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Pomerwt, Pa.
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Somerset, Pa.
Somerset, Fa.
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Somerset I'a.
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ATTOKNET-ATLAW,
Somerset, P
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" ' Somerset, r enn a.
"attVIney-at-law,
Somerset, Pa.
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V 1 -('OTT.
Somerset, Pa.
,.wH..u'. Alllbuslncssentrust-
"a . with iu.-."11
w. ii. i:i ri'F.L.
att, .KVE'"
........i in their care will
be
L.C. OOLBoRK.
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'A '.AnEYS-AT-LAW.
I'.-u-.c.l t our care will x rti-
" ', i ,. '..llvctlon made In Soin
!...min Counties. Survey-
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!!' I ., on reasonable term.
0
mi MEL.
.TTnhNLY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
. uoness entrusted to bis rare
' 'i..tn counties wlih prompt
"r i un Mala CrM itreet.
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r!'V F. 'HELL.
ATT"KXEY-AT-LAVf,
,. ; rrn-ln Attcnt, Someroet,
Pa.
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iATINEHAY.
ATTOKNEY-AT-I.AW
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:'-tt'i!-entniMdto bU care wltb
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ATToKNEY-ATLAW
SoujerMt, Pa,
.,. M(.n,i to nil .olnew entinded
' j- fl.' v.if-iil on collections, ave. t-
..i.a-'il! KuilJintt.
t il' I.E.
ATTOKSEY-AT-LAW,
Suinernet Pa.,
. imine entrnMeil to mj care at
:, i:l. j r ul'tiieM and tidullty.
h' IIIM IT. KOONTZ.
1 Am'fc'"-!-"'"--!
Somerset, Fa.,
,! V'trT't attention tobnrtnew entrnrt
' v- n. Soiiirrwt and adjoining eountioa.
p-intnm Houne Kow.
;Vr L. lTOTT.
ATTOKXEY-ATXAW
Somerset. Pa.
v-.irm..ih !ll-ck. "P tain. Entrance.
t'r fwu tMleetioim mie, tte
.. ,,; .inmlned. and all leeal blnee
:i-! tc !'.!. I'TocpioeM and tidelity.
L I5AER.
ATTOKNEYATI.AW,
.-,.!-.nS..mrnietn.1atlolnlnife"Ontie.
retniKed to elm will neiiruiui'"J
,'vC IHVil'S.
ATTOKNEY-AT-I.AW.
S-ojer(et, l'enn a.
fi NNI MEYERS.
Somerset, Petin a.
. .; t ii'imn entrufted to tils care will 1
;'! . .rotntne ami fidelity.
it V.in.r.n.tU JUirk next dtmr to Bi-yd
lit'
WARD WYNNE, M. D.
'.vrir.v . 1 i'A.
Iif I've. I.r. Niw and
Throat.
: 1 i 'iuiv. tirm-ilce
HotltT. C A. M. to
k, a6MalnSt.
'.VILLI AM COLLINS.
I'l.NTlST. SOMEKSET, PA.
r SumniMh lllnek. abore Bt.yd Urn
- 1 1 at all trrne he ft.end pre(r-
' kin.lf ol work, fuch filllnir reiru
"",fitisc ave Anlticial tethct all klnda.
'! Nut material ln?erted. Olratic
;ri: m. hicks.
J t 'ST ICE "F TH E PEACE.
S'meret, Penn'a.
MI-s O. KIERN'AN, M. D. ten-
i....trlimal enieei" to tbe eltiien ef
t hi iniiliT. He chu fe liind at the
. I t-; laiheron Main Mreet or at tlie
Ir Hfi-.rv Urulwker.
! . HV'
i::vvi:.:.. .. KIMKEIX.
:i. E. M. KIMMELL A SON
rtr-lr thr.r VT'.ttrrt.l &erio to tb rtU-
"'Hm hin! vif-iT'ity. inel tb mra-
mriirM. ( ttind at tbelr ;jBic- Mln
L K. MILLER 1ms r'rnja-
!v i,:nr! in lwlin l"T the practice et
: tft.ee ei-llte Charlej KriMinn
r. aj A Ttt-tL
1 II. r.Rl'llAKER torMi.T? his
f?ti ieeHo t he cltlicni of Som
:! M.-n.ity. nrlioe'in teiddence in Main
ot tlie iManiund.
pi W M. R A 1 C H tf-nili-rs hip
'- ' -Mnai wrvH-F to me ritiit ur ui
"i ! i I'-mlt v .
-.lie dour tan of Wayne; IJerkeMIe
r fore.
e. ,i
'l JiUIN IJILIJ.
1 . ft i- k .
f4U.ve titnry HefHey'i itore, ;jlaln CreM
- Sm,,rrpet, Pa.
j'AMONI) HOTEL,
TOYSTOWN. I'ENN'A.
"M-ular and well known house has lately
"ri.Kl.u and new ly refitted with ell new
'"! 01 luniliur. wiik-li has made It a ery
" H' l t'ttiK yi-r lor tlie trauellnn pal'llc.
ann ptiei enntH h. aorpaaeed, all he
;T. rl.w, wf.h a larere al!le hail attawhed
' lain.. Also larre and rfy atahiinir
H lr.lin ear be bad at the 1-iweet 1
res. 1.; the wk,lay ur meal.
fi A M f EL CT'STFR. Prep.
aS.E.Cor. IHaroood
Stoyetow ,Pa
HARLES HOFFMAN.
mm tailor.
(A
'"ve lifnrj- licfliry. Ktorp.)
'iH STILES ilS LCWEST PEICES.
mSFACTION GUARANTEED.
bMKRSET, PA.
VOL. XXXII. NO. 12.
Frank IV. Ily.
ESTABLISHED 34TEA1!S.
T3
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Tin, Copper and Slieei-Iroi Fare MannFy,
Xo. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa.
