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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-06-22

The correspondent who sends the fol-
lowing to the Calcutta Asian states that
(his information came TO him on unim-
4eachable authority. During a royal
hunt in one of the Rajpoot states an ex-
cepiopally fine tiger was caught-net-
ted, no doubt-and lured into a cage.
His captorsN then proceeded TO moose his
feet and draw them through holes bored
in the floor Of the cage, and a black
smith was directed TO draw his claws.
The tigers legs having been secured by
ropes, the royal sportsmen had a sliding
door in the cage opened, and when the
captive put his head out they shut the
door down ON his neck while the black
smith, with mallet and chisel, broke of
his teeth. Preparations were concluded
by muzzling the poor brute with strong
wire in some inhuman fashion. The
tiger was then released. TO be baited by
dogs. and. despite his maim6d condi-
ton. he killed several before the
"sportslnen" wearied of the game and
shot him.
II this story is true, and the iiaforma-
tion is said to have come from an eye
witness-and there is nothing iIhpossi-
bic in the crippling part of the business
-one would dearly like TO take e Ach Of
those Rajpoot royalties in turn and read
him lesson with a cutting wlhin.-
London Sketch.
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PROMOTED FOR eALLANTsY'
A New York PoiIeerns- Rewarded
catchknE . Burglar.


rfo, Theodore Roosevelt writes An
article entitled 1.-THE Roll OF Honor oi
the New York Polico" for The Censnrs-
Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Early in our term we promoseo -
frolmau to the grade Of roundsriah ,or
activisr in catching abggglar under
rather peculiar circumstances nap
pened to note his getting burglar oiis
week. Apparently he had taiien into .
the habit, for he got another the next
week. In the latter case the burglar es-
caped from the house soon after mid-
night and ran away toward Park ave-
nue., with the policeman in hot cnasa-
The New York Central railroad runs
under Park avenue. and there Is
succession of openings in the top OF tne
tunnel Finding that the policeman
was gaining on him, the burglar took
desp.aate chance and leaped down one
of these openings at the risk OF break
ing his neck Now the burglar was
running for his liberty, and It was tne
part Of wisdom for him to imperil me
or limb. but the policeman was merely
doing his duty, and nobody could have
blamed him for not taking the jump
However, he jumped. and in this par
ticular case the hand Of the Lord was
heavy upon the unrighteons Tho bur
glar had the breath knocked out OF him,
and the .'cop" didn't. When his victim
could walk. the officer trotted nm
around to the station house, and week
afterward he himself was promoted, It
appearing upon careful investigation
that he was sober, trustworthy anc
strictly attentive to his duty.
Here again it seems to me that We
followed the >eminently common sense
plan of promoting a man who had earn
ed his promotion by faithful and dis
tinguished service and by proved supe-
rior capacity We cared no more Tor
the policeman's views ON the tariff or
the currency than we did for those Of
the burglar. Our interest and the inter
est of citizens generally was TO have the
officer catch that burglar and otherwise
do his duty. If he did his duty. we
were for him; If he did not we were
against him. In neither event did we
care whether the officer had or had not
the backing Of the congressional delega-
tion of the city or the central committee
of the county. OF course, as before, this
exposed us to wild outcries from the
local political bosses and heelers and
much sneering at ''civil service reform. "
but all the outcries and sneers meant
was that we were doing our duty as de-
cent men and as public officials, with
some slight appreciation of what was
implied by the words honor and up
rightness Political organizations are
eminently necessary and useful, but
when they are seized by professional
spoils politicians of low morality, who
ran the machine" in their own inter
ests, who clamor against honesty and
defy decency and rail against that de-
vice for obtaining clean government
which is known as civil service reform,
then it is time for all citizens who
believe in good citizenship TO rise in re-
volt.
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Grandsons sf Mrs. s9rratt.

