mud march
on TO Fredericksburg, we men in the
advance had some gay times, remarked
q veteran Of the civil war. 1T was a
long while before the Johnnies would
let us cross the river, but when we did
yet across we made the fellows who had
been shooting at us for the past three
hours get right up and dust for safer
quarters. The infantry soon followed us
and took up their position along the
river toward Falmouth, while we skir-
mished through the town. When we
came TO the Planters hotel, we just
walked in and took possession. Every
body had deserted the place and we did
Just as we pleased In going through
one of the rooms came across three
bundles of Confederate notes. Each
bundle was labeled TO contain s., 600,
and as / held them aloft shouted to
the rest of the men that we now had
money to burn They laughed, and
thrust the notes in my pocket The
Johnnies had taken or destroyed every
thing TO eat, and, as for liquor, there
wasn't any in the town.
After satisfying ourselves that there
was nothing further to be had in the
Planters hotel we sailed forth and
walked up toward the homo of the
mother Of our country-George Wash
ington's mother We had had no break
fast yet, and now it was close on TO
noon. One of my companions had some
coffee in his haversack, so thought we
might have little coffee if nothing
else Well, we got the coffee out and
then discovered that we had no firewood.
There was some tall swearing just at
that time, for the Johnnies hadn't left
so much as match behind them.
1--we got itI' ] cried, and hauled
out the three bundles of notes had
found in the Planters hotel My ex-
preston was greeted with a shout by
my companions and-we had money TO
burn We soon had the fire going and
the coffee cooked. Need ! say 20 any
soldier that we enjoyed our coffee at a
price which seems rather high-Sl5,-
600? We were soon through and marched
back into the town only TO see our men
trying TO buy some tobacco without
money How strange it seemedl They
had not a cent, while we had money to
burn and burned it.
-Four years after regretted lslving
had this money aud burned it While
in Washington in the winter of 1865
had the modification of seeing an ad-
vertisement for this identical package
of notes and Offering 30 per cent on
their face value for their return They
were Virginia state bank notes; hence
their value Whenever | hear that a
man has money to burn ] think of my
Sl5. 600 and shed tear of regret that
burned it New York Telegram
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
Calling the Chickens.

In England the calls chuck, chuck,
or coop, coop, prevail; in Virginia,
coo-cbe. coo-che; in Pennsylvania, pee.
pee This latter call is widely en-
ployed, being reported from Germany,
Spain Gas pi, pil. Bulgaria, Hungary,
Bavaria and the Tyrol. In the Austrian
province the term is used in combina-
tion, thus: Pulla, pi, pi; the call pull
lele, pul, pol, also occurs there
In some parts of Germany the poul-
Try are called with tick, tick; in Prus-
sia, put put, and young chickens with
tux. TUX lGrimm), and schip. schip
the latter being an imitation Of their
own cry. IN eastern Prnesia hers are
called with kluckschen. Eluci, kluck;
also tippchen, fspp tipp Grimm re-
cords also pi. pi. and tios. tiet Vein
hold reperts from Bavaria bibi, bibeli
hdli: pi. pi. and pal. pull
In Denmark the call is pcotle; il
Holland, kip, kip; in BoheI-ia. tyoo:
IN Bulgaria, tiri. tiri.-sE-I.can An
thropologist
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
Lepers and the Law.

The Norman English laws enacted
that a leper had neither power to sue
in any court nor to inherit property.
During his lifetime he was permitted
to enjoy the usufruct of any property u
his possession at the time he was found
guilty" so to speak. of leprosy. but all
rights Of disposition over it he lost.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29

fence foretell speedy marriage, and
white crow in flock means the in
heritance of Il fortune.
The swallow is a bird that brings
good fortune. 1t is said TO carry peb-
bic from the seashore to give sight TO
its young. The cuckoo tells the length
of life, and informs maidens whe n
they will be married. 1t is called the
"rainbird," from the erroneous notion
that it coos only before storm.
The hooting Of the owl is believed by
some persons to foreiell a death, while
others say it means change in the
weather.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
The Ancient Umbrella.

On coins in the rock carvings of the
ancients the umbrella often shows its
familiar form This goes TO prove that
Jonas Hanway did not invent the um-
brella, but he saw the value Of the east
ern sunshade and soon it became the
fashion to carry this useful article
There must be great difference be-
tween the umbrella of the eighteenth
century and the modern steel ribbed,
silk covered, slender article which il is
regarded as a misfortune to get wet
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