T77E IZX PEETAEED TO OFFES
RANGES, STOVES and HOUSE-FURHS Hi GOODS IN GtKERAL
At Prices Less than any other
tt'L.lai,.u Pr l.ui or p.M ami unt ouotHtlona of
work li Warranted to be ol the beet qaaiity at lowest
Spe1al attention raid to JnliMng In Tin. Oalnll Iron and Sheet-Iron. Pncar Pans, Stean
Pll, Hot-AIr I'le, Kix.finic, STmatlnr, Ktaekiof Ennlnee, and all work pertalninn to Cellar Kur
nares Kfllmatef (riven ano: Work done by first-elan .MecliaKlm only. S.de Aent lor Nolde Cwk,
Jotinst.jwnC' k.S' Antl lMist Cook, ExcrWnr Penn. In H.in Vurnlhlilng Hh4b we fitter
Coal Vases, T.ilet Sets. Wread Closet. Cake Hole, Ctoamtier-I'aila, ktuvea at.4 Fork (outninun
anilplateil) tinrnian Slirrr Siioons, Hrltannia Spoons, Tea Trays. Ltned. Iron and fcnameled
Wares lirass and Copprr Kettles, Meat Broilers, Oymcr Una I erf. Heater, aiz diliorent klnda,
Hread Toaster". Plated Hriuinnla and Wire Castors, Iron Stands, l ire Irons. ani tjvervtulu ol
Ware nee.te.1 in the CookInK leirtnt. An exjierlenee of thirty-three years In l'slneee hre ena
hles us tn meet the wants thl oinmarrtrT inemr liae, with a proeo article ata low prk-e. All fowls
i!d WAKKANTE1) AS KEPKFSKNTEU or the money refunded. !all and set- the Ware. : jiet
prices before purchastnr : no troehle to show (rood. Perwms eonmienctnf Hoeco-Keeplni; will eare
n mw .rt i.v kiiTit., t htr onmi irum ns. Merchant, aelhbr vixais in our Hue shurld. fend lor
HAY I.ItOS., Xo.20 WHHliInjf.ou Street. JobnHtown, IVnn'a.
I .
UBW STOBB
AND
NEW GOODS!
The underflK"cl would respectfully announce
to the ntixens ot LAYANSVIXJE ai.dtue sur
rounding country that he has ojered an entire
new etm- ot K'sts la (kiuntrymun rooms, such
are usually kt pl iu a couulry more, cotiilfLlLg
In part ol
MiTOiWHS, NOTIONS, GKOCEI.IES.
BO( TS av SHOES, HATS for Gents', La llci
and Children ; HARDWARE, QfEENS-
WAKK tiLASSWAKE, CKOCKERY,
HKl (9S, OILS, PAINTS, DYE STl'FF?,
WOODENWAKT SALT, FISH,
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, Ac., ko.,
b which will 1 added new ncls weekly, allol
which will l.c s. ld as low as the lowest lor caaK
taken in cxclntuue fortonilat the lilshest mar
i. .. . ....
, . - i i . ...... I. . iu. i.iHifuiat a n n fn
years, nnd l-y sti ict atten'inn to the w.intJ el ue
cimiiiunliy ai:l lair drallnic, we expect vj merit a
ine see our aisals, learn our priced, and !
comirced. t
.Ma:w:itn. 1. w.c uiMiiAi -
l.STAI!MSIIi:J:isO.
Fisher's Book Store.
ftl.ivi 111 ihi.-By .v ......
leeted assortttent of KID lee. Testaments. owl
Hvmns,Ctiristlans' Hymn Bookl and HymnaU,
.. ,1 I J ,. ltl(.B.la. A I Kit n d
IjUlDCTan utiuo o" b. . ....... ... . . . i
Pens. Inks. Pairs. Knvehpes, Mattaxlnei, Nov-
..1 . I.l.nk lin..ka 1 WMftuH. llondK IVlort-
gaprea and all kinds ot Lepral blank.
BOOKS OF POETRY,
Hooks nf Traeel and Adventare, HUtory, Kto.
.. i a'.inDtl.M,l Works. Tor Hoks tor
children. In fact everr thlnif usually found to a
well reiiuiated U.k iUirc. Headquarters lor
rhoui teachers and aehiwl books an1 x-nooi sup
ples, cnas. n. risner,
an17 mc b. Keorita iuis-k- -
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
HaTimr had many
veara elieTieB e
in all branches of
he Tailoring bas
Iness. 1 Kuarant
Satisracti'W to all
wbo may call op
on me and favor
me with their pa t
ronatre. Your, ec..
w n. n. nocnsiE n.r.K,
liouierst I-
mars
SOMERSET COUNTY SANK!
(KSTABI.ISIIKD 1ST7.)
CHAELES. J. EAER1SDN. M.J. PEITTS. .'
PresiJent. Cashier,
Co'lectloni made In all parte of tlie Cnited
States.
CHARGES MODERATE.
rnTrr Wljailinat i" a- "a - - -
i-.4 .imti f.n c ork DJiuTfum.
i.v.i. A ttw.mt tVt ran le c-
tN'Meetnsmadewlrhpn'm 's-J
hoUlftll In'l POI'l. .""ur; m " ...... .-.
i. . id'a vl.irared sales, with a 6ar-
,ient Yale 0 00 time kock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
-All le al holidays olerved.-W dee7
AlbirtA. Hoesb.
J. Scorr Waed.
HOBNE & WARD,
ari TO
EATON & BROS,
SO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
KPRIZST Gr, 18815.
NEW GOODS
EVEST SAY SPECIALTIES
y 1 V ' K
' '. J. J 'v' tlx
.mkroleeri, Lacet, Kimaery, Vkitt Goaas rUad
Itrctilefl, Dten Trlrrirlagj, Wot'sry, Glevti-t
Corsett, Koslii and attrhte Oaierweir, l
fints' and Chiidrea'i Clothing. Faery
Ceeds, Vinu, Zeehyn, le
riala of All Kiedt for , . ...
fA-CY V0RK.0'ii i
Gents FeitiSe Gcofs, &c k
TccaraTBoicauB ! EEFrBTrrtiT bolic".
ar-OKPrHSBr MAIL MTTESDFD TO WITH
CARE ASD DISPATCH. art,
f-v T-' fT" not. lite to werdntr ly. r
II j V" I and dare before yon die,
r I' I s.rn ulna: tuiahly aod snl
JL I -I kJ X lime leave Uhlnd tn con
quer lime. week la your ewo town. 16 out
fit Iree. No risk Everything new. Capital not
pwialnJ W. will furnish vim v.rvthluir. Manv
are maklnr lertuuea. Ladles make as much
bs ieo, and bora ana kiria asaae -ra pay
Reader, If yon want baaiaeee at which yoa can
i , .11 ti,., tin., aavtt. air tArtlMtkara
to H. Mal4JTT;Oe Portland, Malaa, '
oeeaa-iy
IBM
John 15. Hay
House in western Pennsylvania.
dnr a irt-iL Aflwenarenn
price. To save money oull ou ur (end tg
PHOSPHATE
, $25,
PER TON !