The whirlIgig Of time sets things in
strange juxtap0sition. In June, 1863,
President Grant removed William Ton
~ from Office because Tonry had mar
ried Anna L. Surratt, daughter ofthe fa-
nous Mrs. Surratt, who was hanged
after trial for completely in the plot
against the life Of Abraham Lincoln.
AT Chiokamanga a few days ago,
when the Fifth Maryland Volunteers
were encamped there, they were under
command Of General Frederick ID.
Grant. In that regiment were two
men-one Reginald l. Tonry, sergeant
in Company c, commanded by Cap
tain Thomson, and the other Albert S.
Tonry, corporal in Company L, CON-
manded by Captain Boyden. They
were the sons of the man who had
lost his position because he had married
Mrs. Surrat's daughter, and they were
grandsons of Mrs. Surratt.
Mrs. Surratt's two sons, John and
Isaac, are both living and both are
in the service Of the Bay Line, Balti-
more.
The Baltimore Sun, which makes
record of this curious minor fact in
history, also calls attention to the pres
ence of Colonel Marshalps son, Mark
ham, on General +. ID. Grants sta IT.
Markham's father was one OF General
R. E. Lees favorite aides, and a gallant
and brilliant soldier.
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"I've euit her." said Gritty as he
smoked goad night cigar with his
chum. "It's all OF. Henceforth it will
be like the memory of dream; what
the novelists call passing romance.
"But thought you were engageds"
$50 we were. ! had seven warm en-
counters with the old gentleman before
l gained his consent She wears my
ring. and I'm paying for it on Che in
stallment plan.
Whats gone wrong, then!"
Its her superstition. She's bright
and cultured, but she's the most super
stitious girl that ever came within my
experience. l wouldn't believe it, you
know; couldn't ut first. proposed to
her on Friday. a fellow in love is lucky
to know the year, to say nothing of the
day of the week Nothing must do but
we break off so as to escape the bad
luck. We happened to make this shift
on the 18th. and I'll be blowed if we
didn't have to break of again in order
TO kill down the ho0doo. Yes. sir, en-
gagged three times and never had q quar-
rel II breaks the record.
We never started any place yet that
she didn't forget something. Do you
know that girl would always 60 to the
end Of a block before she would turn
back? Did it every pop; all superstiti-
tion. raked up my whole pile TO take
her to the musical event Of the season
Passing into the theater she stubbed her
toe. That settled it. She must get right
home TO avoid = catastrophe Had to
hire coupe and the driver carries my
watch yet.
Il looked my record mp and got word
to her that l was born ON Friday, in the
dark of the moon, and with an unlucky
star in the ascendant. She promptly
called the engagement of, and that's
what was utter. Detroit Free Press.
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The Long JOurs,ey.

In a certain township not many miles
from Cleveland tbP'good man of local
household was I'D away in the little
cburcbyard o.. the hill. After the fu-
neral the Eelatiyes, both near and dis
tant. retEsrDed to the family home, and
the OFF eating pastor came with them.
TlNe.s they enjoyed a good dinner and
.fterward gathered in the best room for
social converse.
Naturally their talk turned upon the
serious event Of the day, and presently
the good pastor, drawing deep sigh.
solemnly remarked;
'tWoll. cur departed brother has gone
long journey.
There was a brief silence, and then a
cousin Of the deceased. fussy little wo-
man with an intense desire to bear a
share in the conversation, suddenly re-
marked in tone of profound wisdom:
well, you know, brother, thet they
oil say thet travel is such an eddicator!' -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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D,Anannu,o,. Ara.

The Italian correspondent Of Litera-
ture, in discussing Signor d'Annunzio,
alludes to the fact-if il is fact-that
in spite Of ''his putridity and morbid
sensuality" he "compels even those
most averse from his standard of taste
TO acknowledge his power as an artist. I"
Well, suppose he does co-1pel this ac-
Acknowledgement. What Of is: This writer
in Literature goes on TO ask IL when
artists "seem by preference TO linger
near putrefactions and morbidities IS
there not cause 10 conclude that there s
something rotteng' But apparently he
is afraid 70 answer the question fatty
and to add that rottenness in art should
debar it from further discussion.
We are well aware that this kind of
proposition always wakes a shrill yelp
of protest in certain quarters To deny
the right Of art TO d6Aanything it
pleases is, we are told, to write one
self down not only Philistine. but .
gibbering idiot Nevertheless. the great
shining fact remains that a man like
D'Annunzio never got anything like a
permanent foothold upon Parnassuss and
all this talk about his art might just
as well cease. 1t will never make him
a classic. Those takers who think it
will, aud hence 90 on talking, must be
curious individuals. Like Charles
Lamb. we would like TO see their
bumps But we are not sure that even
this trivial attention would not be more
than they are worth.-New York Trib-
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A norerr boz IN phIIadelphla