J-77f; ISA tir.AT. AMMlSIATKD HOSE
MVU fliOlili II. llJlJc'M Hf
PKOM T T. V .VF.1NV or yPKclAl AU as.
TAGIS i.V .HiMfiCI iIAO'.-.
Per Ton of ,0A Ponl.
1S THBTAIUI OU BOAT IM TB ILAPELI'lII A.
StnJ for Clrcvl.ir. AttiKS
BAUGH & SONS,
Sole lanufacturcrs,
Philadelphia, Pa.
ang4u
jPflVl wSo art imc'fS'c'iii
eheasra and iic;s'uPy
thou'd arils us for our pamphlet rn r ' 1 n
teriilirera. b-r-K anofj fertllirtr or.' he fa::
athnmeforloMtSI2 a o bv ftrnnosting
v. th POWLL'S PREPARED CMEHICtLS.
. . i i , i iii. ii l u
Reterences in Even Slate.
' BROWN CKEV!CAl f 0.
f3nidcllrS' Cf
Powell's Tip-Top Cone Fertilizer,
Becq. Pr.trh, Ammonia, Ac.
le'tlPMT SfPEET. EkLTiVOtiK. ViD.
11. if. FLICK,
Special Agent,
I.AYANftVILLE. PA.
TUTTJS
PILLS
A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE BANE
cf the preggntftgneration. It Is for th
Cure of this disease and Its attendants,
EICK-HEAD ACHE. BmOTPSlfESB. DT3
PEPSIA, COWSTIPATlOy, KLiS. t., that
TU'1,T8 PILLS hav (rained a worldwnds
repotation. Ko Remedy haa ever been
5iacovered that acta bo .e"ntlyonthe
digestiTe organs, giving tfieni rltror to aa-
iimiiatefood. A a natoj-al result, tha
iVervoua Syatenija Braoed," the Maaolea
are" ieTcloped. and the Body Robuat.
Cialllsa AXicl Povor.
B. RIVAL, a Planter at Bayow , L..a7e:
Mr plakBtatlen la la a auaklartai alatrlct. Par
aWv.ml y.nra I oould atta mrnke half a crop oa
aeooiact of billon, dlaeaeea and chllla. I wu
noarlT dl.eoura.l when I bacran the tsa. of
TUTT'S PILIS. The reeult wae marreloua :
mj laborer, eoou became beany and robuat,
and I bae bad a turttoar trowbia. , .(
The-r rrMrrr tla eapwted I-li-eT. varuiaa
taae IUna4 frem atimau aaaaen, jaatal
rams Ihe kowrla aa ae naatwraily, art 111 -olafelehBeeaeeaa(iwlwU,
r tlita remedy falrry, and yon wrlll jrala
a IMaltbl' IMtreatiaaa. Wra. Unr. Para
II Mm Mi. Mr.ax Ikmra, a SUaurxl I.lvrr.
rle. Wenu. Offla. a 3 array M.X.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
fnv nAinorWarrsirriwchaneedtoafJtowiT
IIl.i k by a aimrle nppliration f this Dyk. It
jiiiart. a natnnu color, atol arm Instatilaiieonsly.
. .id iy ImiugitOa. or aeat by expreaa on receipt
ef tine !Xllar.
Orr.r, P! Murray Street, NewTork.
(Br. TI TTH MA XV At, . altaabfe-v
la.rmali.a anil l'eeaif ttrrriw' I
arWI ba MaKcrf FUI mm mpUtxtHm.J
Hl.-.d Puii-
ellcine
reeom-
. vi--- manner of cl
iV memie.1 for all
. : t R - eompliJais. trap.
' ti. ut Uia kta.
such as t'liiiplos,
II 1 o t f h . a anl
i.'fl8ail. Kinif
-f J Worms, Tetter.
Hsal Khcom. Scald
r)UAl,!iorldul..
T-.i.Aa-ai
,v rtf k h e u in a t isfn.
'l4'iW,.. j Pain in the Fores,
OR ariaine; froi.t im
parl t J of toe
blood. With ibis
rare medicine In
ypur bouae Jwa
can dnwftbowt Salts. Castor Oil. T1tratenf May
ntaia, btxaa ur .iariria. aiul avn thewiiuiref
Uiu, Mat what u in-tier. it aix ' uken wlih
saietr and comierl l,v the nnul .IcllcaHaar.iman.
as well as l y the robust man. It is very pleasant
to ihe taste, tkcrehire easiiy edtaintMered to eliil
Iron. It is the only vevelaMe reuie.lv exlstiiiaT
which will answer la plw eahanei, rcnulali-.K
tlie action ol the liver wilbeat uiaklDK uualile
hrii!UlD to the use id menaryor blue pills.
It will open the beweli In a prajiMBUd wbeleaume
uiiiner. , , ,
There Is not h In a like Fahrney' PloodClean
rr Uir iheeure ot ail diaorder of the Stomach.
I.lver. B. wnls, Kldceyeand liladder: lornervout ,
diseaaea. Meailache, t 'ostivene-s. iDinari.ii"n,
liiilms Feier, aod all drrantt-ementa ol the In
ternal flier a. As a leniale regulator Ii has no
ennallnthe worlci.
An ounce of prevention Is worth ntore than a
pnrrrid of cure." The PatcA will not ul eare
old standing anJ ii.aU.naiu cvioplaiMa. but if one
ol the tst preTeY.twrlTra ef mien dlearders ever
oileredlotLe world. can avoid severe at
tacks of acute di-eates, co b as Cholera, Small
pox, Typhoid. Plrtoos. rfHtetl and Intermittent
Fevers, by keeplwir woua Mood purine.1. The
diUarent denteea l aJl suoli dlfea.s dexend al
terether u the rardrtlenof the blood.
Iesnreto ask lor laaasir's Ki.oon Clas
bb oit Pahai ka. as there are. serer.il other urep
araiions In the market, the banes cf which are
. ei.njcwhat similar. ' i j "., '
Dr. Geo. G. Shively& Co., -
-'.'.:
. Succeatori to Fabmcj' Uros. A Co
JIANTFACTrRERS AJVD FRtiPitirroHS
narat Wvmaoao,PA.
PATENTS
Haloed. end ail bniinesa In the U.i 8. Palerit
( im.-e, r In the Courts auenaeo.i nuutani t
fS. v ''"' " "-"
We are ntHMlls the V. 8. Patent Ofna.tv
aiuirriiLirrs aui t'ui
$25
mi
jraired in f ATENT BUSINfSS tXCLUSIVUV.and ,
can otxair) inis In lee time than lxe remote j
from WHSHIH6T0N. . . ' . , I
W Irrn a1ri or drawlBfr la seat we adrtae . na U I
patentabllltv free f ehseeet aad we make NO i
CHAF6 UNLESS VKE OBTAIN PATENT. '
We refer, here, to the Postmaster, tlie Snpt of i
rtie Money Order Division, and to oKcUh ef the I
V. S. Patent Office. For circular, advtca, terms, !
and reference to actmal client In yonr own Stat (
or founty, address ,'..., .... 4
C A. SNOW CO-
UpnnsJte Pteatant CfBee, J
Waahlnirtam, V. C ,
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i' i "
ACTIOX OP Tin3 OOVRT XSO PRO
CEEDINGS RELATIVE TO THE
UEATH OF JUDGE JEREMIAH
8. BLACK. '
Oa Monday the 27th inst, the
members of the Bar of Somerset
county met at the Court House to
consider what " action" should be
taken by them on the recent death
of Jeremiah S. Black, who died on
the morning of the 19th inst, at
Brock ie, near York. Pa.
1 On motion of Samuel ' Gaither,
Esq., who is the oldest member of
the bar now living in Somerset coun- j
ty, Win. J. Baer, the President
J udge of this Judicial District, was
selected as President of the meeting,
Samuel Gaither and John REdie,1
Eqs. were made Vice Presidents,
and Ed B. Scull and II. S. Endsley
Esqs., Secretaries.
Isaac Ilugus was requested to
state the object of the meeting, which
he did, briefly. lie also moved for
tlie appointment of a committee of
five by the President,' who should
prepare appropriate resolutions ex
pressive of the much regretted event,
and report the same in open "Court
on the afternoon of Monday the
2'Jth inst., whereupon'a committee
of five was appointed with Isaac
Ilugus, Esq., as chairman. In pre
senting the report of ehe Committee
Monday afternoon, Col. llugua said:
Uji it jiltare the Cvurt : '
The sad and painful duty has
been imposed on mo of reporting to
this court certain resolutions pre
pared by the committee appointed
at the preliminary meeting on Mon
day last by the members of the bar,
to "express their feelings upon the
subject of Judge Black's- sudden
death. I am instructed by the com
mittee to report the following pre
amble and resolutions :
Whereas. An all-wise Providence
in His infinite wisdom has seen fit
to take from thisi world Jeremiah S.
Black, a native of this county, for
many years a member of this bar,
and for tenycars " the 'President
Judge of this Court, who during a
long and eventful life occupied many
high oilicial positions, in all of which
he was distinguished for great nat
ural endowments, vast learning, and
unquestioned integrity, therefore be
it '
Iuohed, 1st- By the members of
the Somerset Bar, that we have
learned with unfeigned sorrow of
the sudden death of that eminent
lawyer, jurist and statesman, Jere
miah S. Black, and that we tender
to his bereaved widow and children
our deepest sympathy.
2d. That not only by the family
and friends of Judge Black will his
death be deplored and mourned, but
by thousands in all parts of
our wide-extended country his
removal from amongst us will
bo looked uponas an irreparable
loss. lie will be missed ' not
only in the. circles of the learned
and wealthy, but in the lowly haunts
and cottages of the poor.
od. That a copy of these reselu
tions be sent to the family of our
deeply lamented friend.
I am instructed by the Committee
to ask on the part of the Court for
the adoption of this preamble and
these resolutions. I do not know
that I have anything to add par
ticularly in the way of eulogy to
Judge Blacks He was known to the
people of this county perhaps as
well as any man who was eyer born,
rained or lived here. That he was a
great judge is admitted on all sides
greater as a judge, perhaps, than
as a lawyer, although as a lawyer he
stood at the head of the bar. We
may say, with perhaps some conso
lation, that he died in the fullness of
his fame, after having lived beyond
tlie time usually allotted to man to
live more than three score years
and ten and that he met death not
only as a philosopher, but as a Chris
tian should meet the summpns of
the grim monster, not
" llriven like the iiunrry alave at nig'it,
Scourged to his dungeon,"
but sustained nnd soothed by an un
faltering tru?t," he yielded up his
spirit to his Maker, " Like one who
folds the drapery of his couch about
him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams."
I have then, in addition, if the
Court will hear me. a short history
of Judge Black's official life.
Judge Black was born in Stony
creek township, Somerset county,
on ihe 10th day of January 1S10,
on a farm eight miles east of Somer
set. Henry Black, his father, was
born, lived and died on the same
farm. He was elected four times to
the Pennsylvania House of Repre
sentatives, served afterwards as an
Associate Judge for twenty years,
and died a member of Congress in
the year lSi
Judge J. S. Black, on motion of
Charles Ogle, was called to the bar
on the 3-1 Jay tT3eceuiber, 1830.
He was sworn in as Ieputy Attor
ney General fur Somerset county at
April term, 1S31, which' office he
held for some years with credit to
himself, and to the satisfaction of
hi friends.
' In January, 1SI2 he was appoint
ed by David II. Porter, then Gov
ernor; Judge of the lCth Judicial
District, comprised of the counties
of Franklin, Bedford and Somerset,
which office he held until he was
sworn in as Chief Justice of Penn
sylvania. : As a judge, in the long
list of eminent men who graced
those high positions, he had no su
perior and lew , equals. He had the
courage to reverse his own decisions
when convinced of his error, as he
did on two occasions one in Som
erset county, the other on a writ of
error from Washington county. He
laid down the ermine on three sep
arate occasions as pure and stain
less as when he took it up. . After a
few years of his second term as
Judge of the Supreme Court he was
called byJ!resident Buchanan to
Washington as , Attorney General
of the I'nited .States and ended his
official life at Washington on the
,4th day of March, 1SG1, having act
ed for three months preceding that
date as Secretary of State, and left in
that Deportment state papers which
will serve as a mode! to all of his
successors. His eulogies on General
Jackson and Judge Gibson are mas
terpieces of composition, and will
be read with pleasure as long as the
English is a spoken language. ,
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., DNESDAY.
f PEECH OF COL. JOHN R. KDIE.
Jiiy iiplease Your Honor :.