One Of the guests Of the Hotel Lafa-
yette, a young man who was evidently
very much bored by something or other,
sauntered up TO the clerks desk last
evening and asked. "What time is the
first train in the morning?"
1.-THE first train" repeated the affa-
BILE clerk, somewhat staggered at the
broadness Of the inquiry. "In which di-
rection2'
1.-The first train out" replied the
young man impatisntly.
"But to what point do you wish to
go? They run in all directions, you
know" suggested the hotel man.
ITO New York, of course" said the
other, and upon receiving the desired
information he left orders TO be called
in time TO make the connection
"Tbere'sa typical New Yorker Of the
class who sneer at Philadelphia. " re.
marked bystander as the clerk reached
for pitcher of ice water. "He thinks
that Gotham is the only place in the
world with which this city is connected
by rail. F"
Reference TO the register showed that
the youth did hail from the metropolis.
and he left word for his mail to be sent
TO an address ON the Bowery.
delphia Record.
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A Noted Authores., workshop.

Mrs. Florence Morse Kingsley's
study is at the top of her Staten Island
home Under the caves and from the
windows she can look out far over into
another state and see the great ocean, "
writes Laura N. +. Lake Of 1.-The Au-
thor of Titus, Comrade Of the Gross,
in The Ladies' Home Journal. about
her are the pictures painted by herself,
as well as by her artist parents. Books
Of reference-those in Greek and Latin,
as well as in English-books that are
simply delight. not merely tools and
pretty bits of bric-a-brao that collect
themselves in the room Of refined wo-
man, surround her everywhere. But the
door of this room is never closed against
any member of the family, and the busy
worker is never too busy nor too tired to
listen TO some childish story of woe or
happiness from any one of her five chill
dren.
with her, while her work with her
pen means much, still her duty as q
wife and mother and clergyman's
wife, comes first Two afternoons in the
week are devoted to teaching poor girls
how to sew. Much time must necessari-
ly be given to her home and the little
people in it, and yet she finds time for
social duties and is always q charming,
intelligent companion to her husband.
With smile she tells how, when in
doubt as to Greek and Latin, she goes to
him for help"
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An English BOYS leading.

When you have to play football and
go in for house runs and do prep, 10
say nothing of spending some hours a
day in form, you don't get very much
time for reading. Besides, it's rather
smuggish to read much out of school.
The thing to do is to read in form,
which is quite easy when your form
master is shortsighted. Just stick your
book in the lid Of your desk, under
your construe, and you can read away
as much as you like Only it has to be
a thin book. The best for this purpose
is the RED Rovers of Mexico, - because
it is printed ON very thin paper and has
a paper cover. Besides, it only costs a
penny, and even this expense may be
diminished by tearing out the pages and
passing them round as you read them.
Every chap in the upper fourth has read
the RED Rovers of Mexico" It's
well-rather steep, you know. You
can't believe all of it. but it really ism t
half bad
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ON. c.p Alwar. eIre HIm.elf.

One Of the pleasantest Of day dreams
IS 10 imagine how charitable you would
be if you had plenty Of money. Therol
Of a bountiful master or mistress Is
delightful one. and it is easy to imagine
how, if you had a command Of q for
tune, you would make people happy
aud with what grace you would receive
their gratitude. OF course few I s.ss.lns
can venture 20 indulge the hope that
they will be rich. but whilS we are
dreaming these dreams il is wcll enough
TO think whether we are showing our
selves charitable in the use Of what Is
really within our command. Take. for
instance. ones thoughts. Ii is natural
enough TO put a hard and bitter con-
struciion upon the actions of Others.
Possibly, from a superficial point OF
view, their conduct warrants it. But a
thoroughly charitable person-one who
would use money benefcently If be had
twill certainly make allowances for
others and only reluctaAtly come 10 the
severe Judgment 1t is a mistake also
to suppose that money can 90 every
thing. There are a good many persons
who would not if you were as rich as a
Barnato take penny from you. They
do not want your money, even though
they are lIot rich themselves, but they
would prize considerateness, sympathy
and fellow ship. If we withhold these
things that are surely within our pow
er, probably we should not be so very
generous if we had plenty Of money
Philadelphia Ledger.
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In the loftiest tower in the city of
known as the toposcope, constantly at
tended day and night, for the purpose Of
locating fires 1t consists Of a good tele-
scope. which is solidly attached to an
Arrangement of levers, while graduated
sections of circle are arranged horizon
tally aud vertically in such way that
the moving of the telescope sideways or
up or down results in a change Of posi-
tion of the hands attached To the levers
in reference to the graduated scales.
Thus. the stability of the apparatus be-
ing assured by the firmness of the fas-
tening. whenever the telescope is focus
ed upon the same object the hands will
point to the same figures ON the hori-
zontal and ON the vertical sextant, and
since an index Of the whole city has
been made it is but matter Of few
seconds, when a glare is discovered at
night. TO direct upon the spot the topo-
scope ON the side, to read off the num-
bers, to look up the object and to tele-
graph to the central station the details
observed Local conditions are, Of
course, necessary for the successful oper-
alton Of such an apparatus, but in this
case they are said to be almost perfect.
The tower is over 500 feet high, and an
uninterrupted view of the great area Of
the city is thus possible to the watch
man if the atmospheric conditions are
favorable.
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A Managing widow.