I did not intend to say anything
at this meeting, but, being one of the
older members of this bar, and look
ing around and seeing but a single
gentleman now present who was a
lawyer in 1S33, and but myself aad
another who were here in 1840, I
deem it my duty to say a word or j
two on this occasion. When I came
here in 1S3S, there were five gentle
men practicing members of this bar,
all of whom have since made their
mark upon the history of their co an- j
try. ; The last of them has lately
gone from amongst the people of!
this State, lhey were Cnauncerj
Forward, Charles Ogle, Moses Hamp
ton, Joshua F. Cox and Jeremiah S.
Black. I name them in the order
in which they were admttUd to this,
bar, and not with any view of pref
erence for either or any of them ; for
if I did, I certainly would not name
Judge Black last, far as a lawyer he
attained higher honors than any of
them. Chauncey Forward ;was a
great lawyer, a man "cunning of
fence," and a wily antagonist. So
was Ogle, and so was Hampton ;
Cox was a combative man, but Judge
Black devoted himself to the acqui
sition of a scientific knowledge of
the law. He studied it as a Science,
more so than any of them, and as
such lawyer he rose to be the ac
knowledged head of the American
bar. Indeed, the distinguished Jno.
V. L. McMahou, of Maryland, said
years ago that, in hiB opinion, Jere
miah S. Black had the best legal
mind of any man in the United
States. I practiced law with him,
tried cases against him not many,
because he was noon on the bench
after I came to the bar and I tried
causes before him, as Judge, tor ten
years, as Your Honor knows ; I tried
cases before him in the Supreme
Court, and it is my pride and pleas
ure to say to-day that in every act
of his as a Judge, his conduct was
without ppot or blemish. Every
body knows that Judge Black was
one of the most zealous "political
partizans that ever lived in this
country, but no man can say, and
no man dare say, that he ever
brought a single touch of politics
onto the bench, or suffered politics
to interfere with any decision that he
ever made. Indeed I know of a case
which had a somewhat partisan
aspect attached to it, in which there
was a determination to make an ar
rest in such away that it would
bring more disgrace to the defend
ant in the case than would have at
tached to an ordinpry arrest, for it
was intended the man should be ar
rested in the Court House. Judge
Black, by some means, got to hear of
it, and he sent for the men that were
attempting to do this thing, and told
them that it must not be done. They
were his political friends,' and the
man that was to be arrested was his
political enemy. He said "you must
not insult the Court in that way,
and, as the Lord liveth, if you do, I
will send every man of you to jail."
As a politician I do not desire to
speak of Judge Black. He and I
differed entirely in politics as much
as two men possibly could differ;
but, as a Judge, it is my great pleas
ure to say that he was as honest a
man as ever sat upon the bench ;
and. saying this, I think that I have
given him the highest meed of praise
that can be given to any man that
of being a just and upright Judge.
To throw off the weaknesses of hu
man nature and not suffer them to
influence him in his judicial conduct
is the highest praise a man can get.
Judge Black was made by Presi
dent Buchanan, Attorney General of
the United States : and as a lawyer
he was fit for the position ; and his
management of that office, while in
it, shows that he was no less success
ful as Attorney General of the Uni
ted States than he was as Chief Jus
tice of Pennsylvania. I remember
another instance. 1 was in Philadel
phia shortly after the time at which
Judge Black was re-elected to the
bench of the Supreme Court, when
he ceased to be Chief Justice and be
came one of the puisne judges of the
court. lie came to the city and we
were stopping at different hotels. I
called to pay my respects to him at
the Merchant's Hotel. I came there
and I ftiund him in consultation
with olio of his then political friends,
Mr. John W. Forney. I attempted
to withdraw, but they said, "Come
in, we are not talking any secrets ;"
and I did go in. 1 found while I
was there they were conversing on
the subject of the Attorney General
ship, and I soon ascertained fur the
first time, that it was proposed by
Judge Black's friends to make him
Attorney General of the United
States. I sat and listened to the
conversation , and. after Forney had
withdrawn, I said to Judge Black,
"it is not possible you want to leave
the lench of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania?" He said his friends
talked of having him appointed At
torney General. I entreated him
not to give up his place upon the
bench. Said I to him, "Nature de
signed you for a Judge, and you will
acquire more fame and honor in
that than any of the political offices
you can get from any administra
tion in this country." He differed
from me, but I think still I was
right; not perhaps in a pecuniary
point, however, for he got a reputa
tion as a lawyer which enabled him
to amass a colossal fortune, at which,
of course, all: his friends rejoiced.
But he has gone, and, in my judg
ment, it will be a long time before
the State will see a judge upon . her
Supreme Court bench the equal of
Jeremiah S. Black.
' SPEECH OF HON. W. n. KOOSTZ. ' '
May it fleate Ihe Court t
On Sunday, the nineteenth day of
this month, the sad news was tele
graphed over the country that Jere
miah S. Black was dead. At the
time of his death he was a private
citizen, and for the past twenty
years had held no official position,
except to occupy a seat in the con
vention of 1S74, which framed the
new constitution for tins Common
wealth. But the death of this pri
vate citizen created a profound im
pression over the entire country. The
interest taken in the events that
were transpiring at his home for sev
eral days previous to the supreme
SEPTEMBER 5, IS83.
moment, when his spirit quit its
tenement of clay to take its flight to
the better world, was not limited to
the loved ones that surrounded his
bedside, or to his immediate neigh
bors, but it extended over the limits
of our own State and the entire Na
tion. Swiftly upon the newrs of his
death, '.words of tenderest sympathy
were telegraphed to his bereaved
family, and on the next morning the
leading journals of the country, irre
spective of party, were filled with
words of eloquent tribute to the
memory of the dead man.
Why was it that for days the
press of the country contained such
lengthy accounts of his sickness and
final dissolution ? Why was it that
people thronged from different sec
tions of the country, from the great
commercial centres, from prominent
points throughout this and other
States, to mingle their tears with
those of his bereaved family over his
grave ? Why those tender messages
from distinguished men and angeiic
women ! Why was York in mourn
ing and her streets thronged with
people who stood with bowed heads
and sorrowing hearts as the funeral
procession passed by ? It was not
simply because he was a great states
man, who had occupied nigh official
positions, both judicial and political
in times of great public peril ; not
alone because he was a great lawyer,
who had shed such brilliant lustre
upon the jurisprudence of his coun
try ; not alone because he had ac
quired vast stores of knowledge
which his memory held with most
tenacious grip; not olone because
he was a most skillful controversial
ist, 'a foeman worthy of the steel'
of any one who chose to enter the
lists. It was because, added to his
genius, his learning, his unrivaled
eminence as a jurist, he was a great,
grand, honest, good man. It was
because his kindly nature, his genial
disposition, his remarkable power as
a conversationalist made him the
cen're of eyery social circle in which
he entered, and over which he wield
ed the power of an enchanter, shed
ding his influence over all, only to
please, gratify, and ennoble, and
leaving no withering touch behind.
Since his death, so many eloquent
tributes have been paid to his mem
ory by the press, the pulpit and the
bar, that very little is left to be said
about him. It i$ pre-eminently fit,
however, that here in the county
where he was born, in the town
where he lived so long, in the court
where he practiced so many years as
a successful lawyer and over which
he presided as an able, dignified,
impartial and just judge, that prop
er action be taken, and fitting words
spoken, to show to the world our ap
preciation of his splendid talents, his
great learning, his profound wisdom
and manly worth.
' Of his great reputation as a law
yer and jurist it is not necessary
that anything should be said here,
for it is known of all men. His fume
as such, is recorded in the judicial
decisions of the Supreme Court of
this State, m his opinions as Attor
ney General of the United States,
and in his splendid forensic efforts
before the Supreme Court of the
United States.
As a skillful controversialist he
was a dangerous antagonist to any
one, and had he lived in the days of
Dr. Samuel Johnson, that distin
guished man might well have said
there was another person besides
Iiord f hurlow, for whom he would
have made preparation for a discus
sion. Indeed there were many points of
resemblance between Dr. Johnson
and Judge Black. They were loth
men of larre physical proportions,
of extraordinary intellectual power,
of strong convictions, of stubborn
integrity of character, of great learn
ing, and skilled in the act of dispu
tation. Who that has read Boswell's
life of Johnson and who knew Judge
Black well, will not be struck with
the points of character common to
both. Who that has read the earn
est, strong prayers of Johnson will
not be impressed with the similarity
to them of that uttered by our de
parted friend just before his death,
when he begged to be relieved from
his pain and misery and invoked
the Divine blessing upon his fam
ily. He was familiar with the whole
field of English Literature, and no
flower that was worthy of notice was
passed by un plucked. He not only
knew what was good in literature,
but could use it most aptly when
ocension required it. It was said by
Sir Walter Scott, the wizard of the
north, of himself, that he never for
got auy fact or circumstance which
be desired to remember, but that he
could treasure it in his brain, just as
papers could be placed in pigeon
holes and brought forth when need
ed. Such also was the remarkable
memory of Judge Black. His wit
was of the keenest order, and so va
ried was his learning and so subtle
was his intellectual power, that had
he lived in the Elizabethan age, the
most splendid era in English Litera
ture, when Shakspeare and Bacon
and Raleigh flourished, or among
the wits of Queen Anne's time, or in
the days of Johnson and Goldsmith
and Burke, he would have ranked
as the peer of any of them. Thad
deus Stevens once said to me, and
that too. at a time when they were
not on very intimate terms, that
"Judge Black is one of the strongest
writers of our rugged Anglo-Saxon
that we have."
Judge Black was not only a great
man intellectually, but he was great
physically. As Theodore Parker
said of Daniel Webster, he was a na
tive king ; and if the coal heavers on
the docks of London turned to look
over their shoulders at Webster's
majestic person, so did the crowds
who gathered in the English Courts
look with admiration upon the com
manding form of Black when he
rode the circuit with the lawyers of
London, and Bat upon the Bench
with their judges.
He was always deeply interested
in the affairs of Somerset county. He
loved dearly to come back and min
gle with his old friends, and always
went away reluctantly. But he will
come no more. ""He will never look
again in wrapt admiration, either
upon the mountains of old Somer
set, or bis beautiful Brockie, both of
which he loved so well. He lies in
Prospect Hill Cemetery, in the cold
embrace of Death. His beloved
wife, one of the noblest of her sex,
has lost a devoted and faithful hus
band ; his children a fond and affec
tionate father ; his State and Nation
an ardent patriot ; the legal profes
sion one ot its brightest ornaments ;
mankind an earnest and able de
fender of its rights, and Somerset coun
ty its moil illustrious son.
If there be no other remarks, I sec
ond the motion to adopt the resolu
tion. REMARKS OF JUDGE BAER.
Gentlemen of the Bar :
As presiding officer of this Court,
and a successor of him whose mem
ory by your resolutions we wish to
honor, it becomes me to add my
mite to the tribute bestowed before
putting the motion for their
adoption. It is not my
purpose, as it was not yours, to as
sume the role of the fuDeral orator.
The day for 6uch services is gone.
In these days the press takes the
place ot the orator, and does the
service better.
Mark Antony to-day could not
stir the hearts of hi3 countrvmen
over tlie dead body of Caesar as he
did in Rome. His flashes of genius
and fiery eloquence could at lest
repeat iu glowing speech and fervid
oratory that of which tho press
has already in the choicest
language and most round
ed periods told the people. But
it is our purpose to pay a becom
ing tribute to one of the ablest and
purest of judges ; a peerless lawyer,
a wise statesman of the olden school.
It is not often, indeed, that I find
myself able, or even disposed to en
dorse the fullsome praise bestowed
in commendation of a deceased
friend and associate, or a public
man. In some instances I have
felt as though the resolutions and
flattering speeches had better been
withheld, and that our duty would
have beeen best performed by a
breach of the custom that leads us
to pay Buch tribute, rather than by
its observance. The community
knowing us and the subject of our
praise, doubtless often looks upon
such commendation when bestowed
upon an ill-deserving member of
our fraternity, as sheer mockery,
whereas when we come to commend
the life and work of one who in
every sphere of action did his part
well, and attained that measure of
human greatness allotted to but a
few. our speeches and resolutions
find an echo in the hearts of all who
hear us. Such a noble character
these resolutions are intended to
honor.
Here and now then, though a
sense oi inaoiiuy, anu a cnoking sen
sation prevents me from ut
tering such words as the occasion
warrants, I nevertheless most cheer
fully and heartily endorse and ar
prove all that has been so well said,
and all that these resolutions mean.
commendatory of our deceased
friend, who, taken all in
all, was the most illustrious Penn
sylvanian that has yet appeared.
To have been great in "all things was
to have been more than human.
But he was human, and while known
by all to be a wise and just iudce
and to be great in great things, he
was probably sometimes small in
little things, but this only was
stronger proof of his greatness. He
had a helpmate that was one of a
thousand the little things he could
not see because of being absorbed
in the greater ; she as naturally
cared for and attended to as he did
the greater; and thus the twain, a
happy, uod-fearing pair, in their
union as one, performed all things
well, both great and small.