A certain young widow of Indianapo
lis. who has just changed her weeds fog
brighter hues, gave dinner party NO,
long ago, says the indianapolis Sentinel
The rooms were decorated with a greaG
profusion of flowers Roses in masses
were ON the mantels, and the dinner
table fairly blossomed In fact. ths
abundance of Iiowers was unusual One
Of the gr SIS could restrain her curiosity
no longer. and when the dessert was
brought in said:
well. Mrs Blank, you're rather
spreading ON the flowers tonight "
"Yes. replied the fair widow bright
~, "but tomorrow am going to take
them out TO Crow Hill and put them ON
poor Toms grave
A regular "IS" shiver went round
the table
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Over Studied.
a YOUNG LkDY'S HEALTH RUINED
PREPARING FOR GRADUATION.
Was t)ver-ambiIisus and Went Beyond Her Strength.
Constant Pain and Misery Her Critical Condition.

the pills. The first dose helped her, and
after the first box had been taken. she waa
a different girl She continued with this
medicine aud when she had taken eight
boxes a complete cure had been effected.
She is nov stronger, can eat more, sleeps
better. and weighs more than she did before
she was taken sick. ] an sure TOO much
cannot be said about Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People in her case, as they
undoubtedly saved her life. We have re-
commended them 70 u number Of sufferers"
The young lady. said word of approval,
and THAI she felt very grateful for the bene-
fl received through DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Paie People. - I agree with my
mother" said she, " that / would not be iiv-
inr to-day had not used these pills.
To leave no doubt as TO the truthfulnesz
Of her story Mrs Edwards cheerfully made
the following affidavit
SHRLBYyn.LR, IND, May l3, 1897.
This is 10 certify that the above story con-
cerniug the illness and subsequent recovery
of my daughter, Cora, is an exact and truth
ful representation Of the facts in her case.
Mrs. EMILY EDWARDS.
SHELBYvILLE. ISD., Nay Is, 1897.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
18th day of May, 1897.
/. c. NAY. Notary Pubic.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements necessary TO give
new life and richness TO the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They are sold IN
boxes never in loose form, by the dozen or
hundredl at 20 cents box, OF six boxes for
$50. and may be had Of all druggists OF
directly by mail from D-. Williams Aedl'
cine Company. Schenectady, n. /.
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To which Mr.. Bangs Immediately sat
down and penned the following reply:
.sro Cut Stick