His fame as a jurist, a statesman,
a ueienuer and expounder of con
stitutional liberty, and as a zealous
and irrepressible advocate of the
rights of the people is not hemmed
in by State lines, but is co-extensive
not only with the boundaries
of this Republic, but with the bounds
reached by the Anglo-Saxon tongue
of which he was an acknowledged
master. He was indeed a true
friend of popular governmL No man
believed more in the rights of the
people, and none more cheerfully
couceded their rights on all occa
sions. Constitutional government
never had a more honest or abler
defender ; his motto was " Liberty
regulated by law," and he could not,
though a perfect master of Ins lan
guage, find words severe enough to
fittingly denounce any infraction
of the bill of rights the poor man's
shield the fundamental law of the
laud.
When lie died, the strong! t cham
pion the people had against the
encroachment of power fell, leaving
no one, now known, who is both
worthy and able in every respect to
wear his mantle. Men may cry in
vain " Let thy mantle fall on me;"
until one appears who is both able
and fit, it will not be worn. Doubt
less God will in due time raise from
the plane of the common people,
whence all such heroes come, anoth
er sage and patriot to fill his place,
if, and when, it is again attempted to
violate the principles of constitution
al liberty, or corporate power seeks
to enslave free men. We are happy
in the reflection that it will be a
long time before it is again attempt
ed to subordinate the civil to the
military power and for this we owe
our friend much ; not because he
was the author of the doctrine that,
in all free governments the military
must be held in subjection to the
civil power, but because when by
passion, bigotry, blind partizanism,
and the pomp and show of arms,
the people were in danger of losing
the very foundation principle of
Liberty, he boldly and fearlessly
espoused her cause as the sat weep
ing on the citadel, and almost single
handed in the courts and through
the press fought the battle of civil
libertv over again, and thus re-established
the glorious doctrine upon
which in the eyes of all good men,
the perpetuity of free government
depends.
If it is praiseworthy for all Ameri
cans to magnify magna charta, and
glorify the Barrens who wrested it
from King John at Runnymead and
left it an inheritance to them ; how
much more glorious is it for tm to
honor the name of our illustrious
WHOLE NO. 1677.
friend, who so signally and success
fully fought the battle over again for
us. But his memory also deserves
the fairest tribute we can pay, be
cause helivied the life of a Christian
patriot, 6age and jurist. He lived a
Christian ; and, as he lived he died.
He passed from us to that beauti
ful home beyond the river, in the
faith of the Christian, in the fullness
and ripeness of years and of honor,
having rounded a life of the greatest
moral beauty and general usefulness
by a fitting end.
He fell before decay had impaired
his faculties, in the full enjoyment of
au the powers of his wonuerous mind
breathtng out his soul in prayer to
Him who gave him being, and
whom he always followed and loved,
;n death as inliie,pro:essiDg his faitn.
His life and death stand out in
bold contrast with the life and death
of modern unbelieving statesmen
and politicians, and will go far in
correcting thegrowing evil influence
of infidelity upon the minds of the
rising and coming generations. It
disproves the sceptics charge that
the christian's faith is unfounded,
and confined to the illiterate, the
weak, the nervous, and to women,
and therefore beneath the concern
of educated men. The ttrong
faith boldly professed, in which
he lived and died, by such a mind,
is a stronger argument for Christi
anity, than was his unanswerable
reply to the chiefribald 6keptic
of the age. And such; life is
more poteat for goxl than all
the cant of philosophers who,
actuated by the common principal
of self-glori'ication, are more con
cerned to wtaMh tlielr views, than
they are to jind llm truth
Very well was St, Paul's caution
heeded by him " Beware lest any
" man spoil you through philosophy
" and vain deceit, after the tradition
" of man, after the rudiments of the
" world, and not after Christ."
These philosophers start out with
the premise, all truth may be dis
covered by the human mind unaid
ed; and then meditating in their own
philosophic minds, they come to a
fixed notion of what truth vitijht to
be, and endeavor to maintain it by
such logic as they can apply, al
ways convincing themselves that
they have succeeded, but never
suggesting anyiV,:ng to subserve the
purpose of the beautiful faith they
seek to destroy. Not so, however,
with our departed friend. Following
in the footsteps of the honest seeker
for truth in all ages, and impelled
by an innate longing of the soul for
something better, purer and more
enduring than the fleeting pleasures
of temporal life, he starts out in
quiring, what and where is truth ?
and makes an honest effort to find
it Before getting far an in life he
hears the sounds, as coming up from
hoary age, I am the way, the truth
" and tlie life." Here is the chal
lenge to the philosopher who is
this truth? Truth must be eudur
ing, the same at all times and all
places. What human mind fills
such an age and space as of itself to
comprehend all enduring truth.
Man's mind is limited, and is as va
ried as are the people's of any age or
country it cannot possibly of itself
conceive ot truth, as it may be com
prehended by the individuals of the
various nations and tribes of men,
and as enduring forever ; to be able
to do so, would be to cease to be
finite. But, pursuing his investiga
tions to discover truth, and not to
establish a pet theory, he learns of
one who said, "Before Abraham was
lam." He hears of one as being
" the same yesterday, to-day and
forever."
From Patmos he hears of one re
vealed as the "Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ehding, the
first and the last." He hears of one
who prayed, "O Father, glorify me
with thine own self, with the glory
which I had with thee before the
world was."
He heart thesweet singer of Israel
sing, " Thy righteousness is an ever
u lasting righteousness, and thy Jaw
"is truth." He hears an Apostle
prav, "Sanctify them through thi
truth ; tky word is truth." And as
if echoing from afar, come the words,
"I am the light of the world, the
true light which lighteth every man
that cometh into the world."
And then pursuing the inquiry in
the light of a conscience challenge
by these wonderful utterances seem
ingly embracing time and eternity,
with an eve single to the discovery
of the truth, he finds that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of the living God
the way, the truth and the light,
the same yesterday, to-day and for
ever, and that all who believe in him
shall be saved thus he believed.
His religious faith was as firm as the
everlasting hills, never waning for
an instant in a loDg and eventful
life, and as pronounced at death as
in life.
His was not a spasmodic faith
embraced at the last hour to pave
the way to an uncertain end ; or as i
a mere avi rter of danger, when hu
man helplessness was made mani
fest by bodily infirmity, nor as a
hut resort, when nothing was left, to
hang a hope upon.
His last prayer was not the cry ot
distress: Lord, help me, or I perish,
but thepouringoutof the Christian's
eoul to his God. praying him to end
his suffering, and take him home,
ith the full assurance that the
Father had in i tore for him such a
home beyond the river.
Such a oharacter should be vindi
cated, honored, revere! and com
mended by all good men. And it
should be spread as far as his fame
goes, that the most brilliant jewel in
his crown, represents nis tnrisuan
virtues.
He had enemies, as all good and
true men will haue, but he, was ene
my to none. He had no hates, but
had a most righteous Christian con
tempt for the evil ways of some men
and was fearless to denounce in
iquity in the Btrong language it de
served. As the greatest son of the Com
monwealth, let us always revere his
memory. As citizens of his r.ative
county let us all enjoy a just pride
in bis greatness and goodness for
his life has added a lustre to our
mountain county that will endure
for all time.
ORDER OF COL'RT.
The resolutions bein adopted
it ii now ordered that this rteet
ing be noted, and the resolutions be
spread at length upon the record of
this court ; and that the minutes of
the meeting be filed as a tribute to
the memory of a learned, wise and
just Judge : nod that this court do
now adjourn until SI o'clock tomor
row morning. Per curiam.
Gluttony a a Frig,
A rather interesting incident occur
red while I was & student in the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale
College. In the Peabody Museum
we had a large wire cage containing
numerous reptiles, and among these
was a frog of unusual 'size
On one of our excursions I brought
a number of frogs and other animals
and going to the cage dropped the
comtents of the jar, frogs and all,
down among the animals at the bot
tom. The large frog, which had been
confined there forsome time, caught
one of tho small ones before it reach
ed the bottom of the cage, and swal
lowed it with as much ease as he
would have captured a fly. This
quickly done, he sat and looked
about with an air of satisfaction for
a moment, then sprang upon an
other of medium size, caught and
swallowed it as quickly as the first.
This done, there was another pause
of a couple of minutes, and then with
another quick bound, he seized and
swallowed a third frog, equal in size
to the second ; this accomplished,
there waa another pause of about
five minutes and then another quick
savage bound for a fourth victim, this
time for a frog two-thirds the size of
himself. Each ot the three was seiz
ed and swallowed head first, but the
fourth effort was not so successful as
the others, for this he only managed
to get into his mouth as far as its hind
Iegf, when there was a struggle. The
unfortunate frog in the mouth of the
large one persisted in holding its legs
out sidewise, at right angles
to its body, as if conscious that these
tactics would prevent the others from
swallowing it ; and at the same time
the large one used iU frout feet at
times one, and again both, to
straighten out the hind legs of his
victim so that he might be able to
swallow it ; and while this struggle
was going on, he made frequent efiorts
to use the sides and bottom of the
cage against which to press the oth
er fi'og, so as to aid his efforts to
swallow it The struggle, however,
after lasting a number of minutes,
terminated in favor ot the smaller
frog, for by desperate efforts it man
aged to elude tlie grasp of its assiil
aut ; but while the battle did hist it
used both it muscular and vocal pow
rr tn ihrir utmost to thwart the
inin der. ii design of its enemy. 77.
F. A"u.(. ri .4iaericai Xaturalitt.
How to T.-ll a Good Potato.
T distinguish a good from a poor
pnt-ifo, t 'kc a sound one, pay no at
tention to its outward appearance,
but divide in into two pieces with a
sharp kr.ifeand examine the expos
ed inner surfaces. If there is so
much water or juice that a slight
pressure would seemingly cause it
to fall off in drops, you may be sure
that it wi)l be "soggy" ai'ter it is
boiled. That is evidence of a poor
potato, and don't you buy it
The following are the requsi.ite
qualities of a good potato:
When cut in two, thecolorshould
be yellowish white; if it is a deep
yellow it will not cook well. There
must be a considerable amount of
moisture, though not enough to col
lect it in drops and fall off, even with
moderate pressure. Rub the two
pieces together, and, if it is good, a
white froth will appear around the
edges ami also upon the two sur
faces after they are separated. This
signifies the presence of a proper
quantity of starch. The more froth
the more, starch, and consequently
the better the potato ; while the less
there is the poorer it will cook. The
quantity of the starchy element
may also be judged oy the more or
less ready adherence of the two
parts. If the r.dherence is sufficient
for one piece to hold the other up,
the fact i3 evidence of a good article.
These are the experiments usually
made by experts when buying pota
toes, and are the best tests that can
be given short of boiling ; but even
they are by no means infallible.
A Bat can See With Us Wings.
There is a singular property with
which the bat is endoweutoo re
markable and curious to be passed
altogether unnoticed. The wings of
these creatures consists of a delicate
and nearly naked membrane ofgreat
size considering thesizeofthe body;
but besides this, the nose id, in some
varieties, furnished with a mem
hrar.eous foliation, and in others
the external membraneous ears are
greatly developed. These mem
braneous tissues have their sensibil
ity so high that something like a new
sense is thereby developed, as if in
aid of the sense of sight. The modi
fied impressions which the air in
quiescence or in motion, however
slight, communicates, the tremulous
far of its currents, its temperature, the
indescribable conditions of such por
tions of air as are in contact with
different bodies, are all apparently af
ficiated the bat. If the eyes of a bat be
covered up, or if he be cruelly depriv
ed of sight it will pursue its course
about a room with a thousand obsta
cles in its way, avoiding them all ;
neither dashing against a wall nor
touching the smallest thing, but
threading its way with the utmost
precision and quickness, and passing
adroitly through appeartures or in
terspaces of threads placed purpose
ly across the apertment. This en
downment. which almost exceeds
belief, has been abundantly demon
strated. Forest and Slrenm.
Cattle lliMOKe.
Washington, August 21. The
acting secretary of the treasury to-day
received a letter from E. F. Thayer,
of the treasury cattle commission,
dated at West Newton, Mass., August
17, reporting an outbreak of luDg
plague among the cattle at Salem.
Dr. Thaler states that the affected
herds are in quarantine by order of
the state commissioners, who appre
ciated the importance of preventing
the spread of the disease, and
having full authority will doubtless
preyent it? further extension. The
disease appeared early in July, and
has been fatal in several cases.
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Deleva, Wis- Sept 21, 1378.
GenU I have taken not quite one
bottle of the Hop Bitters. I wryj a
feeble old man of 78 when I got it
To-day I am as active and feel as
I did at 30. I see a great many
that need such a medicine.
D. BOYCE.
A man breathes about eighteen
times a minut. and uses 3,CX U cubic
feet of air per hour.