This expression had its birth in the
days when people relied nIure on their
legs as means of locomotion than they
do nowadays
When a man started TO foot it from
one town to another, he usually cut a
stick or sapling to help him along on
his journey.
This habit was particularly common
in Ireland, and it is more than probable
that the expression found birth in that
country. About the year 1920 a song re-
lating the adventures of an Irishman
was very popular in Glasgow. 1t began:
"Oh. creished my brogues and cut
my stick.
The phrase took hold Of the American
mind in the days Of slavery.
a runaway black would generally cat
a stick TO help him ON his travel 70 pos
sible liberty, and the advertisements
concerning runaway slaves were nearly
always headed with crude 'woodcut Of
negro with a stick and bundle over
his shOulder.-New York World.
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Z, one Of the main streets Of Shelbyville,
Tas,sna resides Ms Emily Edwards and
6er seventeen wear old daughter, Cora. The
vounc ladv j one Of the charming misses Of
he civ. She being known for her beauty,
and perfecs health 4.
although enjoying good health now,
ss;d her mother 10 q reporter recently, = she
bas not alwavs been 50 fortunate. ] suppose
Corr until two years ago last March, was Is
healthy and strong as any girl Of her age.
She was attending school and was studying
bard. Perhaps she Was too stEdi0us, for we
noticed that the healthy color IN her cheek was
ranidIy disappearing. and she was becoming
Ale and sallow. Dark, swollen circles be-
can 10 appear under her ewes, and she rapidly
became worse. We were living IN Franklin,
T,diaua az the time, and Cora would have
s.ralnated that Spring She stopped attend
INC seaool and endeavored 70 eci a resi-. but
her health kent failing. Her blood was color
les and impure Sire would also have sick
headache eouR scarcely cat or sleep, and
was almost continually IN pain. Nothing
which we did for her seemed to DO any good.
Different physicians treated and pre-
srribcd for her. but she kept getting wOrse.
She had formerly weighed 100 pounds, but
during her Illness her weight had dwindled
down 10 - pounds We began % thinF
there was nothing we could do for her beue-
fit. when I happened 20 notice an article IN
n paper regarding the merits Of DR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. / thought that
If there was ever a pale person il was GER
tainiy Cora so ! decided 10 Ouy box OF
the pills and let her try them. II was the
first Of last Nav when she began, and near
the middle Of June when she stopped using
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sd National Eneam pment G. A. r.
Cincinnati, Ohio,
September 5th TO 10th. 1s9s.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

For this occasion tickets will be sold at
the low rate Of one fare for the round trip
from all points on the Baltimore Il Ohio
Railroad east of Pittsburg. Parkersburg
and Wheeling, inclusive, good going on
September 3rd aud 4th. and good return
ing not earlier than September 9Th. nOT
later than September 18th, except by de-
posting ticket with Joint Agent at Gin
cinnati. between September 5th and 9Th,
inclusive. and on payment Of fee Of twen-
ty-five t25) cents. when return limit may
he extended to leave Cincinnati, to and
including October, 2d. lS9s.
Owing TO the great patriotic wave sweep
ing the country at the present time, great
interest will be manifested at this meeting.
Solid Vestibuled Trains of elegant coach
e. Pullman Sleeping Cars. Observation
Cars and splendid Dining Car Service.
Three through trains daily from New
York. Philadelphia, baltimore and
Washington. and two from PittsburR.
Get full particulars from Ticket Agent,
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad.
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FIshea In LING.

1t is not unusual at the aquarium TO
see in a tank the fishes all together side
by side and heads in line, like pla-
toon or section of men. They remain
thus for a considerable time. Most fishes
are gregarious. they keep together in
schools in the water, and here they
seem to keep together for company S
sake. Sometimes all the fishes il tank
but one will be lined up in this way
side by side and headed in one direction,
while the single fish will be back Of
the others and headed the other way.
Then the suggestion of soldiers conveyed
TO the mind by the fishes in line is
strengthened For the single fish seems
to be rear guard. looking out for the
enemy in that direction.-New York
Sun.
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woundipr the FeeIlnr. or othsr.

Moral hygiene expresses the state be-
tween the mind and the condition of the
body. 1t is only charitable to assume
that the condition of the body must
leave much to be desired in the case of
those who deliberately lay themselves
out &c hurt the feelings of others with
perfect indifference and without YES
tige of compunction. As regards the ma
ture Of such people, it must be on par
with those who pride themselves upon
their "bluntness' - usually a brutal
way of saying singularly unpleasant
things and which some are won't to dig
Nifty by the term of franknesS. 1t will
usually be found that these persons are
wanting in any of those finer feelings of
our common nature and particularly in
that delicacy and refinement which
mark all the difference between the gen.
tleman. properly SO termed, and the boor.
Those who are considerate of the feel
ings of others may undoubtedly at times
inadvertently hurt the feelings of
others, but 10 do so deliberately would
be as impossible for them as to commit
Intentionally one of the cardinal sins
New York Ledger.